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Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-12
SCATHINC SARCASM
MARKS TRIAL in
IMPERIAL THEFT.
COlOred Pair Acquitted
After a Hours Jury
DeliberatiOn

After deliberating more than four
hours, the jury in the ease of Gar
field Jones and George Williams,
charged with burglary, brought in
verdict of not guilty, and Judge
NJ. w. Conkling ordered the defend
ants discharged from custody.
The men, who are cOloIed, were
accused of entering the home of
Virgil Patterson in Imperial on the
night of April 'l6, and stealing a
pair of pants, property of Mr.. Pat
terson, and Il vanity bag belonging
to Mrs. Patterson, when contained
$25.
Attorney Victor Berry, defending
the men. delivered plea for his
clients in his address to the jury,
which was a combination u Iegai
""l literary classic. and convulsed
all who heard it. Starting in
with the city of Imperial, Mr.. Berry
rakcd the oldest settlement in the
valley fore and aft with verbal
bombs, claiming that no selfrespect-
ing burglar would ever dream of 60
ing there to practice his profession.
Drags in "Diplodokus
The attorney likened the actions
of the Imperial police in the ease
to the Diplodokus an imaginary
prehistoric animal which ranged
through the Mesozoie Age, with
brains the size of an English wal
nut, and requiring long period of
time for it to get into action.
Mr.. Patterson s pants came i'll for
considerable attention from the at
torney who dwelt at length on their
vanishing powers and their ultimate
destination For irony and scathin2
sarcasm. mingled with humorous
imagina,ives, the address was a mas
terpiece, and considerably iivened
up an otherwise duh day in the su-
ptrior court.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-12
IRRIGATION DISTRICT OFFICIALS
FIND LEVEES HOLDING FIRM; WEIR
AGREEMENT WITH YUMA IS REACHED

President Ira Aten, Director
Mark Rose and Earl c. Pound,
Chief Engineer Ray s. Carberry
and IRRIGATION District Attorney
Charles L. Childers, returned from
Yuma today. An amicable agree
ment was reached with the Water
Users Association of Yuma .pn the
building of weir again this year
for the purpose Of diverting a suf-
ficient amount of water for the
needs of Imperial Valley and the
Mexican lands during the coming
summer and early fall.
Each year such an agreement is
necessary because of the limited
amount Of water that comes down
the river during the period men,
toned above. In the past the
signing of this contract has always
been the signal for a general free
forall wrangle between the Imper-
ial Irrigation district and Yuma
and threats have been made both
, in courts and with shot guns in the
past over the situation, the conten-
ton of Yuma being that the dis
trict in the past had not been suf-
ficiently cognizant of the danger
to Yuma from the floods the fol-
lowing spring in event the weir was
not removed according to the dis
trict s agreement.
Everything is Amicable
This year the situation was en-
tirely different. Expressing the
utmost confidence in the present
irrigation district board of Imper-
ial Valley and citing the numerous
acts of the board since its installa-
tion in February, the Yuma people
stated that they were agreeing to
this contract not only cheerfully
but with the knowledge that the
two valleys are now working har-
moniously in every particular. The
Yuma people, during the confer
enee, stated that they want to do
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-12
MACHINERY CRINDS
SLOWLY FOR THE
EASTSIDE KIDDIES
Mayor Fawcett Has Sent
Official Request for
Ground

Despite the fact that real sum
mer weather is with us, the matter
of providing n wading pool for the
children OH the east side of Ell Cen
tro has not made as quick progress
as the weather has.
Following the meeting of the city
council last week, Mayor Fawcett
addressed a letter to the city school
board, making formal request that
it transfer to the city, the tract of
land on the east side, formerly the
site of the old school, which the
city council is willing to transform
into Il wading pool and park for the
east side people.
The mayor stated yesterday that
he hoped to have a reply to his let
ter to present to the city council
at tomorrow night s meeting. The
city council has already gone on
record as being willing to expend
the necessary funds to provide the
"kiddies'' of the east side with
the same privileges and conven-
fences enjoyed by the youngsters
dwelling this side of the railroad
tracks.
The school board has previously
stated its position in the matter,
which is that it is willing to lease
the land in question to'the city for
park purposes for long period OF
years at nominal rental, but is op.
posed to transferring the land out.
right to the city except as last
resort.
Want to Retain Land
Members of the school board are
of the opinion that in future years
the land may be worth much more
than it is now, and feel that any
increase in valuation should bt
credited to the school funds. The
question arises whether the city
can legally spend money for i'm
provements on land that is leased
and Investigation of this phase o.
the matter will undoubtedly post
pone construction of the pool fol
some time, when the city is an
Xious to begin work at once.
In case the city cannot spend
money ON leased ground, the schOo
board has expressed its willingness;
to end the matter by deciding tn,
land to1the city, but in the mean
time, summer is here and the kid
dies are going without a chance tC
cool off.
Leaders in east side affairs hav,
stated that the citizens there will
be glad to assist the city in any
way possible in constructing TIL,
pool. Unfortunately, the young
sters have been led to believe that
the pool is only matter of day:
away, and cannot understand why
it is that they have not yet had {
chance to splash around in coo
water, and obtain little reliei
from the parched conditions thai
exist on the east side.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-12
KANSAS FLOOD
WATERS RECEDE,
MARTIAL LAW
by United Press Leased Wire

KANSAS CITY, Kans., June 12.
Kansas flood waters were reced-
ing today while citizens in the
stricken sections set about the task
of rebuilding their homes and car
ing for the sufferers.
Thousands made homeless by the
flood waters are being cared for by
relief funds. Arkansas City and
Winfield, hardest hit by the floods.
were under martial law, patrOlled
by members of the American Le-
gion and state troops who are sup
ervising the rescue and rehabilita-
tion work in the devastated re-
gions.
Property damage in Arkansas
City was estimated today at approx.
imately $3,000,000 and the loss at
Winfield was placed at nearly two
million dollars. Five persons lost
their lives in the flood zone.
Relief Work Well Organized
Relief work was well organized
with the aid of troops and business
men.
Train service was still severely
hampered by washouts in many see
tions and thousands of acres Of low
land crops were inundated.
Officials of the chamber of com
merce at Arkansas City appealed to
the outside for aid today in relief
of flood sufferers.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-12

everything within their power to
aid in the passage of the SWing-
johnson bill by the next congress.
The contract provides that Yuma
through its association, consents for
the erection of the weir, provided
the district removes it immediate.
ly following the period when the
water is low. There is no consid-
Grafton, although the irrigation dis
trict supplies bond that it will
carry out the terms of the contract.
Mr.. Aten's Report w
In his report Mr.. Aten declares
that the levee along the river is in
good condition with no dangerous
current against it. His report fol
lows in part:
"We went to Hanlon Heading
On the Colorado and then on down
the levee to the Pescadera DAM
26 miles from HanlOn 8. At Bee
River Dam, put across Bee river n
year ago to keep the water from
flowing into Volcano Lake, the cut
is holding firm. However, the eur.
rent of the river is striking the
dam center with terrific force and
turning off right angle through
Pescadero cut.
Superintendent Higley, in
charge, assured me there was no
need for alarm, but that this par
ticular point was always danger.
Gus at flood time. The river was
carrying 105,000 second feet with Il
fall expected.
"Mr. Higley is doing' everything
human energy can do to make
things safe. More than 80 ears of
rock are being dumped every "a
hours on the levee and dam. The
levee and railroad extend four miles
south of the dam along Pescadero
cut and there the river spreads out
over the whole country and finds
its way to the gulf through many
large and small channels.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-12
FLOOD HITS
TULSA, OKLA.

TULSA, Okla, June L. Flood
waters from the Arkansas river
which caused widespread damage
throughout Kansas, swept through
here this afternoon, flooding homes
along the river bottoms and inun-
dating farm lands over a wide
area. Streets in the outlying see
tions of the city were swept with
flood torrents and scores of homes
were cut off by the rising waters.
Two hundred houses along the
river were flooded by the first on
rush of high water, and hu6dreds
of additional homes between here
and Sand Springs, are menaced as
the waters approached the crest.
The Arkansas, river. was rising
three inches an hour and if the
two foot rise predicted comes before
evening it is feared the entire com
munity along the river will be ma
roOned.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-12
ALL PRISON ERS
OF CHINESE ARE
NOW LIBERATED
American, British and
French Held Captive
for Month
u. S. Officially Notified
of Final Release of
Yankees
BY United L. css leased Wire

WASHlNGTON, June 12.-All
the foreigners captured by the
Shantung bandits have been re-
leased, the state department an
nonnced today.
The department was Informed Of
2 the release of the foreigners in a
cable from Consul General Cunning
ham at Shanghai.
Consul Davis reported to Cunning
hame from FSaG. CEaung where ne
gotiations were being conducted.
Cunningham in his dispatch said
the credit for the liberation of for
cigners belongs to Consul Davis,
Ray Anderson, American intermed-
iarv and Chinese Foreign Minister
Wen.
Berkeley Man Released
The Americans held prisoner up
to. the last minute and just released
are: Major Roland w. Hinger, L.
S. A., stationed at Manila, home
Berkeley, Cal.
John b. Powell Hannibal, Mo-,
publisher of the Weekly Review at
Shanghai. Lee Solomon, Shanghai
agent of the Block company of San
Francisco.
The state department verified the
above list of Americans and gave
out in addition the following unver-
ified list of other foreigners releas-
ed:
British - Fred Elias, broker,
Shanghai; Reginald Roiatt, Birm-
ingham. England, manager of Reiss
g. Co., Tientsin.
The prisoners just released had
been held in captivity for more than
nlonth. They were taken when
bandits wrecked the Peking- -Shang-
hal express on the morning of May
6, near Lincheng in Shantung prov
ince. Since that time they have been
held in mountain Businesses.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-12
Biscailuz May Go
to See Phillips
Woman on Escape

Los ANGELES, June 12.-Under
Sheriff Eugene BiscailCZ who
brought Clara Phillips, hammer muir
dress, back from Honduras follow
ing her r2capturc, may go to San
Quentin penitentiary soon to confer
with Clara in an effort to clear up
the details of her escape from the
county Jail, according to Sheriff
Traeger today. Tracger stated in
vestigators were working on the
Phillips escape. lie said he already
ahd information which involves two
former county employees and three
Ctlcr3 in the escape plot.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-12
CANTALOUPE
SHIPMENTS
Daily Report Given by Bureau
of Agricultural Economics
at Brawley

Cantaloupc shipments yesterday
were 238 cars freight and ore by
express making total of 239 cars.
State Of Georgia shipped two
making a total for the, United
States of 241. Imperial Valley
shipments total 1853 cars to. date
this season. t'
Local shipping point infcr7na-
ton: demand good; market ur,-
settled; standard brands mostly
consigned; standards $2.40-2.50;
other brands; standards, $780,
2.4O, a few at $3.50; other mar
ets today: Kansas City steady,
standards, mostly S4.OO; Chicago
steady, Standards 1854. Detroit
steady, standards $3.50; New Or
leans steady, $4.5o-4.75; Los Arr
geles steady, 36's S3.00-3.25;
ponies S2.75-3.0O; flats S1.25-1.35;
Is cars on track.
Indianapolis steady, standards
S4.o0-4.25; Denver steady sstan-
dards 1915; Minneapolis slightly
weaker, standards S4.O0-4. .25; st.
Paul steady market remained un-
charged at $4.25; New York
slightly weaker, standards 1915
400; Philadelphia steady, stan
dards S4.00-4.50; Boston weaker,
standards mostly at $4.00; Cincin-
natl market dull, $4.00-4.25; Pitts
,burgh slightly weaker, standards
$4.25-4.50 a few at $500; st.
Louis market dull, standards $4;
San Francisco demand good, stan
dards $3.50-3.75 few higher;
pories $3.0O-325; flats $1.25-1.60;
a few higher; Columbus weaker,
standards S4.00-4.25; Buffalo
steady, standards S4.oo-4. so most
ly $4.25-4.50.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-12
COUNTER CHARGES
FLY in MONTANA.
MURDER MYSTERY
Dy United Press Leased Wire

BOSEMAN, Mont, June l2.-
MY wife is getting tired of me
and wants to get rid of me. This
is the method she has taken -
This was the reply today of Seth
o. Danner. former Mobridge, South
Dakota, resident to his wife s
charges that he slew Mr.. ana Mrs.
John Sprousc at Central Park,
Montana, automobile camp in 1920
"A charge which has placed Danner
in the county Jail on double count
of homicide.
~ know she is interested in an.
other man, and that's her entire
reason for wanting to have me pay
the penalty for a crime / did not
commit he declared.
-Danner has admitted to County
Attorney Peterson that he and his
wife with their three children trav
clcd west from South Dakota with
the Sprouses and eampcd with them
at Central Park. But at the time of
the murder, he AYERS, he was out
Of the state and knew nothing OF At.
Later in the day, however, reply
ing to questions asked him by news
paper men, Danner said he and his
family left Mobridge two weeks af-
ter the Sprouses and never overlook
them.
Mrs. Danner confessed, she said,
because she feared her husband
would kill her. She has recently
sued him for divorce.
The bodies of Mr.. and Mrs.
Sprouse, found in the shallow grave
where Mrs. Danner led the officer,
have been brought here and will be
buried again following the inquest.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-12
Vets Score in
Illinois Move
by United Press Leased Wire

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.,, June H.
The Illinois house Of representatives
today put on the calendar bill by
Representative 7. j. O'Grady, pro-
viding a referendum on repeal of
the state. dry law.
The "wet victory was sharp
surprise, as the house several times
previously this session voted over
whelmingly dry.
The vote was 7S to replace the ro-
pealer on the calendar and 70
against.
Anti-prohibitionists were declared
by their leaders to have gained
strength since Governor Smith of
New York signed the New York
State repeater.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-12
Smith FORCES
DEMO 0CRATS TO
STAND BY VETS
By United Press Leased Wire

Nv WASHINGTON, June 12.-Gov-
ernor Al Smith of New York is 60
ing to make it hard for the demo-
cratic party to reject his wet plank
in 1924.
With the assistance of Tom Tag
gart Of Indiana and George Bren-
nan of Illinois, with whom he will
powwow ut French Lick, Smith is
in a position to put in a hole the
entirely the prohibition issue in 1924
or to pussyfoot on it.
Two developments are likely to
grow out of the French Lick con.
ference. These are:
/. Formulation in definite terms
of the Smith-Taggart Brennan wet
plank.
2. Counter movement by other
democrats TO head off the wet tri-
umvate in their fight for the 1924
nomination or its resolutions com.
mittce.
A Trying Situation
No political meeting in years has
SO tried democrats as this. Smith 5
candidacy is beside the question tc
democratic politicians and his de
malls of presidential aspirations
mean nothing to them. The point OF
the conference is whether the Smith
Taggart- Brennan group and the po
litical idea they represent shall
dominate democratic marty DESTINY
Their wet plank will be cleverly
framed. 1t will not attack prohi
bition as expressed through the 18th
amendment. Neither will it attack
strict enforcement. 1t will, how
ever, attack as senseless and pro
duetive of hypocraey the Volstead
laws standard of intoxication-the
one half of one per cent alcohol lin
itation the Volstead act fixed.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-12
L. A. Mayor Says
Police Condition
Will Be PrObed
by United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, June 12.-May,
or George f. Cryer today announc.
ed an investigation of police de-
partment conditions would be made
as soon as a secret fund recently
appropriated by city council be.
came available on July l.
The mayor did not state what
lines he would follow in making
the investigation but it is assert
ed he was making plans for a huge
probe.
Apparently, from the mayor s
statements the move will be made
because of the charges of two To-
cal ministers that the department
was corrupt and lax in law enforce
ment.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-12
L. A. Business
Men Jailed on
Serious Charge
Hy United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, June 12.-Ray,
mond Remington and Don Hadley,
two local businessmen, were in Jail
today on assault charges preferred
by Roy Page of Denver, who alleges
the men attacked him and his com,
panion, Thelma Rodher, 10, of Den
yer, while on a night life "sight
seeing party.
Miss Rodher told Deputies that
$4,000 in jewelry she was wearing
was missing after the fight. The
participants became acquainted in
n downtown cafe. Miss Rodher said
she was beaten inseaSible when she
went 10 Page S assistance.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-12
LAUNCH MOVE ON
REFRIGERATION
RATES IN VALLEY
Farm BGreau, Chambers
of Commerce to Help
in Campaign

Under the efficient management
of the Imperial County Farm Bu-
reau, the produce growers and ship
pers of the county will begin a Wig
orous attack on the present refrig-
eraticn rates. according to announce
mcnt made by l.. c. Lee. chairman
of the executive board of that or
ganizatiOn. For some time the
growers and shippers of cantalOupes
and lettuce have felt the unfairness
Of the discrimination which causes
them to pay $l5 more per ear for
lettuce, which is moved in the
coolest part of the year from the val
ley than that shipped from other
California points at later season.
Through the farm bareau and its
committee selected for the purpose
sentiment IS being aroused among
the iosal chambers Of ccuriarce and
thc as.oriatci chan her ;1ud the
,,a ter VIII shorty II taken up with
the interstate Commerce Commits.
sion.
$50 More Per Car
The rates for refrigeration of can
taloupc ears, though naturally more
than lettuce are inordinately high
say the growers, who point to the
fact that $50 more is demanded
than from other state points, as the
following table shows. While it is
admitted that the cost OF ice here
may be somewhat greater than else
where within the state. the facts
remain that the railroad has a haul
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-12
American Faces
Death in Mexico,
Demand Ransom

MEXICO CITY, June -. -
Friends of r. A. Newman, an
American who has been missing
from Durango City for Is days,
have received a letter from him
saying that if 10000 pesos are not
paid at once to bandits who kid
mapped him, he will be shot to
death.
American authorities have made
presentations to the Mexican gov
ernment on the subject. The ban
dts are believed to be led by Juan
Galindo, notorious brigand.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-12
She Certainly
Has Right to
Be Peeved
Hy United Press Leased Wire

Dy United Press Leased Wire
SALEM, Ore, June 12.-Mrs.
r. Russell is $5 poorer today ar,l
the next time she dances with
policeman-well, she just won't
that's all.
The policeman danced with her
few nights ago in local hall
and then arrested her for dancing
s"too close
Z And l.. recorders court late
yesterday the judge heard both
sides Of the story and pronounced
a SIS fine.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-12
DROWN
IN FLOODS

COPENHAGEN, June 12.-Many
persons have been drowned in dis
astrous floods that inundated the
province of Perm in Russia, where
the river Kama overflowed its
banks, according to Moscow dis.
patches. Hundreds. of miles of cotin-
try has been inundated and mum.
erous buildings destroyed.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-12
BULGARIA IN MIDST OF NEW REVOLUTION
He Took Things
Entirely Too
Literal

By United Press Leased Wire
SAN JOSE, Cal, June 49,
George Bolden was sentenced by
Judge Dougherty in superior
court here today to serve 80 days
in jail for robbing the poor box
of the First Methodist church.
1.-The poor box is for the poor,
but they canrot rifle it, Judge
Doughecty told Bolden who
claimed that since he was poor,
he thought the box was a fair
game.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-12
FIERCE TRIBESMEN
in TERROR REIGN
IN BULCAR REVOLT
Counter Move by Peas
ants Brings Bloody
Fighting
PREMIER CAPTURED
RumOr Peasant Premier
Caught; News Kept
Quiet
PREMIER CAPTURED

BIILfsU II ADfI, June I---oWPep-
ing down upon Sofia from the nor
thern hills, fierce peasant bands
numbering between 10000 and l5,-
900 are launching a strong counter
revolutionary movement ag; inst the
new Zankofs government, according
to dispatches from the Bulgarian
capital.
Roughly clad, hard riding bill
tribes have Joined the standard of
the deposed Stamboulisky govern
ment and threaten to topple the
three day revolution regime before
it is fairly established.
JugoSlav political circles under
stand that the counter revolution is
likely to succeed; already STAN
boulisky's followers outnumber the
forces of the Zankof government and
the peasant movement that can
claim 85 per cent of all Bulgaria if
il is successful, appears due to re-
turn to power.
King Boris, youthful Bulgarian
monarch who gave the new ministry
his approval, is likely to lose his
throne and possibly his head, if
the peasants drive reaches the capi-
tai; for it is now understood he con-
nived with the conspirators who
overthrew Stamboulisky. The for
mcr premier, who always ,iominat
ed the young king, telling him he
could rule only so long as the peas
ants wished, learned of the impend-
ing revolution some time before it
broke, it became known today. Pro-
fessor Zonkof, who heads the revo-
lutionary government learned his
plans had been discovered and was
forced to launch the coup 4 'etat
prematurelv.
Many Casualties
Forces loyal to the former peas.
ant premier are reported to be en-.
gaging troops of the new govern.
ment in armed conflict in many
parts of Bulgaria. The former are
heavily armed; casualties are mdi-
c,.ted in scattered dispatches with
out any definite number killed and
wounded being stated. The scene of
the resistance is in the. hills so or
60 miles north Of the capital,
whence the feared eemitalji bands
are said to be advancing on Sofia.
Peasant bands are conducting
guerilla warfare, cutting communi.
cations by wire and rail and render
ing impossible massed movement by
the 1900 ZaDkof troops that oppose
them.
Serbia. fearing the. flame of coun-
ter revolution may spre@d, is rein
forcing her border patrols as well as
garrisons at Prot and Uskub.
LONDON, June 12.-Capture of
Premier Stamboulisky, reported in
various Bulgarian dispatches early
today, has not been confirmed and
the British government is withhold
ing Ii statement until this natter is
cleared up.
PARIS. June l2.--A dispatch
from Sofia via Prague states defin-
itely that ex-Premier Stamboulisky
is a prisoner, and the new govern
ment is preventing news of casual
ties which resulted from the coup
d 'etat reaching the outside world
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-12
BABE HITS YEARS
18TH HOME RUN
ny United Press Leased Wire

YANKEY STADIUM, N. Y, June
l2.-Babe Ruth hit his 18th home
run of the year this afternoon in
the last half of the first inning in
the game with Cleveland. Uhle was
pitching.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-12

Continued on Page Eight
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-12
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