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Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-02
NEGRO IS SOUGHT
AFTER SHOOTING;
VICTIM MAY DIE

Police of the valley are today
searching for one Joe Farley, color
ed, whom. il is alleged shot Lee
Broaducck. also coTorcd, following
an argument on n ranch near Braw-
ley yesterday. Broadueck is in the
Brawlcv hospital and may die His
chest WAS perforated by the con
tent of shotgun fired at close
range.
Dtails of the shooting were diff
cult to obtain. the Brawlcy police
reporting that though there We're
known to bc witnesses TO the shoot
ing. most of them made thcmS Ives
scarce, apparently fearing implica-
tion in the affray.
1t was believed that the argu-
mcnt was caused by money matters,
one man accusing the other of hay
ing failed to return sum which he
borrowed from the other. just which
one did the borrowing and which
the lending, could not be learned.
The shcriff's office has Il good
decription of Farley and hopes to
be able to locate him. He left the
scene of the shooting Immediately,
driving off in Ford ear without
any top.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-02
EXPECT THREE TO
DIE AFTER RACE
WAR; s WOUNDED

STOCKTON, Cal. Jan. 9. No
new clashes between Filipinos and
whites were reported to the police
todav and the Grace war; which
put eight men in hospitals was be.
lieved ended.
Two white men and Japanese
are not expected to recover from
knife wounds and beatings they re-
ccived during the New Years at
tacks.
Responsibility for the outbreaks
is believed to have been traced to
white boys who jumped from an
automobile and administered a Sc
we're beating to ID. Geronomo, a Fill
pino. Bands of Filipinos retaliat-
ed.
Pool rooms in the Oriental quar-
ter were closed last night and Il
careful watch was being kept for
indications of further trouble.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-02
WILLIAM II. ftANI
QUARTER M ASTER
OF j. s. ARMY IS
CALLED TO REST

WASHINGTON, Jan. .. - Major
General William II. Hart, quarter
master general of the United States
army. died here this morning at
Walter Reed hospital. Hart s death
followed a relapse after a major OPP
Grafton for stomach trouble perform
ed five weeks ago.
Hart bad been quartcrmaster gem
c~al Of the army since August,
1922.
He was born in Winona. Mimi.
81 wears ago and was unmarried.
After graduating from West
Point Military Academy in 1883, h"
lad loug and distinguished mill
tarv career III the west. in Cuba. the
! Philippines and France.
Hart was awarded the d. S. NJ.
aud mauv foreign decorations for
his service with the \. +. +. In
191S-1910 he was base quartemaSter
1T -. Nazaire. France.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-02
SIERRAS POWER
TO START LARGE
new PLANT SOON

A new half million dollar operat
ing building and installation will
be added to the San Bernardno
steam plant of the Southern Sierras
Power Company in 1926. Worl:
will begin about February l.
The new. building, of steel and
concrete. will be erected adjoining
the present plant on parcel of land
approXimating % lots recently pur-
chased by the company. Housed in
il will be new $4,000 X. v A..
condenser, and control switchboard
for dispatching outside, two banks
for transformers. one for the con-
denser and one for the Imperial
line. totalling 10000 X. V. A. An
cntire new steel bus structure is
nlso to he built. with oil switches.
lightuin~ arrcStorS, transfer trucks
and cooling system.
The purnoSe of the condenser in
stailation is to control voltage and
increase transmission canacitv OF
the tower line, and stabilize volt
age conditions. The new bus struc-
lures will Facilitate switching, rc.
ducc duration of Interruptions and
irnnrovc the service over tho cutirc
syst ON.
The 1906 budget for thc Son Per
nardino district includes the first
rart Of a nro"ram tha+ irr"'v"S -
total oxpenliture Of over - N0o.0O0
~ the steam plant. The second mart
will include. amorc othor additions,
the installation Of another conden-
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-02
UPHOLD SENTENCE
ON FORMER CHIEF
OF VETS BUREAU
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CHICAGO, Jan. 2.-The federal
court Of appeals today sustained the
lower federal court in its convic-
ton and sentences imposed upon
Colonel Charles Forbes and John
w. Thompson.
Forbes, former director Of the
Veterans Bureau and Thompson,
millionaire ST. Louis contractor,
were found guilty of conspiracy to
defraud the government in connec-
tion with the construction of vet
erans' hospitals. They were given
sentences of two years each in the
Lcavenworth ponitcntiary and fines
of $4,000 each.
The court of appeals also refus-
ed to strike out the testimony of
Elias IL. Mortimer, star govern
mcnt witness in the ease, as petit
toned by the defense attorneys.
Attorneys for the two men plan
to ask for "A rehearing and if this
is refused they are expected to take
the ease to the United States SUI
preme court.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-02
SEND BACK MUSIC
BROADCAST OVER
ATLANTIC OCEAN

NEW YORK, Jan. 2.-An expert
ment of far reaching Importance in
attempts to span the world by radio
was partially successful last night
when music broadcast from Great
Britain was picked up here and re-
broadcast back across the Atlantic
in one thirty second of second.
The music was from Ciros and
Covent garden in London, broadcast
from station Xxx in Daventry on
a 1000 meters wave length. 1t was
received first at Belfast, Maine, and
sent to the Radio Corporation of
America at Vancortlandt Park here
on 20 meter wave and from there
to WIZ in Acolian hall. 1t was then
re.broadcast. Soon afterward mes
sages arrived from London saying
that while strong static interfered
with its clarity, the music had been
,caught there
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-02
THINKS DAUGHTER,
SON KIDNAPPED IN
MINE CLAIM. PLOT

LOS ANGELES, Jan, 9. - AIRS.
Mary A. Thompson, wealthy mine
owner and operator in the Panamint
mountains, 40 miles northeastv of
Mojave, appealed to authorities here
today to aid in recovering her two
missing children, daughter, Har-
riett, and son, Richard.
The Youngsters disappeared on
New Years Eve, and the mine
woman believes they were kidnap-
ped az a part of plot of rival. in
terests to force her to relinquish her
claims to valuable ore lands i'm the
Panamint district.
She asked federal officials to take
hand in affairs in the mountain
mining section, and Los Angeles
county deputy sheriffs have already
started search for the missing
children.
Mrs. Thompson said her children
disappeared when a Mexican, en-
ployed as packer on her ranch. was
sent with a machine 10 drive them
home from q New Years Eve
party. The Mexican never return.
ed. flsv
The automobile, with Mexican
driver and two children. parked al
n local garage Yesterday, Mrs.
Thompson said she learned. driving
away after some repairs and ro'
fueline.
The woman said a number ~
threats had been made againsf hor
by rival mine owners.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-02
Three Dead Six May Die From Pasadena Stand Crash
PLAN PUBLICITY
DRIVE TO BOOST
VALLEY LETTUCE
Sierras Company Loans
Fred .Nebel-Thau For
Preliminary Survey.

Plans for publicity campaign
fer Imperial Valleys 1926 lettuce
crop. similar to that carried on dur
ing the 1925 cantaloupe season, took
active form yesterday when A. 3.
west, general manager of the
Southern Sierras Power Company
agreed TO loan the services Of Fred
Nebel -Thau TO the lettuce growers
for one week in which to make q
preliminary survey Of the attitude
9f the growers On financing the
campaign.
Already - of the largest grow
ers in the valley have signed up for
the campaign aud when Nebel-Thau
goes to work for the growers on
Monday morning, it is believed the
number viii increase rapidly. While
tie campaign is still IN its prelim-
mary stage, it is believed the plans
which have been made can be put
over at cost to the grower of not
more than 25 cents per acre.
SanQuine of Success
The success o. the publicity cam-
nil0H tCHuuclSu V'tl my lilt CdHtt1-
, loupe deal was matter Of consider
able qualification to the cantaloupe
growers, many of whom are also in
tcrested in the lettuce deal. With
the experience gained last summer
it is expected that even more salts
factory results can be obtained
With lettuce.
Nebel-Thau conducted the public
itv campaign for the cantalouDe
men, and succeeded i'll getting the
whole country talking about Impe-
rial Valley cantaloupes. While his
plans for the lettuce campaign will
not follow the exact lines adopted
for the cantaloupes many of the
best ideas will be adopted.
"The opportunity for a high
class publicity campaign is an eX-
ctllent one, and appeals to the let
tuce man who knows the markets.
Nebel-Thau sal dthis morning." "The
. larger growers are strong for the
/ campaign and they feel certain that
the smaller growers will also see
the wisdom of stimulating the mar
ket. as better prices are obtained
in this wav. The crop this year
is enormous and by proper market
7 ing, plus iudicious advertising. it is
n certainty that the Season will fin
ish with all of the growers on the
right side of the ledger
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-02
BIG INFLUX OF
VISITORS TAXES
ALL FACILITIES
Local Citizens Come to
Rescue of Many Unable
to Get Accommodation.

Taxing all hotel and garage &C
commodations in the city, one of the
largest crowds in the history of Ell
Centre, not drawn here by any par
ticular event, descended upon the
city over New Years ana many Of
them are still in the city today. -.
1t was necessary for private
homes to be opened mp to receive
the visitors. MANY of whom came
here without having made hotel res
ervations. and would have been
forced to remain in the streets all
night unless local citizens came to
their rescue.
The bad weather, and the absence
of anv New Years celebration here,
did not lessen the number of Wis
itors, who poured into the city from
early Thursday afternoon until late
last night. Every hotel was filled
to capacity, the city camp ground
was crowded, and private parking
camps were also unable to accom-
modate the influx.
All Cities Crowded
Early yesterday afternoon it be
came necessary to refer those seek
ing shelter for the might to other
valley cities. but the relief was
only temporary for these cities too
were struggling with their own sim
liar problems.
Through the agency of one gar.
age in this city, several parties of
tourists We're sent to Jacumba for
the night, and the police obtained
accommodation for the night IN
private homes for several stranded
families. Local restaurants were
called upon to feed the visitors, and
there was no holiday for the wait
ers. some of whom had to work
double shift.
Curious About Valley
Asked what was the cause OF the
large number of visitors here. one
garage man stated that every holi-
dav sees large number of visitors
here from the coast.
"Thev are all reading about I'M
perial Valley he said, "and when
s. holiday gives them sufficient
time to travel, they just pack up
and come down here to see what the
valley is like. Had the weather
been PLEASANT undoubtedly Imperial
Valley would have received several
hundred new friends. As it is
MANY of them realize that the rain
is something no community can
avoid and they will forget the
mud they saw here, remembering
only the large crops and the fact
that there is an empire here in it
self
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-02
ITALIAN CITIES ARE
SHAKEN BY TREMORS
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ROME. Jan. 2.-Several Italian
cities were visited by earthquakes
on the new year but reports today
Indicate that the damage was very
slight.
Venice, Calabria, Milan. Bologna,
Ravcuna, Padova, Udine and
Trieste reported feeling the shock,
but no reports of casualties have
been received here.
In Venice a number of roofs and
ceilings collapsed in a twelve-sec-
ond shock, bat no deaths resulted.
From Trieste came reports of
considerable panic among the pop
ulace. which rushed TO the sea front.
Damages there were limited to the
crashing of a number of roofs.
Padova, Tdine and Ravenna re-
ported that the tremors there were
minor
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-02
EVERYBODY HAPPY,
SUNSHINE RETURNS
AGAIN TO VALLEY

"Post Nubila Phoebus,' free
translation of which is "After the
clouds. the sun is the motto OF
Hartford. Connecticut. the second
finest city in the country. (El Cen
tro being the finest) and it might
well be adapted as the motto of the
latter city. which TODAY is enjoying
sunshine for the first time in almost
a week.
After laundering about in mud
and slime since last Sunday, Ell
Centre residents were able to find
plenty of dry spots about the city
today, the number and area of which
were constantly on the increase as
Old Sol cot in some healthy licks.
No kicks were heard at the re-
appearance of the sun after his
holiday spree, though lettuce men
were hoping he would not come out
TOO heavy for a day or two.
The sun went out of commission
early last Sunday morning, and
with the exception of a short ap-
pearancc on Tuesday, and Just a
fntrmg Glance or TWO w euneSuiN
morning, he renamed in hiding the
remainder of the time. transferring
The conduct of affairs to Jupiter
Pluvi1s, who gummed everything
According to old timers, it was one
Of the longest periods that the sun
had been out of commission, since
the pioneers chased the side-wiuders
and horned toads out of the valley.
The wet weather was peculiar in
asmuch rs this community, which
never needs rain, was forced TO
accept plenty of it, while other Sec
tions of Southern California, which
can use rain, went without it.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-02
TEMBL0RS MAKE
WALLS FALL in
ITALIAN CITIES
Munich, Germany, Is Also
Shaken; Floods Wreak
Havoc in Europe.
By United Press Leased Wir.

LONDON, Jan. Europe, tor
tured at many points by flood and
storm peril for some days past, was
visited over the holiday by earth
Quakes and high water in additional
sections. Venice and other Italian
cities reported tremors which, in
some cases, shook down walls and
roofs though apparently causing no
personal injuries nor loss of life.
Munich, Germany, also felt the
shock.
Belgium today seemed to be hav-
ing the most serious of the flood
dangers. Liege was reported mostly
under wafer except for for hill por-
tons and the king and others had
gone to aid in relief work for thou
sands now without bread or lights
From Paris came word that the cab
met had considered the question Of
the Seine floods.
Claims Two victims
The Rhine, out of its banks at
Cologne and other points, claimed
two victims at Coblenz.
No fresh reports of loss of life
came out of the Transylvanian
section where earlier in the week
li@h water was reported to have
driven many from their homes and
to have drowned several hundred.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-02
BELIEVE TWELVE
DIED WHEN RESIN
PLANT BLEW UP
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PENSACOLA. Fla, Jan. 2-Seven
bodies have been recovered from
the ruins of the Newport Resin and
Turpentine plant which was badly
damaged by fire and explosion to-
day. The bodies are now in local
morgues, so badly burned and lac
Grated that police authorities are
unable to establish Identification.
1t is believed five more men are
dead as the result of the explosion
and firemen continued their search
for the missing men.
Th body of one man was hurled
200 feet. He had pulled a sweater
over his face to hide from the
woods which were burning, set afire
by the blazing fragments from the
plant. His last words were "tell
my wife / died in peace" 1t is
said that some of the men found
had arms and other parts of the
body blown completely off.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-02
CHECK TODAY.
SHO WS I|8.
IN HOSPITAL
Sorrow and Tragedy Are
Aftermath of Annual
Festival Of Roses.
SHOCK KILLED TWO
Four Women. Two Men
Seriously Injured, l12
6 Others Sustain Hurts.
Nv United Press Eensed Wire

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PASADENA, Calf, Jan. 2
Tragedy was 4 sorrowful reminder
today of the 1926 Tournament of
Roses for the first time since the
famed floral pageant was inaugu-
rated 81 years ago.
Collapse of temporary grand
stand along the line of march eX-
acted a toll of several dead and
manv injured. A re-check of the
injured today showed 1l8 persons
in local hospitals suffering from the
effects of the crash,
There were three dead today and
il was feared the toll would mount
higher as several of those in hospit
tails were in critical condition.
One person died from in uiurics re-
ceivcd when the street hlcachorS
crumblcd. buryiug over 800 per.
sons in a mass of broken timhcrs
and pilng. Mrs. Bessie Barick, 6i,
died early today from injuries re
ccived in the crash.
Two Die of Shock
Two other women were Killed
from shock incurred while witness
ing the terrifying tragedy. Mrs. C..
W. Bowen, ~, stunned by the crash,
swooncd and fell from the roof Of
n building. Mrs. Caroline sherman,
witnessing the crash from across the
street, died from heart attack.
The crash occurred at the culmin-
alton of the parade shortly before
noon Eyewitness said there was
no screaming when the wooden struc
ture started to fall, merely a sound
rs if all had taken n deep breath.
The crash followed, with "A terrible
roar. followed by groans and screams
of the frightened and injured,
Investigate Accident
Both Los Angeles and Pasadena
authorities investigated the accident
today to determine if it was the
result of any criminal negligence.
Asa Kcycs. district attorney of
Los Angeles county, issued a form
al statement declaring that if it was
found that the contractors who
erected the stand, or the building
inspectors who pronounced il safe,
were guilty of criminal negligence,
prosecutions would follow. The Los
Continued on Page g.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-02
WHAT'S DOING
TONIGHT

TONlGHT
1.-The Gold Rush. Valley the
ater.
1.-The Demon Palace the
alter.
1.-THE Country Girl" Brunk s
tent theater.
Old Time dance, Red Wing
pavilion, Brawley.
Imperial high school alumni
reunion, Imperial high school,
1880 p. III.
TOMORROW
Services. all churches.
Baseball: Standard Oil VS..
Southern Pacific, Ell Centre; Ell
Centre Mechanics VS.. Southern
Pacific, Imperial.
"Stage Struck Valley the
ater.
ARIZONA Sweepstakes Pal
ace theater.
Honest Sinners and SANITY
Hypocrites, Brunk s tent the
ter.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-02
INVALID BURNED
TO DEATH WHEN
HEATER EXPLODES

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2. -
George Sava, "a, an invalid for two
years, was burned to death here
today when he accidentally over
turned coal oil heater.
The stove exploded, throwing
blazing oil over the youth. His
father, Nicholas Sava. endeavored
to save George by wrapping him in
a blanket, but the invalid was dead
when physicians arrived.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-02
80 CENTERS
GREAT
GAIN IN 1925
United States Experien-
ces Unprecedented Ac-
tivity in Building.
MANY GAINS SHOWN
Cities on Pacific Slope
Record Large Increase
During Year 1925.
BY United Press Leased Wire

By United Press Leased Wire
The United States has just pass
ed through year of unprecedented
activity in building, survey by the
United Press showed today.
Thirty representative cities from
coast to coast and covering all geo.
graphical divisions Of the country.
showed the 1925 Investment In new
BUILDINGS was more than half bill
lion dollars larger than IN 1924.
These cities reported total Of
50 2.O3O.104.034 had been spent dur.
ing the wear for new construction
against 81 s,515.594 during thu
preceding vear-an increase of
$621.5S8,44O. or approximately 30
per cent.
Big Gains Reported
A hundred million dollar increase
in four Florida cities. another ap.
proximate hundred million increase
in New York. a sixty million dofasr
increase in Chicago, and smaller in.
creases, although running into -the
millions, in Portland, Ore; Tacoma.
Wash: Columbus, Ohio; Philadel.
phia; washington, D. c.; st. Louis.
Mo-; Seattle. and Minneapolis and
st. Paul, made negligible small loss
es in such cities as San Francisco
and Los Angeles. Calf; Boston,
Milwaukee, Atlanta and Des Moines.
In no city in the country was the
decrease from the 1925 figures suf-
ficientlv large as to indicate great
depression.
On Official Figures
Data considered in the survey
was gathered from official figuras
on building permits issued ins.the
80 cities covered. aas.
On the Pacific coast the north
west cities of Tacoma, Seattle and
Portland all saw important increases
in their building, while San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles, which in the
last few years had been scenes of
building booms, dropped off little.
The coast cities showed: =
1924 1925
Portland, ......$29, ,219, ,425 $3S,476,235
Seattle .......... 27.279, 500 3O,000O0O
Tacoma ...... s,539,OOO 100000
San Francisco 57,s52,973 5O,14s,7S7
Los Angeles las, ,594,325 144,7s7 $50
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-02
Ell CENTRIC NOW IS ACHIEVING
REPUTATION AS SGRETNA GREEN

Jams, 90, native Of Illinois, res
ident of Santa Monica.
James M. Peck, AS, native of
Maryland, resident Of phoenix;
Dixie E. Zimmerman, Al, native
Of Missouri, resident Of Phoe-
nix.
Roy Teel Hickman, 20, native
of North Dakota, resident of
Long Beach; Nina Lee Shook,
80, native of Missouri, resident
of Long Beach.
Gilbert L. Cochran, 25, ma
tive of Iowa, resident Of Whit
tier; Kizzie Matthews, 81, ma
tive of California, resident of
Whittier.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-02

Indicating that Ell Centre is
achieving a reputation as a
"Gretna Green four out of
town couples called at the
county clerks office this morn
ing and obtained marriage IL
censes.
Although this gives the year
a good start as far as marriage
licenses are concerned, it Is
significant that not one of the
principals in the ceremonies is
from Imperial Valley.
The following parties OBJ
tanned licenses:
Frank M. r>eyser, AT, native
of PennsyJ 2. Y, resident of
Santa Mo Frayce r. Will
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-02
rnIrp n'SE' lives
crVrph|. NNIRED
NEW YEARS DAY
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 2.-Four
persons were killed and several in
iured, some perhaps fatally, in auto
mobile accidents in Southern Cali
foruia New Years dav.
The dead are Mrs WILLIAM Cara
way and j. Bravo, Whittier; George
Washington Hanson, Z, Venice, and
an unidentified Japanese.
Mrs. Anna Mills, 65, was probably
fatally injured here when struck
by an alleged careless driver. Two
men were held in connection with
the accident.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-02
WOMAN DIES AS CAR
SKIDS AND OVERTURNS

TAFT, Calf, Jan. Mrs. j. II.
Russell of Taft was killed and Mrs.
Charles Adams also of Taft, was
perhaps fatally injured while j. IL.
Russell, husband Of the dead wo-
man sustained scratches and bruis-
es when an automobile skidded and
overturned on the Taft highway to-
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-02
THREE ARE KILLED WHEN
FIRE TRUCK is WRECKED

LEXINGTON, Mo-, Jan. 2.-Ans-
wering a false alarm turned in prob
ably as New Lear's joke yester-
day, three firemen We're killed and
three others severely njured when
their fire truck was wrecked.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-02
KILLED IN CAR CRASH

DOS PALOS, Calf. Jan. 2-Gran-
vile Neal of Watsonvillc was killed
and Mrs. Matte Fox, was seriously
injured in an automobile accident
near here.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-02

WASHINGTON. Jan. 2. - No
more airships will be built along
the lines of the Shenandoah, ii the
navy adopts the report of the spe-
cial board of inquiry which investi-
gated the collapse Of the giant ship
in an Ohio storm last September.
The report of the board. made
public today by the navy depart
ment, requests that development of
lighter than air craft be carried
forward, after ascribing the acci-
dent in which Lieutenant Command
er Zachary Lansdowne and Is mem
bers of the crew of the ship lost
their lives, to "the price that must
inevitably be paid to the develop
ment of any new and hazardous
art.
Leave Claim Unanswered
Reduction in number of the safety
valves on the ship from Is to eight
was characterized as "inadvisable,'
but no response was made to the
charge made by Captain Anton
Heinen and others that this reduc-
ton was largely responsible for the
collapse.
The report refuted Colonel Will
liam Mitchell s charges that the he'll
lium cells burst under internal pres
sure caused by sudden ascension to
a higher altitude, although Nit
chell's s name was not mentioned
The storms external pressure
caused the breakup of the dirigible,
the report said.
The Los Angeles, sister ship of
the Shenandoah, is much safer and
future building should follow along
the lines of that ship, it was said,
although the Shenandoah "repre-
sented the best airship design at the
time she was built