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Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-01
Southern California Becomes
Rendezvous of Gun Men; Six
Murders i'm Month Stir Police

ders, that Of William S. Fee,
wealthy banker, found dead in
Lytle Creek canyon, has aroused
greatest speculation. The eternal
Triangle and Fees prominence
lent the tragedy interest.
Harry I. Katz, diamond broker,
was killed on November 10 by a
mysterious assailant who shot him
down in Katz's apartment house
and slipped out unseen into the
night.
Later, Archie Il. Haverstick, con-
tractor, was found slain on the
sands below San Juan Capistrano.
The mystery, still unsolved, was
followed at 4S hour intervals by the
murders Of F. w. Ferrer, chemist,
and Benny Weinstein, grocer. The
| assassins in both cases are un-
known.
About the middle of November,
Albert T.. Rosenblum was found
| dead in the street in the exclusive
Wiltshire section. Who struck him
on lHe uedu, ana tHeU llreu y Dul-
let through his body is still puz-
zle.
Other more or less sensational
deaths during November, coming so
closely together some never even
hit local front pages, included:
r. f. Mack. vaudeville booking
agen, slain by Zane r. Southern, be-
cause of his asserted attention to
Mrs. Southern.
Betty Williams. dance hall girl,
killed by her sailor suitor, Domin-
go Villa, who tried to commit sui
eide but missed q vital spot.
Eddie Corrigan, killed in a fist
fight. c. Gibbs, it is charged,
broke Corrigan 8 jaw with right
cross.
Ismal Rodriguez, robber, shot and
killed by w. Lem, Chinese with
American ideas concerning self de-
fense.
Peter Zarillo, victim of q Halo
1--we 'cn celebration row which Walter
Daniel is charged with starting.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-01

London--Premier Stanley Bald
win, now living at No. 10 Downing
street, viii sell his 100000 homo for
$4,000 ready cash, a realty firm
Fhere announces.
'Paris-The wife of Grand Duke
Cyril of Russia, self proclaimed
Czar, win sail for the United States
on the French liner Paris today to
thank Americans for their aid to
Russian exiles.
Wordi3n, Germany-Prisoners in
the Jail have gone on a hunger
strike, demanding removal of the
warden. Those prisoners who did
mot participate were manhandled
until police quelled the riot.
London-Great Britain will ac-
cord Germany status of Il most
Favored nation under new formu-
la, according to reports nthe pro-
|gress of the Anglo German trade
which are progressing
|excellently.
Amsterdam-Rcports are current
here that Czecho- -Slovaki has ms
|tructed its representatives at Lon
don to discontinue negotiations for
Ia loan.
Bendaye, France-Reliable reports
published here say the Riffian
|tribesmen have engaged the Spanish
troops in battle three quarters of
IA mile from the walled city of Te-
|tuan, Morocco. The Spaniards have
been forced to use all their troops
fn the engagement.
T Dublin-Eamonn De Valera ar
Fived here today after month in
Fln Ulster jail as result Of his
recent political activities north of
+ he Boyne. The erstwhile president
bf the Irish Republic was met at
Republican headquarters by Miss
NacSwiney, Austin Stack and 9TH
PRS. De Valera appeared fatigued.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-01
DO Your Part
BY Mailing All
Presents Early

Last year, through the generous
cooperation of the press, the movies
and other advertising mediums,
Christmas mailers were induced to
dispatch their Yuletide presents ear
lier in the month than ever before
in the history of the institution of
gift exchanging in the holiday sea
son.
AS a result, the spectacle of the
last minute rush of former years,
with it's attendant heartbreaking
labor on the part of wearied and
nerve worn store clerks and postal
employees, was avoided.
This year Postmaster General New
and First Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral John II. Bartlett have deter
mined to make an even better rec
ord ana to Danish for all time the
suffering undergone in past years
by those engaged in the sale or
transportation of gifts.
Mailing early does not mean De-
cember l or before, but if everyone
could get their holiday tokens in
the mail between December 10 and
December 30, the post office could
not ask mere.
Believing that the energies of pos
tai employees should not be sapped
to the last degree for any avoidable
reason, and, intent upon securing
for them the same Christmas privi-
leges enjoyed by others, Postmaster
General New asks the hearty coop
Grafton of the public. The last-min7
ute, or zero hour has been moved up
so that all postal employees may eat
their Christmas dinners at home.
Rural carriers will deliver no mail
at all on Christmas day and clerks
and carriers in the city offices will
stop work promptly at noon.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-01
PRIZE WINNING
JORDAN NOW ON
DISPLAY HERE

The Davies s-Over:lnd Company is
proudly displaying a line of the lat
test additions to the Jordan output
-"The Great Line Eight. " These
cars are marvels of simplicity, beau
ty and power. Mr.. Cotton, the
local manager, has secured the as
sistance of Lloyd Peck, from San
Diego, who is devoting his time and
attention to demonstrating the Jor-
dams.
They are showing one of the fam
Gus +Playboys,' the "The Great
Line Eight" roadster. This car
was awarded first prize at the re-
cent Los Angeles Automobile Show
for being the most beautiful road
ster displayed.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-01
HOltviue Man
Has Watermelon
With Turkey

Ho1Tv1L1E, DC. < W.
Blanchard, IToltvill citizen,
went out Thanksgiving morning
and picked from the vine a
fresh luscious red meat ripe wa
termelon to add to his home
grown turkey and other things
usual for the dinner of the day.
A number Of large melons are
on the vines and will be ripen-
ing for several days and in to
Decemb.r. Blanchard says this
merely adds another reason for
calling Imperial Valley the win
ter garden Of America.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-01
POWER BOYS ARE
STILL AT HEAD
OF BALL LEAGUE

BY winning yesterday from the
Southern Pacific team, the Southern
Sierras ball tossers continued to
keep their slate for the season clean,
and now have q strong hold on first
place in the Imperial Valley league,
being the only undefeated team re-
presented.
The .'Spark plugs'' not only beat
the "Tie Riderso but smeared them
with whitewash as well, the final
score being l6 to 0, the game being
played at" Imperial.
At FL Centre ball park, the Oil
teams representing the Standard and
Shell companies battled for second
place, the representatives of John ID.
Rockefeller aggregation being sue
eessful in beating off their Shell
competitors, by q score Of to l.
It was good game and a smooth
one, a good crowd watching it.
While this game was in progress,
horrible tragedy was going on
down at the race track at the East
Side, the team representing the city
of Imperial swamping the Imperial
irrigation district outfit. 1t is
shame to reveal the score, but the
truth must be upheld, and the final
sad tale records AZ runs crossing the
pan for the boys from Imperial,
while only two of the dredge push
ing gang managed to wobble across
The plate. At that, the Imperial elan
claims there were few more which
were not recorded. The irrigation
district players managed to retain
their uniforms. v
Here Is Standing
Following is the standing of the
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-01

Absence Of summer is making the
heart grow fonder of it.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-01

LOS ANGELES, Dec. l.
Striving to end the series Of
homicides in and near Los An
geles, which resulted in IL murd-
ers during November, detectives
today surrounded and arrested
eight suspects, all alleged Chi
cago gunmen.
The men gave their names as
Ralph Levenson, Harry Baker,
Walter Hasketh, John Lando,
Thomas Myers, Anthony Smith,
Paul O'Day and William Octes.
More than $500 worth of
jewelry and dress goods, said to
have been stolen, was found in
the mems rooms.
Detectives said the suspects
have middle western prison rec
ords and came here to winter,
planning to pay their expenses
by crime. The band, detectives
stated, was organizing a crime
school to teach local novices the
latest Chicago methods of BAN
ditry.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1.-south
nrn California, particularly Los An
geles, its metropolis, is gaining tn
repute Of being the hom
IF the homicide and the mecca O
murderer.
November went out in q bath o
blood, with 12 killings during th'
six of which have not beer
solved, and probably will never be
Impressed with the necessity O
the city of gunmen, Chief o
Police r. Lee Heath, in connection
with the district attorneys office
today started a determined driv
On the gentry who bear down. OF
their shooting irons for q price.
Suspicious characters are report
I'd to have flocked here from th
and eastern cities t
escape approaching wintry weather
The local law hopes to make it s.
warm for them here, q snowstorn
will be welcomed.
Included in the November mr'
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-01

One who claims to be perfect 80
is not speaking of her age.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-17
ACCUSE YOUTH
OF ROBBERY
Girl Victims Cousin Held as
Accomplish

Elton taFavour. e. Was 60 tc
charged with robbery "Wednesday.
according 10 Detective Lieut. W 4
Jusius in connection with tho bru.
tai assault and smuggling Of Helen
sandenit. 1900 \ Terry ave sun
day. by "a inndlt tAFuyour g.
cousin % the girl
while tAiavour did not commit
tho actual robbery and did not ava
TIE bandit. Jus,us believes thnt Dc
waA silent partner o. the thug
he was present Ia tho Eiri'a apart
msnt when the hindit entered with
a gun
when Miss santisfpr baliIod the
thug and wrsstcd tho gun from him
laFayuur did not attempt 60 help
her. but took The gun and Iird. icBy.
inK her 20 her fate q D. charged
The bandit has not set hsen cap,
turrd
lAFayours ball wil he set AZ
g. 500. Justua said. Thu suspect has
been held since his arrest Ia Ham
ilion. Monday night
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-17
WILBUR RECALL
is EXPLAINED
White House Issues State
ment Praising Naval Chief
ny WILLIAM J. LosII

, WASHINGTON. sept. II. The
white House today officially denied
ulat any other reason than FOR the
president TO discuss naval matters
with Secretary Of tho Navy Wilbur.
caused Wilbur's sudden recall from
the Pacific coast Monday 4 formal
statement issued At the executive
mansion said.
1T was officially denied az the
White House that the president had
heard % any criticism Of any
speeches made on the Coast by Sec.
Rotary Wilbur or any comment con.
corning them other than that they
have been very helpful.
The president has the highest 10.
gard for the character Of the ser.
vico Secretary Wilbur has rendered
AZ head OF tho navy md sent for
the secretary solely 20 consult him
on matters OF purely domestic con.
Germ relating 20 the navy. telegraph.
ing him that important naval mat.
tery made II necessary to sec him at
once.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-17
VET SUES U. S.
Claims Injuries; Insurance
Policy UndeIiyered

Declaring that his 5000 war risk
policy had never been delivered.
Robert Bean Wednesday filed suit
against the government for &2.is5
for permanent injuries received
while fighting in France.
Beams complaint. filed By George
+. vanderveer and ". G. Bearcislee.
set forth that he took out a $1,000
policy shortly after enlistment in
the Eighth company. goth Engineers.
December s. 1917. He was dis
charged June 5. 1919
Bean, with a companion. was car.
rying a section OF railroad track. con.
slstins OF two rails and several tics.
near Eclnron. France, June I. 1918.
Without warning his companion
fcil into "a she'll hole. Bean
vas thrown to the ground and his
spine permanently injured. he says
lie was unable TO collect on his in.
surancc because OF the absence OF
tho policy.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-17
NELSON BACKS.
UP BALLAINE
National Progressive Head
Scores Filing Fraud

John st. Nelson. national IA FOL.
leiier-Mhcclcr manager today scored
fIlinE OF fraudulent Ia Funetic
tickets IA q telegram TO John = bal.
lainc, Washington state Ia fuiletle
manager
lall1inc telegram s supposedly
aimcd against Thomas ~ Cuuuiur
ham Of Mossy Rank, who haas filed
list of Ia Toilette slretor ai ulyu.
pis, lltllung claims his electors arc
the authorized progressive
Nelson HCurea the practice as 'thr
cheapest and most cuntempiible pol.
teal chieanUry' tiia telegram reads
Frauds attempted by dishonest
politicians 10 throw smoke lCrron by
filing fake Ia Toilette ticket clearly
show their fear 20 meet tho iH-
sues % this campaign I'm Nufth ID.
kota regular republican eieetorr wera
Ia Toilette men We withdrew them
voluntarily. and iu Wisconsin where
We controlled republican electoral
machinery We permitted republicans
TO nominate Coolidge electors ON r..
publican ticket, that tho lines might
~ clearly drawn uu issue FILMS
OF fraudulent ticket bF republican
politicians b. the cheapest ana most
contemplate political chlvauer,. and
must react upon them People have
had their fnl OF frauds In oil. finance
and politics II the press is dist0rt
Ing the incident into claim that pro.
Eresslyrs are divided. u b party 10
the irickory and b pracugiug "a fraud
upon the public
isigncD
JOHN NJ NELSON.
National Manager
I Ia Toilette Wheeler uendauurtrrs.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-17
WHEELER |RATE
"Daugherty Gang Threatens
BlackmaiI," He Says

CLEVELAND. O.. sept 17.--sen-
ator Burton X. wheeler charged In
statement here today that the
Ohio gang. headed by Harry Daush-
erty and assisted by the Burns Dc
tective agency and the republican
national committee" arc threatening
blackmon proceedings against him
TO lntlmidntc his vice presidential
candidacy,
Then Wheeler declared he had
been informed that n damage suit
would be instituted against him
when he reaches Columbus tomor'
row by person who hha made
several such unsuccessful efforts to
blackmall him.
Efforts nro being made by tho
same interests 10 induce RoNlo stin-
son. star witness against Daugherty
in the recent SENATE Investigation
10 rcpudiate her story. Wheeler said
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-17
LIKE C|CARETS
But Eskimo FIappers Don't
Bob Hair, Macmillan Says

SYDNEY. y, s.. Sept. l7.-stories
OF Eskimo flappers and white In.
dams we're told by Capt. Ronald u.
Macmillan. explorer, here today. He
has Just returned on his little YES.
sel, the Bowdolu. after 10 months
In northern Greenland and Files.
moreland
Eskimo Jumpers haven't bobbed
their hair but they like to smoke
cigarcts,' he said
MncMillan's moving pictures
amazed the Eskimos, he related.
They stood open.mouihod at sight
OF dead relatives, whom the cNplor.
or photographed In 1917. brought
back 10 lie on the screen.
HIS radio worked perfectly, he
said. 1t was the first tine IN eight
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-17
Go to Victoria to
Meet Mass. People

Delegates from tho Chamber OF
Commerce. including former resi-
dents OF Massachusetts,. left this
morning for Victoria, where they
will meet so members Of the state
of Massachusetts, Chamber OF Com
mercc.
The party will arrive IN Seattle
at $3.50 tonight, and will be here
until Friday noon. Their schedule
includes breakfast In their honor
tomorrow morning. tour OF the city.
inspection OF industrial plants and
a banquet at tho Gowman hotel
Thursday evening
Former New England residents
arc invited TO tho banquet. and arc
asked TO make reservations at the
Chamber OF Commerce
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-17
ON LONG TRAMP
College Students 10 Hike
Around Wonderland Trail

PARADISE VALLEY. sept IL
Lynn Loughcsd aud Eldridge
Phelps. students OF The college ~
Puget Sound. and William knuthr.
of the University ~ Washington.
lert Paradise Valley Tuesday on O.
hike around the mountain wa the
Wonderland trail The hlkera ca
pect 60 make their first camp NJ
Indian bar continuing thru 20 white
River camp, around the north side or
the mountain 10 Carbon river and
down 60 Nkaually entrance. making
tho circuit In eight days
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-17
Call Progressives
on Queen Anne Hill

\ Ia Toilette Wheeler public
meeting win De held in the CongTc'
gationai church assembly room,
corner % queen Anne aud Caller 81.
AZ a. M. next saturday otto 4
Case viii b. one % the speakers
A ia Toilette Tor President club
win De organized az the close OF
the meeting.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-17
Another Girl Is
Robbed in Gotham

NEW YORK., Sept l5.--Anothcr
girl has como out OF the West. re.
coIved Droadway's lorgcssc and paid
Broadway's price. Edith Weeks. OF
Detroit. nursed a cut and bruised
face from which three tocth were
missing and wondered today II II was
all worth while
Edith Is the victim Of New Yorks
lntest sensational jewel robbery OF
which the perpetrators remain un.
apprehcnded. She and Robert l..
Hague. marine superintendent Of the
standard oil company. were beaten
senseless Monday night aud robbed
OF gems worth nearly ,l00.0 900.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-17
Fire RACES in Oil
Fields in Russia

LONDON. Sept. i7.--Thirty'seven
oil wells In tho Russian Caspian
fields are afirc and threaten the en-
tire region. according 10 dispatches
TO tho Daily Mail Tho field is the
property Of lho Russian government
and has been open only 10 months.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-17

On July IS,
1901, DR..
EDWIN J.
BROWN Took
Charge OF the
BROWN
DENTAL
OFFICES

10 the twenly.three years that
have PASSED. moro than ITO. 600
patients have had their dental work
done al these Offices az a saving
Of over s4ooo0oo 20 them. De.
cause OF the high business prin.
ciples ana reasonable prices. this
office Il stiil doing remarkable
business which shows that the pub
lie appreciates the service az the
BROWN DENTAL OFFICES. los
Columbia Street
EDwtS J BROWN. u. ID. g.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-17

trips he had been able to send ana
receive messages from home.
AS for white Eskimos I've seen
lots Of them" he said They only
mean that white men have been
there before. They're half breeds.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-17
400 Yards of NeU Silks

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white olive green, pink Chinese green, gold, tile and
Belgian blue, S1.23.
TAFFETA in 35-nch width in the popular black and
navy blue and sapphire shades, 81 .23.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-17
Circuit Court Ends
Session in Seattle

Ending n tso.dny session tho cir.
cult court Of appeals adjourned here
Tuesday night after disposing OF n
calendar Of appellate cascs Circuit
Judge Hudkln and District Judge
Bourquin sat on tho bench here
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-17
Curtain and Drapery
Fabrics
AT SPECIAL PRICES

36.INCH CURTAIN MARQUISETTE,.
15c YARD-In white, cream and ecru.
A quality that can be used for plain or
ruffled curtains.
DRAPERY CRETONNES, SPECIAL 19c
AND 25c YARD-New patterns in the
favored styles and colorings for dra-
peries, pillows, coverings and many
other useful purposes. Width So inches.
COLORED-D0 MARQUISETTE, 40c
YARD-White Marquisette with dots
woven in blue and gold. Especially eff
fective for ruffled curtains. Width 80
inches.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-17
Alumni Association
to Meet on Friday

The first fall luncheon Of the
King County Alumni association OF
the University Of Washington viii
be held Friday noon, OF the l. c.
Smith Building restaurant.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-17
Jap Flood Kills
100; 300 Missing

TOKYO Sept i7.--F'loods follow.
ing heavy typhoon may have kill
cd over 100 In Japan. Many Soc
tions are inundated. Forty thousand
homes In Tokyo are flooded. ono
village IN saliama reports 800 miss
ins.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-02-14
Has Novel Way of Running
Engine to His Home
and Unloading.
| TWO PLEAD GUILTY
Charles Smith and Clement
Wheeler Plead Guilty
and Are Fined.

When the coal runs low and the
mercury runs down like the sand out
Of an hour glass, the savage winter
has held no terrors for two round
house men, who found their own novel
way Of replenishing their bin with the
fruit of the mine without troubling
any of the coal companies.
Wouldn't it be nice to do the same,
with q switch-engine over which you
had control, huge supply of coal at
the round-house, and tracks to run
the engine to your door?
Charles Smith, 502 Prairie avenue,
che round-house foreman at the North
western yards, and Clement Wheeler,
SO Prairie avenue, one of his as
3istants, have been arrested on the
charge of larceny of coal and both
pleaded guilty.
Fined SIS and Costs.
Smith was arrested late Thursday
afternoon by Detective Breidt of the
police force and Special Agent Schultz
of the railroad company, who made
the complaint. He entered a plea of
guilty when arraigned and was fined
SIS and costs. Wheeler was arrested
at midnight at his home by Captain
Clausen and Officer L. Bauschelt of
the police department and this morn
ing when brought into the municipal
court also entered plea of guilty.
He likewise was fined $15 and costs,
or the alternative, as Smith had, of
serving twenty days in Jail. The fine
and costs were paid
Both men, although they entered
pleas of guilty, said in their own be-
half, that they only helped them
selves to coal at times when their
supply at home was low, and they
needed some Immediately to tide them
over until they could order some.
Railroad Track Convenient.
The railroad company has had com
plants against other pilferers in the
past, but they were usually men who
brought sacks to the freight cars or had
some one throw off the loot for them.
The novel feature in the present
case of pilfering was the use of the
switch engine for carting the coal
from the round-house.
Smith is said to have. begun the
operations with the help of Wheeler.
The railroad tracks run alongside of
his backyard. At three o'clock in the
morning he would go down to the
round-house, according to Schultz, load
up the engine with coal, and then
run it out home where he would I'M
load. Wheeler is said to have worked
with him, and coal was dumped also
at his home which is adjacent to
that of Smith.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-02-14
Deaf 27 Years
Heard Over Radio

The Streator, Illinois Press, under
the caption Deaf q years; Hears
plainly over radio" says that aIrs. A.
Kollmorgan, 804 Van Bureau street,
after having been deaf for 26 years,
heard station WCBD, Zion, on Sunday
afternoon, January 81. 1t was the first
church service she had heard in all
that time.
"Mrs. Kollmorgan," the Press goes
on to say, chad been induced to put
on the ear phones of the F. R. Thorn
ton radio set and although she didn't
believe it possible to the minute she
heard, she enjoyed the entire program
broadcasting from Zion City, III. The
program was the Sunday afternoon
church service and she heard the
music and the sermon clearly.
MRS. Kollmorgan lost her hearing
81 wears ago from sickness and the
TACT tina, she could hear everything
over a radio has overjoyed her and
her friends. She became an ardent
radio fan Immediately.
1.-THE guests at the Thornton home
were elated to know that the radio
things that she has not been able to
appreciate in so many years"
The Streator Times in commenting
on the incident says:
"For the first time in quarter of
a century, Mrs, A. Kollmorgan yester-
day heard a sermon. Not that Mrs.
Kollmorgan does not go to church, for
she is a regular attendant. But she
has been deaf for 81 years, and has
suffered the consequences of an af-
Fiction of that sort.
Yesterday she spent the Afternoon
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Thornton on. the West Side and listen
ed in, while a sermon was being
broadcasted from Zion City. Much to
her delight she heard every word dis
Enctly and the rest of the church
service besides. All of which points to
the fact that there will be another
Streator home equipped soon with a
radio, ~