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Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-04
CHINESE, HELD
IN JAIL HERE,
ENDS OWN LIFE
Commits Suicide by Hang
ing; Tears Shirt to
Make Moose
w AS DESPONDENT
Body Found Swinging
From Bars When Jail
er Opens Cells
w AS DESPONDE.NT

Low Mok Hay, "a, Chinese
held at the county Jail for illegal
entry. comm:tted suicide at that in
stitution some time during the night
by hanging himself in his cell. The
body of the dead man was found
this morning when the jailer made
his rounds to open the cell up for
the day.
Hay. according to the Jail Off
cials. has been acting in a suspicious
manner for several days and appar-
emily was going insane. His ac-
tons were such as to frighten the
other prisoners and he was removed
from the lower tank in which there
were several other prisoners. TO Il
cell by himself on the upper tier.
When the body was found it was
hanging from the bars, with the
feet just touching the upper bunk
in the cell. Had the Chinese wish
ed to save himself at any time pre-
vious to his death, he could have
done so without difficulty.
Used Shirt AS Moose
The Chinese. used q portion of 4
duck shirt and several strands Of
rope from his bunk to accomplish the
act. The rope strands were placed
under his chin in such manner as
lead to the belief they were put
there so the tightening moose would
not chafe the neck until the Chinese
was unconscious. None of the other
prisoners heard any noise from
lays cell during the night and APP
rarentlv. with Oriental stoicism,
the celestial went to his death with
| out struggle.
Hay was arrested at inland on
July 13 by Inspectors Wooles and
McCaslin, when the Chinese was UNI
able to produce an Identification
cahr showing his right to be in this
country. He was brought to the
jail to await deportation proceedings
which were in progress at the time
of his death.
The body was removed to Lemons
funeral parlors this morning. where
an inquest was held this afternoon.
n verdict not having been received
at the time of going to press. Ar
ranoements for burial have not been
completed.
Hav was unknown to any other
Chinese in the valley and it is be-
lieved he came here from Mexico a
short time before he was arrested.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-04
Rail Mergers
Are. Approved
By President
BY HERBERT LITTLE
United Press Staff Correspondent

sWAMPSCOTT, Mass. Aug. A..
Consolidation of railroads, if carried
out, VII solve most of the transp por-
tation problems of the nation. in the
opinion of President Coolidge.
Mr.. Coolidge regards the Van
Sweringen Nickel Plate merger.
which is now before the Interstate
Commerce Commission, as test
ease and if it is consummated he
expects many railroads to follow
suit, ii was said at the summer white
house today.
The president is considering leg
isiation to correct many of the trans
portatiou troubles of the country,
especially in respect to rates but he
hclicvca that consolidation, If car
ricd out along proper economic
lines. will equalize profits. eliminate
.manv losses and make much of the
contemplated legislation unneces-
sarN.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-04
SKINNED MILK
ALCOHOL, ARE
C0NFAB TOPICS
Chemists Figure Ways
of Curbing Waste in
Industry
by United Press Leased Wire

Los ANGELES, Aug. 4.-Aleohol
aud skinned milk replaced atoms
and matter as subjects of discussion
today at the annual conference of
the American Chemical Society.
Linking economies with their
science, the distinguished delegates
SCI about TO figure ways and means
Of saving the wastage in Tie alcohol
and dairy industries.
There has been Il tremendous
economic loss in the milk business
and many of the nation s babies
are mdernourished because the
dairy industry is not getting the
full amount of nutrition from mi!k.
y. +. Barnard, Chicago, director
of the American institution of bak-
ing told the chemists.
"There is plan now being de
Seicpel to use the SKINNED mix to
greater advantage, taking from it
the vitamines. proteins and milk
salts that embody the needed clc-
WC.ts for the body he said.
''That will make better babies and
affect great economic saving
DIR. Harrison Howe. secretary of
the alcohol trades advisory commit
tee Of the bureau of internal revenue
told of the enormous wastage in
the legitimate alcohol industry III
the United States.
'"Millions of gallons of wood al
cohol. representing 100000, ,000
yearly business. is being produced in
the United States bat at great
economic waste, Howe said.
"American chemists must find a
new way to produce wood alcohol.
similar to the methanol now being
produced by Germany. which is be
ing sold in the United States 20
per cent cheaper than the domestic
product.
cup to this time, American chem
lists have been chiefly concerned
with distilling woods and selling
the numerous by-products. Now the
Germans haye brought forth wood
alcohol that is purer, odorless and
MS toxic as the old process, derived
from coal tar products. which can
be manufactured much cheaper than
we can do it.
Howe urged that chemists and
manufacturers adopt 1.-THE official
name "methanol for wood alcohol.
TO distinguish ii from the bootleg
variety aud protect people from
drinking ii.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-04
Prominent VnlIeu
Men Are Named In
County Warrants

Eight prominent residents of I'M
perial Valley. indicted last week by
the grand Jury for violation of the
alien land law, at noon had been
brought before a magistrate and re-
leased on bonds, in accordance with
the instructions given by Judge
Conkling when the indictments were
returned.
The men have thus far been re-
qEired to give bond are X. Fukuda.
George T. Yamanaka, T. Hama
shima, F. Seko. X. Hori, Harry Pet
erson. Charles E. Hatfield and Walt
er Wehner. 1t is expected thai
other indicted parties may be re-
quired to give bond later in the
DAY.
Fulluda, Yamanaka, Hamashima.
Seko and Horia are well known
Japanese. Fukuda was born in the
Hawaiian Islands, according to his
statement. The others are natives
of Japan.
Yamanaka is possibly the best
known of the japanese. being secre-
tarv of the Imperial Valley Japa-
nese Association and has frequently
acted as interpreter for his country
men in court cases. With Fukuda
ard Hamashima. he gave his reBi-
dence as Ell Centro, when placed un-
der arrest Seko resides in Melo-
land and Hori at Brawley.
Members of Prodice~Co.
Do+r 10 al
bers of the Farmers Produce Com
panv. firm which does consider
able business in the valley, particu-
larlv during the lettuce and canta-
lcupe seasons. They are accused
of entering into an agreement with
IIori, to conspire against the alien
land law.
The principal place of business
! Of the Farmers Produce Company in
| the valley is at Brawley. Wehner
! is also from Brawlev and is we'll
known among the valley produce
men.
Hamashima and Seko were each
released on bonds of $500, in.
structions to this effect having been
given to Sheriff GilIett yesterday
afternoon by Judge Conkling. In
the ease of the other defendants
81 GOO bond was required.
Booked At Jail
Fukuda. Yamanaka. Hamashima
and Seko were brought TO the county
jail late yesterday afternoon by
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-04
MANS BODY FOUND
In THEATER TRUNK
Fly United Press Leased Wire

CHICAGO. Aug. 4.-Police, this
afternoon were confronted with Il
"trunk' murder mystery in the
finding of the body Of Joseph Ben
der, 40, crammed into trunk which
was back stage of II theater in the
south side "black belt. " The dis
covery was made by II Waterman.
Bender had been missing since
July 80, when his hor,e and wagon
were found near the theater. He
was second hand merchant.
Authorities were uncer Il l II
whether the murder was the climax
oe robbery or the result of feuds
known to rage between black and
white residents of the near south
side. Bender was white.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-04
SHARES
DISTINCTION AS
One WHITE SPOT

FL Centre merchants were con-
siderably annoyed this morning by
a full page advertisement appearing
in the San Diego Union. by John P.
Mills, real estate operator of that
city, reproducing the business map
published by the United States
Chamber of Commerce, showing
business conditions throughout the
country.
The annoyance was caused by the
statement, apparently made by Mills
to the effect that San Diego is "is
the one white spot in the eleven
western states.
A glance at the map is sufficient
to show that Imperial Valley and
the country between this community
and San Diego is included III the
'white spot denoting excellent
business conditions.
When considerat Jon is given to the
large volume of business transacted
between Imperial Valley and San
Diego, it is easy to understand that
the valley is responsible in no small
proportion for San Diego S prosper
itv. Certain it is that it contrib
utes much to that prosperity.
The attention of Secretary Car
michael was called to the advertise
mcnt. with the suggestion that he
take the matter up with the San
Diego Chamber. Of Commerce. and
through that organization endeavor
to obtain recognition of the fact
that Imperial Valley is Gin the
white and not only shares that
distinction with San Diego. hut is
one of the reasons why San Diego is
in white and not in black or gray,
denoting bad and fair business con
ditions.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-04
SAYS SOVIET RUSSIA IS ANXIOUS
FOR GOOD WILL OF UNITED STATES;
NEEDS CREDIT TO BOOST TRADE

He pictured American bour-
geoisie as influenced greatly by
the European and he charged
particularly that conserva-
tive oracles'' in London,
painting a dark picture Of Rus
sia, were tending to prevent a
Nrapprochement between the
United States and Russia which
would be advantageous to both
sides.
He pointed ont that Russia
needs electrification and me-
chanization Of her agriculture
and her industry and that
five or ten year agreement
could be reached with United
States business men for cred
it's which would be guaranteed
by Russia's economic awaken
ing.
That rapprochement could be
effected with the Soviet regime
was his contention. Soviet
monopoly Of foreign trade need
not stand in the way.
"It is quite apparent, he
said, "that Soviet Russia will
= become within TIN next few
years one Of the most impor-
tant sectors of the world mar
ket.''
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-04
President Sees
Improvement
In n. w.

by United Press Leased Wire
SWAMPSCOTT, Mass. Aug.
4.-The economic situation in
the northwest seems to be i'm
proving, President Coolidge has
declared.
He has discussed the price of
farm products today with call
ers and pointed out that wheat,
corn and hogs especially were
commanding higher prices this
year.
The President mentioned es-
pecially hogs which are selling
around S14, two or three dol
lars higher than a year ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-04
DOVE OF PEACE
FLUTTERS OVER
BALKANS TODAY
Greco-Bulgarian Trouble
Shows Indications
OF Settlement
STRAIN MUCH EASED
Efforts Are Being Made
To Arrest, Punish
Murderer
STRAIN MUCH EASED
By ANTHONY PAPAYANNAKIS
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent


Omitted Press staff Correspondent)
ATHENS, Aug. 4.--Greco1 1Bulgar
ian differences which had taken on
an air Of gravity, appeared today
suddenly on the road to amicable ad
iustment.
Sofia advices said that the Bull
garian government was doing it's
utmost to arrest and punish the as
sassins of the Greek citizen, Nicok-
ladies.
The murder of Nicoklaides had
stirred Athens deeply and had caus-
ed the Greek government to send
troops to the border, coincid with
starting to draft an ultimatum to
Bulgaria.
However, Bulgaria s effort to
meet Greek demands, without the
necessity of stringent measures, was
regarded as easing the strain be-
tween the two nations and hence it
was expected that the incident
would soon be liquidated without
trouble.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-04
SEC. JARDINE TO
TAKE REST CURE

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-Secre-
tarY of Agriculture Jardiue viii go
to the Walter Reed hospital this aft
ernoon for treatment for a stomach
aiment.
,Iardine intends to remain at the
hospital indefinitely, it is said. His
physicians advised him that com
plcte rest is necessary. They say
his condition is not serious.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-04
Seaweed Is Cited
AS Cure For
GOiter
By United Press Leased Wire

by United Press Leased Wire
LOS ANGELES, Aug. r.
Half of America S womanhood
is afflicted with incipient
goiter, according to DR.. j. w.
Turrentine of the United States
department of agriculture.
The surest preventative to
goiter is a diet of seaweed, DR..
Turrentine added.
The goiter analysis was pre-
sented today in paper read
before the American Chemical
Society, meeting here in annual
convention.
"Goiter is caused by a lack
OF iodine Turrentine said.
1.-THE growing child should be
fed a daily portion Of four
millionths of an ounce of iodine.
One e-thousanith of an ounce of
dry algae, or seaweed, contains
the necessary iodine.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-04
STEALS MARCH ON RIVAL

DOVEK, England, Aug. 4.-Mme.
Jean Sion. French woman swimmer,
is making excellent progress in her
effort to swim the English channel,
ON (which she started at $40 Il. m
today, stealing n march upon Ger.
t9ude Ederle.
AT 2:l5 p. IN. Nine. Sion, who
started her swim near Cape Girls NeZ
on the French shore. had reached >
ppipt nine miles from the start, o.
nearly half way TO Dover. She was
swimming with the tide.
The channcl was calm. : westerly
breeze having subsided. During the
afternoon, however, Nine. Sion must
battle against adverse tides.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-04
FARM BOARD TO
DRAFT PROGRAM
by United Press Leased Wire

SWAMPSCOTT, Mass, Aug. A.
President Coolidge will rely upon
the farm commission, which he APP
pointed last year, to draft the farm
legislation program of the admin
istration which will be brought be
congress next year.
The commission, of which Secre-
tary of Agriculture Jardine is n
member, will meet this fall to draft
program, it was learned today.
Most of the president S advisers
from the farming section have been
urged that governmental aid be
limited to Il measure providing gov
erhment assistance for cooperative
marketing of agricultural produc-
irons. although there has been some
pressure for the McNary Haugen
bill to create an export corporation
to provide wider market for farm
products.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-04
SEEK LONE BURGLAR WHO
TERRORIZED SEVEN HOMES

LEMOORE, Calf, Aug. A. - A
lone burglar who ransacked seven
homes in Lemoore and terrorized in
habitants was being sought by
Kings county officials today. In
two homes he choked and gagged
women and he hit n Japanese child
on the head with flashlight. He
escaped with a small sum of money
in q stolen automobile.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-04
WILL WASTE NO TIME

DETROIT, Mich, Aug. 4.-Henry
Ford will waste no time in scrapping
the 200 shipping board vessels, it
was indicated at his office today
when informed by the United Press
that Ford had been awarded the
contract.
Although given two years in which
to dispose of the ships, it is believ-
ed they will all be scrapped with
in a period of seven months.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-04
8 GIVE BONDS in LAND LAW INDIC CTNIEN'r IS
STRONG FIRM HAND rs
NEEDED SAYS Annoy G. G.

LONDON, Aug. 4.-The Ex-
change Telegraph's Hong Kong
correspondent reported today
that the Annoy Chamber of
Of Commerce had cabled ex-
pressing the belief that
strong, prompt action is nee
essary to prevent the situation
in the Chinese coast ports from
becoming hopelessly ont of
hand
The warship Foxglove has
been sent TO Annoy and the
Titania has departed for Wei
haiwei.
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Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-04
MEXICO--U. 5.
RELATIONS ARE
MORE AMICABLE
BY United Press Leased Wire

SWAMPSCOTT, Mass, Aug. A.
Mexican American relations now are
more satisfactory than they were 4
short time ago before Secretary of
State Kellog issued a criticism of
the Gales government, President
Coolidge believes.
1t was indicated at the summer
white house today that the Presi-
dent attributes the Improvement to
kellogg's statement. The visit here
of James II. Sheffield, American
ambassador to Mexico City, brought
no other new developments in this
situation, il was. said at the white
house today.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-04
GUARD DIKES
'IlLl)N ALONG FLOODED q de
RIO CR ANDE

Ell PASO, Tex. Aug. 4.-Soldiers
from Fort Bliss worked throughout
the night with hundreds of volun-
teer workers and others pressed into
service to guard the dikes along the
flooded Rio Grande south of here.
More than so homes have been
swept away and thousands of acres
of farm lands inundated by the
sW0llrn riNpr
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-04
FRESNO MAYOR CATCHES
FOUR BARRELS OF FISH

FRESNO, Aug. 4.-Mayor Al
Sunderland of Fresno, set a new
fishing record yesterday. He
caught four barrels Of fish. No,
this isn't drawing the long bow.
The fish were placed in barrels
while stagnant pond in Red
ding Park was pumped out.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-04
BY WILLIAM CHAMBERLAIN
United Press Staff Correspondent
Copyright, 1925, by United Press
MOSCOW, Aug. 4.-Soviet

OGlCcQ fTeSS oCd1I NOEIcSpOIluCiV
Copyright, 1925, by United Press
MOSCOW, Aug. 4.-Soviet
Russia is anxious for a rap
prochement with America and
for United States credits for use
in mechanization and electrifi-
cation Of her agriculture and
industry.
Leon Trotzky, who is now di-
recting the concession system of
the Soviet regime, lifted the
curtain ON his governments
policy in an interview with the
United Press in which he scof-
fed at the "absurd supersti-
tion"' that revolutions are
made in Moscow.
Capitalist governments, he
said, were wont to blame upon
Soviet propaganda all their ills
just as the ignorant old
peasant women of Russia blame
the evil spirit for fires and
sickness.
BUT America with "situa-
tion incomparably better than
that Of European countries
ought to share this view, he
contended.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-04

EXPLORING PLANE
MAKES TEST FLIGHT

WASHINGTON. Aug. A.
Two of the exploring planes of
the Mac MILAN Arctic eXpedi-
tion have been landed on the
beach at Etah, Greenland, and
one has already made a success
ful flight, the navy department
was advised today in dispatch
from Commander Mae MILAN.
The commander made a 80
minute flight in the NAP,
which suffered slight break
down before landing and moor
ing at a buoy offshore.
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Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-04
BOARD ACCEPTS
FCRD'S OFFER
FOR zoo Ships
by United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-Henry
Ford today became the largest in
dividual ship owner in the world
when the shipping board accepted
his bid iof $1,706,000 for 200 mer-
chant marine vessels. D.
The boards action in accepting
the manufacturer S bid was unani-
nous.
Ford s offer for the boats was the
highest of l6 bids.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-04
Vigil With Victim
Ordered For
Killers

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Aug.
death drivers must stay an
hour with the bodies of their
victims under the terms of
new campaign against reckless
and drunken motorists inaugu-
rated today by Chief of Police
Herman Kickoff.
The vigil with the dead must
he spent alone either III the
morgue or in a room with the
corpse, the chief said.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-04
YOUTHS BURNED
TO DEATH IN
AIRPLANE FIRE

OKLAHOMA CITY, okla, Aug.
4.-Earl Wheeler, %, and Raymond
Stokesbury, 23, were burned to death
late yesterday when their airplans
caught fire at height of about
400 feet and fell
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-04
9 HURT IN CAR CRASH

FRESNO, Calf, Aug. A. Nine
persons were injured, two seriously,
in the days automobile accidents
here. Two drivers are, being held
bv policp
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-04
GAMES TODAY

National
New York at st. Louis, clear.
Brooklyn at Chicago, clear.
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh,
cloudy.
Only games today.
American
Cleveland at New York, cloudy.
st. Louis at Boston, clear.
Chicago at Philadelphia, clear.
Detroit at Washington, cloudy.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-04
At PITTSBURGH

Pittsburgh 600 l02 Cl0-4 0 !
Philadelphia. 400 SEQ 0l0--S "A
Mitchell land Henl:nc; Morrison,
Sheehan, Spencer, Culloton and
Smith.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-04
AMERICAN
At Washington

At Washington
Detroit Q20 900 600 .
Washington 00l 0l0 30x-5 II
Whtehill and Woodall; Zachary
and SEVERED.
: At New York
Cleveland 010 900 000-1 Z !
New York 600 00l Box o 0
Karr and Myatt; Shocker and
Schang.
At Boston
st. Louis OH 100 00l--10 Is 2
Boston 0f0 0l0 401--- 7 II 9
CASTOR and Dixon; Fuhr, Ross
and Bischoff.
At Philadelphia
Chicago 0o0 600 ll1r-3 2
Philadelphia o02 030 40x-o l6 0
Thurston, Cvengros and Grouse;
Gray, Baumgartner and Cochrane.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-04
FRENCH WOMAN
NEARS GOAL In
/ CHANNEL SWIM
Reported 5 Miles From
Dover Late Today;
Z Success Seen
AFTER NEW RECORD
Braves Rough Seas to
Steal March on Two
Rivals


Nine. Jeanne Sion, French wo-
man swimmer who started on a
cross channel swim from Cape
Girls Nez to Dover this morn
ing, appeared to be five miles
from Dover at s:45 p. m.
The tug which acted as her es
cort was visible from Dover. slowly
advancing, indicating the girl was
still swimming and making pro
gress. -
Her position was slightly west of
Dover.
A slight wind ruffled The water.
The tide apparently was favorable.
1t was al about the same point
that recently Miss Harrison, Argen,
tine swimmer, was forced To give
up her attempt to swim the channel.
At this hour Nine. Sion had been in
the water only l2% hours. In 1929
when she made the attempt she
swan l4H. hours and was within a
mile of Dover when an adverse tide
caught her, sweeping her back to
sea and caused failure of the at.
tempt.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-04
NATIONAL
At Chicago

At Chicago
BROOKLYN COZ 600 0o0-2 Q 4
Chicago 020 100 02X-5 7 ,
Osborne and Taylor; Alexander
and Churry.