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Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-26
Bankers Meeting
Held in Seattle
Nv United Press LEASED Wiz"

SEATTLE, Wash, Sept. 26.-Mor'
than five hundred delegates had
registered shortly before noon today
fcr the sixteenth annual convention
of investment bankers of America.
Special trains, boats and motor
PARTIES arriving over tie week end
brought the delegates, their wives
and Families to Seattle.
The first general session of the
conference will be opened tomorrow
With an address of welcome by May
or Bertha Landes and }. W. Spang-
l,r, president of the Chamber OF
Commerce. The welcome will be fol
lowed by the annual address of the
president Of the association, Pllnr
Jewel, of Boston.
The bankers will study financial
problems during the week s session.
4 number of the Nations leading
financial authorities are on the pro
gram. Governor John +. Martineau
II Arkansas will address the con
vcntion Wednesday.
Officers of the association will be
elected Friday after which the dele
gates will leave on sight see ing
lours of the northwest Def )re C.
turning home.
Committees of the association
were busy today preparing reports
for submission to the convention.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-26
DISTRICT ATTORNEY FILES
REPLY IN HARDWICK CASE

A reD'v brief has been filed
by the district attorney s office
in the case Of Joseph Hardwich,
former chief of police of Cal
cxico convicted on charge of
assault with deadly weapon
and who is at present out under
$4,000 bail pending the out
come of an appeal. The brief
was filed by District Attorney
Heald in answer to the brief
submitted by attorney S for the
defense.
District Attorney Heald said
this morning that the main
points upon wiich the defense
had based is appeal were the
failure of the court to allow the
defense to introduce Il pardon
in evidence after Hardwick had
admitted being convicted on a
felony charge; that the court
erred in notegiving certain in
structions to the jury asked by
defense council; that the dis
trict attorney miscondueted him
self during the trial; that the
persons offering testimony in
behalf of the prosecution had
partalIen of intoxicating liq-
uors inst prior to the time the
shooting of William A. Taylor
i'll Calexico by Hardwick oc-
cured.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-26
COLD WEATHER
SETTLES OVER
THE NORTHWEST
by United Press Leased Wire

An early season cold snan accom-
panied Ey snow and rain settled over
the west and northwest today, send
the thermometer down to Is above
1T H"vi1s Lake Y. ID. It was ten be-
low at Prince Albert, Sask.
Below freezing weather was re-
Ported at Goodland, Kansas. just cut
of the corn belt, while at Denver the
temperature was Just above frez-
ipg and heavy snow which began yes
terday was still falling.
In the Chicago district rain was
predicted for tonight and tomorrow,
althorgh government forecasters
doubted the temperature would fall
much below 45 Degrees
Cooler temperatures were reported
at St. Louis, Kansas City. Atlanta,
New Orleans. and Oklahoma City,
with freezing temperatures in north
west Oklahoma.
Rain was generally predicted in
the eastern sections, with a possibi-
lily that s-ow producing temperat-
ures might reach the more northern
POINTS tomorrow.
a 'norther struck the Texas
panhandle today, sending the ten,
pcrature in Amarillo from 80 to SO,
ard lower tempera lures in interior
Texas We're expected.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-26
Driver AbsOlVed
In Mans Death

Samuel Shope, aged IS, died of
injuries suffered in an unavoidable
automobile accident. Ii coroner 5
Jury declared following an inquest
held in the office of l.. Z. Lemons.
coroner, this morning.
Through Misunderstanding it
Nas reported that the accident was
Of "hit and run - nature but this
morning w. 7. Harrison, a man re
siding near Seelev and for whom
Shope had done some work. testified
that he was the driver of the ear
which struck the buggy in which
Shope was riding. He said that he
had Immediately stopped and carried
the man to house. II physician then
being summoned.
Later Shope was rushed to the Ell
Centro hospital and no report OF
Harrison's part in the accident was
reported here the belief being eX-
pressed that Shope had been struck
by IA "hit and run driver
Harrison said that just prior to
lifting the wagon his attention had
been attracted by some children
playing beside the road and he said
that when he looked up he was atop
the wagon wh;ch Shope was driving
in the middle of the highway. He
said that there was no light on the
contraptiOn and as result he had
net noticed it before the wagon fell
within range of his lights.
Testimony was offered by others
to show that Shope was in the habit
uf driving without a light.
The jury then returned its verdict
absolving the driver of blame.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-26
GOebel Starts
Ell Paso Flight
ny United Press Leased Wire

SANTA MONICA, Calf, Sept. 26.
Art Goebel, winner of the Dole
Hawaiian Air Derby, took off from
Glover Field early today for e..
Paso, Texas, his first scheduled stor
on flight which he expects to
terminate in Tulsa, oklahoma
With the Pacific flyer in the
"Woolaroc was Charles -,tanden.
berger, his mechanic. A representa-,
tive of Goebel said that the fig
was a combination pleasure anA
business event.
Goebel, he said, expected to make
the approximately 1,20o mile HOY
between here and FL Paso in eight
hours. He will spend several days
il Tulsa before flying to Wichita,
Kansas. where the -" Woolaroc' was
built. Points in Colorado will be
listed as stopping places on the re
urn trip within ten days, it was
said.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-26
Ry PAUL r. MALLON
UNITED Press Staff Correspo ondeNt


WASHINGTON, Sept. %
Governor Smith of New York
appears ia hold the dominant
position among democrats of
the eastern states north of the
Potomac, according to political
survey undertaken by United
Press bureaus. This showed also
that President Coolidge's
choose statement has lent
some confusion to the situation.
Former Secretary Of State
Hughes and Secretary of Com
merce Hoover are reported more
discussed than any other repuL
lican possibilities, though some
eastern sections report many in
tluential leaders clinging to the
view that Mr.. Coolidge is st;!l
much to be reckoned with.
The survey was based upon
statements of party chieftains
and upon expressions of opinion
of leading newspapers and OBJ
servers.
OF the IL states in the area,
Smith is said to have prospects
of a majority cf convention del
egates from nine. Except for
Maine and Pennsylvania, Smith
appears to be well in the lead.
The reports indicate Mass
achusetts, Vermont and Rhode
Island democrats may be expect
ed to support him, with New
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-26
ENCLISHMAN WINS
SCHNEIDER CUP
SEAPLANE R ACE
Thousands Throng Beach
at Lido, Italy, to Watch
Race.
By THOMAS 3. MORGAN
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent)


LIDO, Italy, Sept. 26.-Flight
Lieutenant B. n. Webster of Eng
land today was pronounced the win
ner of the Schneider cup race for
,eaplanes which took place here.
Tens of thousands of persons occu-
pied the famous Lido sands to watch
the airmen dart around the triangu-
lar, 80 kilometer course. Rough
seas prevented the race being run
yesterday when it had been sched-
uled to take place. Seven laps were
required to complete the race.
Flight Lieutenant S. M. Kinkead,
of England and Major Mario de
Bernardo and Captain Arturo Ferra-
ri of Italy, withdrew after starting
the race.
De Bernardo won last years race
at Hampton Road, Va, with an av-
erage speed of 246.496 miles an hour.
Captain FREDERICK Guazetti, Ital-
ian, also abandoned the race.
Makes Good Tine
Webster s average time for the
seven lars of 80 kilometers each was
2S5.1 miles an hour. Webster ex-
ceeded the time of last years win
ncr by 3S.604 miles an hour. The
time of the winner in the first race,
held at Monaco in 1913 was Az
miles an hour.
Flight Lieutenant O. f. Worsley
Of England averaged 1922 miles an
hour, considerably faster than the
246.496 miles an hour which enabled
Major de Bernardo to win for Italy
last year.
None of the Italian CONTESTANTS
finished the race. Webster and
Worsley Of England were the only
flyers who completed the course.
The Schneider maritime aviation
cup, which is the full name of the
trophy for which the airmcn raced
today, was presented to the Aero
Club of France in 1912 by Jacques
Schneider, wealthy sportsman.
Under the terms of the award,
next years race will take place in
England.
The United States has won the
cup twice. in 1928 and 1925. The
first race, in 1913, was won by
France. England won the second in
1914 and there was a lapse until
1919 when the race was resumed, at
Bournemouth, England. No award
was made that year. Italy won at
Venice in 1920 and at Naples in
1921. England won ia 1922. Dur
ing the years from 1914 to 1919 the
advances in the science of aviation
we're tremendous because of the i'm
petus of war time necessity.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-26
POLITICAL CONDITIONS IN
EAST DISCUSSED BY MALLON

Hampshire X Connecticut demo
Gratis leaning strongly toward
him.
Political authorities forcsce
tina. he should have hi. home
state, New York. as well as New
Jersey and much strength in
PENNSYLVANIA and Delaware.
The republican situation in
New England is less clear cut.
William Nj. Rutler, Mnssachu-
setts, chairman of the republican
national committee, said there
is no tendency to discuss any
one but Mr.. Coolidge.
Charles N. Innes, Boston re
publican leader, said he thought
Hughes is strongest in Mass
achUsctts at present, hrt that
Hoover also has q big following
there.
Generally republican leaders
throughout the eastern area have
accepted Mr.. Coolidgc's 5 choose
statement as definitely putting
him out of the race and their
statements favoring other can
didates are founded upon that
supposition.
The east, in word, is piet-
ured with its democrats strong
for Smith and its republicans
generally divided between Hugh
ea and Hoover, with Hughes
having a little the better of it
because of the power cf New
York s 81 delegates,
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-26
EASSON BELIEVED
TO Be HIDING
IN Los ANGELES
M0rrisOn's Version of
Gibson Murder Upheld
by Report.

George Easson, "a, wanted in CON
nectlon with the murder Friday
afternoon Of Cecil f. Gibson on a
ranch near Calipatria, is in Los An
geles if is believed bv police. The
city and points nearby are heing
secured in an effort to locate the
missing man.
A man answering completely to
the description of Easson is said by
the Southern Pacific agent at Braw-
lov to have appeared there Friday at
about 6 O'Clock and purchased a
ticket to Los Angeles. A. Z. Blan-
ton. special police officer of the
Southern Pacific, is said to have
seen the man on the train and rode
as far as inland opposite him and
the. conductor of the train reported
that the man believed to be Easson
got off the train at Los Angeles.
The description of Easson tailed
exactly with that of the man who
boarded the train at Brawley. He
was wearing boots. ovcralls and a
checkered shirt. In the reports it
was said that the man appeared to
be i'll a highly nervous state of
mind. He is said to have showed the
effects OF having been in a battle
of scme kind. his right eye and
check bearing marks of blow. He
appeared to be either in an intoXi-
Gated condition or III.
Attrac cts Attention
Those who saw him. however, had
had no reports of the murder in
Calipatria and while his appearance
attracted attention, there was no
reason for detaining him.
This report serves to corroborate
the story of r. j. Morrison. now
locked up at the county Jail, in his
claim that he helped Easson 70 get
away by taking him to point near
Rraw'ev. Morrison claimed that
Easson shot and killed Gibson when
the latter reDroached him for be-
ing drunk. Morrison claimed that
being friend of Easson he then
helped him 20 take the body to an
irrigation ditch and dispose of i
Hlu IheH gave EaSSoH @oo dilt looN
him to Alamorio.
The new findings in tho case com
pletelv put to route the theory that
Morrison forced Easson into dispOs-
in@ "f the body and then murder
ca Easson. Police, however. are
not entirely shaken in the theory
that Morrison. committed the crime.
Both Easson and Morrison We're
employed by Gibson on the ranch
where the shooting took place,
about 10 miles southeast a. Calipat-
Iia.
-. est into the ,,"aih Of Gibson
will lie held at tho + f. Lemons
f.i.. "a, parlor J., III '2,l toniOr-
row morning.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-26
Blaze Damages
Big Warehouse

Fire did damage estimated at
more than 5000 at the Maggie Bros.
Warehouse which adioins the rail-.
road track be,Acer State and Main
streets late last nich. A shed at the
rear of the building in which nu-
merous ammonia tanks were stored
was completely destroyed by the
blaze and ear standing on splr
track was partly burned.
: The firemen arrived in time =,
keen the blaze free of the main
building. The alarm wac se"qfsi
shortly after 1880 O'Clock and tha
firemen battled he blaze for absut
an hour before it was completely
put out.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-26
Italian Injured
In Bomb Attack
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 26.-Whcn
= cunningly contrived bomb attached
10 the starter Of his automobile eX-
ploded in q private garage here to-
day, Sam Attalico, 80, an Italian
and asserted bootlegger, was probab
~ fatally injured.
Attolco was removed to an emer-
gency hospital and refused to dis
euss the attack with police, who re-
ported that the bomb had been plac-
ed under the hood of Attolico s
machine and so attached that it ex-
ploded when the intended victim
pressed the starter.
Police. records revealed that Alto
leo had been arrested last March
on charges of violating the prohibit
ion law.
He is suffering from possible
skull fracture and shock and may
die according to attending physic-
ians.
The automobile and garage were
completely wrecked.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-26
TRIAL OF OWENS
VALLEY BANKERS
STARTS TOD AY
By United Press E-used Wire

INDEPENDENCE, Calf. Sept.
2c.-Another chapter in the vivid
drama of Owens VALLEY was record
cd here today as W. w and Marx
". Watterson, bankers, went on trial
charged with IL counts of embrzzic-
n4cnt. IS
Drawing Of a jury may he task
that will require days as practically
every eligible iurrr in the county
Or members of his family at one time
ar other was a dcpOsiter in the five
hanks of the Watterson brothers
which closed last Jmlv when short
ages totalng $4,000 were discover
cd.
The right of Superior Judge w.
y. DchN 70 sit in the ease is also ia
be contested probably making fur
ther delay, district attorney Jess
!iession announced today. Object
IN to Judge Teh,. will be made on
the grouo1S that he was dcpositor
in one of the lnyo county banks.
In addition tu embezzlement of
bank funds, the brothers, who were
the financial and industrial leaders
ST the valley, are accused of dis
posing of $430 ,000 worth of bonds
Of the Owens Valley Irrigation Dis
,triet which were held in their InS'n
county state bank at Bishop.
Trial of the Watterson brothers
brings to climax -four wears of vioi-
cnce. during which the Les Angeles
aqueduct was the object of frequent
dynamite attacks by ranchers who
claimed that their farms were being
despoiled bv lack of water.
The collapse Of the Wattcrson in
Stitutions left the valley without
bank and for time in the grip of
a financial panic.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-26
Judge Finney
Reopens Court

Two final DEGREES of divorce were
granted by Judge A. c. Finney in
superior court, department two, this
morning. They We're granted to
Edna r.. Crump' and Florence a.
Snecd.
An interlocutory decree was given
in the Crump ease against Guy
Crump on August ,, 1926 on grounds
of wilful desertion and neglect.
L. j. Powers appeared as attorney
fer the plaintiff.
j. +. Simpson appeared as attor-
ney for the plaintiff in the other
ease. An interlocutory decree was
issued in that case on Aug. 81. 1926.
IA the final decree the plaintiff was
given custody of the one minor child
born to the union. This divorce was
based on charge of wilful desertion.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-26
iMasterbrOOk To
Make'HOme Here

Back home, was the express
sion. used by Phil Mastenbrook, for
six years resident of this city. who
returned recently after several
months absence. Mastenbrook left
some time ago for Glcndora, where
he planned to remain, but his inter
est in the valley proved too strong
MaStenbrook, who was formerly
in charge of the watch repair work
at Nern NJ. Bishops jewe!ry store
has accepted similar position with
Rodney Jenkins, local icweler. While
in Glendora, Mastenbrook was also
with the Bishops.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-26
BANDITS
GET BIG
PAYROLL
Rubber Ball. Gunmen
Loot L. A. Power and
Light Bureau.
WELL LAID PLANS
Secure $85,O00 in Cash;
Escape in Waiting
Automobile.
by United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 26.-Cul
minating week end orgy of crime
two rubber ball. bandits. held II,
and looted the Bureau Of Light and
Power offices. near Central polio,
headquarters here today and escap
ed with $4,000 in cash.
The money, "A payroll, was mad
up in $40 and $50 bills.
Employing methods unique in 10
cal crime annals. the gunmen gagge
three officials of the department
with rubber balls, bound them sc.
curclv and left them helpless. after
looting safes and vaults which had
been opened Il few minutes before
their entrance.
The victims, George Tessill, cash
ier, :. +. Arthur, paymaster, and
Glen Brockwav. assistant pavInas.
ter, were discovered 10 minutes aft.
er the bandits escaped, when their
moans attracted another cashier ar
riviIfg for work.
Revealing the well laid plans of
the bandit gang was the disclosur"
that Fred kimball, 50, watchman of
the Bureau of Light and Power, hal
been kidnapped by two men, believ-
cd to be conferedates of the ban
dts.
Forced into Machine -.
Kimball was eToute to worl,
when two men 'nNsan "ntom1hil"
stopped him and forced nm. to enter
tnc,r machine. at the point OF guns.
l. -, .I
tion near the Midwick Country Club
and, having held Kimbell prisoner
for nearly an hour, threw him into
a field.
Meanwhile, the two confcderates
Lad entered the watcr-power offices
and lcaping counter had confront
cd the three officials with guns.
Three rubber balls, each with a long
string attached, were produced, and
forced into the mouths of the vie
Tins. the protruding string was pull
ID through their teeth. and wound
around the necks of the three men
and securely tied, making il impos
sible for them to utter sound.
The $50, 900 was easily secured,
all in $40 and so bills, from the
safe and vaults, opened few MN
utcs before the bandits made their
entrance.
The victims were freed by Milton
Fishel, another cashier, who discov-
cred them in small office 10 min
utes after the bandits had escaped
in waiting automobile.
Word of the holdup was flashed
TO the suburban district and large
squads of police were touring all
roads leading north and south.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-26
League Adopts
Two Resolutions
by United Press LcsseI Wire

GENEVA, sept, 26.-The League
Gf Nations assembly today unqnim-
ouSlv accepted the disarmament and
security resolutions prepared by the
iSSemhly's third commission upon
the basis of suggestions made by
various members.
While the adoption of the resolut-
ions today, the League $ 1928 dis
armament program was established.
Il will be founded largely upon the
French proposal that there should
be- n network of regional security
and arbitration pacts.
Then, with security thus obtained,
an effort would be made to agree up.
on further limitations of armements.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-26
Two Killed AS
Trains Collide
by United Press Leased Wire

CCLODAEO SPRINGS, Colo,
Sept. pa collision between d
gasoline tram car and an engine on
he Midland Terminal Railroad near
here, today brought death to two
men ard INJURIES to four others.
The dead:
John Kellcher, so, and James c.
johnson, 40. 10th Of Coloradu
Springs.
The injured:
Charles Stevens, Henry Weber
Court Axley and j. y. Scott, of
Colorado SPRINGS.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-26
Legion Delegates
Visiting Naples

NAPLES, Sept. 26.-American
LegionDaires who are touring south
ern Europe after having attended
the Legion convention at Paris, ar
lived TODAY from Me-.
The city was tagged in honor OF
the VISITORS. who were received cordi-
ally by government authorities and
representatives of the Fascist and
f war veterans organizations. For
mer national commander Howard P.
savage will be received by hing
Victor and Premier MussoliEi in
Some.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-26
WCrIAN BEATEN EY THUGS
Pv United P-ers Leased Wiz.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 26.-Mrs.
Mary Higgins. mother of San
Francisco policeman, was recovering
todAv from Injuries received when
five thugs held. her captive and
beat her mercilcssiy after robbing
Eer of $50 and two rings. She was
found bv the roadside early Sunday
and was rushed to q hospital. She
was taken home last night.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-26
LOU MOORE COPS FOUR
EVENTS AT ASCOT
ny United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 26.-Loa
Moore, daredevil dirt track driver
copped four events yesterday when
the Ascot track opened for this
seasons automobile races. In the
thirty lap feature event Moore
headed large field of starters with
f.aest Triplett second and Otto
Lind finishing third. Pill Heisler,
lost his chance at victory, but es-
capped uninjured when his ear threw
4 wheel on a turn during the feature.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-26
MorrOw's Headed for Mexico

Short and compact in STATURE long compact in business
Dwight w. u.
Mexico Thi recent photo of him taken shipboard
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-26

A dahlia plant at Gateway, Ore,
six feet high, has Sc flowers AMI
buds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-15

I have none. I merely wondered at
what poiat you are at ease in the
presence Of what you call murder.
I see.
1.-THE animal slaughtered for re-
ligious purposes has your pity, but
the one served up on your table full
fills its destiny as something for you
to eat"
81 can't follow you when you are
facetious. What am I to under
stand? Do you approve of human
sacrifices? Do you think it was
right to kill those two girls?"
st wouldn't have killed them my
SELF" said Helen, yet in war men
and women are sacrificed, in quite a
religious sense, to the divine ends
people think the war is serving.
Whether it is good or bad for them
to be sacrificed, don't know. No
bodys knows. But few object.
eff it is right to sacrifice people
in war, don't know what argument
you could make against the affairs.
If you regret the sacrifice of those
girls, you are regretting merely that
they didn't exist for few more
years.
"You don't know what those extra
yeras would have been like. If they
were to be uneventful-I mean, in
wardly so-if they were to be an
unreal, unimportant number Of
breaths drawn, and meals eaten.
and nights slept away, without any
sense of living, then perhaps it was
better for them to crowd many deep
and strong emotions into a few
hours.
Don't think I'm against your
humane tendencies. Hermione; I'm
merely comparing the two girls you
spoke of, sacrificed barbarously as
they were, with myself, who have
missed the excitements and the en-
thusiasms of life, as I just told you"
"You don't mean" said Hermione,
"you wish Menelaos had killed
your"
IT was disappointed" said Helen.
mo, I don't want to die, but I did
hope to know at least the terrors Of
life-and then your father became
humane, as you perhaps think, and
knew there was nothing for it but
years even less eventful than before,
old age creeping up on our dull
heartS-unless I could find q vital