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Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-21
BIG BOOZE HAUL
MADE BY GUARDS
IN N. Y. HARB0R
By United Press Leased Wire

NEW YORK, Jan. 21.-With ma
chine gun fire rattling through the
harbor, the tug Rescue led police
and coast guard boats a thrilling
chase within sight of New York
City during the night and finally
was abandoned, her sea cocks open
ed.
Four men were arrested, 20 others
are believed to have escaped and a
million dollars worth of liquor was
captured.
The Rescue * II $l5O,oOo boat,
equipped for high speed, and recent
ly was sold by the Merritt Chapman
company Of New York, the present
ownership being indefinite.
Details Received Tip
Coast guard details had tip to
watch for the ship. Last night they
saw it, steaming through the Mar.
rows. a coast guard speed boat was
sent in pursuit, but its engines fail
ed and as the Rescue drew awav
the coast guard opened fire.
police detail heard the firing
and sent out police boat. The Res
cue dashed on, up the East river,
with the police following. About Il
mile up the river the Rescue swerv.
ed and then the sea cocks opened,
the boat was swung toward wharf,
20 men leaped overheard and the
ship was abandoned
Close Sea Cocks
Officers drew up and boarded,
closing the sea cocks Just in time
to prevent the boat from sinking.
-Four men were still aboard or
scrambling up the nearby dock.
They were arrested. The others es-
capped.
Officers counted about 10000 cases
of liquor which, they said, was
worth million dollars. 1t was sciz-
or and today was being hauled into
government warehouses.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-21
WHAT'S DOING
TONIGHT


congregational pot luck sup
per end Hawaiian singers,
Methodist church, $50 .. m.
w. G. r. u. evaugelistic
meeting, Christian church. 7:30
p. III.
Night classes, high school, 7
p. IN.
Ell Centric chapter, r. A. NJ.
No. 10e, Masonic hall.
Ladies' Night, Elks hall.
p. m.
sally, Irene and Mary"
Palace theater.
1.-THE New Commandment
and Lovers in Quarantine
Valley theater.
1.-THE Wolf" Brlnk's tent
theater.
TOMORROW
Arts and Crafts section meets,
10000 Club, 9 a. M.
Kiwanis Club luncheon, Hotel
Barbara Worth.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-21
Z ARE SLIGHTLY
HURT WHEN TRAIN
JUMPS OFF RAILS
by United Press Leased Wire

LAKE WORTH, Fla, Jan. 21.-
The Florida East Coast railroad spe-
cial, crowded with tourists. return.
ing to northern points, jumped the
track few miles south of here ear
iy today, while running sixty miles
an hour.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-21

bungled their job and allowed
him to shcot his way out of
traps,
Die on the gallows? That S
a laugh. A good alibi, clever
lawyer Clarence DarroW,
maybe - and. shucks.. it's.
cinch.
That how much Marty Dur
kin fears the law in Illinois.
But thero is one thing that
Durkin is worried about. That
is fer the safety of 1S-year-old
Continued on page three
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-21
DENVER BANK is CLOSED
By United Press Leased Wire

DENVER, Cole, Jan. 2l.-A no
ticc posted ON the, door Of the Bank
of Commerce here today announced
that thc institution had been clos
ed by order Of state bank exam
incrs. The Bank of Commerce is
the sixth to close here since Dcccm-
Der |.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-21
REPORT FAvORABLY ON
SHORT HAUL MEASURE

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. - The
senate interstate commerce commit
tee voted today to report favorably
the <Gooding bill, prohibiting rail
roads from charging more for short
hauls than for long hauls of freight
over the same routes. The bill was
passed in the senate last year but
failed in the house.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-21
MANY INQUIRIES
AT COAST SHOW
VALLEY INTEREST

Increasing interest IN lmpcy;a
Valley is being shown on the coas'
The number of inquiries made thr
past month have been as great as
during the entire preceding year,
according 10 Dean $. Plaster, of
san Diego, vicc-presidcnt Of the
Southern Trust and Commerce bank,
"QuCstions which are asked re.
garding the valley are coming from
Il good type of citizens, who would
make desirable resident,' said
Plaster, who arrived in the city
last night. "They are asking about
crops and other matters which indi-
cate serious interest in the valley.
They are not tourists making in
quiries.
Prosperity Is Seen
"Never since the prosperity pc
riod of 1918 and 1919 have | seen
the valley look as well as il does
now the bank official continued.
The rush of business at the hotels
the traffic on the streets, the great
increase in building permits. and
the appearance of the growing crops
in the country were commented on
by Plaster
"Imperial Valley needs to forget
the differences which naturally de-
velop between rival towns, aud pull
together for & united and greater
district he said.
Vice President Plaster has been
coming to Imperial Valley on
monthly visits for number of
years. He will remain ii III Ceutro
until the end of the week, looking
over the valley aud comforting wth
Southern Trust offieials Of this eiiy
and Brawley.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-21
SCHOONER LOSES LUMBER
IN HEAVY COAST BLOW

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. co.
Badly damaged in a storm off the
Oregon coast, and minus half of
$4,000 lumber cargo, th' schooner
j. b. Stetson of the A. B. johnson
Lumber company was in port here
today after a difficult trip from
Gray's Harbor.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-21
Robbed Driver
In Front of
Police Station
by l Dited Press Leased Wire

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 21.
-Lucien Graves, taxicab driv-
erA was robbed Of S1S in front
Of the western addition police
ststion today.
The bandit who entered the
cab as a passenger, sauntered
away after securing the money
Then Graves went across the
street to the police station,
aroused the officers in charge
and reported the robbery.
The crook is still at large.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-21

The government is TO spend $780,
000 in 1926 for flood control of the
Sacramento River.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-21

The Clyde Brewer ranch of 100
acres at Ukiah, Mendocino county,
sold recently for $4,000.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-21

Continued on page three
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State Hopes Betty'S TeSti-
mony Will Send Sheik
to GaIIoWS.
By Edward c. Derr

Juiffn FTeSd StQIT OOTTeSDOHOCEt
CHICAGO, Jan. 22.TLove tangles
in the life of Martin Durkin today
tightened the moose which the State
is preparing for him.
First the State is planning to have
his marriage to Irma Sullivan
Durkin, his country bride from
Cornell. ILL.,. annulled so it may use
Irma as a prosecution witness.
Durkin already had wife, 1t has
developed and police have found no
record Of divorce. Pressure is being
brought to bear on Irma's parents.
They can easily secure the annul-
ment. officials said.
Second. Betty Andrews Werner,
the Tilted city sweetheart has turned
against him. and the State expects
her testimony win help send the
shooting sheilI to the gallows.
At the same time, public officials
started a campaign to subdue the
irrepressible and romantic flappers,
the maudlin spinisters and news.
paper accounts, fearing that hero
worship may influence his trial for
murder.
Durkin is being pictured as COM
bination Of Don Juan, Robinhood
and Jimmy Valentine lover ex-
traordinary, OF many affairs with
beautiful women. and daring.
kindly. clever crook driven to law
lessness by fate.
Public officials pointed to the fam
Gus Leopold-Loeb case as an example
Turn to Page 29
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PLAN FROM EDITOR

BV United Press
SCRANTON, Pa, Jan. 22.--Presi-
dent John L. Lewis of the United
Mine Workers Of America, IN con-
ference here with E. j. Lynett, pub
Usher of the Scranton Times, today
accepted as a basis for negotiations
{. plan of strike settlement proposed
by Lynett.
He agreed to join the operators
in request to Chairman Alvin Mar
kle of the Joint conference of min
ers and operators, to call the con-
ference together again. to have
virtually accepted same proposition
The plan includes the immediate
resumption of work by the miners.
five year contract dating from the
date of signing the agreement and
the continuation of the wages un-
der the last date during the term of
the new contract, unless changed as
provided for.
The agreement provides a plan
whereby a conference may be held
on the wage question even after the
contract has been signed. The
miners, however, will remain at
work until the end of the five year
contract whether or not a change of
wages is agreed upon. One year be-
fore the contract expires the miners
and owners are to met to devise a
contract whereby work may con-
tinue while negotiations are under
way for new contract. a
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made victims, Inspector Claude Wor-
ley said.
James ROLES. $40 Century Bidg..
Worley this afternoon in regard to
the Windsor lottery. He was men,
toned by some of those arrested
Thursday night.
The man said to be the brains
Of the Windsor lottery. a printer, is
being sought,
The tenth person. Rozel Puikton.
Negro, 141S Roosevelt Ave, was
arrested this morning by Sergeant
Helm and Patrolmen Debarr and
Low.
Others arrested were; Harold Beck.
%. OF 377 S. Illinois ST.; Floyd New
man, 80, Of 1914 Villa Ave; Frank
Balxius, Az, Of 1446 Union St.: James
Ferrell. 81, 152 W. Washington St.;
Jack Holsclaw, 20, of 81 w. St.
Clair ST.; j. L. Miller. Negro, 354
Ir diana Ave. George Grisel, 81, Lor-
raine hotel and Louis NJ. Perry, Apt.
2, 293S e. Washington St.
All except Perry are operators OF
soft drink parlors.
. More than $4,000 worth of Wind
sor tickets were found at Beck's
house
Each OF the men questioned re
fused to disclose who headed the
ring.
Police say a few prizes were Of
tered to stimulate business.
Inspector Worley said when "busl-
ness became bad in a nsighborhood,
the operators permitted win of a
few dollars to one of the buyers"
Miller told Worley he was PRO
tected" during the Shank admins
tration.
Sergeant Russell and Patrolman
Bruce procured information that led
to the arrests.
Five squads of police. headed by
Lieut.. Fred Winkler and Sergts.
O'Connor. Russell, Cox, Barge and
Cummings, conducted the raids.
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TEN ARE TAKEN IN
DRIVE ONLOT7ERLES
Police Proceed With Cleanup PIans-'Brans of Wind
sor Scheme Sought-City Official, Arrested.

With ten persons already arrested
police today were proceeding with
plans to clean up every lottery OPP
Grated in the city and Jail all agents
and ticket handlers.
Information on several other lot
teries. was being obtained by officers
after the arrest Thursday night of
nine men, including Fred S, Beck,
1928 S. Meridian St., assistant city
smoke inspector. All are held on
charges Of operating lotteries.
This lottery was known as the
Windsor" and prizes totaling $40,-
coo were offered. Francis Hamilton,
building commissioner. said he
would ask Beck to resign.
High school students have been
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-22
PLANE FLIES 900
MILES IN SEA HOP
Columbus Of the Air Reaches Canaries in Attempted
Spain-to- BuenoS Aires Trip No Mishap.

pleted the flight OF more than 900
miles without mishap.
During the trip he was In COM
munlcation with Teneriffe and Las
Palmas and also communicated with
a passing ship. Franco started from
the same place Columbus, in 1892,
set sail for America. He hopes to
reach the Argentines in one week.
The route across the ocean to the
Argentine capital is by way of the
Canaries, Cape Verde Island
Fernando do Noronba in mid-Atlantic
and Brazil.
If he succeeds in his program,
Franco hopes to return to Spain
by way Of the west coast Of South
America, Central America, Cuba
and the United States.
Franco hopes to be the first Span
lard to complete the flight from Eu-
rope to Argentina. He has before
him the record Of two Portuguese
colleagues in 1922 in flight from
Lisbon to Brazil, and he has the op-
portunity to grasp from italy the
laurels that country hoped to win
when Casa Grande set out for Bue
nos Aires only to be halted be-
fore he was fairly under way.
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BABY CRIES FOR
ABSENT MOTHER
Woman Leaves Home Tues
l1ay-Not Heard From.

"Muvver, Muvver, 1 want Muv-
YER" and little Buddy" Huffman,
21s years old, whose mother, Mrs.
Mary Huffman, has been missing
from her home. Ala Peter ST., since
Tuesday pushes away his toys and
cries fretfully.
He has scarcely eaten anything
since his mother went away" said
his grandmother, Mrs. Pearl Smith,
937 Olive ST., "and his sister, Mar
garet, 4, is constantly asking;
Where's mother? When shall see
her?'
Edward Huffman, the husband,
has no idea where his wife has gone
She told relatives Tuesday that she
was going to the doctor, but never
arrived there, and it has been found
that large sum Of money which
she had deposited in a trust com
pany has been withdrawn. 1t is
said that Mrs. Huffman has been
in poor health for some time, and
was melancholy.
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CON TRACTOR is
HEART VICTIM
Henry A. DurfIinger Found
Dead in Office.

Harry A. Durfiinger, so. Of S605
Crescent St., contractor, was found
dead today IN his Office, sos Holiday
Bldg.
Coroner Paul f. Robinson said
death. probably was due to heart
disease.
Durtlinger had lived here thirty.
five years. Since his .wife's death.
two years ago, from the same cause,
he had cared for four small children.
He was a Mason and Red Man.
Surviving are: Mr. and Mrs. O..
L. Durfiinger. parents; w. B. and
Robert Durfiinger. brothers. and
Mrs. Elva Small, sister, and the
children.
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HOURLY TEMPERATURES
PIANIST STILL MISSING
Artist Who Left Evansville Has
Not Reached New York.
BIZ United Press

OV CHttt0 EftdO
NEW YORK, Jan. s2.-Ethel
Leginska, the temperamental pianist.
who was reported en- route to New
York after disappearing from Evans
vile, Ind, where she failed to fill an
engagement, had not arrived at the
Park Place home here today. a
search disclosed.
Friends say they had no word
from her and at the apartment
where Miss Leginska lives while in
the city it was said. that she had not
returned during the night and no
plans had been made for her re-
turn.
In some circles, 1t was believed the
,eccentfic pianist would remain in
seclusion in some small town. seek.
ing tonurse the frayed nerves which
she blamed for being unable to kaep
her engagement in Evansvil1A
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Zero Temperature Tonight,
Says Weather Bureau
Snowfall PrecedeS Mer-
curry Drop in City-SIOw
Rise Predicted Saturday.
EFFECTS ARE FELT
BY ENTIRE NATION
Only Few Points Along
Coasts Escape = Third
Frigid Wave of Season
Here-Streets Slippery,
Two Accidents Result.

Cold blasts from Canada
swept down upon Indianapolis
and vicinity Thursday night
and this morning, bringing a
low temperature of 5 above
zero at z AS a. m.
The relentless United States
Weather Bureau, after looking at
the icy instruments in its observa-
ton tower. promised even colder
weather tonight. with temperature
Of about zero, or possibly a degree
or so below.
Saturday is expected to be fair,
with slowly rising temperature.
Mercury Rises
The mercury rose to IL at / D. m.
New York and other eastern
States reported falling temperatures
and snow, while southwestern States
had record-breaking cold weather
and heavy snow, interrupting tele-
phone and telegraph cOmmunica-
tions. Minnesota and Nebraska had
snow and sub-zero temperature and
Ohio found heavy snow and falling
mercury.
Freezing temperatures and lower
We're general over the entire nation
except for the Southern Atlantic
coast, a few points along the gulf
coast in Texas. and the coast line
OF the Pacific.
Preceding the mercury toboggan,
snow totalling IA inches fell IN the
city. This. with the 3.9 inches which
fell on Jan. and 9. and other minor
falls, brought the January snow
mark to go inches, just a inch be-
low the normal of 6.5 for the month.
Started Thursday
The downward trend Of the red in
the thermometer started Thursday.
The mercury regis -ered 33 at a.
M, fell to % at p. M, and then
fell about / degree an hour until
a. m, when the reading was 10
above. It then dropped to above
at and Z, this mark being 81 de
grees below normal
Lowest temperature reported in
Indiana was 4 above at Terre Haute.
The zero mark extended as for south
as Springfield. ILL.,. and Iowa reported
temperatures in most sections be-
tween zero and 5 below. Chicago
reported below, as the cold winds
from Lake Michigan swept over the
city.
In the Northwest, temperatures
are rising gradually, but stin are
blew zero, ]. II. Armington, me-
teorologist. said.
This is the third frigid wave that
has visited indianapolis this sea.
son, the low mark being z below
on Dec. 27. Jan. IL the mercury
registered above.
Streets Slippery
Streets became slippery as the
snow became packed hard. Two
traffic accidents were reported by
police as result of the weather.
An automobile driven by William
Brewer, is, of S4S w. Thirty-First
ST., bumped into two other machines
on Market ST., near Noble. Brewers
car struck a roadster driven by A.
W. Leary. 1888 w. Thirty Fourth
St., and then skidded into the parked
auto owned by Ralph Burdick, 100
e. Market st. Bumpers on the cars
were damaged and no arrests were
made.
Cars driven by Harper Lee, so S.
State Ave-, and William Thompson,
S63 Fletcher Ave-, were badly dam
aged when they collided on Bates
st. Thompson received a slight cut
over the right eye. No arrests were
made.
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CASES OF SHAW.
STEPH ENSON TO
Be COMPARED
May Get Jury Late This
Afternoon-TWo Special
VenireS Drawn.
BIZ Times Special

BB Times Special
MARTINSVILLE, Ind. Jan. "a
Similarity OF the murder of Mrs.
Helen Hager Whelchel, Indianapolis
widow and the abduction of Miss
Madge Oberholtzer, for whose death
d. G. Stephenson is serving a life
term in Indiana State Prison, is to
be brought out by S. c. Kivett, de-
fense attorney. in the third trial Of
John Thomas Shaw, Negro, charged
with numbering Mrs. Whelchel.
Kivett will attempt to prove
jewelry was distributed among in
nocent persons to mislead detectives.
Mrs. Whelchel received a mysteri-
Gus telephone call, at p: m. Nov.
27, 1923, met an unknown person
at a drug store and later went to a
dance hall, Kivctt viii attempt to
prove.
An "old woman" who got off the
street car as Mrs. Whelchel did near
her home, 1858 Applegate St., about
II p. M, was a signal to some one
to pick her up in a machine. Resi-
dents knew Of no person answering
the description in the neighborhood,
it will be maintained.
Mrs. Whelchels body was found
on the Big Four Railroad tracks,
near Ben Davis, the following morn
ing. 1t is believed she resisted the
attack and paid the penalty of her
life.
Nearly half of a second special OF
sixty had been questioned by noon.
There was possibility Of getting a
jury late today.
Shaw was sentenced to die after
conviction in Marion Criminal Court,
but State Supreme Court reversed
the decision.
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STRIKE PEACE
FLARES; FADES
Operators Balk After Lewis
Accepts New Plan.

BB United Press
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 22.-Hopes
held by John L. Lewis, president Of
the United Mine Workers, agreeing
to join in a call for renewal of me-
gotiations to end the anthracite coal
strike, received a setback this after
noon when an unsigned statement
from the mine owners headquarters
denied statement made in Scran-
ton, Pa. that the operators had
virtually accepted the Lynett plan
of settlement"
While reinstatement was not signed
it was regarded as official.
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BEvERIDGE TO
ARRIVE SUNDAY
i Know Nothing. of Politics.
Says Wife Of ex-senator.

Former Senator Albert ]. Bever-
idge will arrive in Indianapolis Sun
day. Mrs. Beveridge said today.
Mrs. Beveridge arrived at noon
from Washington where she spent
several days en- route from Beverly
Farms, Mass. Beveridge is in New
York.
"Oh, know nothing of politics, :"
said Mrs. Beveridge when asked
whether her husband will enter the
Republican senatorial race against
Senator James E. Watson.
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GETS MONEY BY RUsE
Young Negro, Begging, Holds Up
Benefactor; Is Given Check.

Police today sought a.young Negro
who used a clever ruse late Thurs
day to obtain money from Augustus
Gohr, 75, OF 242S Z. Twenty Fifth st.
Begging for work. so he could
earn money for food, the youth was
given money to buy hay for Gohr's
horses. He came back and said he
had been robbed. Stating he had a
gun, he demanded Gohr to give him
more money, but Gohr gave him
check with a fake" name.
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CALL MORE WITNESSES
Coroner to Continue investigation of
Liquor Case Death.

Several other witnesses will be
called in his investigation OF. the
death Of Thomas Diggins, 80, 131 w.
McCarty ST.. Coroner Paul f. Robin
son said today, after a conference
with Federal Dry Agent w. j.
Keeney.
Diggins, who was to be State
witness in liquor case now pend
ing in Criminal Court, was found
end at the home of his mother,
Mrs. Nora Diggins, Saturday. Kee-
ley had said he believed Diggins was
killed
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LICENSE DEAD LINE SET
City Must Get Money by Jan. 27
Says Controller Buser.

The dead line for payment Of city
licenses is Jan. "a, city controller.
announced today.
And I don't mean maybe" said
Buser. after that date delinquents
may expect visits from police. who
win inform them legal action win be
taken.n
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GAS WASTE DEPLoRED
World Supply Threatened. Says Sec
retary Of State.

Wanton waste of gasoline Il
threatening the worlds supply. de-
clared Secretary OK State Frederick
Z. Scksrtemeier in an address Thurs-
day night at the aineteenth annual
dinner OF the Marion County Fish
arid Came Protective Association at
- indianapolis Athletic Club.
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an occasional letter favors the court,
the proportion is at least ten to one
against it, 1t was said.
At Senator Watson's Office the
huge stack of mail received III one
day on the question was examined
by a reporter. who did not find one
letter favoring the court.
Bitter and Incorporate expressions
were common. "If you don't want
to stay home next term, vote against
this proposition" one man wrote
Watson.
Both OH Fence
The result has been to put both
Senators on the fence. Formerly
they had been counted as supporters
Of the World Court, which had been
Endorsed and advocated by President
Coolidge, as both are strong admins.
tration men.
"I have not yet made up my
mind" Senator Robinson said today.
II am still studying the question
carefully, in. order TO be perfectly
sure Of my position before, an
nounce it, and to be sure in my mind
that / am right"
A large stack Of copies Of the
Washington Post. administration
organ which is, however. bitterly
against the court proposal and has
devoted it's leading editorials to II
for many weeks, shows that the
is devoting much time 10
the arguments against the Court.
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BIZ United Press

BIZ JnltCd PFcSS
LAS PALMAS, Canary Island,
Jan. 22.-Commander Ramon Franco,
Spanish columbus of the air." ar.
rived here late this afternoon on
the first leg of his venturesome jour
ney to Buenos Aires.
Franco started from the flying
field near Palos, Spain, shortly be-
fore 8 a. m. this morning and COM