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Imperial Valley press., 1923-07-03
I. V. Legionaires
Speech Maxi n g
for Swim g Bill

First blows in the American Leg
ions hammering campaign" to
present the merits of the Swing
johnson bill before the ex-service
men of California, and Arizona, will
be struck tonight and tomorrow,
when committee of Legion men
visit posts at Yuma, Flagstaff and
Los Angeles.
John NJ. Kepley will attend the
meeting at Yuma tonight and ad-
dress the Legion men of that city,
giving them actual facts regarding
the construction of Boulder Canyon
dam and the All-American canal.
Attorney Elmer Heald, of Calipa-
tria, will be the principal speaker
at Fourth of July meeting in
Flagstaff, Arizona, tomorrow, and
Will present the benefits of the
Swing-Johnson bill to the ex-serv-
ice men. Harry. Ii. Foster will visit
several posts IN Los Angeles for
the same purpose. A>5
Backed by the Interpost Council,
which has endorsed the hammer.
ing campaign, the Legion men in
the valley are going to work tooth
and nail from now on to get their
comrades lined up so that the Swing
johnson bill may receive the en-
dorsement of the state convention
at Eureka, in August, and later on,
that of the national convention at
San Francisco in October.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-07-03
LA TOILETTE May
LEAD new PARTY
IN 1924 FIGHT
Delegates to Farmer
Labor Convention.
Gather
Ford Will Doubtless
Be Storm Center of
Meeting

CHICAGO, July 5.-15eaator Rob
ert NJ. LaFolette of Wisconsin will
probably be asked to bolt the rep
ublican party and become the pre-
sidential candidate of the third
party being organized here today.
Delegates from Iowa backed the
Wisconsin leaders. Support of other
states is being modified. LaFol-
lete was rendered the nomination Of
the FarmerLabor party last elec-
tion but rejected it. Minority lead
ers here believe that the sharp trend
to prOgressiveism and Farmer-La Dor
projects in Wisconsin and other
( part of the northwest will lead La
! Toilette, to give such an offer
more consideration next year. About
500 of the / 900 delegates expected
/ attended todav's session.
Toscan Bennett, Hartford, Conn,
was elected temporary chairman.
1000 Delegated Attend
More than one thousand minority
! political leaders from 81 states will
! attend the sessions before thev are
over Thursday, j. G. Brown, secre-
! tary, and Parley p. Christensen, ma
tional standard bearer of the farm
er- laborites said Unity among
/ voters of organizations represented
! will make the third party "most
i formidable' in the 1924 elections.
/ Christensen asserted.
Christensen, presidential can
didate last election, is the father
of the amalgamation project, which
includes the farmer .laborites, single
takers, labor politicals units. non
! partisan league factions, women s
organizations and a score of "libe-
ral' and 'progressive' clements.
Henry Ford will be a storm center
OF the conference it was presaged
at the opening. With a strong ele-
ment urging that he lead the pro.
posed party as its presidential can
didate, Christensen led a fight for
q ''dirt farmer nominee.
Doesn't Want Ford
So far as we know Ford, from
an economic standpoint, he does not
stand for the principles advocated
by the farmer-labor party, Christ
ensen said. "Sould he openly de-
clare himself in favor of our plat
form it would be a different mat
ter.''
'.As it stands now, tlfis sudden
boom is only the cry of the Amer.
lean people in desperation.
''They know something is wron,
and they are convinced he can fight
their battles against Wall street fol
them.'
Christensen says he does not ex-
pect both parties to nominate Ford
but if either the Republicans or
Democrats hear the cal and the an
tomobile maker gets inside of the
parties, he will 'tear it to pieces.
All this would strengthen tt,
cause of the farmcr-labor party and
If Ford runs as an independent il
will also strengthen the chances of
third snch as is under projection,
Christensen said.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-07-03
Home Department
Plans for Fall

Following is a brief outline of the
home department activities planned
for fall.
Sept. ! to 25-Meetings at cen
ters on "IIome Ground Planning" "
and "lIome Gardens
Sept. 26, 27, and 2S-Proiect
leader schools at Ell Cantro, Holt
vile and Brawley on children s
clothing.
Oct. to 23-Meeting at centers
=" Children $ Clothing"
Oct s, Is, 22-Project leader
schools at El Centric, Holtville and
BrAwley-" Home Hat Making y
Oct. 24-Acacia Center-'' Home
Hat Making,' Agent and Project
| leaders November - follow up
meetings in centers with project
leaders without agent. Home Hat
Making"
Oct. 2G, 27, %, 30---All Centers
desiring Home Ground Planning
Agent and Specialist.
Nov. /, 17-All centers desiring
"Home Furnishing, agent and
specialist
Nov. II to 3o-Office "Annual
Report. Agent.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-07-03
PICK UP TRAIL :.
s. D. DESPARAD0
in LITTLE FALLS
Spectacular Gun Man Is
Pursued by Dozens of
Posses

LITTLE FALLS, M-nx., July 8.
The trail of Edmund Rust, des-
perado and fugitive was picked up
here today when he fought a gun
duel with Hubert Frissinger, rail
road agent on top of Great North
ern freight train.
Rust had been unsuccessfully
songht by dozens of posses in the
Dakotas, Minnesota and Wisconsin
slnce Sunday night when he shot
Sheriff r. c. Fulker, Aberdeen, s.
d., to death and leaped from q
passenger train near Moorhead.
After exchanging several shots
with Frissinger, Rust leaped from
the top of the freight train, stole
an automobile from private gar
age nearby and again escaped.
Neither Rust nor Frissinger We're
wounded i'll the gun fight.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-07-03
17-HOur Aviator
Plans to Start
Flight On Friday
By United Press Leased Wire

NEW YORK, July 3.--Lieutenant
Russell l.. Maughan, who will at
tempt to fly from New York to
San Francisco in II hours, will
make his start Friday, he announced
today. He planned to start tomor-
row. -Four mechanical experts train
ed to the minute in the art of refuel-
ing and hurredly making minute
adjustments have gone ahead one
dorpping off at each of the four
fields at which the "dawr ~ t~i-
light tourist'' expects to halt en-.
route. The four stops are scmvduled
for Dayton. Ohio; ST. Joseph, Mo-;
Cheyenne, Wyo., and salduro, Utah.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-07-03
HARDING ON TOP
OF ORE. MOUNTAIN
DELEGATES TRIAL
Tomorrow to See Gala
Celebration in
Portland
Speech Emphasizes Need
Of Equity for Land
Retainer
by United Press Leased Wire

WITH PRESIDENT HARDING
EN- ROUTE TO MEACHAM. Ore,
July 3.-Oregon today claimed Pres
ideEt Harding and his party and
was ready with two big events to
fete the distinguished visitors, who
viii spend the next forty eight
hours in the state.
The dissimilarity in the two cele-
brations, according to all indiea-
tons, will be most striking. Today
at Meacham, little town on the
top of Blue Mountain, the president
was to enter stage coach and be
driven out Of the village and to the
crest of the mountain, where ME was
TO dedicate q monument to the mem
ory Of the pioneers who blazed the
Oregon trail.
IN Portland Tomorrow
Tomorrow in Portland, with thous-
ands of visitors thronging the city
to spend the holiday and greet the
president, a vivid celebration, par
ade, regatta and fireworks display
will be featured with the crownine
feature of course, the president s
address, presumably in patriotic
vein.
But today on the quiet crest of
Glue Mountain, greeted by crowds
of East Oregon residents who have
for days worn the garb of the old
west, Mr.. Harding was to speak the
praise of the Oregon pioneers who
claimed and held the Northwest for
the United States.
Ia optimistic vein, at Spokane
last night, the president predicted
that some day the Northwest alone,
will claim a population equal to that
Of the whole country at present. For
these numbers, development must
proceed, Mr. Harding said, and it
mast be without the enrichment of
the few and with the assurance that
all that is done will be done with
the best interests of the whole peo-
pie at heart.
Justice for All, Aim
"We must enforce measures which
will give capital and management
attractive retuIns but which will al
ways keep in sight the primary pur
pose of dealing out justice, even
handed opportunity and an absolute
ly fair interest in the product of
human industry, effort and intel
ligence," Mr.. Harding said.
"The government is interested to
aid your efforts from the stand
point of adding to the national
wealth by the transmutat.on of arid
spaces into fertile fields. It is in
teiested also in the protection of
the national finances 80 that money
advanced to prosper this work may
not be dissipated in doubtful prof
ects or ieopardized in experiments.
1--WE must look for plans that
are safe; plans so conceived that
they will not unduly burden the set
tier i'll the days when he is reducing
the land to production; plans that
win be reasonably broad and that
win not commit the government to
unwise or unreasonable cXpend-
itures.'
Imperial Valley press., 1923-07-03
Dan Cupid Lags
on Job in June


June, supposed TO be the favorite
month for brides, was three behind
May in the number of marriage lic-
enses issued at the county clerk s
office, but as there is one day more
in May, honors were about even
between the two months. The June
tNal was Al, while May ran up a
score of A.
A peek at the June records of
other years shows that last year
there We're only 80 licenses issued,
or six less than this June. In 1921
the June total was 40, which is ex-
ceptionally good for 80 day
month. s.f'f
Evidently the belief that June is
the brides favorite month does not
always hold true, for several other
months will show a greater number
of licenses, and it must be as Cal
Mousseau says, that the favorite
month is whenever the fellow and
girl agree.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-07-03
DAVIS, CLAIMING
HE WAS OUSTED,
ATTACKS WORK
Declares Work Threaten
ed His Professional
Reputation

WASHINGTON, July 3.-Secreta-
ry of the interior Work today was
charged by Arthur P. Davis depos-
ed director of the reclamation serv-
ice with having sough. to induce
him to eleminate references TO com
pulsion in his resignation by offer
ing him the post of consulting en-
gineer, "as a promotion
When he refused, Davis said,
Work made threats which Davis
believes were aimed at destroying
his professional reputation.
Davis, in an exclusive interview
with the United Press, made full
.noWer 10 the statement made by
Work last week in which Work said
Davis had resigned.
Resignation Forced
'When he said that he was speak
ing the literal truth but with evid-
mt intent to deceive. He knows
ny resignation was foreed,' Davis
declared.
Davis said he had called on for
4 statement of the reasons for his
dismissal, which civil service EN-
oloyes are entitled to under the law.
Work evaded this, Davis said, by
replying that the position of direct
or of reclamation had to statutory
standing but was a creature of the
secretary of the interior. Davis
branded this as false, put out by
he department of the interior, de.
claring that he had been offered the
post of consulting engineer but had
declined anything less than the lead
erShin of the servicn
Imperial Valley press., 1923-07-03
Dramatic Tale of 1000 Exiles
Russians Nears Climax as
Remnant Seeks Entry to u, S.

extending over more than a year. .
Early in 1922, 1000 Russians, who
felt that they could not submit to
soviet rule, put to sea in 90 ships
under the command of Admiral
George Starck after having gather
ed ut Vladivostok from the -four
corners of Russia and Siberia. They
wanted entry into other lands and
chance to work.
Refused admittance to Korea
they went to Shanghai where few
were taken in. The remainder
sailed for Manila Here many
were given employment by III,
Philippine government More than
200 were lost at sea in terrifi,
storms.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-07-03
SHELBY FIGHT TAKES PLACE TOMORROW
Every Unmarried
Woman Should
Earn Living

NEW YORK, July SIT is
the duty Of every unmarried wo-
man to be selfsupporting, SAID
Miss Margaret Wilson. daughter
of the former president, explain
ing her entrance into the busi-
nos world with an office in an
advertising agency.
Every unmarried woman
ought to be able to support her
SELF said Miss Wilson. cit is
her duty to herself. She can be
more self respecting if self-sup-
porting
Miss Wilson has not abandon
I'd the work in music and vel
fare for which she has been well
known.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-07-03
by United Press Leased Wire

SAN FRANCISCO. July "a
modern "Mayflower" lay at an
ehor in San Francisco bay today
the U. S. Army transport Merritt,
which arrived here yesterday from
Manila via Honolulu with 526 Rus
sian political refugees aboard her.
The romance of immigration
seemed born again as the big yes
sci steamed through the Golden
Gate during the quiet of Sunday,
with men, women and children lin
ing her rail studying the sky line
of this city of the promised land.
Tho history of the band, the rem.
nant of an anti-bolshevist exodus,
includes shipwreck and privation
Imperial Valley press., 1923-07-03
Blames Harding
for Various Ills
by United Press Leased Wire

SAN DIEGO, July 3.-Declarine
that President Harding, by one
sweep of the pen, could have stop
ped "the sugar gouge, the coal
gouge and the excessive freight
rates. Professor Edmund Norton
Of Pomona opened the state wide
campaign of the Non-Partisan Lea-
que here yesterday.
Professor Norton asserted that
the California producers will act in
unison at the coming election to see
that a president and congressman
are elected who will "relieve the
farmer from his plight at the mer-
cy of our present transportation
and marketing situation.''
Imperial Valley press., 1923-07-03
Shot by Mistake
in Harding Visit
BY United Press Leased wire


MEACHAM, Ore, July 3.-Mis-
taken for a bootlegger in dance
hall fight here last night, William
NJ. Houston, special prohibition
agent, sent here to help keep order
during President Harding's visit
today, was shot i'll the leg by Bur
dett Ross, special deputy sheriff.
The shooting occurred when Hous-
ton, chasing a bootlegger, picked
up the bottle of liquor the man
dropped and continued the pursuit.
Ross, seeing the dry sleuth run
ming with the bottle of booze, mis-
took him for liquor vendor and
fired, the bullet piercing Hous-
ton s leg.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-07-03
Unknowingly, He
Buys Historic
Old Mission

SANTA BARBARA, Cal, July
3.-Frarfz Love yester2ay
bought the famous old Sai,tH
Ynez mission and its &c ocre3 Oh
land for $50.
Love did not know he was
buying the mission, merely hav-
ing bought in the SO acres at q
delinquent tax land sale. When
he e-bsgan to- check up he found
he had tho old mission. Through
an oversight taxes on the land
had not been PAID for several
years.
Love today wired the mission
fathers the he would not take
tho title, but would return it to
them.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-07-03
MELON SEASON
NEARS COMPLETION

About 200 ears of watermelon are
still to be shipped by the Imperial
Valley Vegetable Growers Associ-
alton according to Manager Bishop
who declares that $50 ears have
already been shipped.
The present hot weather is hasten
ing ripening so rapidly that the
season may not last much longer,
he saws.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-07-03

1ere, and returns should begin
coming in shortly afterward.
The results will be bulletined by
the Press at the office, Sixth and
State streets. The United Press
has flock of expert writer's,
headed by Henry L. Farrell, at
Shelby, and an accurate descrip-
tion of the fight will be given.
The Press, being the only paper
in the valley carrying leased
wire, is equipped to give its
readers the very best Of service.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-07-03
DEPORTING MANY
CHINESE ALIENS

+ SAN FRANCISCO, July 3.-More
than a hundred undesirable aliens,
mostly Chinese, who slipped into
the United States unlawfully We're
brought here today from the east
for deportation. They will be sent
to the Orient on the first steamer
available. Fifty eight Chinese we're
deported last Saturday. M
Imperial Valley press., 1923-07-03
Fight Returns to Be Bulletined
at Office of Press Tomorrow

The big fight at Shelby, Mon
lana, between Jack Dempsey and
Tommy Gibbons for the worlds S
heavyweight championship, is
going through according to
schedule. The Press, through
is splendid United Press leas-
ID wire service, will receive a
'ound-by round story of the
scrap.
The fight is scheduled for 8
}. M, mountain time, or Q p. M.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-07-03
TRANSFER DRY AGENT
by United Press Leased Wire

SAN FRANCISCO, July 3.-H.
II. Dolley, chief prohibition agent
at Los Angeles will be transferred
to the state prohibition directors
office here to fill the post now held
by c. Harry Wheeler, it was learn
ed at the office of Director Samuel
+. Rutter today.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-07-03
TONG WAR IMPENDS

SNNTA BAKDAh.t, Na4., y uIy 3.
Last minute conferences today
will attempt to ward off long war
fare that is brewing here between
the Hip Sings and Sing Kongs.
Gunmen are said to have already
arrived in the local Chinatown pre-
paratorv for hostilities.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-07-03
EVERYTHING SET
FOR AUTO RACES
ny Uaited Press Leased Wire

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July g.
Fourteen veteran drivers raced
;heir motor cars around the board
speedway toaay IN trial workouts
preparatory TO the annual 250 mile
automobile race here tomorrow.
Tommy Milton, winner of the In
oianapolis motor derby, took part
in the preliminary workouts and
pronounced the board oval IN ok
eelient condition for record racing.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-07-03
GIBBONS HOME IN
ST. PAUL ROBBED
BY United Press Leased Wire

ST PAUL, Mimi, July s. The
home of Tommy Gibbons, who
fights Jack Dempsey at Shelby to-
morrow, was robbed here today.
Neighbors discovered the robbery
when they saw two men leave the
place. The residence, closed while
the Gibbons family is at Shelby,
was ransaeked and silver and other
Valuables scattered about.
Nothing OF much value was TAX
en-. 1t is believed the robbers were
frightened away before they had
time to gather up their intended
loot.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-07-03
SHELBY IN WILD JUBILEE
OVER NEWS OF FIGHJ

SHELBY, Mont, July 3.-Shelby {.
today greeted the magic words
"The fight is on with western
celebration that grew wilder every
minute.
Gloom and disappointment that
has lowered over the place for days
turned into cheering at sunrise and
the greeting given Jack Kearns'
agreement assumed all the elements
of a young riot.
First word was received over
nress wires, where group of fight
fans kept watch all night. As they
flocked into the street stranger
throng greeted them.
Gentlewomen from the east who
came with their husbands W 500 the
cowboys mountains and the fight;
cowbovs from the roundup and ~lld
vest shows and leather r-iacketed ~
men with girls in bungalow aprons
on their arms, joined in a demons
tration, the like of which Shelby
| has not known since he armistice.
| iioASidl 1oSo AAoMS tsA
As matters now staud the pro-
moters would appear to be facing
a certain loss of thousands of dol
lars in putting on the fight. The
sale of tickets has been stopped and
started so many times that no one
appears to have a very definite idea
of how MANY have been sold.
4 HnnonnnAnttxr IN, .y.a,x- nf la
plete financial chaos prevailing,
the conference last night began to
J develop willingness on the part !
of the promoters to let the match
| &C by default For the past week
Kearns has heen the object of criti.
cism for insisting upon payment OF
the final 100000 before permit
| ting Dempsey to go on. Kearns
appears to have been the aggres-
sor.
Kearns Makes Overtures
During the conference kearns
made all the propositions. He Of
fered to agree TO postponcment OF
n month; he said he would agree to
fight for $250,000, and finally
agreed to 60 on and take his
chances of getting the balance OF
his purse out of the gate receipts
after the other expenses had been
paid.
The promoters at first refused TO
listen TO him and after a lot Of de-
liberation they finally agreed 10
accept his terms.
After the agreement had been II s
fceted Kearns said he was ueiuate1
throughout by desire 70 bg
good fellow" and
man.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-07-03
WHIPPING BOssn at
DENIES KILLING LAD

LAKE CITY, Fla, July b.
Whipping boss Walter Higgin-
botham took the stand today in his
trial on charges Of having whipped
to death Martin Tabert in con
vict camp. 49,
Imperial Valley press., 1923-07-03
DEMPSEY FIGHT
| TO TAKE PLACE
AS SEIZED ULED
Kearns Agrees to Take
Chance on Final
Payment
Shelby Jubilant Over
News and Puts On
Joy Riot
by United Press Leased Wire

BY United Press Leased Wire
SHELBY, Mont, July s.
Jack Kearns arrived here at
1880 a. m. today to take charge
of the box office and receipts
under the new plan for holding
the Dempsey-Gibbor fight to-
morrow. Kearns went straight
to the office where the ticket
sales have been conducted.
Ticket sales began to sprint
shortly before noon. For the
first time since the earliest days
of the promotion there was a
loud clanking of iron dollars and
a soothing rustic Of yellow bills.
There were Is inspectors in
the federal revenue staff under
a state director. Men were plac-
ed on duty behind ticket win
dow to check all sales and keep
accurate tab for the govern
inert.
Kearns strolled down Main
street, diffusing a rare aroma
from his scented handkerchief.
Beside him trotted the incarna-
tion of the spirit Of Broadway,
Dan McKetric, promoter and all
round man in the fight ard fin
ance business.
BY HENRY L. FARRELL,
United Press Staff Correspondent
GREAT FALLS, Mont, July s.
Taking a gambler's-ana sportsman
hance, Jack Kearns in the wee sma
lours of this morning agreed to sen
lack Dempsey into the ring agains
Tommy Gibbons at Shelby on July !
Kearns is taking "stud game
'hance that he would be able t
'btain the 100000 purse guar
lnteed him in his contract.
After whole night spent in con
'erences during which Kearns mad
'vertures after overtures to com
promise and help the promoters ou
# their difficulties, it was finally
lgreed that Kearns should accep
he 100000 that has already beer
'aid him on behalf of the champion
md gamble on the gate receipts t.
make the additional 100000.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-07-03

United Press
Leased Wire
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-11-06
Toulouse Fined $500
on LIQUOR Charge

"Give me half pint of clear and
4 pint of split" was the request made
of Louis Toulouse of this city by
another local citizen Sunday eve
ming. Deputy Sheriff Magill of Bel
grade Lakes. who was standing be-
side Toulouse. saw humor in the
statement, but it is understood that
Toulouse did not see the joke.
Deputy Sheriffs c. +. Fellows OF
Mount Vernon, William ]. Cole of
Hallowell and Edward F. Magill of
Belgrade procured a search warrant
Sunday evening and entered the
premises of Mr.. Toulouse at 20 Alden
street. They found a gallon can full
of alcohol and another can partly full
in the shed back of the house and a
quart measure in the kitchen with
some alcohol in it. Toulouse was or
dered to appear in court yesterday
morning. which he did.
The respondent pleaded not guilty
and the deputies recited the details
of their search of Toulouse's prem
ises, whereupon Judge Atchley found
him guilty. and imposed the MAXI
mum sentence of $500 and costs, six
months in Jail and six months addi-
tional in default of payment. Tou-
louise, who was not Represented by an
attorney, did not testify but appeal
ed the case. Bonds set at $500 were
furnished by George E. Toulouse Of
Oakland and Morris Cohen of Water
Vile.