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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-26
DR.. ALBERT MAY
FORM CABINET
Gen. Won Seeckt Remains
Power Behind Government
ny CARL d. GRoAT

tunited rross staff ccrrespcndsnp
BERLIN. Nov. e6.--ueneral Won
seeekt. Gormany's unofficial dictator.
stlll will be tho power behind tho
government II DR.. Heinrich II. Al.
bert, latest 10 try hand Mt tho holm
OF tho floundcrlng ship OF state. sue.
cccds IN forming cabinet.
Won SeeelSta power In growing. II
IL understood President Ebert. before
inviting Or. Albert to form n minis.
try. consulted tho general AZ 20
whether tho former minister OF tho
treasury In tho Cuno cabinet would
no acceptable.
Or. Albert. prior 90 tho entry OF
tho United States into tho war, wau
Germany's fiscal agent there.
IL IN understood no has agreed 10
accept the chancellorship only on
condition no shall have mandate
enabling him 10 dissolve the reich.
stag at any time. II he should re.
sort 20 this extreme. Or, Albert
would nomlnally remain head OF the
government. but actually tho real
power would revert TO tho military
ordinances and Won seeekt.
Tho press II lukewarm In It's
greeting 20 the proposed chancellor.
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BUY. SELL AND EXCHANGE
thru Star want al columns.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-26
STUDENT is
FOUND SLAIN

CHICAGO. Nov. 2s.-Twenty.four
hours after the body OF Freeman
Tracy, former University Of Chicago
student. was picked UP on a fashion.
able South Side street, police today
were unable TO assign motive for
the murder.
Tracys bullet-riddled body, appar.
emily tossed from an automobile. was
found near tho university b. students
returning from a dance carly yester.
day morning.
Il william Ambrose, said 10 have
uarreled with the dead man, the
'ionly person thus far questioned, pro.
duced an alibi that satisfied police.
The robbery motive was eliminated
when money and valuables on the
dead man were found undisturbed.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-26
DEATH DRIVER
Goes ON TRIAL
{. J. Scott Of Tacoma Faces
ManSlaughter Charge

Edward ]. Scott, for.hlrc car
driver. went on trial before Judge
otis w. Brinker Monday on man
slaughter charge.
Scott was driving tho forhire car
which crashed over an cmbankmen'
on tho Des Moines highway, two
miles south OF Seattle. Sunday night
October 2s. Bert G. Clarke. OF Ia
coma. was killed IN the accident and
two other passengers badly shaken
and bruised.
Deputy Prosecutor Robert Macfar
lane. who Is conducting tho case for
the state. In his opening statement
said the state would Introduce evil
dcneo TO show that Scott had been
drinking moonshine and was, In m
intoxicated condition az the limo OF
the accident. Attorney Thomas n
Askren is defending Scott.
Scott Is driver for the Rainier
Taxi company. OF Tacoma. and was
taking his passengers 60 Seattle after
night spent at the rondhouse:
along the Des Moines highway.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-26
BOGUS DOCTOR
RING EXPOSED
Patients Die at Hands OF
Unlearned Men

HARTFORD. Conn. Nov, 20. -
Or, George sutcllftc, alleged chnrla-
tan, faced n Connecticut grand jury
today. after lie had told his part OF
tho story OF the operations OF 200
bogus doctors who gained licenses
on purchase OF diplomas. story
which has shocked tho nation with
reports OF how patients died at the
hands OF these men. who know moth.
Ing OF medicine.
Sutollffo was 10 be arrested on n
charge OF manslNughtcr. lilo 10.
turned 20 Hartford Sundya, after n
flight TO Canada. when II was
discovered he had caused an over.
dose OF ether TO be administered TO
II patient and was drilled for hours
by states Attorney Alcorn and the
foreman OF the grand jury.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-26

Table service Of nickel-silver
base, with silver plating in Or
leans gray finish. In the attrac-
tive design pictured. Set consists
of: 6 knives and forks, 6 tea
spoons, dessert spoons, sugar
shell and butter knife.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-26
Jury Continues Its
Lawlessness Probe

Continuing It's investigation OF
gambling and other alleged lawless.
ness in Seattle, the grand jury Mon.
day called four additional witnesses
They were Joe seibeL a workman
w. D. Perkins. Robert Douglas. a
longsboreman, and Ernest Potter. q
laborer.
Prosecuting Attorney Malcolm
Douglas Monday said that he expects
10 take a more active part in tho
work Of the grand jury during the re.
mainder Of its Investigations. Deputy
Prosecutor Il. D. Colvin has been di.
recting tho jurors 10 date.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-26
ALLEGED DOPE
RING BROKEN!
Federal Officers Seize Man
With Gun After Fight

With tho arrest OF Ed Young.
Alias "Panicly Slim," and ], c.
Browning, negroes. In raid at ITO
nth ave. 81 sunday night. federal
narcotics officers announced Mon.
day that tho remnants OF the once
famed Perry dope ring had been
broken up. John Perry, alleged lead.
or OF tho ring OF colored narcotics
dispensers. and Lena Ford. said 20
have been member OF tho gang
prior 10 her arrest. are now serving
sentences at Mcneil island federal
penitentiary for violations OF the
narcotic law.
Harry V. Williamson, head OF tho
Seattle office, and Agents w. ].
Patterson. c, NJ. Hoffman and Ir.
wing Brown. who made the arrests.
were forced TO keep the place and
Young and Browning under strict
observation for nearly two weeks
before sufficient evidence 10 counte.
nance arrest had been gathered.
Young mado no show OF resist
ancc when tho officers entered tho
place, but Browning, who was armed
Filth revolver and razor. pulled
out the gun and threatened violence
untn persuaded" after n fist fight,
10 surrender the weapon.
Evidence against tho two negroes
includes approximately $500 worth
OF dope seized Sunday night and an
alleged sale made several days ago
to a federal representative.
In another raid made Sunday
night. on the Russell house. s,iois
First ave. man giving the name
or Mac Cooper was arrested and
charged with possession and sale
by the raiding agents.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-26
WORKERS OPEN
GERMAN DRIVE

Nourishment for one meal A day
for 1e6 girls and boys during tho
winter months was provided in the
opening hour OF the Seattle cam.
paign for relief OF starving German
children by Frank AcDermott, presi.
dent OF the Bon Marche. who sent in
O. donation Of $500. Seattle's quota
OF $4,000 which the committee, head
ed by william Pigott. plans TO raise
by Thanksgiving day. will be handled
exclusively by the American Quaker
society, which will purchase food.
s,uffs here for distribution in famine
stricken Germany.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-26
FAMILIES WARY
OF new SLIDES

With two dwellings destroyed and
six other families deserving nearby
homes IN fear OF another earth slide.
nearby residents were Monday wariiy
watching the debris-p piled section
around California way and California
place and Harbor ave. in West Seat.
tie, where great earth slide Sunday
night tore up paving and sewers and
caused many thousands OF dollars In
damages.
Street and railway crews. police
md firemen. were at the scene OF
the slide all night and were preparing
90 move a steam shovel into the
alle of debric. 20 Yet high. Monday.
ETlarbor ave. had been cleared suffl.
GENTLY 10 allow vehicles 20 pass on
one side OF the street and the Faunt.
leroy and AIki electric line shuttle
was being opened By an emergency
arrangement.
The slide, occurring at $40 Sunday
night. was approximately 400 feet
wide. 195 feet long and created hole
five feet deep at tho edge OF the slip.
Mud and silt poured down tho grade
Ht the point near Luna Park on the
hillside where the street department
has been engaged In slide corrective
measures
The family Of John vetter. foreman
at the Marine Iron Works, was noti.
fled that their dwelling at lo4e Har-
49,. a.eQ q W. ssaa. c~da - orarad n nj
vetter moved his family out OF the
two-story house. Another house. also
owned BY yetter. directly in front OF
tho one his family occupied. was
wrecked when his homo was demol-
ished by the slide Sunday night. The
mud slid down TO five other houses
and their occupants vacated them.
fearing that the foundations would
~ } undermined.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-26
Kentucky Governor
Opposed to Dancing

l. FRANKFURT. Ky. Nov 70
There viii be no dancing in the
executive mansion during my term
% governor" william Jason Fields.
governor-elect Of Kentucky. declared
today.
Meanwhile. plans for the grand
inaugural ball on the night Of Dc.
cember 10 go mcrrily on while
Fields and bls wife plan 10 remain
at their homo in Olive Hi during
the festivities.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-26
Aviator Arrested;
Flying While Drunk

SAN ANTONIO. Tex. Nov. 20.
---Alighting from dizzy spin In the
clouds, sergt. Lloyd Hofling, send
Aero Squadron. U. $. A.. was arrest.
ed on charge of flying while drunk.
Hefling crashed his plane when he
landed and then Il was learned HIS
queer flying antics which spectators
had thought stunts. were duo to his
drunken condition.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-26
RUSS BUY PLANES

THE HAGUE. Nov. s6.--Duteh
airplane manufacturers have begun
delivery OF 500 Fokker fighting
planes ordered by the soviet GOV.
eminent.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1923-03-29
RULING GIVES
BACK PAY TO
co. DEBUT les
Former County Officials
Will Benefit BY
Court Edict

A recent ruling of the state SUI
premc court would appear 20 give
assurance that certain deputies in
county offices of Imperial and 9th
or counties win be entitled to back
pay for services rendered in Nov.
ember and December
While no formal writ hiss been
received by the district attorney of
this county to date, it is known of
ficially that Il decision of the court
bearing on the question has been
rendered.
A former ruling of the supreme
court declared unconstitutional the
portion of the county government
act of 1921 relating to increase in
salaries. Upon this ruling, the in
crease in the case of deputies was
cut off for the two months.
In the ease upon which the recent
decision was made, the court came
to the conclusion that an increase
IN the compensation of deputy
who holds office at the pleasure of
his principal, is not a violation Of
the provision of Article two section
nine, of the state constitution,
which prohibits the increase of the
salary of in officer during his term
of office.
IN the other point of contention
in the ease upon which the decis-
ion has been rendered, it appears
that the duties of those of the new
deputies who remained in service
of the county after the supreme
court decision last fall, must be ac-
cepted as gratuitous.
In Imperial County there were
few if any of the latter class. the
new deputies appointed under the
act of 1921 having resigned upon
the decision of the court and the
advice of the attorney general.
1t is not known exactly how many
will be affected by the later decis-
ion, as the question has not been
officially taken up by the office of
the district attorney.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1923-03-29
Here Is Chance
for Student to
Win $4,000 Prize

t"The Influence of Highway
Transportation upon the Religious
Life of NY Community" is the sub
ject assigned in the H.. s. Firestonc
essay contest this year.
The winner Of the contest will
receive IL four year $ course in any
college he or she may choose. The
Firestone Scholarship was estab-
lished by the donor for the purpose
Of stimulating the youth Of the
land to undertake. the study of i'm
proved transportation. ~ -.
The contest is open to all high
school students who are willing to
comply with the simple rules, and
the Imperial County department of
education is today mailing out let
tiers to high school principals of the
six districts setting forth the rules
and requirements. r..
In 1920, Katherine Butterfield,
formerly Il student in the FL Centre
high schools, but at the time at
tending the high school at Weiser,
Idaho, won the coveted prize. Karl
Pearson of the District of Columbia
won it in 1929, and Miss Garland
johnson Of Bridgeport, Virginia,
won in 1921. VIII some bright boy
or girl in Imperial Valley win it
this timer
The scholarship defrays tuition,
room, board, special fees" and neces-
sary incidentals during four years
at college, and is valued at $4,000.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1923-03-29
BIG PREMIUM
PAID LETTUCE
SENT PRECEDED
Second Car Brings so
Cents to One Dollar
More
Arrives Crisp as Day
Picked, Telegram
Announces

Report on the second ear of pre-.
cooled lettuce sold on the Chicago
market was received this morning
by K. p. Moore of the Imperial lee
and Development Company, from J.
+. Collins, who accompanied the
shipment.
The telegram read: First two
ears of preceded lettuce received
and sold on the market 1T q pre,ni.
um of from 30 cents to dollar over
top fancy. Receivers agree that
the quality, as well as appearance Ia
far superior TO the ordinary run
and price obtained proves how buy
ers consider it, II was as crisp and
firm as the day it was picked, and
one buyer said it would carry for
two weeks and still be as good as
the ordinary run. l have seen
nothing on the street that could
compare with it,
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1923-03-29
SWING WILL Be
STAR SPEAKER
AT CALIPATRlA
To Talk at Annual
Chambers of Commerce
Meeting

Congressman Phil ID. Swing will
be the principal speaker at the an
nual meeting of the Associated
Chambers of Commerce at Caiipat-
ria Friday night, according to an
nouncement made today by Secrc.
tary o. j. Renfrew. Mr.. Swing
will talk on Boulder dam and it is
expected he will have some perth
ent facts to tell the business men
of the valley.
Certainly no one is better quail
fled to talk on the subject most
vital to the future of Imperial Val
ley than Congressman Swing, who
is author of the Swing bill provid-
ing for the construction of Boulder
Canyon dam by the United States
government.
Worked Hard for I. ".
Mr.. Swing has been relentless in
conducting hammering campaign
in behalf of his bill and, as the
whole valley knows, only recen. ~
brought 4 party Of congressman 10
Imperial Valley to get first hama
information about the needs Of this
section, particularly for flood pro.
tec\,n and providing for the rrcla-
nation of thousands of acres OF
land which are at present arid.
In addition to Mr.. Swing S talk
the annual election of officers will
be held and the reports of the old
Officers made.
Calipatria Chamber of Commerce,
which will act rs hosts for the oc.
casion, is making preparations 10
handle a large crowd and it is cx-
pected the desire to hear Congress
man Swing will be the means Of
attracting several hundred people
tO'the' meeting.
Another speaker will be DR.. Me
Donald of the state board of health,
who has been sent here in conneo-
ton with the plan to establish a
laboratory and n permanent inspect,
or for dairies in Imperial county.
Some time ago application was
made to the state board of health
by the FL Centre Chamber Of Com
merce for a permanen Inspector
and in reply, j. Y. Coyle, secretary
of that organization, was advised to
interest the valley as whole in the
proposition. He then suggested
that n representative of the board
of health be sent here to make a
survey of conditions and asked that
the visit be made at the time of
the Associated Chamber meeting so
the subject could be brought before
that body.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1923-03-29
Suburban Home
of Berkmans is
Sold to Carter

Oscar Sweeney, realty dealer,
completed a sale today of the
Charles Berkman suburban home
west of town to George II. Carter.
This place is one OF the best subur-
ban homes in the valley. 1t in.
cludes large and commodious mod.
ern house and five acres of land.
The Berkmans will move to their
300.aere ranch further out and de-
vote themselves to farming on an
extensive scale. Mr.. Garter is one
of the old settlers in the valley, hav-
ing moved here in 1902, and having
been connected in an active way
with most of the large development
projects as we'll rs in various lines
of business. lie is proving his faith
in the country by buying this fine,
new home, where he expects to re-
side with his interesting family.
The consideration was cash in full,
and though the price is not stated,
it is understood to have been en-
tirely satisfactory to all concerned.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1923-03-29
DRIVE RESULTS
Crafty STATE
BUREAU man
Full Reports On Satur-
day, Says Bureau Can
Be Mighty Factor

II. n. Morrell, who is here for the
State Farm Bureau to assist in the
membership campaign now in full
swing, is gratified with results to
date. Full reports have not been
Sent in but most Of the centers are
showing great activity and some of
them have made substantial gains
in membership. Jasper Center is
considerably in the lead as to mum
bers but other centers have made rs
large or larger percentage of gain
in members.
Tomorrow, the entire county will
be thrown open and the committees
will be privileged to work where
they will. So far, each has confined
its effort to the home center.
Full Report Saturday
On Saturday. the board Of direc-
tors are to meet and full reports
viii then be made. The campaign
will close Thursday April 3, inso-
far az the intensive work is con
cerned but Mr.. MOrrcll says that it
is to continue all through the year
all through the year az new VT tn
as new people become available.
Mr.. Morrell believes that the farm
bureau can become a mighty factor
in the development Of the Imperial
Valley. He sees great potential
ties in a program Of activity which
will follow an enlarged membership.
He has made thorough study of
the county and IT'D needs and his
idea is that the farmers must be
drawn closely together for their
mutual benefit, not in production
alone, but also in the arketing of
their crops. He also believes that
the Organization can function as Il
means of aiding individual ranchers
to solve theft problems financially
and otherwise.
Believes in Cooperation,
The expert believes in starting
with the farm center in the build
ing up of cooperative associations.
Work up each project, by inter
estine the farm centers in it and
effective organization will naturol-
~ follow he says. TO begin with
the organization of an association
on large scale, before its plan and
purpose has been demonstrated 10
the farmers, often. SPELLS disaster.
Must Prove Worth
= In MIR. Morrcil 8 opinion an ounce
of concrete example is worth 4
pound Of theory in solving the
problems of the rancher here. or
elsewhere. The exchange OF infor-
nation through the farm bureau
federation is worth a lot to the men
who arc getting their living out of
the soil. The farm center provides
an avenue for the mutual exchange
Of ideas and opinions as well as for
the dissemination Of knowledge. Its
programs will never he dull if hll-
man interest is kept paramount, he
says. .--
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1923-03-29
BERNHARDT IS
BURIED TODAY
AMID HONORS
Funeral COrtege Greatest
Since Death of
Napoleon
Hy United Press

PARIS, March 29.-Sarah Bern
hardt, the greatest actress of all
time was buried TO-DAY amidst the
greatest honors accorded since Ma
poleon's body was brought here.
The funeral cortege, five miles
long, wound through the streets
and many thousands witnessed the
procession. Al the church of st.
Francois dc Sales, where services
were held, everything was com,
pletely swathed in black, and an
avalanche of flowers reaching to
the high ceiling surrounded the
casket.
The. body was removed to the
cemetery to await its final inter
ment in tomb at Belle Isle, the
former home of the great tragedian.
Poverty and advanced years had
forced Bernhardt to sell this beauti-
full spot, but it is said friends will
aid the son to re-purchase it as n
suitable final resting place for the
noted mother.
by United Press
CINCINNATI, March 29.--As a
tribute to Sarah Bernhard, all ac-
tors, stage hands, and audiences are
asked TO pause all work for IS Sec
onds at 5 O'Clock this afternoon.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1923-03-29
ONE OF KIDNAPPED BOYS IS FOUND HER
Mystery Murder
is Quickly
Solved!

LOS ANGELES, March o.
The police department of this
city thought that they had an
other big murder mystery on
their hands today when the
charred remains Of woman's
body were found in a garage fire
in the fashionable residential
district.
Excitement ran high and de-
tectives were perking up their
ears when the mystery was dis
PEELED by Dr.. William CLARK,
well known here, identifying the
bones as the remains of q forgot
ter. surgical specimen.
Clark declared that the body
was shipped to him from Vienna
in 1904 for the purpose Of study
ing a rare disease and after a
number of tests he had put the
body in Theoretically sealed
box, discarded same into the gar
age ard forgotten all about the
incident ,urtil the bones were
found.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1923-03-29
MAD DOGS
At LARGE
IN VALLEY
Muzzle or Tie Up All
CANNES, Police Chief
Orders
MANY ARE BITTEN
Discovery of Rabies
Starts Prompt Protec-
tive Measures

F.. Tho appearance of rabies among
dogs in various valley towns, one of
whom was. Killed in FL Centre this
afternoon, has lied Chief Of Police
Barker to issue a notice that begin
ming Immediately, all dogs in III
Centre must be muzZled or tied up
and if found at large will be killed
by the police. The fact that dog
is licensed will not be any protcc-
ton whatsoever, the chief announc-
ed. nor win the fact that dogs are
accompanied by their owners save
them from being taken up. 81
The dog killed today was suffer
ing from rabies in the opinion Of
Dir. r. A. Burger and hundreds OF
people on Main street were exposed
to the mad beast. Within the last
month. IS dogs afflicted with rabies
have been killed in Holtville, where
the disease seems to have made Its
start and at the present time five
people in that city are taking the
Pasteur treatment, following bites
from infected dogs. Several more
have been bitten in Brawley, ae-
cording to the chief. DIT
-Four or five dogs were bitten by
the dog killed today and all but one
of these have been rounded up and
taken to the city pound where they
will be killed.
The other dog is being sought and
it is hoped will be captured before
night. Chief Barker also issues a
warning to people to be careful in
picking up stray dogs or in way
being too friendly with strange
dogs who may be infected with
rabies. ,....t-
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1923-03-29
GETS 8 MONTHS
FOR PASSING OF
BAD CHECK HERE

c. M. Robinson, who pleaded
guilty several days ago to charge
Of passing a bad check on the Bar
bara Worth hotel last December,
ws sentenced to serve eight months
in Jail by Judge NJ. w. Conkling,
in department. No. . Of the superior
court this morning. Robinson had
asked for probation, his request be-
ing denied after investigation OF
the ease by the probation officer.
He has been confined to jail, since
thu date OF his arrest, the court
taking this fact into consideration
in imposing sentence.