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Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-29
Police Holding,
Suspicious Trio

Pclis" We" crllod 'n North Fou"t'
stro"t 'a'. 'oet p."lt, = r"nort being
tclethon,d ,o Ec"d,mart"rs t. ~"
cffo.f that l'i"dr he'd to.~' l"ll
ru ~ two NcNicane aad a fjlipinr.
The" roe M err IN tte vicinity.
wien tho off'"crs arrived bat - Fiji
l'po rivin" his raw" ~ \ Y. Ai'-
i"po Wos clicked ~ in = field noarhV
- short tim" later. He was report
,d to have aourared f. be under TIA
iuflUcncc Of irtoNicants aud is said
to have dri"rn h's autamobilr
through field The Windshield was
shattered, thc tires fla; and the ear
otherwise damaged.
&til later two NcVicaus, J.. Bogli,
and T.. Marine, were picked M
asleep IN box ear.
All three Of the mon are being de-
tained hv police Will" n thorough
iry"StiE iEaticn in the case is being
u adc. Tho Hindu is said to have
gotten away without the loss of any
N7luables. His name was not learn
ed
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-29
Theatrical Tr0up
Again Arrested
By United p-eSS I.cas.d Ntr.

Los ANGELES, Oct. %" Hot
Mamas, the Follies Theatcr bur
lesque show, will not be open to-
night.
For the % female members Of the
cast were held in the city jail to-
daT-without bail-following their
arrest last night for the second time
in as many nights.
All the girls were booked as vag-
rant and lewd, charge that doe,
not permit bond and which requires
Il physical examination.
The rearrests last night took
place Just six hours after the troup
pleaded not guilty to charge of
conducting an indecent show. At
that time the group was ordered TO
appear Monday for setting of trial
date and the girls released on bond.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-29
DEMURRER rTTED IN
VALLEY TURKEY CASE

4 dn"'orrn" hos heen fled in thA
rooo of T.. NJ Nartin aooiost sam
Turdetfn. Tho def"ndont holds thot
IT." co"nloiot fails 10 n"ope~'v de-
rih" t'.n tr'l<eve which tive defend
ont 10 one"ol to havo takco nnlaw-
f ll,r ioto hio "0sSeooion. IIa as'S
tbat ttn PLAINTIFF tai" notbino nv
r'e action a"d that the defendant
Cthor he restored to "oSsovsion Of
IT," trrkevs or he awarded md2ment
Of $toa the value of the birds. Ut
loy and Nuff"r oro appearing as at
torneys for Burdette.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-29
Court Dismisses
Suit On Lease

The cas" Of u. Simon against T.
Renaud WIS ordered dismissed by
JUDGE j. 5. Larew yesterday after
moor, the court ruling that it had
not been brought to trial within the
TINE specified by law.
The case is IN old one in which
the plaintiff sought tp recover dam
ages in the amount of 100000. The
complaint charged the defendant
with failing to live mp to his part
of an arrangement over the lease
Of some property i'll CalcXico. The
leas" WIS for a 10 wear period ana
the judgement asked was the sum
representing the amount of rent
oHcr thAt ncrind.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-29
Veteran Admiral
Dies After Call
On Sick Wife
Nv Vnl.cd prcss Leased Wire

WASHINGTON. Oct. %. - Rear
Admiral James Meredith Helm, II,
who helped blockade the Spanish
fleet in Cuba in 1898, is dead.
Yesterday he visited his wife, i'll
at Takoma Park, Md, sanitarium.
They strolled through the sanitar
ium grounds. Mrs. Helm retired,
cleepiug "hctter than in months, -
doctors said. ~s
She did not know the strSin of
the walk had been too much for the
cnfcebled admiral, While she slept
he suffered two heart attacks aud
died in room across a corridor
from hers.
Helm commended the runhoat
Hornet in the Suanish- American
War capturing Spanish steamer
and three contr1band schooners. He
was advanced five numbers in grade
for "emincnt and conspicuous con
duct in the battle Of Man2anillo.
He later served in the Philippines,
ON the Pacifi" coast and at Charles
ron, s. c. He was an expert on
light houses and navy yards.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-29
Fire Truck Chaser
Fined In Court

"It costs money to get first
hand look at a fire in Fl Centre.
Walter Clements, who recently ar
rived here from Long Beach, wanted
sGeh a look and in his hurry to get
10 the fire he followed one Of the
trucks. He was duly ticketed
by Patrolman Van Bezcl and after
pleading guilty to the charge he
paid tine of 50.
And the climax was capped by
the fact that the fire wasn't even
. good one, gasoline stove causing
the flames which had been cxtin-
gaiahed when the fire-eaters arrived
on the scene.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-29
COURTS DECIDE;
POINTS In SEVEN
DIVORCE ACTIONS.

An intcrlOcutorv decree Of 'vorcc
was granted to Gladys NJ. Mclean
against George 4. McLean follow
ing a default hearing before Judge
}. :. Larcw yesterday afternoon.
The plaintiff was also awarded the
custody of minor child and the
furniture owned by the couple. The
defendant was ordered to pay $35 n
month for the support of the de-
PENDANT and the child.
The decree was granted by the
court after testimony of two wit
ncsses for the plaintiff had been
entered. NJ. G. Atchism appeared
as attorney for the plaintiff.
An affidavit was filed in the
ease of Anna &. Barker against Ar
thur &. Barker, The affidavit was
in the manner of an answer to an
affidavit which had been filed bv
the defendant some time AGO in
which he charged the plaintiff with
failure to live up to the court : rul-
ing relative to allowing him to see
their child when the plaintiff was
granted an interlocutorv decree of
divorce. In the affidavit the plain
tiff denied these allegations and
further asserted that the the defend
ant had failed to keep his part of
the court order relative to the pay
mcnt of money for the support of
the plaintiff and said minor child.
The ease Of Clara NJ. Spellmeycr
against Carl F. Spcllmcver was sub
mittcd to Judge Larew for decision.
it was an action wherein the de
f f'ndant had twice had her commit
ted TO an asylum at Patton had in
iTred her earning mower end asked
that the motion of the defendant
be dismissed.
Cf venue be granted in the ease of
Marie CoriSon ag"iNSt G. W. Corison
was denied bv JUDGE Larew, the
court ordering that the ease be con
tirred here.
The ease Of r. VI. Nforrifiold
aoainSt Carrie l.. Merrifield was
set dow" for trial ON December %.
It is divorce action.
An order for the dismissal Of the
action in the ease Of Ruby F.. Du-
vale against Roy w. Duvn'n wqs
flied at the county clerk : office hy
T 1""r p. Horvev, attorney for the
plointiff.
Judge \. c. F;nnev iSsuod show
cause order in the caoo Of FLOSS q. /
Soi~rl ooainet .IoSenh y. Seigel. The
nracr di"octed tho Defendant appeal ,
before the court newt Friday and |
.how why he should rot he made ,
fo INV r"oeonahle o0m for the
suorort of the ulaintiff pending the
outcome Of the action.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-29
None Injured in
Two Accidents

Two automobile accidents of mil
or nature were reported at the stat
traffic office last night. In OF
crash machines driven by F.. I
kawbus and J. d. Whitaker COLI,
ID on the highway near Heber, bot
cars suffering the loss of runnin
board. No one was injured. In IL
other accident q Ford ear belongin
t. L. Miranda of Hrawlev is said t
have been parked on the highwa
without lights and WAS strnck /
. machine driven by r. NJ. Puckel
o' FL Centre. This accident oceu
red about a mile north of Imperia
No one was injured
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-29
Prominent Banker
And Wife Killed

IIEERTNVILLE. H., Oct. Co
John j. Mitchell, chairman of the
hoard of directors of the Illinois
Merchants Trust Company and his
wife Were killed in an automobile
accident here today.
They were euroute to Chicago
from their estate at Lake Geneva,
Wis. when the accident occurred.
Mitchell was cne of the most
prominent and Influential bankers IN
the middle west. His bank was a
mong the largest financial institu,
tiors west Of New York.
The MitchcllS are survived hv
son, John j. Mitchell Jr. and a
daughter in law, the former Lolita
Armou'
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-29
Water District
Sues Power Co.

MERGED. cal, Oct. Merccd
irrigation district today. filed suit
against the san JOAQUIN Light and
Power CORPORATION charging failure
to pay $Gl ,396,23 for hvdro-elcctric
energy generated and delivered 10
the company from EXchequer Dam
between April l, and August 81 OF
TINS year.
The court viii be asked to inter
pret a contract in which the corpor-
alton is said to have agreed to pur-
chase all hydro-electric energy from
the EXchcquer plant of approximate
" 5000 h. W. h. capacity. The
corporation refuses to pay for en-
ergy delivered above that figure.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-29
Killed EnrOute
To Big Game

PASO ROBES, Cal, Get. 90
Richard Friedlander Stanford grad
uate and son of Joseph Friedlander.
vice-presdent of the Anglo and Lon
don Paris National Bank, was killed
near here today, III an automobln
accident.
Friedlander and two companions,
Charles Levison and David Frieden,
rich were motoring to Los Angeles
10 attend the L. CT. s. c. game
when their automobile hit n horse
ON the highway and overturned.
Levison and Friedenrich were nm
injured.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-29
Order Actor Not
To Change Looks
Hy United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 29.-Pend.
ing hearing November I on petition
for permanent in 'unction, attor-
rcys for John ConSidine Jr., motion
picture producer, we're granted a
restraining order here today pro
hibiitng Louis Wo!hcim, motion pie
ture actor, from altering his looks
in any form.
Wolheim previously had Indicated
he would have his nose remodelcd
The restraining order was GRANTED
by Superior Judge Charles Burnell
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-29
Airplanes Attack
Nicaraguan Rebels
Hy ,nit"i P'ess Leased Wire

MANAGCA Nicaragua, Oct. 90
Marine airplanes co"pera,cd in an
attacE hv mivcl force of \mcri-
'"n Marines and American officcrpl
Ni"ara"uau oonStahulary on rebels
north Of Oiaiali, ii was announced
today.
The airp,arcS were used with
''oool effect it was said. The re-
sH't of the stirmish was not known.
No ncvs has been received of
two missing marine aviators, believ-
ed To be in rebel hands.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-29
Convicts Escape
From Road Camp

SACRAMENTO, Cal, O ct. %
Heavily armed posses were combing
the rugged mountain region in Lake
county in a man-humt for two escaped
conNicts today.
The men who fled from a prison
road camp on the Tahoe | kial high
way are Jake Harrison, p, convict
cd in Orange county in 1923 for at
temnted rape and Joseph T, McCor-
mick, 2S. convicted in Alameda coun-
tN in 1925, for robbery. They were
servIn" IA and 10 year sentences
rcsnectivcly.
Tn" convicts were first missed at
breakfast call today. Guards from
tn" camp and Lake county sheriff $
office Immediately began 70 scout
the adjacent country. The report
was telephoned here to the state di-
vision OF highways
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-29
Plane Prepares
For Ocean Hop
By United Press Lensed Wire

san FRANCISCO. Oct. oo.-The
giant Fokker monoplanc Southern
Cross, in which Captain Kingsford
Smith and Auetralian companions
viii attempt flight across the Pa
rifie ocean took off early today for
Santa Monica. Cal.
New landing gear Will be installed
on the plane at Santa Monica in
preparation fer the flight to Aus
Italia. The Southern Cross had
been at the Mills field airport here
fer some time
Five men accompanied Smith On
tine flight to Santa Monica.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-29
FRUIT DEALER DIES
Nv United Prcss Leased Wire

FRESNO. Col,, Oct. % Funeral
SERVICES v'"re being ?"r.nged today
far l. Y. Niswandcr. sc, former vice
"roeiacnt aud ocroral manager of
the California Peach and Fig Grow
cts Association and prominent fruit
grower and packer in the san Joa-
ouin valley, Niswander died at his
ONE here after years illness.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-29
Crew Of Sinking
Dredge Rescued
Hy United Press Leased Wire

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Oct. %. Five
men were rescued from the electric
drcdge of the Robert Fenton Com.
Pany . moment before it capsizcd
Yesterday while being towed from
La Jolla to San Diego.
The men escaped in skiff to the
tugboat Palomar towing the drcdge
and moment later the dredge top
Piled over.
The accident occurred when the
heavy seas opened the seams of the
dredge.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-29
HARVARD BEATS INDIANA
Nv '"iscd press Leased Wire

CAMBRIDGE. Mass, Oct %
Harvard displaved an unexpected
attack today and ran wild against
the Indiana team to win 26 to 6.
Harvard scored three touchdowns in
the final quarter.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-29
When 'DaWn'' RrOke-DoWn!

Frances Gaysons odd looking Skorsky amphbian,
pictured here Old Orchard
third tlccessfu Atlantic
fatering 500
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-29
What's Doing
TONIGHT

What Price Glory" Valley
theater.
"The Outlaw" Palaco theate..
TOMORROW
Services. all churches.
Formal fall opening and tour
naments, FL Centre Golf Club, al!
dav.
''Two Arabian Knights" Val.
lev theate".
Jesse James," Palace tha'-
ter
Pcnefit Dance, Pam C.rdel.
Fehe' 7:20.
Radio: FGp' 80
MONDAY
TTir'Cry - ron w mons ~
COO C'rb. rce"~ w th Mrg. ~ II.
Roberts, $50 p. IN.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-29

\ football season is the time {
wear when radio announcers are su,
posed to broadcast their life stori,
to the people.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-29

\ herd of JERSEYS from San Lnis
Ghispo county will be shown at the
Pacific Slope Dairy show.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-09

their fabulous fortunes, wrung from the
labor of the millions.
No official announcement of govern
ment policy has been made, but it is
known that the carvings on of Sir Hari
Singh and others of his ilk have dis
gusted most of the former friends of the
bad little rich boys Of India.
Just what the princes expect to ac-
complish by having a conclave at simla
is not quite clear. They have neither
the courage, the statecraft nor the pres
tige to defy the British Raj. Badly
governed as some provinces directly
controlled by the British Viceroy may
be, they are little bits of paradise COM
pared with the territories governed by
native potentates under British protec-
ton. The princes dare not try to stir
the people up to fight the British. The
people would be likely to start their
mutiny by tearing the princes to pieces.
Most of the native rulers have kept their
titles and their powers through British
influence, and through that alone
Should the princes actually turn over
a new leaf, and act as if they meant it,
they might escape political humiliation
for the moment, for, while not popular,
they are the hereditary rulers of their
several states and shoulder some of the
burdens of government.
In the last few weeks the Maharajah
of Burdwan, midas delegate to the re-
New Britain herald., 1927-08-09

-
of British rule. and take no heed of the
consequences, he said "Those who
talk like that are not statesmen or
soldiers and have no idea of how to
bring about the departure of the British.
Nor would they know how to handle the
situation if the British were gone. But
they are panic-stricken as they see their
immemoral rights and privileges in dan
ger, and they indulge in loose criticism
of anybody who believes in the sincerity
of purpose of the British Raj"
Native princes rule over one-third of
India, the remaining thirds being
governed directly by colonial administra-
tors sent out from London.
The statesmen who want the princes
stripped of their political powers are in
favor of the liberalization of the gov
eminent of India. liberalization, the
princes are smart enough to realize,
would consign to government depart
ment heads certain powers they have
come to regard as theirs by divine right
They would remain princes in name, and
keep their palaces and their golden
boards But they would lose the right
to domneer over the people, to make
laws for them, to drill them, to tax
them.
They would be Eastern princes minus
that autocratic right commonly asso-
chocolate princes, make-believe nabobs
New Britain herald., 1927-08-09

at whom the lowliest native coult. thumb
his dirty nose.
To men who say they are descended
from the sun, the stars, the moon and
the attendant gods, that would be ter
rible come-down.
The Simla conference will be most
important event in current political his
New Britain herald., 1927-08-09

ocHdECSs WHO may Boon DC
stripped of all political authority
because of the way he and his
fellow-princes have been carry
ing on
Government officials who are "fed up"
with Indian princes say the stay-at-
homes and the misers make as much
trouble as the gallivanters who are al
ways getting into trouble in Europe.
The Mir of Khairpur had his troubles,
and plenty they were. The Mir rules a
state where bread and rice are hard to
come by for the average man, but he had
spent huge fortune trying to outguess
the bookmakers at the Bombay race
track. After heart-to-heart talk with
an advisor" he was forbidden to fire.
quent the track, to play the horses, or
otherwise to dissipate the gold paid him
as tribute by his long-suffering people.
When he failed to abide by the order,
the Bombay Government sent out a
commission to take power out of his
hands.
Advocates of the movement to fed.
eralize India and relieve the princes Of
all power say it would be a good thing
for the country, indirectly as we'll as
directly. Now the nabobs are able to
live well on the money they wiring from
the wretched peasants. They can own
polo ponies and yachts and high-powered
automobiles, and visit the European
watering places, and still have enough
left to add something every year to their
boards of precious stones.
With revenues suddenly cut off, the
maharajahs would have to dig up ready
cash whenever they wanted to step out.
1t would involve opening up the treasure
boxes and putting the gems on the
market. Diamonds and jade would 70
out of the country and real money would
go into it. Maybe in time some of that
money would trickle down to the SUBJ
merged and disinherited, who make up
the bulk of midas millions.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-09

who gave long-term credit. The murder
was not hit. An outcry arose. 1t got
so loud the Government couldn't ignore
it any longer. Things were in a bad
way in Indore. The British Raj held
an investigation, after which he told
the Maharajah to resign. And the
Maharajah did.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-09

princes will submit to curb, and will
,e spared the ultimate humiliation for
he present Also, that within five
years, at the outside, England will
have to deprive them of all princely
powers in the interests of the common
people.
Sir Hari Singh, the present Mahara-
all of Jammu and Kashmir, probably got
more undesirable publicity in his day
han any two men of his caste. Sir Hari
$ remembered as the "Mr. A." who paid
$3.50, 900 to hush up people who knew of
lis little love affair with Mrs Maude
Robinson, an English adventures.
He was the victim of, what they call
IN America, "the old badger game" and
he trial of the blackmail suit resulting
gave the British Government some bad
half hours. Radicals used the case to
point out that Britain was standing by
titled young BLACKBOARD who was using
The gold wrung from Hindu coolies to
play the gay devil in European society.
By order of somebody high in authority,
the English papers referred to
Sir Hari as "Mr. A." in reporting
the affair.
Notwithstanding the publicity,
he was allowed to return to India
and succeed his old uncle, Sir
/ Pratrap Singh, as Maharajah Of
q Kashmir, when the latter died.
81 He has been much chastened
81 young man ever since.
g. The susceptible Hari was only
SIS one. There was, for instance,
H. the Maharajah of Indore, who
Jared no better than Hari at love,
and not so well in some other
ways. A. favorite dancing girl Of
10 his, a slave, named Mumtaz Be-
Isl gum, grew tired of being one Of
. many flowers of affection in the
.||= Maharajah's garden. She smiled
..: upon one Bawla, respectable
Mohammedan merchant.
She did more than smile, in
s. deed. She went to live with
s's Bawla, and left the august ruler
l lS#s - Of Indore to twiddle his thumbs,
.s4 which is no way to treat a de-
|s#S scendant of the gods
||| =s {, The Maharajah had some of
$|=|ss his trusty palace guards pursue
- ..Bawla and Mumtaz Begun on a
Dr., "trip into the hills and waylay
~ them at a lonely crossroad.
.sBawla was slain, and the dancing
a Egirl was taken back to her royal
OF master,
. But Bawla had been popular
fellow, a good mixer, and one
Who gave long-term credit. The murder
vas not hit. An outcry arose. It got
New Britain herald., 1927-08-09

Some Of the entertain
ers at one of Sir Hari
Singh's elaborate fetes
arriving at the palace
grounds on one of the
royal elephants
New Britain herald., 1927-08-09

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