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Imperial Valley press., 1927-07-23
LIFE TERMS FOR
PAIR WHO KILLED
NIGHT WATCHMAN
BY United Press Leased Wire


FRESNO, Cal, July 23.- George
Martin, "a, and Alfred Di Donate,
PC, must serve life term in San
Quentin for the murder of Robert
j. Foote, James arrigation district
nightwatchman, a superior court
jury deereed here yesterday.
After celebrating for an hour
and a half the twelve men returned
n verdict of first degree murder
with recommendation of life i'm.
prisonment.
Judge Charles r. Barnard will
sentence the pair Wednesday,
The prisoners received the jury s
verdict with the same casual unemo-
tional interest which they had dis,
played throughout the five days of
the trial.
When Di Donate and Martin took
the stand during the trial both tes-
titled that Martin fired the shots
which killed Foote.
Their testimony indicated that
Di Donate was four miles away
from the scene of the shooting when
Martin, bent on stealing motor
from the pump house, exchanged
shots with the watchman.
Defense counsel Frank Curran
pleaded for acquittal for Di Donate
and entered plea Of self defense
in an effort to save Martin from
the gallows.
District Attorney Glenn NJ. De
wore in his closing argument told
the jury that finding the men gull
ty should bring the death penalty.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-07-23
SHARKEY STILL
H0WLINC ABOUT
ALLEGED FOUL
Nv United Press Leased Wire

BOSTON, July 23.-Home from
New York, where he lost for the
prcsen: any chance he may have had
to acquire the world S heavyweight
boy.ng title, Jack Sharkey today re-
itera;ed his claim tnat it was n fonl
blow With which Jack Dempsey
struck him Gown.
With Colonel Charles Lindbergh
receiving the plaudits of the city,
Sharkcys s Homecoming was utterly
unmarked by any Cf the celebrating
which would have greeted him had
he beaten the cA-champion.
Sharkey slept late this morning.
When he awoke, he discussed
Thursday night 8 fight as follows:
Dempsey certainly fouled me,
not once but several times. These
blows hurt me but / didn't want
to squeal was confident | d
knock him out despite his fouls.
I'm the last round | received an
especially wicked low blow. The
pain was so intense l did drop my
hands. At the same timB l turned
to the referee. | got as far as Here,
make him intending to say make
him stop, when l was clipped on the
jaw and that s all knew about it
until l was dragged into my corner.
"Dr. Fralick, the New York spe-
cialist. who examined me, told me
he found evidence of foul. | think
there may be something more from
him on this later.
- still feel a bit sore, but | am
not under a doctor s care or medi-
cal treatment Of any kind. "
Sharkey will leave Boston within
two or three days for a vacation.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-07-23
PRINCE OF WALES LEAVES FOR
VACATION ON CANADA RANCH

.ory fitted with large square win
dCws giving a direct view of the
sea on the starboard side. Filled
with. vari-colored Towering plants
this is the brightest room in the
suite.
Cream panels decorate the walls
of the Prince s bedroom. Furnishod d
in mahogany and with the large
square windows, this room is very
light and gives one the impression
Of being in luxurious room in a
seaside hotel The color scheme is
in purple, red and gold.
The action of opening the Prince 5
wardrobe door automatically switch
es on light inside the wardrobe,
so Wales will have little trouble
sorting out the right suit for the
right occossion.
Luxury again predomiuates in til"
bathroom with its silver fittings aud
white tiles.
The suite reserved for Premier
os the ship is similar to that of the
Prince except that the color scheme
of the conservatory is of gold and
green while the bedroom is in blue.
The party is due to arrive in
Quebec on July %, whence they viii
tour Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto
Winnipeg, Regina, Calgary and
T1nff Here the Prince and Pre-
micr part company, the former go
ing cn to his ranch at High River
to enjoy a wellearned rest and
Baldwin returning to Quebec,
whence he will return to England.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-07-23
FILMS TO
UNDERGO
| SCRUTINY
Federal Government To
Investigate Charges Of
Trust Violation.
MANY COMPLAINTS
Coolidge May Be Drawn
Into Squabble Over Film
Activities.
BY JOSEPH s. WASNEY
United Press Staff Correspondent

| united fTeSS Stdft correspondent
WASHINGTON, July 23. - The
notion picture industry headed by
Will HAYS is under investigation by
he department of justice for pos
ible violations of antitrust laws.
Many complaints to the depart
hent have charged the industry
GUIDED by Hays has violated both
he Sherman antitrust act and the
clayton act.
Officials of the department today
omitted thorough investigation
! f the allegations is being made.
hey said such federal procedure is
Confidential and therefore they
Ould not discuss ii for publication.
pom the results of the inVestiga
ion, however, Attorney General
argcnt Will decide whether to
bring suit against movie companies.
Sargent is now in Vermont, where
j. has spent much Of this summer.
William 'Bill' Donovan, assist
mt attorney general, has charge OF
he investigation. \ corps of train
d government sleuths was said TO
3e working ON the case.
The federal trade commission has
lready cited the Famous Players.
.asky corporation for unfair trade
Sracticc and ordered il 10 deslst.
court battle to annul the order
as been indicated by the company,
ILLEGAL Practices Charged
Meantime, attorneys of the com.
|lission and the justice department
re studying the ease to determine
hether the government should file
Proceedings seeking an injunction
gainst the corporation.
The commission s order in listing
llegedly illegal practices included
lock booking, which was said TO
|orce small thenter operators to
On up for groups of pictures
|lonths in advance; Il price fixing
Monopoly and threatening to buy up
heaters and run in opposition to
wners unless such individuals lease
ictures from the corporations IN
olved.
The battle, justice officials lndi-
ated, is gaining momentum with
demands that President Coolidge
Ike a hand in the matter and IN
luential citizens urging that the
ase be followed through complete
Canon Williams Sheafe Chase
aaa 20 Tho International Reform
kssociation, in an open letter re
entlv demanded that the President
ppoint special counsel to handle
40 ease when il reaches court, be
Iause one Justice attorney last year
J whitewashedb the movie organl'
.ntion in statement, Chase sald
his statement would cause bias IN
ther justice lawyers opinions
hile prosecuting. No indication
las been given that Chase 8 request
| |ill be granted,
Imperial Valley press., 1927-07-23
NEW PRESS ORnERED
FOR UNIVERSITY PAPER

EUGENE. Ore, July 23.-Appar,
emily in anticination of more busin-
ess in University Of Oregon publ
cation afF"i"S q pew flat he'd nov
fecting press has been ordered for
the Oregon Emerald. college daily.
The Emerald, heretofore, has been
four page morning paper. The new
equipment will make possible the
issuance Of six and eight page
papers daily.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-07-23
Summer Resort
Lots Purchased
For 90 Cents

HANFORD, Calf, July 23.-Sum-
mer resort lots selling for 93 cents!
That is the price for which land
on Atwell's Island in Tulare Lake
was "knocked down. to Charles
King, railroad operator, at a de-
linouent tax sale.
The village of Atwell has existed
for years on the county recorder s
maps, but its only inhabitants have
been roaming Indians and countless
generations of Jack rabbits.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-07-23
MISSION BEACH
EXPECTING BIG
VALLEY CROWD

Judging from the demand at thu
Press office for Identification bad
gcs, Imperial Valley is going to be
we'll represented at Mission Beach
tomorrow when "Imperial Valley
Day will be observed under the
auspices of the San Diego Chamber
Of Commerce.
President r. Y. Watson. of the
Chamber of Commerce, will head
group of businessmen who are go
INC to the beach resort. Miss Hazel
Vcgel. as "Miss FL Centre" anl
Miss Henrietta Woody, as "MiSs
Boulder DAM will leave tonight
for the coast city to participate in
the bio bathing beauty parade
which is to be one of the big feat
ures of the days entertainment.
They will be greeted by miss San
Diego, the title won by Miss
Martha Strang of the coast city.
An extensive program of sports
has been arranged for the occasion.
The dav will start with a free boat
ride around San Diego bay, the bad
ees issued by the newspapers and
chambers of commerce being the
passports necessary to make the
trip.
Special prizes will be given at
the big Mission Reach ballroom,
and three bands win he on hand to
nrovide plenty of music for the
dancers.
Many who plan to attend elm
perial Valley Dav" will leave to-
night by automobile, while others
viii take the San DIEGO and Arizona
train leaving this city at Cos to-
morrow morning.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-07-23
Noted Merchant
Dies Suddenly
BY United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, July 23.-David
May, 70, head of one of the largest
mercantile organizations in the
world, died in his summer home at
Charlevoix, Mich, yesterday. Death
was caused by heart disease.
After a game of golf yesterday
afternoon, May went to his room
TO rest. Several hours later, he was
found dead.
Tom and Wilbur May, executives
of the local May company depart
ment store, left last night with
their families for Charlevoix. They
will attend their father s funeral
in st. Louis on Tuesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-07-23
Peach Growers
Reach Agreement
Nv United Press Leased Wire

ONTARIO, Calf, July 23.- An
agreement with regard to the handl-
ing of the peach crop, now ready
for the Gamers, was reached here
last night at meeting of peach
growers of Pomona Ontario and
the surrounding territory.
About 500 producers attended the
meeting which resulted in an agree
ment that the growers would turn
over their crop to the Gamers on
condition that they receive $40 a
ton. Under the agreement the can
ners will take 10 per cent, turning
back the balance of the profits to
the producers.
Under this arrangement the pro
ducers expect to receive about $50
or $35 per ton on the 1927 crop.
Interests meeting in the north
were still deadlocked over the price
agreement.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-07-23
LOGGING OPERATIONS
TO BE CURTAILEI

FRESNO. Calf. Jnlv 23.--De,
clining lumber prices will result in
decided curtailment Of logging
operations in the San Joaquin val
ley timberlands this year, lumber
company officials state. The four
major companies operating in the
district cut total Of 350,000,000
feet of lumber last wear, while the
current program calls for an output
of only 100000 feet.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-07-23
Flood Causes
Heavy Damage
ny United Press Leased Wire

W
HARRISBURGH, T, A" July %
-One Of the worst floods IN the
history Of this section of Pennsyl'
ania swept practically all of Per
and the upper sections Of Dauph'
h county. following a cloudburst
arly today.
A conservative estimate of tho
amage indicated the losses would
an we'll above the million dollar
bark.
The Williamsport division OF the
Pennsvlvania railroad was hard HIT
I nd all traffic was at standstill'
| n one place, it was reported ap,
fortunately IL miles of tracks had
3een washed out.
AS far as could be learned, no
Ives have been lost, although all
Communities have not yet reported
Both the Jauniata and the Ses
uehanna rivers were rising rapid
Imperial Valley press., 1927-07-23
Fresno Company
Is Low Bidder

The Isbell Construction Company,
Fresno, submitted the lowest bid to
he California Highway Commission
or construction Of 2,3 miles OF
'raded highway between Myers
breek, or Shepard's bridge, and a
|oint three miles west of Coyote
Wells.
Other bids were, Pioneer Trans
er Company, Calexico, $60,0l4.50;
fahn & Bressi Construction Co., Los
kngeles, $96,273.50. The engineer >
Ultimate of the job was $47, 7,7S6.5o.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-07-23
YOUTH LEAVES HOME

A report was received at the
sheriff's office this morning from
CaleXico in which it was said that
Esperanza Gonzales, aged Is, had
run away from his home. The
youth was described as being about
5 feet, Q inches tall; weight about
125 pounds; dark hair and eyes. A
check-up on the stages and automo.
biles was kept by police here but
no trace of the youth was found.
IT was believed that he had started
for Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-07-23
SUNDAY SCHOOL TOMORROW

The Methodist Church Sunday
school, which is to remain open dur.
ing the summer months, will hold
services tomorrow morning at GAS.
There will be no church services, the
Sunday school being the only de-
partment of the church to remain
open. A special invitation is ex-
tended to all members of the Sunday
school to be in attendance.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-07-23
BY JOHN O'BRIEN
United Press Staff CorreSpondent)

PARIS. July 23.-Denied per-
mission to attend his fathers fun
eral, Prince Carol remained in Sc
clusion in his villa at Neuilly today,
but planned to attend memorial ser
vices for the late monarch in the
Roumanian church in Iaris tomoI-
row morning.
~ feel deeply my fathers ceath,
which was a terrible blow to me.
Carol .oli The United Press. IL
consid.r it my duty to attend 70
quiem ser .ice,s in his memory
"M, thought, are ii sarS of NV
country and beautiful Bu"h1'est
where the population will fittingly
honor the monarch who realized the
unification of Roumania.
"I do no. wish to make any fur
ther stateme,t at this time because
+ don't want by any :"t or mani
festation to cause trouble at the
time Ct my father funeral. =
Imperial Valley press., 1927-07-23
POSTPONE
'FUNE RAJ
OF KING
Services For Ferdinand
To Be Held Tomorrow
at R0umanian Capital.
MANY VIEW BODY
Prince Carol to Attend
Memorial Services in
Paris Church.
BY ASRA BERKOWITZ
Omitted Press Staff Correspondento

BUCHAREST, July 23-Thou-
sands of Roumanians, city folk and
peasants, today swarmed toward
Cotroceni Palace, where lay IN state
the body of King Ferdinand.
Inside the Palace, dim lights
shrouded the golden room, the cof-
fin was surrounded by flowers and
was watched over by guard OF
honor. Ferdinand s crown, his mar
shal's baton and fur cap lay on
two purple cushions resting at the
head of the coffin.
Burial will be at the Monastery
at Curtes de Argesch. The funeral
services will be held tomorrow, hav-
ing been postponed day because
OF inability of some Of the lie
rulers relatives to arrive today.
bucharest streets were drapeo
with black and mourning banners
stretched from every Dullding.
1t was announced that Monday s
session of parliament will be deyQr
ed to mourning ceremonies. I -
Imperial Valley press., 1927-07-23
BANDIT HOLDS UP GROCERY
nv United Pres. Leased Wire

Los ANGELES, July "a few
minutes after he opened his cash
and-carry grocery at 2999 South
Vermont avenue early today, Harry
r. Seuster, manager, was confront
ed by an unmasled bandit who
locked the door and rifled the cash
register. The man escaped with
$59l in cash and checks.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-07-23

Great Britain may have the
cruisers, but we certainly have the
best flag pole sitters in the world.
his cap and gown to the post office
Imperial Valley press., 1927-07-23
MRS. MCPHERSON
SHOWS GOODNESS
TOWARD MOTHER
Rumor States Mrs. Ken
nedy to Resign Tonight
From Temple.
Nv trnitnd l'rcss Ipnsed Wire

LOS ANGELES, July 23.-Greet-
cd by small gathering of friends
and followers, Aimee Semple Nc
Pherson arrived in Los Angeles to-
day, to meet the most serious crisis
in the ranks of Angelus Temple ad-
herents since the evangelist was
kidnapped more than year ego.
Giving credence to reports that
Mrs. Mcpherson and her mother,
Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, were es-
trarged, as the result of pickering
and argument in the church, the
evangelist refused to assume an af-
fcctionate pose with her mother,
and wore a serious expression.
Requested by photographers and
reporters to pose kissing her mother
the evangelist refused.
"No, I don't think I will. Not
at this time" she said
Mrs. Kennedy met her daughter
on the train at Riverside early to-
day.
MONROVIA, Calf, July 90. -
Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, mother Of
Aimee Semple Mcpherson, will re-
sign tonight as vice-president of the
Angelus Temple Association, Mrs.
Myrtle Fitch, pastor of the local
branch Of the Four Square Gospel
asserted here today.
"Judging from affairs at the
temple, Mother Kennedy needs a
long rest,' Mrs. Fitch, one of the
81 elders who demanded that Mrs.
Kennedy be removed, said. "She
may come back later in some ca
pacity but will never handle the
temple financial matters again.
"It was either question OF
mother or daughter running the
temple. We will stand by Mrs. Me
Phcrson as long as she does God S
will,' Mrs. Fitch said,
Imperial Valley press., 1927-07-23

Orland Glenn county, has a pune
ture vine control committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-08
ROGERS IS HONORED
BY RAILWAY GROUP
St. Louis Man Elected Chairman
of T. & T. Section of Ameri-
can Association.

Worth Rogers of st. Louis, tele'
graph and telephone engineer of the
Missouri Pacific Railroad. was elected
chairman for the coming year of the
telegraph and telephone section OF the
American Railway Association at the
closing session Thursday at the Will
lard of its eleventh annual convention.
Mr.. Rogers succeeds ]. A. Jones. gen.
eral superintendent of telegraph of the
Southern Railway, who has been
chairman for the past year.
Other officers elected were: First
vice chairman, John Mcmillan of Mon.
treal, Canada, general manager of
teIegraphs of the Canadian Pacific
Railway, and second vice chairman, f.
c. keenan, of New York. general SUI
perintendent of telegraph and tele-
phone, New York Central lines.
The next convention will be held at
San Francisco.
Delegates today were engaged in
sightseeing trips and planned with
other things to lay wreaths on the
ton1bs of Washington at Mount Yer
non and the Unknown Soldier at Ar.
lington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-08
D. c. REPRESENTATIVE
IN CONGRESS PREDICTED
Commissioners Job Hard One With
No Voice in Obtaining Needs,
City Club Told.

Facing the three District Commits
sioners, who were guests at the first
Fall luncheon of the City Club
Forum in the City Club yesterday
Maurice Rosenberg, the presiding Of
f1cer, told the citys executives that
their job is hard one, due to the
District having no representation in
Congress. He also predicted that
eventually the District will have ma.
tional repre- sentation lin order to get
those things it needs"
An address also was delivered at
the luncheon by William Burruss,
sales and industrial engineer, who
emphasized the importance of people
choosing the vacations to which one
is suited and then working hard at
them.
The meeting was called to order
by Rudolph Jose, who introduced
George Offutt, chairman Of the City
Club Forum committee. The latter
introduced Mr.. Rosenberg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-08
FUGITIVE CAUGHT
AFTER HOT CHASE
/

After an exciting chase through the
streets of the downtown section in
q taxicab and on foot Detective Sergt.
Larry O'Day yesterday afternoon took
into custody William Joseph Carpen-
ter, 10 years old, of 491 II street
southwest, an usher at the Fox Thea
ter, where the chase began. Carpen-
ter was finally caught in the Franklin
School Administration Building on
Thirteenth street between I and K
streets and held for investigation.
Sergt. O'Day had been Investigate
ing reports of thefts from the dressing
rooms of the Fox Theater. He was
told yesterday by an attendant that
there was a man in one of the rooms.
The detective entered the room and
a man fed, turning down Four
teenth street to Pennsylvania
avenue.
The fleeing man jumped into a taxi.
cab at Fifteenth street and Pennsyl.
vania avenue, and O'Day jumped into
another cab and went in pursuit. The
taxicabs dashed to Twelfth and G
streets. where the pursued and pur.
suer alighted and continued the race
on foot. The fleeing man ran for the
Franklin School Building, where
O'Day caught him. Several persons
on the street Joined in the chase.
The knicker-dress has appeared in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-08

The knicker-dress has appeared in
London.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-18
School Children
in Danger

Many parents feel that schools to-
day push children too hard. Ger
tainly their growing bodies need
strong powers of resistance. Watch
your child for depleted health and
vitality, loss of flesh, failure to gain
weight, fretfulness, lack of appetite
for proper food, etc. These are warn
ing signals. Get hold of him in
time.
A short course of Cod Liver Treat
ment works wonders for most any
rundown child It's a great strength
giver and ody-builder. And now in
stead of the old style fishy tasting
oil, you can get at the Douglas Drug
Co., or any druggist genuine McCoy's
Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets, as
easy to take as candy. Thirty days
use must benefit your child or the
druggist is authorized to refund your
money. Today is a good time to
Start-AdVt
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-18
COLD WAVE OUT.
OF NORTH KILLS.
MOUNTAIN FOLKS

KANSAS CITY, Feb. II R)-The
Geld wave which swept out of the
far northwest yesterday to bring
three deaths in the mountain coun-
try, invaded the middle west and
southwest tonight, bringing sleet,
snow and cold.
Temperatures dropped rapidly
throughout the southwest, replacing
spring like weather with blooming
flowers with that of mid-winter.
Indications were that the cold would
extend we'll into Texas Cold rain
turned to sleet and snow in parts of
Kansas and Missouri late today, and
in Kansas City a drop in tempera.
ture from 53 degrees at II a. m. to
below freezing early tonight was
recorded. Zero weather is predicted
for parts of Kansas
A strong cold northwest wind ac-
companied the dropping mercury
ever most of the territory.
The cold wave reached Colorado
today and extended into New Mexi-
co, where the mercury fell to 32 de-.
grees this afternoon. Snow blanket
cd the moss OF western Colorado and
was due in the eastern part of the
state tonight. Many places in Mon
tana and Wyoming suffered sub
zero temperatures, Havre reporting
"a degrees below zero. Sheridan had
zero weather today after maximum
Of 36 above yesterday
Five snowsliGes on the main line
Of the Great Northern railroad be>
tween Glacier and Park station in
Montana, which delayed trains Ii
borrs, were cleared today after work
had been halted by raging bliz-
Zard.
A hazy sun, after almost seven
days of unprecedented rains, gave
promise OF a letup in the downpom
in northern, central and southwest
ern Arizona today. Spans of bridges
at Cold Water and Arlington werG
washed out.
Snowslides which swept mining
communities near Price, Utah, yes
terday, were responsible for three
Geaths. Slides occurred on both sides
of Indian Summit, blocking traffic
into the Utah basin.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-18
Douglas-Bisbee Debate
To Be Held March 5

The debate between teams from
the Douglas and Bishee high schools
will be held in the Bisbee high
school auditorium on Saturday eve
ring, March 5, according to arrange7
ments made by the principals of the
schools.
The debate is in the form of an
elimination contest and is on state
question that was decided upon by
the Arizona state high school debat
ing league.
Resolved that Federal depart~
ment of Education be Established
with Powers Commensurate with the
other Cabinet Departments is tho
question for debate with Douglas
supporting the affirmative and Bis
bee the negative.
school will he determined in pre-.
liminary contest to be held nex+r.
week. A strong team is expected to
take the platform for Douglas.
Interest in debating has died down
in the state during the past three
years but this year many more
schools are reviving interest iii
forensic activities The Douglas
team will be inexperienced in debate
hut the experience gained will in
sure good debating for the future,
it is said.
Miss Shedd is directing the de-
batting work in connection with her
class in oral English.