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Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-10
Southern Cross
Reaches London

LONDON, July 10. U.D - The
airplane Southern Cross, piloted by
Capt. Charles +. Kingsford- Smith,
arrived here at the end of its Aus
tralia to London flight at 1920 p. m
(9;20 EST.
1t had left Rome on its last hop
at 4:55 Il. m. (10:55 p. m. Tuesday
EST).
The plane landed at Croydon Air
drome. 1t had beaten Bert Hink-
ler's London to Australia flight of
Is and half days by approximate
ly two days.
The Southern Cross thus completed
its second attempt to fly from sgd
ney, N. s. w. to London, the first
ending in near disaster when the
plane was forced down in northwest
Australia in tropical jungle where
it was the object of search for
weeks.
With Kingsford-Smith were Capt
c. II. p. Ulm who made the Califor
MIA to Australia flight with him in
the Southern Cross, and II, II. Nc
Williams and II. A. Litchfield.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-10
ITALIANS ! !
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ACCLAIM
YANKEES
Arrival OF Pathfinder
Causes RiOtOus Greeting
For Flyers.
.MUSSOLINI PRESENT
Premier And Air Leader
On Hand To Greet Will
liams And Yancey.

ROME, July 1O.W.D-The Path
finder lived up to its name today by
blazing the first direct aerial route
from America to Rome.
The silver and green American
monoplane of Rooger @. Williams
and Lewis A. Yancey of New York,
came to rest at Littorio airdrome
here at 9:30 p. m, completing a one
stop flight from Old Orchard, Me.
The plane arrived from Albericia
field, near Santander, Spain, where
it was forced down yesterday by
lack of fuel.
Three airplanes sent out BY Avia.
tion Under Secretary Italo Balbo
escorted the flyers to the airdrome
and circled above the crowds of
hundreds of thousands who cheered
the Americans until the roar of the
Pathfinder motor could not be
heard.
Premier Mussolini and Balbo ar
rived st he air field about an hour
before the Pathfinder. Mussolini
drove his own racing car and Balbo
sat beside him. Commander Fran
cesco dc Pinedo, Italy's air hero,
members Of all the embassies in
Rome and prominent persons from
near and far were in the colorful
throng which had waited for hours
to see the Americans arrive.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-10
BORDER SALOON
BIRTHPLACE OF
RECORD FLIGHT

CULVER CITY, Calf, July 10.
WH-The successful endurance rec
ord flight of the plane Angeleno was
conceived in bar room in Juarez,
Mexico.
Paul Whittier, pilot of the An
geleno's refueling ship, told today
how he planned the flight with
Loren Mendell and r.. b. "Pete'
Reinhart, pilots of the craft.
Mendell and Reinhart were aiding
Whittier to bring two plans to Los
Angeles from Dallas, Texas, when
they were forced down at FL Paso,
he said.
While waiting for repairs on one
Of the two ships, the trio crossed to
Juarez and there, in a shady bar
room, discussed a possible endurance
try.
When they reached Los Angeles
the men conferred with w. G. Nc
Adoo Jr., son of the member Of the
Wilson war cabinet, and he offered
them the used Buhl Airsedan in
which the record now is being brok
en-.
Mendell and Reinhart conditioned
the motor, most of the necessary
funds being supplied by Whittier.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-10
AVIATION MAKES
HISTORY DURING
LAST FEW DAYS
(By United Press)

Important achievements in avia.
tion during the last "a hours were
as follows:
Roger Q. Williams and Lewis
Yancey landed their monoplana
Pathfinder in Spain last night after
a transatlantic flight from Maine
and continued their flight to Rome
today.
l.. w. Mendell and r. B. Rein
hart beutered the endurance flight
records and were approaching q
mark of 200 hours in the air az
they circled their base at Culver
City, Calf.
Capt. Charles r. Kingsford-Smith
completed nonstop flight from
Rome to London in the Southern
Cross, the plane he flew from Cali
fornia to Australia.
The Chicago to Berlin Amphibian,
Untin' Bowler, reached Port Bur-
well, Labrador, and was ready for
the next stage Of its flight, q water
hop to Mount Evans, Greenland.
Capt. Albin Ahrenberg was st
Reykjavik, Iceland, and with CON.
pletion OF repairs on his plane,
Sweden, was expected to take OF
soon for continuation Of his flight
from Sweden to New York.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-10
CHIEF
OF DOCTORS. IS
GIVEN APPROVAL
Caustic Attack By Dry
Leader Not Supported
By Convention.
BY BEN E. TITUS
(United Press Staff Correspondent

PORTLAND, Ore, July 10. W.E)
The house of delegates of the
American Medical Association was
on record today as unanimously ex-
pressing confidence in DR.. William
s. Thayer, retiring president, who
assailed prohibition, for which he
was castigated and termed "wet
and unpatriotic," by DR.. Clarence
True Wilson, chairman of the Meth
odist Board of Temperance, Prohi-
bition and Public Morals.
Had the doctor of divinity not
sought to express his opinion on the
statements of the doctor of medi-
cine the question probably would
have died aborning because the
committee had already decided 20
prepare no resolution on DR.. Thay-
er's speech, but when a newspaper
containing DR.. Wilson's accusations
was circulated among the delegates,
the house broke into q Juror.
DR.. A. E. Bulson, Indiana, leaped
to his feet and started the fire
works, saying that Dr.. Wilson s
article was an attempt to discredit
the entire American Medical AS
sociation.
He read in part Of the article in
which DR.. Wilson said that Thayer
and his "wet crowd from Balti-
more" had showed over his election
on an unsuspecting association for
purposes of putting over wet propa-
ganda, when DR.. William Gerry
Morgan, dry, had been slated for
election
DR.. Thayer interrupted DR.. Bull
son to say: 81 can only regard this
statement as a pathetic expression
of that sort of intemperance to
which I referred yesterday. Inas-
much as it refers to me it is radi-
cally and completely wrong"
DR.. Thomas G. Chalmers, New
York, discredited DR.. Wilson 8
statement that DR.. Thayer had been
elected by wet coup by saying
that he, an avowed wet, had been
the manager of DR.. Morgan's CAM
paign.
Upon motion of DR.. William Fl.
Mayer, Pittsburgh, rising vote of
complete confidence and support of
DR.. Thayer was taken. 1t was unan-
imous.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-10
ENDURANCE PLANE NEARING zoo HOUR MARI
Court 7hrous Bon1bsheL Into Sheriff Gillett Prosecution
DOWD REPLIES TO STATE
ENGINEERS QUESTIONS

Following is a synopsis of the
reply made by M. J. Dowd, chief
engineer of the Imperial Irrigation
District, to the questions asked re-
Gently by State Engineer Edward
Hyatt, requesting more information
on the districts power development
plans.
The complete text of Mr.. Dowd 3
answer would require more space
than the Press can spare at this
time. However, care has been used
in condensing the answers to the
various questions so as to follow his
intent, eliminating detailed matter.
The text of the questions has been
adhered to throughout.
/. What reduction in power
rates in Imperial Valley has been
made, if any, by the Southern Sier-
ras Power Company, since 1927?
Shortly after the districts power
report was published, an applica-
tion by the power company with the
railroad commission for a re-valua-
tion Of property and revision OF
rates, was abandoned and notwith-
standing its previous showing for an
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-10
ELKS WILL GET
LARGE DONATION
FROM RICH MAN
Contribution Must Be
Used To Aid Blind
Children.

LOS ANGELES, July 10. U.H -
An eastern multimillionaire stands
ready to contribute a huge sum to
the Elks' $2O,000,0OO foundation
fund under the stipulation that the
proceeds be used to aid blind chill
dren and that directors of the fouu-
dation fund take charge Of its ex-
penditure.
Such was the last announcement
made by Murray Hubert before
the grand exalted rulership passed
from him to Colonel Walter Penn
berton Andrews, Of Atlanta, Ga,
after the election Of officers late
yesterday.
The name Of the prospective
donnor was not divulged, nor was
the extent of his proposed gift re-
vealed, although indications given
by officers of the lodge placed it
well in excess of $1,000. On making
the announcement, Hubert said
that he had received a letter from
the wealthy philanthropist's s at
torney setting forth plans for the
gift and asking for all available
information ON the Elks' founda-
tion fund.
The entire matter was left to
the incoming officials, who today
continued hearing committee re-
ports during grand lodge sessions.
All national business was expected
to be cleared up before the conven-
tion week is climaxed by the spec
tacular parade and motion picture
electrical pageant in the Coliseum
tomorrow night.
The various sports contests en-
tered on final rounds today. En-.
trants in the first national Elks
golf tournament played their last
(COntinued nm PaOe ThpSo\
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-10
JURY WILL GET
CASE OF DAVIS
THIS AFTERNOON

LOS ANGELES, July 10. W.p)-
The charge that former Chief De-
putty District Attorney Harold
Davis accepted a bribe of $500
was a preposterous lie originating
in n eringing fear of Ben Getzoff
that he would be Sent to San
Quentin, " Attorney Paul d Orr said
today in closing defense arguments
at Davis trial.
Getzoff was paroled after he was
convicted with former District. Az
torney Asa Keyes and Ed Rosen-
berg on bribery-conspiracy charges
and D'Orr said Getzoff was
"deathly afraid he might be sent
to the big house if he didn't have
some story against Davis.'
Getzoff testified for the prosecu-
tion that he paid $500 to Davis
during the trial of the Julian
Petroleum Corporation collapse con
spiracy to have Ed Rosenberg, one
of the defendants, be "let down
easy" by Davis, then the prosecu-
ting attorney.
D'Orr pointed out to the jury
that Keyes and not Davis had re-
quested the dismissal of Rosenberg
during the Julian trial
"Davis did his very best to con
vict every man in that ease, -
DOR said.
D'Orr was followed by Chief
Deputy Robert Stewart, who gave
the final argument for the state.
The case was expected to reach
the jury late today.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-10

increase, the company has made
three reductions in its rates.
2. If a reduction has been made
from 1927 rates, when was this put
into effect, what was its amount in
percentage and dollars, and how will
it affect the income from the dis
trict's propose power Development :
First cut July l, 1927 decreased
the first block of the lighting rate
three cents per kilowatt hour max
ing a maximum reduction on any
bill of but 80 cents. Saving con-
sidered negligible. Second reduc-
tion September 9, 1923 amounted to
81 per cent on 1927 revenue or a
total of $4,000. Third cut effec-
tive March 4, 1929 amounting to 10
per cent or total of $4,000 based
on 1927 revenue. Total reduction
less than Is per cent. These reduc-
tions will have no effect whatever
on the income from the district g
proposed power development as it is
assumed the power company would
cut its rates to meet those proposed
by the district.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-10

FAVORED
BY RULE
Judge Finney Asserts
Sheriff's Records Are
Immaterial.
HEALD DISAGREES
Prosecutor Contends Ac-
cused Responsible For
Office Records.
DISAGREES

All of the records in the Gillett
case with the exception Of those
which show personal knowledge Of
the sheriff, while admitted aa evil
dence, will not be allowed to be
given consideration by the jury,
Judge A. G. Finney ruled this morn
ing when the defense objected to
the testimony of the states audi
tor, Charles E. Levinson.
The announcement by Judge Ein-
ney threw bombshell in the prose-
cution ranks as it was the conten-
tion of District Attorney Heald
that Sheriff Gillett as head Of the
department was responsible for all
of the actions of his deputies.
Judge Finney, in the presence Of
the jury asked Head a question
that indicated the trend Of the trial
more than any other actual hap
pening since the case was started
two and one-half weeks ago. The
question was:
"Mr. Heald, should one Of your
deputies commit forgery do You
think that you should be held re
sponsible9"
To this Head answered: eyes, if
I got part Of the money!
The judge then excused the jury
while the attorneys Of both sides
argued the matter of the admissi.
bility Of the records and the testi.
mony Of Levinson, the auditor. The
defense attorneys, Ernest Utley and
Harry Horton, contended Levinson's
testimony would be conclusions.
Judge Finney then indicated by
his ruling, that as stated in the
Press two weeks ago, the case had
devolved to a civil matter.
1t was signal victory for the de-
fense and left the state in the sit.
uation of trying a man who admits
that he received and kept public
money but could not be held respon-
sible criminally
District Attorney Heald in
statement after the morning ses-
sion said:
81 cannot see how any county
officer could be stopped from dig
ging in and taking all he could get
in the way of money if such a rul-
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Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-10
MRS. YINC MAY
FACE DEATH If
RETURNED HOME
Extreme Penalty Said
To Be Imposed Upon
Smugglers.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 10. U.P)
The spectre of death today con-
fronted an attractive 32 year old
Chinese woman, Mrs. Ying Kao,
wife of the Chinese vice consul in
this city.
Under suspicion 6. smuggling
nearly $l,000,000 worth of opium
and laces into this country, Mrs.
Ying may be returned to China,
tried there for the alleged offense
and, if found guilty, executed.
The executive committee of the
Kuo Ming Tang of America, semi
official organization of the Chinese
government, has voted favoring re-
turning the woman to China to stand
trial.
Following the meeting here of the
Chinese organization, a statement
of known facts were sent to Chinese
Minister WI at Washington, d. c.,
and the desire expressed that Mrs.
Ying be returned to China and tried
for violation of laws of the United
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Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-10
Contempt Charge
Against Tully

NEW YORK, July 10. U.R)-The
supreme court here adjudged Rich
and Walton Tully, playwright, in
contempt of court for his failure to
assign to Mrs. Grace A. Fender,
playwright, all contracts calling for
royalties from the play he is alleg-
ed to have plagiarized from her.
Oliver Morosco, promoter, a CO.
defendant with Tully, is alleged to
have read Mrs. Fendler's play "[n
Hawaii" and then submitted the
manuscript to Tully who used the
idea to write "The Bird of Para
disc" Although the plaintiff has
won judgments of $605,000 against
Tully and $16s,oO0 against Moroseo,
the money has not been paid.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-10
NO SIGN
LYERS
TO QUIT
Reinhart And Mendell
Continue MOnOtOnOus
Grind At Culver City
FAR AHEAD OF MARK
Aviators Appear Tireless
And Engine Performs
Perfectly.

CULVER CITY, Calf, July
10. <U.p)-Estab blishing a new
endurance flight record every
second, the biplane Angeleno,
apparently tireless, drove on
and on today, always within
easy gliding distance of the air
port here.
At 1:30 p. m. the craft, pilot
ed by Loren Mendell and Pete
Reinhart had been in the air
continuously 1913 hours, some
"a hours longer than the best
previous mark.
Mendell and Reinhart gave
no intimation that they intend
ed to come down soon. At $3.50
y. m. they will have been alof.
200 hours.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-10

CULVER CITY, Calf, July 10.
W.D-The Airsedan Angeleno, piloted
by two "hard boiled hombres," con.
tinued in flight here today after
having established q new record for
sustained flight.
And though they were hard boiled,
Loren Mendell and "Pete' Rein.
hart kept their ship always within
gliding distance of the Culver City
airport where they must land to
make official the new refueling
mark they established and break
every second.
Flying low and with its motor APP
parently working perfectly, the An
geleno started its ninth day in the
air at 7:29:30 a. IN.
At that time it had been in con
secutive flight for 1872 hours, some
Is hours beyond the previous record.
The only notice the pilots of the
Angeleno gave to the starting of the
ninth day was to dip low over the
airport and order more fuel.
The supply ship, propelled by a
new motor which was installed be-
tween darkness last night ad dawn
today, went up Immediately with
gasoline and oil and the Goth con-
tact of the flight was made.
A fear that anything beyond eight
days might not be recognized was
dispelled today by Joe Nikrent, of
fetal n. A. A. timer.
He said that while the flyers had
only an eight day paragraph that
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Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-10
Burglar Visits
s. D. Attorney

LOS ANGELES, July 10. Wn)--
Burglars entered the hotel room
occupied by A. w. Treadwell, San
Diego attorney, and took sl0S
early today, Treadwell reported.
Treadwell said he was awaken
ed by slight noise and saw man
going through the pockets of his
clothes. AS he leaped out of bed,
the man fled, locking the door be-
hind him. Treadwen informed
house detectives but the intruder
escaped.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-10
LANDSLIDE KILLS 80

LONDON, July 10. U.H - An
Exchange telegraph dispatch from
Toxic reported today that 30 per-
sons were killed by landslide which
pushed a whole Kogoshima fishing
village into the sea. The landslide
was caused by excessive rains dur
ing recent weeks.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-10
Boy Killed In
Canyon Fall

WOODLAKE, July 10. U.P)-
Orlando Brown, 16, was killed and
Lindley Brown, 10, was probably
fatally injured in 500 foot fall
down the Kings River Canyon be-
yond Hume, according to word re-
ceived today by their mother, Mrs.
H. c. Woodruff. Orlando slipped
and fell over cliff. The older
brother tried to reach him in a
hurry and he also fell.
A crew of men are on their way
to remove Lindley and the body of
his brother from the canyon.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-10
BY JULIO VALIN
UNITED Press Staff CORRESPONDENT

SANTANDER, Spain, July TO-
U.P)-The American ans-Atlantic
flyers, Roger Q. Williams and Lewis
A. Yancey flew with their mono
plane Pathfinder, from here for
Rome at Ills a. m. today.
They had been forced down near
here late yesterday with their fuel
running short and thus cheated of
what they had hoped would be a
nonstop flight from Old Orchard,
Me, to Rome, Italy.
In halting here, the pair prac-
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Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-10
SENATOR JONES BETTER

WASHINGTON, July 10, W.R)--
Senator Wesley Jones, Repn.,
Wash, is resting comfortably fol
lowing a kidney operation today,
DR.. II. A. Fowler, his physician
said.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-10
WEATHER BLASTS
HOPE OF SAVING
CREW OF SUB
Storm Drives Off Ships
Seeking To Rescue Men
On Sunken Boat.

LONDON, July 10. W.H Rag
ing weather on the Irish sea today
blasted whatever hopes had been en-
tertained of rescuing the lives of
the crew or the British submar-
inc H47 which was rammed yester-
day by the Lie and sank within
few seconds.
The admiralty announced that af
ter locating the bulk of the submar-
inc in 55 fathoms of water in st.
George s channel, the searching ves-
sells were forced to marked the spot
with buoy and withdraw temper
arily to Milfordhaven.
PEMBROKE, Wales, July 10. W.H
There is still a possibility that
some of the crew of the submarine
H-47 may be alive, an official of
the British admiralty told the press
today.
"We shall carry on until there is
no doubt that all are dead, y the Of
ficial, who is here to assist in di-
recting rescue efforts, said.
Heavy seas so far have prevented
divers from descending to the sub
marine, which is resting beneath 80
fathoms of water on the bottom of
st. Georges channel, off st. David s
Head.
LONDON, July 10. W.P)-The
British submarine Log, sister shin
of the Liz, which yesterday sent
the British submarine H47 to the
bottom of the Irish sea with n
crew aboard, dived continuously to-
day in mountainous seas attempting
to communicate by sound telegrapby
with the sunken craft. A bell was
used with the Morse code, but no
reply was forthcoming from the
depths.
The preliminary report Of Rear
Admiral II. +. Grace, in command
of all British submarines was most
pessimistic today regarding the
likelihood of rescue of the 81 re-
ported aboard.
81 am convinced,' the report
stated, "that there is no possibility
that any of the crew of the H47
remained alive more than very
few minutes. The weather momen-
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New Britain herald., 1929-08-13
THE AMERICAN BULLFIGHTER

To the Spanish temperament, bull fighting has it's glories; but also it's dangers. The dangers are not only realized in Spain, but elsewhere. It takes courage to fight a maddened bull, and skill to win the battle; and sometimes even the most skilled of bullfighters don't win.
 Sydney Franklin, the Brooklyn bullfighter, who has been having such success in Spain as to become national hero, has found out that the glories of the bull ring some- times go to the bull. Gored by an animal during an exhibition in the Campo Pequcno bull ring in Lisbon. Portugal, his condition was describ- ed as serious" He followed a peri lous calling and came to grief.
 AS the only American bullfighter in Spain or Portugal he will not have many successors. For an American to be indulging in this so-called sport seems an anomaly, anyway.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-13
WHEN THE EARTH SWANS

Another earthquake has come and gone. It was one of the modern variety which are peculiar to New - England and the eastern states-not bad enough to cause walls to fall but serious enough to awaken light sleepers and alarm folks here and there.
 Once, so the scientists tell US. there were earthquakes of different sort in these parts; but that was before human beings were at hand to read a superstitious meaning into the phenomenon, That was when the New England hills were as stupeni- ous in height as the Alps or the Rockies, and every year or so some thing happened to change the ap- pcarance of the landscape.
 The question naturally arises, is it possible for a serious earthquake to level eastern cities at this late day ? What, for instance, would happen if serious earthquake occurred under Manhattan Island?
 Such possibilities are in the lap of fate. It is safe to assume that the scientists are right in declaring that the earth's crust along the eastern
New Britain herald., 1929-08-13
THE MERCURY

The mystery seaplane which America may enter in the Schneider cup races will have to do consider ably more than 31S miles an hour before Lieutenant Afford s. Williams, the navy's speed flyer, decides to enter it. For SIS miles an hour is the present record, and unless the Mercury in her trial tests along the Severn river at Annapolis beats this record conclusively it will be scarce ly worth while to enter the craft in the cups race. That at least, is the way the navy feels about it.
 The Mercury is as queer looking contraption as the eye of a man could expect to see, but only so be- cause our eyes have become accus- toned to the present type of sea planes and airplanes. The Mercury only looks queer because it embodies new ideas, and is radical departure from hitherto developed lines.
 Every new idea, or combination of ideas, isn't good; but the Mercury SC far has shown that it has what it was . built for-speed. General opinion in the navy seems to be that it is safe . to wager On the craft