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Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-09

"Even with the coming of
science men have not given up
the search for the principal of
rejuvenation. In more recent
times, they have proposed sys-
TENS of rejuvenation, including,
notably, Professor Vornoff of
Paris and DR.. Steinback of
Vienna.
"Of their claims and accom-
plishments it can only be said
their work is of scientific in
terest, but they have not, as
yet, demonstrated that one
moment of additional life can be
guaranteed to any human being
who has submitted to their tech
mics.
"When the cells of the hui
man body disintegrate and die
there is no magical potion that
can raise them from the dead.
A tissue that has died can no
more be restored to life than
can new elasticity be put into
a pair of worn suspenders.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-09
ATTORNEYS FOR
CILLE7T REQUEST
AUDIT BY STATE
Head Declares County
Audit Cost Approximate
ly $4,000.

The state IS audit of Sheriff
Charles l.. Gillett's books covering
five years, the period of time cover
ed in the three indictments on which
he is being tried, cost exactly
$4,000 according to a statement
made by District Attorney Elmer
Head IN superior court today.
The question of the cost of the
audit came up when Defense Attor-
ney Harry Horton :sked the court to
appoint Il specal auditor for the
sheriff, stating that the defense did
not have the necessary funds to hire
one and their ease was injured by
not having an even break with the
prosecution.
Horton stated it was his under
standing the audit cost $4,000 or
more but was interrupted by the dis
trict attorney who gave the correct
figure.
Another passage of words that
has become SO frequent between
Head and Horton occurred when
the district attorney suggested the
sheriff could probably raise sum
sufficient TO make a separate audit
if he so desired.
Judge A. C. Finney, in answering
the request Of Horton, stated he did
Continued on Page Sky
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-09
MOTHER ADMITS
SETTING FIRE
TO SMALL SON
Inability To Pay Milk
Bill Given AS Reason for
Killing Infant.

Los ANGELES, July 9. U.R =
Her inability to pay a three-weeli'
milk bill caused her to burn hel
eight month old son, Dominick, Il
death, Mrs. Josephine Valente, 10
held in city Jail today, told author;
ties.
In a confession announced by
police last night, Mrs. Valente de-
clared that her husband, Sabintino
Valente, 81, refused to give her
money and that she was ashamed
to face the milkman when she owed
him money.
81 knew of nothing else to do,
the young mother told police.
Mrs. Valente explained in her
confession that she often thought
she would go to work, but that she
never could find anything to do
because she had no funds to plac e
her child in a nursery.
~ knew that the milkman
would leave us no milk,' she said
in her confession, "and l got to
wondering what I would do. I
couldn It look the milkman in the
face.
$50 / got match and threw it
into the carriage after / had placed
the baby in it so he could sleep.
Then l walked around to the front
of the house and talked with my
mother in law until somebody
shouted fire. When we ran to The
carriage the baby was dead.''
Firemen were called to the
Valente home by John Goirs, a
neighbor. The baby buggy was
leaning against the house and had
ignited the dwelling. The flames
were put out but the baby was
charred beyond recognition.
Valente broke down several
times during the confession and
said he had given his wife SO for
groceries Monday morning. He is
employed in a motion picture
studio
Detective Lieutenant Frank
Condaffer said police were inform
ed that a $37 insurance policy had
been issued on the baby's life and
that this angle will be investiga
ted.
"Do you need any money!
Valente asked.
"None of yours the wife re-
piled coldly as she left the room,
The connie came tO Los AnUalpS
from New York two years ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-09
NOTED PHYSICIAN DISCOUNTS
EFFORTS AT REMUNERATION

PORTLAND, Ore, July 9.
W.P) - Although the age of ex-
pectancy has been raised from
33 10 5S years in the last hum
dred years the long sought for
elixir of life has not vet been
found and few adults live long
er today than previously, DIR.
Morris Fishbein, editor of the
American Medical Association
Journal said in an address at
the S0th annual convention of
the association here.
DIR, Fishbein explained that
the decrease in mortality rates
had been accomplished by over
coming the terrific infant NOR
tality rate which formerly pre-
vailed.
1.-THE mysterious secret of
life, that unknown living force
which causes man to survive for
period of three score years and
10, has been the object of in
tensive search from almost the
beginning of time" DR.. Fish
bein said.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-09
'Untin' Bowler
Reported Safe


CHICAGO, July 9. U.R)-The
Chicago Tribune received dis
patch >today from the Uniln' Bow
Ter, amphibian plane bound for
Berlin, stating the plane landed at
Port Burwell on Cape Chidley at
6;l0 a. m. today and that the plane
was held to the ground by bad
weather.
Battled for last two days with
storms, the message said. owe
were down 10 miles south of here
for SO hours.
The message, the first received
from the flyers since last Friday,
was signed by Robert Wood, staff
member of the Tribune aboard the
ship. 1t added that atmospheric
conditions probably would prevent
sending complete account of the
flight to date.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-09
MOtOriSt Held In
Fatal Accident

Los ANGELES, July 9. W.D--
Allan Swadley, of Fullerton, held
under suspicion Of manslaughter
charges, was to appear at a coron-
er's inquest tomorrow into the
death of Elmer Ling, so, Of Lamar,
Colo.
Ling was killed instantly and
Mrs. Alma A. Irwin, 22, Of Ana
helm, received conclusion of the
brain and other injuries when the
automobile in which they were rid.
ing with swadley collided with an.
other machine.
Witnesses told police that Swad.
ley was driving his ear at high
rate of speed and that ii turned
over twice after the collision.
Ling's head was said to have been
sheared off above the cara when
the car crashed over ON the pave.
ment and slid.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-09
PRUSSZZ!A!N! l n! DIET
APPROVES PACT
WITH VATICAN
By FREDERICK KUN
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent

BERLIN, July 9. (U.H-The Prus'
sian diet at the end of an unroar-
ious debate, punctuated with anti
religious shouts of Communist
members, today approved the con,
cordat with the holy see by a vote
of 243 to 172.
Ernst Stendel, leader of Gustav
Stresemann folks party in the
diet, bitterly opposed the concordat
and demanded that Prussia stimuli,
taneously conclude a treaty with
the Protestant church.
The diet rejected Nationalist ami
Economic party motions to this eff
feet.
When the Cathokd deputy,
Joseph Hess, declared during debate
that the concordat proves Prussia s
religious tolerance, the Communists
shouted in body Jesuit rob
bers!'
The Nationalist deputy, Franz
Goldau declared he was voting for
the concordat because it safeguard
ed the Nationalists interests.
Thereupon the Nationalists an
nounced Goldau was ousted from
the party.
The diet after refusing the Ma
tionalists and Economic party mo-
tions for simultaneous agreement
with the Protestant church, later
passed motion that Prussia should
as soon as possible, negotiate a
parallel agreement with the Pro-
testant church. The vote was a31
to 60, with 100 not voting. The
Socialists as a body abstained from
voting.
The Prussian concordat with the
holy see is aimed at regularization
of the relations of the Catholic
church with Prussia. 1t is in no
wise political convention between
Prussia and the Vatican. More
over it makes no radical changes in
the present relations of the church
and state.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-09
Daring RObber
Gets Big Haul

DOLORES, Colo, July 9. W.P)-
A bandit held up the office of j. j.
Harris and Co., here today and
escaped with about $4,000 in cur
rency and securities valued at $30,.
600.
He entered the back door of the
building and waited until A. f.
Harris, vice president of the insti.
tuition and c. IL. Webb, assistant
cashier, came in.
Webb opened the safe at the
point of gun. After taking the
money and securities, the robber
locked both men in the bank vaults
and escaped.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-09
Continued on Page Sky
Detective Held
For EXtOrtiOn

SAN FRANCISCO, July o. W.P)-
George Hammond, head of a private
detective agency in Los Angeles, was
at liberty today on 500 bail after
being arrested on charge of at
tempted extortion.
The detective was jailed on COM
plant of Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Laird,
who accused him of illegally arrest
ing Lair several weeks ago and of
seeking to collect $500 from Mrs.
Laird under threat of sending her
husband to prison for 20 years.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-09
ELKS SET OUT
TO ENJOY STAY
IN SOUTHLAND
Only Higher Officials
Bothered With Dull Care
OF Duty.

LOS ANGELES, July o. U.P) --
Election of national officers held
the momentary interest today of
the thousands of Elks in convention
here.
Most Of the candidates, howeve",
already were conceded their res
pective positions. Colonel Walter
Pcmberton Andrews, Of Atlanta,
Ga, was almost certain to become
Masters of Charleroi, Pa, had his
reelection as grand secretary prac-
tically assured.
In such manner Fred w. Neil
man, of Oakland, became chief Of
the California E1ks' Association
yesterday. Into office with hiIo
went vice presidents, Stanley Man
suer, of Orange, for California
south; Carl Shipkee, of Santa Bar
bara, for south central; +. II. Day
ton, of Salinas, west central; Will
liam Allen, of Porterville, east cen
tral; f.. :. Tomasi, Petaluma, bay
district; and Fred Heiken, MaryS-
Vile, north district. Richard c.
Bcnbough of San Diego and G. ".
Haub of Sacramento were renamed
secretary and treasurer respective
ly.
Teams Compete
Having dispensed with elections,
the antlcred brethren turned to
something more competitive. In the
Coliseum, some 10 drill teams hot
footed across the sward in quest
of national honors. Among those 10
and noticeable at every moment,
were the jackson, Mich, Zouaves.
Drill teams failed To attract the
number of spectators that witness
ed the Venice bathing beauty
parade. A deep sea fishing contC ST
at Redondo Beach drew hundreds.
Those who couldn Il find time 20
visit the beaches watched progress
of the 81 hole first national golf
tourney at Sunset Field.
Having scattered themselves
over the southland in search of
amusement, only the officialdom Of
the herd remained within the city.
To them fell the lot of listening 30
committee reports.
One of these set the grand lodge
membership at 1898.
A second made known that 81
449,l79.79 had been expended ON
summer camps for needy youngsters
and 'aid for the crippled and poor.
Ry comparison it was shown that
the Elks have contributed more
than $50, 757 ,632 for such charitable
purposes since 1880. In that year
only $I,4i0 could be scraped to-
gether for worthy causes. Since
that thine the figure has gone up.
ward by leaps and bounds to keep
pace with the increasing member
ship.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-09
BALKANS
AWAITING
TROUbLE
ROumanian Government
Nips Plot To Overthrow
Regency.
CAROLISTS BLAMED
Deposed Prince Said To
Have Instigated Revolt
In French Capital.

BERLIN, July 9. W.Pl - Central
! Europe and the Balkan states were
stirred today by the startling dis
closures of vast political conspir-
acy to overthrow the present Rou-
manian regime and to establish q
| military dictatorship aiming to in
! stall former Crown Prince Carol to
the throne now occupied by his
young son, Michael.
In spite of official denials Of
widespread plot, it was known that
more than 200 arrests have been
made, including many persons high.
in Roumanian official and military
affairs, and that extraordinary pre-
cautions have been taken by the
ROumanian government to fOrestall
the carrying out of coup d'etat.
The ministry of the interior at
Bucharest later admitted a plot had
been attempted.
Authoritative information reached
here to the effect that the plot had
been planned for several months by
number of influential political
leaders headed by Former Minister
of War Paul Angelescu, General
General Brosteanu, and Colonels
Sturza and Stoica.
1t was stated that the Roumanian
government had known of the plot
for some time and they began max
ing arrests just few hours before
the "Putsch" was to begin swing
ing into action.
The plotters were given signifi.
cant warning on Friday when Pre-
mier DR.. Julio Manu-, the leader Of
the National Peasant Party against
whom the plot was alleged to have
been directed, made the following
statement during the course Of a
political speech:
"Whoever attempts to move
| against the constitution must reckon
| with the iron hand.''
But the plotters continued with
their plans. According to reports to
the Berlin Vossische Zeitung, they
hoped at the first blow to capture
the Bucharest post office and other
| public buildings. The newspaper
also stated that the leaders, includ-
| ing General Brosteanu, were i'm.
prisoned at the military Jail at
| Jilana.
The garrisons have been ordered
| to remain in readiness throughout
Roumania, for it was learned that
the conspirators secretly obtained
arms and ammunition with which to
make a concerted attack.
The Roumanian press has been
forbidden to make any mention Of
the attempted coup d 'etat and the
only newspaper which made an ef-
fort to print the story, The Epoca.
of Bucharest, was Immediately sup
pressed.
BUCHAREST, Roumania, July 9.
WP-Former Queen Marie of Rou.
mania returned today from Yields
where she had been the guest of
King Alexander of Jugo-Slavia at
his summer home, but her appear
ance in the capital today was said
to have been mere coincidence and
not connected with the disclosure
yesterday of the alleged Carolist
plot to overthrow the present gov
ernment.
Investigation of the plot con-
tinued today with the questioning
of many of the 200 arrested. 1t is
authoritatively announced that the
evidence adduced so far indicates
that the plot was hatched in Paris
where Prince Carol had been in
exile with his red haired eharmer
for whom he renounced the throne.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-09
AV|ATORS
DESCEND
IN SPAIN
Yancey and Williams In
Pathfinder Fall Short Of
Italian Goal.
FUEL SUPPLY OUT
Nothing Heard From Fly
ers Until Arrival At
Small Spanish Town.

SANTANDER, Spain, July 9.
W.P)-The American plane Path
finder bearing Roger @. Will
liams and Louis Yancey landed
here at $3.50 p. m.
The plane, bound from Old
Orchard, Me-, for Rome, was
forced down with gasoline tanks
almost empty.
Williams and Yancey had bat
tied strong northeast wind
since considerably west Of the
European coast and had used up
more gasoline than they had in
tended.
A strong tail wind in the
earlier part of their journey,
however, caused them to be
nearly 225 miles ahead of their
schedule when they were forced
down.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-09
Salesman'S Death
To Be PrObed

PLACERNILLE, Calf, July Q,
U.D - The sheriff's office today
was investigating the mysterious cir
cumstances surrounding the death
of Milton b. Monaghan, Oakland
salesman, whose body was found on
cot when his tent caught fire at
Diamond Springs.
Charles Elroy, the dead mans
companion, in Jail here, was unable
to give an account of the drinking
party leading up to the tragedy. A
third man, Harry Pippin, said to
have been in the group the night of
the tragedy, was being sought.
Monaghan leaves n divorced wife
and one child.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-09
New Gas War
Looms In North

SAN FRANCISCO, July 9.UP)
Renewal, of the local "gas war;
on citywide basis was threatened
here today unless price cutting SER
vice stations return to the 20 cent
level.
The board of directors of the Re
tail Service Station Dealers AS.
sociation decided upon that course
of action, unless the return is
made.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-09
SOUTHERN CROSS AT ROME

ROME, July 8. EU.P)-Capt
Charles f. Kingsford Smith, pilot
ing the famous trans-Pacific plan,
Southern Cross, arrived here toda\
on his flight from Sydney, Aus
tralia, to London. He landed a
Littorio airport at 2;35 p. m. ana
expects to leave at dawn tomor
row, arriving in London in the af
ternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-09

NEW YORK, July 8. U.P)-Wire-
less stations along the entire At
lantic seaboard stood by today
awaiting word of the whereabouts
of the American monoplane Path
finder, presumably nearing the coast
of Spain on its attempted trans
Atlantic flight from Old Orchard,
Me-, to Rome
In spite of the sharp lookout by
dozens of steamers and freighters
aiong Nrhe route proposed by the
flyers, Roger Q. Williams, pilot, and
Lewis A. Yancey, navigator, no word
had been received of them since
they took off at 1880 a. m. (EST)
yesterday and disappeared in a
heavy fog which hung over the
western portion of the Atlantic.
If all had gone well with the fly
ers during the night, they were rae
ing eastward toward the coast of
Spain at 3 a. m. (EST) today, ap-
proximately 1000 miles from their
starting point after about 10 hours
in the air. They expected to be
within sight of Europe by 2 p. m.
today.
The Pathfinder carried 440 gal
Ions Of gasoline, with sufficient oil
and supplies to permit it to remain
in the air for 45 hours. The flyers
hoped to land at their destination,
Rome, Wednesday morning.
Presuming the Pathfinder, n
single motored land plane, was still
in the air, Williams and Yancey
mad fought their way through the
most hazardous stretch of their
fCopt;ppad on papa SivN
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-09
SEEK JAPANESE
PILOT BELIEVED
DEAD in CRASH

HEBER CITY, Utah, July 9. U.P)
sheriff s officers today were
searching the hills west of here in
an effort to locate a plane which
was reported to have crashed about
n mtles east of Park City, killing
the pilot. The plane, according to
the report, bore the number 449S,
and was believed to be single
scatter, piloted by japanese who
passed through Salt Lake City ON
july / and has not been reported
since.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 9. U.P-
1t was believed here today by mem
bers of the local Japanese colony
that the aviator reported killed in
plane crash near Heber City, Utah,
was Masaehi Goto, 80 year old Los
Angeles Japanese.
Officials at Oakland airport re-
vealed that Goto took off for Reno,
New, on July 3 in plane designed
and built by himself in Los Angeles.
The plane bore the number 449S.
According to the japanese Amer
lean, San Francisco newspaper,
Masachi was known to have contem-
plated a flight to New York City,
from where he intended going by
boat to Europe and thence by air to
his native land.
He had previously planned, ac-
eording to the American, to make a
trans-Pacific flight, but had been
unsuccessful in his attempts to OBJ
tain financial backing.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-09
Rome FLYERS Seek to End Jinx

ndaund by the crash Of their plane The Green Flash at
Orchard weeks
Captain Yanccy Roger Williams it
yesterday
Belanca below cruising
Old Orchard a pra.ice flight before
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-09

'tiI' En- vi L tallf., july =. W.R
Apparently certain Of setting
new world s endurance refueling
flight record, Pete Reinhart and
Loren Mendell entered their eighth
day in the air at T:30 n. IN.
At that time their Buhl Airsedan
had been flying consecutively for
l6S hours and needed to remain aloft
only seven more hours to break the
mark of Ia hours and 50 seconds
established in Cleveland last Satur-
day.
The record set by Byron X. New
comb and Roy Mitchell IN Cleveland
will be equalled at 1880 p. IN. The
rules of air competition demand
Reinhart and Mendell must exceed
the old mark by one hour to set Il
new one.
While they reach their goal at
2;30 p. m. notes dropped to the
field by the flyers indicated today
they would attempt to go on for at
least 200 hours.
The Wright Whirlwind motor of
their craft appeared TO be functi
ing perfectly as the 22nd refueling
was made shortly after 1880 this
morning The fuel taken ON in
that contact was sufficient to carry
them past the l7j hour mark.
Fifty policemen from the loca.
force were sent to the airport early
TO control the crowds which started
to gather in the early morning
hours.
A barbed wire enclosure has been
built to protect the flyers and
their plane, The Angelcno, when
they finally land.
The messages dropped to the
field continued in the optimisil-
vein Reinhart and Mcndell have
maintained from the first.
After we pass the record we in
tend to keep going until the motor
quits" one note read. "We don t
know when we viii come down,
probably not until we go better
than 800 hours.'' another said
All Inexperienced
The two men that form the crew
of the "nurse ship" likewise were
confident that the Angeleno would
break all records.
After they established contact and
transferred fuel this morning, Paul
Whittier, pilot, and Slade Hubert,
hose man, said they were certain
that Reinhart and Mendell "werc
up there to stay
Whittier and Hubert made each
of the % successful contacts to
date. Hubert handled the So foot
hose of the craft to transfer $50
gallons of gasoline each contact. N
Neither the men on the Angelcno
nor those on the refueler are well
known in aviation circles.
Mendell, who flys the Angeleno
during all the contacts, has more
experience than the others. He
formerly was in the United States
customs office along the Mexican
border in Texas.
Reinhart, previous to this flight,
was said not to have the 200 hours
necessary before a flyer can secure
n transport license.
He formerly lived in Salem, Ore
gon, and Seattle and his wife was
reported here to be enroute from
Oregon today.
Mendell is 80 and Reinhart 20.
Whittier, pilot of the refueler,
volunteered to take part in the
endurance plans merely as lark.
He is one Of the heirs to the Whit
tier oil fortune.
The Angeleno is four place
cabin plane with black fuselage
and d.tipped white wings.
1t is powered by Wright Whirl-
wind motor.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-09
GOVERNMENT TO
TAKE CHARGE OF
W0MAN'S TRUNKS
Wife OF Chinese Vice
Consul May Be PrOsecut-
ed.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 9. U.P)-
Instructions to deliver to United
States Attorney George Hatfield
more than $1.00O.0OO in opium, silks
and laces seized in the luggage of
Mrs. Ying Kao, wife of the Chinese
vice consul here, were received to-
day by customs officials.
The instructions came from AS
sistant Treasury Secretary Seymour
Lowman, and were believed to in
dicate that Mrs. Ying, whose rank
does not give her diplomatic i'm
munity, may be charged with SNUG
Cling.
When officers seized the trunks
Mrs, Ying insisted she was unaware
of the presence of the contraband.
She said her trunks and suitcases
had been packed by acquaintance.
She declined to divulge their names,
asserting she feared for her life if
she revealed them. Mrs. Ying was
not arrested.
The search of Mrs. Ying's trunks,
custom officials said, was the re-
suit of two years of investigation Of
opium smuggling into this port.
Three thousand five-tael tins of
Macao opium were disclosed, it was
said, as well as an immensely val
liable quantity of rare silks and
Chinese laces, none of which had
been declared for entry.
WASHINGTON, July 9. U.H =
Chinese Minister C. C. WI today
asked the state department for in
formation concerning the seizure in
San Francisco of opium and silks
from the baggage of Mrs. Ying Kao,
wife of the San Francisco vice con-
sui.
simultaneously it was announced
by Assistant Treasury Secretary
Seymour Lowman that information
obtained by customs authorities in
California would be turned over to
the United States district attorney
for future action.
State department officials said
Minister WI would be furnished a
report on the case. They pointed
out vice consul has no diplomatic
immunity but by reciprocal arrange
ment consular officials have the
right of "free entry