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Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-15
Sv WILLIAM 7. McEVOv
United PrnSS staff Corresponder-

COURT HOUSE. Las Negos. y.
NJ. Juno 15.-Trial of Carl C. Ma
Gee. militant Alhuouerouc editor.
for m"nslauGhter, was Sct for $50
This afternoon hv Judge Luis Arm
lilo in San MIGUEL county court.
.Tudeo Armiio ordered the ease
collod this afternoon oftcr . panol
of o4 t9lcsmcn had been drawn.
From this panel - men win he Sc
lccted as iurors,t to sit on the MaGee
case
Every scat IN the courtroom was
occupied LONG before Judre Armiio
rapped for order. Most of those pres.
ent were native Spanish-Ameriean
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-15
Cheyenne Hit By
Big Hail Storm
ny United Press Leased Wire


CHEYENNE, WvO.. June Is. -
With its streets strcWu with glass
and debris, Cheyenne was today
''cleaninp up' after ono of the
worst hail storms ever seen here.
shortly before 10 o'clock last
rioht hail the size of eggs began
falling, accomDanied bv torrents of
rain. The deluge lasted for two
hours, flooding h0soments and eel
lars and brcokiOo thousands Of win
dows and street lirlts. which threw
thc city into darkness.
Police and fire departments wers
called into action TO open sewers,
clogged with branches stripped
from trees
Estimates Of damage to buildings
aud crops in the immediate vicinity
run into thousands of dollars.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-15
Gary Death Toll
Stands at Eleven
ny United Press Leased Wire

GARY, Ind. June l5.-TAo death
toll from the blast which wrecked
the large coke ovens Of the IlioniH
Steel company here yesterday stood
at II today with A. dangerously
injured.
COMPANY officials estimated the
n'enerty damage at mlny thousand
Gol'ars.
The exact canso of the evo'ogion.
which rocked FL o. the noiohborinm
territory, hos NO. been determined,
althoreh officials of tho comnaNr
@r" inclined 10 believe that acids,
stored in the second .loor, became
ienitcd and exploded.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-15
Arctic SOS Has
Become Mystery

SEATTLE, Wash, June Is. -
Mystery surrounding the strange
SOS" calls Of a supposedly Japa.
nese steamer. picked up Sunday
night bv several Alaskan radio sta
tons, grew deeper today.
No furthe rword from the ship
was heard last night, according 20
advices from the north 10 the navy
radio station at Bremsrton.
Furthermore the japanese steam
er Koko Maru. enroute TO Astoria,
now in the vicinity whence the di9'
tress signals were believed 10 have
come. reported during the night
nothing had been heard OF ship "
distress.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-15
ROtarians From
World in Denver
Hy United Press Lease. Wire

DHNNER, Colo. June ID Ten
thousand RotarianS from every see
tion of the civilized world were
ready today to get down to the ser
iCuS business of their convent ion.
With most of the delegates here
last night, Il huge pageant was Civ
en- in their honor at the University
of Denver stadium, attended bv the
10000 visitors and at least 10000
townspeoplc. The pageant was Il
spectacle of nations, every country
with a delegate at the convention
being represented. Improvised
mountains, lighted by flood lights
formed the background for panto-
mine.
The program today will consist
chiefly of lunchcous and conferences
of units of the organization.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-15
IMPERIAL VALLEY SAFE FROM COLORADO
Iare Ma1ager Says They Were Scared By The MELONS
Angelenos Tell
World of Great
Fertility Here

The cantaloupe deal of 1926
comes in for special notice in
the current issue of Southern
California Business the official
magazine of the Los Angeles
Chamber Of Commerce. A. T.
Miller vice president of the
Miller Cummings Company, In
corpcrated, gives a very vivid
story of the magnitude and i'm
portance Of this industry in
the Imperial Valley.
The article, which is literally
illustrated with views of ope-
rations in the fields and pack
ing houses Of this section, gives
something Of the history of the
business of growing melons in
Imperial Valley from start to
finish. The article concludes
the following illustrative para
graph:
Just imagine $4,000 acres
of cantaloupes grown within an
area Of 25 miles square; try to
visualize the activity necessary
to pick. pack, load and move
around 10000 cars within per-
iod of six weeks during the
summer. Then you can appre-
ciate the scope and intensity
Of this gigantic Industry Of this
fertile valley. which less than
27 years ago was 4 barren des-
ert withor+ . single white res
ident. And it must be relnen-
hcred chat duriGg the winter
these same growers and ship
pers rroGuce and market 11.o0O
carloads Of lettuce. as well as
rnndre IS cf cars of other vcgc-
tables.
"Truly, these men are men.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-15
Wanda HawIey
Is Fined Today
by UB,ted Press Leased Vice

Los ANGELES, June Wanda
HawieT, movie actress, pleaded
guilty to charges of speeding today.
and was sentenced TO pay q fine of
80 or serve as many days in Jail
The actress did not appear in
court, but made the plea through her
attorney.
She had previously pleaded not
guilty and demanded n jury trial.
i can t stand the publicity of 4
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-15
Mob in Kentucky
Lynches Prisoner
Rv Emitted P-ess Leased Wire

GUTHRIE. Ky. June 15.-Over-
Howering county officers, mobS of
several hundred men took from
them a Negro prisoner, Trimus
King, and hanged him to a tree to,
dav.
King was being. taken to prison
after he shot Edward Brinhurst,
deputy sheriff, sent to arrest King
for wife murder, Bringhurst is in
serious condition.
w. C. Kirkland, government tran
pcr, found Il den of rattlcSnakc, in
White Pine county, Nevada, and
killed -, all of them.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-15
LET THE PRESS
FOLLOW YOU

Press readers leaving for va
cations should receive their home
daily while away.
There will be no additional
charge for this service. Just let
us know the date of your depar-
turc and leave the address to
which you are going.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-15
MSS SPORT WINS
OVER FIELD OF II

ASCOT, England, June l5.-lI. l..
C"ttrell S Miss Sport, carrying 81
pounds, today won the Ascot stakes
from field Of II over a two mile
route.
G. NJ. VOLTS Catalin, carrying
ll6 pounds, was second, AID Nj. NJ.
Calmann s s-TournaSol, li2 pounds,
was thiru.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-15

The Horticultural club of Wenat-
chcc, Washington, is marking not
able apple tree more than 40 years
Old.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-15

WASHINGTON, June 15.-Will-
lam s. Ware, Republican senatorial
nominee in Pennsylvania, today ad-
mitted he Aligned a 100000 note for
u friend TO contribute to his cam
paign.
This. with the reluctance of Thorn
as F. Watson, Ware campaign mau-
aper. to reveal where he obtai,ed
$4,000 he admitted was In his safe
three months before the campaign
opened, featured the morning ses-
sion of the sixth day OF the senate
primary inquiry.
At first Ware told the committee
he endorsed two notes-One for Al
bert Vt. Greenfield of Philadelphia
for 100000 and another for his
Continued on page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-15
AF RAID I D
PUT MONEY
IN The BANK
Said the Minute He Did
u. S. Treasurer Would
Know About 1t.
S2,0OO,OOO WAS SPENT
Ware Gets Grilling On
Stand Today From the
Prosecutor"

WASHINGTON. June Is. = The
Ware organization handled in cash
most of the half million dollars it
spent in the Pennsylvania Republi-
can primary to keep the Mellon in
tercsts from knowing how much it
was sepnding, Harry a. Mackey,
state campaign manager, told the
senate investigating commission this
Afternoon.
1.-The minute we put that money
i'll the bank. the Mellon interests
would have known it, Mackey
said.
1--WE knew what we were up
against" he added.
81 personally told William 8. Ware
Pennsylvania Republican senatorial
candidate) to spend his own $7l, 1000
himself so that it could not be said
he had contributed ii to a political
compaiqn committee in violation OF
the statute. We sent $4,000 to
Pittsburgh in cash to keep the Mel.
Ion crowd from knowing what we
were doing.
"'We have to conduct the cam
paign that way because of the ex-
pensive and un-American curse OF
the system in the state of Penpsyl.
Vania.'
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-15

A. Brownlec, PateroS, Washing
ton, has installed 500 standpipcs for
water on Sla acres of pears.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-09
ADVERTISING VALUE OF IMPROVEMENT

Pushing through East Main street 10 Washington stret will lave a distinctly ulIifarion value by providing an addition 10 Ioun- town arteries or traffic. E.habmta- non or the old homestead Of EuHu Burritt, however, in addition 10 cousummaing an tdra of cttizau- ship. will in all probability have distinct advertising yaluo to the city,
 Pictures or the rehabilfaled home will appear in a multitude Of pub lie prints and New Britain's action will find favor in the minds Of Americans lhe country oyvr Thousands will be stimulated to learn more about lhe distinguished citizen whose memory is thus hon. ored, and in doing SO they wilt also learn more about the city Of his birth and death, and where he be- came the "learned blacksmith"
 By all means keep the idea hot; do not permit it to die that nat
New Britain herald., 1926-07-09
Observation On The Weather

Washington, July 9.--Forecast for Southern New England; Gen orally fair tonight, Saturday partly cloudy, probably local thunder showers, not much change in tenn perature. moderate to fresh south- west and south winds.
 Forecast for Eastern New York; Local thunder showers tonight and Saturday; fair in extreme south portion tonight; not quite so warm Saturday in southwest portion: moderate to fresh southwest and south winds.
 Conditions: The western disturb auce is moving slowly eastward and is now central over Iowa. IL has caused heavy showers during the last 24 hours from Montana east ward to Michigan and as far south as Louisiana. Several places re- ported more than an inch of rain. The greatest amount reported was 4,76 inches at Kansas City. Mis- souri. Pleasant weather continues along the Atlantic coast. The temperature Is falling slowly be- tween he Rocky mountains and the Mississippi river but continues above normal from the Mississippi river eastward 10 the coast
 Conditions favor for this vicinity increasing cloudiness and not much change in temperature followed by local showers.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-09
YUCATAN DIVORCFS

Yucatan divorces have figured in Connecticut courts three or four times and have been set aside as not recognizable in this state. Ii Is logical to believe that Nutmeggers are not the only American citizens who have pressing business in Yucatan upon occasion, so that one is forced to wonder how Yucatan divorces fare in most other states. From now on, however, it is safe 10 conclude business originating in Connecticut will become scarce in Yucatan. If these Mexican divorces don't count" it is scarcely worth while travelling that far for one. Anyone having a valid ground for divorce can obtain Justice" in Connecticut, or in some other American state which does not make farce or a business out Of domestic infelicity.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-09
WHEN BURRTTT SCHOOL WAS \ MODEL STRUCTURE

The old Burritt school at East Main and Main streets looks rather woe begone nowadays. As a school it compares with modern build ing like a buggy does to an auto- mobile.
 But once upon a time this school was the most attractive in the city Constructed upon a half-acre lot. three stories high and containing 12 rooms, it housed 672 pupils and was considered an astonishingly large school at the time it was dedicated on January 2, 1871. It began to be used the following day and many the prominent citizen of New Britain who was first taught the mysteries of the three R's with in it's corridors. It was named for the city's most distinguished citizen at a time when he was still living, and must have given the humani- tartan satisfaction to view the building from his home.
 The cost Of the old Burritt school, including lot, building "and every. thing" was $45,0OO. At that time no such sum had ever been spent for a school building hereabouts, and perhaps some economically minded taxpayers grumbled a bit al the extravaganza shown. If any such are still within the land of the living they might console themselves with the thought that the school committee now values te lot in excess of S30O,000. The total of service that the building has given since 1871 is beyond the ken of pen or pencil.
 The Burritt school, perhaps be- cause Of its central location, re- maincd an important plant in the city school system for many years, both as to size and general attrac- tivencss. The Lincoln school, for in- stance, built 12 years later, cared for only 200 pupils at the time, and it's cost was only s13,OOO. It has been only within the last genera ton or so that school plants began costing from s2OO.OOO up, and con- structed so az to accommodate many more pupils than the older type of building.
 What is to be done with the old Burritt school still remains a prob lem. The site is commonly regard cd as one Of the most choice in the city. Citizens do not expect nasty or il-advised action by the school committee.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-09
STICK TO NAME OF STANLEY QUARTER

II Is with satisfaction that one sees tendency Of late to refer to Stanley Quarter park by it's right name, and not by the newer mo- menclature of North End park. The public prints are a guide in this matter, and when the public reads of the park by its right name il will. naturally repeat it in conyer- sation. The park is in the north end, true enough. but North End park is not it's name.
 Stanley Quarter is one of the original designation in New Brit ain, and was the name of the par ish in that section of the early town. The tavern there enjoyed To- cal fame equally with the taverns in Pennington, Berlin, East street and in Hart Quarter" Noah Stan lSS ldNeln III HAaHl'S Ntudl ltl Nd5 perhaps of a more distinguished character than any of the others, being the headquarters for officers and privates.
 Stanley Quarter, as name, should not be permitted to go the way Of Hart Quarter. As the town grew the latter desingation was swallowed up and in time was known no more in popular conver- sation. Stanley Quarter. however, being in a section that did not lose it's individuality as readily, re- mained an honored name. Ii has been in recent generations only that the term North End became synonymous with Stanley Quarter. But on the basis Of historical as- sociation. tho older destngadon for the park as well as for that section Of the city, should be retained. It is a name Of distinction, and the only one which links a section Of the present New Britain with the days of inc past.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-09
25 Tears Ago Today

Superintendent Cooley began working today on the installation Of the new six-circmt repeater alarm system and expects to have it com pleted tonight The fire depart ment wires in the subway are now in working order.
 The peach growers i'll this vicinity have been complaining about the large number of peaches on their trees. They are picking many of them while still green for fear that the weight will break down the trees.
 W. l.. Hatch and family will go 10 Digbee, Nova Scotia, next We'd nesday. Mr. Hatch will return after a short stay but the family will remain there until September
 Among the local people who will go 10 the Buffalo exposition with the Putnam PhalanX are: E.. |. Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Eugent J. Porter, Mr. and Mrs. Louis ] Mul- Ter, Col. A. l.. Thompson, Mir and Mrs, James C. Lincoln, Mr. and Mrs. Frank II. Oldershaw, Mir and Mrs. Frank II. Johnston, and Loren D. Penheld.
 The All-Comers defeated Russell X Erwin in a challenge baseball game for $25 yesterday afternoon at Electric field, 5-1 The All Corners used Zimmerman, Riley, J. Riley, Smith, Chute, U'Donnen, I'usari, Campbell Cheney and l Nelch. The losers lined up with Lawson, Vickery, Carney White, Lynch, Russell, Kelly. Daley, Por- ter. and Post. Zimmerman re- fused to catch without a mask, and he had forgotten to bring one. and | fusari offered 10 substitute. Man ager White of the Lockmakcrs agreed to lend the other team the protector of his own team.
 Town Clerk Buell of Plainville is having little to do in the way of vital statistics, During June he registered no deaths. no marriages, and three births. There have been only 14 deaths in six months.
 4 long hearing on the Smanoy park fence was held last night. Many interested people were pres ent, and they were about evenly divided in favoring and opposing the removal of the pickets.
 The Turner's have elected the | following officers: President: 1 George FrOcba: Vice-Drpsidnnt Oscar Reuter-; secretary, Richard Baumgartner: corresponding secre- tary Charles Half; collector, Paul Stoeckel; treasurer, Rudolph Guon- they; agent Charles F. Dehm. The society now has 120 members.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-09

continued to survive in spite of 1t! kissing - assuming it did not re- frain from continuing the tender collisions of ruby lips - and the fears gradually wore off. 'The doc tors were merely trying to scare us" it was said.
 The New York doctor of course took pains to say he. did not desire to stimulate greater activity in the game of kissing and necking," as he termed the modern method, and seemed to justify objection to the practice upon moral grounds. II But from a health standpoint, he was bound to admit, he could ''see no objection"
 This being his viewpoint, 1t is fair to estimate that millions of people beat him to it." a collo- quialism that the younger genera tion frequently uses and can easily understand. Among engaged semi- engaged or quasi-engaged couples a kiss is the standard method of say ing good night" Some, of course, do not wait for that particular mo- ment before saying it without words; at least, one gains this i'm pression from what one reads, hears and sees regarding betting parties. But be that as it may, the experience of mankind seems to be virtually unanimous that the New York doctor is right.
 In these balmy days Of summer, when thoughts lightly turn 10 love. it is indeed gratifying 10 learn that a distinguished expert has spoken unequivocally in favor of pulsating, quivering, pickering osculation. Ii was high time indeed, according to the younger generation, that the official ioy-killers received this ex- pert disapproval of their claims, Doctors may still disagree about ii, but they are the only folk who will worry.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-09
UNLIMITED PARKING"
 As X CITY LURE

It Is said that at least one city in Connecticut attempts to en- encourage visits from the sur rounding countryside by permitting unlimited parking privileges on the city streets.
 Such a system may be an ad- vantage to autoists who happen to find themselves in such a city and who care to stay awhile.
 On the other hand, it is a sure sign that the city has not pro- gressed very far along metropolitan lines. No city nowadays can be con- sidered up-to-date, growing and progressive unless 1t has traffic problem, with limited parking as a concomitant.
 The real cities of the state-New Britain, Hartford, Waterbury, New Haven. Bridgeport and some others all have traffic problems of one sort or another. All are proposing more drastic ordinances; each has parking and traffic restrictions downtown.
 The new criterion regarding whether a town is dead or alive re- wolves around its traffic problem; the deader the town the less need for regulations; the livlier the city the more oversight is necessary.
 There IS unlimited parking on a prairie.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-09

son, former department commander land member of A. G. Hammond camp.
 II is plauned to invite all the camps in this section to take part in the celebration and department and national officers will be invited. Work on the design which will be an exact reproduction of Moro Castle in Havana harbor. is in the hands of Architect Delbert K. Perry. .The design will be completed within Ia few days, it is thought, and bids will be asked on it,
 w. W. Bullen is compiling a list of all those who served from this .city in the Spanish American war; This list will contain about 30n names and they will be inscribed on -four bronze tablets g adorning the memorial. The cost of the memoria l will be borne by the city.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-09

CT, 19 year old youth senteneed to death for murder.
 Four hours before the death march was to begin, Governor Nc Mullen granted the reprieve at 3 o'clock this morning. upon the pre- sentation of statements that Carl Moore, Ringers alleged victim, was seen alive three days after the date he is supposed to have been murdered.
 Ringer was the youngest person ever sentenced to death in Nebras- ka. He was convicted of the mur- der of Moore, Hastings automo- bile salesman, on October 16, 1924. His sister, Leta, has vigorously maintained his innocence. In granting the reprieve, Governor McMullen ordered special hear ing of the pardons board for the consideration of new evidence.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-09
NOBLE ART OF KISSING "GIORIFIED" AT LAST

Medical authorities who for gen orations have been vainly telling the world that hidden dangers lurl<ed in the noble art Of kissing among adults seem to have spoken with out true and comprehensive knowledge of the facts. Many readers Of the Herald no doubt treated themselves 10 q sigh of re- lief on reading the other day that Dr. Walter Sands Mills, noted New York specialist told body of med ical men that the danger of swap ping ordinary germs while kissing is slight He referred. Of course, to admits; children, he averred, may contract discaso hy being kissed on The month. The safr place to kiss child remains on the check; for adurs, if appears, such particular tty is not necessary, under ordinary circumstances.
 About 20 years ago uqite stir was caused when medical experts warned the nation that kissing is dangerous, A eoodly part of the population feared the worst. Then, as now, few fair charmers had never been kissed; and both kiss ces and kissors" went about with dread Of the consequences. Some pessimists foresaw speedy end to the human race through disease contracted and spread by the more or less common method Of signify ing emotion. But the human race
New Britain herald., 1926-07-09


 Antibes, France, July 9 tP>--The franc has reached a new low record today in it's downward journey and international bankers were gather ing here for the reported purpose of saving French finances from dis aster.
 S. Parker Gilbert, agent general for reparations collections, left Paris yesterday on a train due here this afternoon. While it had been de- nied that his object was anything more important than a vacation, reports persist that his intention was 10 confer with Montague Norman, head Of the federal reserve bank of New York, who are already here.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-09
IMPROVEMENT IN FRANC
Opens Today Nearly a Whole Franc Higher in Relation to Dollar Than Ii Was Yesterday.

Paris, July tP)-The French franc showed considerable improve ment today, following Finance Min ister CaillauX's vigorous statement in the chamber of deputies yesterday,
 It opened at 3S,97, or nearly B franc better to the dollar than last nights Post-Bourse quotation, and continued its gradual rise during the day. Closing officially at 3S 4-S 10 the dollar and 1S7.10 to the pound sterling.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-09
NEW BRITAIN RECRUITS
 EQUAL HIGHEST RECORD
Office Here Enlists as Many ae Boston or Providence and More
 Than Any Other.

Sergeant William Bullock, in charge of the |. s. army recruiting office in this city, has been notified by the war department that his of- flee was the highest in the New Haven district, leads all cities in New England except Providence and Boston and equalled the record of both these cities last month.
 Seven young men from New Britain enlisted in the army last month, which is as many as were enlisted in Providence and Boston and more than in any other place.
 The previous month the local of- fee also led the New Haven dis trict.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-09

The Connecticut man nominated by the grand old party 10 run against the La Toilette candidate in Wisconsin should have remained in the Nutmeg state, where there is no La Toilette machine.