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Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-11
Prisoner Makes
Threat To Shoot
Local Policeman

Fred Wallace was lodged in the
county Jail last night pending invrs-
tigation ON several checks he is al
legged to have passed in El Centre
last week.
Wallace was arrested when he of
ferrd to trade his automobile and
two checks, amounting TO 500, to
Pete Baroni, local hotel manager
in exchange for the Iattcr's ma
chine
II. L. Willis, arrcsting officer,
declares that while cnroutc to the
police station with his prisoner, Wal
lace whipped out an automatic re
NolVcr, threatening TO shoot If the
officer intcrfcrrcd with an escape
\ fist fight cnsucd during which
the officer over powered and dis
armed the prisoner. \ check pro,
tcctor was also found in his posses
sion.
The date for trial will be set fol
lowing the district attorney 5 in
vestigation,
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-11
Court Imposes
Traffic Fines

Four defendants pleaded guilty to
reckless driving charges this morn
ing before Justice Of Peace |. May
field.
II, S. Chipman, who gave his ad-
dress as Los Angeles, pleaded guilty
to the charge and was given his
choice between a fine of 800 or 80
days in the county JAIL Further IN
vrstigation revealed the fact that
he was arrested in Imperial county
several months ago ON speeding
charge and failed to appear for
trial, He also pleaded guilty to
that charge and was fined an addi-
tionaI So. He is being held by au-
thoritics pending the arrival Of
money
Morris Huff was fined 800 with
an alternative of 80 days in Jail fol.
lowing his plea of guilty
John Real paid a $50 fine in
preference to spending the forth
coming - days behind the bars of
the county Jail for driving Il zig
zag course down the CaleXico high
way.
/, s Mausetl is in the county jail
today pending the arrival of $50
for payment of fine imposed by
Judge Mayficld ON a charge Of reck-
less driving
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-11
Students Go On
Trial In North

OAKLAND, Feb. 1.-Two South
ern California youths, arrested in
Berkeley Christmas day after their
companion had been shot to death
by a policeman, went on trial here
today charged with attempting to
hurglarize a floral shop.
George Keller %, of San Benar-
dino, and William c. Cooney, o. Of
Compton, were arrested after Pat
rolman Thaddeus Ormes had shot
and instantly killed Thomas y.
Hall, %. of Del Rosa.
Patrolman Ormes found the three
youths in a dark alley behind the
Pacific Floral shop. He ordered
them to raise their hands, but in
stead of complying Hall and Coonev
drew guns.
Ormes drew his own weapon and
fired. Hall was struck in the heart
and died instantly. Cooncy surrcn-
dered. Keller fled but was arrested
several hours later.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-11
KIL(,()RE:
trial. IS
STAR TED
Youth To Claim Defens
Of Home AS Reason Fol
Staying BARLEY.
PARENTS IN COUR1
Accused Calm As Ordes
Opens And Selection O|
Jury Begins.

Justifiablc homicide because
imminent danger OF a felony again
his parent and against his oV
habitatiOn.
This is the primary plea reli|
upon to save from the rope MART
Ray Kilgore, %, who went on tri ]
this morning before Superior judi
A. c. Finney on the charges of md
dering Frank A. BARLEY, Decemb|
%, at the latter's ranch near Il
perial.
Insanity is the secondary defens
as indicated by questions of Il
youth 5 counsel asked in the ju]
selection now in progress. And Il
mentality defense will be held \
the boys lawyers tc cover such
condition, other than actual insa
ity, as to render one temporarily nj
conscious of his act.
The states intention to ask Fl
hanging was indicated by the actid
Of Edward B. Patterson of the d1
trict attorneys office in dismissi
q venireman who has objections
the death penal'.'.
More than 80 witnesses have bed
summoned by thn defense to appe|
Thursday, by which time, it is d
sumed, the state may have compld
ed its case, allowing fo- the LII
colin daV recess tomorrow. Most
the defense witnesses are neighbo
who will testify as to the assert
designs of BARLEY to break up 4
home of the man who had NOV
with him from New Mexico to Te
as, then had been given empld
ment on the Kilgore ranch near |
perial before becoming a neighb|
rancher.
Mother To Be Witness
The boy, graduate of Ell Cent
high school and Stanford universiI
is alleged to have waited for Ba |
ley as the latter was driving catI
in the early morning, to have sh
him to death with a shotgun al
then to have come to Ell Centro a
surrendered
The mother in defense of Wild
honor he is said to have shot, vi
be a leading defense witness,
will be also the father. The you
Continued on Page Six)
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-11
VATICAN SIGNS
PEACE COMPACT
WITH ITALIANS
BY THOMAS B. MORGAN
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent

ROME, Feb. l.-Thc Vatican and
the Italian government officially be
came rccoucilcd today.
Plonipotc0,iarirs for both sides
met i'm the historic -. John l.aterau
palace aud signed an agreement end
ing the dispute which lasted Since
$50. Buito MuSsoliui, premier ot
Italy, representing King Victor
lmmanucl I'LL. and Pir;ro Cardinal
Gaspari. papal secretary Of state,
representing Pope Plus NJ, signed
the historic documents.
When the historic treaty ending
the - years of cStrangement had
been signed i'm the ST. John Iateran
Palace, thousands outSidc in the
latorau Square raised their voices
i'm mighty re Dcum.
led at first by scattered group
of priests and theological students
the hymn Of praise caught the vast
gathering ON a wave Of emotion and
soon thousands of throats took up
the chorus. The Italian tri-color
broke ont everywhere on nearby
buildings, and side by side with il
floatcd the papal white and yellow.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-11
BANK
INTENDS SURVEY
OF VALLEY AREA

Information has been received by
Robert Hays, secretary OF the cham
Der of commerce, to the effect that
the Federal Land Ranlt OF Berkeley
has been instructed by the Federal
Farm Loan Board headquarters in
Washington to make = thorough
study of the provisions of the
Swing j ohnson bill and its probable
effects upon conditions in Imperial
Valley, and report back ON the adj
visibility Of rcsuming federal farm
loans on land in this area. Hays had
asked for the help Of the United
States Chamber Of Commerce in
making a proper presentation of the
case before the Farm Loan Board
III Washington, and the information
regarding the CATION now be-
ing conducted by the Berkeley bank
came to him through Secretary
skinner Of the national chamber of
commerce, who has manifested a
keen interest in the problem and
has promised the continued help of
chat body.
skinner ascortaincd, after a con-
ference with Loan Board officials,
that while the bank might feel
justified in discounting flood posi-.
bilities for the period between the
inception and completion Of con
structiou work on the Boulder dam,
i would not care to resume ioaning
operations here until the SIX of the
interested states have ratified the
Colorado compact and until signed
contracts for the sale of power suf-
ficicnt to meet the financial needs
Of the project have been obtained
by the secretary of the interior.
Hays Immediately wired the Fed
eral Land Bank at Berkeley, offer
-ng to assist that institution in
every way in making the survey of
Imperial Valley which the govern
ing board in Washington has order
ed. He advised that all the public
and civic agencies here, and Impe-
rial Irrigation District, stand ready
to cooperate with the bank and to
render 1t any necessary help in con
ducting its investigation.
According to a recent announce.
ment of President Sam f. Robinson
the Imperial County Farm Bureau is
also preparing to ask the Federal
RanE to resume the loaning of
money ON farm lands in this coun.
~. The matter will be brought up
&t an early meeting and appropriate
resolutions passed and forwarded to
Perkeloy and Washington.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-11
EDISON GIVES
USUAL TALK ON
HIS BIRTHDAY
Aged Inventor Hoping To
Succeed With Expert
ments On Rubber.
BY United Press Leased Wire

FORT MYERS, Fla, Feb. H.. -
Thomas 4. Edison declared himself
in favor Of the additional %24,00O,-
coo sought in congress for prohibi-
ton enforcement, announced he had
found 40 rubber substitute plants
which can be cultivated on large
scale and condemned increasing
stock speculation as leading uIti-
mately to panic. in his annual inter
view here today OH his s2nd birth
day.
Edison's approval Of increased
funds for prohibition enforcement
came simultaneously with the ar
rival Of Prosident-cIcct Hoover as
his birthday guest. The aged in
vcntor did not discuss prohibition
beyond mere approval of the in
creased funds.
Edison held out the possibility Of
rubber production at some future
date in states bordering on the Gulf
of Mexico to compete with the
tropics.
q believe those states bordering
on the Gulf Of Mexico can grow
plant rubber with profit to the
farmer in ease Of war prices, but it
might be possible in the future to
grow rubber and keep up with the
tropics, > he said.
Is it true, - he was asked, that
YOU havefound a plant which prom
ises to solve the rubber problem in
the United States and DO you hope
to develop it this wintcr?'
81 have found over POO plants to
produce rubber,' he replied. " About
40 of them will be cultivated on a
large scale.
His view on rubber cultivation,
made public for the first time, at
tracted considerable interest because
the ultimate aim Of his experiment
is to find way to break Great
Britain S rubber monopoly, in which
President-elect Hoover, Ford and
Firestone all are interested.
Synthetic rubber, Edison said, has
no future when it is quoted at %
cents a pound. He said the manu-
facturc of rubber would be extended
to provide pavement for streets, and
rubber already has been SO used in
Scotland for five years.
Edison's interview was given in
the now laboratory on his estate
given him hy his wife as birthday
present, surprise to him. and COW
cred q wide range Of subjects.
Religion, however. was banned, be-
cause Of controversies provoked last
year, when he indicated agnostic
tendencies in his interview.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-11
Lindbergh Off On
N0rthward Trip
by Unitcd Press Leased Wire

BELIZE. British Honduras, Feb.
il.-Col. Charles 4. Lindbergh land
cd here at 1880 a. IN. today on his
northbound air mail flight from
Cristobal, c. Z.
Lndbergh left Managua, Nicara-
qua, at 7:20 a. M. He was accom-
panied by a second Sjkorsky Am
phibian mail plane piloted by Lyman
Is. Merritt,
He omitted making n stop at TeIa,
Honduras, originally planned in the
itinerary.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-11
Highway Crash
Injuries Family

Three persons, constituting an
entire family, were rushed to the
FL Ccntro hospital as the result of
am accident which occurred at $50
last night ON the CaleXico highway
between here and Hcbrr,
Mr.. and Mrs. Mmo Moraco, with
their son Ramon, were driving to-
wards FL Centre when another ma
chine crashed into Them Their ma
chine was turned over causing ser
ious injuries to the occupants.
The other driver jumped from his
machine and immediately disappear-
ed. He IS being sought by local auth
critics. Captain Frank Oswalt, in
charge of the traffic division, went
to the scene and took possession of
the other machine.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-11
MGM And Warner
Bros. To Merge
nv United Press Leased Wire

SAN FRANCISCO, Fcb, ll.-Ne-
gotiatious underway here today
which are expected 10 result in
merger Of Warner Brothers, Inc.
and Metro Goldwyn-Mayer.
Although definite announcement
has not been made, it is understood
the deal provides for Warner Broth
ers to purchase the Mctro.Goldwyn-
Mayer units,
If legal counsel of the two organ
izatons approve terms of the pro
posed merger it is planned to make
San Francisco instead of Los An
geles he main distributing point of
Warner Brothers pictures and
talkies.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-11
FILM DIRECTOR
0VERC0M BY
M0NOXLDE GAS
Nv United Press Leased Wire

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. Marshall
Ncilan, screen director, was reported
TODAY almost completely recovered
from the effects of carbon monoNiJc
gas which nearly claimed his life
sunday morning.
He was returned from the hospital
to his home aud his wife, Blanche
Sweet. film star, said Neilan would
be able to continue his motion pie
turc work soon.
Police reports said Miss Sweet
really had saved Ncilan's life since
she searched for him and found him
unconscious ON the FLOOR of his
garage a few minutes after they re
turned from round of dancing a'
dawn yesterday
The motor of Nejlau 5 car was
running and the doors Of the build
ing were closed when Miss Sweet
broke into the fumc filled garage.
She summoned an inhalator squad
and after Nrilan was revived he was
removed to q hospital. The director
declined to meet intcryicWcrs and
HIS version Of the incident was not
known.
Ncilau recently was named rs CO.
respondent i'm the cross complaint
filed by Jim Tully, hobo author, to
the divorce suit Of Mrs. Margaret
Tully.
Tullv asserted that his wifi" was
uufaithful and named \cilan as thu"
man in the case subsequently \ci-
lam filed an answer to TuIly 5 rharg
cs in which he denied amy undue
familiarity and claimed Tuily Nir-
tually attempted to cNtort $25,ooo
from him.
The case win he called for trial
latr in March,
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-11
Weather Warmer
In SOuthlan
Nv United Press Leased Wire

BN ntted l'ress Leased wire
Los ANGELES, Feb. IL Slov
rising temperatures today had br,
ru q four davs cold wave o.
Southern California which damal
citru, and garden truck in seyeI
localities.
Although smudging was resort
to generally, the weather bureau /
nounccd that continued frosts II
caused losses in many orchards.
Low temperatures IN the lmper
Valley nipped garden truck, q
weather bureau stated
The forecast for tonight uI
Tuesday was for fair weather 81
frosts in the interior.
At Imperial the therluomea
dropped to 90 last night Other teI
pcratures reported included Pomo
Riverside and Corona n; AarI
Ana 2S, San Bernardiao %. EsetI
didi 30; Redlonds and San FcrnanI
3li Bonita 32, Los Angeles Al.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-11
Tz0FF
OWNS Up
TO Fits
COnfesses His Part In
Immense Bribe Ring
With Asa keyes.
COMES AS SURPRISE
Fits Promises Startling
Revelations In Near
Future.
By United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES. Feb. lI.-Rcvcal-
ing an almost unbelievable story of
corruption in public office, Ben
Gctzoff admitted today that Los An
gcles county criminals bought free
dom over the counters Of his dingy
Spring street tailor shop
His confession, announced by Dis
triet Attorney Buron Fits. followed
his conviction with Asa keycs, for
mcr district attorney, and Ed Roscu-
berg, wealthy broker, ON charges Of
"fixing' the Julian Petroleum Cor
poratiou trial.
In addition to supporting the
guilty verdict returned Friday hv
the jury in the #kcyes Gctzoff- RoscH-
berg case. he named other instances
of "fixiug' by bribcs and indicated
his =" slot shop rs a vrrtabIc clear
ing house for men who sought free
dom from prosecution.
Gctzoff's action was voluntary
and a complete surprise to the dis
trict attorneys office, Fits said.
Attorneys for keves, Getzoff and
Rosenberg had Just succeeded i'm
having imposition Of sentence on the
Julian conspiracy 10 hribr charge
continued until Thursday when Get
off asked a guard to take him to
Fits.
The tailor shop proprietor first
told how Jacob Bcrman and I'D
Rosenberg paid 5000 to buy ac-
quittals from Kcyc, III the 100000
600 Julian Petroleum collapse case.
Acted AS Clearing House
Rcrmm paid $4,000 and Roson-
berg $lGJ,uu0 for favorable prose.
crtion by kcycs, then district attor-
ncv, in this ease in which stocllhold.
crs lost approximately $35,Ooo,0O0,
Gctzoff was reported to have CON
fcsscd. He acted as a clearing house
for the transactions.
Gct2oft then went into the dismis-
sal by krycs of felony charges
against N /. LaSkcr, head of a fl
nance corporation that bore his
name.
Just as in the instance of the
Julian case, Gctzoff handled all ne.
gotiations for the dismissal of false
entry counts charged to Lasker.
Gctzoff's 5 admission seemed to
make certain the conviction of kcycs
and Laskcr when they 60 to trial
March accused of conspiracy to
give and receive bribcs
While Fits did not 90 into details
he said that Gctzoff admitted ap
Continued on Page Six
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-11
Reckless Drivers
Awaiting Trial

Five persons were taken from the
county Jail here today and turned
over to the authorities mt Co!cNlco
to await trial on charges of reckless
driving and driving while MtoNl-
Gated
Glenn IIukill, Juan Marquis, O..
V. rurke and &, l.. Lccbold Wrl ap.
pear before Judge Loronz to an
swcr to the charges of driving
while intoxicated and Cirilo Fumes
win be incarccratcd in that city
awaiting trial ON reckless driving
charge,
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-11
New Mark Made
BY Bobby Trout
by rnitcd Press Leased Wire


Los ANGELES, f'cb. lI.-Miss
Bobby Tout, Young Los Angeles
&yiatriz, landed here today at
lo:l6:22 a. m. after setting a new
worlds endurance record for WON
en-.
In her flight which started at
Mines Field last night, Miss Tout
also established a new night sus-
tanned flight record for women. She
drove her plane through darkness
fer a period Of II hours The best
previous night flying mark for
womrr was eight hours.
Il was possible that Miss Tout
also broke the distance record for
planes motored by engines Of 90
horse power.
She was in the air in continuous
flight more than l. hours, the best
previous time was l3 hours IL MIN
utes and - seconds
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-11
Tomorrow To Be
Legal Holiday

EI Centre will recognize tomorrow
as a legal holiday in honor of the
birth of Abraham Lincoln.
All banks, city and county of
fices and offices Of title companies
will be closed,
The Imperial Valley Press will
issue it's usual daily edition. APP
propriate exercises will mark the
day in the city schools, which will
hold their usual sessions.
Residents are asked to display the
American flag on places of business
and private homes.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-11
GIRL FAILS IN
EFFORT TO SET
ALTITUDE MARK
II, United Press Leased Wire

Los ANGELES, Feb. 1l.-Miss
Marvel Crossou, san Diego, ap-
parcntly failed yesterday in an al
tempt to break the world 5 altitude
record for women flyers.
Loss Of oil pressure forced her
Graf. down after it climbed stead
lily for more taan two hours and
gained an estimated altitude of
$1,000 feet.
Until the barograph of the plane
is examined by the bureau of stand
ards at Washington, u. c., the result
Of her flight will not be known for
certain,
Dressed in woo]ou underwear, a
furliued flying suit and Il leather
coat, Miss Crosson took off from
Glover Field at 2;3G p. m.
Driving her Travel Air plane in
huge circles she started a climb
which carried her out Of sight in
- minutes.
She returned to the fiji: at 4:56
p. m. to report that she believed
She reached 10000 feet hnt that oil
troublr then had forced her down.
After rursory examination Of
the Instruments Of Miss CrosSou $
plane, Joseph Adams, y. \. \. Of
ticial, estimated she attained a
height of $1,000 feet.
The present record of 20,27o
feet was set by Mrs, Louise Tladcu
i'm Oakland in l93S.
To Try Again
Miss Crosspu said she tjrs, reach
cd au altitude of 2uoao feet when
she noticed her craft fall away
whW oil pressure diminished.
She let the plane drop lower and
then she again tried TO drive it
above the 10000 mark. Thrcr times
the craft failed to respond aud She
chen dropped to the field.
Miss Crosson reported that at the
height she reached tine temperature
was 10 degrees below zcro.
IN try it again if didn t
make il that time, - she said today.
"I'n break that record sometime
and soon,
Miss Crossou's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs, T. +. CIoSsou OF san Diego,
and 4 sister, Zcma Crosson, of
Pasadena, Witnessed her attempt at
the record.
The oviatrix is sister of Joe
CroSson, one Of the pilots now with
the antarctic expedition headed by
Captain George Wilkins. She for
merly was a commercial flyer in
Alaska aud was said to have been
the first licensed woman pilot
there,
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-11
Lopez Jailed On
Theft Charge

Antonio Lopez appeared hefor"
Judge Griffin Of Rrawlcy this morn
ing to answer to charges of steal
ing hay and farm implements
throughout the valley.
lie was found guilty and sem
tcnced to $50 days in the county
Jail
Lopez has been robbing the farms
of this district for several months,
according to p. {. Oswalt, special
investigator for the Imperial lrri-
cation District, who made the ar
rest.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-11
HOOVER GUEST
OF EDISON At
FLORIDA HON
THOMAS L. STOKES

[
FORT MYERS, Fla, Feb. IL,
President elect Hoover arrived
the Edison home here today for I
send birthday celebration of Thon
A. Edison.
He and Mrs. Hoover and memb'
of the party were met at the do
on the Edison estate by the invent
and his wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Hen
Ford, Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey ri
stone and local officials, headed
Manor Elmer Hough.
"Hello. fisherman > Edison gre
ed the Prcsident-elcct and the t
shook hands,
Hoover smiled warmly and I'll
shook hands with Ford and Fl
stone as the cameras clicked.
The party retired to the house
a few minutes before beginning
parade through the city.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-11
WHAT'S DOING
TONIGHT

TONIGHT
F. and A. M. No. 3S4, 7:30,
Masonic Temple.
American Legion Auxiliary
dinner, $50, court house.
Sunday school workers train
ing school, 7 O'Clock, high
school,
St. Agnes Guild card party,
parish room St. Pau's church,
s p. N.
St, M2ry's choir card party,
w. E. Stewart home, p, m.
Troop ii, Scout hut, 1880.
Radio KXO, 6-1O:3O,
Imperial Theatre, THE Ter
rcr.'
Y. w. c. A. board meeting,
1880, home of Mrs. A. c. Fin
ney, $50 Sandalwood.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-11
TWO JAILED BY CITY
FOR BEING DRUNK

Two men began - day Jail SEN
tenccs today following conviction
this morning ON charges of drunken
ness.
Charles Collier and Saldino Beni
ia were given the alternative of a
sos fine by Police Judge Kendall B.
Perkins.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-11
TOMORROW

Lions club, Barbara Worth
hotel.
White Shrine social club, Las
Flores, 1890.
M. E. Men luncheon, Bar
bara Worth hotel, 1910.
Presbyterian Missionary soci-
ETY., home CT Mrs. Howard P.
Meyer, l c clock.
Christian Church Missionary
society home of Mrs John
Frohly, 1890.
Tuesday group, Literature sec
tion, home of Mrs. Ross r. Hick-
cox, $50.
Delphian club, home of Mrs.
F, II. McIver, 0;3O.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-11
STUDENT FLYER CRASHES
ny United Press Leased Wire

PHOENIX, Ariz, Feb. H.
Making his final flight before
qualifying for pilots license,
Louie Gag, 81, threw his airplane
into flat spin and crashed. kill
ing the instructor, William Lang
don, 30, here yesterday. Gay
escaped with severe body injuries.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-11
All Dressed Up, He Breaks Record

Lowering the flight Los Angeles to New
his Lockhed plane
Hawks l8 q minutes seconds the old
of Art Goebe having been 18 hours mechanic
panied him.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-11

Null C. Derrick is the new assis-
tant farm advisor of Tulare county,
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-11

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