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Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-02
BAY CITY SCENE
OF NEAR RIOT
BY COMMUNISTS

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. ;. (Up(
Displaying banners demanding the
release of Tom Mooney and Warren
X. Billings and recognition of the
Soviet government, over 800 Com
munsts staged near riot here last
night before policemen with drawn
rcvolvcrs dispersed them
Artimcs StauriamidakcS, -, dur
my the height of the demonstration
attacked Policeman \. j. Walsh with
bis fists and was later removed to
Il hospital with a decorated scalp and
then placed under arrest for resist
ing AN officer and disturbing the
peace.
The Communists had gathered
around ) O'Clock during the rush
hour of office workers to their
homes. Policemen demanding Il
right of way bc created was the
signal for the hub.hu to start and
banners to be ufurlcd.
\ riot squad finally dispersed the
crowd.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-02
COMMUNISTS Are
HELD FOLLOWING
DEMONSTRATION

Los ANGELES, Aug. >. WP)
Twenty -four alleged communists,
most OF them Young students, were
held in the city jail aud Juvenile
han today as The result Of Il apor-
adic demonstration here last night
to "celcbratc" tn" 10th anniversary
Of The World War.
ForcWarncd of the demonstration,
squads of police wccr pickctng
the city plaza when a truckload Of
young boys and girls arrived and
began waving red flags in shouted
protest against "another coming i'm
pcrla!iatic war"
Later other groups arrived and it
WAS several hours before police had
qucllcd the rioters and lodged them
in jail on charges ranging from
parading without permit to bat
terry. Two policemen alleged the
communists kicked them during the
melee. and several communists in
turn were clubbcd.
One Of the women was jailed at
ter she smashed box of aged
grapes over the head of Detective
Charles Evans as he grapplcd with
several men. Evans was bruised be
fore fellow officers could rescue
him.
The Young girls were dressed in
white dresses with red scarfs.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-02
Ruth Elder Is
Derby Entrant

Long BEACH, Calf. aug. ,.
UP)-Ruth Elder, woman transat-
Iantic flyer, and Claire Fahv, whose
husband, Herbert Fahy, was killed
in a plane crash last wear, will be
among the entrants in the women 5
national air derby starting from the
municipal airport here August L.
Officials of the derby, which Will
end in Chicago August p, ut the
national air races. announced today
that the entry list of Is TO date
included these two and the follow
ing:
Florence Lowe Barnes, Pasadena
Gladys O'Donncll, Long Beach; Mar
gerry Doig. Danburg, Conn; Ruth
Barron, Hollywood; Elizabeth Hay
ward and Bobbie Trout, Los Angc-
les; Juanita Burns. FL Paso; Jean
Larcnc. Kansas City, Mo, Marie
Graham, Nogales, Ariz.; Vera Dawn
Walker, Glcnwood Springs. Colo;
Margaret Perry, Culver City, Calf;
Maxine Dunlop, Oakland; Edith
Fultz. Portland, Ore; Joan Shanklc,
Fort Sill. Okla; Ruth Nichols, Rye,
\. Y, and Billie Quinn, Long
Beach.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-02
CANADA WELCOMES
DIRICIBLE CREW
With FESTIVITIES
Heroic Work In Repair
ing Damaged Fin Is
Highlight OF Trip.
Rv GILBERT DRAPER
United Press staff Corresponding

Omitted Press Staff CorrespondcnO
MONTREAL, Canada. Aug. ?.
(U.P)-Canada began its program OF
welcome today to the II British
aviators whose flight across the
north Atlantic and up the storm
swept s.. Lawrence valley brought
the Dominion into closer touch with
the mother country and forecast
regular air lines between Montreal
and London.
The official reception for the of
ficers and crew of the dirigible Il
100 was set for > p. m. today, when
the authorities of the Dominion and
provincial governments, and of the
municipalities of Montreal and st.
Hubert, will extend their concratu-
lations on the successful compile
tion of the arduous flight was not
revealed until the dirigible had
moored and its Officers had landed.
1t was the repair work on the dam
aged fin, done by two of the crew
G, E. Long and L. A. Moncrieff,
while the ship was flying.
High in the air over the st. Law
renee valley, darkness around them
and only the thin fabric in the
R-l00 supporting them, Long and
Moncrieff lay face downwards for
hours, patching the torn rear fin Of
the dirigibIe.
1t was still day when the fin was
torn, forcing immediate repairs il
the possibility Of disaster were to
be avoided, but darkness overlook
the two men before their work was
half finished. The ships speed
was reduced to almost standstil!,
and its altitude lowered to LOCO
feet as the two men clambcred out
on the surface and began their
task.
Others in the crew held flash
lights to aid the work, but the faint
CLEAN OF the lights was little help
When Squadron Leader r. s.
Booth, the commander, radioed ST.
Hubert airport he would land at
dawn, repairs were still going on,
''N ~ N'o Hpi ItI hOlil dlltl VI Il u
that Long and Moncrieff. tired and
chilled by the strong winds, drew
themselves back into the ships in
teriors and announced the repairs
would suffice until they landed
Five thousand gallons Of petrol
were put aboard the dirigiblr yes
terday while some of the crew made
permanent repairs to the damaged
{ fin. The fuel, it was announced.
would take the ship on its scheduled
flights to Ottawa, Toronto and
Hamilton, and the next rcfucling
will not take place until just before
the ship departs for England ON
August II or 10.
Thousands of Canadians flocked
to the airport yesterday and today
to see the dirigiblc from Il distance.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-02
Vivian Duncan
Nils Asther On
Honeymoon Trip

RENO, New. Aug. >. U.P)-Nivian
Duncan, the taller Of the two Dun
can sisters, and Nils Asthcr, Scandi-
naVian screen actor, started ON 4
honeymoon today after a quiet we'd
ding ceremony in Il civil court here
yesterday.
Rosetta Duncan, sister Of the
bride, attended her at the marriage
performed by Judge Thomas Moran,
who said afterward he did not know
they were prominent pcrsonagGS and
had not even remembered their
names.
The couple stayed overnight at II
hotel here before starting on u we'd
ding journey. Asther and his bride
attracted only passing attention as
they hurried through the clerks Of
flee. They stated they were both
more than 2l years old and had
never been married before.
The two had been reported en-
gagged for the last year, but Holly
wood film circles were unable to
obtain definite confirmation from
cither.
Vivian Duncan recently engaged
in highly publicized controversy
with Rex Lease, film actor, who was
accused OF giving her a black eye
at Il beach party. Lease paid Il $50
fine for his alleged leave man"
tactics, while Vivian was compelled
to undergo an operation on her uose.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-02
RIVAL GANGSTER SLAIN WHILE
CAPONE CELEBRATES in CHICAGO

skill that have marked numerous
other crimes which the police have
credited to Caponc gunmen.
After the body was picked up the
inevitable "bootIeggcrs list was
found in one pocket and the usual
large roll of bills in the other,
Waukesha county authorities said
the bills amounted to $1,000
The scene of the shooting was the
Lake View resort hotel at Delaticld,
- miles west of Milwaukee. Cal
ETY. was reaching its crest near mid
night at the hotel The player pi-
ano was playing fox trot and APP
proXimately 20 couples were sliding
about the dance floor.
At the same time "Scartace" Al
Caponc was entertaining 100 guests
1T the Hotel Western iii Cicero, Il
west side Chicago suburb He was
celebrating his return from Miami
where the climate, not to mention
Continued on page six
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-02
SUICIDE RATE
FOR. WOMEN IN
GERMANY RISES

BERLIN. Aug. >. W.H-Thc mum
Der of suicide in Germany remained
about as high in 1928 as it was
in 1927, numbering about 10000,
but women's suicides increased as
compared to mems, the latest Off
cial statistics revealed.
This tendency has been observed
for several years. In 1896, for IN
stance, 1873 women out of every
1000 committed suicide. THEN
rate rising to 1916 two years after.
During the same period, the number
of mail suicides dropped from 80 to
36.4 ont of every 100000.
The number of suicides does not
vary widely from year to year. New
ertheless, periods of declining trade
show an increasing suicide rate.
Thus 1926, a year marked by Sc
we're economic crisis, revealed the
highest suicide rate after the war-
26.2 per 100000 inhabitants. Off
cial statistics of the year 1929 have
not vet been completed, but 1t IS
believed that the unfavorablc bust
ness situation during that year re
suited in an increase of the number
of suicides, approaching the record
of 1926.
Another remarkable phenomenon
was the steep decline of the suicide
rate in big cities during years of
favorable trade; decline which
sharply contrastcd with the increase
of suicides in the purely agriculture
al districts of Eastern Germany re
flccting an unabated economic crisis
in these districts.
Juvenile suicides have been in
crcasing constantly during the past
few years, but they remain much
less numerous than before the war.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-02
Deans Answers
Desert Problem

LOS ANGELES, Aug. ,. U,H -
The "dcsert" problem submitted
to the 10 youths competing in
Thomas A. Edison'S scholarship CON
test was answered today by Profess
sor Phillip S. Bicglcr, dean of the
College of Engineering of the Uni,
verSitv of Southern California, as
follows:
"In the absence of more complete
information concerning members of
the party and conditions, my choice
would be:
81. One of the guides -- the
Younger if other conditions were
cqual-to assure safety of the 9th
ers
>. The best friend not only be
cause of fidelity but because he is
apparently fitted to report the find
ingS of the expedition and his life
as a scientist still is before him.
80. The girl-for reasons that
need no explanation"
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-02
MOONEY EVIDENCE
BEING REVIEWED
BY GOV. YOUNG
Supreme Court Hearing
Results In Strange,
Conflicting Stories.
By GEORGE D. CRISSEY
United Press Staff Correspondent

san FRANCISCO, Aug. ,. W,P)--
| The California supreme court laid
aside the "rc-tri1l' Of Warren X.
! Billings today 50 that Govcrnor G.
e. Young might review evidence on
which Thomqs J. Mooney was con
1icted Of completely in the san Fran
CISCO bombing, July -, 1916.
Although the two men were con
,ictcd ON virtually the same cyi-
dcncc for the sam" crime, it is nee
cSsarY that thcir cases be reviewed
IN different manner in settling
irctition for pardons.
The court must act for Billings
because he WAS previously convicted,
while the governor has the power
20 free Mooney.
The supreme court hearing result
ed in many strange and conflicting
stories coming to light and resulted
in a placing into the record the tcSti-
mony of two Repatriation witnesses
who testified against Billings in
1916.
John Macdonald, one of the re
canting witnesses, occupies an i'm
portant position in the hearing he
fore Governor Young, to open in
Sacramento late today, He will de-
clare again that Identification of
billings and Mooney as the dyna-
mtcrs of a Preparedness Day parade
here WAS false.
The other rcpUdiation witness,
Estclle Smith, viii not testify at the
Mooney hearing because she was
used as witness in the Billings
ease only.
Miss Smith, however, furnished
an alihi for both Billings and Moo
ucy during her appearance before
the court with the result that Frank
L. Walsh, attorncr for Mooney, am
uomced that he viii seek an entire
ly new trial for his client.
"Wherc Billings was, there was
Mooncv,n Walsh declared in com
mcutiug ON the Smith woman s story
that she saw Billings come from the
roof of Il building almost Il mile
away from the bombing sccnc at
about the same time the explosion
occurred.
The two rcpudiation witnesses
added littlc to the known facts in
the ease and, in the opinion of the
court, created still greater confusion
in the Eight OF the pair for FREE
dom from the prison cells where they
have spent almost II years.
The Sacramento session, which
will he attended by the governor
and members Of his pardon advisory
board, will be brief.
Monday the supreme court will
resume it's deliberations
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-02
MEARS
Starts
LIGHT
Aerial Globe Trotter Is
Accompanied By Air
Mail Pilot.
TO CIRCLE GLOBE
Will Attempt To Break
Record Held By The
Graf Zeppelin.

ROCKWELL FIELD, L. T., Aug >.
U.P)-John Henry Mears, aerial
globe trotter, and Henry J. Brown.
air mail pilot, took off at $40 a. m,
(EST) today on flight around the
world in which they hope to break
the Graf Zeppelin's record for the
circuit.
Their speedy Lockheed Vega rose
from the field a little after dawn
and headed for Harbor Grace, New
Foundland. first stop on a 17,775
mile journey.
Mears expected TO reach Harbor
Grace in nine hours, or by 2:40
q clock this afternoon, and start
across the Atlantic tomorrow morn
ing if the weather continues favor
able.
owe might even start tonight if
necessary, the noted travoler said.
The plane christened the "City
of New York, - was equipped with
$4,000 worth of special apparatus.
including a eollapsible air inflated
boat for use in case the skip is
forced down at sea.
Long weeks of careful prepara
tion in mapping out the route, which
will be between the 4Gth and Goth
parallels, and in studying weather
conditions, preceded the takeoff
From Harbor Grace the fliers will
make 1900 mile water jump to Ire
land and stop at Raldonnel airdomc,
Dublin. for refueling. Then they
will make 900 mile hop tn Berlin.
Another 1900 miles Will take
them to Moscow. and from there
they will begin long trek across
Russia and Siberia, with stops N
Nova Sibirsk, Chita, Khabarovs;:
and PetropavIovsk, Siberia.
Another water jump of 1900
miles will face the flyers on the
route to Chiqnik, Alaska, and Seat
tie, Wash. From there they will
proceed to Spokane to cross the
Rockies, and then swing across the
North American continent for the
home field.
The planes landing gear will be
replaced by pontoons for the flights
across the water.
Twice before Mears has held the
record for travelling around the
world. He won it first in 1913 from
Andre Jaeger-Schmidt when he util.
lied plane, ship and train to accom-
plsh it in 35 days, q hours. That
record stood until 1923, when Ed
ward Evans and Linton Wells cut
the time to % days, IA hours and
So minutes. Mcars won back the
title the same year with Captain c.
B. d. Collyer, cutting the time to
% days. II hours and 81 minutes.
Plane and ship were used.
Then the Graf Zeppelin circled
the globe in 2l days, $ hours and q
minutes.
Mears' plane is capable of speed
of 1856 miles an hour, but cruises
around l50 miles an hour. 1t has
cruising radius of 1000 miles with
4l6 gallons of gasoline in its tanks,
Brown won the Los Angeles to
Cleveland air derby last year, and
is veteran pilot. He formerly was
an air mail pilot on the Cleveland
New York route,
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-02

CHICAGO, Aug. ,. W.P)-Murdcr
marked "Scarface" Al Capone'S re-
turn to his old hauuts today.
While the gang leader was rest
ing in Cicero after celebrating his
return with Il party for 100 guests,
word came from Delafield, Wis,
that the victim of gang attac X
there in the night had been identi-
fled tentatively as Jack Iuta, one
Of Caponc'S most militant enemies.
AS business manager of the Nor
an-Icllo gang and one suspected of
the murder of Alfred j. Lingle,
Chicago Tribune police reporter who
was Capone's friend, Iuta narrow
ly escaped assassination in the Chi
cago loop a month ago.
Now if the tentative identifica-
tion in the Wisconsin summer re
sort turns out to be positive it will
prove, according to the police, that
the caponeS always get their man
The Wisconsin murder was exc
cuted with the same confident
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-02
DOheny Museum
Being Planned

Los ANGELES, Aug. >. U.H)-
The Dohcny museum of the petrol
cum industry, the only one of its
kind in the world, will be establish
ed in its own building here soon,
+. l.. Dohenv, multi-millionalre oil
magnate, announced today.
Dohcnv has sent out the FIRST
expedition for the museum, gather
ing Photographic records from prac-
tically every large oil field in the
world. A second expedition viii
gather old machinery and nipple
ments used in primitive recovery Of
petroleum in the Orient and Near
East. The evolution of the industry
will be depicted in another exhibit,
Dohcny drilled the first success
full oil well in southern California,
more than 81 years ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-02
TWO NEW AIRMAIL
ROUTES PLANNED

WASHINGTON, Aug. ,, WPl-
The postoffice department issued to-
day call for bids for two new
transcontiucntal air routes running
from New York to Los Angeles, and
from Atlanta, Ga, to Los Angeles.
The route extending from New
York City will be operated by way
of Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Colum-
bus. Ohio, Indianapolis, St. Louis,
Kansas City, Mo, Amarillo, Tex,
COR from St Louis via Tulsa to Anna
rillo, either or both routeS) and Al
buquerque to Los Angeles; this line
will extend about 2,559 miles.
The route starting at Atlanta will
extend zoos miles by way Of Birm-
ingham, Dallas, Ft, Worth and vi
Paso, Tex, and via such points IN
New Mexico aud Arizona as may
later be designed to Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-02
LIGHT FORMULA
IS DISCOVERED
BY DIR. SCHNELL
Invention Claimed To Be
Reproduction OF Suns
Rays.

Los ANGELES, Aug. .. UR)
DR.. William George Schncll, youth
full scientist, today claimed n formu-
la TO produce lignt rs bright rs the
sun S without the use OF electricity.
His invention, which assertcdly is
composed Of the same atoms which
compose the sun, will be demonstrate
cd here next Thursday before scicn-
fists Of the University of California
and the University of Southern
California.
DR.. Schncll, University of Colora
do and University of Dresden grad
uatc, said the formula really was
reproduction of the sun itself.
"For,o he said, "thc compounds
which make up my invention are
composed of the same atoms as tn"
have the sun cheated, for we can
produce Il hot or a cold ray as we
desire.
DIR. Schncl said the test of burn
ing wood by Il mngnifying glass has
been equally successful with the sun
and with his invention.
The inventor said he had illumir-
atcd entire rooms with his mystcri-
Gus light aud has conducted Other
tests to the entire satisfaction Of
noted scientists.
II have satisfied some of the
most cXacting scientists that my
claims are entirely true he said.
81 have shown the representatives
of some Of the world s most impOr-
tant electrical concerns that | have
1t last discovered the secret Of light
without power through capivation Of
the suns own rays.
Dr. Schncl disclosed that lie be-
licvcs his invention will eventually
eliminate all forms of outdoor clec-
trical signs aud lights, illuminate"
Eomcs, cook food and assist medical
work through its A-ray qualities.
The forumla for his light producer
is very simple. he said, contains Ger
tain minerals which are mixed with
oils and acids.
Dr. Schuell said the groundwork
Tor his discovery was iaid eight
years ago when he was experiment
ing in laboratory while student
1T the University of Colorado.
lie arcidentlv noticed, he stated,
that Il certain mineral retained a
glow of light after il had been cx-
posed to light.
He went to Germany TO conclude
his university training, all the time
working on the mineral which re-
tanned the glow of the sun,
His experiments eventually led TO
the present formula, he said.
Following his demonstrations here
I Thursday he viii leave for Wash
ington. H. G.. to file patents.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-02
NURSES SUMMONED
BEFORE MCNABB IN
MARY NOLAN CASE

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, Aug. >.
(U.P two nurses who sworc to
affidavits that Mary Nolan. screen
actress, was a narcotic addict faced
a summons today from L. $. Attor-
ney Samuel McNabb for question:
ing in the affair,
McNabb opened an official in
quiry into the affidavits after
Vaughn DE Spain, narcotic investi-
gator and several physicians report.
ed that the charges apparently were
without foundation.
The attorney, however, intimated
that two Hollywood physicians were
sought for asserted narcotic ped
ding on information obtained from
"a Beverly Hills druggist. The drug
gist produced 4 prescription written
by a physician calling for morphine
sulphate for Miss Nolan, it was de-
ciared.
The actress, who Indignantly de-
MED the charges, has undergone six
major operations this year and at
times has suffered intense pain, her
physicians said. 1t was believed
the prescription might have been
for relieving the actresses pain al
various intervals.
Miss Nolan was in a hospital for
treatment of sunburn when [. :.
Commissioner ID. b. Head issued
search warrants based on the nurses
affidavitS. The warrants were not
served ON the actress and they have
been shelved pending Me Nabb's in
quirY.
McNabb said that all persons con
nected with the case will bc ques-
toned, particularly the nurses, Clair
Anderson and Caroline Clark. Miss
Nolan asserted their affidavits were
part of a plot to injurc her screen
career.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-02
Miss Payne Is
Summer Graduate
OF Coast School

Among the summer graduates Of
the San Diego State Teachers col
legc is Miss OctaVia j. PAYNE of this
city Miss PAYNE received her a. B.
al the conclusion of the summer
school. She is daughter of Princi-
pal and Mrs. W. A. Payne of the
East Side school She is Il graduate
from the East Side High school of
this city and is Il pianist of marked
ability.
During the next wear she will be
employed in The Dunbar school OF
Imperial, where she will have charge
of the first and second grades.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-02
GLIDER PILOT
ELECVROCUTED

HAWTHORNE, Calif., Aug. >.
UP) Earl Lyon, -. was electro
cutcd here last night when the
shock cord with which his glider
was being towcd by an automobile
parted and hurled him into high
tension wire carrying 1000 volts.
The glider, a twisted mass of
smoking wrcckage, clung to the
wires while Lyon was thrown to
the ground, lie died cnroutc to a
hospital.
Police learned that an attempt
to launch the glider failed when
the first car used could not develop
enough speed. \ second automobile
was secured, but rs it gained head
way the tow rope broke. The glider
wavcrcd in midair and then plunged
carthward, it's fall interrupted by
the power line.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-02
Man Killed In
Scuffle With
Young Nephew

SANTA MARIA, Calf. Aug. >.
U.P)-Scuffling with his nephew
cost Walter Parker, -, his life acre
last night when a bullet from the
nephew's small calibrc gun tore
through Parker's chest.
Relatives said Parker was teas
ING and wrestling with James Dof
flemeyer, H., visiting here from
San Francisco, when a gun in Dof
flemeyer's hand discharged aud tn"
pellet struck Parker.