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Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-17
NEXT LEGION MEET
IN San FRANCISCO
UNION CHIEF TALK
Hot Political Fight Over
Successor To MacNider
As Commander
United Press Leased Wire

NEW ORLEANS, La, Oct. 1.-THE
American Legion convention today
voted to hold the 1928 convention in
San Francisco, October Is to 10, in
elusive.
The convention approved without
discussion the report of its committee
on time and place FOR the next meet
ing.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, was to
speak before the convention of the
American Legion today in favor Of
cooperation between the two organiZa-
tions.
Organized labor and organized vet
Grams should work together, Gompers
holds. He hopessto establish an under
standing between the two grours.
Judge X. NJ Lands, high commits.
sioncr of baseball, also was to address
the convention.
Committees meantime are preparing
resolutions which will guide the work
of the legion during the year.
Resolutions win demand more eff
cient care for wounded and disabled,
condemn interference by Brigadier
General Sawyer in the hospital;zation
program, supper: immigration restric-
tions and publicly urge u universal ser
vice law for war time, committee mem
bers said. Legion politics are boiiing
and supporters of various candidates
are organizing their forces. So many
aspirants are in the field that some
believe Il dark horse will win The ma
tiOnal communicating William f.
Deegan, New York, and A. A. Sprasuc,
Chicago, are being pushed.
Legionnaircs have filled the city to
overflbwing. Crowds in the streets are
so dense that it is difficult to walk
about The authorities literally have
turned the city over 10 the visitors and
anything goes. Crap games run in
the lobbies of the principal hotels and
bottles pass freely about.
At night, the city, gaily decorated
with allied flags and colorod tights,
becomes carnival.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-17
COUNTY INDECENT
CHILDREN'S HOME
PLAN OF BOARD
Los Angeles Firm Refuses
HOltville Bonds; Audit
of County Books

New arrangements Tor the care OF
Imperial county's INDECENT ehildre,
will be made in accordance with res
Olution passed yesterday by the boarC
of supervisors providing that the
county pay for the maintenance of the
children instead of having them depend
upon popular subscription as has been
the case heretofore.
The resolution. provides that the
Children s Home be maintained under
the direction of q superintendent and
a board of directors consisting of five
members, one to be appointed from
each of the supervisorial districts. An
effort will be made to lease the present
children's home in San Diego for a
period of one year commencing Janu-
ary l, 1923, providing suitable ar
rangement can be made with the own
ers of the property
New arrangements have also been
made fore the care of adult indigents,
who have heretofore obtained supplies
by making application to the county
charity officer who issued acquisitions
proving the bills before payment. I'm
der the new regulations, all supplies
will be carried at the county farm and
will be disbursed by the farm super
intendent upon a requisition from the
purchasing agent, appicSed by the
charity officer. In this way it is eX-
pccted to avoid unnecessary purchases
and enable closer check to be kel
on supplies authorized.
Employ Auditor
The supervisors accepted the bid of
1925 made by Il. A: Boyett of this
city for auditing the county books for
the period from July /, 1920 to June
80, 1929, to include all receipts and
county and township officers handling
county funds. Other bids reee
were Wagner and Mccartney, $4,000 if
the audit could be made in Ell Centre
and $4,000 if it necessitated visits to
other valley towns, and Alfred Faulll
ner Company who bid $4,000 for veri-
fication of receipts and disbursements
and $4,000 for detailed accounting
which would determine where greater
efficiency might be secured.
NJ. II. Lewis and Company, Los An
gcles, refused to purchase $4,000
bonds of the IIoltvile school district
after their bid has been accepted, ad-
vising the supervisors that this action
was taken on advice of their attorneys,
but giving no further reason for such
action. The supervisors decided to
hold the deposit check OF $500 from
Lewis and Company pending q salts,
factory reason for refusing to accept
the bonds.
B. Il. Lemons was given the con
tract for burial of county INDECENT
dead from October 10, 1922 to October
16, 1923, the price being $2.45 per-
burial.
The supervisors adjourned at 5:15 un-
til November 6, the mex, regular meet
ing date.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-17
Question Slain Parsons Wife
ARREST MAY GIANT ARMY BLIMP DESTROYED
VOlstead Law Safe
In Next Congress,
Writer Finds
BY LAWRENCE MARTIN

Copyright 1922 by United Press)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.-Beer and
light wines will not be restored as the
scqual of the congressional elections
next month.
The vets may make substantial gains
in the next congress but that congress,
like the one now in office, will be
dry.
These facts are apparent to all OBJ
servers of the political trend of the
year, wet and dry leaders agree. They
are further buttressed by the opinions
of experienced politicians allied with
neither the wet nor the drys.
In spit of the fact that it is add
mittcdlv impossible for the vets to-
score a sweeping overturn of the Vol
stead law, this years campaign is but
the beginning of fight which they
confidently assert will end in the modi-
fication of the Nolstead law to permit
q moderate alcoholic beverages.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-17
CALEXICO POLICE
CHIEF TO RESIGN
AT meet TONIGHT
T. J. Worthington States
Business Reason; May
Name Hardwick
By Special Staff Correspondent

. oy 0PCC1dA 0GdAA SOIA c5VOuucIC
~ CALEXICO, Oct. 17.-Chief of Po-
lice II. j. Worthington, will resign his
post tonight, at the regular monthly
meeting Of the city council, according
to an announcement to newspaper men
today. When the resignation is to
take effect is not stated by the chief,
but will be effective some time this
month.
Worthington accepted the post Of
chief Immediately following the city
election in AAril, when the newly
elected officials and q large number of
tt. business people of Calexico pre-
vailed upon him to take up the duties
of the office, knowing that he has had
experience in this work in the past
Worthington, who conducts an auto
mobile supply store in Calexico, and
another at Yuma, was reluctant about
accepting the post, but pressure being
brought to bear in repeated requests,
he finally agreed TO accept the post
for a length of time sufficient to make
possible the organization of an eff
cient police force for Calexico, with
require anywhere from three to six
months.
Worthington believes that he has Or
ganized good force, and feels that it
is only fair to himself that he resign
and look after his own business affairs
Worthington was successor to Chief
Boucher, who resigned from the post
on demand, serious charles of graft and
misconduct having been brought
against him.
Assistant Chief Hardwick and a
well known FL Centre man are being
considered as possible successors to
WOrthington.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-17
GUN CLUB FORMED
BY CALEXICO MEN
BY Special Staff Correspondent

BY Special Staff Correspondent
CALEGICO, Oct. 17.-At a meet
ing held in the Chamber of Conf
merce rooms last night, the calax-
leo Gun Club was ofganized, with
membership Of 20.
All obligations of last season
were paid, and good fund arranged
and provided for to take care Of
this seasons expenses.
Work will be started at once on
lining up the traps, clay pigeons
ordered, the grounds are being put
in good shape, and altogether plans
have been perfected for a success
full season.
Practice shoots will be held each
Saturday afternoon, the first OF
which being dated. for October 20.
Ell Centre shooters are invited to
join the local. club. M
The officers for the season are---
Lewis, President; Clancy. Secretary
Treasurer; Diliey, Assistant Seer
tary.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-17
United Press Leased Wire

FRESNO, Oct. 1.-THE thirty sew
enth annual session of the Southcru
California conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church came to IN end here
yesterday OF paramount Importance
In the concluding sessions of the con
vention were the statements by the Rev.
j. B. Green that church property had in
creased during the past year 900, 600
and the announcement today of ap-
pointments to pastorates and the de-
cision on the 1923 meeting that it should
be held in the First Church of Los An
geles. Rev. V. G.. Stevens was re-
turned to the Fresno First church.
Other pastOratcs filled were:
Blythe, }. NJ. Ocheltree; Cucamonga,
William Mckinley Walker; Ontario,
First, Charles +. Setter; Ontario
Grace, S. w. Canues; Pomona First,
John f. Hall; Pomona Trinity, Robert
j. Taylor: Redlands First, George b.
Cliff; Rediands Grace, Wade Hamilton ;
San Bernardino, w. G. Loomis; Up
land, Charles A. Kent; Victorville, A. F.
Kline; Banning, +. A. Palmer; Braw-
ley, +. +. Davis; Calexico, w. T.
butcher; FL Centre, A. f. Schultz; Ell
sinore, Harry Bratton; Escondido,
George Graft; Fallbrook, Burton Ham
lin; Heber, n. ii. Hudson; Hemet, Ar
chic Butter; Holtvillc, c. S. Reynolds
Imperial, Harry G. Ranks; Indio, Nj.
X. Stone; La Haba, Claud Smith
Orange, c. b. Dalton; Riverside, Ar.
lington, j. T.. Fisher; Riverside Grace
Il. A. Leak; Santa Ana First, Will \
Belts; Santa Ana Riehland Avenue, H.
G. Burgess; San Marcos, j. v. Lang
staff; Santa Fe Springs, l.. d. Lloyd.
FL Centro people will be gratificd to
learn that the Rev. A. T.. Schults is to
be returned to this field for anothei
year. He came a year ago with his in
teresting family and so satisfactory has
been his ministry, that his congregation
voted unanimously for a request to the
bishop to return him for another year.
He has been connected with the com
munity life in many ways since com
ing to FL Centre and has won the es-
TEEN of all who know him.
OF the other appointments, the Rcvs.
c. S. Reynolds, Holtvillc, and n. Ii.
Hudson, Hcber, were in charge last
year and have been returned to thcii
respective churches The Revs. +. +,
Davis, assigned to Brawley, w. 7. Dut
cher, to CaleXico, and Harry G. Ranks
to Imperial, are all new.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-17
ARREST MAY
SOLVE HALL
CASE TO-DAY
Pastors Wife and Her Two
Brothers Questioned;
Return To Homes
FINE LOVE NOTES
Dear Babykins" Singer Is
Said To Have Written
Slain Pastor
United Press Leased Wire

NEW BRUNSWICK, n. j., Oct. Il.
Mrs. Edward w. Hall and her two
brothers, Henry and Willie Stevens
were questioned today and then allowed
10 return TO their homes.
Henry Stevens was interrogated four
hours. Willie and Mis-. Hall. the widow
of the Rev Hall, who was found slain
with his choir leader, Mrs. James Mills,
were questioned for three hours.
: Charlotte. Mills, daughter Of Mrs.
Mills, was also interrogated.
The widow, heavily yelled and ae,
companiod by her eccentric brother,
Willie. arrived at the courthouse while
Henry Stevens, millionaire, was icing
intcrrogated.
Mrs. Hall was followed by her maid,
Miss Gertrude Gcist, and her close
friend, Sallic Peters.
Willie Stevens was very jaunty as
he walked up the courthouse steps,
smiling and waving at the crowd which
had assembled about the entrance when
rumors spread that important develop
ments in the murder mystery were i'm
minent
Mrs. Hall walked siowlSup the court
house steps with her head bowed. She
did not look at her fellow townsmen
who crowded about.
This was the first time in the probe
of the murder Of the rector and singer
that all three members of thc' family
have been brought together at one
time.
Mrs. Hall had Repeatedly dcnied
on the.,Occasion of previous questioning
hot cha nf I,o al Il ot; A..
tions of her husband and the wife OF
the church janitor.
Find Love Letters
Hundreds of persons, keyed up b.
the excitement brought about hv the
latest developments Of the mystery
swarmcd around the courthouse rs the
probe was resumed.
A letter written by Mrs. Mills to her
pastor came to lignt today. 1t read:
Dear heart:
How dear il was of you to accom-
pany me TO the dentist Yesterday.
Things would have been different il
You had not been along. There was no
pain during the extraction and none
following it.
Mrs. Addison Clark, at times Il con.
fident of Mrs. Mills, was to be inter
r0gated by the authorities later in the
day.
Although the intimation at the New
Brunswick courthouse was thatsthe ex-
pccted arrests would take place some
time today, il was considered possible
they might, not Occur until after night.
fall.
Besides the handkerchiefs, one of
which was said to have letter 'S'
on corner, the county officials were
today in possession of two moro leads
in their probe:
]. woman has gone to the authori.
ties with story of seeing two persons,
man and II woman, surveying the
vacant field on the edge of which the
bodies We're found. :. This woman told
the prosecutor she saw the man and
woman at the scene Thursday after.
noon. 1t is believed their names have
been mentioned prominently in con
nection with the ease.
2. Love letters, written by Dr. Hail
to Mrs. Mills, containing reference to
the proposed clopement have been pro
duced. :" Dear Wonder Heart the
rector called Mrs. Mills, and again,
"My Gypsy Queen" She called him
" Dear Babykins. :
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-17
NEW BAND FORMED
FOR PAGEANT WORK
BY Special Staff Correspondent

CALENICO, Oct. I7.-An entNnsias.
tie and well attended practice OF the
newly organized Calcxico band was
held last night at The rooms of the
Imperial Music Company, on Second
street.
Fifteen players las night demonstrat
ed that they would be ready TO make
their initial appearance in playing to
the public in time tor the Pageant cele:
bration, and at least five professional
players from Los Angeles are expected
to. come in this week to join the band,
positions in employment. being arranged
for such players by local business mer
and the Chamber Of Commerce. III.
The Calcxico band is going to make
a b;t
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-17
NEW RADIO RULE

Los ANGELES, Oct. 17.-Ama
teur radio men will be permitted
to broadcast until 10 O'Clock each
evening as result of the Pacific
coast radio convention which closed
here Saturday.
This concession was obtained by
the amateurs from trade radio asso
Citations and others represented at
the convention.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-17
BULLETINS
STEAL WHISKEY

LOUISVILLE, KY, Oct. IT,
Five bandits with shotguns early
today bound and gagged three
guards at the Rugby Distillery and
escaped with three truckloads of
case whiskey, estimated to be worth
$4,000.
The guards were attacked at
1:20 a. IN. Telephone wires were
cut. Robert Tandy, tore the skin
from his hands in releasing him
self and notified the police.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-17
SHIBLEY OPPOSED,
NOT FOR NO. q

A. p. Shibley, superintendent of the
I'll Centre School District, is. opposed
to proposition No. 27, appearing on the
November election, aud not for IL as
was reported n few days ago through
an error. Tho proposition would in
crease the number of signatures nee,
cssary to get proposition on the bal
lot from eight per cent as now requir-
ed, to Is per cont.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-17
WHAT'S DOING

o. o. F. at Odd Fellows Hall
tonight.
knights of Pythias meet at Py-
tllian Hall tonight.
Masonic Commandery meets to-
night.
'Tho Prisoner of Zenda, at
Palace Theater tonight.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-17
REV. SCHULTZ TO
HOLD LOCAL POST
SIX NAMED in |. Y.
Methodist Return Pastor
Davis at Brawley and
butcher CalexicO

Methodist Episcopal church ap-
pointments to pastorates for this
county, announced today, are:
FL Centre, A. e. Schultz.
Brawley, E. F. Davis.
Calexico, w. T. butcher.
Heber, N. H. Hudson.
Hoitville, G. S.. Reynolds
Imperial, Harry G. Ranks.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-17
OVERP0WERS
JA|lER AND
TAKES PALS
Herbert Wilson Makes Good
Threat To Quit Jail
After Trial
POSSES SEARCHING
Ex-Preacher, jailed For
Robbery, Convicted Of
Cox Murder

SAN DIEGO. Oct. 17.-Herbert
Wilson is cornered at EsCondido,
35 miles from here, according to
telephone advices. Possesses from
San Diego and Los Angeles are
closing in on him, with rifles and
buckshot loaded shotgllns.
Los ANGELES, Oct. 1.-Two
hundred and fifty police and
sheriffs today Were in pursuit of
three of the most desperate crimi-
mails of the county, who staged 81
spectacular Jail break early today.
The escaped prisoners are: Her
bert Wilson, SO, reputed million
aire bandit, under life sentence for
the murder of q pal; Guido Spin
COLA, 90, alias "The Mouse,'
charged with an $4,000 robbery of
the Standard Oil company; Adam
Blazyk, %, alias Ward, under life
sentence for the murder of his
aged landlady.
Having secured arms, the pris-
oners beat turnkey over the head
with revolver and forced their
way out.
Los ANGELES. Oct. 17.-Jailor
Robert Cornin was suspended by
Sheriff Traeger, when Cornin failed to
answer charges of favoritism and cor
ruption, it was announced today.
Los ANGELES, Oct. 1.-THE Los
Angeles underworld made good its
rumored boast today.
Herbert Wilson, ex-minister, high
wayman and convicted murdered, had
escaped from the county Jail.
With two other prisoners, the dapper
crook, leaped from one of the Jail
"tanks,' beat Jailor Condor insensi-
BILE, and overpowering two other jailors,
fled to the street.
The prisoners jumped into an auto
mobile standing at the rear of the Jail
and escaped.
Two previous attempts at jail break
by Wilson, who was originally impris-
oned for big mail robbery, have been
frustrated by guards. During his Sec
ond attempt, Herbert Cox, another pris.
oner, was shot and killed, and Wilson
was recently convicted of the murder.
DuTlHS tuIS Hiuruer trldi, w IIsoh
and former associates were quoted as
boasting that the notorious bandit
would never pay the penalty, and at
every session of the court armed guards
stood at the doors and surrounded tho
prisoner as he came an dwent.
Several attempts to smugglc arms to
Wilson have been reported, the most
recent duplicating Arthur G. Burch,
who sent turnkey for box of candy
which contained II loaded revolver,
.iailors discovered.
The Jail break today occurred at Z
o clock when Jailor Condin went to
the tank with the keys. Wilson, the
the door was open, sprang up
ON him and dealt him terrific blow
and Adam Ward, murderer, and Guido
Spingoli, bank robber, escaped with
Wilson.
Jailors Purrier aud Glaze were over
powered by the prisoners, who, obtain
ing the jail keys, locked the doors as
they left. a posse of sheriffs, armed
with rifles, was in pursuit a few min
utes after the escape.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-17

Los ANGELES, Oct. 17.-Jailor
Robert Cornin was suspended by
Sheriff Traeger, when Cornin failed to
answer charges of favoritism and cor
ruption, it was announced today.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-17

SAN DIEGO. Oct. 17.-Herbert
Wilson is cornered at Escondido,
35 miles from here, according to
telephone advices. Possesses from
San Diego and Los Angeles are
closing in on him, with rifles and
buckshot loaded shotgrlns.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-08
STATE ACCOUNTANTS
FINISH EXAMINATIONS

G.. Ray King and Dan Hoover ex-
aminers for the state board of &C
counts will leave this city shortly,
having completed their examination
of the accounts of various city and
county corporations. They will go
from here to Indianapolis where they
take up an examination of the books
of the auditor and treasurer of Marion
county.
The scope of examinations covered
by the accountants during their stay
of several months past included the
following:
Civil city of Richmond, School city
of Richmond, Municipal light plant,
Easthaven hospital, commissioners
and court allowances, county auditor,
county treasurer, clerk circuit court,
county recorder, county sheriff, county
) school funds, county prosecutor,
Smithfield farm, county poor asylum
Is township trustees, Is township as
SCISSORS, civil town of Boston, civil
town of Whitewater.
Civil town of Mt. Auburn, civil town
of Hagerstown, civil town Of Center
Vile. civil town of Milton, civil town
! of Spring Grove, civil town of Green S
! Fork, civil town of Fountain City, civil
] town of East Germantown, civil towr
! of Dublin, civil town of Cambridge
| City, school town of Hagerstown
! school town of Spring Grove, schoo
! town of Dublin, consolidated schoo
/ corporation, Jackson township anC
! Cambridge City.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-08
TO PLACE turtle"
AT EIGHTH AND MAIN;
AWARD CONTRACTS

Awarding contracts on two city i'm
provement jobs on which bids were
received Thursday, the board of works
took advantage of the occasion to
put into use one of the police depart
ment turtles" which has been lying
idle for some time. The turtle" was
ordered installed at Eighth and Main
streets, and Superintendent Hess will
take the work in hand.
T. B. Pyle reported the total cost
of the South D street sidewalks, run.
ming from South Eleventh and Four.
teenth streets. as $1,693. John S
Duke reported cost of the South Sixth
street sewer as $1,004.63. The assess
ment roll was ordered made up by the
clerk.
Bids were received on the sewer tc
! be installed in the alley between
South Third and Fourth streets, or
the north side of D street The con
tract was awarded J. F. Hipskind, who
bid $1.31 per lineal foot.
Contract for the sidewalk to be laid
/ on the east side of North West Sec
ond street was awarded to Dan G
Burkhardt, who bid 10 cents pei
/ square foot The sidewalk runs from
| Lincoln street to Richmond avenue.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-08
Bible SCHOOL OPENS
JUNE rs, DECISION

The summer Bible school will open
on June 90 and run for three weeks,
it was decided at a meeting of the
executive committee of the local Sun
day school association Thursday noon
al the Y. NJ c. A.
Letters are now being sent out to
all of the pastors and superintendent
of the city asking that the enrolment
for their schools be forwarded imme-
diately.
While last year the pupils were adj
mitted according to age, it is possible
that this year admittance will be made
according to the grade in school.
All of the Sunday schools in the city
had not reported Thursday, but it was
stated that enough were behind the
I school to insure its success.
The cost per pupil in the school will
be about $780, A. B. Harrison, secre
tary of the Sunday school association
| said.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-08
DESIRE OF FORMER
AIR men TO DECIDE
UNIT ORGANIZATION

Forming of a national guard avia-
ton unit is dependent only on the
willingness of former members of the
army and navy aviation services to
get together here. according to Floyd
Showalter, former member of the
aviation service. who has charge Of
the work Showalter holds a cap
tain's commission in the reserve.
IF enough men are here to organ
lie a squad we can nave reserve
flight established in this city, with a
commissioned personnel of about six
members" said Mr. Showalter Thurs
day IF they are not sufficient to
form a flight, we could join the ma
tional guard / would be interested
IN establishing a pursuit squadron as
that was the branch of service in
| which ] was placed"
Should Call Showalter
Former members of the flying serv-
ice who are interested are requested
to call Mr. Showalter at 6244 or leave
their names at his office.
Organization work will be carried
on under the direction of Major Kir
| by, aviation officer of the Fifth army
corps, headquarters for which is 10
Gated at Fort Benjamin Harrison.
] One such squadron is now in opera
] ton at Kokomo, said Mr.. Showalter
Another is in operation at SchoeI
Field, Fort Benjamin Harrison.