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Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-26
New Probe of
Congressman to
Begin April 2

WASHINGTON; Mar. 26.-Open
hearings by the special house COM
mittce appointed to investigate
charges made against "two con
gressmcn' by the Chicago grand
jury that indicated Colonel Charles
r. Forbes, former director of the
veteran bureau, will begin April
., Chairman Blaine, announced.
The committee set this date be-
cause of the expectation that the
special grand jury here, also taking
evidence in the case, will have acted
by March 81.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-26
One Dead, Another
Hurt in Traffic

Los ANGELES, Mar. 90 One
man is dead today and another scri-
ousIy injured as the result of traffic
accidents last night.
Maximana Mianas, 50, died from
injuries sustained when he stepped
in front of an automobile driven by
r. f. Clayton, police stated.
l.. c. Longcroft, SO, was severely
injured when he was struck down
by a taxicab driven by w. c. Nor
gan, according to police.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-26
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
March 26. 1909

The board Of supervisors announc-
ed through the Press that they
would supply shade trees, prefer
ably eucalyptus, to every rancher
who would promise to plant them
along the line of a county road and
care for them.
Mrs. J.-S. Bridenstein and daugh-
ter, Lena, returned to Holtville
from stay with relatives in Riv-
erside.
c.. G. Darling, who recently re-
signed as assistant secretary of
Water Company No. l, departed for
Riverside with his family, where
they will locate permanently.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-26
Emulates Omar
And Loses Job
by United Press Leased Ware

LOS ANGELES, Mar. 25-Patrol-
man Fred G. Hermann followed in
the well known footsteps of Omar
Khayyam, according to report fill
ed with the police commission here
by Chief Vollmer.. As result of
! Hermann IS wanderings he was dis
; missed from the department.
y, The officer was found i'll company
with a woman and a jug of wine,
+ Vollmer charged. Only the bough
was missing. - @ X.
Moreover it was claimed, Her
mann was 16 blocks off his beat
when located. ~
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-26

This offer of Travel Accident Insurance to the
subscribers of the Imperial Valley Press is ber-
al one that protects against the loss Of life, limbs
eyesight and pays weekly benefits for disability as
the result of travel accidents which are occurring
daely throughout our community. Insurance pro-
lection is now modern necessity.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-26
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell of
Imperial Valley for This Date
In Past Years
NINETEEN YEARS AGO
March o6 1Q0R

Earl Mastick, Harvey Gray, Ivy
Rumsey, May Shufflebargcr, Vcrna
Havens and Roy Havens of the
Silsbee school celebrated their Sat
urday holiday by climbing Mount
Signal.
A government soil survey Of I'm
perial Valley lands was received
and showed 186,240 acres having
30 per cent alkali, 110,160 acres
having 30 to 40 per cent alkali
and 9l,00S, 40 to go per cent.
Mrs. Tillie Harris came down
from San Francisco, and will re
main until warm weather with hel
brother, Jack Tully.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-26

Travel Accident Insurance has saved many fami-
lies from actual privation, and the grim predic-
tion is made here that before the year, or perhaps
the month or week passes benefits will be paid to
readers of this newspaper who have signed the
registration form shown below.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-26
u, S. Creates New
"Helium Reserve

WASHINGTON, Mar. 26.-Pres-
ident Coolidge has creatc.t a he
lium reserve" in Emery county,
Utah,s by executive order of the
interior department announced to-
day.
The reserve, known as "helium
reserve No. ~ consists of 7l00
acres of lands in which the greater
part of the mineral title is vested
in the United States. The reserve
is designed to afford future sup
ply of helium gas, used for infla-
tion of balloons and dirigible air
shins.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-26
Bridgeport Man
Suicide In (. A.

LOS ANGELES, Mar. 60 Gus
Thelin, 60, said to have formerly
been Il well known resident OF
Bridgeport, Conn, was dead here
today after hanging himself from a
rafter in his room at the Roycroft
sanitarium, police said.
Theiin had climbed through trap
door in the ceiling, fastened a rope
to a rafter and after ticing a crude
hangmaif's knot aroung his neck,
jumped through the trap, police be-
lieve.
= Mental arrangement. Brought. on
by illness was the cause advanced
by authorities for his taking his
life.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-26
"STRANGLER' LEWIS
r IS VICTOR AGAIN
BY United Press Leased Wire

CHICAGO, Mar. 26.-Ed "Strang
lcr' Lewis last night defeated Stan
islaus Zbyszko for the heavyweight
championship of the world by
throwing the giant Pole in the sec
ond and third falls.
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7 " D DUNDEES
EXPECTED To
CLASH
Johnny and Mike About Ready
to Sign for Featherweight
Title Bout

NEW YORK. July 0.-Announce.
ment of the closing of a match
which will bring together Johnny
Dundee, featherweight champion of
the world, and Mike Dundee. Rock
Island contender, can be expected
in a day or two, according to a re-
liable pugilistic authority.
Dick Curley, Mikes manager, left
Gotham yesterday for Chicago
where he has an appointment today
with Paddy Sullivan, matchmaker
for the Disabled American Vet
erans," who run boxing shows or
the campus of the Palmer School
of Chiropractic every summer.
The d. A. V. has been angling
for the scrap for quite some time
and indications point to a final con
summation of the match. Mike
Dundee is the leading featherweight
in the middle West.
The Rock Island lad hasn't met
with a single reverse since he
started boxing four years ago, which
is surprising in that he has met
virtually every featherweight and
junior lightweight Of note. In his
only New York appearance the
Rock Islander knocked out Benny
Gould with a right hook to the law
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BILLIARDS AND.
GOLF Do NOT
MIX WELL
Jake Schaefer Finds This Out
When He Vacates at
Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES. July 10.-Golf
and billiards, like oil and water, do
not mix.
Howard NJ. Hamer. directing the
tour CT Willie Hoppe and Young
Jake" Schaefer, says so and his re.
mark is directed principally at
Young Jake"
Jake lives in Los Angeles. During
his off season of billiards he wAs
frequent visitor at the Rancho
club course, and he played a mighty
good brand of golf.
Jake is back in his old form
now" said Mr.. Hamer last night
at "Chick" Wright's parlor, "but
it's only because he gave up golf
It's no game for a billiardist Colt
developed a set of Jake's muscles
that took all the finesse from his
game
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TED MOORE WILL TACKLE
OMAHA'S MIDDLEWEICHT

NEW YORK, July 9.-An inter.
national middleweight battle will be
the stellar attraction at the Nostrand
A. c., on July Is, it was announced
yesterday when arrangements were
completed for the Brooklyn's clubs
show for next week. Ted Moore,
sturdy English middleweight, and
Morrie Schlaiffer, Omaha's hare.
hitting boxer, will be the principals,
The match has been signed at 15s
pounds and is scheduled for ten
rounds.
Two other ten-round bouts also
have been arranged. Mike Bal.
lerino. Italian Junior lightweight,
will engage Johnny Leonard Of
Allentown, Pa, and Eddie Ander.
son, Chicago bantamweight, will
oppose Charlie Goodman, east side
boxer who recently knocked out
Carl Tremaine.
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DISTRICT PROS TO HOLD
SWEEPSTAKES TOURNEY

Minus several of the most bril-.
liant pros, the District Professional
Golfers Association tournament,
scheduled for the Columbia Country
Club course Monday, will probably
develop the closest kind of competi.
ton. Leo Diegel, Freddy Mcleod,
Peter Jackson, and possibly A. B.
Thorn will not be able to play be.
cause of their presence in other
tournaments.
Darcy Bannigan, chairman OF
the tournament committe, said that
the entrance fee will be SIS, and it
should be sent to A. F. Bergman.
care of Spalding's. The affair will
be grand sweepstakes proposition,
eighteen holes medal play, with
the leading professionals given q
plus handicap.
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ReLeS cLuD Oh Lne SOHSC LEAGUE.
There was some doubt about
Tonys ability to hit American
League pitching, but when he start
ed his first major league game
against the White Sox in Chicago
and smashed a clean single to left
off of Hollis Thurston, the doubt
was dissipated. On his other trips
TO the plate he forced a runner on
a ground ball and laid down d per.
feet sacrifice.
Thomas believes that when Rego
learns the weaknesses of major
league batters he is going to be be-
hind the plate for the Browns a
great deal. relieving Hank Severed
The power of his throwing arm is
we'll known and in one came Barrett
the White Sox shortstop, tried IT
out, trying to steal second. He
was thrown out five feet.
No further attempts were made
by the SOx to steal on Tony. Aside
from his throwing arm, RegO has
two other attributes which should
make him a great catcher. He
doesn't get ratified. He knows how
70 steady a pitcher, and above all,
he Is fearless in a ball game. And
he would not hesitate diving into
Ty CObb's spikes any more than
he would any other player.
He told a few secrets in tanning
lee the other day that show he
knows a lot of tricks of the game
and knows how to protect himself
in close plays at the plate. The
,,Iaver who imagines he can bow
1rony over because of his size. he is
only 5 feet inches tall, is due fol
sweet surprise. T..
Rego is a native of Hawaii and
when war was declared he ran away
from home with a crowd of friends
and enlisted in the navy. He served
until a year after the war and soon
found himself in baseball. He he
came a great favorite on the coast
and his work attracted Thomas at
tention. while he was living near
Los Angeles.
Rego has had some thrilling ex
Deriences aboard submarines and
other ships and because of his
knowledge of motion picture ma
chimes. due to the fact he operated
ore in his fathers show house, he
was a second-class electrician.
But baseball is his first love, ont
side of his family. He has a five
year-old son, who is living with Mrs
Rego in ST. Louis this year. Tony
wants to make good in the big league
and he has the tenacity to do it
In fact, the players on the team
think there Is no doubt but that .at
will be membe~ of the team for q
long time to come.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-10
SIXTEEN COLLEGES ARE
PLAYING HORSE POLO

Sixteen colleges and universities
throughout the United States had
polo teams this year. In the East,
Princeton, Yale. Harvard, West
Point, Cornell, Pennsylvania Mill.
tary College, Virginia Military Insti.
tute, Norwich and the University of
pennsylvania was represented by
combinations.
The teams competing from the
West included the University of
Arizona, Oklahoma, Colorado, New
Mexico A. and M, New Mexico Mill.
tary Institute, Texas Aggies and
Stanford.
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They Are Straying.

They Are Straying.
THOSE who handle the modern
Olympic games are straying
- far from those ancients who
instituted them. There are Too
many foolish events these days.
There are too many points to be
scored.
In the ancient Greek days only
first places. counted, and they gave
the winners honors for the rest OF
their lives.
In the ancient Greek days it was
almost a religious service, the
staging of the Olympic games.
Wars were halted that all athletes
might meet on equal terms. Win
ners lived forever after cherished
for their exploits.
The modern program would
make an ancient Athenian or
Boeotian or Lacedemonian wonder
at its complexity. There are too
many events, too many having no
possible connection with the an
Gent Olympic games.
If the next Olympiad is held in
Los Angeles the United States
will have so much influence that
no remedy is to be expected.
The ideal place for the Olympiad
of 1928 is Greece, with events cut
down to those Of 1896, the first
year of the modern games. Then
let nothing but first place count.
Those who recall the small for
eign entry at st. Louis and re-
Wondering the financial condi-
ton of Europe today can easily
see what a farce the 1928 games
will be, if staged at Los Angeles,
half way around the world for
some poor countries.
Unless the athletic heads Of the
world fail to see the necessities of
the present, it is quite likely that
there will be quite a gap between
the Olympiad of 1928 and the
next one.
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DIEGEL AMONG LEADERS
IN METROPOLITAN OPEN

ROSLYN. ". Y, July 10.-Witn
a card of Is, Leo Diegel. of Frieni-
snip, District of Columbia. is well
up with the leaders in the opening
round of play of the Metropolitan
Golf Associations open champion.
ship tournament. Joe Turnesa and
Bill MacFarland, of Oak Ridge. are
leading the field. both of them
having shot cweet lis.
Johnny Farrell, pro at the Quaker
Ridge Club, has a 73 and Louis
Costello and Nick Demane. both
have "A. More than one hundred
golfers are entered in the tourney.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-10
IF JACK DEMPSEY HAS WISDOM

us ANGEL FRPO will knock Harry Wills August 30
That certain the in the heavens The Black Pan
physical strength to
withstand the punishment be meted him by the Argen
nan unless the latter has seed he knocked Jack
Dempsey out of the ring at the Polo Grounds last September is
of
coming contest this Nevertheless if he is WISE Dempsey will
into shape this and tackle Fpo before the flies
weight
his waop the Dempsey told himself
that he knocked silly by the Argentinian Dempsey seldom
ak throne tho of his hat
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finishes second, or third, or fourth ?
Under the present plans he merely
adds points to his country's total.
A lot of clerks check up the fig
ures. Eventually it is announced
that the United States, or some
other country, has scored so many
points and is, therefore, entitled
to the Olympic track and field
honors. ,.,
But for the man in the street,
only the winner counts.
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History was being rewritten
Good on the Ground

Keeping all their respective fee.
on the ground, the Naval Air Sta.
ton nine defeated the heretofore
invincible Fort Humphreys team
9 to. 5. They now repose in first
Mace.
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Out They Go

Because they have forfeited their
last three games the Kanawha and
Congress Heights Midget teams
have been dropped from the league.
Their suspension was covered by a
rule in the league which provided
for such action.
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TiIden Teaches Manv

Big Bill Tilden has taken a cou.
pie of youngsters under his wing
and Is teaching them the Tilden
style of tennis playing. The kids
are good. They are Sandy w.
Weiner and Donald Strachm.
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He Faces Rowdyisn

President Tearney, of the Three.
Eye League, has been confronted
with much rowdyism in his league
and he has begun a stern policy to
stop it. His league will be in danger
IL he cannot curb it.
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anyway, McAdoo dropped his
instructed delegates at the
ninety-ninth ballot, stating that
the first hundred are always
the hardest.
After this both candidates
went to their corners while the
seconds gasped around for
water, towels, ammonia, and the
spectators went home for some
light sleep.
Madison Square Garden has
been the scene of many pre-
Eminaries, semi-windups and
main bouts, but the Smith
McAGoo draw was the first one
that ever went 1O0-rounds with
out decision.
AS the contestants were led
from the arena an extra paper
appeared on the street giving
the summary of the fight, round
by round.
McAdoo started strong and
had not been in the ring more
than a second when he saw that
all he had to beat was Smith,
Underwood, Ralston, Davis and
some also rams.
About that time a woman
delegate from the District of
Columbia got up on her low
heels and asked what this guy
Ritchie's last name was.
When the referee had re-
stored order the fight was ad-
journed until the next morning
at 9 o'clock daylight short
changing time, while the doc
tors and stretcher bearers clear
ed the isles.
History was being rewritten.
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TONY REGO MAKES BIG HIT
WITHBROWNS' COACH

ST LOUIS July oChet Thomas the veteran coach Of pitchers
the Browns booster for Tony Reg the smallest catcher
big league captivity Thomas responsible for Rego and George
Lyons, the pitcher being members OF the Browns TINS year
Sisler made the five
brought players the Los An
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-10
NURMI WINS 1900. METER
IN OLYMPIC RECORD
TIME, 1853 IS
By DAVIS J. WALSH.

colonies STADIUM France July 1O-Paavo Nurm Finland
through expected OUTRAGED
Of the oOeter today the Olympic field games
the Olympic record of 1858 3-5. go "
Nurm had difficulty in winning the $500 scharr
Switzerland secnd Saard Great Britain Lowe Great
Britain fourth Ray Buke Chicago fifth and Lloyd Huhn Boston
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Belle Haven Progressing

The Belle Haven Country Club
near Alexandria, expects to have
part OF its course, and two tennis
courts in shape for playing this fall.
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Smith sent his official bust
ness card to McAdoo's .headquar-
ters with a request that it be
honored for one duel and Nc
Adoo sent word back this was
a Democratic convention, not
the Olympic games.
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of 'em would
listen to Oliver,
Remington, Co
roma or any of
the others.
Wall Street,
the vets, dries
and invisible en-
pire had all been
accused of put
ting C h e w in e
gum in the bal
lot box, but the
t Up o g r aphical
errors, Smith and
Underwood were
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Boys! Why not exchange a few
moments of your leisure time get
ting 10 new subscribers for Tho
Times and earn vacation of a
week. with all expenses paid. in
the Boys Club Camp at the Con.
gressiOnal Country Club?
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America at Olympics.

TTNCLE SAM is doing his best
at the 1924 Olympic games,
~ That is to be expected. Uncle
Sam never does anything but his
best wherever he happens to be
But for weeks we have heard Of
the unfairness of the scoring at
Paris. That's the bunk.
The American style is for first
place to count five, second four,
third two and fourth one. The
Olympic fashion this year is for
first place to count ten, with sec
ond counting five. Certain critics
have yelled that this was playing
to Finland as against the United
States.
The only proper scoring for the
Olympic games is for first place 10
count one, with NOBODY ELSE
COUNTING.
VINO cares about the bird who
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There is so much business mixed
up with the ring game that it is
often puzzling. Jack Kearns,
Dempsey's man of business, says
there will be no title combat this
summer, arguing that there is no
time for working up the public.
Kearns is a smart man, but he is
talking mFe bunk.
If Firpos meets Wills on August
80 and knocks him out, as he
should do, a Dempsey-Firpo con-
test a week later would draw a
million-dollar gate, no matter
what Kearns says about it.
Between August 80 and Sep
TENDER 80 is one month. That is
plenty of time for the managers
to arrange and build up Demp-
sey-Firpo battle.
For one thing, every man and
woman who saw Firpo knock
Dempsey through the ropes last
September will want to see him
try his luck again.
Harry Wills, a slow worker in
the ring, ought not cause Firpo
much trouble. Wills may last six
rounds. He may last ten. He
may go out in the first. He will
go out as soon as Firpo GETS
THAT RIGHT TO WORKING.
Firpo can cause lot of damage
to an opponent with that right
hand of his. From where we sit,
Wills is made to order for Firpo.
Wills likes to box. The Wild Bull
knows nothing about boxing. He
LIKES TO FIGHT.
We have the greatest respect
for Jack Dempsey's ring ability,
yet we believe that he should con-
quer Luis Firpo again just as
soon as possible, not giving him
any time to acquire more knowl-
edge than he has now. We also
believe that, if Dempsey tackles
Firpo again this year, he will win
with a knockout, probably | inside
of the first round.
But if Dempsey prefers to play
around with the movie stars in
California, entering the ring next
summer some time, ne may find
himself quite as badly off as he
was when he fought Tom Gibbons
in Montana. He lacked many
things that won him the crown.
He could afford to be that way
against the light-hitting Gibbons.
He cannot afford to enter the
ring with Firpo unless he is at
the top Of his form.
If Dempsey is wise, he will bat
tie Firpo before the snow flies.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-10
WASHINGTON CLUB JULY
TOURNEY PAIRiNGS SET

Pairings for the July tournament
of the Washington Golf and Coun.
try Club, as announced today, show
that three sixteens viii make up
the play. The golf committee an
nounced that all handicaps had
been discarded and all matches will
be from scratch.
Players in the first sixteen are:
K. S. McHugh, G. P. Lynde, E. W.
Freeman, S.. L. Mosby. Doctor W. c.
Barr, Doctor J. A. Talbot. c. H
Doing, jr.; Doctor T. J. Rice. Doc.
tor J. T. McLanahan, r. T. Howell,
D. H. Luttrell. Russell Jewell, c. E.
Garrett, G. w. Kirkley, w. r Nc.
Callum, George T. Howard
Boys! Start today and get 10 new
subscribers for The Times, which
will be rewarded by a weeks vaca.
A.
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McAdoo came out like a gen
tleman and said he didn't think
Smith could count up to 1872,
much less get that many votes.
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SAYS SKILLET"
Finn, Esq.
Woman Delegate From
District of Columbia Asks
What Ritchie's Last
Name Is,
BY KIRK MILLER.

THE typewriter trust stands
accused of being respon-
sible for the Democratic
deadlock which refused for over
two weeks to come out of it's
state of coma.
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Anyway, McAdoo dropped his
instructed delegates at the
ninety-ninth ballot, stating that
the first hundred are always
the hardest.
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Smith premiers wouldn't give
up to Underwood and neither
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1nterpolating the counts all the
time.
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The Finish wonder again car.
ried his own stop watch, but
tossed it away after he had pass
ed the 1,OOO-meter mark. He did
not jest with the other runners or
encourage them as he did during
the preliminary heats of the race
held yesterday.
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Luchetti, AnchOrena, and Pau
mere, of Argentina; RolandO, of
Uruguay, and Galnan, Breed, and
Wilmer, of the United States,
qualified today i'm the second semi.
final of the individual "epee"
fencing contests.