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Imperial Valley press., 1922-02-25

Senators johnson and Shortridge
were telegraphed TO 'insist on reten
| tion of the 100000 item so that monies
will be available to complete work al
ready started. y
The message was dispatched by j
$. Nickerson, president of Imperial IT.
rigation District, acting on unanimous
instructions from the board. 1t set
forth that advice had been received
here from authentic sources in Wash
ington stating the Senate appropria-
tions committee had decided to slice
the 100000 fund from reclamation
service monies to continue investiga-
ltion of the Boulder. Dam project.
100000 Given Here
Under the Kincaid act the govern:
mcnt appropriated $4,000 toward fin
ancing investigations and studies of
the Colorado river the telegram
points out. ''To this the Imperial Ir.
rigation District has supplemented ap-
preparations to the extent Of 100000. >
With the Imperial Valley and its ir-
rigation district so vitally interested
and with a fund already appropriated
by it equal to the sum asked from the
started is urgently demanded, it was
said.
Coincident with the advice that elm
nation of the 100000 appropriation
was threatened, advice was likewise
given the district board of directors
that it was feared upstream states
are secretly fighting us.
This was interpreted to mean that
upper states touching the Colorado
river were instrumental III causing the
Senate appropriations committee tc
slice the survey fund.
Swing Wires
A telegram from Congressman Swing
of this district to Secretary McIver
suggested appointment of IL Valley rep
resentative to confer with Secretary
Hoover and the commission at its Phoe.
nix, Arizona, meeting March ID. This
was urged in order . to present the
Valleys point OF view and urge the
commission to visit the Valley for fur
ther information. -
At meeting of the board of dircc-
tors of the Irrigation District today.
State Engineer Mcclure met with the
board to hear the board S views on the
probable estimated cost and required
bond issue for carrying out the absorp-
ton and. merger of all mutual water
companies in Imperial Valley.
MI Mcclure announced that he
would confer with the state bond com
mission in San Francisco late next
week, at which time he is to submit the
board s estimate of the amount of the
bond issue deemed sufficient to meet
consolidation demands, probably be-
tween $5,o0o,oo0 and $6,0Oo,000.
The board will meet next week to
submit its estimate to Mr.. Mcclure bv
wire. E".
Imperial Valley press., 1922-02-25
POWER TREATY
IS FAVORABLE TO
COMMITTEE
President Harding Will Not
Oppose Brdndegee ReserUa-
ton is Statement
BY LAWRENCE MARTIN
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-The SEN
ate foreign relations comittee today
ordered favorable reports to the Sen
ate on the four power Pacific treaty,
the supplementary treaty excluding
the japanese homeland from the four
power pact, the naval limitation treaty
and the treaty limiting the use of sub
marines and poison gas.
This leaves only the Chinese customs
treaty to be acted on by the committee.
That will be done next week after Sen
ator Pomerene, Ohio, has expressed hi;
views upon it.
The Harding -Brandegee Lodge com
promise reservation to the four pow
er treaty was adopted ten to three and
all other proposed reservations were
voted down. The vote on reporting the
treaty to the Senate also was 10 to 3.
Senator Pomerenc, Ohio, presented a
substitute for the Brandegee reserva-
tiOn. 1t was rejected ~ to !, Pomer-
enc along voting for it. He then moved
to strike from the compromise records
the words ''no alliance - This was lost,
10 to 3.
Senator johnson offered rs substi-
tute for the compromise the original
Brandegee reservation, which was
much broader than the one adopted.
This lost 8 to 4, with Borah, johnson
and Moses, republicans, and Shields,
Democrat, voting for it.
johnson did not ask vote on his
reservation defining the meaning of
the word rights in the four power
pact, but will offer it on the Senate
floor. There was virtually no discussion
on the naval treaty or that relating to
submarines and poison gases. The sup
plement to the four power pact also
went through unopposed, except by
Senator Borah.
Senator Lodge said he will report all
the treaties in bloc when the Chin
ese tariff treaty has been passed on
next week He may ask Senator Under
wood, chairman of the committee that
drew the tariff treaty in the arms con
ference, to explain in the committee
the framing of this pact.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-President
Harding will not oppose the Brandesee
amendment to the four power pact,
Senator Willis announced this after
noon, following conference with the
Imperial Valley press., 1922-02-25
CAlLSCOUNTY
| GARDENSPOT
Of SOUTH
State Realty Commissioner
Predicts Population Of
Millions
WILLAMAN is SPEAKER
First Regional Meeting OF
Real Estate Dealers
Is Success

Predicting a population of one mil
lion people in the Imperial Valley and
declaring that this garden spot of the
Southwest is on the verge of it's great
est prosperity, State Real Estate Com
missioner Edwin T. Keiser and Glenn
ID. Willaman, managing director of the
California Real estate association, adj
dressed the first annual Imperial Val
ley regional conference Of realty deal
ers at the Barbara Worth hotel in FL
Centre last night.
The annual meeting took the form
of banquet served in the palatial
private dining room of the magnifi-
cent local hotel. Real estate men from
Ell Centre, Calexico, Brawley, Holt
vile, Calapatria and Imperial and 9TH
er local districts attended the confer
enee.
Ray Edgar Toastmaster
The toastmaster was Ray Edgar,
president of the FL Centre Realty
Board which has arranged for the
conference and sent invitations to all
the realty brokers and salesmen.
The Ell Centre board, the first to be
organized in the Imperial Valley, has
voted to affiliate with the state and
national associations, and at the
quarterly executive meeting of the di-
rectors of the National Association of
Real Estate Boards about March 10,
its application to become board of
realtors will be acted upon. Forty-sev
Ell other realty boards in California
are now known as boards of realtors,
and this state has the largest num-
Der of boards in the state and national
associations of any state in the Union.
Pres. Tatum Unable to Attend
A message from President C. G.. G.
TatNm of the state association stating
his inability to attend the conference
was read at the banquet.s President
Tatum has had severe cold and his
message said that possibly late in
March he would be glad to meet with
the valley dealers at some local point,
possibly Brawley or Calexico.
The state president voiced his en-
thusiastic approval of plans being con
sidered for the development of the val
ley through the conservation of all the
waters of the Colorado river. Tatum
said that the Imperial Valley was the
great food storehouse of the southern
part of the state, and he predicted that
eventually the valley would support
thousands of additional rich farms,
which in turn would contribute to the
welfare and support of millions of new
population in Los Angeles and other
cities.
Address by Keiser
The address of the evening was
made by State Commissioner Edwin r.
Keiser. AS head of the real estate de-
=. l..
$4,000 broker and salesman licenses to
sell real estate in California. Up to
February 20, 1922, more than $4,000
real estate LICENSES had been issued
this year. This total, according to
Keiser, was far in excess of the num-
Der issued up to that date year ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-02-25
LOS ANGELES BUYS
EDISON POWER
PLANT
Gig of Los Angeles NOlU Con-
trolls 75 Per Cent of Her
POlUer Used
United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25.-Purchase
of the Southern California Edison Com
pany's distributing system by Los An
geles was assured today with the dea
livery. of $13,500,o00 electric power
bonds to q Los Angeles syndicate.
Delivery of the bonds and payment
was made at the Harris Trust Company,
Chicago
When the Edison Company system,
valued at $11 100000 is turned over to
Los Angeles, the city will control rs
percent of the electric power used with
in its corporate limits.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-02-25

"Guilty of murder in the second
degree
Such was the solemn verdict re-
turned by the jury today which tried
James Oliver James, Brawley barber,
for the murder of T. Yoshifuku, pros
porous druggist slain in his store on
the early evening of January 10.
The verdict was returned this morn.
ing at 10 o'clock, after the jury had
deliberated since 2 O'Clock yesterday
afternoon, The twelve men had stood
IL to l for conviction since the first
ballot, it was said, and it was not until
the jury called for the reading of GER
tain evidence today that verdict was
possible.
James received the verdict calmly,
stoically He will be called before Su.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-02-25
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
SOUNDS
A BIT QUEER

Making arrangements by tele-
phone for an interview with Sr.
Esteban Cantu:
"Steve, Cant-n see us this
afternoon?'
"No!''
eyes you Can-tu.'
We'll, my brother-in-law can
give you all the Dato.'
"Aw, Lu-go to MeXicali.
III tell Oregon you.
$50 on, he Parades in Cal
exico today
Imperial Valley press., 1922-02-25
CALLS HIMSELF
'TARZAN"
WIFE ASKS DIVORCE

? SACRAMENTO, Calf, Feb.
25.-" IN Tarzan!'
He told his wife. She told the
court
So Mrs. Nick Poroshin wants
divorce.
"He tried to make me eat
dirt" her complaint said, 'be
cause / wouldn't believe he was
Tarzan.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-02-25
Fight Plan 30 Halt
Action 0nOnC0Lorado
Riuer Reclamation,
Board Of Directors of Imperial Irrigation District Wire
Senators Johnson and Shortridge to Insist on Re-
tention of Investigation Fund


directors
NfcIver
Imperial Valley press., 1922-02-25
Secretaries'Caucus
Ends With Election
OF Board Officers
Roscoe Wyatt of San Jose Chosen President of CONNER
cial Organizaton-Santa Cruz Wins 1923 Con-
vention as 3-Day Meet Adjourns to Mexicali


advisory
cOnven finn citu for
Imperial Valley press., 1922-02-25

AS election of officers proceed
ed late this afternoon, G.. E. Weist
of Brawley was elected chairman
of the Farm Bureau board, with
J. M. Grafton, vice-chairman.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-02-25

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25.-Butter 46.
Eggs extra "a; case count %; pullets
Il.
Hens 2S; broilers SO to SO.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-02-25
GIANT GAS WELL
AFlRE, BURNS HOME
United Press 1eased Wire

WHITTIER, Calf, Feb. 25.-The
Union Oil Company's great gas well
at Santa Fe Springs, afire since 6 p. IN.
Thursday, today ignited the nearby
home of w. H. Hepler of the Norwalk-
Puente highway.
The house burned to the ground.
Hepler estimated his loss at about
$4,000.
The giant gasser was still roaring
madly this morning, throwing flame
high in the air from crater 100 feet
in diameter and resisting all attempts
to even approach it with steam lines
and mud-pumps.
Drilling work was suspended at near
by wells, while crews were pumping
water on the rigs to keep them from
igniting from the intense heat.
WHITTIER, Calf, Feb. 25.-The
Santa Fe Springs ''gasser' was still
burning furiously at p. m. today with
no prospect of being brought under
control.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-02-25

Continued to Page 2.)
Imperial Valley press., 1922-02-25

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-President
Harding will not oppose the Brandesee
amendment to the four power pact
Senator Willis announced this after
noon, following conference with the
Imperial Valley press., 1922-02-25
The DAILY PRESS

SeTDeS No Interest Except tn
of All the People of
Imperial County
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-17
TRANSLATION OF
PAPYRI BEGINS
DR.. Reich to Read Records Made in
Reign Of PtOlemy Of Phiia-
delphus.

Philadelphia, Oct. 17.-Transla-
ton Of SO sheet of papyri, dated in
the reign of Ptolemy of Philadal-
phus, but perhaps written many
years earlier, was to be begun to-
day at the University of Pennsyl-
vania museum by DR.. Nathaniel
Reich, formerly of the University
of Vienna, said to be one of the
only three living scholars capable
of reading Demotic, which was the
shorthand of hieroglyphics.
The sheets we're found in sealed
cylinders or Jars in the forecourt
OF a tomb at Thebes by DIR. Clar-
ence Stanley Fisher, and Egyptolo-
gists have been waiting impatiently
for nearly a year to learn the Sc
crets of ancient Egypt hidden in the
mystic writing.
The announcement that DR.. Reich
had accepted the, task was made
yesterday by DR.. George Gordon
Byron.
Enough deciphering has been
done on the sheets to ascertain
that they contain information as to
how taxes were levied and collect
ed in Ptolemy's reign. Modern &C.
onomists are particularly interested
in this,<a as the system was said to
have been so evenly distributed
that it brought in tremendous rev.
enues with no apparent hardship
to any class.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-17
BUCK PRIVATE'S
CONVENTION IS
GRAND SUCCESS

New Orleans, La, Oct ia SOL
emn youth, with an overseas cap
set over one ear, stood in Royal
street last night and held a legion
convention all his own-free Of
commissioned officerv and of non-
CONS as well.
This is buck privates' conven-
tion," he said. Il ought to know;
/ was the ranking buck private in
the A. E. F. No officers admitted.
Throw 'em out"
No major-general or second lieu
tenant appeared to dispute him and
he resumed the address Of welcome
to himself. The time had come
when he could tell corporals, top
sergeants, military police, regimen
tai commanders and the world
where to head in.
Then He SAa4 . Song!
I'VE will conclude" said the buck
private convention, with the sing
ing of a little ditty."
And he sang:
"There1l be no generals there:
There1i be no generals there;
In heaven above, where all is love I;
There'l be no generals there"
(Second verSe)
'There'll be no colonels there"
With military exactness he went
through it all and down the line
to corporals. Then he called 1t a
day and the buck privates' conven-
ton adjourned.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-17
SHoOTS2MEN,
ESCAPES JAIL
Herbert Wilson, Convicted Slayer,
Makes Spectacular Getaway
in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles, Cal, Oct. 17.-Her-
bert Wilson, former evangelist, con-
victed Of the murder of Herbert Cox
during an attempted Jail break sew
eral months ago, escaped from the
county Jail here today. Two other
prisoners also escaped
Wilson, armed with a revolver,
held up and shot the gateman at
the Jail, then shot one of the turn
keys, and taking the keys opened
the doors to his liberty.
Wilson was one Of the most spec
tacular prisoners in the county Jail.
having been taken by the federal
authorities after a search for many
months extending throughout the
country and resulting from mail
and store robberies estimated to
reach over q million dollars
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-17
YE0MANS PAYS
HIGH FOR KISS
Chicago Man Loses Membership In
Union League Club: Court
UphOlds Expulsion.

Springfield, ILL.,. Oct IA sin
gle attempted kiss. which it is al
legged Lucien l. Yeomans of Chi
cago, endeavored to bestow on a
young woman elevator operator in
the Chicago Union League club, will
cost him his membership in the
club, the supreme court decided to-
day. Yeomans was expelled in
March, 1919, on charges that he at
tempted, while intoxicated, to kiss
the young woman. He denied the
charges. The lower courts denied
him a writ of mandamus compel
ling his reinstatement. His peti-
tion asking the supreme court to re-
view the findings, of the lower
courts was denied today.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-17
filler DIES IN
5O0-FoOT FALL
Lieutenant Walter A. Ball, Kelly
Field, Texas, Crushed to Death
In Plane Crash.

San Antonio, Texas. Oct. IT.
Lieutenant Walter A. Ball. 81, was
crushed to death this morning when
his airplane fell from height Of
500 feet. The aviator was flying
over the southern part Of the city
and the machine crashed at the IL
tersection of two paved highways.
He occupied q single-seat machine
and was stationed at Kelly Field.
Ball was married, his wife resid-
ing here. He was born in Missouri,
was commissioned In 1918 and
served in the infantry and air serv-
ice since. Air officers are not pre-
pared to state what caused the &C
cident.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-17
GIANT AIRSH|P GOES UP
IN FLASH Of FLAME As
IT LEAVES ITS HANGAR
Cause of ls~:lent Unknown; Reporter, Wiz le-o
W.. Arm and Possible Internal Injuries,
Phones His Story to Paper.

San Antonio, Texas, Oct 1.-THE army dirigble C-2.
WHICH recently completed trans-contrc1ta flight and
reached Antonio its back Washington.
burned early this morning while being taken from its
hangar Brooks field, preparatory to flight the
city, Several of the were hurt, seriously.
Just how the accident occurred has not been learned at
an early hour.
The big ship being taken out of the hangar. The
caught it ana threw up ag=ns of the big doors
at the entrance.
Passengers heard the kissing of the gas and few
mens later the gas for unknown reason, became
ignited, going up in flash.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-17
HURT, 1 SERI0uSLY Y, when Big ARMY
DIRIclbLE IS BURNED AT SAN ANTONIO
CALL MRS. HALL
AND STEVENS IN
MURDER PROBE

New Brunswick, N. ]. Oct.
17-Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall
and her eccentric brother,
Willie Stevens, were brought to
the court house by Detective
Ferd David shortly after III
O'Clock today for further exam.
ination by authorities invest-
eating the murder Of the Rev.
Edward Wheeler Hall and MIS-
Eleanor Reinhardt Mills.
Shortly before their arrival
County Prosecutor Peekman Of
Somerset and Stricker Of Mid.
dIesex, who have predicted ut
least two arrests before night
began questioning Henry Stev.
ems, another brother of Mrs.
Hall, who had driven over from
his home in LaV2llette In re-
Sponse to . summons.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-17
MEDIUM GOES TO
LAW TO GET BACK
LOST CONTROL

Kansas City, Mo-, Oct. IL
what might have properly been
.efmed q universal lawsuit"
xss asked here by a spirit me-
~um when she appealed to W.
\. hurke, free legal aid attor-
NY, for assistance in regaining
ne spirit Of Little Eva.
The medium asserted that for
y number Of years she had pro-
sufed advice for her patrons
som the spirit Of Little Eva.
ascently the spirit failed to ap-
saf wheE called, and finally
%nmunicated the information
lMt she had been stolen by a
.eoium at Omaha, Neb., who had
stronger will, the local me-
lem asserted. She requested
ral aid to regain possession of
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-17
KANSANS' ARE
NOT EXCITED
/ ON ELECTION
Most Interest Centers
in AlLen-White
Affair.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Copyright, 1922, by The Argus.)
Wichita, Kans., Oct. 17.-Kansas
is taking this election with the ut
most complacency. There's no
emotion about it-neither anger
nor enthusiasm, indignation or sat
isfaction.
The 1920 Republican majority
for Governor Henry ]. Allen was
100000. Indifference as well as
the effect of state issues will re-
duce that figure somewhat. Con-
servative estimates are made tha.
w. Y. Morgan, Republican, will be
elected governor by vote Of from
10000 to 10000 to succeed Allen,
who was not a candidate for a
third term.
Are the farmers sympathetic
, with capital or labor? They show
ed in the primaries that they had
felt the ill-effects of the last rail
strike. The tie-up in transporta-
ton has added to the farmers list
of grievances.
This industrial court problem Is
still in the experimental stage. La
Dor is fighting the scheme hard
and the state employers associa-
ton is finding fault with it, too.
OF the cases which have arisen, the
employer side has found the cour.
ruling against them in more cases
than it has given verdict against
labor.
Issues Not Clear.
The lineup in the election in the
Industrial court issues is not clear
ly defined. The Republican nomi-
nee, of course, is in favor of the
maintenance of an industrial cour.
The Democratic candidate criti-
cises it severely. Labor will be
Democratic. But the farmers and
the other elements who want tC
see the court upheld as a means
Of ending strikes will swing the
election for the Republican ticket
More interesting perhaps thar
the election contest, if indeed i
can be called that In Kansas this
year, are some phases Of the in
dustrial court law. The supreme
court Of this state to which appeal!
can be taken directly from the de
cisions of the industrial court, will
be kept busy with cases the mex
few years. The supreme court O
the United States will have th'
final say in many of the disputes
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-17
FRENCH TROOPS
At ADR|AN0PLE
Twelve Hundred Go to Control Sit.
uaton Brought on by Greek
Evacuation.

Constantinople, Oct. II. - (By
The Associated Press. Twelve
hundred French troops left Con-
stantinople today for. Adrianople
where a serious situation is report
ed, occasioned by the evacuation of
the Greek army.
The dispatch Of these troops,
though It is outside the terms Of
the Mudania convention. was taken
as a precaution in the much agi-
tated situation. The movement OF
French troops to Adrianople may
result in . protest from the
Greeks.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-17
DESERTS WIFE.
KIDNAPS GIRL.
is; ARRESTED
Police Find Couple IL,
Hotel at Au-
rora, Ill.

Aurora, ILL.,, Oct 17.-Ida Mae
Haskins, a beautiful girl of 16
years, whose home is in Indepen-
dence, Mo-, told the Aurora police
today that she started out on an
automobile trip with her employer.
Frank Roliin, 80, a stationer, and
that he never turned for home.
Rollin, his wife ard two children
were to have gone on the trip but
he did not stop for them, the girl
said.
Her mother had consented to her
going with the Rollins family. The
trip was to have been to st. Louis,
Rollins going on a business errand
and his family and the girl for the
outing. When Rollins did not stop
for his family the girl said she pro-
tested but he told her that he did
not have time and despite her pleas
continued on his way. Rollins ad-
mitted the abduction. He said, II
was crazy about her.
Register as "BrOther and Sister"
At st. Louis, the two registered
at hotel as brother and sister and
had different rooms. From there
Rollins drove to Kansas City, Mo-,
and then to Indianola, ILL.,, where
he introduced the girl to his par
ents as his wife. By this time the
girl said Il was so helpless and
ashamed l acted the lie" But all
the time she pleaded with her alb
ductor to take her home. He re-
fused, however. and continued his
trip to Aurora.
The couple were here almost a
week, stopping at the Bishop hotel
as man and wife, when the suspic.
ions of the police we're aroused
and the couple taken into custody
Faces Mann Act Charge.
Rollins is to be charged with vio-
lation of the Mann act The girl is
to be sent back home.
Rollins has been paying his way
by selling memorandum desl
tablet he calls the magic pad. 1t is
made of mica, tissue paper and car.
bon leaves. When one writes or
the mica the inscription may bt
seen but when the isinglass is lifted
the writing disappears.
In Aurora Rollins made arrange
ments with large printing house
to market his product.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-17
WO0LWlNE Gets
KLANS REbukE

Oakland, Cal, Oct. . 17.-While
Thomas Lee Woolwine, Democratic
candidate for governor, was de-
nouncing the Ku Klux Klan at q
public meeting here last night a
man arose and walking to the
ront, set a small statue OF a robed
and hooded klansman at the speak
er's feet.
Taking the act as a signal a
crowd of men estimated at $50
walked from the hall in an orderly
manner. There was some Kissing,
meanwhile, after which the candi-
date continued his speech.