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Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-22
Marine Figth
Is FOOlishne IS
Says Mitchell

SAN DIEGO, Cal, April 22.-The
Rutlcr-W Williams affair was a lot OF
" damn fooil>hncSS in the opinion
II Colonel Mitchell, advocate Of a
unified Un;ted States air service.
who arrived here "Wednesday after
uear to leytEre on the need tor a
separate air service.
Mitchell kUghed oft" the ser
l2~>ae>> - the liquor controversy
;sat aSS >''yred ntac,ue circles for
tWe weeks w'sh ;he assertion yha,
- tNoo&h; !. all a ;e,apeSs in i
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-22
HOW MUCH ALCOHOL2

The wet and dry testimony at Washington, with
suggestions for revision OF the Vostead Act has
suited in widespread discussion to what constitutes
Intoxicating hquor.' Here Is an uncommony clear
and frank subject from editor who
has given II good deal OF thought
Intoxicating liquor, observes this editor, lis any
which produces a change the conduct of a normal
man. fhyslcaI and mental tests could easily determine
the percentage OF alcohol necessary to BRING about
change III conduct. he problem would then be Of
the uegree OF intoXicau0n permissible
"for instance j might be able to drink 2.75 per
cent beer up TO my capacity Tor containing liquid, with
out feeling 1t. Dencatc tests u psychological labor
atory wound neyertheess SHOW cEange in my conduct.
MY perception would qp.ta alert, and there
IighJ De a uraDlC dritt toward irN0ity. But it
send through traIIlc at the wheel
OF an aatomoD1e-or at least safe when /
StOHe-sOJer.
NY physical condition al the time The tests are
begun ~lll nave much to 10 with the results ii 1
q Itt4e my iced, ii / an deliberately trying to
seek TeHeI Irom mental conau0n, VIII alIected
10 greater oeglee Dy gwen quohtly Of aicoho tnan
Otherwise.
"As a wind guess should say that anything more
than 10 per cent Dy volume would be intoxicating for
the average person.
A symposium oI honest, practical testimony along
TINS line "Ouu De more 10 the POINT tndn most OF the
curient discussion, wnlcn conta4ns more neat than
light.
An Arctic explorer says arp.anes may be used to
carry rehGeer meat FROM recent aviation experiences
in AIctc, Ii reInueer may be used
to carry alrpiahes.
FRANCES idea Of 10 solve any big national
problem Is TO cali mass meeting OF eN-premers.
Mother argument Tor buying piece of real
estate-Frolessor HuAley says N hundred years
therell hardly be standing room this earth. Re-
serve your place.
Rich gold mines reported in Panama. Uncle Sam
overlooked something when TIC was digging there.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-22
IMPERIAL

IMPERIAL. April 22-C. HouStin
smith, formerly of Imperial but now
ee>iaiug at the Palisades, is Wis
5rar IN Imperial for a few days.
Tho odd Fellows announce thcir
annual picnic n the Ira Ateu ranch
southeast Of tezaa for SUNDAY, April
=. h crIekratLoa u The 10Th an.
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BE SOMETHING QUEER

Suppose you were the head of big factory
and you assigned man to run a department.
Suppose that after some time, during which all re-
ports from the department were encouraging you
called him in to report and he, shifting from one
foot to another, should say:
Were doing rotten | inefficient and my
men are too. l can't see how well ever make
go of department. l don't think it will ever pay
| should advise you to close it down and sublet
your contracts to someone else"
You'd conclude, wouldn't you, that the man was
suffering from an inferiority complex or some
thing? You'd see at once that the life of the de
partment hung upon getting him out of IT and
putting in a go-getter who believed in himself his
men and his ability?
Well, that is just the kind of report the United
States shipping board is making to its employers,
the American people through Senate committee. w.
C. Teller, board member told the committee Gov
eminent operation of ships and always would
be inefficient and read with apparent satisfaction
the statement of the former board executive that
ineffciency would grow worse.
Senator Johnson, of California, and Senator
Fletcher, of orda, pointed out to him he had just
said the boards vessels had saved s70000000 to
American farmers in grain rates that the deficit in
vessel operation had grown smaller each year,
for years and seemingly the point of being
wiped out and that Teller had admitted other ad
vantages in public operation.
But Teller stuck to his point doggedly. II his
testimony and his attitude to be taken as typical
of that of the board the American people likely
to conclude as the Senators seemed to conclude
that one of the main troubles with Government
operation is the Shipping Board and its peculiar
mental atttude-inferiority complex or whatever 1t
might be termed
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THE FARMERS DOLLAR

Dear dearly, should the farmer love his high
protective tariff.
In proof, R. w. Dunlap assistant United States
Secretary of Agriculture, rises in New York to give
personal testimony.
81 began farming in the year 1896, when we had
free trade" he tells the National Republican Club.
ION June /, 1896 | received Al cents per pound for
cattle and "a cents per pound for hogs.
ION December q 1885, l sold young chickens
at five cents pound and corn at 20 cents bushel
This year the same farm, under protec-
tive policy we sold hogs at IS cents pound cattle
at nine cents, chickent at 25 to 30 cents, corn at
so cents"
And amid applause, the Assistant Secretary
sits down, never mentioning that the relative pur-
chasing power of the farmers product indexed at
$50 in 1896 is hanging around S3 today
In other words, while agricultural prices were
rising high other prices rising higher. so that
in 80 glorious and prosperous years, the farmers
purchasing power has declined SO per cent
But what of it?
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THE LIQUOR
GOES RIGHT
ON THROUGH
BootIeggerS Take Out Sink
Traps Now, Police
Assert.

A new way of getting rid OF 1.-THE
evidence" and thus escaping arrest
has been worked out by Indianapolis
bootleggefs.
Here 1t is. The goose neck trap
on the sink Is removed and a straight
pipe to the sewer substituted by
the liquor handlers. When a raid
is made, the liquor is poured into
the sink and runs right through to
the sewer. Police cannot unscrew
the trap plug and catch the liquor
there for analysis by city chemists,
as they have done in the past.
This new plan of evading the law
was brought to light when Lieut..
Leonard Forsythe and Sergeant
Cox searched two houses and found
containers and the odor OF liquor,
but no legal evidence, as the liquor
had been poured down the straight
drain pipe4 they said.
The residents. Felix Black, 40
n. Warman Ace, and Charles
Schaefer, 229 1-2 Indiana Ave. were
arrester on a charge of violating the
city plumbing ordnance.
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Tall Building Problem

Is a 10O-story building practical,
and If so. ought it to be built2 That
is a question New York architects.
engineers and city planners are dis
cussng this week.
It is a project that would have
been considered preposterous a gen.
GRAFTON ago, but most authorities
have come to regard 1t as feasible,
though they doubt its wisdom.
There is far more to be consid-
cred than whether the building is
safe or whether II will pay.
City streets are only so wide and
when you put subways under them
and elevateds over them, you have
done all that is possible to provide
transportation.
What New Workers would like to
know Is whether their streets can
stand the traffic of Hosiery build
ings.
1t would be matter Of local salts
faction. even in the greatest city, to
possess the tallest structure in the
world, but the tired shop girl, ste
nographer and clerk would bear the
biggest share Of the burden.
New York is wondering If this
side of the equation IS not worth
considering.
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Gordin Hurts Bomb Against Red Russia
WEEKLY BOOK REVIEW

I have advertised Bolshevism as a
panacea, a cure-aIl. but 1 discovered
that my panacea was a poison. 1t
is my duty to tell the people that
Il had been poisoning them"
On page 257 of his book. Gordin
writes: What have 1 found in real
ity? Not a purifying flame, not a
life-giving light, but the dirt of a
volcano. breeding disease and dew
astation."
And, again, on the same page: I'm
stead of the beginnings Of a high
economic order, I found only the
shattered remnants Of an Anticipated
economy; instead of a moro advanced
type Of government, medieval
tyranny; instead OF comradeshtp.
savage ferocity."
That after three years working on
the inside as a member OF the party
in control in Russia's-that's the
confession of former member of the
party in control in Russia.
And then this indictment on page
26O: Instead of advancing Russia
to a more perfect form of govern.
meat. Bolshevism imposed upon the
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country a system of medieval
tyranny. Russia is ruled by caste
Of red inquisitioners."
This coming from man who ad-
mits that he was sold on the Russian
idea and was willing to sell 1t to the
world before he saw the inside
facts" of the working OF the sys-
tenn.
And on page 262 you have this
startling confession: only near the
end of the third year of my sojourn
in Russia did 1 become fully con
WINGED that no matter what Capital
ism amounts to, it is superior to Boil.
shevism."
Utopia in Chains" is a startling
mental challenge. I am glad of the
opportunity to have read the well
writtenI and careful description of
what this man claims he saw and
experienced in that land of the new
freedom"
1t seems to me that to the thought
full person interested in government
that Utopia In Chains" deserves
careful consideration and thought.
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twice to get them to come to Washington and talk
reduction and limitations
Since that time the United States has been
standing almost stock still On the other hand Brit
ain and Japan have been forging ahead in craft not
limited by the Washington agreement Today we
are being outstripped.
II we build no more than already appropriated
for, will have, in 1881 only fifteen modern cruis
ers, as against Britans fifty-four and Japan's
twenty nine With the three cruisers authorized in
1924, we would have eighteen With the ten called
for by the Butler bill would still have only TWEEN
tyeight less than Japan and sixteen less than
Britain whereas the Washington treaty ratio calls
for equality with the and five for every three
of the other.
Thus if proposed building program
to bring certain other powers to adopt a
more reasonable frame of mind it will be all to the
good. If not then will have that much start on
the necessary job of strengthening defenses
For let not forget warship is not built in a
day and the observation that mot a cloud is our
horizon as a reason for not keeping the Navy fit is
simply at all. To begin work the ma
tona defense after the clouds appear is lot only too
late but would make certain.
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DANTE is 4 WHOLE
SHOW IN HIMSELF

Dante comes here as one of the
leading magicians of Europe.
He carries with him enough equip
ment and material TO put on an en-
tire evenings program.
Dante certainly carries a big bag
of tricks with him as he specializes
in stunts which require much equip
ment. He is doing the Saving a
woman in two pieces" the best
have ever seen it done on the stage.
He has q new illusion in broadcast
ing a woman from one chair into
another.
Probably the most spectacular
event in this program is the water
stunt and he is getting marvellous
results out of this stunt He causes
little streams of water to start
jumping up in the air in he oldest
places. A splendid piece Of work.
He engages in some palm stunts,
but those are used as comedy in
terludes to his more, important
events. Here is an act which will
appeal to the children as vel as
adults.
Among the pets that Ketrow in
PRODUCES in his animal act is a pony
and an elephant. Billy Russell is
trick harmonica player of merit.
I mean by that that he places the
harmonica in many strange po-
sitions, such as playing it with his
nose. An easy winner.
The Esther Four combine dancing.
violin playing with spectacular aero
batic stunts. They use a full stage
set of some beauty as a background
to their elaborate offering.
A new way to introduce novelty
dancing steps is used by Burns and
Fornam Their football dance is a
real winner. These two men know
how to dance. They use a lot of in
dividual class in presenting their
steps.
Hall, Ermine and Brice offer lit
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BY Walter D. Hickman

Am mindful of the fact that a
critical opinion of Morris Gordin's
Utopia in Chains" a study of RED
Russia" many times is taken as sid
ing in with or being against the
present government of Russia.
I want to state in the beginning
that this is a book review and not
my opinion of what is actually go
ing on in Russia.
On receiving my copy Of utopia
in Chains" from the publishers.
Houghton Miflln Company. for re-
view, became interested in the fact
that the author, Gordin, left the
United States to go to Russia be
cause he felt that in Russia was
1.-THE new freedom"
According to Gordin. he went back
to Russia in 1921 and stayed there
for three years.
He went to Russia feeling that
the great freedom. Today he writes:
To-day I am mortally opposed to
Bolshevisna. For = number Of years
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he has an active mind that yields to
the thought of his audience. In
other words he is active mentally,
and that activity gives added
strength to his dummy. He has an
automatic dummy, meaning that it
walks, and on one occasion the move
ment of the mouth is obtained by
pressing the hand of the dummy in
stead of working he strings in the
head of the dummy.
Coram has the most elaborate ven
triloquist offering that | have ever
seen on the stage. 1t is interesting
to study his voice and the volume Of
that OF the dummy. A very fine
act.
Eddie and Morton Beck open their
Offering with a window cleaning
song. a sort of a burlesque parody.
Edwin Stanislofr and Grace, two
dancers, who specialize in the whirl
as the basac movement Of their nu-
merous dances. The work Of Al
Stobbi at the piano is of high
qaality. The lie Grohs really turn
themselves upside down. A mighty
good Offering - it's class. They
work with ease and get natural COM
edy results.
The audience when ] was present
responded with remarkable. ease to
the eccentric work Of Eddie Allen
and Doris Garfield. 1 had no diff
Gully in knowing the name Of the
act. because the two repeat it more
than enough. But the act did regis
ter with the audience.
Ed Warren and Charles O'Brien
open with n burlesque idea of the
dance-a sister team. the acrobats.
the chorus and other things seen
on the stage.
Harry Benteu and Helen Gould
have worked out an interesting com
bination Of tap dancing and playing
on the xylophones.
Max York, Jr.. announces that he
has his own gang with him, 9nd the
gang turns out TO he "A fine bunch
Of dogs. Here is a dog act that is
different. A real treat.
Bert Hanlon is an eccentric comic
who shows how easy it is to get
applause. II was necessary for me
to leave before Hanlon completed
his act and before Margie Clifton
and partner started. Yesterday was
certainly a busy reviewing day for
me.
It is a lengthy Christmas bill at
Keith's this week.
On view at Keith's all week.
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Dangerous Practice

The Emperor of Japan is said to be
better, even though a nurse did cut
her throat
Hari-kari may be practiced by
those closest to a dead Emperor, but
1t is not the only reason for suicide.
The young woman may have had
grievances of her own-a love affairs,
trouble with her family or a dispute
with a doctor.
At any rate, she was not display
ing her loyalty to an ancient tradi-
ton, and the enterprising journalist
who thought she was merely over
guessed the situation.
The Emperor OF Japan not only
lives in seclusion, but dies In Sc
clusion. When those in authority
see At to give out news of his de
parture it will be given out, and not
before.
Meanwhile, the game of drawing
conclusions from what other people
may think, say or do is exceedingly
dangero is.
The United Press is not playing it.
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ETN
Tracy
Oswald MoSIey, Rich and
AriStocratc, viii Win
as Socialist.
BY NJ. Il. Tray


Odds are four to ten that the
voters will elect Oswald Mosley to
a seat in the British Parliament
Mosley is not only rich, dashing
and debonair but the husband of
Lady Cynthia, who is a daughter OF
the late Lord CurZon and a grand
daughter OF the late Levi c. Letter
With such wealth and such con
nections one would expect Mosley to
be a conservative, a Tory Of the
Tories, but he is not.
From all appearances, his dearest
ambition is to stand forth as one of
the post aggressive Socialists in
England. He has addressed meet
ings with a red flag i'm each hand
while his plutocratic wife has led
the Singing of Laborite songs.
The biggest political guns Of the
nation have been brought into play
Ramsey Macdonald, former Laborite
premier, having come TO bless the
Mosley campaign with his presence.
Premier Baldwin sent his daughter.
Betty. to offset the work of Lady
Cynthia, but no sooner had she
arrived than his Socialist son, Oliver.
put in an appearance.
Mosley's father says the young
man was born with gold spoon in
his motlth and never did an honest
days work i'm his life.
Smethwickians can hardly be
blamed for getting mixed up over
such a crfsscross Of politics and
family rows
What is more significant, however,
It reveals the chaotic condition that
has come to prevail in England.
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OUR NAVAL PROGRAM AND
COMMON SENSE

rh ecb+ IN nrevent our first line Of defense
sItrnipg hack TO where it was at the beginning Of
the Spanish American war, relatively speaking
seems to be bearing fruit.
The House Naval Affairs Committee last nlght
okeyed the Butler bill authorizing the building OF ten
new cruisers and Representative Fred Brltten' ne
nublican Illinois, intimated that money would be
asked begin work on the three remaining cluoeiS
of the 1924 program,
This means that the new bill introduced by
chairman Butler of the naval committee late Satur-
day will shortly come before the lower House for ac
ton.
There is still some doubt whether the Butler
hill which President Coolidge is described as
avorng includes the three cruisers OF the 1924 pro-
gram But Representative Brtten indicated the
total would be thirteen instead of ten; otherwise
he said he and some members of the committee
would not have favored the authorization.
In other words some of the committee take the
position that it is absurd to keep authorizing new
ships then refusing to appropriate the necessary
money to build them A ship on the sea is worth
a dozen paper
Two weeks ago President Coolidge, in submitting
the budgets made it plain that he against be-
ginning work on even the three cruisers left over
from the 1924 program. His reason that
arms limitation conference is possible and it would
not look well for the United States to be laying
down ships meantime
Predetermined observers, however, point out
that Britain and Japan not waiting on the
United States any other nation before they squirt
ahead with enormous subsidiary craft programs, and
the best way to get them to agree to extend the
5-5S Washington treaty ratio to cruisers and SINH
lar vessels is to let them understand do not in
tend to be completely distanced
Whether we really intended to do so or not, the
of cd he init nd
States fully intended to outbud any and all of them
in the naval ornaments race then on. AS result
President Harding did not have to ask any of them
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Spending the Surplus

President Coolidge. Secretary Mel
Ion. Congress, the farmers and sew
eral million other people have been
worrying themselves needlessly over
the surplus.
The Naval Affairs Committee has
found a way to use It without re-
bates. refunds tax cuts or applica-
ton to the debt
We can build cruisers with IT to
the tune of $40, 900. 900. ten of them.
and If that isn't enough we can
build some destroyers and subma-
rines.
THE country wants cruisers .
says Representative Brltten, though
how he became aware Of it is a mys-
terry.
Just what part would cruisers
play In a modern war?
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Arithmetic Test

All of the questions of this test
are concerned with some problem or
value of arithmetic. The correct an
swers can be found or page s:
WHATS the value of Pi?
whats two-thirds of IL?
3-What is the measure, in feet, of
a fathom7
What is the cube root of 272
SIS millimeter longer or short
err than a meter?
6-What is the square of six?
What does times 0 equal7
Slow many degrees are there in
a right angled triangle?
9-What is 100 divided by the
square of Ave?
10-Are the two short sides of an
obtuse triangle together longer
than the one long sida3
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Questions and Answers

Government owned and 1854 are
operated under contract.
BY what rules is the victor chosen
in decision prize fights?
Partly by the aggressiveness
shown and partly by the number and
kind Of punches delivered.
What are the duties Of a Govern
ment immigration patrol inspector,
and how are the positions filledS
immigration patrol inspectors are
chosen through a competitive civil
service examination. Their duty is
to prevent Illegal entry of aliens into
the United States from across the
borders and along the coasts.
To whom do British, Dutch and
French Guianas in South America
belongP
To Great Britain, the Netherlands
and France, respectively.
How many miners were killed in
mines IN the United states during
1924?
In coal mines, 1896, and in metal
mines, AIS.
How does the male peafowI diff
fer in appearance from the female?
Peacocks have a gorgeous tail and
peahens are much smaller. have no
train and their plumage is dull, most
ly brownish, except the neck, which
lis green.
What is the comparative number
of Professionals and Roman Catholics
in England and Wales?
Roman Catholics are estimated at
1880 900. Anglicans Church of Eng
lan0 at 100000; other Protestants
about two million.
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Coram Is Best of the VentriloquiSts;
Dante Has Many Winning Mysteries

tie of this and some Of that, meaning
their turn is packed with odds and
ends of entertaining material. Their
drop showing Times Square, New
York, is good for much applause. In
time two members Of the team be
come very musical
Cooper and Berman have poor
comedy material and their singing
rates a little higher, that is, the
work of one Of the men.
At the Lyric all week.
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Stage Verdict

LYRIC-Dante has an offer
ing of magic and illusions
which will please and interest
both adults and children.
KEITH S-Coram is the best
Of thee ventriloquists.
PALACE - Jimmy kemper
provides some very sentimental
entertainment, along with some
good orchestra features here for
the first half.
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''Thief Catch Thief

Recovery of the great Rose dia-
mond, which was stolen from a
French chateau last October, offers
one more proof of how 1T takes a
thief to catch thief"
Borrowing an idea fSpm Edgar
Allen Poe, the clever crooks put this
gem in an apple and placed the APP
pie on table as though it were a
piece OF ordinary fruit.
A hungry chambermaid saw the
apple and was tempted beyond her
strength. but when she bit into it
her teeth came in contact with $780,
900 worth Of jewelry.
The surprise and secret were too
great for female self-control.