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Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-18
TRIAL OF JUDGE
HARDY DELAYED
BY SENATORS
Absence of Two Causes
POstponement of Hear
ing At Sacramento.

| SACRAMENTO, Calf, March IS.
U.A)-A bsence of two members of
the state senate today resulted in
| the postponement of the impeach-
ment hearing of Superior Judge Car.
los S. Hardy of Los Angeles on
charges of misconduct in office un-
til lato this afternoon.
After the senate had resolved it.
self into a court of peachment
| and was ready to proceed with the
hearing, it was discovered that Sen
ators Walter H. Duval of Santa
Paula and George c. Cleveland Of
Watsonville, were absent. Upon
! motion by Senator Arthur II. Breed
Of Piedmont, the entire case was
held over to give the absent mem
bers a chance to put in their ap-
pearance.
Confident that the state senate
will exonerate him, Judge Hardy
was ready to plead "not guilty. to
each of the five impeachment
charges made against him by the as
sembly.
! This case, which has attracted
nationwide attention because of its
connection with the unsolved mys-
terry of the Aimee Semple McPher,
son kidnapping" in 1926, will mark
! the first time since the Civil War,
that California has cited q judge
for impeachment.
Old Case Recalled
! In only one of the three previous
impeachments was judge found
, guilty and removed from office
That was in 1862, when Judge James
II. Hardy of Amador county was
convicted of uttering treasonabie
statements by giving toast "tc
Jeff Davis and the southern con
federacy.o
The Los Angeles jurist is accus
ed of accepting a $1,000 check from
Mrs. Mcpherson for legal services
given while he was a member of the
bench, attempting to obstruct jus
tice during the grand jury investi
CATION of the kidnapping story, an(
issuing tickets of admission to the
trial of William Edward Hickman
That Aimee Semple Mcpherson
and probably her mother, Mrs. Min
ME B. Kennedy, now in Kelso
Wash, will voluntarily come to Sac
ramento and testify in behalf o.
their friend, was the belief express
ed in legislative circles today. Mrs
Kennedy sent Judge Hardy a tele
gram last night, expressing conf
dence in his acquittal, and offering
to come to Sacramento if she were
needed as witness.
Although the trial is expected t.
develop into one of the greatest leg
al battles in California history, pub
lie interest is centered in the rumo
that il will throw new light upon tn
alleged kidnapping of Mrs. McPher
son.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-18
WHAT'S DOING

TONIGHT
F. & A. M. No. 384, Masonic
temple, 7:30.
Troop IA Boy Scouts, scout
hut, 7:30.
Fox Imperial Theatre, 1.-The
Redeeming Sim
Radio KXO-6 to 1890.
TOMORROW
Lions club luncheon, Barbara
Worth, 1910.
M. E. Mems luncheon, Bar
bara Worth.
Poultry meetings, w. O. Stein
er ranch, 10:30; Bucket Bros,
ranch, 1;30.
Radio KXO-11 to /.
Delphian, 9 o'clock, 481 Lon
Rey.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-18
Protocol OF
Court Revised

GENEVA, March IS. U.P)-The
PootHurst revised text oe lhc 1926
protocol of tho world court was un-
,animously adopted TODAY by the
commission tt jurists meeting here
TO consider the revision of the
statutes of the court
Purpose of the revised draft Is
to make possible the accept1r &C OF
'nited States regt trvations Of thc
world court.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-18
Traffic Tickets
Given To Four

Week end activities of the state
traffic Officers were confined 10 the
work of Jerry Clark who bandG out
four "tiekets' Saturday and Sun.
day.
J. L. Smith of Brawley, was ar
rested for alleged driving while in
toXicated. William De Baum of Pasa.
dena was charged with reckless driy.
ing. Gwenne Allen OF Calexico drew
summons for cutting in as did
William IIughes OF Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-18
Court Suspends
Speeding Fine

Mary J. Hamilton, IS, of El Cen
tro, was fined $24 by Judge May
field in Justice court today. Accord
ing to the arresting officer, j. Q.
Mcdonald, Miss Hamilton was
travelling Ga miles per hour on the
Noltvillc highway last week when
apprchcnded The fine was sus-
pended.
William De Baum had 4 hearing
before Judge Mayfield on :. reckless
lrlving ,h"rge. The judy contiln
ed the ease until latas today De-
Cause the testimony, it is alleged,
woul! m"icate u, p; un might he
charged with driIlg while intoEi-
caied.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-18
MOVIE COLONY PARTY
RESULTS IN STABBING

HOLLYWOOD, March lS.W,H -
Warren Ferguson, who said he was a
screen player, was held in Jail here
today as the result of a stabbing
which ended drinking party in his
apartment Sunday morning.
Police said that Ferguson attacked
John Mum, son of a Canadian rail
road official, with a butcher knife
after an alteration over Fergu-
sons wife. Munn's condition was
said to be serious. 1854 ID"
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-18

fell dead during the battle with
five bullets in his body. Park,
erson, Samburg fisherman, died
30 minutes later of two pistol
shots in the breast.
Parkerson was known as n
tough character in the Ten,
nessee and Kentucky foothills.
Less than a year ago he killed
"Boy' Wallace in a brawl and
was sentenced TO two years in
the penitentiary. He had ap-
pealed his case and was await
ing a second trial.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-18
Dunlap Erecting
New Building

l.. A. Dunlap is erecting a $4,000
metal and frame building at 4th and
State street which will house the De
pot Blacksmith shop.
Dunlap will move from his present
location at 4th and Main streets as
soon as the new building is COM
plcted.
a general blacksmithing business
will be conducted at the new loca-
tion. A new set of public scales will
also be installed
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-18
MARTIAL
Law FOR
ALABAMA
Flooded Area Placed
Under Military Rule by
Governor.
DEATH TOLL SMALL
Estimates State n o t
More Than 100 Were
Victims OF Flood.
BY United Press Leased Wire

Fair weather today in flooded re-
@ions Of Alabama, Georgia and Flor.
lda enabled relief work to moge at
high speed. Precautions were tax
IN to stop the spread of disease
among the $4,000 homeless, and to
succor the few remaining communi-
ties where flood dangers were IL.
crcasing.
Cases of measles, typhoid and 9TH
er contagious diseases have been
reported from relief camps, bpt not
in sufficient numbers to cause rea!
anxiety.
The death list stood at less than
20 today on verified reports. On
lower courses of streams and rivers,
flood crests moved and fears were
felt for those marooncd in north.
western Florida, parts Of Alabama,
and southern Georgia. The situa-
tion was far less grave, however,
than before the evacuation of the
Elba sector, completed Saturday.
More than $4,000 refugees were
being cared for in Alabama. Other
thousands were forced from their
homes Sunday near Selma, Ala, on
the Alabama river. In northwestern
Florida, it was estimated more than
5000 were driven from their homes
and at least that number in Georgia.
Martial law was declared at Elba
and Geneva, Ala, after reports of
| looting reached national guard
headquarters. The property damage
in Alabama alone was believed near
$2O,000.0OO.
TROY, Ala, March 1s.-Martial
law prevailed in Elba and Geneva,
Ala, today. w. Z. Persons, of the
Alabama national guard, clamped on
the lid after Col. Milton Stone, of
Gov. Bibb Graves personal staff,
reported to the governor there were
insufficient guardsmen in the flood
stricken areas of the state to cope
with the situation.
Looting was reported growing, and
although the public health service
reported disease well under control,
guardsmen were ordered to instruct
all persons now in the area to pre-
sent themselves at the various res
cue camps for innoculation.
The health service has reported
about 10 cases of measles and less
than dozen cases of influenza.
! saving all of these had been segre-
| gated. Col. Persons, however, is
reported to have asked Gov. Graves
for permission to force those per
sons still in the towns of Elba and
Geneva to leave to prevent spread
of disease and l0oting.
Gov. Graves, it is reported, has is
sued statement asking relief
| fund of $250,000. He announced
late yesterday the funds would con
| tinue to be received by Charles A.
Moffett, chairman of the state board
of administration, until Tuesday.
Then,the governor said, a program
will be mapped out to rehabilitate
the wrecked areas.
The flood waters in their three
day rampage, have taken an esti-
mated death toll of nearly a score
| of lives and caused damage amount,
ing TO $15,OOo,000, according to the
| most accurate reports obtainabie
today.
The muddy waters in the Elba
Continued on Page Three)
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-18
YOUTHS PLUNGE INTO OCEAN
FAILS TO SAVE COMPANION

SANTA MONICA, Calf, Mar.
IS. U.P-Despite heroic efforts
of a friend, Audrey w. Hamil-
ton, %, a bus driver of Whining
ton, plunged to his death here
last night from a speeding roll
Ter coaster.
The youth was said to have
stood up as the car in which he
was riding shot around a sharp
curve. William Laendeman, who
came to the Ocean Park pier
with Hamilton, attempted to
pull his friend back into the
ear but failed.
Wheh the coaster came TO the
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-18
MacCracken In
Airplane Crash

YOUNGSTOWN, O., March IS.
UH-William c. MaeCracken, assis-
tant secretary of commerce, in
charge of aeronautics, narrowly es-
capped injury today when the Ryan
airplane in which he was flying to
Chicago, nosed into the mud at Ber-
nard Airport here and bent a propel-
Ter.
The plane was taking off when the
accident occurred. A. f. Cutrell, of
Chicago, was at the controls. The
fact that the ship was travelling at
a slow rate of speed probably avert
ed n serious accident.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-18


end of the line Laendeman
jumped out and running to the
side of the pier leaped into the
ocean and brought Hamilton's
body to shore.
The body was badly mangled
by, the 90 foot fall and efforts
ON the part of the Santa Monica
fire department. IS inhalator
squad, who worked for' two
hours, were futile.
Police said that except for
the prompt action of Laende-
man the body would have been
carried to sea.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-18
School Election
Coming Shortly

Tomorrow marks tho final date on
which candidates for tho elementary
school board may file their nonina.
tion papers. The election viii be
held on Friday, March 20.
Considerable interest Is being
shown this year in the school eIee.
tiOn and it is expected that a heavier
vote than usuaI will be cast on eleeg
tion day.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-18
Shuler Trial
On April 26

LOS ANGELES, March Is. UP)--
The retfial of Rev. r. p. Shuler On
the charge that he criminally libel
ed the fourth degree, Knights OF
Columbus, was set for April 20
when he appeared before Municipal
Judge Pogue here today.
The action is based on a purported
false oath published by Rev. Shulor,
pastor of the Trinity Methodist
Episcopal church.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-18
Bandit Shoots
When Insulted

SAN FRANCISCO, March IS. U.h)
Shot after he was alleged to have
insulted' a .holdup man, Tony
Wiget was near death ut an emcr'
gency hospital here today.
Wiget was stopped as he prepared
to enter his home and robbed of
81, all the money he had on his per
son.
Mrs Mary Thettleplass, neigh
Dor, told police she heard Wiget call
the man a "bad name" just before
the shooting.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-18
Driver Held In
Death Crash

COMPTON, Calf, March IS. U.Ej
}. S. McCluskey, of Long Beach,
was being held by police today in
connection with the death last
night of P. T, Rogers, victim of an
automobile crash.
The machine driven by McClusk
ey collided with one driven by
Rogers. According to police they
found a bottle of whiskey in Me
Cluskey's machine. He is being held
on suspicion of manSlaughter.
lcfrl.1ry :, 'Yillows. Glenn co,rn.
ty, .aid the .ornerstonH of $50,
G'J Baptist "'.urca.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-18
NEW CURB HIGH

NEW YORK, March IS. UH-Ar.
rangements were made today for the
sale of New York curb exchange
membership at 100000, a new rec
ord high and an increase of $4,000
over the previous sale at $ls5,000
made earlier today.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-18

NEWARK, y. j., March IS. U.P)-
Failure of one and perhaps two mo
tors was blamed today for the air
plane crash that cost l3 lives-the
worst accident to Il heavier than All
machine in the history of American
aviation-ncar here yesterday.
Officials of the Colonial Always,
Inc, operators Of the plane which
was knitted in two by steel freight
car, called a meeting early today, af-
ter which they told the United Press
they were certain that Pilot Lou
Foote, realizing that something was
wrong with his engines, was trying
to make landing when the plane
crashed against the train.
They denied reports that Foote
had had only l20 hours of flying ex-
periencc. He has been a pilot for
10 years. they said, with a total of
1000 hours in the air and 80 hours
with the type Of plane in which he
barely escaped death Yesterday
The plane, loaded with sightseers,
had Just left the Metropolitan Air
port for Il flight over New York
City. Casper Lamotte, sitting in an
automobile nearby, saw the huge
nickel craft flash past chimney,
heading sharply for the ground. He
lost sight of the plane when it went
beyond railroad embankment, but
he noticed one of the titee motors
was sputtering, he said, did another
seemed dead.
Two towermen of the Aew Jersey
Central railroad were the teXt to see
the plane. 1t was travelling about
100 miles an hour, they Said, skim
ming the marsh reeds and heading
for the railroad tracks. 4'hc tower
men, Matthew Torhan and William
Murtagh, heard the noise of ter
rifle impact. Sand III the open
freight car shot into the air; gaso-
line spurted 30 feet from the plane s
tanks.
Asks For Smoke
Torhan and Murtagh ran to the
spot. They found the plane in two
pieces, one consisting of the smashed
Continued on Page Three)
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-18
MEXICAN
REPORTS
CONFLICT
Claims OF Government
And Rebels Show Wide
Difference.
BATTLES DELAYED
TOrreOn And Mazatlan
Sectors May Develop
Fighting Soon.
ny United Press Leased Wire

Conflicting reports from the Toi-
reon area=-ccntor of the Mexican
rebellion military maneuvcrs-hid
the true situation today as fighting
started for possession of the city
held by rebels under General J.
Gonzales Escobar.
Government announcements at
Mexico City said federal troops had
defeated rebels at two points, had
clashed at q third and that foaf
columns had been ordered to attack
Torreon today.
Rebel leaders claimed sweeping
victories at San Pedro-one of the
battles which the government claim
Cd TO have won-and at other points
near Torrcon, one announcement as
serting that insurgents had caPtus.
ID l 200 government soldiers.
Escobar led the rebel fighting AT
Bcnavides, where the government
claimed an easy victory. Federal
announcement also said rebels had
been met in the Azunzolo section.
Federal airplanes bombed t.ic
city OF Torrcon over the week end,
killing two women and French
man, according to advices from that
city. \ rebel aviator drove off the
attacking planes in the first air
battle of the rebellion.
Minister of War Gales announced
that he expected to occupy Torrcon
b fore niyhtfall and said the rebel
retreat which hc claimed already
has started virtually has been cut
Dff.
MEXICO CITY. March IS. WP) -.
fen. Juan Almazan, federal military
commander, telcgraphcd from Sal'
Pedro De Las Colonias today that
rebel forces, 'panic- stricken, =
evacuated Torreon at sunrise t0dny.
The fleeing rebels headed toward
chihuahua, Almazan said.
Federal cavalry under General
Benigno Serrato will occupy Tor
rcon at ) p. m. today, official in
formation said.
Almazan is the leader of four
columns which had concentrated ON
Torrcon where General J. Gonzales
Escobar had attempted n stand with
force estimated at between 1000
and 5000 men.
NOGALES, Sonora, Mexico, March
IS. U.P-The attempt to wrcst
Naco, Sonora, from federal forces
now holding it, will begin. early to-
morrow, revolutionary headquarters
here indicated today.
General Fausto Topctc, governor
of Sonora, will lead $500 men, many
of them Mayo and Yaqui indians
against the border city, it was said
The movement against Naco was
assured, it was announced, when
General Enrique Estrada, former
minister of war in Mexico, and now
aiding the rebels, returned here with
n force of 100 men to report that
rail communications had been re
stored and troop movement to Naco
was practical. .
Soon after General Estrada re
ported a group of 800 Mayo Indians
led by Guadalupe Cruz, son of the
famous chief, Chita Cruz, joined
General Topete's troops here.
The Mayo $, colorful in their red
blankets, joined Topete at noon.
Advices from Naco said that Gen.
cral Augustin Oleacha, holding thc
city for the fcderals, was entrench-
ed and prepared for the attack.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-18
'FOURT EEN Die
AS BIG PLANE
FALLS TO EARTH
Worst Catastrophe In
Aviation Circles At New
ark, N. J.

NEWARK, y. j., March IS. U.Rj
belmont Parsons, one Of the two
persons who escaped death yester
day when sightseeing plane crash
ed into 4 freight train near here,
died ,oday in St. James hospital.
Parsons death raised the toll Of
life to II, leaving Lou Foote, the
pilot, the only survivor. Foote is
suffering from multiple fractures of
the skull and hospital authorities
said II" had only slight chances to
recover.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-18
SCENE FROM ALABAMA FLOOD

Refugees roof of building Eba Ala after
being parcel relief plane in
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-04
|CAPITAL in THROES OF SOCIAL
WAR OVER CURTIS DEMANDS

bureau undoubtedly considered the
difficult question Of Mrs. Cams rank
before the Kellogg decision was an
n unced, and Secretary Stimson most
likely will consult It's experts before
passing on the vice presidents pro-
test.
The only word that has come from
Mr.. Stimson's office on the question
thus far is that he Is studying the
vice presidents request. It has been
suggested at the state department,
however, that Mr.. Kellogg's ruling was
supported by many precedents. Inat
ruling recognizes Mrs. Cams right tc
preside at official dinners given by
tie vice president. but makes a dis
tinction between her status at such
functions and at those at which NJ
is q guest.
Dolly Madison Recalled
| Among the precedents, some stu
dents Of washington social histor!
profess to see parallel In the occa'
sions when Dolly Madison as the VIII
Of his secretary Of state was callet
lupon to serve as the official loStes
Of Thomas jefferson, and when tn
sisters Of President Cleveland AM
Arthur acted In the same capacity
The question OF their rank at cfficis
dinners was ever raised. it Is recalled
/ At the same time, 1t has been re
marked that when Secretary Mellon
daughter was his official hostess prio
to her marriage to David Bruce. so
of the former Maryland senator. he
place as GUEST at official dinner
was below those Of the wives OF diplc
mats,
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-04
MYSTERIOUS death
OF MILLIONAIRE OIL
MAN THOH MURDER
Will Issue Homicide Warrants
to Obtain Testimony Under
Oath From Witnesses

Tulsa. Okla. April 4.-N1-County
authorities today planned to file war
rants charging John Doc" and MARY
e" with murder In connection with
the mysterious death OF WilIam ..
McCray, millionaire oil operator. SO
they may apply to the district court
for permission to obtain testimony
under oath from witnesses who have
withheld information from investiga-
tors.
Byran Kirkpatrick, prosecutor. said
about 50 witnesses would be summons
ed. He declined to say whether the
warrants would be aimed at partlcu-
lar individuals.
Mrs. Annette Abrams. comely New
York and Tulsa divorce, Mrs. M. A
Dickerson, mother of Mrs. Norma
Smallwood Gilcreasc, Miss Ameri'
ca" in 1927, and j. O. Denton. Jr.
McCray's nephew. already have fur'
nished valuable evidence" the prose
cutor said.
Mrs. Abrams, divorced only las
week, admitted she had "tormented
the oil operators widow, Mrs. Jea
nette McCray, by telephone sugges
tions that her husband had been hav
ling affairs with other women, tn
prosecutor said. The divorcee, VIII
had been living at the hotel wher
McCray was fatally injured unde
mysterious circumstances on the nigh
of March "a, offered to submit to
blood TRANSMISSION operation IN tn
hope o fsaving McCray's life.
Mrs. Dickerson told investigator
that Mrs. Abrams had called Mr
lMcCray. from her apartment
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-04
Question Of Status Of Vice Pres.
jdent'S Sister ArouSes So.
ciety Circles
STlmsoM IS FINAL ARBlTER
Dolly Madison, Sisters OF Presi.
dents Cleveland and Arthur,
Are Recalled

washington. April 4-(N-The Of
ficial contingent Of Washington So
ciety turned its always formally po-
lite but now determinedly questioning
eyes today upon its final arbiter.
Secretary Stimson. The unofficial
contingent. having nothing at stake,
turned merely curious but possibly
partisan eyes In. his direction.
For the capital Is in the throes OF
social war such as 1t has not ex.
perienced In many years, delicate
questions of precedence and rank
must be settled, and, because they
have to do with international usages
and involve the social aspects OF
diplomacy. the secretary Of state Is
the official who must settle them.
The situation centers around the
ruling by Secretary Kellogg just be-
/ fore he turned over the office to Mr.
Stimson last week that Mrs. Edward
Everett Gam, sister and official hos
tess OF Vice President Curtis. ranked
below the wives OF foreign diplomat:
in the seating of guests at officia
dinners. Dissatisfied with that deci'
sion and feeling strongly that hi
sister has not been given her ful
recognition as his official hostess, Mi
Curtis has put the problem SQUARED.
up to the new secretary with a vigor
Gus protest and request that tn
order be reversed.
Wants Sister Privileged
The vice presidents wife died fiv
years ago. Had she lived, his elevation
to the vice presidency would have en-
titled her to rank above the wives 9
; diplomats at official dinners and h
had expected his sister. with whor
; he has lived since the death of Mr.
, Curtis, to be accorded the same priv
lege.
: The matter of seating guests in ae
4 cordance with their rank at offici'
dinners is one of such serious impol
) tance, involving as 1t does the nicetit
: Of showing proper respect to the rer
resentatives of foreign government
that special social bureau is mair
tanned in the state department
y handle the problems it raises. Th'
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-04
For All Cars Since 1925

their milk and cream chicken crates, egg crates.
sacks of feed machinery parts, plows, sickles and
many other things to town, and bring back Dle
load of groceries No need to spoil the beautiful up
holstery of the car. And the family can ri4e -
town in comfort too with all the load in the Kari
Keen.
Merchants save buying light truck when they
have Kari-Keen. They can deliver rush orders
washing machines, sewing machines, radios, pnono-
graphs various pieces Of furniture boxes and crates
conveniently and safely with tnelr own car anu
without marring the seats and interior
Kari-Keen is furnished in beautiful black lacquer
With Gold strine or in colors to match the car, If
desired All trimmings are bright, rust-proo1
chromium plated Snug fitting covers to protect eGI
contents when Kari-Keen is open, are available: no
other extras to buy-a built-in tire carrier IS M
cluded
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-04
FARM BOARD FAVORED

Mitchell, s. D.. April 4.-(P)-Di-
rectors OF the Farmers Cooperative
Elevator association of South Dakota
last night adopted a resolution favor
Ing creation Of national farm board
as a solution of the agricultural
problem. The association has
membership OF $50 elevators, repre-
Sentirp IS 600 farmers.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-04
Without Benefit Of
Raiment, Man Poses

washington, April 4.-F}-1t's one
thing to admire statue Of John Paul
Jones IN the conventional manner but
it's something entirely different 70 Do
so without benefit Of protecting rai-
ment.
80. Is result of this distinction. =
man giving his name as r. +. Larktn,
32 Of Bloominedale, Ill. is being held
for investigation By Warrington po-
lice.
When the police investigated what
seemed to be m unusual disturbance
amid the cherry blossoms q Potomac
park they found Larkin, they said. "a
the nude gazing steadfastly et the
statue while q rapidly gathering
crowd eaSed at him. The Officers
wrapped him In . blanket and held
him Tor further observation.