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Imperial Valley press., 1926-10-14
PEtVEO At
OPPOSITION
:. To SESSION
Says Senator Cares Not
For Lives and Property
in Imperial Valley.
POLITICS
Asserts Senator Using
Swing johnson Bill As
Football.
by United Press Leased Wire

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Oct. IA. =,
Rawhiding Senator Hiram Johnson
as a "poHtical opportunist seeking
solely his own political welfare"
Governor Friend w. Richardson to-
day delivered Il scathing rebuke to
johnson for his statement yesterday
branding the governors special
session Of the legislature to ratify
the siX-state Colorado lsyer pact as
premature.
The extraordinary session is call
ed for next Friday.
The senator cares naught for the
peril to the lives and homes of the
people of the Imperial Valley the
governor said.
.'He heeds not the fact that last
summer Il few inches further rise of
the Colorado river and it would
have overflowed its banks, leaving
devastation in its wake. He has nd
interest in the great need of South
crn California cities for more water
and he is indifferent to the bene-
fits to the state from power develop
ment on this great river.
With Senator johnson, the Col
orado river is political issue.
Shows True Light
"Should the California legisla-
ture ratify the six state pact with
out reservations, should the revised
and rewritten Swing johnson bill
pass congress and should the gov
crnment start work on the Boulder
dam and the All American canal
then Senator Johnson would no long
er have this issue for his political
aid and comfort.
~ am surprised that the senator
should show his hand but am parti-
cularly pleased that he has. His
interview opposing the session to
ratify pAe pact shows him in his
true light as political opportunist
seeking his own political welfare
regardless of the vital interest of
the state.
1.-TWO years ago the opposition of
Senator johnson was secret, now it
is open. All those who thrive by
using Colorado development as u
political football will now align
themselves against ratification. 1t
is well. Let the battle go on. The
people will find out who the true
friends of the Colorado development
are. The roll call on the 22nd will
prove interesting.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-10-14
BANDITS EMPLOY
MACHINE GUNS IN
MAIL ROBBERY
By United Press Leased Wire

ELIZABETH, n. J., Oct. H.
Eight bandits riding down on q
United States mail truck behind 4
barrage of machine gun fire here to-
day, shot and killed the driver of
the truck, wounded three others
and escaped with registered mail
and payroll consignments the value
of which may total 100000.
Authorities of northern New Jer-
sey, aroused by the spectacular fe-
rocitv of the crime, which is one of
series of murdcrous holdups and
assaults in the last two months,
turned ont in force this afternoon
TO exact vengeance ON the killers.
The police departments of the
larger cities of Newark, jersey City
and Elizabeth were aided by police
and volunteers from every town in
the vicinity.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-10-14
LABOR BODY IS
CHALLENGED BY
DETROIT BOARD
Asks What Federation
Can Do For Workers Of
Auto City.
BY FOSTER EATON
United Press Staff Correspondent

DETROIT, Mich. Oct. l4.-Thc
Detroit citizens committee, which
is leading the fight against organ
lied labor here, today sent 4 formal
communication to the American
Federation of Labor convention ask,
ing "What can the Federation do
for Detroit workmen''
The communication called attcn-
tion to the fact that the convention
had passed a resolution to organize
the automobile workers of Detroit
and asked:
"Do YOU propose TO organize
them for the laborer 5 sake or for
the sake of your federation?'
The letter emphatically denied
that the employers of the city "are
attemnting to control the church and
labor"
"These business men have no
such idea" it read, explaining the
only wish was to "save Detroit h
borers from control such as has Doe"
evidenced by organizing methods
that have been the local rule. -
The federation adopted a general
motion opposing the constant
menace to higher institutions Of
learning from the continuous ef
fortS of hig business to dominate
their administration and policies. =
During the discussion of the ac-
tion, President John p. Frey of the
Ohio Federation, read a telegram
from William II. Short, president of
the Washington state federation,
that state officials had re
moved President Henry Suzzallo of
thr University Of Washington and
replaced him by stephen Miller, edu-
cational chairman of the National
Bankers association.
Suzzallo, the telegram said, was
prominent in obtaining EIGHT hour
work days for lumber toilcrs, while
Miller was described as q Charge
lumber owncr.' The dcposed was
president of the state defense com
mittee during the war.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-10-14
Rlan Operation
Upon Mussolini
BY United Press Leased Wire

LONDON, Oct. IA telegram
from Rome has summoned Dir. Ferd-
inand Sauerbruch, an eminent Ba-
varian surgeon, to consult with other
specialists about an operation ON
Premier Mussolini of Italy, it was
reported today in daily Express
dispatch from Geneva, which quoted
the Berne newspaper "Bund.
DIR. Sauerbrueh has obtained three
weeks leave of absence from the
University of Munich, where he is
professor of surgery. to go to Rome,
the Daily Express said
Imperial Valley press., 1926-10-14
FACES GET
SLAPPED IN
OPEN COURT
Gilbert and Hahn Strike
Each Other During
Spat About Witness.
KEYES TAKEN ILL
District Attorney Unable
to Appear in Court to
Conduct Case.
BY LINCOLN QUARBERG
a. Z. staff Corrcspondcnt)


LOS ANGELES, Oct. l4.-W. |.
Gilbert, attorney for Aimee Sem
lie Mcpherson, and S. S. Hahn,
counsel for Mrs. Lorraine NiscIuan,
co.defcndent and star state s W.T.
ness, slapped each ether : faces IN
court here today MS the hearing Of
the evangelist on charges Of OBJ
structing justice WAS fesdmed.
Gilbert, the aged defender, struck
the first flat handed blow, and
Hahn, dapper aud youthful, return
ed the slap when court baillffs IN
tervened and pulled them apart.
The slapping duel began when
liahn appealed TO Presiding Judge
samuel r. Blake to admonish the
dcfcns" attorney for giving out in
tervivws to the press in which Gil.
bert called Hahn s clicnt, II liar.
The words were barely uttered
when Gilbert, who weighs about
200 pounds, landed Squarely on
IIaln's face with right flat hand.
,d swing that nearly upset the di-
minutive young attorney.
As soon rs Hahn had recovered
lis poisc he returned with right
handed slap to Gilbert 5 check.
The courtroom became q scene
Of confusion while Judge Blake
pounded his gavel for order, with
out success,
Court Gives Warning
After. the lawyers were forcibly
seated. they began shouting person
al insults AT each other.
Z" You re "a fabricator, shouted
Gilbert.
- IN not fabricating as much rs
Won are, - retortcd Hahn.
The court interrupted the argu-
mcnt and admonished the lawyers
to "bchavr themselves.
''Thn court is not concerned with
what appeared in the newspapers, y
said Judge Blake. "lf there is
anything contemptuous going on II
can be handled in the right way.
Mrs Mcpherson and her mother
and co.dcfcndant, Mrs. Minnie Ken
nedy, seated at the counsel table,
were forced TO. lean back in their
chairs To protect themselves from
the wild handswinging of the at
torneys.
When order was restored Mrs.
Wiscman seated herself in the wit
ness box and resumed her sclf-eon
fcssed story of perjury and con
spiracv to manufacture fake evi
dcnce. which she claims was cngi
neercd by Mrs. Mcpherson.
District Attorney Asa keycs sent
word to the court that he was i'll
with ptomainc poisoning and would
hc unable to direct the states ease
today. He instructed Deputy Dis
trict Attorneys +. j. Dennson and
Forrest Murray. to handle the prose
cution side of the hearing in his alb
Senee.
Keyes' illness, according to his
chief deputy. Harold l.. Davis, was
the result of something the prose
Gator ate last night.
Mrs. Wiseman was turned over to
defense counsel for cross 'eXamina-
Continued on page 81
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Grand Ledge To
Elect Officers
BY United Press Leased Wire

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. II. =
With routine business sessions TAX.
ing up today's program, interest at
the annual convention of the Ma.
sonic grand lodge of California was
turning to tomorrow s election.
To date Charles NJ. Wollenberg.
superintendent Of the San Francisco
relief home and director Of the Ma.
sonic home is the only candidate for
the office Of grand junior warden
which leads through the chairs 10
the grand mastership.
John Wieher, san Francisco,
grand treasurer, reported q total ~
$272, ,39G25 was collected for Ma.
sonics homes during the past year.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-10-14
DISMISS CHARGES

LOS ANGELES, Oct. II, = Com
plants against c. G. Maggenheimer,
oil operator, and Claude A. Conln.
stage magician, accused Of using
the mails in an attempt to extort
$4,000 from G. Allan Hancock, cap
italist, were dismissed today.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-10-14

CHICAGO, Oct Il. - Persons
prominent in Illinois political and
business fields have been subpoe-
naed to testify before the senate in
yestigating committee when it con-
venes here Monday. Indicating that
the session has been called for fur
thor investigation Of Illinois pohti-
cal campaigns rather than to probe
the Indiana khan situation.
Among the persons ordered sub
poenaed, only five names We're
made public. They are:
James Simpson, president of Mar
shall Field and Company, largest
department store in Chicago.
Clement Studebaker, multi mill
ionaire utility operator and asso-
ciatr of Samuel insult.
Mrs. James +. Morrison, wealthy
hotel operator.
L. !. Davis, president Of the Chi
ca~o Better Government association.
George b. Stafford, superintendent
of the Illinois Anti-Saloon league.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-10-14
WHAT'S DOING
- -
TONIGHT

TONIGHT
r. A. NJ. No. 1o9, Masonic
hall.
Dinner to discuss Junior de-
partment. Rrawley Mid Winter
fair. Hotel Barbara Worth $3.50.
IAN Amateur Gentleman, y
Valley theater.
"Snken Shackles' Palace
theater.
TOMORROW
Kiwanis club luncheon, l2:lo,
Hotel Barbara Worth.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-10-14
DIRECT PRIMARY
IS DEFENDED BY
J0KNS0N-B0RAH
Resent Attack on System
BY Dawes in Recent
Speech.
Ey HERBERT LITTLE
n tie Press Staff Core 5ponden.

WASHINGTON, Oct. II. - Send
tors Borah, Republican, Idaho, and
johnson, Republican, California, to
day defended the direct primary
system Glowing Vice Prcside&t
Dawes Philadelphia attack on i:
and charged that the corrupt wante !
the system repealed.
The fellows who want to buy
nominations, were said by Johnson
to be the chief promoters of 4 ma
'ional propaganda campaign to
scrap primaries and return to the
old convention system; Borah held
that the repeaIers idea 'seeus to b"
to make corruption in public office
safe.
johnson remarked that the con.
vcntion system facilitated the buy
ing of nominations, but the primary
plan rendered purchase more ditfl-
cult. Exposure under the primary
system of heavy expenditures was
more likely, he said. pointing 10
revelations Of huge campaign fun Is
in Illinois and Pennsylvania. The
expenditures in these states, he said,
were rcpugnant and ahhorrant. y
He suggested there MAS no differ
cnce between Il public utility cor.
poration contribution and cNpendl-
lures bv n member of the cabinet.
Discussion of II cabinet member S
expenditures. however WIS 'ttra-
sor, hc said SarcasticallH.
VIII Support Democrat
Senator Norris, Republican, Ne
braska, another strong primary sup
portcr..1s going into PENNSYLVANIA
this week to campaign for William
Il. Wilson, Democrat, opposing tep
rcscntativc William $. Nare for the
senate seat now held 10y George
Wharton Pepper. His campaigning
for a Democrat is causing some APP
prchension aS to his chances OF he
ing elected chairman of the judi
ciarv committee, succeeding the
late Senator Cum2i,ns, Iowa.
"It is remarkable that every indl-
vidual who spends money ille%ltl'
matclv in the primaries, every lndl-
yidlal who profits thereby, and cV-
cry individual belonging to factions
which seek to spend money illcg'-
timatelv are in fnll cry against the
direct primarv,' johnson said.
The very men guilty of venallty
in endcavoring to purchase an cleo
toratc, use their own vchaIlty as an
argument against the electorate
selecting its own nominees
Imperial Valley press., 1926-10-14
ASSERTS EFFORT
MADE TO QUIET
INDIANA INQUIRY
Subpoena Witnesses For
Further Probe Of Hi
nOis Politics.
BY GERALD P. OvERTON

UhlFtd Ptess Staff Correspondent
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Oct. u. -
Strong influence is being brought to
bear to slow up the investigation of
indiana politics, Thomas II. Adams,
Eincennes editor, charged today.
Adams, as chairman of a commit
tee of Republican editors investiga-
tin% political activities Of y. G.
Stephenson, former Khan dragon.
wired Se1ator Reed Of Missouri ask
ing fim to have his committee take
up the Indiana inquiry Immediately.
He also defied Clydc Wa!b. Re
publican state chairman, TO join him
in requesting Reed and his commit
tee to sift the charges to the bot
tom.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-10-14
Bandit Holds Up
Los Angeles Bank
by United Press Leased Wire

Los ANGELES. Oct. IA
branch of the Bank of America In
tho southwest part of Los Angeles,
vas robbed oy an unmaSked bandit
this afternoon. The robber cover
cd the cashier and the women en-
ploycs with his revolver while he
gathered up all currency laid out
on tho counters. He specded away
in an automobile with about $1,000
loot.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-10-14
POMONA BUYS WATER WORKS
Ry United Press Leased Wire

POMONA, Calf, Oct. l4.-Thc
city of Pomona today completed ar-
QUESTION Of the municipal water
works purchased recently from the
Consolidated Water company.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-10-14

Fallon. Nevada. has been Offered
a new sugar factory if farmers viii
agree to grow enough sugar bpets to
warrant the expenditure.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-05-28
Bananas Prove Popular
as Food for Training

Bananas have become popular as
training food with British football
players. Professional trainers OF
athletes have come out in favor of the
banana on account of the readiness
with which it is digested and the fact
that 1t contains higher percentage of
calories than NEST other fruits.
Football players want to avoid any
risk of "stufing," but during cold
weather they want to be sure that
whatever they eat will contain as
many heat units as possible.
The trainers maintain that before
a football match, for instance, when
the players are pressed for time, or
between periods of the game, when
they are more or less exhausted, the
banana Is the most suitable food,
especially as it carries a guarantee
that until its natural germ-proof wrap
per is peeled away 1t is free from con-
tamination.
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the tendency was to engender Ill
feeling between the states or impair
the stability of the Union. Call the
roll of fighting men, whether In the
army or the navy, and mark one
known to fame who was not the
friend Of peace, the advocate of con-
ciliationl No blame for that stu
pendous folly, the war of secession,
attaches to the men who bore Its
brunt."
The former Confederate general
paused for an instant, then took
step forward on the great stage of
the academy, and with upraised hand
placed full blame, as he saw 1t, for
the four years of conflict, using these
words: 1.-THE politician began 1t.
The soldier ended It,"
Pryor lived for AZ years after de-
livering this address, dying March IA,
1919. at the age Of ninety-one. He
had seen much of men and of the
world at home and abroad. AS time
passed he became more than ever
convinced that great wars are caused
by politicians that the World war OF
1914-18 was brought on by self-seek-
ing politicians and selfish traders;
and that in this instance, as In 9TH
ers. after such gentry had provoked
conflict. 1t took the soldier and the
naval man to end hostilities and re-
establish peace.
The Spanish war with its loss OF
life caused an increase In the num-
hers of those who observed Memorial
Day. And when May 30, 1918, rolled
around, with the first harvest Of
American lives gathered by the Grim
Reaper because Of the World war,
the observance again swung to its
full height as ceremonial Of honor,
personal sorrow and national graft
tude.
In many Of the older parts of the
country are decorated not only the
graves of those who fell In the war
between the states, the Spanish war
and the World war, but, owing to the
influence of patriotic societies, graves
are decorated, and reverent mention
is made of those who died in other
confiicts-the Revolutionary war, In
which about 10000 Americans were
engaged; the War of 1872, with &c.,
222 Americans on land and sea. It
is possible, also, that graves are dec
Grated of some who were engaged tn
the naval war with France when
1858 Americans manned warships in
hostilities lasting from July 8, 1798.
until September 80, 1900.
In brief, one historian says, days par
ticularly set apart for ceremonies In
honor of the dead are common to
mankind and are well-nigh as old as
history itself.
This present year, and probably
for many years to come, Memorial
Day in every part of the United
States will be rededicated to the pur-
poses which hallow it.
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come national custom" Even In
short ten years after Appomatox,
time was doing much to heal old
wounds, assuage old enmities. And
on the eve of Decoration Day, May
80, 1877, a throng assembled in the
Academy of Music, Brooklyn, to greet
as chief speaker Judge Roger A.
Pryor, formerly brfgadier general in
the Confederate army. Then and
there this learned jusist declared to
the American people that war, with
all the horrors it entails, is made not
by soldiers but by politicians
TN soliciting the participation of
Confederate soldiers in the solemn
ties Of this day." he began, you
mean to tender them an overture of
reconciliation, to avow your good
will toward your recent adversaries,
and to proclaim your desire for the
prevalence Of peace and fraternal
feeling between the belligerent Sec
lions.
by no token more touching and
impressive could you make manifest
those liberal and patriotic sentiments.
To proffer your former foes a share
in the simple but pathetic ceremonial
by which, on this hallowed anniver-
sary, you symbolic the perennial
bloom and fragrance associated with
the memory Of your departed COM
rades, and allow US to unite In the
homage you render to the fallen
heroes Of the Union, is indeed so af-
fecting a testimonial of your kind
ness and magnanimity that we I'M
reservedly yield ourselves to its be-
nign influences and reciprocate, with
all the warmth of our ardent South
ern natures, the inarticulate but
heartfelt aspiration for the reign of
peace and goodwill over our agitated
and afflicted land"
The great audience listened intent
ly as General Pryor continued:
''The bloody business of secession,
with all its disastrous consequences,
was wholly the act of the professed
men of peace-the politicians. They
nullified the Constitution. they OBJ
truded into the presence Of the Su-
preme court with their factious clam
or, they dashed the popular mind into
fury over imaginary wrongs. To
vindicate the abstract theory of po-
| tential secession they challenged an
encounter which issued In the ire
sistibIe aggrandizement of federal
power To preserve the ideal exist
ence of slavery in the territories they
provoked war which ended In the
humiliation of slavery in the states"
| The crowds In Brooklyn's Academy
of Music could hardly believe their
ears when Pryor, with commanding
gesture, declared:
.Meanwhile the soldiers of the ma
ton. no matter where their birth or
| what their political opinions, uniform
ly opposed themselves to every act
! and every word of which the aim or
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any big show ball park. The shadows
of the triple deck grand stand of YAM
kee field play no part in making the
center suburb easy to patrol, and with
the lively ball of present-day baseball
outfielders are compelled to play so
far back, that Combs, with not
strong arm, has little chance to cut
off base runners.
With a man on first and hit to
center field the base runner never
Stacks his speed at second. He just
keeps on his way and seldom does
Combs nail his man at the far base.
Even with that weakness and also
a weakness In the handling Of ground
balls the former Louisvillian has won
himself home in New York. He can
hit, run bases with rare speed and go
far for fly balls.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-05-28
Several New Pilots in
Western League Circuit

One-half of the clubs of the West
ern league are under new managers
this year, Des Moines, Lincoln, st. Jo-
seph and Oklahoma City. The PEN
nant-winning demons at Des Moines
have John (Shano) Collins, famous
first baseman OF the White Sox and
Boston American clubs, to pilot them
toward another title
Fred Luderus, who brought Okla
homa City Its only Western league
pennant In 1923, returns to the club
this year. The Lincoln club will be
managed by E. Fl. (Dutch) Zwilling,
former coach of the Kansas City Amer
lean association team and ex-maj or
Lacquer. Joe Kelly will manage and
play center field for the st. Je-
seph club. Kelly has been In the ma
jors and later the Western league for
years.
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BASEBALL. "a.
NOTES AAl

1t was in 1868 that called balls
were first added to the regular league
rules.
The hold-out situation in baseball is
never serious unless the hoId-out is
the sun.
Babe Ruth has a record of being
passed more times than any other
player in the major leagues.
Jack Tavener developed in less than
a season into the best fielding short
stop ia the American league.
1t may be that some of the hit-and-
run robbers are trying to attract the
attention of the baseball scouts.
In the season of 1856 Jim McCor-
mick pitched "a successive victories
for the Chicago National league club.
Washington has sent Pitcher Carl
Spencer, southpaw, to the Scranton
club of the New York-Pennsylvania
league.
In the half century of its existence
the National league has had baseball
clubs in % different cities OF the
country.
Bob Cole, former star pitcher Of
the Washington I'd. CO. sand lots, has
signed with the Fort Myers team of
the Florida State league.
Jimmy Hudgens, recruit first base
man, whom the Cincinnati Reds ac-
quired from the Fort Smith (Ark.)
club, has been sent to Seattle.
Manager Hornsby of the st. Louis
Cardinals Is said to be aiming to land
Catcher Freddy Hoffman of the St.
Paul club of the American association.
Manager Fletcher of the PhiIadel-
phia Nationals announced that Pitcher
O'Neal has been sent to the Spring
field (Mass.) club of the Eastern
league, on option.
Fred Vincent, right-handed pitcher,
has been obtained from Binghamton
of the New York; Pennsylvania league.
by the Baltimore Internationals for
$1,000, and two players to be named
later.
Three men were dropped by the
| Springfield club of the Western asso-
citation. They are Pitcher Stein
CRUDE and Outnelder Brengle of st.
Louis, and Brown. a pitcher from
Cotter, Ark.
Jack Bentley, the tenor singer and
ukulele player of tho Phillies, who In
his spare moments tends first base
, for Marse Fletcher, says he is going
to surprise his friends In New York
with his speed.