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Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1927-09-15
TRAGEDY
PURSl)ES
DANCER
Death Ends Strenuous
Career of Isador Dun
can in Nice.
BACK IS BROKEN
Scarf Catching in Wheel
of Auto Causes Instant
Death.

NICE, France, Sept. l5.--Friends
Of Isadora Duncan revealed today
that an hour before her tragic death
last night, the world famous dancer
had expressed wish to die.
Mary Desta, an American writer.
dined with Miss Duncan here and
as they chatted of the dancers re
markablc career, Miss Duncan spoke
Of death.
~ am seeking DEATH she said.
but | do not find the means to
die. l don t know how to de-
In an hour Miss Duncan's body
lay in the street. Her scarf was
entangled about the wheels Of an
automobile and her back broken.
The silken garment trailing over the
side of the car had pulled its wear
er from the tonneau Of the car ana
dashed her to death on the road.
Only death could overpower the
energy that was Isadora Duncan IS.
Semi starvation, marital unhappi-
ness, thousand disappointments
Lad failed to break the spirit
which carried her from an obscure
girlhood in Chicago to place
where she Snight say that the world
was her public.
Through the near half century of
her life million front pages de.
picted the frequently mad exploits
of the artist Over her hung an
aura of tragedy and yet her love of
= life managed to pierce the sorrows
that beset her.
In April, 1913, her two children,
Patrick, 6, and Dierdre, the baby,
went motoring with THEIR COVER
ness in Paris. The cars brakes
failed to hold while approaching the
Seine and it plunged into the river.
The children and governess were
drowned.
The dancer herself was injured
several times in motor ear accidents.
Miss Duncan was born in Cali.
fornia, but as girl she lived in
Chicago. The stage attracted her
early and in 1899 the late Augustin
DAILY gave her a small part in a
Shakespeare production.
She told him she hoped to awak-
On the world to the grace sand
meaning of Greek dances but re-
ccived little encouragement.
At length, having saved $3.50, she
took herself and family to Europe on
cattle boat. They almost starved
in London and Paris.
But the happy sequel arrived and
~ -
years ago, she was acclaimed widely
as the greatest living dancer.
Through the years of fame she
was addicted to the bizarre. The
nation was startled to read, in 1908,
that she walked bare foot down
Broadway. Her diaphonous robes
shocked many.
Perhaps the most unique of her
many experiences was her marriage
to Serge Essenin, young Russian
poet. Miss Duncan described he,
husband proudly as "cave man, -
and finally managed to persuade
immigration authorities to permit
him to enter the United States.
But Serge was addicted to bot
tied inspiration and Miss Duncan
endured for only year the tempes-
tuous marriage. She divorced him
and Serge, after brief confinement
in a sanitorium killed himself.
Since then the dancer had not
married.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1927-09-15
Yankees Said to
Be In Danger

MEXICO CITY, Sept. l5.-A
"serious situation' with Americans
in possible danger, was believed to-
day to exist in the mining region
Of Amparo.
The American embassy here, on
advice of the consul at Guadala. lara,
has made representations to the gov
ernment asking that federal troops
be sent. Extremists were reported
to be attempting to gain control Of
the region. with only sergeant and
five men to oppose them.
Americans in the MaZata mines
were forced to evacuate Tuesday
night when attacked by armed Ia
borers, the Guadala lara consul adj
vised. The exact number of Amer
leans there was not known, although
it was believed to be six.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1927-09-15
Nurse Accused
OF Poisoning

ENID Okla. Sent. l5.-Charges
If murder were filed bore this af-
ternoon against Miss Mary Akin
son. graduate nurse. in connection
with the noison death of Mary Jane
Bailey 1S year cd daughter of the
Rev. Charles Bailey. pastor of the
fashionable st. Mathews Episcopal
parish.
The nufse has been in Jail here
since last Thursday when she was
arrested on suspicion.
The charges alleoe the minister
daughter ,succumbed Gas result of
poison administered bv Miss Atkin.
son. aimirer ard communicate of
the Rev. Bailey"
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1927-09-15
Circus to Unload
Early Tomorrow

FL Centre kids, and many who
are long passed the kid stage,
will be on hand at the Southern
Pacific station tomorrow morn
ing when .carnum and Bailey's-
Ringing Brothers circus, pulls
in to show in this city.
According to the railroad CON-
pany, the first section Of the
train is due to leave San Diego
at 1880 tonight and should ar
rive here about $50 tomorrow
morning. The circus will travel
in five sections, each section be-
ing about 80 minutes apart.
Chief Oswalt has arranged to
have patrolmen on duty at the
railroad yards while the circus is
unloading.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1927-09-15
Dad" Howard Is
Proud of Johnny

Johnny Hennessy Of Indiansp-
oils. who startled the sport world
Yesterday by decisively defeating
Henri Cochet, French tennis star
at Forest Hills yesterday, is
nephew of w. H. Howard, circu-
lation manager Of the Press, who
naturally thinks Johnny is the
best tennis player in the country.
Johnny can beat Bill Tilden
on clay court says Dad,
as the Press gang calls him, land
he doesn't have to back water
for any Of them. They call him
the Smiling Irishman' and he
can smile. Also he can play ten
mis-. I know he'll be up in the
front ranks next year,
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1927-09-15
Flyer browns
At San Diego

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Sept. ID.
r. Krcuger, chief aviation pilot,
y. 8. n. was drowned TODAY when
his seaplane crashed into the bay
west Of the destroyer base.
f. l.. PavneA PASSENGER, escaped
with minor injuries. The seaplane
vas starting to stunt over the bav
when il suddenly dropped, falling
about 500 feet.
Before help could arrive from
shore, Kreuger was under the wa
ter for almost 90 minutes. He was
rushed to the destroyer base, but
could not be revived.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1927-09-15
BY HENRY WOOD.
UNITED Press staff Corresponding

GENEVA, Sept. 15.-Cana.
da's candidacy for League of
Nations council membership
doomed today when the assem-
bly, defeated an effort to de-
clare Belgium eligible for re-
election.
The Belgian request for re-
newed eligibility failed by ~
votes to 10. Foreign Minister
Vandcrvelde Immediately ad-
dressed the assembly, attribut-
ing the vote to a matter Of
principle rather than to HOSTILE
tv toward Belgium. He assur-
ed the assembly Of Belgium's
continued collaboration with
the league in behalf of peace.
The vote for three new mem
hers of the assembly will take
place late today. 1t appeared
certain that Cuba would succeed
San Salvador. Canada has a
good chance to obtain either
the seat to be vacated by Bel
gium or that which Czecho Slo-
vakia now holds. Finland,
Greece and Portugal are eager
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1927-09-15
Vets Turn Down
Joint Reunion

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Sept.
l5.-Thirty-s thousand surviv-
,rs of the Grand Army OF the Re
public voted today through the del
agates to the national encampment
against joint reunion of the north
IN and southern armies of the Civ
il war.
The mortality rate among the
veterans was about $4,000 a year,
Commander in Chief Frank A.
" alsh said and the G.. A. h. will
have disappeared almost entirely
within three years. He reiterated
his statement of a few days ago
that "while two of us are left we
will stick together.
Election of Officers was schedul-
I'd for this afternoon.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1927-09-15
BY LUDWEIL DENNY
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Sept. IS
Possibility of tariff war be-
tween the United States and
France increased TODAY with the
reported refusal of France to
negotiate the most favored ma
ton commercial treaty request
ed by the United States.
The United States is expect.
ed to reply to the French coun-
ter PROPOSAL for a reciprocity
treaty by saying that this gov
eminent under the present tariff
law has no authority to enter
such an agreement.
A statement authorized by
Secretary of State Kellogg to-
day pointed out that the pres
ident has no power to negotiate
a reciprocity treaty but is en-
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1927-09-15
SHIPS MEET LEGIONNAIRES

QUEENSTOWN, Ireland. Sept.
l5.--The American destroyers Ire
acie and Borie left today to meet
the steamship Leviathan and escort
the liner and its American Legion
naires to Cherbourg. The departure
Of the destroyers was reminiscent
of war days when these same men
were conveyed to safety through the
submarine zone.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1927-09-15
ROTARIANS AT YOSEMITE

YOSEMITE, Cal, Sept. l5-Near-
" 400 delegates and their families
from throughout the country were
expected to arrive here today to at
tend a conference of Rotary execu-
tives. The conferences will be held
tomorrow and Saturday at Camp
Curry.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1927-09-15
The 'Levi' Sails With Another A. E. F.

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-30
THE EVENING STORY

At the Office the girls were cross.
| Mr.. Clary was exacting beyond meas
ure. with q host Of letters to dictate.
At noon, Violet fed from the seeth-
ing fermentation of the city streets
and sought a breath of quiet in the
chancelIed stiffness Of the uptown
library. She wandered through its
marble pillared corridors, stopped in
cloistered niche where a drinking
fountain dubbed up invitingly, slipped
at the water and turned to go but a
familiar voice close by glued her to
her dim retreat. The voice was unde-
niably Mrs. Cathcart PierCe's. The
lady was talking confidentially to a
companion.
oh, yes" Mrs. Pierce Tipped the
words out petulantly. this money
business may be right and we'll
enough. but it does more to make one
miserable than aything else l can
think Of"
AT that, it gets you places" This
from the companion.
There was a dry little laugh from
Mrs Pierce. That's it," she went on.
"All that people are after is my bank
account. Nobody wants me. l have
to pay my way everywhere. Now it |
had charm and talent like that little
Violet Anderson, who is going to sing
for us tonight I'd think l was some
account"
rs she the stenographer?"
Yes. and she's as sharp as a whip.
feel like a log beside her. 1t seems
some people are just rarely gifted and
pick all the cream of life. Here ! can
spend a whole day having my hair
done and my masseuse work me over
and turn out in the evening in the
best trappings money can buy, and
still that little Anderson sprite out
does me at every turn. Why, even
Mr.. Pierce acts as If I'm so much
vacuum when she is around. It's ridic
ulous. I'd almost give my right
forefinger for the wit and cleverness
she possesses. 1t gets her every
where
Just then the ladies moved on and
Violet stepped unnoticed out of the
niche by the drinking fountain. She
had much to think about on her way
back to the office. Mr.. Clary seemed
in a better humor and when she sat
down at her desk he gave her
friendly nod. ysSS9Siasf e
Il see by the noon paper that YOU
are to sing at Mrs. Cathcart Pierce's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-30

who thinks freshwater sailing is a Job
for beardless boys.
The two vessels are United States
lighthouse tenders, and the task of
their crews is to keep Lake Superior
safe for navigation by ordinary ships.
At the first sign of Spring they sail
out of the Duluth-Superior harbor
over rough seas with a cargo of buoys
and q passenger list of lighthousemen,
bound for their stations. When their
work is done and Summer has Quoted
the lake the bigger passenger and
freight boats fare forth. In the Fall,
when storms have driven all the larger
boats to port, the tenders put out
again, gather up the buoys and the
lighthouse crews and bring them back
to harbor for the Winter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-30
OUSTED EDUCATOR
PLANS TO FIGHT
South Carolina Professors
Case Shr0uded in MyS-
terry as to Cause.


COLUMBIA. s. c., June 30.-The
recent ousting Of Prof William G..
Burgin from the faculty of Winthrop
College, on grounds not stated, today
had taken on an aspect of more than
Statewide interest, largely through
an announcement in New York last
night by the American Civil Liberties
Union, that it would 'inaugurate a
Statewide campaign for re-opening OF
the case at a called meeting of the
board of trustees.
Prof. Burgin. instructor in sociology
for the past five years at the State
college for women, which is located
at Rockhill. was not reelected al the
recent meeting of the Winthrop trus-
tees, but the board, of which Gov.
John G. Richards is eX-officio chair
man, has refused to make any state
ment Of the reason for its action.
Lost BY Tie Vote.
Cloaked in official mystery the case
has given rise to host of rumors to
the effect that Burgin had been teach
ing evolution, of which South Caro-
1ina's fundamentalist governor disap.
proves. or that he discussed sex mat
tiers too freely in his classes. Gov
Richards is recorded as being one Of
the four members who voted against
retaining Burgin. Four others voted
in favor of him, but he lost by the
tie vote.
at is no new charge which is
brought against me, that of corrupt
ing youth with IDEAS the ousted
professor, who is still teaching at
Winthrop az a member of the Sum
mer school faculty. said in his only
public statement since the board
meeting. 1T is as old as Socrates.
The issue is bigger than personalities.
1T involves the principles of free
dom Of teaching and the right of
youth to access to the best that has
been thought and said in ages past.
as well as the best thought of the
contemporary period. / stand, there
fore, for the right Of youth in our
colleges to the fullest access to all
that has been said or written in the
past and to the fullest and frankest
discussions of the problems Of our
contemporary civilization"
Although pressed for some eXplana-
ton of the action of the board, Gov.
Richards, who has had seven daugh-
ters to attend Winthrop College, some
of them having been in Prof. Burgin's
classes, has maintained tight.
Tipped silence.
Pleas for re-opening of the case are
based on the fact that the board was
evenly divided on the Burgin question,
and that three members were not pres
ent when the vote was taken
Gov. Richards was out of his office
today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-30
Passports.

4
| 1--WE notion TO call Mrs Cath.
30 cart Pierce and say that III
1 not go tonight" m n,
fast table.
MY dear" exclaimed her distressed
mother. after staying up until
o'clock last night to finish your dress?
Whatever can possess you?"
But I'm sick of it ALL" walled Vio'
let with a sob. THE only reason ]
stick to that crowd is because the
women can use me, first one thing and
then another. We've not money
enough to keep up with them. All I'm
good for is the dirty work -
Il shouldn't call singing dirty
work" protested Mrs. Anderson. 1T
was lovely of Mrs. Pierce to ask you.
Think of the people with whom you
will come in contact. I'll wager there $
not another girl in the Office but would
eat up the chance to be in your shoes.
Usefulness is not bad passport. dear.
Everybody has passport, even Mrs.
Pierce"
Him" droned Violet. rising from
the table. IN stick it out this time.
Bye. mumsy darling" She gave an
impulsive little peck at her mother
forehead and next instant caught up
her hat and ran out of the front door.
The bus was packed as usual, and
a day at the office doomed up uninvit-
ingly. Where, she wondered, was Mrs.
Cathcart Pierce that very instant?
Probably home in bed. Leisure,
money, servants. Such women had the
cream of life. They could sponsor any
thing from a golf tournament to a
charity ball without so much as even
turning their little fingers, while She
Violet, eked out every spare hour and
penny she could manage so that she
could sometimes be invited 70 their So
cial gatherings. And the discouraging
part of the whole thing was that she
would lose her footing Immediately if
she did not load herself down with
tickets when there were any to sell,
arrange programs. attend to bother
some printing matters, sing whenever
she was asked to and, in short do
everything and anything that the rest
of the women Stunned or could not
put across. And all for what reward?
A little prestige. A puff of nothing
Ugh. the world was made up of I'M
fairness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-30
KIL0CYCLES ARE EASILY
CHANGED TO METERS
Fans Should Divide 100000 by
Number of KiIocycles at Which
Station Is Operated.

BY the Associate Press.
CHICAGO, June 30.-Radio fans
accustomed to wave lengths and con-
fused by kilocycles need have no
trouble translating the new unit into
the more familiar one.
To turn kiIocycles to wave lengths
merely divide 100000 by the number
of kilocycles at which a station is
operated. The result is the station S
wave length.
Thus station operated at 1000
kilocycles has a wave length of 500
meters; d station at $40 kilocycles has
a wave length of ATT, and SO on. The
more kilocycles, the fewer meters in
the wave length.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-30

tonight" he said. 1--WE an invitation
there myself and I've half notion
to make use Of it.
Violets cheeks crimsoned with un-
mistakable pleasure.
"A penny for your thoughts, dear, .
said Mrs. Anderson to her daughter
at the supper table that evening.
You are most unusually quiet"
II was thinking about passports,
mumsy," answered Violet. They're
like pieces of cake at a children S
party. aren't they? Somehow the ones
the other youngsters get always look
the biggest and the best"
CTHE END0
Copyright 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-30

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h YANkTON, S. Oak. June 80 P).-
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since the Civil War, and he has at
tended every convention of the South
Dakota Firemens Association since
he helped organize it 43 years ago.
At ~ he wears II service stripes. each
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-30

win, chief Of engineers, Munitions
Building, and assigned to river and
harbor work in and around Whining.
ton, Del
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-30
Col. Vestal on Detail.

Col. Samuel c. Vestal, Coast Artil-
ieryeCorps, has been detailed as assist
ant commandant at the Coast Artillery
School, Fort Monroe, Va, vice Lieut..
Col. William H. Wilson, Coast Artil-
1ery Corps, relieved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-30
LIGHTHOUSE BOATS
OFFER PERILOUS LIFE
Ships Encounter Many Hazards in
Keeping Lake Safe for
Navigation.

BY the Associated Press.
DULUTH, Mimi, June 30--First to
quit the harbor in the Spring and last
to return in the Fail, the two ships,
Amaranth and Marigold, offer adYen-
lures hazardous enough for any tar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-30
Detached as Instructor.

Capt Eldridge A. Green. 18th u. S.
Infantry, at Fort Benjamin HARRISON,
Ind, has been detailed as military in
structor at the Virginia Agricultural
and Mechanical College, at Blacks
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-30

First Lieut.. Abraham M. Ehrlich,
Ordnance Department Reserve, of this
city. has been ordered to the Raritan
Arsenal, Metuchen. n. j., for duty in
training.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-30

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Maj. Howell Reassigned.

Maj. Robert p. Howell Corps of En-
gineers, has been relieved from duty
in the office of Maj. Gen. Edgar Jad-
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a notion TO call Mrs. Cath
- cart Pierce and say that I'll
not go tonight" murmurred
4 Violet Anderson at the break
+atT1
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-09-09
TO THE PUBLIC

Your newly selected County Agent
has arrived in the office and after
having gone over~office files and gen.
eral office organization feels that he
is now in a position to get out and get
acquainted with the farm problems
along all lines of all work being car
ried on in the County. We shall
welcome letters, telephone calls and
personal dates from anyone in the
County having farm problems. Not
that, we expect to handle all CT your
problems, but we, will in this way be-
come more closely acqua nted with
the problsms.
We expect to spend the large part
of the remainder Of this year in visit
ing the farmers and becoming
acquainted with the real problems of
tha County, before mapping out our
program Of the work with poject lead
ers to be selected during this first
three or four months.
About the first of the year we shall
expect to haw. been able to have
mapped out this program and then we
shall probably not have the time to
give to individual calls, as we Will dur
ing the first few months.
We trust that all interested in farm
problems will feel free to call upon
US in one way or another
3. c. DURDLE
County Extension Agent