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Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-08
Jury Fails To
Convict Fernall

Jim Fer:all, caretaker at the
Mallard Duck Club 10 miles west
of Westmorland, was defendant on
a charge of unlawful possession Of
intoxicating liquor before a jury in
Judge Cook s court at Westmorland
yesterday. After several hours of
deliberations had failed to bring a
verdict the jurors were discharged.
Fernall was arrested ON July
and has been out under $1,000 bond
since that time. Deputy Sheriffs
McClelland, Sharp, Thaanum and
Federal Agent Knight composed the
party visiting the place and testi-
fled to finding quantity of whis-
key and mash.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cardinal, who en-
ployed Fernall, took the stand for
the defense. They testified that the
supposed mash was used to feed
chickens and that as far as they
knew there never had been any
whiskey made on the place.
G. B. Smith was in charge of the
prosecution while Ernest Utley APP
peared for the defendant.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-08
County School 2
Roster Ready

Public schools directories of I'm.
perial county for the year 1929
are now out, the new books having
been prepared under the direction Of
County Superintendent H. c. Coe.
Of particular interest to the gen.
eral public is the school calendar.
The dates for the Imperial County
Ieachers Institute are announced
therein as December 21-23 inclusive,
School will reopen after the Christi
mas holidays on January ?.
Schools close upon the compile.
ton of 170 days of actual teaching.
exclusive of institute and legal hol-
ldays,' it states. The California
law requires that public schools be
closed on Armistice day, Thanks
giving, Christmas, New Years,
Memorial day and Admission day.
The public schools are required to
remain open on other legal holidays
and hold proper exercises in COM
memoration of the day. Boards Of
trustees, however ARE empowered to
declare holiday in schools under
their jurisdiction for good reasons.
The calendar instructions point
out that all schools. are asked to
hold appropriate exercises on Now
ember 10, in commemoration Of Ar
mistice day.
Included in the directory is a list
of all school trustees. teachers, per-
sonnet of the county superintend-
ent's office and the county board
of education. School personnel is
listed twice, once under the school,
and again in cross index in alpha
betical order.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-08
RED PEPPER HEAT
STOPS BACKACHE

The heat of red peppers takes the
ouch " from a sore, lame back. 1t
can not hurt you, and it certainly
ends the torture at once.
When you are suffering 50 you
can hardly get around, just try Red
Pepper Rub, and you will have the
quickest relief known. Nothing has
such concentrated, penetrating heat
as red peppers.
just as soon as you apply Red
Pepper Rub you will feel the ting
ilng heat. In three m.utes il
warns the sore spot through and
through. Pain and soreness are
gone.
Ask any druggist for a lar Of
kowles Red Pepper Rub Re sure
70 get the genuine. with the natpe
Rowles on each package. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-08
Attack By Miners
Falls Through
BY UniteS Press Leaked Wire

PUEBLO, Colo, Nov. S.-Rumors
that striking miners in Southern
Colorado coal fields planned to free
10 |. W. w. leaders from the Pueblo
Jail caused force of 80 guards to
remain on duty early today in case
of surprise attack.
When "a automobile loads Of strik-
ers left Walsenburg early this morn
ing a report spread that they were
to meet about 100 more carloads of
miners at Sand Canon and invade
Pueblo to free their leaders.
Sheriff H. G. Themes Immediately
posted guard of 100 deputies
around the Jail. They were armed
with shotguns, machine guns, rifles,
tear bombs, fire hose and side arms.
Upon failure of the caravan of
strikers to arrive after several
hours, about half of the guards
were sent home.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-08
British Aviator
Prepares For Hop
By United Press Lensed wire

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. s.-Cap.
tain Frederick A. Giles, war time
hero Of the British forces, today
FASTENED final preparations for his
long delayed Pacific flight.
Giles plans to hop off from the
Mills Field airport here at 9:30 a. m.
Friday for Honolulu on the first leg
of his flight to Australia.
His plane, the Bluebird biplane
Wanda, was to be put through gas
oline consumption tests today to es.
tablish its cruising range. A test
flight with full load will be made
tomorrow.
Repairs were completed yesterday
on the plane, which was damaged
in crash at Elko, New, last month.
Giles took the plane up for short
flight after the mechanics had fin
ished their work and declared it
worked perfectly.
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the coming Summer and to fight our
way out before another Winter closed
in on US seemed to animate all the
men, so that better discipline and bet.
ter work could not be desired than was
being done by our crew.
Woodland expressed q wish to be
taken out of handouts. but upon being
asked IL he would conform to the Or
ders for all duty on the shin he replied
all but whaling and getting wood for
fuel.
Wood being absolutely necessary for
fuel. that we might make steam, as
our coal supply was totally insufficient
for us TO get out by Point Barrow un-
less our steam tender from San Fran
cisco succeeded In getting In to US, we
could not afford to take chances.
AS for catching whales, we proposed
to try for them II we saw any. Every
man but woodland had agreed to aid
in getting wood and whales. SO natur-
ally took no notice Of Woodlands
terms. wherein he was to be the dicta-
tor OF what he would do.
We did give him, however the privi-
lege of the foreeastle and full rations.
but he was not allowed to leave the
ship or have his irons taken off.
TUNE % the ship was all ready 70
~ start In work as soon as released
from the ice. Flour had got 20 short
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HOW JANUARY WAS NAMED.

Since a. gate opens both ways, Janus
was thought to be able to see back
into the past and forward into the
future, and he was usually represent
ed in pictures as having a double
head that faced both ways. AS the
god of doors, Janus was often por-
trayed as a janitor and on the earli-
est Roman coins he is drawn with
two bearded faces, with staff in one
hand, and a key in the other, He
also was protector Of trade and ship
ping, and on some coins his head is
shown with the Prov of a ship. When
it was desired to picture him as
the god of the year they drew him
holding the number 800 in one hand
and 65 In the other.
Janus was worshiped on the Janiou-
lum (I1ill of Janus), one Of the seven
hills on which Rome was built. Since
he was the god of gates, all the
gates of Rome We're under his care,
especially the arehway or door of
the state" located in the Roman
Forum. through which the army
marched to, war and by which II re-
turned, This archway was afterward
replaced by temple which was called
Janus Quadrifrons-that is. four
sided because Ii was square On each
side Of the building there were three
windows and one door. making IL
windows and 4 doors. which repre-
scented the ~ months and the 4
seasons.
In time Of war the temple gates
We're kept open, since the people were
continually making offerings to the
gods, but whenever there came a
time of peace the gates were closed.
As the Romans were a. very war
like people, 1t Is not surprising that
the gates Of the temple were closed
only times In 700 years.
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HOW familiar to every one are the
= names Of the months. yet few
persons stop to think OF the wealth
of meaning they possess. The name
of each month has g. story of its
own which dates back to the days Of
ancient mythology, when the deities
so closely associated with these names
were very real in the life OF the
people.
arius by the Romans. after Janus,
the god OF doors and gates lanua
the Latin for gate or opening). Since
a door Is the way in, an entrance, 1t
was the custom among the Romans
to pray to Janus whenever they I'M
dertook a new work In the family
worship he was invoked each morning
as .pater matutinus Gather of the
morning1 and before any important
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the harvest, be-
fore q marriage or q birth--his bless
ing was sought. Above all. he was
the god of beginnings and, since he
was worshiped at the beginning of
the day, month and year, II was only
natural that the month beginning the
year should be named after him.
Janus was important among the
gods and the first day OF the month
named in his honor New Year day.
was observed by the ancient Romans
as a day Of good humor and good
fellowship. All grudges and hard
feelings were forgotten. sacrifices of
cake. wine and incense were made
forward and backward. Men OF all
trades gave to the god the best they
had an an offering OF their respective
arts. IL was the great occasion of
the entire year. - II IL now In many
countries.
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Biggest WHIRLPOOL.

JUST before the junction of the
Madre do dos and the Inambari
Rivers in Peru the latter divides into
two arms, with an island some 2 miles
long between. The right arm, which
IL usually the safer for navigation. is
at times impossible, owing to exces-
sive drought that causes the forma
ton of perilous rapids. Travellers
must in consequence take the wide
left arm, down which the main vol
ume of the river then flows.
An enormous force Of water Is shot
into the Madre de Dios; the Inamhari
at its left-arm junction Is 800 yards
wides perhaps 80 feet In depth, and
flows at 6 knots an hour. This great
mass of water meets the Madre de
Dios, itself 400 yards wide here. at a
right angle. The current Of the Imam
bari being faster than the Madre de
Dios, the former river cuts right
across to the farther bank. There the
Inambari Ia thrown back and surges
round in a huge circle 200 yards In
diameter, TO join up again with the
water flowing to the bank. The whirl.
pool thus formed is probably one OF
the largest In the world. The circles
of seething water curl inward and
downward, screw-fashion, to their cen
ter, which appears as a great hole, At
least 6 feet being below the level or
the outer rim
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ing nearer. 1 could see nothing
to indicate what that day would bring
forth. but felt that something would
happen. Everything had been quiet
since the talk gave the men.
AT $50 am. March % the chief
Officer, Mr.. Long. called the crew to
work. All refused even to come on
deck, except two. This being reported
to me, ] sent word at once for them all
TO come on deck. The reply l received
was an invitation for me to come
down in the forecastle.
I at once started forward accom-
pa nied by Mr.. Lee, the fourth mate.
AS / got to the forecastle gangway |
said to the men:
81 will give you just Ave minutes to
come. If you don't appear in that
time, / am coming down after you and
the consequences will be on you"
At this they started coming up. Mr..
Vincent in the meantime had come
forward to where Mr.. Lee and ! were.
AS soon as the first man appeared the
handouts were put on him, and this
was repeated on every man until IL
of them were In handouts.
The six others, which included
Woodland, reported they were too sick
to work, upon which / proceeded tc
examine their ailments and prescribe
for them remedies which had the de
sired effect. for about pm. those siS
came on 4sck. Ave Of whom said they
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nd Specter of Starvation Descend Upon Arctic Ship
err Makes Long Voyage One of Constant Trouble

aboard. as Capt. Hamlet wished to see
me.
1 anchored my vessel and proceed
ed with as little delay as pos.
sible aboard the Thetis, where I was
shown into the captains apartment
He said at once: Capt. Cook. your
wife Ia In too serious a condition to
make the trip down without you
He supported his argument by call
ing upon the doctor to tell me just
how serious was her ailment, l re.
piled, after listening to all they said,
that fully agreed with them that she
should have my company and care on
the trip homeward.
But" said, here is my ship, with
out me, and there is no one that can
take charge and keep those men under
subsection. The mate and the other
officers are all right with me, but
should leave. there would be no pros
pect ahead for the Falls work.
II cannot, under the circumstances.
leave my vessel. much as / would
wish to. Mrs. Cook can await my
coming In San Francisco among our
friends there"
Then Capt. Hamlet informed me
that Capt. James A. Tilton had ar.
rived there on the schooner Charles
Hansen; having lost the steamer
Alexander on the rocks at Cape Parry.
and asked If could not get him to
take my ship.
Knowing Capt. Tilton as ! did, I
had no hesitation in saying that he
could take my place in the Bowhead
and be the very man who could secure
obedience from the crew. So, sending
for him at once, made known my
wants and. in a very short time. Capt.
Tilton was shipped to take command
of the Bowhead for the remainder Of
the season.
/ had the happy assurance that my
vessel was left In good hands and I
was permitted to accompany Mrs.
Cook home. Capt. Triton accompanied
me to the Bowhead, where informed
all hands that he was now and would
be thereafter their captain to whom
they must render obedience and do
their utmost to catch whales.
September IL the Thetis weighed
anchor for Nome. As We dipped our
flags to say goodbye to the whalers
left behind, could not help reviewing
the trying circumstances that had be-
fallen us on this our last voyage in
the Arctic,
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BY HARRIETTE AsHBROOK.

wv YVES write him of their
Y n troubles. Flappers beg for
NM his photograph. Farmers
Y send him home-cured hams
and sacks of potatoes.
Amorous youths ask him to provide
them with wives, Lonely spinsters
pour out their love-hungry hearts to
him. Grandmothers bake cookies
and cakes for him.
He receives thousands of letters
each year, carloads of foodstuffs, piles
of handkerchiefs. socks. ties and
whole mountains of miscellaneous
gifts, from gold keys of the city"
to handpainted shaving mugs.
He is the radio announcer.
Time was when the popular idols
were actors.
But now the radio announcer looms
on the horizon as a dangerous con-
tender for popularity. Heroes OF the
screen, the ring and the diamond
may we'll look to their laurels, for
the radio announcer reaches fields
which they cannot even teuch-cabins
in the North Woods, lonely ranches
and farms, private yachts, hospitals,
construction camps, fashionable sum-
mer lodges miles from civilization.
old peoples homes. sick rooms. little
-toWHs TOO Stitt4i Aol eNOh =" PASeoAS
show"
Each night he speaks to an audi.
ence which includes every one from
millionaires to those who still owe for
their radio sets. Captains of indus
try, ditch diggers. society debutantes,
servant girls, stevedores, invalids.
college professors, poets, prize fight,
ers, insurance salesmen-all these and
many more eagerly tune in and wait
for the voice which In thousands of
homes has come to be as familiar
as that of a next-deor neighber.
Each one of these listeners has his
broadcasters, In much the same fash
ion as the romantic 16.year-old has
her favorite among the screen shieks.
The experience of Graham Nc
Nance, WEAF announcer, with an
admiring public is fairly typical
of this new line of fan enthusiasm.
Mr.. MeNamee, thanks to the system
of hooking up one station with an
other; Is known to hundreds of thou
sands of people from New York to
Los Angeles. During the recent
Dempsey.Tunney fight his voice even
hoped across the Atlantic and
BY the vote of radio fans he has
been selected as "the worlds most
popular radio announcer" and pre-
scented with a sold cup as proof of
his undisputed title. He announces
everything from prize fights and world
series base ball games to Metropoli-
tan prima donnas. His is the voice
which gives millions Of listeners their
first news of a Babe Ruth homer,
the newest Channel swimming record,
or the length of Partisan skirts next
season.
The popular voice not only deals
with world affairs, but 1t exemplifies
all those little personal details that
make the listener feel as IL the speaker
were in the next room, chatting away
in friendly. intimate manner.
During the 1925 world series base
ball game In Pittsburgh Mr.. McNamee
sat in the rain and drizzle and broad
cast the game play by play. Between
innings he Allied in with description
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of the crowd. the diamond. the
weather.
And believe me. it's net so good, =
he told his audience. Its beginning
to rain, and I'm running a brand-new
suit of clothes and a perfectly good
hat, and getting sore throat In the
bargain"
The next day he received through
the mail six new hats. a total of $500
to be used in the purchase of new
clothes and FIVE doll-sise suits of
clothes which woman listeners had
sewed up just for fun and sent In as
joke. The money was returned to
the donors with a grateful but cour-
teous explanation.
At the close of the series the broad
caster idol received $4,000 letters. In
his book. You're on the Air" he has
collected a few excerpts chosen at
random from this huge grist. Here
they are:
An Ohio judge: I'VE adjourned
court for fear we would get your re-
port and mine mixed in a damage
case
A Virginia farmer: "Your allusion
to rain was so real that nay wife hur-
ried out and brought in the cushions
from the porch"
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l did not realize, as 1 took 4 last
look AZ the old Bowhead. which had
commanded and managed for nine
long years, that 1t was the last time
1 should ever see that vessel.
Our passage to Nome was unevant-
ful. Arriving there, Mrs. Cook and |
were obliged to wait until the de-
parture of the steamer Ohio for Seat
tie. While ashore at Nome some 10
days, Mrs. Cook was under the care
OF physician who had seen similar
cases since dwelling In the North.
He told me that nothing In the way
OF improvement In her case would be
permanent until she got with her own
in the sunshine Of her own home;
that would do more than all the drugs
one could prescribe. We arrived on
October Is at our old home at Prov
incetown. which I had left ~ months
before to Join my ship for this voy-
age which had just been ended.
tCopyYight. ie2eb
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A past commander of the @. A. r.:
II am SO, but never miss a ball game
and ! never miss a circus. 1 keep
young"
A boy: Prem the sound of your
voice was satisfied that you were
coo-eeo, too"
A widow Of Providence: II felt like
flying with red flannel for your poor
sore threat. We love you
II am sick and shut-in. and l like
you"
|. A high school junior master: "I
wonder IL you know you used the ex-
preston who will he send out instead
of 'whem?'"
On another occasion, while broad
casting foot ball game, Mr.. Me-
Namee's pencil grew dull. He turned
to a chap sitting next to him and, for
getting for the moment that every
word he uttered was going cut on the
air, said, Say, lend me a pencil, will
you? Mines worn out" A week later
he received a huge box of shining vel.
low pencils from a Chicago fan.
Occasionally when he has a cold he
apologies to his radio audience for his
voice. In the two or three days that
follow he is deluged with every kind
of cold cure. Manufacturers send him
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with us that our first move was to try
to get to Baillie Island, where we
could get some from the Narwhal,
which had a plentiful supply.
The afteronon of the 25th received
from the crew. signed by each person,
a written statement that they refused
to gather another stick of wood or go
in boats whaling. thus completely 60
ing back on their signatures when re-
leased from irons. at which. time they
had signed to do both.
As it would be some days vet before
we could 60 out after wood and per
haps there would be no whales seen, /
concluded to take no notice whatever
of the communication, but ! was no
less determined that every man that
was physically able, outside OF Wood
land, would gather food when the time
arrived and also go after whales IN
boats should any lie seen,
+ Believing that tie leniency had
shown Woodland was one OF the
causes of this refusal, added TO his evli
influence again being shown in the
disposition of the others, ! removed
Woodland from the forecastle to the
forehold until July 8. when he was put
in a room built for him in the engine
room.
/ allowed him no communication
with any sailer whatever, and permit
ted him to come ON deck only for three
hours each day. with diet of bread
and water, and every sixth day full
rations.
1t was a great mistake to allow him
him TO go back among the men, even
with handouts on, but l was deter
mined that this mistake would not
happen again.
July 5, upon complaint of the crew
to Inspector Howard of the Royal
Northwest Mounted Police and TO
Sergt. Fitzgerald that insufficient food
was being given them. both officers
came aboard at dinner time and went
Immediately to the ferecastle to see
for themselves the amount of food the
men had at that meal.
They asked them If that was the
average amount served them at each
meal. They replied that it was. A
ration was then weighed by the in
spector, upon which Maj Howard
said: Men, you have no cause for
complaint that your daily rations are
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had departed I ordered steam put on
the windlass and hove up anchor and
steamed for Cape Smythe to take on
about 80 tons of coal landed there for
me.
Mrs. Cook, having been transferred
to the Thetis, was where she could be
under a Doctors care and would soon
be leaving for Nome.
Arrived at Cape Smythe, / ordered
all hands to the work of getting the
coal aboard and other necessary work,
at the same time telling them the con-
sequence should any refuse. What
their thoughts were 1 am unable to
state, but every man went to work.
We finished taking on coal and
weighed anchor to steam by Point Bar
row to look for whales. At Point
Barrow a boat came alongside from
the Thetis and requested me to come
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insufficient, for they are more than
we are having"
He then told them that he had come
aboard without any one knowing that
he was coming, so as to see II there
was any just cause for complaint.
4. Finding none, he said: II want to
hear no more complaints from you,
and shall insist that Capt. Cook keep
you all from coming ashort any more,
as you are annoying US with your
stories and complaints, which l md
by actual observation to be false and
without any foundation"
Thereupon he came aft to me and
asked me to keep the men from COM
ing ashore any more, which l imme-
diately ordered enforced, and 1t was
obeyed by every member of the crew.
Maj. Howard and Sergt. Fitzgerald
had had lifetime of experience with
crooks and renegades, but they said
to me, You have got full quota of
the worst subjects ! ever met" to
which replied, II am fully aware of
it, but they will be forced to obedience
the remainder of their time here"
MRS. COOK, while getting no worse,
AVA showed no sign of improvement.
now felt that the only remedy was
home. Gazing upon the topnaost hills
80 they faded from sight, Just for q
brief moment thought over the trials,
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Strange and dangerous experiences
nilpd the forty -eighth-yesF career of Capt.
Cook, who has hunted whales wherever
they may he found.
In TIVE preceding articles he daScFl bed
haipe CHARGED nv 4 DYING whale he had
harpooned after the monster had bitten
In two the boat from which he had been
wounded. threatening 10 hans his entire
Grew unles they handed over the men
who had set IRE 10 the ship, at sea ana
having his ship trapped IN the Arctic by
the ice pack for q third Winter with In
adequate provisions and equipment
He had been compelled 10 start North
with an unruly and inexperienced crew
that prepared 10 desert, and had been ha-
ressed BY tsesettions and characterization,
The captains wife suffered q nervous col
lapSe as Q result of hardships IN the long
Arctic Winters. Than, as he started for
home, the ice closed in and his ship was
frozen In for a fhird Winter.