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Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-06
THEATERS

Hideous, hilarious happenings in
a haunted house, is the slogan for
Esther Ralston's new Paramount
starring vehicle, Something Al
ways Happens, which will show at
the Airdome tomorrow night.
The story is mystery, enlivened
by farcical and mysterious situa-
tions, and distinctly different from
anything the popular star of "The
Spotlight and Glove and Learn
has ever done.
The plot centers about young
American girl, as jazzmad as the
rest of the modern fair sex, who be-
comes engaged to young English
man. In England she tires of the
cut-and-dried existence and wants
something to happen to her. Some
thing does happen and action comes
in abundant quantities. She be
comes embroiled in hunt for a no
torious Chinese bandit, Chang Tzo,
played by Soiin, the Oriental star
of 1.-The Thief of Bagdad' - and
gets mixed up with a bandit gang.
Frank Tuttlc, who is directing
the production, wrote the original
story from which the screen play
has been adapted. The east includes
Neil Hamilton, Sojin,. Johnnie Nor
ris. Lawrence Grant and Miseha
AuCr
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-06
San Diego Club
Elects Officers

San Diego county Federation of
Womcn : Clubs has recently elected
new officers for the coming year
and among them are number of
women well known to club women of
Imperial county,
Mrs, Marcus Robbins of san
Diego women 5 club is president
this year, Mrs. f. K, Spade, East
San Diego Woman's club first vice
presidents; Mrs. H. l.. Hildreth,
Julian Woman 5 Club, second vice
president; Miss Bonita &. Eadie,
san Diego University Women 5 club
vice president at large; Mrs. F. f.
Robinson, Entre Nous club. record
ing secretary; Mrs. Ray Trussell,
Eseondido Women 5 club, treasurer; !;
Mrs. Rieta Renner, Oceanside
Woman 5 club, auditor; Mrs. f.
Arthur Wahrenbrock, Oncira club,
corresponding secretary.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-06
Trio Held For
Federal Court

Three Mexicans were bound over
to the United States District Court
by I. $. Commissioner Whitelaw,
following hearings in their respcc-
tive cases yesterday afternoon. Each
is charged with having smuggled
intoxicating liquor over the border
from Mexico into the United States
and in each case the defendant is
being held at the county Jail in
default of 81 900 bail.
The defendants are booked at the
jail as Policampo Martinez, Sc, of
Hcbcr; Antonio Moreno, 40, Calex'
leo district and L. Burseazo, %, Of
Calexico district.
Martinez was arrested Saturday
by customs officials charged with
bringing mescal into the country
while the other two were appre-
hcnded the following day for a
similar offense.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-06
CONTEST WINNERS
ARE ANNOUNCED

The annual l.. r. l.. Gold Medal
contest and the third annual Mat
ron IS Silver Medal contest, which
is sponsored by the County W. C..
T. L was held last night at the
Methodist church. \ large group of
w. G. T. L. members and friends
from the different valley towns was
present.
At the close of the evenings 5 pro
gram the winners were announced
for the two contests. Henry Mar
cot, whose excellent presentation of
"Thc Ideal City, was one of the
highlights of the program, was
awarded first place in the gold med
al contest and Mrs. Lena Bolton of
Imperial who spoke on "Our Pur-
pose was adjudged winner of the
matron 5 silver medal contest.
The meeting opened with the
audience singing America > fol
lowed hy clarinet solo by Ray
Maupin. Other numbers on the pro
gram were vocal solos, Nesta Pyle j;
musical numbers and piano solo,
Lerah Plemons.
Contestants in the gold medal
contest included Lcrah Plemons, Al
len Tinker, w. +. Hancock Jr., and
Henry Marcot. Those participating
in the matron s contest were Mrs.
Sarah Andrews and Mrs. Minnie Sc
billie, Brawlev; Mrs. Eva klintberg
and Mrs. Lena Bolton.
Judges were Miss Sarah Reed,
Mrs. Sylvia Fcldman, Holtvilie and
V. Klintherg, gold medal contest;
Rev. George 4. Hartman, Miss Mar
garet Hedrick and f. d. Griffin,
Silver medal contest.
Mrs. Ethel Ferguson Of Holtville,
who supervised the contest. deserves
much credit for the success of the
affair.
Following the program several
new members were received into the
organization.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-06
BANK CLAIMS
ILLEGAL SALE
OF PROPERTY

J. W. Dearinger, SO, of Brawlcy
district was arrested yesterday aft
ernoon by Deputy Sheriff Christian
Cn warrant charging him with a
felony, selling property under mort
gage. Arraigned before Judge Haw
kins on the charge the case was con
tinucd for preliminary hearing
and bail was fixed at $1,000.
Complaint in the case was filed
ly Frank, V. Bsrdwell of the state
banking department for the Farm.
er's and Merchant S Bank of Tmpc,
rial, in liquidation.
The complaint sets forth that the
bank held a mortgage against crop
of milo maize ON the Dearinger
ranch and charges that the defend
ant without properly informing the
bank or without its consent sold a
part Of the crop.
The case was first brought into
the courts through a civil action
taken by the bank to collect the al
legged indebtedness on the note.
Dearinger in his answer to the civil
action claimed that the note had
been signed by him upon the prom
Use of the bank to pay certain bills
against him but charged that the
bank had failed to comply with the
terms of the agreement and that he
has since paid some of the bills
which were to have been paid by
the bank.
The action in the criminal court
promises to bring about a thorough
airing of the entire matter.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-06
Threats Result
In Mans Arrest

f, f. Ortez, 30, of Ell Centre en-
tered plea of not guilty to a
charge of vagraAcy when arraigned
before Judge Perkins in city court
this morning. The case was set for
court trial Thursday morning and
the defendant remanded TO the Gus
tody of the sheriff in default of
bail.
The arrest was made by Patrol
man Weatherbie when the latter
came upon the defendant lying in a
schoolvard on South Fourth street,
Ortez told the patrolman that he
lived ON Broadway and the officer
told him to 60 home. The defen-
dant, however, started to argue.
According TO the Patrolman Ore
tez told him that if he locked him
up. He had better be out of town
when he got out aA1in.
This remark settled the issue and
a few minutes later Ortez heard
the click of cell door behindt him.
No other arrests were made by
police during the night.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-06
YOUNGSTERS ENJOY
BIRTHDAY PARTY

Wilma Graves was hostess at a
party given yesterday at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Rus
SeR Graves, SSl Olive street, in
honor of her third birthday.
\ dozen or more playmates came
to the party dressed in swimming
suits and enjoyed games on the
lawn, followed by a big birthday
cake and lee cream.
Those who attended included
Carl Junior Vogt, William and
Howard Vogt, Lyle, Billie and
Jimmy Hess, Virginia Lee Reed,
Junior Bryan, Earl Junior Trey,
Marjorie and Betty Cook and Phil
iI kniahtS.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-06
BY PAUL R. MALLON
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, June 6.-Plat-
form troubles are brewing for both
the Republican and Democratic ma
tional conventions.
Senator William f. Borah, >of Ida
no, one of the most famous orators
of the Republican party, will leave
here tmorrow for Kansas City with
two proposed platform planks in his
satchel, both of which may have an
important bearing on the conven-
tion results.
The first would set the Repuhli-
can party up definitely as the dry
party of the United States, pledging
it to more rigid and enthusiastic
enforcement policy than has been
promised in previous platforms.
The second would condemn the
old policy of campaign contribu-
tions and would seek to place the
party on record for repayment of
the $l60,000 campaign contributions
obtained by former Chairman Will
II. Hays of the Republican national
committee from Harry F. Sinclair,
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-06
City Council To
Settle Police
Issue Tonight

Members of the city council will
decide the police issue at the meet
ing of the board at City Hall to-
night.
Fred Gianola, police commission
er, declared at the last meeting of
the board that he would lay his re
commendation for police chief on
the table tonight.
This statement by Gianola came
after Chief Oswalt had appeared
before the council and asked that he
either be given their whole heart
ed support or dismissed from fur
ther service as head of the de-
partment. A discussion followed
and was terminated only when Gia.
nola declared that he would make
his recommendation at tonight 5
meeting.
Gianola did not say whether or
not he intended to recommend
Chief Oswalt or not at that time
but upon question of Councilman
Bucklin he said that should the re-
commendation be in favor of some
one other than the present chieH,
his reasons for the request to make
the change would be placed before
the council for argument.
Several other matters Of impor-
tance are expected to be brought up
at tonight 5 meeting.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-06
Musician Has
Strange History

Valley music lovers who visit Los
Angeles this fan may perchanec
have the opportunity of hearing
Louis Graveure, once famous as a
baritone rccitaliSt, in concert or
opera. But this season Grauveurc
is to be a tenor.
The strange history of this En-
ghshman shows what nerve and
imagination will do for a man. As
an artist Grauveure has long been
recognized as performer of the
first order. 1t is his wierd per-
sonahty and the strange things he
has been able to accomplish through
it that have shocked his friends
and amused the world at large.
Early in his career as singer
Grauveure realized that as an oh
Scurc Englishman called Wilfred
Douthitt he was little likely to
achieve fame. So he grew beard,
cut all his Douthitt friends and be-
came Louis Grauveure, famous Bel
gian baritone.
And he succeeded. Since his ar
rival in America in 1916, Grauveurc
has sung in recitals all over Ame-
rica and has been accorded an en-
viablc place in the armament of
stars. For he is really great sing
cr.
But now Mr.. Grauveure has ar
rived in Los Angeles with his wife,
Eleanor Painter and without his IA
nous beard, announcing that he is
now a tenor.
u want to sing in opera, ~ he
says, land / can t use beard or
a baritone voice in grand opera. So
now Pm a tenor"
But people who arc SO fortunate
as to hear this curious man sing
will probably forget all about these
character transformations if Grau-
veure, the tenor, is as good as Grau-
veure, the baritone.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-06
No M0reGas
I'm Stomach
and Bowels

II you wish to be permanently re-
heved of gas in stomach and bowels.
take Baalmann's Gas Tablets. which
are prepared especially for stomach gas
snd all the bad effects resulting from
ga. pressure.
That empty. gnawing feeling at the
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anxious. nervous feeling with heart pail
pitation will vanish, and you will again
discomfort.
That drow.y. sleepy feeling after
dinner will be replaced by desire for
entertainment. Bloating will cease.
Your limbs. arms and fingers will no
cause Baalmann's Gas Tablets prevent
gas from interfering with the circula.
ton. Get the genuine. in the yellow pack
age. at any good drug store. Price 81.
CLEMENT's DRUG STORE.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-06
BANDITS ROB NEWSPAPER
By United Press Lensed Wire

DETROIT, Mich, Juno 6.-siX
held up the cashiers force
cf the Detroit Daily News today,
EMPLOYEES to stand by
while they looted the cashiers cage
and escaped in an automobile with
the newspaper s payroll collecting
several thousand d2llars. They shot
two policemen as they fled.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-06
MELOLAND SUMNER
BRIDGE CLUB MEETS
(Press Staff correspondent)

tfTSSS SIdlI correspondent
MELOLAND. June 6.-Thc first
meeting of the summer bridge club
was held Tuesday afternoon at the
home OF Mrs. Ward McGrew. The
two tables were arranged outside
in screen incloSurc, where cards
were enjoyed in comfort. At the
close of the afternoon, cooling re-
freShmcnts were served.
At cards, Mrs Laurence Richards
Won high score prize and Mrs. Belle
Mcmillan, second.
Those present were Mcsdames
Claude Smith, w. d. Johnston,
Belle Mcmillan, Frank Nogt, Laur-
encc Richards, r. Neifert, ]. w.
McGrew, and the hostess.
The meeting next Tuesday will he
at the home of Mrs. Arthur Farley,
Several Meloland families en-
ioyed an outing in the mountains
Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Chris
tian and family, and Mrs. Belle
Mcmillan, and Betty, had a picnic
near Live Oaks. Mr.. and Mrs. Ward
McGrew, and daughter, accompanied
hy Mr.. aud Mrs. |. W. MeGrew
motored to Laguna, stopping at
several other resorts en- route.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-06
Social Brevities

Members of the Christian church
Sunday school are reminded of the
annual picnic, which VIII be held
this afternoon at the city park. A
picnic supper viii be served at 8
o clock. Games and a program have
been arranged and promises to
make the evening an enjoyable
one.
The regular ". {. T. I. meeting,
which was TO have been held Fri,
day at the home of Mrs. L. D. Grif-
fin, has been postponed until June
10, due to conflict with the W. c.
7. I. committee meeting Friday
morning at the Hotel Barbara
Worth. The next meeting will be
held at the home Of Miss Jane Royce
and will be an all-day affair with
Pot-luck luncheon at noon.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-06

Editors note: Following is
the second story in the series
on the political outlook, the
concluding story on vice presi-
Dental candidates will be car
ried tomorrow.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-06

represent Florida in the Democratic
National Convention in the primar.
les Tuesday. The delegation will
be uninstructed.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-06

Water is being furnished for %,
600 acres Of rice by the Glenn,
Colusa irrigation district.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-06
The Campaign Log
BY United Press Leased Wire


Herbert Hoover gained SO dele
gates through contests over seating
of delegates decided by the Repub-
lican National Committee. Hoover
supporters were jubilant and said
the choice of the Republican CON
vention now either is nomination of
Hoover or the drafting' of Presi-
dent Coolidge.
Farmers in Minnesota and North
Dakota have made plans to start
motorcades to Kansas City over the
weekend to demand an adequate
farm relief plank in the Republican
platform.
William II. Hill, chairman of the
New York State Hoover Committee,
in letter to delegates said Hoover
would carry the foreign vote in New
York state and other states because
of his relief work in foreign coun-
tries.
Democrats in the 10th Indiana
congressional district voted TO in
struct their two delegates 10 the
Democratic National Convention to
vote for Governor Alfred h. Smith.
The Chicago Tribune said the
Democrats Of Illinois planned to put
forth the names of Lewis G.. Stew
p,t- NJ Pton,p piOutou I'll as a Dom n.
cratic vice presidential candidate on
ticket with Governor Smith.
\ United Press survey Of Wash
ington correspondents disclosed u
majority thought Herbert Hoover
would be nominated on an early
ballot.
Sixteen delegates were chosen to
Evening star., 1928-06-05
STEWART DEFENSE
HITS INDICTMENTS
HOGAN 0verruled on Challenge
of Four Counts Against
Oil Man.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The case against Robert w. Stewart
for refusing to answer questions in the
Senate Continental Trading Co. inquiry
was rested today by the Government.
and the defense got under way tmme-
diately.
The Government introduced several
routine documents before giving way.
Frank j. Hogan. counsel for Stewart,
then launched into an argument against
holding Stewart accountable for each
refusal to answer q specific question,
He recalled that Stewart had refused
TO answer the same two questions in two
successive days, and contended that
under the law this did not justify the
four counts for refusing which are in
cluded in the indictment.
The jury was excluded during Ho-
gan'S argument.
Hogan's Challenge Overruled.
Hogan's challenge OF two counts In
the indictment. on the ground that they
represented Stewards refusal to answer
the same question specified in the two
other counts. was overruled by Justice
SiddonS.
The first defense witness was w, w.
Stickney. court clerk, who produced
TIC uONhCb HIlQWAlS WHICH, TIC SNhA~
spiracy indictment and trial OF Harry
T.. Sinclair occurred.
Leo A. Rover. United States attor-
ney, contended that this was imma-
terial. but his objection was overruled.
Hogan examined Stickney regarding
the various dates, noting that Stewards
refusal to answer the questions had
been made while the Sinclair trial was
pending. On croSs-examination Rover
developed that Stewart had not tesa-
Ned In the Sinclair conspiracy trial.
An affldaVit by st. Louis newspaper
correspondent was excluded from evi-
dence.
Hogan had produced the affidavit In
an attempt 10 show that the questions
which Stewart refused to answer had
been prompted to the Senate commit
tee by newspaper men. but Govern
ment counsel objected to IL as imma-
terial, After lengthy conference at
the bench with lawyers for both sides
Justice SiddonS sustained the objection,
William II. Leahy. counsel for Albert
B, Fall In the Ftall~Sinclair conspiracy
miStrial. said no witness had testified
directly regarding the Continental
Trading Co. In the conspiracy trial,
Evening star., 1928-06-05
THREE s 0 S CALLS
BELIEVED ITAL|A'S
Soviet Rescue Commission
Convinced Mobile Descended
in Franz Josef Land.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Russia, June 5.-The So
Wet meteorological station In Siberia
reported today that 1t had picked up
what was believed to be an S OS from
the missing dirigible Italia, but that the
location could not be secured.
Two other Siberian stations. SOB
and PUR, reported hearing the same
call.
The Soviet rescue commission, which
is planning to send an expedition to
Franz Josef Land to seek the Italia,
was further convinced today that Gen,
Mobile had descended at that place oy
reports of wireless messages picked up
as late as T:55 last night, thought 10 be
directly from the Italia.
Picks Up Italia Cali.
Advices received from Murmansk to-
day said that a message from the Italia
announcing her descent on Franz JOSEF
Land had been picked up by the wire-
less station at Obdorsk, Tobolsk, Siberia
The trawler Loutchinski, on the NUT
man coast, also reported hearing calls
believed TO be from the Italia, but that
she was unable to pick UP actual COM
munication because OF atmospheric m
reference. !.
The rescue commission published
this morning q statement giving the
full text of what was supposed to be
the call of distress of the Italia and
expressing the belief that the Italian
language, In which the message was
couched. as well as the wave length in
which it was received, indicated with
a fair degree of certainty that Gen.
Mobile and his crew would finally be
located on Franz Josef Land. The
statement was signed by ]. s. Un-
schlicht. vice commissar for war.
Like Italia Wave.
The supposed message from the Italia
was picked up by radio amateur at
vomesensk, IN North Dyinsk province,
and was received on 1885 wave. cor
responding to the Italia's radio.
Unschiicht ordered two Soviet ships,
the Persey and the Taimir. to proceed
as soon as possible to Franz Josef
Land. The vessels will be provided
with airplanes and aerosleighs.
The text Of the message as confirmed
by the radio amateur who picked IL up
was as follows:
Italia Mobile Franz Josefs s. o s,
S o s.. o s. S o s, terri teno chm. "
No explanation was offered for the
last three words. which may have been
garbled In transmission.
Evening star., 1928-06-05
WINDS DELAY WOMAN FLYERS
TAKE-OFF ACROSS ATLANTIC
Newfoundland Gales Hold Up Start of
Friendship From Trepassey-Refueling
of Monoplane Completed.

BY Associate
5Reung the Friendship
abatement the high
transatlantic flight
monoplane
completion of fuelng
Friendship might fly beyond England by
Mechanic Louis conversation
indefinite Their they added until
hoped
thana any o this route
Wind TOT for Fuelng
refuelng operations The visibility
of yesterday
the night for the arduous them
high spirits the her by organization
pecauon taken make the flight possible
which will flight
lasting period weeks consumption
equipped with
the
the motors sIenced
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Evening star., 1928-06-05

The second annual convention of the
International Federation Of Soroptimist
Clubs, which opened with a great
flourish at the Mayfiower. Sunday for a
weeks meeting, today found itself nom
existent.
This paradoxical state of affairs came
about as a result of decision of the
majority of the $50 odd delegates yes
terday afternoon to scrap the con-
vention and bylaws adopted at the first
annual convention year ago. This
left the convention with no authority
under which to meet.
When the delegates assembled this
morning they were in hectic con-
dition.~ 1t was pointed out that If there
wasn't any constitution there couldn't
be any organization, and therefore
there wasn't any convention. Others
Evening star., 1928-06-05
BRIDGE REPORTED BLOWN UP
Railway Span Wrecked 10 Prevent
Withdrawal of Troops.

SHANGHAI, China, June (A1.---The
railway bridge at the Yangtsun. 10 miles
northwest of Tientsin, is reported to
have been blown up, thus holding up
the withdrawal of two Manchurian
army corps TO Mukden.
The bridge was said to have been de-
stroyed by 10000 troops which formed
part Of the Northern armies. The
Manchurian troops we're brought to
Peking by Chang Tso-Lin and had long
formed the chief part of his army.
These 10000 troops are part of an
army Of 10000 men, made up of forces
from the provinces Of Chill and Shan
tung, which hitherto formed part of
the Northern armies under the COM
mand Of Gen. Sun Chuan- Fang and
Chang Tsung Chan, but have now been
placed under Marshal Chi Hsieh-Y Yuan
after an intrigue among the officers.
Chang -Liang. son Of Chang
Tso-Lin, who left Peking with his staff
last night, Is trying TO negotiate a
peaceful passage To Mukden, but wheth-
er he will find his trip TO the Man.
churian capital cut OFF remains to be
seen.
Evening star., 1928-06-05
WEIGH BILL FIGHT
TO co TO CONGRESS
Personnel Board to Submit
Classification Dispute at
Next Session.

The Personnel Classification Board
at meeting today decided to submit
to Congress at the next session the
problem presented by the action OF
Controller General McCarl, whose reg
ulations on the Welch act. the board
admits. has supplanted the boards
authority over classification to that
extent.
1t was decided by the board not to
rescind circular No. IS issued on May
20 to all branches of the Government
asking for information on which to
allocate positions to grades under the
WEIGH bill. But. according To w. IL.
McReynolds, representative OF the
board from the Bureau of Efficiency.
the board recognized that McCarls
authority controls, In this instance, not
only for the expenditure of funds. but
In the ALLEGATION of the positions which
he has accomplished In his regulations.
issued yesterday.
The board by not resembling Its
circular IS will sim expect to receive
from departments and establishments
data on certain grades and will pro-
ceed. McReynolds said. to allocate the
positions In question according 10 the
procedure established and in use by
the board for years.
Disagrees With MeCarl.
The board disagrees with the con-
troller general over the disposition Of
certain higher paid positions. according
To MoReynolds and will probably pro-
ceed to allocate the positions, and do It's
work as though MeCarl's regulations
were not In effect. But the work will
be done by the board. II was explained,
with the full knowledge that the dts
bursting officers must pay employees, un-
der the McCarl orders from the begin
ming Of the new fiscal year July l, un-
III Congress determines the matter.
We shall lay before Congress the
question as 10 who exercises authority
over the determination of grades" said
McReynolds. IF Congress agrees with
McCarl. then the rates which SO into.
effect July Is pay day win continue, but
II Congress agrees with lis, then We
shall be ready with our data TO put our
position into operation"
Details of the classification boards
circular disclosed today show that the
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