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Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-02-27

Deb Harrington recently completed
two truck bodies for England and
Petersen.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-13
Keyes Declares
Terms Too Long

SAN QUENTIN, Calf, June 13.
(U.P)-Asa Keyes, under whose ad-
ministration 1000 convictions were
handed out, has declared, after
three months in San Quentin prison,
that sentences are too long.
The former Los Angeles district
attorney, serving a one to IA year
sentence for criminal conspiracy
thinks that better results would be
achieved if prison terms were made
shorter.
"Six months or year is enough
to teach the first offender the error
of his ways" Keyes said. "a long
er time leads to bitterness and {
desire for revenge.
"Prison records show that Sc pei
cent of those paroled live up to the
requirements of society. l agree
with recent statement of Warden
Lawes of Sing Sing that four out
of every 10 prison inmates should
be freed at once, three out of every
10 should be released in two years
and the balance kept locked up for
life"
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-13
LOVER IN CELLAR
AND In ATTIC IS
DEFENSE CLAIM

LOS ANGELES, June 13. U.P)-
A basement lover" was credited
to Mrs. Walburga Oesterreich today
at the trial of her "attic lover,'
Otto Sanhuber, accused of murder
ing her husband, Fred Oesterreich,
former Milwaukee manufacturer,
here eight years ago.
The claim that while she kept
Sanhuber concealed in the garret of
the Oesterreich residence she had
clandestine meetings with man in
the cellar was made by Earl s.
Wakeman, attorney for Sanhuber, in
his opening statement to the jury.
Mrs. Oesterreich later must face
trial on the same charge that now is
against Sanhuber.
"She had another lover" Wake
man said. "He was six feet four
inches tall and weighed 250 pounds.
While he hung around in the base
ment, Sanhuber was in the attic"
"The name of the basement low
err appears on this very indictment
accusing Sanhuber with this crime"
Wakeman declared. "He is one of
the witnesses to be caleld by the
state and he admits in his grand
jury testimony that he saw Mrs. Oes-
terreich and associated with her al
most every day over a long period
of time"
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-13
I Tunnel Laborers
Refuse To Work

LIVERMORE, June 13. U.R)-
Protesting that conditions are too
dangerous, between 10 and 20 min
ers have thrown down their tools
and refused to re-enter the Calaver-
as tunnel where seven of their fell
lows were killed Sunday night, it
became known today.
j. r. Jarvis, office superintend-
ent at the tunnel, admitted this to-
day. He denied, however, that
labor trouble was imminent.
Meanwhile, investigation of the
home made dynamite bomb that ex-
ploded Wednesday night on the
porch of a Livermore house occupied
by two engineers of the Hetch
Hetchy, project developed three the
ories.
One was that the bombing grew
out of jealousy on the part of Il
rejected suitor of Miss Edith Bon
etti, whose father owns the dam
aged house; another was the theory
OF reprisals by the unemployed
against the annual influx of Uni
versity of California students.
The third, to which, however, lit
tie credence was given, was that
bootlegger enemies of Jack Gar
della, son in law of Bonetti, had
planned the bombing as a develop
ment in some obscure gang row.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-13
Kentucky Hangs
Pair Of Slayers

EDDYVILLE, Ky, June l3. W.P)
Two condemned murderers went
to their deaths in the electric chair
at kentucky state penitentiary ear
ly Friday the 18th.
Ballard 4. Ratcliffe, 35, remarked
that the newspaper reporters and
witnesses "look more scared than L
feel", as he was strapped in the
chair at 12:l7 a. nj. lie was pro-
nounced dead at 1888 a. m, after
five charges of electricity were
sent through his body.
The other man executed, Richard
Edmonds, 36, negro, walked into
the execution chamber with an atti-
tude of calm resignation. The cur
rent was applied to his body at
1920 a. m. and he was declared
dead minutes later.
Ratcliffc was convicted of kill
ing w. A. Muse, Ga, with hammer
while the aged man bent over his
wife's grave in a Louisville ceme-
terry. Robbery was said to be the
motive.
The negro was condemned on
charges of numbering Harry s.
Long, night watchman of Louis
vile laundry, during a robbery.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-13
Changes Made In
Train Schedule

Several important changes in
train schedules over the Southern
Pacific road are announced this
morning by local representatives OF
the company. These are as follows;
Train No. 46, the regular morning
train from Los Angeles to the val
ley, which at present leaves that
city daily at 1l:40 p. m, arriving IN
FL Centre at 7:20 o clock the next
morning, will, commencing next
Sunday, leave Los Angeles at l1:15
p. m, and arrive in FL Centre at 7:l0
the next morning.
The Californian, train No. IA, will
leave FL Centre daily at l1,22 p. m,
instead of at ll:03 as heretofore,
while the motor car which arrives
from INLAND at present at SOP p. m.,
will reach this city at 5:47 p. M,
commencing next Sunday.
No other trains over these lines
will be affected by this change in
schedule, the officials further an
nouneed
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-13
FLAG PROGRAM
WILL BE HELD
AT CITY PARK

FL Centro's loyalty to the Amer,
lean flag will be demonstrated to-
night at the city part when the
l53rd anniversary of the flags
adoption by congress, will be OBJ
served by public ceremony.
Under the auspices of FL Centre
lodge of Elks, and with the Amer
lean Legion and general public par
ticlpating, parade through the
business section of the city will be
held, starting from Eighth and
Main streets promptly at 1880.
All members of the Elks lodge
and the American Legion, have
been notified to assemble at Eighth
and Main streets at 7:15 so that
he parade may start moving
promptly at 1880.
The exercises at the park will
start promptly at s o'clock will not
require more than 45 minutes, there
by permitting plenty of time for
those who wish to take in the box
ing matches or devote the balance
of the evening to other diversions.
The FL Centre band and Boyce
Aten Post drum and bugle corps
will appear in the parade and the
band will provide music for the
ceremonies at the park.
Harry Horton, exalted ruler, of
the Elks lodge, will preside at the
ceremony which will be carried out
In accordance with the EllI's Flag
day ritual.
A feature of the program will be
the renewal of allegiance to .he
flag by all who attend the cere-
mony
Residents Of the city are re-
minded that tomorrow is the real
anniversary of the flags adoption
and the national coolrs should be
displayed at full staff throughout
the day on residences and places of
business.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-13
new AIRPLANE
FACTORY TO BE
IN Los ANGELES

LOS ANGELES, June 13-tU.H-
Successful tests of a new type trans
port plane and several years of avia-
ton research eliminated today in
announcement of plans for establish
mont here of an airplane manufac-
turing enterprise backed by $90,000,-
600 in capital
The announcement came from W,
w. llodkinson, retired multi-million
aire and former president of the
Paramount Film corporation, through
the Los Angeles Chamber of Com
mercc.
Hodkinson, who will head the new
aviation concern, said he is now ne
gotiating to take over the plant of
an airplane company which recently
suspended operation.
With him in the project are scv.
cr eastern capitalists and two folly
wood financiers.
IIodkinson has been given an ap
proved-typc certificate by the
United States department of com
mercc airplane inspectors, ON tri
motor transport which he started de
vcloping three years ago.
The ship was perfected by the
Valley Manufacturing company, ;
concern organized three years age
by Hodkinson to engage in aviation
research. 1t was assembled last
year and successfully tested.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-13
Convicts Found
In Prison Yard

FLOSOM PRISON, Calf, June
l&-(U.2l-Fed, shaved and clad in
clean clothing for the first time in
seven days, two bandits who have
been the object. of o frantic search
during the past week, were housed
today in the disciplinary ward here.
The felons, Ethan McNabb and
Floyd Sampsell, convicted gunmen
and bank bandits, were discovered
late yesterday by Warden Court
Smith hiding in a small hole under
meath the prison blacksmith shop.
The pair, who had lived on hand
full Of food the entire time, came
forth, sullen and swearing, when
Warden Smith, firm in his eonvic-
tion that the missing men were still
within the prison walls, prodded
beneath the floor of the shop, in an
effort to locate their hide away.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-13
LEADERS STATE
INDIA UNITED
FOR FREEDOM
Self-GOvernment Appeal
Finds Support From
Various Factions.
BY WEBB MILLER
United Press Staff Correspondent

DELHI, India, June 13. U.H-The
one basic cause of all the present
troubles in India is credited by
leaders of the numerous factions
concerned as due to an emergency,
for the first time in the country's
history, of widespread feeling of
nationalism.
Numerous other factors combine
TO throw the country into the unrest
il is in at present, but all of them
are subservient to and dependent
upon the desire for self-government,
the newly found feeling of Indians
that they are citizens of India, and
not members of petty groups.
That conclusion was developed in
all the interviews the United Press
correspondent had with hundreds of
factional leaders during month of
travel from one end of the country
to the other. The natives now con-
slider themselves first of all Indians,
instead of Hindus, Moslems o r
Sikhs, as in the past.
A close second to nationalism as
cause of the unrest and undoubt-
edly related to it, probably large
ly responsible for it, is dissatis-
faction with the government on the
grounds of it's expenses, particular
ly as regards military expenses.
Latest statistics presented to the
Indian legislature revealed that &c
per cent of the total provincial and
central government expenditures is
devoted to the military service. On
the other hand, Indians complain,
only small amount is devoted to
education and public health.
Still third complaint concerns
the amuont of land taxation the
government imposes. Official sta
tistics show that land revenue ranks
/ third, with the customs first-22
per cent; railways second, provid-
ing II per cent; and land revenue
third, at l6 per cent.
Still another point frequently
mentioned concerning economic con
ditions which, native nationalist
leaders claim, made the country one
of the most poverty stricken in the
world
The final objection was to the
method of government. The fact
that higher civil service positions
were closed to natives was point
ed to by number of leaders, while
others said they disliked Britain's
refusal of proposals to Indianize the
army.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-13
WOMAN ATTACKS
RESEARCH WORK
AT UNIVERSITY

LOS ANGELES, June l3. UP)-
Mrs. Rosemonde Rae Wright, pres
ident of the California Anti-Vivi-
section Society, today accused re-
searchers of the Stanford Universi-
ty medical school of committing
"atrocities" in the name of science,
which degrade science and scandal
ize the university"
Her statement was broadsidc at
experiments performed in Ii e
schools department of pharmacol-
ogy, as reported by Or. NJ l.. Taint-
er and William Van Deventer i'll
the journal of the American Medi-
cal Association for February %,
1880.
~ f ter torturing unnumbered
small animals-househ pets-the
two inquisitors reported that their
experiments proved nothing in that
the same reactions could not be eX-
peeted of human beings" Mrs.
Wright said.
alt was all done to promote the
latest fad in medicine-the fashion.
able hope of doetori that calcium
is proper dose foi water swell
ings," she charged.
Calcium, it was pointed out, has
been used in the treatment of rheu-
matism, dropsy. water on the knee,
skin troubles with water swellings
and blisters, and other similar all
ments.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-13
StilnsOn Silent
On Treaty Papers

WASHINGTON, June IS. U.R-
Secretary of State Stimson today
acknowledged receipt of the senate
foreign relations committees reso-
luton asserting its right 20 secret
papers relating to the London naval
conference but made no offer to
produce the documents for the com
mittee.
Chairman Borah said he consider
ed Stimson's letter to the committee
today had closed the matter and
announced the committee would
meet Monday at 1880 a. m, in the
expectation of reporting the treaty
to the senate early next week.
Stimson's letter today was his
second to the committee. In the
other he refused to submit the re-
quested documents, thereby precipi-
tating the committees adoption of
the resolution expressing its right
to have them. The resolution was
sent to President Hoover and Slim
son
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-13
Ball League 10
Get Under Way

Plans for a playground baseball
league We're definitely consumated
last night at meeting held in the
office of Attorney J. w. Glassford:.
After considerable discussion 1t
was decided that siX-team league
would be the most satisfactory, and
ihe following were admitted to
membership: Mack and Mack, Cram
cr Baking Company, Bank of Italy,
Golden State Creamery, Valley
Steam Laundry, Studebaker Sales:
The executive committee Includes
Glen Edgar, w. j. Clements, IL. L.
(Joe) Bush. Chairman Of other
committees are: Bylaws, MeCuI-
Tough; grounds, Jack Polzine I;
schedule, Ray Forshey; equipment,
Glen Edgar; publicity, Noel Sm'th.
These committees will submit re-
ports at meeting to be held next
Wednesday, and it is hoped to start
Playing on June "a.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-13
ENTERING WRONG
MELON PATCH Is
SHOOTING CAUSE

Becoming confused and waIder-
ing into the wrong watermelon
patch last night almost cost the life
of John Yates, 4S, of San Diego,
when he was shot in the right leg
by a shotgun in the hands of Gu
genio Ramos. Yates is in serDus
condition at present in the Cale2ico
hospital, where, it is said, surgeons
are discussing the question OF am
putating the shattered limb.
According TO the story as re-
ceived iii this city, Yates, who owns
q ranch in the valley, had come
down from San Diego to look after
MS affairs here, and had been told
by friend, John Raptis, to help
himself to some watermelons grow
ing on the latter's ranch. Reaching
what he thought was his friends
ranch about IL o'clock, he entered
the patch and wandered about for a
time. When lie looked toward the
road again he saw someone ap-
preaching the field, flashing a light
from torch. He went back to the
road and met Ramos, a night watch
man for the field Of the Arkelian
Brothers, into which Yates had
wandered, and asked if this prop
erty belong to Raptis. He was told
that it did not and at that moment
the gun exploded, the charge enter
ing the right leg below the knee,
shattering the bone.
Ramos was at first released and
then arrested and taken to the
county Jail to await further investi-
cation of the matter. His account
of the proceedings was that the
gun was accidentally discharged.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-13
senate
PASSES
TARIFF
Two Votes Is Margin of
Victory in Upper
House of Congress.
ENDS LONG BATTLE
Opinion On Wisdom of
Measure Is Widely Dis
puted Here and Abroad
By PAUL r. MALLON
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON. June 13.=The
Smott- Hawloy bill raising the tar
iff ON imports $l07, 100000 year
or more was passed in final form by
the Senate today, a year and half
after it began its legislative career.
The vote was A To A.
Containing increased duties on
sugar, shoes, butter, cements. lum-
Der and bricks among many others.
the measure now goes to the House
where passage is scheduled tomor-
row.
The prospects are it will become a
law next week by President Hoov-
er's signature.
Designed originally to equalize
the tariff disadvantages of agricul-
{ (re with those of industry, the
measure lost the almost unanimous
support of the Senate farm group on
the final roll call. The detected
coalition of farm Republicans and
Democrats turned overwhelmingly
against the measure now that the
debenturc system of farm relief is
omitted. They took the position
the increased duties on agriculture
will be ineffective while the upward
ad iustment of many industrial rates
will only add further to the bur
dens of the farmers.
The votes of the administration
Republican group and a few Dem
oerats furnished the small ma ioritv
for the measure which was one of
the most controversial in history.
Decision In Doubt
Some of the bill's supporters,
notably Senators Reed and Grundy,
Republican protectionists fro m
Pennsylvania, cast their votes with
public misgivings about the benefits
of the meas )re. Taking exactly
the opposite position Of the farm
Frouns they say the food stuffs
tnriffs are too high and the indus
trial rates insufficient'y adjusted
to protect American manufacturers
fully against foreign competition,
Like others who voted for the
bill, they made clear they were sup.
porting it largely for expediencv.
feeling business would be bett 4
with the question definitely settled.
The final vote came upon the
Continued on Page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-13
COAST BROKERS
PLAN TO FIGHT
STATES M @ v {

LOS ANGELES, June 13-U.R)-
" hiie brokers threatened with loss
of licenses in the states campaign
against asserted unethical stock
selling practices prepared today to
strike back with injunction .suits,
another brokerage house came under
fire.
State Corporation Commissioner
Fred G. Athearn opened today 5
drive by ordering the license of Nat
Schneider 4 company revoked.
Fight of the brokers, through
civil actions launched to test
Athearn S right to halt the sale of
personally owned stocks, was sched-
uled to get under way late today
when the state official must appear
n Superior Court.
He will be required to show cause
why he should not be restrained
from prohibiting sales of Golden
Ace mining stock.
The writ on which Athearn must
appear in court was obtained by E.
X. Fleming, head of three houses
suspended by the commissioner this
week.
Fleming charged the corporation
department had assured him that
since he had bought his stock per
sonally from Nevada interests, he
would not be prevented from djspoS
ing of it in California.
Schneider denied charges OF
wash sales' with one of the F'lem-
ing houses, the Stock & Rcalty AS
surance corporation.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-13
WEBB ASSERTS
FRAME" CLAIM
PUBLICITY MOVE

SAN FRANCISCO, June 13-U.P,
Declaring it was only a ''sensa
tional publicity STUNT Attorney
General U. S. Webb today refused
to make public an affidavit sent him
by Eugene Mozier, ex-service man
intimating that Eunice Pringle, l.
year old dancer, had "framed'
Alexander Pantages, wealthy thea
ter magnate.
Barnard Nugent, attorney fol
Mozier, revealed the contents of the
affidavit, however.
The affidavit stated that MoZier
had been given money and told to
"kecp quiet' by Los Angeles Dis
triet Attorney Buron Fits, to whom
he had told the story.
1t further alleged that Mozier had
been accosted on Los Angeles
street by Eunice Pringle and offered
a strange proposition. He was to
go to a hotel room, hired for the
occasion, and there to rumple the
dancer s dress and scratch her face
and body. Miss Pringle was to then
keep her appointment with Pan
tagcs. According to the affidavit,
Mozior refused to do this.
Mozier charged in the affidavit
that he thought no more about the
matter until Pantages' arrest be
came known. He then went to Fits
and was threatened with "dire con
sequences unless he remained
quiet. Later, arrested himself on {
charge of burglary, he was freed by
Fits and given SIS to leave Los An
geles, it was alleged.
LOS ANGELES, June 13-U.RE
The district attorneys office toda
was preparing to investigate tn
story disclosed in an affidavit b
Eugene Mozier to the effect tha
Miss Eunice Pringle, II year oil,
dancer, had told him of a plan t.
4" frame" Alexander Pantages, thea
ter magnate.
Both District Attorney Buroi
Fits and Miss Pringle branded the
affidavit as false, foolish and ri
diculous," and the former issued {
grand jury subpoena for Mozier.
Il never heard of the man. tine
dancer said. "'This story is ridicu
lous. -
Pantages was convicted of as
saulting Miss Pringle when sh,
called at his office to obtain a book
ing for her dancing act.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-13
Los Angeles To
Be Fifth City
BY United Press

The nations IL largest cities viii
show gain of more than 100000
in population during the last 10
years, according to figures gathered
hv the United Press. Census re-
turns are not complete from some
of the cities but incomplete returns
and estimates available indicate the
growth.
Chicago and Los Angeles prob
ably will have the largest increase,
the figures show. Los Angeles re-
ported gain of 655,057 while Chi
capo showed 672,04S over the 1920
figures. New York's official count
NAV reveal greater numerical
gain than either of these, although
estimates give New York only 522,'
600 gain.
The most notable change in the
ranking of cities was made by Los
Angeles, which stood 10th in 1920
but passed Cleveland, Baltimore,
st. Louis, Boston and Pittsburgh to
take fifth place this year.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-06-13
.SECRAVF
FAT ALLY
INJURED
Noted Englis h Aut
Racer Dies FOllOwin
MishaD to MOtOrbOat
HELD SPEED RECOR
One Companion II u +
Badly; Another Mis-
ing Following Crash.
Halliwell's body was recover
ed from the lake by searchers
late this afternoon.

WINDERMERE, Eng, June IS
(U.Rl-Major Sir Henry Segravt
speed boat Miss England, hurtlil
over the water of Lake Windermel
at more than 100 miles an hour Il
6 new world speed record, sudden.
dived like a bullet today, hurli
her crew of three into the wat
iajuring Segrave fatally.
Sir Henry and his mechanic,
Willcocks, were taken out of &
water in daring rescue by M
| and a woman spectator. The oth'
mechanic, e. Halliwell, never Z.
peared above the surface again.
At the hospital here Segrave wi
found to have both arms and a 4
broken, and died from his injuri'
Willcocks had a broken thigh.
Segrave died shortly after 5 p.
Segrave was one of the most !
nous automobile and motor bo
speed drivers in the world, noted I
his skill and daring. He alreaI
held the world automobile spe
record of 231 miles an hour, made
Florida, and shortly before the ac
dent had set a new world motor bo,
record with an average of 9S.,
miles an hour.
Segrave was estimated to ha
been going well above 100 miles
hour on the third run when 4
boat, roaring over the water with
deafenlng noise, suddenly diss
peared in a great shower of wat
Hundreds of spectators saw \
accident and all matter of craft h,
RED to the scene. But it remain
for a spectator, named King,
make the first gallant attempt
rescue. King dived into the wat.
fully clothed and brought up s.
grave. A woman helped them be
into a boat and then tainted.
! The cause of the accident was i
determined. Miss England III i
gaping hole in the bottom.
was believed either she had STIR
n piece of driftwood or one of
whirling propellers broke
crashed through the hull.
Segrave was believed to h
been the first man ever to ira
more than 100 miles an hour i,
speed boat. He wore his spe
"armor" clothing, including
heavy life belt during the atten
but the force with which he str,
the water was deadly.
A spectator seated in a b
broadside on to Miss England wi
the accident occurred, said:
"Miss England seemed to
travelling better than on the otl
runs. am sure she was making
least 100 miles an hour. Sudde1
the step on the bottom of the Bt
seemed to burst. The boat swery
frightfully and capsized. Two
the crew were thrown on the st
board side and one on the port 81,
Only two appeared above the s.
face"
Shortly before Miss Englan
trial, Lade Segrave told the pre-
81 have been confident all alo
but today l feel nervy, wonderi
whether everything will be
| right"