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lieder was the accompaniment
empty, making 1t difficult for the
singer to bring out all the intense
dramatic undercurrent that makes
these songs an art work for two,
the voice and the piano.
Caprice, even in the heder, are
Refhberg's A song new to us,
"Und Gestern Hat err Mir Rosen
Gebracht," was a royal song Of
Joy, but the Brahms lacked the
piano values.
There were many e1cores, the
'sAu Printempts' OF Gounod was as
fascinating as the Bizet exquisite
''Pastorale'';; then there was lovely
lullaby by an unknown composer
the rare "Standchen" Of Brahms.
the Schubert lave Maria" and
finally the Butterfly aria. The
artist was warmly received and
looked quite like her own embodi.
ment OF spring songs, standing
against the many roses she received
over the footlights. The concert was
joyous ninth, in the Ten Star
Concerts.
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OF AUTO
CRASH BEGUN

Arlington county officials today
are investigating the accident on
the washington-Alexan pike, in
Virginia Highlands, in which three
men were injured seriously when
their machine struck telephone
pole and turned over.
The men, who gave their names
as Cleveland Decator, So: George
jefferson, 25. and J. "A. Frazier. 80,
were taken to Providence Hospital
in a passing automobile. Decator
has torn muscles in the leg and
thigh, Jefferson deep cut on the
temple, and Frazier a sprained foot.
All claim to be from Quantico. Va.
According to several persons who
witnessed the accident, the auto
mobile was travelling at high rate
of speed when 1t skidded into a
ditch and struck the pole. The
men were pinned beneath the
wreckage.
The automobile, which had been
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rented from r. A. Abel, Of GUAM.
tico. was Demolished.
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VIII Name Masked
Player Winners
Monday

Two days remain for con-
testants in The Times Masked
Player contest to visit that
theater and learn how nearly
they guessed the identities Of
the film stars who were shown
i'm masks for four weeks and
this week are shown without
their masks.
Judges are now examining
the thousands Of replies re-
ceived. Some of them ARE
elaborate and painstalking I'm
the extreme. A nifty batch
of slogans has already been
uncovered and. In addition to
the major prize Of $500 and
numerous other prizes, some
local people are likely TO win
prominence IL their slogans
applying to particular players
are adopted.
On Monday. some IL not all.
Of the winners will be an.
nOuTlced in TIE Times.
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Why have
Rheumatism?

.Luxurious
Economy

OH, what q wonderful feeling IN,
" be free from the miserable
rheumatism. To know again the
10Y of Timber joints and active mus
cles-freedom from that agonizing
paint
How often have you longed for
some relief az you suffered torture
from swollen, inflamed muscles and
joints-how often have you said
you would give anything in the
World for q few hours comfort!
But you didn't know that all you
had to do to get real relief from
this nerve wracking misery was
just to build rich, red blood, did
your You didn't know that rheu-
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blood, did your
Until you MI your system fun Of
healthy, rich, red blood you Will
never end your rheumatism 8. s. s.
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cause s. s. S. helps Nature build
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tions s. s. 8. has brought blessed
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ing written by Commissioner B. NJ.
Meyer. who conducted the hearings
on the merger. Il nearing compile
ton. Chairman Joseph b. Eastman
Is understood to be formulating 4
vigorous dissenting opinion In
which he il being Joined by several
other members OF the commission.
The Van Sweringen merger has
been before the commission for
nearly q year. It involves linking
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VAN sMERlNCEN MERGER
APPROVAL INDICATED

Federal approval Of, the billion
dollar Van Sweringen railroad
merger win be given by the Inter.
state Commerce Commission within
the next five days. 1t was indicated
today.
/ The majority report. which is be
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Don't stay headachy, dizzy. bill
ious. constipated. siclxl
One or two pleasant candy-like
''Cascarets' taken any time will
mildly stimulate, your liver and
start your bowels. Then you will
both look and feel clean, sweet and
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PRICE REDUCTIONSO NNEW CARS have brought score
}, car owners to u.s. all endeavorng trade il their used cars
new ones We these II we are ODeu g &c
our money and storage space IN exchanged cars
THEREFORE, we must sell them quickly sacrifice ne'
customers and profits Good business demands that
sacrifice these exchange cars, regardless OF price,
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Feel Splendid!
incest Laxative,
''ascareis' lOc

refreshed. Your head win be clear,
stomach sweet, tongue pink and,
your skin rosy.
Because s.Cascaretss never grippe
or sicken. it has become the largest
selling laxative IN the world
Directions for men, women, chill
dren on each box any drug store.
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NINE. RETHBERG
At HER BEST
Dr. Jessie NIacBRIDE

When T.. Arthur Smith presented
Elizabeth Rethberg, new soprano OF
the Metropolitan Opera, in recital at
the National Theater yesterday
afternoon. Washington heard this
great artist at her best for the first
time, for In former recital Nine.
Rethberg was almost i'll.
Here is q singer whose freshness
Of voice bespealxs youth. Here, by
the grace OF God and OF her art, is
q singer who spins her tones like
pure gold. They float out In reso.
nant beauty. take on gay or a
dramatic timbre, are without sim
gle touch of tremoIo. but still are
as responsive to mood as q violin
string.
Shows Versatile
Versatility, too, is significant in
this artist. She seems equally
happy in that exacting Beethoven
aria. sAh. Perfido," in delectable
French songs that makes one won
der why the light opera lyric stage
has not claimed her, In songs In .
pure English, or-and this Is am
other Rethberg in the German
Meder, or-and yet another KEITH
berg-in opera.
But foremost there is the air
of caprice, the airy beauty OF voice
that makes one claim Mozart for
this singer. Her Wagner aria she
gave the aElsa's Dream from
Lohengrin, is stiIl embodied with
youth, which. is as IL should be.
Only in the Tpsca ssVissi d'arte"
did one find beauty alone, not the
deeper passion, the deeper psy.
chology that lies beneath this fas-
cinating and worid-wise woman.
..Un bel di'' Encore
As encore Nine. Rethberg sang
one Of her greatest Metropolitan
successes, the TN bel di'' from
Butterfly That has been the
surprise In this German artist. Her
Puccini seems so to belong to her.
She gave It most beautifully.
A gifted accompanies, in Viola
Peters. played the ebussy. the
other French songs, the exacting
Critics songs that are in the man
ner OF Richard Strauss and by that
token most enhancing, with q
fine effect that denotes the mod
ern pianist. Only In the German
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G. w. U. ALUMNI TEST
or INTELLIGENCE PLANS

George Washington University
alumni will take an intelligence
test tomorrow.
The association Is staging its
monthly luncheon at the Lafayette
Hotel at noon. Prof. Fred A.
Moss Of the psychology department
will give the alumni members the
tests given the freshmen last fall.
The individuals win mark their,
own papers.
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mp the Chesapeake = Ohio, Hook
ing valley, Erie. Pere Marquette
and Nickel Plate roads into
unified system Of more than 5000
miles.
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thinner Harp Recital

Nellie thinner. harp soloist and
head OF the thinner Harp Trio.
will be heard in a recital tomorrow
night at O'Clock in the First Con-
gregational Church.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-09
O'DOnnell Found
In the Colorado;
Carried by Canal

Shortly before noon today in
formation reached this city that
the body of Ed O'Donnell,
watchman for the Imperial II
rigstion district, had been
found in the Colorado river, ap-
p-oXimateiy six miles south of
the international boundary.
O'Donnell disappeared Friday
night of last week, and search
haa been conducted for him
since that time. It is believed
he lost his hold on cable used
in making his way to the
dredge on which he was employ
ed and that he fell into the ca
nal which was being dredged.
his body later working into the
river.
A. R. Hens. acting coroner
during the absence of Coroner
Lemons, went to MeXicali this
afternoon to arrange with
Mexican officials for the re-
moval of the body to this side
of the line so that an inquest
can be held. Upon obtaining
the necessary permission he Will
proceed to Andrade to take
charge of the remains.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-09
S75,O0O,O0o FOR ROADS

SANTA MONICA, Calf, J'ne 9.
Resolutions urging congress to
pass the $75OOOOO0 appropriation
bill for federal aid in highway con-
struction to various states, were
forwarded to Washington today by
the United States Good Roads as
sociation meeting here in annual
convention.
Governors of Georgia, Kentucky,
Kansas. Mississippi, Alabama and
Montana signed the resolutions, as
well as Director General j. A. Roun-
tree, in behalf of more than 400
other delegates from % states re-
presented at the convention.
Another resolution calling for
committee to work towards beauti-
fication of national highways, with
n majority of the members to be
women, was adopted also. Wives of
the six governors attending the cor
vention were made members-atlarge
on the committee.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-09
American Girls
At Buckingham
Palace Today
BY G. T. MAILMAN
UNITED Press Staff Correspondcnt)

LONDON, June Brilliant
weather today inaugurated social
good fortune for 800 debutantes, in
Guiding about half a dozen American
girls, who tonight will line up at
Buckingham palace for the privi-
lege of courtesying before King
George, Queen Mary and the Prince
of Wales. \
The occasion will be the first of
the season s royal courts, scheduled
for May but postponed because of
the general strike.
Long before sundown limousines
containing the social buds, their
mammas or sponsors and III some
cases man. will stretch for hun
dreds of yards from the palace gates.
Gradually the procession will work
into the palace ward, the debs and
Others will get down and the Lord
Chamberlain will run his eye over
each costume to make sure that none
meets the queen with unbecomingly
immodest dress.
Approximately 1900 guests will be
present 1000 of them women.
The non-diplomatic swomen to be
presented include Mrs. Wilson Prit'
chard Of Burhngame, California.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-09
DEMPSEY FACES
COURT IN MADEIRA
NEXT M0ND Az
VIII Try to Disqualify
Judge Slated to Try His
Speeding Case.

MADEIRA, Calf, June 9.-Jack
Dempsey, heavyweight champion,
expects to come to MADEIRA to face
trial on u charge of speeding next
Monday and his first step will be to
seek to disqualify Justice Leroy
Bailey who is alleged to have made
certain remarks indicating bias and
prejudice, Dempsey attorney.
David Barefoot of Maedra, indicated
today.
Justice BaiIey's alleged prejudi-
cal remark was said to have occur
red when lie -ned i,C>5crt Gates,
Dempsey chauffeur $50. At that
time, Justice Bailey is declared to
have said that he did not consider
that Gates was the "guiltier one
as he had TO do as his employer or
dered.
If Justice Bailey is disqualified
the choice of otncr Justices Will be
among three others in the county.
They include Justice Il. G. Cornell
IF Chowcila who gave Ralph de
Palma, famous racer, five day jail
sentence when he is declared to
have not gone as fast as Dmpsey S
ear travelled.
According to District Attorney
Mason Bailey, Justice Bailey will
select the court in which Dempsey
will be tried ii he disqualifies HIM
self.
Dempsey's attorney offered to
have him here Friday but the date
was changed to Monday as the pros
ecutor would be out of the city on
Friday. Confirmation of the change
in date however, has not been OBJ
tanned from Dempsey. Dempsey S
ear is alleged to have gone nearly so
miles in MADEIRA county by Traffic
Officer M. a. Harrison VINO trailed
him in an automobile.
Dempsey s chauffeur was driving
and Dempsey and his wife were in
the car. When Gates was convict
ed several weeks ago, he presented
the plea that he thought the trail
ing auto was that of holdup man.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-09
Dead" Man Comes
Back After Five
Hours of Work

PASADENA, Calf, June o.
Virtually dead for nine hours, Ross
Pettyman, %, automobile dealer. was
brought back to lire today with an
inhalator operated in relays by
Pasadena firemen.
Pottyman was accidentally as
phyXiated in the bath room of his
home late last night when he turned
ON his gas heater.
The first aid squad of the city
fire department was called, and the
mhalator was put in operation at
lO:45 p. m.
Not a sign of a heart beat was OBJ
served until five hours later when
there was faint action Of the
pulse.
This spuTcd the firemen to fresh
efforts and at 7:l5 a. m. Pettvman
was revived and taken to the hos
pital, where it was reported he viii
recover completely.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-09
C0NSER Vh'TYON
CLUB FOR LAREW
AND FOR FINNEY
Elmer w. Heald Is Back
ed for the Next Dis trict
Attorney.

1t its meeting Monday night,
I jim" :, 1926, the American Censor
I Nation ciLb endorsed j. :. LarnW
ind A. G. Finnev Tor Judges of the
i superior court and endorsed Elmer
. ". Head for district attorney. Ia
| making these endorsements the club
anthori .ed the following statement
Of lis pol;cl':
''Thc American Conservation
cub has endorsed certain men for
| public office aAd will Goubticss en.
! dGrsc others. The club, however,
! is not a political organization as
that term is usually applied. Its
Pdrposc is just what its name sig
I h'flcs--to conserve for Americans
that which belongs to America.
Probably 90 per cent Of the pco-
pc OF Imperial Valley believe that
tLis great and potentially rich com.
nmity can only come into its own
by the full and proper development
OF the Colorado river. After long
and careful study by experts and
men III authority and III position
10 know. it has been determined that
TIE most efficient initial develop
ment of this river is the building
Of a great dam at 'Bouldcr canyon
and the All American canal. Such
development finds expression in the
SWIM johnson bin now pendmg
before congress-. At every oppor-
tuuity the people Of Imperial Valley
have expressed themselves 'in an
orcrW heiming manner rs favoring
this bin and yet there has been {"
small minority who bv the prac ic"
o1 deception and dil"tory and har
raSsing tactics have slowed up the
progress Of this development and
have made il otherwise expensive
and difficult for the great aiority.
The American Conservation club
4 eS not represent any group or
faction or clique, but is the natural
outgrowth of the demand of the
create ma ioritv of the people to find
some channel through which to eN-
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Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-09
EDITORS OF THE
IMPERIAL VALLEY
WILL BE- HOSTS
viii Join With AssOciat-
cd Chambers to Greet
National Scribcs.

Editors of Imperial Valley, who
ere on the committee appointed by
the Associated Chambers of com
norcc to provide for the cntcrtain-
mcnt of the National Editorial as.
sociation her" the latter part of the
month. met last night to perfect
preliminary plans.
J. l.. Travcrs, who is chairman of
Tie Associated chambers committee,
plans TO meet with the committee
appointed for the same purpose by
the FL Centre chamber of commerce,
and Will report back to the editors
committee at meeting next Tues
day night.
The committee decided last night
that II must plan for handling be
tween GOO and 700 persons for
bi eakfast' here ON the morning of
June 2S The editors will be met
at Calexico upon their arrival there
and will be taken to this city in
automobiles for breakfast which
Will be served IN the cltV park. Ar
rangemcnts for ears to transport the
editors here. will be made later.
j. II. Edgar, president OF Edgar
HrathcrS company and Il pioneer
resident of the valley, has been ask
ed TO make the address of welcome
to the editors.
Knowing that Imperial Valley vii!
he given nation wide publicity by
the editors, the committee plans to
leave nothing undonc to see that the
visitors have good time here, and
at the same time il is realized that
true California hospitality must be
accorded the editors ON their first
step in this state, thereby supplying
the. committee with double incen-
tive to make the occasion mcmor-
able one.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-09

'bodv into nearby field, and fled
in the automobile to Salinas, where
the machine was abandoned and he
came to this city.
A ukelele which Galloway was
said to have been strumming in St.
James Park, San Jose, shortly be-
fore the murder was found in his
rooms here.
Pashute was last seen alive plav-
ing a ukelele duet in the park with
Ia companion, now believed to have
been Galloway. That was during
the celebration of the closing hours
of the rose fete. on the night Of
MAY %, police said.
Galloway is being held here for
authorities of Santa Clara county,
said to be enroute here to claim
him as their prisoner.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-09
THE UKFEEIF KILLER MAKES
A COMPLETE CONFESSION

VENICE, Calf, June o.-Fred'
Galloway. alias Fred Roland. 24, ar
rested here on a fugitive warrrrt,
made n complete confession today
TO the "ukclclc MURDER Of Andrew
Pashute, at san Jose, according 10
police.
Galloway, according to the com
fession, beat Roland to death with
an automobile crank, following the
iattcr's threat to expose him as a
descrter from the United States
army.
The men became arGHainted dur
ing the Rose festival at San Jose,
On the night of May % while seat
ed in Paschute's automobile. they
quarreled, and the murder followed.
Then, according to the confes-
sion, Galloway took his victim s
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-09
IS WELCOME
Nj: Ms T Or
THE: VALLEY
Authorized By the State
Highway Commission
Yesterday.
20-F DOT HIGHWAY
To Be Started as Soon as
Heavy Summer Traffic
Is Over.

Paving Of the Noun
tain Springs grade was
authorized yesterday by
the California Highway
Commission, which in
stl'ucted Engineer. Nor
ton to prepare plans and
specifications for a 20
foot roadway through
the 6.S miles of highway
which the grade COM
prises.
Bids for the paving
contract will be advertis-
ed as soon as the en-
gineer's department has
completed specifications.
1t is not believed the
work, which is to be fin
anced from federal funds,
will be started before
next fall as it is not prac-
tical to start the work
during the summer per-
iod when the grade car
ries a heavy traffic.
News that the grade is
to be paved will be well
coined by Imperial Valley
residents who have known
the inconveniences of the
grade for many years on
their trips in and out of
the valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-09
FRAUD CHARGED BY PINCHOI
The Girls Still
Making the Men
Walk Back Home
Ry United Press IeRscb WIZ.


INGLEWOOD, Calf, June 9.
Hollywood girls are still do
ing it--that is, making the men
fcik v7"lk h"ma. according to
Inglewood police.
Is. utC4 cy.,e officer George
White arrested two local men
after thoy were elected from an
Glt1mobi in I1giewood by two
ri Is, said to be from the cinema
city.
I've r-cn. J. A. Bake. 80. and
Z. L. Williams, 33, claimed the
girls were ''herGboiled' and
Lal Eaucc m their machine.
% The officer declared he search
cd the car ana failed 70 iinr a
drop.
Blake and Williams were ar
rested " hen they tried to escape
in 4 street car and avoid ques-
tioning by the traffic officer.
ih,J we're held in jail i'll de-
faut Of $50 bail. Blako's wife
I.sited him in his cell.
Il told you not to 90 around
riding with girls" she declared.
But they weren't friends of
mine, m love- replied Blake.
"Weil, I don't care retort-
ed the wife. I'm glad she
made you walk home, and I'll
not bail you out.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-09
4 PROHIBITION
DEBATE IS DUE
ON HOUSE FLOOR
Committee Decides Mans
Home Is His Castle;
No Search of Homes.
BY HERBERT LITTLE
United prooc Ct,Fc Ha,.rocoa~I ,


WASHINGTON. June "a pro-
libition debate on the house floor
was insured today by the judiciary
committee action in reporting out
the Observation-Disclosures enforce
ment bill tightening up the Volstead
act.
The committee supported the con-
tention that ga man 5 home is his
CASTLE by recommending deletiOn
of the section proposed by Lincoln
c. Andrew, dry chief to allow search
of private dwellings if there is evil
dence of stills being set up in them.
The other provisions of the bill
proposed by Andrews were APPROX
ed. The committee requested Chair
man Graham, Republican. Penn
Sylvania, to ASK Tor special rule
to bring the measure before the
house.
Tn the senate the same bill. intro
duced by Senator Goff, Republican,
West Virginia. has been much alter
ed and probably will not be consid-
cred this session.
The report of the Judiciary sub
committee upholding the President S
recent executive order authorizing Q
state authorities to aid in federal
prohibition enforcement, today was
! adopted by the full committee by an
overwhelming vote. Only three mem
bers voted against the report. Sen
ators Caraway, Democrat. Arkansas
and KING, Democrat, Utah, said they
would file minority reports con
demning the order
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-09
Roy SCOUTS MUST APPLY HERE
BEFORE JOINING SUMMER CAMP

"Boy Scouts who plan to take'
advantage of nouting at the I'm
perial County Boy Scout summer
camp which opens Sunday, must
make application at scout head
quarters in this city before they
will be admitted to camp
This announcement, made today
bv S. L. McCrory, scout executive,
will serve as a reminder to scouts
and also to parents who are inter
ested in enrolling their sons.
"Positivelv no hoy who has no,
made proper application, will be
admitted to the camp even if he
makes the trip to the mountains, -
McCrorv states. "The fact that
adequate arrangements for the boys
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-09
AFTER MELLON ALSO

~ WASHINGTON, June "A spe-
cial senate committee inquiry open
ed today to ascertain first how
much Andrew w. Mellon, secretary
of the treasury, and richest man in
the administration, spent in the re-
cent Pennsylvania primary.
''Thc first idea back of tins
movement Of primary investigations
is to find out how much the Mel
lon organization spent in behalf of
Senator Pepper, unsuccessful - ke-
publican incumbent, member OF
The committee told the United Press
privately before the committee gath
cred.
The investigation was authoriz-
ed bv senate resolution after n
report that from S2,00O,O0O to
$4,000. 900 was spent in the conven-
tion which resulted in designation
of William S. Ware, n "beer and
light wine advocate as Republi-
can senatorial nominee over the
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