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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-11-10
nepartment Answers Call

Department Answers Na'
What might have been n serious
fire If there had been strong Wlhu
occurred Friday evening wnen d..
alarm Of fire from Box ~ called on.
tho fire department at IL o'clock lot
a fire in the boiler and dry house of
the Albert Jewell & Son Grating BOX
Manufacturers on Main street.
Five streams of hose were used ana
tho tircmen worked faithfully for tour
hours. There was $500 worth OF
lumber in the dry house at the time
of the fire. A mile of steam pipe IN
each kiln was also destroyed Inc
cause of the fire is unknown. The
loss Is $4,000, which is fairly well
covered by insurance. Plans are al
ready made for work to begin on the
new building Monday. Parts OF inc
mill will have to be shut down untli
the building is completed. The hre
department appreciates the ASSIST
ance that was given them by the
Com Bah Fibroil Co, when the coal
shed was ignited by sparks from the
Jewell mill.
The Past and Present Club Will
meet this afternoon with Mrs. James
Atkins on lower Main street. paper
"The Land of Fire" will be read by
Mrs. VIII Nye.
Rev. Alexander Henderson preached
in the Bethany church ut Skowhegan
Sunday, exchanging with Rev. George
Merriam, the pastor of the church.
The Fairfield Lodge. ]. o. 0. +.
at the meeting this evening Will con-
fer the first degree on class OF cam
didates. All brothers who desire to
go to Clinton on Friday evening will
toll 80 80. "a r.
rangements for transportation.
Miss Veronica Sullivan was given n
birthday party Saturday afternoon
at her home on Main street in honor
of her 18th birthday. Games were
played and refreshments of fancy
candles, sailed peanuts, cake and ice
cream were served. Those present
were Charlotte LeClaire. Ruby Rowe,
Ernestine Peters, Margaret McDonA
aid. Theresa Brown, Madeline Ack-
ley. Caroline Williams. Maria Nigue,
of Waterville and Amerille and Tina
rice Loubier.
Miss Ruth Mcclellan. who has been
in Boston for several weeks, returned
home Saturday.
PA. Smith returned Saturday from
Bangor and Patten where he was
called by the death of his brother,
Judge Bertram Smith.
Miss Gertrude Gerald OF Augusta
was in town Saturday.
Rev. c. Z. Seligee OF Camden is
visiting Mrs. Rose Holt.
Beverly, the little daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles King of Shawmut,
who has been seriously i'll, is improv-
ing.
John Eastman OF Lewiston arrived
in town Saturday to pass the week.
end.
Mrs. George Brown was in Albion
Friday afternoon to attend the Re-
bekah fair and supper.
Miss Dorothy McKecknie. who
teaches Mt Martin stream, passed the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-11-10
war. but for the commencement

Peace.
Now, therefore, /, PercivaI p
Baxter. Governor of the State OF
Maine, do hereby proclaim November
IL, 1924, Armistice Day in the State
OF Maine, and I.call on the men. wo-
men and children Of this state to re-
member the days significance Of the
day and observe 1t seriously and ap-
propriateiy."
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-28
LOCAL MAN, BACK FROM A TRIP,
TELLS OF UNUSUAL SIGHTS HE
SEES in TRIP THROUGH ALASKA

down into the ocean TO make ice.
bergs. The vibration of the whistle
caused the sudden shower of ice
bergs, Mr.. Meyer said.
"First we could see the water
splash so feet or more into the air,
and then the roar of the sliding
berg would reach our ears Mr.
Meyer said. "It was the most un-
usual sight I have ever seen and
one which had a real thrill in it,
too. The captain of the boat said
that rarely did the glacier oblige
so generously when the whistle
asked for a display. "
Mr.. Meyer and party We're aboard
the Alaskan steamer for IL days,
during which time they stopped at
Ketchikan, Wrangell, Sitka, Juneau
and took a days trip overland
across the White Pass.
Ketchikan is the most modern of
Continued Oft Page 6)
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-28
E. CENTRIC TO BE
HEADQUARTERS
FOR j. s. OFFICE

According to information received
here: today, FL Centre is to be
headquarters for newly formed
district coming under the jurisdlc-
ton of the federal immigration ser
vice. Present immigration service
along the border will not be chang
ed in any way, under the supervi-
sion of Inspector Nielsen. Funds
provided for by last congress makes
possible the FL Centre office, which
will include virtually all the terri
tory north of the Mexican border.
Frank Ellis of San Diego will be in
charge of the FL Centre office.
Fourteen men are to be assigned
to work in the new district whose
duties will be mainly in rounding
mp immigrants who have illegally
entered this country, coming from
countries whose quotas are exhaust
ed. 1t is declared that it will be
difficult, after the machinery gets
under full swing, for any alien TO
seerete himself long under the watch
full eve of the new system.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-28
40 AND s TEARS
LOOSE AT EAST
SAN DIEGO STUNT

F, With Congressman Phil d.. Swing
in the vanguard, % members of the
Forty and Eight from Imperial Val
ley, Orange, Riverside and Los
Angeles counties, escorted 20 candi-
dates through the main streets of
East San Diego Saturday night
amidst tumult of bombs, fireworks
and noise instruments. The Occa-
sion was the installation of new
voiture in San Diego county.
The parade was preceded by the
customary three bomb salute which
brought almost every resident in
East San Diego to the main part of
the city to see what the noise was
about.
following the parade the installa-
tion ceremony occupied the greater
part of the evening. Snapper y
Ingram, chef de gare Of Los An
geles county; his brother, Russell
Ingram, conductor of Los Angeles
county; Bert West, chef de gare of,
Orange county, and Morris Hurt,
conductor of Riverside county, were
among those III charge or the cere-
monies. Charles Nice, chef de gare
of Imperial county, was at the head
of the 2l Forty and Eight members
from the valley who attended.
Among the candidates who were
initiated Saturday night were Frank
Mitchell of FL Centre and Dir. H.
V, Gray Of Imperial.
The members of the order who
represented Imperial Valley were:
Cal Mousseau, John Kepley, Charles
Nice, Fred Colum, A. F.. Kellogg,
Pat Thaanum, Jimmie Greene, Phil
Swing, Ray Ellis, Stint Harris and
A. c. Farrar, all of FL Centre; Vile
Nichols, Verne Monte, Frank Stowe,
Bob Jones, Steve Musante, all of
Brawley, and Dennie McChristie and
Dr. H. ". Gray of Imperial, and Ira
Erickson of Calipatria.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-28
A Unique. Way
of Getting
Even"

There are all sorts of meth
ods for getting even with folks
who annoy, one but Il rather uni
que method comes to light as the
result of quarrel between two
Mexican women in Ell Centre
yesterday. The women live in
the same house in the east part
of town.
Perhaps the excessive heat
caused their tempers to become
easily aroused and to stay
aroused, even after the fuss
was over, for the climax to the
affair came this morning when
Deputy District Attorney j.. +.
Simpson was handed note.
The note was written by Il
japanese friend OF one of the
Mexican husbands and read as
follows" :"This man want to ar
rest man that is around town
he beat up his wife yester-
day Investigation showed
that one of the women wanted
to annoy the other by having
her husband put in Jail and that
the man who was to be arrested
was the innocent victim of the
revenge plot.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-28

When the mercury in the thermo-
meter has reached the top of the
tube and the scorching sun becomes
almost intolerable just LET your
mind wander to spot on the cool
ocean near juneau, Alaska, where
the Taku glacier, cold and snowy
white comes to an end in the sea.
Howard p. Meyer, who returned
from a trip to Alaska on Saturday,
has many exciting and interesting
experiences to tell of the five
weeks journey northward.
with his family and group Of
friends, Mr.. Meyer rode to the very
foot of the Taku glacier aboard
their boat, and then when the great
walls of ice seemed almost to over
hang the ship, the engineer sent
several blasts reverberating from
the ships steam whistle, and almost
like magic, great pieces of the gp-
cier broke off and came plunging
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-28
Noted Author Is
Married Second
Time to Secy'
by United Press Leased Wire

SALINAS, Cal, July 2s.-Gou.
veneur Morris, the author, and
Miss Ruth Wightman, his secretary,
We're married for the second time
here today.
Morris and Miss Wightman were
married first IL months ago at En-
senada, Mexico, shortly after Nor
ris obtained an interloe utory de.
gree of divorce from Mrs. Fnzabeth
Morris.
The wedding today was TO legalize
the union under California law,
which prohibits divorced persons
marrying again in this state until
the final decree of divorce has
been issued. Morris received his
decree on SATURDAY. in Los Angeles.
The wedding today was solemniz.
ed by Justice of the Peace David
Wallace at the home of Pedro n
bala, Besides Zabale and Mrs, "a
bala, the only guests present were
Milton Cohen, attorney for Morris,
aud Mrs. Cohen. $50
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-28
Hogs Jump to Sensational Price-Highest in Years
Suing is GiUen
Hearty Welcome
AT Hill Resort

Congressman Phil D. Swing pass
ed through Ell Centre and Calexico
today, by train, enroute to Fort
Yuma OH the California side of the
Colorado River. He was greeted
warmly at the station by numbers
of friends who assured him that
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
of this week when he visits Braw-
lev, Holtville, Ell Centre and Ca
lexico in order named, Imperial Val
ley will show him it stands from
80 to 90 per cent for him and for
the Swing j ohnson bill.
At Jacumba in the mountains yes
terday some 2000 Imperial Valley
folks were spending cool week
end. Congressman Swing stopped
there at noon thinking he would
spend quiet "a hours before TAX
ing up his work i'll the valley. 1t
soon became known that he had ar
rived and delegation waited on
him and insisted that he at least
make a few remarks.
b. F. Fuller, pioneer of the val
ley, and leading banker, introduced
him with the statement that during
the ID years he had known Phil
Swing he knew that no dishonest
act had ever been laid to his door.
Told of Long Fight
Swing then told of the long fight
to save American dollars for ex
penditures in legitimate American
| nf 6
fight of the border ring to reopen
the line that their gambling house
across the border might reach in tn
isheckels of those Americans.
He also spoke of the united
stand of the press in backing III
| the border closing, with the ex
ception of the Los Angeles Times.
! He quoted an editorial from the Lo:
/ Angeles Times attacking, the propo
! sition as being unconstitutional
He also read letters from Wash
ington officials stating that there
is no likelihood of changing The
order, that there are far more EN-
dorsements of the movement than
there are criticisms. Ef.,
True to his original statement he
declined to enter into any discussion
of the political issues of the cam
paign nor of his opposing candi
date,
Later in the afternoon Swing was
taken on an auto ride to Live Oaks
where he was warmly greeted by the
large crowd there. and forced to
make an informal speech.
He returned to Jacumba where
he stayed for the night and took
the train at that point this morn
ing for Fort Yuma where he will
speak this evening.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-28
WITH PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATES TODAY

PreeiGsnt Coolidge: The presi'
dent divided his time between poll
tical conferences at the white house.
Study of the developments of the
London reparations conference and
routine executive duties.
Senator la Toilette; The Indepen,
dent candidate devoted his day to
further work on organization OF
the third party ticket.
John w. Davis: The Democratic
nominee has finished the draft of
his speech of acceptance and is
planning to return to New York
from his vacation in Maine this
week.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-28
|. S. SENDS SHARP NOTE TO PERSIA
Break Looms If
Full Demand
Is Not Granted

WASHINGTON, July 2S.- The
United States government today
warned Persia that it may break
off relations with the Terehan gov
crnment if satisfaction is not oh
tanned for the murder of Robert w
Imbrie, American vice consul.
The American note of protest
made public today by the. state de.
partmcnt declared he s'repara.
tions should be made (for the kill.
ing of lmbrie) and that punishment
should be meted out to the guilty. -
The note demands that ''assur-
ance be given and enforced of ade.
quate protection for the lives of
American citizens and that the safe.
ty of its officials (of the Ameri
can government i'll Persia should
be guaranteed.
In the note delivered to the Per
sian government, the United States
fmade further vigorous representa-
tioas because Of insults ITO lmbrie S
widow on tie streets of Tcheran
the state department aunounccd.
HIS government y Dtlicl lHti tht
Persian authorities did not take ade-
quate steps to protect lmbrie is
plainly stated in the American note
which also indirectly charges that
Persian soldiers participated in the
attack on the consul.
While stating the American gov
ernment does not desire at this
time to make full detailed state
ment of the steps it holds Persia
should take to meet the situation,
the note dmeands:
Redress for Mrs. Imbrie should
cover expenses for an American
warship to remove the body of I'm
brie, which should be accompanied
while on Persian soil by Persian
military guard of honor and render
ed appropriate honors on leaving
Persian soil.
Requests a Guard
Further it requested guard be
furnished by the Persian govern
ment to the American legation and
consulate until Persia is notified
that this is no longer necessary. The
note reserves Tor n future date au-
ditional demands on Persia for fur
ther steps to make amends for the
lmbrie assassination.
1.-The facts of the case appear suf-
ficiently established in so far as
all elements are concerned the
not continues.
''The American consular repre-
sentatives in Teheran, accompanied
by an American citizen, was brnt-
ally assaulted in the streets of Te-
heran in Daylight. In endeavoring
10 escape from their assailants, they
entered carriage and drove Il con
siderable distance when they were
again assailed and the tragedy Oc'
CURED. The American consular re-
preventative would appear to have
had no reason to anticipate danger
visiting the particular place where
he was the victim of the unjustified
assault 1t is most regretable that
it is government do not indicate
that the police or military authori-
ties made any adequate effort to
protect the American consular re-
and there appears, in
fact, to be evidence, which it is
believed the Persian government
will itself desire to investigate most
that, certain military ele-
ments participated in the assault.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-28
ANOTHER VICTIM
CLAIMED BY LURE
OF DESERT GOLD
Two Prospectors From
LA. Die from Grip of
Sands.

An expedition into the mountains
for gold came to a tragic end when
William f. Smith, 81, rrospector
died from thirst within two miles of
water and about % miles north of
INLAND. His partner, r. f. Weston
"a, died on Friday at inland after
he had been brought from the des-
crt by train crew.
The two men, both from Los An
geles, had started toward the Choc-
olate mountain range in an auto
mobile and had been forced to stop
several miles from inland when their
machine broke down. Weston made
trip into INLAND on Thursday and
returned to his partner that night.
1t was after he had made the see
ond trip into INLAND that Weston be-
came i'll suddenly and died in that
town.
A searching party set out i'm
mediately after Weston S death to
locate Smith. They did not find
him until yesterday when Deputies
Sterling Oswalt and George Evans
of the sheriff s office came upon
the body in the foot hills of the
Chocolate range. The face and arms
of the man had been burned almost
black by the sun, and it is believed
that he had been dead for several
hours when he was found.
Papers found on Smith gave his
address as 263 West 59th street,
Los Angeles, to which address word
has been sent by Coroner B. f.
Lemons. 1t is expected that the
body will be shipped to Los Angeles
for burial Weston s body was sent
to Los Angeles yesterday, where his
wife resides. .r
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-28
new FIRES In
MOUNTAINS ARE
CAUSING ALARM
Heavy Toll Taken by Lat
est Blaze in Northern
Calf.
by United Press Leased Wire

SAN FRANCISCO, July 28.-Four
fires of dangerous proportions cen
tered in Siskiyou and Lassen Coun-
ties, Northern California today. All
were reported burning beyond con
troll in messages to federal and
state forestry offices here.
State land is bearing the brunt
of this second serious outburs, of
fire this season.
Three of the fires were in Sis
kiyou County, one of them, in the
Scott River Valley, which broke
ont last Thursday, so far has burn
ed approximately $4,000 acres of
range and timborland, and taken
heavy toll of ranch and mill prop
ertN, and is being fought by 400
men under the direction of state
forester M. b. Pratt.
Two new fires broke out yester
day on Beaver Creek, near CHINA
bar, the other on the edge of
Butte Valley near the sawmill of
Che Standard Lumber Company,
The fire in Lassen County was
within three miles of Susanville
last night with sparks falling in
the town and endangering millions
of feet of dried lumber stored there,
A new outbreak of fire was re
ported in Southern California, burn
ing in the Guyana. District of the
Santa Barbara national forest, fiji
tv miles north of Santa Barbara,
Fire fighters were sent to the
scene today. The fire is not eX-
tensive in area, the report from
Supervisor Chester +. Jordan said.
New outbreaks of fire were re
ported in Oregon and Washington
Sunday.
The one fire in Oregon, which
Sunday burned over 1900 acres of
Mayer Park, on the Columbia River
near the Dalles, was under
control today. Cooler weather and
higher humidity had relieved the
general situation throughout the
state.
A fire near Little Goose Lake, in
the Columbia national forest, East
ern Washington, today had burned
over 1900 acres since its start ear
". Sunday. Another fire was
burning in Wenatchee national for
est near Entiat, Wash,
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-28
FL CENTRIC MEN
TO RATE HEARING
OF SO. SIERRAS
Riverside Meeting Today
Well Represented by
/. V. Officials

Hearings of the Southern Sierras
Power company petition for an
emergency schedule of rates which
will permit an increase in charges
for electricity, are in progress today
at Riverside, where the railroad
commission of California is sit
ting.
The hearings, which were con
tinued several weeks ago, are being
attended by attorneys and represen-
tatives from almost every city IN
the valley and by representatives
of chambers of commerce and other
organizations.
Attorneys Charles E. Scott, pres
ident of the Associated Chambers
of Commerce is in attendance at the
hearings To-Day ito argue agaEijt
the new schedule for business mer
of the valley. r. P. Moore, pres
| ident of the FL Centre Chamber o,
!, Commerce, is representing that be
/ dy at the hearings.
City Attorneys j. s. Larew OF
I'll teHtTO, w lllldHl II. OlHutT VI
Calexico, and w. /. Wilson of Braw
lev are present opposing the peti
ton. Other Representatives, of val
ley organizations who are in at
tendance today are: Charles, attor
ney for the Imperial Irrigation dis
( Worthing..on. prominent Calexicc
srrict; Paul Steintord and T. J
men.
The power company maintained
at the first hearing in Riverside
that there would be huge deficit
in funds by May 1925, owing tc
the scanty rainfall, and an emer
gency schedule is asked for in con
sequence.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-28
DROWNED" MAN
MUST EXPLAIN
FALSE RU M @ R
by United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, July 2S.-Charg-
ed with plotting to defraud an in
surance company of $4,000 by
staging fake drowning, John d.
Wiley, of this city, his wife, Nellie
d. Wiley, and w. NJ. George, insur-
ance adjustor, were taken into Gus
tody today and questioned at the
district attorney office.
The Wileys were arrested at San
Pedro as they stepped from Cata-
lima boat. Wiley, according to a
report from the island resort yes
terday, published in morning papers,
was supposed to have been drowned
from a speedy launch during IL trip
around Catalina Bay.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-28
COLORED MAN IS
GIVEN / TO Is.
YEARS in PRISON

Edward Williams, eolored, charg-
ed with burglarizing two offices IN
Brawley on the, night of July y,
pleaded guilty to the charges tins
morning in Judge Coles court and
was sentenced to a term of from
one, to l5 years in San Quentin.
Williams is said to have entered
the offices of w. B. Hornby, fruit
distributor in Brawley and to have
stolen an adding machine valued at
$50. He is also charged with fe-
loniously entering the office of Y.
X. Okawara and Company in Braw-
lpN
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-28
Dunlap Declares
Indictment Not
Made Out Right

LOS ANGELES, July 2s.-
Harry J. Dunlap, "badge BAN
dit will go on trial for his
life August 18.
Judge Charles S. Grail today
set that date as the time for
the trial to opeM ay:er over
ruling Defense Attorney Gold
ems plea to quash the indict-
ment under which Dunlap is
held. The court held that the
indictment, with its four
charges of murder, rape and
robbery, was proper in form
and could not be killed.
LOS ANGELES, July 2S.-With'
drawing his plea of not guilty and
demanding the indictment returned
against him be declared not legal
Harry J. Dunlap, "badge bandit,
appeared in Judge Charles Grail s
court today. Argument on the new
angle of the case was postponed
until 1880 a. m.
Dunlap's attorney, Mllton Col
den, declared the indictment con
t4ins six counts while the law re
quires separate, charge ,on each
count. The prosecution, if the de
Tense plea is admitted, will immed
lately ask the grand jury to return
new indictments, worded to comply
with the statutes.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-28
SINCLAIR CASE
STARTS ON WAY
by United Press Loased Wire

WASHINGTON, July 2S, - The
contempt case against Harry f..
Sinclair, Teapot Dome lessee, today
started on it's way to the United
States supreme court.
Sinclair's attorneys filed an ap'
peal to the District of Columbia APP
pellate court of the recent decision
of the district supreme court up
holding his indictment for con
tempt of the senate. The oil mag
nate s attorneys contended the sen
ate had no power to compel him to
testify in the recent investigation
of the oil leases.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-28
USE BLOUNDHoUNDS
ON TRIAL, OF MANIAC

LA PERE, Mich, July 2S.-
Bloodhounds were placed ON the
trail today of maniac who brut'
ally attacked and killed Mrs.
Blanche Burke, % year old widow
Mrs. Burke 8 body, with the cloth
ing ripped to shreds, was found in
a swamp near here at midnight Sat
urday.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-28
Weekend Tragic
In Seattle, Wash.
by United Press Leased. Wire

SEATTLE, Wash, July 2S.-
persons met death and nine receiv-
ed serious injuries over the week
end as the result of crashes and
automobile accidents, a check of
police records showed today.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-28

CUMBERLAND, Md.-Jealous be-
cause she petted poodle and a
Pekinese, n German police dog say
agely' bit and lacerated the hand of
his mistress, Mrs. S. Rhinchar Hill.