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Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-26
Baldwin Estate
Battle Deferred
Until Next Year

LOS ANGELES, March %. U.P)
George Winfield Baldwin S fight
for a share of the estate of the late
Clara Baldwin Stocker will be re-
sumcd in one year.
Her will was admitted to probate
yesterday when it was stipulated
that Baldwin was not attacking the
genuineness of the document but
rather was placing his claim for a
portion of the property of which it
disposed
The court pointed out that such a
contest had nothing to do with the
probate and that the claim should be
advanced year from now at the
time of the division of the estate.
Baldwin S request for a share of
the property is based ON a conten-
tion that he is a son of Mrs. Stock
or by her own father, f. J. " Lucky'
Baldwin, noted California pioneer.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-26
SERIOUS CHARGE
MADE AGAINST
GOVERNOR LONG

RATION ROUGE, La, March 26.
(U.P)-AffidaV',s charging GOV.
lIuey =. Long sought to hire an as
sassir to kin member of the
state legislature and "leavC his
body in ditch by the side of y
road will bc introduced late today
when the Louisiana general assem-
bly, meets to hear charges of i'm
parchment against the governor.
IT was learned this afternoon the
impeachment committee of the house
which votcG the charges earlier in
the day, had in it's possession an
affidavit containing such charges
The document was signed by II. a.
"Battling' BoZeman, former per
sonal body guard for GOV. Long.
Rozcman, in the affidavit, said
the governor called him to the exc
cutive office recently, The governor,
he said, was drinking.
g am going to call an extra scs-
sion of the legislature and this J.
Y. Sanders Jr., is going to diSap-
prove all my measures, and | want
YOU to get him out of the way
Bozeman quoted the governor rs
saying.
Asked what he meant, the gov
crnor is alleged to have replied,
81 mean for you to kill him, leave
him in the ditch where nobody will
know how or when he got there.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-26
FEDERALS TO
MAKE ATTACK
UPON JEMINEZ
Mexican Rebels Said To
Have Failed in Assault
Upon Mazatlan.
BY G. F. FINE
(United Press Staff Correspondent

MEXICO CITY, March 26. U.P)-
Federal forces prepared today for a
renewal of the attack on the city of
Jiminez, state of Chihuahua, and
claimed two decisive victories ON
the western coast area.
Rebel troops were reported re-
treating northward from the city
of Mazatlan after having suffered
d" heavy casuaties' in severe fight
ing there. The siege of Mazatlan
was said to have been lifted.
Federals also were reported vie
torious in an attack on the town Of
Etzatlan, state of Jalisco, where 33
soldiers were killed in sharp street
fighting. Total casualties at the two
cities were unofficially estimated at
about POO, although definite esti-
mates of the dead at Mazatlan were
not available.
Gen. Jaime Carriiio, federal com
mandcr at Mazatlan, reported three
federal soldiers and one woman kill
ed; numerous rebels killed and
wounded; and II civilians wounded.
Carrillo asserted that "serious
differences had arisen between the
rebel leaders, Gen. Francisco Manzo
and Gen. Roberto Cruz, in regard to
conduct OF the campaign. =
Attack Jiminez
Col. }. II. AceNeS informed the
government that rebels had been
driven from the town of Etzatlan
after battle in which 27 insurgents
and six federals were known dead
A number of others were wounded
and 90 rebels taken prisoners after
fcdcralS had bombed several houses
in which rebels were barricaded.
Minister of War Gales informed
the prcsidcncia that federal air
planes had raidCd rebel cntrench
mcntS at Jiminez and would renew
the attack this morning, with the eX
pectation of capturing the city be
fore the end of the week. After
the capture of Jiminez, Gales said
the campaign of discrimination
will continue ON the northern front
Gales reported insurgents at il
mincz were terrori2ed' - when fed
eral aviators laid down barrage of
machine gun fire and dropped bombs
Capt. Luis Farrell, observer for the
famous Mexican flyer, Col Roberto
Fierro, was wounded in both legs by
rebel fire when their plane swooped
low over the city.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-26
DOUBLE TRAGEDY
BRINGS END To
BLECHTED 10 v /

Los ANGELES, March % U.P)-l
y one sided romance between Alberi
w. Degenhart, 5S year old mining
engineer, and Harriet Ponder, q
year old restaurant cashier, was al
an end today, with both dead at tn,
hands of the rejected suitor
Dcgenhart, said to have mining
interests in Manzanar, lnyo county
shot the girl to death last night ID
a downtown restaurant. He thei
drained bottle of poison and sltol
himself in the head
According to the girl s sister, Mrs
r. NJ. Bunker, of Walnut Park
Degcnhart had been annoying Mis-
Ponder by his attentions for. threl
years \ note found in his pocke
said; "Shc played with the wronl
man, -
Police also found an address
% Ncva Maude Dcgenhart, Ninetcantl
street, Bakersfield, in the mani
pocket.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-26
Zeppelin Arrives
At Jerusalem

JERUSALEM, March 26. W.P-
The dirigiblc Graf Zeppelin, which
sailed across the Atlantic ocean to
Lakchurst, n. j., last fall and back
again to Fricdrichschafcn, Germany,
today dipped its great silver gray
nose out of the wind torn sky, and
glided low over the Holy City.
After battling strong head winds
all day, Dr. Hugo Eckner, master OF
the big air liner, brought his craft
with its 27 guest passengers over
Jerusalem at 7;15 p. m. Eckner had
planned to arrive here shortly be
fore noon.
Hundreds of thousands of people
filled the streets of the city and
shouted greetings. Passengers could
be seen at the windows of the
dirigiblc's cabin waving to the
people below. 1t was the first time
since the war that a dirigiblc has
been seen over the Holy City.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-26
KEY WITNESS IN
MCPHERSON CASE
WIDELY SOUGHT
Miss X Said To Hold
Solution To Entire
Puzzle.
By ELWOOD SQUTRES
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent

OAKLAND, Calf, March 26. W.P)
Mrs. Lorraine Wiscman Sielaff-
known as the mysterious - Miss
X' in the Aimee Semple McPher-
son kidnapping ease, today entered
the impeachment trial Of Judge
Carlos 5. Hardy of Los Angeles.
Mrs. Sielaff knows "enough to
clear it all up if she will,' was the
statement made to the Tnited Press
by Mrs. Nirla Kimball, sister of
"Miss X" who quickly added
"but / don't know where she is.
Mrs. Kimball has been sub
poenacd by the senate board of
managers to appear at the capital
and tell the whereabouts of her
famous sister.
81 don t know where Lorraine
is Mrs. Kimball said. :" But | do
know she knows enough to clear it
all up if she will.
"I've telcphoned to everyone |
know-I've sent kilograms to Lor-
rainc all over the country and | We
written innumcrable letters, but |
haven't heard word from her.
"Won't you please broadcast an
appeal to Lorraine to please come
back and tell me what she knows
and clear up the whole thing 20
According to Asscmblyman
Melvin Cronin, Mrs. Sielaff is be
lievcd by the state to have had
many dealings with Judge Hardy,
and possibly to have in her pos
session vital evidence pertaining to
the trial of the jurist, as we'll as
the kidnapping of Mrs. Mcpherson.
Reward Hinted
Mrs. Siclaff gained notoriety al
most equal to that of Mrs. McPhcr-
son when she admitted she was the
mysterious Miss Xn who occupied
a love cottage at Carmcl-by-thC Sea
with Kenneth Ormiston, radio opera
tor of Angelus Temple.
It had been inferred that Mrs.
Siclaff had been "'rcwarded - for
making the statement and admit,
ting she was Ormiston eompan.
len.
w. A. Gabrielson, former chief of
police of Monterey, near Carmel-by-
the-Sea, also was interviewed in
connection with the Hardy trial.
Gabriclson told Cronin that he
had been asked by Asa Keyes, then
district attorney of Los Angeles
county. to investigate reports
Aimee and Ormiston were at Car.
mel and to withhold findings from
the police.
81 uncovered enough evidence t.
satisfy me Mrs. Mcpherson and
Ormiston were at Carmel, Gabriel
son told Cronin.
The former police chief, now 4
sergeant of police at Berkeley, said
he had followed keycs instructions
and given information only to {
deputy district attorney of Los
Angeles county.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-26
HALF HUNDRED
LIVES LOST IN
FLOODED AREAS
(By United PresS)

With ~ lives lost in the south by
storms and flood waters of rivers
and creeks, the Mississippi river to-
day threatened momentarily to break
over sodden lcvees around Quincy,
Ill.,, and inundate more thousands of
acres.
The river at Quincy stood at POS;
the highest stage since 1891 and an
other rise, reported from Dubuque,
Iowa, was scheduled in few days.
Two breaks in the last few days al
ready have overflowed more than
10000 acres around Quincy.
The death toll in the south, taken
during the last week of raging
streams, was distributed as follows
Tennessee, 50; kentucky 8; Ala
bama, >; Mississippi, 3; Georgia, 3,
No deaths or injuries have been
reported so far along the Mississippi
river as residents of lowlands had
ample warning and fled the flooded
areas with a few possessions and
their livestock.
Highway police patroled deserted
areas behind the levees around
Quincy, following reports of looting,
One of the hardest hit sections
was the Cumberland valley in east
crn Kentucky where six persons
were drowned at Barboursville when
the Cumberland river became a rag
ing torrent in few hours.
Traffic in eastern Kentucky was
paralyzed, coal mines flooded, high
ways washed out and landslides
blocked travel.
The flood situation in Wisconsin
became darker today with thunder
showers sending already flooded riv-
crS to new heights.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-26
DAYLIGHT NOT
TO BE SAVED
IN CALIFORNIA
SOlons Turn Down Bill
To Set Clocks Back
During Summer.
By HOMER L. ROBERTS
United Press Staff Correspondent


Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
SACRAMENTO, Calf, March 26.
(UR)-Californi viii not have n
daylight saving law this year.
Farmers. trades unions and movie
producers defeated the oil interests
in a hard fought joust over the bill
in senate judiciary committee last
night. The bill was killed for the
present session by the decisive vot"
Of l to ,.
introduced by Senator T. c. West
cf Alameda. the measure would have
required all clocks in the state to
he set ahead one hour between
April and November ! of each
year.
Edwin Higgins, speaking for the
oil industries, supported the plan.
He was aided by Hal King, Nation
al Broadcasting Company; L. D..
Turbcr Jr., Pacific Coast Associa-
tion of New York Stock Exchange,
and Alex J. Young, junior chamber
of commerce.
Opposition was expressed by
George Wilson, California Farm
Bureau; John j. O'ConneI, San
Francisco Labor Council, and W. H..
Lollier, representing motion picture
interests.
Members of the Legislature de-
clared this afternoon illegal holi-
day and recessed i'll Il body to at
tend the opening baseball game be-
tween Sacramento and Hollywood at
Morcling Field.
Favor Divorce Law
Two bills to abolish the inter
locutory decree of divorce in this
state were given a "do pass vote
by the senate judiciary committee
today.
They were represented by Senator
George Rochester of Los Angeles
and Senator f. A. Mueller of San
Diego.
The present interlocutory decree
requires year before it becomes
final. 1t is this period Rochester in
sists, that the couple may olive in
legalized adultery.' His law would
make the divorce decree imm ediate
and final.
Hydraulic mining, u much-dis-
cusscd bill in sessions past, was
again argued out in a public hear
I ing before the assembly ways and
means committee last night. Action
on the bill, introduced by Assembly
man Jerrold l.. Seawell of Roseville,
was deferred for week.
The second of Governor Young s
reorganization bills was on its way
through the Legislature today, when
the senate received measure by
Assemblyman b. j. Feigenbaam of
San Francisco, creating a new state
department of professional and
vocational standards. The bill! was
adopted late yesterday by the
lower house.
Assemblyman NJ. J. McDonough 5
so-called "Yellow Dog bill, back
ed by organized labor, was defeated
by the assembly after spirited
fight by advocates of the oper
shop. The vote was ~ to 30 OBJ
| lection was raised because the law
voids any contract by which al
employee agrees not to join labor
union during his term of employ
! ment.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-26
DRY OFFICERS
KILL WOMAN IN
RAIDINC HO ME

AURORA, H., March 26. W.R-
State dry agents, early today
stormcd the home of Joseph De
King after bombarding it with gas
bombs, killed Mrs. De King and
dubbed her husband,
Terror stricken when the mother
was shot to death, Gerald, 9 year
old son of the De Kings, seized a
revolver and shot one of the raiders
in the leg Equipped with search
warrant the raiders went to the De
King home last night, led by Deputy
Sheriff Roy Smith.
Armed with mustard gas bombs,
Smith and four other deputies sur
rounded the house, when De King
refused entrance.
Smith entered the house, only to
be met by De King with a shotgun.
Smith said De King hit him with
the butt of the gun. The deputy re-
taliated with a blow to De King ;
jaw, which floored De King.
Smith said Mrs. De King then
reached behind telephone stand
as if for a gun and he shot her She
died on the way to Il hospital.
Robert A. Milroy, former assist
ant United States district attorney,
reported later that he was called on
the telephone by Mrs. De King, who
was pleading frantically for help.
u heard her calling help and
then | heard report that sounded
like a shot, Milroy said. "Then
came II scream and the wire went
dead.
When he arrived at the DE King
hom,, the battle was over and tn"
principals were gone.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-26
Gas In Shaft
Proves Fatal

NISALIA, Calf, March 26. UP)-
Funeral arrangements were being
made here today for Ed Marshall,
33, superintendent of the Monarch
Rand Mining Company, and his
brother, John A. Marshall, of this
city
The two were asphyxiated in the
depths of the abandoned shaft of Il
gold mine at Randsburg yesterday.
They had been lowered to the 750
foot level ON tour of inspection
when black damp gas overcamc
them.
a rescue party, equipped with
compressed air hoses and oxygen
masks, entered the shaft and recov-
cred the men S bodies.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-26
JUDGE ALLEN STANDS FIRMLY
AGAINST INVOKING JONES LAW

SANTA ANA, March 26. U.P)
Until an opposite ruling is
made by the state syNreme
court the drastic Jones law and
its heavy liquor violation pen
altios will be ignored by
Superior Judge James Allen, of
Orange county on the theory
that the law cannot be applied
in California, he said today.
Judge Allen challenged the
application of the Jones law in
this state yesterday when he
declined to impose the heavy
penalty it provides in the ease
of n convicted Sunset Beach
bootleggcr.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-26
MYSTERY Wells BURNING OF
HUGE GERMAN OCEAN VESSEL

Origin of the fire still was a
mystery, In view of the bitter
competition between the North
German Lloyd and other lines,
unconfirmed rmors of incen.
diarism Immediately were cir
culated, but officials at the
Blohm and Voss docks said
there were no clues 20 the or
igin of the blaze. The whole in
terror and virtually the entire
completed upper structure and
decks were DESTROYED.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-26
Rustlers Get
Off Lightly

TOMBSTONE, Ariz., March 26.
U.P)-Cattle rustlers were hanged
from trees in this city in the good
old frontier days, but three men
who confessed to that crime yes
terday were sentenced to serve
18 months in the state peniten-
tiary.
The men were Alexandra and
Eutannio Mendevil and Franco
Acia, captured near here by state
cattle inspectors. Sentence was
passed by Judge A. M. Sames.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-26
FLYERS
FALL. SHORT OF
INTENDED GOAL
Forced Down By Storm
After Crossing South
Atlantic.

BAHIA, Brazil, March 26. U.P)-
Capts. Francisco Jiminez and Igna
clio Iglesas. who took off from Sc
vile, Spain, in Il single motored
land plane shortly afternoon Sun
day, landed at the Camassary air
dromc here at 10:30 a. IN. (S:30 a.
m, f. S. t. today, almost 500
miles short of their goal ut Rio de
Janeiro.
The flyers started their enochal
journey in ideal weather but ended
it in fog and drizzling rain, which
they encountered shortly after pass
ing Natal,
The airmail rouJc scheduled from
Natal to Bahia is normally six
hours. but so difficult WIS the fly
ing that the Spaniards required al
most eight hours for the journey.
Paradoxically the weather at the
goal which they had sought to
achieve, Rio dc Janciro, was report
ed % be ideal.
Bahia is approximately $50 miles
south of Natal, over which the
Spanish flyers passed at , a. m. af-
ter having crossed the Atlantic
ocean by way Of the Cape Verde is
lands.
The long distance flight record
which the two courageous S9aniards
sought ~ break, apparently still re-
mains with tn" Italians, Carlo De
Pretc and Ar .uro Ferrarin, who flew
from Rome to q point 10 miles nortl
of Natal, Brtzil, landing July 4
1923, after having covered dis
tance of I, ,449 miles. 1t is estimas
ed the Spanish flyers landed at ap
proximately LOO miles fro&- Seville
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-26
ACCORD
TRIBUTE
TO F0CH
Millions Attend Final
Rites For Leader Of
Allied Armies.
NOTARLES PRESENT
Dead Marshal Laid TO
Rest Beside Ashes Of
Napoleon.
BY RALPH HEINZEN
Omitted Press Staff Corresponds


PARIS, March 26 U.P- Marshal
Ferdinand Foch lies at rest in mar
row crypt of the Invalides after hay
ing been honorcd today with the
greatest state funeral in the history
Of France
Entombmcnt in a crypt in the In
validcs beside the ashes of Napoleon,
the full honor which an adoring ma
tion could give, was marked by the
simple dignity Foch loved. Princes
and potentates, the mighty warriors
of other lands and the humble citi-
low over his bier as at 10 minutes
past = o'clock it was borne down
80 shadowy steps lighted only by
fitful candles to the temporary tomb
beside Napoleon 5,
Only one unfortunate incident
marred the occasion. War veterans,
deprived by the press of time from "A
chance to pay their respects to their
dead leader by passing the catal-
faquc, threatened disorder.
While crowd estimated at close
to 100000 knclt in prayer before
the great doors of the cathedral low
mass was held for the dead warrior
of France.
Congregation SilClt
Inside the cathedral the president
of France; the distinguished repre-
sentatives of foreign nations, includ
ing the Prince Wales; outstanding
military leaders of the World Wal
and a host of soldiers and ambassa
lors in full dress uniforms, stood
masscd against the black drapcrieS
during the ceremony.
They stood in silence and witt
bowed heads as the clear tones of q
buglc sounded "auX champs at
the most emotional moment of the
funeral service.
simultaneously. 10 million French
men paid Il final tribute to the gen
craaissimo of the world : mighticst
army. In even the smallest Villages
of the nation memorial masses wcrt
held and solemn funeral mass was
held at Saint MichaleS Church al
SAINT lbFlcuC, NnCrc i oCh WAS mar
ried in 1888.
Madame Foch and her daughters
entered the cathedral by side door
the widow leaning on the arm OF
General Weygand.
The president, the Prince of Wales
Gen. John j. Pcrshing and other rep
rescntatives of allied powers, sat il
chairs of state in the center nave.
Premier Raymond Poincarc begar
the funeral speech at II 80 after the
caskct had been placed ON higl
catafalquc at the Invalides Esplan
adc. He paid tribute to Foch as .
libcrator and referred in warm term,
to Georges Clcmcnceau, wartime pre-
micr, and King Albert of the Bel
gians.
Poincare S oration lasted an hour
When he stepped back the last
parade of frances soldiers in honor
of the famous marshal started. The
government had concentrated a great
force of soldiers in the city for the
funeral ceremonies and they paradet
past their wartime commander,
caskct as it rested before the Inva
lidcs.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-26
WHAT'S DOING
TONIGHT

TONIGHT
FcX Imperial Theatre, Con
quest.
Night school, 700, High
school
knights of Pythias, Davis
hall.
1. v. Commandery No. 54,
7;30, Masonic Temple.
Adult English. 700, High
school.
Citizenship classes, 7:2A
room 20, High school.
I. v. Choral club, 500, Sam
ovar tea room.
Court of Honor, 7;3O, Wilson
school.
Revival services, 1880. Chris
tian church.
Radio KAO, 6 to 10.
TOMORROW
Chamber of Commerce lunch
con, Barbara Worth.
Jr. Chamber breakfast $50
a. m, Barbara Worth.
Radio KXO, II to /.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-26
Doctors Trial
70 Be Deferred

LOS ANGELES, March 20. W.P) !
DR.. I, Jesse Citron, prominent llolly-
wood physician, who pleaded not
guilty to charges OF violating the
Harrison narcotic act through sale
Of morphine to Alma Rubens, screen
star, will appear June 3 10 havs
trial dHte set
Miss Rubens nov is al the sfaf0
narcotic hospital, successfully fight
ing against the drug habit.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-26


Deputy District Attorncx COL
Inns had asked that the man,
w. P. Snyder be given the
Jones penalty of five years i'm
prisonment and a 10000 fine,
but Judge Allen sentenced
Snyder to the county jail for
six months.
The jurist held that the
Wright act, California S liquor
prohibition enforcement law,
overstepped it's constitutional
rights when it provided that
California would accept federal
amendments to the accepted Vol
stead act.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-26
MEXICAN SHIPMENT ARRIVES

NOGALES, Ariz., March 26. U.R)
The first consignment of peas and
tomatoes from the west coast of
Mexico, since the burning of the
Fucrtc river bridge, by Mexican
troops several weeks ago, arrived
here today.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-26

HAMBURG, Germany, March
26, U.P-The great North Ger
man Lloyd liner, Europa, under
construction here, was almost
total loss this afternoon as the
result of fire which started in
the hold shortly after midnight.
The fire fighting crews which,
had labored since morning were
doing their utmost to prevent
the craft from sinking.
The 46,000-ton vessel was
valued at almost $15,000,0OO ac-
cording to unofficial reports.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-26
MARKET BREAKS SHARPLY

NEW YORK, March 26, W.P) -
Call money swept upward to II per
cent today, the stiffest rate in nine
years, and brought with it on the
market one of the worst breaks in
the stock exchange history.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-26
|CrOss Country
| Flyer Down

WILLARD, N. M, March 26.
(UH-Okey Bevans, attempting
flight from Los Angeles to New
York, landed or ranch three
miles southwest of here today.
He indicated that he was fore
ed to land because he had mis-
Judged the height of a cloud bank
and was unable to gain suffi-
cient altitude. His plane was
not damaged.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-26
DEATH CLAIMS
DIR. HARTMAN

It is with a feeling of sincere
grief and realization Of a dis
tinct loss to the community,
that we learn, as we go to Press,
Of the death of DIR. George A.
Hartman pastcr CT the First
Presbyterian church Of this city
at his home en- He'll avenue.
The end came shortly after
2:30 after a brave struggle.
The sympathy of Imperial Val
ley goes out to his bereaved
family.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-26
Signing Sl6,OOO.OOO Ship Contract

liners hands
Jas
Leviathan
United States American Merchant Lines passing
r. of
!Eners under United States Lines Inc
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-26
CANADA |
RESENTS|
SHOOTING
Firing Upon Allegd
Rum Smuggler Stirs u
Diplomats.
POINTS DIS p u T E
British Consul State
Smuggler Was Outsid
Twelve Mile Limit
BY LYLE G. WILSON
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, March. 26 U.P)
Consequences of the sinking of t
Canadian rum smuggling schoon
IN Alone by the United Stat
coast guard cutter Dexter NOV
rapidly toward climax in a dip
matte incident today.
Unsatisficd with the report of t
sinking furnished by the treasul
the state department MADE furth
inquiries in an attempt to clari
unspecifieG points which would be
upon the right or wrong of the Goa
guard actor.
Diplomats and administration {
ficials alike are taking a serio
view of the incident while survi
ing members of the crew and Ca
tain T. Randall of the | m Alone !
main in custody of federal office
at New Orleans.