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Imperial Valley press., 1925-02-19
France Showing
Little Interest
In Conference
By LUD'WELL DENNY
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.--presi-
Gent Coolidge will issue invitations
for the second Washington Arms
Conference as soon as support of the
French government is assured,
Great Britain and Japan having al
ready given informal expression of
approval.
Although France blocked limita-
tion of auxiliary naval craft at
which is the primary object of the
proposed conference, informal dis
cussions now in progress between
Ambassador Herrick and Premier
Herriot in Paris gave hope in Off
jcial circles here today.
I France may withhold definite
affirmative answer, it is believed,
until the league Of nations arms
conference, which it sponsored, is
indefinitely postponed.
Since the league protocol provides
for an arms conference only if the
powers have ratified the protocol
before June and as France is the
only power that has ratified, it is
understood here that no European
conference will stand in the way of
the Washington meeting.
Germany may not be invited to
the Washington conference be-
cause she is NOT a sea power. An
added reason is the reported hos
tility of France to the inclusion of
Germany.
Russia will not be invited unless
The conference agenda is extended
TO include far eastern problems and
unless Russia meanwhile has been
recognized by the United States.
The president is expected to ap-
Npoint early in the new administra-
Y ION commission 10 talk with the
Russians, which presumably Will
lead TO eventful, rather than immc-
date recognition.
A high state department official
said today that only naval subjects
had been discussed with the inter
,csted powers so far. Land arma-
lment will not be considered, the
jofficial said, because the United
( States regards it "a strictly
European problem.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-02-19
FRAZIER CASE
MAY REACH THE
JURY TONIGHT
Much Testimony Given
Tending to Prove
Insanity

A verdict in the case of Levi Fra
Zicr, charged with the murder of
Robert Mays, will undoubtedly be
reached late this afternoon or to-
night, everything indicating that
the ease would be given to the jury
about 3 o'clock this afternoon.
Testimony in the case was con.
cluded this noon, when the defense
introduced a number Of fellow-pris-
oncrs Of Frazier at the county jail,
who testified regarding his queer
actions, which caused them to ex-
press the opinion that he is insane.
The state rested its case against
Levi Frazier yesterday afternoon,
having introduced several witnesses
who testified to the circumstances
surrounding the shooting Of Mays.
The defense opened its side of the
case by putting Robert Frazier,
father of the defendant, on the
stand. The elder Frazier testified
regarding the change in his son s
mental and physical habits, stating
that he noticed Il change in them
last June. The defendant was mo-
rose aud quarrclsomc, whereas he
had previously been of genial
disposition, he said.
The elder Frazier, who stated he
has been minister for so years.
impressed all who heard him by his
evident sincerity and desire to tell
the truth.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-02-19
TODAY'S LETTUCE MARKET
By U. s. Bureau Of Agricultural Economics
G. E. SCHULTZ, Local Representative

and nearby points-max So, min
430, clear. Demand slow, trading
draggy, market weak, very few
sales. CARROTS fob cash tracks,
U. s. grade No. l, l60-l,65 poorer
open burst low as $50; As 2.o5-o35
few higher, few lower. Most ship
ments rolled unsold.
SAN FRANCISCO: $40 cloudy. No
arrivals, l2 broken, 5 unbroken ears
on track. Demand and trading
slow, market steady. Imperial-4s
3.00-3.25, IS 2.50-3.00 poorer low as
$50.
BALTIMORE: 80 clear. l Ariz,
I Calf, 4 Fla arvd, ! reconsigned,
II on track. Closing Wednesday,
supplies moderate. Demand moder-
ate, market steady Imperial-5s
4.50-4.75, 6s 3.75-4.00. Ariz-4As-
5s 3.50-3.75.
FIT. WORTH: so clear. . Calf
arvd, l diverted, 2 on track. Sup
plies moderate. Demand and trad
ing moderate, market about steady.
Continued on Page g.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-02-19
WHAT'S DOING
Wilson School Fair tonight.

Wilson School Fair tonight.
Evangelistic meeting at First
Baptist church.
Eisteddfod meets tonight, rest.
room.
Gospel Tent meetings, Olive
and Fifth streets.
Imperial Farm Center meets
tonight.
"Inez from Hollywood" at
Valley theater tonight.
1.-The White Sister, Theater
Tulane tonight.
Idle Tongues, at Palace
theater tonight.
Troops 16 and "a, Boy Scouts
meets tonight.
FL Centre Chapter 100, Royal
Arch Masons meet tonight.
Elks meet tonight.
Kiwanis luncheon tomorrow
noon, Barbara Worth hotel, Es-
condido Kiwanians present.
McCabe Home department
meets tomorrow, home of Mrs.
Joe Wilson.
All Day meeting w. G. T. U.
Mrs. George Willsie, tomorrow.
Colonial tea, home Mrs. II. j.
Boman, 705 State street, to-
morrow afternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-02-19
Congress Today
Senate

Senate
Considers conference report. on
Muscle Shoals.
Agriculture committee continues
hearing on President s farm relief
program,
Foreign relations committee con-
Times consideration of Lausanne
treaty.
House
Considers Garrett amendment to
the constitution prohibiting the meth
od by which ii should be amend
cd
Interstate commerce committee
considers Pullman surcharges.
Military affairs committee con
siders several bills.
Aircraft and shipping board i'm
vestigation continues.
Investigation of disabled soldiers
league continues.
Agriculture committee considers
McNary-IIaugen bill.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-02-19
Charlie Chaplin
Tn L. A. Court
To Fight Case
Ry United Press Leased Wire

Los ANGELES. Feb. 19-Char-
lie Chaplin, king of comedians. ap-
peared in a crowded courtroom here
today to personally defend his fam
Gus "makc-up,
1t was Chaplin s first public ap-
pearance in months, and his drama
tic entrance electrified the curious
crowd.
The comedian is seeking an in
junction to restrain Charles Amador
from using the baggv trousers, en-
ormous feet and other makeup
which made Chaplin famous on the
screen.
lie was scheduled TO testify in
his own behalf later this afternoon.
Sid A. Grammar, HOLLYWOOD thea
ter owner, was Chaplin s first
witness. Grammar described IN de-
tail the "Chaplin makeup" from
shoes to moustache.
"It S Charlie s own creation, and
he should be protected from imi-
tators, y Grammar said.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-02-19
FRANCE INDIFFERENT
TO COMING CONFERENCE

PARIS, Feb. 19.-With British
opnosition to the Geneva protocol
still vivid memory, the French
continues silent i'll the
face of repeated reports of a con
templated new disarmament con
ference.
Political leaders have made no
attempt TO conceal the disillusion-
ment oceasioned by the British
stand and ask how sea and land
torces can be reduced when from
khe nation s ex.ally guarantee
against new invasion has been re-
fused.
Naval experts unanimously OPP
rose limitation of defense forces,
especially as regards submarines.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-02-19
KING GEORGE Is
MUCH IMPROVED

LONDON. Feb. fixing George
"passed a better night and his
progress is slow but satisfactory, -
said a physicians bulletin given
out at 10 a. M.
No further announcements will
be issued today, it was said at
Buckingham Palace, where the king
has been confined for several days
with a bronchial cold.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-02-19
42nd Victim of
Water Project Is
Claimed, Is Hurt
by United Press Leased Wire

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1o.-One
man was killed, another probably
fatally injured and II others badly
hurt when q work car on the city s
lIetch 1Ictchy power project was
derailod and plunged from 80 foot
trestle between West Portal and
Moccasin creek today.
w. Davis, a laborer. was thrown
from the ear when it lurched sud-
denly while crossing the trcstle. IIn
was hurled mdor the tracks, de-
railing the car and throwing if in
to the canvon.
Davis death 10 the forty second
on the project since 1920. Names
of the men injured were not given
in dhe message to the city engin-
GERS office.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-02-19
Longworth's Baby
Named Paulina

CHICAGO, Feb. 19.-Alicc Roose.
welt LongwoIth wants her baby
daughter to grow up with "per-
sonality all her own," she explain
cd in announcing it had been
named Paulina Longworth,
Paulina was selected because the
APOSTLE Paul lis Aides favorite
hero; because she wanted a biblical
name and doesn t care for Mary,
Martha, Esther or Ruth. If the
child had been boy it waS to
have been named Paul.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-02-19
Light Rainfall
Along Coast
BY United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, Feb. Delight
rains were reported along the South
ern California coast early this
morning, with generally unsettled
weather throughout the southland
forecast for tonight and tomorrow.
The fall at Los Angeles was .03
of an inch, and other coast sta
tions reported similar precipitation.
The rainfall was confined to the
coast area.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-02-19

Imperial Valley comparisons:
1924 1925
Shipped on February IS l0S 100
Shipped to February IS 4671 1876
Cars ordered in the Imperial Val
ley for loading February 10, 125.
Origin of Imperial Valley lettuce
shipments reported out February Is:
Brawley 40, Imperial 4, FL Centre
43, s. D. & A. Rv. ,, H. & I. Ry.
s, IIeber II, Calcxico 9, total 1870.
Shipping point information for
Wednesday, February is: FL Centro
Imperial Valley press., 1925-02-19
CITY WORSE THAN
WRANGEL ISLE
by United Press Leased Wire

SEATTLE, Wash, Feb. 19.-Ada
Blackjack, lone survivor of the first
expedition to Wrangel Island, al
most spccumbed to the terrors of
Seattle's streets when an automo-
bile knocked her down, injuring her
severely. Her eight months old
baby was also painfully hurt.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-02-19
"LOS ANGELES" TO
TAKE MAIL TO
T III E. BERMU D A S
by United Press Leased Wire


WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. - The
navy air liner Los Angeles will
carry two hundred pounds of Unit
ed States mail to Bermuda when it
heads south for the islands Friday.
Passengers on the dirigible will
include Rear Admiral w. A. Mof-
fett, chief of the bureau of aero
nautics; Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral Paul Henderson and Assistant
Secretary of the Navy T. Douglas
Robinson.
The mooring ship Patoka arriv-
ed at the Bermudas today. The Los
Angeles, under command of Captain
G. w. Steele, may stay for a day
or two before returning.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-02-19
Society Bandits
Get Away With
Fortune in Gems
BY United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 19.-Los
Angeles and Hollywood police COM
bined today in search for two $50
ciety bandits who broke into the
home of Z. M. Asher, president of
Corinne Griffith Productions, and
robbed the producer s wife of jewel
~ valued at $4,000. Mrs. Asher
told police the bandits took three
diamond bracelets, Il string of pearls
and Il diamond ring. They were
w9ll-dressed and polite in their
methods. she said allowing her to
keep her wedding ring.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-02-19
"ACE" HUDKINS TO
MEET PADDY MILLS
ON FRIDAY NIGHT

LOS ANGELES. Feb. 19-"Ace"
lTudkins, Nebraska lightweight sign
ed for his fourth main event AZ the
Hollywood American Legion arena
today Hudkins accepted terms from
matchmaker Tom Kennedy to meet
Paddy Mills, the Irish lightweight,
in a 10 round bout on Friday wight,
February 27. a'
Imperial Valley press., 1925-02-19
Germany Must Pay
u. S. Survivors of
Lusitania Toll
Dy United Press Leased Wire

by United Press Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, Feb. 49,
Germany is obligated to pay
dana ges to American survivors
of British subjects who lost
their lives in the sinking of the
Lusitania, the umpire of the
mixed claims commission ad-
Indicating German-American
war claims decided in 4 deci-
sion handed down today.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-02-19
WILLIAMS NAMED AS
ASSISTANT COACH
by United Press Leased Wire

by United Press Leased Wire
EUGENE, Ore, Feb. l9.-Basil
Williams of Eugene, freshman foot
ball coach for five years, was NAM
ed assistant coach to Dick Smith
here last night By the athletic COM
mittee Of the University Of Oregon.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-02-19
MUssoLINI RECEIVERS

~ ROME. Feb. 10.-Prcmicr Mus
solini continues to recover from his
attack on Influenza. The condition
Of ministers De Stafani aud Rocco,
III of the same malady, have also
Improved.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-07-28

From Farming Magazine.

It's results are APPARENT in the waste OF Ter
tilitv wear after year on farm lands OF the
south: in CALLED and quilted fields, and III d.
minished forest areas Along with good meth
DDS followed by enlightened and enterprlsing
filters OF the soil the all too common prac-
tice of exhausting culture has been going on
under the name of farming, and those engag-
ed in this work of impoverishment have been
incorrectly classed as farmers
These 'land killers" as Edmund Ruttln
called them, would have made the south
barren desert long ago but for the recupera-
five powers OF nature that have operated to
repair the damage caused by shittlessness and
improvidence. Here and there good farmers
have taken over depleted soils and demon
strated the efficacy OF common sense methods
in restoring fertility; but the number OF such
workers has been too small to cope with the
army OF MASTERS that has left SO many I'M
Doyerished farms in its wake. Only the nat
ural and imperfect remedy referred TO has
served to restore some degree of fertility to
the aveage worn and abandoned field.
The destructive industry OF man III the
mining OF soils marks a course that has been
ruinous to landowners and injurious to ev-
erv interest of communities in which the
work has been carried on. Most OF the poor
lands of the south were made poor through
slip-shod methods of cropping. Man has only
himself to blame for their present condition
Accuse not Nature She hath done her
part; do thou but thine"
1t has been demonstrated time and again
that lands once fertile, but worn by careless
cultivation, may be renovated under any Sys-
tenn of building that good farmers 1ol-
low: and it is encouraging to note the ever
increasing number that is profting by a
knowledge of this truth. With more good
farmers and good farming to help nature in
its work Of restoring fertility we may soon
repair the damage wrought by desert-build-
ers and make the south ito blossom as the
rose"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-07-28
Press Agent Copy.

Just what is public relations commlttee?
Newspaper readers might like to know. 1t is
merely another name for the old time and
somewhat discredited press agent" A pub
lie relations committee is the press agent in
disguise The purpose of the public relations
committee is the same as that OF the press
agent, namely: the dissemination of propa-
ganda in the disguise of news. The public re-
lations committees principal object OF as
oaut is the daily and the weekly newspaper
The newspaper is beseiged daily by innumer-
able press agents and public relations COM
mittees seeking publicity without cost for al
most every conceivable purpose, The daily
mail of the newspaper is heavy with the
copy OF the public relations committees 1t
is good copy, too for the most part, and has
been prepared by skillfu writers. 1t is the
most dangerous copy, however, that comes
into the newspaper office, for its deliberate
design is to prejudice the reader. 1t frequent
ly, if not always, distorts the facts. 1t pre-
sents only one side of given case. The news
paper that admits this copy to its columns is
recreant in its duty to its readers; 1t is inn
posing upon the confidence of its readers; it
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public relations committee" has come into
use because of the dsfavor with which the
press agent had come to be disregarded. The
public relations committee is the wolf in
sleeps clothing. In we'll regulated newspaper
Offices capacious waste baskets yawn for grist
from the public relations committees mill,
but a certain amount of it finds place in
newspapers not so scrupulous concerning
what is published in their columns. Judging
by the daily output of the public relations
committee incredible amounts are being ex-
pended in dissemination of propaganda by
this means-money that might better be eX-
pended in more legitimate effort The news
paper has advertising space to sell, but its
news columns are, or ought to be, unpurchas-
able. That is reason enough for the rejection
OF all offerings from public relations COM
mittees.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-07-28
Federal Control of Schools.

The National Education Association has
again pledged support of bill in the next
congress to create a federal department of
education. According to reports of the asso-
citation convention the provisions of the pro-
posed bill differ somewhat from those of the
measure previously advocated That measure
would have created a great political machine
which, through party control of congress,
could have dictated even the text books to
be used in the public schools. The bill now
proposed does not go that far. 1t would give
the federal department advisory powers"
only
But how long would federal department
with advisory powers satisfy those behind
the present bill? AT present there is bu-
reau OF education in the department of the
interior. This bureau has advisory powers,
which it exercises in bulletins to state school
officers Under the present law this bureau
may go even further when conditions re-
quire. Ii it cannot go far enough to suit the
members of the National Education Associa-
ton why does it not attempt amendment of
the present law? Such attempt might dis
close why the association desires to relieve
the schools of home rule, for that is what
even federal advisory control ultimately
would mean.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-07-28
Southwest Georgia Peaches.
From the Albany Herald.

We have seen in Albany, and there have
been shipped from number OF southwest
Georgia counties, as h:gh-grade peaches as
ever came from any orchards, judged by any
or all recognized standards of size color and
flavor. They have attracted attention wher-
ever they have gone, and have commanded
the highest prices that have been paid in the
markets.
1t is no news to those who live in this sec
ton and are familiar with its advantages that
peaches and other fruits OF the highest quail
ity can be grown here 1t has often been
demonstrated-so often that it would seem
to be quite unnecessary to proclaim the fact
further yet even now there are those who
profess surprise when they observe the SUI
perior quality OF peaches grown in Dough-
erty Lee. Terrell, Randolph, Webster, Cal
houn and other southwest Georgia counties.
Where orchards are given expert attention
land without attention no orchards are ca
pable OF producing high-grade product they
yield fruit that will attract attention i'll any
market and command the highest prices The
favor of the Georgia peach is Incompatible,
and no better peaches are grown in this state
than come from the orchards OF this section.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-07-28
Stop the Robbery.

The practice OF taking off, and putting
nothing back in return is not an exception
in farming throughout Terrell county and this
section, which, if continued, will so impover-
ish the soil in a few years that normal crop
production will be hopeless. Summer legumes
alone do not sufficiently retain soil fertility to
warrant the best results in farming, and
the introduction of hairy vetch into south
Georgia as a winter legume and soil builder
offers an opportunity 10 stop the practice
OF soil robbery.
Experiment stations in Georgia and Ala
bama have found that good crop OF vetch
turned under in the spring is as valuable in
plant food as from four to six hundred pounds
of nitrate OF soda besides adding other forms
OF plant food and humus to the soil Nitrate
OF soda is worth approximately $500 per unit
on the present market and 900 pounds would
place the value of an acre OF vetch Tor soil
building at $780, Vetch seed can be bought
for Sl10O per hundred pounds, and 1t re-
ouires 20 pounds to plant an acre with pos
sible expense of fifty cents for incubation,
making the entire cost of seeding 500. A
profitable investment to be sure, if we can
invest $40 and receive more than six times
that amount in the course OF six or seven
months.
Hairy vetch should be planted in October,
and no preparation of the land is necessary,
provided the land was in cultivation this year.
Seed should be sown at the rate OF 20 pounds
per acre, and if sown in cotton it can be
covered with a scrape and scooter or disc
harrow The cotton stalks make excellent
supports on which the vetch may run when
ii grows up, and vetch should be thoroughly
disced before being powed under.
1t will soon be time to sow vetch, and it
is encouraging to know that considerable
acreage of this soil builder will be planted
by Terrell farmers.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-07-28
Importance of Birds.
From the Macon News.

The indications are that the pot-hunters
and bootleg "sportsmen" of all kinds, here
in Georgia are headed fora jolt.
The department Of game and fish, whose
duties are of course to protect the wild life
of our woods and streams from the extermi
mating depredations OF the irresponsible hun
ter and fisherman, has been carrying on a
more or less amiable campaign of education
for quite some time. Efforts have been made
to teach the people generally that the con-
servation of our fish and game is necessary
if coming generations are to enjoy hunting
and fishing even within legal bounds.
But there has always been certain ele-
ment who detied the law. They could not
get it into their heads that the state was
really serious in enforcing the law. WardenS
were not as dilligent in some counties as
they might have been in carrying the truth
home to the law-breakers.
But Commissioner Twitty is sending out
his scouts and at the same time is putting
the public on notice that henceforth the law
will be enforced, and that the man who hunts
or fishes in violation of the law will certainly
meet with swift and condign punishment.
County wardens will be selected who will
be constantly on the job, and they will be
aided by agents direct from the department
who are not likely to be personally known
to the woud-be violators of the law.
The department is making a special appeal
to the farmers for support in this crusade
which means SO much to the agricultural life
1t is a tremendous fact, but one that is
not generally realized, that if all bird life
by some great cataclysm or epidemic should
be wiped out the insects would cover the
ground three feet deep in three years and
the human race, as we'll as all forms OF ami
NAL life, would perish in agonies unspeakable
That is how important the birds are.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-07-28
How Wall Street Does 1t.
From the Lagrange Reporter.

Were it not serious there would be some
thing amusing in the latest reports published
in the conservative press OF New York rela-
tive to the prospects for the cotton crop. We
are told there is "a growing conviction that
the new crop has made a good start, and
that with an increase in acreage, plentiful
use of fertilizer and determination on the
part of the farmers to secure a liberal yield
there is prospect for another large crop" All
of which is handed out to impress upon the
cave-dwe1lers of the east the idea that the
farmer has prosperity in sight AS matter
of fact, if the farmer does produce bumper
crop he will get little or nothing for it. He
will work twice as hard produce twice as
much and get much less cash.
Then, in order to straddle the issue after
the manner of all well-ordered Wall street
newspapers, we learn that "in the western
half of the belt as a result of the protracted
drought, the crop is not well advanced"
This lays the groundwork for higher prices of
cotton products for the people. The farmer
will be paid low price for poor" quality
of cotton because the farmer must be gyped
whichever way the cat jumps, and the I'M
potent and apathetic public will pay the rest
Of the bill.
The financial jugglers, these specializing
harpies who live on the sweat of men who
work, passing out their propaganda without
governmental or private protest are sowing
seeds of discomfort that unless there be
some change before long, will produce a
bumper crop of trouble that may shake the
teeth OF the nation.