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Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-20
MEXICALI OPENS
ITS TELEPHONE
EXCHANGE TODAY

At twelve o clock todayI Me
Mexicali telephone exchange~was
cut into service by the Lower Cali
fornia Telephone Company, witness
ed by Manuel Barbachano, president
of the company, r. M. Lacarra, sec
retary, NJ. Sloper, manager of the
MexicaIi exchange, and officials of
the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
Company. The cut places 400 sta
tions into service, and will be
available to the long distance lines
of North America.
The exchange was officially op-
ened when Governor Rodriguez talk
ed with the Mexican Consular Cen
ed Senior Papia at New York CT.
ty. Mr.. Barpachano also talked to
the consular general. A second call
was placed by II. C. Lauderback to
F.. A. Stevenson, vice president of
the American Telephone and Tele-
graph Company at New York. j.
l.. Adams, connecting company
agent for tho Pacific Telephone
Company also talked on this call. A
thHd call was placed by w. T. Chris
tian, district manager and plant
chief of the Pacific Company III
Imperial Valley, to his brother Rev.
Lewis +. Christian. pastor of the
Trinity NJ E. Church at New York
City. Mr.. Lacarra and Mr.. Sloper
called Chicago, San Francisco, Los
Angeles, and various other cities
throughout the United States. A
banquet at tho Climax cafe followed
the ceremonies.
j. f. Mannocci, division traffic
superintendent of the Pacific Com
pany. assisted by w. Z. Stokes,
traffic superintendent of this dis
trict, supervised tho completion of
these calls.
The MeXicali Exchange is the
second put into service by the Low
er California Telephone Company.
Tho Tijuana exchange was cut into
service some months ago, by the
same company.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-20
THREE DEPORTED
BACK TO MEXICO

Cruz Gilbert, Louisa Montana and
Carlos Castro, arrested several
weeks ago by immigration inspect
ors, were deported at Mexicali to-
day. They have been confined at
the county jail since their arrest.
The first named was witness
Monday at San Diego against Fe-
lipe Sequerez who was sentenced to
IS months in a federal prise for
bringing her to this country from
Mexico for immoral purposes. The
other two were charged with enter
ing the United States illegally.
Roman Saurez, Spaniard, is also
held at the county jail awaiting de-
portation proceedings. He was ar
rested Sunday at Westmorland by
Inspectors Woods and Floud. At
first Saurez claimed to have been
in the United States for the past
nine years, but is said to have ad-
mitted later that he is recent ar
rival here.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-20
STORMS SWEEP ENTIRE STATE
CHILDERS FILES
MOTIONS In THE !
DIRECTORS CASE
Grand Jury's Charges
Are Up For Action
Tomorrow vi

Motion to set aside the accusa-
tions of malfeasance in office. made
by the grand jury, were filed by
Attorneys Swing and Finney with
the county clerk this morning. in
behalf of Mark Rose, Earl c. Pound
and Ira Aten, directors of the I'M
perial Irrigation District, against
whom the accusations were made
just previous to the discharge of
the grand jury three weeks ago.
The motions stated that they
would be offered in the SUPERIOR
court tomorrow, as soon as the at
torneys for the defendants could
be heard.
Attorney Harry w. Horton and
his activities as special prosecutor
for the grand jury, is made the
basis for the motions which allege
the following:
O) That Attorney Horton had
personal interest i'll the filing of
the accusations.
CD That Horton has acted az
attorney for the plaintiffs i'll sew
eral suits brought against the di-
rectors and the Imperial Irrigation
District
CD That Horton was disquali-
fled from acting as special prosecu-
tor ON. account of bias, prejudice
and personal interest, and should
only have been allowed to appear
before the grand jury as a wit.
ness,
"a That the rights of the de.
PENDANTS were seriously prejudiced
by the appearance of Horton befora
the grand jury.
Affidavits attached to each OF
the three motions filed in behalf
of Rose, Aten and Pound, assert
that Horton solicited their aid in
1928 when new attorney was to
be appointed for the Imperial Irri.
CATION District, and informed them
he wished no receive the appoint.
ment. Each of the directors men.
toned advised him that they could
not promise him their support and
the charge is then made that Hor.
ton asserted he would gat the ap.
pointment IN spite of them.
Failing to ba made attorney for
the district. Rose, Aten and Pound
allege in the affidayits that Horton
has sought at every opportunity to
hamper and embarrass their ad.
ministration and has been attorney
for the plaintiffs in several suits
filed against the district, and that
in only one of these, the Farley
water case, has he been successful.
and this case involved no question
of the jurisdiction of the directors.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-20
BURRITT ALLEN
DIES IN PASADENA,
WELL KNOWN HERE

His many friends here and
throughout the valley will be
shocked and grieved to hear of
the death of Burritt S. Allen
at the home of his parents in
Pasadena last night.
Mr.. Allen was a prominent at
torney in FL Centro for several
years, and his wife was active
in club and social circles. The
family removed from the valley
more than year ago, to bene-
fit Mr.. Aliens health, since
which time they have been liv-
ing in Pasadena. A son and a
daughter survive, besides his
wife, parents and sister, Miss
Eleanor, who was active in
newspaper circles in Hcltville
and Brawley.
Mr.. Allen had been IL at the
Banning hospital for some time
and was moved recently to Pas
adena.
The funeral will be held on
Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock
from the home of his parents,
35 North Broadway, Pasadena.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-20
Shriners Comm e
Through Valley
In Big Numbers

Ten trains of Shriners, travelling
from southern and midwest points
to the annual convention at Los
Angeles, will pass through FL Cen
tro the latter part of next week,
according to schedule received at
the local office of the San Diego
and Arizona railway today.
The Shrners will go from here
to San Diego via the San Diego
and Arizona, and thence to Los An
geles to attend the convention. The
first train will arrive here on May
20. Another one is scheduled to
pass through on the 80 and ON May
81 there will be eight trains.
The fact that so many strangers
will see Imperial Valley will give
a great deal of publicity TO this
community and the railroad COM
pany is taking steps to see that they
are plentiluly supplied with litera-
ture that will give them facts and
information ON Imperial Valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-20
ZONE MEETING,
KIWANIANS TO
Be HELD HERE

Several prominent members of the
Kiwanis club are expected III this
city to attend a zone meeting of
Zone No. 6, which will be held at
the Barbara Worth hotel tomorrow
night at O clock.
Among those who are to be here
are Charles Rinehart of San Diego,
lieutenant governor of Zone No. g.;
Herbert Winder, past district COVER
nor of the district em,.fac.hg Cali
fornia and Nevada; w. o. Harris of
San Bernardino, lieutenant governor
of Zone No. 10.
Zone No. 6 comprises the XII
wants clubs in San Diego, Escon-
dido, Brawlev and FL Centre and
every member of the Kiwanis clubs
in these cities is urged to be present
at tomorrow meeting, when sew
eral matters of importance to this
zone will be taken up.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-20
Only 16 Carloads
Left Valley
Yesterday

Captaloupe shipments still con-
tinue to move slowly from I'm
perial Valley, and with the cold
wind prevailing today, further
delay in making heavy ship
ments is anticipated, according
to G. w. Runge, Of the Southern
Pacific company.
Yesterday 16 carloads were
shipped from the valley, II 60
ing from Erawley, and two each
from Westmorland and Ell Gen.
tro. Ten of the cars went for
ward by express and six by
freight.
The total shipments thus far
amount to 80 cars. When the
season opened two weeks ago,
it was anticipated that several
hundred cars would have been
shipped by this time, but the
cold weather has prevented the
cantaloupes from maturing as
rapidly as was expected.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-20
Wettest Month
OF May Kn0Wn
In Bay Section
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IS LOS ANGELES, May 20.--Cloudy
and unsettled weather prevailed
generally over Southern California
today, and light showers were re-
ported from scattered points.
Further rains were forecast by
the weather bureau for tonight, with
generally fair weather tomorrow.
Heavy rains and thunderstorms
visited some sections of the south
land yesterday and last night. At
San Bernardino and Riverside the
most severe electrical storms in
years were reported.
Il San Bernardino reported fall
of "a inch, and go inch was regis.
tered at Riverside.
Total precipitation at Santa Bar
bara since $3.50 o o'clock last night
was Lao inches, of which half an
inch fell between 6:l0 and Gas
this morning. This brought the to-
tai for the season at Santa Barb
ara TO 12.l4 inches, as compared
with 6.36 last year.
The storm yesterday and last
night caused considerable damage
TO power lines and stations in the
kSan Bernardino Valley. Lettuce,
Gay and grain crops also suffered
IN some sections.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-20
Hens Are Busy :
In Laying Race

SANTA CRUZ. Calf, May 2o.--
Eggs is eggs or eggs are
eggs which ever way YOU like
hut the hens are laying lots Of eggs
in the California farm bureau egg
laying contest here.
In the light pullet class. the W.
H. Marshall pen of Santa Cruz held
high honors for last month with an
aggregate of 245 eggs, it was dis
closed by the April report on the
contest.
The heavy pullet division honors
went TO @. A. Anderson Of Santa
Cruz, whose birds produced eli eggs.
The boys and girls club divi-
sion for April vert to the Napa
County Pullet Raising club, their
pen producing $50 eggs.
The Humboldt Poultry farm of
Loleta topped the two.year contest
entries with l2l eggs for the month.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-20
MINNESOTA MAN
FOUND DEAD ON
MORNING TRAIN
Minneapolis Architect Is
Victim of Heart
Disease

Louis L. Long, well known ar
chitect of Minneapolis, Minnesota,
was found dead on the San Diego
and Arizona train due in this city
at $40 this morning.
According to the train crew, the
porter on the ear in which Long was
travelling called him several times
without getting any response. Upon
coming into this country from Mex
leo, it was found that Long had
died sometime during the night.
Coroner Lemons was notified and
met the train in this city, removing
the body to his funeral parlofs.
Long was about so to 50 years
old, and apparently was well to do.
His ticket showed his destination
to be La Jolla, and the authorities
in that city were advised by Cor
oner Lemons, in an effort to locate
possible relatives or friends there.
Identification was established by
papers found on Longs person.
The train crew, questioned brief
ly at the station, reported that no
disturbance had been heard in the
vicinity of Longs berth and it is
believed he died of heart disease.
An inquest on the case is to be
held pending the arrival of the Pull
man conductor and porter in this
city from San Diego, which will
probably not be before tomorrow.
Authorities at Minneapolis have
also been notified of Longs death,
and were asked to notify his family
there. Long was travelling alone
and had several grips and a golf
outfit with him, these being taken
in charge by the coroner.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-20
StOrk Is Faster
Traveller Than
Grim Reaper
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by United Press Leased Wire
SACRAMENTO, May 90
The stork travels four lives an
hour faster than the Grim Reap
er in California, figures releas-
ed by the state board of health
today show.
The immigration rate of
babies is one every six minutes
while every ten minutes death
takes away one of the citizens.
In 1925 the baby crop will ex-
ceed the number of deaths by
30,149. today's estimates show.
In 1924, s6,89e. native sons and
daughters were added to the
population.
Carrying this figure down
through a number of divisions,
the chart shows 238 babies per
day or ten an hour, which is one
every six minutes.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-20
Rooms To Let
At County
Jail

At the present time there are
80 inmates at the county jail,
which is the lowest mark re-
corded at that institution since
last Thanksgiving, according
to records. The winter months
saw a high mark of IT'S inmates
established early in January,
when every available inch of
room was jammed with prison.
ers, taxing the capacity of the
Jail to the utmost.
indications are that from
now on the JAIN population will
be unusually small, activities
during the warm months being
at their lowest ebb.
The fact that the number Of
inmates is getting down to
point where they can be handled
efficiently is pleasing to the jail
officials, who have been kept
ON edge for several months past,
trying to place such a large
number of inmates in the limit
ed capacity allowed them.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-20
One DEAD, One
HURT IN CRASH
By United Press Leased Wire

POMONA, Cal, May 20.-Jaek
/ Stone, Los Angeles police officer,
4 was killed outright, and Miss AIDE
4 line Palomares, Los Angeles, ser
iously injured today when their
*ant omobile skidded and crashed in
NO tree at Walnut station, near
here.
! Persons who witnessed the crash
aid Stone was driving at a fast
rate OF speed. His body was taken
&o the Todd and Reeves undertak-
ng parlors.
MI Miss Palomares was taken to the
II Pomona valley hospital. She sus,
tanned = a broken collar bone and
i severe body bruises.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-20
Immigrants Sent
800 Million To
Europe in 1924
BY United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, May 20,-Immi-
grants in the United States annually
send more than $300,000,000 in
American money to friends and rel
atives in the country of their ori-
gin, it was estimated by the depart
ment of commerce today.
This export of immigrant money,
derived from wages and other forms
of gain in this country, forms one
of the considerable items in the an
nual import and export balance.
Estimates of the department show
ed that during 1924 immigrants re-
mitted $100,000,000 to Italy; $780,
100000 to Germany; $30,000,000 to
Poland; S25,000,000 to Russia, and
$20,000,000 each to Greece and Ire.
land.
Remittances during 1924 totalled
$350,000,000, but during the same
period arriving immigrants were
estimated to have brought $46,000,-
600 of their own money into the
country.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-20
WHAT'S DOING

lone Crowded Hour and
odar, the magician, at Palace
theater tonight.
Lady of the Night at the
Valley theater tonight.
Chamber of Commerce direc-
tors meet tonight, 7:S0.
City Council meets tonight.
Prayer Meeting at Churches
tonight.
Boy Scout executive meet
ing tomorrow at noon, Barbara
Worth hotel.
Rotary luncheon tomorrow
noon, Barbara Worth hotel.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-20
AUTOIST DIES
AT WHEEL, CAR
ON RAMPAGE

Los ANGELES, May o0.-Edgar
Collier, 6S, died suddenly from heart
disease while driving his auiomo-
bile ON crowded downtown thor
oughfare here today. The driver,
less machine swerved from the
street, struck down Miss Dolores
Aremo, is, pedestrian, and crash
ed against an office building Mrs.
Collier, who was riding with her
husband, was badly bruised. Miss
Aremo suffered broken leg and
cut and bruises.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-20
WITNESS MISSING.
in GERM TRIAL
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CHICAGO. May 2o.-Scores of
police officers searched the loop
this afternoon for Robert White,
missing prosecution witness in the
Shepherd "germ murder' ease. Re-
ports to States Attorney Robert E..
Grove were that White is being
held in a loop hotel by agents of
the defense.
Grove received the report of
White s presence in tho city from
a local newspaper, which claims to
have located him.
In the meantime Grove convened
the grand jury to present evidence
on White s. disappearance which oc-
cured last Friday. Grove said he
would seek indictments but refused
to tell who would be named.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-20
ny United Pres. Leased Wire

SACRAMENTO, May %0.-Hea.
Wy rains which started falling here
during the night today threat ehed
ITO cause a postponement of the
annual parade OF the Grand Army
4 of the Republic.
The parade was to have been
Started at 10 a. m. today with Gov
eynor Friend w. Richardson in the
yeviewing stand Hundreds of "'boys
In blue' gathered here at the an
nnal encampment were scheduled
I'd march. ft.
The gay bunting and hundreds of
1fags hung listless in the steady
Qownpour few hours before the
barade was scheduled to start and
rho local weather bureau declared
there was no indication of n letup.
NJ The encampment ends Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-20
AN UNUSUAL MAY

SAN FRANCISCO, May 90
With the possibility of additional
showers this afternoon, record
breaking rains will give way to fair
weather tomorrow, according to the
forecast of the United States wealth
or bureau office here.
May has been the wettest month
In San Francisco since 1850 when
first weather reports were recorded.
The precipitation for the month to
date is 3.9l inches. The seasonal
Jall of 1886 inches is the heaviest
h 35 years.
Rainfall measurements for "a
hours ending this morning were:
San Francisco "a, San Luis Obs
po 2.40, Santa Barbara 140. Paso
Robles l.35, Fresno .s4, Eureka sc,
Riverside sc, Sacramento %, San
Bernardino "a, San Jose go, Stock
ton, 90 and Santa Rosa SO.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-20
FRESNO STUDENT
is GIVEN CHIDING
ny United Press Leased Wire

FRESNO, May 20,-short skirts
and rolled hose, particularly when
they expose the bare knees, have
been declared taboo by authorities
of Fresno high school.
The edict was proclaimed after
a girl student was sent home to
change her dress. School authori
ties said she was exposing too much
hosiery.
Excessive use of rouge and lip
stick was also scored III an official
announcement to girl students.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-20
STORM DOES
/ MUCH DAMAGE
PASO ROBLES

By United Press Leased Wire
PASO ROBLES, Cal, May
20.-Thousands Of dollars in
damages resulted in and around
Paso Robles today from
cloudburst.
Houses in Peachy canyon were
washed from their foundations
and an automobile and garage
were rolled half mile down
the canyon.
No lives were lost, although
many were in peril.
The rainfall was one inch in
twenty minutes.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-20
ARKANSAS APPLE
CROP IS.LIGHT
By United Press Leased Wire

SPRINGDALE, Ark, May co.
The juicy Winesap apples, famed
for their delicious taste with pop
corn in front of the fire in winter,
will be scarce next fall. likewise,
the crop of all apples grown in the
apple district of Arkansas will be
light.
The apple crop of the state will
be the lightest in many years, in
the opinion of most apple growers.
The old reliable Ben Davis apple
is practically the only variety that
showed an abundant bloom. Among
the varieties showing light bloom
were Jonathon. Grimes Delicious
and Transparent.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-20
At Cleveland
At Chicago
GAMES TODAY

National
Chicago at New York, clear.
Pittsburgh at Brooklyn, clear.
Cincinnati at Boston, clear.
St. Louis at Philadelphia, clear.
American
New York at Cleveland, clear.
Boston at Chicago, cloudy.
Washington at Detroit, clear.
Philadelphia at st. Louis,
lear.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-20
WatchfuI Waiting
For Young Tanko
BY United Press Leased wire

SAN FRANCISCO, May 90
Police here settled down today to
watchful waiting' in the hunt
for Joe Tanko, escaped San Quen-
tin murderer and desperate.
Declaring identification as Tanko
of man who forced Chester O.
Buntley Monday night to drive him
to the Latin quarter was not con
elusive, Captain of Detectives Dun
can Matheson said he was econ
vinced 'Tanko was not in the city.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-20
PROFITS DECREASE
N FRANCISCO, May

z san FRANCISCO, May 2O.-De-
creased profits for 1924 were re-
ported today by the Stockton Elec-
tric Railroad company, operating in
Stockton, to the state railroad com
mission. It's 1924 operating reve-
nue. was $311, ,93O.79, with gross cor
porate income of $3O,744.S9. In 1923
the figures were 1895, ,484.3S and
S35.232 100.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-20
BODY OF MURDERED
M AN FOUN d B Y
RUM ROW CHASER
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CLIFTON, N. Y, May 20.-The
body of an unidentified man. who
evidently had been murdered, was
picked up in rum row by rum
chaser No. l84, 4 member of the
dry navy.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-20
At Boston

Cincinnati 200 009 0o2-15 Is .
Boston 042 600 101- s IA 5
RiXey, Enton, Sheehan and Win.
go, Douglas; MarQuard, Graham,
Ryan. Batchelder, Benton and
o Neil, Siemer.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-20
At Brooklyn

Pittsburgh $50 1o2 030-12 % 8
Brooklyn 001 100 001- 3 2
Kremer and Smith; Petty, Os-
borne, Hubbell, Greene and Taylor,
Hargraves.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-20
At Philadelphia

st. Louis 100 40 l00-4 II 3
Philadelphia 200 l01 13x-S IL .
Dickerman, Sherdell and Con
zales; Knight, Day and Wilson,
Schmidt.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-20
BOX. i.
SCORE
NATIONAL
AT New York

Chicago 000 000 1901 s 0
New York 500 600 03x-6 7 3
Blake, Keen and Hartnett; Barnes
and Snyder.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-20

The London zoo has mice smaller
than bees, which may look as big
as horses to some women.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-20
AMERICAN

At Detroit
Washington 600 001 200-3 IL 0
Detroit 900 020 14x-7 10 l
Ruether, Russell and Ruel, Tate;
Leonard, Dauss and Bassler.
At Cleveland
New York 600 430 10l- Q II >
Cleveland 110 40 006-l0 IS l
Shoeker, Pennock and O'Neill;
Smith. Specie, Buckeye, Walters
and Myatt.
N AT Chicago
Boston 0l0 80 no I 70 9
Chicago 044 101 00x-l0 0
Wingfield, Francis. Zahniscr and
Picinich; Robertson, Mack, Connal-
ly and Grabowski, Schalk.
The Coconino sun., 1925-11-06
BOULDER CANYON DAM
NEVER BE BUILT---LARUE

Pasadena, Calf, Oct 2S.-Eugene
G. LaRue, geological survey enrineer,
who explored the canyons of the Colo
RADIO river for the federal government
and sent to Washington an exhaustive
report of his findings attacked the
/ Los Angeles proponents of the Boulder
Canyon dam as a "bunch of politi-
clans" and declared that the Boulder
Canyon project would awaste millions
of dollars and lots of water"
In an address before the Exchange
club here he predicted that the Boul-
der dam never would be built and adj
ministered a cutting rebuke to Will
liam Mulholland, water works engi-
neer of Los Angeles for Mulholland's S
statement before the senate reclama-
tion and irrigation committee here
yesterday that the LaRue plan for a
gravity flow from the Colorado to Los
Angeles was "a pipe dream of the
worst kind"
Il resent these remarks made by
an engineer who has never been in
the Colorado river district and who
has never personally investigated the
dam sites. / resent sneers from a
man who knows little or nothing about
conditions there.
"These men in Los Angeles are a
bunch of politicians. They cannot talk
five minutes to an engineer or to any
one who knows anything about the
Colorado river. The louder they howl
against me the surer / am that | am
right.
Boulder Canyon dam never will be
built. 1t would be just waste of
public money. / take no stock in
these promises that the government
will be paid back. (This aqueduct car
ries water to Los Angeles from
Owens Valley. They said it would
pay for itself and they have just
raised the water rates 33 per cent
when they should be getting water at
the cheapest rate"