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The Denver Jewish news., 1924-06-26

SOLDIERS FOR TRANSJOR.
DANA RECRUITED IN JE.
RUSALEM.
(Jewish Teleeraphic Agency

Jerusalem-Thc recruiting for the
Transjordanan army, under the lead.
ershlp of Emir Abdullah. is still going
on here, Two representatives of the
Government are carrying on propa-
eanda among the Arabs to join the
Transjordaniun army. The first two
troops of recruits have already left for
Amman.
The Denver Jewish news., 1924-06-26

Rabbi Meir held that respect was
due To anyone, learned or unlearned,
Jew or Gentle who had attained old
age, for such could not have lived in
the world so long unless they possess
ed some meritorious Characteristic.
tYcr Blk. G5c)
The Denver Jewish news., 1924-06-26

Al sixty one is old: at seventy.
white-haired. Clb.D If one dies Mt
eighty, he hns lived 20 very old age.
tB. .B. 7Ja)
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-20
COMMENCE WORK
ON RAILROAD TO
THE TIDEWAFER

Work was coDsmenced yesterday
on the construction of the railroad
from Calexico to the gulf, II. Fl.
Clark having the control of the work
in hand as manager of the Colorado
River Land company, which has u
concession from the Mexican gov
ernment.
Eventually this road will connect
the southern city with San Felipe,
$50 miles to the south and ON tide
water on the Gulf of California. A
small crew started work on grading
southeast of Pascualitos as Il re-
suit of a conference between Clark
and Harry Chandler, head of the
Colorado River Land company, who
took over the concession last spring
because of the inability of the Mex
lean National Railway to finance
the project.
Surveyors are working setting
grade stakes, IL certain amount of
roadbed having been constructed,
and the company has already on
hand several hundred thousand dol
lars worth of ties, steel and other
equipment, SO the work will be push
ed along.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-20
Dog Catcher in
Bad at HOltville

t HOLTVILLE, Nov. 20?-Frank
Goody, of FL Centre, who has been
in HoltVille for several days as
:" Dog Catcher and under the bond
of CIV Marshall Humphrey, met
as much grief as growls when he
entered the homes of Mr., and Mrs.
w. A. Brown on Holt avenue and
forcibly took away two dogs from
within the home.
On learning about the situation,
Mr.. Brown Immediately swore out
a warrent for Goody's arrest and
turned the matter over to the local
authorities Mr.. Goody was taken
before Justice Mcdonald yesterday
morning, Goody admitted his guilt
and was fined the sum of SO.
lIoltville citizens are highly in
dignant over Goody's high handed
action in taking up dogs of more
or less value about thc city and
entering the home of a citizen
wnerc uogs were safely confined.
Mr.. Brown found the dogs the
next day in II desolated section OF
the city without food or wafer
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-20
SciOt Ceremonial
Is Great Success

Valley Sciots staged "a impress
siye ceremonial at CaleXico last
night at the Masonic Han in that
city, when a large number Of can
didates from all paris of the val
ley were initiated into the secrets
of the order.
4 parade through the main streets
preceded the meeting, with |, A.
Thomas leading the caravan, fol
lowed by all the "raw meat -
(meaning candidates. tied to a
.ruck, closely guarded by 4 hun
CRY bunch of cannibals in charge
of Bill Reid, captain of the guards,
After a short business meeting
was held, the ritualistic work was
put ON, with speeches made by To
phrch G, L. Scott and Past To
parch Ed Allen.
Eats and music by a well known
orchestra completed q delightful ev-
ening. The SeiolS wish 20 parti,
cularly extend ther thanks 20 the
CaleXico f. and A. M. No. ll2 for
their kind loan of Masonic Hall
for the occasion.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-20
INVITED
TO GIVE VALLEY
THE "ONCE OVER

Invitations from the Irrigation
District Board of Directors were is
sued recently to Senator Hiram w.
johnson, Senator Samuel NJ. Short
ridge, and Congressman sam B.
Hill, of Washington, to. come down
and look over the valley and get
first hand knowledge of what the
valley knows as to the Boulder Dam
and its details, so that they might
be informed as to the need for
proper legislation for the need of
Imperial Valley. A reply was re
eeived this morning from Senator
johnson, as follows:
''San Francisco, Cal.
CT. II. Nc liver,
| .Imperial Irrigation District,
Z El Centre.
cit is impossible for me TO ac
cept your kind telegraphic invita-
tion to come to the Imperial Val
ley before my departure for Wash
] ington. 1t is wholly unnecessary
because | understand the situation
and in the future, as in the past,
will render every possible aid to
obtain appropriate legislation for
the great Imperial Valley.
Hiram w. Johnson
A reply was also received stat
ing that the others had already left
for Washington, and the wires had
been forwarded them there.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-20
MRS. HARDING IN
GRAVE CONDITION
ny United Press Leased Wire

, MARION, Ohio, Nov. 20.-Mrs.
Warren c.. Harding today passed
into Il scmi-coma and her physician
cntertains grave doubts that she
will ever again completely regain
consciousness.
DIR. Carl W. Sawyer, in Il bulletin
issued at $3.50 Il. m. today said:
"Mrs. Harding was restless most
of the night.
"This morning she is in a semi
comatose condition. Her heart ac
tion is only fair.
"She is very weak and exhaust
ed"
The White House is keeping in
close communication with DR.. Saw
yer concerning Mrs. Harding s con-
dition, it was learned today.
President Coolidge talked to Dr.
SAWYER over the long distance last
night and was Informed that the
late president S widow was believed
to be sinking.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-20
WHAT'S DOING
FL Centre Chapter r. A. M.

FL Centre Chapter r. A. M.
No. 100 meets tonight.
Ell Centro Lodge B. P. o. E.
No. 1926 meets tonight.
Musicale presenting Mrs. Gla-
dys Blethin Parker, at club
house tonight.
Flower show at tea room of
TIE woman's clubhouse tonight.
Adult Bihl4 class of tina
State Strost Christian Church
entertained at the S. w. Lef-
finwell home tonight.
Wine,'' at Palace theatre
tonight.
THE Forbidden Paradise
with Pola Negri at Valley the
atre tonight.
Program in observance of.
Educational Week at Wilson
school tonight.
Presbyterian Sunday School
entertainment at the church to-
night.
t. Imperial farm bureau meets
tonight.
knights of Pythias dance and
entertainment tonight.
Chrysanthemum tea at the
Methodist parsonage given by
women of the Methodist church
tomorrow afternoon.
Imperial-El Centre girls in
door baseball gamc tomorrow
afternoon here.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-20
Ell CENTRIC AC0C
OVER GAME With
POMONA TEAM

Eel Centro is. agog over tha foot
ball game with Pomona here Sat
urday. What are the chances Of the
local team against the powerful ell
even from upstate is the big topic
Of the hour. Central high school
is pittea against Il mighty foe in
her battle with Pomona in the semi
finals for the grid championship of
Southern California.
The Pomon; warriors will arrive
here Friday afternoon, with the
gridiron scalps of San Berulrdino,
Riverside and Redlands already at
their belts. Championships are Il
regular diet with them, they hav-
ing won 16 in their district out of
the past % seasons, while this IS the
first time FL Centre has figured
in a play-offl for district Of state
honors III football.
The local squad are undaunted by
the reputation of their opponents,
but are drilling faithfully every cv
ening and their followers expect
that they will put up the fight of
fhe season Saturday. Coach Arm
strong's s men have the advantage
of two tough battles in the past
fortnight, also of playing on their
own ground. They are, however,
handicapped by injuries as the re-
salt of last Saturdays game with
GalnS,icc
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-20
League Urges That Passport
Regulations Only Effective
Way to Cope With Border Menace

That the international border cal
be effectually regulated only by
passport regulations and that people
in other parts of the state are more
interested in the menace OF the Mex
lean border than we in the valley
were striking points brought out
last night by E. +. Coulter, repre-
senting the State Law Enforcement
League, who made stirring speech
at the Presbyterian church in this
city.
The outstanding result of the
meeting was the sending of a telc
gram to Secretary of State Hughes
urging upon him the advisability of
passport restrictions as being the
most feasible and logical way of
dealing with the problem.
Rev. Arthur f. Craven of the
State Street Christian church acted
as chairman of the meeting and in
troduced Mr.. Coulter who is making
an extensive tour OF the valley,
speaking in all the principle towns
under the auspices OF the Women s
Christian Temperance Union.
That the league, which is state
wide in its. scope, stands ready to
aid in every way possible the border
problem was Coulter S message, pro
vided the valley people render suffi-
cient cooperation.
Mr.. Coulter bitterly arraigned the
alien within our midst and declared
that the United States need fear no
other country in the world but should
busy herself with the menace with
in her own confines. The enforce
mcnt league is primarily engaged
in making four fold fight against
alien smuggling, drug peddlihg, boot
Logging and white slave traffic
California. Investiga
tions by the nine detectives con
stantly in the employ of the league
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-20
COURTS ONLY COURSE

Los ANGELES, Nov. 20 Ou.
course throughout has been and will
be through the courts,'' was the
comment of President r. l.. Del
Vale of the Los Angeles public SER
vice commission, which operates the
Los Angeles Aqueduct, with refer
ience to the abandonment by Owens
vaney lanehers OF their seige at
Alabama hills waste gates.
We viii proceed with whatever
recourse we have in the courts for
the enforcement of the law and
payments of damage done by these
ranchers,' Del Vale told the United
Press.
- l anl~gIad to hear that the ranch
ers have abanonded their illegal
stand but they were and are wrong,
and we viii not reient from our
position.
1.-THE Owens Valley residents
should get enough water under the
resolution we adopted two months
ago to irrigate 10000 acres. This
Will also enable us to keep the aque-
duet running full and not threaten
the Los Angeles water supply.
ANY stand such as the ranehers
took was wrong from the first. They
expected to gain sympathy but /
do not think they did. We hope
TO reach an amiabie agreement with
them, based on the terms of our
settlement, but we cannot withdraw
from our stand for what is right. >
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-20
SILVER'S LAWYER
PRESENTS BRIEF
TO i. s. JUDGE

Attorney Arthur Blaisdell, of Ga
lexico, ION behalf of Billy Silver,
presented his brief to United States
Commissioner II. l.. Whitelaw this
morning, covering the authorities
he desired quoted in support of his
argument submitted November 70
that Silver had committed no offence
Under the Volstead act because his
paper, the Romder, had been sold in
the United States by news vendors,
and that the paper was printed and
published in Mexico. sN1
A similar argument was present
ed on behalf of j. s. Castillo, printer
and publisher of the El Regional
charged, as was Silver, with distrib-
uting paper in the United States
containing liquor advertising.
The commissioner will consider the
briefs, and. when ready to deal with
the eases brought before him will
give notice to the attorneX~fepre-
senting the defendants,
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-20
SHERlFFS MEN
IN THIRD RAID
ON LOCAL HOUSE
Effort to Be Made to-
Secure Abatement
Proceedings

For the third time Sheriff Char
les l.. Gillett's deputies have
brought The japanese chop suey
house on Broadway into the aclutch-
es of the Nol.>ead operators, when
| Deputies S. Oswalt, c. W. Evans,
j. Atkins, j. Cornielson, and c. G.
Tony visited the place owned or
rented by G. Sueimoto, japanese,
and found him in possession Of liq-
uor. He p.eaded guilty yesterday
afternoon, wanting his case dealt
with straightawav, and he was ae-
commodat d, and Judge |. Mayfield
fined him $500, which was paid.
This is the third time :onvic-
ton has been secured against this.
house by the sheriff S department,
liquor being found on each occasion,
and an endeavor to secure abate-
ment proceedings will be started in
regard to the house. AS soon as Il
conviction is secured the house
changes hands, therefore avoiding a
second 'offense being registered
againss the same defendant.
Al the same time c search was
made of the Romona rooming house,
where in the garage at the o"ck
quantity of liquor was discovered,
and r. NJ. Komiza, charged with
having possession, pleaded not gull
ty. The ease will 0c neard 1T some
future date, not vet fixed.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-20
NEW HIGH RECORDS FOR WALL STREET
Rockefeller Has
Made a Hundred
Million RecentLu
ny United Press Leased Wire

NEW YORK, Nov. 20.-A tota
of 2,616, 400 shares of stocks wer,
dealt n,on the New York Stock Tx
change today, high record for tht
week. Yesterday S sales tcsaIlec
2,453,900 shares and. those of THeS
day, 2,302, 400.
John T. Rockefeller Jr., las in
creased his fortune Sl1l. 100000 by
the phenomenal rise in his holdings
in STANDARD Oil stocks, it was fig
ured here today.
The senate committee, while in.
vestigating the oil industry, dis,
closed the holdings of Rockefeller
in various Standard Oil units and
from this data it has been able to
figure his approximate gain For the
year.
His holdings in nine of the com
panios units have increased more
than $9S,0Co000 in market value.
His dividends from these stocks tins
year will iotsbe less than $l3, 300
600, bringing the tc;al increase to
his fortune to $1ll000, 600
Oil Is Going Ups
After strong upward swing
during the morning in the general
list, headed By steel common which
reached 1l6 rs, its highest level
since 1916, irregularity developed
during the afternoon although .bul-
lish enthusiasm in special groups
was Gnabated.
Pacific Oil, Mari nd, Standard
Oil of New Jersey and, Invincibla
were featured i'll burst of strength
IN oil shares reflecting what the
street considered the strong funda-
meQtal position of these companies.
1t is believed the big crude oil com
panlea will advance prices at least
90 cents barrel for mid-contiment
crude after taking advantage of the
present price for inventories ON
which their taxes are based
Higher grades of crude, such as
those from the rAnkawa, Okla,
field, already are commanding
premium of 40 cents barrel.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-20

reveals the amazing fact that 50 pc
fcent of those engaged in these ne
farious .practices are aliens, and o.
per cent of that number are actually
subjects of some other country.
Way to Handle Situation
The speaker emphasized the fact
thar there were laws to cope with
the situation which can be rigidly
enforced only when the American
people unite and demand that the
fullest possible penalties be dOled
out to offenders.
Bad as the bootleg business is,
Mr.. Coulter asserted that the dan
gers and ravages of the drug traffic
blot all else into insignificance and
declared that today the United
States stands in the awful light of
being the greatest user of dope i'll
the world with the exception of
China. He cited instances to show
that the drug peddler and the white
slave business are~elosely interwoven
and revealed the startling fact that
in Is years more than 10000 girls
in this country have disappeared
from their homes, or equal the to-
tai loss of boys from the United
States in the World War.
lie declared that insofar as legal
conditions are concerned, Secretary
0f State Hughes, in answer to the
recent protest sent by f. f. Grant,
president of the league against re-
scinding the 8 o'clock closing, had
given his assurance that if condi-
tors were as the league has present
ed them the government would take
action of some sortA
Mr. Coulter will speak at Holtville
Imperial Sunday night and T
CaleXico on Monday evening. He
states that Mr.. Grant will soon be III .
the valley in connection with 'the
league S activities.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-20
DRIVE AGAINST
TAX DODGERS
STARTED soon

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2G.--A ma
tionwide drive against tax dodgers
is abor,tt to be started by the gov
ernment, it was learned at the in
ternal revenue bureau today.
Warrants of distraint, attaching
the property of tax dclinquents, are
being prepared and will be issued
about December l. The government
hopes to secure millions of dollars
i'll black taxes by the drastic move.
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Blair's recent action in restricting
the amount of time allowed for
inspection of 1923 tax payment
lists, was the first step toward get
ting the drive under way.
These lists were used in preparing
cases and putting warrants in shape
for issuance. With only ten days
to get everything set for the drive,
Blair ordered the inspection of the
lists restricted so that collectors
would not be hampered in their
preparations.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-20
40 FIR MS BID
ON $4,000 JOB
FOR Ell CENTRIC
Much Interest Aroused
by Competitive
Figures

Over 10 bidders were present at
the meeting of the city council last
night when the bids for approxim'
, atelv $4,000 worth of supplies, in'
Guiding labor, on the new El Centre
waterworks system were opened, and
City Clerk Scbofield will be en-
gagged ON getting out tabulations for
the rest of the week, on valves,
fittings, bydrants, etc., many hous-
es bid only on certain supplies and
the items will have to be carefully
correlated
Most interest centered on labor
bids for laying the water mains in
the business outlying districts. Two
units were provided for bidding up
ON, No. l being the work inside the
business district and No. 2 the out
lying pipe line. The bids were as
follows:
Cummings Welding Works, Long
Beach. both units, $42, 1914, alterna-
tive bid per foot both units, 16 inch
pipe $l.83, IA inch $l.67, 1G inch
$l.75, 8 inch %1.27, inch 80 cents
and inch 80 cents.
7. Haverty Co, Los Angeles, No.
l $21, ,lG3, No. $W,594, with alter,
native bids ON No. ! of 16 inch
$500. IA inch $l.96, 10 inch $l.7l,
8 inch $l.27, 6 inch 90 cents, inch
so cents.
II. H. Peterson, San Diego, botl
units $50, 1850.
Richmond Brothers, FL Centre, Nc
/ 2, 8 inch $l.45, 6 inch 73 cents,
I inch 40 cents.
+ Hartley Camp Construction com
pany, both units $22, ,229.40, the las
being by far the lowest bid.
II. +. Ware, Los Angeles, botl
units $28,665, whit alternative bids
on both units of l6 inch $50, IA
inch $1.35, 10 inch $l.30, s inch
90 cents, 6 inch GS cents, 4 inch
81 cents.
3. NJ. Stanley, Terra Bella, both
units $30,379.49.
Richmond Brothers Lowest
There were four bids on installing
the water servie es, the highest be-
in $26.40 by Cummings Welding
Works, $15 by the Machinery Pipe
and Supply Co., Los Angeles, $3.50
by the Haverty company, and the
lowest by Richmond Brothers at
$12.30.
There was closer bidding on sche-
dule \, until l being for two dual
drive centrifugal pumping units
complete, unit 2, two electrical motor
Continued on Page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-20
PLAN SEWERS
FOR OUTLYING
PART OF CITY

Engineer T. c. Dyer was instruct
ed by the city council last night
to prepare estimates for the tXten-
sion of sewers along the @lley be
tween Olive and Brighton from
Twelfth to Fourteenth st, and from
State street to Fourteenth street.
The opinion of the council was that
moro development would taro plo"a
contiguous to those lines if the sews
er system were to be extended, NUM-
erous inquiries having been made OF
the department of the engineers as
to when such work would be started.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-20
Baltimore ost
Chosen In Test
Case ON Publicity

BALTIMORE, Nd, Nov. 20.-The
Baltimore Post company, publishing
the Daily Post, Il Scripps- Howard
newspaper, was indicted by tile fed
eral grand jury here today for print
ing income tax returns.
There were five counts, all charg-
ing the Post unlawfully published
the taxes of an individual. The re-
turns named in the Indictment were
those of J. Cookman Boyd, Leon C..
Coblens, Frank A. Furst, Daniel Will
lard and Waldo Newcomer.
This was understood to have been
the first indictment to test the in
come tax publicity law.
Six other newspapers are to be
indicted.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-20
Nine California
Cities Have Over
$4,000 Population
by United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, Nov. 90. The
census bureau today made public
estimates of the population of
cities of between $4,000 and 10O,-
600 population, as of July l 1894
Estimates of cities of more than
100000 inhabitants wero releas-i
cd some time ago.
The estimates were arrived at
by carrying from January l., 1920
to July /, the rate Of increase
which these citiaJ maintained
between 1910 and 1920. Where
population decreased in this de
cade no estimate was made. In
certain cities where the bureau
believed the 1910-1920 rate could
not be applied to the following
four years, it also refrained ffom
making any estimate. @
Among the cities enumerated
were the following
California: Alameda, 31,S17;
Berkeley 64,6O2; Fresno 56,725;
Long Beach 83,106; Pasadena
55,11o; Sacramento 71,1o5; San
Diego 06,445; San Jose 1864;
stockton 46,692.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-20
Te0dOrO Given
$5Oor so Days

Medicine as prescribed by doc
tors across the border-was contain
ed in gourd which some of Sheriff
Gillett S deputies found in Teodoro
Mac,lla s home, was the defense
Teodoro put up to Judge |. May
field this morning.
my wife was sick, he explain
ed. and he had secured some medi-
Gated wine for her use, but the de-
putics were of opinion that it was
more like bootleg than anything
else. The Judge took all things in
to considerable and fined Teodo-
yo $50 or so DAYS.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-20
Woman Gets $1OO
Fine For Having
Booze on Person

Although she made a good at
tempt to get away from Officer j.
b. Mayo, having escaped from city
police before, Marguerite Faut,
who, lives on the east side, was
found in the possession of liquor,
in a public place, and when brought
before Judge r, b. Whitelaw this
morning, after evidence given by
Assistant Chief Sam Griffen, decid-
ed to plead guilty, and was fined
800 or so days.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-20
Plaster City Man
Fined For Failing
to Heed Cop Siren

For not needing the police siren
the state traffic squad secured the
conviction of G.. A. Sawyer, of
Plaster City, who paid $40 into
Judge /. Mayfleld $ court yester-
d"v afternoon. Another Lecture was
given the defendant in this case,
and the public viii gradually be-
come aware that when rod light
is displayed ON the front Of mo-
torcycle and the siren is shrieking
its warming the Officer is Ia pnr.
suit of violator Of the law; and
the autoist must make way foe him
or suffer the consequences.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-20
Attempted Murder
In Cairo Brings
About a Crisis

LONDON, Nov. 20.-The foreign
office is today awaiting further in
formation concerning the attempt on
the life of Sir Lee Stack, sirdar of
Egyption army, in Carlo, yesterday,
before taking any action. The stu
alton caused by the attempted murd-
.cr is considered us very seriously af-
feeting the Anglo7Egyptian rela-
tions.
Disnatches from Carlo announce a
reward of 10000 pounds sterling has
peen ortered for the capture of the
assailants.
LONDON, Nov. 20--The Egyptian
minister called at the foreign office
today expressing regret and horror
at the attempt to murder Sir Lee.