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TRIAL NEARS END
/. AT COEUR D'ALENE
.
Jury to Decide Whether
"WhiSky Rebellion" Was
& Curse to Idaho Town.

BY the Associated Press.
- COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho. December
2s.-The Federal Court fury which for
10 days has heard defendants in the
Mullan whisky rebellion" trial. pic
tured alternately as faunters of Federal
law and as saviors of a tax-burdened
town, soon will be called upon to de-
eide which is the more accurate de-
scription
Federal Government witnesses re-
counted their activities in the Mountain
locked mining town, and testified they
found a conspiracy of officials to nullify
the dry law, and that this was carried
out through a system of licenses. issued
by the village council. which were al
legged to have provided revenue for civic
improvements and municipal expenses.
Conspiracy Charge Denied.
Defense witnesses. including most of
the defendants. denied the conspiracy
charge and defended the license system
with the contention that since the city
Golfers were empty and the populace
determined to have liquor in spite of
prohibition. revenue might as well be
collected on that basis.
In his opening argument yesterday,
William Langroise, assistant United
States attorney, asserted that in 1924
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Ministers Leave Business.

ROME (R.-Mussolini insists that
his ministers divorce themselves from
all commercial activity as soon as they
assume office. Deputy Renato Ricci,
upon being called to an undersecretary-
ship in the ministry of national educa-
ton, resigned the lucrative position OF
president of the Carrera marble con-
sortium. Ricci visited the United States
in 1923 to study Bow Scout work
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Births Reported.

The following births have been reported Il
the Health Department in the past ~ hours
Joseph A. and Florence E. Parks. girl.
Lawrence and Marion S. Levy. Girl
william D. and Mary Miller, girl.
Victor NJ and Amelia Villasenor. boy.
Edward and Elizabeth Leader, boy.
Samuel and Gladys Anderson. boy.
John z. and Marjorie I. Corridor, boy.
Franz A. and Helen McQuillan, boy.
Harold L. and Edna Hines. boy.
Leonid and Marjorie Strakhousky. boy.
Dick and Knaris Jangian, boy.
George and NesSie Gibson, boy
John II. and Beatrice Hawkins. boy.
Abraham and Dorothy Moore. boy.
Reginald and Helen Tut, girl.
Robert and Clementine Carter. boy.
Alfred and Florence Hawkins. boy.
David and Louise Green. boy
William and PHYLLIS Thomas, girl.
George and Mary Danish, girl.
William H. and Martha Snowden, girl.
Pilwasch and Rosa Discs, girl.
SilaS and Dorothy Hales. girl.
william and Irma Powell. boy.
The human body is self building, self
repairing, self-regulating and self-oil-
ing
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UarAH nf ThankH.

HAYES, FRANCES. I desire to express my
heartfelt thanks to the pastors OF the
Vermont Avenue Baptist Church and John
wesley A. M. 2. Zion Church, respectively
administrations to the comfort Of my dear
deceased wife, FRANCES HAYES, durinp
her long illness; also for their ifivaiua bic
assistance, kind words of sympathy and
the beautiful noral tributes in my season
HER HUSBAND. JOSEPH @. HAYES. .
NUGENT, RICHARD N. We extend our
thanks TO our relatives and friends for
their expressions of sympathy and floral
father RICHARD H. NUqENT.
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FOREIGN,
FOhEIGN.
ia IN. Grenn uich tinna.
BROTHER HELD IN KILLING
Tennesseean Arrested After Sister
and Husband Are Shot in His Home

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn, December
% (P).-William Duffey. so, Of Chatta-
nooga, died yesterday Of shotgun
wounds received Thursday at the time
his wife was fatally wounded at the
home of her brother, Ruff Landing
ham. Landingham was arrested on muir
der charges.
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Greek Skipper Arrested.

1STANBUL, Turkey, December 28 (P).
The Turkish police yesterday arrested
the captain of the Greek freighter
Chryssis, which rammed and sank the
Bulgarian freighter Varna on the Sea
of Marmora on the night of December
"a. 1t was feared that IS of the Varna's
crew of Is were drowned.
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Tests With Retiring Mayor.

BOSTON, December % B.-Calvin
Coolidge has written expressing the
hope that Malcolm E. Nicholas. Boston,
retiring mayor. will enjoy being out of
ofiice as much as he has.
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Deaths Reported.

The following deaths have been reported to
the Health Department in the past ~ hours:
William 4. Cooper, 81, United States Naval
Rose H. shuster, 90. Epiphany Church
Martha r. olasscock. 81. las O st.. ne.
, :, Theodore Kaucher; 70, United States SOL
Clara T. Matherson, II. Homeopathic Hos
sss S ca Ada e. lsS TsS%HE
William Sellers. So, United States Soldiers
!. Pauline Smith. IS. Emergency Hospital.
James McNeff, 81 81: Ellsabeth's HOSPITAL.
Kindall J. Minot. 81. Homeopathic Hos
Ruth Cole. a. sibley Hospital
Beverly M. English. 81 United States Vet
Roy r, Callahan. =: Providence Hospital
Meapvell E H Handley. ST. 14os Hop
Edward C. williams. So. Freedmens HOS
walter T. shivrell, 50, Walter Reed Hos
Herman Pearsall. 20, tuberculosis Hospital.
Leouidas E. Kennedy. 2e. 437 H st.
John w. Jackson. 90. Freedmen's Hospital.
John r. Lloyd 4. So0I Jasper st. Sc.
Rebecca Boyd. 3, Children's Hospital
Infant Of Cecil and Malinda Chatham. Q
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FOUND.

BI1LFOLD. mans, containing money. on
Dec. 90. Cali Col. 8T6e. 3SS
DOG. small, tan and white, male; MoTitgonf-
cry County 1929 tas No. 573S Owner may
have by calling 3l0S Dumbarton ave. NV.
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Prompt Auto Delivery Service.
Crude Bros. Co., 1912 F st.
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LEARY. HENRY b. on Friday. December
"a, 1929. A. Georsetown Hospital. HENRY
B. LEARY, aged q years. beloved son Of
Geary. He is Survived By two G sisters, " Mrs
AlmeadA johnson and Mrs. Lena Leary,
and one brother. Dalton E. Leary. Funeral
services Sunday. December 40, at 1890
am, at Hysong's funeral home, 1900 N ST.
NV. Interment Minnievile, Va 2s
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-08
No. 54864
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL. PRO.
PERTY AT PRIVATE SALE BY
GUARDIAN.

In the Superior Court of the State
Of California, in and for the
County of Los Angeles
In the Matter of the Guardianship
and Estates of Betty Nichols and
Galen Nichols, Jr., Minors.
Notice is hereby given by Harry
!. Nichols, Guardian Of the persons
and estates of Betty Nichols and
GaIcn Nichols, Jr., minors, that he
will sell at private sale all the
right, title, interest and estate Of
said minors in and to the following
described real properties situated in
the County of Imperial, State of
California, towit:
Pared !. The West 40 acres of
the North 120 acres of Tract III,
Township l6 South, Range II East.
as per map of the Rcsurvey approved
and filed in the United States Land
Office at Los Angeles, California.
Parcel >. Lot 3, Block 81, City of
III Centre.
Bids in writing will be received
by said Guardian in the law office of
f. A. Lane, POO Lane Mort. Build
ing, Eighth and Spring Streets, in
the City of Los Angeles, County of
Los Angeles, State of California, for
the purchase of either or both of
the parcels of the above described
property. The sale Will be made on
or after the 23rd day of February,
1929, and will he subject to confir-
nation by the superior court of the
state of California, in and for the
County of Los Angeles, in which
court proceedings in the matter of
said Guardianship and Estates are
pending.
The terms of sale are cash, 1917
of the purchase price shall be paid
at the time of the acceptance of the
bid and the balance upon confirma-
tion hy the Court.
Dated January so, 1929.
HARRY j. NICHOLS,
Guardian of the Persons and Estates
of Betty Nichols and Galen
Nichols, Jr., Minors.
I / to Is
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-08
SEAT SALE FOR
FLORIDA BATTLE
IN. The CLEAR
BY FRANK GETTY
UNITED Press Sports Editor)

MIAMI BEACH, Fla, Feb. s.
Shortly before sunrise today, w. +.
Carey, millionaire railroad builder
and promoter of the Sharkcy-Strib-
ling fight, laid down some papers
he had been inspecting, took off his
glasses and said happily, well,
boys, the fight is il" "
The scene was laid in the kitchen
of magnificent residence ON the
ocean front which Carey has taken
as his headquarters, for Bill is one
of those human. souls who likes Il
glass of beer and something from
the ice box along towards morning.
Carcy's companions were Joe BoYl-
ton and Benny Bennett, the crack
box office men from Madison
Square Garden, who had just laid
before him the figures showing the
receipts for the previous day i =.
coo, and the total orders for seats
100000.
"'Whcn | was up in Boston try
ing to get Sharkcv to take Il smaller
guarantee | was ready 10 take a
heavy loss on this proposition to put
over the fight, Carcy then con
fcsscd.
"Tex Rickard had started it, and
we were going through with II.
Now, we are going to make
money. -
Carey and Jack Dempsey already
are congratulating themselves to
day. The fight now will gross NOR"
than $500, 600, which viii leave
them in the clear, something neither
expected when the project was un.
dcrtakcn after the death of Rick
nrl
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-08
Meyers kay0es
Sammy Baker
ny United Press Lensed Wire

san FRANCISCO. Feb. S.-Pctc
Movers was added today 20 the
growing list of Pacific Coast fight
crs who are determined to have
their fling at fame.
MEYERS met and conquered Sar
gcant SAMMY Baker Of New York
last night in the widest mitt throw
my contest seen here IN many
months.
Pakcr could not stand up under
the fierce punching of the young
San Francisco Pole and was dropped
for u full count carry in the sixth
round.
Four times previous go thu knock
ont Baker was stretched ON tn,
rosim while the victor went down
in the fourth round for - uinr
count
Mcycrs scored two kuockdoWn-
in the second round, another IN the
third round aud again in the next
round, when hc himself went down
for u nine count.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-08
Japanese Leads
Billiard Play
ny United Press Leased Wire


NEW YORK, Feb. 8. - Kinney
Matsuyama, diminutive Japanese,
begins to look like the man that will
have to be defeated by the next 1872
billiard champion Of the world. With
two victories, Matsuyama stood out
today as the only mdcfeated man
in the championship tournament
lie Will meet Eric Hagcnlachcr, of
Germany, tonight. Hagenlacher
lost to Welker Cochrane, and de-
fcated Jake Schacfer in his prcvi-
Gus matches and Matsuyama's vic
tories were scored over Edouard
HoremanS, Belgium, defending
champion, and Felix Grange, of
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-08
Here and There
In Sport World
By United Press Leased Wire

By I IFtsS l1fuStu "
KANSAS CITY, Mo, Feb. 8-Blas
Rodriguez, Mexican fighter, out
pointed Frisco Grandc in a 10 round
bout last night. He had the ad-
vantage IN seven Of the rounds.
"Spidcr' Kelly outpointcd d" Dukc'
TramclI in 10 rounds.
NEW YORK Only four members
Of the New York Giants remain un-
signed for the 1929 season. They
are Garland Buckeye, pitcher; Jack
Cummings, catcher, and Wclch and
Leach, outficldcrs.
ST. PETERSBTRG, Fla. - Babe
Ruth was a guest at Il luncheon par
ty in honor of his 3jtll birthday, at
tended by friends Of the big league
sluggcr. Ruth said he agreed with
Miller Huggins that he has four
moro years Of "good baschall' in
him.
TAR!s-A chance al the world 5
fIyWright title WAS the ambition Of
Spider Pladncr to-day after his sixth
round knockout over johnny Hill,
flywciglt champion Of Great Britain
last night.
Pladncr dominated the fight from
the start. aud his victory seemed
certain after the first round.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. s.-The
Mission club Of the Pacific Coast
League announced today il had
aignod Nelson Greene, Il pitcher and
graduate Of Lchigh University.
Greene played for Dcs Noines last
year and is said to have won l5 aud
lost l6 games, He is n aouthpaw.
san FRANCISCO, Feb. $. With
Dummy' M#han Of Los Ana les
apparently suffering from some
mysterious maiady which physicians
are unable 10 diagnose, the schcd-
uled - round fight between the
southern California wclter and
Young Coibrtt III of Fresno set for
Monday night may be postponed
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. S.-San
tranci~eo's Ice hockey team raised
itself out Of Hie COLLAR position here
last njeAt by datsat.a5 los Angeles
TO q.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-08
De Valera Given
Jail Sentence
By United Press Leased Wire

BELFAST, Ireland. Feb. S.
Eamonr De Najeea, Irish H"ruhi
can leader. was sentenced today {,
"a month in Jail for Violating th
order of Northern I.iaud govern
mcHt forhidding him to enter il.
territory
De Nalcr1 was arrested Tuesday
while TRYING to cross the Ulster
hoada 10 addry-s - Gaelic meeting
I'm Belfast.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-08
So. California
Sport Briefs
Ry United Press Leased Wire


Los ANGELES, Feb. 8. - Mrs.
Gregg Lifur of the Riviera Country
club and Miss Kathleen Wright Of
Flintridgc me. today in the final
round Of the annual mid winter wo-
men s golf tournament at the Los
Angeles Country CIub.
Mrs. Lifur defeated Mrs. Richard
s. Edwards Of the California Coun-
try club in the scmi-finals yesterday
and Miss Wright eliminated Mrs.
EIarlic G. Highbie Of Detroit.
Les ANGELES, Feb. s. Ncgo-
tiations were under way today to
match Armand Emanuel, San Fran
cisco light heavyweight, with Mic
key Walker, middlcwcight champion,
for 10 round bout at Wriglcy Field
March /, Hayden Wadhams, Olympic
matchmaker announced.
Anxious to vlndicatc 4hc seven
round Knockout suffered at the
hands of the middlewcight champion
in san Francisco several months ago,
the only knockout defeat in his pro
fcssional career, Emanuel has an
nomccd his willingness to meet
Walker again.
Prospects Of a re match with Tom
my Loughran, light heavyweight
champion, to whom he dropped .
controversial decision, become dim
mcr today when tine title holder said
le was uc@oti"ting to meet Tom
Hccrcy, the New Icaandcr and
Pauline ulcudun, The huge basque.
VENTURA, Calf. Feb. =. Roy
johnson, former member of the san
Francisco Seals, who was sold 10 the
Detroit Tigers several montbs ago
for t15.0o0 VIII not Sign his contract
with th" American League club un-
til salary boost j.. offered him or
bonus is granted 10y san Francisco
far the transfer. he said here today.
Johnson said he VIII leave Ventura
u"Xt Monday for san Francisco to
discuss the situation with the Seals
management.
HOLLY WOOD, Feb. : Kid Fran
els, Italian bantmwcight champions,
is heavy favoritc to defeat Clay
ton Gouyi IN main 10 round bout
here tonight.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-08

FOR SALE-Goldcn oak buffet,
dining table and six leather seat
chairs. Two double beds and
springs. At 755 Orange Ave. Gt5
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-08
TODAYS WANTS

FOR SALE REASONABLE-48 in.
wood turning bench lathe. Quarter
inch drill press with loose pulley.
Quarter horse motor and other
bench machinery. All new, Phone
919 or call 842 Adams, rear house.
dh8t5
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-08
CUB FLYERS IN AIR
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RIVERSIDE, Calf, Feb. N.-for
ty planes carrying army student fly
crs left March Field today for Gaujj
California The group will rrturr
tomorrow, The flight to Gault j.
part Of the regular student training
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-08
For Rent, Farm Land ]

FOR RENT-Good stalk pasture,
$50 head wanted. G. G. Hussey,
Seeley. 1tf
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-08

Dos Palos, Merccd county, ex.
poets to build a $4,000 hotel this
summer.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-08

FOR RENT-Slecping room. Pri,
vate bath. 513 Brighton. 8t3
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-08
Livestock

FOR SALE-sO head good yoms
dairy cows. Mostly Holstcins
'r-lb. per day, with lease on loo
acres, first cfas dairy ranch, with
all convcuicnccs. Address Box
90, Press. 6tl
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-08

FOR RENT-Good stalk pasture.
$50 head wanted. G. G. Husscy,
Scclcy. 5tf
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-08
For Rent, Rooms

FOR RENT Room and kitchen for
man and wife. Hot bath. 347
Hamilton. 7t6
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-08
Household Goods

BARGAINS in furniture. Hcbe-
Second Hand Store. 1926
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-08

IoIEG LADY want position Gem
aml uttio. and at.nogrophic work.
EE...Wwd PHONE lJ. ltG
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-08

NEW YORK Only four members
Of the New York Giants remain un-
signed for the 1929 season. They
are Garland Buckeye, pitcher; Jack
Cummings, catcher, and Wclch and
Leach, outficlders.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-08

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. : Kid Fran.
els, Italian bantamwcight champions,
is a heavy favorjtc to defeat clay
ton Gouyl IN main 10 round bout
here tonight
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-08

Th7 ljgrp.I Comtv Cotton Grow
crs Association Is tbo name OF
ucW corporation ay Nereed.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-08
BY Cowan

j. zss -, -e,. 90. ,--.-es-.o...- ---o-.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-08

Mrs. Lifur defeated Mrs. Richard
$. Edwards of the California Coun-
try club in the semi-finals yesterday
and Miss Wright eliminated Mrs.
Har!ic G.. IIighbie Of Detroit.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-08
FOR TRADE
Poultry

HIGHEST prices paiu for poultry of
all kinds. 1882 Woodward. NJ. f.
Todd. Phone 966. 1tf
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-08

REASONABLY priced room and
board in private family for two
refined young men. Must be per
mancnt G23 Brighton. St3
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-14
Triennial Music Festival
In Schools This Week

THE Triennial Music Festival Of the
public schools Of the District Of
Columbia, under the direction Of Ed
win N. c. Barnes, will be held next Fri
day and Saturday evenings, April 10 and
20, in the auditorium Of Mckinley High
School, at o'clock.
Friday will be High School night,
with q program presented by the Bril-
gade Band, the Interhigh School Festi-
val Orchestra, the Irterhigh School
Festival Chorus and soloists. The Or
chestra conductor is Ludwig Mandy,
with David Legufn as concertneiSter;
Sergt. Frederick Hess is the band direc-
tor; Richard McCarteney Is the BARI
tone soloist, and Edith B. Athey, Bella
B. Thompson and Leah Edenhach, are
accompanies. Leah Effenbach viii also
play piano solo.
Junior High and Grade night
comes on Saturday, when an extensive
program by intergrade and tnterjunior
festival orchestras and choruses viii be
BY Jack Rosey, violiniSt; James W..
Beckett, cellist, and John Smith, saxo-
pllonist. In the junior high division
Eveline N. Burgess Is director OF the
chorus, D. Robert Edwards OF the or
chestra, with Richard Davis as concerts
meister. In the grades Lillian G. Brous-
seau directs the chorus and Laura r.
Ward the orchestra. The accompanies
of the evening will be Edith 3. Athey
and Mary e. Garrett. z.
on both evenings the audience will
Join In the rendition Of scheduled ma
tioual songs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-14

Dorothy Wilson Halbach. the con-
tralto soloist, Is one of the most popu-
lar young singers Of Washington. She
received all of her vocal training here
with Myron Whitney. She has done
considerable singing In the local thea
tiers, and was winner of the prize for
this district in the competition spon-
sored by the Federation Of Music
Clubs few years ago.
francesca Della-Lana, tenor soloist,
Is q comparative newcomer to Wash
ington from Jersey City. Before COM
ing here he did considerable singing in
the neighborhood Of New York, where
he was pupil Of Mr.. Linscott. He Is
fast becoming popular and has re-
Gently become the first tenor Of the
Washington Male Quartet.
Robert Howe Harmon, the bass SOLO
ist, has been singing In Washington
churches for several years, this being
his second year with the First Congre-
gational Church. He is perhaps best
known as the director of the George
washington University Glee Club, q po-
sition he has held for the LAST I'VE years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-14

toward the right Mrs. Stahl, Mr.. Har-
mon and Mrs. Halbach.
The full choir of so selected voices,
including soloists, is carefully chosen,
every member being carefully consid-
cred. Each applicant is tried out be-
fore entering, not so much to ascertain
solo ability as to prevent any peculiar
quality spelling perfect blend in the
ensemble. It's q cappella singing dates
back to the first Christmas that Mrs.
Stall directed the choir. Two years
ago It gave two programs cappella
and one year ago gave its first formal
cappella concert. Recently. It gave
two more, one at the request of the
inaugural committee. Its music has
been selected with great care to avoid
the l1ackneyed, and for more than a
year has been large eight part har-
rnony or counterpart. In developing
the choir, special stress has been laid
upon Interpretation and sincere de-
yelopment Of mood, with an effort to
hide display Of carefully executed
technique. -
The choir sang several times ct the