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Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-13
Forest Fires in
Cal. Are Serious
AS Yet is Report

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. Ia
The most serious forest fire in Cal
ifornia today, in the upper Merced
Valley, was reported within four
miles of FL Portal and few miles
below the entrance of Yosemite Ma
tional park.
Convicts from the state road
camps and volunteer fire fighters
were aiding rangers combating the
flames, which crossed the road be
tween Jerseydale and Iites Cove
yesterday.
The Bautiste Canyon fire in Clev.
eland national forest was reported
again out of control today. Sever
al times it has apparently been
controlled, only to break forth
again.
Only two other fires, both Of
which broke out yesterday, were
beyond control today, both
in Tahoe national forest, One is
in the Truekee River basin near
the Nevada line, the other near Sic
IRA City. The fire near Floriston,
which threatened transcontinental
wire and rail lines yesterday was
reported controlled today.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-13
Jackson Search
End ed, Found
In Long Beach
ny Waited Press Leased wir~

CEDAR RAPIDS. Iowa. Aug. II.
FUR. APTS.-yery reasoaabie, Ffi
whom nationwide search Was Ia
stituted last February when he nays
teriously disappeared from Ntoux
City, Iowa. has been found ~ Long
Beach, Calf, aud is being held thefe
pending investigation Of his story
that he was kidnapped by efiml'
nal band aud taken To seattle wheFe
loot of various bank rohherier vas
divided by the gang.
Jackson s wife, who had not heard
from him since he disappeared, -
ceived . letter from hna Friday dnf
ed Portland, Ore, aud a telcgfsm
from him last night dated i.eag
Beach, Calf. which stated he was
returning 20 this city. sheriff Aver
received telegrnm to-day fFom
the chief of police ~ Long benfh
saying Jackson was being held fhffe
for a $50 reward for BIZ refafnl
Mrs. Jackson left Tor I.nng BeasA
last night
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-13
AVIATORS WILL
BE in LABRADOR
IN SHORT Time
BY United Press Leased Wire

REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Aug. b
Favorable weather conditions will
find the United States army flyers
at Labrador within ten days, pos
sibly sooner.
''If the weather continues good
we hope to reach Labrador four days
after leaving Reykjavik, - Lieut..
Lowell Smith, commanding the
world flight expedition, said. That
will mean stopping one night at
Angmagslik (on the east coast of
Greenland) and two nights at lvik-
tut CON the wesI coast. -
. The airmen hope to leave Reyk'
javik this week.
Preparations for early resumption
of the American world flight start
ed today.
Word that the ice on the Green
land coast was ioosening its grip
on the harbOrs to which the airmen
next will fly was signal for ac-
tivity at this little port.
The naval chain of destroyers and
cruisers which will stretch between
lVSIJ sql uaqM pu1Iuo9I0 pue odSt
is resumed was being organized.
The scout cruiser Richmond pre-
pared to take ON spare parts no
longer needed at the base here and
move on To the next stop.
Lieut.. Lowell Smith, flight com
mander. aud Rear Admiral Magru-
der conferred regarding routing of
the next leg.
Lieut.. Eric Nelson 5 plane was
siill ashore and preparations were
made Ia launch H..
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-13
One DEAD AND 40
ILL FROM POISON

=. LOS ANGELES, aug. ia mys-
FERROUS poisoning which followed Il
Presbyterian luncheon at Occidental
College and resulted in the death
yesterday of Mrs. Mary Hewe'son,
wealthy church 'orker, and he re-
ported critical illness of her daugh-
ter Rose, was the subject of in
vestigation by health authorities
today.
Forty others, all delegates to
the church conference of represen-
tatives of Riverside, Santa Barbara
and Los Angeles, were reported TO
have been made i'll by partaking of
the luncheon served last Thursday.
Efforts are being made to deter
mine whether the sickness was. the
result of food poisoning, Thus far
the city chemist has not been able
to secure samples of the. food served
at the luncheon.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-13
Attorney Waive
Hearin, Aw ait
Fall Court Term
ny United Press Leased Wire

WILBURTON, Okla. Aug. ID
Hearing of 3S union miners charged
with leading the armed march on
the Cambria mines near here q
month sago, when 200 non-union
workers were forced from the dig.
gings. was continued until August
21.
Attorneys for the accused men in
dicated they would waive prelimina
nv hearing at that time and take
their case to the fall term of dis
trict court.
Bitter feeling aroused in the
community over the shooting from
ambush of five non union workers
caused defense attorneys to ask for
the postponement, The men at,
tackled suffered slight flesh wounds.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-13
Marine Accidents
DueIFog, Smoke

VANCOUVER, b. c., Aug. ID
Two marine accidents occurred yes
terday in the fog mixed with the
forest fire smoke which hung over
the harbor and outside waters.
The first was when West Van
couver Ferry No. 5 eollided in the
first narrow with a fishing boat.
The Kickapoo, and the latter vessel
sank, the ferry rescruing the crew.
The other was when the passenger
vessel New Delta, bound fof Loco
and Dolarton, ran aground this
side of the second, narrows. Her
passengers were taken off by the
Fort Langley.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-13
Flyers Attempt
Nonstop Flight

DENVER, Colo, Aug. 13.-Lieut.
James f. Doolittle, pilot, and Lieut..
Edward Plant, observer, departed
from Lowry flying field, Denver,
at $50 a. ~. today in an attempt
to fly to San Antonio, Texas, with
out stop,
Lieuts. Doolittle and Plant left
San Diego for Denver yesterday
morning and arrived here ut 4;45
n. m. after being forced to land at.
Grand junction, Colo, for fuel.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-13
Young Lady to
Be Brought
to Court

CRIMINAL COURT ROOM.
Chicago, Aug. 13.--Chief Justice
John r. Caverly this afternoon
issued writ for the appearance
in court of Miss Marion Doctor,
who the state wants as a wit
ness in the Leopold-Loeb case.
Miss Doctor is an intimate
friend of Nathan leopold, il.
Nathan discussed the Franks
crime with her several times be-
fore his arrest. States Attor-
ney Grove has made several ef-
forts to bring her INTO court
but she evaded appearance and
the writ issued by Justice Cav
erly was placed in the hands Of
an officer with orders TO see
that she appears.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-13
WASHINGTON PRESS
ASSN. TO DISCUSS
MANY DIFFICULTIES

SPOKANE, Aug. 1S.-Newspaper
men of the Washington Press asso'
citation will 90 into intensive discus
sion of newspaper problems here
August % and %, the dates of the
summer meeting Of the organiza
tion.
The program committee has desig
mated the following as the chief
items to be taken up for discussion:
free circulation of paperss small
town merchants and advertising;
country publishers most serious
problems; teehnicalities and little
known legal points; and, where does
the daily begin and the weekly end,
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-13
COOLIDGE FAVORS
GREATER ECONOMY
FOR GOVERNMENT
Reduction Of Taxes to Be
Big Offensive in
Campaign
Ey WILLIAM j, LOSH
United Press staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1S.-Pres-
ident Coolidge believes W "pocket-
book issue is paramount in the
coming campaign. straightforward
declarations for more economy in
government and reduction of tax
alton, it was learned from those close
to him today, Wi constitute his
main offensive against the issues
launched by his opponents.
From wasteful extravaganza in
government and attendant high tax
;.,ion, he believes all economic evils
flow.
Mr.. Coolidge is said to regard the
''henesty in government issue,
made paramount by Davis, as too
self-evident and fundamental to re-
euire emphasis. The president in
past speeches and actions has pledg-
ed himself to rigid enforcement of
the laws and prosecution of Offend
crs againse the government and
he is willing to let the matter rest.
He does not believe in making a
virtue of being virtuous.
Preparations Made
All preparations for the notifiea-
ton ceremonies here tomorrow night
are complete. Chairman Butler of
the Republican r. tional committee
has gone to great pains to make
it a Democratic, non exclusive al
fair. th
Although it will be held in The
memorial continental hall. 'seene. o!
the disarmament conference, With :
capacity of. only 25O0, seats have
been reserved for only !. few OF
those closely associated with the
campaign and personal friends sot
the president.
The rest are to be open to the
public Amplifiers have been in
stalled 5' to Ia. the president $
srepch to crowds in the park across
the street. Radio facilities will
circulate the speech to 25,OoO,OoO.
according to the estimate of Butler.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-13
GENERAL HINES
WILL SUCCEED
PERSHlNC SOON
ny United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.-Maior
General John l.. Hines, an old line
fighter, close enough to General
Pershing in military police TO be
his twin brother. will succeed to
the command of the army when
Pershimg retires ON Sept. Is.
Gen. Hines, whom President Cool
idge has approved to become chief
of staff, when the war. time com
mander reaches the retirement age
of Ga. has been with Black jack =
Pershing for years, knows his views
and is prepared to carry ON the
work in the army that Pershing
lays down. t
Pershing took him to Mexico as
adjutans general of his punitive ex'
pedition and again to France. First,
he commanded Il regiment in the
first division, then brigade divi-
sion and finally an army corps.
Hines was the head of the first
brigade of the first division when
the Yankees gave the Germans the
shock of their lives at Cantigny.
He was there again when the di-
vision delivered smashing attack
1T scissors. At Soissons he earn
ed the ID. $. G.
After handling an army corps a
while, Pershing took him to general
headquarters, Chaumont aud with
few intervals he has been closely
associated with him ever since.
Hines, il is understood, will push
Pershing's plan for IA high trained
skeleton army and seek tn develop
the supplementary part of the plan
the slow building of trained
citizenry,
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-13
JAPS ARE UNABLE
TO HOLD STOCKS
IN CORPORATION

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Aug. l3.-
japanese are not permitted to hold
stock in corporation which by
its articles of incorporation is en-
titled to own real estate, il was
announced Tuesday by Secretary of
State Frank G. Jordan.
Jordan based his ruling on an
opinion given by Attorney General
L. S. Webb.
Webb gave the opinion as Il re-
suit of repeated attempts of com.
panies headed by Japanese and
other ineligible aliens 30 file arti-
eles of incorporation with the state
department providing for the own
ership of real property. ...
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-13
STATES ATTORNEY
SMASHES VITAL
PART OF DEFENSE
Patrick Picks Report of
Other Doctors All to
Pieces
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CRIMINAL COURT ROOM, Chi
cago., August 13.-State Attor-
ney Colbert f. Grove and his, assis
tants today delivered a smashing at
tack upon the most vital part of the
defense for Nathan Leopold and
Richard Loeb, whose fate rests with
Chief Justice John r. Caverly.
Through DR.. Hugh T. Patrick, q
state alienist, Grove brought out a
number of alleged discrepancies in
the famous Hubert Bowman medi-
cal report. 1t was. this report, pre-
pared by Drs. IF. S. Hubert of
Chicago and Carl NJ. Bowman that
all of the defense "mental disease .
testimony was based.
Patrick picked the Hubert Bow
man report to pieces. He said the
report showed the boys had fantas-
les to an extreme degree.
Nowhere is there any evidence
of an extreme degree. Some have
more and some have less.
No Evidnce
Inefe is no evidence 10 snow
that these fantasies caused the be-
havior lof the boys.
"The report talks of PATHOLOGY
cal 7suggestibility i'll Leopold, There
is no evidence TO show that Leo
pold is any more suggestable Man
anybody else.
"The report talks of marked
complex. There is no
evidence to show this.
4" This whole report is apparent
ly rs though it were evidence of a
diseased mind DR.. Patrick said.
q But as matter of Fact it is not
Mt all. X
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-13
Five States to
Enjoy Picnic, LA,

To all who ever lived in any of
these states this is the call for a
jolly good time with home state
people. The annual union picnic
of the five gulf states will be held
in Sycamore Grove Park, Los An,
geles l6.
There will be county registers
open all day for each state, badges,
basket dinners. program, talkfest,
sociability. Come out early and
bring the basket with you; coffee
supplied. Program will begin about
two o clock and end when it is over.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-13
Ambassador From
Germany Resigns
BY A. L. BRADFORD
United Pres. staff Correspon dent

+ WASHINGTON, Aug. Ia DIR.
Otto Wiedfeldt. German ann
hassador 20 the United States, has
reached an understanding with his
government whereby he will give
up his post about September 10 aud
return 10 Germany, il was learn
ed here today.
Wiedfeldt submitted his resigna'
ton to President Ebert some time
ago. II is the understanding here
that the German government desires
TO supplaut Wiedfeldt.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-13
TWO DESTROYERS
in A COLLISION
by United Pres. Leased Wire

WASHINGTON. Aug. lathe
destroyers Farenholt and Litchfield
collided during maneuvers off the
Washington coast Tuesday. both
Suffering slight damages, the navy
department was advised.
The Farenholt, struck near the
stern by the Litchfield, lost its
starboard propeller and wheel ropes.
The Litchfield flooded its two for
ward tanks. bent its bow Is degrees
and sustained holes in the hull, botn
above and below the water line.
Both vessels are proceeding 10
Port Angeles, Washington.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-13
HUGE PARADE IN
SAN DIEGO WILL
SHOW |. v. FAITH
More Than 1000 Cars to
Cross Over the
Mountains

Imperial valley ~ preparing toshoW
citizens of San Diego county how
much the reelection of Congressman
Phil ID. Swing means TO the pros
periiy and life of the southwest.
More than a thousand automobiles
from all over the valley filled witt.
enthusiastic Swing boosters. will
form monster parade ut Balboa
park in San Diego on Monday and
will tour through the streets Of the
city as demonstration of the 10y
atty of voters in the valley TO their
congressman and the issues for
which be is fighting.
Members of committees here have
eanvassed the business houses of
the valley cities and have met with
almost unanimous support in the
n.an. Almost every business house
in III Centre has agreed to close
during the entire day, Monday, to
participate in the motoreade. AT
Holtville. Brawley and Imperial,
there was found even greater en-
thusiasm for the demonstration.
Thousand Autos
AT noon today, with the canvass
ing vet unfinished, members of the
committee declared that the number
Of automobiles that would leave the
valley for the parade in San Diego
would be we'll over a thousand
People here have been aroused to
the fact that opposing forces 10 the
7! re-eiee tion Of Swing are trying to
use the valley as lever to turn
| votes in other parts of the district,
4 aud they are anxious 10 demonstrate
beyond question that the valley is
united behind Congressman Swing. -
committeeman said.
Wherever we go, we are met
with the statement: OF course YOU
can count on ms joining the parade.
Although we had been confident of
the support of voters in this demon
stration, we had not recognized how
actively enthusiastic voters are,
once they are given means of ex-
pressing their views.
The list Of business houses in III
Centre that have agreed TO close, is
still incomplete, but up to noon
today il included 40 firms. The list
of signers 10 the agreement calling
for closing ON Monday. includes the
following names. Others are being
added as fast as the committee can
call this afternoon:
Varney Brothers and company,
Valley Auto supply company. }. X.
jenkins, ieweler. King Johnson
company, Clements Drug Store
Irregular holiday hours. senn Bacon
oeulist. Cox Brothers. Mcintyre and
Reid. FL Centre Market, r. l.. i.aer-
eman, Smith and Sloewn. Valley
Drug company, Irregular holiday
hoursl, y. A. Burger, NJ. ID, Roy
l.. Rumsev. A. NJ. Nicola sam ~irnad
Ragan Insurance Agency, j. q. Pen.
ney company, Crescent Jewelrv com.
pany, office supply company y
wins hive aud Tent Cent store. II.
4. Hemeon. Delozier Revnold fm.
niture company. Tom Gin Tire coni'
pany, Electrical Service company
Loynd Drug eompany. First Malta
nal bank Injecting legal require
mentsl, Southern Trust aud Com
merce bank. Injecting legal require
ments). A. NJ. Williams. Iureher
Brothers, James Angel and ron. W.
l.. Huebner. r. u. Nee. ". A. ~eiie.
niman company. y. .. frowiss. >
Mablapp. Valley Tent and Awning
company, Francis Drug store. Nuf
fer Land company, Model eroeeFt.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-13
MAJOR GRANT HAS
GIVEN NO REASON
FOR RESIGNATION
by United Press Leased Wire

By UhItcd PrcSs EeaSeG Wire
WASHINGTON, Aug. l3.-Major
Louis 7. Grant, manager of the
twelfth area, of the war veteran S
bureau with headquarters in San
Francisco, has resigned, it was an
nounced here today.
Directors Hines, in announcing the
resignation had been accepted as
cribed no reason for the action.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-13
WOMAN MURDERED, THREE SH0
AHege Mccoy
Shot Mrs. MOrs
To Death, L.A
By United Press Leased Wire

Los ANGELES, Aug. 13.-
Running amuck after shooting
and killing Mrs. Theresa Mors,
wealthy antique shop proprietor,
ir her home, Norman Selby,
known as "Kid Mccoy pug
hist and movie actor, today shot
and wounded three other per-
sons, according to police reports.
Mccoy was booked at central
police station on charges Of sus-
plcion Of murder. s4
After killing Mrs. Mors in her
fashionable homo, Mccoy went
&c the antique shop conducted
by Mrs. Mors on Seventh street.
foice say he was searching for
Mrs. Mors' husband, Albert A.
Mors, who secured an interlocu-
tory decree Of divorce last week
following domestic troubles in
which Mccoy was involved.
Invading the shop, Mccoy is said
to have shot and wounded three
customers, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Schapp
aad William Ross. They were taxi
en- to the receiving hospital.
Police believe Mrs. Mors was shot
about o'clock Wednesday morn
lny. Detective Captain Herman
Cline said her body bore evidence
of haying been subjected to a ter
rifle beating. Both her eyes were
black and blue and her lips dis
colored from blows. Apparently she
had been shot while lying on the
divan in the living room and her
body thrown on the floor. Her hands
folded across her breast and a pic
ture of Mccoy wass clasped to her
bosom.
Detectives Opinion
Detectives Captain George X.
Cline said it was his opinion that
Mccoy planned a-doub1e murder and
possibly suicide. 1t is Home s
theory that he intended to kill
Mrs. Moors, 90 to the art shop and
slay Mors, then kill himself.
Kid Mccoy was welterweight
champion of the world from 1896 to
1897.
He is credited with. having been
one of the trickiest fighters ever
to have entered the ring. He never
worried about the other fellow s
weight, taking them on us matches
Offered. 81
Consequently Mccoy made money
in the ring but had the failing of
early day fighters--that OF 'fol-
i,,wIng the ponies. R
He got his start by training with
Tommy Ryan, who was, enjoying
favor as fighter. =
kefused Bob
The Kid had no reputation and
concealed his skill. He affected q
cough and claimed to be very weak.
A few weeks after entering Ryan s
camp he appealed to a promoter to
match him with Ryan, explaining
about the training and how he had
learned Ryan's tricks.
Ryan laughed at the OIier pui "'
cepted. He refused to train and
entered the ring. Mccoy leaped
at Ryan and banged him mercilessly
about. the ring. lie was careful that
he did not knock RySn out. He
had the older man groggy until the
fifteenth--the last roundTthen
pasted him for the knockout count.
The only man Mccoy every re-
fused to fight was Bob FitzsimS
mons. Once they can.\ close to Il
meeting when each had viewed the
other in action, but Mccoy ducked
out of the bout.
Mccoy is 80 years old. lie was
born in Rush County, Indiana.
Records books show he did his
last fighting in 1911, having sew
eral bouts, the last of which was
against Hubert Roe in Paris. He
won the fight.
Mccoy has been married nine
'''''>t'. y
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-21
EMPLOYMENT
HELP WANTED-MALE

WE FURNISH DESIRABLE HELP Wanted-First- class auto batteryman. First-class auto mechanic at once. Planer mill man; exp. collector. First class furniture refinisher, $35 week. Structural layout man; sht metal workers. Four rough carpenters: two barbers. elderly men, distribute circulars (salary). Two salesmen outside. salary commission. Experienced lady sell records SIS week. Young lady steno- -bookkeeper. good salary. Lady over 20 work dry cleaning estab. Lady matron, institute, higlFschool grad. Three outside salesladies $15 week. Hospital housekeeper; hotel housekeeper. White-colored coal miners; laborers. White-colored drill runners -muckers. Colored man, cafe porter; wheel boy. Colored man, short order cook. Two colored maids for institute. Colored combination truck driver porter. colored laborers 8 day.
 15 colored helpers $15 week. Colored bus boys, walters, butlers Colored hotel hall boys: car washer. Colored market porter; exp. presser. Colored women cooks, nurses, hotel maids. Colored boys-girls dishwashers; others.
 MAGIC CITY BUREAU, Sh N. 20th St. Opposite L. & N. Depot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-21
IMPROVEMENT ORDINANCE

.NO. J66SO
 An ordinance to provide for certain improvements on Alabama avenue, from the west property line of 18th street, southwest, to the west prop erty line of 18th place; southwest, if extended northward, and on 18th street, southwest, from the south property line of Alabama avenue, to the south property line of Woodland avenue.
 BE IT ORDAINED, by the Commis- sion of the City of Birmingham, as follows:
 Section 1. That Alabama avenue, from the west property line of 18th street, southwest, to the west prop erty line of 18th place, southwest if extended northward, and 18th street southwest, from the south property line of Alabama avenue, to the south property line of Woodland avenue, shall be graded.
 That the north and south edges of a 30-foot roadway along the center line of Alabama avenue, from the west property line of 18th street, south west, to the west property line of 18th place, southwest, if extended north ward, and the east and west edges of a S0-foot roadway along the center line of 18th street, southwest, from the north property line of Alabama avenue to the south property line of Woodland avenue, shall be curbed with portland cement concrete combined curb and gutter, the curb and gutter to be six inches thick and the gutter three feet wide.
 That the sidewalks on the north side of Alabama avenue, from the west curb line of 18th street, southwest, to the west property line of 18th place southwest, if extended northward, and the sidewalks on the south side of Alabama avenue, from the west curb line of 18th street, southwest, to a point 150 feet west of the west prop ry line of 18th street, southwest, shall be paved for a width of four feet with portland cement concrete side
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-21
ORDINANCE NO. a1s.C
An ORDINANCE TO FURTHER REGU.
 LATE TAXICARS

tAAi ORbA1N<a4NSG U OR O- LATE TAXICABS. ,, BE IT ORDAINED, by the Commits sion of the City of Birmingham, as fol- lows:
 Section 1. That it shall be unlawful for the driver of any taxicab to turn the said taxicab other than at street intersections and in accordance with the present traffic regulations as to other motor vehicles; PROVIDED, however, that it shall not be unlawful for the driver of any taxicab which is occupied by a passenger to turn the same. to or from the entrance of any hotel in the City of Birmingham while the red or traffic light or stop traffic light is on and traffic is halted along the route being travelled by such taxi cab in making such turn.
 Section 2. That any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this ordinance shall, upon convic- ton, be punished within the limits of and as provided by Section 1916 of the Code of Alabama of the. year 1907. Approved July 15, 1924.
 D. E. McbENDON,
 President of the Commission. A true copy.
 L. E. GRAY,
 City Clerk.
 Age-Herald, July 21, 1924,