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Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-10
COlOred Comedian
Falls From Grace

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 10. W.H-
Stepin Fechit, the intensely religious
negro motion pictuAre star, fell
from grace early today and, as
result, spent several uncomfortable
hours in the city drunk tank.
He was picked up just before
dawn in the Los Angeles negro see
tion where he assertecly was making
"whoopee" with a group of negro
admirers Officers found him giving
a free performance in the rear of
one Of his expensive automobiles.
The actor refused to be quieted so
he was arrested and booked on n
drunk charge. He pleaded not guilty
when he was brought into sunrise
court and he demanded a trial by
jury, set for today.
Fechit owns four luxurious cars,
all bought, according to himself to
take fellow negroes to church on
Sundays.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-10
MAKING FINE PROGRESS ON
BLIGHT RESISTING LETTUCE

immune strains that will excel in
earliness, yield, quality and hard
mess the old standard New York
Special. Several of these newer I'm,
perial strains are now being grown
in the valley in small field trials.
In addition to brown blight. DR..
jaeger is now far along with some
strains that are immune to both
blight and to lettuce downy mildew
which occasionally plays havoc with
the valley crop. Several of these
double resistant strains are includ-
ed in the small field trials this wear.
In addition these larger trials, thous-
ands of - foot beds Of newer hv-
birds and selections are being ear
ried in the breeding plots. The mil
dew work depends on DR.. Jagger's
plots at Chula Vista where he can
always be sure Of an infection. Bv
switching from Imperial Valley to
Chula Vista he is able to grow two
generations Of lettuce seed each year
Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-10
FL CENTRIC ELKS
WILL PAY VISIT
TO YUMA LODGE

Local Elks are looking forward
with considerable anticipation to to-
morrow night when they will jour
ney to Yuma to be guests OF the
Yuma lodge at a ceremonial given
in return for courtesies extended By
III Centre lodge when the Yuma
club house burned down several
months ago.
Accompanying the local Elks will
be A. r. Schultz of Redlands, dis
trict deputy grand exalted ruler for
California, south, who will be es-
corted here by an honor guard from
Redlands for the purpose of max.
ing an official visit 10 valley
lodges.
Through special dispensation.
"a Centre lodge will be peru tilted
to hold its regular meeting at Yuma
tomorrow night, eliminating the
usual Thursday night meeting in
this city. A class of ID candidates
from this city will be initiated at
Yuma. The district deputy grand
exalted ruler for Arizona, west, will
also be present.
All officers of the local lodge and
large number of members. will
make the trip. The departure from
here will be made from the .Elks'
hall at ) o'clock, the early hour be
ing necessary beeassc of the differ
cEce in time between here and
Yuma. The ceremonial will begin
st s o'clock Yuma time and will be
followed by dinner.
Exalted Ruler Shultz will make
official visits TO Brawley lodge on
thursday night and to Calexieo
ledge on Friday night.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-10

, and in this way get along twice as
| fast as usual.
To the interested grower, DR.. Jag
gers platS are wonderfully fasefn'
/ ating, for in them he can see. the
painstaking operations necessary to
| produce a good market lettuce i'm
mune to blight and mildew by com
bining a susceptible market type
with a blight free leaf lettuce and
again with a mildew free leaf let
tuce and then recombining the re-
suits of these hybrids to get both
mildew and blight resistance i'll the
same hybrid. This combined hybrid
must then he selected and reseleet-
cd until we get perfect high quail
ity head lettuce ready for the grow
CT. Thousands of individual lettuce
plants must be examined, some Sc
lectcd, their seed saved, planted,
grown and reseleeted This process
is really never ending since we are
always striving for something bet
ter. earliness, size. resistance TO cold,
heat, tip burn. etc, all must be con-
Sidered.
Through the cooperation of the
lettuce growers, DIR. Jaeger has en-
ioyed exceptional opportunities to
carry on an extensive campaign for
several years. Plots have been To-
Gated on diseased fields so that re-
siStance to blight could be judged in
comparison with check plots of New
York Special. Some plots on new
land are needed to compare the new
strains with the standard varieties
for Weld and carliness. This fall,
the early plots to compare the new
strains with New York Special are
on the ranches Of the Pepper Fruit
enc just north of West
Store and another five miles further
east on Holt avenue. The later plots
on blight infected soil are found
on Sawdey x Hunts ranch, two
niles west and one half mile north
Of FL Centric. American Fruit Grow
mile south of Brawley. Miller
Cummings ranch two miles south
west Of Brawley on the Highway.
Two smaller plots on new land were
planted near Alamorio, one on Amer
lean Fruit Growers ranch. one half
mile east of Alamorio. and one on
Jack Brothers & McBurney ranch,
two miles south of Alamorio.
Over four thousand plots, each 25
feet long are growing in the valley
trials this winter. Each plot is
marked with its number which con-
meets it up in DR.. Jagger's notes on
its pedigree and past performance.
To the visitor these plots are mean
.ngless without guide, indeed
speaking from plant breeders
it is best to have the
breeder show interested parties
around. l have found it almost
rule that the large operator has diff
ficulty in visualizing the value of
small plots, so that it is. often best
-or him to wait for large plots to
form his opinion. The plant breed
e is apparently successful in his
work because he can see the good
iu his varied progency and stay with
il until the bad is rooted out.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-10
KILLED IN BLAST

SAN PEDRO, Calf, Dee. 10. U.H
John Coync, 35, Long Beach, prob
ably was fatally burned when an
agitator at the Union Oil Company's
refinoy here exploded early today.
Damage amounting to more than
$500 was done by the blast. Coyne
was taken to Seaside hospital for
treatlSent.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-10
STOCK QUOTATIONS
THE WEATHER

FOR Los ANGELES AND VI
ClNlTI: Cloudy and unsettled to-
night and Wednesday with prob,
ably rain; moderate temperature.
FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA:
Fair east, unsettled west portion to.
night and Wednesday with probably
rain northwest portion Wednesday;
moderate temperature; gentle vari-
able winds becoming southerly on
coast.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-10

,'elopment Co. and the Southern
Sicrras Power company.
The public in general and parents
OF students in particular, are invits
ed to tune in on the program which
viii contain many old favorites as
we'll as more modern music.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-10
School Students
On Air Tonight

Students from the -'arious high
schools in the valley will provide
n two hour program of vocal and
instrumental music over ,KXO to-
night. starting at 6:30, under the
auspices of tile Imperial Ice & De
The Indianapolis times., 1929-10-19
new PROCESS
Of EDUCATION
IS DEFENDED
Teachers Hear Columbia
University Leader
Score 'PeSSimiStS.'
GOVERNOR ALSO TALKS
Closing Session of Annual
Convention Under Way
at Tabernacle.

Educational pessimists who decry
modern trends in education were
scored today by Dr. Otis Caldwell,
director of the institute of expert
mentation at Columbia university,
at the closing session of the Indiana
State Teachers Association in Cadle
tabernacle.
They give nothing but destructive
criticism and offer nothing con-
structive. 1t is the easiest thing in
the world to do," he said.
He defended the new educational
processes and explained their rela-
tionship to past methods OF edu-
eating youth.
THE children in schools now are
not merely to be the next genera
ton, but are the next generation.
New generations always are growing
and always clinging to essentials in
past generations. The old genera
tiOnS have memories of what used
to be" he said.
"One generation does not give
place to its successor as an old
building is razed Old generations
are remodeled, added too, but never
completely torn down, as buildings
are at times" he asserted.
His address was preceded by talk
by Governor Harry G. Leslie and
musical and memorial programs.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-10-19
notary HELD
FOR Theft OF
Drivers FEES
Arrest of KOkomo Man Is
First Gun in State
Police Drive.
ARRAIGNMENT IS TODAY
Head of License Division
Asserts Embodiment
State Wide.

Arraignment today of Gale
Cooper. Kokomo notary, charged
with embezzling about 100 drivers
license fees from the state, is the
opening gun in a war against sim
liar practice said to extend through
out Indiana, according to James A
Bradley, head of the automobile IL
cenSe division in the Office of the
secretary of state.
Complete check is being made by
the state police, it was announced
today by Chief Robert T. Humes.
COoper's arrest resulted from such
investigations at Kokomo made by
State Policeman Dow Chapel. He
procured receipts for license fees
paid Cooper and found that these
never were turned into the state,
he said. The result was that those
who applied never received their
drivers license and the state was
out" the 25-Cent fee in each case.
Besides being a notary, Cooper is
Kokomo agent for an insurance
company. He was arrested Thurs
day and released under $500 bond
to appear in Howard circuit court
today.
Glen Hills. Howard county prose-
cutor, stated that a charge of en-
beZzling insurance premiums also
may be filed ana the two cases tried
together
Bradley asserted that none of
Cooper S drivers license applications
had been received by his depart
ment.
Il am convinced that this prac-
tice has been prevalent throughout
the state" he declared We are
checking each report of failure to
receive a drivers license. So far,
it has been disclosed that the notary
failed. in almost every instance. to
turn in the application and the fee.
we expect other arrests to fol-
low
The Indianapolis times., 1929-10-19

Traditional rivalries and interSec-
tional games feature the activities
of thirteen Indiana collegiate foot
ball teams today, one of the most
promising programs of the season
to date.
Topping the bill in local interest
are the invasion of Butler bowl by
the famous Haskell Indians and In
diana's tussle with the Colgate Ma
rooms at Bloomington.
One of the major tilts of the day
in national Importance is the Notre
Dame Wisconsin encounter at Chi
cago, where the Ramblers will at
tempt to avenge crushing upset
at the hands of the Badgers last
season.
Purdue has little fear of De Pauw
in their annual rivalry battle at
Lafayette, but the Tigers will fur
nish more than scrimmage oppo-
sition.
Other games:
Franklin at EarIham.
Terre Haute Normal at Chicago.
GEORGETOWN at Wabash (ntght).
Hanover at Rose Poly:
COncordia> at Valparaiso.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-10-19

Ru Times Special
PERU, Ind. Oct. 19.-AuthoritieS
today are conducting practically a
blind search for eight bandits who
robbed the First National bank here
Of $4,000 shortly before noon Fri
day. There is not a clew to where
the band fed. their automobile hav-
ing taken a route from here that
might have had either Indianapolis
or Logansport as a destination.
OF the loot. s35,000 was in cur
rency and $4,000 in non-negotiable
securities. Officials of the local bank
have notified the federal reserve
bank at Chicago TO void the secur-
tiles as a measure to prevent obtain
ing money on them.
Two men we're wounded while the
robbers were scooping up money
after cowing fifteen employees and
patrons. Patrolman John Devaney
of the Peru police force was struck
in an ankle by a bullet and H. L.
Howenstein, Michigan City. suf-
fered fracture Of the leg from
q bullet.
-Four of the bandits entered the
The Indianapolis times., 1929-10-19
ARREST WATER
WORKS CLERK
High Bond Asked in Deficit
Case at Newcastle.

BIZ Times SDecidl
NEWCASTLE, Ind, Oct. 49,
Oscar Grant, clerk of the city,
owner water works plant here, was
in Jail today while friends at
tempted to obtain bond for him,
following his arrest on charge Of
embezzling public funds.
Grant was arrested Friday night
by Sheriff Elmer Cannon, and Cir
cult Judge John H. Morris said, "a
high bond will be set" Morris in
structed officials not to permit
Grants release on bond until he
approved the bail.
The grand jury is expected to con-
vene next week to conduct a
thorough investigation of the charge
against Grant.
A shortage of s13,821 was discov-
cred in Grants books by state ac-
counts board examiners. He told
them the shortage was due to an
error"
The city council in session Fri
day afternoon discharged Grant and
named Robert Heath to succeed
himl =
The Indianapolis times., 1929-10-19
Only One Bank in Illinois
City Keeps Doors Open
After Scare.

BIZ United Press
TAYLORVILLE. Ill, Oct. 49,
The Farmers National bank, its
vaults stocked with more than
100000 in cash, most of which was
rushed here by airplane from Chi
cago Friday, was the only one of
the citys four banks open for busi-
ness today.
When federal reserve officers ar
rived at las O'Clock Friday after
noon. an hour and fifty minutes aft
er President J. j. Adams had tele-
phoned to Chicago for $500,000 to
cope with an all-day run, it was
believed the worst money scare in
the history of central Illinois had
been broken.
Six Christian county banks had
closed their doors in the last week,
three of them Friday morning. The
scare caused hundreds of deposit
orS to storm the Farmers National
Withdrawals by noon had reached
$4,000 and President Adams real
lied available Surrency would not
meet the demand.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-10-19

A roughly-dresse bandit slugged
Ora Ruffin, SO, Of 1924 Montcalm
street, proprietor Of a barber shop
at CAB Blake street, today while
Ruffin was chopping kindling in the
rear Of his shop.
The bandit stole $3.50 in cash
from RuGin's pocketbook and a
$3.50 diamond ring Ruffin was wear
ing.
Ruffin told police the young band
it, dressed in overalls, walked up be-
hind him and asked how long 1t
would be before Ruffin could shave
him.
Ruffin said he told the bandit he
would be through chopping kindling
in a few minutes. The bandit then
slugged Ruf1n from the rear,
knocking him unconscious.
Ruffin was found suffering from
head wounds by Lincoln Carter, So,
Of 1417 Rembrandt street. who noti-
The Indianapolis times., 1929-10-19
PERU BANK BANDIT GANG
MAKES CLEAN GETAWAY

bank, leaving the others at the front
door, and forced the customers and
employers to lie on the floor.
Kendrick Kenny. an assistant
cashier, entered the bank while the
robbery was in progress and turned
on burglar alarm, the robbers not
having noticed him at first.
Then the telephone rang. Miss
Martha Endicott, obeying orders,
replied "Alls we'll" Police Chief
Delbert Brown was at the other end
of the wire.
Prosecutor Paul Lutz of Marion
county and a posse Of five men in
an automobile belonging to jess
Murden of the state highway de-
partment were fired upon at Clay
pool while searching for the band
its. The shooting was done by Ed
ward Alexander, q vigilante, who
mistook the prosecutor and his
party for the bandits.
An airplane covered roads In the
vicinity of Rochester, Mentone and
Culver. shortly after the bandits
ned. but the pilot found no trace Of
them.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-10-19
SEEK IDENTITY
OF Slain MAN
Police BaffIed in Case of
Bandit System.

State and federal authorities to-
day sought to identify the body of
an alleged bandit slain Friday on
the statehouse steps when he tried
to escape from Lieutenant Charles
Bridges, state policeman.
He is known to police now only
as Charles Jackson, Cleveland, but
this name, they believe, is one of
several aliases he used.
Meanwhile, Cleveland authorities
were en- route to Indianapolis TO
return william Travis, 81, Cleve-
land, Jackson's companion, who
tried to shoot Bridges as his friend
fed.
Travis. wanted in Ohio for several
robberies, waived extradition. Police
say he admitted the crimes in the
Ohio city.
Efforts of state police Friday night
to locate relatives of the dead man
and to identify him as having served
a prison term in Michigan failed.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-10-19
WOMAN FOILS
H0LDUP EFFORT
Screams When Bandit Tries
to Rob Candy Store.

Courage of Mrs. Edith Dudley,
440 North Alton street, saleswoman
at the Maud Muller candy store, IL
North Illinois street, early Friday
night thwarted a bandits efforts to
rob the store.
With hundreds of people within a
few feet of the store, the banGnS
walked into a small room in the
rear where Mrs. Dudley was wrap
ping candy.
The holdup man grabbed Mrs.
Dudley's throat and pinned her
against the wall.
Stay back now and keep your
mouth shut" Mrs Dudley said the
bandit growled at her.
For moment everything went
black" said Mrs. Dudley, but when
he released me. realized he was
there to rob. AS he turned in the
direction of the cash register, 1
started after him. What are you
going to do?' I yelled I wasn't
afraid, I was just mad all through"
When Mrs. Dudley screamed,
passersby paused and looked in the
store and the bandit fed, without
opening the cash regitSer.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-10-19
RECORDS SCANNED FOR
CHECK MADE OUT BY
KING OF RACKETEERS


NEW YORK, Oct. 19.-Although lack of unanimity
appeared to exist today among federal officials investigating
the operations of what perhaps the most powerful snd
in the country the of Scarace Al Capone, king
pin of Chicago rackeeer continued to be linked with the
ring.
Existence of ST. 800 check made out by Capone to
of the indicted hgherups of the syndicate and which
payment stopped before it cashed was announced
by James Wilkinson, assistant United States attorney
The check Wilkinson said sent last month"; but how
Capone able to send from his Philadelphia prison CELL
where he is serving for illegally carrying firearms,
was one the many problems still confronting federal in
vesgators The check is being sought among the seized
records.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-10-19
BANDITS SLUG BARBER,
HOLD UP DRUG STORE

fed George Dietl, manager Of a
Standard Grocery Company store,
$50 Blake street, who called police.
Ruffln was sent to the city hos
pital to have his wounds dressed.
An armed bandit held three men
and a boy at bay in the Roesch
drug store, 1880 Station street.
Thursday night and scooped $50
from the cash register.
The bandit asked for cigarets and
when James Streif, 1884 North La
Sale street, clerk, started to COM
ply, the man trained revolver on
him and ordered Herman P. Roesch,
proprietor; Edward Clarke, 1922
Stewart street, a customer, and
Charles Bell, IL, of 2206 North Gale
street, delivery boy, to keep quiet.
Roesch failed to heed the order,
however, and scurried to the store
basement, where he remained until
after the hoidup.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-10-19
In the Stock Market
CBv Thomson & McKinnonl


NEW YORK. Oct. 19.-The sug-
gestion recently advanced that in
spite of the substantial decline in
the security markets there has been
no appreeiable liquidation upon the
part Of the general public and that
stocks have been passing from strong
to weak hands, finds corroboration
in the monthly compilation of the
value Of all listed stocks and the
ratio of loans issued by the New
York Stock Exchange Notwith-
standing a decline of approximately
81. 500 10000 in the value of all
listed securities. the ratio of borrow
ings has increased within a month
from less than 9 per cent to almost
10 per cent. Bearing in mind that
the latest Stock Exchange state
ment covers conditions for the
month of September. while the loan
account has continued to grow, we
must assume that in view of the re-
luctance of the public to reduce Sc
curity holdings, the ratio today is
even less favorable than it was at
the beginning Of the month. 1t may
be that short covering will develop
some technical rally today. Should
1t appear. we believe it should be
used only to reduce speculative
holdings.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-10-19

An epidemic of eyebrow
raising seemed to afflict fed
eral authorities Friday after
each announcement of a devel-
opment. When Wilkinson an
n0unced that he was con-
vinced of Capone's connection
with the ring, United States
Attorney Philip M. Forman in
Trenton, replied he had no
evidence connecting the Chi
cago gangster with the syndi-
cate.
There also were varying views
among these officials as to whether
certain banks had financed the
syndicate, which is said to have
made a profit of $2,000,000 in six
months.
Liquor Still Plentiful
Meanwhile, with virtually al the
big shots" of the liquor corpo alton
reliably reported vacationing in far
flung corners of Europe, South
America and Canada, rum pur-
veyors here seemed little perturbed
over the greatest general dry clean
up by the federal government in
recent years.
Liquor, it was said, will be no less
plentiful for the coming Thanks
giving, but it will be slightly higher
in price. One reason, according to
reports, was that despite the gov
ernment's elaborate preparations for
the demolition of the syndicate, 1t
went for naught because the rum
ring knew of the impending drive
several hours before it's inception.
A super efficient system Of espion-
age made this certain, it was be-,
lieyed.
Seek Another Station
An indication OF this was seen in
the fact that the traWler Shawnee,
of Canadian registry, said to be one
of six ships owned by the syndicate,
continued to elude coast guard de-
stroyers, although it had been ex-
pected to be led into trap through
fake wireless orders for it to come
into New York.
According to Wilkinson, 1t was
possible that after the government
had captured the syndicate's un-
licensed wireless station near At
lantic Highlands, N. j., another one
still existed. He said he had
evidence that a second such station
was in operation on Long Island
and that it may have tipped the
Shawnee.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-10-19
NATIONAL PARTY MEETS

National party candidates in the
city campaign discussed the issues
at a rally Friday night at 206 Holli-
day building with John zahnd, ma
tional chairman presiding.
Speakers were: w. j. Rominger,
candidate for mayor; Mrs. Lillian
Sterns. candidate for city clerk; and
Bert Decker and G. D. Reddick,
councilmanic candidate.
A meeting will be held Monday
night at 2349 Bellefontaine street.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-10-19
MONEY RUSHED BY
AIR TO HALT RUN
Gin FanCier
BIZ [ Hited Press

BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, Oct. 10. - One
juniper berry to a bottle of al
cohol was L. F.. Cunyan's re-
cipe for gin, Mrs. Bertha Cum
yam charged in her suit for di-
vorce.
Because he refused to put
any water in the mixture, he
got pie eyed and stayed that
way for two years, his wife
charged. Besides, she got tired
having the house cluttered up
with potter juniper plants.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-10-19
STATE BOARD CLEARS
WAY FOR ROAD WORK
Warrick County Project Protest
Dismissed by Commission.


Dismissed by Commission.
Public service commissioners Of
ficially have removed all objection
to construction OF state road No. 66
to the bridge over the railroad
tracks near Newburg, in Warrick
county.
An order was passed at the COM
mission conference Friday dismiss
ing the protest against the road
and bridge filed by the receiver for
the Evansville g. Ohio Valley rail-
road.
This action was in line with the
opinion of Attorney General James
NJ Ogden. who held that the state
highway commission. and not the
public service commissioners, have
entire jurisdiction.
The highway commission is con-
tinuing construction of the road to
meet the 100000 bridge built a year
ago. Director John J. Brown de-
clared today. William NJ. CarSonS,
receiver for the railroad. is attempt
ing to halt construction with an in
junction suit in Warrick circuit
court.