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Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-04
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UPH0DS
MELLON
Committee Votes That
Secretary Has Not Vi
Olated Office.
NORRIS DIES HARD
Tries To Invoke Hoover
Law Enforcement Plea
To Gust Mellon.

WASHINGTON, May 4. U.P-
The senate Judiciary committee
voted to 5 today to report TO the
senate that Secretary of Treasury
Mellon is legally holding his cab
met post despite his extensive stock
holdings.
The majority of the committee
held that Mellon 8 holdings did not
violate the 100 year old statute re-
quiring that no secretary of trea-
surer should be directly or indirect
ly interested in trade or commerce.
Four members of the committee did
not vote.
The vote came at the seventh ses-
sion of the committee breaking
deadlock which had existed for
nearly week.
Mellon has not "by any means
directly or indirectly participated
in any activity in carrying on the
business of the corporations in
which he holds interests, the sen
ate judiciary committee decided.
The language was contained in
report compiled by Senator Stei-
wer of Oregon and designed to in
form the senate that Mellon IS not
violating the 100 year old federal
statute by holding his cabinet post.
The decision said if Mellon had
violated the law it was a question
for indictment by a grand jury or
/ impeachment by the house of rep
! resentatives. 1t concluded that the
committee had been instructed only
to render legal opinion about Mel
{ Ions stock holdings and therefore
/ it could not go beyond that.
Norris Beaten
Before adopting this report the
committee voted down the Norris
report holding that in view of
President Hoover 5 law enforce
ment campaign, the law should be
enforced against Mellon. 1t con-
cluded the treasury secretary and
one of the worlds richest men
should resign. This report was
beaten 10 to 3.
! Four Democrats were absent
when the vote was taken, but the
clerk of the committee was author.
lied to poll them.
After the meeting some members
of the committee raised the ques-
tion as to whether the committee
had technically adopted tn. Stei-
wer report. In view of the fact
| that but eight votes were cast for
1t, while 3 is majority of the
committee. The question is not ex-
pected to reach any Importance be-
cause one of the absent Democrats
privately y has informed leaders he
intends to east his vote for the re-
port when the clerk gets around to
him.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-04
ShuEer Case
Given To Jury

LOS ANGELES, May 4. U.P) -
The case of the Rev. R. p. Shuler,
Trinity Methodist Episcopal pastor,
charged with criminally libelling the
fourth degree Knights of Columbus,
was given to the jury shortly before
noon today.
Municipal Judge James Pope read
only brief instructions before he
passed Rev. Shuler's fate to the
eight women and four men for de
liberation.
He ordered that they must find
a verdict of guilty if they believed
the publication of false oath by
the minister brought shame and dis.
grace upon the members of the
Knights of Columbus.
In closing the state S argument,
Special Prosecutor David Cannon ac-
cused Rev. Shuler of deliberately
printing the false oath, which he ar
tributed to the fourth degree organ
ization, with malicious intent.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-04
EVEN BUSINESS
IN COURTS IS
ON UP GRADE

April has been a profitable month
not only for the city growth and for
commercial enterprises but also for
the courts, according to the month
ly financial reports of the police
and justice of the peace courts.
The police court showed a gain
of about 1000 over the previous
month while Judge Mayfield's re-
cords for the past month show an
increase of total revenue approx
mating $40O and 1909 over April,
1928.
According to the reports of the
justice of the peace for April the
court collected 1881 in fines and
forfeitures. OF this amount civil
fees were $73, traffic fines and for
FIXTURES 5000 and miscellaneous
$S45. Last month the total was
$10l1 and April 1928, showed a
revenue of $774.50.
So far this year he court has col
lected a total of $4,3S4.50 divided as
follows: January $742, February
$1110.5O, March $1O11, and April
1881.
A total of 90 cases were handled,
six of which were preliminary hear
ings, 60 traffic, 10 liquor and IA
miscellaneous. OF these three were
bail forfeitures, four dismissed by
the prosecutor, 4S pleas of guilty in
traffic cases, seven guilty liquor
pleas and five guilty misdemeanor
pleas; seven bound over to superior
court, three traffic acquittals and
one miscellaneous acquittal.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-04
WOMAN FRIEND
QUESTIONED IN
COOLEY SLAYINC

LOS ANGELES, May 4. U.H - A
continuation of the investigation of
the Staying of Victor Cooley, Pasa-
dcna garage man, brought Mrs. Ida
King, friend of Mrs. Pearl Cooley,
the widow, to the district attorneys s
office today.
Mrs. King was said to have been
with Mrs. Cooley when the latter
was visited by John Howard shortly
after he crushed Cooley's skull with
hammer on April Is.
Mrs. King, it was said, was ques-
toned concerning discrepancies in
the stories of their meeting as told
by herself, Mrs. Cooley and Howard.
Police hope through the probe to
find some motive for the Staying
other than the drunken argument >
offered by Howard in a confession.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-04
MANY BILLS TO
BE- SIDETRACkED
BY LEGISLATURE
Time Limit Next Week
For Consideration Of
Measures.
By HOMER l.. ROBERTS
United Press Staff Correspondent

SACRAMENTO, Calf, May 4.
U.P)-Painless death of hundreds
of bills was decreed today as the
state legislature rested from its
duties over the week end, and
calendars were prepared for the
mad scramble expected early next
week.
Under rules of the senate and as
sembly, Monday and Tuesday are
the last days III which each house
may work on it's own bills. From
Wednesday until May Is only
measures from the other house may
be considered.
The senate, by holding day and
night sessions, was able to reduce
its file by approximately l59 bills
during the latter part of this week,
although some important matters
were laid over until the coming
week.
These include the proposed 1924,
100000 coordinated water develop
ment program, which was set for
a special order of business at p.
III. Monday; the Murphy and Nelson
automobile tax bills; The Rochester
measure proposing to abolish inter
loeutory divorce DEGREES, ana the
San Francisco harbor transfer bill.
A state study of radio broadcast
ing reception in California design
ed to aid the individual receiver
by eliminating interference by
high voltage transmission lines and
other electrical equipment, was
authorized by the assembly yester-
day when it passed a resolution by
Senator j. |. Wagy, Bakersfield
4 constitutional amendment, of-
fered as a substitute for the state
explorers pension bin now before
the legislature, was before the as.
sembly committee on constitutional
amendments today.
introduced by Assen.blyman
Charles T. Reindollar ii San
Gabriel, the amendment provides
for submitting to the people OF
California at the 1890 election, a
proposal for retirement pension
system for state workers.
The measure carries out the re
quest of Governor Young, who felt
that the state should not embark
upon policy of pensions until the
voters had an opportunity TO pass
on the question.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-04
BURSTING DAMS
IMpEREL LIVES
OF VILLAGERS

BOSTON, May 4. U.H Hundreds
of lives were imperiled, small vii
lage was wiped out, and property
damage estimated at more than 81
100000 was caused by the bursting
of two dams in northern New Hamp-
shire during the night.
Gradually rising rivers today pre-
sented new threats to residents of
wide area in New Hampshire,
Maine and Vermont, with more
floods virtual certainty in the
event of a recurrence of the torren-
tial storms of the past two days.
Bursting of the Lake Abenaki dam
at Dixville, \. H., sent a wall of
water sweeping down the Mohawk
river valley, washing away the ham,
let of Kidderville as members of 10
families looked helplessly on from a
nearby hilltop.
The flood cut through section
of the town of Colebrook, six miles
away and destroyed 80 houses, barns
and garages. Residents escaped.
Half dozen houses were damaged
by the bursting of small dam at
Belmont, n. H., between Franklin
and Tilton.
In Maine, the Piscataquis river
overflowed its banks, inundating
parts of Dover, Foxcroft and Gull
ford.
While reports from Vermont told
/ of rising rivers and threatening
floods, no serious damage had oc-
! Cured in that state.
Patrick Washburn of Kidderville
n. H., was reported missing today
after his home had been destroyed.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-04
BERLIN POLICE
ORGANIZE SIEGE
AGAINST RADICALS
More Than Score Killed
In Riots Following May
Day Outbreak.
BY MAURITZ HALLGRAN
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
BERLIN, May 4.-Berin police
threw barbed wire 7entanglements
around the bloody Neukoelln dis
trict today to aid them in their eff
forts to end Communists outbreaks
which in the last "a hours added
five mere &c the growing list OF
dead. II I~tsgs
This brought to 81 the total OF
known slain since the, beginning Of
the May day disorders, according to
official announcement. There were
reports that the Communists, in
keeping with the rules of their or
ganization, had hidsen other dead,
and that the total might be as high
as "a.
The police department claimed to
have the situation well in hand, but
there is still a grim air of warfare
around the workers area of Nue.
koelln. The barbed wire entangle-
ments were reminiscent of the post
war Spartaeus revolt period when
blood flowed freely in Berlin.
Reporter Killed
c. E. MacKay, correspondent for
/ the Waikari, New Zealand, Daily
News, was the latest victim of the
bloody uprising. He was found by
, police in the restricted area during
/ the night, with bullet wound in his
chest How he was shot, or by
whom or when, was not known. He
died in a hospitl.
! A German newspaperman also was
seriously wounded during the past
"a hours. The other deaths were
three women, all of whom were kill
ed when they stepped to the bal
comics of their own homes, and 8
male on-combatant who happened tt
be crossing the street.
The entanglements were thrown
up today as a guard against sur
prise attack. The same regulations
which existed yesterday were in eff
feet.
All the entrances to the banned
district were guarded closely, al
were the streets of the district it
self. Lingering, or walking in two
or threes was prohibited. No on
was permitted to appear on th'
balconies.
The police had instructions tt
fire at violators, even during thu
daytime. -
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-04
ARMY AND NAVY
ATHLETIC ROW
MAY Be ENDED

WASHINGTON, May A. W.R) -
New negotiations for resumption of
athletic relations between the L. s.
military and naval academies may
be started soon, Chairman Britten Of
the house naval affairs committee
said today.
"There is now a bright prospect
that the army and navy football
game can be played this fall" he
said. "High officials of the army
and navy are anxious that the two
academies renew their relations.
Britten suggested that the secre-
tary of war, the secretary of navy,
and an uninterested third party,
familiar with all athletic rules,
should get together and draft set
OF rules to apply to the academies
and their athletic contests.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-04
Richmond Death
Termed Accident

A coroner's jury sitting in
Brawley this morning brought in o
verdict of accidental death in the
inquest of the fatal accident Thurs.
day near Fish Springs in which J.
NJ. Richmond, 81, was killed when
his car turned over in the sand.
Richmond was the brother of
Charles Richmond of this city. He
had been paying the brother visit
and was returning to his home in
Los Angeles when the accident oc.
Cured. Richmond lived about five
hours, dying in the hospital at
Brawley.
1t is understood that funeral SER
vices win be held as soon as word
is received from the dead mans
parents who live in Fairgrove, Mo.
The body is being held at Hopes
funeral parlors.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-04
CIBS0N'S PLAN
GIVEN APPROVAL
At ARMS PARLEY
BY HENRY WOOD
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent

' wa
GENEVA, May 1. U.H-The
United States won another victory
in the current disarmament discus
sions today when Ambassador
Hugh S. Gibson $ resolution for
full publicity on matters pertain
ing to war materials as a means OF
limitation, was adopted by the pre-
paratory disarmament commission
by an overwhelming vote,
Twenty two nations voted in
favor of the resolution. Only two,
China and Soviet Russia, voted
against the project. Germany pur-
posely abstained from voting.
Count De Massigh, chief of the
French delegation to the commits.
sion, announced prior to the vote,
that France was willing to with
draw its demand for budgetarv
limitation of war materials and that
1t joined the United States III rein
Producing the resolution.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-04
Lindbergh May
Wed In Paris

NEW YORK, May A. W.R)-New
York was interested today in a
rumor that Miss Anne Morrow and
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh would be
married in Paris next month.
The report added another posi-
bility to the unannomced wedding
plans of the couple, earlier specula-
tion having named North Haven
Me-, and Englewood, N. j., as prob
able marriage scenes.
Lindbergh motored to the Nor,
row estate in Englewood again last
night and took his fiancee for a
short automobile ride.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-04
Many Killed I'm
Persian Quake

MOSCOW, May 4. U.P>-pelay-
ed dispatches received here today
from Persia reported many casual
ties and great damage Thursday
night from strong earthquake.
Several villages were destroyed
in Turkoman by the quake, which
was especially strong near the
frontier.
Soviet representatives, confirmed
the report that a number of villages
were destroyed on both sides of
the Turkoman Persian border.
The known dead in Soviet terri
tory were only 26, but the casual
ties may be higher since eommuni-
cations are difficult. The heaviest
losses were believed to be on the
Persian side of the border.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-04
Phillips Warns
Of Fruit Fly

PHOENIX, Ariz., May J..
U,Pj-All county ead state agri-
culture chiefs today received let
ters from Governor Phillips direct
ing attention to the menace of the
Mediterranean fruit fly, which now
infests considerable portion of
Florida, and asking consideration
of a possible invasion of this state
by the insects.
Similar letters were also received
by all fruit growers and shippers
to determine whether they believe
conference ON the matter is neces
sary.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-04
Ask Recall OF
Italian Consul

NEW YORK, May 4. U.H-The
state department at Washington
was asked today to request the ra-
call of the Italian vice-eonsui at
Los Angeles, according to an an
nouneement by the New York office
of the American Friends of Italian
Freedom.
The announcement asserted that
the envoy sought TO influence
American citizens against holding
meetings at which the principal
speaker was TO be Prof. Gaetann
Salvemini, historian and foe Oh
Fascism. This alleged action was
construed as being opposed to the
American principles Of free speech
and personal liberty.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-04
Baby's Cry Saves
Lives OF Family

BERKELEY, Calf, May 4. U.P)
"A desire for food at about the
time the sun rises today saved the
life of Kenneth Dodge Jr,, l6
months old baby.
Awakened by the baby, who was
hungry, Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth
Dodge of North Berkeley discover
I'd their home was afire and they
got the little boy out just in time.
The fire was one of several which
occurred in a group of duplex
houses owned by Mrs. Della Fisher,
}S, who is being held for question
ing until the arson squad completes
an investigation. No charge has
been placed against Mrs. Fisher.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-04
I'm Southern War on Fruit Fly

Florida
Agriculture desperate against the
that
quarantined
allowed line Below the eastern out
soldiers inspection
all trouble
approved spend
in fighting the pest
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-04
sPRECKELs BUILDING SOLD

SAN DIEGO, Calf, May 4. W.D
The John D. Spreckels building
here has been purchased by the Bank
of Italy for $3,o0O,O00, it became
known today, The building, one of
the largest in the city, win come
into possession of the bank on July l,
when the ground floor will be re-
modelled to accommodate the offices
of three of its local branches.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-04
Rock Island To
Use Airplanes

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May 4.
W.P}-Travel time between Kansas
City and California will be short
ened IA hours on the Rock Island
railroad, officials of the road an
nounced here today in revealing an
air-rail hook-up with the Maddux
Air Lines between FL Paso and Los
Angeles,
In addition, the road plans an
air-rail service which viii enable
passengers to go from Chicago to
California in one day and night,
transferring to planes here for a
IA hour flight to Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-04
Three Die In
Fence Dispute

ROY, N. NJ, May 4. W.P)-Three
men were killed and two were in
iured near here today in a gup
fight which resulted from an argu-
ment over a range fence.
The dead: Pao lie Doux, 81, his
SON, David, 10, and Philip spurlock,
35.
f. Goldiron, Spurlock s father-in-
law and another son of lie Doux
were injured.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-04
DOCTORS NAMED IN DEATH
OF Los ANGELES WOMAN

LOS ANGELES, May 4, WH-An
inquest will be held today into the
death of Delphene Walsh, 90, stage
dancer, who died in. Glendale yes.
terday following an asserted illegal
operation. Dr.. r. S. Lanterman and
DR.. P. S. Traxler were named in
manslaughter complaints in eonnec-
tion with her death. They were re-
leased under $15 900 bond each.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-04
MONDAY

P. E. O., l, 1892 Brighton.
Masonic luncheon, 1880, Bar
bara Worth.
Radio KxO-11-1.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-04
ARRIVES
AT N0CALES TO
PLAN CAMPAIGN

NOGALES, Sonora, Mexico, May
1. U.P)-General Plutarco Elias
Gales, minister of war, arrived
here today from Hermosillo, capi
tai of Sonora, where he quartered
the federal army he led up the west
coast to aid in crushing the recent
revolution.
General Gales came by airplane
and announced that he would fly
to Aqua Prieta, Sonora, tom orroW
TO confer with General Juan Alma
lan, commander of the federal
army which came into Sonora from
the state of Chihuahua.
The minister of war was accom-
panied here by Arturo De Serracho,
personal representative of President
Portes Gil, Abelardo Rodriguez,
governor of Lower California, an3
General Jaime Garlic, who com
manded the federals at the battle
of Mazatlan.
Serracho said that Generals
h'ti's I'm idut iJCoh ANU
Jesus Borquez, rebel leaders who
surrendered at Ortiz, Sonoia, had
been released
MEXIcO CITY, May 4 U.P)-
The Mexican revolt has Eeen put
down and the government will CEN
ter its efforts hcnceiorth in crush
ing minor disturbers, including re-
ligious fanatics, President Emilio
Portes Gil announced today.
Fifteen thousand men have been
modified at Hermosillo, Sonora, t.
fight the tanatics-or Cristeros, az
they are known. They will be useG
in the state of Nayrit, ,!alisco,
Colima, Michoacan, Zaeetecas and
Durango, the president said.
The statement said the CristeroS
would be annihilated within two
months.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-04
WHAT'S DOING
TONIGHT

TONIGHT
Fox Imperial Theatre, "Noth-
ing But the Truth.
TOMORROW
Church services, all churches.
Baseball game, 2:30, Eastside
park.
Ex-service mems trip to An
drade, 8, Pickwick stage depot.
Radio KXO-11-2, 6-10:3c.
Fox Imperial Theatre, Gen
tlemen of the Press
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-18
labor" Rule in a New
Trick to Block Soviet
Relations Masses Want

London reports state that King
George the Fifth declines, as he did
in 1924 when the Soviet representa-
tive was not of the diplomatic rank
to require it, to receive the new
Soviet Ambassador, Sokolnikoff, on
the grounds he then gave, j. e., that
the Soviet had murdered his
cousin" the bloody Tsar Nicholas
ii. This reason, it is stated unoffi-
cially, is given as the cause for the
delay in presenting credentials by
the Soviet Ambassador.
This is. evidently a put-up job of
the "labor" government of MacDon-
aid, who, compelled by the demand
of the British masses to recognize
the Soviet Union, has continually
connived with the other capitalist
parties to bring up every conceiv-
able objection to carrying out the
recognition and to lay propaganda
basis for breaking it off as soon as
possible.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-18
Japanese and US. Imperialism
Fight for More Naval Arms

state, is given by Anne O'Hare Nc
Cormick, bourgeois writer in the
"New York Times" (Dec. Is, 1920 :
You feel in the state depart
ment that the whole personnel is
working under this pressure.
There is kind of hurry of prepa-
ration in the air, such as not long
ago might have agitated a war
office during the tension of a war
scare"
After talking with Stimson, she
gives us clue to the deep-going
conflicts between Japan and the
United States over naval arma-
ments and struggle for control of
the Chinese markets. She says
further:
The japanese will meet strong
opposition TO an increase in their
ratio from the 5-5-3 Of the Wash.
fCont'nued on Page Threel
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-18
STRIKE BREAKS
ONE SHOE BOSS
4 Workers in Contempt
Trial; No Verdict Yet

One shoe boss in New York be-
gins to realise the power of work.
ers when they are organized in
their own union, and have no "pie
card artist" officials to sell them
out. Arthur Bender, Inc, one time
manufacturer of high grade wom-
ems shoes, defied the demands of
his workers last April for union
conditions, and the Independent
Shoe Workers Union called a strike.
Bender was given financial help by
the Board of Trade.
Yesterday trade papers published
the announcement that this COM
pany had applied for a voluntary
bankruptcy, giving its liabilities at
$225,000 and its assets at $4,000.
This concern had secured some
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-18
Call Orleans
Marine Worker
Co n fe re nee

The Marine Workers League, ma
tional office at 2S South ST., New
York, has called Gulf Coast Con-
ference of all in the marine indus.
try, to meet in New Orleans, Sat-
urday, Jan. Is, and continue on the
10th. This is the third regional con-
ference to be held this year, the
other two being in New York, for the
Atlantic Coast and in San Francisco
for the Pacific Coast. After the
New Orleans conference, in April,
there will be a national convention
for the organization of marine
workers industrial union.
The call for the Gulf Coast confer
ence states, after announcing the
purposes and place of the meeting:
"The delegates will be elected
from ship, dock and fleet committees
of seamen, longshoremen and barbor
boatmen and from locals of the
Marine Workers League.
"The present conditions aboard
the ships are intolerable, the "Sea-
mems Act is a dead letter; two
watches are substituting for the
three watch system; not only is the
wage scale far below that paid in
1920, but wage cuts are the order
Of the day. Vessels are putting to
sea absolutely under-manned; made
quate crews are forced to work over
time; the mates and engineers usual
ly promise time off, which in most
cases we never get. The crews liv-
ing quarters are notoriously insani-
tary. The food is garbage, and the
black list is used right and left, on
all who raise protest.
Speed-Up and Mass Unemployment.
"The introduction of labor saving
devices (oil fuel, the Diesel engine,
the Metal Mike, the automatic chip
ping hammer, the paint spraying
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