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Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-27
PICKING JURY IN
ALLEGED RADICAL,
CASE DIFFICULT
First Venire Exhausted
And New One Sum
mOned By Court.

Exhausting the f#s- venire OF
prospective jurorG in the trial Of
nine indicted radicals before Judge
Thompson in superior court yester-
day afternoon and this morning, or
ders were issued by the court to
find 60 new names for prospective
jury duty. This was started at 10
q clock this morning and at 11:30
the court declared recess until ,
o'clock this afternoon as the at
torncys for the defense will not pro
cced with the questioning of the
new venirc until all are present in
the cour; room.
This work OF catherine new names
was turned over 90 the coroner rs
tie defense attorneys objected TO
the sheriff getting iurymen. Deputy
Coroner e. G. Cockley is engaged
today in gathering in members OF
tho new venire and the questioning
of these prospective jurors will con
t'nuc this afternoon. No one has
been picked for service rs vet and
i. is expected that the jury Will not
be completed until the end cf the
week with the taking of testimony
70 start on Monday.
Some ~ person were questiono4
this morning and rs each side has
70 joint challenges and then five.
extra for each defendant before th,I
bar, thns giving a total of 5j ehai.
lCnges, the work of choosing this
iaN may be long drawn OUT.
Probably the most interesting
character connected with this trial
IS II. u. Henderson, of the defense
staff. Henderson, u resident of lIa-
kersfiGid and one OF the outstanding
:ttorntys Of the state, is almost com
pletely blind and reads from lis
Braillc notes with an ease and facii
iiy that il astounding at time'. His
voice is never raised above the or
6inary pitch and b. faces the per
son whom ne - questioning, putting
his qu, stions in a direct manner and
right 10 the point.
Tie defense is being conducted by
the International Labor defense,
with offices IN Biawlcy, and Frank
Speetcr, ore of the defendants as
district secretary. Leo Gallagher,
Los Angeles, and Alfred Blaisdcii,
Cal"Tic0, are associated with Hen
jcrson in the Il, Tense, while District
Attorney Elmer Heald, is conducting
the prosecution assisted by Clarence
smith, deputy distFic, attorney.
The questioning Of prospective
iuTymcn win be continued mt the
conclusion of. tlo noon recess tnis
afternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-27
RIOTlNC AMONG
INDIAN REBELS
Is WIDESPREAD
Half Hundred Killed and
Hundreds w oun q e q
During Row.

RANGOON, Burma, May 27. U.P)
Widespread riotiag in which po-
lice fought dock strikers in the
streets of Rangoon had resulted III q
total of 80 dead end hundreds IN
jured at noon today.
Fighting started Yesterday and
continued at intervals as police re-
serves was summoned in vain ef-
fort to cope with the rioters. \
check Of casualties revealed a total
.of 10 injured, many of them scri-
ously.
The Cameron Hignlanders and Pu-
nab regiment and mounted and mil
itary police and civil police occupied
the city. The military was compelled
to fire twice on the rioters, killing
about dozen persons.
At least q dozen persons were
killed in fighting yesterday and last
night and the toll was greatly IN
creased when rioting was resumed
this morning. The fighting started
when strikers attacked imported
strike breakers.
The attacking strikers massacred
i Indian coolie women.
One of the women was held aiof,
over the heads of the surging mob.
she blcd to death from severed ar
terics.
Many persons We're injured by
gun fire, but the frenzy Of the out
break had become so violent and 50
large i'll scale that troops and police
were unable to restore order imme-
diately. They Were reinforced by en-
fbllment of Eropoansass ent
plcyed in the various commercial es
L blishments of the city.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-27
Change Made In
Enforcing Law

WASHINGTON, May 27. U.P) -
The first of the reform measures rec
commended by the Wicfcrsham law
enforcement commission became a
law today, when President Hoover
signed the Williamson bin transfer.
ring prohibition enforcement from
the treasury TO the justice depart
Mcnt.
The transfer becomes effective
July when Attorney General Nit
chell win take over the burden Of
enforcement when has been in the
hands of Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon since 1921.
Al the same time the President
signed seven other bills providing n
comprehensive program of prison re-
fCrm which are designed to meet the
ccngested prison situation and other
objectionable features of prison
management or equipment.
Mr.. Hoover said the bills would
enable the government 10 work out
q more satisfactory federal prison
system than at precsnt and would
lring into action needed physicnI
changes rs well as important moral
fercCs.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-27
Spiders Bite
May Be Fatal

COLTON, Calf, May p. W.P)
Suffering from po:nson inflicted by
the deadly "black widow spider,
+. 5. Herbert, Cotton rancher, was
said by physicians today to have
little chance to recover.
Herbert was bitten by the spider
saturday while working in his
orange grove. Fifteen minutes af-
Ter being bitten, he was convused
IN cramps. Despite all treatments,
Herbert gradually weakened.
Last year two persons died as re
suit OF bites inflicted BY this same
species of spider, while numerous
other persons in this district were
critically ill for some time before
recovering from its bite.
Unless immediate treatment is
given the bite Of the "black wild
ow' spider, it generally proves fa-
tai, doctors said
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-27
Chicago Buildings
Wrecked By Bombs

CHICAGO, May q. W.P) - Two
bolnb explosions injured two persons
carly today, iolted a dozen other,
cut of bed and partially wrecked
Two buildings.
Ruse Rasmussen, 90, and his wife,
Minnie, 81, were taken to a hospital
after a bonlb burst in the yestibuie
e tho two story building where they
lived.
John GanaldaE, psychologist and
self-styled healer, who owns the
Luildine, and five other persons
we're hurled from bed, but escaped
injury. He told police that mad been
IN considerable difficulty with his
divorced Wife, but was unable to
furnish clue as TO the bombcrs.
The other bombing damaged .
Scuthside pharmacy and severely
shool; two families living over the
store.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-27
Three Killed In
Airplane Crash

TULSA, Okla. May -. U.Pl a
might airplauc ride over Tulsa was
fatal to three persons here when r.
". IIammonds, Carthage. Mo-. pilot,
lost control of his craft in landing o'
Garland airport shortly after mid
night. The piano crashed from arr
cetimatcd height of 500 feet AVID
burst into flames.
Workmru extriratcd abe bodies Of
Miss Ersa Pail, Tulsa, and George
;. BuShhoom, Carthage. No. owner
of tine craft, after working hei, au
hour over the firo blackcnpi wrctt-
age.
Airport attendants said they did
not witness the crash but believed
S, melting must have happened to
the controls Of the craft. disabling
il. They heard the drone or the inp'
tor when the ship apparently was
near the ground. 4 crash and cxplo-
Sion followed.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-27
Asserts Lewis
Started Poo

Los ANGELES, May 27. U.R)-
8, G. Lewis, then president of th'
Julian Petroleum Corporation, Mo-
Icy Flint, banker, and Henry Me-
Kay, j., attorney, were the men
who took the first steps in the or.
ganization Of Julian pool number J.
1t was testified today at the rial
of lG men accused of having taken
usuriors interest from the oil com
panv.
The operations Of this pool, th,
state charges, permitted the pres
cnt defendants TO realize 80 per ccp
interest ON million dollar loan u
Julian.
M NJ. kauffman, prosecution VA,
ness and former secretary to ", y
liolIingsworth, another defendant
told the court about meetings in !he
Pacific Southwest bauk buildlnS
early in 1927 when Lewis, Flint and
Mckay were present.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-27
TURNER SEEKING
COAST TO COAST
FLIGHT RECORD

ROOSEVELT FIELD, l.. l., May
27. W.P-Lieuteaant Colonel Roscoe
Turner hoped off at SOB a. M,
ERT., in a Lockheed Air Express
cabin monoplanc in an attempt to
break the East West transcontincnt-
a speed record. His pet lion cub,
"Gilmore e' accompanied him.
The present East.West record is
held by Captain Frank NJ. Hawks,
who on June 27 piloted his Lock
heed Vega monoplare from Roosc-
welt field to Les Angeles in ID
hours, 10 minutes ard % seconds,
without a stop.
The transcontinental speed record
is held by Colonel and Mrs. Charles
y. LindberEa, who flew from Los
Angeles To Roosevelt field April 20
in II hours, % minutes and y see.
onds, stopping at Wichita to rcfue'
Althc ~ Turner made y Vest
East flight recently in slightly les
than - hours ne said he expected
to take more than that time iof the
return trip because prevailing winds
would be against him
~ will fcfdel at Wichita again.
he said. THE wcathet at j. =ee 'nt
looks fairly good. After returning
to the coast | expect to make anoth
er eastward flight don't know
whether it will be one stop or noA-
Stop. -
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-27
GRAF ZEPPELIN
BEGINS NORTHERN
TRIP TOMORROW

PERNAMBUCO, Brazil, May o..
W.P)--Thc Graf Zeppelin viii point
it's nose toward the United States
for the third tinre tomorrow after
q five day visit to South America.
Refueiing and storage of provi-
sions began shortly after ship moor
cd here at S:53 n. m (6:53 n. m,
EST Yesterday after its return
from flight to Rio De Jane.ro. The
work continued throughout the day,
and late in the afternoon DR.. Hug,
Eckener, commander, announced he
would start early tomorrow
The Graf Zeppelin viii Fly from
Icrnambuco 90 Havana, distance
Of approximately 5000 miles, for Il
brief halt before proceeding to Lake
hurst, n. j., another 1900 miles up
the Atlantic scaboard. Aftor refuel.
ing 81 Lalehurst, it will cross the
Atlantic again to Seville, and fly
thence TO Friedrichshafen, Germany
It's home port.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-27
REVISED
COMPACT
RATIFIED
l.. A. City Council Gives
Approval To W att e :
And Power Agreement
SENT TO CAPITAL
New Contract To BE Pre-
sented 10 House Appro-
priatiOns Committee

LOS ANGELES, Aiay =. U.D-
y supplemental agreement to the
contract between the goeeIam IA,
the city OF Los Angeles. the Los An
geles department of water and
power of the Southern California
foison Company for control aad.
distribution Of power from Eoulder
dam WAS ratified by city council 20
day.
The supplemental contract em m9ha
sizes the obligat ton of the city Of
Los Angeles to accept and pay fOr
generated power b. making TIC do.
partment Of water asd power a sep
aratc party to the contract. II also
cmphasiacd that the department
was AN obligated party to the coa'
tract
The additional agreement was re-
questod by the appropriations cont
mittee Of congress and, since il vs.
more or less mere matter Ot form,
was not discussed in any detail
here.
The ALLEGATION of power to the
various parties in the contract re.
mains the same over the 50 ye9r
period, il is rs follows:
Nevada, - pee cent; Arizona, II
per cent; Metropolitan Water Dia-
trict. 80 per ccHt; Los Angelica, l. :
per cent; the Edison Company w,tn
the San Diego Consolidated Gas aud
Electric, the Los Angeles Gas and
Electric, and Southern Sierras Pow
cr Company, nine per cent; and the
municipalities of Anaheim. Bcver-
" Hills, Burbank, Cotton, Fullerton,
Glendale, Pasadena, Newport Reach,
Riverside. san Ecrnafdiuo and San.
Ia Ana, & per cent.
Council adopted She necessary or
diuancr making the supplemental
contract FINAL and agreed TO scnd
the matter rs an emergency action
to Washington, u. c., whcye it will
he sent 10 the appropriations CON
mittcc 10 he acted upon.
The board of water apd power
held a special meeting this morning
and formally approved the suppl.
mental contract, then sending "a 70
the eity council for its action.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-27
Southern Dentist
Victim Of Mob

HAMMOND, L., May ~ UR)-
Abducted by our unidentified men,
DR.. 5. l.. Newsum, Young dentist,
was tarrcd and tcathered here to-
day.
Newsum, it was reported, nad
been paying attention to- Wom,'
hcht Hammond married woman
lie was tossed rom n speeding
automobile and ordered to .cet tYt
of town at once.''
The dentist. 30 years oil. wa,
S1ld 70 have gone to New Oriears
IN ohedienee' of the order. lc could
not be found later.
frIfnds of Newsum refused To dis
cu's th cbaekground of the affair
ANA those not in his intimate circle
eouid throw little light other than
rI"or' on the cause O the set
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-27
LEGION POST TO
MAKE PLANS FOR
MEMORIAL DAY

Plans for the annual Memorial
day progtam ia this city, viii be
formed ar tonight's meeting Of
Hoyce Atcn Post, American Legion
which, with the Spanish War veter-
ans, takes charge each year Of tins
patriotic duty
MI members OF the Legion have
been notified 10 attend tie meeting.
which is sehednlcd for O'Clock 81
the court house, anil ail are urged
80 make q special effort to IN pre1
ent. a firing squld aud color guard
are TO be ehoscn and full affange
mcnts made f1r Tho parade
"Tle constitution N ihe f.cgiea
places particular obligation os
membcrs 10 ollsesfe Memorial day.
said Herb snllenger, post adjutant.
and we hope TO have full attend
aDce AZ fonight's meeting.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-27
Lytell Admits He
Owes Uncle Sam

LOS ANGELES, May -. U.P)--
Bert Lytcll, stage and screen actor,
was listed as owing the government
S3.5S2.33 in unpaid income tAXa
today after his plea of guilty to
evasion on returns for the wear Of
1925.
Government agents testified in
federal court that Lytell paid 81
3sl.9l instead of S4.9Gf.24, Tn. a..
tor explained the difficulty WAS
due to the fact that he place his
tax problems in the hands of Miss
Marjorie Berger, now serving 80
months federal prison senfcncc Cor
dcfauding the government ~ r,ai,.
ng out returns fer other Hollywood
promincnte
Sentence OF I.vtell was deferred
until next October.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-27
VICTIMS
CRUSHED
BY WALLS
Mostly Spectators Drawn
To Watch Spectacular
Blaze.
HANDICAP FIREMEN
Crowd Remains In Dan
ger Points. Have No
Opportunity to Escape.

OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla. MAY
81 W.P-Flames that started near
sawdust covered arena .crackled
through the stockyards coliseum 10
day and took at least 10 lives.
Most Of the persons who lost
their lives were caught in n chowef
of embers and buraing brands a.
the walls of the huge structure.
weakened by the inroad Of TIA,
flames, collapsed.
The deaths and injuries resulted
from the battle Of firemen to con.
troll the fierce flames in crowd
which pressed forward attracted 10
the spectacle. .s.--.
Walls buckled, then fell, some
catching human groups, while fire
struggled to hold the Flames
i'll check from threatened packing
plants nearby. In other instances
persons were trapped who sought to
salvage parts from automobiles
stored in the annex of the structure.
What was first Z scene Of cusios.
ity for many turned into spectacle
involving one of the most serious
losses of life since the oil and eat
tie business turned this former In
dian territory settlement into
city.
The blaze occurred in a corner
of the building near the opening of
large sawdust covered arena
where many "wild west rodeo
has been staged preliminary re.
port of firemen said None knew
the cause.
T-y To Save Cars
The usual number of workmen
and equipment was in the building
but large crowds gathered when n
large billow of smoke rose from
the center of the large structure
As the flames nearcd the annex
where eco new automobiles were
stored, volunteers rushed to save
the ears.
1t was at this place whore n fall
ing wall crashed down on firemen
and volunteers imprisoning MANY
and killing several. When the
A'hiNo ohSl tif dAAN1 "a NtiltN VI
minor explosions in the ears caused
the flames 10 spread with renewed
fury.
Four men. with chests crushed,
were dragged from the rains as
firemen searched the piles Of debris
for other possible victims.
Dick Mason, n fireman was burned
TO death when falling debris caught
him.
A boy, not identified, was sail
to have died in the flames while
helping A. +. Johnson, railroad
employee, to salvage an automobile.
Johnson said a collapsing wall
crushed the youth.
Although Fire Chief George Goff
had made no estimates, il was re-
.jrted that the large building was
Il complete loss.
Loss was expected TO reach moro
than 100000.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-27
English King
I'LL Once More

LONDON, May 27. (U.D - King
George las been suffering from an
attack Of rheumatism in the right
hip for the past several days, it was
announced Officially at Bucking-
ham palace today.
As result of the rheumatism, the
king has cancelled his attendance NJ
the third and four royal courts to
be held tonight and tomorrow.
The affection was painful, it was
said, but it was understood that ii
lad nc connection with the serious
illness which kept him confined to
his bed for many weeks last year.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-27
Admiral MOffett
For Sunnyvale

WASHINGTON, May 81. W.D -
Contending that naval dirigiblc
base must depend on protection
from land forces rather than naval
lrotection, Rear'Admial William A.,
Moftett, chief of the navy bureau
Of aeronautics, told the house naval
affairs committee today he believed
such q base should be located in the
''"n Francisco area for this reason.
M"ffett took sharp issue with
iet ethmony Offered last week by Rear
Admiral j. NJ. Reeves, who had
recommended the Camp Kcarny site.
hcar san Diego.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-27
Los ANGELES APPROVES BOULDER Dam RATES
Ten Lose Lives AS Oklahoma Stockyards Arena Burn
Coast Steamer
Calls For Aid

SEATTLE. Wash, May 81. U.p) -
The steamship Oduna of the Alaska
Steamship company, is aground and
listing badly near Port Wells, Alas
ka, according 10 a radio received by
the coast guard here today. The
Odrna sent an sos call nj $40 4. m.
The coast guard advised.
Tie Oduna has Il cargo of dyna
mite, gasoline and oil. Captain j.
Johansen is in command of the craft.
The coast guard was advised that
the steamer Latouchr left Ccrdova
to 90 to the aid of the disabled shin,
and the steamer Bisc0vcror was also
proceeding toward the scene.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-27
Woman Aviator
Sets Loop Mark

Ml-SKOGEE. Okla, Nav 81. U.p)
"A new world : record for success
sivc loops by woman flyer-al-
most TRIPPING the former mark-was
claimed here today 10y Laura ingalls,,
gyl flyer Of st. Louis.
Through the gathering darkness
at IIatbox field, Miss ingalls,
brought her gypsy Moth plane to the
ground last night after looping $50
consecutive times, bettering her
former record by G3G loops.
81 would have made thousand
loops easily if it hadn't been for
the darkncss,' she said. "I'll pass
that mark yet.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-27
Woman FLYER Is
Killed In Crash

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, May
~ U.D-M Margaret Ferguson, II,
ane OF the Youngest girl pilots in
thc United States, was killed today
IN plane crash near here.
She took off on solo flight from
q Colorado Springs airport and
crashed in field four miles north.
'ast Of the city.
The plane was practically demoi-
shed ard parts of il were embedded
deep in the ground. The girl's body
was badly crushed.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-27
DIsBAR TWO LAWYERS

SALEM, Orc, May -. WD-
George ". Joteph, Republican nom.
NEE tor governor Of Oregon, aud
Ihomas g. ManniN, another Pott.
laad attorney, were both disba-rcd
from the practice OF la,y in Oregon
for life, in decision handed down
by the state supreme court this af-
ternOon.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-27
Curtis Ruling
Stirs Leaders

WASHINGTON, May 81. Wn) -
In an unexpected ruling which threw
Republican leaders into turmoil,
Nicc-prcaidrnt Curia today held
tlat the senate confcrces exceeded
their authority in writing the flexi-
bic provision Of the tariff BILL
Curtir upheld . point Of order
rladc against The bin BY Senator
Rcrklcy, Demccrat KcntuckY and
ordered that the bill be sent back
to conference for revision to make
IL confirm to the rules.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-27
"ELD FOR MURDER

, l. Los ANGELES. May -. up
nispf ,5 brief preliminary hcariag
TO-DAY, John Reyua, %. was boar
W., VT ior trial on u charge of rnr'
ueFlmg Detective Verne A. Brindley
2n pa,., Nay 10 when Brindlcy arrested
R'yna for drunk driving.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-27
WHAT'S DOING
TONIGHT

TONIGHT
Rural schools graduation, s,
high school auditorium.
Eastside elementary gradua-
tion, 3, Eastsidc school.
Special right school classes,
10. hish school.
I. o. o. ?. No, 397. 3, Davis
hall.
/. V. Comnandery No. g.,
1880, Masonic Temple.
American Legion, 8, Court
House.
Fox Imperial Theatre, ""chc
Bad one.
TOMORROW
Junior chamber of commerce,
ESQ Barbara Worth.
white Shrine social club,
1880. 21l S. c. ST., Imperial.
It;hian Sisters Thimble club,
1890, 863 Euclid.
Americanization program, 2.
school cottage.
The Washington times., 1930-01-20
ORE
SHOWS DROP

The total value Of the gold, sill
yer, copper and lead produced
from ore mined and treated in
California decreased from SIS.
381,78 in 1923 } to ABOUT .$l4,.
998,700 in 1929, according to pre-.
liminary figures announced by
the Bureau Of Mines.
Copper was the only metal to
make an outstanding increase in
its yield compared with 1928 and
its gain in value practically offset
the loss in gold yield recorded
in 1929.
The value of the gold recovered
from lode and placer Mining in
1929 is estimated at about $3,392,-
800, compared with a value of
$10.875,S15 In 1928.
The quantity Of silver treated
decreased from 1,47S,7T1 ounces
in 1928 to about 1866, 100 ounces
and the value from 1865 .081 to
$569, 300.
The production Of copper in.
creased from 25.15O.T43 pounds
to about 33,255,500 pounds, and
the value from $3,621,7 TOT 70
SIS. .052. 700.
The Washington times., 1930-01-20
Chicago Offers Cash
To Spur Pens to Fame

CHICAGO, Jan. 20.-From in
dustries centered in the stock
yards and the gang-haunted
spaces of the west side, Chicago
turned to the consideration Of
$25, 900 a year in prizes for poets,
novelists and historians. The
writer's must have the label
made In Chicago" on their
wares.
The Chicago Foundation Of
Literature has been organized,
and DR.. Preston Bradley made
the announcement Of its object
to a large audience Of many
weary poets in the Art Institute.
I'VE are incorporated" said DR..
Bradley, speaking for the Chicago
Foundation Of Literature, ito aid,
assist, foster, promote, develop
and encourage meritoriouS work
by Chicago writer's Of fiction,
non-fiction, novels, short stories,
poetry, drama and other forms
e literature"
The Washington times., 1930-01-20
Air Mail Pick UP Device
To Get Test in New York

ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y, Jan.
10 UNS0.-A. w. Gard, one Of
the inventors Of an airplane mail
pickup device, announced today
that he had obtained permission
from Washington to fly low over
New York Wednesday afternoon
to demonstrate to airmail contract
holders the feasibility Of the
device.
A plane will zoom down over
the top OF the 347story building at
12Q Wall Street in the heart of
the financial district Wednesday
afternoon and pick up a sack Of
airmail, repeating the operation
several times in an effort to
demonstrate the practicability Of
the device. The device will be set
up on the building, which Is $40
feet high, tomorrow. Card said.