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Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-13
SECOND K. K. K.
STORE bonn BED
BY ANTI-CR0UP
By United Press Leased Wire

CHICAGO, October .13.-Anti,
Ku Klux Klan factions here were
today blamed by police with bomb.
ing two-story brick building on
the South Side. The building was
badly damaged.
1t was the second bombing at
tributed to fanti-klan forces here
during the past two days.
The building bombed today was
occupied by G. A. Penrose s drug
store. Penrose told police he was
an officer of the klan. He said
he had recently received several let
ters charging him with being a
klansman and. ordering him to
leave the neighborhood.
Two days ago a building oc-
cupied by the Forcum Press, pub
fishers of {, khan organ was badly
damaged by a bomb explosion. This
building was also on the South Side.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-13
CareleSSneSS in
Cleaning Up Is
Cause of BlaZes

In spite of all that has been
said and written on fire prevention
in the past two weeks, FL Centre
had two fires Yesterday, caused by
carelessness in disposing of rubbish
which had been gathered up during
the cleanup campaign. The first
fire, yesterday morn',ng, was re-
ported in last nights Press.
Shortly after o'clock yester-
day afternoon, fire broke out in 4
small storehous, in the rear of NJ.
o. Kings home at 730 Olive street.
Some one had burned rubbish in
q vacant lot just west Of the King
house, and the wind caused it to
spread until it reached the store
house, after tho cleanup squad had
gone on elsewhere.
Chief Ferguson stated that the
location of both fires yesterday was
incorrectly telephoned to fire head
quarters and urged that time be
taken in sending in telephone calls
to advise the department of the
exact location of the blaze.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-13
.TRENTHAM WINS
OUT AS WATER
BOARD DIRECTOR
Close Imperial Election
Puts Mccall Second
In Hot Fight

AS result of the "strawD elec-
ton held in Imperial yesterday, to
allow the people of that district to
chose a successor to succeed Roy ID.
McPherrin as director of the Irri-
cation, District, Mack Trentham
received the highest number of
votes, 129. T. d. Mccall was a
close second with 124 votes. The
third candidate, A. N. Mackey, re-
ceived 119 votes. The closeness of
the voting was not surprising to
those who were interested in the
election and it was frequently re-
marked in Imperial yesterday that
none of the three candidates would
have much of a lead over the other
two when the final result was
made known.
The next move in the matter is
to have the candidate chosen yes
terday take his seat as member of
the Irrigation District board. The
district attorney claims there is a
vacancy on the board because of
McPherrin' resignation. Mark Rose
and other members of the board
state that there is no vacancy, the
board having refused to accept Nc
Pherrin S resignation. That the
right of Mr.. Trentham to sit with
the other directors as a member of
the board will be hotly contested
was the prediction today of several
citizens familiar with Irrigation
District matters.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-13
Long Beach Man
New President
Cal. r. E. Assn
By United Press Leased Wire

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Oct. 10
With promise that the California
Real Estate Association will always
wage war. against unscruplous land
dealers, Henry p. Barbour of Long
Beach today took up the gavel as
president of the organization for
the. coming year.
Vice presidents elected for the
coming year were: John T. Sum
mers, Santa Rosa; Chris r. Jones,
Sacramento; Jesse Inman, Stock
ton; Thomas w. McManus, Bakers
field; Emile F.. Kahn, San Francis
co; O. A. Vickery, Los Angeles;
Charles B. Guthrie, Glendale; Ever
ett A. White, Santa Ana.
John G. Mulholland of Long
Beach was elected treasurer and
Glenn d. Williams was reelected
secretary manager.
Pasadena was selected as the city
for the 1924 convention.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-13
tYANKS AND GIANTS NECK TO NECE
Ball Returns a
Press Office
Tomorrow

The fifth game of the Worlds
Series will be played on the Press
electrical scoreboard tomorrow
at the usual time. Knowing that
the interest in the series is at
the highest pitch, with both team
tied after playing four games,
the Press believes that the people
will appreciate this service and
that tomorrow attendance will
be larger than any heretofore.
Due to the presence of many
schoolboys who were among the
most enthusiastic rooters, the
crowd which Watched the score
board at the Press today was
the largest thus far in the series.
The boys yelled their utmost
when the flock of Yankee runs
were flashed on the board early
in the game, and it was easy
to see that the small boy is pull
ing hard for Babe Ruth and his
teammates to win the series.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-13
J. s. ISSUES BULLETIN
ON IRRIGATION DISTRICTS

A new bulletin containing val
liable information for those inter
ested in the formation and manage
ment of irrigation districts has
just been issued by the United
States Department of Agriculture
as Department Bulletin ll77, Irri'
CATION District Operation and Fin
ance, by Wells A. Hutchins.
The author has made o com
plete study of the management and
financing of irrigation develop
ment in this country since its be-
ginning. T.
It is stated that the following
elements have proved necessary for
the success of irrigations districts:
productive land, sufficient water,
reasonable capitalization, and ade'
auate land settlement. Each of these
points is discussed IN detail.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-13
Girl, Nine, Enters
N. Y. High School

NEW YORK, October 13.--Eli-
zabeth Benson, 8, world S champion
child prodigy, has entered high
school here. At s, Elizabeth broke
the world S intelligence record by
passing the Binet-Simon mentality
tests with quotient of FLA, highest
ever recorded
She has a mental age of 10 years
and is qualified mentally to teach
high school. She has a remarkably
even disposition, is healthy and
strong and is eight pounds over
weight.
Her mother, Anne Austin, is a
magazine editor and her father a
Texas newspaper man.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-13
Confess Staying
San Bruno Officer
BY United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 13.-Floyd
Hall and Frank Rollins, prisoners in
the city Jail charged with carrying
concealed weapons, were enroute to
Redwood City today following their
reported confession to Sheriff Ian
kin of San Mateo county that they
had shot Thomas Meehan, city mar
shal of San Bruno, to death, several
months ago.
The youths are also said to have
admitted staging a number of bur-
glaries in and about San Francisco.
Meehan was shot down when he
accosted two men in the act of bur
glarizing n store. The two men in
Jail here were identified by the
state bureau by means of their fin
ger prints.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-13
80 TRUCKLOADS
OF RUBBISH ARE
HAULED TO DUMP
Several Trucks Still at
Work on Job
Today
Fire Chief Thanks All
Who Cooperate in
Campaign

Blistered hands and lame backs
was the lot OF more than one Ell
Centro business man today as a re-
salt of his strenuous activities yes
terdav afternoon during the course
of FL Centro S clean up campaign.
The boys and girls have blistered
hands also, but not having as yet
felt the wear and tear of nfe, they
are minus the lame backs. Local
Boy Scouts and school students
deserve special commendation for
the splendid manner III which they
pitched into the mop-up work.
1t was a great afternoon, accord
ing to Chief Ferguson, chairman of
the cleanup campaign, and though
marred somewhat by the unfortun-
ate fire at M. o. Kings, this was
due to the eagerness of the creanup
squads to cove! as much territory
as possible before darkness set in,
and corresponding neglect of eff
ficiency.
Criticism of the Boy Scouts as
being responsible for the fire, was
strongly resented by Frank Bowles,
who called attention to the fact that
each squad of scouts worked under
the supervision of an adult and it
was the latter's duty to make sure
that there was no possibility OF the
rubbish fire burning adjacent prop
crty before the squad moved on
The scouts were not responsible for
the fire, Mr.. Bowles contended.
80 Truckloads Gathered
In all, over 80 truckloads of rub
bish was gathered during the at;
ternoon, and today several trucks
and gang of men were still at
work gathering up what was left
over from yesterday. The brisk
wind which has blown throughout
the day handicapped this work con
siderably.
While the success of the campaign
from "spotless town" standpoint
might be questioned by some, Chief
Ferguson said today that the spirit
manifested by the people was verv
gratifying, and no doubt the work
started this week will be continued
for several days. The example has
been set to property owners and
many who have hitherto neglected
their property will find an incen-
tive to remedy this condition III
the spirit demonstrated yesterday.
Other Cities Cleanup
The pathway pointed out by FL
Centre in combining Fire Proven
ton Week with a cleanup cam
paign has been followed by other
valley cities, who also conducted
similar campaigns yesterday. Braw-
ley, Imperial, Calexico had gangs
of citizens at work and the results
achieved were very good. Holtville
and Westmorland had campaign
several days ago, and the affair
was great success.
AS chairman of the committee,
Chief Ferguson asked the Press
today to extend his thanks to all
who in any way contributed toward
the success of yesterday s campaign,
whether they cleaned up their own
place or that of their neighbor,
loaned trucks, or did active work.
The support given the movement by
all civic organizations was praised
bv the chief as being a fine example
of civic spirit.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-13
Favorable Trade
Balance for i. S,

WASHINGTON, October ia
favorable trade balance of 1885,
100000 for the ,Uni(ed States in
September was shown in a state
ment today by the department of
commerce.
Exports in this period amounted
to 1881, 100000, the largest for any
month this year, while imports tot
allied $a55,0o0,000 the smallest for
any month this year,
Import of gold totalling $27, ,S03,-
96l exceeded exports by 0,7s0, ,294,
while imports of silver $s,531 ,97l,
were $40S,51l in excess of exports.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-13
TODAY'S 8 TO 4
YANKEE VICTORY
EVENS UP SCORE
Six Yank Runs in Second
Inning High Spot of
Game
Bob Shawley Holds Off
Giants for Seven
Innings

POLO GROUNDS NEW YORK.
October l3.-Tearing out on wild
batting spree, the New York Yam
KEGS defeated the Giants, 8 to 4, in
the fourth game of the world series
this afternoon.
The count now stands two and
two.
With & crowd of $4,000 looking
on the Yankees set out early and
cinehed the game when they knock
ed two pitchers out of the box in
the second inning and scored six
runs. Two more runs were added
in the third and fourth innings be-
fore the American league champions
called it an afternoon.
With big lead back Of him Bob
Shawkey, veteran sailor, breezed
along for seven innings in which
he held the Giants safely. In the
eighth inning he weakened and had
the bases filled with three runs in
when Herb Pennock the skinny Yam
kee so"thnaw YVES oiled to the res
cue. Pennock got Frisch on a pop
tiy for the third out and stopped
the scoring.
Pep Young smashed home run
inside the grounds which concluded
the run making for the Giants. 1t
was free hitting game but the
Yankees punched theirs while the
Giants were able to use their effect.
lively in only one inning.
Epoc.acL.:r Iie.aing
Most all the breaks went to the
Americans. who helped Shawkey
along by pulling some of the most
spectacular fielding of the series.
Twice the Giants got the first
two men on base with none down
and once they had two on with one
down but the brilliant work of the
Yankee infield prevented them from
making anything out of their oppor'
tunities.
Ruth's S great running catch with
two nbase in the sixth stopped one
fine rally and a sensational stop
of Bancroft s liner IN the seventh
which Dugan turned into Il double
play, cut or another chance 10
score. .t, '.-
Pipp and Ward led off with a
single in the second and Big Jack
Scott who started for the Giants,
fumbled Schang' 8 bunt. Scott sing
led and Shawkey drove long fly
sacrifice to center. Witt doubled
and was forced by Dugan. Ruth
then walked and Meusel tripled to
left.
Pipp ended the field meet by fly.
ing to the outfield for the third
out, with six runs over the plate.
The consecutive singles by Young,
Meusel and Stengel and two iafield
outs, produced the three runs for
the Giants in the eighth.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-13
SpENN STATE PICNIC
CALLED FOR OCT. 90

All who ever lived in the Key
stone state are invited to great
picnic reunion, all day, Saturday,
October 20, in Sycamore Grove
Park, Los Angeles. There will be
a brief program, but the main pur-
pose will be to have a good time
and to meet your friends from all
over Southern California.
Bring your basket well filled.
Coffee will be served free to all
who buy the souvenir badges.
Information may be had of c. H.
Parsons, Continental National Bank,
Los Angeles. ,s,s,ssv ss Gi54 is
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-13
More Inspectors
Along the Border

1t is announced from custom head
quarters in Los Angeles that ten
additional inspectors and line rid
ers will be, placed along the Mexi-
can line to check the increasing
smuggling of liquors and narcotics
into the United States.
The new men will work in pairs
in automobiles between Tiajuana
and Mexicali, declares Lewis
Scbwaebe, collector Of customs
Their addition makes total force
Of 25 operatives engaged in patrol
work along the southern border OF
California.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-13
BELGIAN GERMAN
PRISONER 4 YRS.
GETS $130 WAGE
Nv Pres. staff Correspondent

HOLTVILLE, October 13.-Hec-
tor Ascoop just received pay for
services while in Belgian army dur
ing the World War. -
While serving under the Belgian
government Hector Ascoop was
captured by the Germans and held
in prison for fifty-two months,
when he was taken prisoner he
weighed over 200 pounds and when
released, he weighed only 80 pounds.
This week he received a letter from
the Belgian government, containing
his pay for services rendered his
country, which amounted to 26l4
francs or according to Mr.. Ascoop
approximately $l3o.7l United States
MONEY!
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-13
FIRST INNING

Yankees: Witt up: Strike i
called; ball l inside; ball 2 low;
strike called; foul; ball low;
Witt singled to center. 1t was a
short grounder through the box.
Dugan up: Dugan fouled to Snyder,
on the first ball pitched. Ruth up:
Strike ! called; ball l inside; ball
9 high wide; strike 2 called; Ruth
out on strikes. Ruth glared at the
umpire as he walked back to the
bench. R. Meusel up: Strike l
swung; ball high; Meusel forced
Witt, Bancroft to Frisch. No runs,
hit, no errors.
Scott pitched nicely. He out
guessed Ruth by slipping a third
strike right down the alley when the
Babe was looking for a curve.
Giants: Bancroft up: Strike l
called; ball l wide; strike called I;
ball Q low; Bancroft flied to Meusel
who made a short running catch.
Groh up: Strike l called; Groh pop
ped to Ward~back of second. Frisch
up: Ball l high; foul strike l; ball
9 outside; Frisch singled over sec
ond. Young up: Young singled
past Scott on the first ball, Frisch
stopping at second. f. Meusel up:
Ball l outside; Meusel forced Young,
Ward to Scott. No runs, two hits,
no errors.
SECOND INNING
y Yankees-,Pipp up: Strike. l
swung. Pipp singled over second,
Stengel made a nice stop. Ward up:
Ball l low; ball 2 low; Ward sin.
gled to center, Stengel holding Pipp
at second with a nice return. Schang
up: The Giants gathered around
Scott and then went back to their
positions. Schang reached first
when Scott fumbled his bunt. II
was an error for J. Scott. The bases
were filled. Schang also was cred
tied with sacrifice hit. Scott:
up: Ball ! low; ball low; foul
strike i; foul strike 2; Scott singled
to left scoring Pipp and. Ward
Sehang pulled up at third. Shawkey
up: Scott was taken out Of the box
and Ryan came in to pitch for the
Giants. Ryan found himself in 8
nice position with two on base, none
out and the heavy end ots the bat
Continued on page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-13
Two Dying From
Gas Boat Blast
By United Pres. Leased wiz.

SAN PEDRO, Cal, Oct. 1.-Two
men are dying and one is seriously
injured as the result OF an explosion
Yesterday on the fishing boat Co.
lumbit while she was loading gaso-
line and provisions at a local wharf.
over 500 gallons Of gasoline wore
ignited. The boat burned to the
waters edge and then sank
Jacob Kostinieh and John BYoxo.
vcieh, members Of the crew we're
trapped below decks and tsyyIbiv
burned. 8. Ivansieh. eaptain, wee
seriously injured by the force of The
explosion.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-13
CATCH BANDITS WHO
HELD UP S. p. TRAIL

SAN FRANCIcOC, october
13.-Bandits who held up
Southern Pacific train No. IS
at Tunnel IS near Ashland, Ore
gon, killing four trainmen
Thursday have been captured
at Coquille, Coos county, Ore
gon, according to word receiv-
ed here from Klamath Falls,
'o Oregon. The report was sent
to the general offices of the
Southern Pacific by tho railroad
operator at klamath Falls.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-13

Shawkey 2-3. Hits off Scott A;
Ryan 2; Shawkey 12; struck out by
Scott l; Shawkey .; McQuillan 2;
Barnes 2; Pennock l. Base on balls,
off Shawkey 4; Ryan / McQuillan
i2; Jonnard l. Home run, Young.
Three base hit, r. Meusel. Two
base hits, Witt 2; sacrifice hits,
Sehang, Witt. Sacrifice fly Shaw
key. Double plays, Shawkey, Dugan
to Pipp; Dugan to Pipp; left on
bases, Yankees 8; Giants 8. Time
2:30. Umpires: Hart behind plate (;
Evans at first; O'Day at second !;
Nallin ut third.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-13

X-Cunningham batted for Stem
gel in ninth.
XX-Bentley batted for McQuil-
Ian in seventh.
XXX-Maguire ran for Bentley
in seventh.
Z-O'Connell batted for Jonnard
in eighth.
BY Innings:
Yankees 061 100 000-8
Giants 900 900 03l-4
Summary: Innings pitched by
Scott /, none out in second; Ryan
2-3; McQuillan 1-3. Jonnard 1;
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-13

acy and American aloofness.
If the American point of view
is little understood or appreciated
in Europe, there is on this side of
the Atlantic similar ignorance re-
garding some phases of European
intention, he feels.
And, being a skilled diplomat as
we'll as a politician, Lloyd George
may be expected to convey these
thoughts to his American audiences
without being brutal, impertinent
or even indelicate.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-13
GAY CAFE NEAR
L. A. IS BURNED

LOS ANGELES, Oct. IL. = The
Club Royale, well known gay cafe
on Washington Boulevard near Cul.
yer City, burned TO the ground dur
ing the night. No estimate of tho
losses has, been made.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-13

nv Continued rains have caused mil
lions of dollars damage to cotton
and corn crops in Tennessee and
Mississippi.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-13

Cowboy shot a barber in New
York Another trouble with thi:
world is we talk too much.
, 1923-06-20
Oldest Shearer
Still Shearing
At 81 Years

John G~ournley, who shears the wool
;.s in Lincoln county, is believed to
he the oldest sheepshearer in in the
-orld. And With good reason since
Mis- venerable shearer Is 81 years old
..d is still working.
Mr.. Gournley, says the Kemmerer
Republican, is fairly well off in this
worlds goods, but sixty or seventy
Years ago he became an addict Of
sheep shearing, and never intends
quitting the game as long as life lasts
And maybe you think he's not
speedily
he sheared his ITO animals We'd
nesday, and never WINGED when the
lob was done for the day, a good aver
age as good, in fact, as many shear
srs one-fourth his age.
Mr.. Courtney is hale and hearty,
and with Bill Solliday of Opal and
the late James Nalloy, sheared sheep
in Nevada fifty years ago.
In an interview with the aged shear
err for publication in The Republican,
M. Gournley said: ~ never have
had any monkey glands installed in
my system, nor used Tanlac, OF any
other dope. I attribute my health to
work, eggs, carrots and other whole
some food, and I keep working to
keep physically wit"
1t is q revelation to watch the aged
shearer at work. and see him deity
handle the animals, with never a cut,
as he smiles a smile that never wears
off. Long live Mr.. Gournley.
, 1923-06-20
BURIED TREASURE OF
FORMER DAYS FOUND

....HYSHAM, Mont, June 1.-Wheth-
it be part of Kid Curry's treasure, or
the loot of train robbers, or the cache
of bandits who robbed and murdered
an army officer in days of the stage
coach, there is keenest interest here
abouts in a find of buried money made
by C. L. Harris in digging n post
hole for a clothes line. He uncovered
a sum said to exceed $4,000 at a depth
of about four feet.
Speculation as to the ownership OF
the buried cash range sfrom the opin-
ion of the Curry gang in North Mont.
some of whom went to the south OF
the holdup of a Great Northern train
and crossed the milestone at this
point, thru the category of possibili-
ties, including the holdup of an army
officer from Fort Keogh, on his way
to Fort Custer with a store of money
for the troops stationed there. The
paymaster was murdered and his
horse and money stolen.
While Mr.. Harris says that he Is
willing to deliver the money to the
rightful owner, he insists that the
fullest description of the find must be
given before he will turn it over.
, 1923-06-20

ture. That means that the profes.
sor's thought can be conveyed to the
mind Of that boy or girl. The spoken
quickly as though professor and pupil
were in the same classroom together.
All this implies, Of course, a radio
receiving set In every country and
rural schoolhouse. Perhaps 1t will
mean a set in every town hall. In ev
cry country church. as we'll.
College In Every Farmhouse
More than that. The possibilities
Of radio for the farmer will unques-
tionably make a receiving set virtual.
ly a necessity in the farmhouse. And
think of the radio college" that will
be possible when, as a general prac.
tice. farmhouses are so equipped
Going to school, will then become
an obsolete phrase to the farmers boy
and girl. Instead. school will 60 to
them, and they will get the essentials
OF a high school training, or the fun-
damentals OF a college education.
without leaving the home roof!
Notwithstanding the impossibility
Of visual instruction, or blackboard
work. much will be possible Of accom-.
plishment. With the textbook in the
pupils hands and the instructors
voice telling him how to use the text
book. the mere machinery will be
provided as successfully as in any
classroom, and worth while results
can follow.
Thorough Training Made Possible
The pupils work. his examination
papers. will perhaps be sent into the
school or college by mail at stated
intervals. The Instructors comments
thereon will possibly come by radio
In due time A method will doubtless
be devised for helping the backward
pupils with special radio instruction
The slow learners will be asked, II
may be. to stay after school," in a
new manner. The instructor will an.
nounce the names of such pupils a,
the beginning of an evenings lecture,
requesting them to continue listening
in after the usual instruction period Is
over.
The farther the pupil proceeds the
better adapted radio may be found In
education. Lectures on college sub
jects. higher mathematics, science
literature, agriculture. music. history
art. philosophy and many others
could certainly be very enectivel,
broadcast by authorities. Your farm
err OF twenty or thirty years from nov
may very likely stand on a complete
Intellectual equality with the city
business man
And the credit will belong e~ntirel,
and utterly to radio.