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Evening star., 1926-06-04
INSURANCE FIRM
kSSA|LS BALDWIN
Charges License Suspension
Was IIIegaI-Impairment
of Capital Alleged.

Action of Thomas NJ. Baldwin. !ir..
trict. in suspending the license ~
the Provident Relief Association for
alleged impairment of its capital stock
was held to he illegal and contrary
to fact by Attorney w. r. Thomas.
counsel for John Rrosnan ir. presi
dent Of the organiza tion, at a hearing
on. its appeal today before the District
commissioners.
MIR. Thomas contended that the law
requires the -"perintendent of inStir-
ance to serve notice so days before
suspending the license of a company
of the character of the Provident Re
lief Association. but that Mr. Baldwin
withdrew the license almost immedi
ately after discovering the alleged i'm
pairment and failed to allow the legal
limit in which to make it good. He
also charged that W. Gwynn Gardiner.
former District Commissioner. who
conducted the affairs of the associa-
tiof, at the direction of the. courtdnr'
ing g. period of litigation. WAS guilty
of misconduct" and negligence"
He contended that Gardiner is respon:
sible for the debts of the company.
which amount to more than 100000.
Inc insurance superintendent Saln
that he compiled with the law In no
tifying the association May IA that ITS
capital stock had become impaired
and that he Is certain that the capi-
tai stock has heen absolutely wiped
out
Tho Commissioners announced that
before deciding on the appeal from
Mr.. Baldwin's suspension order they
| would give consideration to brief
| to he submitted by Attorney Thomas
next Friday. ~
Evening star., 1926-06-04
THREE ARE ARRESTED -
IN THEFT OF MACHINE
Held Within Five Hours After
Auto Was Reported Stolen.
Caught With Tires

Within Ave hours after An auto
mobile was reported stolen from
Emmett Gisler. employed at the Judd
& Detweiler plant at Florida avenue
and lexington place northeast. police
from the ninth precient had arrested
three men charged with the theft of
the machine and stripping 1t in the
woods near Barney street and Rhode
Island avenue northeast.s
Detectives Wilson and Thompson
Of the ninth precinct. with Policemen
Kaufman and Redlick, halted an
automobile during the early hours
of this morning when one of them
noted five automobile tirestfn it's rear.
After questioning at the ninth pre-.
cinct the men are alleged by. police
to have admitted taking the Gisler
automobile and stripping it in the
woods.
They gave their. names as Robert
r. Jones. 319 c street northeast:
Charles Trussell of 65 S street. and
William King of 219 C street.
Evening star., 1926-06-04
BISHOPS HOME SEIZED.
Wholesale Arrests Of Churchmen Who

NOGALES. Ariz.. June 4 R.-
Word received by the Herald from
Hermosillo. Sonora, Mexico. yesterday
stated that the residence Of the Bishop
Of Sonora had been seized under or
ders from the Mexican central gov.
ernment in pursuance Of a plan to
punish all churchmen who protested
the arrest recently OF the Bishop of
Jue3utla. ..
The Bishop Of Sonora. Juan Nava-
rette, IL being sought and will be held
for hearing, and the bisho oric will be
converted into a federal school, the
dispatch said.
Reports. reaching Hermosillo indi-
cate that a. majority Of the Catholic
churchmen protested the arrest Of the
Eishop Of Jueiutla, ahd 1t Is believed
there that Wholesale arrests Will be
made.
Evening star., 1926-06-04
AUTO CRASH VICTIMS
BODY is TAKEN HOME
B. D. Booker's Remains Sent to
Newport News; Collision Inquiry
to Be Held Tuesday.

The body of Bernard Douglas Book
.er. Philadelphia lawyer. who was
fatally injured in an automobile col.
lision Wednesday evening while riding
on the Washington.B Baltimore boue.
ward in the machine of Meyer Davis.
was taken to Newport News. Va.
the family home, last night. accom-.
panied by G. Is. A. Booker. his father
MIR. Booker came here yesterday aft.
ernoon after he, had received word
of the death of his son.
An investigation into the accident
will be conducted by Justice of the
Peace Fainter at the office of Con-
stable Thomas. Garrison of Hyatts.
vile. Md, next Tuesday night, it was
announced today. Justice Fainter
said the hearing would be held with
out jury. as a preliminary investi-
CATION had convinced him that the
accident was unavoidable.
Evening star., 1926-06-04
INSPECT BRIDGE WORK.
Congressional Committee Heads
View Memorial Span Progress.

Senator Fernald. chairman Of the
public buildings and grounds commit
Tee Of the Senate, and Representative
Elliott, chairman of the corresponding
committee in the House. both mem
hers Of the Arlington NJ emorial Bridge
Commission, today were taken on an
inspection tour Of the construction Of
the bridge by Maj. u. 8. Grant. 3rd,
executive officer Of the commission.
They also were taken over on Co
lumbia Island to see the changes he
ing made there in connection with the
construction of the bridge. They were
guests at luncheon on the Army
drcdEe DalecarEa. engaged in .i,'eds
ing operations IN the Potomac at this
point - -
Evening star., 1926-06-04
SALOON is RAIDED.

Raiding the near.beer saloon of
Peter LOTUS, 329 Thirteen.and.a.half
street, opposite the District Building.
today, police arrested the proprietor
on a charge of illegal possession and
sale Of intoxicants. after a reported
seizure of a pitcher of corn liquor.
A disgruntled patron Is said to have
furnished the information on which
the search warrant was ISSUED after
prohibition agents failed in attempts
to purchase intoxicants there.
LOTUS conducted bar at the ad-
dress for many. years prior to the
adv ents of. prohibitions, and not long
ago an unsuccessful attempt was
madAte. dock tha .niacA
Evening star., 1926-06-04
AMERICAN NEARLY
SHOT, He WRITES
Bandits Captive Was Target
of Mexican Troops Who
Came to Rescue Him.
Nv the Associated Press.

Nv the Associated Press
LAREDO. Tex. June Am ac-
count of how he narrowly missed
being shot by soldiers who rescued
him from Mexican bandits is given
by Conrad G.: Braden In a letter re
ceived here yesterday by his wife.
Braden and Jules c. Gallagher were
taken by bandits at Braden's mine in
Durango State, May Is. and rescued
by Mexican troops May -.
I'VE were captured by the Galindos
gang at the mine," reads the letter.
THE first thing they did to us was
to take our clothes and boots. giving
us theirs. with only pieces of leather
for shoes. They gave us two tortillas
a day. just enough TO keep us alive.
ON Thursday. MAY 27. troops found
Gallagher and myself. They looked
good to us. Then shooting began. |
dropped behind a tree and after a
few seconds got up and ran toward
the soldiers with my hands up. One
Of them took a shot at me, thinking.
Of course, was one OF the bandits;
as my beard had grown half an inch.
That, with my ragged clothing, must
have made me look like one"
RysHOP'S HOME SEIZED,
Evening star., 1926-06-04
FACES AUTO CHARGE.

After. spending a month in jaii In
Baltimore for colliding. Weedoh
Miller. So years old. Hyattsville.
Md. plumber was returned to this
city yesterday by Detective Henry n.
Iett to answer a, charge of joy.riding
in the automobile of B. r. Stewart.
Franklin Square Hotel. The car was
taken from in front of the hotel
May 3. -
Miller is said to have told the de-
tecfive that. he drove to Baltimore
with two companions in Stewards car
and, had a collision with another car
which resulted in his arrest there.
He will he arraigned today in Police
Court. where he is said to have been
paroled several months ago on a Joy
riding charge. <'S--
Evening star., 1926-06-04
House Paws Honor
To Blind, Handless
Veteran of War

Signal honor was paid by the
House yesterday to Carl Bronner
of Cincinnati. who lost both hands
and the sight of both eyes in the
World War
While Bronner and his mother
were~in the gallery. the House. at
the request of Mrs. Edith Rogers.
Representative from .Massachu-
sets; set aside business for five
minutes while she paid, tribute to
his coura &c rs soldier and in his
rehabilitation work since the war.
Three times the House member
ship rose and applauded Bronner.
who. Mrs. Rogers said. would
graduate from the University of
Maryland this year. despite that
on his discharge from the Army
he had. besides his physical affliC-
tion. only Il mental rating %; an
S-year-old child
Evening star., 1926-06-04

The folklore of the poorer Malay
classes of Sumatra. which they pre-
serve on joints of bamboo, and the
plants of Formosa and S,lmatra will
alike be collected this Summer by
Prof. H. H. Bartlett. director of the
botanical garden Of the University Of
Michigan, who has just been appointed
honorary collaboration of the Smith
sonian Institution.
Prof. Bartlett spent a year studying
rubber reproducing plants in Sumatra.
and became interested in the folklore
of the Malays, and particularly in
their custom of writing 1t on joints of
bamboo. These manuscripts contain
their faiths. and legends. descriptions
of magical and medicinal uses of
plants. The. writing is done when the
bamboo joints are green. Afterward
they are dried and thus preserved in
definitely. So
Evening star., 1926-06-04
Soldiers Crouch
AT Rising Early May
Be Eased by Music

Band music at reveille puts the
soldier in the right frame Of mind.
but an alarm clock or too much
bugling conduces to a morning
crouch. said Senator bingham of
Connecticut yesterday in support
of greater recognition for the
Army Band.
Harking back to his own days in
the uniform, he told House COM
mittee that our band went up
and down the company street at
daybreak playing The Stars and
Stripes Forever and the men
liked II"
The Senator appeared on behalf
of his own bill. already passed by
the Senate. making bandmasters
commissioned officers and designat-
ing the band as a separate military
unit.
Evening star., 1926-06-04
Textile Men to Cooperate.

A cooperative movement between
Northern and Southern groups of tex
tile manufacturers to eliminate waste
and meet other common problems will
be inaugurated at a meeting to be
held soon in New York. Secretary
Hoover announced yesterday.
The Commerce. Secretary made the
announcement in denying a publish.
ed story that he had been asked TO
become .czar" f-tha. taxtilA inaustxAp
Evening star., 1926-06-04
Malay Folklore Preserved on Bamboo
Will Be Collected for Smithsonian

Because the poorer Maiays are look.
ed upon with contempt both by the
Dutch and the Mohammedan natives.
their interesting folklore has been lit
tie studied. Prof. Bartlett Is working
on the language and may be expected
to make some new contributions to
the ethnology OF the Dutch East In
dies.
The plant collections to be made in
the islands by Prof. Bartlett. one set
of which is to go to the Smithsonian
and another to the University of
Michigan, will be welcome in. this
country, where the fora of Sumatra
is but poorly represented. The flora
of both Formosa and Sumatra Is not
only rich, but Of great economic i'm
portance. Practically all the camphor
produced comes from Formosa. while
Sumatra is in the heart of the worlds
rubber source. .s., ~e,>--s' ',,
Evening star., 1926-06-04
LIBRARY OFFER FAILS.
Commissioners Reject Proposal for
D. c. Building Branch.

An offer by DIR. George r. Bower.
man. librarian of the Public Library,
to furnish municipal reference library
ernment, contingent upon the neces.
sary funds, was turned down by the
Commissioners today. in view Of "the
many more urgent municipal needs"
The proposal to furnish such service
was made IL years ago by the Public
Library and renewed recently because
Of agitation by the Citizens Advisory
Council and several civic ofganiza-
ticrS fCT til. ssst alj,isnTsnt Of Il. mu-
nicipal lilit,ry' in the District Build
ing. -
Evening star., 1926-06-04
CANADA DROPS CASE.
Will Do Nothing in Seizure Of Elk.
cursionists' Liquor.

VICTORIA. British Columbia, June
4 R).-Seizure by American customs
officials here of about 900 bottles OF
LIQUOR from an Everett, Wash, party
Of excursionists as they boarded a boat
for the United States here Monday is
a closed incident as far as Canadian
officials are concerned. -..4s.
1t has been learned here that the
Dominion government has decided to
take no action, as it. has been ex.
planned to them that the seizure was
made at the request Of the leaders Of
the excursion party.
Evening star., 1926-06-04
MEXICO PLANS ECONOMY.
Congress Agrees With Gales on
Cut Of $4,000 Pesos in Expenses.

MEXICO CITY, June 4 @.-Presi-
dent Gales in a. statement says the
permanent commission, of Congress
has notified him that Congress will be
glad to cooperate in his economy
program. which calls for the legisia-
tive body to reduce its monthly ex
penditures by 100000 pesos. ..:...-;---.-%1- = :
, The drastic curtailment in congress
sional expenditures has caused po-
litical sensation
Evening star., 1926-06-04
HOSPITAL POST OPEN.

The Civil Service Commission today
announced. an open competitive exanni-
nation for seamstress to fill vacancies
in St. Elizabeth's Hospital, at an en-.
trance salary of $1,000 year. Appii.
cants must have had at least three
months experience as seamstress.
Full information and application
blanks may be obtained from the Civil
Service representative at St. Eliza
beth Hospital.
Evening star., 1926-06-04
LA TOUR PORTRAIT SOLD.
Price Of 1000, 900 Francs Regard
ed as Low. for Painting.

PARIS. June 4 uP.-A portrait of
Nine. Rouille de Lestang by the
famous La Tour brought 1000 900
francs at "a sale of the estate Of the
late Paul Dutasta. secretary of the
Versailles peace conference. At the
present value of the franc art collec-
tors regard the portrait as bargain.
A<sinilar work before the World
war brought 5000, 900 francs. ------.-
Evening star., 1926-06-04
Ordered to Duty Here.

Mai. Leonard T. Gerow, Infantry,
at the General Staff school, Fort
Leavenworth.@k @kans.. has l'ee n ordered
~ this city for duty In the Office of
Ia Asstataat .sAGxAtakx ek4Nass
Evening star., 1926-06-04

Our anger and impatience often
prove much more miscellaneous than
the things about which we are. angry
or imnatiept. ---.--.-.-.---. -
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-08
Centr al High
Student Page
Still Mis- sing

Although a quiet but effective
st Carch has been in progress for more
than week, no trace has been
found of Jack r. Page, Central I'M
ion high school freshmen, who dis
appeared Sunday. May 30.
Young Page, who is Is years old,
lived with his parents on a ranch
IN the Mesquite Lake district. He
came to Ell Centre, on May 80 with
several companions, who report tina.
they last saw him when he left
them at local drug store. The boy
had been corrected by his father
before leaving home, according to re-
ports, but nothing had happened to
give him cause to disappear.
The missing youngster is dcscrib-
ed as 5 feet, 10 inches tall, weight
lG5 pounds, medium brown hair,
With scar on the right side of his
forehead AT point where his hair is
parted.
ANY information concerning hin!
viii be appreciated by his parents
whose address is box 1912, FL Cen.
tro, or by the Imperial County au-
thOritiCs.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-08
MELON SEASON IS
ABOUT HALF over
AT this DATE.
E3xpcrts Estimate That
OUTPUT Will Reach Close
to $4,000 Cars.

Imperial Valleys 1926 cantaIoupc
deal is more than half over as far as
shipments are concerned, according
to the belief of h. A. IIarrigan. hor-
tirHItural commissioner, who pre-
diets a total of approximately 1900
ears output. 70 date 7SGS cars lave
rolled.
Since midew has appeared on the
melon vines, estimates have been re-
viscd ana rc-revised bv anxious
growers. As the season has adVanc-
ed. some fields which il was at firs1
believed would yield little have de-
vcloped surprisingly well. The lat
Cst estimate for the season = out
put. however. is 1000 cars below the
original estimate before mildew dam
age was taken into consideration.
The first figures compiled for the
1926 deal predicted an $4,000 car
movement.
With 1908 ears shipped to date
this season, the comparison with last
wear shipments makes an interest
ing contrast. It is generally realiz-
ed by the public that this season is
/ III ~ u EdI lltl li"ll I''H'1 pu' il-' ''''
that last wear but 4275 ears had
moved at this time makes the fact
more striking. i0ain contrasting
the seasons. daily shipments for this
season, based on the present time.
are considerably lower than during
the early part of June, 1929. On
June last wear 4lt ears rolled as
compared with bat 2f4 yesterday.
Local shipping point information
for yesterday shows demand moder-
ate and morlict firm. Considerable
ordinary quality. Carloads f. o. b.
cash track. standards 45S sold nj
&1.50--J mostly &l.60-G5. Ripcs for
western shipment mostly $l.6o-75,
few best high rs -. Mos' ship
mcnts rolled for delivered sales.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-08
AJRPLANE WILL
Be READY FOR
BUSTING AGAIN
Growers Say the Melons
Show Improvement Af-
ter Treatment.

Following several days of inten-
sivo work in repairing the airplanc
which has been used to dust Imper-
ial Valley cantaloupf fields for mil
dew, IT is expected that the plane
will be ready for work by tomorrow
night
Approximately 5000 acres of melon
vines have already been busted, and
sufficient acreage to keep the
plane busy for another week is sign
ed up at the present time.
II. X. Harris, who has been in
chargr of the work, has left for th"
louisiana, and Fred OFT, who has
done most Of the flyi"g here, is now
in charge. SuIphogerm is being used
by al the growers for IN" airplanc
dusting.
Work will continue at one of the
Alamo Packing company ranches
rs soon as the repairs are compIet-
ed.
Growers seem to be generally sat
isfird with the results of their 5000
an hour dusting, as Improvement in
the condition of the vines seems 20
follow the thorough applications
made from the air.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-08

IS DEAD At
COR D n A Do
One of States Foremost
Philanthropists an d
Capitalists.
WAS 73 YEARS OLD
San Diego Owed Much Of
Growth and Beauty to
His Work.

Many expressions of regret
were heard about the city today,
when the news Of the death Of
John D. Spreckels became gen.
orally known.
The deceased was a frequent
visitor to FL Centre during the
time the San Diego and Arizona
railway was under construction,
and was well known to many bus
iness men here.
Mr.. Spreckels was always in
terested in the valley Leroy
Holt, vice president of the
Bank Of Italy, said today. Ills
work in pushing the construction
of the San Diego and 9rizona
railway through to completion
was of untold benefit to this
community, as it placed it di-
rectly on a trans continental
railroad route.
The construction of the San
Diego and Arizona was not push
cd by Mr.. Spreckels for any I'M
mediate financial gain, but for
the purpose of developing San
Diego and Imperial Valley, and
the southwest in general. His
passing is distinct loss to I'M
perial Valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-08
Wheeler Gives
Self Up to The
Peace Offic ers

o. !. Wheeler, brother of Shafter
Wheeler, former CaleXico traffic of
ficer, who is jointly charged with
the latter on an assault CHARGE, SUR
rendered himself to the authorities
yesterday and was brought to the
county jail, later being released on
$1,000 bail.
Shafter Wheeler, who was arrest
ed at Phoenix on complaint of the
CaleXico authorities, was expected
to arrive here this afternoon in the
custody of Deputy Sheriff Harold
Gillett who went to Phoenix to ar
rest him.
The brothers are accused of as
Saulting two mon who made com.
plant against Shaftcr Wheeler for
abusing them, causing the officer to
lose his JOB.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-08
ROAD AND BRIDGE
IMPROVE MENT IN
I VALLEY BY STATE
Brawley w e stmorland,
Uamarach Trifol j II m
Work Contemplated.
Nv Ip't"d P~ess leased Wire

SACRAMENTO, Calf. June s.
The state hiqhwav commission to-
day had under adViScment bids on
road and bridge projects in Imppr-
ial, Sacramento and Nodoc counties
and had called for estimates on the
prom, sed grading and surfarinq of
953 miles If the Merca-Blvthc high
way from Black Butte to Blythe, in
Riverside county.
+. G. Paytcn or Norwalk. with an
offer Of 493.G1l. was low bidder for
grading and gravel surfacing 6.46
miles of road between Brawley and
WeStmorland, in Imperial county.
\ low bid Of $13,S46.30 was sub
mittcd by Norman b. CONWAY of
Hoitvillc for construction of timber
bridgcs across New river and the
Tamarack and Trifolium canals in
the same county.
For rock surfaring 1884 miles of
the Surprise Valley interstate con-
noction, AlturaS to Rovcc's ranch,
the low bid was received from !. p.
Holland, Inc, Of San Francisco. This
company offered to do the work for
$j9.1O2.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-08
HAWER INQUEST
HOLDS DRIVER TO
Be BLhMELESS
Deceased Woman Grab
bed Steering Wheel
As SWervc Scared Her.

\ verdict of accidental death vas
returned yesterday afternoon by the
coroncr's jury conducting an inquiry
into the death of Mrs. c. +. Hamer
rs the result of an automobile acci-
dent four miles northwest of Ca
lcxico last Thursday night.
Rov Craig. driver of the ear in
which Mrs Hamer was riding at the
time Of the accident, was cXonerat
ed of any responsibility for the acci-
dent.
According to the story told by
Craig, he and Mrs. Cramer. the lat
ter's mother and sister, and three
others, were riding in the ear. As
it approached the bridge over New
river, another car was seen coming
from the west. Craig halted his car
to enable the approaching machine
to pass.
When the road was again clear
Craig started the car forward. 1t
suddenly swerved as it struck a
stretch of deep sand. One of the
occupants of the car screamed and
Mrs Hamer. who was riding in the
front seat with Craig, grabbed the
steering wheel, throwing the car di-
rectlv in the path of the bridge.
The machine struck the guard rail
ing and crashed through, overturn-
ing the car and pinning the occu-
pants beneath it. All the occupants
received injuries, Mrs. Hamer 5 be
mo tho most SprjnnS
Craig's story was substantiated
by other members of the party, who
declared that the accident was un-
avoidable.
Funeral services for Mrs. Hamer
were held after the inquest, with
Rev. George \. Hartman of the Pres
bytcrian church officiating. Burial
was in Mountain View cemetery.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-08
Okamura Carved
Yamaghi W it h
A Snick kersnee e

T. Yamaghi is patient at the FL
Centre hospital with a bad cash in
his shoulder as the result Of Il quar-
rel with \. CH4mura on Broadway
yesterday afternoon. Okamura is
&ccuscd of drawing a knife on
famaghi during their quarrel and
was placed under arrest by the city
police. Later he was released on
500 bail.
Neither man would make any
statement today regarding the cause
o' the quarrel, and japanese who
witnessed the affair professed to
know nothing about it. y wicked
looking fish knife which was used
by Okamura as a weapon, is Held by
tie police as evidence against him.
Namaghi ) condition is ,.ot tonsid-
cred serious
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-08
Ey PAUL r. MALLON
United Press staff Correspondent

WASHfNGTON. June Z. - Th"
victory of Smith ". Brookhart, in
surgtApt. in the Iowa Republican
senatorial primary over Senator
CumIpins, incumbent, was met herr"
today with varying interpretations
Among insurgents and farm relief
bloc members il was halted with sat
isfaction
In administration quarters i was
taken as an indication that the west
* in revolt. Rightly or wrongly,
the fall of Cummirs was viewed as
= severe slap at the Coolidge regime.
To the farm relief group II spelled
la,ssibly slightly better prospects for
their efforts to get farm rcli't
through this congress. To the Re
ILblican machine it sounded re-
bul;e to Senator Butlcr, Massa-
chusctts. head of the organization,
for engineering Erookhart Z touaf.
ing from the senate in favor Of Dan
ic Steck, Democrat.
Opponents of the administration
chorused that il was a new hand.
V ritimg on the political wall, round
inc out the recent defeats TO admin
istration men in Illinois and Penn
evlvania.
LaFollettc' S Opinion
"In nominating Rrookhart the
people of iowa haze rcasscrtcd their
faith in progressive principles.
said Senator La Toilette, Rcpubli-
can. Wisconsin. another of the sigs
crs of the now famous pro Brook
hart letter.
"Thc Iowa voters also have al
frmCd their right to name th"ir
rwu representatives in congress and
have served notice TO the country
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