davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-07
JUDGE HARRISON SPEAKER
Will Address Women's Democratic
Club Forum Tomorrow.

1.-THE Low-down on the High-up in
this Campaign" will be the subject of
an address by Judge Robert Harrison
as the speaker and guest of honor at
the campaign forum luncheon OF the
Woman's National Democratic Club at
the clubhouse. 1896 New Hampshire
avenue, tomorrow at 1880 pm, Mrs,
George H. Eekels, one of the governors
Of the club, will preside.
These forum luncheons are given each
Monday during the Winter and during
the campaign the club privileges are
extended to all Democrats.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-07
Bow Hurt in Fall.

William Groves, years old, 926 q
street southwest, was treated at Emer-
gency Hospital for what Is possibly q
fracture OF the skull and injuries to
his chin and nose, sustained when he
fell from a pile of lumber while play
ing in the rear of his home yesterday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-07
Rnnk CnIlectInn

Referring to the book collection, Or.
Bowerman said that 1T received an ad.
dition Of 23ai2 books purchased and
2,356 gifts Among the gifts were 444
behapaes nom Mrs. Tanry r.. Davis. 800
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-07

To Honor Local Man.
The Brotherhood OF st, Andrew wiz
recognize the years Of service given
the organization by II. Lawrence Choate
OF Washington by making him the
guest OF honor at complimentary
breakfast tomorrow morning at the
Hay-Adams Hotel, National leaders Of
the order viii participate in this event
Mr., Choate Is general chairman Of
the convention and Is also national
councilman and was formerly president
OF the Chicago assemblies He Is a
member Of st. Paul's Church, Rock
Greek parish, and has been prominent
IN Episcopal Church activities since
coming to the National Capital from
Chicago four years ago.
Nearly 1000 men and boys from all
sections OF the world will take part this
morning IN q corporate communion
service at ST. Thomas Church, i772
Church street, as part of the Brother
hood ceremonies. Bishop Freeman wiz
be the celebrant
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-16
by United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 16.-Unless
the majority of the members. of the
state supreme court consent; Cover
nor G. C. Young cannot receive the
application for clemency of William
Edward Hickman, scheduled to be
hanged at San Quentin prison,
Richard Cantillon, the slayer S at
torney, said today.
A section of the state constitu-
tion provides that person twice
convicted of a felony cannot ask
commutation of sentence without
the assent of the majority of the
state court, Cantillon said.
Hickman was convicted of the
murders of Marion Parker and G..
Ivy Toms.
The unexpected barrier caused the
defense to make a sudden shift IN
plans, Cantillon said today.
Jerome X. Walsh, defense couu-
sci, will ask Governor Young to ap-
point a board of psychiatrists to eX-
anime Hickman for his sanity, and,
should the test show insanity, go
before the state court to ask that
the case be presented to the COVER
nor for reduction of sentence.
Walsh, together with Thomas
Hickman, father of the condemned
youth, are in Sacramento today.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-16
Eastern Finance
Leader Is Dead
BY United Press Leased Wire

NEW YORK, Oct. 16.-Beniamin
Strong, governor of the Federal Re
serve Bank of New York, died at
New York Hospital today after a
long illness. He was 56 years old.
Strong, who had been governor of
thc New York federal reserve since
its inception, had been suffering for
some time from an intestinal com
plaint.
Strong was born at Fishkull on
the Hudson, and was educated in
the public schools of Montclair, n.
]. Career started as clerk in the
offices of Cuylcr, Morgan and Co.,
New York.
Later he served as secretary of
the Atlantic Trust Co., and the
Metropolitan Trust Co., and became
president of the Bankers Trust Co.,
in 1914, when the Federal Reserve
Hank of New York was organized,
Strong became its first president.
He married Miss Katherine Con-
verse of New York.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-16
POLICE CLOSE
RED SCHOOLS
in LOS ANGELES
by United Press Leased Wire

Les ANGELES, Oct. 16. - A
school room in which police charge
immature youths were taught the
principles of communism was closed
and three men were in custody to-
day as police renewed their drive
against asserted propagandists.
Samuel Glusman, teacher in the
"Red' schoolroom which detectives
charge was decorated with flaming
banners and contained cOmmunistic
text books and documents, was
booked on 4 charge of suspicion of
illegal entry into the United States.
Glusman said he was just grad
uated from the Jewish Workers
University, New York, and denied
he was teaching anything but jew
ish literature and culture.
Zussman Fiersteen and Frank
Spector were arrested at another
address when police assertedly found
them in possession of communistic
literature. They were jailed on sus-
picion of violating the law against
alien anarchists entering the coun-
try.
The roundup was the second in as
many weeks.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-16
ROBINSON WILL
MAKE TALK IN
BORAH'S TOWN
BY GORDON X. SHEARER
United Press Staff Correspondent

ABOARD SENATOR ROBINSON
TRAIN, ENROUTE TO BOISE.
Ida, Oct. lG.-Turning inland from
the Pacific coast where he spent the
past week fighting in territory con
ccded to be Republican, Senator Joe
T. Robinson was headed today for
the home town Of Senator William
f. Borah, Boise, Ida, where tonight
he will twit his senatorial colleague
for his "Republcanism which be
came Orthodox at election times.
Speaking before a capacity audi
cncc in Portland g civic auditorium
last night Robinson attacked the Re
publican administration for its wa
ter policies; praised the principles
of tho McNary-Haugcn bill; and
made an appeal for tolerance in
religion.
Robinson predicted that Repub-
lican victory wold mean the tri-
umph of a monopoly which has ex-
tended millions in propaganda in
efforts to obtain permanent control
of wafer power. One-siXth of the
potential water power of the Unit
cd States is said to lie in the Colum-
bia river basis of which Portland
is the natural outlet.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-16
Forgery Ring
Broken Up
Hy United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, Oct. l6.-An as
serted forgery ring said by police
to have passed scores of checks in
Los Angeles and vicinity during the
past ten days was believed broken
up today with the arrest of two men
and two women.
Jessie Norman, Ruby Costello,
Fred Miller and John koukis were
arrested in Montebcllo late last
night after merchants had tipped off
police that fictitious checks We're
being passed in the district.
Police said Miss Norman took
them to the asserted rings head
quarters, where several stamping
pads, check protectors and rubber
stamps similar to those on the forged
checks were found.
Two of the alleged ringlcadcrs,
Mrs. Laura Clifford and j. Robert
Stevenson, were being sought to-
day. Lee II. Stevenson, a brother,
was being held in the county Jail
today.
Miller and K0ukis were held in
the Montebello police station and
Miss Norman and Miss Costello in
the Whittier jail.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-16
CHILDERS URGES
HO0VER'S CAUSE
ON LOCAL VOTERS

Republicans of this city rallied to
the call of the officials of the
" Hoover for President Club" al
the court house last night and an
interesting meeting was held. Sev-
eral short addresses were given.
The meeting was featured by a
talk given by Attorney Charles l..
Childers in which he stressed the
important part played by Herbert
Hoover in bringing previous Bould-
er Dam legislation to a point of en-
actment at Washington.
Childers declared that during the
recent campaigns in Washington in
which representatives from the west
and particularly those of Imperial
valley had sought advice on how to
go about the work of placing the
SWING ohnson measure before con-
gress, Hoover has been an invalu-
able advisor.
The speaker stressed the point
that the valley is more in need of
Hoover as president at this particu-
lar and critical moment in its fight
for Boulder Dam than it is of any
other thing.
In touching on Al Smith s recent
suggestion for solution of the
Boulder Dam problem, Childers de-
clared that Hoover had expressed an
almost similar view in 1924 and that
an effort was made to carry it out,
only to find that while it seemed
practical it could not be worked out
to, the satisfaction of all concerned.
Rev. George Hartman gave a short
address in which he touched on the
"wet" and "dry" angles of the
presidential campaign. Ben Hulse,
president of the board of supervis-
ors, and District Attorney Head
were others to address the meeting
Plans were formulated for con-
Quoting campaig nto get out the
vote in the county on election day.
A check of each precinct will be
kept and every effort made to see
that every voter has a chance to
visit the polls.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-16
WHAT'S DOING
TONIGHT

IONlGf1I
Woman's Club Fiance squad,
E. o. Carter home, 8.
Boy Scout Parent-Son BAN
Quet, high school 7.
Riff chorus rehearsal, Kupe-
liam studio, 7:30.
Baseball meeting, j. w. Glass
ford S office, 7:30.
KGEN-6-10 p. m.
Knights of Pythias, Davis
hall.
I. ". Commandery No. 54,
Masonic Temple, 7:30.
Oasis Shrine. w. S. of j.,
Masonic Temple, 8.
Adult English classes, East
side school, 7:15.
Imperial Theater-"Beggars
of Life
Imperial Valley choral club
meets.
Democratic Rally, Sixth and
Main, 8.
TOMORROW
Pythian Sisters Thimble club,
Stafford home, 1890.
Junior chamber breakfast -
Hotel Barbara Worth, $50 a. M.
Chamber of Commerce lunch
con, Hotel Barbara Worth
'KGEN-11-1 p. m.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-16
SMITH ARRIVES
In MISSOURI FOR
TONICHT'S TALK
BY PAUL r. MALLON
United Press Staff CorreSpOnde q

SEDALIA, Mo-, Oct. 16.-Gov.
Alfred f. Smith waved his friendly
brown derby today to central Mis-
souri,, the dry agriculture community
which holds the balance of political
power in this doubtful border state.
A morning parade, an afternoon
of conferences in an historical old
fotel and night speech in a live
stock pavilion at the State Fair
grounds were on the governor g
schedule. The five mile parade will
introduce the candidate from the
sidewalks of New York to the farm
ers and citizens of the "Show Me-
state. The conferences which will
be attended by Charles NJ. Hay,
Democratic candidate for senator
and county chairman, will organize
the final effort of the campaign
here. The night speech to be broad
east at 8 p. m. central time over a
national radio hookup will set forth
Smiths views about what he calls
"The Myth of Republican Pros
| perity.'
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-16
FINAL ATTEMPT
TO AID HICKMAN
PROVES FUTILE
Governor Young Will
Not Interfere To Save
Young Slayer.
by United Press Leased Wire

SACRAMENTO, Calf, Oct. 10
William Edward Hickman 3 last
hope Of evading death in the gal
lows went glimmering here today.
Governor Young, after a confer
ence with Thomas Hickman, the
condemned youth s father, and
Jerome Walsh, his attorney, refused
to grant communication of the
death penalty, or interfere with the
process of the law in any way.
Walsh first appealed to the COVER
nor, to commute the death sentence
to life mprisonment. When that
was refused, he urged the governor
to appoint commission of Califor
mia physicians and alienists to ex-
anime Hickman for his sanity.
Governor Young declared that
Warden j. j. Holohan of San Quen-
tin prison, where Hickman will be
executed, has full power under the
law to have such q sanity examina-
tion conducted.
Warden Holohan, then, is the
only person in California who stands
between William Edward Hickman
and the noose,' Walsh announced
after the conference.
To See Warden
Walsh expects to go to San
Francisco by airplane this hfter-
noon. Tonight or tomorrow morn
ing he will seek an audience with
Warden Holohan and ask for the
sanity examination. Walsh declar,
ed he did not hold much hope for
favorable action from the warden
whom. Walsh believes, is convinced
that Hickman is perfectly sane.
Hickman's father will go from
Sacramento to San Francisco today
and may visit his son at San Quen
tin prison tomorrow. From the
prison he expects to go directly tc
his home at FL Paso, Texas, not re
naming in California until after the
execution.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-16
WILL ROGERS ON
STAGE AGAIN TO
AID HIS FRIEND
by United Press Leased Wire

NEW YORK, Oct. 16.--Back on
Broadway, substituting for his old
friend Fred Stone, who was injured
in an airplane accident, Will Rogers
opened with stones daughter Dor
othy in new musical comedy
"Threc Cheers at the Globe Thea
ter last night.
Will stepped out of the book twice
during the piece to deliver long
political harangucs in his best man
ncr. He lambasted the Republicans
and Democrats impartially.
According to an 'old Spanish
CUSTOM he told his audience that
"farm relief consists in relieving
the farmers of all they possess. "
\ straw vote in which the audi
cnce raised hands convinced th"
comedian that Smith won by Il
crooked thumb in the balcony.'
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-16
TALES OF
SEA TRIP
RELATED
Passengers Aboard Graf
Zeppelin Give Account
of Experiences.
VARIED IMPRESSIONS
All Enthusiastic About
Delights of Air Travel
and Praise Eckener.
By CARL d. GRoAT
United Press Staff Correspondent)

LAKEHURST, \. j., Oct. 10
The Graf Zeppelin, her pioneering
passenger flight across the Atlantic
tliumphantly achieved, was moved
into the hangar of the naval air
station here today.
Five hundred men pulled and
pushed her great 770-foot hulk
through the towering entrance into
position alongside her smaller sis
ter, the Los Angeles.
The Graf Zeppelin was taken in
side at , n. m, when weather con
ditions favored the maneuver. She
had been moored to the short mast
outside since her arrival at $40 p.
IN. f.. S. T. yesterday, when she com
pleted voyage of 1 days, - hours,
~ minutes from Friedrichshafen,
Germany.
The Graf Zeppelin thus was in
port today, like any ocean liner.
awaiting rc-fucling, fresh supplies
and passengers before starting again
across the Atlantic.
Workmcn will swarm over her for
week. repairing the big hole in her
port stabiliZcr, torn by a storm at
sea, inspecting the hull and engines
and reconditioning the world IS first
ocean passenger air liner for II re-
urn to Germany
tt Meanwhile, her crew of 40 and
some Of her 20 passengers prepared
fer the reception New York is Civ
ing in their >honor. Dr. Hugo Eckcn-
or, commander, and his crew re-
manned here or at Lakewood, while
others went on to New York.
Eckencr was n guest of Capt. F..
s. Jackson, commander of the Lake
hurst station, With his crew, he will
90 to New York to be taken up the
larbor on the yacht Macon and up
the lower Broadway canyon to the
City hall for the customary New
York welcome reserved for dis
tnguishcd guests.
Repair Rip in Fabric
The story of the Graf Zeppelin s
voyage over more than 5000 miles
If land and water, the maiden com
mcrcial voyage of a trans Atlantic
air liner, had been told only frag-
mentarily today by the tired but
happy passengers.
The first reaction of the passen-
gers was relief to be on land again,
desire for a drink of water and for
smoke.
The chief thrill of the voyage
came Friday night in mid-Atlantic
southwest of the Azores, when the
Graf Zeppelin encountered a small
gale. The covering of the port
stabilizer, which helps keep the
ship on a steady keel, was ripped
open by the wind.
One passenger said the ship took
Z fearsome dip, bucking in the
wind, and there was fear among
passengers that she was going to
plunge into the Atlantic. The ship
was held 10 an even keel, however,
Continued on Page Three)
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-16

VARFARE:
AWAITED
Police of Half Dozen
Cities Keep Watch On
Orientals. II
FIVE ARE KILLED
General Outbreak Anti
cipated AS Tongs Dig Up
Hatchet.
BY JERRY QUISENBERRY
United Press Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, Oct. 16.-The Hip
Sings and the On Leong are at war
"gain, and today, after three years
of peace, the terror of death spread
once more through the Chinatowns
of half a dozen American cities.
Within their secret chambers,
gathered around low burning lights,
the generals of the country's two
most powerful tongs are marshaling
their hatchetmen and gunmen for an
outbreak which threatens, before
many days, to extend from coast to
coast.
Five Chinese already lie dead in
morgues at Chicago, Philadelphia
and New York. Until they were
killed there was little to show that
the two societies, which for years
have been mortal enemies, were pre-
pairing to resume their age-old war
fare.
Specially picked squads of dectec-
tives strolled the narrow, crooked
streets of New York s Chinatown
today.
Occasionally a slant eyed Orient
al would. emerge from nearby
building and paste a large sheet of
paper, inscribed with Chinese char
acters, on the board, to give China
town the latest reports from the
| 'war 'front.'
Behind a penny arcade three doors
north of Pell Street is a shooting
gallery. Its business in the last six
weeks has trebled. Almost any hour
of the day large group of Chinese
can be found in front of it, practic-
ing their craftsmanship.
Last War Long
The last tong war between tho
Hip Sings and the On Leongs con-
tinucd from the early autumn of
1924 to October, 1925. In the first
three months more than 80 Chinese
were murdered by rival Tongsmen.
The Chinese Merchants Association,
the Chinese Benevolent Association
and eventually the Chinese Legation
at Washington made repeated eff
forts to effect a truce, but to no
avail.
Toward the last, however, govern
ment officials stepped in. They
rounded up 206 Chinese within u
single week and deported 100 of
them. Hostilities soon died and
Chinatown became quieted.
Go down into Chinatown and seek
the real facts at the bottom of any
Tong war, and you'll learn little
more than the Orientals have allow
cd you to know in past years. lie
he chooses to speak at all ON the
subject, the Chinese generally will
tell you that Tong war is fought
over a principle of honor. An emf
nent Hip Sing insults an On Leong
dignitary, or vice versa, and the in
iured Tongmen fly at their rivals
with hatchets, long knives and re-
volvers until they feel their honor
has been avenged.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-16
Hoover Returns
To. Washington
BY THOMAS L. STOKES
United Press Staff Correspondent)

NShttSo ASoo oldll
ABOARD HERBERT HOOVER s
SPECIAL TRAIN EN ROUTE TO
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16. Herbert
Hoover was returning to Washing
ton today with high hopes that
Massachusetts would give her Is
electoral votes to him as result
Of impetus to his campaign by his
personal appearances in the bay
state which were so well received
The Republican presidential candi-
date carries with him from Massa-
chusetts the memory of a day re-
plete with enthusiastic welcome and
a hearty response to his address
especially his praise of the Republi-
can protective tariff as the basis of
present prosperity and his declara-
ton that the competitive tariff"
plan of his Democratic opponent.
Alfred Il. Smith, would bring lower
wages and cut the farmers income.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-16
Minor Matters
Before Board

Several minor matters occupied
the supervisors during the afternoon
session yesterday. The purchasing
agent was instructed to purchase a
caterpillar tractor for Road District
. and to advertise for bids for a 60
horsepower caterpillar tractor for
DISTRICT >.
The county clerk was instructed to
advertise for bids for rock crusher
to be installed in the Mount Signal
district, also to advertise for bids
for the purchase of fair grounds
equipment.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-16
FORD SUPPORTS HOOVER ON
HIS PROHIBITION PLATFORM

this country, at least, we have
not been able to get sobriety
without prohibition.
"The first effect of rever-
sal of prohibition would be
decline in wages. Our high
wage rate is based ON steady,
efficient workmanship, and
whatever interfcres with that
basis will bring wages down.
Ford expressed the opinion
that Hoover embodies this
national belief about the CON
ncction between prosperity and
prohibition.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-16
REGISTRATION IN
IMPERIAL COUNTY
SETS new MARK

At least one record has been
shattered in the pending presidential
election. Imperial county has turn
ed in a registration of ll,2ll which
is the heaviest registration in a
presidential campaign in the his
tory of the valley.
Figures recently compiled by Cal
G.. Mousseau, county clerk, show
that of this number 6,jl2 has de
clarcd themselves as Republicans,
1884 as Democrats, so as Prohibi-
tionists, - as Socialists and S52
have refused to declare party af-
filiation.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-16
Military School
Athletes Hurt
by United Press Leased Wire

PASADENA, Calf, Oct. 16.-
Five Oneonta Military Academy
football players were injured, two
of them seriously, when their auto
mobile overturned in an attempt to
avoid collision with another ma
chine here today.
William Philip, IS, Los Angeles.
suffered possible concussion of the
brain. Wilfred Butt, %, Pasadena,
received a dislocation and possible
fracture of the left shoulder
Robert Butt, II, and John Truitt,
21, Pasadena, and James A. Smith,
is, Los Angeles, were bruised. All
were taken to AIhambra hospital.
They win recover.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-16
FCOURT DECIDES
in FAVOR OF
JUDGE HARDY
Rules Jurist Need Not
Answer to Demand of
Bar Association.
by United Press Leased Wire

Los ANGELES, Oct. 16.-Judge
Carlos s. Hardy is not a member Of
the state bar and was not in con
tempt Of court when he refused tC
submit to questioning by that body
regarding $500 check given him
by Aimee Semple Mcpherson.
Superior judge McComb ruled to-
day in the contempt proceedings
brought by the bar.
While the verdict was Il distinct
victory for Judge Hardy, he was
severely reprimanded by Judge Me
Comb for accepting the check.
Judge McComb reached his dcci-
sion after two court sessions in
which defense attorneys maintained
that only lawyers TO practice law
could be members of the state bar
Judge Hardy, they contended, be
cause of his election to the bench
could not be considered eligible to
practice in court.
Judge McComb pointed out sew.
eral rulings and said that the right
to appear in court on legal matters
in representation of clients was gen
orally conceded to mean " practice. -
"'No expression of opinion made
by this court was intended to show
any appreciation of Judge Hardy 5
acceptance of fee or gift from
Aimee Semple Mcpherson and Mrs
Minnie Kennedy" the judge dc
clared.
"To the contrary, this court has
nothing but the severest condemna.
tion for such procedure, and believes
it violates every cannon of ethics
drawn for the guidance of members
OF the bar. Such tactics tend tc
bring the court in low repute.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 16.-Con
stitutionality of the state bar act
was to be determined by Superior
Judge Marshall McComb today il
his decision in the contempt OF
court proceedings brought against
Judge Carlos Hardy by the state
bars special examining committee
When called before the committee
to explain why he received $3.50
check from Timee Semple McPher
SON, Judge 11ardy refused to rccog
ni2e the Eoyd s Jurisdiction.
Judge Hardy's attorneys contend
ed that the committee has no iuris
diction over the judiciary, tha
Judge Hardy may not practice il
any court in the state because of {
law prohibiting such action by ;
Judge and that, therefore. he is mo-
eligible for membership in the bar
association.
Judge Hardy said the check wa,
given him for his advice to the Anr
elus Temple management.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-16
|LOts OF Dirt
Says Knights

Persons wanting dirt for fill
ing in purposes from the Eighth
Street ditch better turn in their
applications at once" declared
City Engineer knights this morn
ing.
1--WE have already received
more than so applications and as
we will deliver it on a first
come, first served basis, those
who do not hurry their orders
are very apt to be minus the
Dirt