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INSTRUCTORS ELECT.

Kansas City Woman Heads
Teachers of English.
KANSAS CITY, December 2 P.-
Miss Ruth Marie Weeks of Kansas City
Saturday was elected president of the
National Council of Teachers of Eng
lish, meeting here in annual convention,
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MATSON JURY LACKS
INDICTMENT EVIDENCE
Suspects Held in Death of Broth
ers Will Be Released, Off,
Gals Say.

BY the Associated Press.
TEXARKANA, Ark, December a.
Because it failed to find sufficient EVIL
dence in connection with the deaths of
Arthur and Lee Matson, whose shot
riddled bodies were found in an aban-
doned we'll on November 10, the Miller
County grand jury Saturday failed to re-
turn an indictment.
Since their arrest a few days after
the disappearance of the Matson BROTH
ers, Zoos and John Rayburn, together
with Ola Owens, sweetheart of Coe,
have been held in Jail here. All will be
released, county officials said.
The two youths Trre missed Novem-
Der and 1t SAsS~.1ot until their bodies
were discovered in a well November 10
that it was known they had met with
death. Officers advanced the theory
that the brothers were executed as a
result of a moonshine war and they
had been shot to death to prevent them
from revealing the location of still.
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November Freaky Weather Month
With Records for Hot and Cold

This was three points above any No.
vember maximum in the So years of
the Weather Bureaus existence. On
two previous occasions the mercury had
touched 80.
The other November extreme was Wis
tied upon Washington at $3.50 am. Sat-
urday, when the temperature reading
dipped to 11.3 degrees, the lowest Of
record.
The former minimum for the season
was IL degrees on November % and %,
1870
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Two all-time records showed up mid
night Saturday. when meteorologists
here closed their book of statistics rela-
tive to the weather vagaries of Novem-
Der, 1929.
The month brought both the hottest
and the coolest November temperatures
in the history of Washington's Weather
Bureau.
On November last electric fans and
iced drinks had a brief vogue as the
city sought relief from an unaccustomed
temperature of SO degrees.
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INQUEST WILL PROBE
6CAR-TRAIN DEATHS
Story of Wild Ride With Death
Will Be Told to
Coroner.
Nv the Associated Press


WHITTIER, Calf, December 1.-THE
story of wild ride with death will be
told to coroner's jury here today at
an inquest into an accident which cost
the lives of six young persons at a
grade crossing near here. The six were
killed yesterday when their automobile
was struck by a Santa Fe passenger
train and hurled, mass of twisted
wreckage, against the concrete base of
o Semaphore signal
Sheriff's deputies said the party was
returning to Los Angeles from a dance
in Santa Fe Springs and apparently an
attmept was made to beat the train
to the crossing. The dead are:
William r. De Ford, 81, former
Los Angeles High School foot ball
player: Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Mccain
Centralia, Wash; Edwin C. Bike, %;
Miss Airline Herr, 19, and Mrs. Audna
Day, %, all of Los Angeles.
Investigators said De Ford evidently
was driving the car
Mr.. and Mrs. Mccain were on their
honeymoon. A1Cann formerly was a
member Of the University of Washing
ton foot ball team.
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CONSERVATIVES SCORED
FOR VOTING "SLACKNESS"
Press Hits Absentees for Failure to
Upset Labor Party in Insurance
Split.
BY the Associated Press


LONDON, December 2.-Absentee
Conservative members of the House of
Commons have been roughly hauled
over the Goals in their party since the
Labor government narrowly escaped de-
feat last Thursday, when for the first
time Conservatives and Liberals trooped
into the same division lobby there were
1913 Conservatives absent out of a pos
sible voting strength of 258. The Lib
erals, on the other hand, were only
seven short of their full voting strength.
The Conservative press is sharply
critical of Conservative slackness."
The Morning Post roundly scolded the
party NJ. P'S.
The division was on Liberal amend
ment in committee to a clause in the
unemployment insurance bill. AS it did
not involve the main principle of the
bill, defeat of the government would
not have caused either resignation or
dissolution.
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physical education, the reserve officers
training corps, the evening classes and
the Summer sessions
The total income of the university
for the fiscal year was $3.50 903 and the
expenditures. $561373. This was the
third year that there has been no
deficit.
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Other new officers include o. B. Sper-
lin of the University of Washington,
Seattle, first vice president; Henry
Graydon. High Point, N. c.. second vice
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president; w. Wilbur Hatfield, Chicago
Normal College, secretary treasurer,
and Miss Carrie Belle Parks, Indiana,
Pa. auditor.
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Italy has stopped the practice of in
sorting in contracts for public works a
clause forbidding the use of labor saving
MACHINERY
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Largest Enrolment.

In the academic colleges of the uni
versity the total enrolment was 1919
students, which exceeded the enroll
ment of last year by 1872 and is the
largest enrolment in~the history of the
university. There we're 666 new students.
The activities of the university in
clude the colleges of liberal arts, educa-
ton, applied science and music, the
graduate school, the department of
Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-25

Wynnc returned the punt to tie .
yard line and again the Wildcats
dug their clcats into the turf and
prseentcd stone wall to the best
FL Centre efforts. Again taking the
ball on. downs, Brawley punted on
the first down. Eleven determined
Central boys threw themselves at the
line in an effort to block the kick.
Adams succeeded in stopping the
ball and fell on it behind the Braw-
lev line for the only local counter
of the game. Watson missed the
try for point.
Central then kicked off to Braw-
ley and the Wildcats began another
siege Of the local goal line. A long
pass was tried-incomplete. Ell Cen
tro took the ball on their own 20
ward line. A blocked punt Tas re-
covered by Brawley on the 20 yard
line and a long forward pass vocr
the line gave them their final touch
down.
Brawley was out for blood and
revenge and outplaved the locals
during the first half. In the latter
half of the game, the Central boys
lad the better of the argument and
would have won draw decision but
for the blocked punt so near their
own goal.
The aerial game was not success
full for either side. in the first half
each team completing only one for
ward pass. In the second half.
Brawley connected with fonr passes
while every one tossed by FL Centro
fizzled out. either being grounded or
, intercepted.
III spite Of the intensity displayed
by both teams, the game was clean
ly played few penalties being asses
sed bv the officials. Brawley drew
two for Is yards each, one for hold
ing and the other for an Illegal use
of hands. FL Centro was taxed )
wards for off side several times.
None Of the penalties had any direct
bearing on the scoring.
"We start active preparations for
Calexico, tomorrow, Coach Arm.
strong said today. "The boys did
we'll and I feel sure that they will
be in fighting trim for the last
game of the season."
Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-25
Youths Capture
Shooting H0nOrs

You'll, was served at the turkey
shoot held yesterday by the 1mpcr-
ial Valley Gun club at Imperial, the
cold timers" going down before the
Youngsters when Kay Richmond
walked away with high honors and
two turkeys, upholding the honor
and prestige of the Richmond elan
when his father, otherwise "Penny',
fell by the waysidc.
Second only to Kay's shooting was
the work of Parkman Moore. IA year
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. r. ?. Moore,
shooting 90 guagc gun in the class
G event, who hit nine out of 10 birds
and gathered in a turkey for the
familv's Thanksgiving dinner.
A distressing incident TO most OF
the shooters, according to reports,
was the contest between Cal Nous
seau and "Tommy" Thomas. me
latter hit one bird out of 10 while
the county clerk missed all of his.
However the latter staged come
back and managed to win a turkey
some suspicion, however, being at
tached to his performance, according
to the Press informant.
Others who won turkeys were Ben
Hulse, Al Carey, Oscar Peterson, and
Higgins, Calexico, Stone and Wen
dell. Another "bust" was Rudy Har-
mon of Holtvillc, while "Doc" Zinn
was almost as bad.
A large crowd attended the shoot
and from all accounts even the losers
had Il good time.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-25
Girl Killed In
Auto Accident

HAYWARD. Calf, Nov. 25. up)
Crushed between an automobile
and the guard rail of the San Fran
cisco bay toll bridge last night Miss
Ethel Payne, II, of Coldwater, Mich,
died shortly after the accident at a
local hospital.
Mrs. Mary Dayharsh, SO, also of
Coldwater, was slightly injured as
was Harold Waters, Oakland, driver
of the car.
According to police, Waters, who
is young boy, was cutting in sharp
ly while endeavoring to avoid an
oncoming machine, when the ear
scraped against the guard rail, tear
ing off the rear door and throwing
Miss Payne against the railing.
She was rushed to the Hayward
hospital, but died few hours later.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-25
DOC SMELL WILL
SHOW WARESON
FRIDAYS CARD

Anv boxer who can number among
his victim, King Tut, Joe Sanger,
Charley Phil Rosenberg, Jimmy NC
Larnin. Wildcat Carter and Baby
Sal Sorio, is some pumpkins IN ahe
boxing game, and Doc Smell, the Ia
coma warrior, can lay claim to tilat
honor.
Doc will display his wares in the
10 round main event at the Imperial
Valley Athletic club Friday night,
his opponent being Leonard Porter.
At first crack Porter might seem too
inexperienced for such fellow as
Doc. but those who have seen the
colored boy in four starts down here,
admit that he is fast and clever ana
knows his boxing well enough to put
up good scrap against Doc, even
though he may be unable to win.
The semi-final brings together Pc
dro Villa and Mickey Emo. Pedro
recently boxed Tommy Hughes here
and made a good showing. Erno has
met Ernie Hood, Speed Datto, Tom
my Hughes and other good boys and
is a regular main eventer in Pasa-
! dena.
The Majhoney brothers, Matco
and Maurice, will be seen in the
two preliminaries. Mateo will tao
klc Carl Hager, of San Bernardino,
| and Maurice will tangle again with
Dc La Fuente of Calexico.
Matco has not been seen i'll action
here for long time, and has learned
a lot since his last appearance.
Maurice is coming along i'll good
shape and many fans disagreed with
| the decision which gave Fuente a
verdict over him two weeks ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-25
PACIFIC COAST
FOOTBALL FANS
ASK QUESTIONS

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. %. W.D
Now that the 35th big game be-
tween California and Stanford is
a matter of history, the Cardinals
having triumphed over the Golden
Bears. y to 8, Pacific coast foot
ball fans arc asking themselves sew
cral pertinent questions, namely:
Who is the winner in the Pacific
coast conference!
What, team will be picked for the
intersectional New Years day game
at the Pasadena Rose Bowl!
And last, but far from least:
What happened to California Satur-
day, in the seasons biggest upset7
Some of these questions are easi-
er to answer than others.
On Thanksgiving day the undc-
featcd st. Mary's Blue Ghosts will
play their last scheduled game with
Oregon's Wcbfooters at Kezar sta
dium, San Francisco. st. Mary's is
a favorite, but the boys from Eugene
are football wise and may be count
ed on to make the game a thriller.
Montana and u. Z. L.. A. Will tan
gle on the turkey day game at Los
Angeles and the fans can watch a
close affair then.
November 80 will see the final
conference game of the year, with
Washington State endeavoring to de-
feat the powerful Southern Califor-
MIA varsity at Los Angeles.
Intersectional contest will flavor
the program in considerable mum.
bers. Aside from the Rose Bowl
New York's game for which contest.
ants are yet to be named, the pick
will be the Army West Point Stan.
ford game at Palo Alto, Dee. 2S, and
the U. S. C.-Carnegic Tech game in
i Los Angeles on Dee. IA.
Other cross country tilts includ,
Columbia VS.. st. Ignatius, at Sar
Francisco, Dee. l Oregon VS.. Flor
Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-25
SPORT NEWS

they walked away with the decision.
1876.
The first wildcat touchdown came
in the opening quarter as the direct
result of such break. With the
ball deep in I'll Centro's territory,
Brawley was forced to punt. The
effort was partially blocked and the
ball bounced along toward the locals
goal line. Wynnc tried to snare the
elusive pigskin but it got away
from him. rolled across the line
where a Brawley man fell on it for
q touchdown.
This concluded the scoring for the
first ifaffsait canfro came
mighty close to. a, tulfy right after
the first Wildcat score. Receiving
the kickoff, Brawley fumbled and
FL Centre took possession of the ball
on the 40 yard stripe and started n
grand march toward the goal. A
bad tumble by Watson, however,
ended the effort, Brawley taking the
ball and thrusting back all other
local efforts to score.
FL Centre was not to be denied
however. Taking the opening kick.
off of the second half they marched
down the field. A long forward
pass, Wynnc to Ferguson put the
ball in the shadow of the Wildcat
goal posts and Hammer was sent in
to put it over. He ruscd the ball to
within a yard of the goal line but
tho Brawlcy defense stiffencd and
they took the ball on downs. They
tried line plunge and then kicked.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-25
NOTED COMEDIAN
DIES SUDDENLY
AT HOLLYWOOD

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, Nov. %.
U.P)-Raymond Hitchcock, cclcbrat
ed comedian, died of heart attack
last night while sitting i'll his auto
mobile in front of his home i'll Ben
cdict canyon.
Hitchcock suddenly was seized
with spell Of coughing and died
before his wife and Chinese scrv-
ant. who were with him, could rem
der aid
Mr.. and Mrs. Hitchcock came to
California three weeks ago from the
east to speed the. actors recovery
from long Illness. Last May Hitch
cock was confined in a Chicago hos
pital fer several weeks after a heart
attack.
Hitchcock and his wife had mot
crod through the canyons surround
ing Beverly Hills and Hollywood and
upon their return they stopped at a
drug store and picked up the Chinese
servant, who had taken the day off
AS the three drove up to the Hitch
cock drive and stopped, the comcdi
an collapsed.
Mrs. Hitchcock attempted to mott
fy friends and failing in this she
called the police. DR.. Ray Johnson
police surgeon, said Hitchcock died
of heart failure and later DR.. Robert
W. Meals, who had been treating the
actor, signed death certificate. No
inquest will be held, it was said.
Scored Many Hits
Hitchcock was born in Auburn,
y. Y, on October %, 1865. lie made
his first stage appearance in 1890
and gained prominence in the mus
zeal play "King Dodo." The Yam
kec Consul" was another of the early
plays which helped make Hitchcock's
reputation.
In 1916 Hitchcock appeared in
London III "Mr Manhattan" and "A
year later the famous glitch Koo,"
with Hitchcock as star, was opened
in New York. Recent plays in which
the actor appeared were "I'hc Old
Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-25
Company Offers
Paramount Stock

Lawrence and Company, invest
ment brokers of Los Angeles, have
recently announced new issue Of
preferred and Glass "a" common
stock of Paramount Investment Cor
poration, to be offered in units of
3 shares, $40 par value preferred
stock and | share of Class "a" COM
mon stock, at $40 per unit.
Henry j. Weiss at the Barbara
Worth hotel, represents Lawrence
and Company in the Imperial Valley
district.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-25
CENTRAL UNION
IS DEFEATED By
BRAWLEY ELEVEN

A dose of ovcrconfidence both on
the part of the FL Certro players
and their supporters, brought about
the fall of the local football players
when they met the Brawlcy Wildcats
Saturday afternoon. The game was
practically on ice before the opening
whistle, at least in the minds of III
Centrans, and complex resulted
which proved disastrous to the Cen
tral Unions pennant hopes.
The game was marked by many
breaks-fumbles and blocked kicks,
all of which had direct influence on
the scoring of both teams, but Braw-
ley took better advantage of these
opportunities with the result that
Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-25
Sues For Fee In
NOrthcOtt Case

LOS ANGELES, Nov. %. W.p>-
In an action on file here today the
government was asked to aid y. L..
Maitland, Canadian attorney, III
forcing Riverside county to pay
S3,O44.00 for services rendered dur
ing the prosecution of Gordon Stew
art Northcott, convicted murderer.
Maitland contended that the eonn-
~ failed to meet his proper blii:
Northcott. now under sentence "l
death at San Quentin, was captured
in Canada after he fled from here
when he was accused of staying
three youths on his Riverside chick
en- farm
Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-25

Soak" and "Thc Sap" He also fea-
tured in Ziegfield's and Earl Carols
productions in New York City.
Hitchcock also starred in several mo-
tion pictures.
Early in his career Hitchcock mar
ried Flora Zabellc, who played lead
ing feminine roles in "King Dodo,"
and "Thc Yankee Consul"
Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-25
PAGE FIVE

ida, at Miami, Dee. 4; Santa Clara
VS.. Hawaii, at Honolulu, Dec. IA;
Washington State VS.. Honolulu Ath
lctic club, at Honolulu, Dec. 25; the
Shrine All Star East VS.. West game
at San Francisco, Jan. ] and Wash
ington State VS.. Hawaii at Honolu-
lu, Jan. /.
The Pacific coast conferences race
can only end in tie.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-25
THE WEATHER
LOS ANGELES AND VICINITY

LOS ANGELES. AND VICINITY
Fair tonight and Tuesday with
moderate temperature; low humidity
and high fire hazard.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Fair tonight and Tuesday; light
local frosts in the interior tonight :;
light variable winds.
FIRE WEATHE:> FORECAST
Generally fair with moderate tem-
perature and normal humidity; gen
Tie to moderate northly winds.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-25

Here's an culinary parachute
jump that got on the telegraph
wires the other day. Eddie Graf,
professional chute artist. found
himself in this predicament after
thrilling leap from plane over
M1Icncycr, ~. =, Imagine tho sus'
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and anyway the long-lost heiress is one
of those comic figures that belong
to the movies. Who was the woman
again-the mad grandmother"
Lady Pattison,' said Wade, annoyed
by his colleagues skepticism, and she
wasn't mad"
Elk's eyebrows went up.
THE emerald woman! oh, yes. l
remember that fire"
THE emerald woman?" asked Wade
quickly
She had hundreds of en-" explained
Elk. Kept a small museum in her
house. And, try as we would, We never
could find out whether they'd been
pinched. The house was burned to the
ground and only a few of the stones
were found. But the old lady was so
upset about her granddaughter's death
that she wouldn't give us any 1nforma-
ton about 'em. Humph!"
He crouched back in his chair, clasp
ing and unclasping his bony hands, his
eyes fixed on his desk.
THE emerald woman" he muttered.
"Of course! It's one of the doubtful
cases in the india rubber mems file!
All this happened before we knew these
birds as well as we know 'em today.
The only thing we could establish was
that the servants we're gotten out of
the house with theater tickets, and the
maid who was in charge of the child
was lured by a telephone message. to
meet some Teller who had taken her
fancy 1t looked like a we'll planned
job at the time, remember, but. as 1
say, we couldn't get the old lady to
talk"
1.-THE body of the child was found?"
asked John Wade anxiously.
Elk pursed his lips.
We'll" he drawled, IT don't want to
go into gruesome details, but you
couldn't find anything after a fire like
that-anything you could swear was
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By Edgar Wallace.

For a second Wade was so dunn
founded by the sight that he could not
speak Finally he said:
We'll. Lord Siniford. Do you wish
to see Mr.. ,Brude?"
Siniford shook his head.
mo mol" His voice was shrill
Not at all. Sorry I came.
See you another time, Brude.
The door slammed behind him, and
the two men we're left looking at each
other wonderingly.
Funny fellow! What scared him?''
asked Wade.
I'm bowed If I know" said Mr..
Brude, becoming unusually human.
Bless my life. he gave me start
Wade smiled.
But not the start that We gave
him
He looked at his watch. He had ar
ranged to meet Inspector Elk at 8.
II gather that you don't wish me to
make report of this burglary"
Mr. Brude shook his head vigorously.
IF do, it will be left to the local
inspector" continued Wade. Il shall
have to make confidential report. OF
course. When can see the other box?"
Tomorrow at II. I'll get 1t from the
bank"
Brude looked apprehensively at the
door.
you don't think I am in any dan
ger?" he asked nervously you wouldn t
think. for example-well, that the in
dia rubber men, as they call them,
had anything to do with this bust
ness?"
why do you say that?" demanded
Wade, sharply.
For answer, the lawyer pulled open
the drawer of his desk and drew out
a glove. 1t was of thin rubber and
designed for right hand.
There it is" he muttered, as though
a weight were lifted from his mind.
Wade picked up the glove and ex-
amined it.
when did you find this?" he asked.
Mr.. Brude settled himself in his
chair
II did not notice the glove until my
clerk drew attention to it this after
noon. 1t was lying under my desk
The thief had evidently taken it off to
make an examination of the papers"
THAT is the time he would have
kept it on" smiled John Wade. mo.
he took it off to write He used his
own fountain pen, and he was making
note of the contents of the box.
Probably the second burglar was read
ing over these titles. Did you notice
that your blotting paper was fresh this
morning."
Mr.. Brude frowned.
Eyes, I did-now that you mention
it."
The lawyers writing pad consisted
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human. Why the fire was so fierce 1t
burnt the brickwork into DUST"
Suddenly he got up to his feet.
Wen take the chance of looking
foolish. You'd better post couple of
men at Tappitt's house and see that
nobody interviews your young lady
that is, nobody but me. I'm going to
see her tonight and find out what she
can remember about her past. I'll
see that the chief cancels the order to
return her to the Mecca"
II could see her" began Wade.
you could do nothing" said Elk
calmly. you're sweet on her, and that
means that you've lost your judgment
and your fine police touch"
| They intercepted Sergt Tappitt,
Lila's host, just as he was coming off
duty. He demurred at Elk's suggestion
that two men should be posted at his
house.
THE missus won't like that" he
said. She'll think it's a slight upon
her. And I don't think there's any
danger. If it was cottage like Mr..
Wade's there might be, but we live
and going all the time--anyway, come
along and see the young lady"
His home was situated within a
stones throw of John Wades house, on
the first floor of block of artisans
apartments, recently built. When he
opened his door the tiny hall was in
darkness.
MY old lady's getting economical,
he said as he switched on the light.
| Leading from the hall was narrow
passage. He strobe down this and
opened the door of the kitchen, where
| he knew his supper would be laid.
| This room also was dark.
That's queer" he said, and his voice
was little troubled.
He turned on the lights. The table
was laid for three. There was a cup