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Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-09
Assert Fireman
Own TOrturer

LOS ANGELES, July Q. U.D A
desire for sympathy caused Ed
ward Sparks, volunteer San Per-
nando fireman, to burn his feet
with acid and declare he had been
tortured by two bandits, police de-
clared today.
Detective Captain Louis Canto OF
Van Nuys said that Sparks pur-
chased the acid from a La Brea
avenue drug store. Police found his
automobile, his watch, some money
and the empty acid bottle near the
Scene of the alleged holdup.
Other San Fernando firemen said
Sparks recently hobbled around on
crutches as the result of a supposed
injury and thrived on the SYM
pathy he received.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-09

There had been rainfall in the in
terim.
I'm 1880 the June discharge was
2,730,000 acre feet, yet the August
discharge was $4,000 acre feet.
I'm 1924, when one of the worst
late summer shortages on record oc-
Cured, the June discharge totalled
3l96,000 acre feet, yet in August
the flow had dwindled to $4,000
acre feet, and in September it was
1874, 900 acre feet.
1.-The records prove one outstand-
ing fact, and that is that it is i'm
possible to say at the end of June
that there will or will not be plenty
of water for the valley in August
September and the fall months"
Going still further into the fac
tors affecting large flow in the low
er river, Dowd observed that even
the announcement of abnormally
heavy snowfall in the upper basin
does not necessarily mean there will
be a high flood peak when summer
comes. "A few years ago there was
great Qeal Oh pfOpdBdHud 10 IHt
effect that the upper basin con-
tained the heaviest snow accumula-
ton in years. The prediction was
made then that Imperial Valley
faced a probable flood in June thai
would very likely break through the
levees and inundate the entire area
down to Salton Sea. No such flood
occurred. The reason was that the
snow melted slowly. Temperatures
rose and fell during the early spring
so that the river received a gradual
supply that passed down to the gull
before subsequent additional supply
could accumulate
The chief engineer stated that
it is possible to tell accurately what
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-09
Veteran Engineer
Called By Death

RIVERSIDE, Cal, July 9. U.P)-
Funeral services we're to be held
here today for Henry 3. Slater, 81,
prominent engineer and a founder
of the American Institute of Mining
and Metalurgical engineers, who
died Tuesday.
Slater had many inventions to his
credit. most of them dealing with
improvement of metallurgical pro-
cesses. He also was a prominent
member of the American Chemical
Society. American Association for
the Advancement of Science. and
the joint technical societies of Los
Angeles.
He was born in Birmingham.
England. A son, Edwin o. Slater,
Miami, Ariz., survives him.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-09
@1aIleD

LOS ANGELES, July 9. U.P)-
Following arc rouay-s market quo.
tations:
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-09
Lopez Is Given
Another Chance

A. Lopez, 49, could not decide
whether he was looking for work in
a local packing shed or already
working on q ranch, SO Sergeant
Bill Mitchell arrested him this
morning on a charge of vagrancy.
Lopez was arrested on the same
charge three days ago, and fined
$25. The fine was suspended. Judge
Kendall B. Perkins this morning
suspended another sentence in Lo-
PEI case, but this time it was a
months Jail sentence, and sus-
pended on the condition he leave
town.
Urbano Arrandez. 40, charged
with disturbing the peace, was
brought before Judge Perkins on
the complaint of his estranged wife
that he continues to bother her af-
ter a superior court order that he
refrain from molesting her. The
case was continued indefinitely, and
Arrandez instructed to remain away
from his wife.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-09
Woman Held For
Theft OF Auto

Fora Parker, 26, colored, is held
in custody at the county farm today
after being booked at the county
Jail last night on a charge of grand
theft
The colored woman was sent TO
the county farm because of her
four-year-old child, who was with
her when she was arrested in Cali
patria. Arraigned before Judge B.
F. Gruble of Calipatria on the COM
plant of Lee johnson, colored, that
she stole his automobile, bond for
the woman was set at $500.
Failing to post bond, she was held
in custody pending a preliminary
hearing.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-09

the flow of the river will be at the
diversion works approximately two
weeks in advance. Observations
made at Grand Canyon and at To-
poe, up the river, are received at
district headquarters daily From
these observations the proper de-
ductions are made and the estimat-
ed flow at Andrade can be an
nounced.
IF a water shortage actually
threatens Imperial Valley, the DIS
trict will give warning and will sug-
gest what measures ought to be
taken to reduce the effect of that
shortage to a minimum" Dowd con-
cluded.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-09

LOS ANGELES, July 8. U.P) -
Livestock.
Hogs - Receipts none; quotable
top easterns, S8.10.
Cattle-Receipts 500: steady; CAL
ifornia fed steers. $6.85-7.75; grass
offerings, $5.85-6.50; two loads good
California fed heifers, $710-7.25;
top cows, $50; medium to good,
S3.50-5.00.
Calves-Receipts so; steady: me-
dium to choice vealers, $700-8.75.
Sheep-Receipts none; good to
choice lambs quotable $6.50-7.25.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-09
FORD GETS OLD COACH

NORWALK, Ohio. U.P)-A pre-
Civil War coach, owned by the late
James Gardiner, of Norwalk, was
presented to Henry Ford for his
Dearborn Museum. The ancient
vehicle is still in running order. 1t
was built by the Lawrence Car
riage Works in New York almost
100 years ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-09
SWEDES GET NEW UNIFORMS

STOCKHOLM, tU.P)-A new field
uniform which combines comfort
with lightpess has been suggested
for the Swedish army. 1t looks
something like an overall and is
greyish-brown in color. The great
coat has a removable lining.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-09

From 1920 to 1890 Oregon's farm
population gained "a per cent, or
72,834 persons.
Evening star., 1931-06-26
BOY AND OFFICER
HURT IN ACCIDENT
Motor Cycle Policeman Loses
Control and Machine
Leaps Curbing.

A 15-year-old boy and Maryland
policeman were slightly injured yester-
day when the officers riderlesS motor
cycle bounded over a curbing in the
500 block of H street, crashed into q
house and then struck the boy.
Varnall D. Lake. special policeman
at Seaside Park, Md, lost control OF
the machine as he rode out OF an alley
opening. He was thrown to the pave
ment, while the motor cycle leaped a
curb and crashed into a house at GIG
H street, knocking several bricks from
tie wall
Rebounds From Wall.
The machine then rebounded and
knocked down Lee Keefer, is, OF 49
street. Lake was cut and bruised. while
the Keefer boys arms were bruised.
Neither required medical attention.
Five-year- -old Bruce Posey, 1431 Mary
land avenue northeast. was cut ana
bruised when car bearing Indiana
license plates, crashed into and demol-
ished his toy wagon on Maryland ave-
nue. near Fourteeth street.
Driver Is Sought.
The driver, witnesses told police, gave
the child So to cover the cost of the
wagon, but is said to have refused to
take the boy to a hospital. The man
then drove off toward Maryland. Po-
lice are searching for the machine.
Richard Cant, SIS, of $40 street, was
taken to Emergency Hospital with a
fractured ankle, cuts and bruises yes
terday after an ice cream truck, oper-
ated by Herbert Davis, colored, 80, OF
2460 Georgia avenue, struck him at
Fourteenth and X streets.
Evening star., 1931-06-26
YOUTH CONFESSES
TWELVE CRIMES
Police Say CoIored Suspect
Started Fires to Foil Finger
print Detection.

A 19-year-old colored youth arrested
Saturday when caught stealing a bat
terry from an automobile was to be
arraighed in Police Court today on
arson, HOUSEKEEPING and petit larceny
charges, following a sweeping confession
to IL crimes allegedly made to police
yesterday.
He is Eustace Bailey Of 704 First
street southwest. who is said to have
admitted three housebreaking, six petit
larceny and three arson cases, includ-
ing a fire at the Acton Fuel Co.. Gil
South Capitol street. last November 25,
when questioned by Detective Nelson G.
Thayer of the fourth precinct station.
Bailey, who was recently released
from the Occoquan Work House. where
he served a 30-day sentence in con-
nection with an automobile theft, told
officers he started the fire at the Acton
Fuel Co. to cover possible fingerprints
left when he forced open the safe and
made of with $4,000 In checks and
cash.
The boy was taken into custody early
last Saturday morning by Policemen
John Middleton and Ralph Poquette
of No. station, who reported that they
came upon him removing q storage bat
terry from a car on Delaware avenue
near H street southwest.
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Detective Thayer and made a written
confession to the three arson cases
including the Acton fire and two other
minor blazes, three housebreakings and
six petit larcenies.
In his confession Bailey is alleged
to have declared that the last time
he was caught breaking into freight
cars in the Jersey yards at South Capt.
tol street and Virginia avenue, "they
got me through my fingerprintS."
Bailey is known to police as a mem.
ber of a colored gang known as Walk
ing Charlie Weldon's gang. Weldon
who earned his cognomen of ''Walkine
Charlie" from the habit of walking Out
Of the tolls of the law, Is now serving
time at the National Training Schoo
for Boys, where he was sent November
Z after conviction In IS cases Of bur-
g1ary and theft.
Evening star., 1931-06-26
REROUTING OF ROAD
AT AIRPORT BACKED
Senator Bingham to Ask Congress
to Change Highway Through
Landing Field.

Senator Hiram Bingham, Republican.
of Connecticut, is considering the in
PRODUCTION of a bill in the next Con-
gress to provide for rerouting Of the
military road at the south end of High
way Bridge to carry 1t around instead
of through the Washington Hoover air
port.
At present. the airport extends along
both sides OF the highway, and the
Connecticut Senator believes it would
be in the interest of safety to have the
roadway go around the landing field.
When Congress was considering a
plan to purchase the Washington Hoo
yer airport areas to be combined with
adjacent Government lands for mu-
nicipal airport in the District. the re-
location of the road was included as
one feature of the proposal. That bill
passed the Senate. but was never taken
up in the House and died with the close
Of the last Congress. Senator Bing-
ham indicated that he is not thinking
Of reintroducing the municipal airport
bill, but is considering the advisability
of relocating the roadway.
Evening star., 1931-06-26

Now Mrs. Deloe spends two-thirds
of her time answering telephone calls
from members of her spiritual flock
and admitting interviewers. There's
no end to It," she complained.
In private life the spirit medium will
call herself Mrs. Deloe. Professionally
she will continue the name Of DR.. Jane
B. Coates.
THAT is how I am known, just like
Pola Negri or any other professional
woman" she said.
AS her secretary, Mr.. Deloe will be a
very busy man. Mrs. Deloe, or Mrs.
Coates, is the general director Of ths
White Cross SocietaS, which sets forth
the doctrine of spiritual science. She
styles herself pastor" and the meet
ings or services are held at 1879 Irving
street.
Plans Branch Societies.
The White Cross Societas is going to
organize branches in every large city
Of the country, she explained. and the
first move is to acquire large down.
town residence as a permanent head
quarters. Later. she intends to tour
the country organizing branches.
Mr.. Deloe, she claims, is psychic
himself. also poet. He lived with his
mother. Mrs. Mary E. Deloe. at 736
Rock Creek Church road But now he
will maintain his residence with his
wife at their Meridian street home.
Mrs. Deloe frequently attended the
spiritual meetings with her son.
Mrs. Coates, the spiritualist, Is
nationally known by reason of her
long crusade to divorce SpiritualistS,
legally, from "those awful fortune tell
ers and clairvoyants. At congressional
hearings. she boasts, she routed" the
late Harry Houdini, who came here to
expose the methods of spiritualists.
Evening star., 1931-06-26
INJURED POLICEMAN
TAKES RUM SUSPECT
Officer J. A. Burgess, Knee Hurt,
Hobbies in Chase, Arresting
Alleged Law Violator.

Overcoming the handicap Of . dis
located knee. Patrolman J. A. Burgess
of the sixth precinct station, over
took an alleged prohibition law violator
while on his way to the station to
report himself on sick cave yesterday
and placed the man unLer arrest.
Burgess wrenched his knee while
patrolling his beat and was returning
in a machine from Casualty Hospital,
where he had been treated and ad-
vised to go on sick leave. when he
passed a man standing in the door Of
a garage with half-gallon jar in his
hand.
The man took one look at Burgess
and fed. The officer halted his car
and hobbled in pursuit, following his
quarry to the rear Of a house in the
400 block of Third street, where he
took the man into custody and made
him return to the garage.
Burgess reported finding there "a
half-gallon jars of whisky. His pris-
oner, Frank e. Burris, 80 years old, Of
419 Third street. was taken to the
station and booked on an illegal pos
session charge. He later was released
on $500 bond and Burgess went on leave
to nurse his injured knee.
Evening star., 1931-06-26
NAVY WORKERS GET
4-HOUR CUTS FOR
SATURDAYS Off
Mitchell Rules Department
Entitled to Same Benefit
as Other Employees.
$4,000 WILL ENJOY
NEW LEAVE PRIVILEGE
Whole Day Has Been Charged for
Half Holiday Since 1915
Law Passed.

Attorney General Mitchell advised the
Navy Department in an opinion today
that its workers in the field service are
to be charged with only four hours an
nual leave. instead Of full days abb
sence. when they fail to report for duty
on Saturdays.
The ruling affects workers at the
Washington Navy Yard, the Naval Hos
pital and Naval Observatory, as we'll
as some 10000 field workers through
out the country. 1t puts leave in the
navy yards on the same basis with de-
partmental practice.
Secretary Adams on March u asked
the Justice Department for ruling on
the subject. as the Navy was in doubt
as to how to proceed.
Four Hour Day.
Under the act Of August 20, 1916.
employees in the field service Of the
Navy Department were granted annual
leave of 80 days with pay. The act
of March 3, 1881, stated that -four
hours, exclusive Of time for luncheon,
shall constitute a days work on Satur-
days for all civil employees of the Fed
eral Government" Leave for Navy
field service employees was not governed
by this act, but Attorney General
Mitchell's decision today was that Sat
urday should be counted as four hours
when computing annual leave"
N. p. Alias. president of district No. A,
international Association of Machinists.
played a prominent part in the fight to
have field wcrderS placed on a status
similar to that of workers in the Gov
ernment departments.
Put on Equal Basis.
Under a presidential executive order,
which applied only to Washington,
workers were given half holidays on
Saturdays during the Summer. As
the Nays field workers we're governed
by legislation passed in Augnust, 1916.
they did not enjoy equality with their
departmental brethren. Since the new
law granting Saturday half holidays
all the year around became operative.
the department has been puzzled as to
how to assess leave for It's field workers
Under an administrative ruling by
the Navy Department, II Saturday oc-
ours within a period Of sick leave, the
office group Is charged with a whole
days leave.
Evening star., 1931-06-26
MRS. COATES AND 28- YEAR : OLD
BRIDEGROOM SPURN HONEYMOON
Wife, So, Says She Wed
Secretary ito Get Rid
Of Him."
Husband, Married Yesterday,
Goes to Work as
Usual Today.

Honeymooning has no place in the
plans of Mrs. Jane B. Coates Deloe
So nationally known spiritualist, who
yesterday went quietly to Rockville with
the 28-year-old Government clerk she
intends to make her secretary, Paul
Warren Deloe, disciple OF spirltuallsm,
and there married him.
You see, just had to marry Paul
to get rid of him. the gray-haired
spiritualist smilingly explained as she
sat alone over late breakfast
And where is your husband?" Mrs.
Deloe was asked, when reporter was
escorted to the breakfast table.
"Oh, he's gone to work just like a
husband ought to do" she laughed.
Husband Grand Young Man."
Being a spiritualist has not made
Mrs. Deloe impractical. Mr.. Deloe, who
had departed an hour earlier for his
desk Job in the Labor Department. Is a
grand young man." his wife exclaimed
proudly.
They have been the best of friends
for two years. The 59-year-old spir-
itualist said she intended making her
husband her secretary to help her in ex-
tending the American Order OF the
white Cross Societas, of which she is
the spiritual director. II didn't want
any Of that Aimee Semple Mcpherson
stuff being printed about me, so We
went to Rockville and got married" she
said.
This morning, Mr.. Deloe said, Now
what are we going to do?' So told
him that married people had to eat
and to get his hat and go back to
work
THAT'S what we are going to do. He
will keep his job in the Labor Depart
ment and help me in my work on the
side, as he has been doing lately"
Feared What People Would Say.
Mrs. Deloe explained she had had
some miSgivingS about youth and a
woman of her age entering upon mat
rimonial life. chiefly because people
would say that she had worked undue
influence upon him"
But the youthful Mr.. Deloe-who is
youthful in years only his psychic bride
declares-was the first to repudiate such
an idea.
1T want everybody to know that I
married Mrs. Coates OF my own free
will" she quoted her husband as having
told reporters last night. she didn't
hypnotic me-"
and indeed I didn't" Mrs. Deloe
exclaimed with spirit
Paul has been coming to my Spir-
itual meetings for two years" she ex-
planned the romance. He begged me
to marry him, but told him people
would say I was a love pirate II a
woman of my age married a man Of
2S But he wouldn't take no for an
answer. Finally he began sitting on
my doorstep. until midnight. didn't
know what the neighborS would think,
SO finally I told Paul I'd have to marry
him simTly to get rid Of him"
Failed to Elude Reporter.
For hours early yesterday, the couple
TAXED about town in a quandry. They
wished to avoid publicity and so decided
the best way to do 1t was to go out to
Rockville.
I'VE wasted all that time for nothing
because while we were being married
reporter called up the ministers S
house"
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
Bertram Osgood of the Rockville Bap-
tist Church, after Rev. w. P. Minnick,
rector Of Christ Episcopal Church, had
declined to tie the knot.
Evening star., 1931-06-26
RECEIVERS NAMED
FOR APARTM ENTS
Colladay, Sullivan and 0ber Sc
lected by Court to Direct Opera
ton of La Sale Building.

Edward F. Colladay, George E. Sui
livan and George C. Ober have been
appointed by Justice Jesse c. Adkins Is
receivers for the north section Of the
La Sale Apartments, at Connecticut
avenue and l. street. They were di-
rected to take possession of the rentals
and other assets of the apartment.
The court accepted the resignation
of Luther A. Swartzell and Edmund D.
Rheem as trustees under a deed of
trust for $750.000 secured on leasehold
of the property and substituted as trus-
tees James A. Purcell and Francis w.
Hill. jr.
John I. Cassidy. holder Of 83 per cent
Of the leasehold on the property, filed
an answer admitting that the lease
hold interest is endangered. He and
the bondholders have been vainly at
tempting an adjustment of their diff
culties before the suit for the receiver
was filed.
CasSedy tells the court that he is of
advanced age and has a large portion
of his fortune invested in the La Sale
property, which represents a conversion
of numerous other holdings once held
by him.
Evening star., 1931-06-26
MRS. REBA SCHLEGEL
is GRANTED DIVORCE
Capital Resident Charges Husband
Took Trips With Woman
He Promised to Shun.

Justice Adkins in Equity Court today
signed an interlocutory decree OF alb
solute divorce in favor OF Mrs. ReDa
Virginia Schlegel, 4421 Greenwich
Parkway, who sued Roy d. Schlegel
and accused the correspondent named
of breaking up her home.
The parties were married in this city
February Is, 1918, according to the
wifes bill, and have no children. In
June, 1928. it was charged, MRS.
Schlegel first learned Of the alleged
friendship of her husband and the
correspondent, and forgave him upon
his promise to give up the other wom-
an. This promise was broken, 1t was
charged, by the fact that Schlegel
again met the other woman and took
many trips with her.
Justice Adkins postponed until the
time Of the application for the final
decree the questions OF alimony and
counsel fees. Attorney Raymond Neu-
decker and william G. Ashford appear
ed on behalf Of the wife.
Evening star., 1931-06-26

Oficial denial was made this morning
at the Chilean embassy Of derogatory
statements relative to Washington
society, attributed to Sonora Herminia
Arrate de Davila, wife Of Ambassador
Davila, which appeared in several news
papers recently.
Although neither the Ambassador nor
Sonora Davila could be reached per-
sonaliy, both being in New York at
present, emphatic denunciation of the
interview purported to have come from
Sonora Davila, was made by Rupert
Gordon, personal secretary to Ambas-
sador Davila.
Statements Ring False.
Some one has very poisonous pen,"
declared Mr.. Gordon. Not only does
Sonora Davila not speak English huently
enough to use the expressions attributed
to her, but she would never have the
Door taste to voice such sentiments as
are claimed to have been made by her.
To those who have known Sonora
Davila in washington society for the
last two years, the reports that Sonora
Davila made the statement that, "artiS-
tically speaking, Washington is deac
from the neck up and its society as de-
void of true appreciation of art as 9
group OF Hottentots." seems so incon-
gruous that friends have considered ths
report as 1udicrous.
Known for KindIiness.
I Gracious kindly and extremely dip.
lomatic, Sonora Davilas friends declar'
that unkindly criticism Is a thing un.
known to her.
An accomplished artist, Sonora Da
villa has received considerable recogni
ton of her paintings in the Chilean
capital and In Washington. She ha
Just concluded an exhibition of he
work at the Roerich Museum In Nev
York,
Evening star., 1931-06-26
BRIBE OFFER CHARGED

Accused OF seeking to bribe a po-
liceman, Joseph r. Butler. colored, 20,
was held for action of the grand jury
under 81 900 bond today by Judge John
P. Mcmahon of Police Court.
Richard o. BankeUt and Thomas
Howes, first precinct policemen, testi-
fed Butler had offered to give them q
gold stickpin and watch II they would
refrain from arresting him for disre-
garding q trafic signal at Fourteenth
and / streets The policemen also
charged Butler had attempted TO tempt
them by saying he would procure q
quantity Of liquor for them.