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Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-01
HICKMAN'S GUN
INTRODUCED IN
EXT0RTI0N CASE
Found On Person OF Ac-
used Newspaperman
In Julian Mess

LOS ANGELES, May l. U.H =
A revolver, said to have once been
the property of William Edward
Hickman, murdered Of Marion Park
er, precipitated bitter row today
at the trial of Morris Lavine, for
er newspaper reported, and Nils
Leontine johnson, private secretary.
accused of extortion.
The state attempted to introduce
the weapon into evidence to show
that Lavine went armed while he
assertedly was collecting part of "A
100000 fund he was said to have
demanded from four Los Angeles
men on the threat of publishing arti
cles dragging the men into the Jur
ian Petroleum Corporation COLLAPSE
investigation.
The gun, the state contended, wa.
taken from him as he left the of
flee of Charles Crawford, politician
and one of his asserted victims, with
$4,000 in marked bills. The money
was the first installment on the
100000 he and Miss Johnson ex.
pected to collect, it was charged.
The revolver came into Lavine S
possession when he was coverin
the search for Hickman for his
per. Hickman later was convicte
of the murder and hanged at San
Quentin.
Strangely enough, it was one OF
Hickman former attorneys, Rich
ard Cantillon now acting as. coun-
sci for Lavine, that objected to the
introduction of the gun.
Cantillon contended that the state
merely was attempting to prejudice
the jury through attempting to have
the revolver placed in evidence.
The state claimed it wished t.
show that Lavinc realized that he
was on a dangerous expedition and
carried the gun for that reason.
Superior Judge B. Rey Schauel
ruled with Cantillon barred the gun
as evidence and ordered the jury
to disregard all testimony and di
cussion concerning it.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-01
us. CHAMBER
BATTLES OVER
FEDERAL BOARD

WASHINGTON, May l. W.R-
Dissatisfied national trade groups
made a final attempt today to put
the United States Chamber of Com
merce on record against. the alleged
interference of the government in
business.
Action on their proposals, which
threw the annual meeting into a
debate between trade groups and
administration leaders, promised to
dominate all of the issues on the
program of the closing day.
With only few hours left for
discussion and with President
Hoover himself scheduled to speak
tonight, proponents of a condemna-
tory resolution hoped to muster a
vote by midafternoon.
Opposition centered on the fed
.eral farm board and its creator, the
agricultural cooperative marketing
act. The resolution asks the cham
Der to condemn the act and urge its
amendment.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-01
Refuse To Defer
Shuler's Trial

LOS ANGELES, May |. W.H
Rev. r. p. (Bob) Shuler, Methodist
minister, today lost his fight to de-
lay trial on charges of contempt of
court as the result of radio speeches
dealing with the Julian Petroleum
scandal and was ordered to appear
in superior court tomorrow.
Superior Judge Clair Tappaan
heard lengthy argamevts Of both
sides and then decided that post
ponement of the minister's appear.
ance was out of the question, es.
pecially since the charges against
Rev. Shuler were on "quasi.crim,
inal nature"
The pastor based his plea for q
continuance on the ground that
"thousands of people depend upon
me to represent them at the coming
Methodist Episcopal quadrennia
convention at Dallas, Texas.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-01
I IN Y
IN OHIO
bEA I T n
Convict Trouble At Peni-
tertiary Believed To Be
Subdued
PLOTS DISCOVERED
National Guardsmen Re-
port Finding Holes In
Walls For Escape
By HARRY W. SHARPE
United Press Staff Correspondent

COLUMBUS, O., May l. U.P)-
The Ohio state penitentiary con-
vict mutiny was considered a closed
chapter today, but the end came
none too soon.
Within a few hours after national
guardsmen had placed the recalci-
trant prisoners behind two barbed
wire enclosures, separating the more
dangerous convicts from their fol
lowers, an inspection crew touring
the emptied white City" cell
houses discovered evidence of two
plots to effect a wholesale escape.
A hole one foot square was found
to have been drilled through a steel
wall on the fifth range of the cell
house which has been the seat OF
most of the trouble the last nine
days.
Colonel Robert Haubrich, national
guard commander who is temporari-
ly in charge of the prison, said his
men had found several steel drills
in nearby cells.
DON IL ou bHC lliot llOOi VI lHc Ctll
house the second plot was uncovered.
Fragments of masonry Clipped from:
an inner wall showed where some
of the convicts were trying to bur
row through.
The guardsmen also found hid.
ing place where the prisoners had
The guardsmen also found hid
ing place where the prisoners had
concealed 90 steel lock pins. These,
Colonel Haubrich said, could have
been used as weapons in hand to
hand encounter with guards.
Aside from the momentary excite
ment occasioned by these discover
les, the prison presented quiet
aspect today. 1t was Warden p. E
Thomas 18th anniversary of his
tenure in office, and the veteran =
ficial appeared well satisfied tina
the backbone Of the convict rebel
lion had been broken.
Separate Convicts
Behind the barred wire entangle-
ment thrown about the old prison
warehouse, the most dangerous elc-
ment among the prisoners gave no
sign of making trouble. As long as
the troopers remained within the
prison walls instead of the regular
guards, they seemed content to obey
orders. These convicts, numbering
$50, probably will be divided and
sent to other penal institutions as
soon as complete normalcy is re-
restored.
The other barbed wire enclosure
surrounded tent city of $50 men
whom officials feel can be more
readily trusted.
The segregation was effected just
after the mess hour last evening.
Each prisoner was searched careful
ly before he was led to one of the
enclosures and several were found
to have daggers, fashioned from scis-
sors and other tools.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-01

driver Of the truck was Bill Irv.
ing Of Hobbs, N. M, and that
there was another man with
him named "Cuff."
"They had lots Of food and
plenty Of blankets" the youth
said. "They gave me an old
1aShioned western welcome and
we cooked food on q portable
gasoline stove. After sitting
around a campfire and talking
about different things we turn
ed in and slept soundly.
THE accident came when I
took off about 6 o'clock this
morning. I got off the ground
all right despite the bumps on
the road along the pipeline but
a gust Of wind struck the ship
when it was only a few feet
IN the air and I slid into one
Of the telephone poles"
The wing top was back and
a spar was split, but I was in
the air and there wasn't any
use Of landing again 80 I kept
going. I really don't know how
I made it.
II planned to make Los An
gelcs tonight but I don't think
can.
"Please wire my mother that
I'm safe.''
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-01
Repeater Given
Suspended Term

Beer and cider made a bad com
bination and brought Z. Finley, 40,
but recently released from the city
Jail, into the tolls of the law once
again on a charge of drunkenness
Judge Perkins imposed a 80 day
sentence in the city Jail on Finley
this morning and suspended 1T on
condition that he stay away from
liquor during that period
G. F. Martinez, "a, f. Wetherall'
80, and j. Cardinas, "a, plead guilty
to charge of vagrancy and were
given 30 days in the city jail, l..
Reyes, %, entered his plea of nor
guilty to the same charge and Will
be tried at 8 o'clock this afternoon
Paul Hollis, was fined $l2 for
dong 32 miles per hour in the ~
mile restricted zone. He was rep
resented N court by the automobile
club.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-01
French Aviator
Forced Back

MARSEILLES, France, Nav ],
W,H-Jean Mermoz, French flyer
who proposed to fly to South Amer.
ica' started in a seaplane for Dakar,
Senegal, on the African coast, at
5;l2 a. m. today but was forced to
land.
The landing was made at Perpi-
gran france ON the Spanish border
at Eio a. m. Mermoz was forced
down by a leaky radiator.
lie SAID he would resume his
paired.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-01
Forced To Wed
Her Stepfather

LOS ANGELES, May l. U.H-A
young girl who claimed she was
forced under threat of death to
marry her stepfather when she was
but IL years old, asked to be set
free of the marriage bonds in an
application in file in superior court
today.
The girl, Effie Hampton David
son, now 16, also asked appointment
of Mrs. Ethel Riddle as a guardian,
so she may be represented in her
divorce suit.
In her complaint, the girl charges
that Dale V. Davidson, SO, her
step-father, forced her at the point
of a pistol to marry him in Denver,
April II, 1925. She alleged that
Davidson threatened to shoot her
and her young brother unless she
complied.
The child wife claimed she was
made to work on a farm when she
was only 13 years old.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-01
WAIT ON
BUDGETS
APPROVAL
Wilbur Preparing For Ap-
preparation On Da m
Construction
MOVE BY ARIZONA
Candidate For Governor
Seeks To Start Action
To Block Work

WASHINGTON, May l. U.H-Sec
! retary of Interior Wilbur today
awaited approval of the budget bur.
eau of his request for appropria-
tions with which to begin construc-
tion Of Boulder dam.
AS soon as the budget bureaus
approval is given, it is anticipated
Wilbur will ask for prompt action
on the appropriation, which proba.
bly, will be included in the second
deficiency bill, so as to start i'm
mediately on the construction of the
huge project.
In sending the Boulder dam pow
er contracts and request for funds
to the bureau yesterday, Wilbur ex-
planned the benefits which will
accrue to Nevada and Arizona un-
der the construction plan.
In addition to the 100000 horse
power the state will receive at cost,
each will receive between $25,OOO,-
900 and $35,O00,00O in the 40 years
after the dam is built, in lieu of
taxes, and without any responsible
ity.
Wilbur also announced plans to
build roadway across the dam,
connecting transcontinental routes
and "inviting numerous tourists to
both Arizona and Nevada"
PHOENIX, Ariz., May 1.-U.P-
AS trustee for the Arizona water
users and landholders, Fred T. Col
ter, Democratic candidate for gov
crnor, announced today that he had
wired Arizona congressman in
Washington, ID. c., to oppose any
Boulder Dam appropriation.
81 am filing suit Immediately
against the Boulder Dam bill,''
Golfers wire read. ~ am hasten.
ing suit due to press reports that
California power contracts have
been completed and that Secretary
Wilbur urges initial congressional
appropriation to start construction
which ruins Arizona.'
After weeks of negotiation. in
terestcd parties in Southern Cali
fTrnia last week signed contracts
with the government stipulating al
location and rates on California s
share of Boulder Dam power. Water
division had been approved previ-
ously.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-01
CAMPAIGN
EXPENSES
ENORMOUS.
Mrs. Mccormick Admits
Huge Amount Spent In
Illinois Primary
CLAIMS UNSUITABLE
Woman Candidate For
Senate Appears Before
Quiz Committee
p mrs MCCORMICK
BY PAUL r. MALLON
United Press Staff Corresnonden
IS staff correspondent

SAAA WI I AVoo 6SNA4 SO&4CoROluCuL
WASHINGTON, May 1.-The
first prominent woman senatorial
candidate. Mrs. Ruth Hanna Me-
Cormick, told the senate primary in
vestigating committee today she did
not know how much she spent in
her recent successful campaign for
the Illinois Republican senatorial
nomination.
Mrs. Mccormick submitted her
books, which she said the committee
could study in an effort to arrive
at a conclusion as to how much she
spent.
The books, she said, showed n to-
tai expense of $252, $3.50. but she
argued that all of this probably
should not be attributed to cam
paign expenses.
Senator Deneen, Republican, Illi-
nois. defeated by Mrs. Mccormick,
testified his campaign manager,
Roy o. West, spent $40, ,lS0.64, in
cluding $9,75s.S6 for travelling ex-
pcnses. Organization and meeting
and $421.7S for advertising.
In addition his personal manag-
crs spent *14,312.57, so he concluded
that his total campaign expenditure
amounted to $24 4,493.2l.
Mrs. Mccormick said she receiv.
cd no contributions, although
there were one or two small ones
from members Of my family" She
indicated she bore the brunt Of the
campaign expenses.
In her lengthy statement. Mrs.
Mccormick said she was unable to
estimate her expenses definitely
because she did not know when her
campaign began.
From the date she filed for the
nomination, Mrs. Mccormick said
she spent 100000.
81 am eager to give the commit.
tee every assistance possible, she
said. 81 regard this inquiry as ex-
tremely important in that it offers
a basis for legislation which would
provide specific regulation of ex-
penditures in primary campaigns.
There is no such law now.
"Having no law TO guide them,
successive senatorial investigating
committees, il appears, confront the
necessity Of exercising their own
Judgment and discretion in detcrm-
lining how much a candidate may
spend. The lact Of specific legal
regulation of these matters is prov
cd in my own situation.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-01
Building Record
Set In April

Building operations for the
month Of April as shown from
permit records in the office Of
the city engineer, show a total
Of S89,725, the largest figure
for that month now on record.
A gain Of $3.50 is shown over
April, 1929, which to the pres
ent had held high place among
the spring months. This brings
the total for the year to date to
the substantial figure Of S279,-
Oil. Comparing this with the
amount for the same period Of
last year, we find $188, 48O for
that time, a wonderful increase
for the current year. Officials
of the engineering department
are more than optimistic that
the total for the year will
reach the half million mark.
The above figures cover the
following operations: Eight res
licences, $4,000 nine business
establishments, S44,80O; two in
industrial plants, $233, 400, and
Is permits for additions and al
terations, totaling S7625.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-01
Pantages Again
Seeks Liberty

SACRAMENTO, May l. U.H-
Alexander - Pantages, millionaire
Snowman, today made his last fight
to procure freedom from the Los
Angeles county Jail, when his at,
torneys appeared before the supreme
court, in session here, pleading that
he be grantd release on bail dur
ing his appeal from conviction of
assaulting II year old Eunice
Prirglc.
Louis Titus, Los Angeles attor.
ney, head of the legal counsel for
Pantages, presented the case before
the court. His colleagues in the
court room were Lecompte Davis,
Jerry Geisler and Earl M. Daniels,
all of Los Angeles.
Charges of "frameup" against
Pantages were made by Titus. He
said that suits brought by Miss
Pringlc and witnesses in the Pan
tages trial against the Snowman tot
aling $l,750,000 were direct proof
that the whole affair was designed
to extort money from Pantages.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-01
Gandhi Asks For
Volunteer Army

BOMBAY, May |. W.H-The Ma
hatma Gandhi has promised under
certain conditions to come to Bonn
bav to lead civil disobedicncc dem
onstrations.
A deputation of Bombay congress
men interviewed Gandhi and asked
him to undertake leadership in
Bombay, leaving temporarily the
campaign he has been conducting
personally in the provinces. Gand-
hi accepted providing the local
leaders of the stayagrahs (home
rule movement promised to raise
an army of 100000 volunteers
pledged to non-violencc.
The congress committee issued q
special appeal for volunteers.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-01
YOUNG AVIATOR SAFE AFTER
SPENDING NIGHT ON DESERT

Ell PAsO, Tex, May 1. U,p)
Prank Goldsborough, 10 year
old aviator attempting a junior
trahscontinental air flight rec
ord, arrived here today at 7 a.
m.
Goldsborough had spent the
night on the desert 100 miles
east Of Ell Paso.
Goldsbcrough had left Mid.
land, Tex, at 6:15 last night.
Previous to taking off he had
announced he would fly direct
to Ell Paso via Pecos.
The plane wing was damaged
when Goldsborough took off
from the desert this morning.
ut was so dark about $3.50
last night I decided to land on
the desert rather than try to
come on to El Paso," the youth
said.
II noticed the lights Of an
oil field truck coming along the
Pasotex pipe line. When / cir
cled around, the truck stopped,
and I landed safely by its lights.
"There was no way Of letting
anyone know where was. The
pipe line telephone went right
by the place where landed but
I found out today that I was 25
miles from a station.
Goldsborough said that the
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-01
Pioneer Woman
Dies In Arizona

KELVIN, Ariz., May 1. WH--
Taking with her visions Of the early
days of the west, Mrs. Ignacia Bel.
tram, lis years old, was buried
here today.
She was a resident Of Arizona for
70 years, and was one of the states
oldest pioneers.
In the early days, Mrs. Bcltram
established trading post. and
served both Indians and early pio-
neers.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-01
Brothers Fight
Ends In Shooting

LOS ANGELES, May l. (U.D-
The quarrel over finances which po-
lice said ended when +. W. Largent
shot his brother in the spine, land
ed the men in Jail here today on
charges of assault with a deadly
weapon.
The brother, w. l.. Largent, is ex-
pected to recover.
A florist into whose shop the
wounded man staggered late last
night, only to be dragged out and
put in an automobile by his assert
ed assailant, reported the shooting
to police.
Largent, police said, admitted
shooting his brother, and told them
he took him to physician to have
the wound dressed.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-01
Rhode Islander
Defends Parker

WASHINGTON, May |. U.H-
John j. Parker, disputed nominee
for the supreme bench was defend
ed as an impartial iurist in the sen,
ate today by Senator Hebert, Re
publican, Rhode Island, who opened
the fourth day of debate with a
continuation of his speech from
yesterday.
Hebert argued Parker had rem
dered many decisions in favor of la.
Dor while opposition was centering
its objections upon ilis one decision
in the Red Jacket coal ease where
he held an anti-union contract valid.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-01
MAY DAY
DISORDER
PREVAILS
Radicals Stage Demon
stratiOn In Various
Parts OF World
POLICE IN CONTROL
Dozen Arrests Made BY
Police In Plaza At Los
Angeles Meeting
By United Press


May day demonstrations with an.
ever present threat OF violence oc-
Cured today in widely scattered
regions from Australia TO America.
The capitals of Europe and the
largest cities of the United States
kept close guard over parades and
! mass meetings of communists, es-
! pecially where such parades threat
ened to clash with May day celebra-
tions such as sponsored by the vet
Grams of foreign wars in New York
or with socialist parades as in Ber-
lin.
Despite wholesale arrests of COM
munists in Europe, especially in the
Balkans, the strongest police pa
trolls had difficulty in maintaining
order. An early disturbance unex-
pectedly occurred on the coast Of
the Timor sea, at Darwin, Australia,
where all public officials and others
were conscripted to disperse a mob
of unemployed who hoisted red
flag in the city's Liberty Square.
More than 100000 demonstrated
in Japan. About 100000 persons
watched by 5000 armed police
paraded and heard speeches in Ber-
lin.
Troops were kept in readiness as
Paris pohibited radical demonstra-
tions. Strong detachments Of Lon
don police maintained order around
radical speakers IN Hyde Park.
New York mustered all members
of the police department, about
&! $4,000, for service if necessary as
veterans and communists paraded at
Union Square.
NEW YORK, May l. U.P)-Police
this afternoon Droxe up a Communist
demonstration in front of the Brit
ish consulate. About 80 demonstra-
tors were involved, mostly women.
They carried banners demanding
freedom for India.
LONDON, May 1. )-Fascists
clashes with parading Communists
in. Hyde Park today in the first out
break of violence in Europe's OBJ
sc lvance of May day.
-Four Fascists were cut but not
seriously injured. About Is Fascists
were in the group.
LOS ANGELES, May 1. W.R-
Scores of policement were called out
this afternoon when .day day riot
of serious proportions broke out in
| the Plaza, favorite demonstration
spot of Los Angeles.
The officers charged into jeer-
! ing throng and arrested dozen peO-
pie, two of whom were women.
BRISBANE, Australia, May ].
U.I)-All public officials and the
staffs of cable offices were con-
scripted for public duty at Darwin,
! North Australia, today when serious
May day disturbances broke out, ad-
vices received here said.
A band of unemployed men seized
The city administrator house, and
spent last night sleeping on Its
verandah.
The red flag was hoisted in Liber.
ty Square.
Police officials ordered bankers
and bank employees to stay in their
offices and not attempt to 60 home.
BERLIN, May I. W.P1A Com.
munist demonstration in which more
than $4,000 persons took part end
cd peacefully here today after houra
of speaking by dozen of orators.
Police required nine minutes to clear
the streets after the meeting.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-01
Omaha Stealing
Chicago's Stuff

OMAHA, May /. U.P)-The
career Of Gene Livingston, al
legged king Of Omaha gangs
came to an end early today
when he was shot three times
and fatally wounded at a beer
drinking parlor here. Living
ston died at hospital half an
hour later. His assailant was
not known.
Bob Glasgow, alias Bob Muir
ply, the gangster's bodyguard,
was wounded in the right leg
and right hip in the same fusil-
lade.
Police believed Livingston
was "put on the spot" by his
enemies in gambling and boot
Logging rackets here.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-01
Tells Plans To
Balk Dry Law

WASHINGTON, May /. W.p)-
Notification of the 18th amend
ment by preventing appropriations
for its enforcement, was planned
by some officers of the Association
Against the Prohibition Amend
ment, the senate lobby committee
learned today.
w. II. Stayton, founder and board
chairman of the organization, test
flying before the committee today,
said he did not assent in the plan.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-01
NEW CALIPATRIA CHIEF

ntn, MARIA, Calf, May l,
L.o'r'-oonstable Glenn +. Baker
To-Day succeeded +. S. Holmes as
ch'oi or police here. Holmes will as
sumo ,! office shortly as police chief
OF oa''patria' according to word re-
eeissd mere. Holmes was formerly
chief at calipatria.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-01
WHAT'S DOING
TONIGHT

TONIGHT
Ad club, 7, chamber of COM
merce office.
Night school, TO, high school.
B. p. o. e. No. 1925, 8, Elks
hall.
r. A. M. No. 100, 8, Masonic
Temple.
Barbara Worth Rebekahs, 8,
Davis hall.
Fox Imperial Theatre, Hap
py Days.
TOMORROW
Kiwanis club, Barbara Worth
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-01
FOUND DEAD IN SHOP

MESA, Ariz,, May !. WD--Fun-
eral arrangements are being ar
ranged today for Heber Major, 80
year old eapenter, who was found
dead in his workshop late yestcr-
day. Death was by strangulation,
according to a coroner's jury YER
diet.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-01

NEW YORK, May 1. W.REPolice
this afternoon broke up Communist
demonstration in front of the Brit
ish consulate. About 80 demonstra-
tors were involved, mostly women.
They carried banners demanding
freedom for India.