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Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-05
Movie Star Faces
Action to Decide
On Her Services
by United Press Leased Wire

Los ANGELES, Nov. 5. - Miss
Lupe Nelez, whose romantic beauty
so adapted itself to the cemera that
in short time she rose from the
ranks of extra to leading woman for
Douglas Fairbanks in a recent pic
ture, must learn on Monday that
fame and trouble often go hand in
hand.
The South American beauty is
cited to appear in superior court to
face the first lawsuit of her profess
sional career, an action filed yes
terday by Frank A. Woodward
against the Latin star and the De
Mile corporation.
Woodward, motion picture di-
rector and said to be the discoverer
of Miss Nelez, sued for an iniunc-
tion to restrain the actress from
working for DeMille or any other
producer except through agreement
with him.
The plaintiff claims he holds Miss
Nelez s contract for three years, un-
der whose terms she is to perform
exclusively under his direction at a
salary of at least $4,000 per year.
He claims she is now working for
DeMille in violation of the agree
ment.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-05
Colorado Mines
Guarded by Guns
by United Press Leased Wire

DENVER, Nov. 5.-State guards
armed with riot guns were on duty
today in the southern Colorado
strike area under orders from Gov
ernor William H. Adams to "stop
all picketing."
The armed guards were members
of the states law enforcement bu-
reau which was revived bv the gov
! ernor yesterday after I. w. leaders
had broken their promise to cease
picketing.
Twenty men, selected from mem
bers and former members of the
state militia. moved into Walsen-
burg, established guard lines around
the mines.
In defiance of the governor ac-
ton, striking miners held an all
night mass meeting at Aguilar and
decided to picket the Morley and
Berwind mines today.
The meeting was led by Milka Sa-
blich "the girl in the flaming red
Dress who last week was ridden
down and injured by mounted
guard when she attempted to lead
ia band of pickets onto mine proper
ty.'
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-05
Trial of Indiana
Governor Certain
To Be Postponed
by United Press Leased Wire

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Nov. s.
Political cntanglements may dclav
for weeks the trial of Governor Ed
jackson, who faces charges of con-
spring to bribe public officials.
Scheduled to have begun Monday,
the governor s trial is certain to be
postponed because Judge James A.
Collins, who was to preside, has dis
qualified himself.
The disqualification was based on
Judge Collins long law partnership
with George V. Coffin, powerful In
diana political leader who is a CO.
defendant with Jackson
Jackson, Coffin and Robert T..
Marsh, attorney, are accused of hav-
ing attempted to bribe former Gov
crnor McCray, W h eventually
served a prison sentence for finan-
cial operations.
According to the charges Jackson,
acting as spokesman offered McCrav
$4,000 and immunity from prosccu-
tion to appoint Marion county
prosecuting attorney who would be
favorable to the Ku Klux Klan.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-05
Masons Pay Honor
To Local Officer
OF Grand Lodge

Gathering from all parts of the
county, Imperial Valley Masons last
night met in this city to do honor to
Right Worshipful John Stewart
Ross, junior grand warden, of the
jurisdiction of California, and
Worshipful Charles E. Sones, in
spector of the 1C3rd district. Ap-
proximately 200 Masons were pre-
sent for the evenings program,
which included dinner served at
the local Masonic Temple, followed
by reception.
Covers for $50 were laid for the
bountiful chicken dinner which was
efficiently served by the women of
Signal Chapter, o. E. S. Following
the dinner, the crowd adjourned to
the lodge room where the guests of
honor were introduced by Charles
Knights, master of the FL Centre
lodge, who presided at the evening s
ceremonies.
In his response, Mr.. Ross includ-
ed most interesting talk on the
IHltidtioH VI ocOlSo w dSHihS Ioiis
first president of the United
States. who took his first Masonic
degree exactly 175 years ago last
night. Mr.. Sones, in responding r.
his introduction, outlined the work
which he hopes to do in this dis
trict,. and his plans for the future.
Appropriate remarks and greet
ings to the guests of honor were
"iven hv Percy Palmer of the Braw-
ley lodge; O. A. Pratt, master of
the CalcXico lodge; Clarence Eckert,
raSt master of the Holtville lodge
Sterling Hendricks. senior warden
Of the Imperial lodge, and Charles
i. Childers. past master of the Ell
Centre lodge.
Music was given at intervals
throughout the evening by the Ma
sonic quartet, composed of Mark
Washburn, Percip Thacker, DIR. r.
c. Clemons and Raw Johnson.
\ delegation of Masons from San
Diego was present for the occasion,
and TELEGRAM was read from Con
grcssman Phil d. Swing expressing
his regret that his official duties
prevented his being in attendance.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-05
Lost Mail Plane
Is Recovered

Los ANGELES, Nov. 5.-Search
for wrecked airmail plane con-
tanning small fortune in register
ed mail, was at an end today, fol-
lowing the recovery of pouches
holding securities and bonds valued
at $750,000
The plane, from the Pacific Air
Transport, was abandoned in a
storm on October 10, the pilot
Charles Il. "Dick' Bowman. leap
ing with a parachute 5000 feet to
safety. The plane fell into a den
sely wooded section and efforts to
locate it have been underway ever
since.
Louis G.. Klien, a construction en-
ginccr, who had joined the large
body of searchcrs including several
troops of Boy Scouts, made the dis
covery in Rattlesnake Canyon,
northeast of Castaic. The value 9
the mail has been withheld because
of fear that it might be stolen.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-05
FIGHT PROM 0TER
and PRINCIPALS
ARRAICNED TODAY
BY DAN CAMPBELL
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent)


Los ANGELES, Nov. "Details
of the scheduled Joe Dundee Ace
Hudkins championship fight, now
famous rs the "farce of Wriglcy
field will be aired before jury.
Following the arraignmenf here
today of Dick Donald, boxing pro
motcr, who pleaded not guilty to
charges Of false advertising, his at
torncys demanded trial by jury
and hearing on the motion was
set for Monday morning.
Meanwhile Joe Dundee, welter-
weight champion and his manager,
Max Waxman, appeared and asked
for continuance of their arraign-
ment on the same charges. They
We're granted until Monday after
their bail bonds had been raised to
$500 each. on the demand of the
city prosecutor s office.
Donald S associates and his attor-
neys declared they would base their
case on assertions that an eastern
promoter persuaded Waxman to re.
fuse to accept Donald's last pay
ment of the 100000 guaranteed 10
Dundee.
Donald dclared that there was
mCre than $4,000 taken in at the
gate, but that Waxman demanded
cash which was not available at
that time. He pointed out that the
gate receipts justified his attempt
to stage the fight and said that he
was now considering plan to re-
stage the affair with the aid of a
group of local business men.
No official announcement has
been made as to the disposal of the
money that has been takn in. More
than 100000 which was taken in
through the general admission gates
where no stubs were issued, prob
ably will be turned over to charity,
it was said. Those holding checks
for reserved seats still retained
hope today that action would be
taken to return their money.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-05
H0LTVILLE MAN
VICTIM OF hit
AND RUN" AUTO
Weidberd Pulled From
Road and Abandoned by
Youths in Automobile.

w. NJ. Weidberd, 40, of Holtville
district is hoverip~ between life
and death at the Ll Centre hospital
while police are securing the county
and state in an effort to locate two
youths, occupants of n Chevrolet
coupe which struck and ran over
Weidberd in front of his home last
night. One of the occupants of the
ear is said to have pulled the in
iured man off the highway after the
accident and then ,jumped back into
the car, the machine speeding away.
The accident occurred directly in
front of Weidberd IS home, about a
mile and a half east of Holtville
Weidberd managed to give authori-
ties a vague description Of the acci-
dent. He said that he knew he was
badly hurt and that as he lie on
the pavement and realized that the
| men were going to leave him, he
begged them not to let him lie in
the road and die.
"All right, we won - one of the
| men is said to have declared and
then pulled him to the side of the
| road.
A. w. Hamonds discovered Weld
berd s plight and the man was car
ried to his home. A physician was
summoned from Holtville and after
! giving first aid treatment ordered
! him removed to the Ell Centre hos
pital.
! In the meantime the sheriff's
! office was notified and an investi-
CATION was begun. Police through
| out the county were notified and
asked to assist in the search for the
"Hit and Rum driver.
The license number of the car
which struck Weidberd was not
learned, the injured man being able
to describe the ear only as Chev-
rolet coupe.
The extent of Weidberd's injuries
have not as yet been fully deter
mined. He suffered injuries to the
back and legs and is believed to be
internally hurt. Little hope is held
out for his recovery.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-05
knights COnfers
On Ditch Removal

After a conference with the I'm
perial Irrigation District engineers
yesterday, City Engineer Philip W.
Knights stated today that the dis
trict will proceed Immediately with
the work Of constructing substitute
canals to replace the Date canal
through the city. 1t is estimated
that it will require about three
months time for the district to com
plete this work and divert the water
from the Date canal.
He further stated that the pro
ceedings for the removal of the
canal and the Improvement Of
Eighth street will be started in a
bout so DAYS so that the contract
for the work can be let in such time
as will permit the city to commence
their work imediately after the dis
trict is through. In this way it is
believed that the entire program
can be completed before the hot
weather.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-05
YUMA RESIDENTS
WILL ACCOMPANY
GOOD WILL TRIP
AriZOnans Plan to Join in
Excursion to Phoenix
and Tucson.

"A delegation representing Yuma
will join Imperial Valley in it's pro
posed "Good WIZ tour into Ari
zona beginning next Sunday and il
which visits to Phoenix, Tuscon and
Nogales wiz be included. Yuma
will be the first stop of the spe-
cial train on the trip and about
three hours will be spent there. 1t
is expected that about 20 persons
will represent Yuma on the trip.
W. c. Costello, chairman of the
committee in charge of the tour,
and V. +. Frizzell, district represen-
tative of the Southern Pacific rail
road, attended the meeting of the
Yuma Chamber of Commerce di-
rcctors held last night and extend
cd an invitation to the chamber to
have representatives join the valley
delegates in the tour.
The invitation was accepted and
plans were Immediately formed for
the organization of a committee to
receive the 'Good Will tourists in
Yuma.
The special train will arrive in
Yuma at II O'Clock Sunday morn
ing. Luncheon will be served and
Il trip made around the city. De-
parture will be taken at . p. IN. The
train will proceed to Phoenix Sun
day night. All day Monday will be
spent in Phoenix where arrange
ments have been made by the cham
Der of commerce there to entertain
TIE visitors. Tuscon and Nogales
will be visited early Tuesday with
tie travellers returning to the valley
Tuesday night.
Members of the committee in
charge Of the excursion have sent
out several special invitations to
business men in Indio and Coachella
valley to join the tourists. 1t is
expected that several representa-
tives from that quarter will be a.
board.
In the meantime reservations for
valley residents and business men
show that this county will be well
represented in the 'Good Will >
tip.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-05
SWING TELLS
: PREoyn.,rNT OF
PLANS FOR Bill
by United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, Nov. "a gi-
gantic propaganda entailing expendi-
thre of 81 100000 is being sponsored
hy private power interests to defeat
the proposed Boulder Canyon dam
project, Representative Swing, Re
publican, California, said today aft
er call on President Coolidge.
Swing Informed the president that
the Boulder Dam bill introduced at
tie last congress would be reintro-
duced in virtually the same form.
He thought it would pass and de-
scribed Mr.. Coolidge as being 81:
renely optimistic' that satisfact ry
legislation would result.
Asserting that not since his ar
rival in congress had he seen so fla
grant an expenditure of money,
Swing said he believed efforts of
the power interests would react a.
gainst them in the end.
"Their position is unwarranted
and unjustifiable,' he said, adding
that his bill would not deprive them
of any property they now have.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-05
ARMY BALLOONIST FOUND DEAD
AFTER SETTING NEW RECORD

farmers late last night in the
wooded valley near here. 1t was
coursing lazily over the scrag-
gy mountains.
When found by farmer bovs
early today the bag of the bal
loon was collapsed. but Gray's
body. identified by note
sewed to his clothing, bore no
mark of any kind, indicating
the balloon came to gentle
landing with dead pilot.
Physicians who examined the
BODY said indications were he
had been dead for hours. They
EXPRESSED the belief that Gray
had died either from suffocation
or heart failure.
Grav's altimeter was taken
from the basket and placed un-
der guard by authorities pend
ing arrival of air service offic-
ialS from Belleville and Nash.
vile.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-05
More Earthquakes
Felt In Mort h
By United Press Lensed Wire

SAN FRA ANClSCO, Nov. 81
Another series of slight earth tre-
mors was felt along the Southern
California coast early today.
Three mild tremors were felt at
Surf, Paso Robles and Haldey Pow
ers, following severe quakes of yes
terday, according to reports to the
San Francisco offices of the South
ern Pacific Company.
The shocks started at 1917 a. m.
and the final one was felt at 3:47
n. m. The seismograph at the un-
iversity of California registered one
at 12:37 &. m. and series of six
1905 p. m. to 1853 p. m. in addition
to the temblors earlier in the day.
Rail traffic, interrupted by the
early temblors yesterday, has been
resumed and damage to tracks has
been repaired, the Southern Pacific
announced.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-05
Sciots Planning
Expansion Into
National Order
by United Press Leased Wire


FRESNO, Cal, Nov. 5.-A special
committee will be appointed by
Pharoah Ross w. Pool, of Santa
Rosa, to carry out a program to ex-
pand the Ancient Order of Seiots
into a national body, it was decided
here at its seventeenth annual con-
ventiOn.
The order hitherto has been al
most restricted to California and
Nevada with scattered memberships
IN Washington, Oregon and Arizona.
With naturalization of the order
1T is proposed to change its consti-
tuition and the name of the body to
the "Aneient Egyptian Order of
the Sciots of the World"
Charters to organize pyramids were
granted to Escondido, Santa Moni-
ca bay and Inglewood. Phoenix,
Tacoma and Seattle which installed
pyramids during the year were also
granted charters.
The Long Beach pyramid has been
awarded the supreme pyramid tro-
ply for the largest new member
ship gain during the year. Santa
Ana won a cup for the largest per-
centage in gain
With the selection Of San Diego
as next years convention city SUI
preme Mobib Ernest w. bort Of San
Diego was regarded as the logical
man for the position Of Pharaoh NJ
the expiration of the newly elected
Pharaoh s term.
The four day convention ends AZ
midnight after a day rounded out
by entertainment, including golf
games, annual session parade, drill
contest, entertaining stunt by the
San Francisco pyramid.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-05
ARMED WOMAN
DEFIES ENTIRE
POLICE FORCE
By United Press Leased Wire

SIERRA MADRE. Nov. 5.-Fac-
ing arrest on battery warrant,
Mrs. Myrtle Tenant today barri-
caded herself in room of her home
in Sierra Madre Canyon. staged a
run battle with the entire local po-
lice and then called deputy shcriffs
saying she was fighting bandit
gang. The combined force arrest
ed the woman and her husband.
G.. G. Mcmillan of the police went
to the woman s home to serve the
warrant. Receiving no answer to his
knock hc opened the door and en-
tered the kitchen. There ne met
Mrs. Tenant and gun.
The officer says the woman
threatened to kill him and pulled
the trigger but the gun failed to
discharge. Mcmillan retired and
called rcinforcements. Chief f. II,
Egan and squad responded.
The officers found Mrs. Tennart
again in the kitchen with her trusty
revolver. She covered the men
WIN t"' "'dp"h anu HOpihS W
knock the gun from her hand, Me
MILAN took shot at it but the
bullet went wildly into a door.
Mrs. Tenant then retreated to a
room and her husband fled to the
cellar where he hid. the officers
say. Threatening to shoot to kill if
the room was invaded. Mrs. Ten
nant held the fort and telephoncd
her bandit story to the sheriff's of
flee
When Deputy Sheriffs Mentc1ton
and Let's responded they found the
police in a council of war outside
the door. Mrs. Tenant, in n hvS-
terical condition, was persuaded to
surrender.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-05
Many Killed In
Shanghai Crash
By United Press L.nscd Wire

SHANGHAI, Nov. 5.-Onc hun
dred and twenty women were killed
and 40 were injured when a floor
of n silk factory collapsed as GOO
women workers rushed in panic
toward stairway following a cry
of fire today.
Another hundred people were in
iured slightly in rush by relatives
of the victims toward the factory.
Foreign settlement police aided
Chinese police to restore order.
The Red Cross branch of the for
eign settlement rushed help for the
injured.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-05
Sande's Jockey
License Revoked

BALTIMORE, Md, Nov. 5.-The
jockeys license of Earle Sandc,
premier rider of the American race
track, was revoked today by the
Maryland Racing Commission.
The order of the commi ission can
ceiling Sande S license vii lhavc the
effect, according to James a. La
tan", chairman of the commission
of barring Sandc from everv i'm
portant race track in the United
States, Mexico and Canada.
Two members of the st.tte racing
hody, Latane and Jcrvis Spencer,
.Ir., signed the ord 7. Tho commits
sion s action followed suspension
handed down yesterday bv the
stewards of the Maryland Jockey
Club, operating the Pimlico race
track
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-05
ESPIONAGE
PRECEDED
OIL CASE.
Government Claims Spies
Watched Prospective
Jurors.
PROBE CONTINUES
Falls Condition Termed
Serious Following Com
plete Breakdown.
NY United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5-The gov
cTnment, still Withholding service
of jury tampering warrant on llar-
ry +. Sinclair today developed a
new clue to show that spying by
Eurns detectives allegedly hired in
Sinclair s behalf was more exten-
sive even than first believed.
The new theory developed by
United States District Attorney
Fcyton Gordon is that operatives
supposedly hired by Sinclair did not
wait until start of the Fall Sinclair
conspiracy trial to begin shadowing
the jurors but undertook surveil-
lance some time before and spread
it over the whole body of prospcc-
tive jurors.
Thus the government processes to
believe Sinclair hoped to determine
in advance just which veniremcn
were safe to place on the jury try
ing him and former Secretary of the
Interior Fall for plotting to defraud
the government in the famous Tea
pot Dome lease.
To prove the point, Gordon called
before the grand jury Lawrence g..
Hoes, representative of the National
City company here who was on the
jury panel but WAS dismissed from
service in the trial. Hoes told how
effects in his home had been invcs-
tigatcd.
Fall Seriously Ill
The grand jury adjourned at noon
after hearing two witnesses besides
Hoes. One was Charles Holt, mem
bcr of the trial jury dismissed last
Wednesday.
Josephine Hopkins, pretty George
Washington University student, also
was called.
Fall suffered a breakdown at his
hotel as he WAS preparing to return
tc his New Mexico home to recup-
crate for the rc,rial of the oil con
spiracv ease Jan. l6.
Condition of the old prospector,
ranchcr, iurist, former senator and
cabinet member was said by physic
ians to be serious. One lung was
badly congested.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-05
Ry United Press Leased Wire

SPARTA. Tenn, Nov. .
Evidently the victim of high
altitude suffocation. Captain
Howthorne C. GRAY, Scott field
army balloouist. was found dead
in his balloon, the "S S0.241,' -
in tree ton at Stiles, Tenn,
seven miles from here early to-
dav.
He left Relleville, ILL.,, yes
tcrdav at 2:22 u. m. in an st-
tempt to break the world s alti-
tude record for balloons. using
an army bag of $4,000 cubic
feet. inflated with hydrogen.
How near he succeeded was
shown by the last notation in
his log, which read:
Throw out last sand bags at
10000 feet. -
The record is 1924 feet.
Drifting at a low altitude,
the C-S0241 was sighted by
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-05
FRIENDS OF LATE PRESIDENT
DENOUNCE SCANDALOUS BOOK

MARION, Ohio, Nov. 5. -
LOYAL friends of Warren G..
Harding, convinced they are
speaking the sentiments of the
bereaved family have broken
their long silence and formally
denounced as Infamous the
claim of Nan Britton, former
Marion, O., girl that she is the
mother of daughter of the late
president.
In defense of the dead exccu-
tive y memory, a carefully pre-
pared statement was issued to-
day. with the knowledge of Mr..
Harding's brother. DIR. George
IT. Harding, Jr.. by Grant r.
Mouser. ST., lifelong personal
and political friend and fellow
townsman.
1t expresses the hope that
"The American nation will
rise up to condemn such an un-
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-05
Matthias Named to
Succeed C. a S S

FRESNO, Calf. Nov. 5.-Paul l..
Matthias of Los Angeles has been
appointed federal prohibition en-
forcemcnt agent in the Fresno dis
triet, it was learned today.
Matthias, member of the Los
Angeles county sheriff's staff, sue
cccds Charles l.. Cass of San Di-
ego who came here reluctantly to
fill the vacancy created two months
ago by c. w. Iverson.
Cass, n resident of San Diego for
% years. refused at first to leave
the southern California city to as
sumo his Fresno position.