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Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-12
EDITOR RELEASED
ON BOND, MURDER
COUNT CONTINUED
by United Press Leased Wire

LAS VEGAS. y. NJ. Sept. IL
Ca.l G. Magee, editor of the New
Mexico State Tribune of Albuquer-
que, is today under $4,000 bond on
u charge of murder awaiting the
December session of the grand
jury.
Magcc late yesterday pleaded not
guilty to Il charge Of murder IN
connection with the accidental
shooting of John 3. Lasseter, be-
fore Il Justice of the peace here
when formally arraigned.
The bond, signed by eight Las
Vegas citizens immediately after
the shooting was allowed to stand.
LasSctcr was shot as he inter-
cedcd to pun Judge David T, LeahY
away from Magee, whom he had
knocked to the floor and was kick
ing aud heating. Magee shot at
Lcuhy, hitting LaSseter. In two
more shots he wounded Leahy in
the arm.
Magcc yesterday announced his
resignation from the state insane
asylum board saving that il caused
too much worry 10 his fanny to at
tcad the bi-monthly meetings of the
board in Las Vegas. .
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-12
Valley Delegates
To Legion Confab
VIII Leave Today

D"lcgatcs from Imperial NaIIN
10 the American Legion state con
vcntion. aud the state promcnad"
of the 80 and S, will leave today
to attend these affairs which arc to
be held at Catalina Island next
week.
Legion delegates from Boycc Ncn
Post, FL Centre. Include Commander
p. \. Thaanum, rhar,cs W. Barry,
Calvin G. Monsscan, Il. A Iiarri.
gan and John l, Kcploy.
FL Ccrtro dcirgatcs Ia the 10 and
: promenade include Congressman
Phi d. Swing. Charles W, Barry
aud r. A. Thaanma, John NJ. Kcp-
lcs. au& l.. \. "a riGan. ai~o of this
cat. are alterrat"s.
Other delegates from the valiy;
include Al Kellogg, Jack Aneeli.
Imperial; Robert Jones, Verne
Monte, BraW ley; Keith Harrington,
CalcXiro. Altcrnatcs include Guy
Haynes, doe fcicrahcnd, lloltvillc;
Dennis McChristy, Imperial. /. c,
Kocstcr Wylcs Nichols, Hraw)ev
and Chino Morchead, Calipatri1
The go and S|' is the play
ground organization of the Amcri-
can Legion, only those who have dis
tinguiyhcd themselves through scrv-
ice 80 the legion being eligible to
membership. The annual promcn-
ade or convention Of the organiza-
tiou will start sunday The legion
convention viii get under way Mon
day.
The conventions viii end Thurs-
day and the local delegates. if any
survive two reunions of cX-ScrVlcr
men, arc expected to return the lat
Ter part of next week.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-12
Diamond Jubilee
Celebration VIII
End In S. F. To-day
Uy nttrd Press Leased Wire

SAN FRANCISCO. sept. -
In voritallc blaze Of color and
hight. California : Diamond Jubilee.
its 18th birthday pariT, viii end
here tonight.
The crowuing feature viii be- an
electrical parade. i'm which - ma
tious viii participate, m"nF with
floats.
"Topiaht : parade viii b" de@i-
Gated 10 rejoicing over til" safety
of Commander Rodgers aud his
mrn.' said Grand Marshal 7. ". R.
Leland 1T will hc the grc9joSt
mass demonstration Of rcioi"log
since the arrliSticc.
Automobile races at Tanfoman
at > p. m. and swimming champion
ships in flciSchhacker pool at the
same hour were the opening eNruts
Of the final celebration day. Two
band concerts were scheduled dur
ing the afternoon.
Following the parade there will
be a closing ball at the auditorium
with street dancing and mardi gra3
throughout the city.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-12
FANATICAL FURY
MARKS FIGHTING,
OF KRIM TROOPS
Strive In Vain To Stem
French Hordes In
Big Drive
SCORNFUL OF DEATH
B0mbers of American Es-
cadriile Inflict
Casualties
SCORNFUL OF DEATH
BY JOHN O'BRIEN

United Press Staff Correspondent
FEZ, Morocco. Sept. 2.-Riffian
losses in the first "a hours of the
great French drive north of the
Ouergha have been very heavy, due
to the fdntical fury which the Krim
men sought to stem the French
thousands.
With to fatalisn and scorn OF
danger which their religion institis
III them. the Riffians resisted at
points where, from the start, resist
ance was futile. In some cases, they
battled on even when they were
outnumbered ten TO one. Thus they
suffered heavily while the French
losses are described as trifling.
The French are continuing their
onward push.
Bombers of the American cscad-
rifle fighting for France against
Add e Krim moved down 100 Riff
fian troops in their onslaught
against Chechaoucn recently, ac-
cording to official announcement
here.
IN addition to the 100 deaths,
the accuracy of American fire took
heavy tribute among military stores
and barracks.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-12
HINDU GUILTY OF
MURDER, JURY AT
RIVERSIDE FIND s
Recommendation Is Made
OF Prison Sentence
For Life
SECOND CONVICTION
Verdict Today Marks End
OF Long Legal Bat
tie By Singh
SECOND CONVICTION

Parker Singh, Hindu rancher at
Calipatria, was found guilty of first
degree murder at Riverside this
morning. for the killing of John 3.
Hager at Calipatr,c on April l. The
Jury made q recommendation that
Singh be sentenced to prison Ior
life.
The result of the trial was tele-
phoned to the district attorney S
office this morning by District At
torncy Utley, who remained i'll Riv-
cISide when the case WIS given to
the jury last night. Judge Conk-
ling. who presided at the trial, re-
turned to this city this morning.
Singh WAS also convicted of see
ond degree murder for the killing
of Victor r. Sterling of Calipatria
at the same time that Hager met
his death. His trial for Sterling S
murder took place in this city last
June, the court imposing sentence
Of from 10 years to life. when the
verdict WAS returned.
grand jury on two counts, and his
attorneys. Edgar b. Hervcy of this
city and o. Y. Wilson Of Los An
geles. succeeded in obtaining n
change of venue for the Hager hear
ing, the ease being transferred to
Riverside county.
The murder of Sterling and Hagcr
was Il particularly atrociouS one
and stirred Imperial Valley, partic-
ularly the north end where both
mon were well known. for several
days. Singh, Sterling and Hager
were involved in contract for let
tucc and Warrelled. When Sterling
and Hager went out to the ranch
which the Hindu was operating Sev-
cral miles east of Calipatria to set
tie their differences, Singh met
them with pistol. Sterling was
shot while he stood talking with
Singh, and after he fell, the Hindu
split his head open with an axe.
Shot i'll Cold Blood
liager tried to escape when he
saw Sterling shot, and ran out into
the lettuce 1lciu, Win Snl1l III pur-
suit. As Hagtr turned to plead for
his life, Singh shot him and repeat
ed the use of the axe on the fallen
man. Workers in the field kept at
distance by Singh's gun, were UNI
able to come to the rescue of either
Sterling or Hagcr.
Following the killings, Singh
jumped into an automobile and
drove to Calipatria, where he tried
to shoot William Th SLbcrg. no
was in partnership with Stcrnng
and Hager. Only the fact that
Singh 5 gun .iammcd when he ad-
vanced on Thornberg, saved the lat
ter'S life. Before the Hindu could
clear the gun, Thornbcrg and by
ISLANDERS had jumped him and took
the gun away from him and he was
placed under arrest !. by Marshal
Holmes of Calipatria, later being
turned over to Sheriff Gillctt, and
brought to the county jail.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-12
METHODISTS VOTE
TO JOIN CHURCHES

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Sept. -. -
Delegates to the Wisconsin Metho-
dist Episcopal conference in session
here voted 100 to 10 to merge the
Methodist church of the north with
the church of the south.
They also voted 81 to rs to admit
laymen Of the conference district
as delegates to the conference next
year. This means that one layman
will be permitted to attend with
each minister. Heretofore only MIN
iStcrS attended.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-12
OAKLAND BLONDE
II SELECTED AS
NATIONS BEAUTY
Wins Tournament At At
alantic City. Becomes
Miss America
Ry tinted Press Leased Wire

ATLANTIC CITY. \. j., Sept. II
Prom suulit California beaches
came the 1925 Miss America, -
Fay Lanphicr, golden hioudc steno-
grai.hcr from Oakland winning the
annual beauty tournament.
And SO that the state i'll which
Professor Mack Scmctt led the cul-
ture aud trimming of bathing beau
ties might have It's cup filled to
ovcrflowiug. AdGenno Dorc. ether
wise " Miss Los Angeles, received
second honorS.
Fay is tall and 10; Adricnnc short
and II. other statistical infor-
nation regarding the winner and
runner up tending to prove that
the Judges who scanned the 66 fair
entrants clad in one piece bathing
suits, were not searching for 4 type,
follow:
Miss I.anphicr: Hair, blonde ;
eyes, hazel; height, ) #, q in.;
weight l3S pounds; bust, "a, hips
3714; waist, 26Ls; arm, %; thigh,
2l1a; calf, l2l.; ankle, s.
Miss norc: Hair, brown; eyes,
gray; height, ) #. ~. in; weight,
ll6 pounds; bust, 33; hips, 30;
waist, 25ia; arm, pig; thigh, l7g;
calf, l3iI; ankle, 81.
Every girl in the contest received
. gold or silver cup for some par
ticular item of pulchritude in which
she cXcclled tive others, and all of
them were almost as radiant as
" Miss California - herself.
Miss Lanphier, who last wear was
an cntraut from Santa Cruz, an
nounced to those who surrounded
her that she was Il nice little home
body Of girl, spending most Of the
time in the kitchen when she WASH t
being an amateur beauty.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-12
Trained SLeuths
Put On Trail OF
Dodgers, EUaders
Get Busy AS Third InstaIIment On Income Taxes Be-
comes Due Next Tuesday; Machinery Is All
Ready For Making Collections
BY JOSEPH F. WASNEY,

United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.-Uncle
Sam will collect about 1926, 100000
fro mtaxpayers next Tuesday when
the third installment of income
taxes falls due, treasury department.
officials estimated today.
Revenues received from income
and profit taxes during the first
eight months of 1925 totalled ST.
o39,421. .2O9.32 and more than $780,
0O0,O0O in checks and money orders
will pour into the government cof-
fers next Tuesday.
The 50 revenue collectors through
out the country have Finished mail
out ''due notices to taxpayers who
elected to pay their taxes in four
instalimentS and the machinery is
now ready for collection of the third
payment.
Many Pay In Full
Receipts on September ID Will
not be one fourth or the total reVe-
nue. collected from the income tax
as many taxpayers decided to pay
the government the full amount due
in one payment. The full payments
were made, officials said, because
under the tax reduction granted,
small taxpayers were able to meet
their obligation in lump sums.
"The majority of the income tax
pavcrs are honest in making returns.
our investigations have revealed.
according to the bureau officials
- In checking up returns we find
there are many persons who attempt
to avoid paving their legal amounts.
Two thousand trained sleuths. all
qualified income tax Investigators
are now engaged in checking up re-
turns. assessing delinquents and
rounding up tax dodgers and evad-
ers. Latest figures reveal that there
are about 10000 income tax delin-
qucntS while nearly 10000 persons
failed TO make returns this year.
for pavmcnt of miscellaneous taxes.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-12
STRIP MACHINE OF
REMOVABLE PARTS

Quick work by thieves wa1Mth-
er costly to Nose Gullett of this
clty, when they stole his ear last
night and stripped it of tires and
nearly every other removable part.
Gullctt drove the ear to Broad.
way early in the evening and was
away from il only a few minutes.
Upon his return to the spot where
he had parked his ear, the latter
was missing. 1t was later recovered
Oh the East Side. and from its con.
dition it was evident that the THEY
eS had becu frightened away he
fore they had completed their work
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-12
MutinOus Chinese
Kill Russo Officer

HONG KONG, Sept. l2,-Mutin-
ous Chinese cadets at Canton turn
cd today upon their Russian off
Ger leader and firing volley of
shots. riddled his body.
The officer, revolver in hand, had
tired to force the cadets to march
to Honan after a day of drill.
Ringleaders of the mutiny upon
being arrested said:
1--WE are not the slaves of Rus
Sia -
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-12
Tarantula Bites
Fruit Man; Quick
Aid Saves Life

LOS ANGELES, sept. ID -
Prompt attention saved the life of
Max Zonrb, fruit peddler, here after
he had been bitten ON the finger by
a poisonous yellow South American
tarantula in the Grand Central
Terminal market.
Zomb was cutting mp a bunch of
bananas when he was bitten by the
tarautula He was rushed TO n near
by drug store whore a torniquet was
applied. Later he was taken TO The
rccei~ing hospital to have the
wound cautcrizcd. He will recover
physicians said,
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-12
FIRST UNIT OF MUSCLE
SHOALS PLANT STARTED

WASHINGTON, Sept l2--First
unit Of the power dam at Muscle
Shoals was put into full operation
Yesterday, the war department an
nouuced This unit, with 4 capacity
Of $4,000 kilowatts, was started ln
partial operation three weeks ago 10
supply n need caused by dr6ughts
in thu south.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-12
ROGERS TELLS OF
FLIGHT AND LONG
DREARY DRIFTING
Relates Expedients For
Navigating and Get
ting Water

Editors Note-In the ab-
sence of any official log
for the journey, Commander
John Rodgers of the PN9-l has
issued . statement of the facts
of the zeaplanc' S flight for the
public ana official records:
The United Press today pre-
sents the narrative in part:
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-12
NOTE is DRAFTED
INVITING GERMANY
TO SECURITY MEET
BY United Press Leased Wire

GENEVA, Sept. 12.-British For.
eign Secretary Austen Chamberlain
announced to the press today that u
note had been drafted inviting Ger
many to conference of foreign
ministers over the proposed allied
German security pact.
The time aud nlace of meeting,
however, had not been decided.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-12
By COM. JOHN RODGERS
Commander Seanlaue PNG-D


HONOLULU. Sept. 12.-For The
benefit Of the interested public, |
desire to make at this time Il def
mite statement Of facts in regard to
the voyage of the PN9-l from San
Francisco to Nawiliwil. Other
statements heretofore published by
tn G press are unauthorized by me.
The rN9-1 and No. ; left San
Francisco approximately at the
same time on August 81, No. )
leading by about 20 minutes. The
I'N9 No. ) was not sighted by No.
| after departure.
We flew POO and 100 feet below
the clouds during the night, the sky
being thickly overcast and all de
stroycrS were picked up as expected.
The engine worked perfectly and
there were no signs of leaks or any
other trouble. In the morning it
became evident that the gasoline
supply was running short and it
would be doubtful if we could reach
Kahului. due to the fact that cX-
pccted favorable winds were not
encountered. About noon we decid-
ed that our gasoline supply would
carry us about midway between the
ArooStock and Tanager. | therefore
decided to land at the ArooStook,
which is Il fully equipped airplane
tender.
Had Fuel To Land
We still had plenty of gasoline 20
land, rcfuel and take off again for
Honolulu. We received radio bear
ingS from the Aroostook indicating
that we were south of her and on
reaching point whore I thought
she would be visible and not being
able 10 see her, we changed our
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-12
SJERRAS COMPANY
COMPLETES POWER
LINE FOR WELLS
Supplies Current At In
ternatiOnal Line To
Run Pumps

Second only in Importance to dis
covcry early this year of Il great
area of waterbcaring gravel under.
lying the lands of the Colorado Riv-
er Land company in the delta be.
tween the Pcscadero cut and the old
river channel, is thc completion,
announced today. of Il l6-mile power
line from 4 AlgodOncs 70 the Clark,
Allison and other wells. by which
electric current i, now being sup
piled by the Southern Sierras Power
/; Company at the international bouu-
Diary, to operate pumps for irrigat-
ing many thousand acres in Lower
California. according to District
Manager Joe King of the Southern
Sierras.
The line was built by the Delta
Canal company OF Lower California,
the southern Dicrras merely deliver
ing their current to the delta peo-
pie on the American side of the
boundary near Andradc. Running
south and east from Algodones, six
miles west of Yuma. the power line
approaches Delta Canal No. , and
thence parallels it several miles
youth to the plksent southermos'
wells. The original well was drill
ed last year at CucrVOs, on the Paul
Williams tract. paralleled to eX-
ploration of IA water bearing gravel
strata that is now pretty well as
certaincd to extend eastcrlv us far
rs the Sonora mesa. This LAND,
comprising something like 10000
acres. lies east of the present out
fall of the Colorado river. much of
it at an altitude which precludeS
gravity irrigation from that source.
Roughly the gravel strata. as deter
mined bv test wells. is now known
10 mnderlic I'm area three to six
miles wide and 20 miles long. Over
laid by Il strata of silt, l22 to l40
feet deep, is a layer of smoothly
rounded river rock and gravel where
Ithe water which is uniformly soft
and of unusuals purity, is cncount-
cred.
Sink Wells To 200 Feet
Wells are sunk to a depth or
around 200 feet, the water standing
generally within ten feet of the 'oP
of the ~ inch easing usually en-
ployed. Each we'll produces on an
average 400 to 600 miners inches
sufficient to irrigatc 600 to 500 acres
Iof<land. Since the first was drilled
! last wear on the Paul Williams
holding, near Cueves. several thous-
and acres of land have been planted
to cotton in this region, the water
being pumped from the wells by
gasoline engines. These are now
! displaced by the more economical
and satisfactory electrical operated
pumps. The land thus brought un'
der cultivation is exceedingly pro-
ductive, Ind the acreage brought
under cultivation this year is yield
/ ing two bales of cotton to the acre.
The effect of the discovery of
this underground water supply and
the bringing in of hydro-clectr'c
Continued on Page O.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-12
WORLD SERIES WILL
START OCTOBER

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. IL.
The worlds series will open
Wednesday, October T, in the
city that wins the National
league penrant, it was announc-
ed today following a conference
of leading clut officials Of both
leagues with Commissioner K.
M. Lands here.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-12
AVIATORS WARMLY
GREETED AS THEY
REACH HONOLULU
Battered, but Happy, Res
cued Quintet Rest
Again Today
IN DOCTORS CARE
Flyers are Debarred From
Joining In Revels At
Hawaiian Port
IN DOCTORS CARE
By RANDOLPH TATUM
United Press Staff Correspondent

HONOLULU, Sept. IL. - Five
navy flyers, battered, but well and
happy, today were resting here =
the goal CT their i'll fated flight
from San Francisco.
Commander John Rodgers and the
crew Of the PN9-1 arrived in Homo
lulu from Kauai last evening. but
the wild crowds which greeted them
were forced to carry out their celc-
'bration without the participation of
the guests of honor.
Physician, aboard the destroyer
MacDonough. wnicn brought the
aviators from the island where they
were taken after being rescued from
the rolling wastes of the Pacific,
insisted they have complete rest and
barred them from joining the revel-
icrS.
Admiral Mcdonald. Governor Far
fington and other notables were
among the thousands who thronged
the pier at Pearl Harbor shortly
after Z p. m. to greet the argonauts,
completing a new epoch i'm marine
navigation.
Mcdonald WAS the first to shake
hands with Commander Rodg-
ers ana the crew when they strobe
down the gangpIank. As tine
crowd surged around them. the ad-
mira' suggested they retire to
hospital where they might talk
quietly.
Prescribe More Rest
Arriving at the naval hospital, it
WAS decided none of the airmen
should further describe the epic adj
ventures until more rest had been
obtained
1t was 4 city become frenzied that
masSed at the docks to welcome tine
qUintet who had survived for nine
days in their crippled seaplane to
be saved only when hope for their
rescue was al but abandoned.
Harbor salutes were deafening.
Every manner, of craft riding the
calm waters of the bay shrilled its
greeting to the returned aviators.
There was a bedlam of bells, sirens.
whistles and guns.
The grim. grizzled. tanned faces
of Commander Rodgers and his men
mirrored appreciation of the amaz-
ing tribute. Nervous smiles twitched
at the corners of chappcd lips; there
We're no drv ewes.
joyful Thrcngs
Reaching shore. the MacDonough
ahd its burden of heroes prccipita.-
ed n burst of greeting that wouiG
not die down. Even when the
joyful throug were told that ply
sicianS would not allow the airmen
to join them, the cheering contin-
ucd.
Rodgers and his fellows left the
island of Kauai in the
following eight hours of
restful sleep in Il little hotel where
they were Protected from curiouS
and happy crowds by armed guards.
They were awakened in the morn
ing and given Il light breakfast.
Physicians declared thcv were rapid
" recupcrating from the terrific or
deal. The armcn discussed thc
strain Of their flight but soon after
tumblcd back into their beds for
more sleep.
Once more awakened. thew step
ned aboard the MacDonough late
in the AFTERNOON and few hours
later reached the ctv for which
they departed from San Francisco
on August 81. Early this morning
they were all again sleeping the
peaceful. slcap after "A job we'll done.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-12
GAMES TODAY
National

National
Brooklyn at New York,
cloudy.
Philadelphia at Bostcn, cloudy.
Chicago at Cincinnati, cloudy.
Pittsburgh at st. Louis, two
games, cloudy.
American
New York at Philadelphia,
two games, cloudy.
Boston at Washington. clear.
st. Louis at Chicago, two
games, cloudy.
Cleveland at Detroit, two
games, rain.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-12

Continued ON Page o.
The Washington times., 1925-06-04
Gets plum

The most coveted role in Holly.
wood recently has been that of
the mother in stella Dallas.
Several actresses OF note tried
hard to get 1t and more tests were
taken for this than for any other
character in recent productions.
The part required that the actress
should be capable Of looking first
young and later old and worn,
with a manner -hard and coarse,
at the same time suggesting q
certain streak Of refinement.
Now that has been settled. Belle
Bennett is the final choice Of the
producers. The story was popu-
lar one, written by Olive Higgins
Prouty.s Lois Moran will play the
role of Laurel, the daughter of
Stella Dallas.
The Washington times., 1925-06-04
CENTRAL
forbidden Cargo" /"

Forbidden Cargo" is the sig
nificant title of the drama Of
rum-running to be shown the
first two days of next week at
Crandall's Central, with Evelyn
Brent the vivacious star. The
companion feature will be the
fourth release In THE Pacemak-
ers." starring George O'Hara and
Alberta Vaughn. Walter HERS
will be screened in "A Karin
Romeo" and abbreviated subjects
and pipe organ establishment will
be added. Another triple-feature
program Is announced for Tues
day and Wednesday. 1.-The Price
Of Pleasure" starring Virginia
Valli and Norman Kerry; Cliff
Bowes in "Fun's Fun" and the
new steroscopik novelty, "Zowie."
Buster Keaton in Seven Chances"
will be the chief offering Thurs
day and Friday. The short-rael
comedy will be a juvenile, en-.
titled Dragon Alley" For Satur-
day THE Mad Whirl" features
May McAvoy and Jack Mulhall,
and Ralph Graves will contribute
the fun in Mack Sennett's Bash
full JIM" a new comedy. Added
short reels and pipe organ music
will complete each daily Pro-
gram.