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Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-17
Suspects Held In
Officers Death

LOS ANGELES, April II. WP)-
Two men believed by police to be
nembers of Chicago's underworld
wire held today on the theory they
may have been implicated in the
fatal shooting last Sunday of Peter
Muller, Jr., Los !tngelcs police of
ficcr.
The suspects, Oscar Lund, 32, and
William Clark, were arrested on an
anonymous tip that they were meme
hcrs of AL Caponc $ gang, which
chad invaded Los Angeles. Clark,
according TO police, admitted he
cncc was chauffeur for Caponc.
Police said they found number
Of kilograms an- .crtcrs in an apart
ment the man rented two weeks ago
but the officers refused to make the
contents public.
Muller was shot through the heart
when he attempted to question the
occupants of a mysterious automo-
bic he found On his beat.
Clark and Lund, believed by po'
lice to be members of liquor hi
,acking ring, were held on charges
of suspicion of robbery.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-17
India Reports
More Ri0ting

KARACHI, India, April II. W.P)-
Wild scenes and rioting occurred
outside the Karachi Jail today when
six leaders of the Gandhi independ-
ence movement were sentenced to
from six months to two gears in
prison for sedition.
Police quclled the mob.
OF those on trial DR.. Chiothram,
president of the Sind provincial con
gress committee, and Naraindas Ana.
ndjee Boehar, president of the Kar.
aehi congress committee, were SEN
fenced to two years. Swami Krish.
anand and Vishnoo Sharma, editor
of the Hindu Jatv, were sentenced
10 Is months; Manilal Vyas, one
year and DIR. Trachand Lalvani six
All sentences entail hard labor.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-17
Lindy's Plane
Ready For Trip

GLENDALE, Calf, April II. W.H
- A low-winged monoplane tuned
for transcontinental flight at alti-
tudes of 10000 feet and above stood
in a Maddux.T. A. T. airline hangar
here today awaiting it's pilot, Colonel
Charles A. Lindbergh.
The ship, Lindbergh's IS new Lock
heed Sirius, was brought here last
night as the final step before the
colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh take off
in their latest flying venture.
The flight may be started this
weekend. Lindbergh said last night
that he is undecided as to the exact
time of departure.
Many of the latest airpalnc i'm.
provements have been Incorporated
in the Loekheeed, in which the fa-
tests at high attitudes as he crosses
tests at high alt;.uods as he crosses
the continent.
Mrs. Lindbergh, her husband said,
will act as his navigating assistant.
When storms a~c encountered at
high attitudes, she viii make Oh,
servations with an aviation sexiant
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-17
THOUSANDS OF
FlLPM0S ARE
VICTIMS OF FIRE

ILOILO, p. l., April II. W.H -
Baked in it's spread by the river
between Sagay and Centrallopez. the
worst fire in the history of the Phil
ippines was burning itself out today.
Latest reports sitting back by
auto couriers from the gutted region
we're that there are at least 20
known dead and that rehabilitation
workers fear that many more
charred bodies will be found in the
blackened debris of the huge ma
nogany forest adjacent to the Quilted
village of Fabrica.
NJ. T.. Gray, manager of the In
sular Lumber company, on whose
properties the conflsgration began,
succumcd today to desperation. ad-
vices said, and attempted suicide.
Friends frustrated the attempt,
slnatching away his revolver.
The monster blaze, growing as it
swept through more than 25,000,0 ,0C~'
board feet of mahogany, was halted
on the banks of the river that crossed
- path from Fabrica to Central
lopez.
Every report today bore out the
far that first estimates of the ca
tastrophe $ scope were understated.
It is now known that the entire
town and mill were razed.
Thirteen thousand natives are
homeless.
Five thousand arc out of work.
All night, the homeless, pan c
stricken peasantry stood at safe
distance and watched the red glow
;tcross the sky. At intervals, blaz-
ihg mahogany logs like huge rockets
would lungc into the sky as the
flames overlook dynamite caches in
The woods.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-17
WHAT'S DOING
TONIGHT

TONIGHT
Alamo. Verde Farm Center, 8,
Verde school.
Eastern Star party, 8, Ma
sonic Temple.
Guernsey Breeders Associa-
tion, 7:3O, California Hotel.
Night school, TO, high
school.
B. P. o. E. No. 1926, 8, Elk's
hall.
I. v. Council, No. 54, 8, Ma
sonic Temple
Barbara Worth Rebekahs,
8, Davis hall.
Fox Imperial Theatre.
Honey"
Valley Theatre, "Hit Tho
Deck
TOMORROW
Kiwanis Club, Barbara
Worth.
Sunday School party, 3, Pres
byterian church.
Presbyterian Missionary So
ciety, 10, sos Hamilton.
Mother Daughter Tea. $3.50.
Ten Thousand Club.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-17
Arraign Culver
City Officials

CULVER CITY, Calf, April IL.
W.P)-Thrcc officials of Culver
City, Mayor Revc B. Houck and
Daniel +. McCoombs and Dave
Clark, trustees, were arraigned in
municipal court here today on a
charge of misrepresentation of pub
lie funds.
Bond in each case was set at
$4,000 pending preliminary hear
ing on April 23.
Complaints filed against the men
by the district attorneys office
charged that money for campaign
funds in connection with an annex
alton pla in 1927 was taken from
the music and promotion fund of
Culver City.
Houck and Clark denied the
charges and Clark declined 10 make
n statement.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-17
FEDERATION OF
CLUBWOMEN IS
FACING BATTLE

DEL MONTE, Calf, April II.
W.H-Sharp controversy within the
ranks Of the San Francisco dis
trict, California Federated Women's
clubs, today took this turn:
"To commit suicide as an organ
ization, or not?''
Those forecasting complete demo-
lition of the organization if its pres
ent set-up is abolished, as well as
those urging that district control be
eliminated from cOuntry-state rela-
tions, We're to have their innings
during the session.
The meeting has been stormy
one, with harmony thrown over
board already in two controversies
religion and prohibition.
Many members protested Monday
because the convention was sched-
uled for Holy Week.
At yesterdays session, split in
club ranks loomed for time over
the prohibition question. Mrs. Dun
can Robinson of San Francisco,
president of the district, brought on
sharp discussion when she ruled that
discussion of the prohibition ques-
tion was out of order, thus quiet
ing Mrs. H. M. Tenney of the won.
ems committee of five thousand,
who had begun report on law OBJ
servance. s
Mrs. A. S. Musante of San Fran
cisco and Mrs. r. l.. McWilliams, of
Burlingame opposed reading the re-
/ port. Mrs. Robinson asserted that
! clubwomen are committed to law
observance.
Mrs. McWillams, one of the lead
ers in the women's committee for
prohibition reform, took occasion
sharply to criticize Mrs. John s.
Sippel, national federation presi-
dent, for "evading the prohibition
ISSUE"
"In three months stay in the west
recently, Mrs. Sippel did not once
put the prohibition matter to vote
but said that clubwomen were com
mitted to law observance" Mrs. Nc.
Williams said.
'In San Mateo county alone, there
are more than 1000 of us who do
not stand for prohibition and will
thresh this question out at this con-
vention."
A renewed effort to force an ex-
preston of opinion on the question
will be made tomorrow, it was
learned.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-17
Transamerica To
Purchase Bank

NEW YORK, April II. W.P-Re.
ports that Giannini controlled Trans
america Corporation is negotiating
to take over the County Trust Com
pany of which former Governor At
ircd +. Smith is chairman, persisted
in financial circles today.
Principals involved refused to
comment but the reports were given
credcncc by the fact that the form
er governor is dcsirous of scvering
his banking connections in order to
devote more time to his activities
as president of Empire state, Inc,
building organization.
Resources of the Giannini group
trc we'll in excess of $4,000, 900,
while the County Trust Company as
If March 27, last, had total re-
sources of more than $35,OOO,0 900.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-17
WIFE OF SLAIN
MAN INDICTED
WITH SANHUBER

LOS ANGELES, April II. U.H-
The murder eight years ago of Fred
Ocsterrcich, garment manufacturer,
was charged jointly to his widow,
Mrs. Walburga Oestcrrcich, and her
attic lover, Otto Sanhuber, in an in
dictmcnt returned by the grand jury.
The indictment was secret but the
names of the pair became known
when Mrs. Ocstcrreich's attorney
announced she would surrender this
afternoon and the district attorneys
office announced previous indict-
mcnt against Sanhubcr was to be
quashed.
Neither Mrs. Ocstcrreich or San.
Huber was called before the jury
this morning although Sanhubcr's
admission that his love for Mrs.
Ocsterrcich led him to shoot her
husband was read to the jury.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-17
POLICE SEARCH
CLUE TO SLAYER
OF ACCOUNTANT

SCOTTSBURG, Ind, April II.
W.H-Indiana and Chicago detect
ives hunted through records of the
negro Baptist church today in hopes
of finding some clue to the murder
of Edward p Pierson, negro auditor
and efficiency expert, who was
found clinging to tree in the Mus
catatuck river.
Pierson, who lived in Chicago and
maintained an office in Nashville,
Tenn, had been shot six times, his
arms and feet tied with rope which
was attached to his two suitcases.
He was still alive when dragged
from the river but died before he
was able to disclose any details of
the shooting.
Police started the hunt Through
church records when Persons son,
f. d. Pierson, Jr., Chicago, said his
father had made many enemies By
revealing defalcations in church
funds in his position of auditor.
The son said he believed his faith
er had been taken from a train at
Louisville and "taken for a ride''
in Chicago gangland fashion by
sOmesof his enemies.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-17
Ask DarrOw's Aid
For Indian Woman

PuFFALO, N. Y, April II. WD
Clarence Darrow has been asked
to appeal for Lila Emerson, Seneca
woman convicted by her own plea
of the murder of Mrs. Clothilde
Marchand March 6, it was revealed
today.
Raymond Emerson, president of
tLe Seneca nation, announced today
lie had sent telegram to Darrow.
ne action was decided on by II
council OF indians of the Cattara.
gus and Allegheny reservations at
Salamanca.
Lila, who is in the city hospital
suffering from advanced stages of
tuberculosis, remains Indifferent.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-17
ARMY PLANES
PREPARED FOR
UNIQUE STUNT
Radio To Control Ship On
Sa CT a m e n t o To San
Francisco Trip

MATHER FIELD, SACRAMENT
TO, April II. WH-The strangest
in the history of avia-
tion will be attempted tomorrow
night by the army air corps, when a
huge Curtiss Condor bombing plane
will be sent to San Francisco and
return, guided only by Robot
pilot.
The mission, according to Briga-
dier General William E. Giglmore,
is designed to test the effectiveness
of the new "mechanical pilot"
which takes full control Of these
mighty dreadnaughts of the air and
pilots it along a predetermined
course with greater accuracy, pre-
cision and Judgment than human
hands.
The big bomber, weighing in the
neighborhood of 10 tons, will carry
a full crew. Major Hugh J. Knerr,
commanding officer of the second
bombardment group, Langley Field,
Va, will act as control pilot and
will report the progress of the ship
to Crissy Field and Mather Field by
radio.
Accompanying the mission will
be Lawrence Sperry, inventor of the
automatic pilot; Hans j. Adamson,
representing F. Trubee Dawson, as
sistant secretary of war for avia
tion, and Sergeant Henry Budoff,
radio operator.
Taking off from Mather Field at
$50 p. m. the plane will take a
straight course to Crissy Field. 1t
will be over San Francisco at about
6:10, circle the city and proceed i'm
mediately on the return trip, arriv-
ing at about 7:30 p. m.
According to Major Knerr, the au-
tomato pilot gives great promise in
certain branches of military flying.
At an altitude of $4,000 feet,
army airplanes will cooperate with
astronomical observatories in view
ing the eclipse Of the sun on the
morning of April %, it has been an.
nounced at headquarters.
Army planes bearing motion pie
ture photographers will follow the
eclipse as it races across the earth
at 80 miles minute. Starting in
the Pacific ocean, the path crosse.
northeasterly across California
passing near Napa, Marysville ant
Grass Valley, and the army plane.
will be stationed between the latte
cities.
Bombardmcnt planes continued al
attack upon Sacramento Valley
towns today, bing ordered to des
troy the Willows Airdome in th
morning and the Woodward reser
voir in the afternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-17
STATE ASKS BIDS
ON GUEST HOUSE
AT FORT YUMA

Sealed bids will be received by
Geo, b. McDougall, state architect,
public works building, l1th and P
streets, Sacramento, California, up
to 2 o'clock p. m. Tuesday May 6,
1880, thereafter on said day to be
publicly opened and read for the
erection and completion of tho
Border Station, Fort Yuma, Califor-
mia, in accordance with plans and
specifications therefor.
The building is to be a onc-story
masonry structure with office, wait
ing room, rest rooms, and covered
platform, wood and steel roof con.
struction and tile roof.
Plans and specifications arc on
file for examination in Imperial
county at the office of B. A. Har-
rigan, agricultural commissioner,
court house, FL Centre.
Plans and specifications, and pro.
posal forms may be secured by IL
censed contractors who have quail.
fled or who will qualify by furnish
ing verified statement of expert
oncc and financial condition as re-
quircd by the provisions of Chap
ter 644, Statutes 1929, and whose
statements so furnished are salts
factory to the Department of Public
Works. QUESTIONABLE forms may
be secured from the Division of Ar.
chitecturc.
Bids will not be accepted from p
contractor to whom proposal form
has not been issued and all bids
must be on proposal forms supplied
by the state.
Requests for plans shall be accom-
panied by deposit of $25. Check
shall be made payable to the De-
partment of Public Works, Division
of Architecture. Deposit VIII be
returned upon receipt of the set in
good condition, at Sacramento Off
ice of the Division within so days
after opening bids, otherwise it will
be forfeited to the state.
All bids must be filed at the off
ice of the state architect on or be-
fore the time heretofore stated and
in accordance with the "Rules For
Bidding" accompanying the propos'
al form.
No bid will be considered unless
cash, bidders bond made payable
to the State of California, or e GER
titled check made payable to The
estate Engineer, Department of
Public Works. in vne sum of at
least 10 per cent of the amount of
the bid is enclosed with the bid.
The Division of Architecture,
state Department of Public Works
reserves the right to reject any or
all bids and to waive any informal
ity in any bid received.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-17
Brief Meeting
OF City Council

A brief business meeting of the
city council was held last night, the
last in which the present board
took part. Another meeting is
scheduled for Monday evening at
which the newly elected members,
II. w. Fawcet, incumbent, and John
Rice, swimmers in the recent city cleo
tion viii be seated and take the
oath of office.
At last nights session the follow,
ing business was transacted. II. T..
Hazard sought permission of the
board to lay spur track across
First street north, to Main street.
This tract would cross First street
approximately $50 feet north Of the
north line Of Main street II was
stipulated that if this should be
granted by the council, the company
was willing to make over deed to
the city of the right of way for the
extension of First street northerly
to the right of way to the Holton
interurban tracks. The proposal was
held over for further consideration
until the next meeting of the board.
Permission to cut the curb and
construct driveway was granted
the Union Oil company at their new
service station now under construc-
tion at Eighth and State streets and
to Clarence Smith at lot 6, block z,
of Stones Pacific addition.
The city clerk was directed to Sc
cure prices on the best grade Of as
bcstos roofing for the city library.
The board approved the plans and
specifications for the paving of San
dalwood Drive between Fifth and
Sixth streets and pasesd resolution
Of intention No. 337 to proceed with
the work. May 3 at o'clock p. M,
was set as the time for II hearing
ON this resolution.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-17
Mrs. Hoover Is
Injured By Fall

WASHINGTON, April II. (U.H-
Mrs. Hoover is confined to the
White House with strained back
which was sustained in a fall in
her bedroom last Saturday, it was
learned today.
The injury, combined with a cold,
prohibited the Presidents wife from
receiving with him at a reception
yesterday for the Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Mrs. HOover's strained back is re-
spending to treatment, according to
DIR. Joel T. Boone, White House ply
sician, who said she probably would
recover completely within few
days.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-17
GAS firm
CHANGES
OWNERS
Inland Empire Company
Sold To Pacific Public
Service
EXPANSION is PLAN
Construction OF Plants
In Several Cities To Be
Undertaken

II. w. Burkhart, of the Inland
Empire Gas Company, today gave
the press the following statement
outlining changes in the control of
the company, and plans for lts eN'
pansion so as to include service in
all parts of Imperial Valley:
The Pacific Public Service Com
panv of San Francisco has purchas'
cd practically all of the stock of the
Inland Empire Gas Company, and
takes control of the property AT
once. The above company is en-
gagged in operation of public utili-
ties of various kinds throughout the
Pacific coast, owning among other
property, the Coast Counties Gas &
Electric Company, the Westsidc Gas
Company, and has also applied for
franchises in about 30 other cities
throughout the state.
With the change in control OF the
Inland Empire Gas Company very
comprehensive expansion program
is laid out. This includes the en-
larpement of plant at FL Centro and
construction of gas plants at Braw.
ley, Calipatria, Indio, Holtville. and
Calexico. The latter plant will also
supply Mexicali. The amount ex-
pected to be expended for new con
struction in the next two years is
approximately 100000. The pro.
gram eontemplates the extending of
mains to all settled parts of the
cities, even to many districts which
will yield no returns upon the money
invested in the immediate future.
The company will also expand the
tank gas department of the bust
ness, with view toward establish
ing service throughout the valley
Sf such a nature as to almost elm
mate all other agencies for cooking,
water heating, house heating ana
all industrial purposes.
Material for construction has
been ordered. Some is expected to
arrive about the first week of May,
and construction will start immedi-
ately, with "A very large force of
men.
Burkhart To Remain
The present organization Of the
Inland Empire Gas Company in the
valley is not to be disturbed, but is
to be augmented with engineers, ac-
countants and expert employees of
various kinds. as the expansion pro-
gram is developed.
Burkhart, who organized the In
land Empire Gas Company, was its
first president. and has been in ac-
tive management of the property
since its inception, will remain as
local manager.
In speaking of the reasons for the
change in stock ownership, Burk'
hart stated the original development
program Of the Inland Empire Gas
Company called for sufficient
amount of capital to construct n
large central generating plant at
FL Centre, supplying gas from that
point to other towns in the valley.
Up to the present time lack of suf'
ficicnt capital has made it impos-
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-17

Believe
b()RS|AN
POISONED
Report Drug Found In
System OF Slain Julian
Witness
FITS LOSES POINT
Appellate Court Ruling
DEGREES Berman Must
Stand Trial

LOS ANGELES, April 17--W.H
"A drug frequently used by under
world characters as "knockout
drop" was found in the vital or
gans of Robert Bursian, important
Julian Petroleum Corporation in
vestigation witness, the county
chemist IS office announced today.
The drug, in itself is not deadly,
it was said, but it Is powerful
enough to have made Bursian un-
conscious.
Bursian's body was found Tues
day under the wreckage Of his auto
mobile on Beverly boulevard.
His death came just at the time
he was to go before the grand jury
with information on which the dis
triet attorneys office hopes for an
Indictment in the Julian case
against prominent local politician.
While authorities were investigat-
ing Bursian s death, the district
court of appeals handed down a de-
cision which, in effect, ruled that
Jacob Berman, former Julian execu-
tive and states witness in the vari-
GUS Julian cases, must 60 to trial
on an Indictment returned in 1928.
This was considered a victory for
Superior Judge Marshall McComb
in the feud he has carried on with
District Attorney Buron Fits over
the disposition Of various counts
against Berman.
Fits sought to quash all charges
against Berman in return Tor his
testimony against other persons in
dicted in the Julian case. Judge
McComb twice previously attempt
ed to force Berman to trial but was
unsuccessful. a
The appellate court ruled that
Berman's bail should be set at
10000, although judge McComb
ordered him held under bond Of
$25O,OOO.
To Bring Lewis Back
The appellate courts decision
was handed down just as Chief
Deputy District Attorney Robert
Stewart took the first step to forcc
s. C. Lewis, former Julian presi-
den, to face trial here on various
charges arising from the failure Of
the 100000 organization.
Stewart was successful in getting
Lewis trial on jury bribing
count set for April Is.
Stewart said that he intended to
have all other trials against Lewis
scheduled for just about that time
so that there will be no delay when
the promoter is brought here from
McNeil's Island, where he is serv-
ing a seven year term for mail
fraud. at
Stewart said that necessary
papers for the return of Lewis will
be filed with federai authorities
probably tomorrow.
Lewis surrendered and began
serving his federal penitentiary
term in the hope of evading the
state actions against MIN. a.
He has been indicted for jury
bribing in the 1928 Julian conspir-
acy trial, violation of the state cor
porate securities act and conspir-
acy to commit bribery in connection
with the issuance of stock selling
permits.
The last named Indictment was
returned against him yesterday. At
the same time the grand jury
brought in true bills against Jack
Friedlander, former state corpora
tion commissioner, and Charles
Crawford, prominent local politi-
clan.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-17
Kidnapped Student
Returns II ON e

WALLA WALLA, WASH, April
17.U.P)-Barefoot and scantily clad,
Vernon Wilkensen, Whitman Col
lege student leader, hiked down ear
ly today from a mountain cabin
where he had been imprisoned after
being kidnapped by rival student
forces.
An all night search of the Blue
mountain district had been made by
fellow students when it was feared
that Wilkensen had been kidnapped
because of authorship of "politi-
cal" editorial in the college paper.