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Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-21
BAPTIST CHURCH
PLANS TO ERECT
new STRUCTURE
Modern Edifice And Par
sonage To Stand AT
Seventh And Orange

Erection of an entirely new
church at Seventh and Orange
streets has been decided upon by
the congregation of the First Bap-
fist church, whose building at Sixth
and Holt streets was destroyed by
fire early in the year.
The following statement relative
to the new church was given to the
Press today by Rev. c. f. Flanagan,
pastor of the church:
discovering from the sh o. k
caused by the fire which destroyed
their church home, the officers and
members of the First Baptist church
were confronted with puzzling
proposition. To rebuild from the
old church ruins would have been
the quickest and the cheapest pro-
cedure.
"But the old church building for
some years had been inadequate to
care for the Bible school work and
the social life of the church and
congregation. The large number at
tending the Bible school, composed
of adults and the fine boys and girls
and young people of the communi, =,
ty, called for serious attention and
modern equipment and sufficient
room to carry on this work. Then,
not only must present needs be pro-
vided for, but in a rapidly growing
community like Ell Centre future
growth and expansion must be con
sidered.
after due consideration of the
different phases of the project the
church at business meeting, voted
to erect an entirely new building
and instructed the trustees to dis
pose of the ruins of the old struct-
ure and the former church site, and
purchase a new location. This has
now been done. The new location is
at the north west corner of Seventh
and Grange avenue where a plot of
three lots, giving space of $50 by
l40 feet, has been secured. On the
west lot a modern parsonage will
be placed, leaving the two large
corner lots for the new church build
ing.
"The building will consist of an
auditorium for the church proper
and a two story educational unit.
The entire structure will be modern
and beautiful in design, including
many new features of church arch
itecture. 1t will be arranged for
the utmost utility in worship, relig-
iOus education and social life of the
entire community. Firm believers
in the future growth and develop
ment of Fl Centre, and firmly con
WINGED of the necessity of a whole
some religious life in the eommuni-
ty, and feeling that adequate equip
ment must be furnished to carry on
the same, the officers and members
of the church are giving themselves
to the large enterprise with zeal
and enthusiasm. Plans are now be-
ing completed for the building and
will be on display in the near fu-
turc."
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-21
ARMY SURGEON
READY TO FIGHT
Staying CHARGE

DENVER, Mar. 81. U.P Major
Charles A. Shepard, held here on Il
federal charge of numbering his
wife, will fight any attempt to re-
move him to Kansas for trial.
Harry S. Glass, attorney for the
30 year old army surgeon, announce
ed after a conference with Major
Shepard that in his opinion his
client had a 'perfect defense"
The attorney indicated he be.
lieved Maize Shepard could prove
that Mrs Shepard died of natural
causes and not OF mercury poison
ing as the government charges.
Mrs. SHEPPARD died at Fort Riley,
Kansas June Is, 1929. She had
been i'll for nearly month and had
been under the treatment of her
husband until several days preccd-
ing death.
An autopsy, according to govern
ment investigators, revealed poison
in the woman's viscera. Major
Sheppard was arrested here this
week after an exhaustive investiga-
tlon by the government.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-21
THREE CHILDREN
BURN TO DEATH
in SCHOOL FIRE

TIRON, Okla, Mar. 21.-U.P)-
Eighty students Of Pleasant Valley
school, a single story frame build.
ing which was swept by fire. today
mourned three of their classmates
lost in the flames, which swept the
school after a kerosene explosion.
The little school was a smolder-
ing mass 30 minutes after fire bolt
ed from the stove into which kero
sene had been poured.
The kerosene was poured into
the stove by Freddy Eaton, eight
who did it to replenish the fire. He
thought the hot Goals had been re.
moved. The explosion covered him
with flames and spread over the
students seated in big circle about
the stove.
Terror stricken, the children bolt
ed for the two exits before their
instructors, Mrs. Reese Carpenter
and Miss Dinita Smith could stop
them. A jam was created at both
doors, the screaming children fight
ing one another in an attempt to
get out of the burning room.
Eaton, too badly burned and in
Jured, was unable to get out of the
building. Two others who died
with him were Granville Murray.
six, and Lawanda Doddrill, seven.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-21
SUPERIOR COURT
CASES KEEP TWO
JUDGES OCCUPIED

A general cleanup of cases on the
docket was attempted in superior
court this morning, keeping botl
Judges, Thompson and Finney busy
until almost noon. Manslaughter
forgery, liquor violations and sever.
al petitions for probation were
among the more important items
brought up for judgment.
The case of Claude Mood, charged
with issuing fictitious checks, was
continued until April 4, as was also
that of L. r. Woodward's appeal
for probation. He was charged with
writing a check without sufficient
funds in bank to cover its pay
ment.
Probation was denied to Eusebio
Ruiz who had been tried for assault
with the intention of committing a
statutory offense, and he was sent
enced to San Quentin for the term
prescribed by law-from three years
20 life.
VIM. Douthitt, charged with the
purchase of certain goods without
sufficient inquiry as to their origin,
was dismissed and the exhibits Or
dered released when the court held
as in the case of Sam Montgomery
that the law under which he had
been found guilty was unconstitu-
tional.
N. Merritt, pleaded not guilty to
the charge of possessing still near
Holtville and his trial was set for
May 5.
The ease of George Anderson,
charged with the non-support of his
wife, was continued until this after
noon.
Earl R. Solomon pleaded guilty to
grand theft, and entered his petition
for probation. The court decided to
hear this petition on March %.
r. ID. Harris pleaded guilty to is
suing a fictitious check and asked
for probation. This appeal will be
heard on May 4.
The case of j. j. Johnston,
charged with manslaughter as the
result of the death of George Me
Leland after having been struck by
Johnston's car, as alleged, was con,
tinued until March 2S.
Probation was denied to J. Long
and Fred Fontana and each was
sentenced to San Quentin for the
terms prescribed by law. Long had
been found guilty of forgery and
Fontana of possessing still. In
addition to the Jail sentence, Fon-
tana had $1,000 fine added to his
grief.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-21
Rebel Leaders
Under Arrest

TUCSON, Ari., Mar. 21.-W,p)-.
Only two of the II alleged rebels
indicted by the federal grand jury
on charges of violating information
al law in connection with Mexican
revolutions, today remained at lib.
city, according to U. S. District At,
torney John -ungp
They are Gonsalo Escobar, rebel
chicftain of an uprising last spring
and Salvador Aetca.
The Others have all been arrested
in various paItA c. >i,e United
States, GungI announced.
Those now in custody are Saliva.
dor Urias, Ignacio Moran, General
!A"sGsstt;;a dc !s Vega, Aucustin Gal
to, Nincente Andreas, p Philliph h,
mohun, Clark n. ocrl. &. II. Polk
Albino Frias and Antonio G. Ma
quero. So
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-21
ASSERT LEWIS
SHIPPED HUGE
sum TO CHINA
Fits Office Takes Up
Trail of Former Julian
President

Los ANGELES, Mar. q. W.P)-
The district attorneys office an,
nounced today that it was checking
a report that S. C. Lewis, former
president of the Julian Petroleum
Corporation, shipped vast sum
of money to Shanghai, China, short
" after the $1O0,O00,00O oil com,
pany failed in .day, 1927.
Blayney Matthews chief investi,
gator for District Attorney Buron
Fits, told newspapermen that his
men were tracing information from
a high authority which said that
Lewis sent fortune across the Pa
cif.c in May, 1927.
Earlier in the day Matthews re-
ported that If necessary we will
send men to China. This is not said
numorously-I am entirely serious. ;
Matthews said he was informed
that the money was sent on the
Benjamin Harrison of the United
States Lines. He said that he in
tended to interview Charles Long,
passenger agent of the company.
Long is due here from San Francisco
tomorrow, according to the chief
investigator.
Matthews said that about h e
same time Lewis assertedly made
the shipment of money that Mrs.
Lewis also went 20 China.
Although hundreds of civil and
criminal actions have been f ! e d
since the Julian Company folded up,
authorities never have been able to
trace some $35,000,00O of the com
pany S funds.
"Wc do not want to raise false
hopes that the money stolen from
The Julian stockholders has been
found" Matthews said. "But we
believe our information is good and
it is true that we believe we are
on the trail of large part of the
stolen money
Matthews said the first tip came
from steamship employee who re-
ported that his "eyes nearly popped
ont when | saw so much money in
big bills.'' The steamship worker
WAS said to have accidentally peeped
into trunk aboard the ship, en-
route to China.
Matthews said that federal au-
thorities possessed the information
about the trunk and its money.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-21
'SCARFACE AL
SURRENDERS TO
CHICAGO POLICE
Despite Previous Hard
Words Siege Doesn't
Know What To Do

CHICAGO, Mar 81. WP)-" Scar
face APP Capone unexpectedly
walked into the office of Chief of
Detectives John Siege this after
noon.
The gang chief, reported various
ly from almost every point of the
compass, surprised Siege as much as
he did his own followers and news
papermen who quickly gathered
around to find out where he had
been. since he was released from
prison in Philadelphia the first of
the week.
MIAMI, Fla, Mar. 81. U.HSher-
ifs, police chiefs, and scores of re-
porters tried to run to ground todav
countless rumors of the whereabouts
of Alphonse (Scareface) Capone;
elusive beer baron of Chicago.
About the most tangible news on
CapOne was that he was believed to
be hiding somewhere in southeast
Florida.
There was major development in
the man hunt, however, as several
of his satellites were at liberty un-
der bond on various charges rang
ing from suspicion of vagrancy to
possession of liquor, contraband Or
otherwise.
Sheriff NJ. P. "Pop" Lehman of
Date county led 90 aides and sever
al Miami Beach policemen in a spec
tacular raid upon Capone's winter
residence here late yesterday. Ev'
eryone in sight was arrested. Frank
Wharton, city manager of Miami,
characterized the procedure "s
grand stand play" and refused co.
operation of Miami police.
The raid, following receipt of ap,
parently well authenticated inform.
alton that "Scareface" had eluded
every sheriff in Florida and had
reached Malabor, on the southeast
coast, was carried out under war
rants issued by Criminal Judge f.
C. Collins, based on affidavits that
liquor had been seen in the Capone
residence.
Eight sacks of liquor-thrc,
smashed-were confiscated. Then
the raiding party took into custody
men who gave the names of Albert
Capone, John Capone, James vi
cent, Louis Cowen, l.. j. Brannan
and l.. j. Newman. None had guns.
No resistance was offered. a.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-21
JAPANESE NOT
WORRYING OVER
CHINESE FIGHT
Latest War Scare Does
Not Make Impression
In Toxic Circles
BY MILES w. VAUGHN
United Press Staff Corresnouden

TOXIC. Mar. 90 PJ-Official
Japan refuses to stay awake nights
worrying about China's latest war
scare.
"In event the recent exchange
of kilograms between Chang Kai
Shek, head of the national govern
ment, and Yen Hsi-Shan, governor
of Shansi, does lead to an extensive
war, hostilities on major scale
likely will not start before the END
of the month"; an official spokes.
man told the United Press. Per
sonaly, | should not be surprised
if differences between the two lead
crs are adjusted peacefully. Both
have demonstrated ability fol
compromise and reasonable adjust
mcnt of differences in the past"
So far neither the military scrv
ices nor the foreign office are plan
ming any especial precautions to
protect japanese residents in China
it was said. Naval forces in China
waters are considered ample to dca'
with any immediate situation which
may arise. Foreign office policy
will be based on the declaration
made by Baron Kijuro ShideHara
minister for foreign affairs, in his
statement to the fifty seventh scs
sion of the diet in January. Th
Foreign minister at that time re
tierated Japan $ desire for "A peace
full China and her determination tc
pursue a policy of strict neutralit!
toward internal differences of the
sister nation.
In event war does come-and of
ficial japanese circles reiterate this
country hopes it does not-Japanese
military experts feel that Chang
Kai .Shek is in the stronger posi-
ton, as he has better trained Off
GERS and stronger financial re
sources. Chiang's German advisors
who have been attached to tn
armies of the national government
for many months, have done much
to improve the staff work an(
stratcgical ability of the Nsnkin!
armies, military experts here assert
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-21
JURY MAY GET
D0HENY'S CASE
BY TOMORROW

WASHINGTON, Mar. 81. UP)-
The Doheny bribery trial drew
swiftly toward its close today as
final arguments of defense counsel
and the prosecution were heard by
the jury in district supreme court.
Frank J. Hogan, chief defense
counsel for Edward l.. Doheny
against charges that the aged oil
millionaire gave former Secretary
of Interior Albert B. Fall a $780, 900
bribe, continued his speech to the
jury with the declaration that it
was impossible for Fall to have
;uggled naval oil reserve leases in
favor of the defendant.
Dispensation of government oil
for Pearl Harbor construction work
was turned over to then Secretary
of Navy Edwin DENLY before the
award of contracts, Hogan asserted.
"If Doheny had paid 100000 to
get oil leases from the secretary of
interior, he would expect better
treatment than that" said Hogan.
"Can you believe man had
bought something in November
when his attorney is begging the
government in April not to give it
to him." said Hogan, referring to
efforts of the Pan-American Petrol
cum company to switch Pearl Har-
Dor bids away from an alternate
proposal which included an Elk
Hills option.
"If you had paid for $4,000 ac-
res, would you be petitioning the
government year later for only
2,400 acress"
The attorney said that in case
of this kind a government official
could be guilty of taking bribe
while the man who supplied the
money was presumed not to have in.
tended it as bribe until it was
proved that such had been his mo.
tive.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-21
Deny Crash In
Wheat Market

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Mar. 21.W.H
There has been no "wheat crash"
for the average farmer of this great
grain belt, according to unofficial
figures gathered in survey by the
United Press today.
A majority Of wheat growers re-
paid one of the richest harvests
in the big wheat country from the
Platte rivers of Nebraska to the
Panhandle of Texas and get a cur
rently fair return of gold, according
to reliable estimates based upon re-
ports of unsold grain.
These estimates disclosed fully
four.fifths of last years bumper
crop had been sold by farmers be-
fore the recent wheat market slump.
The farmer figuratively has been
laughing up his sleeve at the antics
Of the wheat market, so far as the
farmer is concerned, if these figures
are true indication.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-21
PRE-NUPTIAL -
AFFIDAVIT IN
SUIT FOR BALM

LOS ANGELES, Mar. 21.-(U.P)-
A marriage contract, witnessed by a
notary, was an adjunct to the "usto-
mary love letters which formed the
basis for a $350,000 breach of prom
Use suit on file here today.
The unusual document, presented
in complaint filed by Ethlyn Glib
son, stage and screen actress, al
lcgedly was an agreement between
her and Leon CHASER, wealthy broker.
The actress asserted that after
CHASER asked her to marry him in
1926, and later in July, 1929, he we'd
ded Betty Cohen, daughter of a
wealthy diamond merchant, in De-
ccmber of last year.
When Miss Gibson and Glaser fell
in love with each other, the com
rlaint set forth, the actress W a $
married to Billy West, screen CO.
median. She got a divorce from the
actor in 1928.
Prior to this, the broker and Miss
Gibson allegedly signed the mar
riage contract, dated by notary
November 5, 1926, which in part
reads:
"Know yc all by these presents;
That |, Leon CHASER, party of the
first part, and Ethlyn Gibson, party
of the second part, that the party
CT the first part does hereby agree
to love, worship, honor, respect, idol
izc forever Ethlyn Gibson, to the
end of eternity, and that the party
of the seond part does hereby agree
to take the party of the first part
for better or worse, to love and wor'
ship in return, provided both parties
show each other their love and re-
spect.' y
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-21
Collections On
Incomes Grow

WASHINGTON, Mar. 21-U.P-
Income tax collections for the per
iod from March | to 10 totaled 3Sl,
S53,426.2o, as compared with 1870,
9sl ,53l.7S for the corresponding per
iod last year, the treasury's daily
slate showed today.
Collections for March 10 were
$70,652 ,S67.41, as commpared with
$2l4,53 34,54S.02 for the previous day
Treasury officials said the re
turns were coming in as anticipated
the decline in daily receipts going
after the big cleanup of returns
over the weekend in the various in
tcrnal revenue offices.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-21
Chicago Whites
Battle Negroes

CHICAGO, Mar. 21.-(U.R)-Near-
ly 1000 persons, approximately half
negroes and half whites, rioted for
nearly an hour near the University
of Chicago campus last night over
the result of basketball game at
the University gymnasium in which
n team from a white high school de-
feated one from negro institution.
Police squads from four stations,
numbering 100 men, battled with the
rioters until they were subdued. a
score of heads were battered and
seven street ears had b e n com
wandered by the crowd before police
arrived.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-21
Guards Shot in
Prison Break

SPEIGNER, Ala. Mar. 81. Uf -
Two prison guards were shot, one
of them perhaps fatally, in prison
break here today that resulted in
the escape of two cOnvicts.
One of the convicts, Tom Barnes,
was found a short time later at
Montgomery, IA 4miles from here,
mortally wounded. He died in a
hospital without disclosing how he
was shot or where he obtained pis-
tol that provided him his slfort-livcd
freedom.
The convict and his companion,
Lee Hudgens, shot their way to lib
erty as guards were changing shifts.
b. +. Baltzer, a guard, is not ex-
pected to live. II. M. Richardson,
another guard, is less seriously in
jured.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-21
Asks Death For
Bandit Woman

NEWCASTLE, Pa, Mar. 91-W.P)
-Demanding that Irene Schroed'
err, on trial charged with the slay
ing OF Corporal Brady Paul, high
way policeman, be put to death IN
the electric chair, District Attorney
John 3 Powers opened the state S
closing arguments in Lawrence
county court today.
b., "sne s1s.isd is not $, suffering from a men,
tai oisease' She is an habitual
CRIMINAL Powers said, in attack
ing the defense insanity plea.
Thomas Dickey began the first
derense argument when Powers fin
lsh'd' There is possibility that
thc case may go to the jury late to.
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-21
L. A. Enjoying
Gasoline War

LOS ANGELES, Mar. 81. W.H-
Gasoline sold as low as 12l@ cents
> gallon here today as price cut
ting war continued between inde-
pendent service stations.
The major oil companies however.
reported that they still maintained
the same tank price and gasoline at
major service stations was selling at
1919 cents gallon,
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-21
LANE
FIGURES
IN PLOT
Ship Held At Imperial
Airport Following Ar
rest of Four Men
SUSPECT SMUGGLING
Alleged Plot To Bring
Chinese Over Border
Falls Through

LOS ANGELES, Mar. 81. U.H-
Federal officers here today believed
they had uncovered a huge Chinese
smuggling ring which used tri-mot-
ored airplanes in bringing "eontra-
band" aliens into this country from
Mexico.
Four white men were arrested
and held in the Los Angeles county
Jail and nine Chinese were found
in an automobile below the Mexican
border at Calcxico. Authorities
said they were being driven to La
euna Salada, Mexico, where they
were to have been transported to
the United States by plane.
The white men, charged with sus-
picion Of smuggling conspiracy, are
Harold Sweet, 26, Los Angeles avia-
tor: George V. Gray, "a, aviator of
Taft, Calf; and John Frank Smith,
,Ir,, "a, Los Angeles, and Eddie NJ.
Collins, "a, Long Beach, who claim
ed to be real estate men.
The four men mentioned in the
above dispatch were arrested at I'm
perial Airport Tuesday of this week,
according to border patrol officials,
who kept the ease concealed until
thorough investigation could be
made of the stories told by the men,
Sweet and Gray are believed to
have gone across the line last Tues
day in n tr-motored plane, appar-
emily to keep an appointment with
smugglcrs on the other side Of the
line, who were to have party of
Chinese on the desert near Laguna
Salada.
Mexican immigration offic $
were tipped off to the proposed
smuggling project and took the
Chinese into custody as they were
cnroutc to the rcndczous. Sweet
and Gray, it is alleged, after wait
ing for some time in the vicinity
of Laguna Salada. decided the plan
had falles through and returned
across the line, landing at Imperial
County Airport.
There they were apprehended by
officers of the border patrol and
their plane was taken in charge by
L. S. customs men on charges Of
having entered this country illegal
ly. without proper clearance papers.
Smith and Collins were taken into
custody short time later and all
four men were sent to Los Angeles
for hearing in the federal courts.
II is declared all refused to make
any statements, though Sweet as
serted he had lost his way and had
to make forced landing on the
Mexican side of the line.
Luis Lee, a Mexicali Chinese, is
reported as having engineered the
supposed smuggling plot on the 9th
or side of the line, and together
with the nine Chinese who were cap
tured, is being held by the Mexican
officials.
The plane, n tri-motored Ford,
bearing the name Golden State Air
ways, carries the serial number n.
c. 1871 and is believed to belong to
George Flahertv of Los Angeles.
Inspector NIL. Chaffin. in charge
of the local station, said that the
only charges as yet filed against the
men were for attempted conspiracy
to smugglc.
Sweet is well known here, having
at one time flown through here on
commercial line which operated
between Bakersfield and Imperial
Valley points.
Border patrol men stated that
Smith is also known as Jack Harris
and Jack Evans, while Collins is nj
so known as jess Nolen and Eddie
Nolcn.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-21
San Clemente
Chief Guilty

SANTA ANA, Calf, Mar. 21.U.H
Forrest j. Eaton, San Clemente
chief Of police, pleaded guilty here
today to charges of grand theft.
Eaton asked for probation and
hearing on his plea was set for next
Friday. The police chief originally
was arraigned charged with embez.
Element, but the charge was today
altered to one of grand theft.
Eaton was arrested yesterday
charged with collecting a 5000 fine,
of which only $50 reached Police
Judge Fred Warner.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-21
KILLED IN ACCIDENT

LOS ANGELES, Mar. 2l.-UD-
Miss Relle +, Bower, 20, Of Long
Beach, was killed when she was
thrown from an automobile as it
overturned into ditch near Covina
today, according to a report at the
sheriff's S office.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-21
Texas Girl Will
Represent U. S.

MIAMI, Fla, Mar. 81. U.H-
Americas sweetheart, Miss Janet
Eastman. 20 year old Fort Worth,
Texas, blonde, viii officially renre-
sent the United states in the Rio
Dc Janciro International beauty
sweepstakes, it was announced here
today.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-21
PARKER NAMED JUSTICE

WASHINGTON, Mar, 2l. U.P)-
Federal Judge John Johnston Parker
Of North Carolina was appointed
by President Hoover late today as
associate Justice of the United States
RENE court,