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Imperial Valley press., 1925-04-20
LOCAL GROCER
BADLY HURT IN
DESERT CRASH

James Angel, well known grocer
Of this city, is reported to be rest
ing comfortably today, following
serious injury in an automobile acci-
dent on the Yuma .Holtville high
way few miles west of the sand
hills Saturday night. His son John,
who was with him, escape injury.
Angels ear was stolen the early
part of last week and was recovered
by the police at Yuma. Angel, ac-
companied by his son, went to Yuma
Saturday to get the ear and left for
home around 6 o o'clock towing the
ear behind another one in which
they had driven to Yuma. After
leaving the sand hills they proceed
ed west and were travelling at n fair
clip when ear belonging to J. ID.
Bird of Cotton approached from the
west. Angels son was driving the
ear, and slowed down as he saw the
other automobile approaching. The
driver of the Bird ear evidently mis-
judged his distance, and struck An
gel S car in the left front, breaking
the left front wheel.
The steering wheel evidently pro.
tected John Angel. The force of
the impact threw his father against
the windshield, breaking it, and
tearing n bad cash in the back of
his neck. The injured man blcd pro
fusely and it was feared that he
would die before he could receive
medical attention
Word was sent to FL Centro and
Holtville for assistance, and the in
iured man was rushed here, where
he was attended by Dir. Burger and
later was taken to the hospital.
Owing to the great amount of blood
he had lost. he was extremely weak.
While still weak, it was stated to-
day that Angel is recovering nicely
from the shock and no serious re-
suits are anticipated.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-04-20
SWING REACHES
VALLEY TODAY

Congressman Phil D. Swing ar
rived in FL Centre this morning
from San Diego and plans to re-
main here for n few days in con
nection with various matters which
require his attention.
The congressman was kept busy
today greeting his many acouaint-
anceS around the city. He visited
the Press office in the course of
his trip about the city and express
ed his pleasure at being back home
again, though he admitted that he
would be willing 10 dispense with
the wind which greeted him upon
his arrival here.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-04-20

REVOLUTION
SHORT LIVED
by United Press Leased Wire

LISBON, April 20.-Efficiently
and with comparatively little blood
shed, the Portuguese army today
mQppnd up the last vestige of a
revolution which sprang to life Sat
urdav morning and lasted through
81 hours of musketrv, machine
cunning and erratic artillery fire.
Rebels, recruited from infantry,
cavalry and artillery brigades by
Colonel Filomeno Camara, for the
avowed purpose of restoring normal
order in the government. capitulat-
ed after their stronghold had been
subjected to continuous lombard
ment by loval troops and by the
battlcship Nascadagama.
Street fighting in Lisbon was sew
ere Saturday and during the night,
consisting chiefly of sniping and
duels between parties of rival auto
lists, Casualties are said to have
been severe among the rebels.
The rebels numbered between
5000 and 1000 and prepared for
yesterday s abortive coup d 'etat for
forty days. The leaders are in
prison.
The Portuguese revolution was
aimed against the government of
President Manuel Teixeira Comes.
The latter Il former minister to
Great Britain and popular in Lon
don, became President in 1923. His
supporters are known as "Conser-
vativa Republicans. 1t was the
"Radical Republicans who re-
yolted
Imperial Valley press., 1925-04-20

Orgy
OF Murders Is
Calmly Related
ny United Press Leased wire

ST. PAUL, Neb., April 20.-Mrs.
Emanuel Sorenson, % year old wife
Of Danneberg laborer, and@a para
year DID, Sundayg confessed to
County Attorney Dobrcy that she
had administered poison to. ten per-
sons over period of eight years.
Seven of the victims died.
Two of the children victims were
poisoned "because / had it in for
their mother who gossipped about
me- the written statement said.
Poison was given her husband in
disagreement between them, Mrs.
Sorenson said.
Four of the seven victims were
members of Mrs. Sorenson 5 own
family and two of them in the
family of a ,sistcr-in-law.
Joseph Deldam, her first husband,
died in August, 1922.
On February l3, 1929, her daugh.
yer, Deloris, by her first marriage,
was poisoned on her first birthday,
because she was continually fuss
ing and crying Another of her
children, this ono by her second
marriage, died early this year.
Her mother-in- law, Mrs. Wilhel-
nina Weldam, was poisoned in 1920.
The child of Mrs. w. Cooper, her
sisterin-law, was the first victim
of the paranoiac.
Third Child Receivers
(fliFfavl IN ln m
Zilv, perished at her hand in like
manner in 1929 and shortly thereaf-
ter Bessie Cooper. II third child, be-
ramc violently ill from poison but
recovered.
Ruth Brock, n small daughter Of
l nearby neighbor, was the only
Ipne Of the seven completely out of
he family fold. 1t was she whom
Mrs. Sorenson gave poison in candy
because cher mother didn't take
Proper care Of her.
Condition of the other two who
rceovered was related to the poi
oner.
Mrs. Sorenson "felt sorry for
her infant victims and gave them
1oison ''to end their misery she
old the attorney. One of her own
children was killed because it had
81. Nitus dance, and she wanted to
relieve her suffering'
In the ease of the other two fam
" victims, her second child was
dispatched "becausc il was too
much trouble to care for. - and her
nother.in-law fell victim to the,
mania when she became old aud
feeble, and burden on her young
iaughterin.law g hands.
Investigation of the long series of
Doison deaths started about thrce
weeks ago when two children among
isitors Mt the Sorenson home be-
anne suddenly and violently i'll, but
subsequently, recovered.
Mrs. Sorenson will probably be
AIKEN to the state insane asylum ut
hastings today, having been adj
udged insane late Saturday. No
Prosecution will be made because of
Der mental condition.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-04-20
One BURNS TO
DEATH AS FIRE
LEVELS HOTEL
By United Press Leased Wire

JEROME, Ariz., April 90 One
person was burned to death and
enormous property loss resulted to-
day from Il fire which swept the
little village of Cottonwood, near
here.
The local hotel and 10 other build
ings in the business section of the
town were burned to the ground be-
fore the flames were checked.
G. ii. Brooks, n spiritualist lee
turer of Los Angeles, who had been
holding mass meetings here the past
week, was burned to death when
the hotel was destroyed.
Seven other guests were reported
missing on the first checkup, but
it is believed they escaped from the
fire and that Brooks was the only
casualty.
The fire started in restaurant
owned by Tom Moore, presumably
from an overheated stove.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-04-20
Strong Drink Is
Cause of Several
Being in Court

Too much indulgence in strong
drink over the weekend caused n
number of men to appear before
Judge Whitelaw in the police court
this morning ON charges of drunk
eness.
Included in one group were five
East Side residents who were ar.
rested at dance on the East Side
Saturday night. They gave their
names as c. Back, John Wallace,
Joe Spinola, Paul Spinila and Dimes
Alves. They paid fines of $25 each.
Paul Fills also paid fine of $25
on Il similar charge, while it cost
B. Martinez So more the same of
fense.
Jose Arrellano and L. Torrez,
charged with illegal possession of
liquor were fined $50 with an al.
tentative sentence of so days in Jail
when they proved unable to pay the
fines. r. Adams, also charged with
having liquor in his possession, was
fined $50.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-04-20
BLOOD FLOWING
AT MANY SPOTS.
OUTLOOK CLUM
Revolutions Rage While
Foreign Foes Fought
By Many
By WEBB MILLER,
Omitted Press Staff Corresponf1 eA1t)

LONDON, April 20. - Europe,
with adjacent fostering in North
ern Africa, and the Near East, is
finishing April in the midst OF the
most unsettled period the old world
has known since thu war.
In addition to the blood baths of
Bulgaria and Portugal. France and
Belgium are in the throes of gov
ernmental changes, while Germany
has revived the issue of republican,
ism versus monarchy. Italy is en-
gagged i'll suppressing the Senussi,
while Spain is fighting the Riffs
and Turkey is doing IFS utmost to
mop up the Kurds.
While the Bulgarian government
has its hands full rounding up Com
munists and repressing a white
counter terror that followed the
outrage at the Sofia Cathedral in
which more than $50, including ma
NY women and children, were killed.
it is fairly we'll established that
there is no organized revolution in
that country.
For the moment. the armies of
Spain, Italy and Turkey appear
to have the upper hand in fighting
with their dependents. General
Primo de Rivera, head of Spain's
directory, reported on Sunday that
the situation in Morocco was sat.
isfactory-Spanish troops having
withdrawn II line which they are
able to defend against the Riffs.
LONDON, April 20 White
terror" of reprisal against Com
munists for the Cathedral outrage
has sprung up in Bulgaria. the
Times Sofia correspondent cables.
Pesides rounding up Reds, = one
thousand of whom have been ar
rested the Bulgarian government
has had to combat the activity of
male relatives of men and women
and children who were blown to
pieces or crushed in the Cathedral
disaster@s
Imperial Valley press., 1925-04-20
WHAT'S DOING

code of the West at Val
ley theater tonight.
Vaudeville bill at Palace the
alter tonight.
Realty Board meets tonight at
high school.
Y. M. G. A. meets tonight at
high schoos gymnasium.
Free and A. M. No. 384 meets
tonight.
U. C. T. auxiliary meets at
home of Mrs. william Wright,
734 Broadway tonight.
Mrs. Hurltcrt's Bible class
meets at home of Mrs. Duke
Johnson tomorrow.
Arts and Crafts section meets
tomorrow at 2 o'clock in tea
room of club house.
Emmanuel Circle Of Baptist
church meets at church tomor-
row.
Salvacron Army drive for
funds tomorrow.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-04-20
Baby Dies at
Home of Parents

Lucille Mcclure. year old daugh-
ter of Mr., and Mrs. James Mcclure,
died suddenly yesterday afternoon
at the family home 4l9 Magnolia
street, of cOnvulsions. The little
on, died shortly after DR.. Kiskad-
den, who had been summoned in
the case, arrived, and before any
thing could be done to save her.
The body was removed to the
funeral pallors of b, f. Lemons.
Arrangements for the funeral have
not yet been completed.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-04-20
PACIFIC MAIL
LOSES FIGHT
by United Press Leased Wire


WASHINGTON, April 20.-The
Pacific Mail Steamship company to-
day lost its fight to prevent the sale
of the five government President
type ships now operated by it to the
Dollar line when Justice Hitz in
District Of Columbia supreme court
dismissed its injunction suit.
After first announcing that the
temporary injunction granted the
company on April 3 would be dis
solved immediately, IIitz agreed
upon appeal by counsel for the Pa
cific Mail 10 continue it in force
until Wednesday to permit them 10
note an appeal to the higher courts.
Counsel for the Pacific Mail i'm
mediatelv noted an appeal
Unless higher courts intervene, the
sale of the ships to the Dollar in
terests now may be consummated.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-04-20
SHORTEST WILL ON
RECORD is FILED

SAN FRANCISCO, April 90
Iugh Gallagher of Pueblo, Colo,
vill receive $4,000, the entire estate
+ his brother, James Gallagher of
'an Francisco, in one of the short
| st wills on record here.
"In ease Of death l Eeave all my
honey to my brother, Hugh Gallag-
er, Pueblo, Colo, was inscribed
IL the fly leaf of a memo book,
.Ied for probate by the public ad-
ninistrator.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-04-20
LEAPS TO DEATH
IN PARACHUTE
By Emitted Press Leased Wire

Hy United Press Leased Wire
TULSA, Okla, April POD. y.
kohle, 81, leaped to his death in a
parachute of his own making here
late Yesterday. Kohle, testing the
parachute for the first time, jumped
from plane at an altitude of 1900
feet. The parachute failed to open
and Kohle crashed TO the ground
before a crowd of spectators.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-04-20
...'..|.||..I BOX.
ORE. J

Major league baseball results
April 20.
National-At Cincinnati
Pittsburgh Sc. 001 0lO Gilt o l
Cincinnati see. 600 600 02O-2 Z a .
Meadows and Gooch; Rixey, J..
May and Hargrave.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-04-03
AIR DEFENSE

The aviation row stirred up in the army and navy
is all right far publicity is concerned because it
arouses interest in important question. But 1t IS
unfortunate in arousing bitter antagonisms, shifting
interest from politics to personalities, and obscur-
ing the issue
Whether or not there should be separate control
for branch of the national defense that army and
navy both must probably question for experts
rather than aymen, although it is well known that
some of the leading air powers do have centrallzed
control, and are successful with it,
Perhaps what is really needed in this country IS
centralized control of the entire national defense, with
the army and navy made equal branches of one great
department of defense This also is done by other
military powers. 1t would make the creation OF sep
arate branch of air defense easier matter
Such unificaton has been urged for many years
and was favored by President Harding but was given
up presumably because of the reluctance OF the
army and navy departments to surrender authority as
seems be at the bottom Of their present objection 20
a separate aviation department.
One thing is sure, in the judgment of the public at
least This is that aircraft and airmen are going to
play an immensely larger part in future warfare ana
national police work than they have played IN the
past Wherefore the rational procedure is 10 expert
ment increasingly, build aircraft and develop flyers
regardless of the official machinery by which the thing
is accomplished until such time the powers agree to
limit air armament.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-04-03
NElNORIZED POETRY

The old fashioned recitation programs and rhe-
torcas in grammar schools and high schools are beng
replaced in the modern school by more elaborate al
fairs such pageants and dramas The annual pro
ducton of school play is undoubtedly valuable 1t
helps pupplayers to speak we'll and act WELL and it
NAV help to raise the general standard of speaking
But it leaves good sized group in the class without
this special and valuable training
An English educator urges that all through the
school years. from the early grades up through hlgn
school, there should be much reading aloud memorlz-
ing and speaking of extracts from good English prose
.-Srd verse.
Little children love to learn and rece pieces and
if the teacher makes wise selections 1t IS more than
likely that the child will go on voluntarily learning
for himself whole poems and bits of that partlc
ulary appeal to him.
1t would be valuable to keep this JOY in memorlz-
ing and in appreciation of the music of spoken poetry
as the child grows older. There would be far less
chance spelling the literary classics for school child
rem if this done and far chance that the pu
nils would like instead of hate their English courses
The worst thing about the present mania for writ
ing autobiographies is the publishers deluson that
they're all worth five dollars
Imperial Valley press., 1925-04-03
REGULATE SIZE OF GUNS

The latest tragic double Staying in our midst
brings back again to the crying evil that has Of
ten been brought to our attention-the promscuous
and general sale OF firearms There should be, and
there will be eventually, some systematic method of
regulating the sale of guns. AS things now are every
Tom Dick and Harry the land over may purchase q
gun, and thereby hangs many of the heart-breaking
tragedies that beset US Many who has suffered
an ignomnious death the scaffold would be alive
today if it had been made difficult for him to
possess gun
In the heated moment of passion when sane rea-
sonng has flown, how easy it is to pull little trigger
if the trigger is within reach Of ones finger.
If weapon available, how often murder
would be averted by the simple process Of cooling
down-for if has to trudge off to beg, borrow or
steal gun, with which to wreak revenge the white
heat Of anger is liable to simmer down and the monen-
tary desire to say replaced by sober thought
Heaven speed the day when the sale of firearms
will be strictly and earnestly regulated by lawlt
will prove of the solutions to our ever-mountng
murder toll.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-04-03

sworn according to law, deposes and
says that he is the business mana
ger, of the Imperial Valley Press
and that the following is, to the
best of his knowledge and belief, a
true statement of the ownership,
management, circulation, etc, Of the
aforesaid publication for the date
shown in the above caption, requir-
ed by the Act of August "a, 1912,
embodied in section 443, Postal
Laws and Regulations.
l. That the names and addresses
of the publisher, editor, managing
editor, and business managers are:
Publisher Imperial Valley Press,
Inc, Ell Centre, Calf.
Editor, Mrs. G. V. Eastman, Ell
Centre, Calf.
Managing Editor, none.
Business Manager, w. c. Costel-
10, FL Centre, Calf.
2. That the owners are:
Imperial Valley Press, Inc, Ell
Centre, Calf.
Ross L. Hammond, Riverside,
Calf.
II. w. Hammond, Riverside, Calf
c. w. Barton, San Bernardino,
Calf.
Riverside Daily Press, Riverside,
Calf.
Press Printing & Binding House,
Riverside. Calf.
w. c. Costello, FL Centre, Calf.
8. That the known bondholders,
mortgages, and other security hold
ers owning or holding per cent
or more of total amount of bonds,
mortgages, or other securities are:
None.
4. That the two paragraphs next
above, giving the names of the own
ers, stockholders, and security hold
ers, if any, contain not only the
list of stockholders sand security
holders as they appear upon the
Imperial Valley press., 1925-04-03

books cf the company but also, in
cases where tae stockholder or se-
curity holder appears upon the
book of the company as trustee or
i'll any other judiciary relation, the
name of the person or corporation
for whom such trustee is acting, is
given; also that the said two para
graphs contain statements embrace
ing affiant's s full knowledge and
belief as TO the circumstances and
conditions under which stockholders
and security holders who do not
appear upon the books of the COM
pany as trustees, hold stock and Sc
curities in a capacity other than
that of bona fide owner; and this
affiant has no reason to believe that
any other person, association, or
corporation has any interest direct
or indirect in the said stock, bonds,
or other securities than as so stated
by him.
8. That the average number of
copies of each issue of this publ
cation sold, or distributed, through
the mails. .lori otherwise, to paid sub
scribers during the six months pre-
ceding the date shown above is
1900.
w. G. COSTELLO.
Business Manager.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 3lst day of March, 1925.
MAUD b. SCHOFIELD,
Notary Public.
(My commission expires Aug.
20, 1920 (SEAL)
Imperial Valley press., 1925-04-03

Nothing feels as crazy as a new
straw hat.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-04-03
10 JAILED AFTER
RIOT AT ANTI
SOVIET MEETING
BY United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES. April 3.-Ten
alleged radicals including four wo-
men, were ja2,d lere today follow
ing a rot at Labor Temple between
Communists and heir enemies.
Tine outbreak occurred during an
2ntl~Sovict me ting addresse ,bv
Raphael Abramovich who delivered
a TRADE on the Evils of Com
munism and Soviet Russia.'
The prisoners were charged with
disturbing the peace.
rw1lty five members of the Ra.
dical squad of he police department
were present at the meeting and
probably prevented tIrther out
breaks.
Abramovieh, Russian exile, had
been warned before the meeting
that he would be killed on the plat,
form Z he attempted to deliver his
address.
More than 1000 members of the
jewish Socialist verdant iammed
the hall to hear Abramovich speak.
The speaker had barely started his
address when the demonstrations
began.
More than score Of heeklers
were ousted from .,he hall by spe
cial squad of police which had /, sen
assigned to protect the speaker.
Towards the close of the meeting
the demonstrations developed into ii
free -for-all fight.
Women played a prom:aen. part
in the disorders. attacking the of
ficerS with their fingernails and
hatpinS.
One of the women arrested was
attired in Il flaming red sweater,
and caused considerably annoyance
to Officers wsi.h her hatpin before
she was subdued.
The prisoners, according to police,
are members of the communist par
ty, and gathered to prevent DR..
Abramovich S asserted expose of
conditions in Russia under Soviet
rule.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-04-03
Market Report
(Continued from pape II


weak. Calif-3hs-5s mostly As
2.50.2.75, some inferior decayed low
as 2.25.
SAN FRANCISCO: 49o raining.
CaHT arvd, II broken, ? unbroken
cars on track. Supplies liberal, de
mand and trading SLOW, market bare
ly steady. lmperial-large sizes
l.i5-2.0O, smaller 1.25-1.50. Local
dry L00-1.25.
NEW YORK: IA clear. II Calf
10 S Car, n Car equivalent , n
Car and / S c ar by express arvd,
Supplies liberal, demand limited,
market dull for western stock de-
mand moderate, market about
steady for southern stock. Imperial
some ordinary condition few
wasty, 3s-5s> 2.25.275 mostly 2.25
80 few high as 800, special marks
3.25-5.50, ordinary quality and con-
dition some wasty l.502.00, 6s best
l.15-2.0O lew higher, poorer low as
l.J0.
ST. LOUIS: - cloudy. Calf
arvd, IL ON track. Supplies mod
crate, demand and trading slow,
market dull. Calif-3s 30, 312s
2.75-5.25 mostly 2.75-3.00, leafy tip
burned LIS, Is 2.75-3.25 mostly 800
leaIy tip burned l.75, IS 3.U0-3.25
mostly 500 leaty tip burned l.75.
BALTIMORE: Can't, l S Car
arvd, 9 on track. Express receipts
moderate. Closing Thursday, sup
plies moderate, demand moderate,
market about steady. Imperial
o12s 5.25, Is mostly $50.
BOSTON: So clear. 6 Calf arvd
10 on track. Supplies moderate, de-
mand limited, market weaker. I'M
Imperial Valley press., 1925-04-03
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
April g. 1910

Mrs. C. E. Paris and daughter,
Miss Marjorie Paris, have come
down from the coast to spend the
spring carnival season in FL Centric.
Miss Mildred Webster has come
from Ponca City, Oklahoma, to
spend the summer at the home of
her uncle, II. c. Webster of Calex-
leo.
E. w. Sherman, manager of the
National Lumber Company, has
been appointed city trustee to fill
the vacancy caused by the resigna-
tion of c. w. Waite.
w. D. Conser, one of the pioneer
merchants of Imperial has taken
his son, Otto D. Oonser into partner
ship and the firm henceforth will
be known as w. d. Conser and Son.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-04-03
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