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Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-11
CONVENTION OF OIL
MEN WILL NAME
OFFICERS Z O ID A Y
By United Press Leased Wire

DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 1.-THE
American Petroleum Institute, in
annual convention here, will elect
Il successor today of retiring Pres
ident Thomas A. O.Oomcli.
Names of four outstanding oil
men were proposed. H'ley were
Amos l.. Beatty, president 'f the
Twas Company; A. c. Balford,
chairman of the board Of Standard
Oil of New Jersey; L. c. Lufkin,
chairman of the Texas Company
board and w. n. Davis, pres dent
of the Continent Oil aud Gas
Association.
The 1875 convention goes to Ca.i-
fornia. No city or date was set.
Either Los Ang les or san Francis,
co will win, institute officials said.
This will be decided at board of
directors meeting Colorado Springs;
Colo, February ..
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-11
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
December IL, 1909

F. C. HERMAN and Sidn " Me
Harg of Calexico are in Los Ange-
les today on business.
Plans are completed for the
Christmas entertainment to he held
at Holtville. tho entire valley being
invited. One of the big features
will be the FREQ turkey feast and
turkeys are being promised by the
wholesale for the occasion.
w. G. Driver, auditor of the
Holten Interurban Railroad Compa
nv and Holten Power Company, was
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-11
FAN IaAECTsCo PAIR
HELD FOR L. A. POLICE

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. H.
Harry + Callaghan, alias Harry Sui
Ivan, Looman Beebe, his alleged ae-
complice in forgery activities and
Gladys Robbie, a dancer, were being
held here today for Los Angeles au
thorities who charge them with pass
inc bad checks.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-11
TEN YEARS AGO
Cornr0I,r,T II 1914

Frank Ellis, Immigration inspector
for the Fl Centre district, has
been transferred to the San Diego
district, according to notice re
ceived from the immigration Depart
m sat. A. l.. Barllman, who is ut
present stationed at Galveston will
till the vacancy
Judge Franklin J. Ccle returned
this morning frCm a few days stay
on the coast
Mrs. o. +. Campbell and Miss
Thelma Macdonald of CaleNico were
visitors here yesterday.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-11
Looking Backward
What tho Press Files Tell OF
Imperial Valley for This Date
In Past Years
NINETEEN YEARS AGO
Zee 1mber Ii, 1905

LIZ 'AHU5I II, IJtJ
c. W. Hinohcliffe. Of Tucson,
Arizona. was a valley visitor This
week. lie is general managr of
the telrphone company and was
shown about the valley by Man
ager Yeakle.
d. II. Anderson of Rocky Ford,
Colorado, is valley visitor this
ok and is greatly interested IN
5he development of The eants,loupc
indrstrv fere.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Mott moved
out to eheir ranch tins week.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-11
ALBANIA REVOLT
BREWING Is CLAIM
By United Press Leased Wir,

ATHENS, Dee. 11.--Disorl RS in
Albania are reported in dispatches
received from Tirana today. Sew
eral districts are said to have re-
volted and considerable groups of
rebels armed with automatic rifles
and machine guns are marching to-
wards Tiraaa in an attempt TO over
throw the government Of Premier
Fanoi. Government troops have
received orders to suppress Jhe in
sufrection lat any cost.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-11

6. w Cox, Preston, Sonoms coun-
IS, sheared 5s pounds Of ooi from
Merino eve, 81 pounds from Al.
esns-,
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-11

Congratulations to the farmer for his renewed
prosperity only slightly modified by the realiza-
ton that he'll collect his increased income this year
from the rest of US.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-11

Lodi, San Joaquin county, shipped
its first carload of wamuts, Fran
quettes and Eurekas, November 81
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-11
Doctor Is Charged
With Girls Death

.,y United Press Lease. Wire
SAN FRANCISCO. Dee. 1.-THE
death of Miss Bertha :lg, "a, ;
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-11

nurse at local hospital three weeks
ago was caus I'd by an Illegal opera
ton performed by Er. A. W. Nor
ton. san Francisco physician and
owner Of the Morton Sanitarinm
here, according to the decision of Il
coroner 8 Jury here today.
Dr.. Morton is now in Europe.
Warrants for his arrest will be
sworn out some time today. IL
was announc ID by Coroner T. b. w.
Leland, following the inquest.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-11

down from Redlands the first Of
the W Elk.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-11
Will Get Million
to Carry on Big
Water Project
Ev United Press Leased Wire

SAN FRANCISCO, Dee. l1.--The
finance committee of the San Fran
cisco board of supervisors has So
cared the consent of the Spring
Valley Water Company for the ad-
vance Of one million dollars inser-
est due the city ON the company $
Calaveras dam and aqueduct CON
tract, it was learned today.
An agreement is now being drawn
covering the transaction and it is
approved by the board the money
obtained will be used to complete
work in ,.he mountain division of
the Iletch Hetchy water and power
project, now halted because of
lack Of funds.
Evening star., 1924-05-30
High Lig hts i'm Presidents Speech


OF the Public
the exalted ONCE hire
salary.
More than
Of
already
other reservations
probably receive
impracticable.
Whatever differences perils
will come anyway whether the
We avoid meeting and
bearing
upright downright American
n he a rmy and for
limiting military
establishments obvious
TO
Il
n a word-renunciation.
Of he
his independence
it.
republic enrolled
of
embe that he mu o a
allegiance A
sectionalism harmless because 1t is
Evening star., 1924-05-30

his birth and death. Franklin Pierce
is buried in the Minot cemetery in
Concord, n. II. The grave of Cen.
Pierce is marked by a beautiful mon
ument of Italian marble. James Bu-
chanan lies buried in Woodward Hill
cemetery, near Lancaster, Pa. and
near his former home, Wheatland.
James Madison is buried under a
granite obelfsk at his old home
Montpelier, near Orange. Va. James
Monroe died in New York City in
1881 and was buried there, but was
removed to Richmond, Va, in 1858
and rests in Hollywood cemetery.
Jackson's Burial Place.
Tndrew Jackson is buried at The
Hermitage. near Nashville, Tenn,
under handsome monument of Ten
nessee marble. A plain granite shaft
marks the grave of Martin Van Buren
at the cemetery at Kinderhook N Y
Jackson selected Van Buren, as his
successor in the White House.
James *. Polk, the first "dark
horse" candidate in American poll
tics, is buried at the state capital OF
Tennessee.
The graves Of Roosevelt, Wilson
and the late President Harding have
already become the Mecca to which
thousands Of PILGRIMS visit and each
Memorial day will be covered with
the foral mementos of a grateful
people who love to honor the mem
ores or the illustrious dead.
Evening star., 1924-05-30
q. A. r. HEADS EXERCISES.

The committee on Memorial day
exercises is headed by the depart
ment officers, Grand Army Of the Re-
public, and is composed Of officers Of
Loyal Legion. Sons of Veterans, Army
and Navy Union, United Spanish War
Veterans, Veterans Of Foreign Wars,
the American Legion and auxiiiaries
of these bodies The members fol-
low:
Department officers. Grand Army of
the Republic - Department Com
mander. 8riscoe Goodhart, Senior
Vice Department Commander II. B:
Commander F. w. Archibald. Medi-
cal Director James Mckee. NJ. D.:
Chaplain Rev. r. E. Mcbride, Assfs-
tant Adjutant General o. H. Oldroyd,
Assistant Quartermaster General E.
D. Godfrey, Patriotic Instructor F. J..
Young. Past department command
ers-Georgs e. Corson. Harrison
Pipes, A. F. Dinsmore. s. E. Faunce,
John McElroy, Thomas s. Hopkins.
George H. Slaybaugh. A. P. Tasker.
B. P. Entrikin, Newton Ferree, Henry
A. johnson, Thomas H. Mckee. L. H.
Patterson, A. H. Frear, 8. G. Mawson,
H. e. Snyder, Harrison L. Dean. John
W. Reid Past senior vice depart
rnent commanders-.Ames F. Medford.
J. II. Hewlett, Frederic W. Archibald
Past junior vice department command
srs-J. H. Jochum, Hazard Wheeler.
Commanders-C.B b. Dickey, Post No. 1 !:
John McElroy, Post No. Q: James H.
Perkins, Post No. 8; q. c. GFumley.
Post No s; Harry +. Dunbar, Post No.
6; Nelson ]. Booker, No. 8; Thomas B.
Evening star., 1924-05-30

attach great weight to their argu-
ments. Whatever differences, what
ever perils exist for use in the world
or support the court. I am one OF
those who believe we would be safer
and that we would be meeting our
making maxim 0es,sr every I possible sHIe0r USE Of it,
feel confident that such action would
make a greater. America. that 1t
| would be productive of q higher and
finer national spirit ,it. and of a more
ut lie these two thoughts of union
| and peace which appear to me to be
especially appropriate for our con-
sideration on this day. Like all else
in human experience. they are not
| things which can be set apart and
have an independent existence. They
| exist by reason of the concrete ac-
tions Of men and women. II Is the
tween 1851 and 1855 gave US union
and peace that we are met here this
day to commemorate. When we seek
for the chief characteristic OF those
actions we come back to the word
which I have already uttered-renun-
citation. They gave up ease and home
and safety, and braved every impend-
ing danger and mortal peril that they
might accomplish these ends. They
body of citizens set apart and
marked for every honor so long as
our nation shall endure. Here on
this wooded eminence. overlooking
they fought. many Of them repose,
officers of high rank and privates
mingling in a common dust, holding
the common generation OF q crate crate
wars lie with them, and in a place
Of great pre-eminence lies one
whose identity is unknown, save
that he was a soldier Of this repub-
lie who fought that hrtiss Its idea1st mabt i5s bs
ful country holds all these services
as her most priceless heritage, to be
cherished forevermore.
Cannot Live In Past.
I'VE can testify to these opinions,
not by our words, but by our actions
nunciation of the heroic souls OF the
past. Public service, from the &C
tion of the humblest voter to the
most exalted office, cannot be made
The supporters of our institutions
must be inspired by more domi-
nant motive than a conviction that
their actions are going to be profit-
ards to what we think will pay,
but we must raise them to what we
think is right. 1t Is only in that
direction that we shall find true pa,
that we can maintain the rights of
tho individual, the sovereignty or
linton, the permanency of peace and
the welfare Of mankind. You SOL
aiers of the republic enrolled under
her banner that through your sacri-
fices there might be an atonement
for the evils of your day. That Is
the standard of. citizenship for all
time. 1t Is the requirement which
must be met by those who hold pub
lie place That must be the ideal
Of those who are worthy to share in
the glory which you have given to
the name of America, the ideal OF
those who hold fellowship with
washington and Lincoln"
Evening star., 1924-05-30
Trees Planted
Throughout U. S.
II, Honor of Dead

Memorial tree planting and
dedication programs at those
planted in former years was q
feature Of Memorial day exercises
in thousands Of places in the
United States, says .! statement
today by the American Tree As
ISOLATION, which registers all tree
paintings on a national honor roll.
Forty Clara Barton memorial
trees planted by members Of the
National First Aid Association in
various parts Of the country were
registered with the association to-
day. These include trees planted
at the U. 8. Naval Academy, An
napolis, by Rear Admiral Henry
b. Wilson; two trees at Arlington,
Mass; one tree here, on the Lincoln
Memorial site: ono at San Fran
cisco, Calf, and one tree at Nc
Alester, Okla, by the Boy Scouts.
The American Legion and the
Daughters OF the American Revolu-
tion, the Tree Association officials
say, have Memorial day tree pro-
grams under way In many parts Of
the country.
Evening star., 1924-05-30
WILSON CRYPT SCENE
OF VETERANS TRIBUTE
Wreath Placed in Bethlehem
Chapel by Members Of
American Legion.
CROWD THERE DESPITE RAIN
Service Is Intended to Be Held
Annually Hereafter.

The American Legion honored the
memory Of Woodrow Wilson yester-
day at sundown when q delegation
from the Department of the District
OF Columbia, with appropriate cere-
monies, placed wreath on the tomb
of the former President. A detach-
ment of soldiers. sailors and marines
marched into Bethlehem Chapel, in
the National Cathedral, and before
the crypt wherein lies the body of
the late President the services were
read from the seventh and twenty
second chapters Of Revelation by
Rev: H. K. Fulton. pastor Of North
minister Presbyterian Church, depart
ment chaplain Of the American
Legion OF the District.
Notwithstanding the inclemency OF
the weather there were several hun
dred persons present.
The wreath was placed by Paul J.
McGahan, commander of the District
Department Of the American Legion,
with the brief announcement that the
token came from his fellow legion
member Of George Washington Post,
No. l, of this city. 1t was the in
auguration Of what is intended to be
an annual pilgrimage on the eve of
Memorial day by local legionnaires.
Veterans Honor Guard.
The guard Of honor of legionnaires.
In uniform and with department fags,
included tnriu Harry aa,r E; Eo, Smith. E j. LET
gerty, J. H Allen, NJ. ]. Haddick and
A. r. Thompson. william F. Frank
lin. senior vice commander of the Dis
trict Department, was chairman Of
the Memorial day committee and was
a ~ hA
In his prayer concluding the serv-
ices Chaplain Fulton said:
20 God, the Father OF mercies, from
whom cometh every good and perfect
gift, who hast given to this nation
many noble and devoted leaders, we
remember before Thee at this time
the soul OF Thy servant Woodrow
Wilson. We give thanks to Thee for
his Christian faith and life and for
the mighty service Thou didst enable
him to render to his country and to
mankind.
Lifted Standard High.
I'm the hour OF world conflict
when this nation needed leader who
knew the way, Thou didst raise him
up and richly endow him in mind
personality and character; Thou
didst reveal to him our nations high
place Of service in the affairs Of men;
Thou didSt enable him to lift up a
standard OF national leadership.
which, We pray. may never be low
cred.
LAS we stand by his grave we lift
our hearts in earnest prayer for the
peace Of the world, for the concord
Of nations, for the brotherhood Of
man.
"On this day that commentaries
the ascension of our Lord Jesus
Christ to the throne of glory, we
bless Thee for the certainty OF vic
tory to the cause of right and for the
eternal honor Thou dost award to all
those who through faith in Thee give
their lives for justice and truth"
Evening star., 1924-05-30
AMERICANS IN PARIS
HONOR DEAD IN WAR
Legion Members, Reserve Officers
and Others Take Part in
Ceremonies.
TRIBUTE TO FRENCH HERO
Embassy Officials Lay Wreath on
Tomb of Unknown Poilu.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, May 30.-The olive drab
uniforms Of American veterans group
ed about the Arc De Triomphe at
noon brought back to onlookers the
jubilee year after the armistice, when
American troops played so prominent
a part in the celebration Of the Amer
lean national Memorial day in France.
After today's services in the Amer
lean Episcopal Pro-Cathedral and the
American Protestant and Catholic
churches the members Of the Ameri-
can colony, including many reserve
officers spending their holidays here.
gathered at Frances national snrlne
IN order that the Unknown soldier
should not seem to be forgotten ny
his comrades in arms honortng their
own dead.
Two platoons of French infantry
and two Of the Republican Guard
lined the approach to the tomb as
the American Legion'S color guard
advanced and took up a position pc
fore the memorial. Then Sheldon
Whitehouse. counselor of the Ameri-
can embassy, representing Ambassa-
dor Herrick, accompanied by the mill
tary and naval attaches, laid wreath
at the feet Of the sleeping poilu;
Hlio the Va
arms Afterward wreaths from the
American Legion, the American Wom.
ems Club, Golden Gate Post OF
the legion, from California and other
organizations, were deposited on the
shrine.
Capt. Rene EHopital, aide to Mar
shall F'och. presented d wreath on be.
half of the marshal, and a bevy or
generals represented the French gov
ernment and the army, which lent the
famous band Of the Republican Guard
for the pro-cathedral service, at
which the national anthems and the
Dead March, from SAUL" were rem
dered
Rev. Frederick W. Beekman. dean
of tie cathedral. oftlciated at tne
service there, afterWard donning his
old uniform Of a chaplain and leading
the mourning worshipers to the arch
Evening star., 1924-05-30
PERSHING DECLARES
PREPAREDNESS VITAL
Calls Memorial Service Sham
Unless Nation Profits by
Lessons of War.
SPEAKER AT CAMP MERRITT
Attends Dedication of Monument
Erected to Heroes.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CAMP MERRITT. n. J.. May 30
Memorial ceremonies would be a
meaningless sham if the American
people did not intend to profit by the
bitter lessons of the war. Gen.
Pershing declared in a prepared ad-
dress here today at exercises attend
ing the dedication OF a monument
erected in memory Of those who died
at Camp Merritt during the war.
Here, under the stress OF emer-
gency many for the first time had
to learn the most elementary lessons
of obedience" Gen. Pershing said
Here, in few crowded days or
hours, they faced the most trying
concentration of administrative de-
tail and classification under adverse
circumstances But Camp Merritt
was only one example OF the result
of inadequate preparation during
peace to meet the exigencies OF war,
a fact all too forcibly borne in upon
the minds of our troops as time
went on.
Honor, War Heroes.
What must have been the feelings
of uncertainty of these young, un-
trained and untried officers and men
as they wrote their final farewells to
family and friends and bravely set
out on their crusade for civilization
How often must each have wished
for better knowledge Of his duties
and his task.
"AlI honor to these patriotic men,
but shame be upon us as a people for
the serious lack of foresight tnat
during the first year of the war re-
suited in such an utter absence oi
plan or system.
shall we, then, grasp the I'm.
portance of some provision? Shall
we profit by the lessons or all our
wars. lessons most vividly presented
during the world war, still fresh in
our minds? Or shall we continue to
indulge in false hope and vain de-
lusion and allow ourselves to DRIFT
back into the old attitude of inertia!
III we are not to take counsel to-
eether as to the future, then our
meeting here today is meaningless
sham. our sentiments for those we
mourn insincere and we shall be un-
worthy as a people of the heritage
their sacrifices have saved for u.s.
Evening star., 1924-05-30
HONOR HERO GRAVES.
American Veterans Of Hellenic De-
scent Pay Memorial Day Tribute.

The American Veterans OF Hellenic
Descent bowed before the tombs OF
the Unknown Soldier and their Com
rade Dilboy in Arlington and with
brief ceremonies placed wreaths upon
them.
Soterios Nicholson. speaking for the
veterans said: I'VE render the
tribute Of reverence to you and those
that lie with you in these grounds
the martyrs in defense Of the Union
as well as those that have fallen with
you In the great struggle to uphold
the power Of democracy. In the fields
Of duty you have written the history
with your heroic and patriotic ef.
forts: you have recorded your las,
supreme sacrifice for the cause OF
freedom"
Evening star., 1924-05-30

line Of the Garnd Army OF the Repub-
lie led the procession on its short
march. Gray haired and faltering in
step, the last survivors of the gallant
Youths who followed Grant to victory
in '64 carried gamely on. Some lean
ed heavily upon canes. several were
helped along by young men, scant
few marched with something like the
precision that marked their gallant
charge into battle. Two hundred
were in line-just fifty-two less than
answered roll call last year. They
10 assembly in their eternal camp.
The procession moved at half-step
out of Difference to the men of the
Grand Army. Promptly at 10 o'clock
the United States Marine Band
sounded off" playing the familiar
Republic" 1t was a touching con-
trast to the tingling crash of "Over
There" the war tune the Army Band
played as it led the hosts of the
American Legion.
Many Bodies Represented.
Virtually every veteran organiza-
tion of the nations wars since the
strife of 1872 was represented in the
procession. The line of march fol-
lows:
Police escort. Marine Band and the
staff officers of the Grand Army Of
the Republic. Capt John Middleton.
chief marshal: Department Command
er Rriscoe Goodhart, department OFF,
rerS and past department command
ers, Christian B. Dickey of John A.
Rawlins Post; John McElroy of Kit
Carson Post; James H. Perkins of
Lincoln Post; E. c. Grumley of Phil
Sheridan Post: Harry T. Dunbar of
Burnside Post; Walter c. Butler of
Lafayette Post.
The Boy Scout Band, followed by
the United Spanish War Veterans, led
by Department Commander James J.
Murphy, department officers and Off
cial staff and posts 1, 2. 3. 4, s, Z. 9
and 10; the Army and Navy Union,
commanded by Arthur ). Hogan: gar.
Foreign Wars. Lieut.. Kenneth L.
CoontZ, commander; posts Nos. 127,
oS4, APT, S24. 833 and $50; the Ameri-
can Legion, Paul J. McGahan. depart
rnent commander; posts Nos. !, 2, 3.
s. % 1e aa as' !S. s - -; Is - g
and 80.
Other Posts Assigned.
Charles Sumner Post and George Fl.
Thomas Post OF the Grand Army Of
the Republic were assigned to Me-
mortal day duties at cemeteries other
than Arlington and were not in the
procession Arriving at Arlington.
to the tomb OF the Unknown Soldier.
There wreaths were placed upon the
tomb in the name Of every soldier
and sailor who fought for the United
States, whether he fell in the glory
of battle or passed on later.
The touching ceremonies at Arling-
ton were typical of similar services
held in virtually every cemetery in
Washington. Carrying out time.
honored traditions. services were held
at the national cemetery at the Sol
diers' Home, Battle Ground national
cemetery, Congressional cemetery
Holy Rood and Oak Hill cemeteries
Glenwood, Prospect Hill and st
Mary's cemeteries. Mount Olive,
cemetery and Harmony cemetery.
Special services were held by the
individual veteran organizations fol-
lowing the general ceremonial in the
amphitheater under the auspices OF
the Grand Army of the Republic. The
National American War Mothers held
services of their own, and Rev. II. II.
d. Sterrett, formerly chaplain Of the
33d Division, led services held by
the American Legion before the Flan-
ders Cross.