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Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-31
Scho0lboy Tries
To End His Life

SAN DIMAS, Calf, Dee. 81 W.pi
Life was joke to 15-year-old Ray
mond James Chaves and he hated
to go to school so this morning lie
attempted to commit suicide.
His parents found him in the bath
room of their home bleeding from
n serious gunshot wound and clutch
ing the following note:
"Well, goodbye, mum, and paw.
Tell gran and all the rest I said
goodbye and wish you all the best
wishes. I think it was all for the
best and l hate to go to school so,
goodbye, with love to you all. The
last few weeks of life has been a
Joke to me-"
Young Chaves was removed to a
hospital in a critical condition.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-31
Screen Comedian
Made Defendant

Los ANGELES, Dec. 81. W.D-
Richard "Skeets" Gallagher, stage
and screen comedian, today was
named in heavy damage suits filed
by Carter De Haven Jr., son Of the
actor, and Sadie Campbell, actress.
Young De Haven charged that
Gallagher was driving negligently
when their automobiles collided in
Hollywood. He asked $4,000 dam
ages for injuries received.
Miss Campbell, a passenger with
De Haven, asked $25,600 damages
for injuries which she said kept her
from fulfilling stage engagements.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-31
Holiday Will
Mark Arrival
OF New Year

New Years day viii find FL
Centro and its citizens pre-.
pared to take advantage Of the
day Of rest offered. The official
life Of the city Win rest Tor the
day with the closing OF the cor,,l.
ty court house and the city hall,
In all their branches. The police
department will be open, but the
other offices Of the city hall will
be closed to the public.
Banking institutions will also
remain closed and most Of the
merchants will follow this exanl-
pie, and it is expected that a rest
ful calm will replace the usual
hustle Of Main street and the 9th
er business sections Of the city.
While many entertainment fea-
lures are being planned for the
city, many persons will be found
visiting friends and relatives in
other sections Of the state. Many
have succumbed to the lure Of
King Football and will trek to
Los Angeles to see the Panthers
Of Pittsburgh and the Trojans Of
Southern California meet in the
Pasadena Rose Bowl. The Rose
Carnival will take Its usual quota
Of visitors from the valley.
The Imperial Valley Press
will be published a. usual. The
New Years edition win contain a
summary Of events during the
past year and the outlook for the
new year as seen by leading bust
nessmen Of tho city.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-31
RUSSIANS OFFER
MORE HELP FOR
ElELS0N HUNT

JUNEAU, Alaska, Dec. 81 UP;
A thrice relayed radio message to.
day brought the news that new Rus
sim aid was available in the search
for the missing Alaskan aviators,
Carl Ben Eielson and Earl Borland.
A Russian icebreaker has arrived
at Petrovolosk, and has established
& base there.
This news was sent by radio to
the Russian steamer StavrOpol, also
:cebound near the trader Nanuk.
Captain Milovzorov Of the Stavro-
pol relayed the message to the
Nanuk where Pilots Joe Crosson and
Harold Gillian have established
their base, and I've Nanuk forward
ed the information to Juneau.
The Junkers planes carried by the
Russian icebreaker will be assem-.
bled at Providence Bay, but will
not be able to take off in the search
until January 10, when the sun
again breaks through to end the
Arctic darkness.
But the Russian aviators and
others accompanying the planes arc
not remaining idle in the meantime.
Assisted by natives with dog
teams, the newly arrived expedition
is conducting land search for the
missing airmen, in hopes of locating
them before their meagre food sup
ply is exhausted.
Await Good Weather
Another Russian flyer, Boris
Chuknovsky, who aided in the
Italia rescue last year, was sched-
uied to leave Moscow today for ST.
IBERIA, to take up the search.
Pilots Art Young and Frank Dor
bandit were at Teller and Nome. re-
spectively, awaiting good flying
weather, when they too, will throw
their energies into the Arctic man.
hunt.
Three Canadian flyers, command
ed by Captain "Pat" Reid, were at
Fairbanks, and We're poised on the
deadline with their Fairchild planes,
ready for the hop to Teller.
At present the search is centering
in the vicinity of Skolunchinsk bay,
where natives have reported sight
ing a plane.
1t is hoped that the combined eff
forts of the American, Canadian,
end Russian airmen may result in
the finding of Eielsoon and Borland
early in the new year.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-31
Posse FOils
Bank Robbers

PHILLIPSBURG, O., Dec. 81. W.n)
A gang of bandits who spent the
night trying II force Ralph Daven-
port, cashier of the First National
Bank here, to divulge the bank
vault combination, We're routed by
n posse of armed citizens in gun
battle here today.
The robbers plans were frustrat-
ed when Davenport's son, Floyd, IA,
who had spent the night with q
ehum, returned home this morning
and found the robbers menacing his
father and mother with machina .
gun.
The boy ran to nearby filling
station and sounded an alarm. In
a short time all the male population
Of the village, heavily armed, was
converging on the Davenport home.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-31
Clever Teller
Fools RObber


LONG BEACH, Calf, Dec. 81
IRA nimble witted bank teller
who saved a local branch of the
Bank of Italy approximately $4,000
in an attempted holdrp, was being
congratulated by associates here to-
day.
When the robber pointed q gun
at his chest and ordered him to fill
the bag that was showed across TIE
counter, Jerry Nistler obeyed.
He put nearly $4,000 in currency
in the bag, but before it was full,
glanced suddenly over the robbers
shoulder toward the door, and ex-
claimed:
"The police are herc!"
The would-be 'robber fled without
waiting.for. the imaginary officers,
or the money.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-31
Chicago Bandits
Slay Policeman

CHICAGO, Dee. 81. W.H-Discov-
cry of the body of an unidentified
man in North Side Alley today led
police to believe Patrolman Michael
Langan "got his man. before being
shot to death last night in North
Side saloon.
Langan, just back on the force af-
ter an attack of influenza, battled
four bandits in the saloon but was
killed. Before he died he said he
believed he had wounded one of the
bandits who tried to hold up the sa-
loon.
Early today passerby noticed a
body covered with an overcoat in an
alley near the saloon. Investigation
revealed that all marks of identifi-
cation, even to the belt buckle, had
been removed. The man, about 80
years old, had been shot once in the
side. Evidence indicated he had
been killed elsewhere and the body
dragged up the alley.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-31
THREE MISSING
STUDENTS FOUND
AT MT. WILSON
Trio Will Not Suffer
Seriously AS Result OF
Experience.

ALTADENA, Calf, Dee. 81 W.p)
Three University of California at
Los Angeles students, Celia Caplais,
lS, Jack Schwartz, 10, and Lawrence
kotkin, 90, are safe at tavern on
,op Of Mount Wilson, the manager,
A. c. Childs, reported today.
The students disappeared while on
a hiking trip last Saturday and ap-
parently wandered for more than
60 hours through the rough canyons
Of the mountain.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 81. W.G--A
60-hour search through the canyons
and other trails of Mt. Wilson, one
of the largest peaks in the Sierra
Madre range, ended today when two
college youths and coed, lost since
Saturday, were found.
Reports that the students were
found and safe, although hungry and
fatigued, came down just as dawn
was breaking and some 200 men were
ready at the Altadena sub-station of
the Los Angeles county sheriff's
office to push up the mountain for
another day Of exploration in the
rugged country where the co'legians
were lest.
9. Ray Dearholt, Pasadena land.
seape gardener, and forest service
agent named Green found Miss Cap
Ian and the two youths at the bot
tom Of deep canyon, according to
word received. The three students
had made n camp and were waiting
for daylight in order to make anoth-
er attempt to reach civilization.
Although hopelessly lost, the three
young mixers were within three miles
Of Hotel Mt. Wilson, where many of
those who were engaged in the hunt
established headquarters.
Lost Saturday
The girl and the two youths disap-
peared ON Mt. Wilson Saturday as
they were hiking with large group
of fellow students from the Universe
ty of California at Los Angeles.
When the trio failed to rejoin their
friends and did not return to their
homes the alarm was given and a
search was started Sunday.
Hundreds of volunteer scarchers
over the rough trails Mon
day as the belief grew that the stu
dents were in danger Of death from
hunger and exposure.
Picked rangers were sent out un-
der orders to patrol all of the noun
tain trails, no matter how remote.
Several airplanes flew low over the
wooded mountain and as Monday
passed with no sign Of the missing
trio orders were issued at Sacra-
mento for the California National
Air unit to participate in the hunt.
Sam Caplan, father of the girl,
and Louis, her brother, took an ac-
tive part in the efforts to find the
collcgians. The former offered
$500 reward to spur the scarchers
and the brother spent several hours
flying over the mountain
in an airplane chartered by the fam
lily.
A special first aid station was set
up at Altadena with an ambulance
and attendants on constant call with
restoratives and other first aid
Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-31
'Tri-State Parley
On January 20

PHOENIX, Ariz., Dee. 81. U.H-
The tri-state conference on Boulder
dam will be held in Phoenix begin
ming January 90, unless that date is
objected to by California or Nevada.
Ariaona's approval of the date sug-
gested by Secretary of Interior Ray
Lyman Wilbur was to be forwarded
to Washington late today, officials
announced.
Suggestion that the conference
be held on January 20 was contained
in a dispatch received by Governor
John c. Phillips Monday evening in
which Secretary Wilbur acknowledge
ed Arizona's intention to participate.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-31
ANOTHER
MELLON
ut ACk
Fireworks Promised By
BrOOkhart When Con-
gress RecOnvenes,
TO SEEK CUSTER
Iowa Senator Blames Lax
Enforcement Upon Head
Of Treasury.
BY PAUL r. MALLON
United Press Staff CORRESPONDENT


WASHINGTON, Dee. 81 UP -
Fireworks set off by congressional
drys against prohibition enforce
inent conditions thus far are on.,
sparklers compared with what i.
coming when congress reconvenes
Senator Brookhart, Repu blican
Iowa, said today.
Brookhart intends to direct nm at.
tack largely at Secretary of Treas.
nry Mellon, he said.
II also became known TODAY that
Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho
who charged conditions in enforce
ment of the liquor permit SYSTEM
amount to Scandal" had written
letter to President Hoover on the
prohibition situation.
Dry critics of prohibition condi.
fions were supported in some re.
spects by F. Scott Mcbride, general
superintendent of the anti.saloon
league. lie said political pressure
from wet senators has forced ap-
pointment of federal judges, district
attorneys and other officials un-
sympathetic TO prohibition.
Brookhart, who is second onlv e.
Borah as Il senatorial dry cam
paigner, said he was ar4..d m...i
material concerning enforcement
conditions which he intends TO pre-
sent when the senate again con
venes, January 6. 1t was Brookhart
who. revealed in senate speech de-
tnils of an alleged "Wall street Ii.
luor party" attended by several sen-
Gtors.
Secretary Mellon ought to be re
moved" Brookhart said. "IIe lacks
any sympathy with the prohibition
law
Up To Judges
"Federal judges should be called
upon TO enforce the law and bring
district attorneys to time. The
Judges should get after all the dis
triet attorneys who are not doing
their duty in enforcing the law in
their districts.
"The country is out Of patience
with the present enforcement meth.
NaS ""' We aiS koAhS W ott tuht We
have genuine enforcement. Make no
mistake about that. ! have been
trying to help matters along because
thought everything was in good
faith here, but information which
has come TO me and circumstances
which have been forced on me so
strongly of late, have made me feel
differently about it.
Brookhart joined Borah as an.
other day passed without answer to
Rorah's threcfold charges, Ol that
the enforcement personnel needs
revising from top to bottom; (2)
that practically open saloons are
running throughout the country, and
(3) that the alcohol permit systcL.
in the treasury amounts to a sean
dal.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-31
River Commission
Meets Thursday

A special meeting of the Califor.
mia Colorado River commission will
be held in Los Angeles next Thurs
day morning, which will be attend
ed by officials of the Imperial Irri-
cation District.
The object of this meeting is to
consider the request of Secretary of
the Interior Wilbur that representa-
tivcs from Nevada, Arizona and
California meetin Phoenix to smooth
over certain difficult problems in
connection with the proposed Boul-
der dam, especially Arizona's threat
oned injunction suit.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-31
Much Highway
Work Planned

SACRAMENTO, Dee. 81. W.p)-
The state of California will award
l6 highway contracts totaling ST.
100000 during January-the largest
one months volume of highway
work in the states history---it was
announced today by Il. b. Meek,
director of public works.
"With only -o5 per cent Of the
time of the present biennium hav-
ing elapsed, As PEI cent Of the high
way projects programmed for the
two year period is either under con,
tract or advertised for bids" Meek
said
Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-31
Aged Recluse Is
Beaten By Thugs

OAKLAND, Dec. 81. (U.H-A shot
in the hip and terrible beating about
the head failed to force Al Cooper,
6S, recluse, to disclose the hiding
place of his life's savings to thugs
last night.
The aged man was in the Oakland
Emergency hospital today where a
neighbor woman took him after be-
ing attracted to the recluse's home
by the sound of shot.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-31
Other Husbands
Bear It Mutely

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 81. W.n)
Whether Roy F. White ever
trumped his wife's ace or not,
she considered him poor bridge
player and therefore made his
life miserable, he told Superior
Judge Harry R. Archibald in OBJ
tanning q divorce.
"She said I was mentally infer
ior to her because could not
play bridge as well as she,"
White testified, "and she told
our friends that my marriage to
her should have made me feel
elevated socially and intellectu-
lily"
Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-31
COWBOY SUES GIRL

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 81. W.P)-
Jules Verne Allen, Singing cow
boy" of vaudeville, today asked
$4,000 from Ruth Dorenberg as the
result of being struck down by her
car in Hollywood December 13. In
his suit, Allen charged that he was
injured so severely that he could not
appear on the stage for weeks.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-31
Much Loot In
Bandits Home

BERKELEY, Dee. 81. (U.H-Loot
totaling 100000 in value has been
discovered in his home since William
Berger, 43, notorious "hole in the
wall" burglar was slain by Berkeley
police.
Part of the stuff found in Berger,s
home comprised $4,000 worth Of dia.
monds stolen from Mrs. J. H. Nash
of Berkeley in March, 1928.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-31
PARENTS SEEK DAUGHTER

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, Dee. 81.
U.H)-Believing their daughter Alice,
Is, who disappeared last June, may
be here trying to break into the
movies, Mr.. and Mrs. David B. Dill
lehunt of Columbus, Ohio, have ask
ed friends to assist in the search for
her. A letter yesterday to Oscar
Miller, father of Patsy Ruth Miller,
screen actress, carried the plea.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-31
Will Not Accept
Commission Job

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Dee. II W.H
Judge Robert NJ, Jones, chancellor
of Knox county, today announced he
would not accept the appointment
to the interstate commerce commits
sion rendered him by President Hoo.
yer on December II.
Appointment of Jones, n Repub'
hcam was objected to by several
Democratic senators.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-31
WHAT'S DOING
TONIGHT

I. o. o. F. No. 397, Davis hall.
Nv. Commandery No. 54, 1880,
Masonic Temple.
Eastern Star ball, o, Masonic
Temple.
Kiwanis-J. @. Minstrel show,
IL, Fox Imperial Theatre.
Fox Imperial Theatre, "Hot
For Paris".
Bronson Players in Honest
Crooks, 7:S0, Palace.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-31
First Five May
Be Observed

Los ANGELES, Dec. 81 U.p,
Los Angeles city, county and
federal Officers today told ma
tives to raise as much "whoopee"
New Years Eve as they liked
except they must not:
Trow confetti.
Get rough about it.
Use ticklers.
Annoy women.
Smash windows.
Violate the prohibition laws.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-31

The Libby cannery has leased, for
l2 years, 800 acres Of the Lamb
ranch, near Thornton, San Joaquin
county, and will grow asparagus
thereon.
The Washington times., 1929-08-30
AND ENGLAND HAVE REACHED AGREEMENT ONNAVAL ACCORD
H8OVERS CAMP
OVER MONDAY
IN VIRGINIA

President Hoover planned to en-
bark on his ''longest trip" away
from Washington today. He and
Mrs. Hoover and a party OF friends
will leave this afternoon as usual
for the Blue Ridge Mountain retreat
on the Rapidan River of Virginia.
They will remain over Labor Day,
thus absenting themselves from the
National Capital for a longer period
OF time than any since Inauguration.
Usually, they return Monday morn
ings.
The personnel Of the weekend
party indicated that Mr.. Hoover
might turn his attention from naval
armaments to farm relief, as Sec
retary Of Agriculture Hyde and
most Of the Federal Farm Board
members are included. Headed by
Chairman Alexander Legge, these
members are: C.. c. league, c. B..
Denman, Charles s. Wilson and
Carl Williams. all but Legge being
accompanied by their wives,
Young Hoover Returns
Allan Hoover. younger son of the
President, will return to camp
today. He has been In Wash
ington since last Monday, but prior
to that he had spent three weeks in
the mountains convalescing from a
stomach ailment. Mrs. Hoover's
sister, Mrs. Jean Large, and the lat
ter's SON and daughter. Delano ami
Janet, likewise are scheduled to
make the 120.mile motor trip, and
the remainder of the party includes
John Beaver White. OF Philadelphia
and his daughter, Mark Sullivan
and his daughter, Secretary to the
President, Walter Newton, and DR..
Joel I. Boone, White House physf-
clan. ~
No plans have been made for
Labor Day. The President has de-
clined all invitations to speak.
The Washington times., 1929-08-30
National Guard Cook y
Is Held in Forgery

Charged with forging the name
Of an ex-soldier to a Treasury
check for $42.67, Edward j. Stewart,
S3, cook in the District National
Guard, was held under Sc, 900 bond
for the grand jury by United States
Commissioner Needham G. Turnage.
Stewart entered a plea of guilty
and was committed to jail in default
of the bond.
According to information sworn
to by e. Russell Kennedy, jr.,
secret service operative, Stewart
went to the Postoffice and placed
a forwarding order for the mail of
John H. Walker, a dining car
waiter, whom he knew had placed
application for a loan at the Vet
erans' Bureau on his adjusted
service certificate. When the check
for the loan came to the address,
Stewart is alleged to have forged
Walkers endorsement and cashed
the check.
The Washington times., 1929-08-30
THIEVES STEAL
HANDY TOOLS

Tools valued at 1882 were stolen
during the night from the garage
and repair shop owned by Arthur
McDermott, located in the rear Of
the 1900 block of P st. N. W.. he
reported to police today.
Detective Sergeants A. T. Fihelly
tensive search for the thieves be-
cause of the nature OF the tools
stolen. Practically everything stolen
is of value to safe crackers.
Handy For Yeggs
Electric drills, acetylene torches,
wrenches and floor jacks formed
the bulk of the loot, Electric mo.
tors. emery wheels, dies, valve sur
faces and vises were also stolen.
The place was entered by jimmy
ing a window in the front of the
garage. McDermott discovered the
robbery when he opened the shop
shortly after 5 a. m. today.
While Walter Haywood slept in
his home in the 1400 block Eighth
st. N. W., last night, a thief entered
through an unlocked kitchen window
and stole $240 in currency from his
trousers pockets. he reported to
police of the Second precinct.
Cigarettes Stolen
Thieves entered the Sanitary
Grocery Store, 1900 block Fourth
st. N. E., during the night and
stole a small quantity of candies
and cigarettes. Elgin Clark, man.
ager of the store, reported to Ninth
precinct police. Entry was made
through a transom in the rear OF
the store.
Clarence Thompson, 900 block
Fourteenth st. s. E., a truck driver
for a tobacco dealer, reported to
the First precinct that nine cartons
if cigarettes and several packages
of smoking tobacco had been stolen
from his truck. The loot was valued
at SIS and was stolen while the
truck was parked in front Of a
store In the 200 block of Ninth st.
n. W., early today.
The Washington times., 1929-08-30
GAST0N|A JURY
HALF PICKED

CHARLOTTE, N. c., Aug. 30
Q.N.S0.-The dissemination of propa.
ganda, the formation Of precon-
ceived judgment from the reading
OF newspapers and religious and
political intolerance are causes
turning scores Of veniremen from
the jury Cox in the massive Gas
tonia-Aderholt murder trial which
this morning entered its fifth day.
These are the main disqualifica-
tions Of the 125 potential jurymen
who have been rejected since the
prodigious quest for jury to try
Fred Erwin Beal, strike leader and
Is co-defendants for murder and
conspiracy, began three days ago.
Six Are Chosen
When today's session got under
way only half of the IL seats in
the jury box were taken. Three
jurymen were drawn Wednesday
and the other three yesterday. To
all appearances it will take all of
tolay and tomorrow, or possibly
longer, to finish the task.
Sixty prospective jurors thus far
have been excused on challenges
for cause by Judge M. v. Barnhill,
the youthful presiding jurist, after
they professed that the reading of
newspapers or their partiality or
opposition to radical labor and
political cliques would hinder them
in rendering fair Judgment on the
evidence.
A few were disqualified upon the
declaration that they were antagon-
istic toward. the purported atheistic
doctrines of the defendants.
All Are Workers
Besides the three score challenges
for cause granted by the bench, the
defense has exhausted AZ of its 15S
peremptory challenges and the State
has Al of its 6S left. Another spe.
,cial venire of 300 is being drawn
today to replenish the fast-vanish-
ing original panel of 200.
At this stage it appears that the
strikers and strike organizers will
be tried BY a proletarian jury. The
men drawn thus far are s. l.. Cald.
well, farmer; M. L. Mccoy, steel
worker; Zeb Morris, jr., farmer: c.
w. Martin, carpenter: J. G.. Camp
bell, news vender. and J. w. Hicks,
mil worker and cx-union striker.
The Washington times., 1929-08-30
st. Louis Robin Pilot
Sued by Former Mate

ST. LOUIS. Aug. 80 G.NS.l-A
suit asking for $4,000 from Forrest
O'Brine, who with Dale RED" Jack,
son set a worlds record for
endurance flying was filed by
O'Brine's former wife, Mrs. Hazel
Bauer here yesterday.
In the petition Mrs. Bauer alleges
that she spent the above amount OF
money for the support of Ruth
O'Brine, their minor child, after she
obtained a divorce from the flier.
The divorce was obtained on the
grounds Of desertion and was not
contested.
The Washington times., 1929-08-30
Rep. Celler Backs Move
To Preserve Olympia

Legislation for preservation Of the
cruiser Olympia, Admiral Dewev's
flagship at Manila. as national
memorial, will be pushed in Con-
gress, Representative Celler D) Of
New York, announced today.
Whatever the cost. It would be
justified by the inspiration which
this noble memorial would give to
the thousands of American citizens
especially the school children. who
annually visit the Nations Capital" +"
said Cellar.
He believes that the offer of Ed.
ward w. Harden. New York finan.
cier, to provide funds for keeping
the ship at Washington, should be
accepted or funds appropriated from
the Treasury.