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Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-18
Amend immigration Bill to Aid Farmers to Get Labor
BOLD YECCS IN
CALIPATRIA GET
AWAY WITH $400
Blow or Pry Off Door
of Safe; No Clew
Discovered

Breaking into the vault at the
office of the Kerckhoff Gunner
Lumber company. Calipatria, last
night, burglars escaped with nearly
$500 in cash and checks, after hav-
ing either blown off or pried open
the door of the safe. Outside of
some finger prints, there were no
clues discovered today.
The burglars are believed to have
entered the office through q win
dow. They pried open the door of
the concrete vault and either blew
off or pried open the safe door.
They took /$65 in cash and $500 in
checks. None of the records in the
vault was disturbed, according to
information received today.
The sheriff's office here was no.
titled of the burglary this morning
and a deputy was sent to Calipat-
ria to take photographs of the fin
ger prints, which will be used IN
the search for the criminals.
The burglary last night is one OF
large number which have been
perpetrated within the last few
weeks. 1t is one of the boldest
though the amount of the theft is
relatively small.
Despite several convictions OF
burglars this week in which term:
varying from one year to life wer'
given, and in which one life wa
taken, the attempts at robbery seen
to continue without letup. Th'
sheriff g department is using ever,
means to check up on crimes and t'
bring about conviction of the one
responsible, .~ = s, ...'
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-18
MAYOR FAWCETT
STARTS EAST TO
COMBAT EMBARGO

As the result of a telegram sent
to C. T.. Scott yesterday by GOV
ernor Richardson, asking that q
valley man be named to accompany
the committee going to Washington
to combat the embargo situation,
Mayor Fawcett is speeding On his
way east.
He left this afternoon, hut as
the other members of the committee
started yesterday, he will not meet
them until his arrival in Washing
ton. The committee will lay the full
details before officials of the in
justice being worked upon Califor-
MIA in general by the drastic EN-
bargoes laid down by numerous
states against our products. Eigh-
teen states now have passed 4 ban
on all livestock shipments or prod
ucts connected indirectly with the
livestock industry. Nine of these
states have even gone farther and
absolutely prohibit vegetables or
, fruits grown anywhere in the state
! to enter their confines. ents -@
This wholesale embargo will work
havoc amounting to millions of dol
lars, and is of special significance
to Imperial Valley because of the
fact that cantaloupe shipments are
due to begin in about four weeks.
Secretary Of Agriculture Wallace
will be presented the facts of the
case by members of the committee,
which includes representative men
from all parts of the state.
1t is understood that there is a
possibility of another valley man
being named to visit Oregon and
Washington on a similar mission, as
the officials interviewed in a cam
paign of education and information.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-18
PROVIDE EXTRA
QUOTAS FOR Use
in FARM LABOR
Sen. Jones Says Question
Must Be Met Face
To Face
BY United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON. April 18.-The
senate immigration bill was amend
ed this afternoon by vote of as
migrant laborers.
An amendment by Senator Sim
mons, North Carolina, Democrat,
providing that quotas as large as
25 per cent might be provided for
countries whose immigrants were
skilled in farm cultivation was
adopted without respect for party
lines.
Under the amendment the farmer
immigrant would be required to go
to any state or section where farm
help is needed.
Exclusion of japanese from the
United States is necessary because
the two races cannot live together
satisfactorily, Senator Wesley Jones,
Washington, Republican, detiaved
during debate ON the bill.
"Let US meet the question squar-
ly, openly and frankly, Jones said.
"Let the people and the govern
ment of Japan know that we have
no unfriendly feeling toward them.
Tell them now that we admire them.
But let them know that their ways
are not our ways and their ideas of
government and religion are not
ours.
81 believe Japan can be depend
ed upon to get serupulously III full
fillment Of its PROMISES" he CON
tinued. "The japanese are great
I people. They know that it is a fun
| damental attribute to any nation
that it decide its own domestic po-
licies.
~ am satisfied that Japan. viii
recognize that the United States
only fulfills its right to decide
its own domestic policies. .,o
81 am satisfied that Japan will
recognize that the United States on
lv fulfills it's right to. decide what
| people may come to its Shores 81
-; WASHINGTON. April 1S.-The
pending immigration bill is Ameri-
cas- second declaration of indol
pendence,' Representative John
son, Washington, told the d. AR.
convention today.
"This bill, when it becomes law,
will end forever the idea that this
country is the asylum for the op-
pressed of the world,' johnson de-
| clared.
Referring to the "grave conse-
! ouences note sent to Secretary
Hughes by Ambassador Hanihara,
Johnson said.
1.-The right of his nation TO say
who shall live among us has been
challenged. To compromise on
matter of sovereignty is to invite
war. Not to compromise is to pre-
vent war.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-18
Barton Report Given
To The Public "As Is''

Editors Note1-This is the
fifth installment of the g. w.
Barton report on the activities
of the Irrigation District. The
sixth installment will appear
in tomorrow's issue.
Marketing of Irrigation District
Securities
The legality of acts of the direc
tors in selling the bonds Of the Dis
trict below par is for other author
ity to pass upon. The opinion al
counsel for the District is append
ed hereto. s..
The marketing of securities is a
practical problem. If they are sold
they have to be sold at price the
public will pay.a There appears t.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-18
/. V. OFFICIALS RESCUE MAROONE[
500 Refugees on
Desert Taken TO
Arizona Border

the hot
boi suffered
bf automobile tourists who have been held
miles FROM
the highways the bridge this morning. there
0 relief
The sheriff left this
tourists,
ptiabe call
There found 200 with
out waero
food, or civilization
in the boiling
in delicate Ne
has q to closed
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-18
Maundy Thursday
Service Is Held
by Scottish Rite

Several hundred members of the
Scottish Rite club of Imperial Val
ley gathered last night at Holtville
to celebrate Maundy Thursday. an
annual observance. Members of the
Eastern Star chapter of Holtville
prepared, and served the. very excel
lent dinner which preceded the ev-
ening's ceremonies. The dinner
was served at the Civic Center.
&c Rev. Dexter Of Holtville gave
splendid address and the ritualistie
work was put on by officers of the
club in a very impressive manner.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-18
$4,000 Blaze
at Signal Hill
by United Press Leased Wire

LONG BEACH, April 1s.-A $780,
900 blaze made "a families home
less in the Signal Hill district late
last night, when two bungalow
counts, two large garages end a
grocery store were razed to the
ground.
Occupants of the courts had al,
ready retired for the night and the
fire caused a scene of frightened
people in night clothes and house
hold furniture carried to safsty on
the backs of men.
The Long Beach, fire apparatus
fought the blaze, despite tho fact
that Signal Hill is outside the city
limits.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-18

Sbe no way for the District to go
direct to the people and accordingly
the District is obliged to bear the
burden of the ordinary profit to
brokers or middlemen. The price
at which given security will sell
to the public depends upon a numb
er of considerations. The calcula.
tion is simple enough but one must
have an understanding of the fac.
tors thnt- enter in and of the prin:
ciples that govern. Ii means moth.
ing to say simply that bond sold
for certain price. Whether the
price was reasonable one for "A
particular security depends upon.
the rate of interest and the time to
Continued on Page Five)
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-18
Elsie Janis In
Huff Walks Out

NEW YORK, April Is. -, Elsie
Janis walked out of local theater
in huff and todate has announc-
ed no intention of returning. She
is forfeiting a $4,000 week contract.
A split arose when Miss Janis found
she was being co-starred with James
Barton, comedian. 1t was announc-
ed she demanded her name alone ap-
pear on a banner in front of the
theater. Barton also was being
starred.
The management announced fol
lowing the episode they were man
aging the teacher instead of Elsie
Janis.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-18
Getting Busy on
Harding Proposal
ny United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, April IS The
senate foreign relations committee
today appointed special sub com
mittee to hold hearings on the pro-
posal of the late President Harding
that the United States should par
ticipate in the world court.
This is the first action taken by
the committee since the proposal
was submitted to congress by Mr..
Harding long before he died.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-18
DIVORCED, THEY'LL
TRY 1T ONCE MORE

LOS ANGELES, April ls.-sam-
uel and Therese Ratliff, of Long
Beach, couldn't live together, and
they couldn't live apart, either.
The couple appeared before Judge
Guerin today and asked him to va
cate an interlocutory divorce de-
cree issued some time ago. They
want to try it again, both parties
agreed. SO did the Judge.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-18
WHAT'S DOING

1.-THE Virginian," Palace the
ater tonigAs.
Dawn Of Tomorrow, Val
ley theater tonight.
sBoyce Aten Post, American
Legion. meets at Mckinley bum
galow tonight. -n
Imperial Valley Sciots aPyra-2
mid No. 81 meets tonight.
Primary department Of Meth
odist Episcopal church meets for
Easter egg hunt, city park, $3.50
tomorrow. ~ ,l.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-18
Gas Blast Fatal
to Whole Family
by United Press Leased Wire

JOHNSTON, Pa, april 1S.-Thc
entire family of Anthony Pracko is
dead or dying following an explo-
sion of gas in their home today.
Someone struck match in the
kitchen. A terrific blast followed
and flames swept the bedroom
where the family slept.
Mrs. Anna Pracko, the mother was
so badly burned that she died in
Mercy hospital. Leo Pracko, Is,
was killed outright. A baby, Rosy,
IS months, died shortly after its
mother. t
Pracko and four other children,
all under ID, were reported dying.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-18
AviatOrs Burn to
Death in Crash

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April IS.
Lieut.. w. A. Fredericks and fly.
ing Cadet r. II. McCully were
burned to death when an airplane in
which they were prac.ieing night
flying at Kelly Field crashed. Fred
ericks' home was at George West,
Texas. McCully lived at Colum-
bia, n. C.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-18

LOS ANGELES, April 1s.--
Hubert Kittle, dare devil avi-
ator, under arrest in connection
with the Arcadia Bank robbery
Of 1922, today attempted sui
eide, and is not expected to sur
vive.
In the bathroom of his South
Milton Street residence, the
flyer, involved in the recent
cleanup Of the Arcadia crime
mystery, swallowed a large dose
Of cyanide shortly before noon.
Detectives, answering tele-
phone call from Mrs. Kittle,
found Kittle lying on the bath
room floor already unconscious.
He was rushed to the Receiving
Hospital where Surgeons Dorm
and Dunsmore stated that he
will die.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-18

LOS ANGELES, April 1S.-Six-
teen hundred motorists are reported
stranded at Needles because of the
Arizona ban on automobiles, and
with that state planning to call out
the national guard to keep Califor-
MIA tourists from crossing the riv-
er, the epidemic situation in South
ern California was admittedly no
better today.
State department of health author
tiles, who the first of the week
were given occasion to hope the
plague had been choked, are again
forced to admit there is little cause
for optimism.
Every day this week there has
been from one to three new out
breaks of the epidemic found in
(Contfnued on page g.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-18
1900 MOTORISTS
BEING HELD AT
NEEDLES BY BAN
New Cases Epidemic Are
Reported in L. A.
County
by United Press Leased Wire

by United Press Leased Wire
Los ANGELES, April 49,
The foot and mouth disease to-
day broke out in four new herds
of livestock in Los Angeles
county, the largest recurrence
Of the epidemic reported for
weeks.
Two herd Of dairy cows in
the Lamanda Park district were
found infected. Once is of 1866
cattle and the other 20, all Of
which have been ordered killed.
Inspectors in the Lankershim
district found 40 high grade
pure |bred hogs inflicted with the
plague, w:l.e on the same ranch
a herd Of goats and cows were
discovered with the disease.
In both Of these districts the
epidemic has been rampant for
some time, and today's discov-
cries showed that it is far from
being controlled, state depart
ment of agriculture officials
said. -
Imperial Valley press., 1924-04-18
KITTLE TRIES
SUICIDE IN
Ia, VERY LOW
by United Press Leased Wire

by United Press Leased Wire
LOS ANGELES, April 1s.-
Hubert Kittle, foltmsr police
man and aviator, arrested in
connection with the Arcadia
hank robbery for which three
innocent men are no win pris-
on, died at the receiving hos
pital at 1922 p. m. after swal-
lowing cyanide in a suicide eff
fort.
Evening star., 1924-04-09
THE CONGRESSIONAL
SLOGAN
at Pays to Exercise. "

he constituents of our congress
men will doubtless be surprised TO
know that IN the basement OF the
House Office Building at Washington
there is perfectly appointed gym
nasium And here our athletic law
makers keep themselves Mt
An unprecedented investigation
made few years ago. showed that
our federal congressman were more
subject to sickness and death than
any other group of men engaged in
sedentary occupation Shortly after
the World War broke out, Walter
Camp came to Washington to help
win it by building up the physiques
sAour governing and managing
chaNsAonS Prc-breakfast classes OF
from Skp dozen to hundred of our
dignifeaa, and corpulent officials
twisted All grunted daily on the
lawns ofgAsle OF the cabinet mem
bers. The%Recls were soon notice
able in glpApg checks, alert steps.
and no Fsrs nervous, slecpless
nights. Tst
After the 4Ation of hostilities the
congressmenIsfho had so greatly
benefited froR Aeir regular exercise,
saw the necGE OF plan for the
Fred D. Brs. former amateur
boxing cliarFSn, and Congressman
Daniel Ree9%Sone of the best all
around athleSsy Cornell has ever pro-
duced. fati@9cd the congressional
gymnasium hey signed up l25 other
federal law 9hakers, and by private
subscription ERASED enough funds to
buy equip#nt and hire instructors
Uncle SFin donated large store
room, rstiily accessible to lockers
and shoNSrs, and here. daily, the thud
OF the AAiching bag, the swish, of the
Iumpldg rope. the creak OF the
welgfESand rowing machines, may be
hear& Never be surprised If you
are eRconstituent of one of these gym
en&Gsiasts, and call at his Office late
as& fternoon, to hear that he is TAX
&T his exercise.
~ There are enough of our federal
MeRresentauNes interested III this
! sst,sussssss%, SO that an annual tax OF
$50 apiece serves TO pay for the up
keep and the salary of the instructor
Evening star., 1924-04-09
HOLES IN ONE.
Phenomenon Seems to Favor Duhs
and Champions Alike.

There seems to be no doubt among
golfers that a hole IN one is more or
less OF a hukc In fact, statistics
prove that the god OF the hole in
one" more generally bestows this su-
preme favor on the dub
The sad part about ono" Is that
they seldom happen when they are
needed badly In crucial medal rounds
when they would throw the tide OF
battle in the fortunate players favor.
they are conspicuous by their absence
Yet, there are instances OF vitality i'm
portant "ones
Perhaps the most recent rs that of
Jock Hutchinson IN 1921. at the
eighth hole OF st Andrews II un-
doubtedly won HIM that Open Cham
pionship That Is. II did not merely
make the difference of q single shot
and enable him to tie with Mr. Weth-
cred and so beat him IN the playoff,
but it did come at the right moment to
buck him up wheG he needed bucking
He started poorly and was having a
rotten time OF il until he made that
"cne" at the eighth With that behind
him he Frightened and came within a
very few inches OF repeating the per-
formance at the ninth again. and this
hole a drive of go yards
Ut is curassas, shis bon m one busi-
Evening star., 1924-04-09

great halfback. has quit the minor
leagues for foot ball coaching job
Binkey Haiues did not make good
with the GankS and went to the
minors. Urban, the great Boston
College foot ballnr, has not risen to
fame with the Yankees.
Yet that line between college and
organized base ball does not ConSti
tute an insurmountable barrier is
proven by many recent college grads
who have made good in major COM
pany, since Sisters entry.
First of all, Frank Frisch Of the
Giants. Fordham was his alma mater.
Then there is Joe Dugan of the
Yanks, Holy Cross, 1917. Aaron Ward
also of the Yanks. came from Oauchi-
troit. was a Sacred Heart player on
the West coast. Stephenson, the nifty
Cleveland infielder, was graduated
from University of Alabama, in 1918.
Jackson, who will probably be a
Giant intielder this year, came out of
Ouachita in 1920. Lou Gehring of
Columbia, is expected to be a regular
inficlder for the Yankees. Arnold
Statz, Holy Cross, 1919, is with the
Chicago Cubs, making good. Howard
Wen with the st. Louis Cardinals.
Horace Ford of the Phillies, was at
Tufts in 1917.
There are others, but these seem to
ne the high lights.
At least one novel record was es-
tabliShed in the course of the recent
eastern Intercollegiate basket ball
season. 1t will be recalled that
Princeton and Dartmouth were
Obliged to indulge in an extra game
at New Haven because Dartmouth's
winning score in the previous game
was made after time had expired. The
cost of this extra game was about
$1,000.
The reason Dartmouth made her
score after time had expired was that
Pinky Baker, the former star Tiger
tackle and timekeeper in the basket
ball game, fell asleep, and time. of
course. went on inexorably while he
mapped
Evening star., 1924-04-09

But as time went on Nost devcl-
oped He saw the opportunities rest
ing with one who has the peculiar
faculties for getting close to boys
that no member of the faculty pos
Eesses, and he enviSioned the eXpan-
sion that was take place in all forms
of extra curricular endeayor.
Thus seeing. he found himself in a
position carefully to direct Michi-
Ean's growth, so that today no insti-
tuition may look with greater pride
upon the quality of athletes it has
produced, upon the spirit that has
ments not only in the realm of prof.
cheney, but in playing the game de-
Gently.
And certainly Michigan has every
right to view with pride the career of
her physical director, Fielding Gost,
whose career has recently received
the crown of full faculty member
ship.
COrnelI'S Outgiying upon the occa =
sion of the completion of a quarter
of a century of athletics should be
written in letters of fire for all TO
read.
Victory is pleasant and defeat is re-
gretable, but neither is anything to
make an undue fuss about"
Cornell men yield less ana less TO
the temptation to call public atten-
tion to themselves and to their ath-
1etic accomplishments.
Our teams are trained to play and
win It is our tradition that second
place means nothing. On the other hand,
it is the thing TO assume the pose of
nonchalance and casualneSs in sport.
Games with other colleges are to be
considered as pleasant opportunity
for social intercourse with the gentle
men who play with us, and the fact that
teams fight like wounded wolves while
the game is on is not inconsistent with
the fact that contestants can lunch
pleasantly together before the contest
and compare black eyes at dinner after
ward"
Moe BerE's release from the Brook
Iyn National League team for a
temporary period while he goes
through the grill in the minors calls
to mind the fact that college athletes
with resounding regulations do not
always maintain their prestige IN Or
ganized base ball.
In fact, the recent list of college
stars recruited to the big leagues
contai. ) more than one blasted hope.
Johnny Mohardt, the great Notre
Dame foot ball player, is languishing
in the Southern League. Paul Cast
Her, from the same university. has
made no ten strike with the White
SoX.
Glenn Killinger of Penn State. a
Evening star., 1924-04-09
BILLIARDISTS TO PLAY
TWO MATCHES TONIGHT

Johnson will meet Harden and
Coodacre will he the opponent of
Murray in the District championship
three-cushion billiard tournament
tonight, at the Royal Billiard Par
lorS. The first match will start at
1870 o'clock.
Barker showed the way to Johnson.
35 TO %, while Hughes took the
measure of Turton, 35 to -, last
night
Evening star., 1924-04-09
1ZXAS FOUR TO RUN
IN THE PENN RELAYS

PHILADELPHIA April @.-tni-
versity of Texas will have a relay
team at the cnnsylNania relay car
nivaI this year for the first time,
word having been received today
from Coach Littlefield that his quar-
tet would compete in the interna-
tional sprint medley.
Members of the team are Hacker,
Monatt, Richie and Reese.
Cambridge University Of England
and the pick of the American col
IeEes are entered in the sprint
medley.
In addition to the relay team Texas
has entered Frazier. SouthWes ern
Conference intercollegi hurdle
champion. in the l20-yard and the
400-mcter hurdles events.
Evening star., 1924-04-09

seeks results ON the ball and
cares little for anything else. A.
Evans has often said, the bent
fOIIOw-thrOuEh does not take
amy beauty prizes. nor does 10
represent the uttCrmost in per-
sOnai comfort, hut il dOeS keep the
hall straight. And in HaVers' ease
IL also sends the hall far. Hn-
vcTs' right shoulder at the finish
of his swing i~ away down undrr
his whole upper body, and he il
bent over pr0n1uncetiIy, showing
that he has held his head down
'lrar through his swing. That il
what levers thu hall away. Ii all
boiis down into the old funda-
mental, keep the head still"
Keeping the head still means
keeping il still until after the
ball has bs>cn hit.
a rfsrht rhv,
Evening star., 1924-04-09
DOUGLAS SIMMONS FIVE
TAKES SCHOOL HONORS

Basketers of the Douglas Simmons
School won the basket ball title of
the twelfth division of the public
graded schools by twice defeating
the Alfred Jones Sc.iooI team, L -
: and TO ?.
Melvin Johnson. Eugene Ferguson,
James Spriggs, Albert Davis and Al
ton Barber played well for the win
nerS in both games. :. p Matthews,
"A teacher OF the Douglas simmons
School, coached the team
Evening star., 1924-04-09
Is Navy Lacrosse Captain Lack of Ring Ru Worries Leonard
EAST POTOMAC PARK
LINKS FINALLY OPEN

Adverse weather conditions inter
fered with the golfers today, al
though all OF the courses were open,
including East Potomac Park, that
had been closed since March 81
The permanent greens were to open
today at Rock Creek, but rain pre-
vented. They will remain closed un-
til the weather relents.
Chevy Chase Club, closed since
March, was opened this morning,
while Columbia and Washington re-
main open.
Evening star., 1924-04-09
FOUR DUE TO SCULL
FOR TITLE TROPHY

PHILADELPHIA, April 9.-The Phil
adelphia gold challenge cup COM
mittee tonight decided to invite Ed
ward MaguGe of Buffalo, national
singles sculling champion, to chal-
lenge for the cup won last year by
w. +. Barrett Gilmore of this city.
The race will he rowed over the
Schuylkill river course either Nav "a
or June 8 whichever date is most
convenient to Mcguire
Walter Hoover of Duluth and Paul
costello of Philadelphia already have
challenged Gilmore for the tropthy
which is cmblematic Of the world $
single sculling championship.
Evening star., 1924-04-09
JONES PLAYS PAR GOLF.

LA Ak ItLAND. Fla. April 9.-Bubby
Jores Of Atlanta. American open golf
champion. playing the local CoUrst
for Tho first time yesterday in an *
hibtiou match turned in a par - for
he eighteen holes. His game was
featured by long drives. ranging
from 2iG - $50 yards. and splendid
annrnach ShntA