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Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-04
FLASHES FROM.
EVERYWHERE

Los ANGELES, Jan. A.
Plans have been completed for
the staging of the Los Angeles
Poultry show from January 8
through the 18th, according to
an announcement made today by
John d. Roberts, secretary of
the show.
There will be 5000 chickens
on exhibition, including every
American variety.
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 4.-C. A.
Ross, wealthy San Diego and
Los Angeles real estate operator,
was almost instantly killed at
his San Marcos ranch home,
near here, today when his head
was crushed in the flywheel of
heavy pumping engine. Ross
was well known here and in Los
Angeles, at one time holding
large interests in both cities.
WASHINGTON, Jan. ALI
details concerning the govern
merits contract with the Fouke
Company, fur dealers Of st.
Louis, will be brought to light,
Senator Wheeler, Montana,
promised today in predicting
senate adoption of his resolu-
tion for senate inquiry into
J tho contract.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-04
Couple Held For
Trial on Bad
Ch e ok Charge

Mr.. and Mrs. jack Shaw, who
were arrested last week after they
had passed several bad checks on
local business houses, were given a
preliminary hearing before Justice
Mayfield in the FL Centre town
court this morning. Both entered
pleas of not guilty.
Following the testimony of seNe-
raj clerks from local store, where
the couple had obtained merchan-
disc for the checks they offered, the
court ordered the Shaws held for
trial in the superior court, the man $
bail being fixed at $4,000 and the
woman s at $500.
Shaw was arraigned under the
name of Louis lie Laurin, which he
claims is his real name. Mrs. Shaw
is known by several aliases, includ-
ing Ruby Lester and Ruby Weiz-
berger. -
Not being able to furnish bail in
the amount set by the justice court,
they were returned to Jail whore
they have been since their arrest
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-04
FRENzIED HUNT
THROUGH RUINS
FOR MISSING 20
BY United Press Leased Wire

PEKIN, ILL.,, Jan. 4.-Mammoth
cranes and hundreds of men with
picks, crowbars and shovels. hacked
and strained today at the ice-sheath.
ed ruins of the dry starch plant of
the Corn Products Company here in
til" belief that many of the men who
are reported missing since yester-
day S explosion, are buried in the
debris.
Police Chief Mcclure early today
said that his count of the recovered
dead totals eight. This figure is
unofficial.
The missing number 20, Corn Pro-
ducts Company officials estimate.
Through the eight foot wire fence
that encloses the plant, scores of
relatives of the missing maintained.
an all night vigil, The cold was in,
tense, but the grief stricken watch
ers appeared to be Indifferent to
suffering.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-04
Kels Pays Supreme Penalty on ScaffoId Today
dies STOLIDLY
FOR CRIME AS
WIFE COLLAPSES
Months Required for Mrs.
Kels' Recovery From
Shock

FOLSOM PRISON, Calf, Jan. 4.
Alex Kels, Lodi haystack murder
er. went to eternity at 1916 today.
Kels began mounting the fateful
l3 steps to the Folsom prison galIows
at 1905. One minute later the trap
was sprung and in ten minutes and
46 seconds the prison physician pro-
nOunced him dead.
KeIs died like one of the oxen he
knew so well how to butcher-si-
lently, stolidly, uncomplainingiy.
That he took to his death with
him the consciousness of having
committed one of the most horrible
murders in California s crime an
mails, was not apparent from his de-
meanor in the gallows room. He
staggard slightly as he mounted up
the stairs and was carried on up by
the guards.
Most Uncorcerned There
He was calm, the most unconcern
ed, least nervous of the group of
about 40 men who gathered to watch
the legalizcd Staying of q human
being.
Kels dld not die hard, the guards
said who had seen many men die
thus. To the novices III the death
chamber it seemed that he did die
Continued on page A.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-04
BANDIT MURDERS
PASADENA MAN
in COLD BLOOD
Latter Killed Trying to
Protect His
Fiancee
by United Press Leased Wire

PASADENA, Jan. 4.-Squads OF
police and detectives secured the
Eoulevards east of Pasadena today
seeking the notorious "foothiIl ban
dit who shortly after midnight
added another to his long list Of
crimes when he shot down and
killed William jacobson, 26, few
minutes after he had completed
arrangements for his wedding next
week to Miss Ethel Todd, Is. Both
are well known local young peoplo
jacobson was killed when he at
tempted to protect his fiancee, who
vas ordered from his automobile by
with him down the road.
"Leave her alone or I'll knock
YOU down. jacobson shouted at the
masked man, starting to follow him
and the girl.
Without word, the bandit .urn-
cd and fired two shots, one bullet
piercing jacobson s heart and the
other his stomach.
He died in his sweetheart S ;,rms.
The fatal shooting is but another
Of series of crimes during recent
weeks laid to the "foothill ban
dit, working alone, the man has
held up numerous automobiles par
ties and robbed several homes all to
be climaxed by last night S murder,
the most rr&hlcss deed he has thus
far committed.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-04
UNIVER SAL CITY
SUFFERS $250,000
DAMAGE BY FIRE
by United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4.-Sweep
ing through the flimsy. seis on the
big Back Ranch Of Universal
City, the largest motion picture stu
dio in Hollywood, flames early to-
day destroyed stages, properties and
equipment valued at more than
$3.50 900.
Starting from an unknown origin
in the still hours sitter midnight,
the fire had gained great headway
before it was discovered. Barking
of dog in the zoo, aroused by
the cracking and the light awaken
ed studio watchmen, who sounded
IL general alarm. ......
Racing through the big 23Oxl10
foot stage, the fire swept from cx-
istence sets for three serial and
two feature pictures upon which
work was under way, destroyed two
$4,000 generators, scores of small
cr lights and spread into the prop
Crty room.
One Of the greatest items Of loss
was the destruction Of hundreds or
uniforms of Australian guards, Sec
ured by Universal for the filming
of MerIy.Go- Round,' which were
loaned by the Austrian government
under insurance by Lloyds.
Spreading from the stage, the
fire approached the well known Uni
versal New England set, where
many pictures have been taken, and
burned the courthouse to ahc
ground. Other backgrounds near
by were also destroyed.
Manager at Fire
Chief Engineer Arthur Shadur,
Informed of the fire, called his
staff and rushed to Universal City,
as did julius Bernheim, general
manager of the organization.
The fire fighters centered their
efforts to prevent the flames from
spreading to the oil room, contain.
ing hundreds of gallons of fuel oil
and gasoline. Despite their efforts,
the blaze reached the edge of the
structure, but it did not ignite.
The fight to save the oil room
was made the more dramatic be-
cause of the fact that adjoining it
on the other side is located the stu
dio 200, containing "a lions and 50
leopards, elephants, tigers and other
animals, which roared their frigh !,
and attempted 10 break through
their bars to freedom.
Trainers mingled with the ami
lnals, attempting to pacify them,
and fearful of the consequences
should they escape.
The Hollywood fire department,
according to the studio officials,
refused to aid in fighting the
flame, stating that the plant was
without thoir province. A chemical
truck made the run but did not as
sst in fighting the fire, the studio
heads declared.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-04
S. BARES DETAILS OF ARMS SALE
5000 Rifles, 8
Airplanes VIII
Go to Mexico
BY United Press Leased Wire


WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. - The
United States has sold to the OBJ
regon government of Mexico 5000.
Enfield rifles, 100000 rounds of
ammunition and eight DH4 air
planes, Secretary of War Weeks an
nounced today.
The terms of the sale are haH
ecSh and the balance paid in 80
days, Weeks said.
This material is located III part
at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio
Texas and in part at Fort Bliss,
Texas, Weeks added.
Delivery will start within 2l
hours, the Mexic;,n embassy here
having received by wire one half
the amount asked.
Sold Arms Before
The actual financial transaction
VIII be consummMted through the
Guaranty Trust Company, of New
York.
When asked on what precedent
the war department acted in selling
munition to Mexico, Weeks pointed
out that during the present admins
tration arms had been sold to Pana-
ma, Cuba, Nicaragua and Indirect
ly to Mexico through private cor
por"tion. Under the previous ad-
ninistration, sales were made to six
or eight countries, in 1919, he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-04
Utley To Tell
His Side of
Case

A full statement Of his posi-
tion in the present controversy
with the Imperial Irrigation Dis
trict over the matter of sending
a lobbying delegation to Wash
ington, will be given to the news
papers of the valley tomorrow,
District Attorney Ernest r. Ut
Icy stated today.
Considerable comment has been
made on the reported threat of
the district attorney to obtain
an injunction to preveI.S the
departure Of Rev. George A.
Hartman and S. o. Buck as rep
resentatives at Washington of
the American Legion and the
Imperial County Farm Bureau.
The district attorney has dcided
to give his side of the case,
which he states has been consid-
erably garbled in the discussion
that has prevailed this week.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-04
TO LAY BARE
ALL FACTS OF
RUSS REFUSAL


WASHINGTON, Jan. IA cons
plete statement of the administers
tion s reasons for refusing recogni,
.tion to Russia will be made to tn.
senate Monday by Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge, chairman of the Ser
ate Foreign Relations committee
Lodge announced today.
When the Foreign Relations COM
mittee met today to plan its investi-
cation into the Russian recognition
question which was promised b.,
Lodge just before the Christmas
recess, Lodge announced his imten-
ton to lay bare the whole situation,
including the extent of the govern
ment s information concerning Rus
sian propaganda III this country in
Il speech Monday.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-04
HIGHEST FLOODS
in OHIO RIVER
FOR TEN YEARS

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Jan. L.
Flood water of the Ohio, Monon-
gqhela and Allegheny rivers reach
cd danger stage today, inundating
homes of families along ihc river
lowlands of Mckees Rocks Me,
Keesport and the north side.
A stage of 81 feet was reported
at the Point Bridge at It. m, the
highest since the floods of 1913.
The rivers are rising at the rate
of seven inches an hour and tn"
weather bureau here predicted a
stage of % feet by noon today.
The highest in 1913 was 30.4 feet.
CINCINNATI, o., Jan. 4.-Offi-
cials prepared to close the Central
Union railroad station today as ris-
ing waters of the Ohio river threat
ened to inuDdate the tracks,
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-04
COLD WEATHER HELPS
PREVENT DISASTER

MARTINS FERRi, Ohio, Jan. Il,
Freezing temperatures have pre-
vented what otherwise would have
been another Ohio river flood diSas.
ter, river men said here TODAY.
Water OF the Ohio were still ris-
ing today at the rate from one
to two tenths of a foot IN hour.
Reports reaching here from points
down the river as far as Cincinatti
said thousands of persons living in
small towns were preparing to move
to higher ground.
Merchants were removing stocks
out of danger.
Portsmouth reported A. feet. Riv-
cr men set the danger line ut So
fce;.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-04
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WHAT'S DOING

Associated Chambers OF Com
mCrce meet at Brawley tonight.
McCabe Farm Center meet
ing tonight.
Magnolia Farm Center meet
ing tonight.
Woman's Auxiliary of the
Boyce Aten Post meets torsght.
Present Day Club meets at
Mont J. Reid home tonight.
Bible Chautauqua at Tulane
theatre tonight.
Imperial Valley Sciots No. 81
meet tonight at Masonic hall.
'Ponjola' at Palace theatre
tonight.
Brunk's Comedians In .'The
Shepherd Of the Hills corner
Fifth and Olive.
Story hour at library. 10 a,
IN. tomorrow.
p. e. o. meets tomorrow with
Mrs. Charles x. Scott,
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-04
PARIS FLOOD
HAS CHECKED.
OUTLOOK BAD

PARIS, Jan. "A sudden cold
Snap, absence of rain for q hours
and the subsistence of several afflu-
entS of the Seine were believed to-
day to have checked the Paris floods
just as Il general disaster seemed
imminent.
The steady rise of the river, which
has reached the top of the Quai d Or
say parapets THIS morning continued
at slower rate and was expected
to last until Sunday when, if no
further rains occur the waters may
subside.
A flood depth of 81 feet was not
ed at Austerlitz bridge at noon.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-04
DEFEAT MOVE TO
< TAX DIVIDENDS

WASHINGTON, Jan. An eff
fort to impose heavy taxes on stock
dividends was defeated today in the
house ways and means committee.
BY a vote of l2 to IL, the com
mittee rejected an amendment on
the Mellon tax bill, drafted by
treasury experts at the request Of
Representative Rainey, Illinois. The
Democrats voted solidly for the
ment-Rerpresentative Young,
North Dakota, voting with them.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-04
SEVEN SENT TO
HOSPITAL HERE,
AUTO SMASHUP

Seven people, including two
Hindus, their wives and three
children, are a. the u Centre
hospital as the result Of an &C
cident on the Dogwood road
near Mesquite Lake early this
afternoon. None of the lnju-
ries are expected to result fat
ally it was stated by hospital
officials, who had not been able
to obtain the names of the vic
Tins at the time of going to
press, nor could they supply de-
tails of the accident.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-04
VENIZEL0S GOES
BACK TO GREECE
AMID PLAUDITS
by United Press Leased Wire

ATHENS, Jan. 4.-Former Prem
ier Eieutherios Venizelos returned
today to the country that once ban
ished him.
Along the same road which he
traversed, guarded by armed fol-
lowers when he departed from
Greece in 1920, Venizelos came back
to Athens in triumph.
In his first statement after his
arrival, tho former premier said;
81 shall remain until solution
that is based upon the will OF the
nation has been reached.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-04

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4.-That n
flame of Jealous regard flarIng with
in the breasts of Mrs. Edna Burns
and II. A. Greer, employees of Mabe!
Norman, film comedy star, caused
them to plot injury to CORTLAND S.
Dimes, wealthy oil man, in the be-
lief that they were shielding her
from "bad associates was the new
possible motive for Dimes shooting
toward which detectives turned to-
day.
While detectives took up the
ease with renewed activity and
planned to further question Mrs.
Burns and Greer, Miss Normand and
Dimes, occupying neighboring rooms
in local hospital, were both re-
ported improved this morning.
The film player, operated on
Continued on page ~
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-04
Action, Citizens,
IF Boulder Dam
Bill IS to Pass

Imperial Valley is again facet to face ah a crisis.
serpent hyira-headed form, for is
mostm menacing dangers-dsscnso strife within
The valley stake and faces possible dis
aster because Of e bckep and nt;cI strife that has broken
in midst.
be afcnty;n many directions but this is not
the time hang dirty wash the elothesne that all the world
may
Right in the when the goal is almost at hand
when only the last exhauing mile trod bid fair to lose the
high prize spent dollars and of
imeand all through foolharlness.
Enough of
the officially particular
at of
NOW all periods in the
valleys history when should shoulder shoulder at the wheel
md help push Swing johnson acrosst he mark.
spending nearly certainly poor
Imperial Valley all hopc nsurng pros
periy by failure exped probably $4,000 the people of the
and meran canal they should have risen up in holy wrath 10 ere
this and made their wishes the known wait until almost
the day the bill is to be introduced into Congress howl Every
thing should give way now for the cooperative backing OF this measure
which such spendou things hee in the southwest
METHODS
l. largely due the
footing, methods employed rga
ton District for months people object
having their money spent with lavish land if will brine the e
suits they chip
in this community the high
district has ahead arbitrary plans
spent money of intriguing
without taking the trouble consult those who foot the ht
There are charges and counter charges against DFtf eney
of maciousy and purrcly Swing
Jonson bill. la
"h possible cce nave we to get TINS bill across with ndiffer
en or mildly interested law makers back east they hear dvd
de ourselves and the here
the measure? ridiculous toconvert
when there
MORAL EFFECT?
And what of the broken
fight
before that body and their they they
arc not being supported by the folks
We reteratethc thing together, call mass
meeting three necessary, get the whole
hearted expression of endorsement project people them
Flash the to
cast the country let be
ehce depends the this
the Swing johnson bill and willing for the
ultimate good all
Think Mr.. Citizen, II hear from
Later after the Boulder Dam
Sured
soyay bribery,
back two if they have long prob
ably the world will Htte longer get this other bro
job off hands
Then let S tackle the cleaning job we 60 at it, let $
do
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-04
FIND MAN FROZEN
DEAD ON DESERT

SAN BERNARDINO, Jan. 4.
Tho body of an unidentified
man who was found frozen to
death on the desert near Victor
vile, is being held today for
identification by the local cor
oner.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-04

CULVER CITY, Jan. 4.-Two
young robbers, Alfred Hayes,
81, and A. L. Barnes, %, are
in jail here today after holding
up the Chicken Shack" cafe
owned by G. A. Waltrey, and
securing $50.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-04
MISS N0RMAND
and {. s. Dimes
NOW IMPROVED
Dual Personality OF
Chauffeur Looms
by United Press Leased Wire

by United Press Leased Wire
LOS ANGELES, Jan. A.
Awaiting the outcome of the
bullet wound which sent Court
land S. Dimes to the hospital in
a critical condition, the arraign-
ment of Horace A. Greer, his
confessed attacker, was post
poned indefinitely today.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-05-15
Skate Made of Glass

Cinderella's glass slipper bids fail
TO become something more than a
myth, though Cinderella will not now
need a fairy godmother to furnish
her with a coach in which to reach
her home swiftly. Her slippers will
answer the purpose. The present Gin
derella's glass slipper is a skate, Of
which the upper part resembles a slip
per, open behind, with a split "lace-
up" heel cap. The skate is of glass,
hardened by a certain process to the
consistency Of steel. Every part of
the skate is of glass, from the slipper
like upper to the glittering blade. 1t
is asserted that the glass blades are
much more slippery than steel ones
and that they will run almost as
smooth as well over rough, snow-cOv-
cred ice as on a smooth ice sheet, and
also will go easily over inequalities,
twigs and other distractions. They
are made very sharp and are so ex-
tremely hard that it is almost impos-
sible to blunt them. They are I'M
like steel skates in that they never
need grinding and never rust.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-05-15
Light Influences Color

Some curious observations made in
Manchester, England, indicate that
light and temperature may have a
determining influence on the colors
of flowers in different months. The
investigator observed a t%ropaeolum, or
nasturtium plant, which showed three
types of flowers-yellow, yellow with
red markings and claret-colored.
Sometimes one type predominated
and sometimes another. In the off
spring of this plant he noticed that
the ~parti-colored and red flowers oc-
Cured only during fine, hot weather,
in the second week of August, where
as during the cold, wet periods of
July, September and October all the
flowers were yellow. By self-steriliz-
ing the flowers of different cOlors he
found that in the second generation
the color of the parental flower had
no determining effect, and he con-
cludes that temperature and light are
the governing influences.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-05-15
Efficacy of Tar Water

Rev. George Berkeley, bishop OF
Cloyne, was an ethereal philosopher
who set out to undermine the stolid
materialism of his time, and two hun
dred years ago he maintained that
matter cannot be conceived to exist,
the only possible substance being
mind. 1.-THE material world" he said,
sis nothing but a complex of ideas
which come and go with an order and
conference that constitute the law OF
nature"
The good bishop sometimes de-
scended to earth to discuss the simple,
mundane things. He had a curious
obsession regarding the medicinal eff
cacy OF tar water, which vas much
used in his time as a drink beneficial
all human ailments. "Tar water"
the bishop held, "is of a nature so
mild and benign and so proportional
to the human constitution as to warm
heating, to cheer but not in
ebriate.-Detroit News.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-05-15
Blood Money

BLOOD money" was a term applied
in the Middle ages to the money paid
for bloodshed. 1t might be either the
compensation paid by a manslayer to
the nearest relatives of the victim, to
secure himself and his kin from ven.
geance, or the money paid by a man.
slayer for bringing about the death OF
another, directly or through evidence
It was once common among the
Scandinavian and Teutonic peoples
who called this money payment wer.
gild, and the custom still is practice6
in Arabia.
The price varied with the nature OF
the crime and the rank of the victim
Certain crimes, such as the Staying OF
a sleeping person, could not be com
pensated by a money payment; such
criminals were declared outlaws and
could be slain with impunity.
The term is now applied to the re
ward or bribe for giving up a criminal
TO iustice.-Detroit News.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-05-15
Birds Sing Again in
Ancient Pompeii Garden

In the last days of Pompeii a pictur-
esque garden with marble mountains
and frescoed inches was one Of the
adornments of the city.
One entered through a carriage pa
vilion, the high entrance surmounted
by a bell. Across the threshold a court
In white and gold between two rows
of pillars led to the spacious, sloping
terraces, watered by a drowsy brook.
The twitter of a thousand birds com
pleted the pastoral landscape.
Excavators have resurrected this
garden. The lawns are green again,
as they were when Vesuvius erupted,
A. D. 70. A silvery bell again peals
for visitors; the murmuring brook
wanders in through new conduits, and
songsters, descendants of the birds
who were singing about Pompeii more
than 1900 years ago, carol as their
forbears did in the days made famous
by Bulwer-Lytton.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-05-15
What sinaN ame?'
By MILDRED MARSHALL
Facts about your name; its history;
meaning, whence it was derived; sig
nificance; your lucky day, lucky jewel
LULU

d ECENT discussion of Loretta sug-
IN gests Lulu as an interesting
parallel study. Lulu is also the result
of modern spelling. It's correct form
is Loulou, a version which originated,
and is still a favorite in France.
It's popularity is attributed to the
Provencal Lora de Sades, beloved of
Petrarch, whose story is considered
one Of the worlds greatest romances.
She is the lady whose praises are sung
by the great Italian poet in his Rhine"
or sonnets. She is identified with Lora
de Moves, an Avignonese lady who
died of the plague in 1348, and who
was already married to Hughes de
Sades in 1927 when Petrarch is said
to have first seen her.
The romantic nature of the French
caused the name Of the lovely heroine
to find extraordinary vogue IN that
country. However, Lora or Laura is
scarcely e%uphonius to French ears, and
she became Laura, and finally Loulou.
Jet Is Lulu's talismanic stone. 1t is
the symbol of sorrow, but according to
an old superstition, it will protect its
wearer from sorrow, since it has an
almost unique power among gems of
becoming a part of the very body and
soul if guarded with jealous care Fri
day is Lulu's lucky day and 4 her
lucky number.
60 by Wheeler Syndicate. Ins.)