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Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-18
PURPOSE:
Of LAWS
OUTLINED
Special County Funds
Explained to Large
Gathering
ECONOMY MEASURE
Provides Money to Care
For Needs in Cases of
Emergency.

I'm one Of the most representat-
i've public official meetings ever
held in Imperial County, the matter
of taxes was gone into thoroughly
at a special session cf superior
court. presided over by Judge
,aughn y. Thompson tins morning.
More than SEQ persons attended the
session.
Tie meeting was called for the
express purpose Of Strengthening
out the new laws nac.ed govern
ing the establishment of special
county funds and the requiring of
every public official tc submit q
budget.
The matter of the two special
funds. the Interpretation of which
lad caused feeling Of considerable
anxiety throughout the county, was
lie first matter to be brought up
IT the meeting.
District Attorney Head was first
. called upon by Judge Thompson to
speak and in his short talk he urged
the cooperation Of the various pub
lie officials in cutting IL cir budgets
Ito the extreme in order that these
two funds might be established.
VI. d. Lack of the California Tax.
! payers association, located in Los
angeles, then interpreted the laws
| for the benefit OF all. In his talk
lie brought out the fat that the
two special funds sought are: First
revolving fund, established for the
purpose Of allowing the various
/ uubIlc departments privilege to
/ borrow money in times Of need with.
out the necessity of paying heavy
interest. This f"nd can be establi-
shed at any amount from one dollar
70 any sum, but is compulsory under
/ the new ruling.
At the end of each year 60 per
I cent of this fund is turned back to
4 the general fund This is done SOLE
+ .v for she purpose of keeping the
/ fund from becoming a frozen ac-
/ count. No money can be spent out
Il this fund, its sole purpose being
no have funds available for the var
I ioHs departments in time of need.
The budget made out by the pub
| Tie official must be lived up to in
every respect and he can not bor-
row up amount greater than the
amount Of his budget from the re.
/ yoNing fund. IL is merely for the
. purpose Of allowing the department.
+ 10 have money available during the
period when the tax from which his
budget is financed is being collect.
ID.
The second is the unbudgeted re-
serve fuHi 20 be established for the
/ purpose II meeting emergencies and
/ Is iu reality a part Of the general
/ county fund This fund. however,
/ is krpt separately and only at such
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Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-18
IMPERIAL BANK
DIVIDEND MAY
BE- POSTPONED

A petition was filed at the county
clerks office this morning by Will
G. Wood, superintendent of state
banks and Frank Bordwell, special
deputy in charge of the liquidation
of the Farmers and Merchant IS
Bank Of Imperial. The petition asks
that the bank be allowed to declare
dividend of 10 per cent in favor
Of depositors Of both the commercial
and savings departments.
In the petition, however, the bank
points out thar the Imperial Irri-
CATION district has entered a proven
claim amounting to something more
than $4,000 but that the petition
ers do not wish at this time to pay
the - per cent dividend to the dis
trict. They point out that an ac-
ton has been filed by the petition
ers against the district relative to
this claim and that the payment of
the dividend to the district be al
lowed to be held up pending settle
mcut Of this ease.
The petition points ont that the
proven claims against the CONNER
cial department of the bank amount
to $l5j, j,63l.2l and the improved
claims against this department are
$2,720.2J.
The proved claims against the
Savings department of the bank are
placed in the petition at $l2, ,l2l.52
and the improved claims $3,15o.3S.
The petition asks that the matter
be given hearing by the court at
an early date. Elbcrt w. Davis and
J. II. Hoffman are appearing as
attorneys for the petitioners.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-18
WITNESS GIVES
MORE EVIDENCE
ON FALLS NOTE
Son In Law Identifies
Memorandum as Former
Secretary'S
ny InIted rre.. Lsa.ea wIre

WASHINGTON, April Is Tho
senate Teapot Dome committee de
Vcloprd more facts TODAY about fhr
mysterious memorandum discovered
IN the committee filrs December
1923, aud written presumably Boy
former Secretary nf Interior Fall
for the private information ~ g.
member Of the investigating com
mittc during the height or tbr inVes
tigati"n before present known facts
were developed.
tlarcuc" =. Chase. SON IN law Of
Fan, was asked 10 testify concern.
ing the typeWritiHg ~ letter Fall
sent 10 former senator L,uruut. then
chairman Of the senate iusrstigat-
ing committee.
Chase said the sheets Of the two
papers bore the same water marks
He said they probably were written
on the same machine at the same
time.
The memorandum was n legal ar
gumcnt against the idea that Fall
obtained money from Harry Sinclair
to whom he leased the naval re-
serve. 1t also ridiculed the Fall
! Sinclair defense contention that Sin.
| clair gave money to Fan TO purchase
an interest in Fall s New Mexico
ranch properties.
| In New York, Fall consulted T.. l.
] Doheny, California oil producer. tC
whom lie leased the Elk Hills naya'
reserve, Chase said.
There Fall found that Dohenv had
mutilated the 100000 note record
ing Doheny's "Ioan' to Fail, Chase
said.
Fall went to Dohenv's home in
New York, Chase said. He also saw
Sinclair and Sinclair's right han(
man, Colonel Zevely.
Ignorant of Loan
At that time, Chase said. the New
Mexico witnesses were testifyin!
before the committee concerning
Falls sudden affluence.
Chase said he long had believed
the money that Fall obtained 70
purchase of his New Mexico rancl
properties had been advanced b,
Price Mckinney of Cleveland.
Later he said he believed Fall ha,
told him he obtained 100000 fron
! Dohcny. He said he had not know
of the Sinclair "loan" to Fall unit
he read it in the newspapers.
Chase said Hays went to see Fal
two or three times at Wardmal
Park hotel here early in 1924 whcI
Fall was here to testify before The
the Teapot Dome committee. II,
said he did not believe they discus
sed the naval reserve leases, bu
thought Hays "just dropped in t,
pay his respects.
Under questioning by Senate
Pittman, Democrat, Nevada, Chas,
! said he came here to testify in 1872
that Doheny had loaned Fall tn,
I 100000. He was not to testify n
bout the Sinclair loan to Fan nj
though he knew about it, Chase said
Senator Curtiss, Republican floo
leader and now presidential candi
date, was among Falls callers a
the hotel here around Christmas
1924, Chase said.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-18
Judge To Talk at
Jasper Meeting

Jasper Farm Center will hold a
meeting Friday night at the Jasper
school at which Judge Vaughn
Thompson will be the principal
speaker. "What Becomes OF Your
Tax Money! will be the subject
of Judge Thompson S talk.
Items of interest to farmers will
be given by Agricultural Extension
service representatives, and Miss
EStellc Griswold, home demonstrate
ion agent, will speak.
Entertainment numbers and re.
fresmcntS will complete the even,
ing.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-18
BY FELIX McHUGH
~. p. Special Correspondent

st. JOHNS, y. F., April IS
1ndomitable courage, which included
preference to death from revolver
bullets rather than from exposure,
spells the reason that laughing
Celt and two calm Germans were
able to fly westwardly across the
Atlantic in an air feat that no man
before had accomplished.
Thirty.six hours tie Bremen, the
through the Atlantic skies. Part of
the time the flight was a lark
through cool morning winds. The
greater part, however, was fight
through fog, slcet and vicious winds.
In those latter hours the airplane s
lhree gallant Major James
Fitzmauricc, Capt. Hermann kOchl
and Baron Gunther Won Hucncfeld
-peered unseeingly through the fog
and winds which had turned to
failure all other trans Atlantic
flight attempts.
Then haven-a tiny lighthouse
that appeared at first to be seal
ing vessel. A level stretch. There
was 4 decision TO land. The plane,
its fuel exhausted settled down,
cracked through the ice. The flight
was ended.
But ven knowing success was
theirs they were safe somewhere
in North America fliers felt
they faced death even worse than
a crash into the Atlantic, That was
death from exposure and cold.
But they were saved and the
story of the heroic flight now is
available.
BY many means it has been picc-
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-18
Children Die AS
Home Is Burned

SlSTERNILLE, w. Va, April IS.
-Four children were burned to
death and two others burned seri-
ously when fire DESTROYED the Den
ton Tenant home near lcre today.
The dead:
Brooks, 10; Nonda Bell, 5; Gar
net, :; and Betty Lee, ?, all child
rem of Mr.. and Mrs. Denton Ten
nant
llarlic Tenant, -. and Dennis
Tcnaant, l., were burned badly and
are in Sistcrvillc hospital
Gas, leaking through It defective
stove hose connection, ignitcd from
an oil lamp caused the hlale. The
small children were in bed and per
lshcd despite frantic efforts of the
parents To save them.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-18
AV|AT0RS
EXHIBIT
COURAGE
Story of Bremen's Trip
Reveals HerOism of It's
Dauntless Crew.
TALE IN SECTIONS
RemOtehess of Greenly
Island Makes COmmuni-
cation Difficult.

Editors Note:-The United
Press is able to present here
with detailed and connected
story of the brilliant flight of
the Junkers airplane Bremen
westwardly across the Atlantic;
the mental anguish of the three
gallant fliers as their plane
floundered through fog banks
off New Foundland; the sudden
forced landing on little Greenly
Island, and the hardships the
three fliers underwent in their
bitterly cold Labrador refuge.
Piece by piece the story has
been picked up by a score Of
United Press correspondents in
the out of the way news areas
of the frozen northlands. One
detail after another was passed
from Greedy Island and out
through meager news channels.
Some came by wireless, some
came by word Of mouth-and
the combined story makes one
of the most amazing epics of
bravery and fortitude against
great handicaps in the histor
of aviation.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-18
Continued on Page 6)
Lindbergh Back
In st. Louis
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ST. LOUIS, Mo, April ls.-Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh was back
home again today.
With his former hackers, II. NJ.
Bixby and II. II. knight, the flyer
completed the last lap of his trip
from San Diego last night and put
his new plane in a hangar. He de
clined to discuss his future plans.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April IS. Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh, flying in
airplane this afternoon, flying in
n northeasterly direction, presum-
ably for Chicago or Detroit.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-18
Julian Witnesses
Sought by Police
by United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, April 1S.-Dc-
putty sheriffs still wer" searching
today for four Los Angeles brokers
wanted as witnesses in the Julian
Petroleum Corporation over-isSuc
trial
Court was adjourned Yesterday
until > p. m. today in an effort to
get these men into court. The bro,
kers, c. c. Streeter, II, j. Barnc-
son, a. c. Wagy and II, b. Cheshire
are an important part of the defense
If 5. c, Lewis, former head of the
Gil company, he said IN asking the
pOstpOmement.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-18
Loses Action
Against Star
by United Press Leased Wire

NEW YORK, April 1S.-Murray
Phillips, theatrical booking agent,
lost his suit for $4,2TO against
Eleanor Boardman, screen star, in
supreme court today.
Phillips alleged Miss Roarlman
owed him the money under a con
tract which provided that he should
receive five percent of Miss Board
man 5 earnings and 10 percent of
Ter motion picture income.
The jury ruled no contract exist
ed.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-18
Insanity Plea
For Slayer
by United Press Leased Wire

Los ANGELES, April 1s.-Ncw-
ell Linvillc Ga, of San Francisco,
who shot and killed 16-year,old Lou
is Friedman because the youth
teased him, was to appear in court
Cor preliminary hearing on a muir
der charge today.
Linville, according to his attor-
ncy, S. S. Hahn, spent several years
in an insane asylum. Hahn said in
sanity would be advanced as a de-
tense.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-18
Woman Sought on
Fraud Charge
By United Press Lensed Wire

LOS ANGELES, April 1s.--A "a
lour search had failed 10 find Miss
Emily Peterson and today police ex-
pressed the belief that the woman,
accused Of the embezzlement Of
more than 100000, had escaped a
cross the Mexican border.
Miss Peterson was charged specif-
ieallv with forgery when il was as
serted She had used power of attor
rey fe blk boz brokerage clients Of
lc.r Investments. She had fled
sfum her home when police called
20 arrest her.
According 20 letter written to Q
rsIa'lYr. Ms Peterson, herself, lat
ar was flsg,rd 9f ffe money by
.. hul friend.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-18
FRANK ABUSE CHARGED
by United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, April 1S.-Thc
house naval affairs committee vot-
ed today to begin a formal investi-
CATION next Wednesday into charges
that the national council for pre-
vention of war had sent out "pro-
paganda - matter illegally under the
frank of Representative McClin-
tie, Democrat, Oklahoma
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-18
Edison Company
To Sell Stock
By United Press Leased Wire

SAN FRANCISCO, April 1s.-
Authority to issue two large blocks
Of stock was asked of he Railroad
Commission here today by the
Southern California Edison com
pany.
The first block, totaling $500,
900, was 100000 shares of common
stock at $25 each. This will be of
fered employees on the installment
plan.
The second block of 10000 shares
12 percent preferred ot $25 par
will be put on the market. Proceeds
from the sales will be used for con
ditioning and betterment of service,
the petition stated.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-18
VETERAN HAS EVEN CHANCE
ny United Press Leased Wire

HOLLYWOOD, April lS.-Con
dition of Frank Currier 7lycarolt
stage and screen player, suffering
with a serious attack ot tluo'
poisoning, was unchanged today
it was said at his homc here. Tn,
veteran actor was reported % hay,
only an even chance TO recover.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-18
What's Doing
TONIGHT

TONIGHT
Love and Learn" Palace
! Theater.
Legion of the Condemned, "
. Valley Theater.
why Girls Walk Home,
Brlnk Tulane Theater.
Blue Triangle Club Dinner.
!. Mrs. Ro,s T. Hiekeox ESQ p.
m.
Yellow Dog dance. Red Wing
pavilion, Brawley.
Midweek meetings. various
churches.
F. o. E. No, 1859 meets. 452
Main street.
Chamber of Commerce direc-
tors meet.
Radio: X. G. Z. n. $40 p. m.
TOMORROW
Rotary Club luncheon, Hotel
Barbara Worth.
Woman's Ten Thousand Club
meets, club house. $3.50 p. m.
Radio: X. G. z. N, IL 20 1880
p. m.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-18
DAUGHTER LOSES IN RACE
TO SEE DYING MOTHER
ny United Press Leased Wire

RANGER Texas, April IS
Hcath won q race with an airplanc
lere last night when Mrs. II. V.
lry. -. Cedar Falls, Iowa, died of
iurirs reviewed in an automobile
,,dcnt before her daughter, Mrs.
\.31 Wand, Los Angeles, could
rath her by airplanc.
Mrs. Wand who left Los Angeles
'sterday by plane, was forced down
Tucson, AriS., last night, accord
'Hg ~ a telephone message receiv-
"a az the hospital ten minutes af-
'.r Mrs. ley died.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-18
Farmer Attempts.
To Slay Family
ny United Press Leased Wire

NEWPORT, Tenn, April 1S.-D.
II. Hawk, 50, a widely known pros
rerous farmer, dubbed his wife
md two daughters with an axe at
Lis home north of here today and
then committed suicide by shooting
imsclf.
Maudella Hawk, -, a daughter,
dead. Mrs. Louise Hawk, 60. his
wife, and Lucille Hawk, %, another
laughter, are in the hospital here
.nd were reported fatally injured.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-18
Court Defers
Bank Hearing
Nv raItea rrr.. leased wire

SANTA Ana. Cal, April Is
lle1fIuE r1 fhr petition ~ the Se-
.uufy Trust aul Savings Bank oe
les Angeles f.r permanent in
.Huet..u fa rrtrttu tfF the United
Security Hans and Trust Company,
70 San Francisco from further eN-
r1H...u a.I'. using tHe name '' >e-
H8fv vs postponed TODAY until
April aH N. JaIs. Iau.. Allen, of
1raT-. ..rIfN.
8 Temporary .stralr'ne order
granted base H.rt NH haIl good
.rfI t'af .m.. iHd.e N''en ral~d.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-18
Mulis Found In
Kansas City
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KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April IS
Suffering from memory lapse, a
man who said he was Joseph Mulis
10, owner of the Pima Sand and
Gravel Company of Tucson, Ariz.
was taken to the General hospital
today from the Union station.
Mulis told hospital authorities
he did not know he was in Kansas
City and could not remember hay
ing left Tucson. lie mentioned Den.
Yer and said something about rid
ing on a bus. A bill fold in his
pocket contained 5000.
Asked concerning his family,
Mulis said his wife ana four child
rem live in Tucson. He asked that
they be notified of his whereabouts.
He will be held here pending re-
teipt Of word from his Wife.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-18
ANOTHER PAIR SPLIT
by United Press Leased Wire

HOLLYWOOD. April Is.
Louise Brooks, screen ;rtr.ss, aut
her husband, Eddie Sutherland. dir
ector, have separated ard Mis-
ProoEs probably will bring d.yorc,
action soon, it was leaned tad3-
The couple was married iu New
York in 1926.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-18
OPERATE ON FILM STAR
BY United Press Leased Wire

HOLLYWOOD, April 1S.-Karl
Dane, screen actor, is recovering
rapidly from an operation perform
ed to correct a shoulder injury suf-
fered in fall during the filming
of picture at the Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer lot. Dane viii be able to re
sumo his finn work in several
weeks, it was said.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-18
Where Bomb Killed Fifteen

children soldiers killed
Milan Italy while thousands
of King Emmanuel A
the assassination of the king
exploded minutes be-
party reached the Piazza Guo Cesare
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-18
Seek Jury For
'Gish Hearing.
Nv United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, April 1S.-Sele'
ction of jury occupied the morn
ing session of the trial of Charles
II. Duell's $j,OoO,00O damage suit
against Lillian Gish, the screen
star, Louis B. Mayer and the Met
ro-Goldwyn Mayer studi is.
Duell charges breach IF contract
asserting that Miss Gish conspircd
with Mayer and the Nom com
pany TO avoid contract she enter
cd with him.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-18
BROKEN NECK FATAL

LONG BEACH Anrl lsA
broken neck sustained in hizh
school wrestling match wifh class
mate caused the 1.afh latr last
night of Everett Hgteher, a.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-18
M0tOrcade Meets
With Success On
Trip to Memphis

According to a telegram received
10y the Press from Fred Nobel
Thau a. White sulphur Springs,
Texas. the motorca!c bound for
Memphis, Tennessee, TO attend the
- broadway of America conven
tion, is meeting with splendid sue
cess. E=
At that point the motorcade w1s
Geo strong. with recruits coming in
q every stopping place, and II WIS
indicated there would easily be in
excess Of luUJ when Memphis is
reached.
There were 1000 persons at the
meeting in the city square here,
Ncbcl-Thau states, ''and every
house in town was thrown open 10
us. II has been this way all along
the route. We are putting on q
brief talk and songs in each pro
gram and the san picgo quartctte
is verv generously helping us %
sing Fl Centro' and Imperial Val
lev You can tell Doug Decide that
his songs are going over big.
"Nore of the ears has had any
serious trouble and we are rolling
along on schedule. The entire crowd
is full of pep and ginger and If en-
thusiasm counts that big paved
road is sure TO be a reality.
"We We got TO have more I'm
perial Valley folders. These folks
in Texas ate them up. They didn q
take them just because they were
good looking folders, but because
those wishing them are really inter
ested in Imperial Valley. Many Of
those who asked for folders stated
they have relatives in Imperial Val.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-18
JUICE REsIoNs OFFICE
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WASHINGTON. ArI Is Judge
Edward D. tamUH. Cos lf years
.li.f .uet... Hr tt. r9trf States
court .f raIn, Ier.. t.ad,r.i Us
.Euaf.ar f1 I'r.sfl.Hf Coolidge fa.
dav.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-18
ELECTION oRnER SIGNED
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Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-18

Imperial Valley police had been
asked to keep 4 watch for Mulis,
and circulars describing him were
distributed among all valley police
departments.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-18
CLAIMS TO BE
SLAYER IN HALL
MILLS MYSTERY
By United Press Leased Wire

Ell RENO, Okla, April l8.-A
signed confession today that he was
the actual murderer in the Hall
Mills case Of New JERSEY, has been
made here hy Elwin + Allen, ad-
vcnturcr and former Oklahoma
prisoner county authorities an
bounced today.
Although authorities evinccd
skcpticism, they said Allen 5 affi-
davit setting forth that he shot and
killed the Rev Edward W. Hall and
Mrs. Eleanor Mills near Brunswick.
y. j., September II, 49,, checked
N details.
Allen affidavit said he murder
cd the minister and MIS-. Mills for
5000 and ear
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-18

"Thus far the weather has been
fine and everyone in the caravan IS
enjoying the trip immensely. We
are looking forward 10 the couven.
ton and have been assured that
Memphis is preparing Eousing wei.
come for us.'
A p. S. on Nebel-Thau's com
munication states: can these
places look fine but there Is only
one place on the map. You are
where it is"
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-18

SOMERVILLF. y. =, April IS
Prosecutor francis l.. Bergen Of
Somerset count, today received 4
telegram from the sheriff at e
Reno, Okla, saying that Elwin F.
Allen has confessed that he commit
ted the Hall Mills murders Bergen
Immediately wired for details of the
statement attributed to Allen.
Il don't think much Of it, the
prosecutor said.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-18

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-01
POSTWAR Graft

Germany has a millionaire on
the griddle. 1t will be very inter-
esting to see what she can do. We
have always regarded the German
people as slaves to class, as helpless
in the face Of power. But young
Hugo SHINES is being held without
bail, and that, too, on no more
heinouS charge that we preferred
against Doheny, Sinclair, Blackmer
and O'Neil.
Young SHINES is accused of max
ing false aff1davits with regard to
Government bonds, to have said he
purchased them before June 80,
1919, instead of afterward.
The difference represents a 500
per cent profit, since the German
Government agreed to redeem
bonds that we're bought before that
date and held by the original pur-
chaser at five times the price of
those that were bought afterward
and for speculation.
Young SHINES stood to make $15,-
100000 on the bonds with regard to
which he made the false declara-
ton. What would happen to him in
the United States2 What has hap
pened to the hundreds who Matched
war babies through lying and de-
ceit, who padded pay rolls under the
cost plus system, who overcharged
the Government, who horned in on
the con1scated alien property?