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Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1927-12-12
Driver Arrested
After Smash-Up
by United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, Dec. l2.-Ferdi-
nand VENEZUELA was arrested ON a
charge of driving while intoxicated
here today after his machine had
overturned, injuring himself and
two Monrovia men riding with him.
Venzuela suffered broken left
leg and cuts. Perry Curley, Mon
rovia. received broken leg while
James Cobble, the other Monrovia
resident, suffered minor injuries.
All three men were treated at the
receiving hospital.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1927-12-12
Senate Approves
Lindbergh Medal

WASHINGTON, Dee. 12.-The
senate today passed the house bill to
bcstow the congressional medal o.
honor on Charles A. Lindbergh, trans
oceanic flight hero.
In contrast to the lively scenes in
the house when the bin was passed
there Saturday the senate put the
measure through and sent it to the
president with few of the chamber
knowing what was being done.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1927-12-12
Seats for the Gentlemen?

gentlemen Pennsylvania Illinois, with their
champions for them in the United States
David A. Reed Pennsylvania
defending william Ware ght) Pennsylvania IN
fight Senator elect Frank Smith of ILL
Oeft Charles the
and Wares campaign expenditures
are the disputed points.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1927-12-12
HEAD OF
COMPANY
ARRESTED
Government Gets After
Promoter Who Offered
Cheap Land in Valley.
HELD UNDER BOND
Postal Inspector Accuses
MoOes of Using Mails to
Defraud.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 12.- Sam
Mooes, president of the Deming Land
Company, was held for examination
under $4,000 bail in the Y. s. com
rlissioner's court here today on
charges of using the mails to de-
fraud in connection with promotion
of alleged worthless lands north of
Imperial Valley.
Mooes, it is alleged, told buyers
OF his lands, most of whom bought
small parcels on longtime INSTALL
mcnt contracts, that the land event
ually would be watered by an irri-
cation system through Boulder Dam.
Frank F. Sharon, postal inspector,
who signed the charges against
Mooes, measured the land with sur
vcying instruments and said that he
found the land to be from two to
five hundred leet higher than the
highest dam that has ever been sug-
gested for Boulder Canyon
Sharon said that he asked Mooes
to stop his advertising and selling
campaign, but that the latter refus-
ed. The postal inspector declared
that the promoter purchased the lan1
from the Southern Pacific Railway
Ter so cents an acre and was max
ing tremendous profit on the re-
sale.
A preliminary hearing will be held
December %.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1927-12-12
San Franciscan
Rhodes Scholar
by United Press Leased Wire

BERKELEY, Cal, Dee. 12.-Al-
fred Joseph Orselli of San Francisco
is California s selection for the
Rhodes scholarship. Lynn Townsend
White, Jr., of San Francisco was Sc
l"cted scholar at large. He win
go to Oxford in ease another state
fails to name candidate.
Orseli was graduated from the
University of California with the
class of 1927.
White is a senior at Stanford Uni
Versitv.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1927-12-12
MRS. CooLICGE's MOTHER ILL
by United Press Leased Wire

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. Dee. 12.
Mrs. Lemira Goodhue, mother of
Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, is i'll at the
Dickinson hospital here suffering
from influenza. Her condition to-
DAY was reported as "quite bit
improved"
Mrs. Goodhue is in her 10th year.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1927-12-12

The Deming Land Company ear
ried full page advertisements in sew
cral Los Angeles papers during the
summer, advertising Imperial Valley
land for $40 an acre. Local real es-
tate men who were consulted at the
time branded the advertisements as
unwholesome' and asserted no
good land could be purchased at that
price.
Later the California State Real
Estate Department made an investi
cation and issued a report on, the
land.
The tract which the company Of
fered for sale is located 26 miles east
OF inland on the INLAND Blythe road
in section of the valley where old
timers say 'even a side-winder
would starve to DEATH The land Is
stony, washland in nature, cut up by
burrows and depressions.
The land was offered for sale in
90 acre tracts. Every other section
in the township is government land.
This fact, together with the height
Of the land, which would prevent it
from being benefited by construc-
ton of Boulder Canyon dam, and the
utter absence of water from any 9TH
e' source, would make it impossible
OF cultivation, the report states.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1927-12-12
What's Doing
TONIGHT

Ell Centric Y.W.C.A. member
ship meeting, Mrs. w. A. Ton
dro's, 1850.
Revival service, State Street
Christian church, 7:30.
American Legion meets, court
house, 8.
American Legion Auxiliary
meets with Mrs. Harry Hovey,
7:3C.
F. and A. M. No. S64 meets,
Masonic hall.
Radio: KGEN, 5:30-6:30.
Palace: 1.-THE Main Event.
Valley: Nov We're in the
Air.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1927-12-12
POLITICAL
BAT TILE IN.
OKLAHOMA
Governor Calls Militia to
Prevent Legislature
from Holding Sessions.
MEET IN HOTEL
Speaker of House Met
With BayOnets Upon Ar
rival at State Capitol.
BY DON HIGGINS
United Press Staff Correspondent

OhlCCu Z lCoo
OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. r.
Dispersed by members of the Ma
tional Guard, 50 members of the
Oklahoma legislature meeting in ex-
traordinary session, left the capitol
at 1890 n. m. today to meet down
town.
No announcement was made as to
where the session would be held.
"I'll meet the members of the
House on the public streets of Ok
lahoma CITY, Speaker +. p. Hill
announced.
Following conference with Ad-
jutant General Barrett at which
time leaders Of the House demanded
the right to meet in peaceful and
orderly assembly, Hill was allowed
to go through the guard lines on the
fourth floor to make the announce
mcnt.
The special session was called by
legislative leaders to launch i'm
parchment proceedings against Gov
ernor Henry Johnston.
Hill spoke dramatically:
ilege of assembling in our own
chamber and both the Senate and
the House are now in charge of the
military department of the govern
ment and they have refused us per-
mission to enter
He made this statement in the
face of the proclamation of Cover
IAb n IN
parchment charges alleging incom
potency and commission of felony,
ordering Adiutant General Charles
Barrett to "use force if necessary"
to destroy the reasonable
session.
Governor Mad Tyrant'
Speaker Hill continued:
81 have no disposition forcibly
to resist the military arm of the
state government. We have no other
purpose in meeting here except to
conduct our business peacefully and
orderly.
owe will not dispense and III
meet members of the House on the
public streets of Oklahoma City"
Hill, short, slight, veteran of 10
years in the legislature, was cheered
Mt rhe close of the announcement.
X. G.. Graham, fourth of the in.
surgent leaders, who attended the
conference held with Adjutant Gen.
eral Barrett, said the members of
the House committee had argued
there was emo revolution, no rebel
lion, and that they wished to meet
in peaceful assembly"
Graham characterized the COVER
nor's actions as "the last desperate
move of mad tyrant.'
The routed insurgents returned to
n downtown hotel, which in the past
las been called the unofficial cap
itol,' of Oklahoma, and there con
tinucd their efforts to impeaeh Gov
crnor Henry S. Johnston.
The revolving Legislators met
ropcd off rotundas and corridors
and several national guardsmcn
when they attempted to meet in
their regular chamber in the state
house.
At noon Speaker f. ?. Hill, emerg-
inc from suite in the Hotel Capt.
toll announced that recess had
been taken until Tuesday.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1927-12-12
TOMORROW

All day meeting, Ladies' Aid
and Missionary Society, State
Street Christian church, Mrs
Paul Boman's.
Business Law Group meets, 49,
900 Club, 1880 a. m.
White Shrine Social Club meets
at Las Flores, 1890 p. N.
Lions Club luncheon, Hotel
Barbara Worth.
Radio: KGEN, 12:15-1:15 p. m.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-29
At TONG AT NIGHT

More auloists dislike 10 Use the highways at night, for obvious reasons. The roads arc less congest- ed after dark, which accounts for the fact that more accidents are said 10 occur in tine daytime. That doesn't prove that night driving is TO, as dangerous as day driving. but merely that there is less opportunity for disaster when so many cars gre taken off the highways,
 But there are times when night driving is necessary. One such occa- sion occurred in the early hours of yesterday morning, when two New Eritainitcs and man from Brst ol were returning from Bridgeport.
 Nobody witnessed the disaster near Cheshire: yet the common as sumption that the driver moment arily feil asleep seems logical.
 Most night accident occur for oth- IT reasons-hllnling headlights, in- ability 10 distinguish turns in the highway. misiudging Of distances between vehicles going in opposite directions, etc.
 Accidents causcd hy drivers falling asleep, however, have occurred rath- cr consistently. IL was only re gently tina. q truck figured in such an accident near Bridgeport. The tendency of nature to exact it's rest durIng the night cannot easily be lnuisI; to drive an automobile whil, slc,py has an extreme element of danger.
 |. is with sorrow and sympathy that news of the deaths Of the thrr, men was received in the city, Thry were men Of exemplary habits, well known 10 large acquaintanccsh' highly though, of by all with whom 'hay came nto contact, Their end came in the lWiukling Of an cyr; they were victims Of the modcrr juggernat which has so greatly ad- vauca1 modern civilization, yet has so seriously aided to it's hazards.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-29
25 Fears Ago To-day

The eighth assembly of the 4. G. I. Whist club Was held in Booths hail last evening. The event formal y opened these halls, which have been rebuilt. They were not put ill condition when the block was built up after the last fire, and they are now very attractive.
 First Lieutenant George M My croft has resigned from Company E, this being the second first lieutenant the company has lost within a month. William H. Scheuy resigned short while ago. Second lieuten- ant II. l.. Curtis is the choice Of ;he company for the vacated post.
 Marcus Holcomb of Southington, counsel for the county commissions CTS, stated at the meeting in Hart ford today that in about two weeks he would be ready to try the appeals of the saloon keepers. Three cases are from this city. those of Ander- son, Cabin and Casey, who We're re- fused licenses this year.
 The Swedish-American club met last night and voted to support Sheriff John B. Brink for reelection. Andrew G. Johnson and Ernest r. Wann refused 10 consider offers for councilman and collector.
 William D. Corbctt of the Corsc Payton Stock Co. will direct tomor- row afternoons rehearsal of Fate" soon 10 be presented by the Y. M T. \. tt E. society.
 Harrigans museum Is now open in the Herald building. This consists of over 1900 pieces forming models which move, all made by hand. There are various mlnor articles, also a cavalryIndian battle, q min- strcl troupe. and fleet Of battle ships. All are worked by clever mechanism.
 John Trumhull of plainvle shot I9 out Of 15 birds at the first out door shoot of the New Britain Gun club. Fred Monier. Jr.. hit 5 out of D.
 The Ozone Heights baseball team. with seven men, defeated the nlnc south Bnrritts yesterday by to :.
 \. C. Sternberg was elected n trustee at the 34th annual meeting of the Masonic Mutual Benefit as sociaton of Connecticut last eve ming.
 The petition for the forbidding of boxing in this city was not present. ed at the last meeting of the com mon council. The ministers are not decided about carrying the matter through. They believe Mir. Willis is managing the bouts as well as they could be handled.
 The boom for Judge Cooper is leading to the belief that Alderman Curtis may have trouble in winning the mayorality nomination at the republican caucus.
 The agitation for a flag sidewalk on the Sonth side of Myrtle street between Grove and Curtis street is about 10 be revived. This has long been a bone Of contention in thc council and has been the source Of much factional bitterness,
New Britain herald., 1927-03-29
O. How are snake skins pre-

O. How are snake skins pre- ! pared?
 \. Split the skin up the center to the base of the skull and remove it from the body. Apply one part alum and two parts Of salt, rubbed on the f!eshy side. and stretch until dry. Soften the skin with q damp cloth and scrape the inner tissue. being careful not to scrape too deep. After this process apply small amount of sweet oil or heats foot oil. Skins are sometimes pickled in a solution of one part alum, and two parts salt to 10 parts water. The alum and salt should be dissolved in water. This composition is per mitted to come to q boil. When cool. submerge the skin and leave in this condition for a day or two c. Where was the first electric railroad built in the United States?
 A. The first attempt to build an electric railway Of which there is any record was made by Thomas Davenport, blacksmith and wheel wright of Brandon, Vermont in 1858. IL was not until 1872 how ever, that what may be called the first working electric railway was constructed. This was an eXhibi- ton line 900 feet long. built at the Berlin International exposition by Sicmens and Halskc The first practical overhead trolley line was built in Kansas City in 1884. in which double overhead conductors were used with a trolley wheel rid ing on top Of the wire.
 Q. How long has the "Natron Cut off been under construction end when will it he tinished'
 A. Work on the "Natron Cut off" began at Natron, oregon in 1909. By May 1. 1912, %2 miles of track had been laid and work was suspended from September 1912 to September 1, 1923. It will be com plctcd early this summer. Trains are now running over the cutoff from Eugene. Oregon on the north 10 d point south Of the rai1~hcad, a distance of 51 miles and from tHu. 'dlI., OH the SOull to 1lHn- ton, California. on the north. 193 miles. It is estimated that the cost will be about SIG 900. GOO.
 @. What destroyed the British steamer Alum Chivc"r
 A. Explosion of 9 cargo of dyna- mite at Baltimore, Maryland, March :, 1913.
 Q. How should q formal dinner be served?
 A. The directions are too long for publication in this column but are contained in the bulletin on Eli quotte for Dinners published by our Washington bureau. and obtainablc for tir" cents in stamps or coi-.
 Q. Were Leonard Wood aHl Frederick Funston graduates Of West Point Military academy"
 A, No.
 2. Are "dcndrol,tcs" pctrifed wood?
 A. They arH r"tri(iol fragments of plants that ar" commonly found in coal measures
New Britain herald., 1927-03-29

adults is a bad habit. and we sup pose some careful souls have long ago discarded the practice. espe- cIally if they have arrived at an age of discretion where they can easily do so without regretting the loss.
 IL remained for college in Colo raio to spring he newest and most novel o. arguments against the di- vine habit. According 10 the tests made therc-probably laboratory tests Of some sort--it has been found that every kiss shortens life by three minutes. This startling de- duc,ion is deducted from the fact that a genuine kiss, predominantly an emotional expression, causes the heart 10 beat just trifle faster. Every time the heart beats faster, according 10 this theory. life is shortened. There being l440 min- utes in every 24 hours, it would re- quire 4SO kisses of the real kind to shorten life by day Some un- lucky mortals live through an en- tire year without that many. This thesis would have it that every time the heart beats faster life is shortened. The fellows who believe in exercising themselves as a means of keeping fit must face q short existence, for exercise usually causes the heart 10 work faster than kiss.
 This collegiate deduction is all right except it isn't true. The heart is q wonderful machine, and no pseudo scientists can ever prove that the noble art Of placing beak 10 bcak ever killed anyone by caus- ing the heart 10 overcXert itself. We would be willing to bet a cigar against a cigar wrapper that not a co-ed in the entire United States will be influenced by this startling talk from Colorado.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-29
PDNERTY: THEN \ MILLION

Ones imagination is stirred at reading of the story of the New York youth who was paid a million dollars for his invention of photo- graphic slot machine. Three years ego a penniess immigrant; today q millionaire.
 There have been inventors who were just as clever: many produced inventions that were more intricate, schemes that required greater me- chanical skill.
 But here was a youth who thought Of an idea that would meet with enormous popular success be- cause it was something for which there was a vast and steady mark ct. That is the secret of making money-producng something for which there will be huge demand
 That's how Ford made his.
 Come to think Of it, we wonder { Thomas A. Edison ever got mil lion dollars for any of his inven- tons. The last heard from Edison's achievements was that he has ob- taincd his chief satisfaction out Of having invented more than anyone else. not from the fact that he sold anything for huge sum of money.
 That Russian lad, it appears. was as remarkable a business man as he was an inventor. That also counts in getting the money"
New Britain herald., 1927-03-29
Dt\t,l!t OF \ KISS

nm time immcmorablc the irnasI of kiss has been a subject cf discussion among acadcnIicaI and professional minds We have been ,old not 10 kiss the baby on tn" mouth because it may implant germs upon it's innocent lips and cause disease. As consequence most mothers and others who eX- urcisc due care kiss he child upon the cheek instead. where germs cannot live and prosper. We have been told that kissing among
New Britain herald., 1927-03-29

You can get an ansN 10 any writing 10 the Question Editor.
 New Britain Herald. Washington
 Bureau. 1922 New York avenue, Washington. D. C.. enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be be undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal reply. Un-
 signed requests cannot be answered. All letters are Editor.
 Q. How old is Lon Chaney? Is 1 he married?
 A, He was born at Colorado Springs, Colorado, April l. 1883. He is married and has a grown son. | His wife was formerly Hazel Ben
 nett She is a professional.
 .. How large is Catalina Island, California?
 X. IL is 22 miles long and in
 width varies from quarter of q mile to seven and q halt miles.
 e. Who sponsors Better Speech Week.?
 A. The editors of the English
 Iournal", organ of the National Council Of English Teachers, pub- lishci by the Chicago University Press, Chicago, Illinois.
 Q. What are thee objects of the Grand Army oi the Republic and when was the first Post organized?
 \. The first Post was organized at Decatur, Illinois, April 6. 1866. The principal objects are ito main tain and strengthen the fraternal feelings which bind together the soldiers, sailors and marines who united to suppress the rebellion: to porpetuate the memory and history of those who have died; and to lend assistance to the needy and 10 their widows and orphans"
 e. What arc the names of the three masts Of q schooner
 A. Foremast, main mast, and nizzen mast.
 e. What is F. T. L.?
 A. The initials stand for British Thermal Unit which means the unit of heat required 10 raise the tenn perature of 1 pound of water 1 degree Fahrenheit.
 Q. When was the battle of Craney Island and what was the result?
 4. It was fought on June cc, 1913. Craney is q small island near the Elizabeth river. The flats eX- tend northward toward Hampton Roads. Virginia. On the date of the battle the British, under Warren, made a naval attack on the small American garrison there. numbering l 5SO mon plus 15o seamcn who had
 been landed from the "Constella- l tion." Several Of the British ships ran aground on the flats about a hundred yards in front of the shore. and were demolished by American fire. The attack was abandoned. 1 Q. How many horses are in the | United States?
 A. The number for 1926 is esti- mated at l5.11S.000.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-29

the goods in the hands of prospect through the mails--and the chances are he will find it less troublesome to himself to send re- miuancc than to return the goods.
 Tho scale upon which this game is BOW being worked Is an unmiti- gated nuisance to the public, q menace to local merchants, and in the long run must prove unprotit- able 10 the nrms which are so foolish IS 10 trust to the willingness Of unknown people to keep the goods and send the money. The moro people get educated to the fact their good nature is being inn posed upon the more unsuccessful this modern sales plan will become. It dcsiryes to fail for nothing more offensive to good taste in merchan- disina was ever invented.
 Correcting this warped idea of salesmanship remains with its vic tims. inc public. IL is not too much 70 expcc. that the people who re- caiye 'hase unsolicited packages will soon become tired of playing the goats in the salesmanship mana@etia. r may be troublesome lo return the goods not ordered, but t is an effective way to discourag ge the plan. and If the goods are kept and no remittance sent it is doubt ful according to some lawyers whether their receipt can ever be proven and collections offected-in truth, some lawyers seem to be of the opinion that collections upon unorlored goods cannot be made under any circumstances.
 This powered malls sales uanship will ride to a fall in due time; it is what the experts would call economically unsound." When enough firms have been badly bit ten financially We will hear less about it.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-29
-Nevtoundland has acquired u,Io

Newfoundland has acquired tut" 10 the coast Of Labrador extending 100 miles from the seacoast. This blow to Canada was delivered by he British Privy Council, which arbitrated the boundary dispute. formerly this decision would not Inve made much difference 10 ranada, bu: lately 6o,o0o square niles of black spruce trees were 1:s- Jv-rcd there. and that means cath. There seems to be consider able bad feeling between New ioundIand, separate colony Of Great Britain, and Canada. If the two colonies were not members Of the same empire the dispute would have been sufficient to go to war about.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-29
Observation On The Weather

Washington, March 29-Forecast for Southern New England: Fair tonight: Wednesday increasing cloudincss with slowly rising tenn peraturc in the interior. Gentle variable winds becoming moderate Wednesday.
 Forecast for Eastern New York: Fair tonight: Wednesday increasing cloudincss wit slowly rising tenn perature probably followed by showers in extreme west portion; :; gentle 10 moderate Wednesday.
 Conditions: Pressure continues
New Britain herald., 1927-03-29

high east of the Mississippi river with center this morning over the upper Ohio valley and middle At lantic states. A disturbance is ceE- tered over Manitoba, another ovor Utah. Cloudy weather prevails in the Mississippi valley and rains have occurred from Minnesota south ward to Oklahoma, Arkansas and western Tennessee. Temperatures continue to rise in the plains states and are now moderate for the sea. son of the year in all sections.
 Conditions favor for this vicinity fair weather followed by increase ing cloudiness with rising tempera. ture.