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The Washington times., 1930-03-14
ALPHoNso M. CHEvALTER

Funeral services viii be held to-
morrow morning at the Shrine
of the Sacred Heart, where mass
will be said at 9 o'clock for
Alphonso M. Chevalier, 70, 1903
Thirty-seventh st. N. W., who
died wednesday at the Stanton
Park Hospital. Interment, will be
in st. Mary'S Cemetery.
Chevalier was q prominent
member of the French colony in
Washington and had lived in the
United States for SO years. He
had been i'll for the last four
months.
Surviving him are three daugh-
ters, and two sons; Mrs. Charles
Winters, Miss Josephine Chevalier
and Mrs. Harry Diehl, and John
c.. Chevalier, manager Of the
Palace Laundry, and David
Chevalier.
Gertrude I. Wilson. 81 years. 1915
Randolph st. N. =.
George ". Wood. IS yearG aa2S
Laura B. Crawford. II ysarA 411s
Seventh st. N. W.
Martin Donovan. 80 yearA I'LL
Four-aud- -a-Half St. s. ".
Adelaide Graham. 50 years. allinSa:
Hospital.
Catherine Murray. - ysar& George
town Hospital
: Mary Fling. ss years. st. EllsaSsths
Hospital
Helen Hennars. - ysaEs. sfbisy Hos
!. infant Of william r. ana ,Josspaaps
Farrell. days. sY7 Fourth ct n: e:
John HilL 80 years. .oallinSer HOS
Phoebe s. Elliott. So. ysarG 81 Il St.
Grant wimberlsH IS years. GaniuEer
Hospital. 81
Laura RrOysr. IS ysarn aaIlinx.r
Hospital.
Fred W. Brown. 81 years. aaHinEsr
Hospital.
John Swami. IS years. Frssdmeu'
Hospital. 4%4
Infant of Alfred ana Ruby TayIo-, /,
days. Freedmen's Hospital
Infant OF William and Anna Young
hours. Gallinger Hospital
Infant OF James and Lillian Scott ]
hour. Gallinger Hospital
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Death NOTICES
DEATHS

BRADLEY. R0BERT EDM0HD-Psssed
uIv.y away Isgpddefnalgs faso on pThsgrsdsy E 4SE9i7g
BRAbLEY. the brother Of he late 1ndrsN
G. Bradley. Justice Of the Supreme, Conrt
Of the District Of Columbia. ne is sur:
Washington. ID. c.. and two sisters Miss
Henrietta O. Bradley and Miss Catherine
Bradley. Of 1929 n s.. y. ".
his late residepce. 1722 n 50, n. W., op
Saturday Afternoon. March Is. at 2;3O
o'clock. Lnterulent win follow In Oak
BUssTNK, MARY DELORE6-0n Friday,
March IA, 1890 infant daughter Of
Gregory and Lillian Bussink
n ~ Saturday. March Is, 1880. AZ B
p. nj. .Intermeht. Mt. oliyet Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-30

Sir Ronald Lindsay, the new
British Ambassador, as he
called at the White House to
present his credentials to Presi-
dent Hoover. He is accom-
panied by Francis White of the
State Department. Q p & a. Photos
Imperial Valley press., 1930-10-07
W. {. 7. u. IN
STATE MEETING
AT SANTA ANA

SANTA ANA, Calf, Oct. :. UR)
The 18th annual convention of the
California Women : Temperance
Union opened here today with more
tlan loo members from all parts
IF the state registered for the four.
day couclavc.
Sometime during the convention
the organization viii settle its chict
issue. selection of either Milton X.
Young, Democratic nominee, o.
Mayor James RoPh, Republican
choice, for its support in the No
vcmbcr gubcrna.orial balloting.
State President Eva G.. Whecleg
was to deliver the principal address
of the day. Among other prominent
speakers for the week were Prcsi,
dent Il. 3. Won NlcinSmid OF the
University of Southern California.
aad Chester RoWell, California news.
raper publisher.
The convention viii close Friday
night with public banquet, with
j. Frank Burke. editor of the Santa
Ana Register, as TIA" leading spcaker,
Imperial Valley press., 1930-10-07
ENTIRE VALLEY
URGED TO GREET
NEXT GOVERNOR

Leaving the valley today. l. 4.
Thomas. ri Centre contractor, who
directed the Rolph for governor
campaign in Imperial county, will
meet Mayor Rolph and his party
1T Long Beach tomorrow.
All arrangements for the big cclc.
bration in valley towns tomorrow
are completed, Thomas announced,
and indications are that there will
be huge turnout of valley folks
at the public meeting in the city
park tomorrow evening at $50.
Mayor Rolph and Congressman
Phil Swing, will be the guests Of
honor throughout the tour of the
valley. They will appear at the
city park meeting and will give ad-
dresses.
General Arturo Bcrnal, new gov.
crnor OF the Northern District, ia. ia
California, today accepted Mayor
Fawcctt \ invitation to attend the
meeting and banquet here tomor-
row night, In addition there will
hC number Of state aSsrmb,ymcn
and senators, who are accompanying
Mayor Rolph on his trip.
Preceding the gathering in the
park, the visitors arc scheduled to
make an extensive airplanc trip
over the valley, aboard a tri.motor-
ed plane. On Thursday Mayor
Rolph, accompanied by engineers
and others familiar with the devcl
opmcnt plans on the Colorado, are
TO start on their aerial trip down
into Mexico to the delta region of
the river, then to swing north and
10 traverse the entire lower river
basin up to Boulder and Black can
Yous.
Congressman Swing. go author
with Senator Hiram johnson of the
Boulder dam. All-American canal
legislation, is to make the entire
trip.
Thomas again urged that every
resident of the valley attend the
meeting in the city park tomorrow
evening. Imperial Valley will
figure largely in legislative activi-
ty in Sacramento in the next three
or four years. and it is significant
that the next governor is taking
this opportunity to get first hand
information regarding our water
situation, declared Thomas. 'Our
people win certainly show Their APP
probation by giving him and his
party the most cordial of wei.
comes.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-10-07
BRAZIL 5
RESERVES
MOBILIZE
Huge Army Called Into
Action To Aid In Sup
pressing Rebellion.
BATTLES EXPECTED
Government RequisitiOns
All Food Supplies And
Names Controller.
Copyright 1880 BY United Press

Copyright 1880 BY United Press
RIO DE iANEiRO, Oct. !. (U.P)
Mobilization of army and navy re-
serves totaling i20 600 men was an
rounccd Officially today by the gov
Inmcnt in lis GfIvc against revo,
lutionary forces in Rio Grandc Do
Sui and other states.
One hundtcl thousand men will
hc put in TO the field Immediately
and the remainder viii be held in
reserve, the announcement said.
Tho government announcement
said 10 military classes Of reserves
would hc mobilized. Each class
will I've called frou men between
81 aud 81 years old and It was cs,
timatcd that eara class WOULD num-
hcr 10000 men. \ presidential dc.
crcc calling out reserves in two cat.
cgorics previously had beer puhiish
cd.
Officials said Tia. reserve corps
airc?dy had mohiii.'cd Voluntarily
n interior provinces before !hc ac-
;ual orders were dispatched.
Scmi.official adviccs said order
'Au hcch FfHl3fed III Tug N'd'cH ol
Pcrnambuco Gin northeastern Prazil
where the powerful radio stations
?re located. Rio Grandc Do Norte.
tnorth Of Pernambuco), Para, Con
the north coast at the mouth o. the
Amazon river and Parma. tThe
state of Parana, south of So Paulo,
has been the ccutcr Of rebel con.
ccrtratior in frontier adviccS). Fed
cral troops were said to be In con.
troll Of The situation in the above
named states.
Reports that the governor OF
rcrnambuco had been oustcd were
denied by an official statement
which said lac was supported by
',dcral forces in an interior town.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-10-07
HOME
TAKES ANOTHER
STEP FORW Ard

Definite steps toward obtaining a
COUNT detention home for juveniles
were taken ut yesterday afternoons
session of the board of supervisor"
when authority WAS granted for the
purchase Of the block in Imperial
owned by the Imperial grammar
school district.
y building located on the land
vas included in the purchase. The
piice quoted on the property i
s1000.
Establishment of dotcntion
home in imperial county has been
rudcr discussion tor several years
and has been actively urged by Of
ticials and civic organizations.
4 petition for the formation of
a public utility district in Wcstmor-
land was considered at the meeting
Yesterday afternoon. The clerk was
instructed To check the number of
signatures on the petition, and if the
proper number of registered voters
had signed it, 10 bring it up for
bearing at Il later meeting. Pcti.
fionors wished to incorporate Ncs;-
\ resolution was adopted authoriz-
ING the use Of any count cquip-
ment on any county project. The
county surveyor was instructed 20
survey certain lands in the town-
ship of INLAND for road purposes. y
pctition filed by L. p. Allen asking
the sale Of certain piece of land
was granted.
Routine business took up most OF
this morning : session of the board.
school trustees, a delegation Of
owners. and the board dis
russcd the paving Of Broadway, and
die board adopted = resolution cX-
their willingness to parti-
cipatc if available funds can be
found,
Other business was OF Il routine
nature.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-10-07
POWER COMPANY
May WIN BID ON
DAM CONTRACT

4 Los Angeles radio concern ye,
tcrdav announced that il had secured
the information from the Depart.
ment of the Interior in Washington
that the SouthclV Sicrras Power
Company is the lowest bidder to fW
rish the electric power for the con-
struction of Boulder Canyon dam.
L. 0. Dolson, general manager ot
the power company. states that the
company has not rs vet been Off
cialv notified that its bid is the
lowest. He also stated that the GOV
crnmcnt may decide to build its own
power plant and furnish It's o"n
power for the construction of tive
dam. However, he added, that i.
the company does secure the con
tract, the construction of line
from San Hcmardiuo to the dar
site will cost 81 100000. Contruc-
ton viii begin by the first of 1881
and 250 mcn will he employed,
"Our service is nearer to the pre-.
posed dam than that Of any other of
the MAJOR e'2ctl;c power COM
panics, - stated polSon, "Thc large
sources of both fydro and steam
power available 10 the Southern
SicrraS Power Company and its
llantS and through interronncctjonr
with the other great utility COM
panics of Southern California, maxi
this an ideal source of primary
power.
five secure the contract the pow
or will be sunpird over a transmits
sion line from the company 5 lo"d
center at san Bcrnardino, a distanc"
of about 80 miles. The line VIII
hr constructed for $4,000 volts hut
operated through the period of s2rv-
ice to the dam a. $4,000 volts. Tn"
type of construction will DEPEND ia
some measure on availability of ma.
tcrials since time is Of vital impor
tancc.
Plans are being made for camps
and transportation, RECONNAISSANCE
surveys are already in progress to
determine the MOST advantageous
route, and work VIII be started after
the contract is Si!ncd, as soon a.
material deliveries warrant. An i'm
portant factor Involved is that this
new line will be available for - re
turn OF power to Southern Calit< Nla
from Boulder Dam after the con
struction of power plants at the dHm
and the manufacture of poW"r
there.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-10-07
Convicts Escape
From Road Camp

san QUENTIN STATE rHtS-
ON. Calif.. Oct. :. U.0-Two CON
victS. members of 4 prison road
gang, who escaped yesterday when
they stole ar automohilc near herc,
were hcing sought by authorities to-
day.
Posses of S#n Quentin guards,
sheriffs and police patrollcd thr
highways looking for G.. W. Kidd,
-, from Sutter county, and Wilmer
Spivcy. -. Los Angeles, each con
vctcd of burglary. Kidd. who wa,
awaiting parole granted last Aug
uot, was serving two five year tcrms
and SpiNcy two terms of six wears
Opporf funity for the break oc-
CURED when the two became sopar-
atcd from the main crew.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-10-07
PAIR SENTENCED
TO LIFE TERMS
IN DEATH CASE

REDWOOD err, CaliF.. Oct. :
W,P: Life impriSonmcnt today
faced Mrs. Minnie Rodcrick and Will
Woodring. found guilty here by a
Jury of the recent death of the WON
au's husband, Frank Roderick, La
Honda ranrhcr, whose body WAS
found at the hpttom of an abandoned
well.
Under the law. Judge Georgo
Buck. in passing sentence. must fol
low the jury : recommendation that
The two spend their remaining days
in san Quentin,
Although Woodrirg, Il ranch hand
beard the verdict stoically Wild
scenes of grief were demonstrated
hV the relatives rt Mrs Rnderiei;.
Mrs. Antonio Fayalc, hcr mothe,,
hurst into lyStcrjcS and fled the
court room, while Miss Mary faya!e,
y sister tainted.
Mrs. Hoderick horc up under the
strain calmly until prosecution at.
torncyS claimed the reason for the
shaving was IAN Illicit love affair y
and then she started to sob.
Each of tia" defendants accused
the other of the killing during the
lengthy trial
Although for the first Time in the
history of san Mltco County a jury
had the power e. bring the death
penalty for u woman, District At'or.
ncy Franklin Swart made no su'h
demand in his closing argument
Imperial Valley press., 1930-10-07
FAIR HARVARD NOT TO BE
TREATED AS STEIN SONG

abco,utely in Z class by itself
Ter unparalleled asininity,
It refused Rudy Val!ec s of
fer 'to raise Harvard to the
basis Of the Stein Song. -
Concerning the Rogers incident,
it said that from purely altru-
istic motives, 2 young man came
cut Of the west and offered to
h-andish the baton Ior the uni
vcrsity band
IN conclusion, the editorial
caid: THE spectacle Of Ameri-
cas- sweetheart cavorting az
the head of the Harvard band in
every movie theater and Fair
Harvard crooned and :noaned
70 the accompaniment of the
saXaphore s bleat il every radio
is overpowering; one cannot
help but feel the giddiness at
such prospect, and perhaps un-
Ger the circumstances the less
said about the inefficiency of
the publicity department the
better
Imperial Valley press., 1930-10-07
CHICAGO MAYORS
WIFE VICTIM OF
DARING HOLD-UP

CHICAGO, Oct. :. (U.P;-Mrs. vii.
liam Hale Thompson, wife Of Chi
cago's mayor, was in a hyStcrical
condition today after three bandits
held her up, Sluggcd her policcmac
chauffeur and escaped with valuable
iewelry.
Mrs. Thompson. forced from her
automobile in front of her home
after attending thcatcr. tainted
as the bandits, who had threatened
to Kill Policeman Peter j. 'MalicY,
her chauffeur. drove away win
O'Mally in pursuit.
The bandits took from Mrs.
Thompson a siN-earat diamond ring
said to be worth $4,000, bracelet
set with diamonds valued at $4,000.
Il diamond pin, a brooch containing
l40 small stones valued at $4,000.
?nd an undetermined amount -
money. Her total loss was Thought
TO exceed $4,000. They also too6
O 'Mallev'S S badge and gun.
Hundreds of automobiles wero
speeding past on the Sheridan road
less than block away, when the
bandits ear drew alongside Mrs,
Thompson 5 machine Just as Mai.
ley was opening the door for Mrs.
Thompson to alight.
\ blow with the butt Of a gun
dropped O'Mallcy to the ground.
Two OF the bandits escorted Mrs.
Thompson to a side entrance of the
apartment building and took her
.icwclry. The third searched O'Mal
ley. who recovered quickly and
pleaded for his life with the robbee.
upon discovering the officers star,
remarked: $50. YOU re copper, eh
| ought to give YOU the works,
While the bandit was debating
whether TO shoot O'Mallcy, his tive
companions called to him to hurry.
He pockctcd his own gun aut
started to run, til n turned, ran back
and demanded of the officer whore
his police pistol was. The gun wa
in Mrs. Thompson 5 ear. The ban
dit took it.
The robbers iumued into their ma
chine and left. O'Mallcy in pursuit
As they drove away Mrs. Thompson
dropped to the sidewalk, whore resi-.
uentS of the apartment building
round her few minutes latcf.
o Malley lost the trail Of the bandit
automobile after chasing it several
miles.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-10-07

critics were able to meet tn" stu
alton without difficulty; hut nnfor,
tunatelv one student WAS killed
the victim Of malicious prop&ga anda
and the rashness of youth.
There arc three leading parties in
Cuba-the Liberal, existent since
the establishment of the Replblie;
tie Conservative, organized during
the second intervention OF the Unit
Cd States in 1906, and the Popular,
organized during the administration
If General Mario Monocl, in 1919.
These parties, with few cXcep-
tions, comprise all the voters cf
Cuba. It will be noted, also that
my administration did not take part
in their establishment
The three parties in 1928, after
mature deliberations and with the
cooperation OF iurists of world wide
renown, amended the constitution.
\ referendum of voters approved
the amendment. Then elections
we're held Nov. |. 1928.
Was Lone Candidate
me lIIcc parties uecluCQ aga
to cooperate for the benefit Of the
nation, and with the purpose of
avoiding bitter political struggle
determined to have one candidate
for the presidcney-a national can
didatc, without opposition. They
nominated me as the candidate of
all parties, an honor which | accept
cd rs testimonial that my sincere
aud constant efforts toward the
progress and Improvement of coEdi-
tions in my country had been ap-
prcciatcd, and that was support
ca hv all in my work of giving Cuba
It solid, honest and capable public
administration and place of homer
among the nations Of the world.
Now. the constitution clearly di-
rscts the time and mode Of elections
Of the congress, The date for the
"cNt election Of senate and house Of
representatives is November |.
Both houScS must by law take office
on the first Monday in April, l93l.
Continued on page s.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-10-07
SMUGCLER AT
BORDER KILLED
BY CUSTOMS MAN
Ben Reed Shot While At
tempting To Escape Af-
ter Being Challenged.

Shot when he made sudden dash
10 dispose of liquor he was bringing
across the international line, Ben
Reed, colored, was killed last night
by United States custom officials.
Lee Echols, son Of Chief of Police
Guy Echols OF CalcXico, fired the
shot that killed Reed. According to
the officer, the killing was purely
accidental.
Reed WAS proprietor Of road
house 80 feet from the canal that
marks the international boundary
south of CalcXico. He had built =
l2inch plank bridge across the canal
and brought liquor across the line
in small lots, according to the Off
GERS.
Echols and ChaIlcs johnson, also
q customs officer, suspected Reed Of
smuggling, and last night laid In
wait for him. They saw him eress
the bridge. and come back with Il
sack full of liquor. When they
shouted, Reed turned and dashed fo:
the canal, presumably to throw th2
liquor in it,
Echols fired into the air, but al
that instant Reed dashed up the
steep bank of the canal, and received
the bullet He pitched forward into
the canal with the liquor.
The officers phcncd to have the
water in the canal cut off, and re-
covered the body, the sack of liquor
and gun Reed had carried.
Deputy sheriffs had known for
some time of the Illicit liquor traffic
Of the road house, but were waiting
I before raiding the house in the hope
that customs Officers could catch
| Reed in the act of smuggling.
\ queer incident in connection
with the shooting was that Lola Col,
Inns, Theodore Villa, Maude Villa
Henry Thomas and Bud Adams, AL
colored, who participated in a week,
end automobile accident, had just
left the road house when the wreck
occurred The Collins woman was
released from the county Jail 'odaN
after being held last night when she
Dattled attaches Of the FL Centre
hospital, where she had been taken.
The road house is at what is
known as stevens Beach.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-10-07

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Oct. 7.
UP Hollywood, as well as
Broadway, has sought and been
refused permission to inject
dash of Harvard atmosphere in
to it's product.
After denying Rudy Vanec
the privileee of grooming the
Crimson AMI the Fair Har-
ward - over the radio. the Har-
vard University publicity bureau
vetoed he request that Charles
Buddy'' Rogers, film star. BE-
allowed to lead the Harvard
University bard in a talking
picture sequence st Sande's S
theater, where Harvard grads
receive their diplomas.
The Harvard Crimson. Uni
vccsity daily, in an editorial ell
titled Lilies o. the Vallee, -
said concerning the matter that
the college publicity bureau
had passed up two golden op-
portmities 10 put the university
Imperial Valley press., 1930-10-07
/ OVER
ATTACKS
RADICALS
Kings Mountain Speech
Is Defense Of The Spir-
it Of America
CRIME is DEPLORED
Benefits And Duties OF
Citizenship Stressed BY
President.
By PAUL r. MALLON
United Pres staff Correspondent

KINGS MOUNTAIN, S. e., Oct.
:. UP,-Here in the heart of the
southern textile region, disturbed re-
Gently by labor troubles and Com
munist disorders, President Hoover
tcdav denounced Socialism y and
its violent brother, Communism.
Twenty-Five miles from the spot
on which the President stood to COM
memoratc the 150th anniversary OK
the Battle of Kings Mountain Is
GaStonia. y. C., where two were
killed in labor trouble last year. \
little further away is Marion, where
seven strikers were murdered ana
- wounded. Only last week at Dan
vile. Ga. in this same mountain in
dustrial region cotton mill strike
occurred.
Mr.. Hoover lief; his train at Kings
Mountain. y. G.. and motored across
the state line to the site of the bat
tie monument
Mr.. Hoover championcd what he
called "the spirit of America, " its
ideals and its Constitution, which,
he assured the large crowd gathered
on this revolutionary battle-ground,
had brought more happiness to it,
citizens than any government in the
history of the world.
eve must keep corruptivc influ-
cnces from the nation and its ideals
as we would keep them from our
homes,' he said
Socialism or its violent brother
Bolshevism, would compel all the
runners 70 end the race equally; it
would hold the swiftest to the speed
of the most backward Anarchy
would provide neither training nor
umpire. Despotism or class govern
ment picks those who run and also
those who win.
Defends Religion
Whatever the merits or dement's
of these other systems may be, they
all mean the destruction of the drir-
ing force OF equal opportunity. and
they mean the destruction of our
Constitution, for cur political frame
work would serve none of them and
many of its fundamental provisions
are ncgation of them.
"Thev mean the abandonment OF
the nations spiritual heritage.
cit is significant that some of
these systems deny religion and seek
to expcl il, | cannot conceive of a
wholesome social order or a sound
economic system that does not have
its roots in religious faith.
ono blind materialism can foT
long engage the loyalties of man
kind. >
Hailing the spirit Of the revolu-
tionarv heroes who defeated the
British on these mountain plains IN
their fight for freedom, and recon-
mending that the American citizenry
tight on for these principles, the
Executive continued:
Crime and isebediencc arc tho
very incarnation of destruction Is
system whose basis is law. Botn
Pacifism and militarism court dan
gers from abroad, the one by promot
ing weakness, the other by promot
ing arrogance, Failure of many OF
our citiZcus to express their opinions
ut the ballot box is at once their
abandonment of the whole basis of
self governments Manipulation of
the ballot is denial of government