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Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
CONDEMN
|D[fNESS
AND Law
Too Little Work, Too
Much Law Says Wick
ersham Report.
BALkED BY CRIME
Commission Unable To
Make Decision Upon
Definite Causes.
BY PAUL II. MALLON
United Press Staff Correspondent


WASHINGTON, Aug. II. U.P)-
Unemployment and prohibitory
laws were cited repeatedly as
causes of crime In the latest Wick
ersham commission report to Pres
ident Hoover.
But the commission found in this
thirteenth OF its reports that its
task was TOO great. A majority de-
cided the commission could not spe-
officially determine the cause OF the
crime. Neither could the commits
sioners prescribe remedies society
might profitably administer to cure
its crime Illness
Two bulky volumes contain the
commissioner report-about 250,-
600 words. All but u few para
graphs were written by six sociol-
ogical experts who investigated for
the commission. Repeatedly. these
Investigators referred to 'prohibitory
laws" in their search for crime
causes. Prohibition of alcoholic
beverages was not mentioned eX-
cept incidentally.
The investigators sifted unem-
ployment and business depression
Tor crime stimuli. In the para
graphs contributed to the report by
the commission majority. there was
no reference to either prohibitory
laws or unemployment. These par
agraphs simply expressed the hope
lessnes of discovering crime causes.
Nine members signed the majority
report. Judge William S. Kenyon
did not sign and Henry w. Ander-
! son wrote a dissenting opinion.
Anderson referred 10 prohibitory
laws which Impose undue and ir-
ritating restrains upon normal So
cial and economic activities" or
produce discomfort. irritation and
unrest which find natural express
sion in disrespect for government
and in disregard for or resistance
TO law"
1T cannot be a source of sur
prise Anderson continued. "that
these conditions produce among
even the most social and law -abid-
ing elements of the people an atti-
tude of bewilderment as to law
and hopelessness as TO government;
among the less law-abiding an at
titude of antagonism to law and
contempt for government; and a
reckless disregard to social and
legal restraints among youths who
are least controlled by habit. or in
fluenced by social routine"
System Criticized
Anderson severely criticized the
American system of development
which brought exploitation of land
resources to a point now near eX-
haustion. caused the widest spread
between rich and poor in the west
ern world, developed slums in the
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
FEAR INDIA MAY
RENEW CAMPAIGN
OF DISOBEDIENCE
Gandhi Warns Followers
Not To Expect Any
thing From London.
BY FRANCIS Low
{ United Press Staff Correspondent

'
BOMBAY. Aug. II. U.D- Serious
threat OF revival of the civil dis
obedience campaign against British
rule in India was feared imminent
today.
Leaders in the All-India congress
nationalist body were reported pre-
pared to proceed with renewal of
the campaign which a year ago dis
rupted trade and caused disturb
ances throughout the country.
The Mahatma M. K. Gandhi, who
previously said he did not plan to
renew the campaign he led n year
ago, was quoted as calling on Indian
leaders to be prepared for any
eventuality."
Don't expect anything from Lon
don," Gandhi said in speech Sat-
urday at Almedabad. IF, however,
it is to be peace, do not disturb our
calm; if war. the people will not
be slow to respond"
The reference to London appar-
entity indicated Gandhi had little
faith in the outcome OF the second
India round table conference sched-
uled to open there September Is
He cancelled his plans to go as head
of the nationalist delegation last
week.
The reported plans for a reyiva
of the civil disobedience campaign
like Gandhi's change of program
were due to the refusal of the new
viceroy, Lord Willingdon, to order
an impartial investigation into al
legged breaches of the Gandhi-Irwin
pact. Gandhi in his accord agreed
to end the anti-British movement.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
DEMPSEY FILES
DIVORCE ACTION
IN RENO COURT
Wife Promises Fight Of
His Life For EX-
Champion.

RENO, New, Aug. IT. U.P)-Jacs
Dempsey filed suit for divorce to-
day, charging his wife, Estelle Tay-
lor Dempsey, with extreme cruelty.
No specific allegations of cruelty
were enumerated.
The action was filed in the name
of William Harrison Dempsey by
Robert E. Burns, attorney for the
former heavyweight champion, after
Burns had spent more than an hour
in the county clerks office, the
complaint in hand, awaiting word
from Los Angeles as to Mrs. Demp-
sey's contemplated divorce action
there.
The case was not placed on the
court calendar, and time of its
hearing is indefinite.
The case will not be set for court
hearing until Mrs. Dempsey's an
swer is received. Should there be
no answer to the complaint, the di-
vorce could be granted by default
but this is not considered likely in
view of the large property interests
involved.
Dempsey, with series of exhibi-
ton matches involving $5OO,00O ar
ranged throughout several states, i.
/ most anxious to have the case sci
| as soon as possible, his attorney
said.
His first exhibition will TAX,
place in Reno Wednesday night
! when he meets Jack Beasley ant
| Tony Fuente in the ring. Shortly
thereafter he is scheduled to toul
the northwest.
HOLLYWOOD, Aug. II. U.P)-
Jack Dempsey, the former heavy
weight champion, is due for the
battle of his life if he files suit for
divorce from Estelle Taylor in Reno
today, the screen actress said this
morning.
Personally, I don't believe Jack
intends to file any action today"
Miss Taylor stated. His attorney
and my attorney still are dickering
about property settlement and I
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
TAX COLLECTION
BY GOVERNMENT
SHOWS DECREASE
Cost Of Collection How
ever Shows Consider
able Increase.

WASHINGTON, Aug. II. W.p)-
The story of the governments f.
nancial difficulties was told today
in the precise columns of final
treasury statement on tax collec-
tions for the fiscal year that ended
June 30.
Total tax collections were S6ll,-
9l6,978 less than In the previous
year, S2,428, ,228,754 against s3,040,-
l45,732 The federal deficit was
5000 100000.
Most OF the decrease was in In
come taxes, where the effect Of the
depression was marked. Income
tax collections totalled 81 1860, ,040,-
497, loss Of $550,2l8,732 from the
1880 total of $2,4l0,259 ,229.
Corporations and individuals re-
ceived refunds OF 500 ,476,930 on ac-
count of taxes collected illegally or
enormously. Errors on the other
side OF the ledger, however, resulted
in additional assessments OF $685.
1873, ,085.
Two states contributed more fed
eral income taxes in 1881 than in
1890. Collections in Colorado in
creased q per cent to Sl5,272 ,280
and those in Virginia per cent to
$19 ,206, 1888.
New York state paid nearly a
third OF the nations income taxes,
total of $6l4,96083l. Pennsylva-
MIA and Illinois were next with
74,242,933 and $173,675, ,584. North
Dakota was at the bottom with
1851 ,632.
1t cost the government $l.40 for
every Sl00 of federal taxes collected.
The cost of collection the previous
year was $l.l3 per Sl00.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
Continued on page g.
LIGHT DAMAGE
BY EARTHQUAKE
F.! IN TEXAS TOWNS
(By United Press

An earthquake of third-degree in
tensity, threw sleepers from their
beds and caused hundreds to flee
their homes in terror in west Texas
and eastern New Mexico Sunday.
Considerable damage but no injuries
resulted.
The quake, the first in more than
q century was described as being
just short of highly destructive.
The shocks were recurrent.
The quake was felt over an area
extending from Dallas, Tex, on the
east to Tucumcari, N. NJ, on the
west.
The center of the quake was ap-
parently at Fort Stockton, Texas,
where it rocked houses and threw
sleepers from their beds. A number
of houses were wrecked in Valen-
tine, Texas. The brick school build
ing there was badly damaged. The
walls were cracked and plaster was
shaken down.
The Comanche springs, flowing 60
million gallons of clear water day
flowed muddy for an hour after the
quake had subsidized.
Chimneys fell at Carlsbad, N. NJ,
and the city standpipe was badly
damaged. 1t was reported that the
quake had damaged the famous un-
derground caverns, 30 miles from
Carlsbad but Superintendent Boles
and members of the United States
park service descended into the
caves and found that no damage had
been done.
Tourist parties were permitted to
90 down as usual into the seven
miles of underground wonderland.
No one was in the caverns at the
early hour the quake occurred.
Ell Paso, Texas, was shaken. Dishes
toppled from shelves and windows
cracked as hundreds fled from their
homes in their night clothes.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
High Cost OF
Reports Shown

WASHINGTON, Aug. IT.
tU.D-The Wickersham COM
mission In the IL reports II has
made public has given life to
approximately one lion
words. The reports average
95,4i3 words, whereas the av-
erage popular novel runs about
$4,000 words.
This tremendous output, ex-
elusive of two reports yet to
come. cost the government half
a dollar word. since the COM
missien's appropriation was
S500,000. This compared with
~ word reputedly paid Cal
vim Coolidge for his literary
output, and four cents a word
paid by quality" magazines.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
Credit This To
Bridge Players

WASHINGTON, Aug. II.
U.P)-The depression apparent
ly has made it more popular
to spend quiet evenings at
home playing card games.
A treasury report today
showed an increase in taxes on
cards. They totalled S4,993,'
$50 in the fiscal year ended
June 30, compared with S4,819,-
292 in the previous year.
The revenue from playing
cards was the only kind of fed
eral tax that increased. The
drop in tobacco taxes was
slight, the totals being S444,276,
SOC compared with S450,339, ,06O.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
TWELVE DIE IN WRECK

VIENNA. Austria, Aug. IT. UP)-
Twelve persons were killed when
the Rome-Vienna express collided
with freight train near Loeben
yesterday. Four others were be-
lieved fatally hurt, and IA badly in
jured in the wreck. The express
locomotive plunged into the river
Muir,
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
Treasure Ship
Remains Secret

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. II. W.H
The sea today holds the secret OF
the treasure ship Brother Jonathan
as tightly as it has been held all
these sc years.
A little band of adventures came
back to San Francisco Sunday. dis
appoirte din defeat. They were the
crew of the jeanette R. who went
north toward Crescent City on re-
ports that the old hull had been To-
Gated.
In 1865 the Brother Jonathan dis
appeared mysteriously wit ha rich
cargo. A lighthouse keeper report
ed having seen the craft suddenly
founder.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
Two Injured AS
Plane Crashes

ST. HELENA, Cal, Aug. II. W.R)
injured when their plane plunged
200 feet to earth after the motor
failed, Albert Ferrari, 20, of Delhi,
the pilot, and James Jensen, 35, OF
Sacramento, a passenger, were in a
serious condition in a sanitarium
here today.
The craft came down in a Vine
yard, not far from an airport near
here, and was totally wrecked. Fer
rari was spending the weekend
here and took Jensen. guest at an
auto camp, up for ride.
Both men are suffering from con-
cusslon of the brain.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
New Air Service
Started Today

LOS ANGELES, Aug. II. W.P)-
1naugurating continuous cabin
plane service between Los Angeles
and Chicago and New York over the
northern transcontinental route, a
tri-motored plane of Western Air
Express took off from the United
Airport at Burbank at 6:5l a. m.
today.
Passengers will be transferred to
the system of the United Air Lines
at Salt Lake City for the journey
east.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
JAPANESE PLAN
WARM GREETING
FOR LINDBERGHS
Island Kingdom All AgOg
Over Coming Of Col
Onel And His Wife.

PETROPAVLOVSK, Siberia, Aug
II. U.P)-Hospitality of this little
fishing settlement on Kamchatka
peninsula and the need of rest held
Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lind
bergh here today after their flight
from Karaginski and Alaska en-
route to Toxic.
Nemuro and other sections Of
Japan were stirred today when a re-
port was published that the Lind
berghs had taken off for Japan.
The report later, however, was de-
MED and definite word was radioed
that the flight would not be made
before Tuesday.
They planned probably to take
off early Tuesday for Nemuro, last
stop before reaching Toxic, where
they are due Wednesday.
After inspecting their plane with
the typical Lindbergh attention to
| details and accepting the welcomes
OF Soviet officials, the flyers rested
and wandered about the little set
tlement, showing interest in the
fishing craft which carry the men
of the village into the northern ice
cluttered waters.
From here the Russians, japanese
and Mongol residents wander into
Siberia and around the coast, trad
ing with the Eskimos and fishing
To this settlement come also the
men from the gold mines in the
back country and from the timber
lands.
After having planned an early
departure, Colonel Lindbergh an
nounced he would remain anothe,
"a hours, in order that they might
have full day of rest. They ar
rived Saturday from Karaginski
1900 miles from Nome, their last
major stop.
NEMURO, Japan, Aug. II. U.n)-
A fluttering mass of homemade
flags will greet Colonel and Mrs
Charles A. Lindbergh as they soal
out OF Siberia to Japan, probably
Tuesday morning.
The Shrill voices of 5000 schoo
children will be raised in cries O.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
Church Worker
Sent To Prison

LOS ANGELES, Aug. II. U.P)-
Frederick Grant White, former Ill
inois convict, later church work
er" at Venice, suburb of Los An
geles, was sentenced today to serve
7 to Is years at Folsom prison for
grand theft and violation of the
California Corporate Securities Act.
Most of the complaining witness
es against White were members of
his church at Venice.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
SHEPPARD WINS

OAKLAND, Aug. II. W.H -
Charles Sheppard. Oakland profess
sional today held the Northern CAL
ifornia open golf championship. by
virtue of his victory in the first an
nual play He defeated Earl Fry,
Alameda, in the final SO hole match,
7 up and to play.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
China Wants To
Buy Our Wheat

WASHINGTON, Aug. II. W.P)-
The Chinese government today pro-
posed to buy surplus farm board
wheat.
The state department received an
inquiry regarding credit terms on
which such purchase might be ar
ranged. The inquiry was transmit
ted through the consul at Marking.
The Chinese authorities proposed
to use the wheat to relieve suffering
in the flooded Yangtze valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
mhM!Ll-.
<tYy|R?S@xs;fR

BEVERLY HILLS, Aug. II.
(SpeciaD-Farm board destroy
ing every third row of cotton
is the nub of a great idea. What
could give more relief than eX-
tinguiShing every third senator,
every third congressman, every
third committee, every third
stock broker. every third law.
Make a third of the vice preSi-
dents of concerns go back to
work. Turn the cows back into
every third golf course. Con-
vict every third gangster ar
rested, one-third of all Million
aires that issue optimistic re-
ports from aboard yachts. Too
many banks. Bump off a third.
stop up every third oil well and
every third political speaker.
Destroy one-third the newspa-
per columnists and last, but
the main thing, the matter with
the whole world is there is too
many people to shoot every
third one. This whole plan is
inexpensive and a sure-fire
scheme back to prosperity.
Yours,
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17

Continued on page g.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-17
System Criticized

Anderson severely criticized the
American system of development
which brought exploitation of land
resources to a point now near eX-
haustion, caused the widest spread
between rich and poor in the west
ern world, developed slums in the
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CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
SUNDAY.

Dance, Sisterhood of the Congrega-
ton and Talmud Torah Bnai Israel,
Jewish Community Center, 8 pm. s
Hike, Wanderluster Club. start Seven
tenth street and Pennsylvania avenue,
2:30 pm.
FUTURE.
Meeting, Presbytery of Washington,
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church,
tomorrow, 10 am.
Card party, benefit of Holy Name
Church, 9l6 Eleventh street northeast.
Wednesday, $50 pm.
Meeting, Washington City Club of
Alpha Delta Pi. 211 Willow avenue,
Takoma Park, Md, Wednesday, 8 pm.
Luncheon. Alpha Delta Phi, Univer-
sity Club, tomorrow, 1890 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-08
BOSS WARD AGAIN
REFUSES QUIZ AID
76-Year- old New York Re-
publican Once Declined Taft
Dinner Invitation.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, February 7.-William
Lukens Ward, 76-year-old boss of West
chester County, who lives alone in a
mansion called 1.-The Castle" atop q
hill in Port Chester. turned his back
again today on overtureS to bring him
into line with the Republican State
organization in the effort to force a
State investigation into alleged Tam
many corruption in New York.
Democratic judges have been resign
ing under fire. One has vanished
departments in the city government
The man who stands in the way OF
an investigation into these matters by
the Republican controlled Legislature is
hide-bound Republican who was once
so eminent in party affairs that he
dared Snub President Taft by refusing
to attend a dinner in the White House
to the National Committee.
Instead of going to that White House
function Ward played rummy in q
Washington hotel When reporters
he said II never attend dinners" and
for years, in order to make that ex-
PLANTATION good, he didn't. Now he goes
to one year.
Ward has blocked the investigation
into Tammany, ordering the two Sena-
tors from his county to vote against It.
Without those votes, the measure will
be lost.
Twenty years ago, Ward was mar
of national reputation. From 1904 tc
1912, he was a member of the Republi-
can National Committee, serving on its
powerful Executive Committee. He was
one of the six 0r seven men in the
campaign of 1908. When Taft was re.
nominated he remained regular, but hi'
heart was with Roosevelt-and so hi
was Skidded into nonentity so far a:
national politics was concerned.
In WestcheSter, however, he remained
the benevolent despot. His friends say
he would rather run Westchester thar
| the Nation. He doesn't like such frank
language-"I'd rather do something fol
the future of WestcheSter than to b
in a position of power that would en-
able me to do something for the future
of the State or the Nation" is more
nearly his way of expressing it.
Whatever his reasons for preventing
an investigation into Tammany-ruleC
New York City, he has precipitated Q
colorful fight. He is colorful man.
PoSseSsor Of $4,000, 900 to 0,0OO,.
900, he carries on his political bushes.
at an old oak desk in White Plains, or
which there is nothing except bottle
| of mineral water and a scratch pad.
| He spends his Sundays motoring
| about the county, every inch of which
he knows.
He belongs to a country club from
which all women are excluded, for the
exclusive purpose Of playing bridge
there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-08
|OCHS CONF|DE
ABOUT u. S. TRADE
New York Publisher Says Ma
ton Has Survived Worse
Times Than These.
BY the Associated Press.


SAN FRANCISCO, February T.
Adolph S. Ochs, publisher of the New
York Times, and Clark Howell, pub
Usher of the Atlanta Constitution,
sailed for Honolulu today for a months
pleasure trip, leaving behind them pre-
diction "the United States has seen
worse times and will survive"
Mr.. Ochs and Mr.. Howell we're ac-
companied by Mrs. Ochs, Mrs. Howell
B. Lane. head of the Citizens & South
ern National Bank of Savannah, Ga.
Mrs. Milton Ochs, Chattanooga, Tenn,
and Mrs. w. It. Healey of Atlanta
completed the party.
"a friend asked me the other day
how do you feel about things?'" Mr..
OchS said. II told him the world had
been through worse times and had
survived. The wealth, the resources
and American stamina remain in the
United States, and in the not far dis
tant future citizens will come to the
conclusion they should have had more
sense during this period of depression. "
Young men, the New York publisher
said, should be glad they are alive and
on the Threshold of q new era in
world prosperity.
Business is generally better" the
Atlanta publisher said. Both political
parties must realize puSsyfooting
around on the prohibition question
must cease"
Speaking on national politics, the
Southern publisher said he believed
Franklin Roosevelt would be nomin-
ated by the Democrats for the presi-
dency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-08
ASSERTS NiAGARA'S FATE
+. is IN BORAH'S POCKET
Hx the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
!. NEW YORK, February History
as punctuated with tales OF men VINO
have held the fate of empires in their
hands and, said DR.. Horace Mcfarland
today, in the senatorial pocket OF VIII
liam z. Borah of Idaho lies the fate OF
Niagara Falls.
e,Dr. Mcfarland, chairman Of the
Pennsylvania State Art Commission and
member Of President Hoover's commits
sion for the preservation Of Niagara
rails, told the Municipal Art Society
of New York that for two years Senator
Borah has carried abSut with him .
report containing plans for diversion
Of water from the main Niagara stream
switch would have averted the recent
Aide of tons of rock which altered the
contour of the falls.
,"I don't know for what reason Sen
ator Borah has 1t in for Niagara Falls,
Said DR.. Mcfarland, but certainly he
Is carrying around in his pocket the
fate Of that waterfall"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-08
GOVERNMENT ACQUIRES OLD SITE
OF PRISON USED DURING CIVIL WAR
Johnsons Island, in Ohio, New Cemetery for 247 Con
federates Who Died From 1862 to 1864.

mostly from wounds, the Union re-
ports said.
The majority of them were officers
second lieutenantS to generals-and
came from Southern estates where they
were used to Injuries and servants. Life
was irksome in the hastily constructed
barracks, whose knotholes and cracks
failed to stop the severe Northern lake
winds of Winter. If they wanted chairs
and furniture they had to build them
from the virgin walnut.
Two prisoners, William Corbin and
T. P. McGraw, were taken before a
firing squad after they were convicted
of recruiting for the South and of carry
ing information to their fellow captives.
The island lies lonely and almost de-
serted now. The weathered walls of an
Did stone power house, mound where
stood the fort, the little marble slabs
on the graves and a bronze statue Of a
soldier at salute remain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-08
Rx the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, February Am afndavit
to which a "high official of the Ogpu"
(Russian secret police) is said to have
sworn, and in which it was asserted
there were 662 200 prisoners working in
Soviet lumber camps on May / last
year, was forwarded to Premier Ramsay
Macdonald today by Carlyon Bellairs,
Conservative member of Parliament.
With 1t were nine other afi1davits
signed by escaped Soviet prisoners, de-
scribing conditions in convict labor
camps of Russia. The identity of most
of the signers was unrevealed "for fear
Of reprisal on their families still resid-
ing in Russia"
Work S AM. TO PM.
In one of the afidavits Nicholas
Ivanovitch Malyshev said he had spent
the year in a convict camp at Solovky.
The prisoners, he asserted, lived in
shacks with earthen floors and leaky
roofs, slept on bare planks and worked
from 5 o'clock in the morning until 8
o'clock at night.
They were scantily dressed and cases
of freezing were of daily occurrence.
Every prisoner was given the task Of
telling and trimming five trees each
day, he asserted, and those who failed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-08
BALB0 SAILS FOR ITALY
Flyer and Companion Given Send
of by Brazilian Planes.

RIO DE JANEIRO. February (P-
Gen. Italo Balbo and his trans
atlantic flight companions started for
home today by steamer with an escort
of Brazilian government planes flying
above them as the ship moved out Of
the harbor.
The Italian leaders last official act
was q visit to Gen. Getulio Vargas, the
President. Later he was the luncheon
guest of Ambassador Cerrutti aboard
the Conte Rosso.