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Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-23
Power Co. Seeks
Rate Revision

Los ANGELES, May %. (U,D -
An application for the revision o.
the retail electric rates of the
Southern sierras Power company ii
seven southern California counties
was taken under submission by The
STATE railroad commission after
tref hearing today.
A Joint report, covering matter OF
valuation, depreciation, operating
expenses and revenues, was submit
ca by engineers of the company, The
California farm bureau federation
ana railroad commission engineers,
because of the great agricultural
use OF the utility's power in the
couhties Of Pomona, Inyo, X crn'
7an'n barbara, San Bcnardino, I'M
p,rlai and Riverside, the California
iarn. !. bureau federation interested
itSeii IN the ease, seeking down
Ward revision of the company s
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Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-23
FORMER CONVICT
TO BE CHARGED
WITH SLAYINC

san RAFAEL, Calf, May %.
U.H - Vincent Lucich, exconvict,
gangster and admitted killer, will
be charged with first degree MUIR
der in connection with the Staying
OF NJ. G.. Stutevant, government
liquor trial witness.
Lucich was in the San Rafael
Jail after surrendering to San Fran
cisco police and admitting that he
fired the shots that killed Sturte
want and perhaps fatally wounded
the latter's alleged paramour, Mrs.
Grace Berri. The shooting took
place on a lonely road near here.
Lucich telephoned authorities of
his whereabouts shortly after a jury
on the liquor trial, hopelessly dead
locked, had been discharged by
Federal Judge Frank Kerrigan of
San Francisco.
at was Sturtevant or me-" he de-
clared. "They both attacked me-
| shot at Mrs. Berri to frighten
her away, and didn't know unit
later that she was hit"
United States Attorney George
Hatfield declared there would be
an immediate retrial of the nine de-
PENDANTS in the liquor case result
| ing from raid on the ranch of
Arnold Berri, husband of Mrs. Ber
ri.
Mrs. Berri, in Il hospital at Peta
luna was still in a serious condi
ton with bullet through hel
lung and shoulder. According t,
her story Lucich, Il friend of Sturt'
evant's asked them to go for 4
ride with him last Wednesday,
When they arrived at lonely
stretch of the road he suddenly OPP
ened fire from the back seat, she
said.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-23
Says Salesman
Chief Essential
In Foreign Trade

Los ANGELES, May %. W.D-
The American commercial traveller
known as travelling salesman in
days prior to the area of big bus
iness-was held up today before
2000 of the nations leading indus.
trialists as the prime essential of
success in foreign trading.
The men who represent Ameri'
can business i'll the outposts of
world commerce gained recogni'
tion in the address of William l..
Cooper, director of the Bureau OF
Foreign and Domestic Commerce,
Washington, ID. c., which opened
today's session of the 18th National
Trade Council convention here.
"No company can expect to be
successful in exporting without
good representation abroad" Coop
er declared, "and at u recent meet
ing with commercial attaches and
trade commissioners in South Am
erica, it was unanimously agreed
that America's commercial travellers
and resident representatives are
usually more capable than those
from any other country"
Cooper defended the policy OF
some firms in sending abroad
representative who are not Amer
! leans.
81 believe American firms doing
business in foreign lands should be
represented by one of our citizens
wherever possible, in executive ca
I pacities. 1t has been shown how
ever, that the bulk of forelgi
staff can be recruited locally"
The high pressure salesman whC
puts things across in big way II
America, generally is not a success
in another country, Cooper de
clared.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-23
APPROVE APPROPRIATION FOR P. 0. SITE
1T..r1 nf pnu.4o n:a4 c4 y.
NAVAJO INDIANS STAGING OLD
CEREMONY TO CURE SICK MAN

ing of war drums and TOM
toms could be heard as the
chant to free Hosteen Of the
devils began.
At sunrise this morning, the
tired host lay motionless about
the smoldering camp fires for
a few hours of rest, befo.e
starting the trek 10 Tie river
crossing.
Hosteen Chisy Yazzis Began
(Iittle Rough Mans SOM to-
night will lead the ceremonies
at Rock Crossing. Squaws,
gaily attired, take the leading
Part. After fires are kindled
and the host Of singers chant
ing songs, the stolidid Indian
women chose their partners
among the waiting bucks.
The dancers will then maks
their way along the winding
desert trails to this post-the
home of the pain-racked Dohi-
for the last rites Saturday
night.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-23
Extra Session
Threat Is Made

WASHINGTON, May %. U,H-
President Hoover announced today
that if the senate failed at the
present session to ratify the London
naval treaty he would call an extra
session of the senate Immediately
to obtain ratification.
The President said:
at is my understanding that
the advocates of the naval treaty
are earnestly striving for action in
the present session. If it proves
impossible to complete it at the
regular session l shall call n spe-
cial session of the senate immedi'
ately following the regular session
! to deal with the question.
"The leaders in the senate have
been consulted and are in agree
ment with this program"
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-23
Stays Three And
Ends Own Life

WILKES-BARRE, Pa, May 23.
UP)-Ernest l.. Snyder, 60, wealthy
fruit farmer of Harding, committed
suicide today after killing three
members of his family as they lay
asleep in bed, police reported.
The victims were Charles Shep.
herd, 35, Snydcr's son-in.law; Madge
Shepherd, 80, Snydcr's daughter
and the wife of Shepherd; and Ern-
est, 6, son of the couple. They were
found shot to death by a farm hand.
Snyder was discovered hanging
from the ceiling of the garage and
with bullet wound in his chest.
SNYDER is believed to have lost
heavily in the stock market.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-23
Army Mum On
Cadets Crash


RIVERSIDE, Calf, May %. U.p)
Pending complete investigation
army officials today refused to COM
nent upon the fatal crash which
ended the brief flying career OF
Lieutenant Harland II. Dekaye, 20,
a cadet killed on his first solo flight.
The young aviator plunged to his
death over Dry lake, when in an at
tempted forced landing, the training
plane went into a tail spin. Observ-
crs said motor trouble apparently
caused Dckaye to try for a landing.
lie was Que of i6 West Point grad
yates who came to March field last
October for their primary training
III aviation.
Funeral arrangements were held
2 for word from the flyers mother,
irs. w. ii. Gage, of Kenosha, Wis.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-23
BLACK CROW RECOVERING

Los ANGELES, NAY 70. IU.N T''-
George Moran Of the famous black.
faced comedy team, Moran and
Mack, was reported by hospital an
thorities to be resting comfortably
today after serious major opera.
tion, Tho operation was the second
within the past few months. II will
be several weeks, physicians said,
before the comedian will be able 10
resume his work in Hollywood.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-23
BY DENNIS LANDRY

by O6N MO LANOhx
United Press Staff Correspondent
LITTLE COLORADO TRAD
ING POST, CAMERON, Ariz.,
May 23.W.H-Mountcd OH swift
ponies or riding in buckboards,
hundreds Of Navajo Indians to-
day are making their way
across the desert from The Gap,
far to the southwest, to An
cient Rock Crossing on the Lit
tie Colorado, where the second
of the squaw dances takes place
tonight.
ALI last night, the dancers,
seeking to drive devils from the
body of Dohi Hosteen Very
Slow MANI, who lies i'll in his
hogan near this small trading
post, chanted and sang at The
Gap under direction of Hosteen
Shosh- Do Daodlanh (Man Who
Does Not Believe In The BARI
Led by this strange man,
who scoffs 1T the sacrcdness Of
Navajo bear claws. the boom
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-23
WHAT'S DOING
TONIGHT

TONIGHT
Roxin, Ell Centre, 8.
Recital, 8, Acaemy Of Music.
Junior Senior banquet, 7,
Barbara Worth.
Presbyterian picnic, $3.50,
city park.
Court of honor, 1880, Elk's
hall.
McCabe Eucalyptus farm
center, $3.50. Eucalyptus schoo.
Associated chambers of CON-
merce, 7, INLAND.
o. E. s. No. 276, 8, Masonic
Temple.
Mooseheart Legion. 8, Cali
fornia hotel.
Fox Impe a Theatre,
Caught Short"
TOMORROW
Story hour, 10:S0, city H.
rary.
Junior matinee, 215, Fox I'm
erial Theatre.
Christian church rummage
sale, Main street,
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-23
Even Chicago
Has a Heart

CHICAGO, May %. W.D-
Traffic ON Michigan boulevard
abruptly halted at the edge OF
Lincoln Park. No officer had
blown a whistle. No red light
had flashed a stop. Chauffeurs
grinned and bus riders craned
their necks. A mother goose
and her five little goslings wad-
died serenely across one of the
busiest streets in the world.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-23
KEEPING FAMILY TOGETHER

ROGERSVILLE, Mo, May %.
The Rev. A. II. Anderson, pastor Of
the Church of God here, performed
n ceremony yesterday which married
his father, James W. Anderson, 81,
to his mother-in-law, Mrs. Mary Su-
song, -.
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
Asylum RAIDER
FACED JAIL

NEW YORK, Dec. 6 QN.SO.
Matteawan's spectacular delivery
of six lunatics was engineered by
a former inmate who escaped
from the institution on the eve
of his being pronounced sane and
fit to face re-trial for robbery,
DR.. Raymond F. c. Kieb. super
intendent of the State hospital.
said today.
He explained:
civilian Nelson, who invaded
Mattewan with two gunmen,
had somehow learned that we
no longer considered him in.
sane. He knew what this meant
"a new hearing. and the posi-
SbiIity of a stiff prison sentence
in a penitentiary. Apparently
he missed the cOmradeShip Of
the men for whom he returned"
Today II armed guards thrown
about the hospital grounds in
preparation for the possible re-
appearance Of Nelson. Meanwhile
Rochester police were hunting for
Harry Gordon, the mad butcher" :"
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
DRY LAW FAILS,
WOMEN TOLD

Denouncing prohibition as a
failure and affirming that the
tide of prohibition hypocrisy and
barbarisrn is ebbing," speakers aC
a mass meeting held last night IN
the Masonic Auditorium under
the auspices of the local Women's s
Organization for National Prohib1-
tion Reform forecast the defeat OF
the drys in 1884. The meeting
was the largest anti-prohibit1on
demonstration held in Washing
ton.
denounced the legal poisoning Of
Government-controlled alcohol as
"substituting an immediate death
penalty for any sort Of trial by
Judge or Jury following the viola
tion of one law" He called upon
the audience to aid in the move
ment for repeal.
Representative Mary T. Norton
of New Jersey, another speaker
said:
"It is almost unbelievable that
decent people should be allied
with the bootleggers and racket
eers who are running this coun-
try. Yet that is exactly the
status of the Anti-Saloon League,
the w. C. T. u. and allied jry
organizations"
Reviewing the 10 years that
prohibition has been in effect
Mrs. Carroll Miller, of Pittsburgh,
Democratic national committee
woman from Pennsylvania, asked
the repeal of the Eighteenth
Amendment because it is the
source of the most graft and
corruption in our history.
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
UNEASY.
AFTER RIOTS
IN THEATER
Special Guards Are Stationed
In Streets as Parliament
Opens; Facists Are Unruly'

BERLIN, Dec. 6 d.NS).-m
an atmosphere tense with political
expectancy, augmented by a noisy
theater riot last night, occasioned
by the showing Of an American
made war film, "All Quiet on the
Western Front" the Reichstag
met today to reject or approve BY
vote the governments emergency
reform measures promulgated by
President Hindenburg.
AS the session began, predic-
tions ran rife that the program
submitted by the government Of
Chancellor Heinrich Bruening as
the safety valve in the present
difficulties would score an easy
victory over the combined oppoSi-
ton Of radical elements.
.Bruening's Appeal
In the final hour Of yesterdays
session, Bruening warned the.
deputies that failure to pass the
budget and reform measures
would expose the country to .
possibility Of social and economic
chaos. He said:
'Tt is my duty in this solemn
hour to request your approval
of these measures in the shape
in which they have been sub
mitted." -.
In the disturbance at the thea
ter and in various clashes be-
tween police and Communists and
FasciSts, it was estimated that so
persons, many Of them women.
were injured. Scores were placed
under arrest.
AS demonstrations at the mo-
ton picture theater, at the zoologi-
cal gardens, near Alexanderplaatz
and elsewhere in the city became
disorderly, police reserves rushed
to the various parts Of the city
and dispersed the rioters.
The demonstration at the movie
palace was participated in by q
number OF leading FaScjStS, IN
Guiding Joseph Goebbels, chief
lieutenant of Adolf Hitler. In the
general uproar men were knocked
out and women swooned as mai
4 odorouS bombs and white mice
we're thrown upon the floor.
The performance was closed by
the police.
| Well POliced
AS a precautionary measure
against political demonstrations
today, Berlin was well policed az
Parliament got under way. lSpe
cial detachmentS supplied with
fire hose and similar equipment
were stationed on strategic cor
nerS.
It was learned here today that
the American film concern which
produced the war film shown at
the theater where the riot oc
CURED planned to sue the Fascist
organization for damages.
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
BY JOHN GOETTE
downright. 1901

PEIPING, Dec. 6 QN.S0.-The
hardships and perils of a 4O-day
Journey from interior China to
Peiping and capture by bandits
after a spirited battle between
the hill nomads and a mongol
escort were related today by the
released American missionary,
Mrs. H. D. Hayward, Of Seattle
and her companion, Miss E. Com
ersall, of England, on their ar
rival here.
The weary travellers were re
ceived by the American consul.
Mrs. Harvard, whose object in
making the long trip to Peiping
was to undergo hospital treat
ment, will enter the Rockefeller
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
NY. VICE PROBE
H|TS20P POLICE

NEW YORK, Dec. s UN.SO.
Twenty New York policemen
today faced grand jury action on
perjury charges as part of the
investigation of the appellate
division into magistrates courts
Isidor j. Kresel, chief counsel,
said groundwork for indictments
already had been made.
Fffty-Seven unjustified arrests
Of women on testimony of 13
policemen in the Jefferson Market
Court in 1929 were clear cases
for grand jury action on perjury
charges because the police swore
falsely, and in 20 cases where evi
dence was procured by paid vice
informerS; seven other policemen
wrote false complaints, according
to Irving Ben Fisher, assistant
to Kresel.
Police Commissioner Edward P.
Mulrooney formally suspended
from duty officers pending de.
partmental trials and was ex.
pected to take similar action
against others named and identi'
fled by "Chile" Mapocha Acuna,
ex-informer for the vice squad
Another feature I'm the investi
alton was that the appellate
division would give particular
attention to q situation i'm these
courts permitting Larry" Fay,
indicted milk organizer; JACK
('LegS") Diamond and others ia
be arrested repeatedly and then
escape conviction.
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
IMMIGRANT BAR
|SOPPOSED BY
SEC. ST|MSON
State Department Fears New
Legislation Would Create
III Feeling Among Latins

State Department officials will
urge e ngress to turn down all
proposals to close the doors to
American immigration, it was
learned today.
From Secretary Of State Slim
son down, they say recently in
augurated departmental policies
have removed the necessity for
any drastic moves.
Senator Reed (R) Of PennSyl-
vania and other members Of
Congress have proposed measures
to bar immigration as a means Of
protecting the country from ad-
ditiohal Unemployed.
Ill Feeling Feared
Chiefs Of foreign divisions, how
ever, pointed out that such a
step would initiate bad feeling
between America and some Of its
Latin neighbors. They declared
that initial result of strict inter-
probation Of laws show the job Of
reducing immigration could be
done more effectively this way
than by enactment Of legislation
which might stir up i'll feeling.
AS the basis for their decision,
officials pointed to the 81 per
cent decline in visas issued dur.
ing october by foreign representa-.
tives Of this Government. This
was effected through strict inter.
probation Of the 1917 immigration
law provision allowing exclusion
of all aliens who might become
public charges.
COnSuIS On Guard
Consular officers have been in
structed to consider the unem
ployment situation in America
carefully when determining if
foreign applicants for admission
may become public charges.
Mr.. Stimson refused to com
ment publicly on the question Of
new legislation, but is known to
feel the State Department can
handle the situation.
The State Departments action
follows a pronouncement by
President Hoover on September
8, calling for action designed to
cut immigration figures,
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
TRUSTEE FEES
GIVEN HENRY

Samuel ]. Henry, former presi-
dent of the F. H. Smith Com,
pany, who was recently removed
as trustee for four apartment
buildings, was granted compensa-
tion for his trusteeships amount
ing to 1889 ST. according to an
order of Chief Justice Alfred A.
Wheat.
Mr.. Henry had filed application
for allowance of compensation
and attorneys fees and also asked
the court to allow him to remain
as trustee of the four buildings
under a supersedeas bond while
the Court of Appeals considered
the legality of his removal.
Chief Justice Wheat pointed
out that he could not see the
propriety Of allowing Mr.. Henry
to remain trustee under a bono
when the court had already de
cided that he was not qualified
At the same time the court
fixed $500 counselS fees for Mr.
Henry's attorney, Harry S. Bar
ger.
The apartments affected are
the Cedric, Stanley Arms, Tivol
and AlRoy.
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
WHITE HOUSE
PLANS HELD
INADEQUATE
General Increases Favored in
Both Houses; Economy Plea
Made by Administration

With both the Hoover Admins
tration and Congressional lead
ers pledging speed In expansion
Of public works to relieve unem-
ployment, it appeared today that
Congress may take the program
in its own hands and go far be-
yond the proposals Of the White
House.
The chief criticism directed to-
ward the Administrators six
months plan had changed, from
attacks upon the alleged czarl1ke
powers asked by Mr.. Hoover, to
declarations that the proposals are
inadequate.
Administration leaders were de-
Tending their program on the
ground that economy also is nee
essary in making up the Govern
ment's budget of nearly $5,OOO,-
100000 to prevent further Treas
ury deficits.
Seed Loan Increase
The first upset of the admin
stration's program, an increase
from S25. 600 900 to $50, 1000, 600 in
the seed and feed loan fund Tor
drought-Stricken areas was agreed
by the Senate Agriculture COM
mittee. The House Agriculture
Committee was to fight over the
same question in closed session
today.
Meanwhile, hearings on MI.
Hoover's $15O,0O0,000 emergency
fund were continued before the
House Appropriations Committee,
with indications the proposal
would be laid before congress
early next week.
The Administration plans 70
limit the highway expansion pro
sram to the $50, ,OOO, 600 figure set
6v Mr.. Hoover in his emergency
program, it was disclosed by Rep
resentative DOweIl (R) Of Iowa,
chairman of the House Roads
Committee.
POStOffice Fund
This program provides Tor ad-
vances to the States before neXt
july / 1OG G111cIS ISCAANJ "OAA~'
that date the regular annual ap-
rropriation of $125, ,OOO, 600 Tor
FederaLaid highways could pc
A marked enlargement Of the
present 1868 ,O00, 900 Federal build
ing program is planned, however.
REPRESENTATIVE Elliott (R0 OF In
diana, chairman of the House
public Buildings Committee, ana
Senator Keyes CR) of New Hamp-
shire, chairman Of the same
senate committee, expect to re-
ceive the Administrators de-
tailed plan next week.
A bloc Of rivers and harbors
advocates are gathering strength
for the bill Of Senator Shipsteadl
resentative Mansfield CD OF
resentotive Mansfield (Do OF
Texas for a $5O0,O0O,00O bond
issue to complete all authorized
rivers and harbors projects In
five years.
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
Confederate Women
Commemorate Dead

Annual memorial services were
held by the United Daughters of
the Confederacy at Confederate
Hall, 1922 Vermont Ave. N. W.,
yesterday for seven veterans and
six members of the organization
who died in the last year.
Mrs. Walter Hutton, president,
opened the services and Mrs.
Claude N. Bennett, chaplain, read
the invocation. Carnations for
each of the departed were added
to the large wreath kept in the
hall.
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
Mrs. Keith-MiLLer
Starts Island Hop

MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 6 U.N.S).
Mrs. j. M. Keith Miller, Australian
aviatrix, early today boarded a
Curtiss plane for Andres Island.
She will return to Miami in
her plane, '"The Bullet" in which
she was forced to land several
days ago on the Havana-Miami
hop of her return Pittsburgh
Havana round-trip flight.
Mrs. Keith-Miller will spend
tomorrow in Miami, and will take
off Monday to complete her flight
to Pittsburgh.
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
Woman Badly Hurt
In MuStery Accident

with a fractured Skull and a
fractured right arm, Mrs. Lille
Owens, 50, 649 E st. s. E., is in
a serious condition at Providence
Hospital. Mrs. Owens, believed
to have been the victim Of a hit
and-run driver, was found un-
conscious in the street in front
of her home last night.
Police have been unable to
find any witnesses to the acci-
dent.
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
Catholic U. Mission
ODens Here Monday

A mission rally under the aus
pices of the Catholic University
Conference of Catholic Students
Mission Crusade will be held at
the National Shrine of the I'M
maculate Conception at 8 O'Clock
Monday afternoon. Bishop John
M, Mcnamara will officiate at
the pontifical benediction which
will bring the rally to close.
Msgr. Frank A. Thill, Of Gin.
cinnati, Ohio, will deliver the
sermon.
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
Chinese Mission Won1er,
Tell of Bandit Peril
-Tinras staff Photo

Institute at once, while Miss Com
ersall, her British nurse, is ex'
pected to return to her post In
interior China soon.
Mrs. Hayward said they utilized
all means of travel after leaving
Luanchow, from camelS to OK
carts, skin RATS, boats, automo
bileS and trains. Walking ahead
of their jogging oXcartS, partly
for comfort and exercise, consti
tuted part of their journey.
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
Freedmen'S Nurses
To Plan Basketball

The Freedmen's Hospital nurses
will open their basketball season
tonight, meeting the Harlem Hos
pital of New York, on the new
Garnet-Pa Patterson Junior High
School court, Tenth and U Streets
Northwest. Members of the team
are Mansfield, Fisher, Freeman
Bishop, Townsend, Ford, Clay,
Walsh, Teagle and Burney.
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
DISCOVER Silver Foil
Valuable in HeQLiElQ

VIENNA, Dec. 6 Q.NS). =.
Wounds are healed with silver
foil in the famous Vienna Sur
gical Clinic of Prof. Anton Eisels
berg.
Prof. EiSelsberg found that a
thin sheet of silver placed over
the wound accelerateS healing
and rapid recovery.
Gold foil has also been expert
nented with, but with no out
anding success.
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
Baptist Mission Ends
National Congress

The annual North American
Home Mission Congress ended
last night at Calvary Baptist
Church.
The congress adopted resolu-
tions endorsing the dry law and
condemning lynching and urged
that Federal legislation be adopted
to cope with the lynch problem.
Admission of Orientals on the
immigration quota was also rec
commended by the organization.
DR.. John Mcdowell, of the board
of missions of the Presbyterian
Church, was elected president Of
the congress.
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
SOCIETY TO MEET

The Society for Philosophical
Inquiry of Washington will meet
at room 43, National Museum, at
4:45 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
DR.. william Thomas Shepherd
will talk on "A Clinical Examina-
ton Of the GeniuS-Mind."