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The Washington times., 1928-01-26

consent that the case be tried by
another Judge"
Superior Judge ]. j. Trabucco,
Judge Hardy's successor, was APP
pointed to try the case by Judge
Victor McLucas. presiding Judge Of
the Los Angeles county superior
court, who has been instructed to
make sthe assignment by Chief
Justice William n. Waste, OF the
California supreme. court.
The appointment Of Judge Ira
bucco, whose jurisdiction is IN
Mar1posa county. followed q long
distance telephone conversation be.
tween Judge McLucas in Los
Angeles and Justice Waste in San
Francisco.
Attorney Walsh, in presenting the
affidavit questioning Judge Hardy
qualifications, declared that the de.
tense had no intention of seeking
to delay the trial. However, It 10
known that the defense IL not
ayerse to gaining time, and 1t made
a creditable showing on that score.
Hickman Submerged
William Edward Hickman was all
but submerged in the legal proceed
ings. The limelight seemed to beat
upon him less strongly az he sat in
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bourne, Saturdays, Sundays and
holidays and regulated traffic on
those days at ATilibourne. McMui-
lin. he said, also worked for the
London Life Insurance Company;
the keystone Automobile Club, and
was = runner for q Phlla deIphia
concern ne well.
In mentioning the visit of head
quarters detectives to the hotel last
night. after he had reported the
matter to the hotel MANAGEMENT,
Lantx said that fingerprints were
searched for, but he did not know
IL any were found.
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CLEAR WAY
FOR QUICK
TRIAL
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by Jerome walsh, of Kansas City,
chief counsel for Hickman.
In announcing that he would in
eist upon q highly intelligent jury,
Associate Defense Attorney Cantil.
lon explained that this step was
made necessary by Hickn1an's plea
Of Not guilty by reason of in
The life of Hickman, attorneys
pointed out, depends upon the jury's
decision on the question Of whether
the youth was sane or insane at the
time he KIDNAPPED and killed the
Parker girl.
Only Issue at Stake
This is the only issue at stake un.
der new California statute which
provides for an insanity defense.
For this reason, Cantillon said, the
defense wants q jury capable Of un-
Outstanding the technical explana-
tions or alienists who will be called
as defense witnesses in an attempt
to prove their contention Of Hick-
mans unbalanced mental condition.
TO combat the insanity defense,
District Attorney Asa Reyes has
UA6I0u31G0
psychiatrists who have examined
and observed Hickman and who will
testify that he is now sane and was
sane at the time OF the crime.
ST regret exceedingly that we
have been forced to wait another
day TO get this matter before a
jury or start in on the trial OF this
case,p declared District Attorney
g. a.
of the legal tactics delaying the
hearing.
Open hostilities between the prose-
cuticn and defense attorneys, which
flared up at the outset OF the hear
ing when HiclxnnaTl's counsel was
successful In disqualifying Superior
Judge Carlos s. Hardy, on charges
Of bias and prejudice, were further
kindled BY the defense demand for
q ''super-intellectuaIs Jury to pass
upon the sanity Of the kidnaper-
slayer.
Court attaches predicted today that
the selection OF the jury would not
be completed until early next week.
This. they said, would delay impor.
tant testimony until the latter part
Of next week.
Meanwhile, q venire Of So, almost
evenly divided between men and
woman, awaited their call to the
jury box. 81
Every effort win be made by the
prosecution to expedite the trial it
was eaid at the district attorneys
office.
Denies Prejudice
Judge Hardy, in vacating the
j
bench. emphasized that Hickman
will b tried speedily. He said:
while I do not admit. but do
deny. that I am in anyway biased
or prejudiced against the defendant,
and to avoid the delay that may be
occasioned by q protracted hearing
with reference to my qualifications,
and in order that the case may be
heard, tried and determined with the
least possible delay, do hereby
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Author of "Tarzan"
SCOTS at Hickman's
Defense of Insanity
Angeles Examiner
BY EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
Noted Writer. Creator Of TArzan and
Author Of THE War Chief"
Copyright. 1928. by Los

Los ANGELES, Jan. 26.-The
first session Of the Hickman trial
was reminiscent of the Dundee.
Hudkins affair and the opening of
Grammar theater. 1t resenbled
Mr.. Hudkins' case against Mr..
Dundee in that nothing much hap
pened, while the ceiling and chan
deliers in the new courtroom showed
the Graumanian influence on mod
ern interior decoration.
The crowd was there, too-most
of 1t on Temple Street across the
way from the hall of justice. Just
what 1t expected to see or hear from
this strategic point of vantage is
not entirely clear, but at that about
the only important thing it missed
was the reunion of the Writer'S
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French Airnlen Off
For Guatemala City

COLONs Canal Zone. Jan. &C.,
The French transatlantic fliers,
Dieudonne Costes and Joseph L.
brix, hoped off at France Field at
6:46 q. IA. today for Guatemala
City. Flying conditions were good.
Al crowd at the field cheered the
airrnen az they departed. They
expect to remain at GuatennAia
City until saturday. when they will
hop off for Mexico City, en- route
for Washington.
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Pleased With Judge

Pleased With Judge
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 26.-
Chief Justice William H. Waste, of
the California supreme court, was
on record today as commencing
the appointment of Superior Judge
j. ]. Trabucco to preside at the
trial in Los Angeles of William Ed
ward Hickman, in place of Judge
Carlos s. Hardy, who disqualified
himself.
II am sure that Judge Trabucco
will give eminent satisfaction to
both side and preserve order, dig
nifty and the letter Of the law"
Justice Waste declared.
Justice Waste and Judge Ira
oucco were schoolmates several
years ago.
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open court, guard beside him and
his three attorneys in front.
Hickman, wearing q dark suit,
was not a dramatic figure. He
seemed rather bored with the pro-
ceedings, and evinced no interest in
the spectators massed behind him,
never once looking in their direc-
ton.
Only one relative Of the prisoner
was noticed in the courtroom. This
was Alfred Hickman, a. brother,
who accompanied his mother here
from Kansas City for the trial. AL
fred Hickman sat in front OF the
dividing rail, out of conversational
range of the prisoner.
Curious crowds thronged the
street at the entrance to the hall
Of justice, but there was no dis.
order. On the eighth floor of the
building, where Judge Hardy's court
Ii located hundreds more milled in
the corridors.
Numerous Guards
Board barbados and numerous
guards kept the crowds from enter
ing the courtroom. Few members
OF the public managed to make
their way inside. 50 heavy was the
demand for press seats.
Hickman's plea of mot guilty by
reason OF insanity leaves the Ques-
ton OF his mental condition the
sole issue Of the trial. 1t is gen.
orally believed that the proceedings
will take about two weeks. once the
case Is actually under way.
Attorney Walsh stated today that
another psychiatrist had entered
the case for the defense. He is A.
l.. Skoog, Of Kansas City, who
examined the prisoner late yester.
day, Walsh said. DIR. Skoog, it was
stated, IL professor of nervous and
mental diseases at the University
Of Kansas.
Hickman's mother, Mrs. Eva M.
Hickman, who came here from
Kansas City to attend her sons
trial, was reported slightly indis-
posed today.
without Funds
Neither she nor Hickman's father,
William Thomas Hickman, will be
called into the courtroom until their
presence IL actually required, de-
Tense attorneys indicated.
That the Hickman family Is with
out funds to defray their expenses
here was revealed by Jerome Walsh,
Kansas City attorney and chief
counsel for Hickman, who admitted
that he and his associates in the
trial were paying the costs Of the
defense.
New Britain herald., 1928-05-11

said:
 T believe the method of grating for the cure of blindness is out of date and useless. l know of 300 war blinded who are undergoing such operations at the present moment without the slightest hope of ever seeing again. None of them has shown the smallest amelioration.
 My entire method is based on this: If a clinical examination shows that there exists a minimum of luminous perception and that be- tween the retina Cor part of the re- tina) and the transparent cornea there is any kind of obstacle an op- eration might effect a cure. The actual surgical action consists in the re-esta blishment of the permeabil- ity of the transparent substances conducting light and this necessitates immense patience.
 Perhaps my greatest success has been that I have demonstrated that there exist ocular lesions which the | ordinary surgeon cannot treat if he remains a slave to old methods. regard as curable blindness in all cases of exceptional lesions which | respond to exceptional methods of treatment. I have gone into the de- tails of my operations at great length in my reports to the Academy of Medicine of Paris"
New Britain herald., 1928-05-11

sengers and mail and proceed with out having interferred with the progress of the ship.
 The American trader left her Manhattan dock at D. III. while the TC5 took off at the safe time from the aviation field at Lakehurst. N. J.. piloted by Lieut. Starkey Of Lang ley field, assisted by Lieut.. |. G. Ent.
 As the American Trader neared the rendezvous three miles off the llghtship, the 2o0-foot dirigible, her silver sides shining in the late aft ernoon sun, nosed slowly up behind the steamer and dropped lines to the deck
 The lines were seized by a land ing crew of 29 soldiers from Cover nors Island, and the blimp was pulled down to the platform which had been erected on the poop deck of the steamer.
 A wind of IS miles an hour was blowing, but it did not interfere with lfit ldilul1S to any extent.
 Messa geS were delivered from the TC-5 to Captain Fish of the Ameri- can Trader; an official Of the ship ping board who had gone down the bay on the steamer stepped into the blimp's gondola, and the big silver bag cast off.
 Shooting into the air she started her engines. the blimp wheeled over the ship and headed back for Lake hurst as the American Trader put on full speed and continued on her voyage to Europe.
 Camermen on the liner. and on two tugs which had conveyed the American Trader out to sea and in an army airplane which had flown up from Philadelphia ground out a pictorial record of the historic event
 The platform on which the TC-5 landed was 20 feet wide and 30 feet long. The blimp's gondola is 20 feet long, thus allowing only 10 feet lee way on each end for the landing. 4 Ventilator and the flagstaff on the taff rail had been unshipped giving the big bag space of 70 feet. Her nose projected forward between the liners kingposts and her stern swung high in the air.
 The TC-5, which is about one third the size of the dirigible Los Angeles, also was the first airship to make a successful landing on the top of a building. This was ac- complished some time ago on the roof of the high school building at Newport News, Va. The home field of the blimp is Langley Field, Va. The feat of the TC-5 was not the first time an airship had been
New Britain herald., 1928-05-11
RESTORES SIGHT
 IN MANY PATIENTS
French Surgeon Doing Great Work for War Blind

Bordeaux, May II lPt-EXplain- ing in an exclusive interview with the United Press his method of cur ing war blindness" Dr. G. Bonne- ion, who has had extraordinary success in many cases officially de- clared lncurable, said that there are many hundreds of ex-soldiers who believe themselves doomed to eter- nal darkness who could see again if properly treated.
 Dr. Bonnefon has been elected unanimously honorary member of the Union of Blind of France and Of the National Federation of War Wounded. The latter organization presented to him gold plaque with the inscriptions: "To Dr. G. Bonne- ion who gave back sight and the joy of life to many of our blind
New Britain herald., 1928-05-11
AIRSH|P LANDS
 0N MOVING SHIP
First Successful Experiment of
 Its Kind

New York, May II P-The first landing Of an airship on the deck of a moving steamer. accomplished off Ambrose lightship yesterday, was hailed by shipping men today as demonstrating the feasibility or a shore-to-ship service to speed transatlantic travel
 The army non-rigid dirigibla TC-5 effected the landing on a specially constructed platform on the United States Shipping Board liner American Trader while the ship proceeded on its way to Ply mouth and London at speed of six knots an hour.
 The dirigible remained on the steamers deck three minutes. while letters were delivered and a passenger picked up and then cast off again and returned to her ham, gar at Lakehurst, N. J. The test was conducted by the army and the United States Shipping Board and was participated in by Paramount News and the Associated Press photographers.
 Shipping men aboard the Ameri- can Trader predicted that the sue cessful plishment of the test marked the beginning of a new day in transatlantic travel and com munication. They expressed belief that the service would develop rap idly and the time of the Atlantic crossing soSn would be materially cut for important mail and rush passengers.
 T. V. O'Connor. chairman of the United States Shipping Board, was elated when he heard that the test had been successfully accomplished.
 The landing Of the TC-5 on the American Trader he said, marks d further step in the coordination of the air and water transportation in the development of the American merchant marine. This experiment has demonstrated beyond doubt that under normal weather condi- tions it Is possible for a lighter than-air craft to rest on the deck of an ocean steamer exchange pas
New Britain herald., 1928-05-11

oomrades.'
 "A very small proportion only of war blinded are susceptible of be- ing cured" Dr. Bonnefon told the correspondent. T had NJ. Scapini. chairman Of the Association of War Blinded, draw up list of all the members N no might benefit by an operation. Eighteen hundred Of these passed through my office. decided to operate on A only. Twenty-nine recovered almost nor nal vision. The other l 5 opera tions failed
 Cure Permanent
 ''Is the cure lasting?" asked the correspondent.
 Yes" he replied, when the pa tient is serious and follows course of treatments l prescribe for him after the operation. My first cure was effected on Jean Gazaille, oi Lachenau, in the department of the Dordogne. He recovered his sight in 1922 and his visual acuity has not decreased in six years The  last patient under my care was Auguste Cormier, of Ahuille, in the department of Meyenne. He was dem obilized with 90 per cent invali- dity. He had only one fourth ot normal vision. When a person has one one-fourth of normal vision he is considered for all practical pur- poses blind.
 As his case was getting worse all the time I advised him to go again before the medical board o1 the army. ] wanted to be sure o1 my ground and operate only when the official board declared that the case was incurable. Cormier was definitely released from military service as totally blind and incur able. He returned to my clinic in January last. Twenty days later he left the clinic with four-tenths normal vision. He walks around without aid."
 Relieves Grating Useless
 Asked about the details of his method of operation, Dr. Bonnefon
New Britain herald., 1928-05-11

landed on a ship as the Los Angeles made a successful landing on the deck Of the aircraft carrier Saratoga on January 27. The Saratoga's landing deck is much larger than the tiny platform built on the American Trader, however, and she had every facility for handling the Los Angeles.
 Clarence D. Chan1berlin proved the feasibility of an airplane taking off from an ocean liner when he flew from the deck Of the Leviathan to Curtis field. but yesterdays test was the first time the shore-to ship trip had been accomplished.
New Britain herald., 1928-05-11
KILLED BY AUTO

Ludlow, Mass, May II lP - Searching a recently purchased box of candy for Q hidden prize" Peter Jaciow, 5, son of Mrs. Mary J. Wacioz. last night walked in front of an automobile driven by Joseph Ostrowski. He died shortly after be- ing rushed to Ludlow hospital. The lad was so busy examining his pur- chase that he failed to notice the car. The driver was not held.
 Railway engines are said to make full use of only five per cent of the heat generated in their boilers.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-11

windows of the Hollow Stump
School and the bunny uncle cried:
"Dear me, The school is on fire!
! must hop fast and save the Lady
Mouse Teacher and all her pupils! "
Carrying the pound of sugar in
paper bag, Uncle Wiggily raced to
the school, but as he arrived he
saw the animal boys and girls
marching out as nicely as you
please, not bit frightened, and
after them came the Lady Mouse
Teacher.
''Oh, dear Lady Mouse, is your
school going to burn . cried the
rabbit gentleman anXiously.
"No, indeed" squeaked Miss
Mouse. "The janitor rat tried to
burn too much paper at once in the
! furnace and it made a lot Of smoke
I but there was no danger of fire.
However, thought it a good chance
to give the pupils fire drill, so |
! did. But everything is all right.
Thank you, though, for coming to
save us.
''Don't mention it, said Mr..
Longears, glad there was no danger.
! So the Lady Mouse and the children
animals marched back into school
and Uncle Wiggily hoped home.
"Where is my sugar." asked
Nurse Jane as she saw him.
"Sugar!' exclaimed Mr.. Long
cars. Sugar? Dear me, what did l
do with it? ?"
"Did you buy it at the store?' =
asked Nurse Jane.
"Oh, ycs!" answered the bunny.
. found the piece of bark on which
you wrote the message. | at once
hoped to the store and bought the
sugar. ! was bringing it to you be-
fore looking for an adventure when
suddenly | saw smoke coming out of
the school. | thought it was on fire,
but it wasn't.
"Then | started home and
lhought, all the while, 1 had the
sugar with me. But | didn't, il
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-11
Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD E. GARIs
Copyright, 1928, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE
SUGAR

There had been some snow and
ice, a little freezing weather and a
little thawing weather in Woodland
where Uncle Wiggily lived. But now
the day was crisp and cold and the
rabbit gentleman felt fine and
dandy as he hoped out of his hol-
low stump bungalow to 60 adTen-
turing.
How his pink nose twinkled in
the sun, His ears floPped to and
fro in the wind as he hoped fast
over the fields and through the
woods. His paws flashed in and out
among the weeds and grass which
were now beginning to turn brown,
for Jack Frost had touched them
with his cold fingers to send them
TO sleep until summer should come
again to awaken the flowers.
"Wen, " said Uncle Wiggily to
himself as lie skipped along, 81
am sure l ought to be very happy
today. l have nothing to worry
about. The Skillery Scallery Ali
gator will keep away from me a
long time on account of having
broken his teeth trying to eat stones
for hickory nuts. And if any other
Bad Chaps try to catch me I'll play
the same kind of a trick on them. -
SO Uncle Wiggily hoped along
until, all of d sudden, something
dropped out of his pocket as he took
little slide on the brook which
had frozen over in the night.
"Hello. What's this?' asked
Uncle Wiggily, picking up some
thing white. He saw that it was a
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-11
DRIVER OF CAR
IN FATAL CRASH
LEAVES VALLEY

Disappearance of Dixie Espinosa
of Calipatria district, driver of one
of the ears which figured in fatal
accident Sunday night, has caused
authorities to postpone indefinitely
the inquest into the death of D. F.
Hernandez, So, of Calipatria.
According to information obtain
ed by the police the machines fig
uring in the crash were driven by
Espmoka and Jerome Hernandez,
son of the deceased. The cars side
swiped on the highway about two
miles northwest of Calipatria, the
Hernandez machine turning over in
q ditch. sE
d. F. Hernandez sustained injuries
which caused his death Monday.
Espinosa was questioned by adthori
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-11

piece of birch bark on which Nurse
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy had written:
Don t forget to bring me Il
pound of sugar.
"Hal Hai' laughed Uncle Wig
gily. 81 came near forgetting. But
I'll 90 get the sugar now.
Then he remembered that the
night before the muskrat lady house
keeper had asked him, when he
went adventuring next day, to bring
her home a pound of sugar. Mr.
Longears had promised but Nurse
Jane, knowing that when he went
adventuring he might forget, had
put the piece of bark in his pocket
with the message written on it.
"I'll go get the sugar before /
look for an adventure, said Mr.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-11
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell Of I'm
perial Valley for this Date
In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
October IL, 1908

Final steps towards the organiza-
ton of a produce exchange were
taken and incorporators were selec-
ted, including Fred Stahl, Peter
Movely, S. NJ. Bixby, w. L. Wilsie,
II. NJ. Mckinney, Will Fawcett,
Frank Thing and b. L. White.
The name of h. f. Wills, Demo
cratic candidate for the assembly,
will not appear on the ballots. The
reason for this is that his nomina-
tion was not certified to the coun-
ty clerk.
The public hall at Brawley was
so crowded that many had to stand
while Judge Farr was speaking on
the principles of the Democratic
party. Bales Walker, an enthusias
tie promoter, believes the member
ship will pass the 100 mark.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-11

Last year a tornado hit St. Louis. II
"Babe" Ruth hit it. Life IN the Ahhueser-b'
lage is not all beer and skittles.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-11

ties after the crash and appeared
willing to appear at the inquest.
Inquiry in Calipatria district re-
vealed that Espinosa had suddenly
passed out of the picture. 1t was
believed that he had gone to Yuma.
A search for the missing man has
been started by authorities. The
body Of Hernandez is being held at
Lemons funeral chapel pending
outcome of the inquest.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-11
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
October II, 1918

Mrs Allen z. Nuffer. Mrs. W. c.
Whitescarver, Mrs. 3. Salomon, and
Mrs. Virgil McCombs were hostesses
yesterday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Nuffer at whist party given
to the members of the Womans Ten
Thousand club. Mrs. j. w. Lindsey
won the prize offered by the ladies,
a valuable olive fork.
At the l.. and $. theater tonight IS
program includes "a Fcud in Ken
lucky Hills,' "For Her Sister s
Sake and "Gee! My Pants.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-11

seems. l wonder what l did with
it?'
81 wonder, too" said Nurse
Jane, smiling, 81 guess you forgot
to get it so you had better go back
to the store again. You are very
forgetful, Wiggy dear
"No, I'm sure l bought the
sugar" said the rabbit. "'But what
l did with it | can't remember. 1t
is very mysterious.'
And what happened after that
IN tell you about in the next story
which will be about Uncle Wiggily
and the sweet icicles. That is if the
kitchen sink doesn't try to swell W
10 grow big like bath tub and
scare the dishpan so its handles fall
off
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-11

Longears to himself. "Thcn Nurse
Jane can't say [ forgot
1t did not take him long to buy
the sweet stuff and he was going
to take it home when, all of sud
den, he saw smoke coming from the
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-11
TEN YEARS AGO
October IL, 1918

With the arrival in FL Centre to-
day of G. Aubrey Davidson, head of
the Southern Trust and Commerce
bank in San Diego, it was thought
that news of intense interest to
financial circles of Imperial Valley
would develop within the next q
hours.
Mrs, w. w. Apple, president of the
community singing committee, re
quests members to meet tonight.