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Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-22
GROWERS WRESTLE
WITH SH0 RTACE
OF MELON CARS
Brawley Meeting Held
to Give Equable
Distribution

That the car shortage which is
being experienced at present, will
not be serious in its affect on the
local melon industry, seems to be
the concensus of opinion of growers
and shippers of the valley, and
that it may in fact be quite bene-
ficial to the market as whole, is
the belief of many vitally interest
ed.
At meeting held at the Dunlaek
Hotel in Brawley last night for the
purpose of determining how an
eouable distribution of available
ears should be made, G. r. Mcln-
tosh, superintendent of the Pacific
Fruit Express, who is in the valley
from San Francisco, presided. Ar
guments for the pro-rating of the
available REFERS on an acreage
basis, or according to the shipments
which the various growers put out
on the 10th and Goth of this month
were thoroughly discussed.
Poor Representation
Unfortunately. though large
number or growers ana ShlpperS
were present, the south end of the
valley was not well represented.
However, the final decision reach
ed was that the allotment of ears
would be based on the shipments as
of the above mentioned dates, with
possibly a slight favoring of the
southern end of the valley in con
sideration of the fact that larg'
er percentage of the total crop from
the north end has been shipped
due to earlier maturity.
According to statements made
today by c. w. Runge of the South
ern Pacific, there will be around
700 ears available for today's and
tomorrow's demands, with a larger
number after Sunday.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-22
10000 DOCTORS
GATHER TO TALK
ON MORTAL ILLS
By United Press Leased Wire

SAN FRANCISCO, June 22.-
All the ills that mortal flesh is
heir to will be under discussion here
for ten days starting today when
the first sessions of eighteen con
ventions, representing every branch
of orthodox medicine, opened in
the civic auditorium. The Califor-
MIA State Medical association,
which is playing host to the dozen
and more conventions of national
scope, opened its fiftysecond am
nual conclave this morning when
DR.. ii. G. Brainerd of Los Angeles,
retiring president delivered Wig
orous plea for birth control, euge-
mics and the sterilization of the
of the physically and mentally un-
fit
Running concurrently with the
state convention was the l5th in
ternational convention of the Anne
rican Radio graphical society claim
ing as members, physicians, skilled
in the use of the X-ray and radiuni
in the treatment of cancer, tumors
and skin diseases
More than 10000 physicians from
all parts of the United States and
many from abroad, either are here
or are headed this way, their peck,
cts full of papers TO be read during
this concentrated drive nthe wary
bacillus.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-22
DELAY SEEING
OF LIQUOR ON
BRITISH LINERS
Inspectors Take Long
Look at Booze
and Wait
by United Press Leased Wire

NEW YORK, June 22.-United
States customs officials hesitated
to take action today. in the ease
Of two big British liners which
brought into this port wine, beer
aud liquors in defiance Of the Vol
stead act, as applied to American
territorial waters. 81
The vessels owners, the White
Star and Cunard lines, were seek
ing a test case Df, the government :
authority over eargoes under seal
in foreign ships entering the three
mile limit. Ship officers declared
they had large supplies of liquor, in,
eluding thousands Of bottles Of beer
and ale, in their store rooms and
the captain of the Berengaria kept
his vessel waiting around quarantine
for 20 minutes after getting his
clearance papers, expecting to have
the seals broken and the liqoul
seized.
Much Conference Held
Customs officials, heads of the
health service and other authorities
conferred throughout the day un
til late in the afternoon but delayed
action.
Inspectors went aboard the Bal
tie and the Berengaria when they
reached quarantine, descended anc
took long look at the store room
doors decorated with seals of his
majesty's government and firmly
nailed up. They looked and wen
away.
No reason for the apparent delay
when seizure was understood tC
have been ordered from Washing
! ton, was given.
LONDON, June 22.-Great Bri
tain does not challenge the righ
and authority of the United States
. to break the seals Of his ma jesty 7
government placed upon liqou
stores on British liners enterin,
American waters il was Learned
from official government source
| today.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-22

Cantaloupe shipments yesterday
were sol, making total for this year
to date 7o72 as compared with 1858
for the last year at this time. Local
shipping point formation; Hauling
heavy, demand slow, movement mod
crate, market steady due to impend-
ing car shortage.
Cash track: standards, 1.15@1.50
mostly 1.25@1.35; ponies, 90@1.00;
flats, 60@65; ripes for western ship
ment; standards 1.76@200; ponies
1.25@l.40; flats, 5000. Most ship
ments consigned, following market
on standard ass unless other wise
specified.
Los Angeles steady, 2.25@2.5o for
the best; Cincinnati steady, 4.25@
a.50; st. Louis strong, 4.50@4.75;
New York stronger, 4.25@4.5o; hon
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-22
WALL STREET TO
BE UNDER STATE
CONTROL, PLAN
All Brokerage Houses to
Be Under State
Committee
y
158 Firms Failure in
Two Years Cause of
Move
BY James T. KOLBERT, United
Press, Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, June 22.-Spurred
by the numerous brokerage fail
ures, the disclosure of serious ir-
regularities, suspension of stock ex-
change members and the heavy loss
es inflicted on the investing pub
lie, District Attorney Banton today
served notice of his intention to
place Wall street under state super
vision.
Banton would place all broker
age houses under the jurisdiction of
the state banking committee, issuing
licenses for their operation.
On the New York Stock Ev-
change he placed the blame for the
present condition in Wall street.
Fought Legislation
" l charge the New York Stock
Exchange for the present condition
and feeling in Wall street." Banton
declared. "Its president in and out
of season, has fought against con
structive legislation that would
prove helpful to the brokerage bust
ness and stabilized that business and
demanded and secured a law, the
enforcement of which will ruin the
brokerage business in New York
Wall street is full of crooks, Ban
ton charged. These men start false
rumors and then gamble on the
market results, he declared. The
New York Stock Exchange firm OF
Zimmerman and Foshay, recently
forced into bankruptcy with liabili
ties estimated at $7,OOO,0OO, was a
victim of the criminal rumor mong
ers, BantOn said.
During the past two years l5s
brokerage houses with aggregate
Liabilities of $50,00O,O00 have fail
ed, Banton estimated. During the
same period not single bank under
the supervision of the state bank
ing commission has collapsed.
People Must Wake Up
"This fact alone should wake the
people up to the necessity of putt
ing the brokerage business of New
York under supervision of the state
| superintendent of banks,' Bantor
declared.
Banton bitterly denounced tn,
governors of the exchange for fail
ing to cooperate with the stat'
authorities in the enactment o.
! regulatory laws binding the brok
ers to honest dealing and in turn
| protecting the investing public.
The Martin law empowering TIL,
| states attorney general to invcsti
gate and put out of business dis
honest brokers, was characterized
! by Ranton as destructive. An,
action taken under this law auto
matically precludes criminal actor
against the guilty.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-22
The Lame, the Blind and the
Halt Gather Before miracle
Shrine of Healing" in n. Y
by United Press Leased Wire

NEW YORK, ,.June 22.-sboxing
ring, the arena of third rate prize
fighters, today is the shrine of the
lame, the blind and the sick in New
York. A small army on crutehes
and canes is creeping across the
city to the dingy rooms of an ath-
letic club where Sister Mabel Har-
rell is conducting her rites of heal
ing by prayer and the laying on OF
hands.
A number of orutches and braces
discarded by crippled persons hang
from the four posts of The fight
ring, mute testimonials of her pow
erS.
About fifty negroes, little girls,
aged men and women, threw away
their crutches yesterday after Sister
Harrell had laid hands upon them
and prayed.
Mary Farense, a white girl of ten,
was the first of the long line of Grip
pies to come forward for prayer to-
day. Mary was afflicted with spin
al paralysis four years ago and has
not walked without crutches since,
she said. She and her father had
come twenty six miles on street cars
and subway trains Sister Harrell
took Mary s face in her hands and
prayed.
Healed. Walk child, You are
healed; walk!'
She whispered to the girl.
Mary took two steps, dropped her
crutches and walked the length of
the room.
Women leaped onto their chairs
and shouted praises to the Lord. One
tainted. The negroes rolled theiI
heads and set up "a weird wall.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-22
Cantaloupe Shipments
BY Bureau Of Agr icultural Economics

ey dews, slightly weaker, 6's-9's,
3.50@4.5O, 11's-14's 2.50@3.00
Philadelphia slightly stronger, 4.50
@5.25; Baltimore stady 400; New
Orleans weaker, 3.00@3 so; Colum,
bus firm, 3.75@4.25; Indianapolis
steady, 4.25.
Minneapolis steady, 400; st.
Paul steady, 400; Pittsburgh stea-
dy, 3.73@4.00; Buffalo steady, 400;
Detroit steady, 4.25; Denver steady,
$50; Chicago steady, 3.75@4.o0;
Kansas City steady, 400; Boston
steady, 500; San Francisco weaker,
2.25@275. Green stock not moving.
Pittsburgh auction prices: Thurs
days sales, Wednesday, shipments,
43 cars sold. standards, 1.25@1.45,
mostly 1.35@1.40; lower ranges on
cars running strong to SOS, ponies
and flats.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-22
NEXT WAR TO
BLOT OUT ALL
CIVILIZATION"
ny United press Leased Wire

LONDON, June 22.-The next
war will blot out all civilization,
Lloyd George declared today in a
speech at Oxford.
There are ominous signs, he said,
in relation to world peace.
"The dove of peace is perched
on an ammunition dump asserted
the former premier.
rCitaiu spent l0,000,00o,Oo0
pounds sterling op the war and
therefore the nation should be able
to spend enough TO sweep away
slums in which 3,5o0,000 persons
are housed, Lloyd George said.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-22
Trio Jaile d In
ALE ged Plot
to Blackmail
By United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES June 22.-An
alleged conspiracy to extort $780,
600 from c. C. Julian we'll known
oil operator, was revealed today
when blackmail charges were filed
against Ray Scott, assistant direc-
tor of the Metro Film corporation; !;
Emmett Rice and Jack o 'BrieG.
They were Immediately arrested
and lodged in the county jail.
The charges against the trio
were filed by Deputy District At
torney Tom f. McClelland.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-22
ROUND UP EIGHTH.
MAN IN HOLDUP
MURDER IN |. A.
By United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, June 22.-Seek-
ing to discover the identity of the
man who actually fired at Sam Ne
Gee, First National Bank chauffeur,
in the $450,000 hold up here last
February, police thoroughly grilled
today the eight suspected "hand-
lers' of the stolen bank securities,
who are now in custody.
The arrest of the eighth man, A.
M. Garcia, took place in Fresno and
is said TO he the means of BRINGING
the total of plunder recovered from
the hold up to the $4,000 marks.
Officers charge that they found
500, in stolen bonds in Gar
cia 8 Fresno home.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-22
Lemon, Not An
Apple This
Time

By United Press Leased Wire
POMONA. CAL, June 22.-An
apple was the cause of Adam
and Eve leaving the Garden of
Eden. A lemon was the means
Of Tom and Libbie Pagan enter
ing it---only their Garden Of
Eden today is Catalina Island,
where they are spending their
honeymoon. Tom Pagan, man
ager Of the fruit department Of
a Topeka wholesale house, found
a note with Miss Libbie Blacet' s
name on it in a lemon box. They
corresponded. He came to Po-
mona and they were married at
the Glenwood Mission Inn Tues
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-22
HUNDREDS WILT AS HARDING PARADEs
Groom Says the
Ceremony
Was Real

SACRAMENTO, CAL, June %.
"A "fake" wedding staged to
entertain tine public at Joyiand
Park was not a fake as far as
the bridegroom, Ralph j. Sharp,
Il, is cor,cerned.
He is looking for his bride,
Miss Nina Thompson, who dis
appeared while Sharp was doff-
ing the trick wedding Clothes the
park management lent him.
Sharp declares Justice of the
Peace Frank J. O'Brien conclud-
I'd the ceremony with the words
- pronounce you man and
wifc'', and he believes that a
divorce decree is the only thing
that will free him fro mthe girl
who ran away.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-22
GRIT OF BOY AS
HE FACED MOOSE
MOST UNUSU AL
Did Not Lose Hope for
Reprieve Until Final
Hour
"GAMEST KID EVER
Crime One of Cruelest
Ever Recorded in
State

SAN QUENTIN PENITENTIA-
RY, June 22--Lawrence Campbell.
10, today paid on the scaffold the
penalty for numbering Leslie Mich
OILS, automobile man on the Califor-
mia desert rear INLAND last year.
Campbell dropped through the
trap at 1913. Fifteen minutes
later he was pronounced dead.
Father Carroll, Catholic priest,
accompanied the condemned youth
to the scaffold.
Campbell went to his death brave
". As he reached the door at the
end of the corridor leading into
the room where the scaffOld stood,
tears sprang from his eyes and ran
down his checks. He appeared to
be on the point of breaking and
his attendants expected him to sob
forth statement.
Went to Death Bravely
But not word escaped his lips,
which but an hour before had been
smiling in hope. His face set slight
" as he saw the scaffold and the
assembled witnesses and he went
through with his final ordeal with
out change of expression. !,
j" Undoubtedly. the bravest human
being, man or youth, that ever
went to his death here prison Of
ficials declared following the
hanging.
Officials made no attempt to
conceal their admiration for the
youth who played ball in the pri-
son yard yesterday and whistled
merrily this morning while prepar-
ing for his death.
Campbell never lost hope of OBJ
tanning the reprieve that never
came.
Hoped Until Last
Final hope of last-minute de-
lay of execution was not given up
until this morning.
Early today when Campbell was
giving his order for breakfast, he
WAS in cheerful mood and declared
that "while there's life there $
hope
Give me ham and eggs and cof-
fee and toast and make it piping
hot he said. Then he started
whistling as he put on the black
coat and trousers and the slippers
which each man must wear when
he hangs.
s'Gamest kid we've ever had
here' said one of the old guards.
The crime for which Lawrence
Campbell was hanged at San Quen.
tin prison today, and for which his
partner Charles Davis, is now serv-
ing a life sentence in the same
institution, was undoubtedly the
most cold blooded and brutal ira
gedy in the history of Southern
California.
A few weeks previous to the
crime, Campbell had been discharg-
ed from the navy as an undesir-
able while eight months before,
Davis had escaped from reform
school in Alabama. They met at
Indio late in January, and after
several days of wandering between
Yuma and Indio, finally arrived in
INLAND on the morning of January
90, having agreed to commit a rob
berry to replenish their funds.
While waiting for a train to pass
they hailed Leslie Nichols, an over.
seas veteran employed by a San
Francisco insurance company, who
had stopped his ear short distance
away until the train should pass
and asked him for ride to Blythe
He gladly agreed to take them
along for company, and according
to the boys later testimony, did
everything he could to make the
ride enjoyable.
Shot in Cold Blood
When the trio had driven a little
more than 20 miles from INLAND
the youths asked Nichols to stOJ
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-22
FINAL MOMENTS OF
TRIAL DRAMATIC
by United Press Leased Wire

CHICAGO, June 22.-The ease
of Mrs. Anna MeGinnis and her
sister, Myna Pioch, accused of kill
ing Mrs. McGinnis husband, was
expected to go to the jury today
after closing arguments.
The jury must decide between
claims of the defense that II. drunk
en- husband was killed while strang
ling his sistor-in.law, and Il
states contention that McGinnis
was murdered when he learned Of
his wife's faithlessness.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-22
Campbell Hangs for Staying Man on Imperial Desert
EAST STILL
SUFFERS IN
HEAT GRASP

3 by United Press Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, June 22.-- No
further material relief from the heat
today and tomorrow is promised by
the weather bureau in its official
forecast today. While the forecast
yesterday promised the first break
in the heat today, the statement to-
day said that generally Jnrougnout
the northern part Of the eastern sec
tion of the country there would be
no change in temperature during the
next 48 hours. In several states
in the south however, thr,nderstorms
were promised tonight and tomor-
row, and it is expected that this
will mark the first relief from the
heat in that part of the country.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-22
ESCAPED JUST TO
GET A GOOD MEAL

LOS ANGELES, Jupne 22.-" Aw
I just came out for little fun, "
Perry Yount youthful escaped pris'
oner from the county Jail told Of
ficers when they took him into Gus
tody last night after a chase
through the downtown crowds.
~ was coming back in the morn
ing. got good meal and was fig
uring on show tonight, " said
Yount.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-22
Etna's Fury is
Calming Down

Etna' s lava flows are cooling
and have slowed to a snail S pace.
Less than six yards an hour now is
covered by the molten rivers. An
other hamlet, Monte Santo, is in
danger of being engulfed, however.
Premier Mussolini is here and the
refugees from the buried towns are
much encouraged by his presence
and are comparatively calm.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-22
HARDINC'S FIRST
SPEECH MADE ON
THE WORLD COURT
Suggests Three Changes
to Sever 1t From
League

ST. LOUIS, June %. Three
changes in the world court design
ed TO sever it entirely from the
league of nations were suggested by
President Harding in the first
formal address of his western trip
here Thursday night.
He proposed that:
l. Vacancies on that court be
filled by the tribunal itself; or else
by member nations. instead of by
the league of nations.
3. Apportionment of eontribu-
tions. supervision of gexpenses and
fixing of4.comFss&ufon of Judges
be exercised either by The Hague
court of arbitration or by a com
mission designated by members of
the world court. The league now
performs these functions.
3. Abolition of the league s ex-
elusive right to seek legal advisory
guidance from the court, or else
extension of this right to all mem.
Der nations.
Eager for Harmony
II am so eager for the ultimate
accomplishment that | am inter,
ested in harmonizing opposing ele-
| ments. More anxious to effect oul
| helpful commitment to the court
pthan | am to score q victory fo,
executive insistence,' the president
said.
The president expressed the hope
that in time Germany, Turkey and
Mexico soon would adjust their in
| ternational relations so that they
might join the world court,
1t is apparent that Harding
realizes his proposal faces bitter
fight in the senate. He dealt Will
practically every objection that ha,
been raised. He repeatedly express
| ed his willingness to do everything
possible to satisfy those who feal
| that entrance into the court woult
involve the L. S. in the affairs OF
the league.
"In the face of the overwhclm
ing verdict of 1920, the issue. o,
the league of nations is as dead al
slavery, he said, reaffirming hi
New York declaration that tn,
league ''is not for us. ~
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-22
EXCHANGE LOWER
by United Pres. Leased nj.

by United Press Leased Wire
NEW YORK, June 2a.--Foreign
exchange closed lower. Sterling
demand 4.6l 3-s; franch demand
.06l9h; lire demand .045l; murks
demand l3l, l,l30.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-22
N. Y. COOLER

IN. SOSb6H
NEW YORK, June 22.-COnsider-
able relief from the heat wave lying
over the east was experienced by
New Workers today. The tempera-
ture at 8 am. was - with the
semblance of breeze.
This was, ten degrees cooler than
at the same hour Thursday.
Six more deaths were caused here
by the heat yesterday, with num-
erous prostrations.
Two persons died from the heat
prostrations in Brooklyn early to-
day, expiring shortly before a slight
breeze sprang up, bringing relief.
BOSTON, June 22.-The east
wind, New England S good Samari
tan of the elements, today broke the
heat wave which caused eleven
| deaths and many prostrations in its
three day siege.
, DETROIT, June 22-One man
| was killed by lightning, one sue
cumbed to heat prostration and elev-
en- eases of prostrations were re-
| ported in the last 24 hours here.
sc DEGREES AT 7 A. M.
i COLUMBUS, Ohio, June %. -
Ohio, sweltering in temperatures
ranging from 90 to 95, which have
| taken IL death toll of % persons, saw
| little prospects of the heat wave
abating early today. Findlay re-
| ported temperature of SO and
Clear skies at am.
| CHICAGO, June 22.-Four more
| deaths from the heat wave were re-
ported overnight, bringing the toll
| this week to 10. The weather bu-
| reau predicted continued high TEN.
| peraturcs.
KANSAS CITY, June 22.-Kan-
sas City sweltercd under continued
high temperatures today on the oc-
| casion of President Harding S visit.
! Precautions were taken to rush
heat victims to hospitals as huge
crowds gathered to witness the pres
idential parade through the city.
Record temperatures for the year
| will be made here this afternoon
the weather bureau predicted.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-22

, DETROIT, June 22.-One man
was killed by lightning, one sue
cumbed to heat prostration and elev
en- eases of prostrations were re-
ported in the last "a hours here.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-22

Continued on Page Six
Evening star., 1923-01-31
FOOD SHOW WILL OPEN
FOR COLORED PEOPLE
Lincoln Colonnade to Be Scene of
Exhibition in Week of
February 10 to "a. u

The Mercantile Advertising Com
pany. a local colored firm, in coop
Grafton with the. communit-- center
department of the public schools, will
inaugurate its first food show and
household economies exposition in the
Lincoln Colonnade, U street between
18th and 18th streets northwest, the
week OF February 10 to "a, inclusive
The Lincoln Colonnade, which is a
large new hall with more than 5000
square feet of floor space, will open
Sunday and Monday, February is and
1S, Tor the placing of exhibits, and
the show will be ready for the public
Monday night at 1880 o'clock. EX-
hioition hours thereafter will be $3.50
to $50 and 1880 to 1890 pm.
All domestic. science classes from
the hfty-two colored schools attended
the afternoon shows in separate
DIVISIONS, accompanied by their teach
ers. Mrs. Gabrielle Pelham, head of
inc colored community center de-
partment of the public schools. will
have charge OF the school attend
ance.
AS housewives housekeepers. stew
ards, buffers. cooks, ETC." says the
announcement. the colorcd popula-
tion represent more than one-half tho
buyers in Washington. They sup
port 1913 churches, 6S societies and
more than 75 other organizati tions. all
of whom have been invited to attend
the exhibition. More than a dozen
different bodies will attend each
night"
The exhibition will be under the
general direction of NJ Jones, presi-
dent of the Mercantile Advertising
company. The company now Is dis
tributlnG 10000 part-pay tickets.
Evening star., 1923-01-31
rs YEARS OF SERVICE.
George S. De Neal, Kann Company
Employe, Recipient of Gifts.

George S. De Neal, superintendent of
S. kann Sons Co., was the recipient
Monday evening of United States gold
bond and bouquet of flowers,
rendered as d tribute from the en-
ployes as a recognition of his COM
pletion of twenty-a Ave years of service
with the firm.
I. +. F'innen. in an appropriate
speech. conveyed the congratulations
and gifts of the employees to their
beloved superintendent. Mr.. Finnen.
In his remarks touched upon the es
TEEN with which Mr.. De Neal is held
by his co-workers and the firm.
Mr.. De Neal responded, expressing
his complete surprise. and great ap-
probation of the tribute.