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Imperial Valley press., 1929-10-28
STATE TOR0UND
UP DODGERS OF
INCOME TAXES
Banks Ard Corporations
Said To Be Evading New
IncolNe Legislation.
(By ELWOOD SQUIRES)
United Press Staff Correspondent

SAC NJ ENTO, Oct. 2S.-(U.H-
Tax dodgers among California banks
and corporations are to be rounded
up in a determined campaign by the
state. the United Press learned cX-
elusively today.
With returns on the new + per
cent income tax ON banks and cor
porations nearly complete, a total
of $4,9s7, ,042.94 has been paid into
the state treasury, according to an
announcement by State Franchise
Tax Commissioner Rcynold L..
Blight. Second installment payments
due October 81 will boost the total
by $39S IA, Blight said
Subject Of Il bitter controversy
before it reached the legislature
last March, the new tax law has
trod rocky path, with pronhesies
that it would not produce much more
than 100000 in revenue from the
banks and corporations. compared
to more than $9,000,000 taken yearly
under the old franchise tax law.
Blight predicted today that the final
return for 1929 will be approx
mately $6.250 600.
But to reach this amount banks
and corporations must pay more
money to the state than they have
to date. And to WELD this additional
sum the state has begun sending
"More Money Due" demands to
many companies. The demands will
be vigorously pushed, Blight said,
with no mercy shown companies at
tempting to evade payment.
Blanks and corporations were al
lowed by the law to assess them
selves" Blight explained. "All fig
ures quoted as tax returns are what
the companies believed they owed to
the state. In many eases we have
different ideas ON the amounts due
and are sending ont demands for
more money. These demands will
produce at least 100000 additional
revenue, | believe. as Il result of
our examinations of returns so far
studied. Little more than half the
total companies making returns have
been studied"
The United Press is able to give
tax returns of nearly 100 representa-
tive banks and corporations through
ont the state, as found ON the files
of state Treasurer Charles G. John.
son. These figures are sugjeet to
final decision by Blight.
Under the new tax, survey shows
that smaller corporations have had
increases, with large corporations
particularly foreign concerns, drop
ping off in their 1929 aSsessme ents.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-10-28
BINGHAM
DEFENDS
ACTIONS
Connecticut Senator At
tacks Fairness OF Lob
by Probe Committee.
CHARGES TRICKERY
Criticizes Attitude Of
Norris And Is ROundly
Flayed BY Blaine.

WASHINGTON, Oct. %. CLIP
Charging the senate lobby investiga-
tion committee with unfair political
tactics, Senator Bingham, Republi.
can, Connecticut, today defended in
the senate his employment of
Charles L. Eyanson of the Connecti-
cut Manufacturers Association rs
his secretary.
az was advised ny friends not to
cause it had been framed against
me as a friend of the administra.
tion,' Bingham said
Bingham asserted one member of
the investigating committee had
himself used capitol policeman in
the government employ to drive him
to his home in +hc midwest last sum-
mer, and argued therefore the COM
mittee itself was not without blame
in using government employees for
private purposes.
~ could not help wondering how
that particular senator could MAIN
tain such a high moral tone when
it is a matter of current report that
lie took capitoi policeman and
used him as private chauffeur to
drive him home at government ex-
pense last SUMNER" Bingham said.
Senator Blaine, Republican, Wis
consin. member of the committee,
then demanded that he name the
senator to whom lie was referring,
declaring he had east reflection on
| every member OF the senate.
Blames Senator
81 insist that lie be named,"
Blaine said.
at was the senator from Wiscon.
sin," Bingham replied.
81 will answer that in turn"
Blaine said.
Later he denied the charge and
said Bingham's accusation was "a
smoke screen against a Shiny, dirty
trail mapped out designedly from
the office of the senator from Con-
necticut to the office of the Con-
necticut Manufacturers Associa.
ton"
Bingham claimed he had been
tricked by the investigating commit
tee. He said tie report presented
to the senate by the committee cit.
ing the evidence Of his case was
fair statement of facts but he was
taken by surprise when Chairman
Caraway of the committee "made
speech attacking me personally, and
the Connecticut Manufacturers AS
sociation, torturing and twisting the
evidence by implication and making
several misstatements which were
corrected a few moments later"
The Connecticut senator accused
the committee of employing police
Continued on Page Eight)
Imperial Valley press., 1929-10-28
THREE j. s. E.
STUDENTS DEAD
IN AUTO CRASH

TULARE, OcF. %. W.P)-Two
deaths in Tuiare hospital today
brought the cost Of taking a wrong
road on their homeward trip from
the L. s. C.-Stanford game Sunday
night by five L. 5. c. students to
three. Two other students were in
.iured when their automobile struck
a freight engine near Coreoran
Sunday night.
The youths were nearly Is miles
from The Golden State highway, their
proper route.
The dead: Clifford Shrum, 2l
Los Angeles; Gene Thompson, 20
Los Angeles; Irwin Bird, 2i, Los
Angeles.
The injured: Walter McClintock
2l, Pomona, head injuries; Bert
Douglas, 20, Artcsia, shock and
bruises.
After stopping to eat at a Tulare
restaurant the students took the
wrong highway south.
Shrum was killed almost instant,
ly by the crash.
Thompson died from loss of blood
from the injury that tore one leg
off at the knee. Bird died later
from Il fractured skull.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-10-28
BANDIT LEADER
TDAUNTED BY
DEATH SENTENCE

GOLDEN. Colo, Oct. 2S.-UP)-
Ralph Flcagle, who found bank rob
berry "A more exciting occupation
than operating a "horscless" horse
ranch in Kansas. today discussed the
ups and downs of Wall Street IN
preference to his death sentence.
FIcaglc. white-haired leader of the
notorious Fleagle bank bandit gang,
who talks more like banker than
criminal. was sentenced to hang
bv a Jury in Lamar, Colo, Saturday
night. for the murder of A. y. Par
rish. President of the First National
Bank of Lamar and former state
Senator.
In less than three weeks juries
have sentenced to the gallows three
members of the bandit gang, who
killed Parrish and his son John, bank
cashier, during the holdup, and kid
napcd Il teller and physician in
Kansas in their mad escape with
$4,000 loot.
Fleaglc was taken from the Jail
at Lamar under heavy guard and
brought here pending removal to the
state pcnitcntiary, authorities de
claring they were taking no chances
against a possible lynching or an
attempt by the convicted bandit
leaders pals to free him.
He cracked jokes with the guards,
gave his version of the panicky Wall
Street uphcaval. turned back the
pages of his colorful and adventur-
Gus criminal career to his boy
hood days on the Kansas praries
when lie stole away from his work to
read the life of Jessie James, and
discussed bank robbery in the man
ncr of business man discussing the
correct procedure in some legiti-
mate pursuit. Flcagle said the stock
market always appealed to him, and
strangely enough he related he was
on his way to New York when he
was arrested in Illinois.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-10-28
STOCK MARKET
SETS new MARK
IN BIG LOSSES
Prices Continue To Go
Down Despite Efforts
Made By Morgan.
By ELMER C. WALLER
Omitted Press Financial EDITOR

NEW YORK, Oct. %. U.H-Fivc
billion dollars in stock market values
were washed away today as the mar
ket-still staggering under the in
fluence of last Thursdays great
breal-plunged downward in what
was considered the greatest break
of all time.
Leading issues plunged despite re-
newed additional support given by
big bankcrs-a group headed by j,
7. Morgan & Co.-organized to pre-
vent disastrous DROPS In the down
turn stocks touched new lows. Losses
from 10 to 80 points were recorded
and one of the stocks on the curb
exchange, Midwest Utilities, drop
ped 1l9 points during the day.
1t was rout for the big traders
The "little fellows' had been
chased out in that somewhat panicky '
few hours last Thursday. Today ii
was the men who could trade in the
expensive stocks who grew over ex
cited and dumped valuable holding;
at prices which meant millions OF
dollars in losses.
United States Steel, leader in the
movement which carried stocks tt
great heights few weeks ago, lee
in the swing downard today. Las
week steel as forced to 1899.
Today it went down to 191, stop
ped aud started up again. But it wa
a shortlived rally. Soon steel started
catapulting again, and went below
the 100 mark. This started the fina
break that brought lows all alon.
the list.
The mWket today started irregu
larly and finally a tremendous sell
ing wave-estimated at a basis o
100000 shares a day-started in
Charles E. Mitchell and othe
bankers went to the offices of J.
Margon & Co., gesture which whel
employed last week brought the turf
in the market tide.
Again today this motion had ef
feet. There was a better tone. Stock
picked up.
| But United States Steel and othe
leaders receded. The word went ou
that the bankers had failed. FrOl
> p. m. on, bears had their own way
| Values melted and the close foun
prices around the lows of the day.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-10-28
InyO Bankers To
Serve Ten Years

SAN QUENTIN, Calf, Oct. 2s.
(U.R-The maximum penalty will
have to be paid by w. w. and Mark
|. Watterson, former Inyo county
bankers, convicted in Independence
in 1927 of embezzling 100000.
The state board of prison directors
yesterday fixed their sentence at 10
years each. The brothers were found
guilty of 80 counts of embezzlement,
two of grand theft and one of falsi-
flying bank records.
The court sensahced them to from
one to 10 years on each count, the
sentences to run concurrcntly.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-10-28
LONDON POLICE
FOIL ATTACK ON
j. 5. EMBASSY

LONDON. Oct. 2S.-U.P)-Scores
of communists nursed bruised heads
today as a result of a half-hour bat
tie royal which some 800 of their
number waged with the mounted po-
lice around the United States En-
bassy yesterday.
The Communists started Il. demon
stration as a protest meeting against
the conviction of the Gastonia strik-
ers. When they arrived at the en-
trance of the embassy, they found
their path barred by a Gordon of
mounted police. The police refused
them permission to pass.
Some of the Communists leaders
called upon their followers to rush
the police. The police answered by
charging the demonstrators right
and left, dispensing many.
Some of them, however. held their
ground. When the police seized one
of their banners, number of Com
munists tried to recover it and a
melee ensued in which the police did
not hesitate to use their clubs. Po-
lice and Communists became en-
tangled and rolled about the street,
pummellmg each other.
Several Communists were arrested
and taken to the police station.
Having failed at the embassy, the
Communists rcaSsembled and at
tempted to rush the Victoria station.
But there too the police barred their
path and routed them by charging.
Marching homeward, the Commun-
lists resorted to smashing windows of
passing ears. They finally dispersed.
To prevent any renewal of dis
orders, a heavy police guard remain
ed in front of the United States En-
bassy all night.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-10-28
Court POstpOnes
Kelley Sentence

LOS ANGELES, Oct 2s.-U.P)-
Resentencing of Leo "Pat" Kelley,
once doomed to hang for the slay.
ing of Mrs. Myrtle Mellus, Los An
geles society matron, was postponed
until tomorrow becanuse necessary
papers failed to arrive in superior
court here today.
Hundreds of friends gathered in
the hall of justice to congratulate
Kelley and hear him sentenced on
manslaughter count as decreed by
the State Supreme court.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-10-28
FARM BOARD TO
ASSIST WHEAT
MEN WITH LOAN

CHICAGO, Oct. %. UH-Uncle
Sam stands ready to lend wheat far
mcrs $1O0,O00,000, or more if neces.
sary.
The federal farm board has an
nounced the money will be made
available Immediately to cOunteract
the slump in wheat prices brought
ON by the downward plunge in the
stock market last week. The huge
loan would tend to set a minimum
wheat price this year said a state
ment issued by Alexander Legge
chairman Of the board.
Shrinkage of values in the whole
sale liquidation of industrial stocks
has forced wheat to an unwarranted
low price and producers should not
be forced to sell on such a market,
the statement said.
Legge said the board was prepared
to lend sufficient federal funds to
authorize co-operatives to bring
wheat prices to a figure ranging
from Slip bushel for No. l White
Amber and No. Durum to $1.25 q
bushel for No. > northern and No. l
red winter wheat.
Explaining that there is a grain
cooperative open to every wheat
farmer in every state where the crop
is grown, Legge's statement con
tinued:
"The farmer may join, ship his
, wheat to a designated concentra.
ton point where it will be graded
and classed and draw on it in adj
vance. The cooperative will market
the wheat in orderly fashion through
! out the year and will settle with the
farmer on the basis of the final pr;Ce
obtained.
'The board places no limit on the
amount of government money to be
so loaned. Nearly $100,000,OOO il
available for the purpose, and il
necessary, the board will ask cong
ress to appropriate more
WASHINGTON, Oct. %. U.P)-
! Advances aggregating from 5,OOO,.
| 600 to $20,000,00O are to be made
, shortly to the National Grain Cor.
poration organized in Chicago by
the federal farm board, Chairman
! Legge of the board announced to.
! dav.
The board has agreed to lend a
total of s1O0,000.o0O to wheat co.
operative associations in order to
! stabilize the grain market.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-10-28
STATES DOUBLE
MURDER LAW TO
Be CONSIDERED

WASHINGTON, Oct. %. W.P)-
The supreme court today decided to
consider the appeal of Joe Troche,
San Quentin prison. sentenced to
death from FL Dorado county. Cali
fornia, for murder. The appeal at
tacks the validity of the new Cali.
fornia criminal code provision un-
der which the same jury tried him
both for murder and for sanity. His
attorneys charged that this pro-
cedure, provided for in a 1927 law,
was unconstitutional. The Jury re-
turned the murder verdict, then af-
ter another trial, found him sane.
The case was set for hearing
December >.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-10-28
Hearing Charges
Against Davis

Los ANGELES, Oct. 2s.-W.P)--
The Los Angeles police commission
met in secret session today to con
slider charges of the Developers AS
sociation that chief James Davis
should be removed for alleged in
efficiency in office.
After two hours of discussion the
commission adjourned at noon and
was to meet again later in the day.
No information was given as to
what transpired during the hearing,
About 20 witnesses were called,
including three womtn.
Mayor John Porter attended the
early session but declined to com,
ment.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-10-28
President Gil's
Mother Visitor

Los ANGELES, Oct. %. W.P)-
Sonora Adcla Portes Gil, 73 year old
mother of President Portes Gil of
Mexico. was visiting friends here
today.
Sonora Gil, who expects to re-
main in Los Angeles for several days
was accompanied on her trip from
Mexico City by Major and Sonora
Luis Farrell. Her party, during their
stay, will visit the motion picture
studios and historic points of inter
est. She declined to make any com
mcnts concerning the political sit
uation in the Southern Republic.
The party came to Los Angeles
from San Diego by airplanc.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-10-28
SUPREME COURT TO HEAR
PROTEST AUTO TAX LAW

WASHINGTON, Oct. %. W.P)--
George Cottingham and William G.
McGinnis, doing business as the City
Transfer Co., of San Francisco, and
other truck men, today were granted
supreme court consideration of their
appeal attacking validity of the
state automobile tax law. They at
tackled the law becuse the money
collected ws used on rural roads,
thus constituting what they called
"tolls.' More than $2,000,000 a
year is collected by this tax.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-10-28
Bank Robbers
Sent To Prison

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 2S. W.R)-
After changing their plea from not
guilty to guilty. hcrt Ross and Jack
Richardson were each sentenced to-
day to serve ona 20 II years at San
Quentin on one count of robbery.
The two men held up a branch
bank here September 3, forcing the
teller to hand ovet 500. Mrs. Jane
Ross, wife of Ross, was allowed To
file application for probation in
view of the fac she is the mother
of a small child. She told the court
she participated in the bank holdup
to get atmosphere for magazine
story.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-10-28
Maybe They Are
Coal Bins Now

EVANSTON, ILL.,, Oct. %. W.H
And this" said Charles F.
Wheeler to the prospective ten
ant, "is the bathroom. The
tub"
But the tub was gone.
Funny" said Wheeler, why
anyone would steal a bathtub.
I'll have a new one put in"
Next day, leading the prospec'
tive tenant to the bathroom,
Wheeler began: This new tub
got is"
Tub No. 2 was gone. Wheeler
asked police TO look for the clean
est man in Evanston.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-10-28
Local Man Shoots
Government Duck

Jack Snuffin. wire chief FOR the
telephone company, shot Il duck reg
iStcrcd by the L. s. biological sur
Vey while hunting at Salton Sea last
Saturday, removing band carry
ing the number A-G3S733 from the
ducks leg.
The band also asked that the fed
cral bureau be notified when and
where the duck was found. Snuffin
has written the government office
advising of his find and is eagehy
awaiting information as to when and
where the bird was released.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-10-28
SUPREME COURT
REFUSES RULING
ON STATE LAW

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2s. (U.pj-
The supreme court today refused to
consider the coastitutionality of q
provision of the California alien
land law of 1920, rs raised in an APP
peal by California Delta Farms,
Inc, of San Francisco. Chinese
American Farm, Inc. won in lower
courts Il Judgment for $300,00O paid
on a tract of land before the Law
went into effect. The Chinese firm
invoked the alien law and argued
that completion If the deal and pay
ment of the remaining 100000 due
would violate the law.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-10-28
PASSPORTS GRANTED

WANIIINGTON, Oct - %. WP)-
Secretary of state Stimson today
announced reversal If a policy which
prCcipitated controversy during
the Coolidge administration in con.
ncction with the effort of Count and
Countess KarolNi of lImgaria to OBJ
tain visas to visit the United States
Stimson said the pair had applied
for visas and orders had been issued
to grant them.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-10-28
Aged German
Prince Dies

ROME. Oct. 2S.-WP)- Prince
bernhard Won Buelow, the German
Empires fourth Chancellor who met
his greatest defeat as statesman
when he failed to keep Italy faith
full to the Triple Entente. died here
today.
Prince Won Buelow was so years
old and had been i'll for several
months, lingering at the point of
death throughout last week.
His death occurred at $3.50 am.
after continued unconsciouSneSS.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-10-28
JOINS u. 2 SYSTEM

LOS ANGELES, oct. 2s.-(U,H-
The Wilmington Journal, published
by r. +. Bowers, today joined the
Southern California circuit of the
leased wire system Of the United
Press. The journal previously re-
ccivcd drop letter from the Los
Angeles bureau.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-10-28
Time Brings
Many Changes

LOS ANGELES, Oct. %. iU.P>
When Alexander Pantagos goes
to San Quentin penitentiary he
probably will be entertained
thers by gift he made to the
penitentiary.
It was 16 years ago that Pan
tages, even then millionaire
theatre magnatc, donated mo
tion picture machine so that con.
victs might enjoy films.