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Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-21
ship BODY OF
ARCHITECT TO
EASTERN HOME

Louis Landers Long, Minneapolis
architect, whose body was removed
from a train passing through this
city Yesterday, died from natural
causes. according to verdict re-
turned this morning by a coroner s
jury which conducted an inquest at
tho funeral parlors of Il. T.. Lem
OnS.
Testimony of the train crew was
to the effect that Long was appar-
entity i'll good health when he retir
ed Tuesday night and that no dis
turbance was heard from his berth
during the night c. Miner, Pull
man porter, testified that he had
called Long several times yesterday
morning without obtaining any re-
sponse, and upon investigation
found him dead in his berth The
conductor was notified, and he in
turn informed Coroner Lemons.
Through a receipt for a subserip-
tion to a Minneapolis paper found
in Long S effects, T. f. McLaugh
lin of La Jolla was identified as a
brother-in law of the deceased. The
latter was on his way to La Jolla
to spend several weeks with his
mother and his sister, when he
WAS overtaken by death. McLaugh-
lin came to this city last night and
identified the body. Upon his ord
ers it was shipped this afternoon to
Minneapolis for burial.
Long was born in Minneapolis
March II. 1870 and was 55 years
old. In addition to his mother and
sister who live i'll La Jolla, he is
survived by his wife, Cora Long,
who resides in Minneapolis.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-21
ELECTRIC FAN
SETS FIRE TO
LEGAKES' HOME

Fire, believed to have been caus-
cd by a defective cord on an cleo
tric fan, gave the fire department
half hours work at the home, of
Louis Lesakcs, at the south end of
Sixth street last night, causing dam
age estimated at $500.
Tho house is situated Just over
the city line, and smoke was notic-
ed issuing from it by passersby,
who telephOned to the fire house
In the meantime an alarm was sent
in from Sixth and Wensley. Search
for the fire was made in that locali-
tw without success. After losing
considerable time trying to locate
the fire, the members of the de-
partment received proper directions
and upon arriving at the Legakes
house, found that neighbors were
battling the blaze with stream
from q garden hose. The firemen
extinguished the blaze in short or
der.
An investigation made by Chief
Ferguson showed that the fire had
started on screen porch. where
an electric fan had apparently been
left running The cord of the fam
naSsed through some clothing. and
II is believed set fire to the clothes.
Sparks from the latter were blown
into the house and lighted ON Il
feather bed, which in turn caught
fire and communicated the blaze to
the walls of the house.
The chief again issued a warning
against using fans or electric apnli
anees with defective cords or fix
lures. and strenuouslv condemned
the practice of people leaving their
homes and allowing fans to con
tinue running. With a high wind
such as prevailed here last night,
considerable damage could he done
by fire, rs it would be difficult
to keep it from spreading. had it
occurred in Il more congested part
of the city.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-21
Fly M
Shepherd Case;
No Jurors Yet
BY United Press Leased Wire

CHICAGO, May 21.-The atmos-
phere charged with rumors of plots
and counter plots to bribe and tam
per with jurors and witnesses 100
new veniremen were called today in
attempts to secure a jury to try
William D. Shepherd on the charge
that he murdered Billy McClintock.
The first panel of 100 prospective
Jurors nearcd exhaustion and still
no juror was permanently accent
ed. The second panel was summon
ed at once in order to prevent de-
lay.
Most of the Jurors were dismissed
because they had formed opinions
as to Shepherd s guilt or innocence
through the wide publicity given to
the case Manv others were excused
by the state because they objected
to giving the. death penalty.
Search for Robert White, missing
star witness for the prosecution,
became intense TODAY. Detectives
returned from st. Joseph, Mich.
with information that couple had
registered at hotel there under
the name of Mr.. and Mrs. o. w. Oh
son of Topeka. Kan. They have
since left, their destination un-
known.
Authorities said they believed
this couple was White and his wife
States Attorney Robert f
Grove, directing the grand Jury in
vestigation. said he hoped to have
several indictments returned as the
result of Whites disappearance.
After hearing Byrne and William
Adams, blind newsbov, testify
concerning their knowledge of
White, the grand jury decided no
action could be taken unless further
evidence were obtained.
States Attorney Grove is seeking
more witnesses in an effort to prove
that White disappeared on threats
of violence from the defense.
w. w. O 'Brien, one of Shepherd IS
attorneys, this afternoon issued a
statement in which he predicted
complete breakdown of the state S
case. Many prosecution witnesses,
he said. have come over to the de-
fense and offered to repudiate form
er accusations against Shepherd.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-21
WHAT'S DOING

Lady of the Night at the
vall9y theater tonight.
"I'll Show You the Town
at the Palace theater tonight.
r. A. and M. 100 meets to
night at Masonic hall.
B. P. o. E. 1926 meets to
night at Elks hall.
Piano recital by pupils of
Mrs. Oria Kenah, Presbyterian
Church tonight, 8 p. m.
Baseball game FL Centro-San
Eernardino at high school
grounds, tomorrow 2:30 p. M.
Kiwanis luncheon tomorrow
at noon, Barbara Worth hotel.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-21
O'Leary Here In
Conference With
. Legion Officers

Dave O'Leary, member of the
state committee of the American
Legion which is charged With rails
ing this states quota of the $5,000,-
600 endowment fund, conferred with
the commanders and adiutants of
the Imperial Valley posts ut the
court house last night, ON ways and
means for raising the county's share
of the fund.
The decision was informal, and it
was decided that each post will
take up the question of raising its
own allotment, which will be ap-
portioned following n conference of
the Interpost Council.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-21
Second Newport Harbor Tragedy May Claim Five Lives
SAME SPOT THAT
CLAIMED McCUNE
TAKES OTHERS
Two Bodies Recovered,
One Unconscious,
Two Missing

SANTA ANA, May 81. At
least two persons were drowned, two
others are missing, and fifth is
believed dead as the result of the
capsizing this afternoon of two
boats at the entrance of Newport
Harbor, near here.
Otto Bernard, Balboa fisherman,
and an unknown boy whose ident-
itv has not yet been established,
were drowned.
\ third youth was taken from the
water unconscious and pulmotor
was applied in an effort to revive
him.
Two other youths are missing
and it is believed they lost their
lives.
Cause of the tragedy was not de-
finitely determined, but n ground
SWELL i'll the harbor entrance is
believed to have caused the boats
to upset.
Eight persons were drowned in
the same channel last June when
IL motor launch overturned.'
In the previous accident referred
to in the above wire story, when
eight persons lost their lives, +. Il.
McCune, a former prominent busi-
ness man of Ell Centre was a victim.
Mr.. MeCune operated a large fur
niture store i'll this city for several
years prior to his removal to Santa
Ana where he entered business, and
where his widow. who is well known
here and was Il recent visitor i'll
this city, is still carrying on the
business.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-21
ANOTHER VICTORY WON BY DISTRICT
Unless NeW Juru
Acts, Directors
/ Case is Finished

Another victory
the superior this when Charles without
Expressing opinion the guilt innocence of the defendants ord
cred the accusations brought the directors of the district the
1922 grand be resubmtted the grand within 10
The accusations charged malfeasamce in office.
Swing the defendants
cusatons alleging that they incomplete n
charges To this District Attorney Uley stating
paecay impossible make the
Them
Tor the maintenance lobby Washington behalf
Jonson bill numbers
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-21
i. S. MAJOR IS
SPEAKER AT
ROTARY CLUB

Major II. A. Finch. of the Unit
ed States Engineering Corps, who
facetiouslv remarked that he is here
to investigate a rumor that the Col
orado river is navigablc, gave a
short talk on the proposed develop
ment of Los Angeles harbor, at the
weekly luncheon of the Rotary Club
today.
Plans at the present time call for
a brctlkwator costing fourteen mil
lion dollars, Major Finch said, the
breakwater forming a harbor cover
ing six square miles. One of the
resources that justify the eXpend-
iture of such an amount, the major
said, is Imperial Valley, which will
indirectly benefit by the construc-
tion of the harbor.
Argyle McLachlan, former pres
ident of the CaleXico Rotary Club,
talked on the principles of Rotary,
in which he stressed the thought
that ethical conduct in business lay
at the heart of Rotary and that the
individual Rotarian is to be judged
by the standard.
Verne Bishop, II new member,
gave an interesting account of his
life for the benefit of his fellow
mmbers.
Guests present were Major II. A.
Finch, F. j. Currie, Los Angeles;
r. r. Paitthorys, f. G. Robbs, Wash
mgton, d. c.; f. w. Allewet, Sacra-
mento; Charles f. Scott, j, d. FosS,
FL Centre.
Visiting Rotarans were Jess Lea
Williams and A. w. Briggs, CaleN-
leo.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-21

accusations.
The district attorney asked coun.
sci for the defense to stipulate that
the accusations could be amended
by his office, rather than be re.
ferred back to the grand jury, which
was the only alternative. AS the
defense refused TO so stipulate, the
court then ruled the accusations
furned back TO the grand jury for
their consideration.
Regarding the courts decision,
/ 4-Assemblyman a. G. Finney, who
with Congressman Swing appeared
as counsel for Mark Rose, Ira Aten
and Earl G. Pound, the directors
against whom the accusations were
made, issued the following state
ment:
"As | understand the order OF
the court, this ends the accusations
unless the new grand jury chooses
70 reaccuse the directors. Evidence
must be submitted to the new grand
jury before it can return an aecusa.
ton or Indictment of any kind, and
it in its opinion the evidence is in
sufficient, the grand jury may de-
cline to accuse or indict at all
What further action may be taken
In the matter depends entirely upon
thc- new grand jury and what it
may think of accusations as pre-
pented by the last grand jury, which
required but ten minutes of the
court s time to dispose of. This
ends the labors of a grand jury
whose futile efforts have cost this
county more than $4,000 during the
past year.
81 Swing Issues Statement
4 Congressman Swing issued the
Following statement Immediately
|nfter Judge Burnell g action, set
ting forth his views in the matter:
"The cases to remove the Irri-
cation District Directors from of
.fice were thrown out of court this
morning On the defendants.' dcmur
rcrs. Even tha district attorney
confessed that the accusations did
not meet the requirements of law.
"The question now. is whether
Harry Horton or other special pros
ceutors imported from Los Angeles
can stampede the new grand jury
Continued on Page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-21
TORNADO SWEEPS
INDIANA TOWN
Ty United Press Leased Wire

CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind, May
21.-A tornado this afternoon swept
a path four miles long in Mont
gomery county just west of Craw-
fordsville, levelling barns. trees and
telephone poles.
First reports received here were
that no one was killed or injured,
although property damage was
heavy.
FINDLAY, Ohio. May 21.-
Findlay suffered only the effects
of spring shower this afternoon
in spite of rcponts that cyclone
had wiped it off the map.
Long distance telephone calls
from Findlav failed TO trace the
storm and only reports of a rain
storm and a little hail were received.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-21
CLEAR SKIES IN
The SOUTHLAND
by United Press Leased Wire

Los ANGELES, May 21-Cloudy
and unsettled weather gave way to
clear skies in most Southern Cali
fornia points today. 1t was still
cloudy at some coast points.
The forecast for tonight and to-
morrow was fair with moderate
temperatures.
Showers were reported at most
southland points yesterday, from
the sea to the mountains.
Rainfall figures for the past pa
hours were as follows: Pasadena 81,
Pomona .2l, Redlands 20, River
side .02, Santa Barbara .3S, San Ber-
nardino ,05, Santa Ana IL.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-21
PROMINENT REALTOR
COMMITS SUICIDE
BY United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, May 21.-Joseph
B. Cothery, 90, prominent realtor,
kissed his daughter goodbye today,
walked into the rear yard of his
home. and committed suicide by
shooting himself i'm the head.
The daughter told police her fatn-
er had been daspondent since his
separation from his wife, and that
he had often threatened to kill him
self.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-21
MOVIE
COUPLE WILL, WED

HOLLYWOOD, Nav 21.-Gladvs
Tennvson, actress, and Earle Foxe,
film star, are to be married on June
3, at the Mission Inn, Riverside.
On that date Miss Tennvson will
have her final decree. of divorce
from Chester Bennett, producer of
films, whom she divorced Il year
ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-21
by United Press Leased Wire

SACRAMENTO, May 21.- The
petition for writ of habeas cor
pus filed by Ray Coughlin, attorney
for Floyd Hall, will be dismissed
when called up for hearing at .
p. m. today.
Application for the writ is based
on the contention that no formal
charge been filed against Hall. A
few minutes before n copy of the
court order was served on Police
Chief Bernard McShane, however,
a murder charge was filed against
the youthful convict.
Superior Judge John F. Pullen
granted hearing on the petition,
which is nullified with the filing Of
the murder charge.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-21
FORMER BANK PRESIDENT
Is SENT TO PRISON

PHOENIX, Ariz.. May el-P. X.
Lewis, former president of the de-
funet Central Bank Of Phoenix.
today was sentenced to term of
five to eight years in prison for
embezzlement.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-21
National League

National League
Pittsburg at New York, clear.
Chicago at Brooklyn, clear.
St. Louis at Boston, clear.
Cincinnati at Philadelphia,
clear.
American League
New York at Cleveland, clear.
Boston at Chicago, clear.
Washington at Detroit, cloudy.
Philadelphia at st. Louis,
clear.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-21
At Boston

Gt. Louis 101 600 0l0-3 4
Boston ,. 202 042 11x-12 II l
Sothoron, Stuart and Gonzales;
Cooney and o NELL.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-21
NATIONAL

, At Brooklyn
Chicago 600 600 213-4 II 3
Brooklyn 00+ 00l 00x-5 l
Cooper and Hartnett, Brett;
Vance and Deberry.
At New York
Pittsburgh 0l0 030 000-4 3 0
New York 0l0 211 00x--5 8 0
; Adams, Morrison and Smith;
Scott and Gowdy.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-21
At New York
At Philadelphia

III At Philadelphia
Cincinnati 900 00l 000-1 9 Q
philadelphia 100 800 0Ox-9 13 l
y May, Biemiller, Douglass and
Wineo; Carlson and Wilson.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-21
BOX.
CORE ! !

Gas received over leased wire up to
3 o'clock
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-21
AMERICAN

At Chicago
6oston $40 600 3oO-9 IL 8
Chicago l32 600 olo-I J
I4ucey, Ross, Ruffing and Heving;
Eaber, Cvengros, Blankenship, Mag
tum and Grabowski, Schalk.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-21
At Cleveland

At Cleveland
New York 0O3 001 002-6 il 3
cleveland 002 100 ooO-3 D .
Shawkey and Schang; Uhle and
Myatt.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-04
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Tantalizing Europe

" HE other day at Houston, British ship cleared for
l Liverpool. On board shipment a very small
one, of Valley grapefruit. Valley grapefruit, un-
doubtedly, forever will be an expensive luxury in
Europe The United States has population of over
l000o0oo0 persons and the population is increasing
rapidly There must be limit however, to the produc
ton of Valley grapefruit.
In the sixteenth century when the grapefruit was
introduced into Florida the Rio Grande Valley was a
when citrus groves began to flourish the West Coast
the Rio Grande Valley still waste of brush and
cacti.
While the American people first beginning to
learn that grapefruit is indispensable bacon and
eggs ham and eggs waffles the breakfast
the waters of the Rio Grande being diverted into
irrigation canals traversing the rich aluvia soil of the
Rio Grande Valley. Arid chaparra lands rapidly
converted into FARMS truck gardens and citrus orchards
The nation discovered that midway between Flor
ida the east and California the West there is
garden spot where the invaluable citrus fourishes like
the proverbal green bay tree.
Scarcely had the discovery been made that citrus
would grow elsewhere in the United States than Florida
and California, when another discovery reported
Someone noticed that the flavor of the Valley grape
fruit was unsurpassed To paraphrase old saying,
the proof of the grapefruit is in the tasting There
many who tasted and in consequence dealers and
taurateurs adopted the policy of advertising not merely
grapefruit" but valley grapefruit"
Grapefruit is only grapefruit, but Valley grapefruit
is something distinctive
They know that even on the other side of the At
lantic where gastronomy is one of the fine arts
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-04
Natures Laws
By 1.-THE Spectator

The other day an onion aroused my
sympathy.
1t had been put away in an old tin
can on a cellar shelf and forgotten.
When the can was opened the in
terror was found to be q solid mass
Of INTERVENING shoots.
The onion had sought to grow, but
on every hand the enclosing sides OF
the can limited It's efforts and turned
back the shoots which had grown
round and round in a VAN attempt TO
find a way to normal freedom.
Having just finished the morning
paper / saw a. melancholy connection
between the onion and an item from
the world at large.
1t told of a truck driver who was
returning from an out-of-town trip
late at night. Meeting some poor
people walking along the road he had
stopped TO give them a lift.
For several days he had been work
ing over time until he was almost ex-
hausted. While he was going down
long hill be dozed off for the fraction
Of a second, the machine got off the
side Of the road. he was unable to get
it back on, the people to whom he had
given a ride were thrown from the
rear end on to the pavement and
killed by an automobile coming down
the hill behind them.
The kind-hearted truck driver faces
a prison term for .manslaughter.
1t is hard TO see the justice Of this
mans fate. II he had not been motiv-
ated by kindly impulse he would not
have offered the people a ride and
would not be facing a prison term.
When the finite mind seeks to find
the justice for the fate of individuals
it rarely escapes the limbo Of bitter
ness.
1t is the type that receives justice.
The onion enclosed in the can was
not given a fair chance to develop. But
the overwhelming majority of onions
the world over are planted under nor
NAL conditions and given free rein TO
their possibilities.
The laws of nature are founded on
the principle Of the good to the great
est number. not TO the individual.
If the law Of centrifugal force had
been set aside when the kindly truck
driver unconsciously swerved his ma
chine it would have indicated partial
ity.
Nature is impartial.
IL nature began setting aside law
here and applying it there we would
have greater injustice.
In the universally Of the spplica
ton Of her laws nature shows her Jus
tiee.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-04
Lies Hurdle,
By L. E. Bisch

We often hear the term uncon'
scious mind or subconscious mind
used nowadays.
Just what does It mean?
1t means that somewhere in your
brain there is a storehouse in, which
everything is packed away, and that
somewhere is unconscious to you-that
is, you don't realize its presence con-
sciously.
Now, consciousness is the medium
through which we receive impressions
from the outside world.
By means of cur. sense organs
eyes, ears, nose, mouth, skin-we see,
hear, smell, taste and feel.
All these mental pictures, these
images of sight, hearing, smell, taste,
and touch linger in consciousness only
for the briefest period of time.
Then they are submerged into the
underneath mind, into the unconscious
mind, in order to be put away and
stored up for future use.
The reason that consciousness holds
them only for short time is that
room must be claered as quickly as
possible for new impressions.
The conscious mind is the inter
mediary between the unconscious anc
the world about us.
You pass a friend on the street
You greet him. Then you walk on
looking at the shop windows and oc'
cupied with other thoughts.
Although the unconscious is actual
ly a storehouse for all our expert.
ences we cannot always lay our hands
vi tutm Hutu VIC Whhb We
Also, we may have difficulty in ban
ishing a thought-thot is, in forget
ting it, in pushing it away into thu
unconscious.
This happens when some strong
disagreeable emotion is attached to thu
conscious impression. For example, j
the friend we meet has betrayed oul
confidence, it would be difficult Z
continue our walk without continual!
thinking about him.
The thoughts and ideas that W
have stored away in the unconsciou
are arranged in some orderly and sys
tematic manner.
The brain is a marvellous structure
very complicated and very inEolved.
But psychology is gradually IN
ravelling its mysteries, one after tn
other.
Copyright. 1875. Premier synd.. Inc.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-04
Why a Grabbed Age?

~ VEN LARSON came to America dancing, singing,
whistling and unbuttoning his coat to the biting
~ breeze of the November harbor.T r a~~->s ~
"How old?" asked the Ellis Island immigration
men.
Ninety" snapped Sven "and I'm here to spend
forty years with my relatives in America"
Why not? Why should the old die? Why should
they not dance and sing and whistle and be brisk? They
used to in Biblical times. They do it, like Sven Lar
son. they lead sensible, happy lives. They do if they
keep an balance between what they take in and
what they put out, mentally, physically and spiritually.
Those who destroy this balance, still the vast ma
jorty of the human race unfortunately, grabbed
and die of disease, depletion worry.
Presumably Sven has great grandchildren by now.
What fun he will have watching them grow up And
what great and they would be if they would
listen to and could follow all the accumulated wisdom
and cheerfulness of Svens century of this life.
But they probably will not They will insist OIL
finding out for themselves. Many of them will find out
that much food and not enough exercise too much
exercise and not enough food too much thought and not
enough action too much action and not enough
thought too much loving and not enough being loved
or too much being loved and not enough loving will
bring the disasters know disease and death.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-04
The Old, Old Song By Reed Hss:.i.

UT of wind shouting its ancient lay
~ of the umbng ngng the ncng spray
ancient bark hundous wish Godpeed
fortune wrack wherever the pathway lead
and To- where the north star CLEANS
prov pointed ship the Of it's dream Of dreams
old ship sings spreading white wings away
song earth of yed nd pmstrewn bay?
Of songs? Of opal and turquoise skies!
placid pool where the flame Of adventure dies?
climbs the fngng the sparkling foam,
old eahs heart and the Of home
home