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Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-06
LARGE FORCE TO
GUARD POLLS AT
CHICAGO PRIMARY
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CHICAGO, April give thou
sand police, five siXths of the city 5
entire force, viii guard Chicago 8
polls in the Illinois primary election
next Tuesday, Commissioner Of Po:
lee Michael Hughes announced to-
day.
Police details assigned TO the
city $ 2755 precincts will be aug
mented by several thousand repre-
sentatives Of County Judge Edmond
Jarccki.
Commissioner Hughes said the nor
nal detail of 50 detective squads
would be reinforced by 90 specia,
squads under Deputy Commissioner
William Z. O'Conner.
Several hundred special police
also will be assigned to the election
commissioner S office in charge Of
Judge Jarecki.
The announcement, outlining the
most extensive primary poll guard
in the history of Chicago, was ac.
ccmpanied by no comment from Com
missioner Hughes.
His only statement was that elf
there is to be any trouble, it pro
badly will be in the battle over ward
committeeman elections.
The extensive police plan, it was
said, was made necessary by refusal
of United States Attorney General
John &. Sargent to authorize assign
ment of special deputy marshals tc
Chicago $ primary which had been
requested by United States Marshal
Palmer Anderson at Chicago.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-06

"Thc Swing-Johnson measure to-
dav is in the best position that Il
has been since the fight for Roulder
Dam was launched, declared Earl
c. Pound, president Of the Imperial
Irrigation District and member oi
tLc California Colorado River com
mission in an address before the
members Of the Conservation Club
last night. President Pound who has
been in Washington working toward
the passage of the bill i'll Congress
told the members Of many interest
ing points in connection with bring
ing the bill before Congress.
lie declared that while the people
here through press dispatches are
kept posted on the progress OF the
bill, these reports touch only on the
result Of the work being carried on
in Washington in the fight that Is
being waged by those deeply inter
ostcd in the measure.
In his talk he touched briefly oc
the manner in which representatives
from the valley are carrying on their
work. constantly meeting obstacles
hut Away keeping up = fighting
spirit and eventually overcoming
difficulties.
He said that the quick passage or
the Mississippi Flood control mea
sure should prove beneficial to tn"
BOULDER Dam project in bringing
about II quicker consideration b,
Congress. thereby doing away with
filibustering measures to Il great cX-
tent. The early place given the biz
bv the Republican steering commit
tee in the Senate is regarded as an
other big feature favorable to the
bill.
In touching on the flood projce;
President Pound declared that num-
eyous floods which have resulted
throughout the United States dur
ing the last year have worked up =
strong sentiment in favor of flood
protection and this ultimately VIII
be favorable to the Boulder Dam
project.
"There are many things which
point to the passage of the bill,
the speaker declared. Among
these is the fact that the Rcpubti-
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-06
CORONER'S JURY
NOT TO RECEIVE
MEAD'S REPORT
BY United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, April 6.-Dr.
Elwood Mead s report on the st.
Francis dam disaster, which cost
some 400 lives, will not be submit
ted to Coroner Frank Nance's jury,
it was announced today.
The report of the board of experts
of which the head of the United
States reclamation service was
chairman will be made Monday d.
rect to the city council, which NAM
ed Mead to make q special investi-
cation.
DR.. Mead completed the report in
conjunction with Louis c. Hill and
General Lansing Beach, his asso-
ciates, and departed for Washing
ton, D. C.
Although the findings of the re-
port were not revealed, it was said
to add nothing startling to the evi-
dence furnished by other engineers
and geologists who testified at the
inquest.
Notwithstanding the overwhelm-
ing weight of testimony that the
dam was built on undependable rock
formations, the water and power
department today put Frank Rieger,
San Francisco consulting engineer
on the stand, in an effort to show
that the failure was due to some
outside forces. This testimony
limited at the possibility of the dam
having been dynamited.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-06
Sailors Battle
Sinclair Blaze
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HAVANA, April 6. - Twelve
sailors from the L S. S. Wyoming
were among 80 persons injured TO-
day in fighting fire at the BeloX
refining and tank farm of the Sin
clair Oil company. The damage may
reach $4,000, 900.
The American sailors, under com
mand of Lieutenants Rice and Me
Bride, assisted fire fighters. They
received slight burns and some of
them were overcome by smoke but
were revived quickly.
The Bellox refinery was rebuilt
recently.
An explosion preceded the fire.
One woman was killed when her
home was destroyed.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-06
POLICE SEEKING
EX-C0NYICTS IN
KIDNAPPING CASE
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LOS ANGELES, April G.-Work-
ing on Il theory that degenerate eX-
convicts may have kidnapped Wal
ter Collins, 9, who has been missing
four weeks, police today conducted
IL wide search for at least eight eN-
convicts recently released from Fol
som prison.
The eX-convictS We're members of
prison gang who worked under
the direction of w. j. S. Collins, the
boys father, a convict boss at Fol
som.
The elder Collins, "threc time
loser was believed to have incur
red the enmity of the prisoners be-
cause he was required to report any
infractions of regulations.
The particular tank over which
Collins had authority was filled
with degenerates and subnormals.
Two clues which police worked on
were apparently exhausted today.
Hours spent in dragging Lincoln
Park Lake, during which every foot
of the lake bed was covered, re
vealcd no trace of the boy. He had
last been seen near the lake.
The second clue was exploded
when police located man and wo-
man who had driven into Glendale
gasoline station Sunday night. The
station attendant reported to police
he saw the body of boy in the
back of their automobile, but it de
velopcd that the attendant saw Il
boy asleep.
The Collins boy failed to return
home from play March 10, accord
ing to his mother, Mrs. Christine
Collins, a telephone operator. He
was last seen 10y a chum, William
Griffith, near his home. The same
night a grocer living near the Col
Inns residence heard a boy screaming
in an automobile that was speeding
away. The boy was with a middle
aged couple, the grocer said.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-06
Two Swimming
Records Set
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CHICAGO, April 6.-Walter
Spence, Brooklyn Y. NJ. c. A., AMI
Walter Laufer, Laweshore a. c.,
Chicago, competing in the national
A. A. L. swimming meet, establish
ed two new world S records here
last night.
Spence, swimming against time,
broke the world s record in the 100
yard breast stroke. His time, 1:05,
was , 1-5 seconds lower than the
previous record of l:07 l5.
Iaufer won the l5G yard breast
stroke i'll 1877 So, barely edging
out George Kojac, New York Boys
Club, who held the previous world s
record of l:39 3.5.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-06
It's One Mill
And Not Ten

Errors will happen, no matter
/ how carefully one tries to avoid
them. In the editorial entitled
"It's A Square DEAL appear
/ ing in Tuesdays Press, the state
! ment was made that the tax
levy provided by Proposition No
] l, is 10 mills on the dollar.
/ The levy is ONE MILL ON
THE DOLLAR. TEN CENTS ON
EACH $100 of valuation.
/ Property owners who registered
: opposition to paying S1,00 on the
S100 certainly had reason tG
I kick. On receiving assurance that
it is only one mill Oh the dollar
they gave assurance they will
I support the proposition at the
! polls next Monday.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-06
POUND DECLARES BILL HOLDS
STRONG PLACE IN CONGRESS

:car party today is slightly in dis
favor due to its Teapot Dome stigma
and wide publicity given to the ar
parent shirlting-of the demanded IN
1-cstigation into the power lobby.
This brings the party to point
where it is anxious to pass lcglslat
ion favorable to the people AMI
which will return the G. o. +. to Il
more favorable standing.
G.. o. P. Seeks Favors
"In addition it is a presidential
rcar and naturally politicians are
seeking to do things which will put
them in general favor with their
people. Boulder Dam is beyond
question a people $ measure.
i" All of these things point to q
most favorable environment for
bringing the bin to Il vote at this
time.
Mark Rose has expressed him
self for the last six weeks as con-
fidcnt that the bill has the support
of the majority of the legislators
in both the Senate and the House.
Mark has had considerable expert
cnce in working on the measure III
Washington and while | was not in
clined at first to agree thoroughly
with him, have come to believe in
the last three Seeks that he is cor
rect.
II would say now that providing
the bill is brought to vote i'll both
the Senate and House it will be
PASSED, | feel sure.
Indications are that it will soon
be before the Senate and | see no
way i'll which the opposition can
block it, Congressman Schnell, chair
man of the House rules committee,
has indicated that he will give it
place before the House, although
he is openly an opponent of the
measure.
CAS- the measure stands today II
is just a question of time before it
viii be brought before the Senate.
While the bill has been reported out
by the House, the House commit
tee reserved the right to continue
discussion on amendementS but now
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-06
Fall To Leave
For Pasadena

Ell PASO, TEX, April G.-Albcrt
3, Fall, former secretary Of the in
terror, will leave here tonight for
Pasadena, Cal, where he will enter
a sanitorium.
Reservations have beer made on
\ train leaving here at 6'i5 p. m.
The length Of Falls stay in Pasa'
dona will hc determined by the
rapidity with which he rccupcrates.
Mrs. Fall announced.
Fall planned to leave YESTERDAY
but arrangements for his departure
were postponed because of his
weakened condition,
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-06
FOR
LOW DAM" HELD
UP TEMPORARILY
Pound Asserts Amend
ment Merely Assures I'M
mediate Protection.

Immediate construction of n low
dam, later to be used as the founda-
tion for high dam at Boulder Can
yon, is to be sponsored by repre-
scntativcs of the valley now in
Washington, d. c., working for the
passage of the Boulder Dam bill,
according to President Earl Pound
of the district.
The bill as it now stands even if
passed would afford no immediate
flood protection to the valley or as
surance of the impounding of water
to supply the lower basin states
with steady water supply. A
clause in the bill reads that no work
shall be started on the construction
of the dam until such time as the
sevcnstate compact is ratified by
at least six of the seven basin states
and until contracts have been OBJ
tanned for the sale of power to be
developed at the dam, sufficient to
protect the government investment.
The valley representatives work
ing on the bill will seek to have an
amendment made to the bill which
will empower the secretary of the
interior to begin work Immediately
upon the construction of the low
dam. The amendment will include
clauses which will prohibit any fur
thcr work on the project until such
time as the ratification of the com
pact and the obtaining of the ne
ceSsary contracts for the sale of
power, has been affected.
The valley representatives. believe
;hat through this amendment to the
bin they viii be able to obtain Il
much more rapid construction of
the main object of the measure, 4
protective dam.
While this amendment was first
discussed and its feasibility rccog-
nized several days ago in Washing
ton, action on it has been delayed
hccause of the rapid progress made
by the bin in Congress. Fearing that
an effort to put such an amendment
! through at this time would result in
/ holding up the bill, no official ac-
! tiun has been taken in this respect
at Washington.
Await Action on Bill
At the same time the matter has
been taken up through the proper
channels and it has been given APP
proval. Should delay in bringing
the bill to vote in the congrcssion
al bodies be effected now the a.
mendmcnt will be offered but with
present indications all pointing to
a favorable and speedy action ON
the measure, the plan is pigeon
holcd for the present, Pound said.
Should the bill pass as it now
reads, and indications point to this
outcome at present, an effort will
be made to bring about the building
of the low dam Immediately through
/ further legislation. 1t is intimated
that this will be possible without
cffeeting in any way the bill proper.
l. While the construction of low
dam is regarded by many as taking
away some of the human element
being used to further the fight for
the Boulder Dam project, President
Pound summed up the opinion of
valley representatives Ill lew
words when he declared:
cit would be well to get some of
the human element out of the
fight in this way if it would assure
us of ample flood protection and a
steady water supply and | believe
this feature can be perfected with
out in any way endangering the
bill
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-06
Husband Shows
Lots of Speed

LOS ANGELES, April G.!
my husband and T had an ar
gument,'' Rosie Savitz, store
keeper told the judge.
He said he was the better
salesman. We finally agreed that
we would test it out. He was to
sell in the store one day and 1
would stay away. The next day l
was to sell and he would stay
away.
Judge, it was fast one
Mrs. Savitz continued. When
I got down to the store that aft
ernoon to see how he was making
out, my husband was gone. The
stock was gone, too. Even the
| counters were gone. Judge, he
I auctioned off everything. And
the money, it was gone. -
Judge Montgomery granted
her a divorce from Ralph Savitz.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-06
Picture Stars
Home Robbed
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LOS ANGELES, April 6.-Negoti-
able checks, stocks and bonds valued
at nearly 100000 We're stolen from
Wallace Roery, film actor, according
to n report on file with Los Angeles
police today.
Becry drew the securities from 4
bank late yesterday and took them
to his home. He left the papers in
his coat while he changed his clothes
at the motion picture studio.
The side window of the room was
broken open by the sneak thief,
The actor refused to divulge why
lie carried that amount from the
bank.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-06
Principals Rap
School "Frats''
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LONG BEACH, Cal, April G.-On
record urging that all members OF
high school fratenities and sorori,
ties be barred from participation in
eXtra-curricula activities, high
school principals of California were
to adjourn their annual convention
today.
The convention adopted, without
a dissenting vote, the recommends
tions of committee barring mem
bers of the secret social groups from
participation in school athletics and
other student body affairs.
A resolution branded the organi.
zation as detrimental TO scholarship,
impossible of supervision, as making
spendthrifts and as setting up false
standards of values.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-06
Oil Case Hearings
to Reopen Tuesday

WASHINGTON, April 6. The
senate Teapot Dome hearings prob
ably will be resumed next Tuesday
to hear two witnesses and then will
adjourn until the criminal conspira-
cy trial of Harry +. Sinclair is con-
cluded here, Chairman Nye said to-
day.
The witnesses to be heard are
Claudius Huston and Harry NJ. Blair
New York, both of whom were con-
nected with raising money for the
1920 Republican campaign.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-06
Thousands Pay
Depew Tribute
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NEW YORK, April G,-The popul-
arity Of Chauncey NJ. Depcw, whicl
extended from the lowest level of
his railroads employees to the white
house, proved to be as magnetic IL
death today as it was in life.
The body of the 93 year old chair.
man of the New York Central lay
in state behind the drawn blinds
of his brownstone home while befor@
his caskct passed in person ana by
representative hundreds of the great
and humble pcrsonagcs who had
learned to honor his name.
Dcpew died of bronchial pneumon,
il yesterday after remarkabl"
career which spanned two thirds Of
the history of the United States.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-06
FOrds Arrive
In England
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SOUTHAMPTON, Eng, April G..
Henry Ford and Mrs. Ford arriv-
ed here today aboard the Majestic
and proceeded to London by auto
mobile.
Landing in England for the first
time in u years, Henry Ford was
greeted by large crowd of photo
sraphers who asked him to pose
for picture.
"'I don't mind" said Ford,
smiling.
Regarding unemployment, Ford
said he had heard "this morning
that there are bread lines in every
city in America, but there is NOT
a bit of truth in such reports. There
may be 100000 or 50,o00,OoO un-
employed, but they don't want to
find work. -
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-06
Firemen Save
Youths Life
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SANTA MONICA, Cal, April c.
Belief that a four day battle for
the life of Bert Smith, Jr., %, l94I
Second ST., victim of pneumonia, was
won was expressed here today, as
members of the fire department con
tinucd efforts at artificial respirat-
ion.
Inhalator experts from the Santa
Monica fire department started work
to save the youth at II a. NJ. Mon
day and have worked over him con-
stantly since that time, in shifts Of
two men.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-06
Weather Delays
Wilkins Flight
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SEWARD, Alaska, April G.-Un-
favorable weather conditions AZ
Point Barrow today prevented the
departure of Captain George Wilk.
ms and Lieutenant Ben Eiclson on
their polar flight.
A message from wilkins to the
army radio station here said it was
too cloudy in the vicinity of Point
barrow to attempt to leave today.
wilkins said he hoped to be able
to get away tomorrow.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-06
Jury Tampering
Charges Dropped
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LOS ANGELES, April c.
Charges that j. Paul Fernel, psyche
analyst, "tampered - with the jury
trying Ed d. Roland and A. Leslie
Pearee, producers of the banned
sex drama, 1.-The Captive were
dismissed as without evidence by
Judge James Pope today.
1t was brought out at the trial
that Fernel, a defense witness had
talked with woman juror but did
not discuss the case.
Charges of the defense that the
prosecution was "intimidating" de-
Tense witnesses and attempting TO
discredit the defense Is case were
dropped
Opning statements were called for
this afternoon. II was said that
testimony might not commence nm
til tomorrow.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-06
MYSTERY
OAKS
SUICIDE
Body of San Diego Man
Found in Hotel Room
At Brawley.
ACT PRE-MEDITATED
Sheriff Investigating the
Presence of Party at
Hotel.

With wrists slashed, the body of
Wallace T. Clark, 80, of San Diego,
was found in a blood covered room
of Brawley hotel shortly before
3 o clock yesterday afternoon. A
verdict of-death due to self infict-
ed injuries was returned by n cor
oner's jury following an inquest
held this morning.
The ease presents many strange
angles, according to investigators
Clark was ono of the San Diego
men indicted in the federal grand
jury inquiry into the collapse Of
the Stephens and Company brok-
crage house last year and the theory
las been advanced that worry over
financial difficulties and i'll health
led to his act.
TN the meantime the sheriff g
men are looking into the presenc.
i'll the hotel Of four guests, who
registered shortly after Clark We'd
nesday night and who had rooms on
the same floor with him.
The four are listed on the regis
ter as b. Martin, San Diego; f. w
Shaw, Grace Clark and Mae Martin
of Los Angeles.
While the verdict returned by
the jury declared that the injuries
were self inflicted with an unknown
n
Nhortly after the verdict was re-
turned and is believed to he the in
ltrument used by the dead man.
\ trail of blood led from n lava.
lory to the bed room. 1t indicated
that the man had committed the
act in the small room and for n
time had stod watching his life 3
blood flow into n washbowl. II
then streakcd its way into the bed
room and showed where Clark, in
an apparent weakened condition
had supported himself against the
walls of the room and finally to
the bed where the body was found.
a maid entering the room short
ly before 3 O'Clock discovered the
body and reported to Mrs. j. =.
Iarkin, wife of the manager of the
hotel, The police were called and
the coroner notified.
Left Notes
That Clark had mcditatcd over
the act is believed to be evidenced
by three notes which were found,
two of them rumpled and thrown
into waste basket, the other n
bloodstained note found lying be-
meath bible ON a small table. The
latter read:
OH. d. Huff, in care of Spreckles
Company, San Diego"
The other notes each bore the
same name preceded by tho word
notify and followed by the same
address.
An empty bottle found in the
lavatory is also being subjected to
investigation but little hope is held
to discover the nature of its pre-.
ViOus contents as it bore no label
and was saturated in blood
Mrs. Clark, wife of the dead man,
mas been notified of Clark 5 death
but is not expected to come here.
The body will be taken to San Di-
ego for funeral and burial although
definite arrangements had not been
completed at noon today.
Co'incidental with the death of
Clark is the fact that the press
wires yesterday carried dispatches
declaring that the court has ordered
George c. stephens, head Of the de-
funct brokerage house, to render an
accounting to the trustees. This
ruling was made in Marin county
superior court yesterday. The
amount involved in the action is
said to be $4,000.
The brokerage firm had several
branch offices in this state.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-06
Baby Found At
Church Door
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LOS ANGELES, April G.--Thr
body of new born babe was found
today in doorway of st. Patrick s
church by the janitor. IT was wrap
ped in newspapers and apparently
was born of Mexican parents.
Tony Bcdidale, 8, told police that
while passing the church yesterday
he say boy about - years old de.
posit bundle in the doorway.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-06
What's Doing
TONIGHT

ION 1GttI
B. P. o. Elks No. 1926. dinner,
7 p. m. followed by installation
of officers.
Palace Theater: Under the
Tonto Rim
Valley Theater: That's MY
Daddy
Boxing, American Legion arena,
CaleXico, 8:45. :.
Radio: KGEN, 9-10 T. IN.
TOMORROW
True Blue Triangle food sale.
Solomon and Kings.
Approved Junior matinee, Val
ley theater, 2:15 p. M
Primary Department Easter
party, First Baptist church, 2 p
m.
Methodist Primary Department
Easter party, city park, 5 p. M.
Story hour, City Library, 1890
a. m.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-06
Off
With New Plane
BY United Press Leased Wire

WESTERN AIR EXPRESS AIR
PORT, Los Angeles, April Cool
onel Charles A. Lindbergh landed
here in his new Ryan monOplane at
! 81 p. M. today.