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Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-22
WOMEN SOUGHT
FOR QUIZzING
In JAIL PLOT
Believe 'Giggling Girl
And Friend Gave Gun to
Convict.

Los ANGELES, Jan. 22.-"The
women in the casc' were sought by
authorities today as the aftermath
Of a bullet fusiladc in hall of
Justice elevator which dealt death
to Folsom convict and near fatal
wounds to deputy sheriff.
Deputy sheriffs were seeking to
question the asserted sweetheart of
John Hawkins, slain prisoner. They
also sought a "giggGng gifl' and
her friend who are said to have
shown unusual interest in Hawkins
and his fellow lifetermer, Robert
"Zeken Hayes, who was wounded
in the attempted break for free.
dom.
Meanwhile an official investiga-
ton was under way to determine
who passed to Hawkins the gun with
which he attempted to shoot his
way to liberty.
An cndcaring letter found in
Hawkins pockets led authorities to
Miss Hazel Leefeldt, a waitress in
Sacramento. She is said to have ad-
mitted writing the letter and that
she had planned to marry the slain
convict.
She told authorities she knew
nothing of the attempted escape, 1t
was said.
While Hawkins lay in the morgue,
his pal Hayes was held incommunl-
cado in the county Jail. Deputy
Sheriff Casey Jones, who killed
Hawkins, is in receiving hospital
with n fair chance for recovery.
The "giggling girl and her
friend' are said to have made their
appearance shortly after Hawkins
and Hayes were removed from Fol
som to testify before n Los Ange'
les grand Jury and county courts.
Officers revealed that the girls
raced the train from Folsom to Sac
ra,ncnto in an automobile and hur.
ricdlv jumped aboard at the capital
citv. They stated the girls kept
giggling and cndeavored to talk TO
liawFius aud Hayes.
The same automobile in which
the two girls were riding is said to
have been parked near the hall OF
Justice Yesterday. The two "mys-
tcrv women are said to have visit
ed the mcn while at Folsom and
used wigs and makeup to make 1T
appear as if they were relatives OF
the conVicts.
Chykup on the nine shot auto.
matte pistol which was in Hawkins
possession revealed that it had once
been the property of Il jail turnkey
and had disappeared late in Decem-
Der after being placed in n jail gun
locker.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-22
MYSTERY Wells
ANOTHER MURDER
At CALIP ATR1A
CoIored Woman Brutally
Slain In Home On East
Side Of Town.

Another staying was added to
Calipatria S grucsome list of mur-
ders yesterday afternoon when Mrs.
Ollie La Vega, colored, and about
G5 wears old. was found shot and
beaten to death at her home in TIE
negro and foreign quarter ON tha
east side.
Deputy shcriffs believe the kill
ing occurred about midnight Sunday
but the woman 5 body was not
found by City Marshal Ike Holmes
until after noon yesterday.
Several bullets entered the
woman 5 left temple. To make sure
that the bloody task was complete
the ficndish killer crushed her skull
with gingcrale bottle. The blood
stained bottle was found ON the
floor of the room in which the
woman was found lying upon =
bed. Four empty .25 calibre shells
also were found on the floor.
Authorities, who investigated the
killing, declared the murderer :
motive may have been robbery o.
the result of an old quarrel in which
Mrs. La Vega 5 white husband
Charles Able. was shot to deatl
three years ago. Mrs. La Vega wa.
declared TO have had several hitter
enemies.
Officers found silver dollar. OF
the floor of the death room and :
bunch Of keys was tightly clcnchef
in one Of the slain woman 5 hands
Holmes first was notified that
something may have happened t,
Mrs. La Vega by man who sale
he could not get the woman to come
to the door of her house.
When county officers arrived al
the scene of the killing they found
all the doors locked and the screer
of a rear door torn from the frame
Whoever did the killing escaped by
breaking through the screen, Off
GERS said.
Mrs. La Vega received gun shot
wounds which nearly ended her life
q year ago at Calipatria.
Hlackie johnson now is serving
from 10 years to life in state :
prison for the murder of Able, the
dead woman's husband. Another
man, known as Three-Fingered
Blackie, also believed by authorities
to have been implicated in the
Staying, made his escape.
Three men We're arrested last
night by county authorities and
held at the shcriff's office here for
questioning. Those held are Allen
Mitchell, p, alias ''Canned Heat
Rcd,' of Calipatria, taken into Gus
tody at inland; Pete jackson, "a,
Calipatria store keeper, arrested at
Vail ranch, and \. w jackson, 81,
aso of Calipatria and arrested at
Vail ranch.
Officers are conducting thor.
ough investigation of the murder
but late today no definite clues as
to the identity Of the woman 5 kill
er were revealed.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-22
WHAT'S DOING
TONIGHT

Entire Nos Club dance, Won
ans Club house, $50.
Farm Bureau Program, KXo,
7:30-8:3O o'clock.
High school night school, 70
o'clock.
knights CT Pythias, Davis
hall,
". Commandery No. 54, Ma
sonic Tempe. 1880.
Adult English class, high
school, 7:20.
I. v. Chorus, joint rehearsal,
Christian church, S o'clock.
Jr. Chamber public speaking
class, Valley Lumber Co., 7:30.
Scout Leaders Training
course, M. E. Social hall, 7:30.
Imperial theatre, state
Street Sadie
Brunk's s Comedians, Mary's
Ankle
KXO, 6-1O o'clock.
TOMORROW
Literature section, Ross T.
HickcoX home, $50 a. m.
w. G. T. L. county executive
board, Hotel Barbara Worth, 10
a. m.
Joint Rotary meeting, Plant
ers Hotel, Brawley, noon.
KXO, Ill o'clock.
Jr. Chamber breakfast, Hotel
Barbara Worth, $50 a. N.
Chamber of commerce lunch
con, Hotel Barbara Worth.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-22
BY PAUL r. MALLON
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
(Copvright. 1929 by United PreSS)

Copyright, 1929, by United Press
WASHINGTON, Jan. %. - The
rcll call by which the senate secret
" confirmed the nomination of Roy
0. West Of Illinois to be Secretary of
interior was obtained today by the
United Press.
This is the first time in years that
roll call taken in an executive ses-
sion of the senate, has been obtain
ed for publication.
The roll call showed u Democrats
and II Republicans and one Farmer
Laborite voting against confirma
ton of the cabinet officer nominat-
ed last fall by President Coolidge.
Favoring the nomination were -
Democrats and 80 Republicans.
The lineup revealed that a split in
the Democratic ranks enabled the
Republican majority to offset sin
surgent defections and force con
firmation by Il total vote of 54 to
y.
Unusual efforts were made to
keep even the official total of the
vote secret. The senate itself voted
overwhelmingly not to make the
roll call for the vote public.
Following is the roll call:
Democrats For (22)-Ashurst, Ari
zone; Rayard, Del; Blease, 5. C.;
Bratton, y. NJ; Broussard, La
Bruce, Md; Caraway, Ark; Cope
land, \. Y; Fletcher, Fla; George
/ Ga; Glass, Va; Hawes, Mo-; Hay
den, Ariz.; kendrick, Wyo.; Over
man, \. c.; Pittman, New; Rams
Continued on Page Eight
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-22
ADMINISTRATION.
WINS IN FIGHT
TO SEAT WEST
BY KENNETH G.. CRAWFORD
limited Press Staff CoreSnn.ldant

Omitted Press Staff Corespoldent)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-Roy O.
West, Chicago attorney, today stood
confirmed as secretary of interior
to succeed DR.. Hubert Work in the
Coolidge cabinet.
Confirmation of the nomination
came yesterday from a secret roll
ca'l by the senate despite long and
bitter fight, the last move of the
opposition being their twice defeat
ed attempts to have the roll call
public. The vote was 81 to 27.
The stubborn opposition to West
came from independents in both the
Republican and Democratic parties
because of West 5 close association
N private lie with Samuel Insult,
Chicago public utilities magnate.
Several insult applications for pow
er sites are now being considered
by the federal power commission
and the opposition argued West, as
secretary of interior, would be .
member of that body.
Senators Deneen and Glenn, Re
publcans, Illinois, led administra-
tion Republicans who desired West 5
confirmation. They denied his
previous connection with insult
would prejudice his Judgment as a
member of the power commission.
West s friends had the advantage
i'm the fight of a favorable report
on his nomination by the public
lands committee which held lengthy
hearings on the Chicagoan S qualifi-
cations for public office. These
hearings weP climaXed by the
testimony of West himself.
West was selected by President
Coolidge to take the interior port
folio shortly after DR.. Work resign
ed last fall to become manager of
the Hoover campaign and chairman
of the Republican National Commit
tee. Immediately there were rumb-
lings of protest from those legisla-
tors who had inaugurated a fight
against the "power trust' at a
previous session of congress.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-22
HECKE MOVES TO PREVENT
HOOP AND MOUTH DISEASE

country, shall not unload or dis
charge any garbage or kitchen
refuse on the mainland of Cali
fornia. or within the three mile
limit in the navigable water of
said port.
"When said vessels have ON
board any fresh or frozen meat
which has been taken on board
as stores or freight in any for
cign country whore said disease
exists such meat shall be kept
in compartments or containers
which shall be sealed by an in
spector of the department of
agriculture. The seal shall not
be broken while the vessel re-
mains in any port of entry in
California. -
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-22
Question Mark
Held In Texas
by United Press Leased Wire

MIDLAND, Tex, Jan. 22.-The
army endurance plane, Question
Mark, was held here today, delaying
the continuance of its flight to
Washington until Capt, Ira Eaker,
chief plot, returns from Eden. Tex.
where he is attending the funeral
of his mother.
The giant plane was brought TO
the ground in a dense fog late yes
terday after two attempts had been
made to land the plane. AT first
the plane landed three miles from
the Midland airport, coming within
five feet of crashing into fence,
The plane flew from Tucson, Ariz.,
yesterday, having left San Diego,
Calf, Sunday.
Immediately after the plane
grounded, Captain Eaker left by
automobile for Eden for the funeral
of his mother, who died Sunday of
influenza.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-22
STUDENT BODY
DEPLORES Loss
OF DR.. LITTLE
BY United Press Leased Wire

ANN ARBOR, Mich, Jan. %. -
The resignation of DIR. Clarence
Cook Little as president Of the Uni
vcrSity of Michigan was the center
of heated debate among students,
faculty members and, citizens of
Ann Arbor today.
DR.. Little : resignation, motiVated
by principles he would uphold, be
they right or wrong, was accepted
unanimously by the board of regents
last night. The board Immediately
adopted a resolution expressing re-
grct at the president s action.
Dr.. Little refused to make any
statement as to his future plans.
He admitted frankly ''I haven t a
job in sight
student groups, which criticized
him when he presented various plans
to curb their liberties for the good
of the university, rose to his defense
today.
The Michigan Daily, student or
gan. which heretofore opposed al
most every step in DIR. Little's 'ro-
gram, charged in an editorial that
the president had been " driven
from the university.'
." Dir. Little has been driven from
Michigan by a group of politicians
possessing middle class, middle west
minds" the student editorial said.
Ills leaving is one of the most
dire calamitics that has ever struck
the university.
DR.. Little has been outspoken on
most subjects in which he was in
terested. He strongly advocated
birth control, enforcement of the
prohibition law, which he offered
TO aid by investigating reported
fraternity drinking and aroused con-
siderable comment by his dcnuncia-
tion of the Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution blacklist.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-22
Negro Prisoner
Shot In Battle

CHICAGO, Jan. 22.-Thc placid
ity with which the Chicago under
world had yielded to the arrest of
3,l00 persons in u police cleanup
was broken today whom II giant
negro prisoner ran amuck in the bull
pen Of the criminal courts building
and stabbed three policemen before
he was shot down by guards.
Oscar Monroe, 34, was the negro
who led the first resistance to the
wholesale roundup Of underworld
characters. He was in the bullpen
with 800 other prisoners, when he
drew a large knife and began hack
ing his way to freedom. He had
escaped into n corridor. and was
within a few feet Of freedom when
guards shot him down, inflicting
wounds which proved fatal,
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-22
Severe Quake
Felt In Italy
By United Press Leased Wire

PERUGIA, Italy, Jan. -. - \
strong earthquake lasting three min
utcs shook Citta hi Castello today,
frightening the inhabitants. The
people remained indoors, however,
because of IA below zero tempera-
lures.
This shock was the strongest OF
the intermittent tremorS which have
been felt here since early in Decem-
ber. Minor tremors also were felt
in Tolentio and CastelPlanio. No
casualties or damages were reported
from any Of the three towns.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-22
NORTHCOTT SOBS
IN PRISON CELL
UNDER STRAIN
Accused Murderer Shows
Signs of Weakening;
Trial Continued.
BY United Press Leased Wire

RIVERSIDE, Calf, Jan. 22.-
The Gordon S. Northcott murder
trial was continued until Thursday
r.oining, January "a, when the =
a,Ited murder farm proprietor came
to .ourt today suffering W n bad
iy ipflamed eye and laryngitis.
Northcott said hn had beol awake
all night and that his eys bothered
him so much that ne was unable II
read or concentrate on his defense.
DR.. Ratliff Of Riversi !c advised
the court, after "a cursory eXamina
ton, that Northcott was in no cor
ditiou to continue.
The defendant complained ycstc'-
day of :; cold and headache which
lc said lie suffered as rrsu,t of
confinement in a cold, damp cell. y
His plea at the time for a con
tinuance was denied after a physi
clan said he was able physically to
continue.
Superior Judge George r. Free
man ordered the continuance today
after Rex. b. Walsh, analyst for the
Los Angeles police department, com
pleted his testimony.
Welsh. who was on the stand al
adjournment yesterday, related Ger
tain examinations he had given tc
determine whether bits of skin and
hair said to have been taken from
the asserted "murder farm were
those of human being.
According to Sheriff Glen
Sweeters, the young defendant
seems to be breaking under the
weight of the states evidence -
"He wept nearly all night il
his cell, - Sweeters said.
He sobbed aloud this morning
cxclaiming, q don't want to die
IN not ready the sheriff added
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-22
May Move King TO
English Seas hore
by United Press Leased Wire

LONDON, Jan. 22.-King George
has advanced so far in recovery
from his illness that his doctors are
considering plans for moving him
to better climate.
"'Wc feel that the time is ap'
preaching when His Majesty's re-
moval to the sea air will be advan-
tagcous," said an official bulletin
issued by the royal physicians to-
day.
it was announced officially that
house belonging to Sir Arthur Du
Cros at Bognor, Sussex, on the south
coast of England, had been select
ed for the Kings convalesccnce.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-22
UNITED PRESS
SCOOPS VOTE ON
NAMING OF WEST
Staff Correspondent Is
Only Writer To Obtain
Coveted List.
By United Press Leased Wire

By tinted Press Leased Wire
EDITOR S NoTE-Th9 secret
senate roll cali on he confirma-
tion of Roy o. West, for secre-
tary of interior, was obtained by
Paul R. Mallon, chief OF the CAPT
tol staff CT the United Press.
This is the first time within many
years that a complete roll call Of
vote in an executive session of the
senate has been obtained for pub
lication. The Importance of the
roll call as a political issue in the
senate makes the scoop obtained
by Mallon all the more outstand-
ing in newspaper history at the
national copital.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-22
SURVEY DAM ROAD

KINGMAN, Ariz., Jan 22.-State
highway engineers are surveying
tentative routes for a. road from
Kingman, through Chloride, to the
Black canyon site of the Boulder
CANYON dam. The proposed road
will shorten the distance between
Kingman and Las Vegas, NoV, 10y
70 miles, it was stated.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-22
by United Press Leased Wire

SACRAMENTO, Jan. %
Strict quarantine ON all gar
bage and refuse unloaded from
vessels in California ports was
being enforced today by order
of George IL. Hccke, director Of
agriculture, as a result of the
recent outbreak of the hoof and
mouth disease at Whittier.
The regulations were as fol-
lows:
"'Vessels arriving at ports of
entry in California from any
foreign country where the foot
and mouth disease exists, and
vessels which have taken ON
board any fresh or frozen meat
originating in any such foreign
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-22
DIRECTOR BREAKS ANKLE
BY United Press Leased Wire

DEL MONTE, Jan. -. - Edwin
Carewe today directed filming of
" Evangeline' mob scenes at Point
Lobos near here from a wheel chair.
The veteran film director yesterday
suffered a broken ankle when he
slipped on q small rock.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-22

possible deficit, the President
was represented as paying strict
attention to appropriation bills
coming before him.
While the President made no
allusion to the Harris resolution
calling for an additional $25,-
100000 for prohibition enforce
ment, it was understood he will
give the matter his careful con
sideration before reaching
final decision.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-22
OIL ATTORNEY DIES
by United Press Leased Wire

PHOENIN, Ariz., Jan. 22.-The
body of r. l.. Welch, nationally
known attorney for the American
Petroleum Institute, will be sent TO
New York tomorrow for burial.
Welch died yesterday at the home
of his brother, as result of gun
shot wounds received while he was
handling pistol. He came here
recently in ill health.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-22
Calls For Help
By Two Vessels
Nv nited Press Leased Wire

ST. JOHNS, \. r.. Jan. -. -
The steamer Dan Edaikc was sink
ing today in latitude 1886 north;
longitude 59.37 west, she reported
by radio.
The steamer President Harrison
and other vessels started to her ass
sistancc.
Nothing further had been heard
today from the steamer Tccsbridgr
which sent an sos yesterday.
Searching ships believed she had
gone down,
NEW YORK, Jan. 22.-An SOS
call was picked up here today by the
Radio Marine Corporation of Amer
lea from the $. s. Florida. The shin
reported broken ruddcr and asked
for aid. She gave her position as
latitude 3S:05 and longitude COLE.
That is about 600 miles due south of
Halifax, \. s.
The Florida is an Italian vessel
and is believed to carry a few pas
sengers.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-22
COOLIDGE HOPING TO QUIT
WITHOUT DEFICIT EXISTING

WASHINGTON, Jan. %. -
President Coolidge expects to
quit office without leaving
deficit, the White House made
it known today.
Reports reaching President
Coolidge have Indicated a pres
ent deficit of 1919 100000 but
this he believes, will be dissipat-
ed by the income tax to be paid
March Is and June Is.
To aid in the dissipation p a
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-22
BRITISH
A|RNFN
BLAMED
Americans Death Due
To Negligence Says
Former L. S. Envoy.
PURSUIT TAKEN UH
Young Missionary Dies
Following Clash With
Wahabi Tribesmen.

LONDON, Jan. pa patrol del
tachment of the Royal Air ForeI
iailed to come to the aid of Charle|
r. Crane, former United STATED
minister to China, when his part|
was attacked by Wahabi tribesmei
near Zubair, Iraq, the Basrah con-
respondent of the Daily Mail quoted
Crane as saying.
Crane said, according to the Dailj
Mail S correspondent, that the do
tachment was seen in the distance
but made no effort to approacl
when the Rev. Henry Bilkert, mis-
sionary of the l>Dutch Reformed
church, was mortally wounded.
The escape of Crane and his SOM
was credited chiefly to the skill Of
their Arab chauffeurs who turned
the two automobiles in which thl
party was riding and sped toward
Iubair.
Bilkert was accompanying th|
Crane party to Koweit, So mile|
from Basrah. Crane had asked hirI
to Join the party in its travel
through Turkey and Russia becaus|
of the missionary $ extcnslv|
knowledge of the Near East.
''Soon after leaving Zubair, neal
Basrah, we came upon the deser
and met agitated lraq tribesmeI
driving their flocks toward us, |
Crane told the Daily Mails CORES
pondent.
"'The shepherds shouted warning
at us that raiders were approaching
and we stopped to survey the desert
Bilkert decided they were at quit
a distance and the danger wa
slight and we, not wishing to upse
| our plans, proceeded.
owe had covered about half til
! distance from Zubair ito Kowei
when several shots were fired at u
from ambush. Our drivers whiske
the automobiles around quickly
and drove at full speed toward ZuH
air.
1.-THE raiders continued firing a
us, and several bullets passed oven
head and through the automobiles
| Bilkert said quietly, Il am shot,
We did our best for him, but pres
emily he said, L am paralyzed. WI
| guessed the bullet entered hi
shoulder and touched the spine. I'll
died Il half hour before we reached
Zubair."
The Rev. Bilkert was secretarI
! of the Arabian mission of the Dutcl
Reformed Church in. America. I'll
was born in Kalamazoo, Mich, il
June 1892
BASRAH, Iraq, Jan. 22.-Ai|
planes of the Royal Air Force wer|
dispatched today to search fo|
Wahabi tribesmen who attacked
party of Americans yesterday, XIII
ing the Rev. Henry \. Bilkert.
The planes will make recor|
noitering tour of the desert in th|
territory about Zubair where tribel
men, believed to number 100, Il
tackled the party. Other tribesme|
were believed in the same vicinity
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-22
Foch Fights For His Life

Ferdinand Foch marshal
allied armies in the World War II been putting
fight against heart disease
of the marshal the
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-22
By w. L. LEAMON
Omitted Press Special Staff
CorreSpondent

RIVERSIDE, Calf, Jan. %
Gordon $. Northcott, in an exclusive
interview today, said that Sanford
Clark, chief prosecution witness in
Continued on Page Eight
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-22

The state VIII spend $4,000 in
Studying besl means of eliminating
the parlatoria scale of the date palm
in Coachella valley,
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-22

WASHINGTON, Jan. %
Harris amendment to the first
ficiency appropriation bill, WI
would add 100000 TO the .
available for production cnfo
meut, was modified today to ~
Secretary of Treasury Mellon S
iectious to its adoption.
Senator Harris, Democ
Georgia, author of the amcndm
inserted a clause giving the p
dent power 20 allocate the mo.
among enforcement department.
he sees fit
Mellon wrote prohibition org
latious yesterday that he obie,
TO the large appropriation bees
it would place too much rcspo
bility upon the shoulders Of
prohibition commissioner.
As modified the Harris amc
mcnt would make the Prosid
partially responsible for admiuis'
tion Of the funds. Harris belle
this modification meets any OPP
tion which may arise IN the sen
because Of Mellon 's stand.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-01-22
HARRIS AMENDS
BILL TO MEET
MELONS WIS

WASHINGTON, Jan. %. - Il
senate late today adopted the III
ris amendment to the first der
iency appropriation bill giving
an additional $24,000,000 to {
treasury department for prohibit
enforcement.