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Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-16
Aged Miner Held
On Check Charge
By United Press Leased Wire

Los ANGELES, Dec. 16.-Isaac
Wilson, S3-year-old miner, was held
in Jail here today on a charge of
having issued spurious checks total
ing more than $250,000 on the State
Bank of Utah, one of them for pur-
chase of real estate at Red Bluff,
Cal.
The aged man, whose quest for
precious metals in the hills of north
crn California had time after time
met with failure, was unable to tell
why he had issued the checks. Po-
lice said the complainants do not
intend to press the charges and that
a home for Wilson will be found.
"I'm old and tired,' Wilson said.
"I guess / just forgot had no
money!
In Red Bluff he bought 1864 acres
of land from George Vogelgsang,
giving him a check for $266,7l2.
While the purchase was still in es-
crow he came to Los Angeles. He
met an automobile dealer at Gar
dena last week and gave him $3470
payment on car. Communication
with the Utah bank disclosed that
Wilson had no account and his ar
rest followed.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-16
HUGE AIRPLANE
CARRIES TURKEYS
TO Los ANGELES

Nature equipped turkeys with
wings, but flock of Imperial Val
ley turkeys were flying today tc
Los Angeles without using the
equipment with which nature pro,
vided them. Instead they were
aboard the big Ford ll-Metal plane
of the Maddux Air Lines.
The turkeys will be distributed
among employees of the Maddux
Air Lines as Christmas presents.
Without doubt they should reach
Los Angeles in good condition for
the big plane appears as though it
would cause the birds very little
inconvenience.
It's arrival at Imperial Airport
this morning was the means of at
tracing a large crowd from all
points in the valley, who marveled
at the gigantic ship. 1t loomed
above the other planes on the field
like the Woolworth building above
a switchman' shanty.
According to A. A. Bellande, who
piloted the ship here, the trip down
from Los Angeles was made in two
hours and five minutes The plane
is the standard Ford All-Metal type
monoplane, equipped with three of
the Wright J-5 whirlwind type
motors, each capable of developing
225 horsepower, Its wing spread is
"A feet. Ample space for u pas
.engers in addition to two pilots, is
provided in the fuselage of the
plane. Without fuel aboard the
plane weighe, 6400 pounds. Accom-
panying Bellande on the trip were
f. j. Jakubiak, assistant pilot,
Harry Wilbur and P. I. Haddan Jr.
Next Tuesday Jack Maddux, pres
ident of the company, accompanied
by Mrs. Maddux and other officials
of the company, will arrive at I'm
perial on their return from a trip
to Arizona. They will b e
greeted here by the board of super
visors, who will take up with them
the development of Imperial Air
port.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-16
VALLEYS MILK
SUPPLY SHOWS
HIGH AVERAGE
Ell CentrO Scores Good
Rating in Surprise Milk
Test.

The value to tho public of regu-
lar and efficient milk inspection
was again demonstrated as the re-
suit of surprise milk scoring con
t,,st of the Imperial Valley milk
supply. The average district milk
rating at this time was found to be
S9.6 percent, computed ON q quality
basis.
The supervision of FL Centre milk
supply is maintained by DIR. F. A
Purger, health officer, and Harry Il
Pehncy, chief inspector.
FL Centre 8 average as shown by
a test of four dairies supplying To-
cal families, was 94.5 percent.
"Thcre are few homes today in
which milk, in some form, is not
used daily. It's Importance as the
one complete food used by man AMI
especially the part it plays in the
diet of the infant and the growing
child is firmly established by sci
cnce and experience Behney said
Since milk has been proved to be
the best preventative and corrective
of nutritional ills in children and
adults as well, it is of utmost i'm
portance that the milk used for that
purpose be the highest quality OBJ
tainable.
Through approved local milk in
spection service, the consumer So
cures assurance of the safety and
Mholesomeness of the milk delivered
ut their door at all times. The re-
l-.tion of quality to the amount OF
nlilk consumed is very definite and
the results of the local survey sup
Port the contention that improve
rent in quality means increased con
sumption.'
Low tuberculosis Figures
The judges officiating at the con
test were Doctor r. p. Gingerich,
market milk specialist with the bu
reau of Dairy Control, Los Angeles
and II. E. Behney, local dairy in
slector.
In tubercular test of dairy
herds throughout the county, a total
of 90 herds containing 1869 cattle
were tested. OF this number Sc OF
l.O2 per cent were found to be re-
actors.
In the Ell Centre district, foul
herds with 127 cattle were tested
There were five reactors Or 3.9 pei
cont.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-16
Three Arrested
By Local Police

Only three arrests were made by
city police last night, two of the
defendants pleading guilty to charg-
as of being drunk in city court this
morning and the third entering a
similar plea to a charge of vagrancY.
II. p. Remblad was the latter and
he was given a suspended sentence
on a penalty of $25 or % days pro
vided he get ont of town by noon.
Henry j. Ncahr and J. NJ. MARTINEZ
we're the two arraigned on charges
If drunkenness. Each was sentcnc-
ed to pay a fine of So or spend a
Ike number of days in Jail. Both
were remandcd to the county jail
in default, They were arrested on
broadway last night by Patrolman
Pryan.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-16
Young Daughter
of Los Angeles
Banker kidnapped
Ry United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 16.-Be-
lieved to have been kidnapped by a
well dressed man, Marion Parker,
10, daughter of Los Angeles bank
err, was still missing here today af-
ter a "a hour search by detectives.
Police believe she is being held
for ransom. The father, Perry
Parker, assistant cashier of the
First National Bank, declared he
was man Of only moderate finan-
cial condition.
AS the girl was playing on the
campus of Mt. Vernon Junior high
school yesterday sleek young man,
about % years old, approached the
girl and told her that her father
had been injured in an automobile
accident, police said.
He then went with the girl to
the attendance superintendent, who
excused her after hearing the story.
The man and the girl are said to
have then entered a light coupe and
sped away. When Marion did not
reach home in time for dinner her
parents notified police. No definite
clue has been found.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-16
REJECTION OF
PRAYER BOOK
STUNS ENGLAND
BY CLIFFORD L. DAY
UNITED Press Staff Corrcsponden

LONDON, Dee. 16.-Protestant
England went back to ritualistic
fundamentalism today.
Church of England leaders, aston
ished by the house of commons re-
lection of a revised version of the
King James prayer book, visualized
possibility of a split in the church
between Glow church" and "high
church, factions.
A convocation Of bishops viii
meet Monday to discuss a situation
unprecedented in centuries.
Rejection of the new prayer bool,
means simply that the house Of com
.lons refused to authorize a modern
lied and liberalized version of Q
prayerbook that has been official
and unaltered in England since 1862
The venerable Archbishop of Can
terbury, primate of England, was
stunned at the rejection, made by
& vote which an official checkup to-
day showed to be 238 to 205.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-16
COLD WEATHER
RETURNS AGAIN
TO MIDDLE WEST
Nv United Press Leased Wire

CHICAGO, Dec. 16.-A new cold
wave, with temperatures at zero and
below extended over the upper Mis-
sissippi valley and Great Lakes
states today.
The cold spell, first felt in Min
resota, the Dakotas and Canada yes,
terday, was expected to spread
south and east today into Ohio
valley.
Snow paralyzed the Dakotas and
Minnesota. Fargo, n. D., and
Moorhead, Mimi, reported the
heaviest snowfall on record.
Schools were closed, bus service
vas suspended and trains were
hours behind schedule. A % mile
wind caused drifts with blocked
roads.
The drop in temperature was wei
coined in parts of Indiana and along
the Ohio river where floods had
been feared. Colder weather was
expected to free the ground and pre-
vent surface waters from adding to
the overflow.
Twenty-four vessels of grain
fleet enroute to Buffalo were report
ed helplessly locked in ice between
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, and tho
Neebish cut today.
Severe lake storms forced the
Eagle Harbor coast guard crew to
abandon search for the Canadian
steamer Kamloops and her crew of
20, missing more than week.
Little hope was held for the ship
OF its men.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-16
MayranO to Make
Lengthy Stay

Ygnacio Mayrano of Calexieo,
who Wednesday was sentenced to
six months in the county jail upon
pleading guilty to a charge of NAL
icious mischief, was given an addi-
tional penalty of 80 days in the
county Jail and fine of 5000 by
Judge |. Mayfield this morning. The
second penalty was upon his plea
Of guilty to a charge of disturbing
the peace. The court ruled that the
sentences are to run consecutively
aud that in ease the 5000 is not paid
tine defendant be made to serve one
div in Jail for each So of the fine.
The man was arrested on COM
plant of j. c. Frazier, it being al
lesed that he had gone to Frazier S
hoWe, breaking window in the
Louse and door and creating Il
general disturbance.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-16
|LINDBERCH WILL
ACCEPT BIDS TO
CENTRAL AMERICA
Plans Flight to Smaller
Countries Returning to
u. S. via Cuba.
BY G. F. FINE
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent


MEXICO CITY, Dee. 1G.-Colonel
Charles A. Lindbergh announced
definitely today his acceptance of
farious invitations to fly to Central
American countries as aerial ambas-
Gador from the United States.
In making the announcement to-
day in an interview Colonel Lind
Lcrgh declared regular aerial com
nunication between the United
States and Central South American
countries was feasible and ought to
he instituted.
Colonel Lindbergh announced he
probably would end his ambassador
flights III Havana and that from
there lie would fly to st. Louis.
81 have decided to accept various
invitations to fly to Central Ameri-
can countries,' Lindbergh said. 81
decided to accept for several rea.
sons. First, because l should like
very much to visit Central America
and l want to obtain experience in
flying over the tropics. | have not
done so up to now.'
"My flight probably will end in
Havana, from which l am going to
St. Louis.
Route Not Certain
"No route yet has been fixed
through Central America and | am
not even sure which country l shall
visit first.
"Probably 1 shall spend Christ
mas in Mexico City and hope my
mother will be able to be with
me-
Colonel Lindbergh turned to dis
cussion of possibilities of Pan
American development of aerial
communication as shown by his
flight.
"'In the present stage of develop
ment aerial communication between
the United States, Mexico and Cen
tral and South America is entirely
feasible he said.
"We have not yet developed air
planes to a point where regular
trans-oceanic lines are practicable. -
Asked why he did not take a
parachute on his trip to Mexico,
Colonel Lindbergh said:
~ consider parachutes unneces-
sary for passage flying. They are
necessary only in stunting, in test
ing. in formation flights and in fly
ing over bad country
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-16
CORONER ORDERS
INVESTIGATION OF
WRITER'S DEATH

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1G.-Work-
ing on the theory that Allen Purvis,
former general superintendent of
the Canadian Pacific railway, may
have died of poison, chemical anal
ysis of the contents of his stomach
has been ordered by the coroner's
office.
Purvis, who has been engaged in
writing for leading railroad maga-
zines, was found unconscious yester-
day in a downtown hotel, by a bell
boy. When a house physician failed
to rouse him from the coma, Purvis
was taken to the Hollywood hospital
where he died.
According to authorities, they
learned that Purvis was engaged to
marry Miss Annette Purcell. The
girls address was given as 234 San
some street, San Francisco, and
hotel attaches said that Purvis had
ordered them to open any kilograms
city.
A post mortem examination con-
Quoted over the bory failed to re-
veal the cause of death, and al
though no trace of poison was found
in the mans room, the chemical an
alysis was ordered on the theory
that poison may have been the cause
of his sudden death.
Puryis was appointed general sup
erintendent of the Ontario and
Quebec division in 1919. He main
tanned headquarters in Toronto and
was well known there and in Van
couver.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-16
Missing Girl Is
Found In Arizona

Edna Getty, 16, of Riverside, who
disappeared from her home q few
DAYS ago has been found.
She is no longer Edna Getty but
Mrs. w, f. Sears.
According to wire received at
the sheriff's office this morning
from Sheriff j. d. Adams he located
and interviewed the girl at hotel
in Phoenix. She showed him mar
riage certificate to the effect that
she had been married to w. +. Sears
two days ago in Phoenix. A check
up showed that a license had been
issued to the couple there.
The girls relatives have been
notified
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-16
COMMUNISTS IN
CANTON KILLED
BY AUTHORITIES

HONG KONG. Dec. 16.-Twenty
one Russian and Chinese Communists
including several bobbed haired
Chinese women and Soviet Vice
Consul Hassisi were killed rs re-
suit of n raid on the Soviet consu-
late at Canton, advices from there
todov said.
Eight. including one vice consul.
were killed following the raid Tues
dav and 13 others were executed
outside the police headquarters yes
terday afternoon.
The raid was part Of police
roundup of communists in Canton.
The action followed Sundays s coup
~ communist workers and peasants
who took control of the city out of
,ho Nationalists hands for time.
After rrorganizing their forces, the
authorities recaptured Canton.
The killing of 2l Russian and
Chinese communists would indicate
that the Canton authorities were
avenging last week s coup, instigat-
Cd bv the Russians.
ne soviet consul escaped IRON
the consulate before the raid be-
can. Members of the staff strong
~ resisted the raiding and two wom-
en- were killed.
The members of the staff inclu3-
ing the vice consul were shackled
and marched to prison. Five Rus
SLAMS suffered great indignities IN
the hands of the infuriated mob.
All of them were later shot.
The roundup of Chinese and Rus
sian communists continued TODAY,
dispatches from Canton said.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-16
SLEUTHS
TO TAKE
Up TRAIL
Government Secret Ser
vice Men to Investigate
Mexican Tangle.
MORE WITNES ES
Hearst Editor Testifies
No Real Effort Made to
Prove Papers Genuine.
by United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, Dee. 16.-The
special senate committee investigat-
ing Hearst newspaper charges that
President Gales of Mexico ordered
$1,200,000 paid four United States
senators decided in executive session
today to employ secret service
agents to get at the truth.
The matter is of such grave in
ternational Importance and testi-
mony so far taken is so tangled and
contradictory that the detective
method is necessary, it was said.
This decision was reached after
a brief open hearing in which
Hearst newspaper men told their
side of the story of how their doe
uments were obtained through Mex
lean governmental clerks.
Exact nature of the investiga-
tions to be undertaken by the de-
tectives was not made known for
fear it might hinder them in their
work.
Telegraph and cable authorities
here informed the committee they
would have ready from their files
tomorrow a list of messages sent
and received by Mexican Consul
General Elias at New York. These
are to be used to check the authen
ticitv of alleged messages published
by Hearst newspapers and presented
to the committee.
After another brief hearing to.
morrow, the committee intends to
pause while its detectives follow
some of the suggested trails.
No other witnesses will be callel
for the present, Chairman David A.
Reed, Republican, Pennsylvania, an
rounced.
Correspondent On Stand
George Hinman, former Mexico
City correspondent of the Universal
Service, testified he knew nothing
of the genuineness of the published
papers but that he had heard in
Mexico City in May that such pa
pers could be procured.
Hinman said he had nothing to
do with obtaining the published
papers.
His information that such papers
existed came from Miguel Avila,
Hearst secret agent, who did obtain
them for the Hearst papers, accord
ing to his testimony yesterday.
Victor Watson, editor of the New
York Mirror, a Hearst paper, was
summoned to tell how the papers af-
ter having been smuggled into the
United States by John Page, Hearst
newspaperman, were brought him
in New York.
''I was pretty well convinced at
first that they were genuine" said
Watson.
Handwriting Not Checked
Watson said he went to William
Randolph Hearst's California ranch
with Page and Avila for a confer
ence about handling the papers.
"I told Page one important thing
TO do was to get some other evil
dcnce to show the authenticity of
the Documents said Watson.
"I thought the best thing to do
was to plant man in the Mexican
offices in New York to keep us adj
vised as to what was passing
through
Avila was to be the man planted
in the Mexican consulate office in
New York, the witness said. 1t was
brought out that no effort was made
to get handwriting experts to check
President Gales signatures or n
Spanish scholar to test other points
concerning genuineness.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-16
Court Continues
Liquor Hearing

Jury trial in the ease of M. Mat
suyama, Japanese, charged with un-
lawful possession of intoxicating
liuuor, was continued indefinitely
when it came up before Judge Per-
kins in city court yesterday after
noon. The postponement of the
hearing was made at the request Of
the attorney for the defendant, Lee
Nuffcr, who said that his client
was i'll and unable to appear at this
time.
Matsuyama was arrested several
weeks ago by Deputy Sheriffs dur
ing a visit to his establishment on
Broadway. He was released under
500 bail for appearance trial.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-16
Officials For
Rose Bowl Game
Are Announced

PASADENA, Cal, Dec. 10
Tournament of Roses executives an
nounced the following football Off
eials for the Stanford-Pittsburgh
clash in Rose Bowl here January .:
Refcree-Bob Evans.
Umpirc-A. II. Sharp, Cornell.
Field Judge-Sam Dolan, Oregon
State College.
Head Linesman - John Egan,
Dartmouth. Al Masters, graduate
manager of Stanford, in charge of
ticket sales, announced that $4,000
seats were sold, including all boxes
and cheaper seats. Twentythree
thousand medium priced dueats re-
main for sale, he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-16
Intelligence OF
Remus Belittled

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Zee. 16. -
Gcor~e Remus, once described NJ
the "mastcr mind of the bootleg
ging industry heard today that from
the standpoint of psychologist h
barely had average adult intelli-
gencc.
DR.. Mabel Fcrrald, who made var
ious tests, testified that Remus was
frequcntlv below the average level.
Iler conclusions led in part to the
conclusion of three alienists that
Eemus was sane at the time he shot
and killed his wife. He now is on
trial charged with murder.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-16
Governor Flags
His Accusers
BY DON A. HIGGINS
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent

OKLAHOMA CITY, Dee. 16.--
Undertaking" was the brand Gov
ernor Henry s. Johnston placed upon
the announced "moral turpitude' -
investigation by an insurgent house
committee which he ordered elected
from the capitol today.
The governor placed troops abou'
the senate chambers previously or
dered by the senate court of i'm
peachment to be made ready for the
house investigating committee while
the senate recessed for two weeks
and expelled his accusers from the
capitol.
The house prosecutors retired &c
the Lee Huckins Hotel "unofficia
capitol with the intention Of ex-
amining witnesses as to the "mor-
also Of the governor.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-16
Indy
GREETED
BY KIDS
Juvenile Yanks in Mexico
Shrill Their Welcome to
Noted Flyer.
BULLFIGHT OR NOT
'Lone Eagle" to Decide
Whether or Not to See
National Sport"
~ United Press Leased Wire

MEXICO CITY, Dec. l6.-Sevcn
hundred American children today
shrillcd their unqualified admira-
ZION of Colonel Charles A. Lind
lcrgh on his visit to the American
school herc-the only event of iai-
portance on his program today.
The children greeted him as 4
lcro whose like they had not met
oltside Of dreams or fairy tales.
Actually, the American aerial am
bnssador TO France and Mexico was
working over in his mind, rs h
grinncd happily at the children, mis-
sions TO four more countries.
From Mexico City, Colonel Lind
bergh will fly in his Spirit of st.
Louis TO Guatemala, Salvador, Hon.
duras and Panama.
Colonel Lindbergh's program for
today and tomorrow WAS one that
divided itself between high states
men and children. 1t seemed that
those in charge of his program want
I'd every boy and girl in Mexico 10
see that the "gringoes mt whom
many Of them had instinctivcly
looked askance were anxious to be
friends with them, and might not
he so bad after all.
1t has been impossible so far to
ignore the significance the part
children have PLAYED in the royal
greetings given the American avi-
ator.
Tomorrow there is planned one of
the greatest children s celebrations
on record.
Mother Not Coming
Within the next day or two 'wc
were expected to make flight over
the city.
Lindbergh today faced his first
problem Of diplomacy as "amhas-
sador Of friendship He will have
to decide whether to attend the bull
fight next Sunday in his honor as
the Mcxicans expect him to do, or
to decline as humane societies in
the United States are\urging him to
do in kilograms.
The messages said the civilized
world expected Lindbcrgh to refuse
10 witness the bull fight. One or
ganization cited the example Of the
Prince of Wales who recently re-
fused to go to bull fight in Ma
drid.
Lindbergh will he alone with
members of the American embassy
for Christmas. His mother, Mrs.
Evangclinc Lindbergh, telcgraphc'l
Yesterday from Detroit that she was
unable to accept American Ambas-
sador Morrow $ invitation to come
to Mexico CITY for Christmas.
Yesterday Lindbergh visited Pres
ident Gales, received a special mcI-
III from the house of deputies and
was wildly cheered whenever he ap-
reared on the streets.
Mexican aviators claimed for
Lindbergh one man nonstop
world record for a flight over land
in his trip here. They calculated
his mileage at $500 miles.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-16
Physicians Act
Soundly Scored
ny United Press Leased Wire

CHICAGO. Dec. 16.-Denuncia-
tions from church and hospital to-
day greeted reports that Chicago
physician had permitted a baby to
die because it was doomed to para
lysis and idiocy if it survived.
DIR. Max Thorek, head and chief
surgeon of the American Hospital
characterized any failure to do
everything possible to preserve hu-
man life as "murder.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-16
Bay City Has
Death Mystery
by United Press Leased Wire

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16.-Po-
lice today were still mystified by
the death of Peter Valzano, 40, for
mer Merced rancher whose body was
found in a room at 44j Lombard
street.
They were unable to determine
whether Valzano was murdered or
whether he committed suicide. An
examination of the body indicated
the skull had been fractured by a
heavy blow. Blood stains were
found all over the room.
An empty bottle that had con-
tanned wine, q watch and large
sum of money were found near the
body which was in n kneeling posi-
ton beside the bed.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-16
What's Doing
TONIGHT


Elks hi jinks, Elks hall, opens
at p. m.
Revival service, State Street
Christian church, 7:3O p. m.
1.-THE Gay Retreat" Valley
theater.
American Beauty Palace
theater.
Radio: KGEN, 5:3O-6:3O pm.
Indoor baseball see sport page.
TOMORROW
County board meeting FEEDER
ated Women's Clubs, Ten Thous-
and Club, 10:30.
Cotton growers meeting, cham
ber Of commerce, 1880 p. m.
Story hour, city library, 10:30
q. m.
Approved Junior matinee, Val
ley theater, 2:15 p. m.
Motion picture luncheon, Las
Flores.
Radio: KGEN, 12:15-1:15 pm.