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Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-15
ARIZONA ADDS
TO PROTECTION
AGAINST PESTS

PHOENIX, Ariz., Aug. .l5. W.p)-
Five new quarantine inspectors
have been added to the state staff
to aid in Arizona's S fight against
the threatened invasion of the
Mediterranean fruit fly, DR.. Oscar
Bartlett, state entomologist, an
nounced today.
An appropriation of an additional
$4,000 was urged for the emer-
gency by the state commission of
agriculture and horticulture. About
$4,000 of that amount would be
used to. eradicate foulbrood from
Yuma county apiaries, it was said.
The commissioner asked Governor
Phillips for an emergency procla-
nation. The $4,000 recently ap-
propriated has been nearly eXpend-
cd in establishing quarantine sta
tions. A new station will be placed
at Silver City, n, NJ, highway near
Clifton. Highways from Albuquer'
que, n. NJ, and from Soceoro are
now protected.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-15
CROSS-COUN
REFUELINC TRIP
STARTS TONIGHT

FELTS FIELD, Spokane, Wash,
Aug. 10. W.P)-When the clock
strikes six here tonight, the Spokane
Sun God will take off on the first
attempt in aviation history to make
7,200 mile nonstop refueling
flight from Spokane to New York
and return.
In the cockpit of the Bull Arise
dan will be Lieutenant Nick Manner
and Art Walker, co-pilot, who ex-
pect to make the round trip in ap'
proximately 70 hours.
Hundreds of people milled about
the field as final preparations were
made and it was expected that moro
than 10000 would be on hand to
see the plane hop off.
The purpose of the flight is to
demonstrate that refueEng in flight
is practical for commercial aircraft
passenger express, freight and air
mail service.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-15
River Returning
To Normal Size

SAN MARCIAL, n. NJ, Aug. Is.
W.P)-The tickle Rio Grande, which
changed from a placid stream to a
surging torrent to sweep before it
towns. crops, homes, bridges and
dykes in this fertile valley, started
to return to it's banks today.
Not before il had made hundreds
of prosperous truck farmers hong.
less, and had done damage estimated
at nearly $4,000 however, did the
river begin to reeede
Unless fresh flood waters are
poured into the stream, dykes pro
tecting San Marcial will hold, ii
was believed.
Meantime, a survey of the flood
ed district revealed enormous dam
age with possible loss of life. San
Acacia and San Antonio, villages
above here, were submerged com
pletely or washed away. Every
adobe house in San Marcial has
crumpled. Other buildings suffered
extensive damage.
Valiant efforts of the male popu
lation of San Marcial aided by
volunteers, saved this town from the
fate of its two neighboring villages
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-15
RUSSIAN ATTACK
REPORTED FROM
FRONTIER POINT

TOKYO, Aug. 15. U.H-A Nip
pom Dempo News Agency dispatch
from Mukden said today that Mar
shall Chang Hsueh-Liang, director OF
Manchuria, had ordered three briga-
des prepared to proceed to the Rus
sian border. The action was taken.
the dispatch said, in consequence OF
the occupation ON Tuesday of two
points within the Chinese border by
Soviet troops.
PEIPING, China, Aug. Is. U.H--
Chinese evening newspapers today
printed wholly unconfirmed reports
of Russian invasion along tho
Sungari river attacking Suitung.
Hsien at the junction of the Sun
Carl and Amur rivers.
The Chinese garrison resisted for
several hours, the reports assert,
hut finally retreated. The Chinese
then were reinforced and advanced.
recapturing the city, but Russian
gunboats and airplanes were sent
out with the intention of separat-
ing the Chinese river fleet and the
land forces, the reports state.
Legations here were uninformed
regarding the reports and appeared
skeptical.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-15
INVESTIGATION OF
PHOENIX SLAYINC
HINTS SENSATION

PHOENIX, Ariz., Aug. Is. W.H-
Sensational developments in the
death of Paul Reynolds, department
of justice agent, were limited today
before government operatives clamp
ed the lid of secrecy on their efforts
to find Reynolds slayers.
Two men, said to be prominent
figures in the Phoenix underworld
are under surveillance and IS 9th.
ers have been questioned in connec'
tion with the death of the agent.
Reynolds was shot through the
heart last week and his body was
throw into an irrigation ditch.
Louis Dennette, department of
justice inspector from FL Paso, 'arriv'
ed to take charge of the investiga'
tion and ordered secrecy in all
operations of his men.
Dennette said however that the
investigation "may bring to light
protection payoffs which have
found their way into the hands OF
persons high in political and social
affairs of Arizona. y
The agents found fingerprints on
n mirror in the automobile in which
Reynolds rode to his death.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-15
SANTA BARBARA
REVELS IN DAYS
OF SPANISH D0NS

SANTA BARBARA, Calf, Aug.
5.UH-Santa Barbara was a city
Of the past again today as Spanish
Grandees, Cabelleros and vivid
Senoritas called back, for the brief
period of Santa Barbara S three
day fiesta, the time when the Grim
son and gold standard of Spain flew
over the old California.
Sir Francis Drake, Viscaino,
Cabrillo and the sea dogs of the
past sailed their galleons into Santa
Barbara harbor today, and landed
to claim the city.
\ colorful street pageant portray
cd the history of California from
the days of the Chumach Indian to
the times of Spanish Grandees and
Gringo settlers. Priest, pirate and
soldier performed as the whole city
went back 200 years.
Meanwhile Paul Whiteman band
played while thousands of visitors
golfed, swan, and played all day.
The entire population was in cos,
tune, Mantillas, high combs, side
burns and bright sashes-all the
color and romance of gay Spain were
there.
Yesterday saw the dedication Of
Santa Barbara county's new court
house. Old Mission Santa Barbara
looked down from its gardens to-
ward the Pacific and saw the open
ing of the fifth annual old Spanish
days festival with the dedication
of legal temple which now Off
cially takes its place as one of the
most beautiful buildings on the
coast.
The dedication Yesterday of the
81 SOC, 900 court house was under the
auspices of the Native Sons of the
Golden West. Lieutenant Governor
II. L. Carnahan spoke.
Father Augustine, head of the old
mission, presented copy of the
history of Santa Barbara written by
Father Englehart, author of histories
of all the old missions. In the even
ing pageant, supervised by Faith
el Augustine, traced the epic story
of the city from province of Spain
to part of a great union of states.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-15
PLAN
LEGAL FIGHT TO
SAVE DIR. SNOOK

COLUMN UBS, o., Aug. Is. U.P)-
Although the electric chair casts its
shadow over DR.. James Howard
Shook today, the convicted murder.
er of Theora Ilix, will fight for his
hold on life.
The fight will begin at 9 a. m,
Monday, when the former university
professor attorneys argue mo-
tion for & new trial. They. will
charge, among other things. that
two Of the jurors who convicted
Shook chad determined upon con
viction before they retired from the
jury box
Shook refused to receive news
papermen.
81 guess it isn't my turn tc
talk, - he told one reporter. "Nc
| have nothing to say
DIR. Shook s wife, near collapse
was in seclusion today at the modest
Shook home on West Tenth avenue
She sobbed Historically when the
verdict was read.
Most of the testimony in the tria
was unprintable. 1t dealt with in
cidents of the most intimate nature
with drugs allegedly excitant, witt
cocaine and other narcotics; Will
books and discussions on sex anC
with love nests the doctor and tn,
coed occupied.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-15
RI0TINC RESUMED
in new ORLEANS
LABOR TROUBLE

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. Is. U.P)
Drastic measures were takes to-
day to prevent recurrence of vio-
lence in the street car strike here
in which "A street car was damaged
by dynamite, and a three -year-old
boy killed by trolley operated by
strikebreaker.
Windows were broken on a Laurel
street ear, and the flooring
smashed. a Chippewa street ear
was hit by another bomb, that
shattered windows in neighboring
houses.
An ice wagon also was damaged
by dynamite. The driver, Anthony
Bertucci, reported that while driv-
ing on the Prytania street ear tract,
the explosive was touched off. One
wheel was shattered.
No one was Aurt in any of the
blasts.
Superintendent of Police Teho-
dore E. Ray Immediately added 200
special officers to his force.
The death of three-year-old Floyd
East, after be " hit by trolley
ear manned by strikebreaker,
aroused sympathizers and caused
constant police vigilance through
out the city during the night
Earlier in the day, two other
street ears We're damaged by ex-
ploSives, but no one hurt
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-15
Woman Flyer
Forced Down

SANTA MONICA, Calf, Aug
10. (U.H-Ruth Nichols, flying west
to enter the women s transcontinen,
tai competition of the national air
races, was forced down near Salome
Arizona, last night, Glover Field
airport officials said today.
The officials said they were ad
vsed that Miss Nichols was contin
uing here, the starting point of the
air derby which will end in Cleve'
land, when her ship dropped in the
Arizona mountains.
They said she walked to Salome
and there boarded a train for Los
Angeles. Details of the crash were
not available.
Miss Nichols previously had made
a successful flight from st. Louis
to Phoenix, the airport said.
The site of Miss Nichols landing
was about 40 miles from the Colo
rado river, it was said.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-15
Court Refuses
To Free Keyes

LOS ANGELES, Aug. Is. U.H-
The request of former District At
torney Asa Keyes that, because OF
his health, he be given freedom on
bail pending the result of his appeal
to conviction on charge of accept
ing a bribe, has been denied by the
court of appeals.
In making known its decision, the
court held that Keyes was not
i" Immediately in imminent danger. "
His attorneys contended that Keyes
might suffer great permanent and
irreparable injury to his health IN
event he was not permitted to leave
the Jail to undergo medical and
surgical treatment.
Keyes was convicted of taking a
bribe in return for a pointed prose
cutfop of the Julian Petroleum Cor
poration collapse conspiracy trial.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-15
Deaths Require
Prompt Report

LOS ANGELES, Aug. Is. W.H-
AS result of delay ON the part OF
officers in making an official re
port Of the death of Mrs. Grace
Deniscn, a police commission order
today said that instructions will be
inserted in the manual to prevent
a similar case in the future.
Mrs Denison, wife of prominent
Honolulu merchant, took sleeping
potion last Saturday with suicidal
intent and her death was not a mat
ter of, record for hours.
Detectives on the case said they
merely wanted to prevent adverse
publicity in case she recovered.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-15
BY MAURlTZ A. HALLGREN
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent

DRlCiSHAFEN, Germany
Aug. 10. W.H-G,rmauy's mighty
aerIal pathfinder, the diriglbie
Graf Zeppelin, took off with the
first rays of the rising sun today
fot the second and most hazardou,
trip Of her globegirdIing journey
G,600 mile flight to Toxic acros,
the wastelands OF Northern Siberia
Tho great dirigiblc, four times
conqueror of the Atlantic, took off
from the airport here at 4:55 n. m
today (l0.35 p. IN. EST. Wednes
day) for the longest flight ever at.
tempted even by dirgible. She
earned crew Of 40 men and %
passengers. Officials of the Zeppe
nn line hoped she would reach hei
destination within five days.
The Graf was so heavily loaded
she had considerable difficulty
rising. The crew had to drop 8
record amount of her water ballast
before the ship could be maneuver
ID into the air.
Finally. she gained sufficient al
titude for proper management aud
IN u few minutes veered in a north
erly direction.
All on board seemed fully aware
of the dangers of the trip.
Officials of the Zeppelin line have
done everything possible to meet
any emergency which might arise
On the trip, particularly should tn,
Continued on Page EighD
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-15
ZEPPELIN.
DEPARTS
TO EAST
Big Dirigible Takes Off
On Long Cruise Across
Siberia TO Japan.
AMERICAN BARRED
Officials Refuse To Per-
NIT Nelson Morris To
Continue Trip.
By ERIC KEysER


BERLIN, Aug. ll.-,J.P)-The
Graf Zeppelin, flying steadily
north eastward at 65 miles I'M hour,
reached the shores of the Baltic
Sea today on its adventurous trip
into Russia.
Leaving Friedrichshafen nj 1925
p. m. (EsT.) Wednesday for Toxic
on its flight arouId the world, the
great dirigible passed over the free
city of Danzing at .s:55 a. IN. today,
heading tosards Koenigsberg, East
Prussia, and the Russian frontier.
The dirigible swung over Berlin
at 1890 a. IN. (4:30 a. m. ESD to
the acclaim OF the entire populaee
Of the German capital.
Hundreds of thousands were on
the housetops and in the streets
shouting with JOY as the great sill
Yer bag, escorted by seven mosquito
like airplanes, roared over the
southermost suburb of Berlin and
swerved westward.
Passengers waved as the mistress
of the airplanes loitcred to receive
the homage of the throngs.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-15
DRUG ADDICT TO
FACE COURT FOR
MANY CHARGES

Bound around the ankles with iron
shackles and around the wrists with
steel bracelets, or handouts, Will
liam Muldon left for San Francisco
this morning via San Diego with D.
c. Whipple, inspector for the state
narcotic squad. Muldoon was cap
tured two days ago by P. A.
Thaanm and a border patrolman,
in Calexico after a heated chase.
Thaanum had been on the look out
for Muldoon several days, having
been notified by the bay city Off
cials of his escape there.
Whipple stated this morning that
Muldon escaped from him in San
Francisco when he was given an op-
portunity to make a purchase of
morphine so that narcotic authori-
ties could trap other addicts and
peddlers of the drug, but instead,
Muldoon made his escape. He had
been arrested with 1000 cubes of the
drug in his possession, he inspector
said. "I feel sure I could have shot
Muldoon when he made his escape,
but we were right in business Sec
tion on Market street and 1 was
afraid I might shoot some innocent
person." Whipple told the sheriff s
force.
According to the inspector, the
defendant was given s45 of the
states money to make the purchase
and he escaped with it. This in IT.
self is an embezzlement, the officer
declared. Besides being charged
with possessing narcotics, the defen-
dant will also be charged and tried
for embezzling state money.
Muldoon has one term in the pen
itentiaries of Montana and Wash
ington to his discredit.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-15
BY FREDERICK KUH
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent

THE HAGUE, Aug. 15. W.R-
Delegations to the international
reparations conference here today
were pessimistically predicting that
Saturdays s meeting of the financial
commission would necessitate an ad.
journment of the conference, with
the exception of the sub-commis-
sions to be appointed Saturday, un.
til at least the September meeting
of the assembly of the League of
Nations.
1t was admitted that no progress
was being made by private negotia-
tions toward finding the $4,000, 900
marks increased reparations an
nuities which Philip Snowden,
British chancellor of the exchequer,
has been demanding.
While it is declared that the ad.
journment Saturday would consti.
tute neither break nor a ruptura
of the reparations conference, as
the sub commissions would continue
working, it would first permit the
governments themselves to consider
the new situation created by Eng
land s demands and secondly would
permit new informal conversations
at Geneva between the heads of the
delegations together with British
Premier Ramsay Macdonald before
the conference itself might be for
mally reconvened in October.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-15
City Honors
Galusha Cole

PASADENA, Calf, Aug. 15. W.P)
- Galusha Cole Day. was obser-
we'd in Pasadena today as the entire
city honored the l03rd birthday of
Cole, considered as Pasadena 8
"grand old man.
Coles birthday cake, 21a feet
high and weighing 100 pounds was
distributed to citizens who attend
ed parties for him at Memorial and
Tournament parks.
Cole attained "a boyhood ambition
chief of police just before the cake
was cut.
"I've wanted to be policeman
ever since | can remember,' Cole
said.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-15
Death OF Five
Termed Accident

LONG BEACH, Calf, Aug. Is,
UP)-A verdict of accidental death
was returned by the coroner S jury
yesterday in the ease of the five
men killed Tuesday at the Shell Oil
Company refinery when the ex
plosion of high pressure pipe en-
veloped them in flaming oil.
Funeral services for two of the
victims will he held today. The body
of l.. j. Smith, another, will be sent
to Springfield, Mo, today. j. j,
Corbett. %, sole survivor, is still
in a critical condition at the Seaside
hospital here.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-15
GIRL CONTINUES
TALE OF ATTACK
BY THEATRE MAN
Resumes Witness Stand
In Hearing For Alex
ander Pantages.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. Is. U.P)-
Eunice Prihgle, II year old accuser,
resumed the witness stand in NUM-
cipal Judge Wilson s court today at
the second session of the prelimin-
ary hearing of Alexander Pantages,
theatre magnate, charged with two
counts of criminal assault.
Miss Pringle was escorted to the
court room by her mother, Mrs.
Irene Pringle, and a policewoman.
Spectators and newspapermen again
were excluded from the hearing.
Pantages was accompanied to
court by his two sons, Rodney and
Lloyd.
Miss Pringle was forced to un-
dergo a most vigorous cross ex-
animation, conducted by attorneys
for the millionaire theatrical man.
The defense appeared to be
searching her past for some hinge
on which character attack might
be made. She was forced time
and again to deny intimations that
her past conduct was open to criti-
cism.
The bulk of the cross question
ing concerned the actions of the
girl and Pantages in the small of
flee of his theatre building where
she said the attack took place.
Attorneys probod into every line
of her story of the assault, related
under direct questioning yesterday
A miniature of Pantages' office
was produced and Miss Pringle was
forced to point out the places
where the acts mentioned by her
were committed.
Her story under cross examina
tion was the same as under direct
Gle promised me that he woulG
book my act,'' she said again
"Then he told me that my partner
had very nice voice. He sale
he was crazy about me and wanted
me to be his sweetheart.
! The defense appeared especially
/ anxious to have her tell of the ac
tion which preceded the asserted
| attack.
He said he hated his wife,
Miss Pringle repeated. ''But
told him l WASH t interested in hi
wife, that all l wanted was a book
ing and that wanted him to be ;
| gentleman.
Before the questioning reached
her relation of the attack, itself
court was adjourned to permit Dis
trict Attorney Burton Fits anC
Judge Wilson to answer subpoena
to appear in another court.
Miss Pringle was to be recalled
to the stand at the afternoon ses
sion.
Fits announced that the dancer
would be followed to the witness
box by Rex Wel2h, police chemist
who examined She clothing worn
by Miss Pringle at the time SHE
went to Pantages' office.
Although it was known that the
public was excluded from the hear
ing a large crowd gathered again
today outside of Judge Wilson =
court room and deputy sheriffs ha(
trouble controlling it.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-15
Russian Flyers
Reported Safe

MOSCOW, Aug. Is. UP)-Accord-
ing to inadequate information re-
ceived here from Shestakoff, the
chief pilot of the airplane Land of
the Soviets, the entire crew of four
is safe, but the condition of the
plane is unknown. 1t is uncertain
whether the aviators will be able
to continue their flight to New
York. Indications are that motor
trouble forced them down in a
forest so miles from Chita, Siberia,
their immediate destination.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-15
RECORD SEEKERS
FORCED TO LAND
AT LOS ANGELES

LONG BEACH, Calf, Aug. 10.
U.P)-The Emsco Aircraft plane at
tempting to break the nonrefueling
endurance record landed here after
27 hours and 20 minutes aloft due
to spark plug trouble.
The pilots, Jack Reed and Emory
Bronte would have been required
to stay in the air more than 50
hours to have beaten a record held
by two Germans.
Officials said the plane will be
taken to Cleveland during the air
races to try for a solo endurance
record with Reed as pilot.
LONG BEACH, Calf, Aug. Is.
UP)-Jack Re d, chief pilot of the
Emsco Aircrafs Corporation, and
Emory Bronte, who flew to Hawaii
in the first non-service flight, still
were cruising over Southern Califor-
MIA today in their attempt to estab.
hsh new non-refueling endurance
record.
At 7:04 a. m. they had been in
the air 20 hours and in note drop
ped to the field they expressed con
fidence in their ability to remain
up 72 hours, mark which would be
reached at 6:04 a. m. Saturday.
The message reported that gaso
line consumption had dropped to II
gallons an hour and the figure was
expected to reach about eight gal
Ions an hour by nightfall. Under its
original heavy load of fuel the con
sumption was 27 gallons.
The present record of 60 hours
and 25 minutes is held by two Ger
man flyers.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-15
Japanese Ships
Due On Coast

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. Ia. W.H
The japanese training cruisers
lwate and Asama, in command of
Vice Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura,
were out to arrive here late today
for a week s visit
The two cruisers will bring to
this port 1,450 Officers and men
who will be feted at a number of
receptions by local japanese and
civic bodies.
The squadron will leave here
next Wednesday for a visit to Los
Angeles, Balboa and Colon, Havana,
Baltimore and New York.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-15
ON INSPECTION TOUR

SAN DIEGO, Calf, Aug. i5.--
U.P-Congressmau w. Frank Jones.
of Michigan, chairman of the house
committee on military affairs, was
a visitor in San Diego today on his
aerial inspection tour Of army posts
and air stations. He landed at
Rockwell field in Ford tri
tored plane yesterday, aud viii
proceed north Saturday.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-15
DOwd and Childers
Leave For Mexico

NJ. j. Dowd, chief engineer and
general manager of the Imperial Ir'
rigation District, and Charles L.
Childers, attorney for the district
left FL Centre at noon to make con
nections at inland with the Golden
State limited for FL Paso where
they will journey to Mexico City to
attend the International water con
ference.
Irrigation from the Tijuana, Rio
Grande, and Colorado rivers will
hold the center of attention at the
conference, but Dowd and Childers
will be interested mainly in the
action taken concerning the Colo
rado river which is the water
source for the Imperial Valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-15
Used Dictaphone
In Bribe Case

LOS ANGELES, Aug. Is. U.P)-
Called to the witness stand late
Yesterday, Blayney Matthews, dis
trict attorneys detective, testified
he listened on dictaphone and
heard Robert Clarke attempt to
bribe Municipal Judge Daley Stat
ford
Clarke, former municipal court
clerk, and Clarke S employer, +. b.
Newport, real estate millionaire,
are on trial for alleged conspiracy
to bribe Judge Stafford in q million
dollar law suit
Los ANGELES, Aug. Is. U,P)-
District Attorney Buron Fits and
Municipal Judge Leonard Wilson
were called today as prosecution
witnesses at the trial of Frank
Newport, wealthy real estate deal
or, and his secretary, Robert Clarke,
accused of attempting to bribe Supe-
rior Judge Daley Stafford
Both were expected to testify
during the afternoon session. Long
objections to questions asked Fits
prohibited any testimony from him
in the morning. Fits and Judge
Wilson were called away from the
preliminary hearing of Alexander
Pantages to testify at the Newport
Clarke trial.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-15
Pyle Granted
Time Extension

Los ANGELES, Aug. Is. W.P-
Under a decision by City Prosecutor
Lloyd Nix, C, c. Pyle, bunion derby
promoter, today had an additional
10 days to pay $500 he still owes
workers in his recent New York to
Los Angeles race.
Nix said Pyle had paid 1884 to
chorus girls who were in the troupe
but still owed Paul Hickman and his
orchestra.