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The Washington times., 1930-05-29

Editor Times:
AS a close observer Of court
activities as well as an inveterate
Times reader, let me commend
your paper for its stand on the
matter of additional justices for
the District Supreme Court.
The abuse heaped upon mem.
bers of the bench of the local
court by members of the House
committee recently, following a
report of Bureau of Efficiency
"snooper" Chis report was so
erroneous and unjust I would not
dignity him by referring to him
as an investigator, was such as
would make an intelligent citizen
boil with indignation.
I am not given to fanaticism
on the Majesty of the Law"
but our local judges are men of
highest caliber and the extent of
their efforts to keep calendars
cleared cannot be measured ii
hours on the bench. Many times
1 lave seen them leaving the
Courthouse late in the evening,
after comforting with numbers
of attorneys in their chambers.
after leaving their benches, and
carrying a heavy brief case filled
with papers which they were
compelled to study at night in
their homes in order to Keep
apace with their growing burden
of litigation.
Members of Congress in most
other respects have gone wild at
times and hurled innuendos at
persons indiScriminately, but
when it comes to showing dis.
respect for Federal judges who
are not faced with impeachment
it l. time they should act like
any exemplary citizen with re.
spect for the law and those who
administer it, rather than a group
of country schoolmasters chasten.
ing a pupil who is bright enough
to make them jealous.
COURT OBSERVER.
The Washington times., 1930-05-29
Editor, Times:

Editor, Times:
The extra session Of Congress,
which apparently has been agreed
upon, may run far into the sum
mer. Washington has had SINH
lar experiences before, and there
is no telling how determined the
fight on the three-power treaty is
going to be.
At present the Administration
looks for a short and easy battle
in the Senate, with ratification
coming about mid.June. Person
ally 1 think that if Congress is
once put in extra session it may
stay here until late July or
August. There is plenty Of other
legislation which various Senator'S
may desire to put through, and
besides, the minority will not be
able to forego the temptation to
play politics on any or all occa-
Sions.
So far as Washington is con-
cerned, it ought to be glad to
have the extra session. Other
wise we will have a summer Of
real dullness, even though the
tourist traffic is rapidly growing.
1t takes Congress to keep our
caravanseries filled and to make
the city look anything like it's
real self during the hot season.
There will be many speeches
made on the new tariff during
the projected extra session, or I
miss my guess. That Grundy-
Smoot- -Hawley tariff is not o
closed book merely because it
passed Congress and is signed by
the President. 1t is going to be
a controversial subject from the
day that it goes on the statute
books. Many leading business
men think it will bring about a
period of trade depression exceed
ing anything we have seen in
the past eight months.
DOG DAYS.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-09-05
WIFE SLAYER
SUSPECTED IN
BEACH TRAGEDY

Los ANGELES, Sept. >. U.Pi-
Captured few minutes after he as
sertedlv stabbed his wife to death,
Miguel Garcia, "a, Mexican. today
became a suspect in the Ensenada
beach Staying of Lois kcntlc and
Francis Conlon.
Knife wounds en- Mrs. Garcia =
body were said by police to have
been inflicted in a manner startling
" similar to those on the bodies Of
the Young couple slain nearly two
weeks ago at the Lower California
beach resort.
Police said Garcia, who returned
to Los Angeles this. morning with
the statement that he had been EN-
ploved i'm Gust. Calf, answered the
description of u "MeXican maniac y
whom they have sought as the chief
suspect in the murder mystery.
The man 5 wife, Mrs. Josefa Ro-
sales Garcia, 81, had been hacked
% times. The body of Miss kentle,
Pasadena coed, bore IL knife
wounds,
The girl and Conlon, her fiance,
were slain while they slept at y
beach camu at EnSenada.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-09-05
HALF MILLION
ESTATE LEFT BY
DECEASED ACTOR

LOS ANGELES, Sept. }. up
Property valued n $550.o0o was be
qucathed II relatives and friends b.
Lon CLANCY. noted screen charac-
ter actor by terms OF his will ON
file today for probate.
The bulk of the property, which
included S27j,000 in life insurance,
$l50,0O0 real estate and Sl25,o
personal property, was left to his
widow, Mrs. Hazel 6. ChaneY. who
also was named eNeeutriX.
4 bcquest Gf Il was left the a.
tor divorced wife. Clova c. Bush.
'.I' am under no obligation to her
whatever, Chancy's will said,
"but am doing this so there may
he no contest of my will.
John .Jeske, the actor 5 chauffeur
and described as his best friend, was
left $4,000. George and John Cha
ney, brothers, and his son. Crcigh-
ton. a Hollywood attorney, were
provided for hy the insurance poll
cies.
Hearing on the petition for pro
bate was set for September %.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-09-05
OF
DEAD IS
GROWING
Report More Than 1000
Bodies Found Following
Dominican Storm.
RUSH RESCUE WORK
Danger OF Famine And
Pestilence Presents Sc
riOus Menace.
By FRANCISCO ESCOvAR
United Press Corresnondent

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican
Republic, Sept. ). W.H-Rescue
squads almost exhausted by two
days of intensive relief work con
tinued to bring bodies from the
wreckage of 5000 Santo Domingo
homes destroyed by Wednesdays
hurricane.
With the death toll estimatednt
more than 1000, the problem Of dis
posal of the bodies of victims be-
came acute. About 800 were ere
mated last night. The rescue work
ers continued at their gruesome
task all day, placing many more
bodies in tiers for cremation.
The food shortage was steadily
becoming more acute, although ar
rival of relief ships from Porto Rico
and Cuba tomorrow was expected
to relieve the situation somewhat.
The failure of the water supply
caused widespread suffering and
lack of lighting facilities hampered
work at night.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-09-05
ROBERTS HERE !
TO ANSWER FOR
WOMAN'S DEATH

Lee l.. Roberts was returned to
FL Centre at . o'clock this after
noon from Phoenix to face murder
charges filed against him here fol-
lowing the death Of Mrs. Florence
Miller at a Yuma hospital, from the
results of an alleged beating admin
istcred by Roberts AT Winterhaven,
ON the night of August 10.
Custody of the man was finally
granted Pat Thaanum of the dis
trict attorneys office, after every
legal weapon had been resorted to
by Roberts attorneys in his battle
against cXtradition TO California.
Deputy District Attorney ID. ii. VOL
ford, who has been in Phoenix the
past several days in connection
with the extradition hearing, and
the habeaS corpus proceedings filed
yesterday, returned to FL Centre
this morning
Beginning with certain technical
difficulties involved in the wording
of the eXtradition papers, and end
ing in a final gesture of the defend
ant yesterday in the serving of Il
writ of habeas corpus as he left the
capitol building in Phoenix, Wilford
has hattled three days for Roberts
1t was expected Roberts would he
arraigned later in the day or to-
morrow.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-09-05
CHINESE ARMY
CLAIMS VICTORY
OVER COMMUNISTS
By RANDALL GOULD
-nited Press Staff Correspondent

SHANGHAI. China. Sept, >. (U.pl
a combined attack of government
armorcd trains. planes and gunboats
on Communist and bandit forces
near Changsha was announced TODAY
by Nationalist military headquar-
ters.
The announcement said 10000 OF
The forces mcnaciug Changsha had
been killed and the rest fled south
eastward.
Military headquarters simultane-
ouslv claimed that the armies o.
General Fcng Yu- Hisiang, who has
been co-leadcr Of the rebel govern
mcmt set up at Peiping, were with
drawing northward along a wide
front.
Residents of the city of Changsha,
sacked recently by Communistic
troops aided by bandit forces. had
been greatly alarmed by the battle
and were starting to leave.
The government announcement
Ndiu lIhbpS 'PI'NlHS 'iN '""'' ~
forces. which had returned in an eff
fort to recapture the Human capital,
were aided by aviators who flew
over and bombed the enemy.
Armored trains were employed to
advance government forces and gun
boats laid down a heavy harragc.
General Peng Tehuais was re-
ported leading the bandit forces,
which engaged government troops
not far from the walls of the city.
Troops Of General Hochiews were
said to have deliberately drawn the
bandits into the open for the pur-
pose of surrounding and eNtcrminaf-
my them. The population of the
city, however, was alarmed by the
large number of forces opposing the
Nationalists soldiers and many fled
northward fearing the city would be
sacked for the third time within
mont h.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-09-05
AGED HERMIT
SUCCUMBS TO
HIS INJURIES

san FRANCISCO. Sept. ). tU.Pi-
Giovanni Marcelli, hermit of Vista
rion Valley, died early today from
injuries sustained in II mysterious at
tack Thursday by unidentified as
sailants.
Clues and circumstances surround
ing the attack, police claim, con-
tlicted with the aged recluse 5 claim
that he was assalcd by two youths
and u girl who sought to rob him of
his boarded treasure.
That robbery was. however, the
motive. was evidenced by the condi-
tion of the hermit $ shack. which
was almost demolished by the rob
bers.
Marcell, who had been beaten in
20 Inconsistencies, claimed when re-
vived that he had been tortured by
the trio in their efforts to wrest
from him the hiding place of his
treasure.
Police hold to the theory that the
old man knew his attackers. basing
their belief on the grounds that the
attack took place shortly after he
was supposed to have received pay
ment ON his property, and that
neighborS claim to have seen him
leave his isolated shack and later
re-enter his place in company with
visitors.
Marcclli died, however, protesting
the trio-two Young men and a
Young, good looking girl-all were
strangers to him.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-09-05
Grand Jury To
Probe Fighting

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. ;. W.P>-
The San Francisco county grand
Jury started an investigation today
into prize fighting here in general
and the recent deaths Of two local
fighters, in particular
The death of frankie Campbell,
local heavyweight: as a result of his
recent match here with Max Bacr,
Livermorc boxer, prompted the in
vcstigation, but the probe will in
elude "ramifications of the prl/e
fight industry in general, District
Attorney Matthew Brady said.
Assistant District Attorney John
II. Tyrcl, who win conduct the m
vcstigation, asserts he has been m
formed that "siniStcr conditions pre-
vail. that referees have been impli-
Gated in netting deals and that prize
fights here are controlled by gam
hlcrS.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-09-05
MURDER FOR MARRIAGE PLOT
FOILED BY ACCIDENTAL SLIP

The girl, who gained fame as
an athlete at Fenger high school,
told police she and Kieckner had
stolen clothes for hev trosseau
and had planned to kill Terry.
secure his gun. hold up oil sta
tions and get enough to be mar
ried and escape to some distant
city.
She said they originally had
planned to use S5 which they
stole from Kleckner parents
for marriage license, but spent
it for other things and existed
i'll the swampy region for several
days. sleeping in the open and
stealing food from farms.
1t was Emil's plan to kill
you,' she told Terry.
why didn't you just come to
me and let me help you ont of
your troubles?' Terry asked
Because he wanted to kill
you for the money and l love
him and wouldn't double cross
him, the girl answered with
defiant toss of her red curls.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-09-05
CHANGE MADE IN
FORMER POLICY
OF DRY AGENTS

WASHINGTON, Sept. ). CLIP
Further indication of altered tac-
ties in the government s prohibi-
ton enforcement policies was seen
today in Prohibition Director Wood.
cocks order outlawing the plan to
use small boys as spies III dry law
Investigations.
This proposal is to be deletcd
from the course of instructions at
the newly established school Tor
dry agents here. Previously ii had
been eXpounded for some months as
part of a correspondence course.
Woodcock made no commen' ON his
action.
Figures made public by Wood
cock showing distribution of the
$9,000000 appropriated for the pro-
hibition bureau revealed today that
more federal money and agents are
being employed to cnforsn the dry
law in New York state than il any
other of the II districts.
New York is receiving Sl,0S1.520
and 293 agents are on Tive rolls
there, The southern district en-
bracing Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas is
second with S079,S59.
In addition to the money spent
by the bureau, the total dry en-
forccment cost includes coas. guard,
customs service, justice department
and federal courts funds aggrcsat-
ing about $4o,00o,00o yearly.
COURT GRANTS -ANYW
Imperial Valley press., 1930-09-05
SLAYER HANGED
BY GOVERNMENT
AT LEAVENWORTR

FEDERAL PENITENT | \ Il Y
LEANENWORTU, Kansas, Sept. ,.
UP Showing contempt for life
until the end. Carl Panzran, who
proudly referred to himself as "the
most criminal man in the world" "
died on the gallows here today.
The trap was sprung at 6:0l n.
m. He was declared dead at 6:20
II. IN,
The scaffold was constructed in
a secluded corner of the prison
yard, out of sight of other prison
crs. Hidden machine guns were
trained on the surrounding cell
houses from turretS around the
yard.
Panzran was hanged for the fatal
clubbing of Robert Warnkc, prison
laundry .orcman Pan2ran killed
Wanke after the latter reprimand
ed him for an infraction of prison
rules.
He had demanded the death pen
atty or freedom SO that he might
Grid the world of humankind. \
federal jury, acting, ON CRIME
committed ON government property,
gave him death despite Kansas laws
in antipathy to capital punishment
Panzran spumcd religious solae
IN his last hours. Instead he read
"to be continued" stories in women'S 5
magazines. His only regret was
that he could not finish the yarns.
Pan2ran claimed to have slain be,
tween u and - persons IN a''
PARTS of the world. He said he
once took eight men out for boat
ride and capsized to watch them
struggle as they drowned. HIS
claims were unverifi"d.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-09-05

CHICAGO, Sept. 5. U.P>-Lu-
ellie Wilkinson, pretty, II, and
an athlete, was under arrest to-
day while officers sought the
youth whom she said she loved
so much she was willing to help
him kill a chief of police to OBJ
tain money for a marriage Ii
cense.
The intended victim. Police
Chief A. A. Terry, of Midlo-
THAN, friend of both the girl
and her fiance, owed his exist
ence to the fact that he fell
down at psychological mo-
ment.
Miss Wilkinson and Emil
Kieckner, 10, lured Terry to
swampy, lonely region by tell
ink him they had seen man
there who was either dead or
unconscious. AS Terry stepped
from car. his foot slipped and
he fell, thereby escaping a blow
which Kieckner had aimed at
the back of his head with a
heavy club. The officer fired
four shots at kieckner as tho
youth fled.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-09-05
FAILS
TO HALT BAN ON
COUNTY'S MILK
San Diego Council Passes
Ordinance Despite Val
ley's Plea.

Despite the pleas Of large dele
CATION OF Imperial Valley men,
headed by Herbert w. Fawcctt,
mayor of FL Centre, Leo S. Watts,
secretary of the Calexico Chamber
Of Commerce; Robert Hays, mana
ger of the FL Centro Chamber OF
Commerce; Earl V. Northrop, and
Herman G. ;5wink Of tn" Imperial
County Farm bureau; +. ". Lott,
president Of the California Dairy
council and manager Of The Impe-
rial VALLEY Milk Producers; =. D.,
Barrett, George IlornbecK, Pau
Bradshaw and w. NJ. Paine, the San
Diego city council finally passed
the proposed dairy ordinance, which
has as its prime objective <hc bar
ring OF Imperial Valley milk from
entry into trade channels in the
City Of SAN Diego.
Supporting these men wer' W. W.
Montague, a. W. Bunte. Il. II. Cary
and Jack Polzinc, representing the
creamery interests OF Imperial TaI-
ley James II. Mitchell, city a;tor-
ncy of Burbank, and recognized
state authority ON municipal ora.
nanccs. acted as counsel for the I'm
pcriai Valley delegation and made
Il stirring plea before the courcIi
OF San Diego, supporting his con
tentions with an eighteen pag"
brief pointing out the defects IN
the ordinance to the council ana
urging that it was obviously III
tended not as a health measure, hut
merely to exclude Imperial Valley :
milk from the San Diego market
and to give the local dairyncn of
the coast city monopoly.
Under the ordinance Hs passed
and signed by Mayor Clark. impc-
rial Valley cream is not barred from
entry into San Diego provided Ger
tain notifications are m1dc i'll tic
dairies and in the ,.rnamericS sup
plyine San Diego with this product.
However, the embargp against I'm
pcria1 county milk comes as bit
ter blow Ia every person IN lmpc-
rial county.
Must Be Grade "A
Under the ordinance as adopted
all whole milk, skim milk or raW
Imperial Valley press., 1930-09-05
French Flyer
Sets New Mark

LFBOURGET AIRPORT, Franco,
Sept. :. up Paul Laulh@, French
aviator, established a world 5 light
airplane distance record over a
closed circuit when Ire landed at S;it
a. m. today after flying % hours
and II minutes and covering a dis
taucc of 2,7l4 kilomctcrS.
The previous record of 2.5ll kilo-
meters was held by the Czccho-Slo-
cak. flyer. Nicmek.
Light airplanes are classcd at 500
pounds or less.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-09-05
SUPERVISORS OF
STATE ATTEND
ANNUAL FAIR

SACRAMENTO, Calf, Sept. >.
U.Rl-With COUNT supervisors FROM
all sections of the state in attend
ance. California : seventy sixth an
nual state fair today celebrated its
supervisors day, Oregon day, Hi
wants day and North Counties day.
Outstanding events on the pro
gram included luncheon of super-
visors in the Agricultural Building,
a six hour demonstration staged by
members OF the state wide Al
clubs and the Oregon and kiwan;s
clubs dinners.
\ spectacular exhibition of % ril-
ing horses from the Marco II. He'll
man stable of Los Angeles featured
last night s horse show. Together
with their silver mouthcd equip.
ment, the horses are valued at $780,
000.
Stakes awarded at the horse show
last night totaled $i,5O0. In the
musical chair event for children un-
der II years, Hank McFarlarc of
Las Vegas, \. NJ, won first place.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-09-05
Officer Slain
In Liquor Raid

SANDUSKY, ILL.,, Sept. ). (U.H-
Herbert Coryell, deputy sheriff
was shot to death and Buck Bryant.
lS-year-old bootlegger was wounded
when officers raided still here
last night.
Bryant and another man, believed
to have been rum running, fired on
CGrycll and Clarence Brown. consta
hie, as they sought to force their
way into "A house where the still was
in operation. The officers returned
the fire.
Both men in the house escaped
but Bryant was arrested at his
hCme later. The second man also
was believed wounded but had not
been captured today. The still was
confiScated
Imperial Valley press., 1930-09-05
Heavy Sentence In
WestmOrland Case

NJ. ID. Balfour, 80, of Wcstmor-
land began serving "A l67 day sen
tence in the county jail this morn
ing, when he was unable to pay a
fine assessed him by Judge Cook
OF the Westmorland justice court,
where he was found guilty of pos
sessing homebrcw.
Antonio Garcia, %, who has
three times been deported by fcder-
al authorities for illegal entry into
the United States, is being held on
the charge again. He is said to
have entered the L. :. near Ajo,
Ariz., and will he returned to Tue
son for trial in the federal court
there.
Shaffic Kiralla. -, Syrian, com
pletod IA 20 day jail sentence this
morning, and will be taken to Ca
leXico this afternoon for deporta-
tion to Mexico.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-09-05
BOOtlegger Gets
Severe Penalty

George y. Coarse, -, Of this city,
a negro, was sentenced to serve 200
days in Jail or pay fine of $3.50,
within two hours after his arrest
this morning by city officers on a
charge Of possessing homebrew. He
appeared before Judge |, Mayfield
conducting police court in the alb
sence of Judge X. Il, Perkins who
is in San Diego on vacation. 10
was the second time Coarse has been
i'm police court on possession
charge in the past 80 days.
The local department following
up this month with their drive
against bootleggers which was
started in August and resulted IN
the arrest aud conviction ~ ~
liquor law vioators. during that
month, plan TO rid the city of the
hootlegging element within the next
few months,
Imperial Valley press., 1930-09-05
By FRANCISCO ESCOVAR
United Press Staff Correspondent

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican
Republic, Sept. ). WH-Santo Do
mingo, transformed suddenly from a
peaceful tropical capital into city
of ruin and death by disastrous
hurricane. frantically besought aid
from the outside world today.
Eight hundred dead have been
counted, Officials said, by rescuers
searching the ruins of the city. a
thousand more are believed injured.
Throughout the once picturesque
capital, which boasted of being the
oldest seat of the white race in the
New World, are scenes of desolation
and intense suffering.
The hurricane which lashed the
city with its greatest fury Wednes.
day, all but obliterated Santo Do
mingo. Today 10000 to 100000 per-
sons were homeless and the whole
population in 'direst need of food
and medical supplies. Martial law
prevailed.
Santo Domingo expected first re.
lief to appear from the skies
Continued on page six)
Imperial Valley press., 1930-09-05
JURY DECLARES
FLINT'S SLAYER
IS NOT INSANE
keatOn Faces Death OK
Life Imprisonment rs
Judge Decides.

Los ANGELES, Sept. ). U.P;--
Frank d. Kcatou, admitted slayer
of Motley Flint. banker, today was
found sane by jury of six men and
six women.
Since Keaton, through his plea OF
not guilty by reason of insanity,
confessed the killing, he faces either
the death penalty or life imprison,
mcnt.
The decision of the severity of the
punishment lies with Superior Judge
+. Rey Schauer, trial .iurist, who
will pass sentence September 10.
Keaton, an Inglewood real estate
dealer, took the verdict calmly al
though three extra baliffs were az
his side, anticipating an outbreak
similar to the one he made yesterday
during closing arguments.
The case was gwen to the jury at
$40 p. m. yesterday after evidence
pertaining only TO Keaton 5 sanity
was presented.
The foreman Of the jury, Lloyd :.
Wyatt, declined to state how many
ballots were taken before the verdict
was reached.
Flint, one of southern California
most prominent bankers and Il brotn-
er of the late United States Senator
Frank Flint, was shot to death as
he walked from the witness stand
at trial in the court OF Superior
Judge Collier last July.
Three bullets, any Of which would
have caused death, struck the finan.
cier high in the body.
Keaton was arrested in the court
room and claimed his act was pre-
cipitated by losses III stocks. He
blamed the banker for these losses.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-09-05
Fl VI: RS
ON Way
TO EAST
COste And BellOnte Take
Off From Dallas En-
route To Washington.
PLAN GOODWILL HOP
French AviatOrs Hope To
Follow Lindbergh Trip
About Country.

DALLAS, Tex. Sept. ). UP
Dieudonnc Costc and Maurice Bel
lontc waved farewell TO Il mad!v
cheering group ut Love Field here
today and roarcd into the air for a
return flight to the eastern scaboard.
Their Scsqui plane Question Mark,
which has been IN the air with but
brief pauscs since last Monday, rose
gracefully over the field at l2:32
y. M, CST.
Tie flyers, VIII, have put approx
m;tely $500 miles behind them since
thcir departure from Paris for New
York, planned to break their Jour
ncv at Louisvill, for much needed
rest tonight.
They viii continue to Washington
Saturday for u luncheon with Presi-
dent Hoover, Rene Rccova, thci.
manager, said.
! reception was TO Toe held in their
honor at the capital Monday.
The Question Mark was wheeled
from its hangar at $3.50 Il. III
Coste and Bcllourc adopted a
lriSurely attitude today, postponing
their departure which at first was
scheduled for : a. IN. They ate II
hearty breakfast at their hotel and
arrived at the airport in high spirits
shortly after 10 o'clock.
Caste and Bcllontc went over
their plane carefully, tugging at
stay, and inspecting controls, be
fore they climbed in for the take
off.
Airport officials estimated it
would require six hours for the
Question Mark to reach Louisville
and it was not expected to land un.
Lii dusk.