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Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-04
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Il stepped in to ask the price Of
the red rubber ball in the window, -
said Uncle Wiggily.
The price is ten pennies" mewed
the cat lady.
Cheap enough answered MI
Longears. What kind Of a ball
is it?"
"A bouncing ball" mewed the
cat lady.
oh, a bouncing ball exclaimed
Uncle Wiggily Would you please
let me see how it bounces.'
Il shall be happy to show you,
said the cat lady.
She took the ball out of the win
dow and threw it on the floor. But
please do not worry about that. The
cat lady was not at all impolite in
throwing the ball down on the floor
and the ball did not N the least
mind it. For that is what balls are
for-to throw about and bounce.
No sooner had the cat lady thrown
the ball on the floor than it Jumped
back again into her paws. For that
is the way with a bouncing pail.
"Fine! chuckled Uncle Wiggily
as he saw the ball bounce
Would you like to try it your
self?" asked the cat lady.
Thank YOU said the rabbit
gentleman. So he bounced the ball
on the floor and caught 1t in his
paws as it bounded up.
do you like it?" asked the cat
lady, speaking in a mewing voice.
VERY much said Uncle Wiggily.
III buy this bouncing ball for Ba-
by Bunty."
So he paid ten cents to the CAT
lady with the lace cap and the
string Of red coral beads on her
neck and took the bouncing ball
away with him. Hopping along
over the fields and through the
wods. Uncle Wiggily soon reached
his hollow stump bungalow. Baby
Bunty was out on the porch wash
ing the face of her rubber doll.
See here, Baby Bunty,' Uncle
Wiggily called. Il have something
for you?"
rs it something pretty?" asked
the little orphan rabbit as she put
her rubber doll in the sun so her
washed face would dry.
oh, very pretty" answered the
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-04
Third Marriage
Of POetess Is
Disastrous

NEW YORK, Sept. 4. (UP)-The
third marriage of Winifred Sack
vile Stoner II. child prodigy OF two
decades ago. broke up the day after
it took place because her husband
was a brute Winifred's mother
admitted today.
The child poetess married Ear
winston Harrison of Los Angeles
at Yuma, Ariz., August 10, the day
before her 29th birthday according
to her mother.
The day after the wedding she
wired me that her husband was
brute. ana that she was leaving
him. she said.
Miss Stoner's previous marital eX-
periments ended in disaster. After
she had divorced her second hus-
band, Louis Hyman, she learned
that her first husband, whom she
had thought killed in an automobile
accident in Mexico, had been alive
all the time. She obtained an an
nulment.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-04
Issued ID a lily, Except
Sundays. Entered at
the Post Office. Ell Cen"
tro, Calf, as Second
Class Matter.
THE CHINESE MIGRATION

IN Mexico they do it differently. Our
neighbor nation very recently feeling
the need of lessened competition in the
field of domestic labor, issued an ulti-
matum declaring Chinese unwanted in
the northern provinces. This amounted
To an order of expulsion, but made no
provision for deportation to China.
So from the Mexican states of Son.
ora, Sinaloa and Chihuahua began a
movement of Chinese into he United
States, by means legal and illegal-but
mostly illegal. The net result was that
kind hearted Uncle Sam assumed, per-
force, the burden OF deportation shrug
ged off by the MeXicans; and Jails III
southern Arizona are crowded with Chin
csc arrested by federal immigration Off
GERS
BY queer quirk Of international law
the Orientals cannot be shunted back
across the Mexican line, where they
came from, but must be shipped back to
their native land at the expense of the
government. When one considers that
the cost of transportation alone from an
American seaport to Hong Kong Is $780,
and takes into account the huge number
of Orientals taken into custody along the
Mexican border, it is readily seen that
cost of deportation is no small item IN
the nations budget.
Although the Mexican order of eXpul-
sion has nothing to do with the influx OF
Chinese from Mexico into this part OF
the country the expense borne by the
United States can readily be seen from
an example taken here. At one time last
winter 81 Chinese were taken from the
county jail to San Diego, and later de-
ported. The net cost Of transportation
for these Chinese from San Pedro to
Hong Kong was S10,26O.
This amount does not include the eX-
pense of keeping the Orientals in jail,
of transporting them from one place TO
another in this country and OF feeding
and clothing them.
But still Uncle Sam can do nothing
but grin and bear it. Queer people,
these Americans.
scare may not convert desperate but
it will protect an innocent man some
times.
consequences. A good old-fashioned
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-04
Fraternity To
Present Series
OF Fall Events

UndS. the direction Of a new
board of officers, the Beta NJ
chapter Of Phi Chi, after a short
period of inactivity. soon will begin
a season Of social events, i was
announced today.
Parties, dances, smokers and
other affairs are planned for the
fall season. The first will be din
dance at the new De ANA hotel
in Calexico, possibly early il No
Vember.
A newly elected group Of frater-
nifty officers includes Russell Dali
rymple, consul; Chuck Buehner,
vice counsel; Jack Whitner, treas
urer; Gene Forshey, recorder;
Ralph Eye, guard; and Max Mas
tick, representative.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-04
WONDER If THIS
SNAKE IS GREEN
OR SINGS SONGS

CHICAGO, Sept. 4. U.R)-When
members of the Bagesu tribe IN
Africa wish to break drought they
get a snake drunk on beer; then
if it rains too much they use the
same method to bring back the sun
shine. according to store OF leg
ends and superstitions brought back
from there by Wilfrid D. Handy,
who led an expedition for the Field
Museum.
The weird ram and sun super
stition is described in Hambly' S
book as follows:
When rain is needed the Ba-
gesu send a rain-maker and a priest
to a spring in which a snake lives.
Nearby they construct a large
trough, which they fill with beer
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-04

When the snake comes out to at
tack them, it gets drunk on the
beer. and while in helpless con-
dition its fangs are removed. From
the well it has left unguarded they
fill pots with water. The water
thus drawn is believed to attract
rain. which will continue TO fall un<
til stopped by the priest. When It
is desired to stop the rain the snake
is again tempted to indulge too tree
" in beer, the waterpots are then
overturned, the rain ceases, and the
sun shines to ripen the harvest.
Among certain tribes snakes are
regarded as the reincarnation OF the
souls OF dead people, and treated
with ancestral reverence. There
also are beliefs in the affinity OF
certain living peoples souls with
those of snakes, whereby the per-
sons involved derive special powers,
usually for evildoing."
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-04
Out Again On
Payment Of
Second Fine

The OLD chestnut ABOUT "in again,
out again, gone again" might be
applied with aptitude to Harley
Hagin, who was released from the
county Jail yesterday upon payment
Of S25 fine Tor disturbing the
peace
Hagin spent a few anxious days
in jail after having been caught in
the prohibition nets last weekend.
While he did not complain undult
Of the accommodations at the Hotel
de Campbell, it is understood that
he was glad to be out from behind
the bars ate repayment Of a STABLE
fine for sale and possession Of in
toXicating liquor. The fine I'M
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-04

posed upon him in Westmorland
justice court was $500, with 500
suspended.
He was at liberty exactly seven
and one half hours. At the end Of
that period ne heard the gates
clang behind him and he was lin
again" Now he is "out again.
Whethe rhe is gone again could
not be determined.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-04
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD E. GARRIS
Copyright, 1928, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY'S BOUNCING
BALL

Once upon time, as Uncle Wig
gily was hopping past toy store.
he saw in the window a red rubbe.
ball.
Il think that would be a fine
ball to buy for Baby Bunty," said
the rabbit gentleman to himself
sort of reflecting like and musing.
III go in and ask how much it IS.
Into the toy store hoped the
rabbit gentleman and behind the
counter was a cute, little, old cat
lady with a lace cap on her head
and q string of red coral beads
around her neck.
What is it, please?' mewed the
cat lady as Uncle Wiggily opened
the door. May I have the plea
sure of showing you something i'll
toys?"
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-04
INVESTIGATE MURDER

LOS ANGELES, Sept. A. W.p)-
Deputy sheriffs yesterday were in
vestigating the possible murder OF
Ignacio Bravo, 50-year -old laborer
of Cotton, whose body was found
beneath an orange tree in Whittier
late Wednesday. His skull had BEEN
crushed by a blow from l4-inclt
railroad spike.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-04

Cattle prices declined on Eastern
markets somewhat last week, with
exceedingly heavy receipts at most
market pC-@:s. Prices paid fob.
ranch in California, however, re-
NAMED steady with a good demand
particularly for feeder cattle.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-04
TEN YEARS AGO
September 4. 1921

Miss Helen Wills, the fifteen
year old Berkeley High school girl
who recently captured most OF the
junior tennis titles for girls IN Cali
fornia, became national Junior
champion by defeating Miss Virgil
MIA Carpenter of Philadelphia, at
Forest Hills.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-04

Work is under way on the last
stretch of the Ortega highway be-
tween Elsinore and San Juan Cap
iStrano
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-04
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell OF
Imperial Valley for This Date
in Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Septenber 4 1911

E. f. Forester and family re-
turned TO their ranch home west
of FL Centre Friday afternoon, after
a months outing at San Diego, I'm
perial Beach and Julian. Mr.. For
roster will leave next week for q
visit at Los Angeles and other coast
points.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-04
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
September 4. 1916

Mr.. and Mrs. A L. Richmond OF
the Barbara Worth hotel have re-
turned from their summer vacation
ready for a good winters work. As
president of the Fl Centric chamber
of commerce, Mr.. Richmond has
brought home many good ideas that
will be worked out
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-04

Returning from an automobile
tour of California, President A. l..
Richmond declares that Ell Centre
will compare favorably with any
town of its size in the whole state.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-04

Benjamin Solomon. proprietor Of
the B. Solomon company's store in
FL Centre. returned TO this city
Saturday morning, after vacation
at San Francisco, Los Angeles and
other coast points.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-04

scare may not convert desperate but
it will protect an innocent man some
times.
consequences. A good old-fashioned
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
Rockville Issues
Marriage Licenses

Marriage licenses were issued at
Rockville to Archie Aiken Lump
kin, 43, of Washington, and Elsie
Minnie Wilson, 80, of Seabrook,
Md; Kenneth A. Boring, 30, Of
Baltimore, and Maxine M. Shep-
pard, 23, of Elizabeth City, N. c.;
Jack L. Hit, 81, of Washington,
and Viola F. Lee, 10, Of Bethesda:
James T. Creel. 81, and Beatrice
M. Rumsey, Is, both Of Culpeper.
Va: Willis s. Wright, "a. of Wash
ington, and Anne Belle Byrd, %,
OF Center, Ala; Albert e. Bareford,
81, Of BrayS. Va, and Verna Belle
Kemp, 10, Of Cumnor, Va, and
George L. Mcdaniel, %, of Orange,
Va, and Margie S. Watson, 81, Of
Liberty Mills, Va.
Also to Clifton H. Dodson, 81,
of Mt. Rainier, Md, and Elizabeth
L Helder, Il, of Washington:
James r. McClury, 26, of Martins
Ferry, Ohio, and Eulah j. Ryon,
%, of Bridgeport. Ohio; Elmer
Rogers, 81, and Thelma Sophie
Snyder, 18, both Of Baltimore;
Herman Corcoran, 25, and Lucille
JefferS, 18, both Of Washington;
r. Daniel Abbott, 81, of Harrison
burg, Pa, and Lucy Cornicelli, 10,
of EnOla, Pa,
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
PIPE FIRES BED,
VETERAN DIES

CUMBERLAND, Md, Aug. IL.
Funeral service; we're held yester-
day at SIS. Peter and Paul Cath
olic Church for Lawrence L.
Lueck, 86. who served in the
German army in three wars.
Burial was in the church ceme-
terry. Mr.. Lueck had resided
here so years and was a retired
Baltimore and Ohio railroad fore
man.
His body, scared from the hips
down, was found Saturday in his
bed which was afIame, evidently
having caught fir from ashes Of
his pipe. Members of the family
think he suffered heart attack
and the pipe dropped from his
mouth.
Mr.. Lueck, in 1864, fought with
the German army against Den
mark. Two years late' his regi-
ment was sent into action against
Austria Hungary. In the Franco
Prussian war he participated in a
numbel of engagements and was
with the German army in its vic
toriouS entry into Paris.
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
DRY AGENTS FACE COUNTY HEARING IN PARKING LAW FIGHT
NIGHT FLIGHTS
AS PRIZES

Seven Washingtonians are to
enjoy the beauties Of q night
flight over washington under the
terms Of q contest sponsored by
the Ludington Air Lines and
R.K-O Keith's Theater in con-
nection with the showing Of
"Dirigible," which will open at
the theater Friday.
The contest will consist of
slogan.writing. and to the per.
sons who submit the best IS.
word slogan in answer to the
question, why fly-for business
and pleaSure?" will go tickets
for the flights. Each winner
will also be given two guest
tickets to see "Dirigible."
Slogans should be either taken
or mailed to the manager Of
R-K-O Keith'S Theater, Fiji
teenth and G Streets Northwest.
At the close Of each day a com.
rnittee of judges will select the
best slogan submitted that day
and the name Of the winner will
be announced. The tickets may
then be obtained by calling,
properly identified, at the Of
fices Of the Ludington Line,
Room $50, Washington Building.
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
MOTHER ASKING
! FOR infant

Saying that her husband from
whom she is separated. is unlaw-
fully holding her 9-monta-old
baby, Mrs. Catherine Mills,
through Attorney Thomas M.
Anderson. has filed a petition for
a writ ct habeas corpus in Rock
vile Circuit Court, to make him
show the cause of the detention.
Judge Peter signed the writ
and ordered Carlton Mills, Of
Gaithersburg, Md. to appear be-
fore him August Is at 10 a. M,
and explain why he is holding
Betty Lou Mills.
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
Arrests by Police
Not in Uniform Hit

RICHMOND, Va. Aug. lit.
Mccall Frazier. director Of the
division Of motor vehicles, is so
determined that speed traps"
shall not be operated in Virginia
to the annoyance of visiting mo-
toriStS, that he has instructed
policemen to procure warrants
and prosecute other policemen
not in uniform making arrests
on the highways and receiving
fees for such arrests.
Mr.. FraZier'S action was based
on complaints from out-of State
motorists that they had been ar.
rested by fee officers not in uni
form,
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
TRUCK PLUNGES
IN RESERVOIR .

r. F. Harper, driver for the
Chestnut Farms Dairy, was de-
livering milk this morning. but
he lost the road.
So he and . large truck Of the
company took q bath in the cool
waters Of the District Reservoir
off Conduit Road.
In some unexplained manner
the truck, heavily laden, left the
road as it neared the reservoir.
It plunged down an embankment
around the big pool and came to
a stop in about four feet Of
water. The erratic plunge of the
truck Strewed. bottles Of milk
for some distance. Harper wasn't
hurt.
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
Wife Asks Divorce
From ChicQgO Mate

Charging that he deserted her
after less than three months of
married life. Anne HipkinS Hoxie,
through Attorney Stedman Pres
qott. of Rockville. has filed suit
in Circuit Court at Rockville for
an absolute divorce from William
Magruder Hoxie. jr.. of Chicago.
The HoxieS were married June
%. 1927. The defendant is al
legged to have left their home,
September 6. 1927. There are no
children. Mrs. Hoxie asks for the
right to resume her maiden name
Of Anne E. Hipkins.
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
Printer Takes Poison
As Wife Looks On

CLARKSBURG, w. Va, Aug.
11.-Walking into a room where
his wife was sitting, Richard
Bailey FowkeS, IS, Buckhannon
printer, yesterday wallowed d
poison, placed a note and his
insurance papers on the table
and collapsed, dying a short time
later. \
A certificate of suicide was
issued. Fowkes had been i'll for
a long time, it was said. His
wife and two children survive.
The Washington times., 1931-08-11

L. p. STEUART, INC.
USED CAR
RETAIL STORE
1895 14Eh st. N. w.
SERVICE STATION
11l0 2Ist Ct. N. w.
Potomac $500
NORTHEAST
HI. II. KING
514 H st. n. L.
SOUTHEAST
COaSt-In Auto Works, Inc.
1890 Nichols Ave.
LeonardtOwn, Md. - LeOnardtOwn
Implement Co.
VIRGINIA
Alexandria. Va.-Temple Motor Co.
CuIpeper, Va.-Dick c. Weaver.
Manassas. Va.-Pence Motor Co.
Madison, Va.-Carpenter Motor Co.
weErentOn. Va-CarDenter Motor
Co.
Qgantico, Va.-Paris Auto Service.
Inc.
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
Cripple Alleges
He Was Assaulted

w. C. Fischer. of Circle Avenue,
Takoma Park, Md, who has been
reduced seven inches in height,
has had several ribs removed by
surgical operations, and who
wears a brace around his body
to hold himself erect, charged yes
terday that s. o. Brown, AZ, Of II
Elm Avenue, Takoma Park, g.
Saulted him.
The Washington times., 1931-08-11

In Washington the Sedan Coupe Sport Coupe
$S17 4door Sedan Or Convertible Coupe sat- Custom
Sedan $751; illustrated at left Special equipment extra
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
To HEAR
ROBERT HALL
VERSION
Street TuSSIe Follows Warn
ing; Hall Hit, Cut, Say Those
Who Saw Fight in Marlboro

Facing charges Of assault and
battery on Robert Hall, jr., of
Upper Marlboro, two Federal pro-
hibition agents will be turned
over to Prince Georges county
police for hearing today. before
Justice Of the Peace Horace
Taylor, according to Deputy
Sheriff Thomas H. Garrison.
Warned of Law
The trouble began Friday night
when Hall informed the agents,
one Of whom was Walter T.
Andrews and the other, as yet,
unidentified, Of a newly-invOked
parking law they were breaking.
Policeman William Gray had
also warned the agents to move
their car.
According to witnesses who saw
the fray, Hall called to the
Federal men from across the
street, and the agents, in turn.
approached Hall.
One of the men is said to
have hit at Hall, and the fight
ensued. Hall struck one Of the
men knocking him to the ground
and cutting his head.
Hall Then Arrested
The prohibition men then
arrested Hall on a charge of
interfering with Federal officers
in the performance Of duty.
He was taken before United
States Commissioner j. Frank
Parran, and Immediately released
on bond of $4,000, for appear
ance in Federal Court in Balti
more tomorrow.
Hall will be defended in Balti.
more by his brother, Frank Hall,
an attorney of Upper Marlboro,
and Attorney John Mudd, Of st.
Marys county.
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
AUsTRIANS UNION HIT

VIENNA, Aug. 11.-Mainly as a
result of the economic crisis that
hit Austria so hard last year. the
Austrian Federation Of Labor lost
82,073 members during that
period, it's total membership be-
ing 655, ,204 on January /, 1881, ac-
cording to the yearbook of the
Free Trade Unions of Austria.
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
GO TO YOUR NEAREST DEALER
AND ASK FOR A DEMONSTRATION

L. p. STEUART, INC.
RETAIL STORE
18th and r. 1. Ave. n. W.
Decatur 4SOO
SERVICE STATION
1119 21st St. n. w.
Potomac $500
-. NORTHWEST
General Auto Truck Co., Inc.
21OO Virginia Ave. N. w.
Fred L. Morgan
311O NJ st. N. W.
MARYLAND
Upper Marlboro. Nd. - Southern
Maryland Garage.
ANNAPOLIS, Md.-Warner Motor Co.
Lanham. Md.-Blythe'S Garage.
Damascus, Md.-Jesse n. Cue.
Prince Frederick. Md.-PFince Fred
erick Motor Co.
Waldorf. Md.-WaldOrR Sales Co.,
Inc.
Galthersburg, Md.-W. Lawson King.
La Plata, Md.-Central Garage.
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
CHURCH MEET SET

The annual conference of the
Eastern Virginia district, Church
Of the Brethren, will be held
at Oakton, Va, on August IL
and 10.
The Washington times., 1931-04-08
FLAMES CAUSE
CLASS SHIFTS

Two shifts Of classes will be
made with the opening of school
next Monday because of the dam
age made when fire broke out
Saturday at the Carbery School.
The kindergarten room, where
the fire originated, was completely
destroyed, and it will be neces-
sary to move the class to another
school. Arrangements have been
made for Miss H. M. Soule,
teacher of the class, to shift her
activities from the Carbery to the
Peabody School, three blocks
away.
Another class, which occupied
the room directly above the kin
dergarten room, was slightly dam
aged. Miss Florence G. Richard
son, teacher of the fourth grade,
which met in that room, will meet
in the Hilton School, also within
walking distance from the dam
aged building.
The Washington times., 1931-04-08
BROKER LEAVES.
S374,514.09

An estate valued at $374,514.09
and composed entirely of personal
property was left by Holcombe
G. johnson, of the insurance
brokerage firm of johnson &
Adams, who died March 27, &C
cording to the petition for pro-
bate of his will filed by his execu-
tor, the Washington Loan and
Trust Company.
The inventory of his estate
does not include the family home
at 3O10 Ellicott st. N. w., valued
at $4,000, as it was owned as
tenant by entireties with his wife,
Mrs. Lillian C. johnson.
Mrs. johnson is to have net in
come for life from the estate after
the payment of certain specific
bequests. At her death the income
is to be divided among Jennie
Claughton, Cyril c. Courture and
a son, Richard c. Johnson. When
the last survivor of the three dies,
20 per cent of the income is to go
to the Presbyterian Home, 20 per
cent to the Florence Crittenden
Home and 40 per cent to the New
York Avenue Presbyterian Home
in perpetuity,
The Washington times., 1931-04-08
5000 D. c. FILM
PRIZE OFFERED
Times staff Photo
FLAHERTY

The Washington Chamber of
Commerce will give a $500 prize
for the best scenario for talking
motion picture advertising the Ma
tional Capital, according to action
taken last night at a meeting of
the directors of the association.
The details of the contest will
be arranged by a committee OF
the managing editors and dra-
matte critics of Washington news
papers in cooperation with War
ner Brothers, motion picture pro-
duction company, which is appro-
priating 100000 for the venture.
The committee is expected to
hold a luncheon meeting in the
near future.
The picture, according to pres
ent plans, is to be shown in all
leading theaters of the country.
Although the talkie will advertise
the Washington Bicentennial
Celebration for 1882, the principal
objective is to acquaint citizens in
all parts Of the country with the
distinctive features of the nations
Capital.