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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-17
EIGHT WORKERS
TRAPPED UNDER
MISSOURI river
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DrilIers
tspsoIaI to rhe paIIy workerl

NOpoClai 10 Inc patly WoFkorJ
KANSAS CITY, Mo, Sept. 15.-
Eight men were trapped in tunnel
under the Missouri river here today,
when an explosion occurred where
workmen were constructing water
main between Clay county and Jack
SON county. All air passages were
cut off.
In Center Of River.
The men we're working in two
crews, driving the shaft from either
side Of the river, and the eave-in oc-
CURED behind the crew in the north
side Of the tunnel, imprisoning them
between the ground which had not
been dug, in approximately the CEN
ter of the river, and the mass Of earth
that fell.
Chief Engineer Charles S. Foreman
the barrier, POO feet in the shaft, be-
fore he was blocked.
Little Hope.
The cave-in virtually sealed the por-
ton of the tunnel into an alright
pocket In which the men are impris.
oned. Officials of the Smith Broth,
ers, Inc, who were in charge of the
construction, expressed doubt that
their air supply would last eight men
more than few hours.
Altho there is a strong possibility
that the men are all dead, according
to workers, either killed by the explo-
sion, which was so powerful that it
knocked workmen on the surface from
their feet, or smothered.
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AIMEE'S ALIBI
FALLS DOWN ON
MISS X DOUBLE

LOS ANGELES, Sept. ia little
black book and the notes in 1t have
undone a perfectly good alibi for
Aimee Semple Mcpherson, the woman
evangelist who disappeared at a Cal
ifornia beach and appeared some
weeks later in the desert at the
Mexican border in Arizona with a
suspicious tale of having been kid
mapped and held for ransom.
The little black book was the prop
erty of one Mrs. Lorraine Wiseman,
who was arrested recently for pass
ing worthless checks. The police dis
covered notes in the book showing
that she had had some business deal
ings with Aimee.
Good Abb, But
1t developed that Mrs. Wiseman
was the woman who made an affidavit
that she was the woman other wit
nesses had identified as Aimee Nc
Pherson, who was charged with
spending ten days in love nest with
her radio operator, Kenneth G. Ormis-
ton, at Carmel-by-the-Sea during the
time she was supposed to have been
kidnapped"
Mrs. Wiseman had sought to clear
both Aimee and herself by saying that
certain miss X" Mrs. Wiseman's
twin sister, was the lady who re-
ceived Omissions attentions.
Twin Sister objects.
The twin sister, Mrs. Viria Melon
aid Kimball of Oakland, California.
objected to being put in this light. 30
Mrs. Wiseman confessed.
The confession specifies in great
detail how the alibi for Aimee was
worked out with Aimee's assistance
and a promise Of $4,000 If Mrs. Wise
man would go thru with It. She tells
how she got certain Miss Rachel
Wells TO appear at Salinas, Cal, and
make an affidavit supporting her own.
Miss Wells claiming to be the mys-
terious miss X"
Coached TO Get 5000.
A man named Martin, supposed 10
be a Chicago lawyer. who had sent
In an affidavit from ormiston in which
Miss X' was named as being his
companion, and Aimee was cleared.
is now said by Mrs. Wiseman to have
trained her in her story to put the
alibi across.
In addition. Mrs. Wiseman says;
Mrs. Mcpherson coached me on
points which were vital to the story.
Her attorney, Mr.. Woolley, took me
TO handwriting expert. was in
structed to try TO copy the words and
signature OF grocery lists found at
Carmel Those were the words found
by reporters in my black book"
When the news Of Mrs. Wiseman's
confession reached Aimee Mcpherson
the evangelist issued fiat denial and
shut herself up with her attorneys.
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Ion.s Ahead In waahInnton.

SEATTLE. Sept. Ex-senator Wes-
ley L. Jones was leading his opponent,
Frank e. Hammond, by four to one
for the republican nomination for
United States senator with practically
all the precincts in the state heard
from early today.
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Menace Of Illinois
Flood Causes Alarm

BEARDSToWN, ILL.,, Sept. IL. -
Levees are being reinforced, and
bridges, roads and sewers protected
as we'll as possible, as authorities to-
day are attempting to prepare for a
threatened food. Many streets already
have been flooded by backwater, and
several sewer mains have broken,
flooding several additional streets.
The east end of town and the levee
district are being deserted in the face
OF the threatened peril.
The Illinois river is rising and the
bridge here has been closed to traffic.
The levee at Naples, It is reported, Is
safe from a break.
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ROCHELLE. ILL.,. Sept. 15-Charles
Il. Nixon, 4s, or Clinton, Ia. died in a
hospital here today Of injuries suffer-
ed late last night when his automobile
was struck by Chicago Burlington
and Quincy express trait at grade
crossing near here.
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LABOR PARTY BIG ISSUE BEFORE III
CONNECTICUT STATE FEDERATION
OF LABOR CONVENTION IN DANBURY

Of
lengthy
he o a Labor
convention of
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send W name and address.
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sd. LouIa oIovers ornanIze.

ST. LoUIS-FP)--st. Louis glove
workers have organized and union
labeled ST. Louis gloves ars now on
the market.
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The Wilson-Palmer department of
justice had ~ men on the jobbing Of
Sacco and Vanzetti, carefully pre-
pairing the frame-up in order to
make It alright. Some Of these
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-06
S-51
Raised From the
Oceans Floor

ABOARD L. s. S. FALCON, .(By
radio to the United Press, July 6.
Under lowering gray skies and
through a cold sea, the salvaged
submarine S-5l, raised from the bot
tom of the Atlantic, where it has
lain for more than nine months, was
being towed toward Brooklyn to-
day.
Buoyed up by three salvage yes
sells to which she was lashcd, the
submarine mad is convoy mover at q
three knot speed. 1t was expected
that it would be placed in drydock
at Brooklyn navy yard by tomorrow
morning. There acetylene torches
win be used to burn open the steel
huh of the vessel aud recover the
bodies of the crew, more than 20 men
in all, who went down with the ship
last September when II az rammed
and sunk by the steamship City OF
Rome.
The submarine was raised by 3 p.
m. yesterday after Officers in charge
of salvage operations had conferred
hastily on what should be done IN
the face of predictions Of stormy
weather and an already increasing
ground swell.
Efforts 10 raise the s.5l begau
two months ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-06
Mrs. Gibson Asks
$15o,oo0 Damages
by United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, July 6.-Mrs.
Lois Dana Gibson filed an amended
complaint here To-Day in ner suit for
$780, 900 damages as result of al
legged action to deprive her of the
custody of her daughter, Muriel
Frances Dana, year old movie ac-
tress.
DofeG1ants in the complaint in
clude Harry X. Gibson, the plain
tiff 5 estrangcd husband; Walter C.
Dana, her divorced husband; Fran
ros y. H. and Lawrence j. Hall,
the child's gra dparents, and j. L.
Bradish and j. -. Catalan.
II is claimed that Bradish and
Mrs. Hall entered into a conspir
acy TO attempt to deprive Mrs. Glib
son of her child, and made raid on
her home to obtain evidence against
he" - be used IN court.
The raid was conducted in an
"iiIegai mInnel - :; was alleged in
the complaint for damages.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-06
DURKIN DECLARES
HE SHOT OFFICER
FEARING H0LDUP
Defendant S Testimony is
Direct COntraditiOn of
States Version.
ny United Press Leased Wire

CHIOA GO. July 6.-Martin Dur
kin told from the witness stand to-
day his version of the shooting Of
Federal Agent Edwin G. Shanahan,
Il shooting for which he faces
death on the gallows if convicted.
Durkin almost broke down as he
told how he was "surprised - in Il
south side garage by a man "stich-
ing a gun i'll my back and telling
me to stick 'em up He insisted
that he shot at the man without
knowing who he was and in the
belief that he was about to be rob
Lcd
~ had just DRIVEN my car into
the garage, Durkin testified,
land was STOPPING over the run
ming board looking into the motor
to see where the trouble was.
"All of a sudden l was surprised
bv Il man sticking gun in my
back and telling me to stick 'em
up. / thought it was stick-up guy
ard so ! asked him what it was all
about.
"a minute later I felt this dude
reaching for my hip pocket where
l had two thousand bucks, and so 1
jumped. Just then two bullets
ripped by overcoat.
II didn't lose any time getting
to my guns then. l whipped them
out and let him have it.
''Then / ran to the front of the
garage, called for help. There was
nobody around and so / ran back
to the ear, jumped in and drove
away like HE'LL
Durkin s testimony is in direct
contradiction to the testimony of
states witnesses. who said they
were eye witnesses to the shooting
and that Shanahan faced Durkin
so that Durkin could have
seen his federal badge before shoot
ing.
Durkin insisted, however, that he
did not know he had shot an Off
Ger until Informed Of it several
hours later by an underworld com,
panion.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-06
ILLINOIS AND
NV YORK TIE AT
PHILADELPHIA
But Westerners Later
Jump Into Lead as Re-
lay Team Wins

MUNICIPAL STADIUM, Phila-
delphia, July 6.-The Illinois a. c.
and the New York A. c. finished tn"
two day program of the A. A. L.
senior track and field champion
ships in q tie, 45 points each, this
afternoon, after world s record ;
had been shattered in series of
brilliant relay events.
MUNICIPAL STADIUM, Phila-
delphia. July 6.-Over the einders
of Philadelphia s new muni"inal
athletic stadium, relay teams of the
Newark \. G. and the Boston \. &.
dashed to new world 3 records to-
day.
Newark s 440 va~l relay quartet,
Chet Bowman, John Harwood, Hen
~ Cumming and Louis Clark, ran
their event in II 6-10 seconds.
The acceptcl We "a S record is
- Ale, made five Years ago by the
New York A. C.
Owing 70 the great running of
Sam \ 'r.ir of Dartmouth and
Lloyd Hahn, the P. A. \. two mile
relay team hung up a world mark OF
IA 4-l0. The team was composed
Of Charles Sanscoue, Louis Welch,
Martin and Hahn. Hahn s time
with a flying start was the amazing
Cne of l:Jl l-5, probably the fast
est half mile ever run.
The accepted world S record for
the two mile relay wa s7:47 25,
made by the b. A. A.
Harold Osborne, Illinois, 4. c.,
winner of the Decathlon champion
ship in 1925, was leading the fell
at the end of>thc first five events in
his speciality.
Osborne won tho high jump, fin
iShed fifth in the 100 meter run,
second in the broad jump, third in
the 400 meter run and fifth in the
Shotput this morning. The remain
inc events were ON the program this
afternoon, in addition to relays.
Pete Wallace, Illinois A. c., won
The 100 meter run in the Decathlon
willie Clifford Hoffman, Olympus
club, broke the national Decathlon
record with Il heavc of 45 feet, l II
Continued on page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-06
Cantal0upes and
Tomatoes Lower

LOS ANGELES, July 6.-Trading
today was fairly active with heavy
receipts accumulated over the holi
days. Prices were irregular with
several sharp declines. Tomatoes
and cantaloupes sold much lower.
Cantaloupes: Local, tip tops most,
lv75c-$l per crate.
Grapefruit: Local, special brands
$4.25-$4.5O per box.
Grapes; Imperial, Coachella, Bak-
ersfield, Thompson seedless, mostly
5-6c, few large, well colored, 64c,
small 3c-4c per ID.
Lettuce: Salinas, Watsonville. As
and IS mostly $l.75-$2 per crate.
Tomatoes: Local, best mostly So.
Poorer, small, $l.J-$l.50. Texas,
ordinary, some split, $l.75-$2 per
crate.
Watarmelons: Imperial, Klon-
dikes m ostly $l2$l6, few $lS$20
per ton.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-06
MILDEW SNOWFALL
ALMOST USED UP
BY FL CENTRITES
Only 500 of the County
Seats Quota Remains
at Large

Entering into the home stretch,
1.-The snowfall - which is to be FL
Centre 5 proportion of the fund be
ing raised for the prevention of can
taloupc mildcw, today totaled 1904.
i,caving only 500 to be raised before
the quota assigned to this city Is
reached.
II was hoped that the campaign
could bc concluded last week but as
il was given late start, and the
July Fourth holiday interfcrcd con
siGcrabIy, it will hold over Il day or
two, the chamber of commerce com
mittcc feeling certain that the de.
sired amount can be obtained.
Apparently the schedule of frost
rates announced last week by the
Press had a particular appeal to 10,
cal merchants, checks being receiv-
ed today by the committee from W.
L. Conway Of the barbara Worth
hotel and Shephcrd-Crook Inc. for
50 each, Tom Gill contributed s.
bringing the total up to 1904.
Following is the list ut present:
Previously acknowledged $4,000
W. Il. Conway ....................... 25.O0
ShephcrdCrook Inc. ............ $500
Tom Gil ........... ..... ............... 800
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-06
live Oaks FIRE
FINALLY CHECKED
BY FIRE FIGHTERS
Entire Population of Re-
sort Required to Over
come BlaZeS.

Many residents of FL Centre and
other Imperial Valley cities, who
are summering ut Live Oaks, had
az exciting time Saturday after
:.oon when 'he popular resort was
swept ny Il forest fire.
According 10 th2 general belief it
Is | resumed The fire was started
premature celebration of July
Fourth. When the dry timber
ispitSd it spread rapidly and be-
ing 4nned by a brisk wind it
swept up from the wadinG pool to-
ward the main portion of the resort
Men, women anG children worked
for hours keeping the flames from
spreading IS much as possible and
II stamping out bagk fires which
were started to saIe property. The
Cabins of DR.. Svls ester ant w. A.
I 1Cndro were at one tina dil lCctlv in
the path of the fire, but hv good
work the flames were diverted and
the buildings were not damaged.
Although considerable excite
ment reigned at times, the ma jor
ity of the people buckled down to
hard work and centcred their at
tention on protecting property.
Water, blankets, hoes, rakes, shov-
els and many novel implements and
articles were pressed into service by
the fire fighters, The flames were
checked from passing over the
more populously settled sections of
the resort and passed on to burn
itself ont further back in the
hills.
Early ir the day a large fire
started at Newton, east of White
Star and burned over a large area.
Many of the Live Oaks people were
watching this fire when their blaze
started. The Newtown fire threat
cned several buildings at Oakwild,
where many valley people spend the
summer, but none were burnd.
Late last night II large fire was
burning several miles north and
west of Alpine.
Care with matches and smoking
material is urged for all people
visiting the hills, which are unu-
sually dry at present.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-06
Ell CENTRO-SAN DIEGO
HIGHWAY Eds WANTED

SACRAMENTO. July 6.-The
state highway commission today
called for bids en- the proposed
paving of the historic Mountain
Springs grad between Ell Cen
tro and San Diego.
Many dangerous curves were
eliminated by grading recently
comp eted. The section to b.
paved will be 6.8 miles long.
It's completion will eliminate
one of the few remaining unpav-
ed gaps between the Imperial
Valley and the coast.
Bids also were asked for a
line change at Gaviota creek,
Santa Barbara county, on the
coast highway.
A new bridge 1872 feet long
will be built across the stream
and quarter of a. mile of new
highway WI De graded. The
change will eliminate a danger
GUS curve.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-06
Drill On Ground
Near Imperial
To Try for Oil

Drilling operation on the J.
M. TODD well, al,o 1T six miles
west of Imperial, are expected
to begin within a week, a drill
ing rig having been hauled out
to the lease yesterday.
Indications are very favorable
according to information obtain
ed from those who are interest
ed with Todd in the oil well.
Leclsion to drill was reached
only after an exhaustive survey
had satisfied Todd that there
is splendid chance Of the well
being successful. The latter has
had long experience in the oil
business and has gone into his
present operation quietly and
without seeking the publicity u.s.
Wy attached to oil affairs.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-06
Turbett Injured
In Auto Crash

II. B. Turbett of this city was
painfully injured in an automobile
accident short distance south of
Brawley last night while returning
to this city with his daughter, Miss
Addie l.. Turbett, deputy county
treasurer.
The Turbett machine was struck
by another ear, both autos being
badly damaged. Miss Turbett es-
capped with miner cuts and bruises.
Her father however sustained dis
located hip. He was removed to
the Ell Centre hospital where he was
reported today to be resting com
fortably.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-06
BOULDER DAM BILL
TO PASS DECLARES
PHIL D. SW ING
Congressman Resents the
Attack Made On Him by
Oldfield.

In answer to an attack made
against him and his inability to
secure the passage Of the Boulder
Dam bill' by Congressman VIM.
A. Oldficld, Phil ID. Swing of Ell
tentro, congressman from the
Eleventh California District, stat
ed that ha believed the bill was in
excellent coalition and stood a
good chance OF being enacted 1T the
r2Zt session of congress.
Oidfield, chairman of tie Demo-
cratic cNatiohai CoH%rcs 5ional com
II ittee, in Il letter to E0n:ild Young
er, executive secret;ry ot the Santa
Cruz Democratic County Central
Committee, recently declared that
the failure of thc Swing-Johnson
Boulder Dam bill TO pass the pre-
sent session of Congress was
largely due to the fact that Swing
is promoting it
IN message received by Young
er, Swing took exception to Old
field S remarks and explained the
situation as follows:
1.-The fact is, that as soon as Il
vote to postpone action of the bill
until the next session was carried,
a general round table discussion en-
sued, in which the majority of those
who had voted to postpone acNn,
professed their friendly and sympa-
thetic interest in the project and
assured me of their intention to
help get the bill out at the next
session.
"Some of them thought, that ow-
ing to the situation in Aizona, it
would be helpful to the bin to give
Ariznoa little more time to try to
settle its own problem in the hopes
that that state would also join the
friendly family of the Colorado
river basin state by ratifying the
" Personally I believe. the bill is
in excellent condition and stands II
good chance of being enacted ~ tie
next session of congress.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-06
|. |. D. Pays Out
Close to Million

Close to a nillion dollars is be-
ing paid out at present by the I'M
perial Irrigation District, and ex-
ira clerks have been required to
take care of the large amount of
detailed work necessitated by tine
heavy distribution of money.
Secretary +. II. McIver explain
ed today that $441 900 is being paid
for interest on bonds and $150,000
is being used to retire bonds which
have matured. A total of $3.50 900
is covered by regular warrants
drawn on the district and 100000
renresents interest on old bonds
which were lost for a long time and
recently were presented to the dis
trict for payment of interest
The total amount bebing diSburS.
ed is $9Si,000 and it will require
a week or more to take care of the
lob.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-06
WOULDN'T STAY
BOUGHT DECLARES
THE PINCH0T MAN
Says "WOrkers" Took
Peppers Cash but Fail
ed to Work for Him.
BY PAUL R. MALLON

NOiAteu IIcSS quail COTTeSpOnQeUL)
WASHINGTON, July 6.-Many of
the Pepper organization workers in
Philadelphia took money from the
Pepper leaders but failed to work
for senator Pepper, T. Henry Wal
nut of the Pinchot Philadelphia com
mittee told the senate primary in
vestigating committee today.
The only one of the three sena-
torial candidates who could 'get
his moneys worth in Philadelphia -
was William s. Nare,, the wet, who
won, said Walnut.
Walnut took the stand after rep.
resentative John NORM, Republican,
Pennsylvania, had again tailed to
answer a summons of the senate in
veStigators issued several weeks ago.
Acting Chairman King of the com
mittee demanded that the commit.
tee secretary ascertain where NORM
is, adding:
ii have to issue a warrant
for him if We can't get him here
any other way.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-06
Forest Fires
Under Control

FRESNO, Calf, July 6.-Fires
that have been eating their way
through the timbcred land of the
mountains east of here for several
days have been brought under con-
troll and will be entirely extinguish-
ed in another day or two, forest ser
vice officials report. One fire is
burning in the Kings river canyon,
ten miles north of Dunlap. with a
force of 800 men working to place it
further under conrtol. The fire III
the Tule river canyon is expected
to be brought under control in 4S
hours.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-06
DENIED BY O'CONNOR

WASHINGTON, July 6. Tho
senate primary investigating com
mittee today decided to cite the
testimony given that body by Mag
istrate Francis Y. O'Connor, Phila-
delphia, to the district attorney of
the District of Columbia ''for what
steps he deems proper in confor-
nifty with the law.
Senator King, Democrat, Titan,
announced after an executive ses-
sion of the committee, that the tes-
timony of Senator George Wharton
Pepper and three Philadelphia news
paper men, contradicting O'Con-
nor also would be cited to the ro-
scouting authority.
o O'Connor had denied twice TO
the committee that he had said dur
ing the Pennsylvania primary cam
paign that the Ware organization
had offered him $4,000 and then
$l50,000 with other political in
ducements to have him desert Pep
per for the Ware camp.
Pepper and the newspaermen said
story.
The committee also decided in
executive session to instruct the
sergeant at arms of the senate 70
go to Atlantic City and require
REPRESENTATIVE John NORM, Repub-
lican, Pennsylvania, to coIne before
the cor,mjttce.
Morin had wired KING Sunday
that he had to return ~ hl> sum
mcr home il, Atlantic Ciry. King
wired him to return Immediately,
but NORM was no: present when
the session ap"nel this morning,
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-06
ROCKEFEL L LERS AIDED ANTS:
HILL HELPED THE WET CAUSE

:. $. Kresge, Detroit, operator of
It chain of ten cent stores, gave, in
conjunction with the North Wood.
ward NJ f. church, 10000
In executive session, the commit
tee adopted resolution by La Fol.
htte which viii permit any member
ot 'he committee to act for the
conn, ittee.
This will enable continuance of
the hearings here after today, al.
though at least two of the members
must leave.
REPRESENTATIVE John Philip Hill,
Republican, Maryland, denied to the
committee when the hearing was re
Continued on page s
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-06
Alien Property
Graft Charges
To Be Probed
BY JULIAN SNYDER
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, July 6.-lnvesti-
CATION of charges that alien prop
crtF seized during the war has been
used as a source of revenue for
graftcrs, both in and ont Of Off
rial circles, will be launched today
by . the latest senate inquiry com
mittce, headed by Senator Borah, Re
publican, Idaho.
The committee was to meet today
to adopt Il program for the investi-
CATION.
~ have general plan in mind
which | shah submit to the com
mittec,' Borah said, He has been
gathering leads for the invcstiga-
tion ever since he sought to launch
the probe six months ago.
The committee will inquire into
the sale Of due patents to the
Chemical Foundation of Delaware,
in which Francis Given, former
alien property custodian, was in
terested
The sale Of the Bosch Magnetic
company also will be investigated.