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Imperial Valley press., 1928-03-22
MEXICAN CAPITAL
BADLY SCARED BY
SEVERE 'QUAKES
Little Damage Occurs
Though Shock Lasts
Over Three Minutes.
BY G.. T. FINE
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent

Omitted Press Staff correspondent
MEXICO CITY, March 22.-The
capital city and surrounding states
today had recovered from a night of
terror, occasioned by the most Wig
orous earth shocks in u years.
Lights in Mexico City were extin-
guished when the temblors shatter-
Cd electric wire. Thousands of per-
sons, many in night clothing, ran
into the darkened streets.
The shocks lasted only three min
utes-10:16 to 1919 p. m.-and so
far as could be told today, there was
no great damage. Six persons were
reported to have been injured here
and one small shack collapsed.
At least three adjoining states,
Tabasco, Guerrero and Puebla, re-
ported feeling the disorders. The
shocks were especially severe at
Villa Hermosa, Tabasco, and Guerr-
Gro Puebla.
Telephone messages from Puebla
said the population there had been
ranic stricken and that many spent
the night IN the parks and Streets
In Mexico City the streets re
echoed to the clang of ambulances
shortly after the earthquake.
Theater crowds were unnerved.
Iii the hotel guests ran to the dark
ened corridors and lobbies when
the first disturbance was felt.
The National telegraph was all
vised that several houses collapsed
at Oaxaca and numerous people
were injured slightly. Lights We're
extinguished there and church bells
tolled through the sway of the
earth.
Uneasiness was felt at the cap
ital today that interior towns such
as those in the states of Guerrera
might have suffered heavily from
the shocks.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-03-22
Agreement With
Nicaragua Told
by United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, March pa Sc
crct understanding, supplementing
the Stimson agreement, was arrang
ed between the American and Mic
araguan governments last summer
to give the United States positive
authority to supervise the Nicara
guam election next October, it was
disclosed at the state department
today, when correspondence be-
tween President Coolidge and Pres
ident Diaz was made public.
The arrangement gives American
officials complete authority and alb
solute police powers to control the
election machinery and maintain or
der in the country during the vot-
ing. This was also provided for un-
der the Mccoy bill, which the Mica,
ragna house of representatives. re
Gently rejected.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-03-22
SINCLAIR
ANDFALL
GET TIME
Former To Be Tried On
April 4, Latter's Case
Indefinite. !
TELEPHONE u S E II
Mrs. Fall Asserts Sim
clair Agents Talked
With Husband.
BY United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, March 22-Tria1
of former Secretary of the Interior
Albert B. Fall was postponed while
trial of Harry F. Sinclair, charged
Jointly with Fall of conspiring to
defraud the government, was set for
April today by justice Jennings
Bailey Of the district supreme
court.
Justice Bailey granted motion
of government counsel for severance
of the two cases after counsel for
Fall had pleaded that the former
secretary was not fit to stand trial
on April for which time the case
had formerly been set.
ANY date for Falls trial will de-
pend upon his physical condition. 1t
was stated in court that Fall was
to be removed from Texas to Cali
fornia in about 10 days if his con-
dition permitted.
George P. Hoover and Daniel T.
Wright, of defense counsel, opposed
severance of the cases and when
they found Justice Bailey had de-
cided upon severance they sought
considerable postponement in be-
half of Sinclair, alleging that the
complex nature of the case and ne
cesstiy of obtaining dispositions
from Fall made it necessary to post
pone the trial at least a month.
Ell PASO, Texas, March 22.-
REPRESENTATIVE of Harry f. Sir
clair. millionaire oil man, telephoned
the home of Albert B. Fall, former
secretary of the interior, last night,
after Fall had issued a statement
saying he wanted to tell the entire
story of Teapot Dome, it was learn-
ed today.
"The Sinclair people called on
long distance last night to inquire
about the newspaper interview"
Mrs. Fall, wife of the former secre.
tary, told newspapermen.
Mrs. Fall declined to comment
further on the incident or to reveal
what, if anything, her husband said.
She refused to allow newspapermen
t. interview Fall today, saying
"telephone calls, kilograms and
visits from reporters taxed his
strength last night after press wires
had carried his statement that he
was willing to tell all he knows
about the case in deposition.
Mark b. Thompson of Las Cruces,
y. NJ, one of Fall attorneys, con.
fcrred with the former secretary of
the interior at his home late today.
After reading a United Press dis.
patch about severance of the case,
Thompson said;
81 presume Sinclair will ask for
a deposition from Fall since his att
torneys mentioned in court the nee.
essity of obtaining depositions. We
will be made
Imperial Valley press., 1928-03-22
Lindbergh Gets
Stuck In Mud
ny United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, March 22.-The
plane of Colonel Charles A. Lind
bergh got stuck in the mud today
and his engers-congress
and their families-had to get out
and walk.
The big Ford transport plane
sank in Il muddy spot on Boiling
Field when Lindbergh was forced
to slow down by the arrival of a
squadron of army bombing planes
from Langley Field, Va. His plane
was later extricated and took off
safely.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-03-22
INVESTIGATION OF DAM BREAK
MAY BE MADE BY GRAND JURY

LOS ANGELES, March o.
A grand jury investigation pro-
badly will be the next step in
fixing responsibility for the
collapse of the st. Francis dam,
it was indicated here today.
AS the coroner's inquest into
the disaster was resumed the
board of water and power COM
missioners were expected to
make formal request that the
grand jury hear the evidence.
Although District Attorney
Asa Keyes has expressed no
opinion it is understood that he
is ready to ask the grand jury
Imperial Valley press., 1928-03-22
Screen Actress
Gets Divorce
by United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, March 22.-
Jacqueline Gillespie, known on the
screen as Jacqueline Logan, was
granted divorce today from Rob
ert Gillespie.
On the witness stand in Judge
B. Rey Schauer' s court, Miss Lo.
gan charged that her husband was
frequently intoxicated. She testi.
fled that he kicked her and called
her "dumb. - 'sas. i
The Gillcspies were married juno
13, 1925.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-03-22
By HENRY WOOD
United Press Staff Correspondent

GENEVA, March 22.-The
Soviet government has no in
tention of joining the League
of Nations, Maxim Litvinoff,
Soviet vice commissar of for
eign affairs, and chief disarma-
ment delegate, announced to-
day.
Litvinoff was addressing the
league s preparatory disarma-
ment commission, replying to
the attack on the Soviet dis
armament proposals made by
Lord Cushendun of England.
eff our project has failed to
provide for registration with
the League of Nations, there
are many precedents, notably
Imperial Valley press., 1928-03-22

to make a complete investigat:
ion.
If the grand jury investigat-
ion is granted evidence purport-
ing to show that the huge struct-
ure was dynamited will be laid
before that body it was said.
Engineers who aided William
Mulholland, chief engineer of
the water bureau in the con-
struction of the dam, will tes-
tify at the coroner's inquest
today,
Thus far, those who have testi-
fled have been unable to fix
the cause of the dam S collapse.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-03-22
COCHRANE BEATS SCHAEFER
by United Press LEASED Wire

LOS ANGELES, March 22.-Wel-
ker Cochrane, former 1872 balkline
billiard champion, defeated Jake
Schaefer, ex-titleholder here yester-
day in the final two blocks of a six
block match to score a 1900 to 900
victory. Cochrane won all six
blocks.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-03-22
What's Doing
TONIGHT

Pythian Sisters, Davis Hall at
8 o'clock.
Methodist church dinner, So
cial hall, $50 O'Clock.
Imperial Singers rehearsal at
court house, 8 O'Clock.
Evening high school, C.U.H.S.,
7 O'Clock.
&. P. O. E. No. 1925, Elks hall.
r. A. M. No. 54, Masonic Tenn
pie.
English classes, at East Side
school, 7 O'Clock.
Valley Theater, Gentlemen
Prefer Blonds.''
Palace Theater, partners in
Crime
Brunk's Comedians, "The Sec
ond Year.
Indoor baseball, Wensley field,
7:3o.
TOMORROW
Kiwanis club luncheon, Hotel
Barbara Worth.
W.C.T.U., with Mrs. Shepherd,
S64 Orange, II a. N.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-03-22
Mellon Does Not
Intend To Quit
BY United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, March 22.-'t1
have no intention of resigning,
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon
said today in commenting on the
resolution of Senator Couzens, Rep
ublican, Michigan, that he leave the
cabinet.
Mellon said he had forgotten the
resolution was listed for discussion
on the floor of the Senate today and
asked whether it wanted him remov-
ed Or wanted him to resign.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-03-22
BRITISH SUB IN CRASH
By United Press Leased Wire

LONDON, March 22.-The admir-
atty announced today the British
submarine RI collided with the de
stroyer Thuster while emerging
from the water. Apparently only
two periscopes and one periscope
standard were damaged.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-03-22
DYNAMITE
EVIDENCE.
0FFER R Ed.
Experts Turn Data on
Dam Break Over To
Sheriff Traeger.
ENGINEER WITNESS
Van Norman Tells of His
Visit to Damsite With
MulhOlland.
by United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, March 22.-In-
formation tending to show that the
st. Francis dam was dynamited was
turned over to Sheriff William
Tracger today by water board in
vestigators.
J. \. Pyles, private detective
and j. Clarke Sellers, hand writ
ing expert, held conference to-
day with Sheriff Traeger and mem
bers of the homicide detail.
Affidavits, 4 piece of rope and n
crude diagram of the st. Francis
dam was included in the evidence
turned over to Traeger by the in
vestigators.
Los ANGELES, March FL. \.
Van Norman, second in authority
among the engineers of the Los Ang-
eles water board occupied the wit.
ness stand today at the inquest in
the causes Of the 81. Francis dam
disaster.
Van Norman went TO the dam
with William Mulholland, chief en-
g:neer on the day of the dam S col.
lapse in response to telephone call
received from Tony Harnschfeger,
,watchman at the reservoir.
Z - want to bring out my intimate
relationship with Tony Van Nor.
Ian said. 81 had known him 10
wears and we had the utmost con
fidence in each other. If he had been
alarmed over the condition of tn"
dam, he would have told me. "
Van Norman testified that in his
opinion the site OF the dam wac
justifiable.
"Do you now feel that the site
was bed rock,' lie was asked.
"That is IA matter of judgement.
The dam has gone out, | am reserv.
ing any expression of opinion until
unbiased and unprejudiced engin-
oering boards have brought in their
reports, he replied.
"Do you believe it was built IN
q secure Manner he was asked.
81 believe it was, Van Norman
said.
Looked Secure
Regarding his visit to the dam u
hours before ii collapsed Van Nor
Iaan said:
Everything was as secure as it
ever had been before. There was
seepage from both ends but the
water was crystal clear and there
was no indication of any erosion.
left about noon with perfect con-
h.t . Ia, la,, oil riuIt -
He testified that he was not aware
that the valley ranchers were alarm
cd and declared that ''if | had had
the least apprehension of the dam
going out, Mr.. Mulholland l would
have alarmed the valley
Questioned by Coroner Nance,
Van Norman said that the concrete
in the dam Stands there and speaks
Tor itself. y
Any man can go there and look
a. it and if he knows what is re-
cured for job of that kind | thinE
lc will say that the concrete is all
right, he said.
'Do you know anything about
the construction of this dam that
would be II clue to its failure -
No, do not he said.
The witness testified that the St.
Francis dam was of the gravity
type patterned after many dams that
have been built in the southwest. II
was, however, of concrete, while
most of the others are not. He men
toned the Weed Canyon dam in
Hollywood as one of the few concrete
dams in this part of the country.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-03-22
ESCAPES FROM GALLONS

Doris Mcdonald American girl whose sentence to the gaows
Imprisonment the Canadian government With
convicted of numbering
Adeard Boucard Montreal tacab driver Mcdonald will hang
Friday March
Imperial Valley press., 1928-03-22
CHAMBER WILL
BE- REPRESENTED
AT ROADS MEET
City to Participate In
''Broadway of America
Convention.

The matter Of sending a repres-
cntative to Memphis, Tenn, TO the
Good Roads Mccting' to be held
there in April in connection with
the " Broadway of America - high
way program was the chief topic
up for discussion at the meeting of
the directors of the chamber of com
ncrce last night.
THE meeting at Memphis is to be
one Of the largest good road -
gatherings ever held and its main
purpose will be urging the complet-
ION in pavement of the highway now
known as "The Broadway Of Amer
ica - which runs from Broadway,
New York City, to Broadway San
Diego.
A huge motorcade bearing repre-
scntativcs of all of the cities will be
Staged, the caravans to start from
New York and San Diego, meeting
in Memphis.
W. S. Fawcett, Fred Nebel-ThaG
and W. J. Strickland have been nam
ed as possible representatives to
make the trip from here, no definite
action however being taken by the
board. The board did approve plan
to get pamphlet advertising
l.! Centric and Valley points for dis
tributlon on the trip. The plan is to
pet out 300 of these and through
advertising raise a fund to defray
expenses of the local representatives
The matter Of the effort to lower
the express rate OF valley products
to San Francisco was ordered re-
fcrred to the associated chambers
for consideration. 1t is pointed out
that while the rate to Los Angeles
has been lowered, the same rate is
still effective to San Francisco and
it is believed reduction there
would help the marketing of valley
products.
Talk On Aviation
An interesting discussion on
aviation was headed by +. j. Fluke
of the Ryan Air Express, Incorporat
ed, Of Los Angeles. He said that he
lad made a survey OF the aviation
fields in the valley and urged build
i?g up facilities at the Imperial
County field, west of Imperial where
the Albatross' made its test
flights. He said that the present
t.cld, known as the Imperial air
port, was listed in the aviation blue
book as an emergency field and
would hardly be sufficient to ac-
comodate the larger planes which
are being introduced into CONNER
Cial flying.
j. :. Cameron, chairman of the
committee on the initiative petition
which will be placed before the
voters in the Municipal election, re-
ported that list of questions and
answers relative to the petition are
TO bc printed in pamphlet form and
will be distributed to the registered
voters of the city for their benefit.
This pamphlet will explain the uses
to which the money raised by the
10 mill tax can be put and the ad-
Vantage of thus supporting the
promotion plans of the chamber.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-03-22

More than a mile of concrete has
been poured on the state highway
between Riverside and Redlands.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-03-22
Strong Protest
Declared Against
BOrah Collection
BY United Press Leased Wire

MADISON, Wis, March ga
demand that Senator William J..
Borah, Republican, Idaho, return
every dollar he has collected to re-
pay Harry F. Sinclair S gift to the
Republican party, was telegraphed
to Borah today by Herman l.. Elk.
orn, manager of the Wisconsin cam
Faign of Senator George w. Norris,
Republican, Nebraska.
The telegram to Borah said the
republican party owed Sinclair
"and his fellow conspirators
nothing except to see that "they
get the same prison terms as are
daily meted to common bribe givers
and bribe takers
Decisions of the United States
supreme court reveals clearly that
these three men are not entitled to
any return, Ekern said.
"On behalf of the great mass %
Republicans who have not surren-
dered to corruption and who have
supported every move for its expos
ure and punishment, j protest
against your collection in the name
Of the Republican party and demand
that every dollar 80 collected be
returned, " the message said.
-
WASHINGTON, March 22.--The
Morning Mail today brought an al.
ditional $500 in small contributions
to Senator Borah' 3 fund TO repay
Harry f. Sinclair's 100000 cam.
paign donation to the Republican,
party. This made the total OF thu
fund about $4,000
The Washington times., 1928-08-08
Rabies ii the District and the
Muzzling Of Dogs
rAITH ocers q the United States Do not share IN u

officers Of the United States do not share me
rather tender hearted feeling Of human beings generally
FoIer of the District health office, not an exception
400 Congress yielding the ancient idea that dog
the days . q as sa - - District should
ba muzzIed during June, July, August and september
local law also provides for resignation OF all dogs Du IKE
Rha rauzzlinr law it il not generally observed. .
r Fowler renews his plea that all dogs n the DissLlcs
should be muzzed kept leash throughout the sWe
months Of the and points out that from me =
81 vdronhobia dogs are Just dangerous n January g
August The only difference Is that IN August more peOps
especially children, the streets than n January
!, *. b seventeen years since there was the death Of
human being ii the District from rabies although many
eople here are annually bitten BY dogs determined g naV
been suffering from hydrophObia In July 1877
people III Washington bitten BY dogs ana tests snOsu
s of the animals having positive signs g b.9S o rabies
said BY competent authorities to be due fo lne Iacs .na
Bureau Of Animal Industry Of the Department q
makes prompt tests Of the brains Of dogs SUPPOSED e =
iufected with rabies and these tests show positive signs
The persons bitten are immediately treated By local
the famous Pasteur serum being used. i. .
Hydrouhoa IS such horrible disease that the parents q
children bitten BIZ suspected dogs lose time IN having tests
made At the Bureau Of Animal Industry policemen enc
citizens usually cooperating IN running down ana ne ~
animals that the heads may be examined
nsanv washington physicians have had experience in
administering the anabic serum the wonderful discovery
81 the great French physician This serum regarded 8
years aro Tie ygenic laboratory Of the Public Health
Service rave free treatments Of this serum to victims @ DIES
Rabies comparatively disease among human beings
hut ali persons bitten by dogs infected with hydrophoba
should lose time Ia being treated by physicians NOT al
nersons bitten by infected dogs become victims but the FISK
IF Going without treatment is too serious.
Transerence Of the disease human beings through bites
anends pon the vuence of the disease in dogs and to some
extent upon The severity and location Of the bites
Az the protector Of public health Dr. Fowler right IN his
position that dogs should be muzzed or leashed at all times
81 the year in city of the size Of Washington The figures Of
o not hamonize with the popular idea that dogs are
devoted to beings that they are virtually harmless
The Washington times., 1928-08-08
RADIO CAMPAIGN
BY Or. Frank Crane

1920 Station Pittsburgh played Istz Rhapsody
piano the audience whether they liked
= and If they wanted any more. ~ .
Tn week the Pittsburgh and the surrounding
country sold supplies The people liked it and
radio broadcastng born. j
ones station in 1920 to 700 in 1928.
of has developed rapidly the
radio business.
Those Of us who inclined the stock short time
ago when selling kicking ourselves be-
didn't do il. Il.
Twenty million people listened in at each of the presidential
ventons the conventions did not learn
nomination than the stenern
Calvin Coolidge President the radio his
campaign .
In the coming campaign the radio destined to play I'M
part ranks with the medium for
publicity.
will somebody good deal of for campaign
candidate
nobody going object campaign of this kind
Congress provided by enacted 1925 that all parties
shall rights broadcastng Of however the
candidate with the most money behind him will most the radio
from candidate making speeches in various halls
throughout the country and from the platform of trains
talking few hundred people from his porch to speaking by
Of the radio into millions of at the time
candidates the radio better enables the popuace
the voice and to hear without going meeting
privacy of his home.
Conditions rapidly changing before
ably the Anticipated elections little booths
streets done away with and voting by mail adopted
1t is all question of getting to the people rapidly and
quick asceranng their will New inventions
of democracy.
ccIureH ndicate)
The Washington times., 1928-08-08
GEOGRAPHY
-BY Garrett II. Serviss,

NEOPLE world sometimes exhibit
astonishing ignorance Of geography They have hay
the location Of places countries that they have
visited Apparently they study look ct globe
that of the earth-flatteners."
persons otherwise well informed surprise
being British lie the latitude Lab
that those islands transported the Atlantic
Bay would lie than $50 miles
north Of Chicago.
geographic sense 81 direction cf
ontaton, which possess that them from confusion
their relative location the globe wherever they be-
Probably general attention geographic
bees and birds supposed But however it be
acquired this highly valuable quality for those who
go far from home
becoming intelligence people
but ask the American latter You have told him where
north ISL to turn his toward Australia or inquire what
he knows about longudes and ATTITUDES in general
maps h N an ahas a Sx @ e hs
minds q pupils Il wonder that 4 them tbs
other FORM and they still less said about its rotund
mental relations between the different parts the world
No have clear idea of the shape Of the earths surface
sphre-more correctly pherod but ordinary pur
poses may thought perfectly spherical When
puzzng things about planet become plain ed evident
they in themselves, interestng.
be banishd by habuy representing the earth the
imagination in its real shape When you study globe the whole
down for matter dwell toward the center
# the ea pi he hs Iaes saa aDnue b
parallel another except when they close together needs
further explanation
earth in its true form globe teach yourself to feel that
sunrise and sunset in the light 81 their actual cause full COM
prehenson Of this the beginning Of the science Of astronomy