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Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-01
Immigration Men
Arrest Chinese

Lee Fat, 40, and Ece Sun. AZ,
Chinese. came to the United States
about six DAYS ago. But immiora-
tion officials were not bit tickled
with the appearance of the two
men in the states aud Yesterday ar
ternoon Inspector Violin found them
in Imperial. They were unable t.
show the necessary credentials Il
warrant their presence and as re-
Snlt they were turned over to Sher-
If Gillett for safe keeping until
such time as the immigration Off
cials could begin a movement for
their deportation.
Both men will face charges of
having Illegally entered The states.
1'hcv gave their place OF residence
as Mexicali when docketed at the
Jail,
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-01
s
A I TITUDE
UNDECIDED
Action With Relation to
China Is Deferred For
Further Study.
MAY GUST CHANG
RumOrs Rife That Leader
of Cantonese Army May
Be Dismissed.
BY LUDWELL DENNY
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent


WASHINGTON, April 1.-Fol-
lowing a cabinet discussion today
of the Chinese situation, the admin
istration remained undecided whetli-
er to act alone or jointly with other
powers in demanding guarantees Of
the Nationalists for protection of
foreign lives and property.
Unless sudden emergency arises,
President Coolidge and Secretary
Kellogg may delay their instruc-
tions to Minister MaeMurray sew
eral days, it was stated.
The state department continued
it's study of the joint draft demand
prepared by MacMurray and the
British and japanese ministers in
Peking. The administration is un-
derstood ready to ask indemnity for
the Marking outrages of March "a
and for suitable Nationalists pledg-
es that such outrages will not oc-
eur elsewhere. But this govern
ment is not yet committed to issu-
ing an ultimatum of sweeping nat
ure, which the British are reported
to favor.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-01
THOUSANDS OF
MINERS in EAST
OUT ON STRIKE
By GERALD P. OVERTON
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, April L.
Approximately 100000 bituminous
coal miners throughout the central
competitive district were on strike
today for retention of the present
wage scale.
The vast eollieries through Indi-
ana, southern Illinois, Ohio, and
western Pennsylvania were quiet
this morning as strike notices were
posted by company officials who in
sisted that the present wage scale
providing approximately $3.50
per day--was too high.
Very little mining was being
done throughout the district. The
only mines remaining in operation
We're ones in which wage agree
ments already had been reached.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-01
Sapiro Admits
Federal Loans

FEDERAL COURT ROOM, DE
TROlT, April l.-Aaron Sapiro ap,
peared before the United States
war finance board some time IL
September. 1921, and obtained
credit leans for ''ten or twelve -
farm cooperative associations, he
testified today during cross exam
ination in his million dollar libe'
suit against Henry Ford.
For this service, which Senator
James A. Reed sought to show hap
pened within Il very few days, Sl'
piro admitted receiving approx
mately $4,000 III fees including
travelling expenses and incidentals,
The witness was shown to have
obtained So 100000 credit from the
war board and some New York
banks for handling 100000 bales OF
Texas Gotten.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-01
Liquor Feud Is
Blamed For Death
Ry United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, April Tony
Ferrarra, police character and re.
puted wholesale bootlegger was
found shot to death here today, the
aftermath police believe, to q
liquor feud.
Ferrarra 5 body was found
sprawled over seven five gallon
cans of olive oil in big touring
ear parked in a side street near the
downtown district.
A policeman walking his beat dis
covered the body, which apparently
had been thrown into the rear seat
of the automobile by the slayers
Police expressed the. belief that
Ferrarrra was seated in the front
seat of the machine at the driv
er's wheel when the assassins dash
ed up and fired a shot into his
temple, killing him instantly.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-01
Steamers Crash
Near Gibraltar
ny CnIted Press Len-ed wi.e

LONDON, April 1.-The British
steamer Author and an unidentified
Spanish ship collided early today
eight miles southeast of Gibraltar,
Il dispatch to Lloyd S said.
Eighteen members of the crew Of
the Spanish vessel were reported
missing. The ship was believed to
have foundered.
The Author, leaking, reached Glib
raltar. the dispatch said. A naval
tug rescued half the Spanish ship s
crew and was still searching for the
rest.
The Author was bound for Cal
cutta from Liverpool.
No word had been received today
o. the fate of Spanish troops aboard
the steamer Tordera, reported afire
yesterday off the Gomera rocks.
The steamer Castillo answered the
sos call
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-01
Tinney Family
May Make Up
U. p. Leased Wire

HOLLYWOOD. April 1.--All
Fools day with Its bufoonery.
has an aspect Of seriousness that
hints at possible reconciliation
between Frank Tinney. jester of
the stage, and his estranged wife
Edna davenport Tinney, follow
ing a reported property settle
ment.
Mrs. Tinney with her son,
Frank, Jr., Is making prepara-
tions to return to New York at
an early date. while Imogene
Wilson. alleged third member Of
the serio-comic triangle will con
tinus her residence here indefi.
nttely.
There's a chance that we
may 50 bac,; together, Mrs.
Tinney admitted here. "our boy
wants him and now that hos
through with the other woman
there's chance.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-01
LEAGUE IS
DECLARED
DETECTIVE
Has Failed In Efforts
To Induce Nations to
Adopt Disarmament.
HUGE SUMS SPENT
Little Hope Held Out For
Any Reduction in Size
of Armies.
By HENRY WOOD
United Press Staff Correspondent

GENEVA, April 1.-(Copyright,
1927 by United Press The League
of Nations has failed in its years of
postwar efforts towards disarma-
nent.
The fact was inescapalle here
today. The nations Of the world
now must arrange their resources
t0 bear the tremendous burden of
armed preparedness on scale that
~ costing in the ighborhood of
$4,000, 700, 900 yearly.
Europe and the world generally
must continue to stagger under the
present armaments load with only
those promised only slight relief.
There is to be a meager rcdnc
tion in the period of service fol
Europe 8 conscript armies.
2-President Coolidge s three pow
er conference may reduce nava
armaments somewhat.
That was the way competent
spokesmen frankly outlined the sit
uation today after the first 10 days
Preparatory Disarmament Confer
ence here.
England alone now is spending
nearly $l3 per capita annually OF
armaments; France nearly Sc: Italy
nearly 81; Japan $3.70; Russii
$l.50; Germany $40. In addition
to the direct expenditure, th'
world > leading conseript nation
will continue to deprive their younl
manhood of one of the most pro
ductive periods of its life for mill
tary training while reserve classe
up to an advanced age must renal!
| under obligation to sudden sum
mons to the cOlors.
The leading conscript nations o
the world are France, Italy, Belgl
um, Poland and CZecho Slovaha
With Japan these nations, claiming
tie necessity for national security
have refused to accept any provis
;on that would alter the prcscn
size of their armies, decrease then
maximum permanent reserves o
change their conscript systems, ex
cept that they agreed to the possi
bilitv of Il decrease of the present
period of conscript service.
Willie the commission still mus
discuss the problem of limitation OF
armament budgets, It was not eX
pected that any hation would ac
cept a limitation which would pre-
vent maintenance of equ'
the armies which they refused ia
reduce.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-01
library Hours
To Be Changed

Effective Monday, April 4,
. city library will open at 10
clock in the morning, instead
at 8 as at tho present time,
= instead of closing between
md 7 o'clock in the evening
has been the custom, will re-
n open straight throughout
dinner hour.
his will mean that the library
70 be open continuously from
a. m. until 9 p. m.
ihe change has been made in
sw Of the fact that very few
irons use the library during
first hour In the morning,
it Is believed that a decid-
- larger number will be glad
find the building oper be-
,n 6 and I'd. m. The change
= also allow routine work to
;arried on bv the librarians
iont interruption up to 10
ock.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-01
BY H. FRANCIS MISSELW1TZ
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent)


SHANGHAI, April lit was re-
ported from an authoritative source
today that Marshal Chang Kai
Shek's dismissal as commander in
chief of the National Chinese arm.
les was imminent. He has been the
leader of the moderate element
among the Nationalists.
The United Press was informed
that the order removing Chang
from command had been drafted at
Hankow, now the capital of the
Nationalist government, but that it
would not be promulgated before
next week.
Chang Kai Shek IS fall, it was
expected, would bring the differen-
ces of opinion within the National
ist party into sharp relief. There
probably would result L showdown
between Chang on the one hand and
the extremists of his party on the
other. This possible revolution
within a revolution was looked upon
as having large potentialities.
Foreigners today were evacuat-
ing Ningpo, South Of Shanghai, and
indications that authorities feared
antiforeign outbreaks in North
China was given when the Z. s. s.
Asheville was ordered to Tientsin,
about 70 miles southeast of Peking.
Rumors persisted here today that
Marshal Chang Kai Shek's posi-
tion within the Kuomingtang, or
Nationalist party, was weakening.
Ningpo is in the northern part of
Chekiang province and near the
coast. Any evacuation probably
would be by boat to Shanghai.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-01
Fourth Suicide
Effort May Fail

FRESNO, April Mrs. Sam
Purdv may fail in what local police
say is her fourth attempt to com
nit suicide.
Mrs. Purdy was found in a bed
room of her home late Yesterday
with bullet wound in her head.
Hospital attendants said this morn.
ing that she is still alive and there
is possibility she will recover.
Officers declare their records
show that Mrs. Purdy has tried to
end her life twice with poison and
twice with a revolver.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-01
.Roumanian Kings
Death Expected
By United Press Lensed Wire

BUCHAREST, Roumania, April |.
The condition of King Ferdinand
of Roumania took a sudden turn for
the worse today, and it was relia
bly, reported that his death was ex.
pected hourly.
His ma jesty has been suffering
from cancer for months, and a pre-
vious critical illness forced Queen
Marie to cut short her tour Of the
United States last fall.
VIENNA, April l.--Quccn Marie
of Jugo Slavia, daughter Of tn
King and queen of Roumania, hur
riedly left Belgrade for Bucharest
today, a dispatch said.
Last night and this morning pri
vate telephone calls between Bel.
grade and Bucharest were not ac.
ccpted, the dispatch said, because
the lines were being held at tho
disposal of the royal families.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-01
STORY HOUR TOMORROW

Children of this city are invited
to attend the story hour, which
will be held in the juvenile room OF
the public library tomorrow morn
ing at ,0:30 O'Clock. Miss Heller
Crosby will be the story teller
"The Two Frogs" "The Hero Of
Harlem'' and "To Your Goo(
Health,' will be the stories present
n1
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-01
NIGHT OIL.
BURNS IN
ASSEMb[
Extra Sessions Ordered
To Keep Up With Work
In Upper House.
MANY BILLS PASSED
Approves Measure Giving
AlimOny to Husbands
. Who Support Children
BY HOMER L. ROBERTS
United Press Staff Correspondent

SACRAMENTO, Cal, April L.
Night sessions have been ordered by
the State Assembly in a desperate
effort to re"over lost time and keep
abreast of the rapid working upper
house
Last night 8 session Of the assem-.
bly, resulted in adoption of l9 meas
nrcs, It greater total than that Of
any single days work thus far.
Comedy, Parliamentary burlesque
and practical jokes broke the weary
nonotony of law making, and served
to keep the assembly men on their
toes during the night.
Close on the heels Of committee
action sending the bill abolshing
lnterlocutory divorce decrees to the
floor, the assembly last night ap-
proved the "alimony for husbands -
bill by Assemblyman George W.
Rochester, of Los Angeles. 1t would
permit Il husband to sue his wife
for permanent support of himself
and children in case of divorce.
Wives would be allowed to take
over one half of the community
property in ease of the death Of
their husbands, and the other half
would become subject to the viii of
the deceased under terms Of u
measure by Assemblvman Percy
West Of Sacramento.
This bill would permit the wife
to receive her share Of the com.
munity property without payment
'of an inheritance tax. il. was adopt.
ed by the assembly after lively
debate.
Parole Bill Passes
One Gf the state reorganization
measures, taking the state library
out of the department of finance
and placing II under the depart.
nncnt Of education. by Assembly
man Eugene w. Roland of Ala
media, was also adopted.
The MiXtcr bill, creating Il board
of parole commissioners for each
county in the state TO parole per.
sons confine'l in city and county
.iails, also passed the lower house at
its night session. Such boards
would be permitted to make their
own rules and regulations.
Among the other measures adopt
ed at the assembly night session
were the following:
Burns and Hornblower Bill. pro-
viding for nomination Of presideu-
tial electors either as individuals
or by group, subsequent to primary
elections. when no non partisan
candidate has been named.
Williamson Bah. permitting anna
teur BOXERS TO use bandagcs on their
arms or hands.
Jcsperson Bill, permitting the ad-
iutant general TO lease camp sites
and rifle ranges for use of the ma
tional guard.
Mrs. Woodbridge Bill, providing
that the state shall purchase the
Donner monument from the Native
Sons. and place it under the new
division of parks.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-01
INSAS
||A|EPT
.ESl!()Rl
ZEN Killed and
iany Made Homeless
Through Floods.
WEES DESTROYED
.usands Of Acres Are
: ,,nder Water Following
Continuous Rains.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, April L.
Anxiously watching reports from
flooded Despa county, authorities
Iere today feared further damage
10 the stricken area as rain swept
,ver Arkansas, bringing high water
o all parts Of the state.
The Mississippi river is cont inu.
fg to rise, according to reports
re today and levees in Laconia
\ A:clc, already weakened by floods,
further give way as q result.
housands of families left home.
when the yellow water poured
gh the breaks are being cared
II box ears, makeshift shacks,
and any sort of shelter which
be thrown up on short notice.
TO the fact that flood warn
had been broadcast before the
gaya way no lives have been
nd there was little damage to
nj property. 1t il estimated
$4,000 acres Of land are under
r. @~~v /
ANsAS CITY, Mo. April L.
piping four states with heavy
driven by high winds, March
parting shot at the south
leaving in its wake devasta-
over thousands of acres of
ss0uri, Arkansas, Kansas and
,eoma felt the blast of the
with resultant flooding of
lreds Of small streams. From
~ five inches OF rain fell yes
in ikSse states and was con
X to-day.
Of the MisSj& giving wav
high waters and with thou
2 acres Of laAd IN thc l.acon.
area inuslatcd. Further
\, feared in that section
Aer continuing to rise.
a IS wet reported re-
from y st0'm, four In OR
"a, two Kanas and one IN
puri.
.r of the dea< resulted from
hing which ae ampanicd the
Is. Leslie Jones I, was killed
golf course at 81 lngficld, Mo-,
lightning struck Near where
as playing. Two cad lilies were
unconscious by the bAlt,
r. Christine, Parsons, Nansas,
illed when lighting struck his
smith shop there and Ivan, Fry
ed when he fell from a bridge
Baxter Springs, Kansas
IA Trustv was killed near
ogee, OKLA, VIXEN Lightning
barn, and joe Burroughs
nled when lightning struck his
Davenport, Okla. The other
oklahoma deaths resulted from
,inps. one near Fairfax and
,cr near Mountain View.
storm struck at widely scpa-
spots, reaching almost lorna
portions in several small
Buildings in Norwood, La,
vile and several other Mis-
ri towns were torn down. Jasper,
thage and Joplin, Mo, were at
Il isolated. Highways sand rail
lines are blocked and telcphon'
md telegraphic COMMUNICATION
apted.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-01
UNDED TANKER FLoATED

" ORLEANS, April l.-The
mixer Rogers, which was report
ground off South Pass at the
h of the Mississippi river with
" of 40 men, early today clear
on the reef at 9:40 Il. M, ac-
ag to word received by the
rs Naval Station this after
+ No. Aamagc leaalte1 TO 't''
r, ~ was s-ssnNQQll(Cod.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-01
SEAMAN Is DROWNED IN
FALL FROM DESTROYER
By United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, April ives.
ley Smith Underwood of Lowell,
WASH, fireman first class, was lost
overheard from the destroyer SOM
ers and drowned while the vessel
was cruising with the United States
fleet in the Caribbean, Rear Ad-
miral Luke MdNamee, commander
of the destroyer squadron, advised
the navy department today.
The body was not recovered.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-01
WHAT'S DOING
TONIGHT

TONIGHT
Imperial County Federated
Women's Clubs high school ora
torical contest, Calipatria high
school, 8 p III.
Sciots' April Fool dance, Mas
onic Hall.
Kiwanis Club barbecue, B. L.
Roberts ranch near Calexico, $3.50
p. IN.
Imperial Valley Shrine Clubs
dance. Hotel Barbara Worth.
High school circus: Side shows
open 7 pm; main show, 8 p.m.,
high school auditorium.
''Altars OF DESIRE Palace
theater.
1.-THE General Valley thea
ter.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-01

The irrigation district Of Es.aion
San Joaquin county, has purchased
10000 gallons of chemical weed
killer for spraying canal and ditch
banks.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-01

An authority says 100000 acres
of developed land in the San Joa-
quin Valley will revert to aridity
if present pumping of ground wat.
ers continues.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-01

Thirty three growers with 547
acres of Thompson seedless grapes
in Tulare county have agreed to
keep production records of raisins
this Wear
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-01
(Signed r. d. MCCLURE,
d. +. SLADEN, NJ. d.
Removal Carefully Planned

The removal of Ford to his Dear.
horn home was Il carefully carried
out affair. Two mbulances, one
of which was from Ford 8 own hos
pital garage and the other q COM
mercial ambulance, We're brought to
the hospital. Ford was placed in
one of the ambulances. His garage
attendants said he was in the com
mercial ear; the owners of the com
mercial ear said lie was in the am
bulance he made and owns himself.
While the patient was being car
ried through the corridors to the
ambulance, the halls of the hospital
We're cleared. AS far as could be
learned only one person not in the
employ Of Ford or the hospital saw
what was transpiring. Then the
two ambulances moved to point
about a block from the hospital
where four motorcycle police joined
them. A short distance farther on,
the cavalcade split, one ambulance
and two officers going by one route,
the other ambulance and two other
officers by another. Later they
joined, it was said.
The machines sped over the con
crete road, distance of some nine
miles to the Dearborn estate of the
motor king, where once inside the
gates Ford was in place where he
could be as out of touch with the
world. should that be his desire, as
was Napoleon on st. Helena.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-01
TOMORROW

County Teachers Associations
spring meeting, opens at high
school, $3.50 a. M.
Story hour, city library, 1880
q. III.
Approved junior matinee, Val
ley theater, 2:15 p. IN.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-01
AUTO MACNATE
IS REMOVED TO
PRIVATE HOME
Ford Reported to Be In
Pain But Improving at
His Own Mansion
by United Press Leased Wire

DETROIT, Mich, April Back
in his own home at Dearborn, on
the outskirts of Detroit, Henry
Ford, injured Sunday in an automo-
bile accident, still was in much
pain today but in the formal bulle-
tin issued by his physicians, no
alarming developments were noted.
Ford was removed secretly last
night from the Henry Ford hospital
in Detroit to his home, great. grav
stone mansion sitting half mile
back from the main highway at
Dearborn.
Ford's own desire to get away
from the hospital environment and
have the comforts which his mil
lions have brought him was under
stood to have been the reason for
the transfer of the famous patient.
The formal bulletin issued at
l1:l5 a. m. at the Henry Ford hos
rital in Detroit said:
'This is the fifth day after the
accident. Last night Mr.. Ford was
moved from the hospital to the res
idenee His sprained back still is
most painful.
(SinnolA p n McCJ TIRE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-16

Midshipman William A. Moffett, jr.,
And Midshipman George I'll. Moffett
will arrive in Washington Friday TO
spend the holidays with their parents.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. William A.
Moffett.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-16

Midshipman Edward Earle Lull win
kpend his leave with his parents, Col.
and Mrs. Charles f. T. Lull, at 5000
connecticut avenue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-16

Copley Amory, Mrs. Delos A. Blod-
gett. Mrs. Henry r. Dimock. Mrs.
Henry w. Fitch, Mrs Frederick Dent
Grant. Mrs. Samuel j. Graham, Mrs.
Alvin T. Hert, Mrs. James r. Mann,
Mrs. Charles G.. Matthews, Mrs. Wal.
ter r. Tuckerman, Mrs. Joseph Wash
ington and Mrs. Charles Boughton
Wood.
Mr.. George williams will entertain
nj dinner this evening at the Willard
and will take his guests later to the
Friday evening dancing class.
Mrs. Stokeley Morgan will be at
home tomorrow afternoon from to z
o'clock in her apartment in the Wood
ley. No cards have been issued.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Henry Grady
of New York and West Virginia, hav-
ing recently returned to this country
from Canada, have taken an apart
ment at the Fairfax. Massachusetts
avenue, at Twenty-first street. for the
Winter. Their daughters, Miss Janet
Grady and Miss Ruth Grady. students
at the Mary Baldwin School at Staun-
ton. Va, will join them for the holi-
days.
Mrs. Merle Cochran, wife of the
United States consul at Paris. France,
who arrived in this country aboard the
Paris early in the, week. has come to
Washington and is at the Hotel Mar
Unique for the remainder of the Win
ter.
Miss Jane Anderson was hostess at
tea yesterday in the Palm Garden Of
the Mayfiower Hotel in honor of Miss
Violet Pammel and Mrs. H. e. Pam
mel Miss Pammel, who is leaving
Washington early in January, is be-
ing extensively entertained. After
sojourn at Palm Beach, she will take
up her residence in Pittsburgh.
Mis- Pauline Rice and Miss Anne
Leonard will entertain at bridge to-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-16
Political Study Club
Tea Tomorrow Afternoon.

Political Study Club
Tea Tomorrow Afternoon.
Mrs. James j. Davis. Mrs. Harry G
Ransley, Mrs. Henry w. Watson
Mrs. Virginia White speel and Mrs.
Frederick w. Magrady will pour tea
assisted by Mrs. Edward M. Beers,
Mrs. j. Banks KurtZ, Mrs. Harry A.
Estep, Mrs. Everett Kent, Mrs. Edgar
Keiss and Mrs. Thomas G.. Cochran,
wives of Representatives from Penn
svlva MIA, at the Pennsylvania day
meeting of the Political Study Club
tomorrow afternoon at. 2:30 o'clock at
the Washington Club, 1910 Seven
tenth street northwest. Representa-.
tive Clyde Kelly will speak on THE
Primary"
Mrs. James Carroll Frazer, presi-
dent of the Belleau Wood Memorial
Association, will give at the Madriilon
Restaurant in the new Washington
Building, corner of Fifteenth street
and New York avenue, a tea dance
from 4 to o'clock December 30, for
the benefit of this great patriotic
work. Mrs. Ogden L. Mills is chair.
man of the tea dance committee and
Mrs. John Allen Dougherty is vice
chairman. Nine. Ekengren, Mrs.
Walter r. Tuckerman and Mrs.
Frazer are also serving on this com.
n1ittee. Miss Caroline Thorn Is chair
man of the girls committee and Lieut..
Francis Grazing Is in charge of the
mems committee.
Mr., and Mrs. william III. Pickford
have closed their apartment at the
Carlton and sailed for France. They
will spend the Winter on the Riviera.