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Continued on Page 81
Debars Officers
From Discussing
Air Controversy

FL rASO, Tex, Sept. 2S.--Dis-
cuSsion Of the air defense of the
United States was placed on the for
t,ldeu list Of officers by Brigadier
General CaStucr, commander Of the
FIRST Cavalry division of Fort Bliss
here today.
3" ANY officer Of my command
who talks about the mir contr0ver-
sy will be courtmartialcd aud put
where he will never again be able
TO talk, - Castncr declared in q
statement to ncwspapermcn who
sought information rs TO the condi-
ton of the aerial equipment uf tho
fort.
Castncr implied criticism Of tho
"talking policy" Of Colonel VIII
lam Mitchell army air critic.
"'Thcrc will be no Colonel Mitch
ell on the Fort Bliss reservation, -
he declared. "This idea Of let-
t.ng bunch of officers run around
the country criticizing their super
iors doesn Z make an army. n
make q bunch Of Rolshevilst in uni.
form, - he said.
Discipline is the first tbing
that soldier should learn. AZ long
rs I am an officer no one "a going
10 talk unless I tell him he may, -
the general said.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-28
Hope Fast Waninq
For Men EntOmbed
In Sunken Vessel
Weather Too Stormy For Giant Derrick Ships to
Operate in Efforts to aise Stern of Wrecked
Submersible and Explore Within
NEW LONDON, Conn, Sept. 2s.

NEW LONDON Conn. Sept. 2s.
Nature was still baking the
navy's race to raise the jammed
Ssh late today.
While precious hours passed. the
two mighty derricks-Century and
Monarch-were gone to sheltered
berths beyond where the submarine
lies silent. unyielding to the efforts
of mere man to crash through the
silence of steeI and wire.
Experienced officers interviewed
by the United Press privately ven
tured the opinion that there could
be no resumption before morning
That the new delay was necessari-
~ fatal was secuted The hope for
life aboard the submarine had thin
ned even without the word of the
derrick baroes chIlrning off to safe.
tN. But it was said here that If the
men were alive this morning there
was no good reason to believe that
they would not still be alive tomor-
row or even some days hence.
Hunger could not kill them; they
had enough water for their needs,
and air was being pumped down the
so hose.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-28
TOTS DIE WHILE
PARENTS ATTEND
DRINKING: PARTY

SEATTLE, Wash, Sept. 2S.-
While their parents, police here
charge, were attending drink
ing party at a neighbor house
four small children were burn
ed to death in fire at Silver
Lake today. ,..
The parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Nels Peters, are held at the
sheriff's office at Everett
pending an investigation.
The dead children are: Morse
6; Melvin, s.; Harold 2; and
Lucille, 2.
The four children were sleep
ing in an upstairs room of the
house when the fire occurred.
Their bodies were burned to
crisp, according to the coroner
of Snohomish county.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-28
BELIEVE COUNTY
MAY LOSE JOINT
EXTENSION WORK

That Imperial county is likely to
lose the Farm Extension Service.
conducted by the University OF
California and the United States
Department of Agriculture. is the
general belief today, following the
mass meeting at the courthouse Sat
urdav afternoon to hear charges Of
political activity made against Farm
Advisor Garthwaite, and on which
basis his removal has been request
ed by the board, of supervisors.
B. IT, Crocherom, director of the
extension service, presided at the
meeting Invitations to attend had
been sent to the members of the
board of supervisors, but that body
was without presentation at the
meeting.
About $50 ranchers were present
score or more of whom spoke In
the highest terms of the farm adj
visor and the good work which he
has done for ranehers throughout
the county. Although the meeting
was announced rs an open one, with
opportunity for both sides to be
heard, none appeared to present or
back mp the charges made agains'
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Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-28
DENIES CHARGES
THAT HE PADDED
COUNTY PAYROLL

Supervisor J. Roy Adams. on trial
in the superior court for allegedly
forging county warrants tn the eX
teur Of So, 900 took the witness
ing, and made flat denial of any
thing irregular in payroll warrants
made out to George Main, Charles
Roberts and Frank Shubert.
Following questioning by his at
torncy, Byron G. Hanna, the super
visor gave Il personal description
of each of the three men and men
toned places in his district where
they had worked on county roads,.
Adams was cross-examincd by Dis
trict Attorney Ttley and stated
that when the warrants for Main,
Roberts and Shubcrt had first been
questioned. he discharged the three
mcu. and was unable to tell whore
they were at present.
Character Witnesses
Several character witnesses were
placed on the stand. including lIorti
cultural Commissioner IIarrigan.
Supervisor Henry jackson. ID. G.
Gale G.. c. jenkins and Ben IIulse.
Supervisor Jackson and Lewis Kirk
patrick testified they had seen men
working on the county roads in
Adams district. though they could
not identify them as being Main,
Schubert or Roberts, and the wit
nesses admitted that they did not
know these men.
The defense expected TO finish its
side Of the ease this afternoon and
Immediately thereafter to begin tho
opening argument to the jury. 1t
is believed that if arguments are
begun this afternoon. they will eH-
tend until late tomorrow afternoon,
with small possibility of the ease
going to the jury before Wedne>-
daV.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-28
nab THREE AFTER
BATTLE ROYAL ON
BORDER HIGHWAY

!. w. Ball, G.. l.. Cook and Frank
Ia Bic. all giving their residence as
Los Angeles, were before Judge
/. AIayficM this morning on charges
Of assault and battery. with an adj
oitional count of reckless driving
agains; La Bic.
The trio were arrested last night
on the Calexico highway following
a battle royal in which the accused
mcn operated on one side. with
Constable Bill O 'Bricn of Brawley
end Traffic Officers Childs and
Williams on the other. Two
other companions of the men We're
also in the fight, but they escaped
from the officers and have not been
captured. ",-.
Al pleaded not guilty TO . the
charges against them and were re
'tur,'ed TO Jail after being arrnSn-
ed, to await trial. Bail in the eases
of Ball and Cook was set at &2Tf
while La Bie's bail was made $3.50.
At. the, courthouse this morning
Bill Q O'Bricn was sporting one of
the most exquisite optical decora-
tions seen in these parts in many a
day. as n souvenir of last night 5
party. Officer Williams was nurs-
ing n sore jaw, so much so that it
even hurt him to grin. Childs came
off without Il scratch, but had no
sympathy to extend to his brother
officers.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-28
DECLARES COVERS
DID NOT PREVENT
VALVE OPERATION
Officer Opposes Theory
On Probable Cause 81
of Disaster
by United Press Leased Wire


LAKEHURST, N. j., Sept. 28.-
There was nothing to prevent nor
NAL functioning Of the automatic
safety valves on gas cells of the
Shenandoah during, the final stages
Of the Ohio storm which wrecked
the dirigible, Lieutenant Roland G..
Mayer told the naval court Of in
quiry investigating the disaster to-
day.
Lieutenant MAYER opposed the
theory that the valves did not OPP
pot covers had not been removed
and that the bags expanded and by
their pressure rupturcd the airshi p s
framework. The jam pot'' covers
were adapted from England. where
they are used extensively, Lieutcn-
ant MAYER said.
Mayer said only four seat covers
were in place when the dirieible
left its mooring mast for the west
ern voyage and that when the ship
began its first uncontrolled rise in
the storm, the rip panels in the
other four were removed. He said
the presence of the covers in no
way interfcrrcd with the operation
of the valve.
Has Another Theory
Mayer is to be called upon to ex-
plain another theory of the disaster.
Captain Foley, Judge advocate Of
the court. asked him to prepare n
diagram showing the distribution
of weight on the ship, to test the
idea advanced that the concentra-
tion of water ballast amidships con
tributed to the collapse.
Commander Zachary Lansdowne,
who was killed in the disaster. him
self recommended removal of some
of .the ships gas cells, Mayer testi-
fled.
1t was to the absence of these
valves that Captain Anton Heinen,
German consultant constructor of
the Shenandoah, attributed the
cause of the dirigible' collapse.
The bureau of aeronautics approx
ed Lansdowne suggestions, the
witness said.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-28
Cdillaux Rejects
Counter Proposal
. OF United States
Caillaux Presents COmmi ssiOn With Analysis of
Financial Experts and Expresses Inability of
France to Meet Terms

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28.-- The
American debt funding commission
today received from Finance Min
lister Joseph CaiiIaux of France, his
statement on the inability of the
French debt mission to consider
settlement on the $4,000 200, 600
debt ON the terms Of the American
proposal.
III 25 minute session this
morning. Caillaux presented the
commission the results of the anal
ysis by his financial experts of the
American plans reactions on French
finance and made short speech
concerning France s capacity to pay
and its economic position.
WASHINGTON, Sept. IS The
American proposal for funding the
5000, 100000 French debt to the
United States today will be rejected
~ Finance Minister Joseph Gail
lauN, bringing the negotiations to Il
crisis.
Standing on his original offer.
submitted Thursday, the header of
the French debt mission Will sub
init no new proposition.
He viii offer to Secretary of the
Treasury Mellon aud his colleague
a lengthy document anaiyzing the
American offer and pointing out its
destructive rcpcrcussiOns upon
French finance.
He will then read in English Il
carefully prepared speech explain
ing the original French offer was
not Il fcelcr' rs it has been in
tcrprctcd but Il plan which repre-
s"ntcd all that his commission
thinks France is capable of doing.
Asks for Latitude
To encourage further efforts to-
ward a settlement, however. he will
explain he is not stubborn in his
position and all ti'at he asks is lati-
tudc to set forth the difficulties of
e French finance and an opportunity
to hear the arguments from the
American side.
This sudden and gloomy turn in
the situation followed - hours of
intermittent and informal conver-
sations between Cailllaux. Mellon,
Senator Smoot and other members
of the two delegations which start
ed promisingly Friday night and
which last night seemed to augur Il
new French offer and Il speedy set
tlcmcnt.
Overnight, however, reaction to
the American proposition in France
reached Caillaux by cable and is
said To have determined him to re-
jcct the American offer in toto
rather than run the risk of making
a settlement which would be over
whclmingly rejected by his coun-
try.
French opinion was said in French
quarters today TO regard the Amer,
lean proposal, which closely re.
scmbled the British offer with cas-
Ter terms III the first years, "as
asking the life blood of Francc.'
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-28
GREAT MARINE DERRICK
STARTS SALVAGE WORK

NEW LONDON, Conn. Sept. %.
The great marine derrick Mon
arch arrived this morning on the
scene of the sinking of the submar-
me S-5l.
The huge vessel. which left New
York Saturday night, is equipped
with derricks capable of lifting 250
tons. and these, with the derricks
already on the scene. was tdrned
/ immediately TO the second attempt
% raise the submarine from th4
/ ocean S bottom.
The first hoist yesterday Of the
lcng Merit Chapman derrick fail
ed as those on the grim line of YES
sci. standing by had feared.
Together. the two derricks viii
have Il lifting strength of 800 tons,
i believed sufficient to hoist the
stern of the SOL from the choppy
| waters.
The undcrsea craft is 80 feet
long and it lies in Il sea of 1873
feet depth, so that experts in
! charge believe the vessel easily can
he tilted on its nose to allow the
stern to stick out. Then the hull
viii be opened and the sixty hour
/ secret of the submarine revealed.
No Sign of Life
There has been no indication that
| any of the men who went down Fri
dav night when the Sol was RAM
med by the coastwise steamer City
| or Rome, is alive, The rescue has
been SO long delayed that no real
hocp is held out for the survival of
II single man.
! \ plan during the night 10 per-
NIT two civilian divers to explore
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-28
Negotiations On French War Debt Funding Reach Cisi
WANT FLYING MEN
TO HAVE CHARGE
OF AIR DEFENSE
Army Officer Tells Air
craft Board About
Grievances

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.-Army
airmen are convinced that if the
United States air defense is to be
made effective it must be taken
out of the hands Of those now in
control and operated by actual
flying men, Major w. G.. Kilner,
executive officer in the army air
service. told the president spe-
cial aircraft board today.
KiIner, who had charge Of all
aviation training during the war;
declared that there was great dis
satisfaction among pilots with the
present system.
4 reorganization to establish II
separate air unit-as recommended
bv Major General Patrick was
advocated BY Kilner. when hear
ines were resumed by the board to-
day.
Best Pursuit Planes
Owe have the best pursuit planes
in the world Kilner said.
! Representative Carl Ninson.
Georgia, Democrat. asked kilher to
explain what he meant when he said
there was dissatisfaction among
the men.
"There is first, a slowness Of ac-
| ton, kilnGf said, "Whcn we
want to do anything we can t do
it speedily. We are hampercd by
avcidab!e delays.
! "'Then there seems TO be lack
| of comprehension of our problems
! b. authorities. | mean in the de-
pa1tmelt-not in congress. We
never asked congress for anything
we did not get.
! "Then we are hampercd by the
facts that all our officers are jun
, ior grades.
! 1.-The recommendation of our
first lieutenants don t carry much
. weight when there are brigadier
! generals around.
; Favors New Air Unit
! at isD the concensuS of flyers
! that we are not going to get any
where now and if we are going to
| get anywhere, flying men will have
TO be placed in control.' Kilner de
! clared.
81 personally favor adoption. of
! the recommendations of General
Patrick for formation of an air
! unit along the lines of the marine
! corps.
kimer was insistent that immed-
| late action is necessary.
THE fault of the present gan
lization, he declared. 'is not due
TO personalities. We should nave
! someone who could do more than
make recommendations. y
/Cout;nual ON no0e AZ
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-28
THINK VENDETTA
PROMPTED FATAL
SHOT AT AUBURN

AUBURN, Calf, Sept, 2S.- Be
licvcd victim Of revenge, Richard
p. Stone, Forest Hills lumber man,
is dead and posses today were scour-
ing the county for traces of his
slayer.
Stone was shot from ambush as
he approached his, mill on a tour
of inspection with his wife and Mrs.
A. Holden Of San Francisco. Meth
er of the women saw his assailant.
Stone had been involved in n
number of labor and legal disputes
and according to information OBJ
tanned by Sheriff Elmer Gum today
had been threatened with death sew
cral times.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-28
FANS HERE WILL BE ABLETO
FOLLOW GAMESPLAY BY, PLAY

going on in Pittsburgh and
Washington.
Fans of the city are cooperat-
ing with this paper to put the
electrict diamond into action,
and everything will be in read
mess when the opening game is
called on October Z.
In former years large crowds
have enjoyed watching the
series on the Press diamond and
it is hoped that. more than ever
will be on hand this year.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-28
CHINA FLOODS
MENACEHOMES
OF 2 MILLION
by United Press Leased Wire

by United Press Leased Wire
PEKIN, Sept. 28.--The fresh
break in the banks of the Vel
low river today endangered the
homes Of 100000 residents of
the Shantung peninsula.
Fifteen hundred square miles
are flooded, with the area in
creasing hourly. Reports re-
ceived here estimate that a
hundred have been drowned.
Biologists fear the river
course will be altered to adj
vance to a former outlet in
Kiang Su province.
The flood is described as the
worst in China since 1887.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-28
THINK SKELETON
MAY Be THAT OF
LOST SAN DLEGAN

Is the skeleton of !; man found II
miles northc of Shepard s bridge
yesterday afternoon. by Edward
Klssce. all that remains of George
Schick. prominent San Diegan, who
mysteriously disappeared about
three years ago, and for whose muir
der T.. Drew Clark is now serving
It life sentence at San Quentin
~ ison,
The question will probably be
answered on the return OF Coroner
Lemons and Undersheriff Bert Tn
doiwood late this afternoon from
their trip i'll to the mountains to
obtain the skeleton.
Kissee was out hunting vcster-
day. and late in the afternoon came
uron the skeleton near the San
Diego and Arizona railway right
of way. at a point where the desert
and mountains meet. % cali
bre automatic pistol with three
loaded shells lay alongside the
bones. The clothing had placti-
cally all disappeared from the body.
a Masonic pin and Il tic clasp ear
rs ing the same emblem lay with the
boncs.
Find Rail Ticket
The evidence that first served to
link the skeleton up with the
! Schick mystery was a ticket on the
san Diego and Ari2Dna railway,
dated November 2G. 1922, good for
Il return trip from Carriso Gorge 70
to san Diego.
Inquiry at the local office Of the
San Diego and Arizona railway this
morning developed the information
riIat the railroad conducted an eN-
eursion from San Diego to Carriso
Gorge ON that date.
Schick is believed to have disap-
pcared about that time and no sat
isfactory explanation has ever been
made. At Clark S trial it was stat
ed that Schick had made Il trip into
Mexico and that he met his death
there. Another sdpposition was
that Clark had murdered Schisk
and had successfully hidden or de
stroyed the body. The ease was
one of Il few ON record where a
conviction of murder was obtained
without proof being definitely es-
tablished that a murder had been
committed.
Sheriff Gillett decided to notify
the San Diego authorities of the
find ands enlist their aid in ascer-
tsining if it will help solve the
Schick mystery.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-28

Hold your horses, baseball
fans, it is only little over a
week until the lid is kicked off
on the worlds series, and then
business can go hang until it is
decided who has the right to
wear baseball's highest honors!
As IN former years the Press
will reproduce the games as
they are played on an
electric scoreboard hung out
side the Press office, where all
will be welcome to come and
fight the fights that will be
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-28
FRIEND, R00MER
SHOT and KILLED
BY JEALOUS MATE

Los ANGELES, Sept. 2S.-- Lc-
land Harder, Monrovia. was held in
county jail today on a charge of
murder. the result. according to
police, of jealousy over the affec-
tions of his wife.
Harder shot asd killed J. w.
Suther. n former friend and roomer
i'll the presence of his wife.
He borrowed an old frontier days
revolver from Il neighbor for the
shooting.
"Pnt another notch on il, he
said when he returned the gun "l
shot a fellow because he refused to
leave, nv wife alone: ~,
Mrs. Harder, young and bobbsd,
,cas questioned briefly by the po-
lice, then released. '...'-
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-28
INDIANA WOULD BAN
DEMPSEY BOUT

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Sept.
2S-The proposed DempseyWills
fight at Michigan City Ind.
July 4, 1926. will be prohibited
under Indiana S anti-prize fight
law, it was announced today by
Edward White, assistant attor
ney general.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-28
Faces Trial In
Selling of Babe
By United Press Leased Wire

Los ANGELES, sept. 2S. .- Ac-
cused of selling baby for $l15 IN
violation of AN OLD anti-Slavery
statute which forbids trafficking
in humans, Mrs. Hazel Sims went
on trial today in superior court
here. .,..e .~
Mrs, Sims was arrested here last
spring. At that time, county pros
ecutors claimed she was operating
''baby farm-'"at, Gmdena, near
here. '1.:.'.. N
The accused woman claims; she
merely collected. "maternity lex
porsesH on the, 7infant, horn to
Evelyn Leons DNx, 10, at the
Gardeto institution. The child
was adopted, and subsequently re-
turned to its own mother.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-28
GAMES TODAY

National
New York at Brooklyn, clear
Boston at St. Louis, clear.
Only games.
American
Detroit at New York, clear,
two games.
Chicago at Boston, played as
part double header Saturday.
Cleveland at Philadelphia.
played as part double header
Saturday.
Only games today.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-28
MAY MOVE INQUIRY
TO NATIONAL CAPITOL

LAKEH TRST, \. J.. Sept. 2S.-
Owing to the difficulties of bring.
ing witnesses to Lakehurst and ac-
commodating them, the naval au.
thorities are considering moving
the Shenandoah inquiry to Wash
ington, it was learned today.
1t is practically n, certainty that
the court will be moved although
Continued on page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-28
SEES CHANCE OF
CREW ESCAPING
! AS VERY SLIGHT
by tuited Press Leased Wire

MARE ISLAND, Cal, Sept, %.
The crew of the submarine Sol,
sunk in Il collision off the Counecti-
eat coast, had hardly any chance
for life from the moment their
craft went down, is the belief of
Lieutenant Commander Charles NJ.
Cooke, survivor of the submarine
50, sunk forty miles off Delaware
BAY September /, 1920.
Little Parallel was seen by Cooke
in the two disasters.
In the case of the So, which he
commanded, the vessel sank while
suhmerging due 60 an open valve.
The 40 men of the crew escaped.
Because the S-51 was sunk in col
lision mitigated against the pos
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Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-28
II SUCCUMB OVER
WEEKEND IN p. l.
CHOLERA SCOURGE
ny United Press Leased Wire

MANILA. Pr L., Sent. es.- The
cholera record over the week end
here was II dead, with 80 suspected
eases admitted to hospitals.
In addition number of cases
have been reported in the municipal
area surrounding Manila.
Ma ior General McRac, command
ing tho Philippines department, has
ordered the entire military person
mel to be vaccinatcd.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-28
FRESNO DECLARES WAR ON
STREET CORNER Washers

FRESNO, Calf, Sept. 2s:-- War
was declared today by the police on
mashers and street corner shieks af
ter a number of complaints that wo
men had been annoyed. A man Sc
years old was the first to he arrest
ed on complaint ia woman.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-28
AMERICAN
At New York

At New York
(First Came
Detroit 600 900 330-6 9
Now York 1Ol 600 600 : I
Holloway and Woodall; Hoys and
Bengough. ,....
At New York Second Game)
Detroit 0l0 200 l02-6 IL |
New York Ill 030 00l--7 10
Dauss, Doyle and Woodall, Bass
Ter; Shields and Bengough.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-28

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Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-28

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Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-28

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The Washington times., 1925-06-10
COOL IDGE SEES
NEWSREEL on
rain
international Manager Here
Transforms Diner Into
Movie Theater

President Coolidge was able 70
enjoy d motion picture entertain
ment while his train sped to Wash.
ington last night from. st. Paul
where he spoke to 100 900 persons.
incident to the Norse-Arnerican cen
tennial celebration,
The feat was accomplished for
the first time in history through
the ingenuity of j. G. Brown. local
manager of the international News
reel, who transformed the dining
car Of the presidential train into
motion picture theater.
Al special De Vry motion picture
protector was used and films taken
on the st. Paul and Minneapolis
trip of the President were shown.