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Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-15
HO0VER'S
VICTORY
POPULAR
Selection Marks Epochal
Step In History of Re-
publican Party.
CHOICE ONE-SIDED
Secretary Is Easy Winner
on First Ballot Taken by
Convention.
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER
Omitted Press Staff CORRESPONDENT


KANSAS CITY, June -. - The
Republican party selected Herbert
Hoover of California for its presi-
Dental nominee and in so taking
has taken an epochal step.
For the first time it has passed
over the professional politicians and
has picked a product of the indus
trial age, as the man best fitted in
its estimation, as the man to guide
the nation through the next four
wears.
The convention spoke decisively
on this point. The ballot taken in
Convention hall late last night gave
Hoover the nomination with S37
votes. His nearest rival was Frank
.. Lowden of Illinois with "A.
Hoover was 763 ahead of his near
ed even a hundred votes in the con-
test. President Coolidge received
II votes.
1t was as decisive victory as a
convention co:ld give and the de-
cision was made after the most
searching kind of a campaign dur
ing which Hoover S life record was
scrutinized closely by hostile eyes
Now the Republican party has de-
cided to cast its lot with this new
sort of figure ON the political hori-
zon, a young man rs statesmen 90,
an engineer, born organizer Il
man of the machine age.
Hoover is independent by temper
ament-and so made enemies. He
will be his own boss, as he always
has been; and if he is elected it is
probable new conception of Amer
ica'S greatest administrative office
might be developed-one more in
keeping with modern times and less
tied to the traditions of Washing
ton and jefferson.
During the campaign however,
there is little prospect that the
country viii be kept awake nights
by Hoover torchlight parades and
bands. Hoover himself is quiet,
shy-not given TO ballyhoo. His
public speeches are always painful
to himself and sometimes to his au-
dience.
The demonstrations for him in
Convention hall last night probably
would have caused him to cringe
with modeSty, had he been there. 1t
was the only real show so far put
ON in this convention.
When John l.. McNab of Cali
fornia took the platform to place
Hoover'S name in nomination, he
violated the rule requiring that the
name be held out until the end of
the speech, and instead, mentioned
it at the start.
This. set off a demonstration which
lasted - minutes, producing the
most terrific mixture of noise from
several thousand throats, scores of
cowbellS and other tumult makers.
Utah delegates marched around the
kall bearing a huge paper elephant
on their shoulders.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-15
Blackmer to Face
Federal Charge
By United Press Leased Wire

DENVER, Colo, June l5.-Henry
Blackmer, multi-millionairc oil man
was indicted by federal grand
jury here today on charges of max
ing irregular income tax returns.
The action of the jury followed
the filing by federal authorities on
tax liens totalling $S,49S,935 ON
Blackmcr's property in Denver and
New York. Blackmer fled to Eu-
rope in 1924 to escape testifying be
fore the Senate Teapot Dome com
mittce regarding the activities of
the Continental Trading company in
connection with the leasing of the
naval reserve to Harry F. Sinclair.
The Indictment was considered
here as the first direct move of the
government to force his return to
the United States.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-15
SENATOR CURTIS
ALSO ROSE FROM
HUMBLEST BIRTH
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CONVENTION HALL, Kansas
City, Mo-, june l5.-From Jockey
boy to the Republican candidate for
Vice president is the thumb nail
story of Charles Curtis, s,-thc des-
cendant of Chief White Plume of
the Kansas tribe of Indians.
A short, stocky, dark skinned man
with straight black hair, "Charlie'
Curtis shows his Indian blood, eX-
cept that i'll temperament he is
rather more joVial and easy going
than ordinary red men,
He was born near North Topeka,
Kansas, but when orphaned at the
age of five, he was sent to live with
relatives on an Indian reservation
in Kansas.
AT l6, he signed up as a jockey on
the Kansas tracks but he soon real
lied that he had better get an edu-
cation so he worked as a newspaper
reporter in town and studied law at
night.
At 2l, he was made prosecutor of
Shawnee county, Kansas.
In 1908. he tried for the Senate
but was defeated, making it on the
second attempt, however in 1907.
lie was a victim of the Pull Moose
split in 1912 and was defeated but
came back two years later.
Curtis has been majority leader
of the Senate since the death of
Henry Cabot Lodge. This has given
him a tremendous number of con
facts with persons in political life
and it has been his nature to make
the most of his friends.
In choosing Curtis, the convcn-
tion has not only sought to render
honor to him in compensation for
years of party devotion, but it has
picked man who is tremendously
popular in the farm belt and there
by strengthened the ticket in one of
the weak spots of Hoover.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-15
Bank Stocks In
Slight Loss
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SAN FRANCISCO, June Is. -
Bank of Italy and Bancitaly corpor-
alton showed overnight losses at the
opening of the San Francisco Stock
Exchange today. Bank of Italy
opened at 2l6M, an overnight drop
of 3H points. 1t climbed to 2l7H
on early sales, then reacted to PIT.
Bancitaly lost 23s on overnight sell.
ing, opening at 1879. 1t sold down
to 1879 and then recovered to 1895.
The largest individual loss was
taken by Bank of America stock,
another Giannini issue. 1t opened
at 215k, a drop of l21a points from
Thursdays high and closing price.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-15
LIVELY BATTLE
BEING WAGED IN
BRIGHT HEARING
Evidence Shows Some of
Seized Cantaloupes to
BE Harrigan's

The third round in the clash he
tween Fred X. Bright, grower and
shipper Of cantaloupcs, and b. A.
iiarrigan, horticultural commission
or, IS scheduled to be waged in
Judge |. Mayfield s court this aft
crnoon. Thus far the battle is a
bout even up, Bright having sue
cecded in making Harrigan more or
less of co-defendant in the action
but being unable to prove himself
Us innocent.
The prosecution presented it's
ease yesterday afternoon with in
Spectors working under Harrigan
tcstlfying to stopping the truck of
melons enroute to San Diego. and
ordering it returned to the Bright
shed. Evidence was entered to the
effect that nine crates of canta.
loupes on the load were over-ripe
and sunburned.
These nine crates of melons were
seized by the horticultural depart
mcnt and were held as evidence.
The defense, however, in cross
questioning the prosecution witness
cs and in the questioning of their
own witnesses, have sought to bring
out that three of the nine crates
were picked and packed on the
Harrigan acres. The evidence a
long this line is rather decisive,
slips showing that the poor melons
were checked against the Harrigan
account
In establishing this, the defense
however has not aided its own case
in material way but it was
brought out in an effort to make
the prosecution present the seized
melons and crates in court as evi.
dence. The prosecution was Unable
to do so, it being declared that the
melons had been thrown out when
they became rotten and the crates
stolen.
Through other witnesses the de-
fcndant claimed that the melons re-
iected had been held at the Bright
shed for some time before the truck
was dispatched to San Diego in an
effort to have them inspected by the
horticultural department men. 1t
was brought out that continued ef'
forts to obtain an inspector had
been unavaiing and that finally the
melons had been sent out with only
inspection by the Bright inspector.
Ill Feeling Shown
1t was further testified that
Bright wrote note, giving it to
the driver of the truck, explaining
that the melons had not been in
spected and asking that if stopped
on the highway, the inspector do
the job there and allow the truck
to proceed, unloading any of the
melons that failed to pass inspec-
ton.
The hearing thus far has brought
out that there is considerable i'll
feeling in personal way centered
about the case and the judge has
been kept busy sustaining object
tions and overruling others in his
efforts to keep it out of the ease.
At one time this morning it was
necessary for him to caution the
jurors to disregard any personal
wars.
The ease is expected to be com
plctcd this afternoon. Fred Bright
was called by the defense just be-
fore noon but adjournment was tax
en- early because of the necessity for
the appearance of Edward b. Pat
tcrson, prosecuting attorney, in
superior court.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-15

1874-Born at West Branch,
Ia, son of a blacksmith.
1880-Left an orphan and
taken in by relatives in West
Branch.
1886-Moved to Newburgh,
Ore, to live with an uncle.
1888-Went to Portland, Ore,
to shift for himself, working as
clerk in a real estate office.
1891-Enrolled at Leland
Stanford University, working
his way through.
1895-Graduated from Leland
Stanford and went to work IN
a California gold mine. later
joining the mining firm of
Louis Janin.
1897-Went to Australia as
mining engineer for a British
syndicate.
Married Miss Lou
Henry of Monterey, Calf, and
went to China as mining expert
for the Chinese government.
1900-Helped other AmerI-
cans defend Tientsin during the
Boxer rebellion.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-15

p. J, Hanzlik told the conven.
tion that iodine in prescribed
doses would make porker mar.
ketable in 100 instead of the
usual 100 days.
DIR. Hanzlik did not advocate
general use of the discovery un.
I'll it has been better adapted.
Some of the hogs which under,
went the experiment didn' t
turn out any pOrkchopS, he said.
DIR. Hanzlik also made it
known that regular consump-
tion of iodizcd table salt tend
ed to keep human hair from
falling out.
The fight against various
crop destroying insects was re.
lated to the conference. \ Ger.
tain species of beetle is more
effective than chemicals in
eliminating the Australian
mealy bug, one of the menaces
to citrus orchards, it was said.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-15
HOW TO STOP FALLING HAIR
AND GET BETTER PORK CHOPS

CLAREMONT, Calf, June
l3.-Localization in the gas
trula of trituruS torosus (uro,
dele) as influenced by a ther-
NAL gradient will be one of the
subjects discussed at today s
meeting of the 18th annual
Pacific division conference of
the American Association for
the Advancement of Science.
In all probability it will be
more interesting and less COM
plicated than it sounds. Yes
terdaY an outrageous title turn
out to bear merely ON the meth
cd of obtaining bigger and bet
ter porkchops.
Another title, mintelhgible
to the layman, merely concern
ed the way salt eating stops
the loss of hair. Still another
brought on a discussion of i'm
sect fights.
Regarding the porkchops, DR..
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-15
MEMBERS
OF CREW
RESCUED
Three Survivors of Mobile
Disaster Reported Taken
Aboard Steamer.
SEEK COMPANIONS
Thirteen of "ItaIia's"
Men Still Missing on
Arctic Wastes
BY ERIC BERNDSEN
u. P. Special CorrespondentA


KINGS BAY, Spitzbergen, June
l5.-I'hree members of the crew of
the lost dirigible Italia, stranded
for three weeks in the bitterly cold
Arctic wastes, have been rescued
according to an unconfirmed story
hunters told today when they board
ed the steamer Braganza off North.
eastland
The three including Fem Malm-
gren, were rescued by relief expe-
dition sent out by the Norwegian
steamer Hobby and now are aboard
that craft, reports said.
The Braganza reached Northeast
land last night. AS the rugged
steamer, chartered by General Um-
berto Mobiles own government,
cruised into the icc-dotted waters
the huntsmen were taken aboard.
They Immediately told the grati-
flying news that the Hobby party
had rescued three men who had
made the adventurous and disas-
tr0us tour over the North Pole tho
latter part of May. They did not
say, according to advices here,
where the three had been found.
1t was presumed that the three
men were those who split from Gen.
eral Mobile s immediate party after
that group of nine had been left
stranded on an ice block when the
big dirigible suddenly sank and
scraped of one gondola.
If the story of the huntsmen is
found true, that will leave 13 men
to be accounted for. Six are in the
party with Mobile now huddled
about a silken red tent on floating
ice, waiting for rescue and suffer
ing from cold, exposure and hunger.
Seven others remained with the
dirigible when it was blown east
ward after its sudden descent, in
which the gondola carrying the nine
members was broken.
They have not been heard from
since the disaster on May %.
KINGS BAY, Spitzbergen, June
IA heavy southwest storm last
night hit the little eneampment on
the Arctic ice in which six of the
crew of the polar dirigible Italia
are waiting rescue, General Umber-
to Mobile, the Italia S commander,
radioed the supply ship Citta di Mi
lano today.
What effect the storm had ON the
crew and the silken tent, in which
they have taken refuge, Mobiles
first message did not say.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-15

1903-Entered partnership
with a group of mining en-
gineers in London.
1906-Changed his legal resi-
dence to Palo Alto, Calf.
1914-In London when war
broke out, was appointed to
take charge of relief work in
Belgium.
1917-Returned to the United
States to become food admins
traitor.
191o-Made dictator general
of relief work by allied pow
ers and organized American Re-
lief Administration.
1920-Ran unsucce'afully for
Republican nomination for pre-
sident.
1921-Made secretary of COM
merce in President Hardirg's
cabinet.
1927-Directed relief work III
Mississippi flood.
1928-Became a candidate for
Republican nomination for pre-
sident.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-15
Wiltshire Church
Goes Bankrupt
ny United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, june 15.--List-
ing assets above liabilities, the
Wiltshire Boulevard Congregational
church has filed petition in volm-
tarv bankruptcy. Total debts are
$306,004.29 while assets are $692,-
o06.o1 according to the petition.
The Wiltshire church for more
than two years has been engaged in
fractional fight centering on its
militant pastor, DIR. Frank Dyer.
In removing him from fellowship,
the Los Angeles Congregational as
sociation charged him with conduct
umbecoming Congregational min
lister, including mismanagement of
financial affairs. DR., Dyer said his
friends intended to buy in the
church.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-15
Man Injured As
Autos Crash

V. Constoncion of Imperial and
T. o. Kent of FL Centre were the
drivers of two automobiles figuring
in an accident on the Calexico high
way last night.
Machines were being held up by
traffic police at the Is mile cross
ing and the driver of one of the
ears failed to stop aud crashed into
the rear of the other machine, G..
l'ailey was quite badly injured.
a deep laceration over the
right eye from broken glass. lie was
taken to the CaleSico hospital where
the injury was attended.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-15
HIGHEST HONORS
GIVEN BY PARTY
TO TWO ORPHANS
SELECTION OF CURTIS TO BE
RUNNING-MATE MAY HELP IN
RESTORING D-FEELING
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent

CONVENTION HALL, Kansas City, Mo-, June
15-Herbert Hoover of California, for president.
Charles Curtis of Kansas, for vice president
That is the Republican ticket for 1928-two men
who started orphans at the bottom Of lifes ladder
one the child of Iowa blacksmith, the other a
little Indian Jockey boy on the plains of Kansas.
Curtis of the anti Hoover presidential
candidates and his selection for vice president there
fore tends to restore harmony between the factions.
This two orphans ticket is ideal to meet the ex-
pected Democratic nomination of Governor Alfred
E. Smith, graduate of Fulton Fish Market
Curtis is an administration regular but voted
for the McNary-Haugen bill although refusing to
vote to override the Presidents veto. He is popular
in the farm belt and is expected to strengthen the
ticket in the middle west
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-15
HOOVER AND CURTIS HEAD 6. p. TICKET
Women Flyers
Still Held Up
BY United Press Ieased Wire

ST. JOHNS, y. +, June 1.-Two
airplanes were poised today for a
great transatlantic air race with
their women commanders eagerly
scanning weather reports before
giving the signal that will start the
contest.
The Fokker airplanc Friendship
was at Trcpassy Bay while Miss
Amelia Earhart, Wilmer Stultz and
Lou Gordon attempted to decide
whether to try the long flight on
75O gallons of gasoline.
The Bellanca monoplane Colum-
bia was at Harbour Grace where
Miss Mabel Boil, Captain Oliver C.
Lehoutillier and Captain Arthur
Angles waited for favorable wealth
cr.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-15
Wisconsin Gives
Cordial Greeting
To The President
by United Press Leased Wire

SUPERIOR, Wis, June 15.-The
state of Wisconsin, honorcd by the
visit of the nation 5 chief exccu-
tive, greeted President and Mrs
Calvin Coolidge here today witt, an
acclaim that was both clamorous
and understanding in its courteous
welcome of Mrs. coolidge, who was
confined TO the presidential train
by illness.
The presidential train arrived
here shortly after 10 Il. m, drawing
up alongside an open station shed,
where an official reception commit
tee had gathered,
Mr.. Coolidge stepped from the
train Immediately after it came to
& stop. He was received formally
by delegation which included
Governors Zimmerman of Wisconsin
and Christianson of Minnesota.
Although enabled by specially
installed radio set to keep abreast
of the convention developments at
Kansas City, the president retired
last night before the nominating
speeches had been concluded and
was asleep when Herbert Hoover
was named as the Republican candi-
date.
Apparently Mr.. Coolidge was more
interested in Il gold plated, non
resident fishing license presented to
him on the train at Madison, Wis,
than in the direction of political
winds.
The president is eager to get set
tied ON the island estate of the late
Henry Clay Pierce, and has given
consent to plans for the official
welcome at Superior.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-15
Plant Opened At
Scene of Flood
By United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, June ia unit
of the San Francisquito power
plant, destroyed by the rush of wat
ers when the st. Francis dam broke
March l3 was in operation today.
The entire plant, situated Just
two miles below the water barrier,
was taken away by the flood.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-15
DIVORCEE TO WED
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LOS ANGELES, June l5.-Anne
Berlenbach, divorced wife of Paul
Berlcnbach, well known pugilist will
leave here today for Nogales, Son
ora, Mexico, where she will marry
Albert Jay Robinson.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-15

Huba county owners of 1000 acres
OF land will cooperate with the
state forester in brush-burning ex-
periments.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-15

Curtis nomination WAS by n
vote of 1852 with Vice President
Dawes receiving l3, former Attor-
ney General Ekern of Wisconsin 10,
Ilanford MacNidcr, former assist
ant secretary of war, . and , not
Voting
The convention then made the
nomination unanimous by acclama-
tion.
Senator Borah, the chief nomina-
tor of Curtis, madc a brief lauda-
tory speech for his candidate and
then string of other nominating
speeches and scconding speeches
followed.
The session suffered somewhat
from an atmosphere of anti-climax
hut Curtis, thanking the convention
for its vote, was given tremendous
applause as was his pretty daugh-
ter. Mrs. leona Knight, Rhode Is.
land, who seconded his nomination
it three line speech.
Several routine resolutions con
cludrd the session.
To the strains Of Aud Lang
Sync the convention adjourned
aud delegates started homcward to
make ready for the great battle of
the November elections.
CONNENTION HALL, Kansas
City, Mo-, June lj.-Thc Rcpubli-
can national convention convened
here al noon today to hear first Il
message from Herbert Hoover, its
presidential nominee, and then to
choose his running mate.
Some Of the fire and zcst which
had marked Hoover 5 overwhelming
nomination last night and Il spiri.
of haste TO turn footsteps home
ward marked the opening.
Chairman Moses presented to the
delegates AN inspiring message
from the party 5 new leader, See
rctary Hoover, in which he prom
ised if elected to foster a maintain,
ed national defense and continuance
of government economy as well as
Il policy of aiding farmers insofar
rs possible while also protecting
American workmen and business
men from foreign competition.
folnting to new era and new
forces IN our national life, Hoover
pledged himself to foreign commerce
and to develop natural resources,
following in his administration, if
elected the footsteps of President
Coolidge.
The convention was slated, bar
ring the unforeseen, to name Senator
Charles Curtis of Kansas, Senate
majority chief, as vice presidential
nominee. This had been "cut and
dried by the morning state
caucuscs and leaders conference.
Delegates had taken advantage of
the opportunity offered by a mid.
day session to catch up on sleep lost
during the week and it was not un-
til just few minutes before noon
that the bulk had arrived.
Chairman Moses called delegates
to come to order at noon, rapping
sharply to get the knots of takers
apart and in their seats.
Moses had trouble getting the
Continued on Page Three)
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-15
What's Doing
TONIGHT

TONIGHT
Airdome Theater: Love Me
ard the World Is Mine. -
Radio: KGEN, 6 to 10 p. nj.
CaleXico Airdome: Boxing,
8:45 p. III.
I. V, Pyramid No. 81, A. Z. o.
Sciots; Masonic temple.
Indoor baseball: Wilson Field,
7:I5 p. m.
Baseball meeting. Press office,
1880 p. m.
TOMORROW
Radio: KGEN, IL a. m. TO D.
m.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-15

Continued on Page Three)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-31
PRIzEBABYT TO
Be BORN SOON
First In Valley In 1929
To Get Valuable
Gifts

It's Just a question Of a few more
hours now until the Valleys Miss
or Master 1929 will be born. The
drove of storks are nearing the Rio
Grande's alluvial delta in a race that
will spell many valuable and useful
gifts for the first baby to be born
in 1929.
This is an annual event staged by
Valley merchants and The Browns
Vile Herald. This year % mer-
chants have associated themselves
in a rousing welcome for the first
baby.
The gifts are composed of a wide
assortment of articles, ranging thru
a birthday cake. blankets, bank ac-
count, medicine chest, toys, diamond
ring, etc.
IL the precedent established dur
ing past years holds up, the child Is
expected 10 arrive before the gun
shot and boisterous welcome to 1929
dies out.
BY law of averages, the youngster
should be a boy this year as Miss
Alice Louise Midkiff Of Edinburg won
the coveted prizes last year. In the
previous contest, Mr.. and Mrs. p. J.
Williams 12-pound son was born at
McAllen TO place first in the event.
The contest is getting TO be one
Of minutes more than hours. Miss
Continued on page two.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-31
NEGRO SOUGHT AS
TROOPER-SLAYER HELD

TRENTON, N. J., Dec. si.-P-
David Ware. 80. negro, sought Tor
the Staying of State Trooper Peter
Gladyes, was under arrest today, but
the citizens posse, troopers, blood
hounds, airplanes and the navy blimp
that had secured the countryside for
nearly forty-eight hours in an elabo-
rate man-hunt had little TO do with
his capture.
Tired. hungry and penniless as he
stumbled into Carteret, thirty miles
from Robbinsvil!e, the scene of the
crime, Ware still was eludinR the net
flung wide for him. He was turned
over 20 state police after N chance
meeting with another negro who be-
triended him, took him to his rooms.
and brought him fodo.
Ware was being taken in an auto-
mobile for arraignment on a miner
charge Friday night when he first
struck and then slashed the trooper.
a Trenton minister found Gladyn'
body slouched in an automobile On m
lonely road near HirhStown.