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Evening star., 1928-10-18

Gratitude is due to radio for limiting
the applause with a reminder to the
crowd that time is money.
Evening star., 1928-10-18

Betting odds never yet decided an
election, which depends even more on
differences of opinion than horse race.
Evening star., 1928-10-18

The campaign has made it clear that
the ideal statesman must also be a
practical statistician.
Evening star., 1928-10-18
Sinister Start.

From the Kalamazoo Gazette.
All the recent warlike activities of the
Chinese merely show that China is
awakening, says a professor. If that
be true, we can only imagine what may
happen when China has had her break
fast and gets started for the day!
Evening star., 1928-10-18
Ouarreling With Luck.

"You had a wonderful radio hook
up!"
Yes" answered Senator Sorghum.
But the speech wasn't one of my best.
Maybe I'd be better off if so many
people hadn't heard it,"
Evening star., 1928-10-18
Demobilizing The Legion

Demobilizing the Legion.
From the Fort Worth Record-Telegram.
American Legion conventions are i'm
proving little each year. Top SER
geants, shavetails and generals are now
being treated as though they were reg
ular "buddies."
Evening star., 1928-10-18
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Evening star., 1928-10-18

It is fast campaign. Both Mr.. Ford
and Mr.. Raskob evidently favor stepping
on the gas
Evening star., 1928-10-18
Hazards of Housework.

IIdEdTUS UI IIUIIsFW UTk.
From the Springfield. Ohio. Sun.
The National Safety Council reports
that housework is one of the most haZ-
ardous of feminine occupations. Quite
a few of the ladies seem very timid
these days.
Evening star., 1928-10-18
Toll on the Links.

The Idler never will admit
That he is shirking.
For golf his Office he will quit
And vow he's working.
Evening star., 1928-10-18
Measuring Moral Resistance.

Does the man to whom YOU are en-
gagged drink or swear?"
I'VE are waiting to find out. Mother
gave him fountain pen for birthday
present"
"A man who destroys friendships" 4"
said Hi Ho. the sage of Chinatown,
us even more reckless than he who
squanders his money"
Evening star., 1928-10-18
Economic AspiratiOns.

The oyster comes in honest cheer.
This is his cherished time of year.
We view him yet, with some regret,
AS for economy we're set.
This Oyster is but little meat,
With covering large and complete.
OF what Economy I'd tell
If I could learn to eat the shell!
Evening star., 1928-10-18
ObstructiOnist.


Into my garden at the break Of day
1 was inclined to stray
In gentle fondnesS; but to my dismay
A wasp was In the way.
Evening star., 1928-10-18

Jud Tunkins says maybe it's evolu-
ton that makes him feel like climbing
a tree and looking on when a fight
starts.
Evening star., 1928-10-18

II admires salesmanship, said Uncle
Eben, but can't see why de man
who is gineter make me rich has most
always got to be . total stranger"
Evening star., 1928-10-18

Q. Are boilers rated by horsepower
or heating surface?-A. H. w.
A. Formerly boilers were always
rated by horsepower The present
tendency is to rate boilers by heating
surface. However. the horsepower
rating is still used to a certain extent.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-16
WELL, THERE HAS TO BE SOME
STORY ABOUT A PRESIDENT

Colonel Starting said today. cit
was Il beauty
Continued interrogation brought
out that the President had caught
several, but again exact details were
not forthcoming.
Yesterdays fishing expedition,
which began about an hour after the
President $ arrival at his summer
home, was confined to waters ad-
iaccnt to the island lodge.
Due to precise and solicitous care
taken by the secret service staff
and infantry detachment from Fort
Smelling, newspaper men were un-
able to ascertain whether President
Coolidge used natural or artificial
bait. Rumors on this point were in
serious conflict today.
The trout have been prepared with
painstaking care for the President S
line. They have been kept without
regular food rations for Il week to
make them particularly anxious to
nibble at the first fisherman's
baited hook.
The President has expressed com
nlete satisfaction with Cedar Island
Lodge. He continued today the ex.
plorations begun yesterday into the
woody hooks and crannies on the
estate.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-16
SENATOR NORRIS
SAYS PLATFORM
DISAPPOINTMENT
Asserts Power Trust In
Control of Republican
Party.
By United Press Leased Wire

WAS3fNGT0N, June I6.-Roth
the candidate and the platform
agreed to by the Republican con
vcution in Kansas city will be "a
sad disappointment to every pro
gressivc citizen, Senator Norris,
Republican, Nebraska said in Il
statement today.
He characterized the farm relief
plank adopted by the convention as
"a direct slap at the farmers. -
"The platform is silent on the
domination Of our politics, our social
activities. our schools and our
churches by the secret, disgraecful
1!cthods of the water power trust,
now being disclosed by the Federal
Trade Commission, the statement
continued.
1t is likewise silent on the dis
graceful and unpatriotic disclosures
made by the investigation of naval
oil leases. The party is also silent
about Boulder dam, Muscle Shoals
and the lame duck constitutional
amendment.
Senator Fess of Ohio, the conven-
tion keynote speaker, Senator Moses
Of New Hampshire, permanent
chairman, Senator Smoot, Of Utah,
chairman of the resolutions com
mittee, and Mabel Walker Willie
brandt, chairman of the credentials
committee, all were attacked by
Norris as defenders of those in
volved in the Teapot Dome scandal.
Power Trust Happy
He said those who engineered
Hoover s nomination were the "ma-
ohine politicians, who oppose SEN
atorial investigations Of corrupt
ion : and have been involved in the
operations of the "pOwer trust
1T is 4 notable fact that those
who opposed senatorial inyestiga
tions were the men who have been
for Hoover from the very beginning
and who controlled and dominated
entirely the deliberations of the
convention, Norris said.
"The rank and file of the great
Republican party will be disgustet
and humiliated; but the power
trust, as wen as the Hoovers, tn,
/ Doughcrtys, the Sinclairs, tn,
Dohcnys, the Falls, the Smoots, The
Hayses, the Lenroots, the Fesses
the Moses and the machine poll
ticians everywhere, viii be happy
and delighted. "
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-16
UTILITIES PROBE
REVEALS SYSTEM
OF PROPAGANDA
Extent of Power Cam
paign Told to Federal
Trade Commission.
BY CECIL OWEN
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent)

WASHINGTON, June 16-A new
series Of sensations centering in
southwestern states came to light in
the Federal Trade Commission S
utilities investigation this week dur
ing the Republican convention.
Working quietly but effectively,
the commission 5 investigators un-
covered propaganda campaign IN
the southwest costing the power in.
dustry close to 100000 Il year.
Revelations of the week includ'
ed:
Disclosure of n secret agree
ment between utilities and CHM u
Company, text book publishers,
whereby civic texts are submitted
to committee of power men for
correction and revision.
2.-An account of a New Orleans
conference attended by 20 south
western college men, whose expenses
were paid by utilities, at which CO.
operation between the industry and
colleges was discussed.
3.-Widespread circulation of
Louisiana and Mississippi schools of
utilities booklets boosting the in
dustry and condemning public own
ership.
1. \ close relationship between
William G. Grant, utilities publicity
man in Texas, and the Associated
Press. Grant worked as a relief
editor for the press association
while holding down the publicity
Job and told utilities men he could
have their stories carried.
5.-Public speaking activities in
Oklahoma which resulted in aggrc'
gate audience of 36S 900 persons
last year. :.
6. \ Every cordial relationship
between Texas colleges and utilities.
'fWe have thoroughly contracted all
Texas colleges, testified {. NJ
Davis, Dallas power executive.
"A subsidized magazine, pub
lie Service Magazine Chicago.
which is mailed free TO Legislators in
more than dozen states. Testimony
by II. j. Gondcn, publisher, showed
that the magazine is largely finane'
ed by Samuel insult and other large
powcr interests. Senator Bruce,
democrat, Maryland, was supplied
with anti Boulder Dam information
bv this publication, evidence show,
r1
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-16
By ROBERT MoOREFIELD
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent

THE SUMMER WHITE HOUSE.
Cedar Island Lodge, Wis, June 1G.
President Coolidge has caught the
first fish of his summer holiday, 4
trout from the meandering and pie
turesque Brule river, on which his
vacation White House is located.
The President landed his game
late yesterday.
Announcement of the catch, how
ever, was not made officially until
today by Colonel Z. w. Startling of
the executive secret service staff
who was commanded some time ago
by President Coolidge to inspect
the trout possibilities in the Brule
river region.
The size, weight and the ease with
which the President made his catch
Yesterday were not made known.
This induced members of the off
cial household to speculate on the
number actually caught. Some in
sisted the President caught only a
single trout. Others averred he
"landed quite few
"Yes, the President caught Il
Brule river trout yesterday, -
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-16
JURY REQUIRES
LITTLE Time TO
ACOUIT BRIGHT

1t took jury just five minutes
TO return verdict of not guilty
yesterday afternoon in the case of
the people against Fred II. Bright,
The defendant was charged with
unlawful packing and shipping of
cantaloupes.
The case set two records in Judge
Mayfield s court. 1T is the first
ease ever tried before Judge May
field in his Is years as Judge in
this county which has required two
days to present the evidence to the
jury. The verdict was the quickest
ever returned in his court.
The ease which brought forth
many outbursts of personal feeling
between those aligned with the
complainant and those favoring the
defendant was practically decided
by the testimony given by Bright,
when he took the stand in the after
noon session.
1t was brought out that melons
shipped to San Diego and western
ripened variety and that the fact
that the truck in question was held
up at the Bright shed for a consid-
cradle length of time before ship
ment was made, due to the absence
of an inspector, had considerable
bearing on the condition of the
fruit when stopped by the inspector
at Dixieland.
The jury needed little time for
deHberation, the ease going into
their hands at 3:45 o'clock and the
verdict being returned at $50.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-16
MELLON UNABLE
TO LEAD LIKE
B0IES PENR0SE
Pennsylvania Loses In
Two Attempts to Boss
Convention.
By PAUL r. MALLON
United Press Staff Correspondent

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June 16. -
The political shadow of the pale and
slender Andrew w. Mellon, reputed
successor to the late Boies Penrose,
of Pennsylvania, boss eXtraordi-
naryD proved to be something of an
illusion at the Republican national
convention mere.
Strong men in politics quaked in
their boots two weeks ago at the
mention of Mellon 5 name. Quar-
rcling leaders looked to the coming
of the treasury secretary with an
ticipations that he would lead them
out of their difficulties.
Penrose, then leader of the Penn
sylvania delegation, lay i'll in Phila-
delphia and ran the Chicago eonven-
tion in 1920, by long distance tele-
phone. He created and broke dead
locks and was credited with picking
the nominee. Mellon as his success
sor, was coming to this convention
to solve its difficulties.
Mellon came, saw and was con-
quered
Even his own delegation was pull
ed out from under him by William
S. Ware, the Republican leader. His
attempts to pick vice presidential
candidate proved a fiasco.
Mellon would say nothing when
he arrived. He set himself up in
his hotel suite and called in the
leaders of the convention. While
he was comforting Ware issued a
newspaper statement, announcing
for Herbert Hoover and promising
at least 80 of the 70 delegates in
Mellon s Pennsylvania delegation.
Gets Second Blow
Next morning Mellon came out
for Hoover, riding the ebb of Ware s
tide.
When a vice presidential candi-
date had to be selected, Mellon a
gain called in the leaders for an
other midnight session. His group,
including his nephew, w. l.. Mellon
and Senator David |. Reed, of Penn
svlvania, said Curtis or Vice Presi-
dent Dawes would not do. The sec
ond place had to be given to an
eastern man, preferably a dry Re-
publican from Massachusetts, so
that state could be carried against
Alfred Z. Smith, should Smith be
the Democratic nominee.
Claiming Cox, former governor
of Massachusetts and little known
to the delegates here, was their
choice.
Leaders attending the conference
were reluctantly persuaded to lay
Cox's name before their delegates.
They did. The delegates turned
Cox down cold. They chose Curtis
"a final blow to the Mellon lead
ership.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-16
Mary Pickford's
Trunks Held Up
by United Press Leased Wire

NEW YORK, June l6-Douglas
Fairbanks and Mary Pickford ar
rived from Naples on the steamship
Roma today, accompanied by
Lawrence Irving, English painter
and grandson of the late Sir Henry
Irving
Fairbanks and Miss Pickford have
been on tour of Europe. Irving will
accompany them 70 Hollywood,
where he will take an active part in
the art direction of Fairbanks pie
lures
Miss Pickford's 80 pieces of bag
gage, including - wardrobe trunks,
were ordered sent to the appraiser $
because it was believed she had
undervalued their contents.
The prices the actress placed on
many of the articles she had bought
in Europe did not tally, custom of
ficials said, with their domestic val
hes
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-16
GOLDEN STATE
IS MERGED WITH
/. A. CREAMERY

SAN. FRANCISCO, June 1G. -
Announcement was made here of a
merger of the Golden State Milk
Products company and the Los An
gelcs Creamery company, two of the
largest organizations in that line IN
California.
The plan, as announced ly l.. r.
Y. Pioda, chairman of the board OF
the Golden State organization, stat
ed there would be no public financ-
ing. Exchange of stock in the Los
Angeles creamery for shares in the
bigger company will complete the
merger.
The Los Angeles concern owns
plants in Los Angeles, Tulare, Han
ford, San Luis Obispo, Santa Bar
hara, Oxnard, Ventura, San Pedro,
Long Beach, San Fernando, Pasa-
dena Glendale, FL Monte, Santa
Monica and Hollywood.
Golden state has large holdings
in san Joaquin valley and IS one
of the leading distributors and
manufacturers of milk products IN
the San Francisco bay region.
r. II. Cary, manager of the local
plant of the Golden state Creamery,
was out of town today and the Press
was unable to obtain a statement
from him relative to the merger re-
ported above. 1t is not believed, how
ever. other officials stated, that the
merger will cause any changes in
the local plant.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-16
British Netmen
Beat Yankees
BY United Press Leased Wire

WIMBLEDON, Eng. June 10
Great Britain today won by four
matches to three the Wightman cup
tennis tournament between the all
star British and American women
teams.
In the final and deciding match
of the seven, Mrs. Michael Watson
and Miss Eileen bennett, defeat
ed Miss Helen Wills and Miss Peno
lope Anderson, United States, o.,
I'll.
The cup had been held by the
United States, 1t represents the
British American Women's team
ehampi0nship.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-16
Missing Student
Object of Search
by United Press Leased Wire

RED BLUFF, Calf, June 10
Although mountain guides ard trap
pers continued to head searching
parties into the Bumpass hill section
Of Lassen National park in search
of William Kaufman, % year old
California university student, little
hope was held today that he ever
would be found.
Kaufman ran away from his home
in Berkeley, where he was recover
ing from nervous breakdown, last
Sunday and Monday appeared at
the park.
Tracks believed to be his led to
the treacherous volcanic and hot
springs region of the park and then
disappeared. 1t is feared Kaufman
wandered into the high mountains
or fell into one of the boiling wells
or tissures.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-16
Traffic Tied Up
By Gopher Snake
nv United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, June 10
'1Waldo' didn' t intend any harm
but held up traffic and so he was
confined to an apple box in the
Georgia street police station to-
day.
Named for the officer who placed
him under arrest, Waldo was
picked up at the corner of Albany
and Tenth street where he had at
tracted a crowd that would have
done justice to Los Angeles street
fakir.
Waldo" didn't mind the crowd,
he didn't mind the patrol wagon
and he didn t mind being the first
gopher snake ever brought to the
police station.
Presuming he is pet that strayed
from a friendly garden, authorities
held "Waldo for his owner.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-16
HICKMAN SCHOOLMATE
GIVEN PRISON SENTENCE

TWIN FALLS, Idaho, June L.
Pleading guilty to a criminal assault
upon a woman 63 years old, Floyd
Taylor, %, of Kansas City, was
sentenced by Judge Hugh Baker to
from 10 to 25 years imprisonment.
Taylor told his fellow prisoners he
was an old school mate of Edward
Hickman at Kansas City and that
his sister had for a time been the
sweetheart of Hickman.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-16
To Try
For New Record

HOLLYWOOD, June l6.-A new
transcontinenta flight record Will
be attempted by Frank Tomick,
former world war aviator, when he
takes off from here Sunday enroute
to New York.
Tomick will fly De Haviland
plane and will carry a film pro
duced by the Caddo Motion Pie
ture Company. The film must be in
New York by Monday, according
to Howard Hughes, president of the
screen company.
The present cross country record,
established in 1923, is 26 hours, 80
minutes and 3S 2-5 seconds.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-16
CASH REGISTER statesmen TO
FACE CHARGES OF CONTEMPT

CINCINNATI, Ohio. June l6.
Eighteen National Cash Reg
lister statesmen and branch man
ayers must stand trial for con
tempt of court, according to a
decision by the United States
supreme court received here to-
day.
The men were among 90 de-
PENDANTS charged with con,
tempt in the United States fed
eral court in 1926.
The trials viii start in Sep
tember.
Those who must stand trial
include:
Herman Meyer, Long Beach,
Calf; Charles Forum, Sacra-
mento, Calf, George f. Finne-
gan, Riverside, Calf; Daniel
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-16
Reform School
Escapee Shot
Dy United Press Leased Wire

san RERNARDlNO, Calf, juno
i6,-Ralph Starring, Ii, shot down
III Cotton after he escaped from the
!, form school at Whittier, was re.
rorted in critical condition to-
day.
Startling, with Max Ellis and Roy
Stutsman, who were with him when
he fled from the institution, were
in the Southern Pacific yards ap-
rarently waiting for Il freight train
when Elmer Deiss, Cotton police of
ficer, camc upon them last night.
Startling was shot through the left
lung but Ellis and Stutsman es-
capped as the trio made break for
freedom. Starting was brought to
the hospital here,
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-16

P Hendriekson, Los Angeles:
Jerome d. Bliss, Pocatello, Ida
no; f. Conant Livingston,
Stockton, Calf, +. Murray
Aerenson, Stockton, Calf, and
Herman Olschlager, Orange
Cove, Calf.
Action was brought in 1926
by the Remington Arms Com
pany to restrain National Cash
Register statesmen and branch
managers from interfering with
other cash register sales. The
late Judge Hollister granted
permanent injunction.
Two years ago the Remington
company charged 90 men with
violation of the injunction.
Seventy charges were dropped
and % men were held for trial.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-16
Officers May
Escape Trial
Uy United Press Leased Wire

FRESNO, June 1d.-City Justice
Earle j. Church is expected to rule,
probably Monday, on the plea of
Attorney ". +. Simpson for the dis
missal of the charges against Con-
stable Alvin Il. Cole and Deputy
Sheriff |. b. Chalmers, charged with
manslaughter in connection with the
killing of Frank AielIo, suspected
bootlegger.
Simpson argued that it will be
impossible to establish which officer
fired the shot that caused Aiello S
death, and therefore both men can
not be held TO answer for the crime.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-16
"MIDDIES" NEW BOSS
By United Press Leased Wire

ANNAPOLIS. Md, june To-
Rear Admiral Samuel s. Robinson
assumed charge of the United States
naval academy today, succeeding
Rear Admiral Louis NJ. Mutton, who
will become vice admiral of the
Pacific division of the battle fleet.
Mutton has been superintendent for
the last three years.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-16

KENNETT, Mo-, june 16. -
Two breaks in the east side of
st. Francis river levee five and
six miles north of here early
today flooded approximately
10000 acres of Dunklin county
farm lands and sent between
$50 and 200 families into Ken.
nett for safety.
Twenty thousands additional
acres of cotton and corn lands
were in the path of the rapidly
spreading waters and Were
doomed to inundation. Total
property damage was believed
likely to exceed $l,000,000.
Members of the stricken rur-
al families were congregating
ON the Dunklin County fair
Imperial Valley press., 1928-06-16
HEAVY LOSS INCURRED WHEN
RIVER BREAKS THE LEVEE

grounds, where the local chap
ter of the Red Cross, warned
of such an eventuality, had
prepared a tent colony.
Reports today said there had
been no loss of life, as residents
had been warned of the threat
ened break of the levees.
Hundreds of relief workers,
including several companies of
Missouri National guardsmen,
were attempting to buttress the
weakening levee against the
crest of the flood, expected to
pass here late tomorrow.
The two breaks poured the
waters of the st. Francis into
the low, fertile fields of Dunk
lin county.