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The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-07-18

something like that. Once that ques-
ton is settled, the railroads are still
limited to 5% per cent of whatever
the valuation is.
But the big railway unions have set
eyes on the railway earnings. They
want a share of those profits, no mat
ter what the valuation, and whether
the government "recaptures" anything
or not. The charge is made in a mag
azine issued by one of the railway
unions that the railroads are "plow-
ing" huge sums into railroad prop
erty with the object of ~concealing
earnings. These supposed amounts
"plowed in" are presumably in addi-
ton to the sums spent for rehabili-
tation and new equipment since the
| government handed the roads back to
their owners.
Thus the railroads are a great bone
of contention. The tax man, the gov
eminent, the radical bloc and the en-
plOyes are all after whatever meat
there may be on the bone. For the
instant, the taxgatherer, getting
more certain of getting it, seems to
be satisfied. The government must
await the decision of the supreme
court, which may come before the end
of the year. The radical bloc can do
nothing but talk until congress con-
venes next December. But the en-
ployes can begin their attack for
higher wages any time, and they are
preparing to do it.
Reports show that in the first four
months of the year the eastern and
southern roads made GA per cent on
the tentative valuation. In April they
made more than z per cent. The
western roads have made less, but the
April average for all lines was Ga
per cent. 1t doesn't seem to be a
very large return for a period of great
prosperity, when the ordinary bust
ness hopes to accumulate a surplus
that will bring earnings over a long
period to an average level, but that
common privilege is denied the rail-
roads. The penalties for success
therefore, are obvious and the more
pronounced because good management
usally commands a premium.
The railroads have advanced wages
of many classes of employees within
the last six or seven months. Many
cases are pending before the United
States labor board. Last week the
board remanded wage disputes anC
other questions, involving thousands
of maintenance-of-way workers, tt
the unions and twenty-six industr;a
railroads, with the request that ever!
effort be made to reach amicable set
Elements without hearings before thu
board. The success of the Atchison
Topeka & Santa Fe railroad in deal
ing with $4,000 of its employees ma,
have influenced the board in urginl
further negotiations.
The agreement of the Santa F
brought increases totaling $4,000
: a year to machinists, boilermaker:
blacksmiths, sheet metal workers
stationary engineers, firemen an
others. There are still many case
before the board. These cases an
the many classes of employees who's
wages have been advanced are @
small moment compared to the gran
chorus of demands promised from tn
engineers, firemen, trainmen and cor
ductors. Meetings of these organize
tons to discuss and plan will begi
this month and may extend throug
August.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-07-18
CAUTION. BUT NOT TIMIDrrY.

Herbert Hoover, secretary of com
merce, gives sound advice in sum-
ming up the manner in which we
should hold on to prosperity. The
most encouraging note in his remarks
of course lies in the fact that so as
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-07-18

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Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-05
KelsO Check of
Dead in Bridge
Break Difficult

KELSO, WASH, Jan. 5.-Kelso :
list of known dead today as a result
of Wednesday night S collapse of the
Cowlitz river bridge had swelled to
two and the list of know missing
to 23.
During the night Harry Kirk
who with G. O. Mcdonald, had been
seriously injured in the suspension
bridge collapse, died after making
game struggle for life. Mcdonald
died early Thursday morning.
The estimated list of dead has
been set at 30 by Depuy Coroner W
d. Vannoten. Included in this es
timated 50 dead is the list of p
missing. In the opinion of Vanno
ten, there must have been at least
a dozen unknown wOrkmen on the
bridge at the time. Not until thu
bottom of the CowlitZ for two miles
below the city and the Columbia
river at the confluence of the two
streams have been dragged with the
total number of dead be ascertained
Lowering water in the spring may
reveal still further bodies, and mum
bers of them never may be found.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-05
Gasoline Takes
Tumble Of
= Cents!

Beginning tomorrow, local auto
mobilists will be able to save two
cents per gallon on gasoline pur-
chased in FL Centric garages and
service stations, both the Stand
ard Oil Company and the Union
Oil Company local offices an
nouncing reduction from 2512
cents per gallon to 231a cents per
gallon. These are the establish
ed prices charged at the various
service stations.
However, the majority will sell
gasoline for the new price of %
cents per gallon, the general price
heretofore having been 25 cents
per gallon.
While the oil companies an
nounce the drop as effective to.
day, the service stations will not
make the new rate effective un-
til tomorrow, this action being
explained as giving the local
men an opportunity to empty
their tanks of the gasoline pur
chased at the old price.
There is also a reduction of
two cents per gallon on engine
distillate, the oil companies ad-
vising the new price will be 16h
cents per gallon against the old
price of 1872 cents. The new rate
will be maintained by the major
ity of service stations throughout
the city. Both the Union Oil
Company and the Standard ad-
wise that the two cent reduction
is general throughout the valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-05
WHAT'S DOING

Annual membership meeting at
Christian church; pot luck supper
at $50.
Reception to new members at
Baptist church with preaching ser
vices at 7:30. Pot luck supper
at $50.
Mulberry Farm Center tonight.
County chairmen home depart
ment Saturday afternoon.
Rebekahs tonight at Masons
hall.
P. E. o. tomorrow afternoon at
Mrs. j. r. Ford's home.
Executive board of the County
Federation Of Women's Clubs at
Holtville tomorrow at 10 a. m.
Grape pruning demonstration to-
day and tomorrow by r. E. Jacobs.
Charles Cadnan recital at Braw-
ley high school tonight.
Monthly meeting of Commercial
Secretaries association of South
ern California at Barbara Worth
tomorrow. e". ="
"Ebb Tide at Palace theater
tonight.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-05
FAMOUS TRIAL
IN MOB CASES
STARTS TODAY
ny United Press Leased Wire

~ p"AsVW ''NS~
BASTROP, La, Jan. 5.-Respon-
sibility for terrorism which has
reigned in Morehousc parish was to
be fixed in open hearing her" today.
Sixty witnesses were expected ia
voluntarily describe the brutal muir
der of Watt Daniels and Thomas
Richards and other attacks o.
masked men. Sixty others, it was
learned, probably will be forced to
testify in court in the exposure. OF
hooded organizations The hearing
was adjourned this morning until .
p. m.
Long before the courtroom doors
were opened to the public crowds
from the surrounding country were
gathered on the lawn outside.
Presence of four companies of ma
ional guardsmen here and at Mei
iouge was warning that the state
HID declared outraged Justice must
u avenged. f...a
But in the ashes OF the feud, that
has split the parish are two ember;
|tlAt still hold sullen glow. Boil
wd Q in the courtroom today.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-05
Officers EnrOute
to Prison Will
Bring Fresno Man

Deputy Sheriff A. P. Crerar, ac-
companied by Charlie Smith, former
ly deputy sheriff here, left yester-
day for San Quentin prison with F..
Uselton, who was convicted of en-
bezzlement in the superior court last
week and sentenced to serve from
one to 10 years in prison. The Off
GERS are also taking with them a
warrant for the arrest of d. P.
Bates, Fresno policeman, whom, it is
alleged, attempted to allow n pris-
oner, Dave Poiin, to escape him.
Bates was held in custody here
last week and later released by the
district attorneys office, after
Frank b. Erzinger, assistant district
attorney, had made an investigation
and become satisfied that Bates
action in crossing to Mexico with his
prisoner, was not with criminal in
tent and that the officer was acting
in good faith. After Bates release,
Joe Hardwick, chief of police at
Calexico, who is convinced that all
was not right with Bates actions,
swore out Il complaint against the
officer, same being issued from the
office of C. f. Markey, justice of
the peace in the border city.
Fresno Will Fight
On their return from San Quentin,
Crerar and Smith will stop at Fresno
to serve the warrant on Bates and
it is believed he will return with
them to stand trial. The Fresno de-
partment has announced its deter
mination to stick by the officer and
see that he is cleared of all charges
an investigation of Bates actions
by Lieutenant Linkous having salts
fled the Fresno officials that the
! officer was at all times engaged ii
the performance of his duties and
though he made Il mistake in taking
his prisoner to Mexico, his motives
were all that they should be.
The case promises to be an inter
esting one, with the Calexieo police
department pitted against the Fres
no officials in an. attempt to senC
Bates to prison.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-05
Auto Suspect is
jailed, Due to
Local Mans Aid

Because an Fl Centre business
man used his head yesterday. Harry
Mcdonald is in the county Jail to-
day, awaiting the arrival of an of
ficer from San Pedro, TO bring him
back to that city on charge of
stealing an automobile, the property
Of w. II. Smith of Lomita,, Califor
mia. The FL Centre citizen. who did
not wish to have his name mentioned
in the affair, reported to Officer
Deaton Yesterday morning, that he
had noticed two rather suspicious
looking men with Cleveland car,
on Broadway. Deaton picked M
their trail and found them at SER
vice station and receiving dnsatis
factory replies to his questions, took
them into custody. At the police
station they gave the names OF
Harry Mcdonald and David A.
Stickles. The latter was -Tbie to
prove that he had no connection
with the stolen ear, other than hav'
ing accepted ride from Nc Donald
and he was allowed to go. Donald
admitted he stole the ear in San
Pedro and drove it down here.
Discussing the incident Yesterday,
Chief Barker said it would greatly
assist the police department. in re
covering stolen ears, if citizens
would report to the police, any sus
picious looking characters whom
they notice about automobile. Every
dav, lists Of automobiles stolen in
all parts of California and adioin
ing states are received at the loca
police station and if citizens would
take the numbers of ears whose oc
cupants did not look right to them
communicating them to the police
he believed it would result in the
speedy recovery of many ears.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-05
Lettuce Passes
500 Car Mark

Lettuce shipments for the season
will pass the 500 mark tonight, ac-
cording to C. w. Runge, district
freight and passenger agent of the
Southern Pacific Company, the to-
tai up to last night being 474. Ship
ments yesterday amounting to 4S
ears were as follows; CaleXieo, four;
Heber, three; El Centre, s; Imperial,
five; Calipatria, five; Brawley, %.
Wednesday, 80 ears were shipped,
the distribution being; Calexieo, six;
Heber, three; El Centro, seven, I'm
perial, two; Brawley, 10; Calipatria,
five. 5 t.
San Francisco reports today S
market holding form TO steady, al
though supplies are plentiful, The
best Imperial Valley lettuce is sell
ing generally at IS per crate, will
Los Angeles lettuce bringing from
$l.90- to 1925 per crate, :,
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-05
Constance to Wed
Again Says RumOr

LOS ANGELES, Jan. S-Con'
stance Talmadge today denied re-
ports that she is 70 marry william
Rhinelander Stewart Jr., wealthy of
ficer of New York insurance firm.
Dispatches from Paris said that
Constance had written friends rhere
announcing that she and Stewart
would soon wed.
Constance pointed out today chat
she has not vet obtained her tSnal
decree from hel first husband, John
O. Pialoglou, Creek cigarette king
Of New York City. Interlccutory
degree was given last June. But
J Constance did not deny that she had
written to friends in Paris that
Stewart was the favored MAJ,
Stewart was a member Of the Tai'
madge- -Keaton- -Schenk party which
recently toured Europe and Africa'
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-05
Find Skulls OF Mother And Three Babies Fractured
Scouts Reorganized Under National
Council Charter; Big Men Back Move

Henderson, ID. A. Leonard, Frank
Weed, Dana Weed, Roy Kinkaid,
Jean Anderson.
No. 6, Holtville district: d. B.
Roberts, F.. P. Thompson, Dave Ven
tcill, S. C. Reynolds, Earl Paree, j.
f. Fahring, Gordon Schneider and
DR.. II. B. Graeser.
Appoint Executive Board
From the district committees the
following were selected to serve
with the officers as county execu-
tive board, the duties of which will
be to coordinate the operations OF
the various district committees
throughout the county: Elmer W.
Heald, Calipatria; w. l.. Garrett,
Harry Gates, Brawley; l. Eichhold,
Imperial; w. S. Fawcett, George
Anderson, FL Centre: S. C. Reynolds,
Holtville; r. j. Worthington, ID. A.
Leonard, Calexico.
The following officers. duly elect
ed at the meeting held yesterday
afternoon complete the board:
President, r. p. Moore, Ell Centre
vice president, Ira Erickson, Cali
patria; NJ. d. Witter, Brawley;
George H. Harris, Imperial; Charles
f. Sones, Ell Centre; A. l.. Ault
Calexico, d. B. Roberts, Holtville
treasurer, Ray Edgar, secretary, pro
tenn, Frank Lake. 1t will be noted
that each district has one of the vice
presidents which gives additional
representation on the executive
board.
Committees Report on Work
At yesterdays meeting, all com
| mittees reported on their work t.
date and their reports were accept
ed. Upon motion of w. S. Fawcett
seconded by George Anderson, the
perfecting of the organization was
accomplished.
C. J. Carlson, deputy regiona
| scout executive, addressed the meet
ing on the subject of county counci
plans and policies, and answered
questions propounded by thos
present.
An expert executive secretar!
has been called and will be in th'
county Monday to start active work
A finance committee has been ap
pointed, and at the meeting yester
| day the ALLEGATION of quotas to NEE
the county budget was considered
and the matter of headquarters il
the county was discussed. The char
ter has been ordered and will b'
here in a few days. The next ste,
will be the organization of troop
under leadership duly approved by
those in authority.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-05
IN JAIL AGAIN,
DIFFERENT CHARGE

f. L. McAllister, colored, arrested
in Ell Centre last month on suspicion
that Lincoln ear he was driving
had been stolen, and who was later
cleared of the charge by the Long
Beach police, who gave him a very
good record, is once more a prison
err at the county Jail, this time the
complaint alleging that he is i'm
plicated in cotton thefts at Imperial.
For some time cotton has been miss
ing from one oS the gins and the
thefts, it is allNed, were traced to
McAllister. He is held at the Jail
awaiting preliminary hearing at
Imperial
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-05
y BELIEVED
DEAD IN RACE
RIOTS IN SOUTH
Two of Dead are White
Men of Posse Bent on
Vengeance
Negroes Barricade Shot
Full of Holes in Gun
Battle
United Press staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
ROSEWOOD, Fla, Jan. 5--Five
persons were known dead and at
least II others were believed killed
in race riots which broke out here
last night.
Two of the dead were white men
who joined a posse at Sumner to
punish negroes for attacking a
white girl. Many Of botl races
were wounded in the fighting last
night and today.
The fighting broke out when
negroes, believed to be shielding one
of the fugitive blacks, barricaded
themselves in a log cabin and re-
pulsed an attack of the posse. Fight
ing continued throughout the night
and was still in progress this after
noon. Renewed attacks with sangu-
mary results was expected ar dark.
Reinforcements from the sur
rounding country poured into Rose
wood throughout the day, orepara-
: tory to n mass assault on the black s
stronghold.
The house where the negroes arc
huddled was said to have been rid
/ died with bullets in the first battle
The blacks refused to give up the
suspect, secreted in the negro belt
and the posse stormed the hiding
place. They We're repulseG. wher
the blacks opened fire at close quar-
| ters.
Holy Wilkerson, store keeper and
Harry Andrews, lumber company
superintendent, fell dead and n doz
EN- other besiegers were wounded
The battle lasted more than 1n hour
with both sides entrcnchcd IN build
ings. Hundreds of shots were ex'
changed.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-05
ATTACK VICTIMS
ALL SUFF ERINC
BROKEN SKULLS
Doctors Give Slight Hope
For Recovery Of
Two 4
Most Horrible Crime Ever
Known in History
of County
BULLETIN

UP to a late hour this after
noon, Deputy Sheriffs Cummings
and Gillett had not returned from
from a trip to the vicinity of the
Fornasero ranch in an attempt to
locate some clue to the identity
of the three Mexicars whom tho
youngest Fornasero boy said killed
his father and brutally attacked
the other members of the family
Tuesday night. The officers left
here early this morning to make
thorough investigation Of all
Mexicans in the neighborhood Of
the ranch but no word has been,
received from them tr0ughout
the morning or early afternoon.
Mrs. Michele Fornasero, who was
brutally beaten Tuesday night at her
home near Meloland, by three Mexi-
cans, who murdered her huband and
cruelty injured her three children, -
still in an unconscious condition at
the Ell Centre hospital, where an x
ray examination this morning re-
vealed that she has fractured skull.
Owing to her weakened condition,
DR.. L. C. House, who was called into
the case, decided to postpone operat-
ing until the woman gained in
strength. Her recovery is extremely
doubtful, according to the doctor.
An examination of the children
by Doctor House, showed that the
youngest boy has slight fracture
of the skull and a broken jaw. His
condition is better than any of tho
others, and he is able to talk at
times. The girl has serious frac-
ture of the skull, which the physi-
elan stated he feared would result
fatally. The oldest boy also has Q
fractured skull and a broken jaw.
All the victims of the outrage are
in such a weakened condition due
to the terrible treatment they re-
ceived, and the length of time elaps-
ing between the attack and their
discovery by D. C. Church, that it is
impossible to operate on them. QT.
House stated this morning that the
attack wa. the most brutal he has
ever heard of, and that none but
human fiends could mistreat little
children so horribly.
Deputy Sheriffs Cummings and
Gillett and Assistant District Att0r.
ney Erzinger are working on the
ease in the hope of finding some clue
to the Mexicans whom the youngest
boy said yesterday were the perpe-
traitors of the awful deed. After
reaching the hospital yesterday, the
little fellow sank into state Of
coma, and though somewhat better
today, the officials refrained from
questioning him further, owing to
his weakened condition.
Comment on the ease today
throughout the city expressed horror
of the public upon learning the de-
tails in last night 8 Press, and law
abiding citizens expressed the hope
that the murderers could be appre-
hended and dealt with summariy.
Nothing so fiendish has occurred in
the history of Imperial County and
officers and citizens alike are as
founded that such tragedy should
occur.
An inquest ON Fornasero q body
will be held either late this after
noon or tomorrow morning by Coro-
ner +. w. Peterson, at Mulligan g
undertaking rooms.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-05
Elaborate Party
for. Visitors
by Press staff Correspondent

CALEXICO, Jan. 5.-One of tho
prettiest parties of the week in Ca
lexico was given by Mrs. II. j,
Mitchell in her home on Mary Street
complimenting Mrs. Mary c. Allison
of Los Angeles and Mrs. f. w. Snow
of San Diego.
Mrs. Mitchell's home was beauti'
full in its decoration of roses, carna-
tions and large yellow chrysanthe-
lightfully spent in conversation and
needle work, after which dainty re-
freshments were served.
Those who enjoyed the pleasant
afternoon were: Mrs. j. M. Ed
monds, Mrs. Carl Edmonds, Mrs. II.
IL. Griswold, Mrs. j. G. Allison, Mrs.
Sidney McHarg, Mrs. Herbert Going,
Mrs. Emma b. Donahoe, Mrs. G. r.
Thrasher, Mrs. j. f. Peck, Miss
Rosa Peck, Mrs. f. C. Stevens, Mrs
Harriet Stafford, Mrs. George Ram
sey, Mrs. Fred Gunterman, Mrs.
Edward Dool, Miss Esther Dool, Mrs.
McGaw, Mrs. f. +. Anderson, Mrs.
p. p. Anderson, Mrs. Carl Strawn,
Mrs. f. f. Strawn, Miss Mollie
Buckley, Miss Ethel Sheldon, Mrs
Frank Thing, Mrs. j. f. Steintorf
Mrs. Moore and Miss Evelyn Moore
! and the guests of honor.
Mrs. Mary G. Allison of Los An.
geles is visiting her son j. C. Allison
her daughter, Mrs. Sidney McHarg
| and many old time friends in Calex
leo. She was a former resident OF
Calexico and her friends are happy
to have her with them again. Mrs
f. w. Snow is visiting her daughter
| Mrs. j. G.. Allison.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-05

At meeting held yesterday af-
tcrnoon at ,Elks Hall, council or
the Boy Scouts of America was duly
organized and will operate under g
charter from the national council
with an executive secretary ana
Officers and committees as requirds
IN control.
Last year, the Boy Scouts operat-
ed in connection with the County
y. NJ. C. A., but had no council
of their own that was recognized
by tine National organization. In
the early fall, the matter of inde-
pendent organization was laid before
the various Rotary clubs of the val
ley by Frank S. Lake who as scout
master of an FL Centre troop had
become deeply interested IN the
scout movement, and felt that 1T
should enlarge its scope and work
under q more perfect system than
had been possible under the previous
arrangement.
The addresses of Mr.. Lake led to
the appointment of committee OF
representative men to discuss the
nIatter of formal organization.
Organization Committee
The result of this conference was
the appointment of an organization
committee, the following men const:-
tuting the personnel of the commit
tee: Frank S. Lake, chairman; X,
p. Moore, Ell Centre; Ira Erickson,
Elmer HeaId, Calipatria; w. l. Gar
rett, Harry Gates, Brawley; Harry
Dyke, l.. Eichhold, Imperial; Tom
Yglesias, T. j. Worthintgon, Calex-
leo; d. B. Roberts, Jean Hall, Holt
Vile.
This committee was instructed to
appoint five or more outstanding
men in their respective districts to
form the district committees, the
sum total of which constitute the
Imperial County Council of the Boy
Scouts of America.
The district committees are as fol
! lows: No. !, Calipatria district: lrf
Erickson, Elmer Heald, William
Young. l.. r. Morehead
No. ?, Brawley district: w. L
Garrett, f. w. Cuff, H. Gates, s
d! Cary, M, D. Witter, j. B. Hart.
No. >, Imperial district: George X
Harris, Harry Dyke, l.. Eichhold
Joe Hallowell, c. b. Collins.
No. 4, Ell Centre: w. $. Fawcett
George Anderson, Ray Edgar
Charles f. Pitzer, Charles f. Child
crs. w. A. Tondro, F. S. Lake, R
p. Moore.
No. 5, Calexico district: A. L
Anlt. T. j. WOrthin gtOn. Randall
Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-05
Assessor Salary
Back to $3.50 a
Month by Board

Salary of the assessor and cOllec-
tor of the Imperial Irrigation Dis
trict will be the same next term as
during the present term, $3.50 a
month, directors determined on re-
consideration late yesterday.
While urging economy, the diree-
tors declared they do not wish to
discourage men of ability from en-
tering the race for the office.
Added work in the office through
the increase in the business of ths
district since the consolidation of
mutuals was also considered in tha
action.
President j. s. Nickerson left to-
day for Washington as delegate to
congress urging adoption of the
Swing Johnson bill. He announced
he will keep the district in touch
with activities of his committee by
daily kilograms TO directors here,
which will be released to the press
OF the county.