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Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-04
The class.

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and NrS. LouBvors 20 out, and know
ing that all the little burn;cs We're
at school, the bad chap gacssed that
Uncle Wiggilv would be AL alone.
So in the bad chap went and, surely
creugh there was Mr.. Longears,
aE by himself.
.'Ilo! ha. nave YOU now. " snarl-
ed the Bob Cat. ~ IN going to eat
You fer my dlnner.'
Uncle Wiggily was frightened. At
the same time he Was brave and he
thought Of a trick to play on the
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-04

Fair and warm tonight and Sat
urday; low humidity; gentle north
to east winds.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-04
THE WEATHER
LOS ANGELES AND VICINITY
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Fair and warm tonight and Sat
urday with low humidity.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-04

Ford recently bought an old
style cotton gin. Now we know
what the new Ford will be like.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-18
WISCONSIN OFFERS
PRESIDENT VACATION
Urgent Invitation Extended Him
to Spend Summer in Bad
ger State.

Wisconsin is making a determined
effort to get the President to come
to that State to spend his vacation
this coming Summer. For the third
time within the last two weeks.
former Senator Lenroot of that State
has called upon the President in con-
nection with the establishment of a
summer White House in Wisconsin.
Senator LenroOt today was ac-
companied by G. Il. Heinemann.
Republican National Committeeman
of Wisconsin, who personally repre-
sented Gov. Fred r. zimmerman IN
offering to the President several places
in the State as locations for the sum-
mer White House. One of these places
is the II 11,000-acre estate OF the late
Victor Lawson, Chicago newspaper
publisher, at Green Lake, near Fond
du Lac.
Other places offered on this oc-.
casion were one on Eagle River. an
other on Sturgeon Bay and three
sites in the Minnequa chain of lakes,
and one at Trout Lake.
Both Senator Lenroot and Mr..
Heinemann went away with the i'm
preston that the President is we'll
pleased with the Wisconsin PROPOSE
ton, but that he has not yet made
UP his mind. He was shown photo
graphs of the various Summer homes
offered, as we'll, as the scenery in the
surrounding country. He seemed
pleased with the reports of the fishing
in Wisconsin as well as the declara.
ton that there are no mosquitoes in
that part of the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-18
DE P|NEDO IS LOST
ON WAY TO OBOL|V|A
Italian Flyer Last Reported at
Brazilian BOrder-U. S.
Planes Depart.

BY the Associated Press.
RIO JANEIRO, March 1S.-Up to
II 80 o'clock this morning no word had
been received from Comdr. Francesca
de Pinedo, Italian flyer, who left San
Luiz de Caceres, Brazil, at pm. yes.
terday, continuing his four-continent
flight.
Advices reaching the National Tele.
graph Service say Comdr. de Pinedo
was unable to take off yesterday at
San LuiZ de Caceres, and the plane
was towed down the, Paraguay River
to Gahyba Lake, on the frontier be-
tween Brazil and Bolivia. There the
plane took off and headed toward the
Amazon River.
Good Will Flyers Depart.
The United States Army Pan-Ameri.
can good will flyers left at o'clock
this morning on their flight northward
along the Brazilian seaboard.
A message over the national tele-
graph lines says the flyers passed
over Victoria at 9:35, but 10 minutes
later returned and landed. Victoria Is
about one-third the distance between
Rio and Bahia.
Beires Completes Flight.
PERNAMBUCO, Brazil, March 1S
R).-Maj. Sarmento Beires. Portu
guese round-the-world flyer, has COM
pleted the crossing of the Atlantic
Ocean, arriving at Port Natal. Brazil,
at 1852 pm. today. it Is announced
here. He was flying from the Island
of Fernando do Noronha. off the
Brazilian coast, where he arrived yes.
terday from the Bissagos Islands.
near the coast of Africa.
Todays hop was a short one, Fer
nando do Noronha being ONLY 125
miles from the coast. There is no con.
firmation of the earlier report that
Maj. Beires made an earlier start this
morning and was forced to return.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-18
AUTO TAX CHANGE
TQBE CONSIDERED
Commissioners to Study
Raising Rate on Gas and
Cutting Out Personal Levy.

The plan advocated by Tax Asses
sor William p. Richards for abolish
ing the personal tax on automobiles
and the substitution of. an increased
levy on gasoline probably will be Civ
en- early consideration by the Board
of Commissioners, it was indicated to-
day at the District Building.
The movement in Maryland to in
crease the gasoline tax, which is ex-
pected to have reaction in the District
in view of the automobile reciprocity
relations between the two jurisdic'
tions, has given impetus to Mr.. Rich
ards plan. which was submitted re-
Gently to the Gibson subcommittee OF
the House District committee.
Awaits End of Light Episode.
Although the Commissioners have
not vet had time to consider the
proposition, there is a likelihood that
it will be taken up just as soon as
fnis is stamped on the traffic light
episode, which is now engrossing their
attention.
Commissioner Sidney F. Taliaferro,
who has supervision over the tax and
revenue collecting departments of the
municipality, said that he believed the
proposition had merit, but that he has
1Ot yet uIdWiI ucHlIlc
Officials Back Plan.
Chatham NJ. Towers. collector of
taxes, and Wade II. Coombs, superin-
tendent of licenses, however, are sup
porting the Richards plan.
The personal property tax on auto
mobiles is now yielding the District
approximately $50O,000 year. An
increase of L cent gallon in the
gasoline levy. he pointed out, would
produce an equivalent amount, and
would have a two-fold advantage over
the personal property tax-make col
lections infinitely easier. because it
would be collected directly from about
25 gasoline importers, and would pre-
vent motorists from escaping the tax.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-18
Nearly Hundred
Children Faint
At Fete to York

By the Associated Press.
DUNEDIN, New Zealand. March
1S.-Nearly a hundred children
tainted during a great demonstra-
tion in which 10000 OF them par
ticipated today In honor of the
Duke of York, who is touring Aus
tralasia.
The occurrence is believed to
have been due to the fact that
many of the children had left their
distant country homes as early
as am. in order to take part in
the celebration. The strain and the
lack of food was too much for
them.
The Duke was deeply concerned.
He went to the first-aid station
where the children were treated to
reassure himself regarding their
welfare.
A war memorial was unveiled
during today'S ceremonies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-18
MEX|CANS DISCUSS
POSSIBLE AM|TY
Gossip on TeIIez's Informal
Proposals to U. S. in Land
Dispute Heard.

NV TIE Associated PresS.
MEXICO CITY, March 1S.-The
Mexican public is discussing with
a,'idity the announcement of the State
department at Washington that the
differences between the United States
and Mexico at present are in no more
critical state than was revealed in the
correspondence concerning MeXico's
new oil and land laws as they affect
American interests, and its expression
of hope that an amicable settlement
may be reached through negotiations.
There is much speculation here as
to whether Manuel Tellez. Ambassador
to the United States, who is now on
his way back to Washington after a
hurried visit to Mexico City, has in.
structions to sound out the Washing
ton Government as to the kind of ad-
justment Of the controversy it de-
sires.
Official Statement Lacking.
There Is gossip also on the question
informal proposals made by
'Senor Tellez may open the way to
nefinite arrangement of the dispute.
While the Ambassador was here he
had a number of conferences with
President Gales. and it has been as
sumed that these, at least in part,
had to do with the controversy over
the oil and land laws. No official
acknowledgement has been made that
Senor Teller carries back with him
plans for a settlement of the trouble.
Sheffield Plans Visit.
II Senior. Teller does not bring up
the oil and land question when he ar
rives In Washington, first-hand in
formation on the subject probably
will be given President Coolidge in
June by James r. Sheffield, United
States Ambassador 10 Mexico, who
purposes to return at that time for his
class reunion at Yale.
While Mr.. Sheffield's trip will be a
personal one, it is expected that he
will confer with both the President
and Secretary of State Kellogg on the
Mexican situation. There is no rea-
son to suppose that Mr.. Sheffield will
not return to his post in Mexico.
KELLOGG SILENT ON ISSUE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-18
WRIST OF PRESIDENT STRAINED
SETTING F1ANDSHAKING RECORD
Associates Say Tendon Became Sore After
Army and Navy Reception, When
Executive Neared 100000 Mark.

visitors, ranging anywhere from 20 70
several hundred, and occasionally 10
one THOUSAND, fled through the Presl-
dents Office for greeting ana d
handshake, were called off three
weeks ago. IT was thought best TO
do away with these daily handshaKes
in advance of the approach of SprlnS,
which always brings the largess
crowds of tourists and visitors to the
Capital.
1t is the opinion of the President $
friends and associates that the strained
tendon from which he now is suffering
is the result of the many times ne
shook hands during the last few
months. The fact that Mr.. Coohdge
has established record so far as the
number of handshakes is concerned Is
said to be sufficient reason to attrlb-
ute his ailment to this form OF Presl-
Dental activity. But the Presidents
method Of shaking hands with great
numbers Is said to be the real cause
of all the trouble.
He does not give strong grasp
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-18
Shanghai Expected to Be
Easy Prize-Foreigners Not
in Danger.
ORDER GENERAL STRIKE
UNTIL CITY is CAPTURED
Shantungese Troops Attempt to
Prevent Workers From Departing.
Loochow Left Undefended.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, China, March 1S.--
Both Marking and Shanghai are Sc
riously threatened by the Cantonese
armies, which are engaged in a large
scale offensive against the northern
ers to the northwest of this city.
The violence and scope Of the
southerners' thrust, together with de-
fections from the northern ranks, in
dicate the early fall of Nanking and
the possible isolation of Chang Tsung-
Changes northern forces in Shanghai,
In which event this great internatlon-
al port would become an easy prize
for the southerners.
Strongest pressure is being exerted
in the direction of Chang Chow,
Wush and SoochoW, all of which are
on the railway between Shanghai and
Nanking. The latest successes of the
Southerners include the capture OF
Wukiang, a short distance south OF
Soochow, and Lishui, southeast of
Marking.
Little Resistance Offered.
The Shantung forces are reported
to be Offering little serious resistance,
which is considered as tending to con-
nrln reports tndt CnanS ISunB -Chdi6
is trying to drive bargain with
Chang Kai-Shek, the Southern COM
mander, under which the former
would withdraw from the Yangtse
Valley.
The American missionaries in Nam
king have begun preparations to carry
out the suggestions of the American
consul, John X. Davis, for early with
drawal of. the aged and infirm, as well
as women and children from Nanking
to Shanghai.
Small groups have been arriving
here for the last week. and the total
number of refugees is expected to
reach 100 by the week end. 1t Is EN-.
phasiZed, however. that general evac-
uation of the foreigners from Marking
has not yet been ordered.
Missionaries arriving here report
that the ricksha and baggage coolies
are virtually boycotting the foreign
ers in Marking, making it difficult to
move baggage except at exorbitant
rates.
1t is not believed. however. that the
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-18

severely strained tendon in Presi
dent Coolidge's right wrist is due to
the fact that he has done more hand
shaking than any President of the
present generation.
Although the President IS conscious
of the accompanying pain almost con-
stantly and cannot lift anything of
any real weight with his right hand
without severe pain, his condition is
not considered at all serious by Maj
James F.. Coupal. his personal physi-
clan. 1t was upon the insistence of
the latter that the President consent
cd yesterday 20 having the wrist tight
ly handaged and healing lotion ap-
piled.
Regardless of his ailment, the Presi
dent goes about his daily routine just
as though nothing had happened. lie
suffers no additional pain from the
use of his hand in signing his name
to letters and papers, which he is
called upon to do many hundred times
a day.
Fortunately. the daily receptions at
the Executive office, when crowds of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-18
MIAMI FIRM BANKRUPT.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, March 1s
P.-Listing liabilities of $1.499 ,SO7.0 .05
and assets of $35, 5,595.99. the J. c. III.
Realty Corporation of Miami filed a
voluntary petition in bankruptcy in
Federal Court here today. The petit
ton was filed in the name of o. s.
Johnson, chairman of the board of
directors.
Decision to enter the bankruptcy
petition was reached at a stockhold-
ers' meeting in Miami, March 4, the
petition stated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-18
FURNITURE MEN AWAIT
TRUST CHARGE VERDICT
72 Manufactures and 81 Individ-
uals in Hands of Federal
Jury at Chicago.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
CHICAGO, March 18--Seventv.two
furniture manufacturing companies
and 81 individuals today awaited a
delayed verdict of a Federal Court
jury as to whether they should be
acquitted or found guilty of the Gov
ernment's allegation that they, the
fabricators Of approximately rs per
cent of the country's bedroom and
dining room furniture, formed a trust.
The case was given to the jury
at noon yesterday. after trial of
10 weeks. After 10 hours of delihera.
ton the jurors were locked up with
notification that Federal Judge George
A. Carpenter would be in court at 10
o'clock today TO receive a verdict If
one had been reached.
Further deliberation seemed in
iskoRA hoUawexs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-18
Traded in Husbands, New Charge Facing
Alleged Proprietor of Baby Farm

with her, at Visalia in 1914. Foss
declared he had not been divorced
from her, while Hines refused to talk.
Oficers said If Mrs. Foss could not
produce proof that she had been di-
vorced from Foss a bigamy complaint
would be asked of the district attor-
ney's office.
Later the marriage square was
completed when Mrs. Minnie Curtis
Hines of Norwalk, Calf, announced
that she still was the legal wife of
Hines and that he had left her when
Mrs. Foss came into their home as
a nurse.
The accused woman, through
whose hands officers believe MANY
unwanted infants passed, is charged
specifically with having sold baby
Hines" for $50, and then, when the
child was found to be blind and dis
eased, to have refunded SIS, but later
replaced 1t with another baby. The
blind jufautedieda alatar IN thu hosnifal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-18
THREE DIE IN CRASH.
Auto Skids and Turns Over Near
Battle Creek.

BATTLE CREEK. Mich. March IS
@.--Three men We're killed instantly
this morning when their automobile
skidded, crashed into tree and turned
over into a ditch three miles west of
Bronson. The victims were Roy Gibbs.
John Hazlegam and Max l.. Lohrke,
all Of Centreville, Mich.
HAzelgam, driver, was catapulted
from the car and almost buried in
earth torn up by the machine before
a capdzed and pinned the othesxtNo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-18
KELLOGG SILENT ON ISSUE.
Makes No Comment on Groups Plan
To Oppose Lifting Embargo.

The State Department had no COM
ment to make today on plans Of the
Foreign Policy Association to organ
ize Il Nationwide protest against lift
ing Of the American Governments en-
barge on arms shipments to Mexico.
While representatives of rs organi-
cations, including professors of inter
national law and editors of weekly
magazines dealing with international
affairs, Joined in a protest against any
change in the embargo policy IL was
made clear at the State Department
that officials wish to avoid any public
discussion of America Mexican rela-
tions pending settlement of the dis
pute over the oil and land laws.
Silent on Arbitration.
George NJ La Monte of New York
treasurer of the Foreign Policy Asso-
citation, headed a delegation Wednes-
day that presented to Secretary Kel-
logg a petition for settlement of the
Mexican questions by arbitration.
This petition, likewise, was received
in silence.
At meeting in the Lee House yes
terday, the association conducted Il
forum on American-MeXican relations,
and Lewis Gannett, associate editor of
the Nation; Kirby Page, editor of the
World Tomorrow, and Dean Edward
#. Devine of the American University
Graduate School stressed the need for
clariflcation of the Governments obli-
cations in protecting the foreign In.
vestments of its nationals.
Stresses Controversy.
DIR. Devine declared the controversy
over the application of the Mexican
oil and land laws to American prop
erty was a proper subject for arbitra-
ton.
Prof. Albert II. Putney of the In
ternational Law at American Univer-
sity, characterized the sending Of
American Marines TO Nicaragua as u
"use of force" which could only be
authorized. under the Constitution. by
Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-18
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Los ANGELES, March 1S-The
belief that Mrs. Minnie Williams
Foss- Hines traded bigamously in
husbands as we'll as commercially in
babies during her alleged baby
farm" activities inspired continued
search for evidence today by deputy
sheriffs of Southern California mar
riage license bureaus.
Mrs. Foss was arraigned yesterday
charged with having sold an infant
and preliminary hearing set for
March %. She was remanded to Jail
when she could not produce $4,000
bail.
Investigators discovered that Mrs.
Foss had married Clarence Hines,
also in Jail here. charged with en-
beZzlement. in San Bernardino in
1922. Previously marriage license
was found i'm a trunk seized at Oil
dale, Calf. Showing that she had
married Ray Fosss charged jointlY1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-18
STORM
CAUSES I DEATHS
One Child Missing After Tor
nado, Rain and Hail Sweep
Six Towns.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. March 1S.-
A half dozen small communities In
southwest Arkansas today were re-
covering from the shock of twisting
winds which last night left a toll of
seven known dead and Il score or
more injured, some critically.
The storm centered around klon-
dixie. where five lives were snuffed
out and one person was missing in a
single household.
Five i'm Family Killed.
Mrs Edgar Smith. her two-year- old
son, Clifford; Lennie Cash, %; Mat
thew Cash, II. and Artis Cash, sisters
and brothers of Mrs. Smith. were
dead at Klondike, and IneZ Smith, 6,
a daughter, was missing.
Lloyd McAlister. 20, of Willis, and
Olga Moody of Mountain View were
the others listed among the known
dead
Two were known to be injured at
Delight, Pike County, and 8 or 10 in
pured at Mountain View. Destruction
of q schoolhouSe, were one was seri-
ously injured. was reported from
Mountain View. School children were
rehearsing a play.
Training School Damaged.
Communities in the vicinity of Ben
ton reported casualties. The twister
dipped near Alexander where the
State Training School for Girls is To-
Gated, and several of the buildings of
the institution were blown down and
two women hurt.
A young newly married couple
whose farm, near Texarkana, was in
the path of the tornado, were prob
ably fatally injured. Hail and rain
the storm in that COM
munity caused considerable property
damage
Train service was hampered and in
one instance the crew on a passenger
train near Hot Springs were forced to
get out in the storm and cut fallen
tree from the tracks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-18
CAPPER PREDICTS
D. c. VOTE ACTION
Singles Out Other Measures
for City to Be Taken Up
by Next Congress.

National representation for the
people of the District. the right to
elect the Board of Education, expan-
sion of the free Public Library sys.
tenn and merger of the street railway
companies were singled out as i'm.
portant local questions to be consid.
cred in the next Congress by Chair
man Capper of the Senate District
committee, addressing the Voteless
League of Women Voters of the Dis
trict at the Women's City Club today
Senator Capper announced he is
willing to let the residents of Wash
ington govern themselves, provided
proper safeguards are thrown around
the beauty and security of the Ma.
tional Capital. He told the members
of the league that If they favor the
constitutional amendment under which
the District would have one or two
Senators, representation in the House
on the basis of population and a
voice in the selection of President and
Vice President they should try to in
duce members of Congress to study
the proposal at the next session.
Expects to Obtain Funds.
After recounting what the Sixty
ninth Congress did for the schools and
Fairgrounds of Washington. Senator
Capper observed that proper develop
ment of library service ''is fully as
important as the proper development
of the school system"
He added this prediction:
II expect that in the next Congress
we shall be able to obtain needed ap-
preparations for the extension of the
library facilities of the District of Co
lumbia, so that every home will be
much nearer than at present to the
cultural and educational influence of
good literature"
The chairman of the District COM
mittee made this timely comment on
the recent act of Congress allowing
women to serve on juries in the Dis
trict:
will the intelligent. respectable
women of the District do their duty
and serve as jurors, or will they take
of the provision of the law
permitting them to decline to serve?
If SO. We shall either have to make
jury service compulsory on the part of
women, as II now is with respect to
men. or we shall have to abolish any
jury service at all by women. The ad-
dlIOH vi JuStiCe Is one OIL the
most important functions of govern
ment, and the women who advocate
political equality with men must be
willing to assume their share of the
duties and obligations connected with
court procedure
Congress Has Full Jurisdiction.
Senator Capper declared this citv
is the one place in the United States
that has taxation without representa-.
ton. because the Constitution as n
now stands, gives Congress exclusive
over the District,
Continuing, he said: "I am sire tho
'ramers of the Constitution never cy.
Dected the "seat of Government of tho
United States" would grow to be .
,ity of more than half n million
than several of the In.
dependent, sovereign States of the
present day. Even if they did CON.
emplate that, however, they surely
lid not realize the extent of other
luties that burden present-day mem.
'ers of the Senate and House of Rem. |
For one. am perfectly willing that
Continued on Page S, Column 21
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-18
Women Should Take Part in Pubic Affairs,
Governor Says, Naming One to Rail Board

women are citizens Just as much
as men" said Gov. Martin, land their
responsibility under the law is just
as plain as that devolving upon men.
Because Mrs. Eaton is a woman in no
wise disqualifies her from holding such
an important position"
II can say to the people OF Florida
that ! am sure she will give them just
as good service as a man would" de-
clared Gov. Martin. "She is. a very
capable woman"
Two men will serve with Mrs. Eaton
.S.xa has rax,n