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Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-10
JASPER PEOPLE
URGED TO ATTEND
ROADS MEETING
Proposed Bond Issue Op-
posed by Many Folks
There

All landowners and taxpayers in
the Jasper district are urged to at
, tend Il meeting at Jasper school
house "Wednesday night at 7:30 to
consider plans for Ia cproposod high
way between the Yuma highway
and Seeiey via CaleXlco.
4 resolution Of intention 10 build
the road, which will cost 5000, coo,
was passed by the board of super
visors al Il special meeting last week
The resolution provides that June
is the date on which protests :
against the proposed road will be
heard.
Residents of the Jasper district
are reported to be strongly opposed
to the road, believing that it will
place an unnecessary tax burdcn up
On them. Residents Of other see
tions traversed by the road are stat
ed TO be in the same frame of mind.
Opposition of 81 per cent of the
property III road Improvement dis
trict No. 9, created for the con
struction of the proposed highway,
will be sufficient to nullify the
project.
1t is proposed to issue bonds in an
amount sufficient to pay for the
road. these bonds to bear interest at
the rate of & per cent, maturity
starting five years from date of is
sue. same to extend over u period
of 90 years.
The proposed road will be Is
feet wide and extend So miles across
the valley from point two and one
half miles east of Bonds Corner to
Seelcv. Specifications call for an
is foot macadam highway varying
III thickness from five to six inches.
depending upon the condition of the
sub surface.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-10
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Schooner Burned
To Water Today
BY United Press Leased Wire

VENICE, Cal. May 10. - Tho
fishing schooner Kisano burned to
the water edge about two miles
off shore here today, following an
explosion in the engine room.
Jack Dugan, skipper, and score
of passengers and crewmen were
rescued by the fishing skiffs, Cinko
and Lark.
Five members Of the fishing par
ty jumped into the sea when tho
flames endangered their lives. They
were picked up by the Lark aud lat
er towed into port here by Venice
speedboat which rushed 10 the scene
in response to distress signals.
Those rescued included G. h. Glib
son, Los Angeles; s. G. Pahmcyor,
Pasadena; F.. A. Haines, Beverly
Hills; D. A. Graham. Pasadena, and
c. G. Mcpherson, Santa Monica.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-10
MELONS To
BREAK ALL
RECORDS
Be"inning of Shipments
Unprecedentedly Early
in 1926
REPORT TOMORROW
Schultz Will Issue First
Bulletin of the Season
Tuesday.

With yesterdays cantaloupc ship
mcnts bringing the season 5 total
over the 2OU mark, the big 1926 I'm
pcrial deal is ''on' in real force,
and at a date unprecedented in its
earlincss. Shipments are rapidly
increasing in volume with J3 ears
rolling Saturday, GS ont yesterday
and % ordered for today's loading.
MANY growers predict that the day S
total will 90 over the 100 mark.
The earliest season in the his
tory of the Imperial Valley canta-
loupe industry,' as one shipper des-
cribes it, is still an enigma us far
us " dope on its success is concern
ed.
With 33, ~ acres reported plant
ed, according to official figures com
piled by Horticultural Commissioner
B. A. Harrigan, the heaviest produc
tion in the history of the valley was
expected at the beginning of the sea-
son, as. the present acreage exceeds
last year by approximately 1000
acres.
However, heavy damage has been
done to the vines by -mildcw, prac-
tica,ly every section of the county
reporting this grief, which it is be
licved will result IN Il cut of per
haps so per cent in the season S pro-
duction. This will probably bring
the season S carlot total below that
of nearly 10000 cars, the approx
mate number last year and the high
est number ever shipped.
The 1926 season is starting out
approximately three weeks ahead of
the usual season, and week ahead
of last season, which was also ear
ly. Three factors-weather, variety
and artificial protection are respons-
iblc for this fact.
OF the valleys total acreage, 5000
was started under brush covering,
which forces the vines ahead of
those protected by the more usual
paper caps. Twelve thousand acres
of the 1926 'loupes are of the new
Hale S Best, better known as "ll.
e., variety. This variety is an
earlier producer than the "Pollack
1923, which for years has formed
the bulk of the crop.
Another factor which will tend to
throw the shipments up to Il high
figure early in the season is the
heavy crown set, which is said to be
the best in the past ten years. This
summer crown set is said to be
twice as heavy rs in many seasons.
AS the crown set melons are usually
of a high quality, this summer S
product should be unusually good,
provided standardization require
ments are strictly adhered to by all
shippers.
Everything is in readiness for the
hig deal, and cantaisupc men from
the coast are pouring in at the Ho-
tel Barbara Worth, the headquarters
of the produce industry, in numbers.
More than 20 have made reserva-
tions to arrive today.
G. f. chultz, of the United States
department of agriculture S market
news service, carried on under the
bureau of agricultural economies, ar
rived in the city this morning, and
Continued on page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-10
By CLIFFORD L, DAY
United Press Staff Correspondent

LONDON, May lb.-Portents OF
,.oacc aud discourag,ng indications
hat labor still is prepared to fighl
:, qrcatast irdustrial battle to 4
finish were mingled today aS Grca'
Britain cEtcrrd upo uthc seventh
pf the general strike.
King George has interviewed IN m
fort to hurry the truce winch
must come crcntually. His mal's'
y conferred with Sir William loYn
aud the Earl of Haltonr
I buckingham palace. Ealtoor Is
me of the empires elder states
men. Jovnson.llicks, the home SEE
|ctarv, is the administrative head
f the emergency organization ere
ted to maintain government Sn~
Eremacy during the strike.
Roval Intervention has rcdoubied
he nation s hopes for peace.
1t was followed quickly by active
|.cps by the government to tornlu.
ate proposals for reorganization or
|he mining industry to be put to the
lmcls ana mine owners as soon as
Inc strike is broken or the strike or.
Continued on Page 6)
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-10
Worlds Dumbest
Not in Congress

ny United Press Leased Wire
LOS ANGELES, May To-
The worlds dumbest creatures,
60 Panama sloths, were in Los
Angeles today enroute to Kan
sas City for exhibition in the
Horne geological gardens.
They arrived at Los Angeles
harbor Sunday in custody of J.
E Stoffell, who captured the
stupid animals in the Panama
jungles.
The sloth is noted as the most
inert animal in the world, not
excepting the Arizona goodin-
kus. It hangs by its tail all
day and will not even twitch
when poked at.
Stoffell claims it takes a
Panama sloth two minutes to
turn over. However, it took one
of them just two seconds to bite
the collector in the finger when
he took the animal out in the
sun to be photographed.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-10
Edmund Sigrist
Is Buried Today

Funeral services for Edmund 81
FriSt, lIoltvillc ranchcr. who died. in
his city Saturday, were held this
,lorning from the funeral parlors of
B. T.. Lemons, followed by services
|, st. Mary S Catholic church, with
rev. Joseph O Farrell officiating.
The services were largely at
cnded by Swiss residents of the
kalley, the young mans family be,
|g among the most prominent of
|bi Swiss settlers here. The de-
eascd was held in high esteem by
ii who knw him aud his loss is
|ccmlv felt by his many friends.
Besides his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
bert Sigrist, he is survived by
hrce sisters, Mrs. William Bockcler,
Hrs. William Vogel and Luzia ST
rist, and four brothers, Joseph, Vie
br Arthur and Christian Sigrist.
Burial was in Evergreen cemetery.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-10
Madrid-TOky0
Air Man Hopes
To Make Manila
By Uns:ed Press Leased Wire

MACAO, Portuguese lndo China,
ia" lo.-Captain Loriga expects to
raaeh Manila with Captain Gallarza
Wednesday afternoon, completing
t.lc Spanish Madrid,to-Manila flight
Afterward, the aviators expect
to fly to Toxic. Tests yesterday
afternoon proved that Gallarza S
plane has been satisfactorily over
hauled and is capable of taking the
air here without being transported
to a better landing field at Hong
Kong.
The two mechanics, Arozamena
and Perez, will not fly on the final
legs of the flight, the first of which
ends ut Aparri on the Island of
Luzon. They will remain here to
attempt repairs on Loriga S plane,
which is being brought from Tinpak
where Ioriga was forced to land.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-10
WRESTLEf.S OF FAR CATHAY
ENTERTAIN Ell CENTRIC FANS

An athletic event such as could
be viewed ordinarily only by going
to Nagasaki or Toxic occurred last
night in the wildly cosmopolitan
town of FL Centre.
The "meet' of wrestlcrs, which
in way verged upon religious
ceremony, brought together one
hundred wrestlers. Many of them
We're top notch0rs among their peo.
pie. One, matched recently by Lou
Daro against one Of the world S most
famous wrestlers, could pull down
lots of money for any old match he
should engage in from New York to
Los Angeles, but he entered last
night S tournament against five men
and wrestlcd for the mere JOY of
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-10
NO LAND FOUND
Nv Unified PreSS LenRcl Wkre

COPENHAGEN, May 10. - N0
land was found in polar regions by
the Byrd expedition. dispatches
from Spitzbergen quote the com
mander as saving.
Byrd declared that when he
thought he was near the pole he cir
cied smaller and smaller areas un-
til he was finally sure that the pole
lad been reached. 1t was then he
turned the plane toward Spitz6erg
Cn again.
Speed on the voyage averaged
80 kilometcrs an hour, the dis
atchcs said.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-10
ANOTHER PIONEER CT
SOUTHWEST PASSES ON

PHOENIX, Ariz., May TO-
John c. Adams, 62, former may
or and postmaster here, and for
many years proprietor of the
Adams hotel, died Sunday after
long illness. Funeral services
will be held Tuesday.
Adams was formerly Chi
cago attorney. He came here 80
years ago as an aid to his wife's
health, and established the
Adams hotel.
He is survived by his widow
a daughter, Mrs. Foster Rock
we'll of New York, and a sister
Mrs. Z. s. Mattison, of Alham-
bra. Calf.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-10
Prominent Man
Fatally Shot
Nv United Press Leased Wtrc

SPOKANE, Wash, Nav i0.-R.
l.. Ruttcr. president of the Spokane
ana Eastern Trust company and the
" cstern Union Life Insurance COM
! any, was probably fatally shot to-
day by Sam saffron, bankrupt jew
cicr, accord to police.
Saffron met Ruttcr on the street
and they engaged in argument. Fin
ally Saffron fired three shots, wit
nesses said, shouting "Iou broke
me.
Rutter's bank held Saffron 5
mortgages.
Conner Mallottc, vice president
Cf the bank, was with Ruttcr at
the time. He escaped although SAT
from was said to have turned his
weapon on him too.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-10
Brawley Hotel
Is Planned

Plans for the~ncw hotel at Braw-
lev, which nave pecn under discus
sion fer some time, have Now been
completed and the papers appear on
record. II Us understood that the
capital involved is more than 500,
G00.
The Producers Hotel corporation
has conveyed to the Shippers Hotel
company the site for the new hotel.
The transfer was handled by the
Security Title Insurance and Guar
autv company of FL Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-10
PRINCE: Of
WALES IS
AN AUDITOR
Welshman Declares Strike
81 ashing Must Come TO
An End.
ARCHBISHOP GAGGED
Former Premier Gets
Peace Proposals Before
People.
By KEITH JONES

United Press Staff Correspondent
LONDON, May 10.-Angry de-
bate and recrimination with
David Lloyd George in the midst
of the uproar marked today $
session of the house of commons.
The Prince of Wales ana the
Duke of Yorl; listened from
gallery. -
Lloyd George reused the Con
servatives with an attack ON the
government iron-fisted policy
of strike slashing which had eX-
cluded from the columns OF the
British Gazette the peace pro-
posals of the Archbishop Of Can
terbury, the highest churchmah
of the country.
Winston Churchill, chancelioI
of the exchequer, was compelled
by the protests Of Lloyd Georee
and the Laborites to promise 10
pnblish the archbishop's propos-
ais. which now are several days
old,
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-10

:thc thing.
Their smiling sportsmanship, not
Il one of them ever protesting when
thrown, was agreeable to watch.
They wrestled without mat, work
ing on a circular disc of sand. Some
of the falls were heavy, in two in
stances the loser landing heavily on
his head or shoulders; bat everyone
came up smiling, no matter how
badly Jared.
The participants are named in the
following list, the winners preceding
the losers: Tsurutome VS.. Niizawa,
Kodani VS.. Yamashita, Kabeyama
VS.. Tsuda, Kakita VS.. Moriyama,
Continued on Page 6)
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-10
MAY HAVE CROSSED
BY United Press Leased Wire

OSLO, Norway, May 10. - TIL"
newspaper Tidenstegu declares cdi-
toralIy today that there is no rea-
son to doubt that Commander Byrd
reached the neighborhood of the
pole and praises his speed, clever
less and luck with weather condi-
tionS.
1t expressed the opinion, however,
that distinct observations from 4
FLYING airplane are difficult.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-10
Work Approves
Coolidge Dam
Nv United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, May lo.-Scerc-
tarv of the Interior Work today APP
proved the report of the special
board of engineers recommending
plans for construction of the Cool-
idge dam on the San Carlos Indian
irrigation project in Arizona.
The board s report urged an eX'
rrndture Of $2,S36,000 on dam
tl,at may be used in connection with
storape, irrigation aud HYDRO cler-
trio development. Sale of power to
relieve water users was pointed out
as feature of the improved devcl-
opment suggested.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-10
WHAT'S DOING
TONIGHT
American Conservation

American Conservation club
meets, $50 State street.
F. and A. M. No. 1874, Masonic
hall.
American Legion meets at
court house, 8 p. IN.
American Legion Auxiliary,
court house, 8 p. m.
Business Women's Club guest
night dinner, Hotel Barbara
Worth. 1880.
Eagles lodge meets, Davis
hall.
1.-The New Klondike,' Valley
theater.
Outside the Law Palace
theater.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-10

LONDON. May lo.-'Workcrs III
o3 countries of the world to-day
i, ere requested to rush funds to the
british strikers to enable them 10
lold out against tu, G"Nr'".'.., .''
efforts to smash The general Str'k'
h Inch began seven days ago
The trades union congress com,
nmniquc this afternoon announce -,
Ebot So 900 had been received tfoh
he Dntch Federation Of trades "h-
hons headquarters in Amsterdam
|rhe telegram went to all atf'lla''''
llnions.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-10
STEEL
BAR WITH
CASE KNIFE
Not Discovered Until
Morning Inspection Is
Held.
CAREFULLY DONE
Blankets Taken to Roof
For ImprOvised Ropes
Not Needed.

Using an improvised hack saw,
cleverIy manufactured from an Or
dinarv kitchen knife, four prison
crs escaped from the county Jail
Saturday night and are at present
the object Of Il countrywide search
according to Sheriff Gillett.
The men who escaped are w. f.
Wise, who was to be taken to San
Quentin prison today TO serve from
one to II years for forgery; Benito
Cisneros, serving 80 day sentence
for a misdemeanor; Ray Bigelow
and Jack Kelly, awaiting trial on
a charge of car theft.
Deputies at the Jail discovered the
break yesterday morning when the
regular morning inspection was
made. BY means of the hack saw
the jail breakers cut through
steel bar in a ceiling grating block
ing off a skylight in the roof. With
the bar out of the way it was an
easy matter for them to draw them
selves up through the grating and
then. by breaking out a window in
.hc skylight, to reach the roof.
No Blanket Needed
Descent from the roof was made
by clambering down the outer wall
cf the jail Blankets, which TIL,
escaping convicts took to the roof
to use in place OF a rope were ap-
parently not necessary for they
were found on the roof of the build
ing by the deputies.
The men were in Il group of pris-
oners' lodges in the second story of
the jail which has not been finished
off so as to permit the inmates be-
ing locked in cells at night. The
walls of the cells have been erected
but no doors have been provided for
them.
Deputies found the knife used in
making the break turned it over to
Sheriff Gillett who was notified
of the break as soon as it was dis
covered. According TO other in
mates of the jail, who did not make
any effort to escape, the work of
saving the bars had been in prog
ress for some time and was finished
Saturday night about 7;30. The
men in the plot then waited until
midnight, before seeking their free
dom.
Prisoners Searched
Every prisoner in the jail was i'm
nnediatelv subjected to a search by
the sheriff, but nothing was found
that might incriminate any of them
IN the Jail delivery.
The knife is of type not used in
the Jail. 1t is Sheriff Gillett's
theory that it was smuggled into the
Jail. The notches in the knife
blade were apparently made with
some sharp instrument, possibly u
safety razor blade, They were OF
irregular formation, but made
very serviceable saw.
Members of the chain gang have
not heretofore been searched whcE
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-10
BY United Press Leased Wire

NEW YORK. May 10.-The acr-
ial League of America, one of the
SPONSORS for the flight of Richard f..
Byrd and Floyd Bennett into the
rolar regions. today radioed Byrd
It's congratulations and urged that
be attempt to fly from Spitzherecn
10 Pomt Barrow.
The radiogram was signed by
Henry Woodhouse, who succeeded
the late Admiral Pcary rs head Of
the league.
Lieutenant Commander Richard +.
Byrd, L. S. n, and Floyd Bennett,
his pilot, returned Yesterday to
Kings Bay, Spitzbergen, after 10
hours flying in their big three mo-
tored Fokker plane and announced
they had flown to the north pole.
If their claim is substantiated by
scientific checking ON instruments
and data, they will have brought to
America signal honors.
Iney VIII be recognized as two
of four persons who have seen the
north pole Ar of the four will be
Americans.
The others are Admiral Robert f..
Pcarv, who, in 1909, as the climax of
wears of perscvering effort, mushed
with dog teams over the Arctic ice
Continued on page three
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-10
TOMORROW

Presbyterian Guild and Mis-
sionary Society joint luncheon,
church, l p. IN.
Women's Missionary society,
Christian church, luncheon Mrs.
G. H. Greenwell
Literature section, 10000 club,
luncheon at Mrs. D. B. Roberts,
p. III.
Lions Club luncheon, Hotel
Barbara Worth.
Methodist Mems luncheon,
Hotel Barbara Worth.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-10
At Philadelphia

st. Louis 600 002 000-2 0
Philadelphia 0l0 100 0lx-3 l
CASTOR and Dixon; Pate, licimach
and Cochrane.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-10

The drainage system for the
Truckee Carson Irrigation District,
to cost $245, 200, is to be started
next month.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-10
At Washin

Chicago 600 600 200 S 0
Washington 600 coo 600 6 0
ThurstOn and Grouse; CovclSkie,
Kelly and Ruel.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-10

A branch office for the Santa
Barbara county farm advisor has
been opened in Santa Maria.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-10
NATIONAL

NATIONAL .... ..,.,... ........ ............
At Chicago
Brooklyn 600 coo 000-0 /
Chicago oil 900 o7x-9 10 l
Petty and O'Neil; Cooper and
Gonzales.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-10
TODAY'S BOX SCORES
AMERICAN
At Boston

Cleveland 900 600 030-3 3 |
Boston 600 600 600 7
Uhle and l.. Scwell; Ehmke and
Bischoff.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-10
At New York

At New YORK
Detroit 600 240 COL Q 10 /
New York 200 036 llX-l3 10 t
Gibson, Barfoot, Wells and Man
ion, Woodall; Pennock, lloyt and
Collins.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-10

Continued on page three
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CONTINUED on page 81
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-02
ALICE WILL NOT
Be CANDIDATE
Mrs. LongWorth Declines to
Be Committeeman.
Ri limited PrPRa

Blu United Press
NEW YORK, Oct. 2.-Alice Roose-
welt Longworth has refused to be a
candidate for Republican national
committeeman from Ohio. The New
York Evening Post said in an in
terview published here.
Mrs. Longworth. wife of the
Speaker of the house and daughter
of President Roosevelt. was seen at
Oyster Bay. She said she had
written to Miss Rose Moriarty Of
Elyria, Ohio, chairman of the Ohio
Industrial commission, declining Miss
Moriarty's suggestion that she be-
come a candidate for the national
committee. Miss Moriarty, one of
six women seeking the place, offered
to withdraw in Mrs. Longworth's be-
half.
In reply, Mrs. Longworth said:
"As a Republican, am interested
IN the success of the party, but
any contribution that I may be able
to make toward that success 1 pre-.
fer to make not as an official, hut
as an individual.
II greatly appreciate your in.
spring motives, but 1 am convinced
that the duties of national COM
mittee woman are not in my line
and that the position would be more
effectively filled by someone else"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-02
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
BIRTH CONTROL BAN
indianapolis Delegates Also to Pass On Proposal Forbid
ding Remarriage After Divorce at Lutheran Meeting.

The moral bombshell of birth CON
troll is to be hurled into the biennial
convention of the United Lutheran
Churches, according to information
received by ministers here. The
committee on moral and social well
fare will introduce a report asking
condemnation of artificial means of
birth limitations as "anti-Christian"
and also will ask that Lutheran min
listers be forbidden to remarry "the
guilty party to a divorce"
The convention Is to be at Rich
mond, Va, the third week in Octo-
Der. Five clergymen and five lay
men from Indiana will be official
delegates. The delegation will be
headed by Rev. ]. Earl Spaid, 10
E. Walnut St., new pastor Of the
First English Lutheran Church, 707
De Quincy St.
The Rev. Mr.. Spaid said these
drastic proposals would cause con-
siderable debate at the convention
and that he had not given them suf-
flcient study to express an opinion.
Report to Be Gone Over
George A. Fisher. 1873 n. Glad
stone Ave-, lay delegate to the Rich
mond meeting and a member Of the
committee Of reference and council,
said the report would be gone over
carefully by his committee before 1t
would be allowed to reach the floor.
Sweeping statements may be
modified and some proposals may
not be presented to the convention
at ALL" he declared.
Attorney Oliver c. c. Fetta, IL
Pythian building, will he the other
lay delegate from Indianapolis. The
remainder Of the delegation is from
various parts of the State.
The Rev. Frank Uiricb, pastor OF
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-02

Bethany Lutheran Church, 1882 Co
mer ST., stated that the two pro-
posals were merely putting into
words what had been the consensus
Of opinion Of the Lutherans for
many years. He believed that they
would meet little opposition.
The church will recognize no
grounds for divorce, except infidelity,
If the committee proposals are ac-
copied.
FOresees Notifications
Separation. under certain circum-
stances, is permissible, and the Rev
Reiner II. Benting. pastor OF ST.
Marks English Lutheran Church,
Prospect and Linden SITS, believes
that notifications will be made in
the committee proposals before they
are accepted.
Number five of the proposals says:
THAT the limitation of birth by arti-
fetal means is anti Christian"
This statement undoubtedly will be
toned down." the Rev. Benting de-
clared. He termed it entirely too
sweeping"
There are times when, under
proper medical direction. birth con-
troll is necessary" he said. ITO pass
a blanket condemnation of that ma
ture would be contrary to common
sense"
DR.. A. E. Rem. retired pastor of
the First English Lutheran Church,
who officiates at the Mars Hill
church, stated that these problems
of divorce and birth control are oc-
cupying the attention of religious
persons of all denominations and
that he thought that the stand rep
resented by the proposals was quite
generally supported as being the
"Christfan aftitl1de"