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Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-14
SENATE PASSES
BILL TO REMOVE
GRADE CROSSINGS
Unanimous Action Taken
On Measure by Upper
House.
By HOMER l.. ROBERTS
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent

SACRAMENTO, Cal, April II
Slowed down by failure of Cover
nor Young to sign the $4,000, 200
state budget and release several
score of appropriation measures
clogging the calendar, the state SEN
ate today adopted the Fellom Grade
Crossing bill and several fish and
game measures.
Bonds totalling $l0,000,000 would
be issued by the state to acquire
rights of way and build bridges
and railroad crossings i'll the pri-
mary road system under measure
by Senator Roy Fellom of San Fran
cisco, passed by a unanimous vote
in the upper house. =.
"This bill is directed at an evil
that is taking goo lives and iniur-
ing 700 persons every year III Cal
ifornia,' Fellow explained.
The weekly bag limit ON ducks
was reduced from so to 50 under
a measure by Senator Sanborn
Young of Los Gatos, adopted by the
upper house. The rapid rate at
which wild ducks are being killed
off in California makes such II re-
duction imperative, Senator Young
explained.
A bin by Senator c, c, Baker of
Salinas, compelling construction of
fishways over dams to permit the
passage of fish at all times, and
prescribing a maximum penalty of
six months in jail and fine of $500
for violation was given favorable
vote and sent to the assembly.
The proposal to create a new fish
and game district, in Alpine county,
by Senator j. c, Garrison of Modes
to, was defeated.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-14
Fall-Sinclair
Case Postponed

By United Press Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, April IA
The Fall Sinclair Oil Consplr-
acy trial date was postponed TO-
day in District Of Columbia SUI
preme Court from April % to
May %.
Over demands Of the defend
ants attorneys for an immed-
late trial starting April %,
Justic William Hitz granted the
continuance to allow the special
government prosecutor aided by
the state department to search
Europe for two wealthy oil men,
James O'Neill and Fl. M. Black
mer, whose testimony is cons1d-
cred essential. -.
An affidavit filed by the de-
Tense attorneys asserted that
two other witnesses, J. w. Zev-
ely and Colonel A. E. Humph-
reys. both wealthy oil men, were
sick with a progressive i'll
ness' and would be less likely
able to appear for six months.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-14
Aviator Is Held
For Smuggling
By United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, April l4.-Sam-
uel Rex Smith, Denver aviator, was
held in the county Jail here today
in default Of $500 bond, following
his indictment on charges of VIC.
lating the United States immigra-
tion laws.
Smith, who at one time was men,
toned prominently in the escape of
Clara Phillips, "hammer mur-
deress,' was named with two other
white men and four Chinese, the
latter alleged to have been brought
across the international boundary
line from Mexico in an airplane.
According to federal authorities
Smith was plotting the plane when
it was forced down near San Ber-
nardmo several weeks ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-14
Florida Seeks
New "Blue Laws
by United Press Leased Wire

TALLAHASSEE. Fla, April IA.
A bill to prohibit the transmits
sion of sports results over telegraph
and telephone wires in this state
was introduced in the Florida house
of representatives today by Speak
er Fred II. Davis.
The measure would also make it
illegal to publish results in news,
papers.
1t would ban the transmission of
lincups and results of "any con,
test of speed, skill. power or endur-
ance of man and beast
Horse and dog races, boxing
matches, football and basketball
games are specifically mentioned.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-14
Youth Under Age
Given Freedom

Victor Macias was released from
custody at the county Jail yester-
day. Macias was committed to that
institution on March and was to
have served a sentence of 90 days.
He had been working on the chain
gang and yesterday it was learned
that he was only II years of age.
Probation Officer Griffin invest
igating the case looked up the birth
record of the youth and upon learn
in~ that he was only II years old
ordered that he be released.
Macias entered a plea of guilty
hefore Judge Griffin in Brawlcy
to Il charge of receiving stolen prop
crtv.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-14
By United Press Leased Wire

GREENVILLE, S. c.. April II
At $3.50 p. m. today Earl Carroll
still remained unconscious, his ply
sicians announced.
At that time the theatrical pro-
Queer had been in n state Of coma
80 and one half hours and inert on
a hospital bed here since noon yes
terday when he was removed from
the train taking him to the Atlanta
federal prison.
Hope was expressed that before
nightfall the stricken theatrical
producer might awake from his
state of coma, which has baffled
leading specialists of this city.
He is beginning to move rest
lessly,' DIR. Bates said. "This
would seem to indicate improve.
ment. He has also been given some
slight nourishment.
If Carroll emerges from coma
within the next few hours, his re-
covery will probably be rapid, Dr.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-14
Larceny Charge
Is Dismissed

Charges of grand larceny against
l.. j. Thomas. Ed Worthington and
Henry Worthington were dismissed
in superior court, department two,
yesterday afternoon upon recommen.
dation of the district attorneys Of
flee. The men were bound over to
superior court at a preliminary hear
ing some time ago and were under
bond.
The case grew out of the alleged
theft of bay mare from the Nc.
Nay ranch last July. The ranch at
that time was operated by Henry
j. Evans and the horse was the
property of Walter G. Evans. The
complaint in the case failed to ap.
pear when the case was scheduled
to come up yesterday afternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-14
AV|A TORS
|SET NEW
| AIR MARK
californian In Ship Which
Sets New Record Flight
For Endurance.
HAVE NO TROUBLE
Flyers Who Remained in
Air Over Two Days to
Try Atlantic Flight.
BY RANSLOE BOONE
United Press Staff Correspondent

kOAAIcu XHeSS Quail COTIcSpOlucuLJ
1 ROOSEVELT FIELD, y. Y.
April l4.-Bert Acosta and Clar
tnce Chamberlin, American civil
nns, came back to earth in their
Fny Bellanca designed and Wright
hotored monoplane today, after
having remained in flight longer
tfhan any other aviators in history
md then the world records for sus.
tained flying and set new mark
some more than five hours better
ban any previous figure.
Their feat brought back TO Amer
en- record which went to Franco
N 1923.
Their plane was American built
/ he flyers Americans and the flight
PAS made over American soil.
The official landing time was
Iz:42:05 p. IN. which meant the re-
t0fd set for sustained flight was
\ ] hours IL minutes 25 seconds.
4. !. They had broken the old record
py five hours SO minutes 26 seconds
The shattered mark was 45 hours
II minutes 50 seconds. held by
Landry and Broukhin Of France.
The plane which last night had
broken the Americana redord and
loon after daylight had passed the
Eorld S record for sustained flight,
irclcd steadily around the field
his morning and at noon still was
flying at an altitude of about $500
4 eet and speed of about 20 miles
IN hour.
It's circles over the field gradu.
&lly narrowed until about 1910 it
began swooping lower and lower
h Then il turned into glide and came
iown easily. on the west side Of the
Roosevelt Field hangers.
A crowd of many thousands cheer.
ia wildly as police fought to hold
hem back.
G.. NJ. Bellanca, builder Of the
Blanc, dashed onto the field IN an
automobile and. waving his arms
and shouting, drove towards the
blanc. anxious to be the first to
Erect the airmen.
II ne IINtIS NHb SIT II NblI' -
|sor sustained flight at Roosevelt
Field, y. V, today, are both vet
k.ians of the air.
Clarence d. Chambcrlin, -, was
porn in Dennison, Iowa, and gradu.
lated from Iowa state College, at
Ames. He was lieutenant of avi.
alton during the war, serving as an
Instructor. After the war he en-
Eered commercial aviation work. He
s test pilot for the Wright Aero
lnautical Co.
\ Bert Acosta was born in Califor-
|hia. He first came into public
Ihotice as daring auto racing
iriver. He was test pilot at Ne.
Cook field, Dayton, Ohio, during the
|war. In 1919 he made a spcctacu.
Jar flight in Junkcr monoplane
10 select air landing fields. In 1921
be won the Pulitzer air race trophy
ht Omaha. He won the speed and
efficiency airplane race at the
philadelphia Sesqui Centennial ex.
position in the fall of last year.
Acosta joined the flight only last
week, after Lieutenant Leigh Wade,
he army's round the world flyer,
withdrew, saying insufficient time
FOR complete tests had been allowed.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-14
Hudkins Facing
Tough Battle
by United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, April l+.-Aee
Hudkins, the Nebraska Wildcat, to-
cay opened training for a strenu-
Gus bout with the gorernment, in
which he will be a shortcnder in
income tax liens for asserted short
ages on 1924 and 1926 returns.
Hudkins' end of the purse re-
reived for beating Lew Tender
Tuesday night, an aggregate OF
$4,000 is held up pending settle
ment of the federal claims.
The government figures on the
alleged shortage in returns for the
two years are $l2.366.77 for 1926
and $447.17 for 1924. These are
computed on the basis OF the box.
er's percentages for bouts during
the neriod.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-14
Control Hours
Not Changed

There has been no change in the
control hours on Mountain Springs
grade, it was reported today at the
office of the automobile club, not
outstanding rumors which have
prevailed in the city.
The road is open only from 1l:3O
until 1890 each day and is closed
after the latter hour until 4:30
when 1t is open until a. m.
For few days last week, when
it was impossible to work, the grade
was open all day, this fact giving
rise to the rumors that the .chedule
had been changed.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-14
WHAT'S DOING
TONIGHT

Annual Elks charity ball, Elks
hall, p. nj.
Evangelistic service, state
Street Christian church.
1.-THE Perfect Sap Palace
theater.
can Affair of tho Follies,"
Valley theater.
Night classes, high school.
f. A. M. No. 100. Masonic hall.
TOMORROW
Kiwanis Club luncheon, Hotel
Barbara Worth.
w. G. T. U. all day meeting,
Mrs. A. L. Pyle's.
Children's Easter party, Pres.
byterian Sunday school, p. nj.
American Home and Child Wei
fare Stud group meets, Harding
school, $50 p. m.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-14
Mrs. Darlington
Obtains Divorce
by United Press Leased Wire

CHICAGO, April 14.-Mrs. Anne
Walsh Darlington today was grant
ed n divorce from J - millionaire
husband on grounds e cruelty.
The decision by Judge George
Fred Rush came after both Mrs
Darlington and Colonel Edward G..
Darlington announced they had
agreed to drop mutual charges of
infidelity.
Darlington also charges desertion
against his blonde, former actress
wife.
A financial settlement was agreed
upon but neither would announce
the amount involved.
The agreement supposedly reach
ed yesterday when an adjournment
was asked by attorneys in the case
for mysterious reasons, was an
nouneed shortly after the opening
Of court this morning.
+ Previously Darlington took the
stand and denied he had been init.
mate with Chicago manicurist.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-14
|SAN TACO
lis ROCKED
by SHOCK
Chilean Capital Suffers
Severe Earthquake in
Early Morning Hours.
DEATH TOLL HEAVY
Disturbance Also Felt In
Argentine Where Dam
age Is Lighter.
Hy United Press Leased Wire

SANTIAGO, Chile, April IA
Violent earthquake rocked Santiago
at l 80 a. m. today, taking heavy
toll in life and damage.
More than 90 persons were killed
and 100 injured, it was reported at
/ O'Clock.
Deaths and injuries resulted prin
cipally from falling walls. Some
buildings were cracked and others
were wrecked by the shocks, which
left half the city in darkness.
The quake, which came when
most of the residents were in bed,
caused a panic throughout Santiago.
Within few minutes after the
shock, the streets Were crowded
with persons, many i'll night clothes.
Open squares and parks were
thronged for the rest Of the night.
although some returned to their
beds.
The streets in many places were
strewn with wreckage, delaying
fire apparatus on it's way to blazes
which started after the quake.
Dispatches from Valparaiso said
the shock was felt in the cities of
Naldiva, Conception and Antofa-
gasta, which, however, suffered
little damage.
BUENOS AIRES, April IL
Mendoza police reported two per
sons dead and SO injured today af,
ter an earthquake had shaken the
province of Mendoza. The city OF
Mendoza, capital of the province,
was considerably damaged, a dis
patch said.
Dispatches from Valparaiso,
Chile, today said one minute
earthquake at l 40 a. m. destroyed
several houses and caused corniees
to fall into the street. The city
was in darkness after the quake.
Dispatches did not say whether
there had been any casualties.
A similar quake was reported
from Conception.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-14
WINDOW JUMPER MAY DIE
by United Press Leased Wire

FRESNO, Cal, April 14.-The
condition Of John vezetti, 35. Big
Creek, who, according to police, at
tempted suicide by jumping from
the window of his room on the third
floor of local hotel, was said tc
be critical" by hospital attend
ants this morning.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-14
OFFICER GETS DIVORCE

PARIS, April 14.-Major Wade
Hote, United States marine corps,
today obtained divorce from EN-
ma Gregory Hote, to whom he was
married in May 1918, at San Fran.
cisco. Hote changed infidelity.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-14
WIND WRECKS SCHOOL BUS
ny United Press Leased Wire

SHREVEPORT, La, April IA
A school bus was blown from tho
road II miles west of here today.
The wind, accompanied by rain,
also demolished several houses. Five
Of the 30 occupants of the bus were
reported seriously injured and nine
others slightly hurt.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-14
Chaplin Must
Answer Monday

LOS ANGELES, April H.
Charlie Chaplin must file answer to
his wife's divorce complaint by
Monday or lose the right 20 contest
the sensational suit.
In decision handed down late
today by Superior Judge Edwin
Hahn, an effort to gain new
postponement in the divorce artino
brought by Lita Grey Chaplin was
denied, leaving the comedians $ at
torneys with no alternatives, it was
said.
The action came in a motion 70
void the original service of SUM-
mons on the grounds that ameud-
ments to the divorce complaint had
nullified the service.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-14

Senator King decided 10 ahan
don his one.man invasion of Haiti
over the ban of President Bornos
We wonder If the marines In Haiti
would be reluctant to arrest Unit
ed States senator.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-14
POWERS
ACCUSED
BY CHEN
Asserts Americans Are
Being Led Into War by
Their Leaders.
YANKEES IN CLASH
Sailors Exchange Shots
With Chinese Who Fire
On GunbOat.
by United Press Icased Wire

NEW YORK, April Eugene
Chen, Chinese Nationalist foreign
minister at Hankow, charged today
that the United States government
was leading the American people to
participation in a massacre in China
in comparison with which "the
world war would be q mere ripple
on the sea
Chen s statement, in the form Of
"an appeal to the American peo,
ple,' was received and made pub
lie today by Ernest X. Moy, rep.
resentative here of the Nationalist
News Agency 1t charged that
Japan, Great Britain and the Unit
ed States had decided "to plunge
into a new world war to :" solve
all British japanese and American
difficulties III the Pacific -
PEKING, April H. - United
States sailors aboard the l.. s. :.
Noa fired on northern Chinese sol.
diers at Pukow today after the Noa
had been fired on. The Chinese
We're firing on all vessels passing
the city. The American fire was
with machine guns. Dispatches
received from Canton today said
the demonstrations against the Can.
ton Christian College was continu-
ing and that the authorities had
announced that the college woull
be closed today for an indefinite
period.
Practically all Americans in
kwang Tung Province, in which
Canton is situated, have left except
about 80 in Shameen, the foreign
settlement at Canton.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-14

Rutgers classmen have been bat
Ting over the issue Of mustaches
and who shall wear them. The Sen
iors are fighting for first down.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-14

Hayward, Alameda county, has
formed builders exchange with 3S
charter members.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-14

The farm loan association at vii,
litts, Mendocino county, has $685.
0CO out on farm loans.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-14
At WASHINGTON

Boston 100 001 000-2 3
Washington 002 0l0 20x-5 9 0
Wingfield and Hoffman; Thurs
ton and Ruel.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-14
At Boston
AMERICAN
At Cleveland

Chicago 0l0 coo 00l-2 9 !
Cleveland 003 600 00x-3 7 0
Batteries-Barnabe and Grouse;
Karr, Smith and L. Sewell.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-14

An Englishman drove his ear 207
miles an hour down in Florida the
other day, but he didn't manage to
hit single pedestrian.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-14
ITODAY'S BOX SCORE
AS Furnished by the United Press
Leased Wire up to 2:45 p. M.
NATIONAL
At Cincinnati

At Cincinnati
Pittsburgh 003 010 110-6 l2 .
Cincinnati 00l coo 0l0-2 g 3
Observation-Disclosures and Smith;
c. Mays and Hargrave.
At Boston
Brooklyn 002 600 00l-3 6 l
Boston Ill 0l3 00x-7 10 ,
Vance, Erhardt and DcBerry, Har-
greaves; Edward and TAYLOR.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-13
Los ANGELES IN
ALL night Flight
Lands Safely After Riding Out
Storm

Lakehurst. n. j., April Is Ci1--
The naval dirigible Los Angeles was
safely moored to its hangar at $50
O'Clock this morning after riding out
a local storm since IL o'clock last
night.
The huge ship circled about its
landing field throughout the night
in wind that at times reached so
miles an hour and Lieutenant Com
mander Charles E. Rosendahl. de-
cided it would be unwise to attempt
a landing.
The wind. however. had died down
somewhat during the early morning
hours and the landing was made
without mishap. Commander Ros-
endahl said the fight to Plantation
Flats off Chesapeake Bay, upon
which the ship set out yesterday
forenoon, was entirely satisfactory in
every way.
The ship had planned TO moor to
the L. S. S. Patoka in Chesapeake
Bay, but upon arriving at O'Clock
last night the Patoka commander
informed Commander Rosendahl
that a disability had developed in
the mooring gear which made it i'm
possible to moor the ship.
The Los Angeles then started its
return trip which was made on an
average of Sc knots per hour.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-13
Elmer GANTRY IS
BARRED IN BOSTON
District Attorney Puts Ban on
Sinclair Novel

Boston, April 13.-OP}-The dis
trict attorneys Office yesterday
placed the ban on Elmer Gantry,"
Sinclair Lewis latest novel. The
Boston Booksellers committee was
notified that further sales OF the
book in Suffolk county would be
followed by immediate prosecution"
Notice of the finding OF the district
attorney was served on Michael II.
Crowley. superintendent OF police,
and on the police chiefs OF Chelsea,
Revere and Winthrop.
The censor in this instance was
Assistant District Attorney William
j. sullivan. At the request Of Dis
trict Attorney William J. Foley, Sui
livan read the book and reported
that it violated MassaC husetts law
The statute under which the &C
ton was taken provides that who
ever publishes, sells or distributes
a book, pamphlet, ballad. printed
paper or other thing containing OBJ
scene, indecent or impure language
or manifestly tending to corrupt the
morals of youth" shall be punished
by imprisonment for not more than
two years, and by a fine of not less
than S100 or more than $4,000.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-13
Boy Scouts and Parents
To Meet in NeWingtOn

Parents Night will be observed
tomorrow night by Boy Scout
Troop Of Newington. the pro-
gram beginning in the Newngton
Grange hall at O'clock There
will be a first aid demonstration, a
shadow fire building. and q
campfire ceremony. William and
Robert Middlemass ana Walter
Olson will be presented with their
first certificates. This troop has
just rc-registcrcd with u boys and
is looking forward to a fine year.
The executive beard OF the local
council will meet at 5:l5 O'Clock
this afternoon. On Thursday tn"
Yale university course for scout en-
ecutives will start; Executive o. A.
Erickson will attend.
Troop 4 of the Center church
will make its annual Good Friday
pilgrimage Friday. meeting at the
church at 100 o'clock and spend
ing the entire hike in the country.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-13

ter, however. are showing encourag-
ing improvement. Staple lines have
been in normal demand in practi-
cally all markets, so that current
business volume averages favorably
when compared with the same
period of last year.
Hardware prices show
strengthening tendency with q few
important advances such as In sash
cord. steel and wrought goods.
Collections are relatively slow, but
will improve shortly. ii is believed.
Both wholesale and retail stocks
are apparently in healthy condi-
ton, though in some spring lines
dealers are requesting immediate
shipment. suggesting lighter than
normal stock on those particular
lines"
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-13
ENFORCEMENT At
COAST ADVANCES
Sea Patrol Has Greatly Reduced
Rum Operations

New York, April Is P,-To rum
runners who know the coast guard
'odlo code, intercepted messages
nat Sen Pat is on their trail
urins the SILVER OF fear and the in
Ler conviction that their days as Ii
quor smuSglerS are numbered, Lieu
tenant Commander S. S. Yeandle,
.>ido TO Admiral Billiard, revealed to
tac Associated Press after a trip
@mong the seaboard from the Nir-
pjnia Capcs to New York.
The "Scn Pat
Sen Pat is the sea going boss OF
He coast guard districts" he said
He and the guardsmen under him
re the ones really responsible fol-
the fact that 100000 square miles
~ water which formerly composed
The various concentration points OF
he liquor runners are now cleared
If all but occasional smugglers.'
He explained that Sen Pat is
he code designation for senior pa
troll officer. the man who stays at
SEA in each district in actual direct
charge OF all coast guard activities.
These officers are all full com
;nanders who have served between
"a and 40 years in coast guard uni
rorm
Because Of the untiring work of
the guardsmen under the various
Sen Pats along the coast, he said
4 l.
USED to be fixtures all the way from
Maine to Florida have ceased to
eyist The big syndicates have been
broken up and now only the des
perate independents operating
single boats, still hope TO match wits
with the government officials.
There have been no coast guard
drives against the rum runners"
Commander Yeandle said, land there
will be none. It's the steady, I'M
complaining plugging Of the enlist
ed men through three winters that
siderable loss of life that has done
the trick. Not that the ocean is now
dry as Sahara, nor do We expect
to make it so. But the boys have
broken up the distributing ccnters
over 100000 square miles and they
are patrolling that area ccaselessly
10 keep it as clear as human perse-
ycrance can
Gets Real Pccyish
When mention was made TO the
commander of corruption in the
ranks of his service he snortcd with
anger and his face flushed:
"Corruption." he shouted. 'Do
YOU know that in 1926 and it was
in that year that both the Dwycr
aud Costello rum ring trials We're
held-only 81 guardsmen We're con-
victed by court martial of corrup-
lion: Thirty-one out of 16. 900 that
wore the uniform that year And
20 set against that figure. so men