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men and women had the experience themselves.
Each story is complete in ITSELF
- FAVORTTE German game that
III Americans and other allied at
~ taches, diplomats and officers had
always to be lodging In SwitSer-
land was a variation Of the ia
miIiar badger game" Woman spies would
endeavor to lure them to hotel rooms, where
they would be discovered by Husbands" and
threatened with exposure if they did not leave
Switzerland at once. Sometimes the lure was
q promise to give valuable information. The
same American who played a part in trapping
the Master had a piquant experience.
Among the SiSterhood with Bella Donna and
Turkish Delight was italian woman, with
beautiful oval face. splendid figure ana
''Come- nd-get-me" manner. She tried all
three ON the American, who reported the ex-
perienee to his chief.
"See what she wants." the chief ordered
Sbut watch yourself"
So next evening when they met in the
Bellevue Palace lobby. things progressed almost
as rapidly as they had for Bella Donna. AS
the Italian arose to 60. she whispered, Come
In q few minutes to my room, and will tell
you something your Government wants to
know" The American nodded and shortly
raped softly but with some trepidation upon
her door. He could not but wonder what trap
waited, even though comrades were covering"
him.
The door opened, disclosing about what he
had eXpecteo-h1S hostess CLAD mostly In
peignoir. The fair enchantress was at her
most enchanting as she led him In and indi-.
Gated chaise Tongue. Then, as he moved to-
ward it, she stopped, as If she had dropped
something, locked the do0r and slipped the
key into her bosom. The American leaped
across the room.
what You doing?" he cried, and seiz-
ing both arms, shook her like an old coat.
AS he had hoped, from somewhere or other
the key fell to the floor. He bounced upon it.
unlocked the door. Nobody in the hall. He
woman evidently struggling with very mixed
emotions. He ran to the heavy curtains swath-
ing the windows, ripped them aside, disclosing
nothing.
"AduSt be dictograph," he said to himself,
sitting down on the edge of the primmeSt chair
.n the ROOM as far as possible from the chaise
Tongue. "And now, signora, what was that in
formation you were going to give nle?"
lie had OUTRAGED the signoras finest feel
ings. How could he suspect her? Was
she not italian, a friend of the allies But
there was room for two on the chaise Tongue
No? Reluctantly she began to tell about a
new German plan she had heard of "On the
very best authority" to beat the British at
their own % Ship" game There would be
merchant ship with neutral flag. Swedish, Nor
Wegian, whatever, steaming along the surface.
Lurking beneath always following, would be a
submarine. to stab whatever patroIling allied
war vessels should reach the neutral. They
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had a clever plan to refuei submarines at sea
by neutral ships. That was the signora's in
formation. drawn from her pieceneal. True,
or made in the German rumor factory? All
the American could do was pass 1t on to
G-2-B, to be weighed and estimated. So to
the signoras apparent disgust, he got up and
left. Next day so did she. and the hotel saw
her no more. Pique, or was her job done?
A MOTHER titled lady tried . photograph
coup that deserves recording on history's
page, because it played a real II hitherto I'M
known part in the downfall OF the central
powers. 1t helped prepare tine detection of
the first, Bulgaria, which asked armistice Sep,
tember 25 1918. About a week before So
called baroness Of dubious reputation came to
an American secret service chief. =;
ct can help you get Bulgaria out OF the
war" she announced. Their defeat In Mace
donia is che last straw. Their premier has
ordered a Bulgarian diplomat here to find out
secretly whether Il they quit, President Wilson
for you to meet hiEn, IN my apartment" s.
The American chief looked Interested The
woman continued:
This Is no fake. All you have to do Is listen
to what he says. I'm going to have dicto-
graph there and you can have the record
and III seIl it to some one else, too
Too big a chance to lose. The Bulgarian
diplomat and his mission turned out quite real.
The Americans transmitted the message to
Washington-and the reply seemed encourag-
ing. All of which, recorded verbatim, the
nimble- witted lady sold first to the Germans,
as proof that their Bulgarian allies were de-
serting them then to the Swiss, as proof that
they were violating Swiss neutrality. AS the
American chief exclaimed when lac heard it:
What a woman!"
THOSE inquisitive instruments-the dicto-
graph-played a part in American secret
service, as In any other. For a time it was a
comedy part. G-2-B of the A. E. F. asked
M. I. D. IN washington to send across quite a
number Of Them whereupon a bill reached
Chaunont for several thousand dollars. but no
dictographs. search started. Die, die,
who's got the dic2" became an indoor sport.
Nowhere could they be found. though the most
expert sleuths took the trail: second bill
came. The joke wore thin. Then G-2-B
found the dictographs-in the Paris Office of
CO., s. o. s.. the spy-hunters of the rear areas,
who were using them enthusiastically.
How many of the A. E. F. remember that
hotel, in the Rue d, not too far from the
Boulevard des Capucines patrolled by those
charming and friendly bouleYardieres. A find,
that hotel, with unobtrusive entrance, and de-
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By Thomas NJ. johnson.
Famous War Correspondent

spite regulations, always hot water and other
comfort moderne." So discreet, safe.
That was where some OF the photographs
were. Through long Winter evenings Stenog
raphers. American and French listened to
many a conversation between American oficer
and pretty lady. perhaps German agent seek
ing information. or q French agent helping
they could wag harmleSsly. Time after time,
listening stenographers wrote
"SOw mannee American arrh ON France?"
Their pothookS caught odd fish sometimes.
One operator nearly broke the headpiece wires
when there srnote his ear the well known
voice Of a certain high-ranking onfcer-but
using language be had never heard that ofacer
use. The ofncer got newer, safer job from
Paris and boulevardiereS-and wondered why.
There was reason for the warnings spread
through the A. z. r. about the little ladies.
Notwithstanding. many dOugflboys thought
those warnings %the bunk" as witness this
episode.
It was in May. 1918, time OF great anxiety
for the German high command Their powerful
offensive started March q had almost broken
through and separated British and FTench-but
not quite: Succeeding blows, however stagger-
Ing missed the great result the Germans must
win. The Yanks were coming In hundreds of
thousands that they might turn the tide. How
soonP How much time left? That the Ger
man secret service was left to find out and one
Of many moves on the chesSboard started from
. cellar beneath q cobbler's shop in the Rue
Prevot-Martin, Geneva
That cellar held uniforms Of all sorts of
French regiments, with badge of rank COM
plete, decorations. kepis, calots At a corner
workbench were cobbled proper papers for who
ever wore these outfits, slipping across the from
tier into France by any Of several low drinking
places directly astride the border line, rendez-
vous of spies. deserters and Smugglers. Cafes
and cellars were the burrows used by a polyglot
pack Of foxes headed by a French deserter, a
desperate youth whose cutthroatS would take on
any dirty job, especially of espionage against
the allies.
TO them came orders to send two women into
France to ind OUT How many Americans
were no IN France? How many more were COM
ing each week? At what ports were they land
ing? Anything about them, in fact. And ex-
actiy what damage were airpIane bombs and
Bertha shells doing in Paris? So Yvonne Scha-
deck and Anne GARNER, both in their twenties,
packed their handbags and found in the cellar
passports to get them by the frontier. This was
not Yvonne,s first such trip. She had spent
part of the previous Winter in Paris, with re-
suits profitable to the Germans.
But the cellar was beginning to be known, and
the girls aroused suspicion at the frontier Every
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EDITORS NOTE-This is one OF q series Of true
stories American spies in the WoKad War. Each
story is ofcial record BY word OF
men and who had the experience themselves
Each story is complete in itself.
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Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-12
Football Results

Southwest Louisiana Institute,
-; Southern, 0.
Davis Elkins, 81; Rider, 9.
St. Thomas. II: st. Boarenture, O.
Bates, IA: Colby, O.
Citadel, 0; Marines, O.
American Legion, -; Quantico
Marines, T.
Regis College. l3; Colorado
Mines, g.
Howard "a; Miami u, o.
Arizona State College, 6 Los
Angeles Firemen, 81.
U. S. C. Frosh, 81: u c. L. A..
FroSh, 0.
Whittier College, 49, Pomona, 6.
Santa Clara Freshmen, 26; St.
Marc Frosh, 13.
San Francisco American Legion,
27; Long Beach Legion, 81.
Haskell Indians l9, Gon2aga 7.
Willamette "A, Linticld 0.
Whitman 7, College of Idaho 0.
The cream checks for the i've
plants nearest TUlave for the month
OF July totaled $313,433.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-12
ON BEAR
COACH TO AWAIT
STANFORD GAMF

BERKELEY, Nov T. UR)-De-
spite a clamor in some circles for
a new coaching deal it appeared
likely today that the executive COM
mittee of the University of Califor-
MIA Associated Student Council at
tonights meeting will recommend
poStponing any action in this mat
ter until after tho annual Stanford
California game, Nov. =.
III the midst OF official silence.
the campus was a fertile "rumor
field, with undergraduates genc.-
ally holding that coaching was
partly to blame for last Saturdays
"a TO 0 defeat by the University Of
Southern California
Clarence CNibs) Price. head
coach, declined TO comment on the
situation until the season closes.
Price has a contract with another
year to run. His salary is reported
to be $4,000 yearly but It is felt
that Price would waive that should
there develop a general demand foy
4 change in coaches. Such step.
it is said, would eXemplify the brand
of sportsmanship Price has always
displayed
In addition to his position as
football coach, Price is basketball
coach and all admit that he has
few equals III the latter sport hav-
ing several conference titles TO hi:
credit.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-12

BATTLE SHOULD
BE- T0RR!D One

Two good little men. who know
how to throw leather with the best
Of them, will tangle in the local
arena Friday night when Speedy
Dado, Filipino sensation, meets
Johnnie CodineZ, flyweight cham
picn Of Mexico
Dado performed here several
times last year and fans who saw
him then recognized him as one of
the cleverest fighting machines that
has ever been in the valley. lie has
everything and knows what 10 do
With it.
Godinez, while not as well known
as Dado, is highly touted as being
able to give the Filipino fight
every step OF the way. He is not
looked upon as winner. though it
is not impossible he might take the
decision. Harry Woodbury. is auth
onty for the statement that Godi-
nez will be in there fighting every
step of The way
After losing several decisions re-
Gently, Mariana Cebu is back again
with the determination to resume
his string of knockout victories with
Luis Reyes as his first victim.
Whether Mariana can do it or not
remains TO be seen. Reyes has been
fighting well IN his bouts here, and
has something more than a hard
punch, which seems TO be Cebus
chint stock in trade.
Andy Armstrong is also seeking to
pLt his kayo string up to two. He
scored one last week against Dan
Martin and hopes to do the same
thing Friday with Joe Espinoza OF
Los Angeles. The latter is said to
be no set-up and is likely to take
the HoltVille boy for a pasting.
Tiger Flowers, colored Wildcat,
will open the bill with Kid Lencho
0: Mexicali as his opponent.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-12
Amos And Andy
At H0ltvilIe

Amos and Andy, the radio delight
Of millions Of Americans. are COM
ing to Imperial Valley in their first
talking production. Check and
Double Check" which will play four
nights starting Friday at the Ar
cade Theatre in Holtville.
The famous black face comedy
team has scored as heavily in the
movies as they have in radio work,
and Check and Double Check" is
one continuous roar as the difficult
ties OF the pals are unfolded.
4 special feature of their engage
ment at the Arcade Theatre VIII be
q midnight matinee, starting Sat
urday night at 1880.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-12
eIT'TDENT EnETnp
SAYS CRITICISM
NOT UNDERSTOOD

BERKELEY. Nov. IL (U.P)-While
disappointment over Californias S
disastrous football season was still
keen today. criticism Of Coach
'NibS' Price and alleged inSinua-
tiCnS against professionalism in Pa
cific coast universities were decid
edly tempered.
IN fact Arthur M. Arlett, editor
Of the Daily Californian, student
publication, who originally started
the discussion, has written a sec
ond article in which he claimed his
statements were misunderstood.
THE editorial appearing in Mon
days issue has been interpreted by
some people as being intended to
criticize particular personalities in
colleges" Arlett said, in denying
that such was the case.
THE Daily Californian is of the
opinion that there are certain defi-
mite reasons for the condition Of
California and coast athletics and
as far as California is concerned,
an investigation should be started
by student officials Of the univer-
sity.
"Inferences have been made that
the editorial has been aimed di-
rectly at Coach Price, because OF
alleged incompetency. If there is
any action to be taken at Califor-
mia, the coaching staff will obvious
ly come in for its share of Scru-
tiny. Only that far have we aimed
remark at Price or his assistants.
Furthermore we cannot under
stand the conclusions drawn by
certain people that the cartoon
which accompanied the editorial
accused University of Southern
California or any other college of
subsidizing. We have said that
much of this goes on and we share
the knowledge Of its existence with
others. That, however, does not
imply an accusation Of any par
ticular school.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-12
AMATEURS ASK
FOR RECOGNITION
OF new RECORDS

NEW YORK, Nov u UP)-Ap-
plication for recognition Of 172 rec
ord breaking performances by Am
erican athletes will be laid before
the Amateur Athletic Union of the
United States when it assemblies in
Washington, D. c., on November 1G,
II and l8.
The records, established during
the last y months, have been filed
with Louis N. Goldsmith, chairman
of the unions record committee.
Heading the list of outstanding
performers is Helene Madison, II
year old swimming sensation from
Seattle. During the last eight
months Miss Madison bettered y
world and 81 American marks.
Eleanor Holm of New York, back
stroke champion, is second to Miss
Madison with II record perform
ances. Stella Walsh. fleet Cleve-
land girl, is next in line with II
American track marks.
Clarence Crabbe of the Los Ange-
les a. C. leads the men swimmers
with seven new records, two more
than George Kojac Of the New York
A c
Herman BriX Of the Los Angeles
A. c. tops the track and field record
breakers. This young giant shat
tered the existing American record
for the s, - and 16-pOund shots.
Yale University has filed applica-
ton for three records by its relay
swimming team. The New York A
c., Los Angeles A. c., and the Chi
cago "A. A. seeks recognition for two
marks each
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-12
Hawaiian Squad
\
Reaches C0ast

GLENDALE, Calf, Nov. u up
Coach Otto Klum and his foot
ball squad from the University OF
Hawaii arrived here today and
settled down to practice for Satur-
dav's football game between the
Islanders and the University Of
Southern California at the Los An
geles coliseum.
Klum, although ne declined to
say his team would win, ventured
that it would make things more in
teresting for the TrojanS than
California did last week
Los Angeles gridiron experts
who met the HaWaiianS were i'm
pressed with their weight as ad-
vance notices had indicated they
were not very bulky and would be
forced to resort to speed plays and
passes to avoid complete disaster
al the hands of U. S. c.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-12
AUTO RACES AT
IMPERIAL GIVE
CROWD A THRILL

Riding a dizzy round pumping
gas to his motor in a desperate ef-
tort to get more speed, Francis
Quinn in o Dayton Thorobred yes
tarday passed Babe Stapp in his
Bobby Special during the last five
laps Of the 50-mile main event on
the American Legions auto race
program, to win by about 20 yards.
Walt May in a Kerb5 Special
looked like winner during the
early miles Of the grind, but
dropped back 70 fourth place at the
finish. Johnny Krieger took third
Place in a Fisher Special
Time for the 50-mile grind was
81 minutes II 2-l0 seconds.
Biily Arnold, American national
champion, could not drive in yester-
days races because of a sprained
wrist He was on hand to watch his
;el!o@ drivers perform.
Winners OF other events were:
First event five miles: Walt May,
Shorty Canton, Babe Stapp and
Johnny Krieger, placed in the order
name Time was four minutes l3
seconds
Second Event, five miles Francis
Quinn. Ernie Triplett, Arnold
Drummer and W. Prentiss Time, q
minutes 48 seconds.
Third event, five miles: Mel Nc
Kee, Curly Grandell, Bert GarnetE
and Swede Smith. Tine, minutes
! t7i2 seconds.
Fourth event, consolation race,
ten miles: Vic Felt, William Heis-
ler. L. E. Craotree and E. c. Wood
lord.
First prize for the first event was
$50 for the second $50, for the third
$50, for the fourth $50, and for the
fifth $500. Second, third and fourth
prizes for the main event were S40O,
5000 and Sl0O
Other races OF the day paled to
insjgnificance in the light of the
main event. During the last 10 laps
of the so, those IN the grand stand
were standing continuously, yelling
at their favoriteS TO come ahead.
Walt May took the lead in his
Herbs Special at the beginning of
the race and set a sizzling pace for
13 laps, when Babe Stapp went
ahead of him in a Bobby Special.
From the 18th lap until near the
end of the race fans watched May
and Stapp battle for the lead, with
May following hot on the tracks OF
the Bobby Special trying 10 regain
his lead.
Somewhere back along the track
Francis Quinn in his Dayton Thoro-
bred was playing along, just keeping
in the vanguard. Then, on the 45th
lap, Quinn began to give his car
the gun, and came around the track
like a dusty rocket. He passed
May then, or the 48th lap, with
but two miles TO go, swept past
Stapp to take the lead, to the &C
compartment Of a thunder of ap-
plause from the stands
Johnny Krieger was coming fast
liz his Fisher Special, and nosed out
I May for third place.
AS preliminary to the auto races
on the american Legion Armistice
Day program BraWley Legionnaire
polo team, mounted on burros, took
their brother team from e. Centro
10 a most artistic cleaning in four
chuckerS of polo geared to the speed
CT their mounts. The score was S
to l il favor OF Braw!ey.
The scheduled womens burro race
was not held.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-12
Stanford Ticket
Scalpers Fined

PALO ALTO, Calf, Nov u. U.p)
The mems council of Stanford
University reported today that al
legged ticket scalping at the Stan
lord Washington game had result
cd in convictions" for three stu
dents.
Logan Gray, Thomas Campbell
and Bernard Pollard were fined
$3.50 each, the price of a general
admission ticket, and seven cases
we're dismissed.
The scalping was discovered in a
cneck up Of the roofing section,
where non-students were occupying
seats
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-12
/ SIP OR i s s !
Stribling Wins
I'm Poor Battle


ATLANTA, Ga, NOV. u. Up
William L. tYoung) Stribhng, OF
Macon Ga, whose spectacular
knockouts OF Otto Won PCrat and
x. Q. Christner placed Vim in the
center Of the heavyweight limelight,
today found himself in a less con-
spicuous position as q result of his
disappointing 10 round decision over
Arthur De Kun New York italian.
Some 5000 Dixie fight fans braved
a raw November rain yesterday af
ternoOn expecting to see Stribling
put his opponent away in a feT
rounds. But they were disappointed.
Stribling managed to beat the 220-
pound New Yorker but the bout was
50 marked by clinch!ng that ii was
painful to watch.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-12
TWO DIE N CRASH

WILMINGTON. Calf. Nov. u.
U.E(-TWo men We're dead here to-
day, victims Of an airplane crash
and fire which followed. The men,
Frank II Friedman 35. pilot, Long
Beach, and Tom Bu5her, Is. WI
mingtor, were unable TO eXtricate
themselves from the broken ship
which fell in side-slip $50 feet and
burst into flames.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-12
So. California
Sport Briefs

WHITTIER, Calf, Nov. u. UP
For nine long years the Whittier
Poets have sought the tail feathers
OF the Pomona Sagehens. Today
there is rejoicing IN this Quaker
village, for the Poets finally tumDled
their ancient foes by 9 33 to score.
Pomona scored IN the first five
minutes of play, with Baynham lug
ging the ball, and their attack went
to pieces Then the Poets went to
work. Bill Kruger, who was
thorn in the side Of the Sagehens,
galloped 80 yards around end tc
score. He came back in the second
period with 23-yard gallor.
through the entire Pomona team
for his second touchdown. Just be-
fore the half ended, ne tore so yards
down the side lines for a third
touchdown.
Duncan scored in the fourth
period on a pass, with Mashburn
adding the last touchdown on a 13-
yard END run
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-12
Flickers Fro,n
GridirOn Camps

PALO ALTO. Calf, Nov. y. UP
Interest in football here skipped
over next Saturdays game with
California Tech and centered on the
big contest for the week following
with California. The Technology
team is expected to put up little
more than a good workout for the
Stanford Cardinals.
BERKELEY, Calf. Nov. -. UP
In an attempt to restore the lost
morale of the California football
team. Coach "Nib5' Price TO-DAY
barred the gates Of the practice
field to outside spectators Although
Nevada is considered an easy victim
next Saturday, the Bear outfit have
had so many surprises that even
that game assumes important pro-
portions.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-12
YANKEE POLOISTS LOSE

BUENOS AIRES, Nov. y. UP
The United States Army polo team
was defeated yesterday in the final
match for the Argentine open
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-12

third undefeated season when it
whipped the y. c. l.. A frosh 81 to
0 in the Coliseum yesterday. Joe
Keeble, Bruin fullback, and Aaron
Rosenberg, Tro-Babe guard, were
the outstanding players on the field.
LOS ANGELES, Nov u. UP
The Los Angeles Fremen scored
THEN sixth victory of the season
when they trounced the Arizona
State College eleven by 81 20 6
score in the Coliseum last night
Don Moses, former U. S. G. star, was
the shining light of the game Capt
Frank Armstrong was the Lumber
Jacks chief ground gamer.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 12 UP
The Roaring Rainbows from the
Hawaiian Islands-the University Of
Hawaii football team-arriVcd here
this morning to prepare fer their
game next Saturday with the Uni
yersity OF Southern California. Ha
waii is undefeated SO far this sea
son
The colorful crew from the Mid
Pacific lost only one game last year
"a TO decision to the University
of Oregon-and is not regarded as
any Setup by the T'rojans.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-12

championship, losing TO the Santa
Paula quartet by to 8 score.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-12

At the last farm bureau auction
sale il Tulare, October Is. hogs
brought a top price of 1895.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-12

Cotton is SO sure a crop IN the
San Joaquin Valley that it may be
marketed before it is planted.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-11-12

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 12. Up
The University of Southern Califor-
MIA freshman team completed its