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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-03-20
B. AND 0. POTATO CLUBS
ARE TERMED BENEFICIAL
One Thousand Bushels of Certi-
fled Seed Will Be Planted In
Garrett County This Year

That the growing from certified
seed by members of the Baltimore and
Ohio Potato Clubs in Garrett county
was beneficial and educational, was
shown in a report sent in to Baltimore
and Ohio officials by L. S. Hartley,
agricultural agent of the railway corn
pany, who had charge of the local
organizations and who was in Oakland
on Tuesday for the purpose of fur
thering the potato club idea among
the youths of the county.
The growth in the idea of raising
certified seed potatoes was shown by
the fact that in 1927 practically no
certified seed stock was planted. Last
year one thousand bushels of certified
seed potatoes were sold in the county
and will be planted this year on ap-
proximately so acres of ground. The
seed potatoes were sold on the show
ing made on production and quality.
"The quality is of the BEST" Mr..
Hartley said, "and the average yield
among the potato club boys last year
was 247 bushels per acre." This is
above the county average, he pointed
cut.
Rotary to Sponsor Club.
That the Rotary Club of Oakland
would sponsor boys potato CLUB was
announced by o. 7. eraser, agricul-
ture instructor, Oakland High school,
The members Of the club will be chos-
en- from the agriculture department
of the school, and these boys will be
eligible to compete for B. & o. Club
prizes. This latter organization will
make the fourth club in the county
:nd will permit new boys to become
acquainted VITA the benefits Of rails
ing improved potatoes as a result Of
Identification of the seed.
That Garrett county is well adapted
to the growing of potatoes was given
as another reason for continuing to
educate the people as to the advan-
tages of growing the ground apple"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-03-20

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County," and "The Question Box"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-03-20
Boys Game

Dyer, Rhind, Bealkey, Golden, Ward,
Bruce, Nave, Sdnerville. Friendsville,
Coddington. FoS Friendsville field
goals were madeNas follows: jenkins
8, Savage 2, Nugent l. Fike made
one foul goal.
Friendsville won the championship
by virtue of winning from Grantsville
and Kitzmiller teams. Oakland High
School was not entered in the Gar
rett county league.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-15
HEALD SCOUTS
RUM0R FEDERAL
AID REQUESTED

Reports received here today from
Los Angeles, to the effect that Dis
trict Attorney Heald had asked for
federal aid in controlling the labor
situation in the valley, were declared
by Heald to be highly exaggerated
The district attorney issued the
following statement as to what had
really happened:
"Three labor agitators were ar
rested near Brawley about a week
ago and lodged in the county Jail
pending further investigation. The
men claimed to have come from Los
Angeles, and having in their posses
sion literature purporting to be of
a revolutionary nature, We thought
it advisable to have some further
information concerning their past
records. / therefore sent a conf
Dental telegram to the United
States District Attorney McNabb
in Los Angeles, asking that the rec
ord of these men in Los Angeles be
investigated and that a detective be
sent to Ell Centre in order to identi-
fly them should they be suspicious
characters, Nothing was said or in
timated regarding federal aid need
ed for the suppression of any out
breaks in the valley, nor did the
wire indicate in any maner that anv
such outbreaks were feared"
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-15
SIGNAL FLARE
STIRS HOPE OF
FINDING FLYER

LOS ANGELES, Jan. Is. WPA-
a signal fire that brought hope that
MAury Graham, missing air pilot,
might be alive in Nevada, stirred
rescue parties searching for hlm and
others through the storms in the
extreme southwestern portion of the
nation today.
Searchers near Caliente, Nevada,
left there at dawn for Sawmil, can
yon, an uninhabited section, where
a Union Pacific engineer said he
spotted the flames of fire last
night. At the same time various
pilots Of the Western Air Express
took off to fly over the district,
seeking to spot Graham from the air.
Experienced airmen here said it
was highly likely that if Graham
attempted to pick up the Union Pa
cific tracks when he got lost in a
snow storm while flying the mail
from Las Vegas, Nevada, to Salt
Lake City early last Saturday that
he would have landed near Caliente.
Although Graham, "a pioneer air
mail pilot, virtually had been given
mp for dead, the sighting of the fire
brought renewed hope for his safety
Nevadans pointed out that Ora
ham might easily have become lost
in the barren, rough canyon or that
he might be hemmed in by srow.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-15
COURT DENIES
INJUNCTION IN
VALLEY ACTION

Word was received in Ell Centre
today that an injunction taken out
by the Imperial Valley-Los Angeles
Express, Inc, against the Imperial
Valley Merchants Warehouse Associ-
alton, Inc, in December of last year,
was denied this morning by Judge
Gates sitting in department s of the
Los Angeles superior court.
This merchants association was
formed in July, 1929, by an aggreea,
tion of 80 well known merchants in
the valley to have warehouse in Los
Angeles for the assembling of all
merchandise purchased in the Los
Angeles markets and from there it
should be shipped directly to the re.
tan stores in the valley. The object
OF this was to prevent tardy deliver,
les being made by other sources of
transportation and by making bulk
count in reducing the cost of deliv.
cry 10 these merchants.
The matter was presented to the
court on affidavits of many business
men IN the county, represented by
m,,.orhey Ho, Vernon Day, of Los An.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-15
Kingman Eager
To Seek Gold

KINGMAN, Ariz., Jan. Is. U.H-
Weather and gold were the sole
topics of conversation in this towr
of 1000 today.
For several days now deep SHOWS
have securely shut off the eager
hands of prospectors, grocery clerks,
BARRIERS, physicians ana all comers
the gold reported several days ago
to have been discovered in the noun
tains 65 miles from here.
On the eve of the biggest gold
rush ever projected for the MoJave
mountains, where three veterans of
the pick and pan are said to have
found ore values assaying from $40
to 100000 a ton, blizzard ragged
through the region. Deep drifts
closed all roads and trails.
Since then every inhabitant in this
town, old enough to swing pick and
Young enough to WELD pan, has
been primed for the trek.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-15

PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. Is. W.H-
Pennsylvania officers were to arrive
here by airplane today to establish
further the identity of the trio OF
eastern bandits who surrendered to
a posse of 70 men after sharp gun
fight in the hills of the Pima Indian
reservation here last night.
The woman member of the trio
was tricked into admitting she il
Irene Schroeder, the "blond trigger
woman" of Pittsburgh, through in
ference by officers that her 5 year
old son, Donnie, was in danger.
"Donnie' My Donnie? What's
the matter with him? ?" she cried
when officers made subtle use of his
name to break down her sullen claim
that she was mildred Winthrop
and knew nothing of the murder of
Gray Paul, Pennsylvania highway
corporal and the wdunding of anoth.
er officer.
Then, finding that love for her
child had caused an irreparable "slip
up" in her story, she continued with
d OhltSSlUH tudI cSIdDllSneQ the
identity of one of her men com
panions as Glenn Dague, of Toledo
Ohio, and points east.
But the third member of the trio
whom Sheriff Charles r. Wright
still feels certain is j. w. Crawford
and as much wanted by eastern au
thorities as the other two, continued
to maintain stoutly today that he is
Joe F. Wells, released from Texas
penientiary last Christmas day.
"That may be right, but 1 don't
believe it. Evidence points to him
as j. w. Crawford, the third mem
Der of the family bandits who are
wanted everywhere in the east
Sheriff Wright maintained.
He said he had received commun
ication from Pennsylvania authori
ties early today informing him they
were sending officers who could
make certain the identity of al
three prisoners.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-15
BORDER CITIES
PLAN GREETING
TO ORTIZ RUBI0

NOGALES, Son., Mex, Jan Is
U.P'-Mexican senators, congress
men, deputies and hundreds of prom
inent citizens were arriving here to-
day to welcome president-elect Ortiz
Rubio on his arrival tomorrow morn
ing.
He will be met at the border by
American troops and representatives
of the state department at Washing
ton and escorted through the inter
national entrance.
With the welcoming group will be
Valente Quintana, general chief of
police Of Mexico City, and Rafael
NJ. Legorreta, president of the Mexi-
can chamber of deputies.
Extensive arrangements have been
made by officials and residents of
both Nogales, Sonora, and Nogales,
Ariz., to make his arrival festival
occasion. A huge welcome home
archway has been erected Mt the
boundary line between the two cities,
Police continued to plan for the
handling of vast crowds.
On the trip from here to the
Mexican capitol, Rubio will be ac'
corded the utmost protection.
Besides bodyguards of troops to
accompany his train, Colonel j. o.
Leon, famous Mexican aviator, ar
rived here today and will fly within
sight of the special section all the
way to Mexico City to watch for
signs of any untoward action on the
part of bandit gangs, Secretary of
War Joaquin Amaro announced.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-15
ANNULMENT OF
RATE ORDER UP
TO COMMISSION

The state railroad commission is
today holding n hearing in Los An
geles for the purpose of annulling
its recent order in the Southern ST.
errres Power Company valuation
and rate ease, against which tenn
porary injunction had been granted
by the federal court.
In its order for today's hearing,
the commission called attention to
a decision rendered on January 6
by the supreme court of the United
States in the Baltimore Traction
ease, in which the Maryland COM
mission had established street car
fares which were estimated to yield
a return of Geo per cent upon the
present value of the property. The
supreme court held that the rate
base is its present fair value and
that the depreciation base as to de-
preciable property is the same thing.
The Southern Sierras Power Com
pany in this case showed that the
rates as ordered by the commission
for the year 1890 afford rate of
return of not exceeding 500 per
cent. The commission used histor-
zeal cost both for the rate base
and for calculating depreciation an
nuity. 1t is on this ground of con-
fiscation that the company asked
for reversal of the commission's
order. Apparently the commission,
after the Baltimore decision, real
ICES that its order is confiscatory
and will now take some further ac.
tion in line with the decision by the
United States Supreme Court.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-15
FRENCH POSITION
IS PROBLEM FOR
LONDON PARLEY
American Delegation To
Enter Conference With
Flexible Program.
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER
United Press Staff Correspondent

s. S. GEORGE WASHINGTON,
Jan. Is. WP,-With arrival IF the
George Washington at Plymouth set
for midnight tomorrow, the Ameri-
can delegation to the five power
naval conference at London is tho
roughly prepared for the prelimin-
ary meetings preceding the opening
OF the plain parley.
Secretary of State Henry L. Stim
son, heading the United States
group, expects to plunge into the
discussions Immediately upon his ar
rival in London Friday.
Just how far France intends to
90 in her demands presents prob
lem for the American delegation. IT
is learned reliably that some of the
diplomats believe that after Premier
Andre Tardieu makes spirited op
ening, France will be found rea
sonable in an attempt to work out
2 compromise.
The situation particularly worries
The Americans because they believe
the success of the conference de
pends largely upon an ausniciou'
opening.
France wants the conference tc
determine two points Immediately
first, relations with the league Of
nations, and second, whether to con
tinue on basis of global tonnage OF
reduction Of categories.
AS a, result, it is foreseen that the
first few days of the conference will
be occupied by laboring with these
tedious problems, while the more
dramatic features, such as discus
sion of battleship holiday would
have to wait.
The Americans rigidly adhere to
their policy of going into action
with flexible program, and without
the appearance of joining hands
with the British in order to steam
roller the other delegations.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-15
Justify Black
Duck Slayings

PROVIDENCE, r. T., Jan. Is.
(U'D-The crew of the coast guard
patrol boat CG-29O was not respon.
sible for the Black Duck rum kill
lngs the grand jury decided last
night when it brought in a verdict
of emo bill" after hearing II wit.
nesses in the case.
NEW LONDON, Jan. Is. U.p-
Another suspected rum running
speed boat may have been sunk by
patrol boat CG-24l at the same
time its sistership, CG-29O fired on
the rum runner Black Duck and
killed three of its crew of four, it
was learned today.
Coast guard patrol boats are
searching Narragansett Bay for the
hulk of second rum runner believ.
ed sunk in the battle. Lieutenant r.
Z. Buell., of the coast guard, said
that the CG-24l engaged with an.
other rum runner while the &C. .290
battled with the Black Duck.
A shot was fired at the other rum
runner. Since then no trace of il
has been found.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-15
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Skinner Urges
Citizens Aid

1t is urged by Harry Skinner. SUI
pcrvisor of attendance in the office
Of the county superintendent, that
't any citizen notices an instance of
a child peddling on the streets of the
city, during or after school hours,
that the ease be reported either to
the county superintendent's oefice,
the labor commissioner, or the pro
baton officer, since such cases are
in direct violation of the state child
labor law.
In most instances, declared Skin
ner today, the citizen who gives
money to these children is aiding
them in violating the compulsory
school attendance and child labor
laws. If, upon investigation, it is
proven that the children ana the
parents are in need or i'll, proper care
will be taken for their protection,
but in many eases children are sup
porting able bodied parents through
begging and peddling.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-15
Sinclair Merger
At Standstill

Ell PASO, Tex, Jan. Is. U.p)-
Negotiations for the merger of the
no Grande Oil Company into the
sinclair Consolidated Oil Corpora.
ton were at a standstill TODAY as
Harry F. Sinclair continued his in.
spection of Rio Grande properties.
sinclair left here late yesterday
Tor Phoenix, Ariz., where he will
VISIT Rio Grande holdings. Definite
announcement of the proposed mer.
ger is expected to be made in Los
Angeles.
While here Sinclair visited his
OLD friend Albert B. Fall, former
secretary of the interior, who has
been confined to his home with
bad cold.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-15
TEST FLIGHTS
TO BE MADE BY
COL. LINDBERCH

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 10. W.p,-
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh will put
his new Lockheed- Sirius monoplane
through a series of test flights next
spring to determine possibilities OF
transporting passengers and mail at
attitudes above storm clouds, the
famous flyer said here last night.
The experimental flying will be
done in cooperation with naval ex-
perts at Lakehurst, n. D., and the
United States weather bureau.
"We know that an airplane en-
counters less resistance at high al
titudes and thus is capable of pro-
ducing greater speed" Col. Lind
bcrgh said, "but the flights will be
purely experimental and their sue
cess cannot be foretold.
The tests will not be spectacular,
he said, but will be made simply to
investigate chances of raising pres
ent flying levels to meet constantly
changing weather conditions.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-15
FLOODS
RAVA(;F
Indiana
Repetition Of 1918 Disas-
ter Feared AS Wabash
Keeps Rising.
DIKES THREATENED
Hundreds Forced To Flee
From Homes AS Country
Is Inundated.

VINCENNES, Ind, Jan. ID. U.D
PRAYERS of women and unflinching
toll of their menfolk stood between
southern Indiana and disaster today
as the rampaging Wabash river
raced southwark in its flimsy harness
of levees topped with sandbags.
The most devastating flood in the
history Of the state threatened mo-
mentarily as the yellow waters
surged up beyond the 25 foot level
of the $5O,0O0,0O0 flood Of 1913. A
level of 26 feet was predicted. Half
the city, including the business Sec
ton, and most of Knox county
would be under water at that level.
A vast inland sea, shallow as yet,
stretched back from the river across
thousands of acres of farm lands.
The flood Tapped at window sills of
deserted homes. Farmers were in
flight, their families and few Of
their belongings heaped in automo.
biles or wagons.
Relief headquarters had been es-
tablishing in high section of Vim
cennes. Red Cross workers, police,
national guardsmen and citizen vol.
unteers who responded to call by
Mayor J. w. Kimmell, had been mo-
bilized to carry on rescue and relief
work should the dikes give way.
Terre Haute Submerged
The flood peril was imminent in
lesser degree throughout the valleys
of the Wabash, the White, the Ohio
and the tributary streams of western
Tennessee, eastern Arkansas and
northern Mississippi. Southeastern
Illinois was cut off from Indiana and
Kentucky by the flood.
At Terre Haute, Ind, the Wabash
was rising again after temporary re.
lief when the Leyford levee went
out. Scores of families at Terre
Haute lost their homes.
Armies of men patrolled the levees
and railroad and traction system
right of ways, heaped sandbags
against the push of the flood.
Telephone operators sat at their
switchboards today warning resi-.
dents of threatened districts to evac-
uate at once. The operators were
warned to be ready to flash a final
warning in event of break in the
levees.
Damage to crops and loss of stock
already has mounted into hundreds
OF thousands of dollars.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-15
WHAT'S DOING
Tonight


civic orchestra, 1880, Wilson
school.
Eastern Star banquet, $50,
Barbara Worth.
Benefit bridge, 8, St. Mary's
hall.
Drum and bugle corps, 7:3O,
Court house.
Mdweek meetings, churches.
City council, 7:30, city hall.
Moose lodge. 8, 10000 club.
oasis lodge, F. and A. NJ,
1880, Masonic temple.
Eagles, 8, 554 Main.
knights Of Pythias, 8, Davis
Hall.
Special night school classes,
TO, high school.
Troop 7, B. s. A., 1880, Elk's
hall.
Dance, 9, Holtville natatorium.
Fox Imperial Theatre, "Seven
Days Leave"
Bronson Players In "Getting
Gertie's Carter 1880, Palace.
Tommorrow
Rotary club, Barbara Wor4h.
10000 club, /. club house.
Seeley-Westside home depart
ment, all day. H. Herrick ranch.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-15
BITTER FIGHT
PREDICTED ON
ENF0 REGIMENT
BY PAUL r. MALLON
United Press staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. (U.R-
The full power of the administration
may be necessary to force adoption
in this congress Of any considerable
portion of President Hoover's law
enforcement reform program, con-
gressional leaders were agreed today.
A tangle Of controversies has en-
veloped the seven bills in the house
and senate so completely big stick
will be necessary if the full measure
of the program is to be enacted into
law.
Only one bill has been introduced
officially in the hohse. This is the
Williamson bill to transfer enforce
ment from the treasury to the justice
department, leaving only the indus
trial alcohol unit in the treasury.
This bill alone is expected to re-
quire considerable debate. Senator
Tydings, Democrat, Maryland, has
indicated he has accumulated sta
tistics which will require several
days for presentation if the bill
reaches the senate.
The proposal to which most object
ion is being raised-and the objec-
tion is not confined to the vets by
any means-is:
That United States commissioners
may conduct the trials in cases Of
"casual and slight" violations, the
commissioners to make their recon-
mendations to the judge for sent.
ence or acquittal.
The opinion among some congress
sional leaders, vets and drys alike
is that this proposal violated the
constitutional guarantee of "trial by
jury" despite the fact the admins
tration recommends that the accused
be given three days to demand a
trial by jury if dissatisfied with the
finds of the commissioner.
Several stressed the point that this
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-15
Film Star Saves
Two Filipinos

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. Is. CLIP
Two Filipino houseboys, employed
by Buddy Rogers, screen player,
were saved from death by carbon
monoxide gas when the actor found
them unconscious in their room in
his home today.
After Rogers dragged the pair.
Edicio and Jesus Urequo, from tho
room, he called Beverly Hills DO.
lice. An inhalator squad revived
both houseboys.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-15
Institutions Are
Well Populated

SACRAMENTO, Jan. Is. U.D-
Penal and correctional institutions
of California hold 1852 inmates,
according to figures On file here to-
day in the office of Earl E. Jensen,
director of institutions.
San Quentin prison has 40 wo-
men and 4j53 men, while 2097 men
are confined in Folsom.
The Ventura correctional school
for girls has 153 inmates, while
Preston school of industry has 594
boys and Whittier state school 31S.
A total of 1896 boys are on parole
from the two latter institutions.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-15
Hays Praises
Talking Films

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 10. W.HPer-
fection of sound in motion pictures
has increased theater attendance
more than 100000 during the year,
Win H. Hays, president of the Mo
tion Picture Producers and Distrib-
utors of America, said on his arrival
here from the east last night.
Predicting greater increases for
1880, Hays declared higher character
of sound movies is responsible for
the wider interest.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-15
Arizona River
Board To Meet

PllOENIX, Ariz., Jan. Is. UP
The Colorado river commission OF
Arizona planned to meet today for
final settlement of arrangements
for the tristatc conference at Reno
New, January 20.
Agreements concerning their plans
for procedure at the conference were
believed to have been made in closed
session at the home of one of the
commissioners, but no information
was given out.
Depending outcome of their meet.
ing with Governor John G.. Phillips
today, announcement of their de.
narture for Nevada was expected to.
night or tomorrow.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-15
Aviator Killed
At San Diego

SAN DIEGO, Calf, Jan. Is. U.P'
LIT. j, G. Waters, attached to the
ar squadron of the battlefield, was
carried to death in the bay here to-
DAY when he overshot the landing
decA of the {. s. S. Saratoga and his
plane went down in 235 fathoms of
water.
Aviation Pilot Marvel, flying with
1t. Waters, was able to free him.
self just after the craft hit water
and was rescued. Waters was held
n prisoner in the ship.