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Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-02
MAYOR FAWCETT
URGES BONDS AT
CHAMBER MEET
Chamber of Commerce
Members Inspect Wat
er Plant

Needs for the building of a new
water supply system for Ell Centre
and the floating of 100000 bond
issue, was the topic of talk given
by Mayor w. S. Fawcett this noon
to members of the Chamber of Com
merce at their weekly luncheon.
Mayor Fawcett gave Il resume of
the situation, pointing out the out
standing needs for replacement of
the present system. He called at5
tention to the inadequate hydrant'
filter plant with additional settling
tanks.
IN closing his talk, the mayor
urged that every effort be made to
support tho proposed bond issue and
asked Chamber of Commerce mem
bers to work for passage of the is
sue at the coming election, April
IA.
Following the luncheon, at which
there were about 45 members, those
who had not visited the water sup
ply plant, made a trip of inspec
ton under the direction of the sup
erintendent.s
1t was announced this noon that
the regular meeting of the board of
directors of the Chamber would be
held at 1880. Attention was called
to the fact that all members of the
Chamber of Commerce are welcome
to be present at all these meetings.
1t has been supposed that because
the meetings were for the directors
they were not open to Others of the
organization. Secretary Coyle stat
ed this afternoon that the meetings
acd always open and urged that
n'ief!a % attend whenever they can.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-02
STATES REUNION
AT IMPERIAL IS
GREAT SUCCESS
Acquainted Fest Draws
1000 Valley Folks, Pa
rade n Everything

More than 100 residents OF I'M
perial Valley were in attendance at
the first annual states reunion
which was held yesterday at I'M
perial. 1t is planned to make the
event regular yearly affair.
The registration book showed
that more than 90 per cent of the
states were represented at the
gathering yesterday and that sew
eral foreign citizens were present.
The parade at $3.50 in the after
noon was the feature of the pro-
gram, there being. n farge number
of artistic and novel floats. The
Business Women 5 club was award
ed the prize for the most artistic
float.
The Barbara Worth Grapefruit
float attracted considerable atten-
tion. 1t was made up i'll the form
Of monster crate of grapefruit.
Kerchoff Gunner Lumber company
had q cottage made of redwood
mounted on IL wagon and drawn by
beautiful black Percheron horse.
Edgar Brothers exhibited a Ford
son tractor attached to the city
sprinkling wagon and manipulated
by lines from the driver seat of
the wagon.
j. A. Harris Gin participated in
the parade, showing an exhibit of
cotton products. Waites' Market
was also represented with a novel
float.
The fire trucks and the band
were in the line of march which
ended at the city park where the
band gave a short concert before
the program.
Mayor Gale Speaks
Those who took part i'll the pro-
gram, at which practically every
one who witnessed the parade was
present, were given enthusiastic
applause. The high school olches-
ira under the leadership of Mrs.
Carmen Fairbanks gave several
numbers. Mrs. II. S. Capron and
Mrs. George Paulin each sang vocal
solos, and the winner of the orato-
rical contest of the County Fedora
ton of Women S Clubs gave the
winning oration.
Mayor ID. c. Gale gave the ad-
dress of welcome 10 those who rep
resented their respective states. He
voiced the hope that the gathering
of natives of the various states
would be the beginning of a better
acquaintance among people living
in the valley.
The committee in charge of the
program and arrangements secured
Il camcraman from the Fox Studios
in Los Angeles, and pictures of the
parade at $50 and the school chill
dren s parade at 4:15 i'll the after
moon. were taken. More than 1900
feet of film was used and i'll ad-
dition to the pictures of the festi-
val, there were scenes around the
county photographed, so that when
the reel is complete with titles and
subtitles it will measure more than
1000 feet.
The Rev. II. G. Banks was chair
man of the committee in charge
of the festival.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-02
WHAT'S DOING
High Y at high school to.

High Y at high school to-
night.
City council meets tonight.
Chamber of Commerce direc-
tors meet tonight.
Evangeistic services Bap-
tist church tonight.
Midweek services at churches
tonight.
"Scaramouche' at Palace
theater tonight.
''The Eternal City" at Val
ley theater tonight.
Rotary Club luncheon tomor-
row.
Woman's Ten Thousand
Club meets tomorrow afternoon.
Jasper Farm Home depart
ment meets 1880 3. IN. to-
morrow.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-02
DOHENY GAVE A
LARGE AMOUNT
TO PARTY FUND
by United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, April George
White, former chairman of the Dem
ocratic National Committee, today
told the Senate oil committee that
+. H.. Doheny contributed $4,000
to the Democratic party funds in
1920 and 1921.
White, when questioned about
Doheny's testimony that he had
contributed $4,000 said Dohcny
would have to account for the diff.
ference. White said he recalled nc
contribution from Harry f. Sinclair
Doheny gave him three checks, az
gregating $4,000, during the cam
paign in 1920, and in April, 1921
contributed $4,000 toward the
party's deficit, White said.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-02
KERN COUNTY IS
NOW ADDED TO
INFECTED AREA
Quarantine Costing So.
Cal. 3 Million Daily
Says Official
BY United Press Leased Wire

SAN FRANCISCO, April 2.-Dis
covery of an infected herd in Kern
County, belonging to the Kern
County Land company heretofore
free from infection, was the chief
development in the California hoof
and mouth disease epidemic among
livestock during the last "a hours.
One new infection in Los Angeles
reported yesterday, was the only
change in the Southern California
situation reported in the formal
statements issued by headquarters
for the campaign against the dis
ease.
Tulare and Kings counties, it
was announced, have closed all roads
leading into the counties and no
one will be permitted to enter
those counties without funligation.
LOS ANGELES, April 2.-"The
foot and mouth quarantine together
with the embargo on shipments of
live stock and other products pre-
vailing in some neighboring states
is costing Southern California $3,-
100000 "a day" declared NJ. H.
Adamson, chairman of the quaran-
tine enforcement and legislative
committee working with the state
department of agriculture here to-
day.
Speaking before a mass meeting
of presidents and secretaries of var
ious Southern California chambers
of commerce, gathered here to dis
cuss means of combating the dis
ease, Adamson predicted probable
serious business depression in the
Southland during the summer unless
the situation is bettered soon.
Continued on page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-02
Weeks Protests Boulder Dam-Says it Costs too Much
FAVORS GIVING I
PRIVATE CAPITAL
POWER OF RIVER
Gov. Hunt, Mayor Evans
Must Testify Is Deci-
sion of Committee

WASHINGTON, April g.
Secretary of War Weeks said
today he expects congress to
defeat the Swing Johnson bill
providing for the development
of the Boulder Canyon dam
project on the Colorado river
unless material cuts are made
in the cost of the project.
Weeks said he believed that
while flood protection and irri-
cation can be cared for by the
government, power development
on the river should be left to
private capital.
Eliminating power considera-
tions, the government could
more cheaply effect flood pro-
lection for the Imperial Valley
by building a control dam $50
miles further down the river,
Weeks said.
BY doing this, he said, the gov
prnment could leave the Boulder
Canyon site exclusively for power
development by private capital, il
it is eventually found advisable to
10 so.
The federal water power commits
sion, of which Weeks is chairman,
has recommended against govern
ment expenditures at this site but
Secretary of Commerce Hoover has
declared his intention of continuing
the fight for the prospect as propos-
ed, Weeks said.
Hunt, Evans Must Testify
The house irrigation committee
today decided to insist that Gov.
Hunt of Arizona and Mayor S. c.
Evans of Riverside, Cal, come here
to testify concerning charges they
made recently in kilograms to the
committee regarding the Boulder
Canyon dam project.
Hunt charged that Secretary Of
the Interior Work had used his of
flee to further the interests of Co
dorado and Evans charged that O..
D. Merrill, secretary of the federal
power commission was unfriend-
Iy' to the Federal Water Power
Merrill testified before the COM
mittee today that he considered
private construction of Boulder dam
Continued on page six
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-02
Total Season Last
HATFIELD WILL GET
THE $4,000 PRIZE

IIANFORD, Cal, April e
Nearly an inch of rain here last
night and Il still heavier preeipita-
ton in Lemoore and as far west
as Coalinga seems to have given
Charles Nj. Hatfield, the Grain
maker over two inches of mois-
turc, which will insure him the
$4,000 prize held in escrow at
Lemoore bank.
Hatfield has until April Is to
make good, but an unofficial check
up of the five gauges at their re
spective locations shows about 2.30
inches on the average. Hatfield, if
these figures are verified, can claim
the prize under his contract.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-02
BAD WEATHER
STOPS FLYERS

SEATTLE, April 2.-Unfavorablc
weather conditions in British Column
bia, Alaska and the Aleutian Is
lands continued today, making prob
able further postponement of the
start of the second leg of the Ameri-
can army round the world flight.
The aviators, under command of
Major +. l.. Martin, planned to
start tomorrow morning at day
break. While they would not defin-
itely say today that the start could
not be made then, weather reports
were distinctly unfavorable.
A "williewah,' which is Il vio-
lent form of wind storm frequent ut
this season of the year, was reported
in the Aleutian Islands.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-02
LA TOILETTE,
SMITH LEAD
IN WISCONSIN

MILWAUKEE, Wis, April p
With 537 out of 2574 precincts re-
ported, La Toilette delegates had
increased their leads over the Cool
idge delegates to 2S,202, tabulation
of returns this afternoon showed.
The vote was: La Toilette 1854.
Coolidge 35,492.
With 456 precincts reported, Al
Smith, New York, was leading Will
liam G. McAdoo in the Democratic
delegate election by 1927. Smith
gained considerable in the late re-
turns. The vote was:
Smith 1884.
McAdoo 1857.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-02
CASE OF M'MULLEN
TO L. A. JURY SOON
Dy United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, April Case of
Lawrence (Red) McMullen, charged
with completely in the Staying of
Charles Weingarten in the "trunk
shop murder" was expected TO go
to the jury today.
Clarence (Tuffy) Reid, tried some
time ago in connection with the
same crime, was convicted and is
now in San Quentin under sentence
Of death.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-02
NEW YORK SHOVELS
OUT FROM SHOWS

NEW YORK, April "A warm
April sun smiling the bland smile OF
the cat which has just eaten the
canary beamed down on New York
today as thousands of workers shov.
eled the city out of one of the deep
est snowstorms of the season.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-02
so. SIERRAS GIVEN
EXTENSION OF TIME

Southern Sierras Power Company
has been granted an extension of
time by the Railroad Commission
until November /, 1924, in which
to remove infractions of statutes
governing overhead electric line
construction.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-02
April Seized ule
Farm Center
Meetings

The schedule for Farm Center
meetings to be held by the I'm
perial County Farm Bureau dur
ing the month of April is an
nounced as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-13
FRIEND TAXES FUNDS, GIRL TRIES STEALING
Strange Story Told By Young
 Woman To Explain Theft

NEW YORK, Jan. l2.-A StyllSn, good looking young woman entered inc shop of Leon Erlich at No. l543 Broadway early last night, inspected some gowns and started to leave. At about the same moment Goldle Blumberg, a sales woman, found that a spangled dress worth $175 had disappeared. Goldie Blrmberg beat the young woman to the door, turn ed the key in the lock- opened the supposed customers coat and founo the missing gown. x,yo,4
 The woman was taken 10 the west Forty-seventh street police statioh. She refused to give her name put admitted she was married and was m New York on a visit. She said she had never been in trouble ana that she was prepared to stay in prison as long as necessary without disclosing her identity. s.., ,na
 II came here with a girl friend 7nd yo ran up a hotel bill of $S0,' she said. "The other girl disappeareu uIith our funds and I was desperate for money to pay the bill and get my fora home. Now that I have been caught I will take what comes' put nc 9r,e will ever know my name.
 r'hc woman pensively male draw ioos while she waited to De taHeA to the W womens prison and fev9aS ,i, 1, tistic skill. She wore ol3ch Aiin tnitted dress, a velour fur trimmed coal and a brown silk hat Sae ap- ncared to be about 20 years old. She wore a platinum wedding rinS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-13
HIST COMMANDMENTS
 TO GOVERN INDUSTRY
Three To Labor, Four To Capital, Two To Public. One To All

Two To Public, One To All
 NEW YORK. Jan. 12.-The follow ing Ten Commandments for In- dustry" are being circulated in in- dustrial establishments: To Organised Labor
 "1. Thou shalt not permit any of thy members to place the union card above our country's flag.
 "2. Thou shalt not deny to any man at any time the right to work as free man and to receive wages as such.
 "3. Thou shalt not demand for any worker a good days wages in return for a bad days service. To Capital.
 A. Thou shalt pay fair living wage to each and every one of thy workers.
 "5. Thou shalt furnish a safe and healthful place in which. and safe appliances with which, thy employees may work.
 "s. Thou shalt operate thy business as continuously as it's nature vii permit. to the end that labor shall be regularly employed and that the public may not suffer for the living necessities furnished through the medium of thy activities.
 "7. Thou shalt not demand extor- tionate profits, but shall be content with a fair return upon thy invest ment used and useful in thy busi- ness.
 0 o o To The General Public.
 ."S. Thou shalt willingly pay a fair price for all commodities required by thee from labor and capital. to tha end that labor shall have just re- ward and capital fair return.
 "9. Thou shalt pay thy taxes cheer fully and honestly, to the end that the obligations of the state to all It's people may be promptly and proper ly fulfilled liberty and justice safe guarded and the general welfare as- sured.
 o O o To Everybody.
 10. Thou shalt honor and love thy government. for it is the people government the best ever devised by man, and there Is none like it in the world"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-13
KIDS SETTLE ROWS MAN FASHION NOW
Greenwich Village Youngsters x No Longer Resort To
 Street Battles

NEW YORK, Jan. 13.--No longer do the kids of Greenwich Village are- sort to street fights to settle their disputes, for the Greenwich house, 2I Barrow street, in the section which developed Gene Tunney. light-heavy- weight champion, has instituted new kind of settlement work which promises c successful future.
 Recently, under the direction of Barney Hymsn, physical director of the settlement. boxing show was held. at which youngsters ranging their street fsuds In q 16-foot ring. All ring equipment used, in regnlaEs bouts. including padded gloves. tow els. trainers, judges. tights, time keepers and the gong were on hand.
 Barney Hymen acted as third man in the ring after several youngsters had automatically declined that hon. or. Mike Rabino, violin instructor. and Henry Catena, champion fiy-. weight of the nation guard. served as Judges.
 The. first bout produced the wag- ner twins. Joe. six, and Jimmy, eight, The brothers settled all fam fly differences, with Jimmy, capturing second place,
 Kid Brady from west Eleventh street and YoupE Durkin of West Tenth street, fought for the fly weight championship of the village. honors going to the latter after an extra round was necessary to, decide , the winner.
 The crowd booed the decision with all the disgust of . regular fight crowd.
 Kid Bhyonne, known as the Tiger of Thompson street. was worsted by Young Lamele, otherwise the Wild Bull Thompson street was vindi- cated for this defeat, however, when Chris Wagner of Greenwich house won victory over Kid Chesty of the Boys club on Avenue A.
 In the next bout, Kid Lefty of the Boys club met Midget Reed of Green. wich house. The bout was billed as the champion fleaweiEhtt contest and, was won by Reed on . technical knockout.
 Johnny cissg. representing the Greenwich house, succeeded in mak- in0 his opponent, "Silver Dollar" If University settlement, look like the proverbial 30 cents.
 The main bout brought together Jack Duffries. University settiement. and Sol Presto, Greenwich house. The bout was fast and went to Duffries.
 Girls of the village occupied d sne. cial reserved section and Joined the male rooters in cheering their fayo. rites. ~-I-
 Miss Elsie Mccormick, one of the settlement workers. attended and ex- pressed herself as pleased with the, bouts. More will be held in, the future.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-13
GOTHAW'S FIRST PHONE GIRL
 BEGINS 45TH YEARS SERVICS
Miss Mary Kennedy Recalls
 When Bell And Edison Used . To Visit Exchange

NEW YORK. Jan. 12.-Mss Mary Beatrice Kennedy was not at the telephone switchboard in the Col lege of St. Elizabeth at Convent Sta- tion. N. J.. yesterday. although many called to wish that this, her forty fifth year on the job as an operator, might be the happiest and most com- fortable of all of them.
 "No," replied the substitute oper- ator at St. Elizabeth's, "she isn't on duty today. No, she isn't sick; just took the day off. It was her turn. the two days between us. Yes. in- deed; she was nevk better in her life. Good as ever at the switch board? Gracious, she's better. New CT makes a mistake.
 "1ll leave note here on the be glad to know that you called her. Of course she didn't know you were going to call, and she didn't say anything about 1t, but I'm sure she'd say Same to you and many of them, so. I say it for her. Good by!"
 On September 21. 1878. Mary Bea- trice Kennedy became New York's orator. She took her chair in the old Nassau exchange---a chair va cated an hour or so before by a boy who had been discharged for swear ing at an irate subscriber. As Miss Kennedy recalls it that was one of switchboards. Miss Kennedy, the first hello girl. showed the way to a wholly feminine operator force. The boys were trifle too aggressive Miss Kennedy, an instantaneous suc- cess, was paid s5 week.
 T got my job." she explained on her forty-fifth anniversary. be canSA fha connnQnv was tirad of fir ing it's swearing boy operators. There used to be near riots. Subscribers used to come down to the telephone office to fight tM operator who had sworn at them. Subscribers had the habit of calling up to ask what the tonight or tomorrow. They used to ask; How much are eggs selling forT" That was little before the days when they used to ask the cor rect time and where the fire was. Nobody thought of asking for the baseball score or prize fight results.
 Calling a number was unheard of. Subscribers would simply ask for Smiths drug store, or Jones's gro- cery, Or this or that building. or such and such a lawyer or merchant. And If the connection was not forthcom- ing at once poor central got it. just as she does nowadays. I, used to work from in the morning un- til at night. I lived in Jersey City. To get to work I used to take a horsecar to the river, ferry across, took another horsecar and then walked up six flights of stairs. It is different, now. isn't It?
 Alexander G. Bell used to come into the exchange often. Sometimes he was accompanied by Thomas A. Edison. We didn't pay much atten- tion to MT. Edison. He wasn't so famous then.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-13
COTTON IN ARGENTINE
SeaaOn's Crop Expected To Reao
 NEoEa Hhan lYR AAA RAlea

Seasons Crop Expected To Reach
 More Than 176,OOO BAles
 BUENOS AIRES Jan. 12.-(By As- sociated Press. .)-This seasons Argen- tine cotton crop Is expected to reach 10000 metric tons. or. more than 176,- 900 bales, according. to indications and 1t will be the largest yet pro- duced since cotton began to be grown on a substantial scale a few years ago.
 The ministry of agriculture is giv- ing all encouragement possible to cot. ton.growing in the northern provinces which are said to offer climatic and soil conditions capable of making Argentina a great cotton producing nation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-13
FRENCH HOTELS MAY ADOPT IMPROVEMENTS
18,000,000 Francs Soon To Be Avail
 able For MOderniZatiOn

PARIS, Jan. 12.-(By Associated Press.)-The sum of 1S,000.000 francs soon will be available for use a ad- vances towards the building of hotels in France, and improving those that already exist. A law passed last June authorizing government ad- vances to the hotel industry has just been promulgated.
 The information obtained by the French hotel keepers during their re- cent tour of the United States will b, utilized in the expenditure of this money to modernize French hotels. giving them the up-to-date comforts which American travellers demand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-13
ANCIENT RUINS GO TO OXFORD UNIVERSITY
Historic Godstow Nunnery Is Gift
 To British Institution

AV OAatAoN AuStAIuLlOn
 : OXFORD, Jan. 12.-(By Associated fress. s.l-The university has just beef, enriched by the gift of the ruins nf ,Godstow Nunnery,, near here. where Rosamond Clifford, the repated mis- tress of Henry II Is believed to have been buried. The nunnery was founded by Editha, wife of Robert Doiley, and consecrated on Christmas Eve, 1138.
 It IS related that when Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln, came to C$odstow in 11S14 he was shown the magnificent tomb of Fair Rosamond in the center or the choir of the Nunnery. church and reminded that flor love of her. Henry had done much good to the church.. s The. bishop ordered that the body should he taken up and buried out slde Test Christian religion should grew in contempt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-13

MRS MATTHEW ROBSON MURPHY of Greensboro is we'll known Birmingham in Greensboro she often the guest of her Captain Matthew Murphy and her daush Mrs. Frances Brown. She called the Lady Bountur of Greensboro and is also club woman being valued member of the Shakespeare club.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-13

Old paint from woodwork IS easily removed by using steel wool ana oe- natured alcohol.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-13

The United states produces most of the artificial silk used In thls country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-13

To get more cream than usual from milk, heat the milk until luke-warm, then suddenly chill 1t.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-02-26

and said that to a certain degree he
had to sympathize with their object.
but could not with their methods of
bringing it about. He also referred
to the A. 2. AS and said that such
organizations as these and others
were builded upon foundations of
sand. He explained the origin of the
false Knights of Columbus oath. and
declared that he knew and would
soon have the proof of the fact that
it was a lie He ended his talk by
saying that II hope that every one
in this audience will live. hundred
years without the turmoil of flaming
crosses and mighty men"
The last speaker was Hon. Charles
F. Clark who is a candidate for the
Republican nomination for repre-
sentative to the Legislature. Mr..
Clark came from Portland especially
to attend this meeting. and he said
amidst much applause that for 20
years he had lived and worked in
the town and had tried to manage its
affairs to the best of his ability. Mr..
Clark has been selectman of the
town for many years, and he told
of some of the duties of that OFF,
cial.
There was no trouble at the meet
ing. A little excitement was caused
at the close when Chairman Aver
declared with great Indignation, that
it was not fair for the opposition to
hold n meeting the same night that
the announced nuhlic meeting of the
citizens was called.