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Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-28
Armistice Day
To Be Observed

Armistice Day, November IL, has
been declared legal holiday and
one to be observed by the schools
throughout Imperial county for the
first time this wear. Placing of this
day to the holiday list comes as a
result of action taken by the State
Board of Education. and is effect
i've throughout California.
In preparation to make the observ-
ance of Armistice Day one which
viii be impressive for the youth Of
Imperial Valley, County Superin-
tendent ii. c. Coe, cooperating with
the American Legion, has sent out
letters to all teachers of the county
directing that November 10 be
specially observed in the class rooms.
The meaning of the day and its
historical significance are to be
stressed.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-28
Charges Against
Officer Dropped

Judge Lorenz dismissed the ease
of the people against A. II. Grun-
stein at Calexico yesterday after
noon upon recommendation of X. L..
Williams, the complainant.
The ease revolves about the al
tercation over the taking of dog,
belonging to the defendant by
Frank Goodie dog catcher.
Williams, motorcycle patrolman
of Calexico, was charged by Grun-
stein with assault with deadly
weapon following the tangle but was
freed after a preliminary hearing
was held in the ease. Williams had
charged Grunstein with resisting an
officer, a felony, and preliminary
hearing was to have been held be-
fore Judge Lorenz yesterday after
noon. Upon recommendation or
Williams. however, the charge was
dismissed
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-28
TRAGIC DEATH
ENDS HOSPITAL
PATIENTS DASH
Victim of Delirium Causes
Much Excitement Before
He COllapses.

LOS ANG ELES, Oct. 2S.-Seized
by delirium as the result of an
aggravated heart ailment, Harrison
Clifton, "a, attacked attendants at
the General Hospital today, leaped
from third story window, and,
clad only in pajamas ran six blocks
into q chicken coop, where he drop
ped dead.
Clifton s trail from the time he
leaped from his bed after tearing
down sideboards placed around him
last night as preaaution, was
marked by demonstrations of super
human strength.
He first felled his nurse, Mrs.
Anna johnson, with a blow in the
face, and rushed into the hall,
where he knocked down an orderly,
who tried to subdue him. Running
through the nurses quarters strik-
ing right and left, Clifton made a
running leap from the window.
Attendants rushed from the build
ing expecting to find his body on
the ground but instead saw Cliff
ton s white clad form speeding
| down the street.
A few minutes later residents on
Kingston street telephoned the hos
pital they had the patient corral
led but when attendants arrived
clifton had overpowered his captors
and was gone.
Police squads took up the chase
and followed bloody footprints to
the coop. On the way several men
picked themselves from the ground
to tell the officers of encounters
with the man.
Flanked by a crowd of victims of
Clifton s wild dash. Officers B. G..
Anderson and J. J. Walton broke
the door of the chicken coop. Cliff
ton waged terrific struggle then
suddenly collapsed and died rs the
Officers placed him on a stretcher.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-28
Court Overrules
Defense Demurrer

Demurrer to the information in
the ease of the people against n. j.
Morrison was overruled by Judge
A. C, Finney in superior court, de-
partment two, this morning.
The information simply stated
that Morrison was charged with the
murder Of Cecil 4. Gibson The de-
fcnse held that the information was
lacking in detail but the eourt up'
teld the district attorney In his "an-
tcntion TINT il sufficed 10 nednalnt
the defendant with the nature ~
the charee against him.
Upon the decision of re eeart fFe
defense counsel asked thet the ~
fendant be given Until net Fridsv
IN which 10 enter plea aud no oh
lection being made bv the pFoseen'
tion the court granted the reqeest.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-28
MACRUDfR'|
v Ill bE|
PUNISHED
Discipline for Outspoken
Admiral Not to Follow
Drastic Form.
NO COURTMARTIAL
Entire Matter Placed in
Hands of Secretary Will
bur by President.
BY THOMAS L. STOKES
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2s.-Naval
officials were convinced today that
Rear Admiral Thomas p. Magruder
is to be "punishcd for the man
ner in which he verbally campaign
ed against alleged extravaganza and
inefficicncy in the Navy Depart
ment.
President Coolidge refused the
outspoken admiral an interview, de-
MED his application to be retained
at his post as commandant at Phil
adelphia, and left the whole matter
up to the Secretary of the Navy
Wilbur.
OfficiaH close to the secretary
believe he is determined to take
some sort of "disciplinary' steps,
if not actual punishment
There are several forms of minor
disciplinary action outside of Il
courtmartial.
Nobadv believes such n drastic
measure as a courtmartlal will be
taken, but there is a report around
the department that still another
course may be pursued which would
not be punishment in the tech
nical sense.
But in reality it would be the
worst kind of punishment for the
admiral. 1t is rumored the admiral
may be given n desk in the depart
mcnt and told to work out his sug-
gested reforms.
Several Courses Possible
The person responsible for this re-
port even points out the office, in
an obscure part of the building
Such an assignment would be par
ticularly humiliating in view of the
hostility among many of the Off
GERS toward Magruder for his at
tack on the department.
Several officials who have watch
I'd developments closely believe that
ene of several other minor disciplin-
ary measures will be taken-a fur
lough which would mean half pay;
an indefinite leave; the status of
awaiting orders,' which would
leave the admiral with no official
post of any kind or assignment to a
minor post.
Magruder now draws $1,000 a
year, of which $4,000 is salary and
$500 allowances. Half pay would
reduce his compensation to 5000
since he would receive his allow
ances as before.
In navy day speech to the en-
ploycs of his department, Wilbur
answered the attacks of Magruder
without naming him, indicating that
the matter is of considerable con
Germ to him.
The championing of Magrudcr by
Senator McKellar, Democrat, Ten
ncsscc, presages an outburst in con
gress over the incident, the proper
tions of which may be determined
by the action taken against the dis
scnting admiral.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-28
TRAIL OF FALL
BONDS FOLLOWED
BY GOVERNMENT
Prosecution Seeks to Show
Securities Given Fall for
Oil Lease.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 2S.-Blocl;-
tell the jury where former Secretary
OF the Interior Albert p. Fall s
$230,500 in Liberty Bonds came
from, the government in the Fall
Sinclair conspiracy trial today rap
idly traced the securities into hanks
in Colorado, New Mexico and Texas.
Justice Siddons upheld the refusal
Of NJ. T. Everhart, Fall s son in law,
70 tell from whom he obtained the
bonds he brought to Pueblo, Colo,
May 20, 1922, and deposited and
spent to the credit of the Fall-Sin-
clair Cattle Company which was
then heavily in debt.
That was just few weeks after
fall leased Teapot Dome naval oil
reserve to Harry F. Sinclair, an ac-
tlon the government charges was
Influenced by this.
Then the government hammered
speedily away at showing the trail
OF the bonds from the Continental
Trading Company to Fall S account
III Pueblo, Colo, FL Paso, Texas, and
Carizozo, New Mexico, banks.
The prosecution holds Sinclair had
a hand in the transfer through his
alleged connection with Continental
A dozen bank employees including
three women verified the deposit
slips and serial number of the
bonds.
Then Robert Rae, Of the Canadian
bank patronized by II. S. Osler of
ithe Continental Company, and other
employees identified records showing
their bank purchased for the CONT
mental firm the same bonds found in
Falls possession--early in April,
1922. The bonds were bought from
brokers.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-28
MISS ELDER AND
HALDEMAN LAND
AT LE B0URGET
by United Press Leased Wire

PARIS, Oct. 2S.-Miss Ruth Ed
cr and George lialdeman. her CO.
pilot in their trans Atlantic flight
attempt, landed at lie Bourget Air
drome at 3:46 p. m.
Miss Elder and Haldeman left
their express train from Madrid at
Eendaye, on the French Spanish
frontier. American Consul Mac vii
liam at Biarritz took them to Parme
airdrome in the village of Anglet,
where they boarded an airplane for
Paris.
Adriennc Bolland, celebrated
French air woman, in another plane,
escorted them few miles toward
Paris.
Admission, Ana, Oct 2S.-Parents
Of Ruth Elder, American aviatrix
row in Paris, cabled their daughter
today to "accept al Paris con
tracts.
j. o. Elder, the girl flyer's S father,
~ ~ 'h' N"b' di'ti Ht lt'lHt H''
said, that Il. II. Nc cArdle, Lakeland,
Fla, a backer of the trans Atlantic
flight, had ordered her home.
Disregard McArdle,' Elder 5
cable said. "lt has been advised
to your interest to accept all Paris
contracts.
The cablegram was signed Daddy.
Miss Elder S parents expressed the
hope their daughter would remain in
Europe "long enough to see the
country.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-28
Py WILLIAM r. KUHNS
(U. P. Staff Corrcspondent)

PEKING. Oct. 2S.-Any sug-
gestion working toward regional
recognition of Chinese parties
by the United States, as was
suggested by Senator Bingham
of Connecticut, was rejected
cmphaticallv and unconditional-
" by Chang Tso-Lin in an ex-
elusive interview with Karl A.
Rickel, president of the United
Press, and the writer, United
Press Peking manager.
Chang asserted that any such
proposal would be certain to in.
crease strife and anarchy in
China and delay harmony and
the creation of a unified nation.
Chang appeared to be in the
hest of hcalth-alert and Wig
orous. He was garbed in plain
black silk.
"During the Tai Ping rebel
lin he said, certain govern
ments made the mistake of con
ditional recognition. Later
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-28
Six Killed When
Train Hits Truck
By United Press Leased Wire

POMONA, Calf. Oct. 2S. - Six
fatalities resulted from n crossing
accident in San Dimas today when
a Santa Fc passenger train crashed
into an automobile truck loaded
with laborers.
Five others, one probably fatally
hurt, were in the San Dimas hos
pital.
The dead, all employees Of the H..
w. Rohl Construction Company of
Los Angeles and San Francisco,
were identified as II. Biglardo, A.
Mendoza, Frank Peppers, A. II.
Holderman, Frank Zennatti and j.
II. Parton. All were said to be res
idcnts of San Dimas.
Biglardo and Mendoza were killed
instantly when the truck was hurled
along the tracks after the crash.
The others died in the San Dimas
hospital.
The driver of the truck, w. S.
Porter, of San Dimas, received only
minor injuries.
Santa Fc employees said the train
was proceeding only 25 miles an
hour at the time of the collision.
Alfalfa is bringing the same price
IN New Mexico. Arizona and Wash
ihgton-$l2 ton.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-28
Mrs. Grayson and
Chamberlin Meet
BY United Press Leased Wire

BOSTON, Mass, Oct. 2S.-Clar-
ence Chamberlin, New York to Ger
many airman, and Mrs. Frances
Wilson Grayson, who wants to be
Maine to Denmark airwOman, con-
ferred at a hotel here this after
noon.
Prior to the conference Chamber
lin belittlcd reports that he might
replace Wilmer Stultz, as pilot of
the Amphibian plane, the Dawn,
when and if it leaves Old Orchard
for Copenhagen.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-28
Watchman Kills
Night Pr0wler

CORCORAN. Cal. Oct. 2S.-Re1
fusino to disclose his identity bat
explaining that he twas hungry, ~
on unidentified man about 25 wears
old was shot and killed here today
hy a watchman who SURPRISED him
trvino to break into local pool
lan THROUGH a rear window.
The watchman, Fred Parrish, said
the prowler fled rs he approached
md refused to halt although he
fired two bullets into the air.
Whereunon. Parrish sHid, he took
pim and fired again, the bullet en-
tering the mans back and pene-
tratin" his kidney. He died enroute
to n Hanford hospital.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-28
Visitor Dies at
inland Ranch

f. B. Harland, 6S, of San Bcrnar-
dino died suddenly at o clock this
morning at the Williford ranch near
inland. Harland had been a visitor
at the ranch and was stricken sud
denly this morning with pulmon-
airy hemorrhage. A physician was
summoned but the man died before
he arrived.
Coroner Lemons was then called
to the scene and after examining
the body brought it to his funeral
parlors in El Centre. The body will
be returned to San Bernardino for
burial.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-28
Aviators Killed
AS Planes Crash

PENSACOLA, Fla, Oct. 28.-
Two aviators were killed here today
when their planes crashed into each
other 1000 feet above the city.
Lieutenant f. r. Frawley and
Lieutenant w. j. McCord, attached
to the naval air station here, were
the victims.
Both flvers were killed when
their Curtiss-ITawk planes dropped
like bullets and were shattered to
pieces against houses in down
town section.
The a"cidcnt was witnessed by
thousands.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-28
.GOebel Planning
Flight To Paris
by United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2S.-Art
Goebel, winner of the Dole prize
flight to Hawaii, is considering Il
nonstop flight from New York to
Paris, he told the United Press to.
day.
The projected flight, to occur next
spring, would employ three motor
Amphiban plane carrying several
passengers.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-28
Prelate's Death
Expected Soon
Nv United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 2S.-Con-
dition of Archbishop J. j. Harty of
Omaha, believed dying here from
lung affliction, was said to be ex-
tremely critical TODAY.
\ Last rites of the Catholic. church
Nave been administered to the not
ed prelate and physicians predictcd
his death might come at any time.
1t was thought he could not live un-
til his 74th bDinday November l.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-28
CARLIN HEARING CONTINUED

Ernest Carlin entered a plea of
cuilty to charge of failure to pro
vide for minor children when ar
raigned before judge A. c. Finney
in superior court. department two,
this morning. He made request
that he be granted probation and
the case was set over until next
Friday for hearing. Complaint was
entered by Z. d. Griffin, probation
officer.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-28
Guard Endorses.
Gen. Summerall
ny United Press Leased Wire

ST. PAUL. Mimi, Oct. 2S.-Com-
plete confidence in the activities of
Major General Charles p. Summer
all, chief of staff of the United
States army, was expressed today in
a resolution adopted by delegates to
the convention of the National
Guard Association, in session here.
Another resolution adopted by the
association asked that provision be
made so that at least two officers
from every national guard regiment
may attend an army school each
yea.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-28
EIGHT INJURED WHEN NEW
BRIDGE SCAFFOLD BREAKS
Dy United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 2S.-lnvest-
igation was ordered today to deter.
mine the cause of the collapse of
scaffolding used in construction of
the new Hyperion avenue bridge
which resulted in serious injury to
eioht workmen late yesterday.
Merritt Moore. 10, was the most
seriously hurt. He sustained skull
fracture and internal injuries from
which he may not recover.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-28
nl-Timed Take-Off Of the Dawn

w. Grayson's attempt Den
sails Orchard Me-
trouble plane
it had gone miles
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-28

A saxophone was stolen in Kan
sas but the police recovered it. Law
enforcement is just getting worse
and worse.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-28
Claim Still Was
Built AS Trap
by United Press Leased Wire

OAKLAND, Cal, Oct. 2S.-Bclief
that huge still which exploded last
night, endangering the lives of mem
bcrs of a raiding party, was arrang-
ed as a trap for the raiders was ex-
pre- ssed today by Earl Warren, dis
trict attorney of Alameda county.
The still was found on the prop
erty of A. Santucci, near Mount
Fien. More than 250 hogs in a near
by pen were killed by the explosion
or burned to death in the fire that
followed
"All circumstances indicated that
the still was set off, District At
torney Warren said today.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-28
MARTIAL LAW
in ROUMANIA
IS EXTENDED
by. United Press Leased Wire

VIENNA, Oct. 2S.-Information
received through diplomatic chan
nels today said martial law had been
declared throughout Roumania p and
that a part Of the army, suspected
of disloyalty, had been disarmed
and confined to barracks.
Martial law, or state of siege,
had existed for several months in
portions of Roumania, including the
Bucharest area and the government
had hoped to weather the crisis
caused by Prince Carol S throne am
bitions without extending it.
Mutinv was imminent in several
garrisons, the information said. a
report reached here, unconfirmed,
from Budapest, said several anti
government Roumanian leaders had
arrived at Subotica, Jugo Slavia,
by airplane from Roumania.
After refueling their plane, it
was added, they continued i'll a
northwesterly direction.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-28
What's Doing
TONIGHT

TONIGHT
Boxing, $50. local arena.
Imperial Valley Women's Lyr-
ic Club meets, Academy of Music,
s p. m.
THE Chinese Parrot Palace
theater.
What Price Glory Valley
theater.
Associated Chamber of Com
merce dinner, Hotel Barbara
Worth, 7 p. m.
Radio: KGEN, 5:3O-6:3O.
Night school English classes,
Eastside school, p. III.
TOMORROW
Presbyterian Guilds rummage
sale, 400 Main street.
Farm Bureau directors meet,
court house, 1890 a. m.
Football: Ell Centre VS.. CaleX-
leo, at Calexico, $50.
Radio: KGEN, 12:15-1:15 p. IN.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-28

BUCHAREST, Roumania. Oct. %.
DELAYED by Censor)-''We shall
annihilate anyone who tries to
change the present succession to the
throne,' Premier Bratianu said in
parliament Yesterday, during debate
ON plot to enthrone Prince Carol.
Deputy Mainu, leader of the peas
ants party, had asserted the coun-
try's right to discuss the rulership
question as regards former Crown
Prince Carol s claim that he is
rightful king. not his six year old
son, King Michael.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-28

Those who put their money into
a nice new shiny sedan instead Of
going to the DempseyTunney
fight are the wise ones these chilly
days.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-28

Alfalfa is bringing the same price
IN New Mexico, Arizona and Wash.
ihgton-$12 ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-17

received from his palm a minute guam.
tity Of energy which was transformed
and transmitted in current sufficient.
y powerful to start in motion a great
motor generator set in a steel plant at
Homestead, near Pitt1urgh. BY
means of relays that sik Yle wave of
the hand in New York pat in opera.
ton 6,000-l;ilowatt, 700.volt machine
No longer is the question asked, of
what utility is such a demonstration?
That question was asked when Lang.
ley experimental with a heavier.than.
air machine. 1t was asked when Mar
conf proved the possibility of CONTROL.
ing certain higher vibrations for the
transmission of signals. It was asked
when Edison began his experiments
with an incandescent fiber for illumi.
nation. Now there is no doubt of the
utility Of these refinements and ex-
periments, for everybody knows now
that the spectacular wizardry of the
laboratory of today is likely to be the
practical facility of tomorrow, even
the commonplace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-17
a Shame and a Disgrace.

Another illustration Of the lamen.
table slowness with which the wheels
Of justice. sometimes grind is offered
In thu third partially successful es.
cape or condemned murderers from
the state prison at Joliet. III. Seven
men wers sentenced to death for the
murder Of Deputy Warden Peter NJ.
KLEIN of that institution. in an at
tempted break for liberty. The MUIR
der took place some two years ago.
Shortly afterward the convicts at
tempted a getaway and amid a
furry Of shooting James Price es.
caped.H Soon afterward a second at.
tempt was made. Bernardo Roa es.
capped then. Although the remaining
murderers were to be hanged soon
afterward legal technicalities inter.
fered to the extent Of holding up the
execution. The five remaining con.
victs promptly took advantage of
this loophole and made another
break. This time Charles Shader es.
capped. and Gregorio RHO was shot
dead. Now three of the original
seven remain in prison, three are free
and one is dead.
What a spectacle Of American JUS
tice this is! Seven men justly con-
demned to death for a brutal murder
seven mon with long criminal rec
ords and seven men who had proved
Enthusiastically their unfitness to re-
main alive! But before society car
take its retaliatory measures three
are allowed to escape. It Is a shame
and q disgrace.
The remedy IL obvious. It is the
elimination Immediately from court
procedure OF legal technicalities which
permit such conditions to exist ant
the placing Of incorruptible guards
In the prisons so that escape will b.
impossible. 1t Is absurd to believ'
that any set Of prisoners can accom-
plish four distinct breaks for liberty
three OF them partially successful
without the connivance of those In
side the institution. And 1t is like
wise distressing to believe that afte
one or two attempts TO escape, which
proved Enthusiastically the guilt OF thu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-17
UNITED STATES
in WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago Today

Gen. Pershing and his staff are
greeted with widest enthusiasm
every time they appear in public in
Paris. Chairman of Shipping
Board declares exorbitant prices are
asked for steel to be used in building
cargo ships, refuses to sign contracts
and threatens to seize plants.
Cologne Gazette calls Wilson's Flag
day speech 'insolent rubbish" and
thinks 1t was made to counteract
American sympathy for Germany.
Plattsburg adopts strict trench
life and assigns students to live in
them under actual war conditions.
Recruiting for next officers
training camps begins with 5000 appli-
cations already filed. . German
spy funds in banks throughout coun.
try ordered held by Federal agents.
Holland threatens to cut off
supplies to Belgian relief If United
states stops exports to them.
Food control hill faces bitter fight and
attacks from many angles in Congress.
Census director estimates mum.
Der OF enemy aliens in the United
States at 1852. 900. - Belgian
war commission reaches this country.
Red Cross week opens with
campaign to raise 800, 000.0 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-17

criminals involved. American Jus
tice is so lenient and so slow that
it would not see to it that the re.
naming prisoners suffered their just
fate instead of making it possible for
them to commit other acts of violence
in their dash for liberty.
Such affairs make for the breaking
down OF justice and the distortion of
the public mind in it's regard for the
law. Let the law take it's course"
is an oft-repeated saying, but when
the law takes such courses as this it
Is little to be wondered that the mob
spirit sometimes grips the country
And the only way to avoid this equally
deplorable condition is to guide the
law on the path Of unerring Justice.