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Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-20
BUTLER WILL NOT
MAKE CHARGE NOW
AGAINST OFFICERS
But Declares He Will
Make the Marine Base
Extra Dry.
Ey LINCOLN QUAREERG
United Press Staff Corresponden

L. S. MARINE BASE, San Diego,
Cal, April 20.-Brigaider General
Smedlcy d. Butler launched fresh
crusade in behalf of dry law en-
forcement today following the court
martial and conviction of Colonel
Alexander S. Williams for being
publicly drunk and unfit for duty.
The fighting general made it clear
today in Il United Press interview
that the battle in defense of the
''Wet amendment, as far as the
public and the nation s armed
forces are concerned, has just be-
grn.
'The pubic must realize that any
3ttcmDt to stampede the soldier,
sailnf or marine into the belief that
law breakers arc heroes is dagger
ous to our national welfare, - he de-
clarcd. commenting on the Williams
verdict.
Discipline Necessary
'Thc real issue is whether the
armed forces of the government
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Herrin PatrOlled
AS Voters Poll

lIERRlN, ILL.,, April 20.-Troops
patrollcd the streets and polling
places today as Herrin voters went
to the polls to elect city aldermen.
Various state and city officials
following last Tuesdays election,
when six men were shot to death in
4 resumption of khan and anti-klan
feud-sought protection of the
troops at the four polling places.
Fear has been expressed that the
gathering of voters might be sig
nal for n recurrence of the bloody
rioting which has existed here fof
the past six years.
That bloody Williamson county is
still in the grip Of the feud was be
lieved certain when it was reported
here today that two houses belong.
ing to Representative Bandy, long
allied with khan political circles, had
been burned.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-20
FAINT CALLS FROM ENI0ALBED MINERS HEARl
Many Injured by Explosion Aboard U.s. Submarine $40
Sues For Press
Because World
End Is Delayed

H. United Peg Leased wire
los ANGELES, April 90
Evidently assured that the
Wolld's end has been delayed
for a considerable length of
time, Mrs. Margaret w. Rowen,
who predicted that Christ's sec
ond coming would be on Febru-
arg 6. 1926, has brought suit i'll
superior court here to regain her
material property.
Mrs. Rowen names DR.. 3. E.
Fullmer, pastor and leader Of
the Reformed Adventist church
here, defendant in the suit.
DR.. Fulmer was a staunch be-
lever in Mrs. Rowan's proph
Ccy, which gained world wide
publicity.
A part of the property Mrs.
Rowan seeks to regain from DR..
Fullmer is a printing press, on
which thousands Of circulars
were printed, urging people to
prepare, fer the end
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-20
t, SISTER
SHIP To IL
FATfO S-5l
Latter Was Sunk Off
Block Island With Big
Loss of Life.
A
INQUIRY ORDERED
Batteries Blew Up, But
Cause Not Yet Known;
Damage is Great.

NEW LONDON, Conn.,, April
20.-Nine men were seriously In
jrred, one perhaps fatally, and a
dozen others received lesser in
juries here today when the bat
cries on the submarine $40 blew
up while the crew was at break
fast.
The $40 carries crew Of 40
men in command of Lieutenant
w. Snyder. The men had just
gone aboard for the day and one
watch was eating in the combin-
ed battery room and living quar-
ters when without any warning,
the batteries under the floor ex-
ploded.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-20
NJ: " MAYOR
A \ D C| 7 !
DADS BUSY
Line Up of Ell Centre
Council Effected at
First Meeting.
SOME APPOINTED
Commissioner Clements
Sets 'em Up For Old
and New Boards.

Alvin y. Bucklin, mayor and po-
lice commissioner; w. J. Clements,
finance commissioner; II. w. Faw-
cett, street and park commissioner;
John T. Rice. water and fire COM
missioner: X. II. Cary, health com
missioner
This is the lineup of the FL Cen
tro city council for the next two
years. following the reorganization
of the council at the meeting held
in the city hall last night, when
the commissioners elected to office
on April II were sworn into office.
The induction of the new Off
GERS followed a meeting Of the old
council at which were present O. G..
Horne, w. S. Fawcett, John 7.
Pico and r. II. Cary. The old board
finished up all its business. which
was in the nature of routine work.
"nd then canvassed the result of
the election. after which Messrs.
Bucklin, Clements and Fawcctt
ware declared duly elected.
Members Are Sworn In
Citv Clerk Schofield administered
the oath of office to the new coun-
cilmen. Mayor Bucklin taking the
oath first, followed bv Fawcctt
and Clements. The new council
men took their places at the coun-
ell table, Messrs. Horne and Will s.
Fawcett retiring to the side lines
as SPECTATORS.
The board immediately took n
ballot to elect a chairman, one be-
ing sufficient to elect Alvin y.
Rucklin. who bv virtue of his posi-
tion as chairman of the council is
eX-officio mayor of the city.
Then followed the anpointment
of the councilmen to the various
commissions as given above.
Navor Buck|in announced that
he had number of applications for
the appoiniivc offices in the city
aAmi"'s'ration and handed the ar-
plications to the clerk of the board.
who read them. They included
Miller X. Kinds and Kendall b.
Perkins for the position Of city
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Riffian-French
Peace Delayed

OTDJDA. Morocco, April 20. -
The decision for peace or war be-
tween the French and the Riffians
in Morocco probably will be further
DELAYED. it was indicated today
when Haddou, the Riffian negotia-
tor, who returned to the Riff by
airplane yesterday, arrived at
Taourirt.
Azerkane. the principal negotia-
tor, Immediately requested Franco.
Spanish permission for iaddou q
return TO the Riff tonight to obtain
additional advice from Add FL krim'
the Riffian leader.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-20
MELLON AND THE
AMBASSADOR ARE
AGREED ON DEBT
Long Delayed Adjust
ment of International
Affairs Being Reached
By JOSEPH WASNEY
United Press staff Correspondent

Washington. April 20.-Sc"rctary
of the TrcasurY Andrew W. Mellon
and the French ambassador, Henri
E'-cugcr, II was intnnatcd today at
thc treasury department had reached
Il "working basis : for the funding
cf the French debt to the United
States.
Mellon denied. however. that Il
''tcutativc ag:ccmcnt' had been
reached.
The treasury today put the gag
rule into effect so far as informa-
tion regarding the French debt was
concerned.
Mc'lon said there would be no
Information from the treasury on
the French debt situation until the
American debt funding commission
should be called into session.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-20
MAUNA LOA'S RED TIDE IS
DESTROYING COUNTRYSIDE

Believing the new eruption the
final answer of Madame Pele, god
less of the volcano, to their sup
plications, natives are bewildered
and frightened. They prayed,
chanted and performed all the an
cient pagan rites just before the
destruction of Hoopuloa. Two hours
after the rites ended there was n
dcafening roar, an earthquake and
new lava streams.
Someone has offended the goddess
and the old leaders and priests are
convinced only the human sacrifice
cpn avert complete destruction of
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Chaplain Resumes
Spiritual Duties

SAN FRANCISCO. April 90
Chaplain Orville !. Clampitt prepar
ed today to return TO Vancouver
Barracks, Wash, and resume has
duties as spiritual adviser at tho
barracks, following his liberation on
a charge of intimacies with Miss Ln'
celle Swallow, Kansas girl.
The minister was freed late yes
terdav by an army court martial
board sitting Mt the Preside here az
ter little more than an hours de-
liberation
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-20
BY PAUL R. MALION
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON. April oO.-Prohi,
bition has wrought an economic
blessing upon the American working
man and to modify it would lay a
monopoly in the lap of the brewer
Clarence True Wilson, secretary of
Methodist Episcopal board of temp.
erance, prohibition and public NOR,
ais. told the senate prohibition in,
Vestigating committee TODAY.
In spicy attack upon the amass-
ed evidence of the vets, Wilson, in
the name of 5,l3l,2lS members Of
his church, offered answer of the
drys to the argument of the vets.
Instead of young people being cor
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-20
By United Press Leased Wire

HONOLULU. T. II, April 20. -
Behind pail of dense sulphur-laden
smoke, new avalanche of lava is
crashing its way through the forests
toward the rich agricultural lands on
tdc Kau side of Mauna L0a.
Occasional riffs in the clouds give
Observing army aviators glimpse
OF the notified red and gray torrent
aS it presses on toward the deserted
Plantations.
Scientific observers arc hampered
hv the smoke screen, but from
g'impsos of the flashes Of fire and
new spurts of lava nj the summit,
thcv Judge tho eruption to be the
most extensive in half century.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-20
Tuan Chi Jul
Quits in China

PEKIN, April 20.-A formal man
date announcing the resignation of
Tuan Chi Jul, provisional chief exc
cutivc, will be issued tonight. Mean
while leaders are endeavoring to
persuade w. w. Yen, former premier
and several times minister of for
eign affairs, to become premier and
form Il government.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-20
Another Arctic
Expedition On

CHICAGO, April 20.-A new Are
tie expedition under the command
of Donald B. Macmillan. veteran cx-
plorcr of the polar seas, was an
nounced today by the Field Museum.
The expedition will confinc its ac-
tivities to the subArctic regions in
search of geological, geological, an
thropological and botanical spcci-
mems.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-20
QUACPUPI ETS BORN:
MOTHER ACCEPTS THREE

IAMORA, Calf, April 90 Quad
rupletS were born to eve en- the
ranch of Mrs, Ann RcuSch. The
mother accepted three of thc lambs,
hut apparently thinking four com
priscd too much of good thing, dis
cardcd the other one.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-20
AUSTRALIAN JOCKEY
DIES IN LONDON

LONDON, April 20. -- william
Watkinson, the Australian jockey
who won turf fame last month ~
riding Jack Horncr 70 victory d. The
grand national stcepleehase ~
Aintree, Liverpool, died Monday "
an AYR county hospital from injuJjes
received in racing spill Saturday.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-20
Final Boulder
Dam Vote Will
Be Tomorrow

WASHINGTON, Apil 90
The senate irrigation committee
todav competed consideration
OF the Boulder dam irrigation
project. 1t expects to vote on
the final draft of the bill TO-
morrow.
Senator hshurSt, Democrat,
Arizone, urged the committee to
amend the bill SO that the pro
posed dam would be built at
Glen canyon, but no action was
taken on his proposal.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-20
SAYS AGREEMENT REACHED
By A. I. BRADFORD
United Press staff Correspondent

PARIS, April 20.-Prcliminary
agreement for funding the $4,200,-
100000 French debt to the United
States has been reached by the
French ambassador, Henri Berenger,
and Secretary Of the Treasury An
drew w. Mellon, Premier BRAND
told the French cabinet today.
The agreement. BRAND said, has
not vet been signed. The Premier
laid the terms proposed in the pre-
liminaly agreement before the cab
met and they were unanimously rat
i:icd.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-20
INQUIRY IS ORDERED

WASHINGTON, April 20. = The
navy department announced today
that n court of inquiry into the
submo line exploson at New London
Conn, had been ordered. Its adj
vices said that ten members Of the
submarine crew had been injured,
some of them very seriously. :
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WHAT'S DOIlSG
TONIGHT

TONIGHT
Entire Nos club hard tine
dance, 10000 club, $3.50.
Imperial Valley commanaery
No. 5i, Masonic hall.
Knights Of Pythias meet,
Davis hall.
Sciots band practice, Sixth
and State streets.
Dance, Red Wing pavilion,
Brswlcy.
"The Wandercr. Valley
thcater.
HIS Jazz Bride Palace
thcater.
TOMORROW
Delphian club meets, Mrs. F.
A. Burgers, 10 a. III
Chambers of Commerce lunch
con, Ho:el Barbara Worth.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-20
DRYS TELL SENATORS THAT
CRIME, DRUNKENNESS WANING

s"upted bv prohibition, thov are be,
ing benefited, he said. Ministers of
the church report that it has "pro-
duccd infinite benefits in the i'm
nroved moral tone of young peo-
pie.
"Thc Young people of our church
are certainly not drinking DR.. vii
son said.
Workers Diet Better
The diet of the working classes
is improved. he contended. citing
that the consumption of milk jump
ed from 42.4 gallons per capita in
1917 to 80 gallons in the dry year
of 1922.
(Ennfinual On Pana G.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-20
Babe Ruth Hits
First Home Run

WASHINGTON, April 2O.-Babe
Ruth hit his first home run of the
season today off Walter johnson in
the first inning here of the New
York Washington game. Combs was
on base. The Babe IS drive cleared
the right field fence.
Autos and radios, you cant look
at either and tell what distance you
will get.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-20
R[SCUERS
KNOW THEY
ARE ALIVE:
Wearicd Crew Renew
Desperate Efforts as
Buried Men Cry Out.
BUT SIX MORE FEET
Race With Death Will
Be Won or Lost BY
Narrow Margin.
Bv United Press Leased Wire

Bv United Press Leased Wire
QUINCY, Calf, April 20
Shouts from within the caVed-in
tunnel st Bucks Mountain, mar
here, grew more audible as AZ
seasoned miners today hacked
at the mud and granite walls to
free the six men entombed since
late Saturday night. The bar
riel was still being gradually re
duced at noon. Rescue workers
believed that not more than six
feet lay between them and the
imprisoned miners.
Whether ally we're dead could
not be learned. The voices from
the wrecked tunnel sounded
on'y like pleas for help ana
words could not H. distinguish
cd The relief crew was driven
to untiring effort in hope of
reaching the mCn some time TINS
afternoon. Rescue today was
considered almost certain, bar
r!ng further slides.
Is, United Press Leased Wire
QUINCY, cal. Ap~u 2e.-McA
voices, filtcring through q wall "I
earth. stone and fallen timbers
W,rc hear dtoday h rescue worker
telling desperately to reach slX mel
cntombcd in tunnel raVc.n nca
here Saturday night.
The words were unintclllgib'c
~ ,lAhui. u /
mated to lie lvtwccn the rcscu
workers and the trapped men cf
fcctuallv ldanl;ctcd the calls from
y thin.
Sound of voice from within III
impriscning slide was accompanies
by feeble tapping on the com
pressed air pipe leading to the res
cue crew.
EAST, Let's get them out b,
afternoon. -
The order was from Richard Scott
superintendent of tunnel conStrur
tiou, who has been without slcci
since the cavtin was discovered.
Redouble Work
Fatigue WIS overcome hv rcncwc,
energy and the workers again at
tackled the hillside. The signal
from the cutomhcd miners gave ris
to hope that they might be- hrough
cut alive and the grimv ln"n witl
picks aud shovcls forgot their ioni
night of dis"ppomtmeuts.
The work through the night wa
hammered and at times made hope
less by fresh slides, which drove The
rcscucrs back in their race for th'
cntombed men lives, At one tim'
with the goal only II feet away. ;
new slide added two more feet T.
the depth of the wall.
Throughout the night the mci
halted at intervals and listened
with tense faccs. while one of thci
number tapped the pipe line. No
once was the signal answered,
Hope of finding any of their fel
low workmen alive had been virtual
lv abandoned when the signals were
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Cathcart heirloom, genuine ruby or emerald or dia
mond or pearl, which many an eXtravagant American
mlionaireSS would have been pleased to have had
chief stone in her necklace.
OF course, an English gentlewOman in her youth
full and occupied years must have at least fifty even
ing frockS season, but the idea that frOck should
be worn never more than on three occasions is rldc
ulOus and vulgar. | had frocks in my wardrobe
which | never liked and perhaps wore once. When
they arrived from Paris they seemed ehertoo feeby
faint too effusve, and just forgot owned them
and gave them to my maid. On the other hand,
when some clever couturier sent me frOck which
quite caught the spirit of the British arStOcracy-
that u.s. the little frock quaint, yet well bred and
daring without being familiar often wore it off
and on for three months and in the case of one or
two have carried them over TO a second season
A woman of assured position can do this, and be
smart in doing it. But the thing would, of
course, be fatal to woman of the new rich or OF the
doubtful class.
| have heard of part of your country called
New England, and of how the good housewives there
put up" preserves and pickles for the Winter. l
am sure the snug and Sef-sufficient feeling such
good housewife feels for her stocks something like
the assured feeling ladies of the arStocracy have for
certain articles of their wardrObeS. For instance.
the costly furS of the CathcartS almost well
known as the Cathcart jewels, and had at my dis
posal seven ern1ine garments of volumnOuS fur, all
of which had been in the family for a hundred
years.
The SOFT satin-like quality of the fur its full fur
redneSS, its sheen was something which absolutely
cannot be bought to-day by the most striving million
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s Reveals for the First Tim
r Romance With the Earl Q
5 Lordship's Love Letters
Is of Her Stormy Career

up everything because of his protestations of
love and solemn promise to marry me, Indeed
his wife had put her arms around my neck and
expressed the hope that would be happy with
her husband as soon as she had given him his
freedom by the divorce she had started
had arranged, at the suggestion of his law
yers, to put my property into the hands of his
trustees, so that he would live better than his
penniless condition made possible. After max
ing all these plans and sacrifices in London l
had embarked on the ocean, yearning to meet
him and try to make my life over again with him.
On my arrival in South Africa found he
had left me without word, to return to the
wife whom he had deceived again and again
long before he met me, whom he had said he
hated and loathed, and whom he had repudi-
ated in writing, declaring that while she sought
a reunion with him, he would never consent to
go back to her.
Aad here let me say that young Craven and
his wife had already separated after endless
quarrels, and Lady Craven had started divorce
proceedings before l ever met Lord Craven.
This, think, is scarcely the story of an adj
ventures. But please have patience to hear
my own narrative and read some of Lord Cra-
VEINS letters =.
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distinction which came to from grandmotherS
who wore ermne and rode in coaches of state when
the grandmothers of such SelfadvertSed dreSSerS
Mrs. Nash were cooking comed beef hash for a large
brood or baking beans of a Saturday night.
And now let me go on. We English society
women take our beautiful and costly wardrobeS as
we do our titles, or our London fog-aS things for
granted, and not to be disputed discussed over
much. l have always maintained that woman in
the best London circles going out almost every night
In the year, can be well dressed SIS 900 yearly.
Of course, as Earl Cathcart's Countess just ordered
what wished and never asked the price. We feel
it very vulgar to go through life with the perpetual
refrain on our lips, "HOw much? How many dol
lars? What did it set you back? How-a thousand
simoleons? My dear, how absurd"
Mrs. Nash, in describing the cost of her clothes
sounded to me very much like a commercial traveller
quoting the cost of soaps and scents However
know my American readers do like to hear figures
quoted, and will try to please them so far my
memory will help 1t was of course, this refusal
of mine to be bothered with small details of price
which later caused me some confusion, when the
court decreed that Earl Cathcart need not pay my
little bill for frocks In fact, judge and husband
both reminded me that it not at all little bill
But to me- and any other smart and monumental
lady of society the Importance of the frock how it
suits you, not what it costs.
Now let me go on. OF course, an American mill
lonalreSS or South American cattle hereSS must
necessarily pay out far more for costly accessories
than the wife of British earl Mrs Nash explained
how she paid fifty dollars each for crystal hat pins,
and always had at least ten in her collection. really
had to smile. For Countess Cathcart, had prob
ably hundred hat pins, and each ancient
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|vn any authority which his wife, Vera,
ntess Cathcart, late of Sc Pont street. afore-
may have at any time acquired to contract
is name or as his agent or in any way to
ge his credit, and that he will not be respon-
for her debts or obligations whatsoever or
soever incurred.
"BELL, BRODRICK and GRAY"
fore discussing the matter of dress further let
Ike these two points clear:
st-$7, 500 a year is not in my opinion a Suffi-
dress allowance for the wife of wealthy no
n occupying the highest position in London
y. fix the amount needed at $500 year.
ust remember that the finest Partisan costumes
Zoo or more. Many American women know
upward of $4,000 year on clothes
cond-I did not receive $500 for dress alone,
asserted.
I'd Cathcart guaranteed" me at his bank up to
mount of $500 year | actually received
400 per month, and out of this sum l had to
Il the school fees of my two elder children.
school fees amounted to 1880 per annum.
| had their clothing and other incidental eX-
). On the remainder of the $4,000 per annum
hnce was expected to defray all my travelling
buy my clothes and all personal requirements
eep myself in pocket money. was thus obliged
rye many extra expenses to my husband.
bw, quite realize that on the face Of it $4,000
ar seems an ample and liberal allowance to an
Try Englishwoman. But ones financial position
ply the relation of income and expenditure, and
wife Of well-known Earl with town house
buntry seats, as hostess in society who had to
ain and be entertained, and finally as one who
ltely had to keep up a certain position or drop
things altogether, my expenditure was of
Bity greater than that of woman who has not
Bwer the calls which society makes upon her.
even the requests | received for subscriptions
and that charity made an inroad Of well over
figures on my income.
|e learned Judge quoted laws several hundred
old showing that, while a husband had to pro-
clothes, meat and drink for his wife, "the wife
lot to be her own carver" This ruling was
by the same judge who said a husband might
is wife with "a rod no thicker than his thumb"
the 3OO-year-old rule as a standard, Judge
rdie went on to criticize my having bought
or nine gowns at time and my having had
r sixty dresses in one year.
had no opportunity at the time of pointing out
learned judge that the wardrobe of a titled
" woman was vastly different affair in 1922
what it was in those days when CLOTHES, meat
rink" were all that the inferior half was sup
to expect from her lord and master. The
IS were made at home by the lady and her
hts One did not then have to rush about in a
sine, and 90 to this reception, that afternoon
~ affair, and the next ball or dinner party.
lid not then have to-as !, Countess Cathcat,
keep pace with women who could afford to
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dventuress-a
ed of breaking
aven. But let
he of the most
cratic peers of
raven, another
pcial standing
woman that l
stened to his
rs expressions
on and afec-
gging appeals
im-and sur
o his impetu-
Frity.
kind and hon
band with an
half a million
ar to run away
nniless bank
# a man who
CHEST position
Elish court to
an who could
London club,
had not paid
I had given