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Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-22
WHOLESALE JAIL
BREAK PREVENTED
SUSPECT DE- WINDT
Key Made from Pocket
Comb Opens Doors
to Liberty
Find ''SOb" Letter from
Mother" a Clever
Forgery W

Through the vigilance of Sheriff
Charles Gillett, Il wholesale delivery
of prisoners from the county Jail
was frustrated late yesterday after
noon, and today every part of the
cell tanks is being searched for
anything that might be used in
making an escape. ts3s,
The discovery came when the
sheriff on one of his rounds, found
the rear door of the jail, which
leads into small courtyard un-
locked. The sheriff Immediately
locked the door and summoned his
deputies who rounded up the pris-
oners for II search. Their efforts
were rewarded by finding a key,
cleverlv made from an aluminium
pocket comb, on the person of Har-
~ De Windt, who is awaiting trial
on charge of embezzlement from
the Imperial Irrigation District.
BY means of the key De Windt
had unlocked the door of the three
tanks in which prisoners are con-
fined, and had then opened the rear
door. The inmates were waiting
for darkness before taking advanf-
age of the open door, and every
| prisoner would undoubtedly have
been able to make his escape before
the break could have been discover
ed.
De Windt was locked up in his
cell apart from the other prisoners,
| and will not be permitted to hold
| any communication with them, the
| sheriff said today. He also made
known his intention of calling the
attention of the supervisors to the
| conditions at the rear of the jail
which make it possible for soma
| outsider to work for long time
| toward helping prisoners to escape
without being discovered.
Believe De Windt Clever
De Windt, in the opinion of Sher-
iff Gillett, is a clever criminal.
Some days ago, officials of the lr-
| rigation District received a letter
apparently from De Windt S mother
in the east, imploring them. to be
lenient with her boy. The letter
was such heartrendering appeal
from sorrowing mother that
| movement was started to have
! the charges against De Windt dis
| missed, inasmuch as the money he
| had stolen had been made good.
To all appearances, it appeared that
De Windt's s crime had been the
first wrong step of a young boy
away from home influences, and
much sympathy was felt for him.
The sheriff was not fooled, how
ever, for he had read a letter which
De Windt had sent from the jail,
| in which he told friends in the east
Just what kind of a letter should
be written the Irrigation District
! officials in order to arouse their
sympathy and induce them to be
lenient with him. The mother
was clever fake and failed OF
its purpose, says Sheriff Gillett.
The letter DE Windt had sent
from the Jail caused the sheriff to
| keep close watch on him, and sew
eral weeks ago it was learned that
De Windt was having John Bon
netts make KEY for him. Bon
netts has since been seen to San
| Quentin for attempting to wreck q
| train.
| According to the sheriff, DE
Windt has Dragged to other pris-
| oners that he has a considerable
sum of money cached on the
outside and made offers of val
liable reward to any released pris-
oner who would smugsle in saw
| to him
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-22
FIVE KILLED IN
MEXICO CLASHES
OVER POLITICS
BY United Press Leased Wire

MEXICO CITY, Oct. 22.-The po-
litical situation was dangerously
ugly here today following the ar
rival of General Elias Gales to open
his campaign for president. Polit
zeal clashes yesterday caused at
least five deaths sand injuries to
many.
Gales came into the city at the
head of q parade of $4,000 support
ers. Adherents of Adolfo de Ia
Huerta, rival presidential can
didate, organized impromptu II
parades that clashed with the Gales
demonstration in many parts of the
city.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-22

are turned back to the respective
counties from where they come, thus
providing Il fund for the payment
of these Officers as well as for
maintenance of the highways.
On October Is Mrs. Josephine A..
Adair, county treasurer, received
from the state $47 ,629.06 as this
country's share of automobile rev
enue for six months period.
f IL Officers at Tijuana
The IS mile stretch between San
diego and Tijuana is patrolled on
Saturdays and Sundays by six dep
uty sheriffs and six state patrol of
ficers and is striking in view of the
fact that the road between FL Cen
tro and Calexico, subject to the
same dangers by intoxicated drivers,
Continued on page A.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-22
HOLTVILLE M AN
BADLY INDU r E ID
IN DREDGE FIRE
BY Press Staff Correspondent

HOLTVILLE, Oct. 22.-Frank
Smyer, while working on one of the
dredges belonging to the Irrigation
District, was badly burned on the
hands, chest and face, Saturday
when the engine in some way caught
fire, There We're two gas tanks on
the engine near Mr.. Smyer but for,
tunately these did mot explode,
though the. entire wood structure of
the dredge was destroyed. 1t will
be several weeks before Mr.. Smyer
will be able to work again.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-22
Find Liquor Is
Being Sold on
Broadway Here

Following visit to several soft
drink places and japanese restau-
rants on Broadway Saturday af-
ternoon, Sheriff Gillett, aecompnn.
led by District Attorney Utley,
deputy sheriffs, and Marshal Diz-
ney of Imperial, arrested H. I.
Niko and Kinu Kada, charged with
violation of the liquor law. The
men pleaded guilty when arraigned
before Justice Mayfield who impos-
cd a fine of $500 in Niko's case and
The officers found Il quantity OF
whiskey and sake in each OF the
places and warned proprietors of
other places suspected Of selling iiQ,
$3.50 in kada s ease.
uor that they will be dealt with
severely If found violating the law.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-22
SUPREME COURT REVERSES
SHIPPING BOARD DECISION

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-The
supreme court today declared con
stitutional the act of congress de-
creeing that a fraud perpetrated
against "any corporation in which
the United States is stakeholder,
is crime against the United
States -
In reversing the decision of lower
courts that the act was unconstitu-
tional in this respect, the supreme
court ruled that Leroy w. Walter
had been held for defrauding the
United States Shipping Board Emer-
lgency Fleet corporation. s-n.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-22
WOOD ALCOHOL is
KILLING IND IANS
OFF ALARMINGLY
by United Press Leased Wire

RENO, Oct. 22.-Indians of west.
ern Nevada are being depleted rap
idly in numbers, according to Chief
of Police Kirkley, who says the red
men are drinking denatufed alcohol
in large amounts and dying By
families, villages and even tribes.
There is no way to stop the In
dians acquiring the wood alcohol.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-22
CRIMINALS TO GIVE
ANAHEIM THE "GO-BY'

ANAHEIM, October GA sup.
ply lof tear gas bombs has been re.
eeiveti by the local police depart
ment for use jm breaking up mobS,
forcing criminals to- get out of cover
and any emergency. This is one of
the first cities in Southern Cali
fornia to get the bombs, it is be-
lieved. aa.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-22
WIFE CLAIMS 20
YEAR OLD HUBBY
"A REGULAR SHEIK
By United Press Leased Wir,

WOODLAND, Oct. 20 Declaring
his wife is needlessly jealous of
him, John r. Duncan, 70, is suing
Mrs. Duncan, so, for divorce on the
grounds of cruelty. Duncan says
his wife makes life miserable for
him by calling him a sheik with the
women.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-22
Thwart Attempted Liberty Break at Local Bastile
HIDDEN KETTLE
lin SCHICK HUNT
!, FOUND In CANYON
Yields More Charred
| Bones, Analysis is Be-
| ing Made
BY United Press Leased Wire

BY United Press Leased Wire
SAN DIEGO, Cal, Oct. o.
Mrs. Sarah Margaret Schick,s
wife Of the missing George E.
Schick, today collapsed in her
cell in the county jail.
Medical assistance was rushed
to her and she was removed to
the matron's office. Her con-
dition is reported as critical.
Mrs. Schick, who is soon to
become a mother, has not been
questioned since last Friday
right. At no time has she been
questioned without permission
from physicians, officers say.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-22

; san DIEGO, Cal, October %.
r+The large kettle kept sacthing
In the yard of Everett Drew
Clark s Mission Drive ghost
house for two days after the
disappearance Of George T.. Schick,
San Diego capitalist, in which auth
critics believe the brokers' s body
may have been cooked to pieces
and cremated, was found yestcrds V
by sheriff's Officers.
Discovered in dense underbrush
in Mission Canyon, the cauldron
yielded ghastly evidence of some
body animal or human-having
been burned in it, Charred frag-
ments of bone tumbled out as of
fiters lifted it and the inside was
lined with a black crust.
The bones are identical in appear
ance with those found in the >, yard
of the Clark home, around the
spot where the kettle bubbled ovei
its fire for 4S hours.
An examination of the first set
of bones was made by DR.. ii. A.
Thompson, histologist. He assert
cd that it was impossible TO tell
whether they were human or animal
rs they were. burned to cinders and
not large enough to be identified
hv their structure.
Analysing Bones
DR.. Thompson will make an eX-
animation today of the bones found
in the kettle. Matter clinginS to
the interior of the vessel also will
be analvzed.
f. Drew Clark, Mrs. Clark and
Mrs. Schick are still held in the
county Jail on forgery charges aris-
ing out of an alleged forged power
of attorney, through which it is
said they obtained Schick $ prop
ertv.
Officers are unable to account for
the mysterious cauldron and its
contents on ally other theory but
that some one or something was
burned for the purpose of destroy
ing all trace of it,
The bones, ii now appears, were
taken from the kettle and scatter
ed, Some were found in the yard
some in the vessel were where il
was secreted across the canyon
Others are believed to be strcwn
through the underbrush between the
two points and search will be made
for them.
The fact that the kettle. was
kept burning for two days was
made public Friday and the fin ling
of the first lot of bones Saturday.
The sheriff believes that if these
facts were connected with any
legitimate operation, persons hay
ing knowledge Of it would have
come forward ana explained.
Clark Says Cat Burned
Clark is reported TO have told
jail employees that he burned a
eat in the kettle. The bones, how
ever, are too large to be feline.
That some one was trying to
make away with the kettle before
it was found by Investigators is
indicated by the mysterious visit
of an automobile to the arroyo be-
low the Clark home two nights
since the probe has been mdeF
way.
Neighbors tell of seeing ear
stop below the Clark home twice
shortly after midnight. Persons got
out and stalked through the under
growth. The str1rge visitors were
Continued on page ~
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-22
WHAT'S DOING.

F. and A. MNo. 384 tonight
at Masonic hall.
Y. L. I. meets tonight st.
Mary's hall.
Business Girls Club meets to-
night, club room, Dunaway
building. a,
1.-THE Spoilers, at Palace
theatre tonight.
Missionary society, Presby-
terrain church tomorrow $3.50.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-22

In Toledo, O., a boy of Is months
has six-foot pet snake, so Demp-
sey may lose his title yet.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-22

BOSTON, Mass, October o.
The United F'uit steamer San Gil,
Boston to colon, was reported pound-
ing in hc@vy seas on Il reef off
Providence Island, according to 4
wireless message intercepted here
today
The message read Weather bad,
ship pounding, passengers taking
to boats, help
Later message was received
from the steamer Pastores saying it
would arrive about noon at the po-
sition given by the San Gil.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-22
HITS
EASTERN REEF

By United Press Leased Wire
BOSTON, Oct. 22.-AlI pas
sengers Of the United Fruit
company steamer San Gil,
pounding in heavy seas on
reef off Providence Island in,
the Caribbean sea, have been
transferred to the San Bias, ac-
cording to information received
at the headquarters of the COM
pany here today.
According to the steamship
company, there were no casual
ties.
The Washington times., 1923-07-10
HASTE AND EFFICIENCY
TIME WASTED IN LOST MOTION

stupid thing and get away with
1t in terms Of some smugly recit-
ed copybook maxim. Maxims are
fine when properly interpreted
and intelligently applied. But
don't twist them to suit your
stubbornness or your laziness.
The thing that is worth saving
is time. The commodity that we
don't want to waste is energy.
This doesn't mean to be lazy or
shiftless or to go at things half
heartedly. 1t means to find out
what is worth working at and then
to make every motion count. It
means to get right down to cases
intelligently, to study your prob
lem carefully, to find the best way
of attacking it and then without
wasting yourself In useless mo.
tons to do the job at hand and do
it with all your power back of the
ball.
The Washington times., 1923-07-10
HOW TO, KEEP COOL
ADVICE OF VALUE TO EVERYBODY
The Advantage of Wearing Light and
White Clothes in Summer and the Dan
ger in Too Sudden Evaporation.
ICE OF VALUE TO EVERYBODY

of protection against their conse.
quences. This protection ne must
furnish for himself. and he IL en-
tirely capable Of furnishing it
when he does not hamper his
brains by his foolishness.
The problem Of temperature adj
justment in summer, AZ In win
ter, presents itself in two aspects
One indoor, the other outdoor.
In both cases clothing plays q
similar role. The general object
Of summer clothing II to prevent
the accumulation cf heat and to
facilitate evaporation Of moisture
from the skin, for evaporation
produces GOODNESS. At all times
the clothing must furnish protec-
ton against sudden changes Of
temperature and drafts.
Now, wooden garments serve
well the winter requirements,
while cotton or linen ones serve
equally well for, summer. But a
word Of caution is needed with
regard to the danger incurred
during hot weather in entering
houses, or shaded places, while
the clothing is still soaked with
perspiration. in such q case, wool
would be safer than cotton, be-
cause the wool retains the mois-
ture and holds back the rate of
evaporation. But the danger can
be averted If the cotton is allowed
to dry before the wearer enters a
cool place.
"Rheumatisns'' are q frequent
result of sudden cooling caused
by too rapid evaporation of per.
spiration in a cool, drafty place.
People have unconsciously In
vited lifelong illness and even
death by incautious1y exposing
themselves in this way. A cool
draft blowing on the back OF the
neck is especially periIous. Sleep
ing in a draft is often dangerous.
Even birds and wild animals, bet.
ter protected by nature than we
are, avoid that peril.
The Washington times., 1923-07-10
SPORT GARB
FOR WOMEN
BY Rita Stuyvesant-

ANY women do not care to
NV wear their best silken
AVA" undergarments while play
ing golf, tennis or riding. For
this reason, there is nothing quite
equal to the new athletic under
wear for women. Then, tool if
you plan to go away this summer,
and must depend on the village
or hotel laundry, you will find
that the fine cotton undergar-
ments will wash well.
Athletic . underwear is offered
in muslin, cross-barred dimity,
linen or madras, and is we'll tail
ored.
A bit more feminine is this
same garment, but with bandeau
top, finished with tailored Shout
der straps Of the material. This
may be bought not only in white,
but pale cholors as well. 1t is a
good idea to take a half dozen
with you on your summer vaca-
ton.
Boomers and Knockers are COM
Portable to wear under ones rid
ing habit, or on the golf course
under the sports skirt. The
boomers are shown in heavy Ital-
ian silk, which may easily be
washed in a basin of soapsuds.
and pressed with a warm iron.
But there are so many practical
models in sateen or other cotton
fabrics that will stand and laun-
der 'heroically.
Step-in combinations of fine
handkerchief linen feel cool to
the skin and wear for a long time.
If you are particular, these gar
ments may be handmade, and
finished at the top with ribbon
shoulder straps. A bit OF crocheted
edging will lend a little trimming
that will be quite serviceable.
One must consider the bras
siere, too, and see that it gives
sufficient support to the figure.
but in no way combining it uncom.
fortably.
The undervest these DAYS ia
often replaced by two-piece
garment that is a short chemise-
vest and stepin. The chemise
falls considerably below the hips.
and may be worn under the band
of the step-ins or as a foundation
for the rubber corset. But IL no
corset is worn, it may be allowed
to hang loosely over the tiny
step-in.
The Washington times., 1923-07-10
TELL THESE
AT DINNER

r T was sultry afternoon, and
the sun beat fiercely upon
- the city pavenents. The car
pet merchant leaned flabbily
against his goods.
Two women entered the shop,
and in. the arms Of one there
basked a growing infant.
Can you show us some car
pets?" asked the woman with the
baby.
Madam, can" said the shop
keeper
And he did. Again and again
he did. Roll after roll he spread
before their critical eyes. The
perspiration rolled down his
cheeks.
At last, Don't you think" said
one, glancing at her watch, that
it is time to leave?"
mot quite. dear" said her
friend, patting her infant fondly
OIl TIC N44CCh' " c VIC PISLItS VI
time to catch the train, and baby
does so love to see him roll them
QUIT"
A man bought horse at a
fair. Before purchasing he was
careful to ask whether there was
anything the matter with the ami
NAL, as the price asked seemed to
him below his estimate of it's
value.
NO" replied the seller. IT
know nothin' whatsoever agin it,
less it be that he has a trick,
bad trick, of shyin' dreadfully
when he passes a hotel" which
he named. Hes a lamb else
where's"
The man found the horse ad-
mirable in every respect. In or
der to see if he really possessed
temper he determined at last to
ride past the obnoxious hotel and
see what would happen.
No sooner had he come within
sight Of the place than out ran
the landlord and lis stable boy.
"You THEIR cried the landlord.
We've got you at last, have
WEI"
Then the man knew why the
horse was supposed to shy at
that particular spot.
The Washington times., 1923-07-10
By Beatrice Fairfax,
Who Holds a Unique Position in
the Writing World as an Au-
thOrity ON the Problems
of Girls.


A LII we'll brought up children
IA have read the fable of the
Il - Hare and the Tortoise. So
we all know that the race is not
to the swift. But the fact that
1t does not pay to hurry does not
carry with it the idea that you
don't need to get ready to be-
gin to commence" as one Of our
favorite comedians used to say.
Most of us make so many
waste motions that 1t is surpris-
ing we have enough energy and
initiative left to make real mo-
tions. We dawdle down to our
offices. We sit and sharpen pen
ellis and think up social notes we
just must write and send tele-
phone messages and run to have
a moments visit with someone in
the next department. We wind
up" like baseball pitchers. But
after we are properly wound up"
what then?
If our preliminary motions have
some relation to what we are go
ing to do later, If all our gestures
bear on the big gesture of real
work we are about to do-then
no sane or efficient person Is 60
ing to do later, if all our gestures
to those preparations. But-be
honest now while 1 put a straight
question:
Have your preliminary mo-
tons" anything to do with the
work of the day, or are you mere
ly putting off the actual work you
dread and seek to avoid by all
sorts of transparent little putter-
tngs?
Saving string Is a good frugal
habit. But spending so much time
winding 1t and finding a place for
1t and then using more time and
energy getting it unsnarled again
and ready for use is sheer idiocy
-puttering in the first degree. A
ball Of Irvine can be bought for
10 cents. Then why spend $40
worth of time conserving the
equivalent of 10 cents worth Of
Irvine!
Don't think I'm shouting out
that there is nothing In the good
old proverb: Waste not-want
not" What I'm invcighing against
is the wrong Interpretation Of that
proverb.
There is no logical reason why
someone should do dull and
The Washington times., 1923-07-10
THE WAYS or 4 HUSBAND = BY ANN
A Delightful Narrative of Domestic
Life by a Popular Magazine
Writer.

nave happened to him. m try-
ing to be calm about him, but
can't"-
You can and you must" an.
swered Pat grimly. i've put the
best private detective in town to
hunting for Neal. I said never =
word about anything except his
grief over the young wife. So
now, Alanna, you must be brave
about that and be after helping
me think Of a way to save the
day. IT'S Meals firm. also, you'll
be remembering"
"And you took him into part
nership," said slowly. Hes my
brother. We're alike maybe, And
the old curmudgeon who liked
him might like me-
what are you saying, Alanna?"
demanded Pat.
I'm telling you I'll try to get
the option again." answered.
coming to the end Of my think
ing and putting it into words,
"I'1 see Tompkins tomorrow.
When I promised Pat to- "see
Tompkins tomorrow" I forgot that
was the day when we'd bear
Phoebe to her resting place.
We went through the tragic
and final experience without
Neal. He did not come back.
Something in my heart whispered
that if Neal were alive he'd be
with Phoebe on this last journey.
Something in my brain cried out
that I was a coward and a weak
ling to harbor such a thought.
But when we drove back to
Meals apartment-empty now of
both him and Phoebe remem-
bered the promise I had made to
Pat. And grimly I nerved myself
to carry 1t out.
Jeanne was cold and curt In her
grief. The thing I had sub-con-
sciously dreaded was beginning
to happen. She showed signs Of
rancor and bitterness against
Neal. That strengthened me In
my determination to go to Mr..
Timpkins and do what I could to
save Meals credit by getting
back the option for the Dalton
Sturgess Corporation. But when
I prepared to leave Virginia
turned to me.
'Going-to your office, Amer"
she asked with the bitterest irony.
IT suppose that has first call on
your attention now"
Jim astonished me by coming
to my defense. But my surprise
was nothing compared to my Joy.
I'D like Anne to get out into
the air, jeanne. She's been housed
in here for days. And we
mustn't forget that she's under
6O4Al6 d oOupAC cIAoAh' oAlC . OOCi;
a brick not to give in to her feel
ings, about Neal"
NEAL" stormed Jeanne. Never
let me hear his name again"
"Oh, Jeanie," begged, Surely
you must know that If he could
If there were any way for him
to be with US, he'd be here"
AS 1 spoke I realized with new
terror that boy like Neal, wan
dering around with 100000 in
bills was fair prey to the city's
vultures. I looked at Pat plead
ingly. 1t seemed possible that
jeanne would be kinder If she
knew. I wondered If the facts
wouldn't aid Jim in helping us.
Pat must have read my thoughts,
for he shook his head almost i'm
perceptibly. And recognized
that this was not the time to go
into any details. There was only
one thing for me to do-and
must do 1t at once.
Go Be Continued Tomorrow
The Washington times., 1923-07-10
The Repeater.

From your state of mind, as I
understand it," said the Visitor to
the Famous Actress, you believe
in getting married"
IT certainly do" said the Ac-
tress. PERSONALLY, I have been,
am, and going to be. "-Richmond
Times Dispatch.