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The monitor., 1928-06-29
SOUND METHODS" OF
ADVANCEMENT ASSN GET
PRAISE FROM COOLIDGE
Greeting From President of United
States Is Read at Opening
of Los Angeles
Conference.

Los Angeles, Cal, June 28-Pres-
ident Coolidge, in a message of greet
ing to the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People,
read last night at the opening mass
meeting of the associations 18th an
nual conference, commended the
Sound methods" used in securing the
Negroes constitutional rights, and ex-
pressed his hope for the increasing
success Of the association in promot-
ing its worthy objects"
The message Of greeting from Pres
ident Coolidge, in full, addressed to
James Weldon Johnson, secretary of
the association, is as follows:
my dear Mr.. Johnson:
Thank you for informing me of the
coming annual conference of the Ma
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People, as / am glad
each year to express my regard for
the aims and achievements of your
organization. You have used sound
methods in securing for the Negro
the rights to which he is entitled un-
der the constitution. At the same
time you have promoted the cause
of tolerance among all races and
creeds.
"As opportunities have increased
SO have the colored people shown
their ability and energy in taking ad
vantage of them. May / reiteratt
here, what / said in my annual mes
sage to congress in December:
History does not anywhere re-
cord SO much progress made in the
same length Of time as that which
has been accomplished by the Ne
The monitor., 1928-06-29

and agitate harmonious support of
Negro business enterprises.
July 18th has been selected as the
date upon which a mass meeting will
be held for the purpose of adoption
of the plans, creation of permanent
organization and the election of of
ficers. The place of meeting will be
announced in a later issue of this
paper. The public in general is re-
spectfully urged to be present and
lend it moral support.
The committee is composed of Mil
ton L. Hunter, Jacob c. Cary, and M.
Lynch, chairman.
The monitor., 1928-06-29
ANNOUNCEMENT

Growing out of the Negro trade
week activity, a committee composed
of members of the Ministerial ALI
ance, cooperating with business men
of the city have worked out plans for
the formation of a permanent organ
ization, the purpose of which when
perfected will be to promote, instill
The monitor., 1928-06-29
AN IMPORTANT WORD TO SUBSCRIBERS

The postal regulations require that for newspapers
to be through the mails subscriptions must be paid
in advance reasonable time thirty days, is allowed
for renewals At the expiration of this period where
subscriptions renewed the paper must be stop
ped If this not DONE postal privileges denied the
publication Those, therefore, who desire to continue
receiving The Monitor must that their subscrp
tons are paid, the law requires in advance State
ments are being sent to all those who owe col
lector will cal-and unless your subscription is paid
we will be compelled to cut off your paper which, of
course we do not want to do.
We as publishers MUST comply with the law
pay the penalty.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-14
Clark Reported
Safe in Texas

John Burnett Clark is safe at his
home in Pilgrim, Texas.
Word to this effect was received
by Coroner B. f. Lemon today from
B. Neighbors, sheriff of Gonzales
County, Tex. 1t had been believed
for a time that the body of the man
found on the desert near Plaster
City two weeks ago was that of
Clark.
l.. +. Burnett Of Imperial, an un-
Gle of Clark, had viewed the re-
mains at the undertaking parlors
and declared that he was convinced
it was that of his nephew. Adding
strength to the belief was the fact
that Burnett had seen Clark in Ell
Centro early last winter and at that
time Clark told him he was on his
way to Plaster City to obtain en-
ployment and would see him in a
few days. The uncle had not heard
from Clark again.
In the letter received from Sher-
iff Neighbors it merely said that
Clark was we'll and at the home of
his parents in Pilgrim.
Numerous other leads toward the
identity of the body are being fol
lowed by authorities but as yet ne
definite clew has been uncovered
that would solve the mystery.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-14
House to Act On
Own Farm Bill
ny United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, April LITTLE
house agriculture committee voted
today to substitute its own farm
relief bill, the Haugen bin, for the
McNary bin passed by the senate,
because it disapproved certain fea-
lures of the senate measure.
The action today means that the
house will consider the Haugen bill.
The differences, however, are not
vital, Chairman IIaugen explained.
The house committee, he said, dis
approves of the senate bill require
ment that the advisory council sup
crvisc every farm surplus operation
and also wants perishablcs included
The senate eliminated them from
operation Of the measure.
Ilaugen said he will ask the rules
committee to authorize l6 hours of
general debate of which three hours
will be given to leading proponents
of the SO called debenturc plans
Representative Jones, Democrat,
Texas, and ketcham, Republican,
Michigan.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-14
Mexican SZashed
In Row at Party

Henry Terrain, Mexican, lies in
the Brawley hospital between life
and death, his throat slashed while
A. Garcia is being held in the Braw-
ley Jail as the result of a fight
which terminated a Mexican party
at ranch a short distance east of
Calipatria last night.
Garcia is said to have done the
cutting but no definite information
relative to the battle itself has been
learned by police as yet. Terran
was rushed to the hospital in a dy-
ing condition by Il relative follow
ing the battle.
His throat was slashed almost
from ear to ear and blood flowing
freely from the wound. 1t was first
believed there would be no help for
him but physicians finally managed
to stop the flow of blood and it is
now believed that he has chance
for recovery.
No formal charge has been
brought against Garcia rs yet but
attaches of the sheriff s office and
the district attorneys office are
assisting the police in the matter.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-14
GRAND JURY TO
PROBE CHARGES
AGAINST WRITER
Scenarist Accused of
Causing Wife's Death
Last Year.
BY United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, April 1.-THE
grand jury will be asked Monday
to determine whether there is suf-
ficient evidence to prosecute Arthur
Evans, 20, scenarist, IN connection
with the death ten months ago of
his wife, Helen st. Clair Evans,
beautiful screen actress.
Evans was arrested last night af-
ter a secret investigation by Albert
T. Daniels, father of Miss st. Clair,
and local police officers. lie was
charged with suspicion of murder,
violation of the narcotics 2Gt, and
Il statutory offense.
Deputy District Attorney Egan
said today all evidence in the ease
would be presented to the jury the
first of the week.
Miss st. Clair, who had gained
considerable success in the films,
was found dead in her Hollywood
apartment late on the night Of June
q, 1927.
Her husband told rolice that a
minor dispute, in which he had in
sisted on remaining at home to work
on a scenario and in which she had
insisted on going to q theater, led
to the action.
Evans said his wife had gone to
the bathroom. lie heard her scream
and when he followed her he found
that she had swallowed poison.
Had Served Sentence
A coroner's jury accepted his
version and found that the film
actress came to death as the result
of poison, taken probably with sui
cidal intent.
The girl s father came here from
New York and refusing to accept
the verdict made futile attempt at
that time to reopen the case.
information that Evans had ser
we'd Il sentence at an Elmyra, y. Y,
reformatOry, caused Daniels to re-
new his investigation.
With the aid Of local police he
learned that Miss st. Clair had ex-
pressed fear of her husband to many
friends, it was said.
This information together with
the charge that Evans violated the
narcotics act and was living with Il
minor girl to whom he was not mar
lied will be given to the grand
jury.
Edwin Bower Hesser, noted pho
tographcr, also arrested at the re-
quest of Daniels. He was booked on
a charge of impersonating an of
ficer and suspicion of 4 narcotics
violation.
Miss st. Clair had posed for Hes
ser many times and lis refusal -
answer questions led to his arrest.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-14
FL Centre Girl
Wins Contest

Norma Benton, a pupil at the Will
son school eighth grade, won first
prize in the valley-wide declama-
tion contest conducted for the cup
donated by the Lions clubs of I'm.
perial Valley, at Brawley last night
The contest is open to all fifth,
sixth, seventh and eighth grade pu,
pills in the valley. Subjects may be
chosen by the pupils or assigned by
their teachers.
Miss Benton's subject, "Billy
Brad and a Big Lie,' was we'll Civ
en-. The contest was unusually close
however, and the judges, S. C. Sor-
ensen, Calipatria; Russell Bennitt,
Holtville and Harry Skinner, Ell
Centre, had a difficult time decid-
ing the honors. The cup, which was
won last year by Brawley, will re.
main in possession of Wilson school
for one year.
. Other entries and their subjects
We're; Zetsuko Furukawa, Westmor.
land, "The Enchanted Church,; -
Lois Peek, Holtville, ga Change
For William;' Helen Choisser, Ca.
lexico, ga Cutting from Seven.
teen;' Bobby Elmore, Magnolia
"The Fox's Two Big Dinners
Lillian Holmes, Calipatria, "The
Aspiring Dishwasher Helen Sper.
ry, Mulberry, "Epaminondas -;
Edith Hazel Fleming, Brawley,
Bird S Christmas Carol.'
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-14
Court Reverses
Its Judgment

A legal battle was waged in Judge
Thompson court yesterday after
noon during hearing on petitions
for letters of administration in the
matter of the estate of Josefina AL
bina, deceased.
Two petitions had been entered,
one by Carlos Aria, former MeXi-
can consul stationed at CaleXico and
a second by II. f. Torres, who sue
ceeded Aria as consul.
A previous hearing had been held
in the ease with the present consul
named as administrator but due to
technicalities, the matter had to be
re-heard.
M. c. Atch;son appeared as attor-
ney for ARIA while Alfred Blaisdell
appeared for Torres. Blaisdell
sought to prove that witnesses in
the case had been intimidated by
Aria in giving testimony in the
case and a technical battle between
attorneys followed as to the matter
of the testimony.
The case was finally submitted to
the court by the respective counsel
for decision.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-14
Boy Made Ward
of Local Court

Donald Yanell, aged s, of Ell
Centre was made a ward of the
juvenile court and ordered sent to
school at Palms, California, by Judge
Ninney, following a hearing in the
matter held in juvenile court this
morning. Evidence was introduced
to show that the parents had little
control over the youngster and that
he had been guilty of petty theft
and truancy.
Robert Yarnell Doe, aged Z, was
also made a ward of the juvenile
court by Judge Finney, the court
finding that the child had been
abandoned. Evidence was introduc-
ed to show that the child had been
left at the home of James c. Hef-
fey in Holtville district by the
mother when he was about seven
months old and that tine parents
had showed no further interest in
the youngstcr. The court ruled that
the juvenile department find a
home for the child.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-14
Howe Sentenced
To San Quentin

Jack A. Howe, 2s, of Albuquer-
cue, n. NJ, was sentenced to San
Quentin penitentiary by Judge A.
C. Finney this morning. Howe yes
terday entered a plea of guilty to
charge of passing a fictitious
check without sufficient funds in
the bank to meet payment.
The fact that Howe had been con
victed previously on a similar charge
fixed the commitment of the local
court to a period of II years in the
state penitentiary. Judge Finney,
However, declared that though the
sentence as prescribed by law fixes
the tenn insofar as his court is
concerned at II years, the deter
mination of the length of time the
defendant will serve is still i'll the
hands of the prison board.
The court recommended that the
term be fixed at the minimum.
Complaint against Howe was
made by the telephone company
here
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-14
Crack Squad To
Give Exhibition
Here Tomorrow

Eleven crack motorcycle riders, on
leave of absence from Mexico
City's world.famous traffic squad,
will give an exhibition OF fancy and
trick motorcycle riding here tomor-
row afternoon, through the cooper
alton of the county traffic squad
and the traffic Officers Of valley
cities.
The squad left Mexico City sew
eral weeks ago, giving exhibitions
enroute to FL Paso, and thence
westward to California. They will
continue up the California coast to
San Francisco and go east from
San Francisco to Milwaukee, where
they will be guests of the Harley
Davidson Company whose machines
they use.
Photographs which Captain Puen.
to showed at the Press office this
morning, indicate that the riders
are real artists. and their stunts
with motorcycles show unusual
skill and daring.
buliHE tllt tAHlbllIol, 4hdli SllC't
from Ninth to Twelfth street will
he ropcd off, and traffic excluded.
The exhibition will start at
o clock and will continue for the
greater part of two hours. Every
possible courtesy is being shown the
visitors by Captain Oswalt and his
men, and the other traffic officers
of the county.
The squadron includes: Cesar
Puente Captain, Carlos Ballester-
os, Ramiro Gavito, Jorge Danel, Ben
jamin Navarro, Salvador de la Gar
"a, Alberto Ruiz, Enrique Fernan-
dez, Guillcrmo Nalezzi, Luis Roias
and Oscar Olvera.
The public is cordially invited by
the valley traffic officers to wit
ness the exhibition.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-14
Lindbergh Still
Retains HulnOr

WILLIAMS, Ariz., April IA
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh was
out to lunch today when the cur
ious residents of this city reached
his new monoplane, parked on the
Grand Canyon highway, six miles
north.
Lindbergh, it was learned, landed
voluntarily that he might work on
his craft without interference. Pre-
viously it was reported he was
forced down by a damaged propel-
Ter.
Certain that he would gather a
crowd, Lindbergh left a note, "out
to lunch, " on the window of the
cabin when he went to a ranch for
his noon meal.
He was expected to continue,
presumably to Salt Lake City, late
today.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-14
Thief Steals
Editors Car

While S. G. Sorenson, editor of
the Calipatria Herald, was acting
as judge in the school declama-
tion contest at Brawley last
night, his car was stolen from its
parking place near the school. 1t
is described as a Model 1924 Oak
land sedan, bearing California Ii
ce11se 1-246-112.
According to Lion friends of
the editor, the car can be easily
/ Identified, as the editor, some
time ago, decided to repaint the
| wheels, choosing red as the color
/ scheme. After finishing the front
! wheels, he thinned out his paint
] so as to make it last through the
4 job, resulting in the rear wheels
! being a beautiful orange shade.
The tip is passed along in the
4 hope that the odd colored wheels
! may aid in locating the car. An
! editor without car just 'ain t
no editor
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-14
"MRS. BULL MONTANA" GIVES
HUSBAND SOUND TROUNCING

bury rules but who could WELD
shoe in imposing manner.
''l'm a hoofer-a dancer, YOU
know" she said at the police
station. "Yeah, IN say we
are. Bull and I got hooked -
married-whcn | came from
Georgia four years ago.
"Says ! IN his housekeeper,
does he! Well, you just put in
Mrs. Louise Montana in the
book. No, it wasn't my fault,
/ didn't get mad until he gave
me this black eye.
Bull said the girl 8 name was
Jackie La Verne and accused
her of attempted murder, She
was arraigned this morning on
a count of battery and one of
drunkenness.
In lieu of 800 bail she was
still in city Jail today.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-14
Coolidge Lauds
Bremen's Flight
Nv United Press Lease Wire

WASHINGTON, April 14.-'resi-
dent Coolidge today sent cOngratul-
tory messages to the president
of Germany and the Governor gen
eral of the Irish Free State ON the
German-lrish flight.
The message to President Hind
enbure said;
"The American nation rejoices
with me over the successful spann-
ing of the North Atlantic from East
to West by Captain Kochl and his
companions. | congratulate you and
the German nation most heartily
On this splendid achievement.
The message to Governor General
James MacNeill read:
~ wish to express to you, as
well as the people of the Irish Free
State, the great admiration of my
self and the people of the United
States for Colonel FitZmauricc S
share in the magnificent flight of
the Bremen and to rejoice over his
safe arrival
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-14
Chooses Board to
Survey System

LOS ANGELES, April 14.-In
line with the recommendation of
the coroners $ jury which investigat-
cd the ST. Francis dam break the
board of water and power commits
sioners Tuesday will consider select
ion of a technical staff to make a
survey of the entire system of dams
and reservoirs of the city.
Louis C. Hill, who served on the
city council board which Investigate
I'd the St. Francis failure, II. K. Me
Donnen, Kansas City, and r. Rob-
crt T. Hill, have been proposed as
members of the board, it was said.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-14
TRAGEDY
EN(U[FS
DANCERS
Explosion In Garage
Kills 35 And Injuries
Many More.
VICTIMS TRAPPED
Collapse of Floor Hurls
Merrymakers Into Roar
ing Flames.
By United Press Leased Wire

WEST PLAINS. Mo-. April IA.
known dead in the mysterious ga
rage explosion and fire which
wrecked dance hall and two ad-
Joining buildings here last night
rose to 80 today with prospect of
additional bodies being found in the
smouldcring ruins.
twenty-five of the bodies recov.
cred have been identified.
Meanwhile Coroner r. G. Burns
of Howell county impanelled 4 jury
and opened an investigation into
the cause of the explosion which
converted happy Friday night
community dance into one Of Mis-.
souri, s major tragedies.
Descriptions today of the explo-
sion and the tragedy that followed
were conflicting but sufficiently de-
tailed to reflect the horror that de
scended upon an evenings gaiety.
The explosion occurred shortly be-
fore IL p. m.
Persons passing by the garage at
that time told today of smelling an
unusually heavy odor of gasoline.
Shortly afterward there was ter
rifle report, the walls of the build
ing WHICH housed the garage began
to crumble and smoke rose from the
scene. The dance floor was on the
second floor Of the garage building.
1t collapsed from the force of the
blast and many of the dancers fell
with the broken floor into the burn
ing mass below, as oil and gasoline
began to ignite.
The explosion had carried no
warning. No one had time to es'
cape before hand.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-14
+CLIJBWOMEN OF
VALLEY HERE
FOR MEETING
Hear Stirring Address by
President of Southern
District.

"Kecp vour feet on the ground
and your vote in your hand y was
the message Of Mrs. Henry f. De
Nysc of Riverside, president of the
Southern District. California Fed
Grafton Of Women 5 clubs, to mem
bers of the Imperial County feder-
ation in session at the Woman s
Ten Thousand club.
"'Mrs. Dudley, who knows all
about parliamentary law, will tell
YOU this afternoon, continued
Mrs. DeNyse, chow to vote no
VIXEN it looks like yes.
These admonitions were anent the
state convention in San Diego, May
8 to -, when the women Of the
state federation will be asked to
vote again on the subject of reap
rortionment of representation in the
state federation. Mrs. DeNyse is
heart and soul against any revision
&C the state bylaws that will de-
prive the small rural clubs of any
representation in the federation.
They are the clubs, she says, who
need the federation and whom the
:; federation needs.
"When any club said Mrs. De-
Nyse, becomes so big that its
! presidency cannot be filled by a
! home woman, the need for that club
has ceased to exist. >
, BY the proposed revisions, which
by some lcgerdemain is beng pres
ented this year after having been
defeated by two thirds vote at
the Sacramento biennial, Imperial
county federation S present II dele
gates to the state federation would
! be reduced to seven.
''What Imperial county federat.
ion needs is 20 delegates, not II, y
said the speaker warmly.
Mrs. DeNyse also counseled the
club women not to credit threats
| by the large cubs to withdraw
from the federation. "They don 7
want to withdraw she maintain
ed, q" and if nobody had paid any
attention to their threats to leave
the federation all this trouble woul(
! have been avoided.
With twinking eyes the shrew(
district president gave voice tt
some good hard sense which he,
audience received with delighted
chuckles which occasionally gave
way to vociferous applause.
Mrs. DeNyse touched briefly upor
other federation, state and loea
! problems. The need of conserva
tion is the great state and nation
al question of the age, she believes
and under this head she spoke fol
the Boulder Dam, for reforestatior
and for labor adjustment. Women
she maintains, have big job be
fore them to try and get dollar
worth out of a dollar in the matter
of spending money both public ant
! private. "Sustain your own sex il
officc,' she urged. "What the wo
men will do can possibly be as baC
as what has been done, what il
being done, and what will be done
by persons not women
Mrs. John Kavanaugh of Holt
vile, president of the county fede
j ration presided at the morning ses
sion of the convention, and Mrs. F
D. Jacobs, vice president of The
southern district, introduced thC
speaker.
Reports of the various county
club departments and reports from
the presidents of all clubs in The
federation constituted the remain
ing portion of the morning. pro
gram.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-14
SandstOrm Causes
Fatal Collision
by United Press Leased Wire

PHOENIX, Ariz., Apri! l4.-Thc
death last night of Joe c. Boughter,
Cushion merchant, was credited to
the binding sandstorm which swept
through the section,
Boughter died few minutes af-
ter he drove his automobile into
The rear end of another, Witnesses
said that Boughter, because of fly
ing sand, appeared not to have seen
the machine ahead Of him.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-14
Uses Lysol Gun
To Get Drugs

LOS ANGELES, April 14.-An
"tomizcr loaded with lysol was the
weapon bandit, apparently mar
cotic addict, used to obtain 80
grains of morphine from Arel Sauls,
pharmacist, today.
Sauls had just opened his drug
store when the bandit, his face
masked, walked up to Sauls and con
fronted him with an atomizer.
'This is full of lysol and II
give it all to you if you don I give
me morphine quick the masked
man threatened.
After obtaining the drug, the ban
dit ran out of the store and es-
capped.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-14
CHOOSE DATE FOR CONCERT

Definite announcement of the date
for the closing concert of the season
to be given by John c. Canton 5
two choruses, the Imperial Valley
Women's Lyric Club and the Impe-
rial Singers Mems chorus, was made
today by Mr.. Canton. Wednesday
evening May Q, is the date chosen
for the event, which will be given
at the Wilson school auditorium.
The program will be repeated the
following evening at the Brawley
high school auditorium.
All members of the two choruses
are asked to attend every rehearsal
between now and thai date, after
which the singers will disband un.
til next October.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-14
Correction In
English Death

Influenza was given as contrib
utory cause in the death of William
M. English of Ell Centre, who died
following a hemmorrhage at the
home on Brighton. street, Wednesday
night. Due to a misunderstanding
the name of the deceased was given
as William H. English instead OF
William M. English in the funeral
announcement carried in the Press
yesterday. AS there is a relative
living here by the name of William
II. English, it has been requested
that correction of the name be
made.