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Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-12
Club Leaders Declare
Prohibition Is Job For
Fair Sex
RECORD DEFENDED
Decry Efforts OF Vets
To Prove Youth Of Ma
ton Being Corrupted
By PAUL r. MALLON
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Mar. 12. W.H-
The fight to preserve federal pro-
hibition is primarily a woman's bat
tie, Mrs. Henry w. Peabody of the
Woman's National Committee for
Law Enforcement, told the house
judiciary committee considering pro-
hibition bills today.
Mrs. Peabody led band of 33
militant women drys who besieged
the house committee when it resumed
hearings today.
"The battle is on-primarily a
woman's battle" she said. "The al
cohol faint from past generations
persists in rebellion against this
necessary law against the liquor
traffic"
Appealing for 100000 women
represented by the band, Mrs. Pea
body said:
"a 10 year old law, like 10 year
old boy, is not perfectly regulated,
but requires example, support, edu-
cation and discipline.
"Women cheerfully will grant to
men management of the tariff, fin
ances, problems of transportation
and water power.
"Men need the help Of women TO
control the alcohol power"
Mrs. Henry Ford and Mrs. Thomas
A. Edison, in messages sent the COM
mittee through Mrs. Peabody's com
mittee, declared strongly prohibition
had been blessing to the nation.
Mrs. Herbert Hoover presided over
the last convention Of the commit
tee which formulated the women's
program, Mrs. Peabody said. She
decricd the efforts of women anti
prohibitionists to claim that youth
is being corrupted by prohibition.
Threat Reported
In rapid succession some l6 wit
nesses testified their allegiance to
prohibition. They represented sew.
eral million women members of ma
tional and statcp rohibition and So
cial welfare organizations.
Chief of these witnesses was Mrs.
John +. Sippcl, president of the
General Federation of Women's
clubs, of Maryland. She testified
that she represented 14,50O clubs
throughout the country.
She was reported to have received
an anonymous telephone call warn
ing her not to appear, but she was
not questioned about this, under a
special rule adopted by the commit
tee for the ladies who asked to make
their statements without interrup'
tion.
Mrs. Sippcl said her clubs had
gone on record in every ronvention
favoring prohibition.
The women's leader, Mrs. Henry
w. Peabody, Boston, chairman OF
the Woman's National Committee on
Law Enforcement, delivered a sum
mary of the evidence. She placed
alcohol in the same class with opium
and declared only the one half of
one per cent allowable standard con
tent would be safe for children
She announced in favor of making
the buyer of liquor equally guilty
with the seller.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-12
Union Club May
Follow Wets'

NEW YORK, Mar. 12.-W.R)-
Fnthused over victory in the Ma
,ional Republican club prohibition
poll and over a reported wet ma
ioritv in a similar referendum at
the Union League club, the anti
prohibition element in the National
Republican club today was said to
be planning to seek control of the
state convention this fall and de
mand wet gubernatorial candidate.
According to sources regarded as
authoritative, the Union League
cub, long referred to as the solid
rock of the G.. O. p" has gone on
record against the present dry laws.
About 1000 or two-thirds of the
club total membership responded
to the poll, it was said, and that Of
these, 900 or 90 per cent either voted
repeal of the 18th amendment or
amendment Of the Nolstead act.
The official result of the po
probably will be announced Thurs
day night.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-12
TAFT AT REST
AMID TOMBS OF
NATIONS HEROES

WASHINGTON. Mar. 12.-U.P)-
The body of William Howard Taft
rested in AN Arlington grave today
while the nation went about its work
again with only memories Of the
man who so recently PLAYED such a
vital part in its affairs.
The former president and chief
Justice WAS buried with full military
honors yesterday after a brief, sim
pie service at the grave attended by
President and Mrs. Hoover, Chief
Justice Charles Evans Hughes, JUS
tlces of the supreme court and other
ugh officials of the government.
Thousands of persons from all
walks Of life lined the streets of
Washington, Drawing Il heavy down
IoTr of rain, to honor the states
man. His body was borne on an ar
rlllery caisson, first to the capitol
building TO lie in state, then to All
Souls Unitarian church for simple
funeral rites, and, finally, to Airing
ton cemetery for mterment among
chose hundreds of national heroes
who rest there.
There was no funeral orati0n at
IT the church. Instead, at the re
Guest of Mrs. Taft, DIR. Ulysses G.
+. Pierce. the Taft family pastor,
read from two poems, The Happy
Warrior by William Wordsworth,
and 'Ode on the Death of the Duke
I WELLINGTON by Alfred I,or d
'7nnySon.
- the grove. 40 thc fret SIN of
Il dreary day broke through the
cnd5, Ir. Pierce read from Tenny-
ms solemn poem, Crossing the
ar.
Throughout the day, at half hour
'tcrVals, military guns throughout
'o nation oomed their farewell
'hc man who once had been com
npder in chief of the army and
navy. As the cortege passed the gates
80 Arlington the first gun of the
y gun presidential salute echoed
nr F,rt Mvcr. across the Potomac
Three sharp volleys by firing squad
oncludcd the ceremonies at the
grave.
The impressiveness of the state
and military ceremonies contrasted
sharply with the utter simplicity of
the private funeral rites, and the
genuine sorrow of the thousands who
GHow Mr.. Taft, as a genial president
and sagacious justice made the en-
tire affair sincere tribute to the
dead statesman.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-12
KEYES BECOMES
NUMBER BEHIND
WALLS OF PRISON
Convicted Official APP
pears Resigned To In
evitable Fate
SAN QUENTIN Prison, Mar. Il.

san QUENTIN Prison, Mar l..
- U.H - Asa Keyes, "a, who won
fame as being among the nation 5
most brilliant prosecutors, entered
San Quentin prison today and start
ed serving a sentenee Of one to II
years for accepting 1ribes.
Behind these gray walls, now sur
rounding keyes, are hundreds of
men who became convicts as result
of the genius of the former Los An
Celes prosecutor.
Despite rumors circulated by
'prison grapevine,' Keyes insisted
he was not afraid of any prisoner
seeking revenge.
"Why should / be afraid?" his
clear voice doomed. every man l
sent here got square deal which
is more than / can say for myself. -
Nevertheless, Warden James b..
.Iolohan was unable to share Keves
feeling Of security and ordered him
confined to an isolated cell for sew
oral days until arrangements to i'm
cure his safety as prisoner can be
made.
The prison number 4S21s was as
signed to Keyes. That formality
being out of the way, the prisoner
was taken to the dressing in" room
for fingerprinting, photographing
and measuring for the dull gray San
Quentin prison uniform.
Asked what vocation he wished
to follow in prison, Keyes laughed
and said: ~ think I'd make a good
guard"
Then he shrugged wearily and
added: "Ill take whatever they
give me-"
The first photograph of Keyes
was taken in the clothing he ar
rived in and then his prison number
was assigned. He was led away, Civ
en- a bath, haircut and convict garb
and then he faced the photographer
again-this time as convict.
Fngerprinting was the final
dressing in' process after which
he was led to an isolated cell.
\ dead silence prevailed all thr
time Keyes was i'll the prison yard.
Nothing broke the stiffness but the
intensity of staring convicts' WAS
felt on every hand as Malignant
faces peercd from adjacent cell
blocks.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-12
Reichstag Votes
For Young Plan

BERLIN, Mar. 10. U.H - The
Reichstag, by n vote of 266 to 1913,
finally adopted the owen ID. Young
reparations plan today.
There were three abstentions from
the vote. The Young plan, adopted
as "final and complete" settlement
of the reparations problem, was
signed by Germany and her chief
creditor nations in Paris last June.
Under it Germany agreed to pay in
annuitics by 1898 sum having a
total present value of about 81 bill
lion marks (roughly $9,000,00o, o,000).
The Rcichstag voted after Chan
cellor Hermann Mueller, in behalf
Of the government, had defended
the Young plan vigorously, insist
ing on its passage.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-12
REGISTER NOW
FOR VOTING In
CITY ELECTION

FL Centro's city election comes on
April IA, at which time two members
of the city council will be elected,
and in all probability the voters will
be asked to decide upon bond
issue for civic auditorium.
According to City Clerk John g.
Neale, in order to be eligible to vote
at the election, citizens must be reg
istered before midnight on Saturday,
March 10.
The laws of the state require reg
istration not less than 80 days prior
to election. Persons who have not
registered since January /, 1880, and
who do not do so before midnight
Saturday, will not be able TO vote IT
the city election.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-12
EXTORTION CASE
TO BE- DECIDED
BY GRAND JURY

LOS ANGELES, Mar. -. W.H-
The Los Angeles grand jury will de-
eide probably tomorrow whether to
indict or clear Morris Lavine and
Miss Leontine johnson on charges
that they planned to extort money
from prominent local men.
Pending the continued investiga-
tion by the Jury tomorrow, the news
paper reporter and the former priv
ate secretary to S. C. Lewis, one
time Julian president. were at liber-
ty under $4,000 bail each.
They were first granted freedom
on bail at the recommendation of
the grand Jury last night and the
bail was approved today by NUM-
cipal Judge Charles u. Ballard.
The iuriSt decided 'hn bond should
be effectire until Monday morning
bv which tive the ,ie'rict attorneys
office asSn r.. rrt, the probe
into the aer ..i ,t .ion plot will
have been -cco.o..t !
Lavine anro"~od in court this
morning with his two attorneys,
John Coonpr ond William J. Clark.
Attorney A. + Daily represented
Mss johnson.
The proceeding was brief and was
not marked by any ensation.
Tavine. formerly employed by the
los Angeles Examiner. and Miss
johnson appeared late yesterday
hoforo the grand jury.
They both denied the charges of
District Attorney Buron Fits who
contendcd they entered conspiracy
to extort money by threatening to
print stories concerning the assert
ed inside of the collapse of the Jul
ian Petroleum corporation.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-12
Gandhi Starts
Defiant March

AHMEDABAD, India, Mar. 10.
W.H - Mahatma Gandhi, India's
peaceful revolutionist, set forth
afoot today at the head of a small
band of devoted followers, on one
of the strangest but most gripping
rilgrimages in Indian history.
Emerging at dawn from his ash
rama college near Ahmed bad
Gandhi and his 70 chosen adherents
began their march to Jalapur,
where they will refine salt, in open
defiance or British law
AS Gandhi came from the ashram
with his volunteers, a mighty shout
arose from a crowd estimated at
100000.
1t was generally believed Gandhi
would be arrested Immediately upon
reaching the Kaira district, II miles
from Ahmedabad.
If Gandhi is taken from the move
ment, his place will be assumed by
Abbas Tayabja, noted former judge
Of the supreme court of Baroda. If
he, in turn, is arrested. Ghandhi's
private secretary, Chaman Lal JOSH
VIII carry on the work.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-12
DOHENY LOSES
FIRST ROUND IN
PRESENT TRIAL

WASHINGTON, Mar. 12.-W.R)-ss
4 Jury of three women and nine
men was selected today to try Ed
ward l.. Doheny, oil magnate. on Il
charge of bribery in connection with
two government oil leases. The jury
was sworn in at 2:30 p. m. after JUS
tice William Hitz had Overruled the
defense plea in abatement earlier in
the day.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 12. U.H-E.
l.. Doheny, millionaire oil man, lost
the first round of his fight against
a bribery indictment today when
Justice William Hitz rejected two
special pleas in abatement filed by
Doheny's counsel.
The pleas asserted that jury al
ready had acquitted DOheny in con-
nection with the 100000 transact.
ion with former Interior Secretary
Albert B. Fall, for which Doheny
was now being tried. 80
The action cleared the way for se.
lection of a jury to try the charge
that Doheny in 1921 gave FAN $l00,-.
600 with intent to influence his Off
cial actions in favor. Of Doheny's
oil lease applications.
BY the pleas rejected today, Do
heny's lawyers began laying the
foundation for an appeal in case Of
conviction. In the trial Of Fail,
who was convicted several months
ago of accepting bribe, Justice
Hitz rejected an almost identical
plea, and this action is one of the
grounds of an appeal now being pros
ecuted by Fall.
Justice Hitz announced that the
jury, when selected, would be locked
up for the duration of the trial.
Eight men and four women were
called into the box and the process
of picking jury began immediate
",
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-12
WHAT'S DOING
TONIGHT

ION1GhI
Leadership training class, TO,
high school.
Mid week meetings. churches.
DeMolay, 8, Masonic Temple.
Moose ledge, 8, California
hotel.
Oasis lodge. F. and A. NJ.
1880, Masonic Temple.
Eagles, 8, $50 Broadway.
Joint Masonic meeting, 8,
Masonic Temple.
Troop T. B.S.A., 7:30, scout
hut.
Special night school classes,
10, hioh school.
knights of Pythias, 8, Davis
hall.
Civic orchestra, 7:30, Wilson
school.
Fox Imperial Theatre, Devil
May Care"
Rotary club. Barbara Worth.
McCabe home department, G.
j. Wolf ranch.
Music section, IL. Academy
of Music.
Emmanuel Circle, 10, Baptist
church.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-12
Vaudeville Head
Called By Death

PALM BEACH, Fla, Mar. II up
The body of f. +. Albce. n, for
mcr head of the Kcith.Albcc Orp-
henm vaudeville circuit, had one of
inc. leading theatrical figures of the
county tor half century, starts
on its homeware journey to Ncw
York tonight.
Albce succumbed to Angina Pee.
toris here last night.
His death marked the passing Of
the second theatrical parsonage
within a week. Abraham Erlanger,
theatrical organizer who left foi.
tune estimated at $75, 100000 died
last Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-12
Conditions In
Haiti Critical

CAPE HATITIEN, HAITI Mar.
L. U.R)-The Haitien political situ.
alton remained critical today while
Brgadicr General John II. Russell,
American High Commissioner, con,
tinued his efforts to impress Presi-
dent Louis Borno with the danger
of rcpudiating his agreement with
the Hoover investigating commits
sion for government reform.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-12

The stage being Washington for the eighth criminal
prosecution Dome Elk Hills affairs and
this time Edward Dheny shown above will stand trial charges
Albert
tion with the naval copy for
100000 loan which Fall
ing in Falls department. Doheny old friend
and that it had bearing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-13
PESSIMISM THE SIGNAL
FOR BUSINESS REVIVAL
special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, July 12.-One of the
encouraging signs pointing to the be-
ginning of business revival is the ex-
treme pessimism that pervades the
business world at the present time, ac-
cording to the Alexander Hamilton In
stitute. In the past, business sentiment
has always been excessively pessimistic
prior to an upturn in business, just as
overoptimism has always preceded a
slump. 1t will be recalled that busi-
ness men were as optimistic last Sum-
mer as this Summer they are pessi-
mistic.
Business indicators which have come
TO hand during the past week have not
been unanimously unfavorable. Since
the beginning of June checks cashed
have shown a steady improvement, as
compared with year ago. The
changes from last year for each of the
past four weeks were as follows: -18.4
per cent, --10.2 per cent, --5.4 per cent
and + 1.8 per cent.
Another encouraging feature has
been the increase in2comInercial loans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-13

dress of the writer are withheld SIM
ply because permission to use them
has not be requested.
I'VE have had brought to our atten-
ton your column Business News in
Retrospect" of May IS, in which you
include some paragraphs concerning
the small loan business.
I'VE judge from your treatment of
this issue that you have confused the
various agencies making loans to indi-
viduals, as we'll as the legislation under
which each operates.
Different Types of Loans.
"In the first place, you make a tie
up between the pawnbroker and the
small loan dealer. The two are quite
different, operate under different sets
of laws and deal with different types of
individuals. The pawnbroker. dealing
usually with people who prefer not to
have their affairs known, can carry on
his business so much under cover as to
enable him to charge unreasonable
rates. This evil. however, is rapidly be-
ing overcome through controlling legis-
lation, such as you have in Washing
ton.
You next talk of unsecured small
loans, saying that they may easily be
obtained at banks and elsewhere. Then
you go on to say that $500 may be bor-
rowed on good reputation by paying
the high charges resulting from rate
of per cent discounted in full in
advance on a loan which must be paid
back in inStallmentS, plus a $40 fee for
investigation, plus something further
for insuring the loan, making advance
charges Of about $45 on $500 loan.
Assuming that the principal is paid
up in the course of a year, the S45
charge on a $500 loan would really be.
as you see, $45 on an average of $3.50
in the customers hands, and that
would amount to about 18 per cent per
annun. While 18 per cent sounds like
an exorbitant rate, careful and unbiased
investigations OF the lending business
have shown that 1t is not possible to
make small loans to individuals at rates
much lower than that and still secure
a profit sufficient to attract capital to
the business. Unless lenders can show
their stockholders as good returns as
can dealers in other necessities of life,
they will have no money to lend. Un-
biased statistical analyses have indicated
that in order 10 compete with grocers.
furniture dealers, etc, from the stand
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-13
CHAIN STORE SALES
DOWN 4 PER CENT
rs Leading Systems in June
Had Large Decrease in
Gross Turnover.

Gross sales of rs of the leading chain
store systems for the month of June
showed drop of approximately per
cent, compared with the same period
last year, whereas for the six months
ended with June, sales for the same
systems showed an increase of approx
mately one-half of one per cent, COM
pared with sales reported for the same
period of 1929. The drop in sales
for June, 1880, is in line with the
general trend of chain store sales ex-
perienced during recent months, but
the decline may be partly attributed
to the fact there were only four Satur-
days in June this year, compared with
five Saturdays in June, 1929. Lower
commodity prices also affected gross
volume of sales in some instances.
Sales $50, 66S,942.
Sales of the IS chain store systems
aggregated S150,668.942 for June, 1880
against $156,956, l4l reported for June,
1929, a decrease of $6,287 1879, or 40
per cent. according to a compilation OF
George H. Burr g. Co. OF the respec-
tive systems losses in sales were re-
ported by Sears Roebuck g. Co., r. w
Kresge, National Tea Co., McCrory
Stores and National Bellas-Hess. Mont
gomery Ward & Co. and the ma ority
of the smaller chains reported gains for
the month.
For the first half of the year 1880
the respective companies reported gross
sales of $685., 1874, compared with
sales of 1881 $685. reported for the
corresponding period last year, the in
crease of s4,537, 306 being equal to 0.51
per cent.
June Sales Of Systems.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-13
AUTO FIRMS SOUND
DURING SALES DROP
First Half Year Finds Many I'm
portant Changes in Business
Methods.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DETROIT, July 12.-Despite curtailed
earnings due to the general business
slump, the automobile manufacturers
have been able to preserve a solid fin
ancial front following completion of
half year in which operations have
been subjected to a defiation process.
This applies to all but bare hand
full of plants whose small production
and limited distribution have placed
them under severe handicap in period
like the present. In only one instance
has a receivership been threatened and
in this case such action has been re-
sisted, with operations continued.
The readjustment has brought with
1t elimination of excess overhead, re-
form of the used-car trade; reduction of
surplus executive personnel and scrap
ping of entire lines of cars that have
proved unworthy from the standpoint
of sales volume. It has also been
marked by improvement In dealer re-
lations which is likely to- reliabilitate
the retail end, long In need of rebuild
ing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-13
COMMODITIES NOW
HOLD SPOTLIGHT
Ten of Fifteen Groups Go
Lower During Week-Three
Record Advances.
BY H. N. McGILL,
Editor Of McGin Commodity Service.
AUBURNDALE, MASS, July IL (P)

Editor of McGill Commodity Service.
AUBURNDALE, MASS, July IL (P)
Declining commodity prices again
held the spotlight as the feature event
in business conditions. The average
of all commodities reached another new
low. During the week just closed, out
of is individual groups, 10 declined,
remained unchanged and advanced.
The volume Of business in early July
dropped to a new low, SURPRISING the
break during the closing months of
1929 and early 1880. An outstanding
disturbing influence is the further de-
cline in the price line of agricultural
products. There is an oversupply OF
foods and feeds throughout the world
The United States wheat crop promises
to exceed 100000 900 bushels. Canadian
output should approach 40o,0Oo,o0
bushels, aggregating q total North
American supply Of 1900, 100000 BUSH
els.
Acreage for most farm products has
been increased rather than cut down
The outlook Is for corn crop sharply
above year ago. Prices Of agricultural
products are f1ucutuating violently en-
deavoring to readjust themselves to q
new crop basis.
There are no definite signs that the
downward tendency In all commodity
prices in the industrial, live stock, agri-
the past it is interesting to note that
even after general business had reached
its low and turned definitely upward
commodity prices continue to gradually
sag for period Of two to four months
During the past week all commodity
prices did not decline with the rapidity
noted in June, yet new low was es-
tablished, caused principally by lower
prices in the industrial, livestock, argi-
cultural, non-ferrous metals, ferrous
metals and textile groups.
Prices of industrial commodities re-
corded only a minor decline. Higher
quotations in building materials and
fuels due to anthracite, and a further
upturn in hides and leather counter
acted the downward tendency In other
groups. For the first time since last
october inventories of industrial COM
modities have started to decline.
Prices of live stock have suffered more
than any other group during the past
month. Since the third week in June
the price decline measures IL per cent