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Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-09

a Bob Cat from chasing meg' cried
Mr.. Longears, for the bad chap
was chasing the bunny.
And then, all of sudden, I'm
cle Wiggily thought of trick,
He hid himself near sun flower
stalk. And, whet lthe Bob Cat
leaped through a hole in the fence,
the bunny gnawed with his sharp
teeth one of the stalks. Down fell
the big, heavy sun flower, plopping
the Bob Cat on the head with q
hard blow. The dried seeds scat.
tered all about, their sharp points
scratching the eyes of the Bob Cat
"Oh, Vow! Vow! What's this?N
howled the bad chap. {" Who hit
mes Who is throwing pebbles at
meg'' for he thought the seeds
were pebbles.
"Ha! Ha!N laughed Uncle Wig
gily as he hoped safely into his
bungalow and locked the door
Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-09

to roast this winter, as my cousin
who lives in China; does.
"Say no ihorel'' laughed Mr..
Longears, ~ see that the sun flow
ers are much more useful than !
thought. They are welcome to
stay in my garden. +"
The time was soon to come, as
they say in story books, when I'm
Gle Wiggily was to be more glad
than ever that he had sun flowers
in his garden. This is now it hap
pened.
He had been out in the woods
and fields, looking for an adven-
ture, but he had found none. All
the adventures seemed to be ON
their vacations that afternoon.
"Well, / had better hop home
and get Nurse Jane to make me a
lettuce sandwich, said Uncle Wig
gily, speaking out loud to himself,
rs he often did. And, no sooner
Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-09

seeds. Around the cluster of seeds
were yellow, golden petals.
Il don t see why You bothered
TO plant so many sun. flowers, .
said Uncle Wiggily to Nurse Jane
one day. What good are they ""
"They are pretty to look at,
answered the muskrat lady house
keeper, and they make me feel
cheerful on dark and gloomy days
when it rains and the sun doesn t
shine.
"Well in that case, the flowers
do good laughed the bunny un-
Gle. "But are they good to cat -
"Not especially for you,'' an
swered Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy, "'hut
Mrs. Cluek Cluck, the hen lady, is
very fond Of the seeds. When they
are ripe / am going to give her
some Charlie and Arabella Chick,
the little rooster and hen, also like
the seeds. And. | NAV save some
Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-09
GERMAN FINANCING

The Dawes reparation plan is officially in opera
ton, and Germany has started the reparation ball
a-rollng by actually making, on time the first pay
ment called for. 1t did not amount to much-a mere
S5,CO0,0OO. But it is something that that much was
paid into the reparaton treasury for the Allies and
America and paid in hard gold. Since the Versailles
treaty getting gold out of Germany for war damages
has been harder than getting blood out of proverbia
turnIp although often there seemed to be plenty of
German money for other purposes.
Capital, says a German financier ''is Germanys
great need today Wherefore arrangements have been
made for that country to borrow couple of hundred
millions abroad, just to prime the German business
motor 1t is doubtless worth while in lieu of better
method 1t will succeed if it is followed by return
OF the hundreds of millions sent out of Germany by
German capitalists in recent years, and deposited in
foreign banks placed in foreign Investments order
to avoid taxation and possible seizure by allied cred
tors.
Assured a square deal, in accord with the present
rather generous arrangement, Germany should soon
be able to finance herself if her financiers will
do their part.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-09
PLUCK

When the American aviators reached Labrador
from Greenland, it observed that Lieut.. Arnold,
while in excellent humor seemed unable to raise his
right arm. Once aboard the American destroyer he
nearly collapsed. 1t only after two hours mas
sagng and docorng that he able to eat any food
Nothing at all !" Arnold told the correspondents.
He explained that midway in the long jump the fuel
pump had stopped working, and then he had fed gaso
line into the engine by hand. For four hours he
tnued his steady pumping many strokes to the min
ute, and kept the plane going One moment of falter
ing and it would have fallen into the ICY seething
Just below. The the feat nothing at ALL,
he said was the after the first hafhour the pain in
his arm and shoulder disappeared because they were
completely numb and insensible.
There was pluck! And it good example
of what the American flyers have gone through
and over again their long pioneer voyage. 1t is
human courage and endurance even than
canical perfection and the systematic help furnished
by an anxious government that have made the adven-
ture successful
Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-09
cITY-BUILDING

The anniversary of the great japanese earthquake
brought realization of the extent to which Japan is
recovering from that disaster and the lessons she has
learned from it. The improvement in Toxic is said to
be surprising. Excellent plans have been worked out,
and followed rapidly permit for the
construction of the devastated cities.
Toxic and Yokohama to be made modern
cities, mngling the utility of the West with the charm
of the Orient. There will be wide streets and many
parks instead of the old maze of narrow, crowded
thoroughfares. Fireproof established to
minimize the danger of confagrations like the last
district, and particular types of manufacturing
plosives for example, will have limited district of
their own Industries will not be allowed in residence
districts
Thus the Orient learns city-planning. With the
knowledge and material resources now available, it is
really blessing, in the long rum for any odfashioned
city that has up panlessly to be destroyed,
that it may be built better.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-09
A JUDICIAL EXAMPLE

Kansas City judge has taught useful lesson to
Juries passing the buck and also juvenile bandits
An l8-yaarold youth who held up and robbed gaso-
line station came acquta because of the soft
heartedness of one juror After that juror held the
verdict for several hours, he agreed to vote guilty
If the jury would leave the punishment to the court.
The other II acquesced. The sequel unexpected.
Judge to the prisoner f iures think tft bv nuttinc
punishment in my hands they get eniency, they
mistaken.
You are sentenced to 20 years in the penitentiary
The sentence is not much for you for the too
erous young men who make their living by banditry.'
The lesson is that particularly needs heed
ing by juries If they do their duty, the judge can
usually be edependeon to do sand the crop of ban
dts will thlnnsd accorgdifgf 4asiis sss 81
Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-09

had he spoken than voice behind
linn cried:
"Well, | am going to make my
self a sandwich of ear nibbles, and
IN take you home with me to do
it!'
Uncle Wiggily looked around and
saw the Bob Cat glaring at him
from tangle of weeds.
oh, you bad chap!" cried the
bunny, and, gathering his legs un-
der him, the rabbit hoped toward
his hollow stump bungalow as fast
as he could hop.
The Bob Cat came after him,
and, taking a short cut home
across the lots, Uncle Wiggily hop
ped through hole in his fence
ara into the end of his garden,
where grew the tall, heavy sun
flowers.
"You are very useful for some
things. but are you any good to stop
Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-09

while the Bob Cat, dazcd and dizzy
from the bio won his head, crawled
away. Ha! Ha! Sun flowers are
good to stop bad Bob Cats from
chasing rabbits. And Nurse Jane
also laughed when she heard what
had happened.
And, if the jelly doesn t run out
from between the layers of cake
and 60 to play I'M the salt cellar
with, the egg beatcr. I'll tell you
next about Uncle Wiggily and the
Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-09
Bed Time Stories
By HOWARD E. GkRIS
Copyright, 1923. by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE wIGGTLY AND THE
SUN FLOWER

At the far end of Uncle Wig
gily's garden grew some sun flow
ers. Very tall they were, with big
round shining faces, as cheerful as
the sun.
Each flower nodded its head on
the stalk, which was almost as tall
as the bean stalk that Jack, the
Giant Killer, climbed. In the cen
ter of each flower was brown
circle of many seeds-hundreds OF
Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-09
SMALL NATIONS SOUND

The rising of Canadian money to par value, with
out any Juggling boiling down. is not only finan-
ca triumph for the dominion but another evidence that
financial soundness has nothing necessarily to do with
a countrys size In fact, some~of the biggest coun-
tries have suffered most since the in currency
depreciation Canada great in area but small in popu-
aton now stands at the head of several small nations
which, after the United States lead the world in mon
etary soundness.
Sweden, Switzerland and Holland are the closest
competitors Swedens monetary unit, normally worth
26s cents was quoted at 2658 cents recent date
when the Canadian dollar at par Swtzerland's,
normally worth 1913 cents was quoted at 1888 and
Hollands normally 4O2 cents was 1858 cents. po-
land seemed to make good showing, with her unit,
normally l93 quoted at 1925; but that showing was
brought about by the recent expedient OF giving one
zlofv. of gold franc. the value of about 100000
1t does seem as if there's always red Herrin
being dragged across the trail cf American progress.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-09
MRS. MoRs WILL FILED

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 9-Leaving
her estate, valued at $4,000, to Al
bert A. Mors, her divorced husband,
the will Of Mrs. Theresa Mors, for
whose murder Kid Mccoy is await
ing trial, was on file here today.
The property includes jewelry and
stocks
Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-09
Neu!
Fall Stetson
Hats IL.

TIE NEW John B. Stetson hats have
just been opened up and we suggest you
come in soon and look them over. Price
for price the Stetson represents the biggest
dollars worth in mems hats today. New
blocks-new colors from $3.50 to $1,000.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-09

1t does seem as if there's always a red Herrin
being dragged across the trail IF American progress
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-18
TENSION BASED
 IN ROME CRISIS
Five Arrests Made In Kidnapping Of Deputy
 MatteOtti
By FRANCISCO RAE

(By Leased Wire To Age.Herald.)
 ROME, June 17.-Premier Musso- lini has frightened his grip on the in ternal situation, and the crisis is ap- parently abating.
 A shift in the cabinet, shake-ups in the police department, and the arrest of five men in connection with the kid naping of Deputy Matteotti have eased tension throughout the country. There is a growing conviction that the pre- mier is resolved to conduct a full in vestigation into the supposed staying of the socialist deputy.
 Commander Filipelli, edtor-m-chief of the Corrie Italino, was arrested near Genoa Tuesday when attempting to escape in a motorboat. A nationwide search was made for the fascist jour- nalist after it was found that the kid napers of Matteotti used Filipelli's card to obtain an automobile at a garage helA
 The editor was brought back to Rome and lodged in jail, where the state prosecutor immediately began to question him. It is reported that i'm portant documents were found on Fiji pelli, and that they are likely to thrdw considerable light on the crime. A reporter on the Corrier Italino was arrested simultaneously with Fiji. pelli, while Albino Volpi, charged with being one of Matteotti's slayers, was arrested near Milan. Two other ar rests have also been made. Police on the northwestern frontier are watching for Commander Rossi, want ed in connection with the crime, who may attempt to escape into France.
 The Roman Press remarked that since the Matteotti case has been taken out of the hands of the police the in vestigation has moved more swiftly and with more satisfactory results.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-18
s3,OOO,OOO LOOT HELD BY 2 MEN,
 POLICE LEARN
Arrest Of Full Chicago Gang Predicted With
 in "A Hours
ONLY 10 BANDITS
 THOUGHT INVOLVED
Fifty Of The 61 Bags Of
 Mail Recovered

CHICAGO, June 17.-The $3,- O00,00O loot obtained by train rob bers who last Thursday night held up a Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul mail train near Chicago, is in the possession of two men whose names are known and who will be arrested within "A hours, A. E.. Germer, chief postal inspector in charge of the investigation, an- nounced tonight.
 His statement followed the find ing today near Joliet, H., of one of four automobiles used by the bandits and more than 50 of the 61 registered mail pouches obtained by the robbers in the most daring hold up in railroad history.
 MT. Germer also announced that some of the train robbers are includ- ed among the six men and two women now held by the Chicago police. Nor gan A. Collins, chief of police. also announced that the names of all the robbers are known to the police, that there were not more than 10 bandits implicated and that those not now in custody will be arrested soon. He said latest estimates placed the haul of the robbers at $3000,000 in securi- ties, negotiable and non-negotiable, and $70,000 in cash.
 Michael Hughes, chief of detectives, said the robbers obtained 61 mail pouches and that B have been recov- cred, including those found near Joliet and one found the day after the rob bery. The six missing sacks, he said, probably were used by the robbers to carry away the negotiable loot.
 Chief Hughes said that all the pris- oners held by the police probably would be turned over to the federal authori- ties by tomorrow when hearings on writs of habeas corpus for the release of three of them are scheduled in fed eral court.
 ! The latest suspect to be taken into custody is Carl Fontana, leader of a notorious Chicago gang, who was held for I time in connection with the mail robbery at Harvey, H., and as a sus- pect in other crimes.
 "Dr." Spencer Brown, convicted in connection with the robbery of the Werner Brothers warehouse where large stocks of liquor was stored, also was in custody, but the police admitted to- night that he had not been implicated in the robbery.
 Postal inspectors who examined the mail pouches found in the automobile near Joliet said that most of them were rifled but few were unopened and these contained some securities, small number of which were negotiable. The automobile and mail pouches were brought to Chicago tonight The au- tomobile was stolen from a Chicago woman three months ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-18
HOUSE PARTY ENDS
Miss Merrill Entertained Friends At
 H0fIin

HEFLIN, Ala. June 17.-(Special.) ) Miss Clyde Merrill's house party came to close on Sunday, her out-of- town guests leaving for their homes in An niston and Birmingham in the after noon. Miss Ruth Spearman of An niston and Miss Grady Ray of Birming- ham and Miss Eileen Osborn, Miss Louise Powell and Miss Ruth Barker of Heflin made up the party entertained by Miss Merrill.
 Mrs. Allen Wright-The body of Mrs. Allen Wright, who died in Bir- mingham Saturday night, reached lief lin Monday evening, the funeral serv- ice being held at the Methodist church Tuesday afternoon by Rev. J. C.. Francis.
 Liquor COnfiscated- d-Deputy Sheriff J. NJ. Haywood of Chuclaginnee con fiscated a five-gallon jug half filled with whisky near the Baptist church at that place Sunday, a memorial sing ing being in progress at the time the officer made his find.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-18
BELGIAN ENTRY
 THOUGHT VICTOR
 IN BALLOON RACE
De Muyter Reported Over Ireland-All Others
 Land

BRUSSELS, June 1.-The winner of the Gordon Bennett cup for 1924 has not yet been determined. The favor ite in the great balloon race Lieut.. Ernest DeMuyeter, piolt of the Beligica has not yet been officially heard from. One report had it that he had sighted over Ireland, which if true would give the greatest distance.
 DeMuyter may still be in the air, but the other 16 contestants which took off from Solbosch plain Sunday have come safely to the earth again. Owing to the curious atmospheric con dition, the distances allotted to the aeronauts which comprises merely the distances between the starting point and. the landing point in straight line will not be great although the bal looms in some instances traversed many miles in circuitous voyages. Some of them were be calmed for hours, and the sailing direction of others was com pletely reversed at times.
 The greatest distance recorded to- night by the Aero Club and that only an estimate, was allotted to the Vile De Bordeaux, piloted by Laporte of France-320 kilometres, (about 215 miles), Captain Honeywell, command ing the Uncle Sam covered, according to the same authority, 200 kilometres.
 The Belgium Aero club received a message this afternoon from W. G. Orman, in command of the American balloon Goodyear, reading Landed at 4 80 this morning Amsterdam. Were becalmed over Kaiser Slautern, Ger many. Attempted to make England, but lack of ballast forced us down.
 Captain Paul Armbruster in the Swiss Helvetia, landed at Saint Mar tin, Seine inferieure, having covered a distance of about 220 kilometers.
 The Belgian Pilot Veenstra, with the balloon Prince Leopold landed at the extreme northerly point of Ostend Harbor after a thirty hours trip, with the record of the shortest distance, 120 kilometers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-18
Cop Turns Artist
 At Greer Hearing
Describes Wealthy Man About Town As He
 Appeared After The Fireworks

LOS ANGELES. June 1.-The pic ture of Courtland S. Dimes, scion of a Denver family of wealth, standing on one foot trying to put on his shoes after he was shot at a lively New Years eve party, was drawn for the edification of jurors and spectators Tuesday at the second day of the trial of Horace Greer, whom M1bel Nor mand called her driver"
 The portrait was sketched by Patrol man A. w. Stoll, stolid officer of the law, but an artist in description none the less. In the background he sketched Miss Normand and Edna Pur- viance, the film actresses, who were guests of Dimes on the fateful New Years afternoon when Greer, imbued with the heroic impulses of a modern ment without being invited, and broke up the party.
 Like Greek God
 Stoll was the first disinterested per- son to reach the scene. He found Dimes, posed like a Greek god, grieving over his injuries, and trying to put on his shoes, the officer said. Natural ac- coutrements of the man about town were scattered around, careless like.
 The officer was most solicitous as he spoke of the girls in the case. They were in fitting and proper attire, he said, and hovered near Dimes, in con- cern over his injuries.
 He said he took Miss Purviance and Miss Normand to the central police station.
 Isn't it A fact that these ladies were so drunk they couldn't give CO., herent account of the shooting?" De- fense Attorney S. S. Hahn quieried.
 No, no; oh, mo-" replied tn eofficer in disgust at the suggestion.
 Well, they were feeling pretty spry, weren't they?'
 But Stoll wouldn't admit they were feeling pretty spry." They had been
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-18
M'ADOO TO MAKE
 DRAMATIC ENTRY
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 fifth or sixth ballot. The convention by majority vote can determine wheth- CT 1t will require a simple majority or a two-third majority. to nominate. Around that question the first stage of McAdoo's convention fight will center. Outwardly, it will not be made a Me Adoo fight, but nevertheless refusal of the convention to overthrow the two thirds rule will be construed as a blow to McAdoO.
 Cox Boom Opens
 Friends of James NJ. Cox of Ohio arrived in force Tuesday and opened headquarters in the Waldorf. Cox will have the Ohio delegation and a group of scattering votes, to begin with. His friends are holding him in the back ground as a possible compromise.
 Managers of favorite sons were be- wailing the shortage of gallery tickets. They were accusing the friends of lead ing candidates of squeezing them out. it appears that the one-state candidates will have no tickets to use in planting a gallery claque.8 So the demonstrations are likely to be staged only by the lead ing aspirants.
 All candidates are playing according to the unwritten rules which require that, at this stage of the convention, two questions be sternly atboo: First, the matter of second choice in event of failure; second the vice presidential nomination.
 No Second Choice
 We have no second choice" and anyone is acceptable to us as a vice presidential candidate" are the two stock answers that must be given to all questions on these points now.
 Quiet conversations are proceeding among members of the national commit tee regarding the best way of dealing with the klan and liquor issues. But as the convention is going to be a wide-open affair, and as the bulk of the delegates have not arrived, these conversations were entirely of a spec ulative nature.
 One definite announcement was made by Cordell Hull. democratic natoinal chairman-Cardinal Hayes will deliver the invocation at the, opening session of the convention. The committee on arrangements is considering revision of the program so that Senator Harrison keynote speech will be delivered at night session Tuesday, instead of at the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-18
MEANS QUOTED AGAINST MELLON
 AT OWN TRIAL
c. w. Johnson, Govern. ment Witness, Relates
 COP. Fund Gossip

NEW YORK, June 17.-Tale of an alleged consipracy to sell whisky in bond to raise an election fund for the Republican party was told by Charles w. Johnson, first witness for the state at the opening of the trial today of Gaston B. Means, former special agent ] for the Department of Justice and his secretary, Emil W. Jarnecke, under in- dictment for prohibition law violation.
 Johnson also testified Means said he had been selected to crush the Ford presidential boom. The witness assert ed Means had told him he had received orders to ''get something" on Ford and his publicity representative, William | Scaise.
 The names of Secretary Mellon, for | mer Attorney General Harry NJ. Daugh- erty and Commissioner Blair of the de pertinent of Internal Revenue were | mentioned in connection with the al legged plot to withdraw liquor from gov. ernment warehouses.
 Would Get It Back
 Means had told him, Johnson testi- fled, that Secretary Mellon had given about $1,O00,000 to the Republican party and that there was a scheme afoot to get it back. This would be I done by charging $20O barrel for withdrawing whisky from bond, the witness said. Enough would be with drawn, it was planned, to make the Republican campaign fund as large as needed, he said.
 Johnson, who was indicted with Means and Jarnecke, but who turned | states evidence, told of hearing Means talk to -Dangherty by long distance tel ephone from New York in which he referred familiar1y to the matter oi whisky withdrawals. The witness said his present home was Havana, Cuba but that he had lived at Uniontown Pa. He had been in the jewelry ard auto1bbile business and two years age was running a boat between Miami and Nassua in the Bahamas"
 Johnson told a story of how a plan for withdrawing the whisky from g Brownsville, Pa., distillery was grad ually matured by meetings witt Means and Jarnecke in Washington Pittsburgh and New York.
 "Without Trouble"
 The witness said he met Means anG Jarnecke through one Jack Stern who asked him if he was interested in get l ting whisky from bond without any trouble" When Johnson insisted that the business was done with absolute legality Means gave him positive assur ance that this would be done even tC the delivery of the goods. It was then that Means is said to have told of his connection with the Ford boom.
 Johnson said he had given Jarneckt $15,097 in cash at the Lee House iI Washington and that there was con siderable delay in getting the liquor because Means at the time was ordered