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Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-22
H()()V R
RECEIVES
LEADERS
Middle West Republican
Chiefs Greet Candidate
AT West Branch.
ADDRESS PIE A S ES
Nominee Feels Certain
Agricultural States Will
Stay in Line.
BY PAUL r. MALICN

" h'eu T-'jSS SIdll COrrcSpOnQent)
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Aug. %.
Farmers representatives from -
states will tread the welcome mat
outside the door of Herbert Hoov-
er = adopted home here today and
tomorrow, TO tell him their troubles,
now accentuated by the sliding
prices of wheat and corn.
They announced through their
representatives that their hopes
were buoyed by the Republican
nominees West Branch speech last
night, in which he expanded his
IDEAS on his thrcc-plv relief pro
gram and promised to call a confer
enee of outstanding farmers such
As Governor Lowden, Ito help
draft the legislation carrying out
his plan.
Hoover beIicvcs his proposed Geo
nomical aud stable marketing Sys-
ten under Il federal farm board
would have prevented Cutting of
the wheat market at this time.
He also dropped a hint that farm
ers might not be compelled to wait
for a special session OF congress to
get through such legislation if he
is elected. His cmiSsary in con
grcss will be his vice presidential
running mate, Senator Charles Cur
It's, Kansas, Republican floor leader
If the upper house.
Curtis would serve until the end
Of the DecembcJ session. While
She plan Will not bc announced tor-
mallv until later in the campaign,
the United Press is informed by un-
disputablc authority that the new
cooperative marketing scheme will
be sponsored for immediate action
in December in ease the Hoover
Curtis ticket is successful.
The West Branch birthplace
Homecoming celebration has been
turned into one of the greatest po-
hticaI farm conferences. Hoover is
determined 10 hold the agricultural
states in line. Outward appearances
would indicate he is being success
fu.
Uoovcr's speech was received en-
Enthusiastically last night ty up
wards of 10000 farmers and viii
layers assembled in a doublr circus
tent in the rear of the high school
at West Branch He did not men
ton the tariff phase of his pro-
gram and touched only lightly upon
the marketing angle bat he stressed
the waterways proposal.
81 have long asserted that the
real hope Of reducing charges upon
our bulk goods was through the
modcrnization of our great interior
waterways, - Hoover said. 1T is
most important supplement to
farm relief. BY modernizatior, |
mean increasing depths to a point
where we can handle five or ten
thousands tons in line Of bargcs
pulled by a single tug
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-22
FIVE PERSONS
MEET DEATH IN
PHOENIX STORM
BY United Press leased Wire

PHOENIN, Ariz., Aug. 22.-A
heavy wind and rainstorm brought
RELIEF from the heat last night but
contributed to the death by electro
cution of five persons, four Of them
members of one family.
Richard Miller, leaving his home
shortly before midnight, came in
contract with a power line, blown
to the ground during the storm.
His scream for help brought his
wife and his son, Eugene, both of
whom were caught when they at
tempted to free Miller.
a second son, Wesley, and neigh
Dor, Carl Meeks, also died on the
unprotected wire when they tried to
save the three already caught.
The storm damaged public utili-
ties throughout the city.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-22
OLYMPIC TEAM
MEMBERS LOSE
LIQUOR SUPPLY

NEW YORK, Aug. % The
American Olympic teams came
home in triumph today but those ath-
letes who had hoped to enliven
the celebration with highballs were
disappointed.
sixteen bottles of liquor were
ranfiscatcd by customs Officers
and broken against the side Of the
= :. President Roosevelt before the
ewes of the Homecoming swimmers,
high jumpers and distance men.
Because the athletes had made
formal declaration of the liquor IN
their baggage, customs men declin-
,l 20 reveal the names of those
from whom it had been taken. For
fhe same reason who had attempted
fu bring IL in, were not fined.
The Olympic teams added to their
collection of medals won at Ann
,rerJ,tm. when they received the
uaIalions Of the city of New York.
Mavor James Walker WAS at the
f..r when the President Roosevelt
locked. lie extended an official
welcome 20 the athletes.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-22
CHINESE STAYS
NINE PERSONS
IN WILD ORGY

FAIRFIELD, Cal. Aug. 22.-An
entire Chinese family of five was
wiped out today, four other persons
were killed and two were seriously
wounded, when an unidentified Ori-
entail ran amuck with a pistol in a
fruit pickers' settlement north of
here. I
Wong Gee, his wife and their
three small children were the first
to be murdered. Other workers,
hearing the shots, ram into the
open and were met with a volley
from the pistol of the crazed Chi
nese.
Forces from the sheriff's office
here rushed to the scene and found
the killer had fled in stolen auto
mobile.
Patrols Immediately were estab.
lished on all roads in this section as
armed posses followed the road be-
Iieved taken by the fugitive
The colony of Chinese were
workers on the Hatch fruit ranch
near Rockville.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-22
new HAY RATE
ANNOUNCED BY
5. P. RAILROAD

Through the cooperation Of the
local district freight and passenger
agents office, working in ronJunc-
tion with the hay growers of Impe-
rial Valley, a new rate on hay has
been quoted by the Southern Pa
cific Company, effective September
2i
The company has quoted rate
of - per ton from CaleXico and in
termedatc points to Los Angeles
and intermediate points including
San Bcrnardino, Riverside and Du-
artc. and $3.50 TO Norwalk, with a
minimum weight of 10000 pounds
excepting cars loaded full visibility
or space capacity, actual weight
not less than 10000 pounds.
With a total of $4,000 carloads of
hay moving from the valley, the
saving to hay growers is expected
to reach considerable figure.
Greater even than the actual saving
on freight is the sterilization of
the Los Angeles hay market, rail
road men assert. This market, they
state, has been disrupted by truck
haulagc, which has resulted in a
fluctuating scheduled of prices for
valley hay.
The Hay Growers Association of
Imperial Valley has been working
with the railroad company in its
efforts to stabilize the market.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-22
Insane Patient
Resists Efforts
To ClOthe Him
~, rn,,ed r,e.. Leased Wire

EBlO. Colo, Aug 90 Alt'r
udiup m y.pr, chained &" the
spr ~ D.. cabin room, Harry
l.rIrr. g.. Va. m-k iu thr STATE
-pfal fog th- u.9u here today
..m which be ea, released l3 years
-a
~s1pu men v,rr needed to Suhdur
3 Irr aud pla.. hw n a room ~
-. institution yesterday afternoon
..fer hc had a.eu Brought brrt from
Turp'ay. Colo. where county com
aouer- bai pronounced him IN
Hr
Found nude n the TINY room
which Tor More tu1u 70 decade had
E.rn Dis prison. Brelrr tWs far has
F#,l-trd an efforts of officers and
hospital attendants tu e.othc him.
Attayhrs at the hospital said he
als e victim of d,m,uta praecox of
aH advanced stat, and probably
would sprnd thr rest af Do, life in
fHr institution
Nh, Joseph Br.l,r, d9 hi, moth.
.r. who admitted ro authorities she
i nor SON chained 10 700 floor III
wears ago. when ,hu again detect
90 signs If insanity appearing, re-
turned 90 her 1900 a.rr ranch today
ni win hF kept under observation
~ authurtlga
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-22
CITY TRUSTEES
GET BUDGETS
FOR THIS YEAR

The various city departments sub
mittcd their l92S29 budgets to the
city council last night.
The council is at present meeting
rs a board Of equalization holding
hearings on all matters subject to
the assessments of city properties.
While the council viii he unable
10 take any official action on the
budgets until after completing its
work as q board of equalization, it
+. going through the various re
quests carefully and will be prepar-
cd 10 take whatever action is neces-
sarv as soon as the budget is plac-
,d before She board for official ac-
tlou.
The pcrusal Of the budget last
night indicated that practically all
Of the city officials have adhered
to the request of She council that
al budgets be kept as low rs pos
siblc
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-22
SpOrtsmen Saved
From Briny Deep
by United Press Leased Wire

AVALON, Catalina Island, Aug.
22,-Scven sportsmen who drifted
for more than II hours off the west
coast of Catalina Island in the dis
abIcd motor driven yacht Joker,
manned by crew of two, were safe
at Avalon today.
The Joker took the men aboard
Sunday night at San Clemcnte Is
land where they had been hunting
~ the craft neared Catalina chan
mel, the gasoline supply gave out
and the Graf drifted steadily north,
west with the current.
There was neither food nor water
aboard. Navy planes and coast
guard tugs toos up the search. The
tug which located the Joker put
food and fuel aboard and the Joker
came here under her own power.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-22
CITY CONTENDS
HOLLYWOOD DAM
NOT NUISANCE
Court Will Decide Upon
Question of Structures
Safety.
BY United Press Leased Wire

Los ANGELES, Aug. off the
Mulholland Dam in the Hollywood
hills constitutes a public nuisance to
the film colony S 250, 600 residents,
it cannot be enioimed hy an indiVi-
dual, the city of Los Angeles CON
tended today in a demurrer to the
suit of David Horsley, motion pic
ture producer, who seeks abandon
ment Of the structure.
The city's demurrer said that
there was no cncroachment upon
personal property and that the com
plant against the dam was there
fore only a matter Of fear of i'm
pending danger.
Horsley's plea for an injunction
restraining the city from continuing
the use of the dam set forth dozen
asserted defects in construction. ~
The city contended that the COM
plant does not state direct allega-
tions that the dam is a menace, but
is based entirely upon the fear of
what might result from such assert
ed defects.
Horsley s suit declared the dam s
asserted defects menace 100000
worth of property surrounding the
basin in which it is built. 1t cited
insufficient drainage for surplus
waters, insufficient spillway in case
of emergency and negligent con
struction.
Attorney H. I. Cruzan, for Hors-
ley, said the danger from possible
collapse can be averted by court ac-
ton He declared the case of Lynn
VS. the city of San Luis Opispo show
ed that an individual has private
redress even if the asserted nui.
sance affects a great number OF
people.
''We do not contend the dam is
menace now CruZan told Judge
Cans. "But we have pointed out
numerous defects that cause 1t tt
be a menace to the 250,0OO resi-
dents of Hollywood. 1t is liable t(
collapse. We don't have to show
that it is inevitable, but only tina
it is liable.'
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-22
Death Inquiry
Is Postponed

BAEERSFtELr. Calif. Aug
Inquest into the death ef a p
Harcrow. 81. of 81 Joseph. Mo-
who died of iuuric, suffered 0.H
thrown from am automobile driven
by Paul l.. Matthias. district fHI.ra
prohibition agent. was held ur q"
day pending location of Matthias
The accident occurred SUNDAY
night on the highway south OF BIA
ersficld when Matthias made f. ru.A
turn 10 avoid collision With 4u
other ear. HarrroW, who bad h"t
picked up on the road. was thr.uf
from the turtle she'll of tlr agent :
roadster
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-22
ROGERS CAN DO TT ALL BUT
THE BANGING AND SINGING

Stone S part in the forthcoming
revue.
elf you don't want Dorothy
to wait until you are entirely
recovered,' Rogers wired
Stone, u will go into the show
with her, just to sort of plug
along till You are able to reioin
and | will do the best can
with your part. Dorothy can
keep telling me how you would
have played it. ~
Rogers said Dorothy would
be the star and that he didn t
want any billing.
The cowboy comedian star
red in several Of the 'Follies "
but about three years ago, said
he was leaving Broadway be
cause he knew how New York
could get tired of its stars.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-22
NEWBURYPORTS bad BOY"
MAYOR GIVEN JAIL TERM

ior court and had been released
on his own recognizance.
Bossy' was visibly shaken
hy the stiff sentence handed
down by Judge Jones. But he
predicted that he would still
beat his opponents when the
ease comes up before Essex
county superior court at Salem,
in September
The Mayors court appear
ancc resulted from his recent
action in opening a filling sta
tion without permission from
his city council.
"Bossy was charged with
selling gasoline without a per
NIT and with changing the
grade of a city street in the
construction of his station.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-22
MEXICAN
PLOTTERS
EXPOSED
Police Statement Claims
Religious Group RespOn-
sible For Crimes.
DETAILS r E L ATEU
Conspirators Planned For
Death of ObregOn and
President Gales.
By G.. T. FINE
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent)l

Omitted Press Staff CorreSpondent)I
MEXICO GITI, aug. 22.-The
story of how a small group hell
secret meetings for several months
at the home of Mother Superior Con-
cepcion, planning the murders OF
President Plutarco Gales and the
late General Alvaro Obregon, was
related today in police statement.
These plans were intended TO
bring to a climax the long series of
church difficulties in Mexico, the
statement said, and included be-
the Chamber of Deputies, bombing
of railroad bridges and the arming
of rebel soldiers.
The statement was issued after
questioning of II persons, including
! seven women, arrested Immediate
| " after Jose De Leon Toral assas-
sinated General Obregon more than
a month ago. Police attributed to
Mother Superior Conception the di
! recting force of the group.
The group first started meeting in
! April and the statement related
/ that Toral was a regular attendant.
! They discussed means of force to
! bring an end to the church situa-
tion.
The first plan approved was to
send Maria Elana Manzano, a dane
er who is under arrest, to Oelaya in
the state of Guanajuato, during the
. Festival l. h., 10
that she dance with both the presi-
dent and General Obregon and
scratch each with poisoned needle.
The dancer confessed, police said,
that she lost confidence in her abb
lity to carry out this scheme.
Bombing Fails
Next it was decided to bomb the
railway bridge over which both the
! president and the president elec :
would travel.
This failed because the group was
unable to obtain bomb materials.
/ The statement continued that the
bombs used in dyIamiting the cham
Der of deputies several weeks ago,
were manufactured at house ad-
joining that of Mother Superior
Conception and that the bombs vera
manufactured with her knowledge.
The statement asserted that
Mother Superior Conception was the
principal force behind the actions
and that she presided at the meet
ings held at her home.
1t was said by several, the police
reported, that she aided in recruit
I ing rebels for the church cause and
that she told them she was "send-
ing you to heaven through martyr-
dom.
All l2 will be transferred to the
jurisdiction of the San Angel Court.
where Toral will be tried within a
fortnight. Mother Superior Concep-
clon already has been arraigned
and the prosecution announced they
would demand the supreme penalty
for woman of her age-20 years
imprisonment
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-22
new PROCESS
INSURES COLOR
MOTION PICTURES
By United Press Leased Wire

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 22-All col
or motion pictures for the immedi
ate future were forecast today 10y
scientists. eamrramcn and news
paper photographers who last night
viewed the premier exhibition Of
'NitacOluT. - invention of Max Du-
punt. Of the American Society Of
einematographerS
His process of outlining colors of
object, photographed was pro
nounred fool proof and adaptable
10 an forms Of commercial and mo
tiou picture photography.
Thc most outstanding point IN
thc "vitacolor process is that
il permits the use of the ordinary
panchromatic film, such aS already
is employed iu an motion picture
studios aud by most amateur pho
tographers.
\ disk containing five colorS, red,
blue aud yellow. the primaries. aud
variations oa them; is spun hr-
tween the len, and She film during
the taking
Then ne same disk is spun from
the same position while the film is
being projected,
No special treatment Of the mega
tive &, needed. as iu most other 900.
vcntiou, Of the kind. The disks,
KEY 10 the proccSs, ~ readily INTO
any camera or projection machine.
scenes OF Herbert Hoover ar-
cepting the Republican nomination.
of fog and sunset and eterv "th'r
weather condition. showed trl, %
WAS said.
pr Alexander Gostf and DR. j.
n. kurth. uf California Institute "t
Technology. pronounced tho m,'u
tion the best apparatus yrt pf'du.
,d for commercial u~s
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-22

ALBANY. N. g.. Aas - The
aan vra eaus Iu fH4a els 80 wears
aa.. HuI.rah3ei aHd kHaWa only as
AI' -mIfh. % ,itud.f Young fri-
.ae v.fh tHf Tong of fte haVsrv
IH I.. speech. u.N f4EH command
Tonight af fEs U.WHsfafHe forces 81
fhs nation
Th. mHu eha fAaHsaHB- vli hail
tonight a+ fHsIr political ieadsr has
sam, mH,h f.rfhtr fhan tho Ills
fanre fram tHr Ea-t side Co thi<
s.f..
Au Easf side bav vHa has at
faiu,i higH political sutre,s, be-
viii stand H proof Of tb- American
romantic legend hero plurkcd
fruu ono af fhusr old fashioned
PLAYS BOO which o.. delighted to aet
g. Young man.
Governor Alfred p smith. the
Democratic nominee, viii see e.
striking contrast a< b. stands be
fore the vast ibroug aud looks down
brightly lighted state street, flut
t,riug with banners aud recalls q
young man who trudged up the
same street. one rold January night
- years ago 10 take up his duties
as an a~semblNman
Albany long has known his as
governor She ha. opened her gates
with au old fashioned welcome 10
IA, party followers who want 10
call him president
Union station was a panorama of
special trains, more than - Of them
arriving this morning. Incoming
roads rcsouudrd with the noise ot
automobiles. Big river boats
coughcd up to the docks and un.
loaded their pilgrims.
The nominee Joined IN the vel
come.
Numbers 81 friends drove up TO
the mansion for handshakc and a
word. Hr was kept busy a~ was
Mrs. Smith.
During the day the governor turn
ed his attention to the future. dis
russing his speaking t"ur. which
will begin soon after Labor day,
with party leader, Chairman John
]. Raskoh OF the national commit.
tee his running mate, senator Jos
eph u. Robinson. of Arkansas. S'na.
tor Kew Pittman " Nevada, and
others
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-22
Checks Presented
In Sweeney Case
ny United rrr-- Ls~.ea wirs

Los NNGELE~. Aug llau
drrds Of cheeks and ,aa. har- total
ling almos, t.uu.ouo aud B., mraas
of which T.. e.. Sweeney fe charge
with having d,fraudrd fhr ~nath
ern California Gas CemfHF. v,n
introduced at his trial tuia.
Sweeney admitted the sH'.ts l..
were made ont 60 fictitious uaw.
but cla,mcd they Went tn city nf
ficials az hribr money for iegI-ia
ton favorable Ia the gas ,"mpur
Sweeney : assertion that hfs
graft activities were known ht d.
higher officials Was supported hIs
attorney contendrd, ty the sigma
turc Of approval of y E Marhrts.
president Of the company. O." each
of the checks
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-22
Five Injured
I'm Car Crash

WILMINGTON. Calf. Aug ~
Five Pomona residents wcra ruIur
ed, two of them seriously, Whom
their automobile collided with "a
heavy lumber truck trailer ou Ava
Ion Boulevard. al X street hrr' ta
day.
The injured: 4 -. Robbins. --
four broken ribs. Charlie, ~ L..k
30, broken cellar hone.
They were taken tu Scasid. L.s
pital. The three less seriously .r
iured were Mr.. and Mr. A. a L.t
ner and ii. \. Hazard
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-22
"LOne Eagle"
Gets Snubbed

WABASH, Ind, Aug. %. =
Marilyn Lockwood, 9, grand
daughter of Mrs. Eva Petit,
TUNED down a personal invita-
ton of Colonel Charles A. Lind
berg, to take a flight in a plane
with him as pilot.
Answering the Colonel's re-
quest, the little girl said, ~
never fly with any one but my
dad
Llndbergh said, Young lady,
you have the distinction of be-
ing the first person to refuse to
Fly with me-.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-22
Chinese Held
On Drug Count
by United Press Leased Wire

OXNARD, Calf, Aug. 22.-Len
Wong, 81, said to be the head of
Chinese dope distributing ring,
was arrested here last night when
federal agents asserted they found
$4,000 worth OF cocaine in his pos
session.
ong once served Is months at
McNcil's Island on a charge of vio-
lation of the states poison law.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-22
BOYS START BLAZE
Hy United Press Leased Wire

CASTIAC, Calif, Aug. 22.-Atter
burning over approximately 80
acres of brush a fire near Iona
Verde, northwest of here. was com
plctely under control today. Two
boys, who were settling a dispute
as to whether grass would burn,
were credited with starting the
blaHc.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-22
by United Press Leased Wire

NEWBURYPORT, M s.,
Aug. 22.--Jail sentence totaling
$50 days and fines totalling
$l,14O were imposed today up
on Glossy Gillis, mayor of
Newburyport, in connection
with his operation of a gasoline
filling station without a per-
nit.
Newburyport's "bad boy"
faced three separate charges
carrying eleven counts, and dis
trict Judge Nathaniel M. Jones
found him guilty on all counts.
Boy, what a sleighride, " eX-
claimed the red headed ex-sail
or as he left the hourthouse,
lie had appealed to the super
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-22
Backer of Gaming
Boat In Prison
by United Press Leased Wire

Los ANGELES, Aug. 22.--Mar-
vim f. "Doc' Sheuweiler, one of
the hackers Of the gambling boat
Johanna Smith, today was enroute
to the penitentiary at Carson City,
Nevada, where he must serve a two
year term for conviction on a liquor
smuggling charge.
His conviction was not in connec-
tion with the operation of the
Johanna Smith. No liquor is per
:mitted on the gambling boat.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-22
By United Press Leased Wire

NEW YORK, Aug. 22.-Wiu
Rogers will return to the
Broadway he deserted a few
years aga dcsertion he made
SO "pcople won't get tired of
me, i'm order to help out a
friend, Fred Stone.
Stone was injured three
weeks ago when his airplane
crashed. Both legs were broken,
The revue he was to open in
company with his daughter,
Dorothy, faced possibility of
abandonment.
Then it was learned that
Rogers, long a friend of Stone,
had cancelled certain contracts,
said to total about half a mil
tion dollars, and would take
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-22
SCREEN STAR ILL
By United Press Leased Wire

SAN BERNARDINO, Calf, Aug.
ga physical and nervous break
down will keep Larry Semon, stage
and screen comedian, confined IN 4
private sanitarium here for at least
month, it was said today.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-22
Tunney Goes a'Voyaging

] Tunney, citizen here
smiling where he fame fortune ancee
heavyweight fisclffer husky
Mcintyre fought his through the crowd to board the
sailing to Europe where last he
called the
walking Wilder popular
,novelit
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-22
SMITH AWAITS
NOTIFICATION
OF NOMINATION
Severe Storm Likely To
Cause Ceremony To BE
Held Indoors.

AGBANY n y Aug %
Becaure of the continuous down
pour here it VAS indicated late
today that the notification cere
monies fer 0ovCTnoF Alfred Il.
Smith Wouid he held - the as
'mbiy chs mbsr % TIE Capitol
instead g n front q the build
ins
20 official decision has been
made a. ate hour The as
semhiy room win hold enly 1900
persons.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-22
Dempsey Premiere
Is Pc ost p one d
Nv uni,.a Press Leased w,-~

Hy Untted Press Leased Wire
BUFFALO. \. y, Aug. 30 The
premiere Of "Thr Ag Fight n
stage vehicle co rring Jack
Dempsey former - heavyweight
champion. aud his wife, Estclle
TAYLOR, of movie fame, which was
scheduled To open here next Mon
day night, was postponed until
August 80, il was announced today.
Dempsey and Miss Taylor are due
here Sunday.