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Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-06
DR., M'MILLAN
STILL ASSERTS
His INNOCENCE
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Los ANGELES, Jan. Ga chain
of circumstantial evidence was be
ing rapidly completed here today
against DIR. Charles Mcmillan, for
ncr Texas physician. under indict-
ment for the "sack murder of
Mrs. Amelia Appleby, wealthy wild
ow.
Further damaging evidence a
gainst DR.. Mcmillan was obtained
today by deputy sheriffs following
On all-nlglt grilling of Mrs. Minnie
klock, a friend of the physician,
who first attempted to evade ques
tioning on the grounds that she is
in ill-health.
She presented n doctors ccrtifi-
cate stating that her health is such
that it would not permit eXamina-
tion by detectives, but DR.. Blank,
county jail physician, ruled to the
contrary and she finally permitted
officers to question her.
Mrs. klock admitted that she had
driven to Culver City with DIR. Me
MILAN on December %, the day On
which the physician claims Mrs. APP
pleby went to san Diego. Hcr
statement that the doctor drove the
automobile contradicts his assertion
that he had not driven n machine
for several years.
Meanwhile, all efforts to break
The doctor have failed, according t.
Captain William Bright. The ply
s;cian still maintains his innocence
of Mrs. ApplehY s murder.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-06
JOBBERS WILL BE-
ENTERTAINED BY
ENTIRE VALLEY
Committees Appointed to
Raise Funds to Defray
Expenses.

A drive to raise a fund of $7,50e
among the producers and distribu-
tors of the valley, was launched at
meeting held in Brawley last
night. The money is to be used to
entertain some 600 western produce
.iobbers when they stop over in the
valley on January 80, while enroutc
to Los Angeles to the Western Fruit
Jobbers Association conference to
be held there.
The committee in charge of ar
rangements, headed by Fred Nebel-
Thau, has planned to entertain the
visitors at a breakfast in Brawley,
luncheon in Ell Centre and a dinner
dance in Mexicali.
The meeting last night was called
by r. Y. Watson, chairman of the
finance committee for the purpose
of outlining plans for the creation
Of a fund with which to defray ex-
penses.
It was decided at the gathering
that $500 would be needed to fin
ance the venture. Each of the coun-
ty districts was given a certain
quota of the fund to be raised and
committees named. The committees
appointed were as follows:
Brawley. Calipatria Westmorland
district: Lee Seibert, chairman;
George Swink. Dewey Carey, Earl
Jack, Al Kendall, Sam Rowe G. R.
Prince. George Jones. Clyde Fluke.
FL Centre, Holtville, Heber and
Imperial district: Willis Ulrich
chairman, Ross Hickcox, Martin
Wahl, Fred Nichols, F. A. Willard,
John Zenos, Walter Hunt, Jr., Wal
ter Whitaker, Fred Bright. G. L.
Hall, Fred Arnett V. F. Frizzell
and w. G. Costello.
Calexico district: Eugene Ander-
son, chairman, Jerry Asher. Earl
/ Hunter, Michael Ennis, George
Briare and August Mercier.
Time Is Short
Chairman Watson asks that those
visited by the committees do all in
their power to aid in expediting the
work as the members will have only
a short time to give to each of the
producers and distributors in order
to make the round within the allot
! ted time. Reports on the progres:
of the drive will be turned in by
/ the committees to Chairman Wat.
son on Tuesday.
Tn the meantime the entertain.
ment and transportation committees
are being kept busy making ar
rangements for the arrival of the
iobbers. A trip about the valley is
expected to be included in the pro-
gram. the northern portion beino
visited followino the breakfast
meeting at Brawlev ard the south
ern portion following the luncheon
at El Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-06
SITUATION in
NICARAGUA NOW
WELL IN HAND
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BY CARL n. GROAT
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-Reports
to the government here today indi-
Gated that the Nicaraguan situation
is "well in hand. y
With marine reinforcements un-
der orders to proceed to Nicaragua
next week from three ports, officials
Indicated their belief that the trou-
bles arising from conflicts between
United States marines and General
Sandino, Nicaraguan revolutionist,
will be ended soon.
Some authorities here foresce that
Sandino's men, once they realize
the strength of the force modified
against them, will largely vanish
over the IIonduran border, thereby
ending for time at least, the last
of the revolutionary activity.
The cabinet was called for this
forenoon, but it appeared unlikely
that the Nicaraguan question woUid
come up for any extensive discus
sion.
The senate was in recess until
-Hohu"., 50 "'taoNo iioih "PPoHcHlo %
OF the administration policy were
stilled in that quarter temporarily.
Yesterday afternoon Senator Bing-
lam, Republican, Connecticut, de-
Tended the government S course in
Nicaragua, saying it would be i'm
possible for marines to. withdraw
now. He declared the bitterness Of
political strife there would make
such a move now inadvisablc.
Senator Norris, Republican, Ne
hraska, countercd with the claim
that the United States could as
properly intervene in Ireland since
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-06
NO SIGNS OF DISCORD AS
NICARAGUA GREEES ''LINDY''

1000 feet after he had approach
ed within leo feet of the
ground, then circled and made
a typical Lindbergh landing,
lightly as feather.
Lindbergh was driven to the
presidential mansion through
streets lined with people. School
children along the route sang
songs of welcome and threw
flowers in his path while cries
of Hurrah for Lindbergh -
"lIurrah for Coolidge were
heard.
At the presidential mansion
he made one of the shortest
speeches on record.
"I appreciate the welcome.
Thanks he said.
Lindbergh will remain until
tomorrow, when he will start
for San Jose, Costa Rica, the
sixth stage of his Central
American tour.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-06
King Saved By
Slack Trousers
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LONDON, Jan. 6.-Because the
pants of his old green hunting suit
were slack, King Albert of the Bel
gians was saved from injury in a
bobsleigh accident in the Swiss
Alps.
A Saint Moritz dispatch to the
Daily Mail said the king was des-
cending the st. Moritz sleigh run
at 40 miles an hour as passenger on
bobsled when it skidded, turning
Shamrock Corner.
Lord Northesk, the brakeman,
was thrown, and injured his back.
The king was unbalanced, but
Dudley De Lavign, another passen-
ger, quickly pushed himself back in
Northesk g vacant place and took
a firm grip on the seat of the royal
trousers.
He pulled Albert back into his
position and the king finished the
run with no more damage than a
scraped elbow.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-06

MANAGUA. Nicaragua, Jan.
6.-The political troubles of
strife-torn Nicaragua were for
gotten today as the population
united to honor Colonel Charles
A. Lindbergh and through him
express friendship for the Unit
cd States.
The ringing of bells. the
blowing of horns, tossing of
flowers, and enthusiastic cheer
ing with firecrackcrs exploding
intermittentlv, showed the spirit
of the people in this pictures
que Central American capital.
Lindbergh, after skirting the
region where the United states
marines and Sandino rebels are
in conflict, arrived from Tegu-
cigalpa, Honduras, yesterday
afternoon. A crowd of 10000
to $4,000 greeted him on the fly
ing field. He thrilled them by
looming sharply upward for
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-06
COURT REBUKES
Nine JURORS FOR
DRINKING LIQUOR
Jury Has Hilarious Time
After Indulging in Evi-
dence in Booze Case.
By United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6.-Nint
jurors, who admittedly "drank up
evidence in liquor violation case
were summarily discharged from
duty today after severe court lee
ture for their dereliction for be
traying their sacred trust as jur
ors.''
The drastic action, said to be the
first of its kind in local court his
tory, was taken by Municipal Judge
Thomas l.. Ambrose when evidence
that the jury, deliberating II
charges against George Bevan, had
consumed a pint of liquor, was pre-
sented.
The jurors returned verdict late
last night, after three hours of de
liberation, aequitting Bevan on
charges of liquor possession and
sale. The evidence, in the pint bot
tie, had been entirely consumed ex-
cent for about half an inch.
81 realize that may be doing
some of you a grave injustice, but
in all my career as n jurist | have
never heard of such drastic disre-
gard for the sacred trust of a iur-
or" Judge Ambrose told the jurors
when he called them into the jury
box, today.
GLOW anybody could sit in iudg-
mcnt on n fellowman and then drink
portion of the liquor offered in
evidencc-in joke or otherwise-is
beyond belief 1t could be no worse
if | myself had consumed the liq-
uor,' he said.
Women Make Denial
The II members of the jury, six
of them women. sat silently in the
jury box as Judge Ambrose bitterly
flayed them before courtroom of
spectators.
After delivering his lecture, the
court gave the jurors an opportun
ity to defend thmselves and three of
the women declared they had not
touched il. The others remained
silent, and were thereupon dis
charged from further duty.
According to Deputy City Pros
ccutor Harry Margid, signs Of dis
turbance were heard coming from
lHc open lThhspW ol lht jury iooh'
in which the men and women were
deliberating yesterday afternoon.
When they returned to the court
room with the verdict, n number Of
them appeared in very hilarious
spirits, Margid said. The bottle of
liquor, which thev had taken into
the jury room with them, had only
one half an inch of the contents
left.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-06
Valley Leaders
Attend Meeting
On Road Matters

Valley businessmen and leaders
from Los Angeles, Pasadena and
San Diego, attended the dinner
meeting of the highway committee
of the California Development As
soeiation held at the Barbara Worth
hotel last night, at which Ray Edgar
of this city presided.
The Automobile Club of Southern
California, the state highway COM
mission and the United States De-
partment of Commerce, were also
represented at the meeting. 20
Wallace Woodwork, chairman Of
the committee, in the opening ad-
dress, declared that the purpose of
the trip now being made by the
committee is to determine the ex-
act condition of all roadways in the
seven southern counties of the state
and to make a report on conditions
to the research department of the
California Development Associa.
tion.
Sam Porter, of San Diego, +. f.
East, chief engineer of the Automo-
bile Club of Southern California;,
M. ID. Witter, assemblyman OF Braw.
ley; III. II. Clark, w. s. Fawcett and
Dave Vencill were among the other
speakers of the program.
Porter in his address declared that
within two or three years there will
be hard surfaced highway stretch.
ing from Yuma to San Diego, un-
broken.
Among the other visitors were the
following: Myer Sehoenthal, manag-
er and secretary of the Riverside
Chamber of Commerce: y. r.. Tilt.
Pasadena capitalist; II. y. Holley,f
assistant chief engineer of the auto.
mobile club; S. v. cortelyou, man.
ager of the Los Angeles division ~
the California Highway commission
j. III. Smiley, district manager Of
the United States Department of
Commerce., located at Los Angeles;
Leonard Gary, secretary aud man,
ager Of the Les Angeles division ~
the California development asaoeia-
tion.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-06
CODE SPECIALIST
ASSERTS PAPERS
ARE FRAUDULENT
Hearst Documents Term
ed ''Fakes" By American
Naval Officer.
By PAUL r. MALLON
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent

lOuteu freSS Sta11 correspondent
WASHINGTON, JAN 6.-Seven
of the Hearst Mexican documents
purported to be Mexican govern
ment code messages, are spurious,
Commander A. D. Struble, U. s. ~,
code expert, told the senate investi-
eating committee today.
Struble said he and other naval
experts spent 10 days studying the
seven messages, some of which were
supposed to have been exchanged be-
tween President Gales of Mexico
and Arturo Elias, Mexican consul
general in New York.
1T is my belief they are not ac-
tual code messages but appear to be
fakes" said Struble.
The expert said the "eode" ap-
rcared to be typewriter gibber-
ish," struck off at random by some
one.
Struble said the seven "transla.
tions' of the messages as published
by papers of William Randolph
Hearst did not fit the code mes
1"SCo III an way.
''In my opinion, no INTERPOLATION
exists between the apparently coded
messages and the sO-called transla-
tions and in my opinion the so call
cd code messages are not actually
either coded or ciphered dispatch
es,' the witness added.
Struble said he was acquainted
with all kinds of code and had
charge of the code and signal de-
partment of the navy.
Aviia Offered Papers
Arthur Bliss Lane, head of the
Mexican division of the state de-
partment and former secretary of
the American embassy in Mexico
City testified that Miguel Avila,
Hearst agent, had once tried to sell
him a "Mexican document,
John Page, Hearst's Mexico City
correspondent, once called with
Avila at the embassy and produced
! copy of document attacking the
then American ambassador to Mex
leo, James r. Sheffield.
Avila offered to get the original
| copy from the Mexican government
files for 100 to 200 pesos, Lane said.
81 told Avila the embassy was
not in the market for such doeu-
ments,' Lane testified.
Again in August, 1926, Page,
(who procured the documents for
Hearst newspapers) called at the
embassy with a forged paper, Lane
said. This document was written
on embassy note paper and purport-
ed to relate that whatever should be
taken up by Sheffield with Secrc-
tary Kellogg on the ambassador $
American visit could be learned, for
q price.
Lane said the papers allegedly OBJ
tanned by Avila and Page in Mex
leo City and in New York and from
President Gales office, and various
ether Mexican government offices,
al were guilty of the same gram
matical errors.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-06
SALVAGE EXPERT
TESTIFlES AT
S-4 HEARING 6
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CHARLESTON NAVY YARD.
Boston. Jan. 6.-Commander Ed
ward Ellsberg retired salvage ex-
pert, who directed preliminary ope-
rations at the scene of the S-4 dis
aster, was called as today's first
witness before the navy court of in
quiry.
Ellsberg, who also directed the
salvaging of the S-51, was question
ed by Commander Leslie f. Bratton,
Judge advocate, as to the ability of
the United States navy to salvage
submarines.
"There is no commercial com.
pany in the world experienced IN
ra ising submarines, the witness
said.
The navy's equipment, according
to Ellsberg, is far superior to that
of any of the private salvage con-
Germs. Commercial divers had nc
experience on submarines, he testi-
fled, while navy divers came from
! navy vessels, usually from subma-
rines.
care you familiar with rescue
appliances on the S-4 type subma-
! rines' Ellsberg was asked.
eyes" he replied.
els the use of these appliances
dependent upon some external fac
| tors"
eyes, some of them might be
rendered wholly useless. -
"Would you say divers are neces-
sary?"
eyes"
"Then would you say that if the
weather prevented DIVERS from 60
ing down the devices would be use
less''
"Thev could not be used without
hazard"
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-06
England Given
Desired Data

LONDON. Jan. 6.-The British
foreign office today announced IT
had received from France the reply
to the American note of Secretary
of State Kellogg asking France to
join the United States in signing an
arbitration pact to outlaw war.
Great Britain also was asked to
sign a similar agreement and n
waited the Fresch reply before
drafting the British reply.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-06
Bird Proves To
Be Fish Thief
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I by United Press Leased Wire
/ BERKELEY, Calf, Jan. g.
I The mysterious theft Of one doz-
en- priced goldfish and three carp
I from a local residents backyard
! po'nd baffled police until neigh
! bors reported they had had prev
ious experiences with the rob-
I ber.
w. G. Nichols and George Bo-
hart, who also have fish ponds,
said thev hhd noticed their fish
supply diminishing daily. The
mystery was solved one morning
when a large kingfisher sudden
ly appeared on the edge of
pond, gobbled up as many fish as
his beak would hold, and de-
parted.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-06
Butler Declares
Hoover Is Strong
BY United Press Leased Wire

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan. 6.-In
spite of the fact that President
Coolidge s recent statement does not
necessarily eliminate him from the
list of presidential possibilities, Her
bert Hoover has a far stronger fol-
lowing in the east and far west than
the president, Chairman William M.
Butler, chairman of the Republican
national committee said today.
Butler arrived in Kansas City
with his chief aides to tackle prob
lens of the Forthcoming Republican
National convention in Kansas City.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-06
RELIGIOUS ZEALOT
COMMITS SUICIDE
In Los ANGELES

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6.-Tired of
the world he believed was impure
and unworthy, homas Davis, a young
religious zealot hanged himself ear
ly today, directly across the street
from AngcIus Temple.
His body, clad in a cheap suit
was discovered by park attendants.
Detective Lieutenant Hamilton, in
vestigating, declared the man had
evidently committed suicide short
ly before dawn.
Apparently Davis jumped into the
failing to drown, climbed out and
and affixed piece of string to a
palm tree and hanged himself.
A note in Davis pocket read:
at s so, and is in the brooding Of
loneliness where the heart is so iso-
lated from life that mere fear of
physical injury is as nothing and
cannot penetrate the blanket Of
misery about the soul.
Identification was made from
naval discharge papers found in the
clothing. They revealed that Davis
was discharged from the navy July
30, 1920, Mt Bremerton, Wash.
For several days workers at the
temple have noticed the man. His
face was troubled and he continu-
ally prayed. Hours were spent in
quiet contemplation as he sat in
Echo park, the scene of his last
act.
Last night, evidently, the strain
of his meditations grew too great.
Throughout yesterday, he attracted
particular attention by his morose
actions.
Walking slowly about the park,
the man would stop and fall to his
tnccs, remaining in fervent prayer
for several minutes.
Uses Heavy Twine
Sometime after midnight, when
the park was deserted and lights
were nearly cxtingnished, the man
selected large palm tree in a
secluded portion of the park. The
palm is directly by the water IS
edge. and its fronds hang over the
lake some 10 feet.
A piece of twine, of strong fiber,
served as a moose. Twisting this
about n project on the tree, where
one of the shoots had been sawed
off the youth wrapped about three
feet of the cord about his neck and
tied it.
Then, with one hand resting on
the tree. he let his feet drOp over
the bank into the water. His neck
was not broken bv the short fall,
Lieut.. Hamilton said.
The body was removed to the
county morgue where an inquest
will be held.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-06
lMr. Hecke Might
! Give 1t To Us

MODESTO, Calf, Jan g.
Although there are more laws on
the books than there are hairs
ON the human Head, G.. H. Hecke,
state director of agriculture, is
unable to find one that tells
how to make disposition of a
certain sum of money that rests
heavily upon his hands.
The money was given Hecke
by two of his deputies who &C
cepted it as "bribe money!
When the alleged bribers were
arrested. it was found necessary
to dismiss their case because of
limitations in the law. And for
the same reason, Hecke still has
the unwanted money.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-06
ArizOnan Makes
Attack On Bill

WASHINGTON, Jan. G. - Ths
Swing-.Tohnson Boulder Dam bill
was attacked as economically un-
sound and an outrage to the rights
or Arizona by State Senator Mul-
ford Winson, of Arizona, secretary
of the Colorado river commission of
his state, when he appeared today
before the house irrigation commit
tee.
He said the bin must be amended
before Arizona would accept it.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-06
What's Doing
TONIGHT

TONIGHT
Associated Chambers of Com
merce meet, high school, Imper-
ial, $50.
Present Day Club meets, Mr..
and Mrs. r. A. Chesnuts'.
Boxing, American Legion are
ma. CaleXico. 8:45.
Radio: KGEN, 5:30-6:30 p. m.
Valley theater: Seventh
Heaven.
Palace Theater: "Matinee
Ladies'
TOMORROW
Story hour, city library, 10:30
a. m.
Approved Junior Matinee, Pal
ace theater, 2:15 p. m.
Radio: KGEN, 12:15-1:15.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-06
D~ United Prcss Leased Wire

SEATTLE, Wash, Jan. c.
Seven men on snow shoes were
battling their way through
heavy snow drifts in the Cas-
cades east of Seattle today to
save II persons from starvation.
The rescue party left the
town of Enumclaw before day
break and hoped to make the
tedious ii miles to the Silver
Springs Lodge, where the IA
persons are snowbound, by
nightfall.
Each man in the rescue party
carried a pack of food and sup
plies. All food in the lodge was
exhausted last night and those
in the lodge will be without
anything to eat until the rescue
party arrives.
Large trees were blown across
the roads and trails leading to
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-06
VESSEL GETS AID
ny United Press Leased Wire

PALM BEACH, Fla, Jan. 6. -
The tug warbler has succeeded in
getting a line to the stranded Bel
gian ship L'Avenir, ashore on Little
Bahama shoals, the Palm Beach Ra
dio company said it had been ad-
yisd today. On board the L'Avenir
are 65 naval cadets, according to
the radio company's report.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-06
ship REPORTED
IN DISTRESS OFF
CANADIAN COAST
By United Press Leased Wire

SEATTLE, Jan. 6.--The coast
guard cutter Haida was steaming
today TO the rescue of an unidenti-
fled ship. aground on Esbantes Reef,
near Esban, on the outer coast of
Vancouver Island, $50 miles north
of Port Angeles.
Fragmcntary distress calls sent
out with an improvised spark coil
radio, had been picked up by naval
radio stations in Alaska and con
vcrsations heard between ships also
contributed to the story. But trou-
bic with the coil and interference
made it impossible to learn the
name or size of the vessel.
One message, heard from n ship
at sea-cvidently second or third
hand acknowledgements that some
survivors should be taken off. Men
tion of bonfire and shouts for
help indicated natives on the shore
also were trying to reach the ship.
The Canadian patrol cutter Given
chy also is on the way to the dis
tressed craft.
Pilot books describe Estevan
NOunu HS one Which tHHHoi bt itN-
commended to strangers, - with islets
and sunken rocks nearly in mid
channel at the entrance. 1t is be-
lieved the vessel was trying to To-
cate the lighthouse to get its bear
ings when it struck.
VICTORIA, r. c., Jan. 6.-The
Canadian patrol cutter Givenchy
has reached the point where ship
is aground on Esbantes Reef, near
Esban, telephone message from
the cable station at Bamfield said
today.
The message said identity of the
ship has not vet been established,
but that with the arrival of the Gil
venchy, no loss of life is feared.
The scene of the wreck is on the
outer coast of Vancouver Island,
nearly $50 miles north of Port An
geles.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-06
With Lindy in Central America

Lindys his good will
personages will
American legation Mica
ragua City, statesmen
Adofo president Nicaragua
Jmenez president of Costa Ra and Dr. John South minister
Imperial Valley press., 1928-01-06
WORD AWAITED
FROM MARINES
ON BIG BATTLE
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MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Jan. O.
Word of an engagement between
United States marines concentrated
at Quilali and the Sandino forces
thev have determined to wipe out
was expected momentarily here to
day.
Reinforced by machine gun com
pany of 120 men, the marines wer1
believed in a position to make a sue
ccssful drive.
Lieutenant Moses j. Gould, in
charge of the marines, announced
en- Tuesday that the attack was en-
pcctcd within IS hours and it was
assumed it was held up until tht
machine gunncrs arrived.
No sign of hostilitieS came from
the entrenchmcnts of General Aug
ustino Sandino at El Chipote, about
II miles from Quilali over the noun
tains.
The marines were kept in good
contact with their base Of supplies
here through an airplane that pro
vided them with rations, ammuni-
tions, machine guns and medicines.
A professor has gone to Egypt to
translate Il medical manuscript OF
the seventeenth century before