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Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-13
FUGITIVE GIVES
LOCAL OFFICERS
PLENTY OF FUN
Thaanum And Richards
In Cross Country Chase
After MuldOOn.

William Muldoon, alleged narcotic
addict and peddler, with terms in
the Montana and Washington pcni-
tentiaries to his discredit, acknow-
lodging Il flock Of aliases and want
ed badly by the San Francisco
police and the state narcotic auth
critics. is held at the county jail
following an exciting time with Inn
periaI county Officers yesterday af-
terno0n.
Several weeks ago, "Pat' Than
um, of the district attorneys Of
flee, received letter from Frank
Benson, head of the state narcotic
squad at San Francisco, advising
that Muldoon had escaped follow
ing his arrest in that city, and ask
ing that local authorities be ON the
watch for him.
Muldoon was known to Thaanum
by reputation and the latter kept
his eye peeled along the border, but
until yesterday lie failed to catch
sight of his man.
Monday afternoon Thaanum went
10 mc%irail accom- panied Dy "A. T..
Richards of the border patrol on a
lunch that one more try for Mul-
doom would not do any harm. He
guessed right for he found his man
and invited him across the line to
talk things over. Muldoon refused
the invitation, so Thaanum noti-
fled the MeXicali police and they
escorted Thaanum, Richards and
Muldoon to the police station.
There Thaanum told his story to
Chief Limon, of the Mcxicali police,
with the result that the chief load
ed Muldoon in his own personal ear
and escorted him across the line
where Thaanum and richards pick
ed him up.
Muldoon asked permission to go
to his hotel room to get his per.
sonal effects. and this was granted,
Richards going with him while
Thaanum remained in his ear. Mul-
doom gathered his effects together
and started out with Richards to
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Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-13
Youths To Face
Seven Charges

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 13. W.P) -
Five youths accused of the brutal
assault on Ruth Manake, II, last
Sunday, were charged with seven
felony counts in a complaint issued
by the district attorneys office
today.
Each of the men is charged with
counts of robbery, kidnapping and
five counts of criminal assault.
Miss Manake is said to be too i'll
to swear personally to the COM
plant. She was forced into an au-
tomobile by the five men as she
alighted from ear early Sunday,
and was carried to vacant lot.
Her screams brought officers to
the rescue.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-13
POWER MEETING
} AT SALT LAKE
AUGUST 18TH

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug.
l3. U.P) P)-Representatives of the
upper and lower basin states will
gather in Salt Lake City August
% TO discuss the question of the
price that should be paid for pow.
Il from Boulder dam and the man
ner for granting permits for pow
rr projects along the Colorado river
by the federal power commission
Governor George III. Dern, acting
on authority given him at the last
meeting of the upper basin states
at Santa Fe, N. NJ, has mailed
Invitations 10 rTe governors OF the
upper basin and to the Colorado
river commissions to attend the
conference.
The fe1eral government Will be
represented by Secretary of Inter.
ior Ray Lyman Wilbur or Assis ant
Secretary Joseph Nj. Dixon. This
selection resulted from previous
invitation extended to President
Hoover, during the governors visit
in Washington recently, to have
% government representative az the
conference to cooperate in what
ever manner possible.
Gov, Dern decided on Aug. % for
the opening date in view of the fact
that the governors of the IL west
ern states will be meeting in Salt
Lake just prior to that date, He ex-
pressed the belief that the govern
ors would rather meet following the
governors conference than return
to their homes and then return to
Salt Lake later.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-13

CHICAGO
SHARPS
Worthless Boulder Dam
Acreage Plot Results In
Two Arrests.
GOVERNMENT ACTS
Physicians Report Buying
Waste Lands In South
ern California.

CHICAGO, Aug. 13 U.H A
Boulder dam land scheme in which
two Chicago promoters are alleged
to have defrauded DIR. M. F.
Schick, Fort Wayne, Ind, of ap-
proximately $4,000 was being in
vestigated by postal authorities to-
day.
w. L. Irwin and L. c. Connor
who, Postoffice Inspector f. E. Al
BERTHE said formed the Southern
California Land Company with Of
fees in North Michigan avenue,
were held in $4,000 bonds, charg-
ed with using the mails to defraud.
DR.. Schick told government
agents he purchased 42,500 acres Of
desert land in Southern California
from the two. 1t all appears to be
worth not more than $500, Inspector
Alberto said.
Efforts were being made to learn
whether others bought some of the
land from Irwin and Connor.
The Fort Wayne physician re-
lated that he began dealing with
the Southern California Land Com
pany last December. He first pur-
chased 10000 acres, located about
200 miles from Los Angeles, on the
representation that the Boulder dam
project would make possible its ir-
rigation.
DR.. Schick said he was told the
land would cost 81 an acre and paid
that for it to Irwin and Connor.
Inspector Albertie asserted the pro-
moters gave only so cents an acre
for it to Irwin and Connor. Inspee-
tor Alberto asserted the promoters
gave only so cents an acre for it
to the Southern Pacific railroad.
DR.. Schick next bought 2S,00c
acres in the Coachella valley, ac-
quiring it in three parcels. He paid
$l.75 an acre for the first tract
and $3.50 for the third, he disclos-
ed. Irwin and Connor obtained one
of the tracts for so cents an acre
and the other for rs cents an acre
Inspector Alberto charged.
The physician s third purchase
was four sections of land at Dur
mid, Calf, near the Mexican bor-
der. He bought it as town site,
paying $50 an acre and $4,000 for
improvements. Durmid today is
only railroad shack, Albertie said,
and the promoters acquired the
land he asserted, for SIS an acre
and nothing for improvements.
The inspector was to leave for
San Francisco today to confer with
Southern Pacific officials. He will
return August 20, when Connor and
Irwin will be arraigned for hearing
before L. S. commissioner.
The Ell Centre Chamber of Com.
merce has recently been in cores
pondence with the Chicago Better
Business Brueau on the subject of
bad land selling in California on
the claim that it will be benefited
by construction of Boulder dam.
Some time ago the local chamber
wrote to the Chicago chamber,
warning of Chicago operators who
were offering mountain tops
and desert land for sale in that
city. This was referred to the Chi
cago Better Business Bureau which
in turn has been cooperating with
the local chamber, referring inquir-
ers on land to the Ell Centre body
and also giving out information it.
self, based on advice received from
here.
The Chicago organizations were
notified of the current price of land
here and were warned to advise
prospective buyers to beware of low
priced lands.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-13
TIGHTER LINES
TO BE DRAWN ON
WINE OPERATORS
DOran Plans Check-Up
On California PrOduc-
erS.
BY JOSEPH S. WASNEY
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent)

WASHINGTON, Aug. Is. (U.P)-
New regulations for stricter gov
crnmental supervision over medicin-
al and sacramental wine manufac-
turing plants were completed by
Prohibition Commissioner }. NJ.
Doran today.
Doran will confer with Frank
McReynolds, dry administrator at
San Francisco, and California
winery operators on the regulations
before they are finally put into eff
feet. He will leave here August l6
for San Francisco.
"The new regulations clarity the
old 1916 internal revenue law, un-
der which wineries have been oper-
ating,' Doran said. "It is more of
a revision of the old laws than a
complete rewriting but as drafted;
the new regulations will be of as
sistance both to the enforcement Of
ticers and the legitimate winery
operators.
While on the Pacific coast Doran
will make a personal survey of the
production and distribution of juice
grapes.
"'1ncrc are wine bootleggcrs in
every large city he said. "The
situation is especially bad in Chi
cago and we want to see how the
illegal manufacturers obtain their
grapes. At the same time we want
to protect the grape industry; that
is one of the reasons for the recent
order permitting the home manu-
facturc of cider and fruit juices
Misunderstanding in fact.
"Thcrc is very little leakage at
present in sacramental wine manu-
facturc or distribution but there is
n growing demand for wines for
medicinal preparations. At present
there is not as much wine in stor'
age as in previous years but there
are millions of gallons on hand in
California at present that must be
rcfortified this year to prevent de-
terioration and souring. -
Old wine is "refortificd by add
ing fresh, it is explained.
"Reports to the prohibition
bureau indicated the grape produc-
tion this year will be slightly small
or than the 10000 cars of wine
grapes marketed in 1928 but never
theless we are not going to take
chances of letting a large percen-
tage of the crop get into the hands
of wild cat wineries. -
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-13
None Injured In
Santa Fe Wreck

PUEBLO, Colo, Aug. l3. (UR)-A
score of passengers narrowly es-
capped injury early today when
Santa Fe train No. 5, which left
Denver at 8 p. m. yesterday for
Chicago, was partially derailed four
miles east of Boone, Colo. Two Pull
man ears were tipped onto their
sides, another sleeper left the track,
and the smoking ear left the rails.
Santa Fe officials here announe
ed that ,all passengers escaped
without serious injury.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-13
SETTLEMENT OF
RUSSO-CHINESE
ROW IS DIMMED

LONDON, Aug. IS. U.H Hope
for an early settlement of the cur
rent dispute between Russia and
China was considerably dimmed to-
day with reports that the Chinese
delegates who had been sent to
Manchuli to begin negotiations
were returning to Harbin, according
to the London Daily Mail cores
pondcnt in Manchuria.
The correspondent reported that
the Russians were continuing their
intimidations along the border
where the Soviet and Chinese troops
are concentrated He said the in
Limitations included Arson and
Sabotage, damages from which al
ready have been estimated to be
$1o,000,000.
The Chinese were reported to be
retaliating with arrests. 1t was
stated that they had arrested about
1000 Soviet Nationals in the past
two days and sentenced them eth
or to Imprisonment or deportation.
OCCASIONALLY, it was reported by the
correspondent, the Chinese troops
marched the Russian prisoners
through the streets, bound with
ropes, their faces bleeding.
The correspondent stated that
when the Soviet recruits at Pogran-
itchnaya, with relatives at Harbin,
had learned of the arrests there,
they disoheyed orders of their sup
errors and attempted to cross the
border into Manchuria. But they
were disarmed by the other Soviet
troops after struggle which in
some cases included shOotings.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-13
Police Holding
Slayer Suspect

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 13. W.P)-
Alfred L. Kennedy, 2s, telephoned
police he had been held up by two
armed men who took his watch,
ear, and four year old son.
Later, when Kennedy entered the
police station to make a detailed
report he was himself arrested and
spent last night in the Los Angeles
jail.
He is being held on suspicion of
robbery and for questioning by the
hChicide squad concerning the
death Of a grocer during a hold-up
last month. The child and car were
found few minutes after Ken
nedy's phone call, and witnesses
claim to have seen him running
away from the ear as they ap-
preached,
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-13
Grants Kin To
Share Estate


. NEW HAVEN, Conn, Aug. 10.
U.P-Two grandaughters OF
Ulysses S. Grant will benefit under
the will of the late Captain VIII
liam Pigott Cronan of San Diego,
Calf, retired navy officer, accord
ing to an order of distribution by
Probate Judge John l.. ellison.
Captain Cronan was one of four
children of Patrick j. Cronon, New
Haven paper box manufactures,
who left a trust fund of 1868 ,059,47
the share of each to accrue 10 the
children Of each.
Nellie Grant Cronan and Eliza.
beth Grant Cronan, children Of this
naval officer and grand children Of
the former president, will receive
$5l ,l90.S3 under the will.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-13

OIL Pipe
KILLS )
Blazing Fuels Sprayed
Over Group OF Workers
At Wilmington.
ANOTHER MAY DIE
Heat Prevents Rescuers
From Going To Aid OF
Trapped Men.

WILMINGTON, Calf, Aug l3.
WJD The death toll Of an explo-
sion today in a Shell OIL Company
refinery near here was raised to
five shortly afternoon when three
injured men died in hospital.
+. N. Ferguson, 80, Wilmington,
vas Killed instantly when weak
ened steel pipe burst and threw
blazing oil over six men.
Horribly burned, Jeremiah Al.
len, 3s; J. y. Ecncrc. 81; j. j.
Biddlc, "a; aud l.. J. Smith, 33,
Long Beach, were taken to hos
pital where they died.
j. J. Corbett, -, Redondo. is the
sole survivor Of the group of work
men clustered about the pipe when
II burst. Doctors said hc had lit
tie chance live.
The bursting of the oil pipe was
followed BY a terrific explosion it
was said.
Other workmcn at the plant made
brave efforts 10 rescue the six
trapped men, but the heat prevent
cd them from reaching any Of them
until all were cuvcloped in flames.
Damage Is Light
Tho explosion spread consterna-
ton among workmgn. deputy sher
ifs and others who were cxtinguish-
ing the flames in the plant.
The fire which followed the rush
of soaring hot oil, finally was con
quer"d.
1t was believed damage to the
plant will not exceed $50 coo.
Officials of the company anil
county and city officers gathered
at tn plant and directed the res
cue work and fire fighting.
The explosion, according to wit
ncSses, was heard several miles
from the scene and attracted many
persons to the plant. Heavy. black
smoke from the burning oil hung
in the sky for hours.
Many small tanks used for oil
storage were in the vicinity of the
cracking plant and il was not known
if they were damaged by the cx-
plosion.
After the second blast, officials
order d everyone TO stay away from
all buildings.
WILMINGTON. Calf, Aug. 13.
tU.p One man was killed and five
others. probably fatally injured
when an explosion shattered boil
er at the Shell refinery near here to.
day.
The dead man was +. NJ. Fcrgu,
son, who was instantly killed. The
explosion could be heard for miles
around
The five injured men were taken
to Long Beach hospital.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-13
Court Lenient
With Smuggler

SANTA ANA, Calf, Aug. 13.
U.P)-Pleading guilty before U. S.
District Judge Mccormick to
charges of violating the immigra-
ton act by bringing three girl
relatives from Armenia to the
United States through Mexico,
Charles W. Inman, Santa Ana
business man was on probation of
two years today.
One of the girls, aged IS, is be
ing cared for by uncles in Califor'
mia, while lnman has the other
two. What action will be taken by
the immigration bureau has not yet
been determined.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-13
EQUITY LEADER
AND STAGE STAR
FAIL. TO AGREE
Miss Barrymore Refuses
To Continue Discussion
With Gilmore.

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 13. U.P)-
Dissension among Actors Equity
Association officials over conduct
of closed shop negotiations with the
Motion Picture Producers Associa-
tion was more clearly defined here
today as result of statement is
sued by Frank Gilmore, president
of Equity.
He deplored an earlier statement
by Ethel Barrymore, Equity vice
president, in which she criticised
his part in the conferences and held
that in reducing its demand from a
100 per cent Equity shop to 80 per
cent, Equity had reached "solu-
tion which is not a solution.
President Gilmore said Miss
Barrymore was in error in making
the public assertion that she under
stood an agreement had been reach
ed by Equity and the producers last
Thursday. He said that inasmuch
as the agreement had been reached
Gilmore apparently failed to place
the complete result before an
Equity mass meeting Saturday night
when he did not announce a settle
ment. Gillmores' denial of settle
ment refuted this assertion.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13. U.P)
Ethel Barrymore, one of the fore
most actresses in America, today
considered her verbal tilt with
Frank Gilmore, president of Actors
Equity Association at an end. In a
statement for the United Press i'm
mediately after her first night "
performance here last night, Miss
BARRYMORE said: 81 wish no con
troversy and l shall not say a word
more
Naturally I spoke the truth in
my statement.
The statement she referred to
was made Monday in Los Angeles
just before her departure for this
city. In it she set forth certain OBJ
iections she held to the manner in
which negotiations between Equity
and motion picture producers on the
subject of open shop had been con.
Quoted.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-13
DIVIDE REWARD

LOS ANGELES, Aug 13. W.P) -
A reward of $4,000 for the capture
of Lee Coehrane, one of two bandits
sentenced to life Imprisonment for
the murder of two men in Aqua
Caliente money car hold-up, was di,
vided between IL Los Angeles of.
ficers today.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-13
REPORTS WIFE KIDNAPPED

STEVENS POINT, Wis, Aug. l3.
W,H Lee johnson of Minneapolis
reported to police here today that
his 20 year old wife had been kid
mapped by six men on Federal high
way No. 10 and carried off in their
automobile in the direction of Mil
Waukee.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-13
ARMIES OF MEN
STILL AT WORK
FIGHTING FIRES
More Incendiary BIazes
Reported From North
ern Part OF State.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. IS. W.H
United States Forest Service
headquarters here reported that
three new fires were burning out
of control today.
simultaneously it was announced
that the blaze in the Klamath Ma
tional Forest near the Oregon line
had been run into an area burned
over by a previous fire and was
definitely under control. This was
the 14th incendiary fire in the
klamath so far this season.
A total of 1000 acres was burned
over before this latest blaze was
penned in and controlled.
The new fires reported today:
Plumas County-120 men are
fighting fierce blaze near Pen
man Peak, north of the Feather
river, which has already devastated
1000 acres. This fire is in private
timber holdings and brush lands.
Fairview Region-300 men are
attempting, SO far unsuccessfully,
to stem fire spread over 1000
acres of scattered timber, grass and
brush south of the Sequoia Nation
al Forest.
Hume Region-A burning slab
pile near a lumber mill yesterday
fired an area of scattered timber,
also near the boundary of the Sc
quota National Forest, which today
was burning over an estimated ter
ritory of 100 acres.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13. U.R)
The forest service today was bat
thing the 14th incendiary fire in
the klamath national forest of
northern California.
An airplane was used over the
wild mountain region near the Ore
gon border in an effort to locate
the "firebug'' and to warn of fur
ther outbreaks in the great stands
of timber in Siskiyou county.
Almost 1900 acres are fire swept
by two new blazes in the western
portion of the county, both appar-
emily of incendiary origin.
With the original fire in the San
ia Margarita region of San Luis
Obispo county definitely checked
yesterday, new and smaller out
break was giving difficulty to fire
fighters in the Rinconda-Lopez can
yon district because of the rough
terrain.
Other fires and strength OF
forces resisting them;
Santa Barbara county, Guyana
district, 1900 acres; 50 men.
Tuiare county, Sequoia national
forest, unestimated area near Cali
fornia Hot Springs; 130 men.
Indian Valley, Pulmas forest, 800
acres; 20 men.
MISSOULA, Mont, Aug IS, W.O
A rest of a few days was all that
Montana forest fires would permit
fighting crews, and hundreds of
men had returned to the arduous
task today as new blazes broke out
in scattered locations.
Additional fighters were obtain
ed last night and rushed to the fires
by the truckload.
New fires started in the Flathead
Forest on Lost Horse Creek south
of Hamilton, in the Blackfoot VAL
ley, ON Willow Creek, near Helena,
on the ridge, south of the Bitter
Roots, and at Iron Mountain, 10th
ray, WeStfall and Huson.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-13
new ANGLrSA ARE
DISCOVERED IN
PANTAGES CASE

LOS ANGELES, Aug 13. W.H -
Two new angles in the investigation
of the alleged attack of Eunice
Pringle, II year old dancer, by
Alexander Pantages, millionaire
theatre owner, were disclosed by
the district attorneys office today.
District Attorney Buron Fits, in
personal charge of the state S case
against the Snowman, said that a
mysterious room in Pantages' ella
borate office suite in his theatre
building was the latest develop
ment.
1t was in this room that Miss
Pringle declared she was attacked
by Pantages when she called to in
terview him about the possible
booking of her dancing act.
In connection with this new
phase, the investigators began n
search for a girl Miss Pringle
claims tried to force her back into
the "mystery ROOM after she es-
capped from her alleged attacker and
ran into u hallway screaming for
help.
Fits said he had completed ques-
tioning of dozen witnesses and
that the state was ready to proceed
at Pantages preliminary hearing
scheduled for tomorrow.
Pantages was expected to plead
not guilty as he declared the girl s
charges are ga frame up.' He said
Miss Pringle disarranged the cloth
ing of both when she became en-
ragged because he refused her en-
ployment.
\ heavy guard was placed over
the Pringle home by Fits and a
special telephone wire was connect
ed with police headquarters after
the girl received several threaten
ing telephone calls.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. Is. U.P)--
a heavy guard was continued to-
day at the home of Euniee Pring-
lie, II year old dancer and asserted
victim of an attack by Alexander
Pantages, millionaire theatre man.
Miss Pringle, who has received
several mysterious. threats since
the alleged assault in the office of
the theatre magnate last Friday,
will be protected at all costs, Fits
said.
The district attorney, who has
taken personal charge of the prose
ihtion of the ease, questioned IL
witnesses yesterday. When the
Questioning was completed, F'itts
said the story told by Miss Pringle
had not been shaken in any detail.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-13
DEPARTURE OF
ZEPPELIN HELD
UP BY STORMS
Take-Off On World Trip
Is Delayed Until Thurs
day Morning.
By MAURITz HALLGREN
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany,
Aug. Is. Owing to storms in the
east and to unfavorable metcorolo
gical reports from Siberia, the
F'riedrichshafen to Toxic leg of the
Graf Zeppelin's flight around the
world will not be started until
early Thursday morning, it was re-
liably reported here today.
The exact time of the takeoff
probably will not be set until late
tomorrow, when additional weather
information will nave reached DR..
Hugo Eckener, commander Of the
flight.
The refuelling of the Graf was
completed last night. The amount
Of blaugas, fuel and lubricants car
ried by the Graf will not be divulg-
ed It was reported that the Yep
pelin officials preferred to keep
this information from the British,
who at present are constructing two
giant dirigibles, which are expected
to be completed soon.
Capt. Ernst Lehman, executive Of
ficer of the Graf Zeppelin, told
the United Press that the trip from
Friedrichshafen to Toxic would be
the most interesting, from a scien-
tific point of view, every attempt
ed by an airship.
"On this trip" Capt. Lehman
said, "we expect to meet virtually
every kind of weather which exists
in the northern hemisphere, every
known kind of meteorological situa-
tion.'
Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-13

TOXIC, Aug. 13. W.R)- The min
listers of the navy and communica
tions were busy today arranging a
program for the entertainment of
DR. Hugo Eckener and the members
of the crew of the dirigible Graf
Zeppelin when she arrives here from
Friedrichshafen.
The naval commander who will
make the trip from Friedriehshaf
en- has been granted permission to
fly the Graf over Toxic, but was
ordered to prevent the members of
the crew or the passengers from
taking photographs of the fortified
areas from the air
1t was understood that when the
Graf flies over Toxic it will dip its
nose over the Imperial palace in a
salute to the emperor