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Evening star., 1928-10-28

there are not only broad ledges for
writing when there is something to
note and for the flaunted newspaper
when there is not, but there are Also
behind the scenes there, desks, type
writer's, telephones, stationery, tele-
graph wires-and Preston, with his
drollest look of agitation sticking his
head out from the swinging door to
ward off the unwanted and dashing
about the interior to provide the want
ed; Preston, wearing his dropping mus
tache, his dark cutaway coat, turning
his head upon its longish neck with the
effect of giving his oval brown eyes
chance to look in three directions at
once; Preston, like Nestor, observer of
three generations of more than "artic-
ulately. speaking" statesmen.
X X X x
LIE looks back to the time when the
attitude of statesmen toward the
press was quite different from what it
is today. He remembers, for example,
Lodge.
I'm the old days." he says, "there
were certain Senators who had power,
personal power. They formed sort
of little group of leaders. They would
pick out certain newspaper men as their
confldants or companions and talk with
them exclusively.
Lodge. for example, formed the habit
Of always walking home with the same
newspaper man. That newspaper man
was learned person. Lodge probably
chose him as companion, quite re-
gardless of his profession, ON purely
companionable grounds, as he would
have picked any other intimate.
But in the way things went about
Lodge, you get sight OF the changes
in the whole thing today compared
with what it used to be.
That was the Lodge of the time be-
, fore the direct primary and the time
before the League fight.
When Lodge found himself involved
in that struggle and probably realized
the need for educating the public about
it, he began Tor the first time to meet
the newspaper men generally.
Lodge began by being like the great
triumvirate-Aldrich Hale and Allison
They never saw reporters. AS heads of
three important committees and as
ranking members of those committees
of which they were not actually chair
men, they had monopoly of power.
Every one of them had certain pet
reporters whom they talked TO. They
picked their journalistic mouthpieces.
1t was the universal custom.
And began to notice, as time went
on, certain terrible thing. began to
observe that when Senator began to
get mild and companionable toward the
press, it was a sure sign he wasn't 60
ing TO be long for this world.
, There was Jim Clark of Arkansas.
| He had temper-used to baWl out
| the newspaper boys for daring even to
| come to see him.
/ Then in one session he changed. He
| said to his secretary:
Give the reporters all they want!'
I'm year he was dead.
There was Tom Martin of Virginia
| leader of the Senate before Under
wood. He never saw press representa-
tives-except from his own State. Then
one session he began to soften, and
Evening star., 1928-10-28

Given perfect darkness the battery
will send no current through the tube,
for there is no direct connection but
let light fall on the cell and the potaS-
sium coating will emit electrons. Free
to move in the vacuum, they are at
tracted to the positively charged metal
ring and stream through the connect
ing wires to the battery, causing
current.
AS fast as electrons leave the potas-
SUM they are replaced from the mega
tive terminal of the battery and there
is continuous flow of electricity around
the circuit as long as light falls upon
the cell. If the light increases in inten-
sity the electronic emission from the
potassium also increases and the cur
rent is correspondingly augmented. The
opposite occurs when the light dims.
Thus at the sending end of the tele-
vision system there is an "eye" capable
of Transforming the energy of light into
an electric current of corresponding
intensity. At the receiving end. there
fore, there must be a device which can
change this current back to light-of
the same intensity as that which
reaches the photoelectric cell. In other
words, there must be an electric lamp
WIllLlI III pIASltlCIlS hASbdiltly no
the current changes. Such device Is
the neon tube.
An ordinary incandescent lamp would
not do, for the heated filament g'ows
for a fraction of a second even after
the current has completely stopped.
But the neon lamp which is utilized
commercially for electric signs. pro-
duces light from a miniature lightning
flash, so that there is no heated wire
to glow.
It is a glass tube containing neon, an
inert gas found in the earths atmos-
phere. At each end there is metal
plate, called an electrode, connected to
a dynamo or battery. When the cur
Evening star., 1928-10-28
Preston Political Expert Who Feels He Must Not Engage in Game Himself
Has Seen Day Interpretation Succeed Picturesque Period of Scoop

finally he got so full Of the milk of
human kindness that he even called me
up on the telephone. l was fright
fully upset, for I knew what it meant.
He died the next session.
II always hated to see statesman
soften that way l got to know 1t meant
they were going to carry him over the
hill and put him under the green
mound
There was one of them, though, that
couldn't get on with the press at all
and who never softened. That was Will
liam Hepburn of Nevada.
What bothered him was different.
He used to make long speeches on i'm
portant subjects and the papers would
carry a stick about it and he didn't
like 1t. Finally he got up and said
something like this:
81 am going to deliver an important
message to the American people. The
press won't carry it. But the Record
will Mr.. President, I now speak for
the Congressional Recordv"
X x
DRESTON does not surely say to what
circumstance he attributes a change
in the ways of statesmen with the
newspapers. He is willing to let you
think the direct primaries have made
a difference. Today it is more neces-
sary to appeal directly to the voters
who read the papers than it was under
the old system. Ho has never known
of any other case like that of Borah,
who has daily press conference" at a
stated time.
The concentration of power in the
Senate went along with the concentra-
ton OF power in the hands of few cor
respondents. La Follette's emergence
into the Senate was largely responsible
for the breakup of the old leadership.
With that breakup came a new gen.
GRAFTON and a different kind of writer's.
With ell its faults. the old system had
one merritt demanded great expert
ence and abilitv on the part of the few
among the writer's as perhaps it s'so
dovo'oned greater leadership among the
politicians.
Tho ststesman'S choice Of his con-
Giants did not r@st unon sheer favor
't'Sm alone. lodge, for example. was
''""cr s"ornful of the press gallery. He
II not drew tho line so"ia'lv or mem
'""v h"tw"o'' prees and Scnate. He
'r"atod all f''Ie. He sirnnlv oSsociote,'
-'~"~~'r~''v With 4l~~so who raiA not bore
'''--- o'>>I ev~'+~I 4l,osa who did
Th"n rnoG@rn t'n""s co~on "ron him
after ho became chairman Of tho for
eign r"lations committee, and he had
to change.
With modern times, with statesmen
welcoming the press. we get the new
system of the highly organized press
gallery It has the mnrit of giving all
an euuel chsrce at the news. But If
the old system had its faults. so has
this one.
Evening star., 1928-10-28
BY ANNE HARD.

II ApT rrsst0n9 S0n ever heard OF Jimmy
Have you heard of Jimmie"
4 i Preston, cheerful Cerberus of
the Senate press gallery? Or
are you familiar with the press gal
lery?
Briefly, the press gallery is composed
of those correspondents from every
State in the Union who follow politi-
clans doings as a golf gallery follows
experts from tee to tee, wiring out their
reports to the home papers.
Jimmie" Preston is their factotum
and wade mecum and handy man and
organizer and sine qua non and Pooh
Bah-with small degree of Pooh and
q less degree of Bah.
If you manufacture cribbage boards.
angle irons. near beer or silk hose and
the like, you never heard of either of
them. But If you are one of those
national politicians who attend to the
business of governing for the manufac-
turers of cribbage boards, near beer,
angle irons, silk hose and the like, or if
YOU are in the business of manufac-
turing the sentences to be read by news
paper readers, you undoubtedly have.
For Jimmie" Preston, with his droop-
ing mustache: Preston, who looks like
an English colonel out of Thackerary-
crolly solemn or equally drolly agi-
tated-this Preston has been for over
80 years the traffic cop. the semaphore
man, between American politics in ac-
ton in the chamber of the United
States Senate or upon the floor OF the
convention halls of both parties and
the news you get in print.
He is the real Behind the Scenes
in Washington" chosen by the famous
Tlg1h
permanent stage manager for its public
shakings Of political skeletons at ltS
noisy dinners.
Few who read the newspaper reports
of Washington politics and of national
conventions have any idea of the sys em
which makes possible their daily ac-
curacy and timeliness. 1t was not al
ways as it is today. 1t has been slow
growth. Much of its development has
been due to Preston's own ideas.
Up over the head of the President of
the Senate are imposing benches. Wide
backed, pink marbled, they hint to the
dull wood brown of other galleries their
own superior Importance.
washington correspondents who rep
resent great news services, home town
papers, metropolitan dailies, trade
papers-all who send out reports over
the wire to the painting public, may be
given the right to sit up there and to
form a part of the press gallery and
to call upon Preston for help.
There is always great desire among
the hundreds who write from Washing
ton to sit among those gods. There are
constantly arising among those gods
themselves questions which must be
settled by impartial arbiters. The
standing committee" five men chosen
bv the gallery" itself. becomes the
board of judges, to let you in or to
rule you out.
You can hear the proceedings from
other galleries, 1t is true. Bat you will
not be permitted to open book or to
scratch a pencileo note in any other.
while In the gallery Of the press gods
Evening star., 1928-10-28
Fish Carry Candles.

COME of the fish found at depth of
about 10000 feet by one deep sea
expedition resembled the fossil species
In the rocks of the Mezozoic era, when
the earth's atmosphere was dense with
carbon. These fish in many cases had
special means Of collecting light Some
possessed enormous eyes occupying
nearly the whole side Of the head and
some were supplied with telescopic or
gar1s. Others carried their light on
their heads in a manner similar to that
OF the glow worm.
Evening star., 1928-10-28

Comparatively few papers. when Pres
ton began his life work, kept special
representatives in Washington. And
these few were almost always men of
considerable experienced and maturity
Evening star., 1928-10-28

just exactly that is done in the
television system. In the sending set
the picture, actor or scene to be trans
mitted is focused with lens into
small aperture. All the light being .e-
Evening star., 1928-10-28

The position of Washington correspond
cnt came to mean distinction.
Today there are 800 correspondents
IN the press gallery and scores of writers
from Washington who do not qualify
Evening star., 1928-10-28

black shield containing 2 small hole
were moved rapidly in front Ct the pic
ture, exposing to the eye Ill swift sue
cession tiny details of the complete
image.
Evening star., 1928-10-28

T VAvE you ever heard of Jimmy
Preston?
Have you heard of Jimmie"
4 i Preston, cheerful Cerberus of
Imperial Valley press., 1928-05-19
WATCHING THE
SC0REBOARD
Nv United Press Leased Wire

Yesterdays Hero-Mclvin OFT,
Giants outficIder, who hit two home
runs and helped the Giants break
their losing streak by bcating the
st. Louis Cardinals, 10 to 6. Or $
first homer came off Alexander
with Roush or base and the second
off Littlciohn with none on.
Artic Nchf held the Braves to
five hits, and the Chicago Cubs won
their 18TH straight victory, ) to J..
IIornsby' 5 homer WAS the only run
made Of Nchf
Paul Wancr had perfect day at
lat-thrco hits in three times up
as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated
the phillics, & 10 /.
Jumbo Elliott faltcrcd in the
eighth inning and the Cincinnati
Pcds scored five runs and beat the
brooklyn Robins, to i. Ethan
Allen, Rods center fielder made
four hits in four times at bat.
MI American league games were
ralncd out.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-05-19
SPORT NEWS SECTION
COMPLETE SCHEDULE FOR
NEW BASEBALL LEAGUE

Thursday-Shcll Oil vs. Southern
Sierras.
Week of June 4-Momday. Court
House VS. Pickwicks. Tuesday -
Firemcn VS. Sciots. Wednesday -
Southern Sicrras VS. Schcniman
Paper. Thursday-Lcon Lce-Coca
Cola VS. Shell Oil.
Week Of June 11.-Monday, -
Scheniman Paper VS. Leon Lee Coca
Cola. Neutrality-suspicious. VS. Court
House. Wednesday, Fircmen VS.
Southern Sicrras. Thursday-Shcll
Oil VS. Pickwicks.
Week of June 1s.- Monday -
Pickwicks VS. Leon Lcc-Coca Cola
Tuesday Southern Sicrras VS. Sci
OTIS. Wednesday -Schcniman Paper
VS. Fircmen. Thursday-Court House
vs. Shell Oil.
Week of June Monday, Leon
Lec-Coca Cola vs. Southern Sierras.
Tuesday, Sciots vs. Pickwicks. Wed
ncsday, Fircmcn vs. Court House.
Thursday Shell Oil VS. Scheniman
Paper.
Week of July Monday, Pick
wicks VS. Southern Sicrras. Tuesday
Leon Lec-Coca Gallo VS. Sciots. We'd
nesday-Court House VS. Scheniman
Paper, Thursday-Fircmcn VS. Shell
Oil.
Week of July 9.-Monday, Court
House vs. Southern Sierras. Tuesday
Shell Oil VS. Sciots. Wednesday,
.Pickwicks VS. Schcniman Paper.
Thursday-Lcon Lce.Coca Cola VS.
Fircmen.
Week of July -Monday-Lcon
Lrc-Coca Cola Us Court House. Tues
day-SciotS vs. Schcniman Paper.
Wednesday Fircmcn vs. Picbwicks.
Thursday Southern Sicrras VS.
Shell Oil.
Week Of July % Monday-Pick-
wicks vs. Court House. Tuesday -
Sciots Us Fircmcn. Wednesday -
Schcniman Paper vs. Southern Sicr-
ras. Thursday Shell Oil vs. Leon
Lce-C Coca Cola.
Week Of July 80 Monday, Leon
Leo-Coca Cola vs. Schcmiman Paper.
Tuesday Court House VS. SciotS.
Wcdnesday-Southcrn Sicrras vs.
Fircmcn ThursdaN-Pickwi VS.
Shell Oil.
Week of August 6.-Lcon Lee
Coca Cola VS. Pickwicks. Tuesday
Nciots vs. Southern Sicrras We'd
ncsday- Fircmcn Us Schcniman Pa
per, Thursday Shell Oil vs. Court
House.
Week of August Monday -
Southern Sierras vs. Leon Lee-Coca
Cola Tuesday rickwicks vs. Sci
OTIS Wcdnosday-Court House vs.
Firemcn. Thursday - Scheniman
Paper vs. Shell Oil.
Week of August Monday -
Southern Sicrras vs. Pickwicks
, Tuesday Sciots Us Leon Lee. We'd.
ncsdav Schcniman Paper vs. Court
! House. Thursday Shell Oil vs. Fire
men.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-05-19
8J,098
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
ESTATE AT PRIVATE SALE
In the Superior Court Of the State
of California, in and for the
County of Los AnUeles
County of Los Angeles

CouLIy VI LoS Angeles
In the Matter of the Estate of
Scott w. Alexander, Deceased.
Noted Is Hereby Given that un-
der and by virtue of Sections 1886
and 1919 of the Code of Civil Pro-
cedurc, Jesse b. Alexander, EXecu-
tor of tho last will of Scott w.
Alexander, deceased, will sell, at
private sale, to the highest bidder,
subject to thd confirmation of said
Superior Court, on or after 31st
day of May, 1928, at the office of
Chas. Cassat Davis, 448 Wilcox
Bldg, Second and Spring SITS, Los
Angeles, Los Angeles County, State
of California, all the right, title
and interest that the estate of said
deceased has acquired by operation
of law or otherwise, other than or
in addition to that of said Scott w
Alexander, at the time of death, in
and to the parcel of real property
particularly described as follows, to
wit:
Thd premises in Ell Centre,
Imperial County, California,
described as the One half I'M
divided interest in Lots 5 and
s, Block %, City of FL Centre,
County of Imperial, known as
No. 617 and 621 Main Street.
The terms and conditions of sale
are cash in lawful money of the
United States, or one-half cash, and
the BALANCED in one or two years af-
ter date respectively, or otherwise
as may be agreed to be evidenced
by promissory notes, to be signed by
the purchaser, with interest at the
ratd of 10 per annun, payable
quarterly, on the unpaid principal,
said notes to be secured by first
mort gage, or first trust deed, at
the option of the undersigned, upon
the usual forms used by the Title
Insurance & Trust Co., of Los An
geles, California, executed and de-
livered upon delivery of deeds; and
possession of the real estate to be
givn upon such delivery of doed,
such mortgage or trust deed then
being first lien upon said rdal
estate.
Ten 1O%6) percent of the amount
bid for any parcel of said real es-
tatd shall accompany the bid, and
will be returned if the bid be not
accepted.
The balance of the purchase pricd,
or the balance of the first payment
if part be defcrrdi, shall be paid
on confirmation of the sale by the
court.
Bids or offers must be in writ,
ing, ana must be received at tho
aforesaid office at any timN after
the first publication of this notice
and before thd date of said sale.
Dated this 14th day of May, 1928
JESSE b. ALEXANDER.
Executor of the estate of Scott W
Alexander, deceased.
Chas Cassat Davis, Attorney for
said estate. NJ 14t15
Imperial Valley press., 1928-05-19

The schedule for the FL Centre
Night baseball league was adopted
at the meeting held in the Imperial
Valley Press office last night and
calls for a l4-week campaign of
play. Each Of the teams entered
in the league race will meet each
of the other teams twice during the
season. The schedule as approved
follows:
(Notc-Tcam last named will be
regarded as home team. All games
will start promptly at 7:l5 o'olock).
Week Of May Monday, South
crn Sirrras vs. Court House, Tuesday
Sciots VS. Shell Oil. Wednesday
Schcniman Paper VS. Pickwicks.
Thursday Fircmcn VS. Leon Lee
Coca Cola.
Week Of May Monday, Court
House vs. Leon Lee-Coca Cola. Tues,
day-S -Scheniman Paper VS. SciotS'
Wednesday -Pickwick VS. Fircmen.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-05-19
Here and There
In Sport World
by United Press Leased Wire

san JOSE Eleanor Garratti, Of
San Rafael, won the 80 yard dash
In the feature swimming event of
the Fiesta De Las RoSas here last
night.
PALO ALTO Thirteen Stanford
University athletes left yesterday
for competition in the !. G. IA meet
and other competition including the
Olympic games trvoutS in Boston.
The Cardinals VIII concentrate on
the Cambridge meet in defense of
their l. G. "A championship.
I SN RAMENTO- Micl.ry Cohen,
Denver, fcathorweight, took ten
round decision over California Joe
Lynch i'm the main event at the
"L' street arena last night Eddie
Moore, Chicago negro, junior wei
torwcight, defeated Paul Dare,
Pittsburgh, in the four round semi
vindup.
san DIEGO Ray Montoya, San
Diego Mexican bantamwcight, last
night defeated Penny Furrcu in Il
six round affair Johnny "Kid
Wright San Diego, drew with Joe
ECU.
LOS ANGELES-Ncal Clisby has
signed contract to box George
Godfrey, under the management Of
Promoter Jack Doyle, late this sum
mcr. Godfrey has not accepted the
bout but the negro indicated he
was favorable. Godfrey 5 next bout
is with Johnny Risko June 20.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-05-19
INDOOR LEAGUE
TO OPEN SEASON
NEXT MONDAY

Complete organization of the FL
Ientro Night Baseball league was
fected at the meeting of the new
" formed circuit held in the office
Sf the Imperial Vally Press last
hight. Play will start Monday
| light and eight teams are entered
n the league race.
In connection with the meeting,
he foundation of a plan was laid
or obtaining for the city a perma
ent playing field. This field is to
De available for both regular base.
pall and night baseball and a com
littee, to be known as the grounds
Committee, was appointed to go into
he matter
This committee consists of the
following: II. l.. Loud, chairman; :;
tomeo c. Smith, Mayor w. j. Glen
nts, c. S. Palmer and Bert Mitch
II. The matter of permanent
'laying field was referred definite
y to this committee.
President Glassford reported that
he matter of supplying the lights
or the field had been taken up with
he city council and that body has
pproved the petition of the league
o pay the expense of lighting the
icld.
Six men were named rs umpircs
or the first two weeks of play as
ollows: Frank Richmond, Frank
Armstrong, John kcplcy, Glenn Ed
,ar, Barney lie Blanc and c. A.
Barnes. kepley was named as UNI
ire in chief and will act in an ad-
isory capacity in taking up any
isputes that may arise with Prcsi-
cnt Glassford.
+. +. King was named as official
corcr of the league.
The playing schedule for the sea
on was adopted and the league con
titution and bylaws were approved
fter some minor changes were of
cred. The complete league schrd-
lc is printed in another column.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-05-19
Automobile Supplies

EXIDE BATTERIES--$9.75 and
your old battery. Wilson Machine
Shop. Phone 40J. 26tt
Imperial Valley press., 1928-05-19
Rain Once More
Postpones Fight
Ry United Press Leased Wire

NEW YORK, MAY 19.-Thc
lightweight championship bout be
Nccn Sammy Mandell and Jimmy
'cLarnin, scheduled for the PoN'
rounds tonight, was postponed
gain today because Of cold weathcr
md rain.
1t will bc held Monday night.
The fighters will be required t.
eigh in again Monday at Z. m.
nd il was felt IN many quarters
bat both Of them would have"
roublc making the weight. When
hey weighed in last Thursday,
iandcll had to take off an extra
alf pound by strenuous fifteen
Ninutcs workout in order to make
35 pounds. McLarnin weighed l34
|2.
Betting odds were back at to
today on Mandcll, but McLarnin
pund plenty of favor with the bet
hing gentry.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-05-19
Daily Log Of
"BuniOn Derby
By United Pres. Leased Wire

WELLSVILLE, y. y. May 10
'aving covered &04f,9 miles, the
miners in G. c. Pylc's cross coun-
y Marathon, left here today for
ath, y. Y, a distance of 81 miles,
18th Andrew Payne, Clarcmorc,
kla., holding a lead Of ~ hours Il
,inutcs and Is seconds over John
alo, Passaic, y. J.
Sale had approximately - hours
ad over Phillip Granville, iIamil-
Dn, Ont, negro, who held third
lace.
Ernest Cooncy. San Brrnardina,
as fifty second in elapsed time
anding. His time to Bradford, Pa,
'om the coast, was SIS: S:+2:45 for
no5.1 miles, He usually reaches th"
pntrol Just before midnight.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-05-19
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Imperial Valley press., 1928-05-19

Week Of August Monday -
Southern Sicrras vs. Pickwicks.
Tuesday Sciots vs. Leon Lee. We'd
nesday Schcniman Paper vs. Court
House. Thursday Shell Oil vs. Fire
mnn
Imperial Valley press., 1928-05-19
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The monoplanc Albatross, in which
Jack Reid and Il. o. y. Sullivan,
pilots, expect to set new cndur-
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taking off as scheduled today ON
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Imperial Valley press., 1928-05-19
sacramento Ties
With Hollywood

Sacramento and Hollywood were
I'd today for first place in the PA.
fic Coast league as result of
'stcrdHY : games.
Sacramento defeated Portland ON
,c formers homo lot > to I, AL
.ough not without difficulty Tom
b., Beaver, nearly ruined Sacra-
Imperial Valley press., 1928-05-19

monto's climb into top position by
hitting home run in the sixth,
Portland made four runs in that in
ming, and it was not until the
eighth that the Senators were "A.
head.
The other contributing factor to
the lie in first place was the dctcat
10y the San Francisco Seals Of the
Stars, to !, at SAN Francisco. The
Seals lcd throughout
Martin Dmovich, new Oakland
tWirlcr, held the Seattle Indians to
two hits at Oakland shutting them
out = to o.
Los Angeles took u G.to victory
from the san Francisco Missions at
Los Angeles.