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The Washington times., 1927-12-17
This Day in Our History

HE first successful flight Of aeroplane carrying
accomplished December H. 1908. by Willard
Wright Of Dayton Ohio, Ktyhaw sea- II was
lonely spot where ne and his brother had experiment
The Washington times., 1927-12-17
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and Other ROmances
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Of blue blood with her mother
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The Washington times., 1927-12-17
A "Whale Shark" Sighted

THE observation Of hugh shark than 80 long
reported being the Galapagos Islands The
fish belongs the species
shark of this species has been reported this locality
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-20
Land Office In
Oklahoma Quits

GUTHRIE, Okla, Aug. 90 The
latest landmark to disappear in the
frontier in the West, and in Okla
homa in particular, is the United
States land office at Guthrie which
was closed and discontinued by eX-
ecutive order recently.
Lack of business was the rea-
son given for the discontinuance of
the office. All records and what
little business remained will be TAX
en- to Washington and placed in the
offices of the department OF the in
terror.
The Guthrie land office saw its
first business on noon of April 22,
1889, when the famous "run of
'S9' was made into Oklahoma Ter
ritory. 1t was the only building
for miles. Government agents Wee
on duty ready to register claims and
issue deeds and titles.
From that day forward the little
office literally did land office
business, the city Of Guthrie grow
ing up around the little shack. The
little shack has long since gone, but
the office was housed III the federal
building at Guthrie.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-20
CALIFORNIA AND
ARIZONA HOPE TO
SETTLE DISPUTE
Preliminary Conference
Scheduled to Start To-
day at Denver.
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DENVER, Colo, Aug. 20.-Dele-
cations from California, and Arizo-
ma were to open preliminary confer
ences here today in an effort to set
tie differences which have kept Ari-
7ona from Iatifying the Colorado
river pact.
The first meeting of delegates
from the two states was scheduled
for yesterday, but was postponed
until today.
If these preliminary meetings sue
ceed in bringing the two states to
an agreement on the ALLEGATION of
water and taxation of power prof,
Gets, observers predict the seven
state conference scheduled for next
week will end in a quick solution OF
the river problem.
If the parleys between these two
delegations are unsuccessful, how
ever, many of the delegates fear the
main conference will fail and new
solution will have to be found.
Litigation or federal intervention
may follow if the present seven
states effort does not result in an
agreement, some Of the delegate
predicted.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-20
Legion Threatened
By French Paper
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PARIS, Aug. o0.-Thc communist
newpaper L'Humanite today pub
lished a threat of reprisals against
American Legionnaires in Paris if
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Van
Zetti are executed
The first contingent Of 500 Le-
rionnaires arrived in Paris Thurs
day to attend the convention of the
Legion which will take place next
month. Several thousand of Leg
ionnaires will be in Paris for the
convention.
The warning in l. 'Humanite re-
ferred to members of the Legion as
fascists.
'The American executioners must
know read the warning, "that if
they execute Saeco and Nanzetti,
they can expect legitimate repris-
ais from the proletariat.
"Let the American Legion fas-
cists take this as warning'
L'Humani'e was founded in 1904
by the late Jean Juares who was as.
sassinated in 1914 and formerly was
the organ Of the Socialists.
1t later became the organ of the
communists party.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-20
CAPITAL HOLDS
LITTLE HOPE FOR
MISSING FLYERS
BY HERBERT LITTLE
UNITED Pre- 3f staff Correspondent)

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.-Offi-
cials here today believed there Ia
little chance of finding alive the
five Dole flight aviators lost in th"
Pacific in the "Miss Doran' and
"Golden Eagle
A desperate hope still prevailed
however. The navy's AZ ship
search, augmented hv airplanes and
passenger ships will continue at
least until Tuesday.
At 3 D. m, eastern standard time
TODAY. it was pointed out, it will
have been 90 hours since the planes
left Oakland Airport for Hawaii
Navy officials feared that the
canvas wings of the land planes
might be watersoaked, and, their
rubber safety boats be overturned
. or broken by heavy swells Of the
mid.Pacific.
Such optimists as there were here
pointed to the almost miraculous
rescae of Commander John Rodgers
/ in 1925 after his nlane had floated
nine davs on the Pacific.
The fonr me" a"d N~o Mil'rci
Doran. in their land machines how
ever, have not the chance of Rode
ere officials said noir'inn t. IVA
floatability' Of the navy man 3
iPN.9 seaplane, which he sailed ~
most To land after being forced
down 300 miles from Hawaii.
! Neither the "Go'den Eagle - nor
the "Miss Doran' was eouipned
with pontoora ALTHOUGH both had
devices intended to enable t0fm to
floot for some time.
The wooden cona'ruotion ="
huovant gas tanks, however, might
he nut o"t of commission IN I
crash. ard the snlt water soaked I'M
~ tho fahrir winrs mirht ovnrro'' q
their buovancv. it was pointed o"t
/ 'ti~r cooretarv oT the Navv
/ W Fho-'a. h"rel operations ch'of
voiced the oninion of most officials
when re said it "looked bad "
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-20
HOME TOWN TO
OFFER PRAYERS
FOR LOST GIRL
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FLINT, Mich, Aug. 20,-As the
hours passed into days without
bringing word of the fate of Miss
Mildred Doran, Flint today turned
to prayers as a relief from its anx-
iety.
Impromptu PRAYER MEETINGS are
being held throughout the citv for
the missing Dole flight sviatriv.
Fifteen hundred automobile work
ers laid down their tools long
enough Yesterday to offer up q
PRAYER for their safety.
All Sunday church services will
be largely devoted to prayers for
Mildred and the missing aviators,
the Flint Ministerial Association
announced.
Meanwhile, members of the girl 8
family are gradually breaking nm
der the strain. "Bill, - Mildred 5
"a wear old brother, cried vesterds =
when shown pictures of his sister
smilinglv climbing into the plane,
Helen, the Young sister. likewise
spent the greater part Of the day
in tears.
William Doran, Sr,, the father,
alone Of the family, maintained his
comnosure.
"She will turn up" he said
"With all those ships don I see
how they can miss her.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-20
Vessel Reports
Seeing Flare
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 90
Tanks of mist surrounding the stea
rrcr West Seonana ns morning dawn
cd on the mid Pacific prevented her
crew from searching the surface of
the ocean at the position where she
reported at 1:20 A. NJ, that she had
seen a signal flare.
"We are continuing to stand by,
she reported to the Federal Tclc-
graph Company station here. "Will
start search when visibility impro
vcs.'
The West Sequana s position is
$50 miles northeast OF the position
given by the plane "Fallas Spirit -
last night with its last ''SOS' call.
Because of the divergence in pos
itions, it is believed that the flare
reported by the West Sequana may
have been set by one Of the other
two missing Dole race planes, 'Miss
Doran' and Golden Eagle I'M
less the Dallas Spirit turned and
headed for the West Seouana after
sending her emergency call.
The Pritish tanker Pleidon, accord
ing to advices from Honolulu, has
altered her course and is rushing
toward the last position given by
the "Dallas Spirit, which was
latitude 1916, longitude 1880.
The Pleidon expected to arrive
at II a. NJ, Pacific time.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-20
Movie Magnate
On State Board
~ United Presn Leased Nrir~

SACRAMENTO, Aug l9.-Gov.
G. c. Young lust before departure
for Denver last night announced an
pointmcnt Of Joseph NJ. Schenck,
Los Angeles motion picture mag
nate, and Fred Moody of San Fran
cisco, as members of the state har-
Dor commission.
Charles G.. Butte, Los Angeles :;
Joscrh p HAYWOOD. San Francisco
and G. F. Rverson, Marysville, We're
appointed members Of the newly
created state board of horhor eN-
aminers to assume responsibility Of
issuing a license to every barber
working IN the state.
Each of the above commissioners
will receive $4,000 annually.
T. F Flaherty, Riverside, was an
pointed TO the Riverside County
board Of Supervisors, filling the va.
cancy caused by the death of F. P.
Wilson.
Gov. Young accompanied by w.
j. Carr, Los Angeles, left for Den,
yer to attend the conferences of gov
ernors of seven states on Colorado
river development. 80
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-20
FLYER Killed AS
Airplane Falls
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ST. LOUIS, Aug. 20.-Lieutenant
George Stumpf was killed and Lieu
tenant Cliff Hutchinson seriously
injured when their airplane crashed
in st. Louis county near here to-
day.
The two aviators were members
of the Missouri Nationl Guard Ali
Corps and comrades Of Charles A.
Lindbergh. Stumpf helped Lind
berg prepare for his trans-Atlan'
tic flight.
Hutchinson was plotting the plane
over Lake Hill Park, summer re-
sort, when the machine struck \
flagpole and was disabled. 1t
plunged to the ground from low
altitude a short distance from the
park.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-20
Eiansby Arrested
On Federal Count

Claire Dansby. %, of Wastmor
land was arrested by attaches Of the
sheriff 5 cftice late last night on a
warrant issued yesterday afternoon
by Judge /. Mayfield. Dansby Is
charged by federal agent with
having entered conspiracy early
in July 10 defeat the National Pro
hibition act. Several previous ar
rests were made in the same ease.
While the warrant was issued bv
Judge Mayfield the ease is fed
cral one, the Judge acting in the
capacity of L. $. Commissioner in
the absence Of Dorsey G.. Whitelaw
Dansby has not been arraigned ON
the charge as yet.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-20
RurOn Fits Now
Boss of State
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SACRAMENTO, Aug 90 Fo'
the first time sincc his inaugura
tion last January, Lieutenant Gov
ernor Buron Fits of Los Angeles
today wore the mantle Of Callror
MA : chief executive.
Fits automatically became act
ing governor at 1853 a. mY today
when the train carrying Governor
c. c. Young to the seven state gov
ernors' conference at Denver cross
cd the state line into Nevada.
Fits, who is now in Los Angeles
is expected to arrive in Sacramento
Monday, and will remain until Gov
crnor Young returns from the con
ference in Colorado, probably the
latter part Of next week.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-20
ERW|YS PLANE ADDED TO LIST OF MISSING
Sacco- Vanzetti Case Moves To Supreme Court
Missing Boy
Sought Here

James Berry, aged l6, son of Mr..
and Mrs. John P. Berry of Berkeley,
has disappeared from his home and
his parents, believe that he is on
his way to Imperial valley. Mr..
Berry is an attorney and formerly
had offices in FL Centre. The fam
ily is well known here and it is be
lieved by the parents that Jame'
just wanted to pay visit to friends
here.
The mother of the boy, however,
is greatly worried and any informa-
tion relative to his whereabouts
should be reported at police head,
quarters. The youngster is describ-
as being about 6 feet tall: slender
built. He wore grew coat, soft
gray hat, corduroy trousers and
tan shoes when last seen by the
parents.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-20
FIGHT FOR BIG
NAVY LOOMS IN
NEXT CONGRESS
President Opposed to
Move for Appropria-
ton at Coming Session.
BY PAUL r. MALLON
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent

RAPID CITY, s. D., Aug. 90. -
\ fight over the future of the Am
crican navy is expected in the next
congress as result of President
Coolidge's announcement that he
does not desire TO permit immediate
appropriations for building new
cruisers and submarines.
Protests from big navy men in
congress already have begun to pour
into the executive offices here be
cause of the stand taken by the
nations chief executive, it was
learned today.
Mr.. Coolidge has taken the posi-
ton that new cruisers and submar-
ines must be authorized in the De
cember session, but that appropria
tions which would start the buiid-
ing of them must go through the
ordinary course of governmental eX-
pcnditures.
This would delay adoption Of ap-
propriations for them at least un-
I'll 1929. They would have to be
authorized in the budget of that
year and then adopted by that con
grcss.
The same fight was staged at the
last session, revealing predomi-
nance of big navy votes against the
president.
Failure of the Geneva disarma-
ment conference and the announced
announcement of Great Britain to
build up its cruiser and submarine
strength beyond even its present
predominance are factors which
have apparently spurred the big
navy bloc to proA'St.
They think immediate action
should be taken, as none OF the
cruisers can be put on the seas un-
til three or four years after their
construction is begun. To follow
Mr.. Coolidge's plans the navy
would not actually be strengthened
until 1882 OF 1893, they argue.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-20
Dairy Cows Get
Long Boat Ride

VANCOUVER, B. c., Aug. 90
Envy the lucky cows, at least 40
90 them must be so designated for
thov are getting nice long boat
ride to the Orient sn"h as most
reraons would enjoy, but cane af'
ford.
Forty nurebrrd jersey COWS were
shipped from this mort recentlv for
Shanghai. They will be used for ex'
pcrimental purposes on a dairy farm
reo~ Shanghai and NAV be the fonn'
aation of modern pure blood dairy
herds in China.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-20
Ev JOHN N. PALMER
limited Press staff Correspondent

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 90
There was M word this morning Of
the plane dallas Snirit.' annroxi
matelv nine hours after it indicated
it had ponc into its second tail
spin. within ~ minutes.
The fate of Captain William P.
Erwin, pilot and Avian II. Eich-
waldt. navigator, could only be CUES
sed. They are the sixth and seventh
trans-Pacific flyers to be logged rs
missing
Eiehwaldt, signing as "Ike' yes
terdnv maint"ined constant "o"-
munication with the shore unail he
was approximately seven hundred
r,ilns ~ sea. Then he flashed an
"SOS.' -
"Dclav that.' waa tho newt word
from KGGA, the "Dallas Shirt -
call letters. 1--WE are in a tail-sp'n
but we cqmc out ok. W" sure get
scared: it was srre close call.
Thoupht it was all over but we came
out cf it.
'The lights on the instrument
board went ont and Bill couldn {
see the wings
Listeners ashore felt prrat relief
only to again become disheartened
when the "Dallas Shirt" few
nlinntes later flashed:
C1Uro -, onntb
Dead silence followed the incom'
leted message and aviation eS-
perts believe the full message would
read: owe are in another tail
spin
"In later hours of the evening
considerable excitement sprang
from belief that KGGA, the Dallas
Spirit had rugged up new antennae
and was attempting TO send again.
Jensen Pessimistic
II was finally established how
ever, that the signals were coming
from an amateur who was using
wave length almost identical t. that
of KGGA, the sending set aboard
Erwin's plane.
MaTtln JtAsCH' Nhu wa S"NN..N
complete the trans-Pacific flight
in the James Dole air race, said he
believed both the "Dallas Spirit
and the "Miss Doran" had g'na
down in the sea at nearly the same
place.
He said in cables from Honolulu
that he believes Erwin, flving com
parativelv low after lenvinr OAK
land airport, attcmr'cd - climb to
find the hori7co md tel into a
Continued on page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-20
GOldstein Ready
For Prison Term

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2o,-Jacob
Goldsteir wealth. president of the
Rothschild mortgage and finance
companv nrepored to leave here TO-
dav for San Quentin to serve FROM
one 70 10 wears for the slaving of
Frederick Stern, a business associ,
ate
Goldstein. formerly = resident of
Columbus, Ohiol pleading guilty to
charge of manSlaughter for the
death of Stern. who was shot down
in fight in the Rothschild offices
ON July -.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-20
Princes Will Be
Private Citizens
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VICTORIA. B. G, Aug. 20.-Thn
Prince Of Wales and his brother will
spend the neyt three days az pri'
vote citizens taking no part IN Of
ficial gatherings Of anv kind 4
representative Of the prince this
afternoon attended the funeral Of
Premier Oliver. For the reason of
his death, a great bali at govern
ment horse wos cancelled, but in its
place half dozen small dances are
being ARRANGED for the prince here
privately. SUNDAY he will go fish,
ing toward the northern end of
/ Vancouver ialands Tuesday the
rartv will return 70 Vancouver en-
route east.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-20
POPULAR BARBER SAVED
FROM PENITENTIARY TERM

PORTLAND. Ore, Aug 20
"Such popularity must be deserv
ed, said the Judge as King Jack
son, %, was led back to Jail
Jackson was to have been sen
tenced to the penitentiary follow
ing conviction for forgery but the
entire force of the law sought tc
keep him in the county Jail here.
The taller, the prosecuting attor
ney, sheriff and all concerned want
ed him so Judge George Tazwel
sentenced Jackson to 10 months il
the county Jail.
The answer is that Jackson is al
excellent barber and had no objec
tion to practicing his trade in Jail
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-20
Kern County Has
New SanitOrium

BAKERSFIELD, AUG. 90 -
With the completion of a new $50,
zoo building at the Kern County
tuberculosis s0nitorim plans have
heen started for the second unit or
1t is estimated hv DR.. f. A. Sch
aper, superintendent Of the institut
ion, that two wears time aud AZ
additional 100000 will be required
to make the sanitarium one of the
finest on the Pacific coast.
The building Just completed vii
house 40 patients and has radio
connections in every room.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-20
Newspaper Man
Dies Suddenly
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 20.-Parke
Main Walker, former business man
ager of the South West American
and a well known Arkansas news
paper man, died suddenly in hos
pital here today. Death was due to
a cerebral hemorrhage.
Walker was the in-law of Col
w. E. Becker. until four years ago
publisher Of the South West Ameri
can. He was 43 years old. He
leaves his widow and a daughter re-
siding here.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-20
Weather Bureau
Man Tells Why
Sunday Is Hot
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FRESNO, Aug. 20.-Sunday is al
wavs the hottest dav in the week
N hundreds of people, according 10
W. f. Ronnett, meterologist of the
United States weather bureau here.
"The reason people think Sun
day is hotter than anv other day is
due TO the fact that they sit around
in the house or ride in auto obiles
and are not physically active"
Because cf the dry humidity of
the San Joaquin Valley the
more active person is the cooler
ho will be, - the weather man
claims. ....
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-20
ERWIN'S FAMILY
CLINCS TO HOPE
AVIATOR IS SAFE
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COLLTEGSWOOD, \. j., Aug. 20.
The 10 year old wife Of Captain
William 2. Erwin, pilot of the
Dallas Spirit, " missing some
where in the Pacific, today main
tanned her composure and refused to
abandon hope that he will be res
cued.
Mrs. Constance Oil Erwin had
planned to make the attempted
Honolulu hop when her husband
first entered the Dole race, but the
rules Of the contest forbade either
pilots or passengers under y years
Of age from participating.
DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 20-While
anxious to hear from her son, Mrs.
w, \. Erwin, mother of Captain
William P Erwin, pilot Of the miss
ing monoplane, "Dallas Spirit ex.
pressed confidence today that her
son is safe.
- have a feeling that the plane
is still in the air. T." she said. "Both
of my sons are aviators and | know
lot about flying from talking to
them shall not lose faith until
Il know that som thing has hap
)ened to my boy"
Paul Erwin, brother Of Captain
Erwin, was an aviation instructor
during the war. He died in 1921.
Rev. ". A. Erwin, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church at Paw
huska, Cl:la., left for Dallas by au-
tomobile early today upon learning
that his son may have fallen into
the ocean.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-20
McNIDER BRUISED IN FALL

DANPrRy. Conn. AVG. oo-As.
c'~toot Secretary of War Hanford
MoNidor wos hrr'snA ana Sh"''"r
todav when tho oirn'onn in whi"h
he was enroute IN this citv landed
in mor~h ~ Purknr Fn'd o"a
overturned. The plane was severely
damaged.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-20
GUsTINE MAN GROWS
CUCUMBERs BY YARD

GUsTINE, Calf, Aug, 20.--J. F..
Pollock grows cucumbers By the
ward. The gardener latest achieve
ment is the production Of cucumbers
measuring from 20 to 80 inches in
length. Close attention to hardy
specimen Of the Sieilian variety re-
vealed that the ambitious pickle
grew three inches in one day, he
said.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-20
NOTHING IN A NAME

PORTLAND. Ore, Aug. 20.-"N
sir, there amt a darn thing in n
name, - was a general CT mment here
not long ago when Emma Friendly
was divorced from her pleasantly
named stouse. Julips c. Friendly. a
retired merchant, wasn't like his
name at all, the complaint related.
A decree was granted upon the allie
CATION of cruel and inhuman treat
ment.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-20

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20.-A
report was current here this morn
ing, denied by the Radio Corpora
ton. that a series of weak and a.
most undecipherable signals had
hecn picked up by commercial sta
tions at 4:30 a. M, believed poH
sibly to have been sent bv the miss
ing plane "Dallas Spirit y
This waA more than 10 hours af
ter the last clear "SOS" from thu
"Dallas Spirit had been picked
up.
The rumor. current among radio
engineers. but denied by the var
ious radio companies officially,
gave a fait raw of hone that ""
"Dallas Shirt - might have landed
on the water and resorted to weak
battery power to start up its radio
sending set again.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-20
CALL FOR
AID LAST
MESSAGE
Silence Leads to Belief
Dallas Spirit" Fell In
Water.
VESSELS SEARCHING
Nothing Heard of Other
Two Planes Lost Since
Tuesday.

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HONOLULU, Aug. 20.-Var-
ious and wholly unconfirmed
radio rumors current here at
1925 a. M, Pacific time said
that an unidentified ship at sea
had been trying to advise Homo
lulu stations that It had picked
up the mi.t;ing plane Golden
Eagle"
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-20

Continued on page 81
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-27
MRS. TOWNSEND
DINNER HOSTESS

Mrs. Richard Townsend enter
tanned a company of So at dinner
last evening at which the Belgian
Ambassador and Baroness de Cartier
were the ranking guests. Gen. and
Mrs. Cornelius vanderbilt, who are
staying at the Belgian embassy,
were also members Of the dinner
party.
The Ambassador and Baroness de
Cartier are not accepting invitations
to official functions until February
8, at which time will expire the
period of the Official mourning being
observed at the embassy for the
late Empress Carlotta. They are,
however, dining Informally on a few
occasions.
The Minister of Switzerland and
Nine. Peter entertained 10 guests
at dinner last evening before the
reception and musicale given by Mrs.
Frederick Coolidge at the Mayflower
Hotel. Nine. Peter will not be at
home tomorrow afternoon.