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Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-07
HOUSE APPROVES
HUGE SUM FOR
ENFORCEMENT
Thirteen Million To
Be Required For Dry
Officials.
by United Press Lensed Wire

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-Expen-
9iture of nearly $l3,000000 for fed
eral prohibition enforcement in the
rext fiscal year was approved to-
day bv the house appropriations
committee.
This amount was included in the
treasury and postoffice appropriate
ion bill, reported to the house, carry
ing more than So, ,225, 100000.
The bill also provides funds for
the prohibition activities of the
coast guard and customs service. OF
the %lY,000,000 for the customs SER
Vice $787,500 is for 315 border pat
rol men transferred from the pro
hibition bureau.
For upkeep of the coast guard s
navy, now largely engaged in sup
pressing liquor smuggling, a total of
$28,902,570 is provided, part of it
for three new rum chasing vessels.
The total for the prohibition bureau
is $12,729,140.
The bill carries total of $2,29S,-
696, 100. The treasury bets $29S.387,-
ClS for current expenses and a per-
manent appropriation for the debt
service of 1925, 5,35S,1 ,13O. \ total of
$764,905,0 ,042 is provided for the
postoffice department.
The committee in its report added
to the criticism of the civil service
tests for prohibition agents brought
before it by Prohibition Commits
sioner Doran saying that wide
spread failure of agents "has caus-
ed decentralization of the forces
which is in no way a helpful factor
to enforcement work. -
Air Mail Contracts
The bill carries $45,520,170 for
construction and maintenance of
public buildings which includes
$lS,955,o0G for new projects approv-
ed last year.
For the contract air mail services
the bill provides $6,430 900, an in
crease of $430,000 over the budget
estimate. The increase is for add
ing new routes.
For expansion in the federal farm
loan bureaus activities, the bill
provides an increase of $6S,201,
making a.total appropriation of
$765,000.
The bill includes the following
appropriations for public building
projects already authorized:
San Pedro, Calf, 100000, total
cost 1913, 900.
San Francisco, marine hospital,
$15O,0OO, total cost $l,640,000.
Oakland, Calf. $4,000 for de-
molition of present building and be-
ginning construction on site already
acquired.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-07
REQUEST STATE
TO FIX IMPERIAL
STREET PAVING

The board of supervisors during
yesterday afternoon s session in the
regular bi-monthly meeting at the
court house, sat as a board of
equalization in the matter of the
assessment of property values in
the INLAND water district. All mat
ters pertaining to the assessment
were cleaned up during the after
noon session.
The board opened today's session
by forwarding a request to the
state highway commission to begin
work as soon as possible on the re-
surfacing of the main highway
leading through the city of Imper-
ial. This highway was recently
made state highway and it is hop
ed by the supervisors that imme-
diate action will be taken as the
pavement is at present in a de-
plorable condition.
The supervisors offered resolu-
ton in which they forwarded to
members of the Zenith Aircraft
corporation and to the pilots of the
Albatross, n sincere wish that they
might meet with success in their
venture here in seeking to set a
new worlds endurance flight re-
cord.
The board passed resolution re-
commenting the appointment of w.
II. Brooks as a director of the state
board of agriculture.
A contract was signed with A. r.
HenS of Calexico for the burial Of
the INDECENT dead of the county.
Noon recess was then taken by
the board with a view of complet-
ing the regular session soon after
luncheon, few other matters of i'm
portance being scheduled to be
brought before them at this meet
ing. tsma5
Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-07

The attention of Imperial Valley
bankers and businessmen is called
by Farm Advisor DeTar to the Agri-
cultural Tour which will be held to-
morrow. All bankers and business
men in the valley are invited to
attend this tour which Will start at
9 a. m. Those who plan to attend
should meet at the west side of the
court house in FL Centre at S:45 a.
m. The tour will start promptly at
9 Il. m. as a full days program has
been planned.
This tour is being conducted un.
der the joint auspices of the Impe-
rial Valley Bankers , Association,
the Associated Chambers of Com
merce of Imperial County and the
Agricultural Extension Service. The
object of the tour is to bring the
banker and business man in closer
touch with the grower and his prob
lens, and to promote closer cooper
alton between them and the educa-
tional agencies which are working
in the interests of agriculture.
The program for the day will be
as follows:
900 a. m.-Leave west side of
court house. FL Centre for ID. c.
Church ranch.
Stop No. /, 9:3O a. m.-Arrive d.
C. Church ranch, five miles east of
Heber. See trench silo. Discussion
of dairy feeding methods by V. w.
DeTar, Farm Advisor.
This trench silo has capacity of
approximately 225 tons. Its total
cost including all labor at market
price was approximately 800.
9:50 a. m.-Leave for Dorman
ranch, one mile north and one-half
mile west of Meloland.
Stop No. ., 1920 a. m.-Arrivc
Dorman ranch. See university type
poultry laying house. Discussion of
poultry Improvement program in
this county by d. f. Creighton, as
sistant farm advisor. The cost of
this poultry laying house was $40
per front foot or $l.35 per bird
The University of California rec
Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-07
1O2 But Still
Henry Bush Can
Hit High Spots

"T was born on Christmas Day,
1926
That was the answer given tJ
jailor f. w. Christian at the county
Jail late Yesterday afternoon by
Harry Bush, 102, of no place in par
tieular. The aged man had been pick
cd up on the San Diego highway
much the worse for having delved
into the Intoxicating contents of a
Jug, found by the wayside and es
corted to the county Jail by Under
sheriff Underwood.
Then to prove his assertion Bush
threw onto the desk at the sheriff S
office a certificate of legal nature
which declared that on Christmas
morning, 1925 one Harry Bush had
come into being. The record said
that he had been born in Bedford
county, Pennsylvania.
Bush was relieved of his belong
ings and to the surprise of the of
ficials his wallet contained 1928
in good United States currency.
Arraigned before Judge |. May.
field this morning the man entered
Il plea of guilty to a charge of vag.
rancy and paid fine of $40.
"Gosh when | think what NIGH
lave happened To this 1923, now re
duced to $9ls, if you fellows hadn Z
picked me up, Bush declared. "Be
Reve me, now that We gone to
drinking | guess better salt it
away in the bank
And Bush marched out of the
courtroom.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-07
State to Rest
In Coen Case

HANFCRD, Calf, Feb. The
murder trial of Perry Allen Coen,
"a, crowbar slayer, was resumed
here today with the possibility that
the state would rest its ease before
adjournment.
COen is accused of clubbing to
death with crowbar the parents
of his 16 year old sweetheart.
With his plans shrouded in secre-
cy it was unknown what actual pro
ccedurc Defense Attorney J. c. C.
Russell would take to save Cocn
from the gallows.
1t was intimated however, that
Russell would attempt to repudiate
Coen's confession by cross examin-
ing certain members of the sheriff s
office to learn what methods were
used in obtaining the admission of
the double crime.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-07
Mexican Rebels
Again Active

MEXICO CITY, Feb. Rebel
activities are increasing and lawless
bands are cutting communication and
looting villages, a dispatch to the
newspaper Universal from Qucre-
taro said today.
The dispatch said communications
had been cut between Mariscala and
Escobedo and between La Griega
and La Noria, while the town of
San Miguel Allen in GuanajuatO
state was out of communication be-
cause telegraph wires had been sew
cred.
The town of Colon, it was said,
was entered by rebels and sacked,
as were five outlying farms.
Federal troops under command of
General Banselos were closing in on
the rebels in two columns and hoped
to surround them.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-07
Double Tragedy
Inquest Today

Inqucsts into the deaths of Mrs.
Alabirdie Madison. 32, and Henry
Morse, SO, colored, both of FL Cen
tro were to be held in the offices
of Coroner b. f. Lemons at 4:30
O'Clock this afternoon. The two
were killed instantly yesterday
morning when the ear in which
they had been riding stalled on the
Orange street railroad crossing and
was struck by northbound passen-
ger train.
1t was learned late yesterday aft
ernoon that the man who gave his
name as John Smith, the only eye
witness to the tragedy, is Wiley
Johnson, colored, truck driver.
johnson admitted that he had Civ
en- a false name in an effort to a
void being called as witness in the
case.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-07
Defendants File
Answer in Case

An answer to the amended COM
plant in the case of Lorena M.
Hughes against A. e. Bowman and
two defendants listed under ficti-
tious names was filed at the county
clerk s office this morning.
The complaint charges the de-
PENDANTS with driving an automo-
bile in reckless manner, causing
an accident in which the plaintiff
was injured. Damages in the sum
of $4,000 are asked.
In the answer the defendant, A.
E. Bowman, denies that the automo-
bile was driven in careless man.
ner, causing an accident. Lon A.
Brooks of Los Angeles, is appearing
for the defendant.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-07
HAVANA CONGRESS SIGNS
INTERNATIONAL AIR TREATY

of the convention which applies
only to private aircraft are:
THAT contracting parties
recognize that every power has
complete and exclusive sover-
eighty over the air space above
its territory and territorial wat
tcrs.
Each contracting state un-
dertakes in time of peace to ac-
cord freedom of passage above
its territory to the private air
craft of the other contracting
states, providing conditions laid
down in the present convention
are observed.
The regulations established
by a contracting state with re-
gard to admission over it's terri
tory of aircraft of other con
tracing states shall be applied
without distinction of national
ity.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-07
Get Jail Terms
And Face Prison

Two men, both charged with un-
lawful possession of Intoxicating
liquor, were sentenced to spend six
months in the county jail by Judge
I. Mayfield this morning. The two
men are also each Charged with un-
lawful possession of stills, felony,
and preliminary hearing in each ease
was set down for next Tuesday after
noon.
The men are Salvatore MARTINEZ
and Queno Roldez, alias Salvatore
kobles, both of the Brawley district.
The men were apprehended recent
ly by attaches of the sheriff's of
flee in visits to their respective
places east of Brawley.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-07
White Girl Wed
To Mulatto
By United Press Leased Wire

ROCKVILLE. Conn.,, Feb. T.
Justice of the Peace Carl Goehrng
of Ellington, announced today that
he had married Miss Beatrice Fuller,
white, and her mulatto sweetheart,
Clarence Kellem.
Goehring said the ceremony was
performed at Kcllem s home here
early today. The couple left secretly
for Philadelphia Immediately after
ward.
Undismaycd by the refusal of the
Rev. George S. Brooks, Congregat-
ional pastor, to perform the cere-
mony late last night, the ~ year
old girl who claims descent from
Mavflower stock and her dusky
finance, were reported to have ap-
raaled later to Goehring, who agreed
to marry them.
While Rockville citizens, many of
whom had vigorously opposed the
rixed marriage, slept, the justice of
the peace hurried to the mulatto s
home where the wedding was held
in the presence of only Mr.. and Mrs.
Amos Taylor, stepfather and mother
Of the bride and relatives of the
bridegroom.
In taking the "Blue Blooded'
American girl as his bride, Kellem
defied not only the conventions but
also the Ku Klux Klansmen who, he
claimed, had threatened to flog him
if he insisted on the wedding.
The negro said last night he had
received threats from the X. X. *.
AS confirmation of his report a
fiery cross flared from atop Pills
bury Hill, near the Kellem home,
while the mulatto was seeking a
minister to perform the ceremony.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-07
BUSINESSMEN URGED TO
JOIN AGRICULTURAL TOUR

<ommends this type of house for use
all over California.
See effect of windbreak on young
grapefruit orchard. Discussion of
value of windbreaks by Frank Bey'
schlag, assistant farm advisor.
Stop No. 3, 1855 a. m.-Leave
for Farnsworth ranch, two miles
south and one half mile east of Ell
Centro.
1925 a. m.-Arrive Farnsworth
ranch. See dairy layout. Discus
sion of dairy improvement. Program
in this county by V. w. DeTar, farm
advisor. This dairy herd was the
highest producing herd tested in the
Imperial County Farm Bureau Cow
Testing Association during 1926 and
1927. The average production pei
cow in 1927 was 381.4 pounds of
butterfat per COW. Seventy five
herds containing 2900 COWS are now
being tested in this Cow Testing
Association.
1900 Noon.-Leave for Barbara
Worth Hotel, FL Centre.
Stop No. 4, 1915 p. m.-Arrive
Barbara Worth. Lunch. r. Y. Wat
son, chairman. Brief talks by 0. G
Horne, Los Angeles, First National
Bank. p. n. Myers, president Asso.
ciated Chambers of Commerce OF
Imperial county. Demonstration OF
Farm Home Department Activities
V. w. DeTar, Farm Advisor.
1:30 p. m.-Leave for l.. w
Schroeder ranch. two miles south
west of Brawley.
Stop No. 5, 2:15 p. m.-Arrive at
Schroeder ranch. See cover crops
in grapefruit Discussion of grape
fruit Improvement program in this
county, by Frank Beyschlag, as
sistant farm advisor.
500 p. m.-Leave for Vincent
Chalupnick ranch, one and one-hali
miles south of Magnolia school.
Stop No. 6, $40 p. m.-Arrive al
Chalupnick ranch. See All Clut
demonstration. Discussion of Al
Club program in this county by d
f. Creighton, assistant farm advis
or.
400 p. m.-Adjournment.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-07
Youthful Trio
Steals Airplane
by United Press Leased Wire

RICHMOND, Feb. 7.-Search for
three youths who went joy riding
in an airplane was underway
throughout the San Francisco bay
district today.
The youths, said by the owner of
the plane to be L. NJ. Luttrill, A.
J. Poetz and Frank Raby, were
charged with a felony in a COM
plaint sworn out by Edward De
Larn, operator of the Richmond
Airport.
According to the aviators, the
youths wheeled a small plane from
a hangar yesterday and took to the
air. They circled about the field
at an elevation of about 80 feet
Then the plane went into a nose
dive and struck in a plowed field.
The youths walked away.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-07
Court Defers
Maggie Hearing

The case of Salvatore Maggie,
convicted Saturday on a charge of
manslaughter, was brought up in
Judge Larew's court this morning
for sentence. The defense counsel,
however. entered motion for a re-
trial and the ease was continued un-
til Friday afternoon at o. 'clock for
argument on the motion. The case
grows out of the fatal accident on
the Yuma highway early in Novem-
ber in which A. C. Peck, a tourist,
was killed. C. L. Brown appeared
as attorney for the defendant this
morning with District Attorney
Heald fer the prosecution.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-07
Friends "Kidnap"
Rum Snug gler
by United Press Leased Wire

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. BE
lieved to have been "kidnaped' - by
friends so that he could supervise
the disposal of approximately 25,-
eco cases of liquor hidden on the
Southern California coast, Paul Rub
10 Payne, convicted rum runner, was
a fugitive from justice today. An
nouncement of Payne's kidnapping
was made here following the surren-
der of Thomas j. Murphy, code
fendant of Payne to United States
Marshal Esola.
Payne was kidnapped" 10 days
ago between San Diego and San Juan
Capistrano, on the state highway, by
friends armed with rifles and mac
hine guns, who took him away from
private detectives, it was revealed,
Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-07
BY HARRY w. FRANTZ
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent

HAVANA, Feb. 7.-Twenty
four hours before the scheduled
arrival here of Colonel Charles
A. Lindbergh, the communicate
ions committee of the Pan Amer
lean conference today unani-
mously approved what was in
tended to be a final draft of
the first Pan American CONNER
cial aviation treaty, designed
to open up the western hemis-
phere to air traffic.
The text of the treaty as sub
mitted by the American dele
gate, Henry p. Fletcher, report
err for the committee, was APP
proved without alteration, and
it was urged that chief dele
gates of the 81 nations repre-
sented here sign the treaty for
their governments.
The fundamental principles
Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-07
Prisoner Calls
Off Warfare

GLOBE, Ariz., Feb. AFTER a
two weeks rampage during which
he tried to saw his way from the
county Jail, attempted to commit
suicide by flooding the bpilding,
burned his bedding and went on a
hunger strike, Alfonso Donelboll to-
day declared peace.
Donelboli, an alleged automobile
thief, shook hands with Sheriff j.
Alf Edwards and promised to be
have during the remainder of his
stay.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-07
Two HOltvile
Men Jailed

Two men were brought to the
county Jail from Holtville this
morning. Maurice Seaman, 21, of
Ontario, was locked up for a pc
riod of 60 days. He had entered a
plea of guilty to charge of petty
theft when arraigned before Judge
Smyser this morning and was sen
fenced to the 60.day term at the
county Jail.
William Standel, 10, of Holtville,
was arraigned on similar charge
but entered a plea of not guilty
Bail in his case was set at 800 and
he was remanded to the county Jail
in default. His trial has been set
to come before Judge Smyser on
February 13. y.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-07
What's Doing

TONIGHT
Entire Nos Club Valentine
dance, 10000 Club.
Valley theater: West Point. {"
Palace theater: Brunk's Com
edians il 1.-THE Comeback.
Night classes, high school.
Radio: EGEN, SO p. M.
knights of Pythias meet, Dav-
is hall.
Imperial Valley Commandery
no. 81 meets, Masonic hall.
Imperial Valley Women's Lyr-
ic Club rehearsal, American Le-
gion rooms, 8 p. nj.
TOMORROW
Delphian club meets with Mrs.
F. E. Miner, sos Sandalwood
Drive, $50 a. m.
Agricultural tour of valley,
meet at Court House, S:45 a. m.
Bridge luncheon, 10000 Club,
p. m.
Pythian Sisters Convention,
Davis hall. 2 p. m.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-07
H|CK KNAN
IN PLEA
FOR LIFE
Slayer Prepares Weird
Document Which Doc
tor Reads in Court.
DEFENSE SCORES
Unmitigated Gall OF
"The Fox" Revealed in
Letter.
BY United Press Lenses VIZ,

tEesS LedS(G tylyB
COURTROOM, Los Ongeles, Feb.
7.-William Edward Hickman made
plea for his life to the jury today
through the medium of a weird and
heretofore unrevealed document.
The statement was read from the
witness stand by DR.. Thomas Or
bison, state alienist, who unwit-
tinglv became an instrument for
the defense, through the move.
The psychiatrist admitted that
the slayer of Marion Parker had
given him the statement in the
county Jail and Defense Attorney
Cantillon asked him to read it.
Hickman began by asking the fol-
lowing:
"Do the American people recog-
nize crime?"
"Have prisons helped to stop
crime?"
"Is one life worth the sacrifice
that crime may be called to the
attention of the people?"
"Do the American people think
they are safely protected from
crime?"
"'Will the American people lis
ten to me?'
"Will this jury listen to me9''
"Crime is threatening society,
government welfare and the very
destiny of the American people.
Crime was generated in me.
L am youth in crime. If You
hang me by the neck until dead or
put me in prison to rot with the
Loebs and Leopolds, will this help
to stop criminal tendencies?
Cites Other Murders
Some people will be gratified,
others disappointed, but will it solve
crime? 4
"Locb and Leopold were sentence
ed to life Imprisonment, Mrs. Snyd-
er and Gray to death and Remus to
the asylum, but how has this stop
ped crime!
off you kill me how will this stop
crime!
Il am begging and pleading with
you llOG from IL ScII1Su StduupOiHt
to save your own life. 1t is for
your own welfare that L make this
plea that my crime be. made to do
some good. 81
~ don't fear death; I don't care
what happens to me. Providence
guided me in this act that the
American people might be given a
terrible warning of the trend of
crime.'
1t was as if the defendant had
pointed an accusing finger at the
jury, the court and the spectators
as the cause of the new criminal
tendencies of youth.
DIR. Orbison was still reading the
document when court adjourned at
noon.
The Introduction of the document,
halted by the state on an early oc-
easion, was looked upon as an im-
( portant victory for the defense.
The move was accomplished by
having DR.. Orbison read the docu-
ment to discover whether the writ
er showed insane tendencies.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-07

At o'clock this afternoon the
flight was postponed until 6:15
tomorrow morning.
Late this afternoon the giant
monoplane "Alhatross brought
to the valley by officials of the
Zenith Aircraft Corporation of
Santa Ana will take off in an eff
fort to set a new world s endurance
record for flying. The plane Is
scheduled to soar into the heavens
sometime between and 4:30
o'clock with its three pilots and of
ficials-eonfident that they with
shatter the present mark of 5.
hours of flying by several hours.
owe hope to not only break the
record but to break it good" Ster-
ling Price, president of the corpora
ton, declared this morning. "Much
will depend on the take off and
the first few hours of the flight. IF
we pass these without acciden,
nothing will stop us from cstab-
fishing record that will be re.
gardcd as miraculous. -
The flyers themselves were all
confident Alvin X. Peterson and
Charles T. Roehevillc, both mem
hers Of the Zenith Corporation, an,.
Jack Reed. naval airman, will pilot
the big ship.
"Once we get up there. there is
nothing that can make us fail, -
they declared
And the officials as we'll rs the
FLYERS are confident that the big
ronoplanc will capably carry its
load into the air. The test yester,
dav afternoon in which the plane
really set record for carving
WEIGHT into the air, pcr horsepower
delighted them. The plane was
filled TO two-thirdr capacity 0ith
wafer II required hut very little
more than n half mile to launch
the plane in flight. The record,
however. is not an official one.
If the huge plane takes off pro.
pcrlv this afternoon, however, re-
cord W III he set for it will carry an
even greater load than Yesterday, to
be exact 1890 pounds with 42O
horse oowCr to do the work. IT will
be official.
Thus far the Albatross had met
all the demands of its owners with
ease, the big test to be launched
this afternoon to come rs n climax.
The Zenith people have spared the
machine in every way in order to
keep it as new as possible. bclicv.
ing that in this manner there is
little chance for the plane to en-
counter engine troubles and other
possible weakness. At tho samc
time the tests have been rigid
enough to assure them that the
plane is in the best of working or.
der.
The ship in the test yesterday
afternoon made another perfect
takcoff, 1t spcedcd down the run
way and then scared gracefully up
into the air and away. After being
assured that the plane was safely
launched the pilot released his wat
er load in order not to put any ex-
tra strain on the plane.
"Will you make another test in
the morning7" Price was asked.
"No, that s our final test. We
are ready" lie replied.
Throughout this morning the men
were busy pouring gasoline into the
ship, perfecting the radio apparatus
installed Mt the field and in the
ship for the purpose of keeping the
flyers in constant communication
with the field.
Radio messages will be relaved
by wire to Los Angeles wacrc they
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