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Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-01
FARES
AGAIN OFFERED
OVER RAILROAD

Featuring a Sunday sale date fol-
de FIRST time in connection with Its
famous cent -a-mile' offers Of
transportation, the Southern Pacific
/ company today announced plans
for another Series Of low-fare round
trip excursions on october 9. 10 and
Il.
the growing popularity of the
ccmpanys so-oalled dollar day
merchandising OF train rides, as ev-
.idenced by record making traffic
over the Labor Day week end, is
responsible for the new excursion
program, according to j. w. Done-
hue. district freight and passenger
agent for the railroad.
As before. the cent-a-mile tickets
Twill be good over all the railroad S
lines in six western states. EXTEND
ing from San Francisco to Ogden
and from Portland to El Paso. Don
ohue said The return limit, he
stated. will be October 10, giving
travellers an IL day outing from
the first date Of the sale.
The inclusion of Sunday, Oct
ober IL, in the three day offer
ing of bargain fares, begin
ming Friday, October 9. is ex-
pectcd TO find particular favor
with persons planning short
trips, Donohue declared. Here
t0fcre, he pointed out. journeys
On the iow-fare tickets had to
be started on Thursday, Fri
day or Saturday.
Attention was also called to the
fact that many football fans will
be able to make good use of the
tickets to attend games in various
parts Of the West. The University
OF ia-Olympic Club contest
at Berkeley, Stanford Minnesota at
Palo Alto, and the University OF
Southern California Washington
State game at Los Angeles are
three Of the outstanding gridiron
events Of Saturday, October 10.
In announcing plans for the forth
coming roundtrip excursion. based
on three Mfths of the regular one
way fare, Donohue stated that the
tickets will be accepted on all
trains. both coach and Pullman
1t was also pointed out that Colum
bus Day, October y, falls within the
excursion dates.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-01
BY FREDERICK KUN
United Press Staff Correspondent

Copyright, 1881, by United Press
BERLIN, Oct. l. U.P)-Franco-
German cooperation resulting from
the visit here of Premier Pierre La
val and Foreign Minister Aristide
BRAND is expected to open the way
for participation of other nations
in international political and eco
nomic accord, Foreign Minister DR..
Julius Curtis told the United Press
in an exclusive interview. Unifica-
ton of shipping rates is enyisaged.
DR.. Curtius' statement was the
first official German declaration re-
garding the significance Of the visit
of the French statesmen here and
the earlier conversations when DR..
Curtius and Chancellor Heinrich
Bruening visited Paris.
Both nations hope that the
establishment of permanent
Franco German economic COM
mittee will bring relaxation of
political tension and economic
alleviation,' DIR. Curtius said.
Questioned regarding the report
llldt FTdllCt dllQ 1tTflldlN ildQ
agreed to enlist the aid Of the Unit
ed States and Great Britain in their
efforts to improve shipping by uni.
flying rates, DR.. Curtius replisd.
Both governments are aware that
in the pursuit of their aims they
may not employ measures detrimen-
tai to other countries and that some
tasks to which they would like to
devote themselves can be fulfilled
rot alone by Franco German CO.
operation but only within the
framework Of larger international
understanding
"One OF such problems, for in
stance. is shipping
DR.. Curtius added that the actiVi-
ty of the Franco-German committee
would exert economic influence upon
the United States only as far as
1t may be hoped that this will con-
tribute to overcoming the world eco
nomic crisis
The correspondent asked 4
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-01
Democrat Named
From Missouri

SPRINGFIELD, Mo, Oct |. (U.R)
Democratic leaders yesterday inter-
pretsd the victory Of their candidate\
in the seventh Missouri congress
sional district as an expression OF
votes against the national admin
istration.
With possible control OF the
house of representatives at stake.
Robert d. Johnson, Democrat, de-
feated John w. Palmer. Republi-
can, by approximately 5000 votes
in u race for the vacancy left by
the death of Rep. Samuel C. Major,
Democrat, l.. l.. Collins, Independ-
ent, was third.
Unusual Importance was attached
to the election because the house
IS so evenly divided.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-01
WARNS PEOPLE
MUST BATTLE
POWER TRUST

LOS ANGELES. Oct. 1. UP
The people of California must fight
the power trust" or a statewide
water and power monopoly will re-
suit delegates to the national con-
vention of the Public Ownership
League of America were tol ID
by Franklin Hichborn, San Fran
cisco, public ownership advocate.
The trust has meddled in politics
and has fought public ownership
consistently, Hichborn said.
'At Sacramento the power trust
opposed bond issues to bring pure
water to that city," he said. at San
Francisco it interfered with the
Hetch Hetchy development; at Mo-
deSto 10 harrassed the Don Pedro
development and in Los Angeles it
fought the department of power.
Records on file at the railroad
commission show that the Los An
gelss Gas and Electric company ex-
pended S136, ,l63.48 in fighting the
bond issue for Los Angeles munich
pal power development" Hichborn
claimed.
Hichborn maintained that the
power companies were so well in
trenched in the legislature that
nothing was done at the last ses-
sion to compel the large property
owning companies to pay their fair
share of the tax burden"
Louis Bartlett. former mayor of
Berkeley told delegates that sabo-
tags by certain officials has delayed
completion of the Hetch Hetchy
project.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-01
GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS Oh
HOPES FOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
GROWING OUT OF FRENCHMEN'S VISIT

the Franco German economic
committee represented gesture
designed TO conceal the absence
II of more tangible results.
AS early as our meetings il dPar-
is and London during the gen
power conference called tc Old
Germany's financial collapse, slier-
man and French ministers st lted
from the viewpoint that nornTQ IA
ton and Improvement of Fri {co-
German relations was not mIely
desirable but thoroughly atty Ia
ble," DR.. Curtius said.
1--WE agreed, however, that far
reaching understanding couid not
be bought by a single stroke. The
path of mutual approach could be
found by introduction of greater
cooperation, If possible, in fields
which were but little exposed to po-
litical influences and variable sit
uations.
THE committee was born in this
train of thought
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-01
BY VIRGIL PTNKLEY
United Press Staff CerrespOndent

LONDON, Oct. l. U.P)-The re-
turn of intercollegiate football again
presents the problem of securing re-
suits of Saturday games by Ameri-
cans residing here. There are a
number of sources through which
details of contests played through
out the United States can be re-
cured and most of them are fully
utilized.
Paris editions of the New York
Herald Tribune and the Chicago
Tribune are brought to London
daily by air mail. The Monday
morning editions and sometimes
the Sunday, carry scores and brief
comments on the games.
Newspaper dealers sell moS Of
these Paris editions during the fan
months than any other time Of the
year except ths boom tourist
months.
People in charge Of the reading
rooms of the New York Herald Tri-
bune, Chicago Daily News, Chicago
Tribune and Christian Science
Monitor, tod a United Press repre-
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-01
Ancient Skull
Is Discovered

PIERRE. S. D.. Oct. /. tU.P)-Ths
skull of a Titantothere, one of the
large tusked animals of pre-histor-
ic days, was brought here by A. NJ.
Jackley, after completing a trip
through the Bad Lands.
The skull measures three feet
across, and the teeth are almoss
three inches square on the surface.
Jackley said that the find was
made by Lester Crew, who lives in
the Bad Lands. Together they
spent several hours getting the skull
out OF its resting place in the rock
formation. Jackley believes that the
skeleton of ME whole animal is i'm
beddsd at the SPOT where they were
digging, as they went only TO 4
depth great enough to excaVate The
skull.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-01
Body Of Hunter
EnrOute Home
From Mountain

RIVERSIDE, Oct. l.. UH-The
body of Loren Fife, 4C-year-old con-
tractor who died last night after
being lost for two days in the San
Jacinto mountains while hunting
deer, was enroute TO his home in
Los Angeles today.
Fife, who lives at 1l64 West Yer
non avenue, Los Angeles, died in
the Riverside community hospital
from the effects Of exposure, a heart
attack, and exhaustion.
When found Monday afternoon N
Dark Canyon, miles from his camp,
by searching party of friends. Fife
was unconscious and bleeding sad-
" from numerous cuts and
scratches, suffered as he made his
way through nhs anderbrush.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-01
SLIGHT BLAZE IN
COMEDIANS HOME

LOS ANGELES, Oct. l. (U.P)-A
slight fire, said to have been started
by heating apparatus, broke out in
the beach home of Harold Lloyd,
movie comedian.
Lloyd carried his three small chill
dren to safety and then extingu-
ished the fire. The blaze was con-
finsd TO the bathroom.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-01
CARLSON IS NAMED
PARK SUPERVISOR

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Oct. l. tU.H
Joseph A. Carlson, president OF
the Central National Bank OF Oak
land, today is Cahforn;a's new state
mark commissioner. He was ap-
pointed by Governor Rolph to sus-
ceed Arthur F. COnnick, Oakland,
resigned.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-01

TUNE IN--Thc Lucky
Strike Dance Orchestra,
every Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday evening
oVer N. B. c. networks.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-01

gal, and pointed to the fact the un-
fermented grape juice it sold was
purchased from Fruit Industries.
Inc, an organization of California
grape growers. which has been given
financial backing by the govern
ment. The company further
claimed the manufacture Of light
wines in the home is not illegal.
w. L. VandeventS, u s. district
attorney, and his assistant, T. j.
Lawson, have worked long on the
case. Vandeventer vent TO New
York and took depoSitions from
company officials there.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-01

The gov&nment has completed
an irrigation plant for use Of water
in Palm Canyon for domestic pur-
pCses ard watering 40 acres of land
on tie Santa Rosa Indian reserpa-
ton. Riverside County.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-01
Lindberghs In
Stricken Area

HANKOW. China, Oct. /. U.R)
Col and Mrs. Charles A. Lind
bergh arrived here yesterday from
Wuhu, where they remained oyerz
night on a flight from Marking.
The Amescan ayiators. whose
visis 10 China has become an errant
Of mercy to millions of flood re-
fugees were greeted by members Of
the American consulate here. naval
officers and Chinese officials.
Col. Lindbergh said they planned
to remain hsre several days on fleOd
relief work. They will be guests Of
I. s. Consul General Walter Adams.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-23
FRANCO-RUSS|AN
TRADE PACT SEEN
Pre-War Debts May Be
Taken Up Again After Treaty
of Non-Aggression.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, July 23.-A non-aggression
pact and a commercial working agree
ment between France and Russia were
forecast in international circles today.
1t was learned that at the suggestion
of Moscow the French foreign office is
actively engaged in drafting the terms
of the non-aggression pact as supple
ment to Frances recent action annuling
her DEGREES against Russian dumping,
especially of wheat.
Russia has denounced her DEGREES
which prevented purchases in France.
1t is understood Russian commission
is due in Paris soon to negotiate the
placing Of large orders.
Furthering Brands Plan.
BY this reciprocal arrangement, the
relations between Russia and France are
becoming normal and France expects a
less unfavorable trade balance with the
Soviet.
These recent developments are under
stood to have two angles looked upon
as significant in furthering Aristide
Brands project to establish a United
States of Europe, based on reciprocity
Of interests and cooperation.
One is that Russia will endeavor to
negotiate a non-aggression pact with
Poland, Frances ally on RuSSia'S west
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-23
j. S. RECEIVES RENT
FROM 400 SALOONS
So Charges Colon Publisher
in Expose of Conditions
in Panama.

Protest against the system under
whicha the United States Government
on one hand prosecutes Panamians VINO
transport legally purchased liquor
across the Canal Zone, and on the other
hand indirectly collects high rents from
breweries, saloons and brothels IN the
Panama territory of Colon, has been
voiced here by Nelson Rounseven, pub
Usher of the Panama American.
According to Mr.. Rounsevel, the
Panama Railroad Co.. a New Yori;
corporation whose entire stock Is owned
nv the United States Government. ownc
virtually all of the land in the city OF
Colon which is located outside the
United States owned Canal Zone and
is under the jurisdiction Of the Panama
government. The railroad, in turn.
rents this land to individuals and cor
porationS and the ground rent thus col
iected is paid to the Treasury OF the
United States in the form of dividends
on the Panama Railroad Co. stock.
The establishments maintained on
this United StateS-oWned land IN Colon
include 2. breweries. 400 saloons and
approximately 100 brothels besides a
number of cabaretS and other establish
ments, all Of which are licensed to sell
liquor. Each of these establishments
thus pays rent to the United States,
Mr.. Rounsevell holds.
Mr.. Rounsevell's charge of incon-
siStency is supported by the claim, he
says, that while the United States Gov
eminent collects rent from liquor-selling
institutions in Colon, 1t prosecutes
Panama citizens who cross Canal Zone
territory in order to take to their homes
liquor they purchased in portions OF
Panama territory which is divided from
their residences by the American strip
OF land through which the canal has
been built.
The Panama publisher asserts that
the United States pays no taxes on the
land it owns in Colon despite the fact
that Panama policies the city and cares
for its sanitation.
Mr.. Rounsevell proposes that the
Panama Railroad Co. sell most OF its
Colon holdings and that he profits
in excess of the actual IL tStment Of
the railroad be used to stnstruct the
23-mile-long highway LIKING the east
and west coasts of tina isthmus. In
such sales the publisher believes prefer
ence should be given the present lease
holders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-23

ern frontier. The other Is a plan to
start discussions between France and
Russia for Russian recognition of the
legal existence of Russian bonds held
by the French.
Will Take Up Debts.
Before the Russian revolution the
French made heavy investments in
Russian bonds, but the Soviet govern
ment never has taken over RESPONSE
bility for them.
When and If the non-agression pact
and the commercial agreement are
signed, negotiations will begin for ad-
justment of the problem of Russia's
pre-war debts to France.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-23
MACK, BLACKJACK STAR,
SUES WIFE FOR DIVORCE
Counter-Suit Promised After Sum-
mons in Husbands Action
Served.

BY the Associated Press
LOS ANGELES, July 23.-Mrs. Marian
Robinson Mack, wife of Charles Mack Of
the black-face comedy team of Moran
and Mack, was served here today with
summons in divorce suit filed in
New York
She said she would contest the action
and that her first move would be to
file a divorce suit here.
Mrs. Mack revealed that after a sepa-
ration several months ago she and her
husband began negotiating a property
settlement. They we're married in 1920
at Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-23
ALIENIST APPOINTED
FOR D. c. WIFE-SLAYER
Findings in Case Of Sagle, Young
Carpenter, to Decide Trial at
Richmond.

Special Dispatch to The Star
RICHMOND, Va, July 23.-Judge
John H. Ingram of Hastings Court has
appointed DR.. H. Finley Gayle to in
quire into the sanity Of Donall w.
Sagle, young Washington carpenter.
who last Monday pleaded guilty to
charge Of numbering his 20-year-old
wife, whom he shot and then attempted
to end his own life.
Decision in the case will be based
upon DR.. Gayle's report, which will be
made in time to be considered at the
october term of court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-23

Merchants of Honduras are disgrunt-
led because soldiers who were paid at
the discharge of certain government
troops decided to save rather than spend
the money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-23
Squash Weighs Is Pounds.

A. G. Demmon. st. Cloud, Fla, farm
er, exhibited yellow squash this year
that weighed Is pounds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-23

The Government spends some $l5,-
0OO,0 900 yearly for educatin in the Phil
ippines.
The Washington times., 1931-11-02
Meat and Fish . Problem


Foreigners are usually housed
in one Of four Moscow hotels, the
Grand, the Savoy, the Europa
and the Metropole. Breakfast,
consisting Of eggs, q fruit COM
pote, tee and white bread and but
ter. must be taken at the hotel.
The sconpote should be care
fully inspected for worms.
For other meals the experienced
tourist goes to the Metropole, un-
less travelling under the Tourist
Agency, In which case he usually
is sent to the Grand for specially
prepared group meals.
Even at the Metropole the diners
occasionally bring their own
canned goods to the table to sup
plement the regular menu.
One Of the first things tourist
learns; sbOut eating In Russia Is
that o cutIet % not . western cut
Let bus II ground up meat.
,.H>one Il. stspicious Of sausage In
the: United States one won't be
any too pleased with the Russian
variety. Another thing quickly
learned is that one portion Of 81
most any dish viii serve two per-
sons ~. < +-s'
The Washington times., 1931-11-02
Soviet F Food Bad, Liquor
Excellent, Tourists Find

A handful Of wild raspherrieS
cost q roubIe and Q watermelon,
the size Of q honey dew, cost two
roubles. Eggs, raw or hard boiled,
cost about IS cents each. At
Samara, the writer and guide paid
a rouble for three raw eggs ct the
local market for immediate con.
sumption without salt.
One was bad but there was no
replacement or refund.
On the Black Sea boat 1eaches
were offered ct what amounted
TO o dollar o pound. Two Dor.
tions Of butter at Q Baku hotel
costs 2.S0 rOubles. but 1t was
real butter.
At Tif1is . Russian recon-.
mended q small place % "the
best restaurant I'm town."
We tried it, hoping to get q
real plate of sharshlick, q lamb
dish for which Georgia Is famous,
For two portions the charge was
13 roubles-$6.6O. -. =
In the states the meals would
cost 81 ct the most. When pro
tests were made, the waiter .ex'
planned that the restaurant was
q private concern and that taxes
were enormous. The place, a
cellar, smelled to high heaven. I.
The Washington times., 1931-11-02
Must Decide Question

The large hotel. restaurants
throughout RHSsia naturally Spe.
cialiSe IN caviar, both fresh and
pressed, hut fish itself presents a
problem for the. tourist.
He must decide for himself how
much faith he can put I'm the Rus
sian Fefrigerating facilities.
The lack Of. drinking water
thrOughout the U1iOn b . much
more serious problem.
in the large cities two excellent
mineral waters are Obtainable.
NaExah and B0FShO1l1, either of
which win compare favOrably with
AnseTiean or European waters.
Both are expenSive-the writer
averaged $3 q day for water in
Moscow. until he learned that Mar.
za1 could he bought more rea.
sonably at the store for foreign.
ers and tn many cities unobtain-
able.
Train travellers. are somewhat
protected BY the station ''kipya.
tokS." tanks. Of boiling or boiled
water, but these are not in work.
ing. order every place.
There iSa also danger Of being
told that water has been boiled
when: it has not. The conse.
qlence Is apt to be considerable
discomfort Tor q week.
The Washington times., 1931-11-02
Special Meal Plan

Tourists travelling under the
State Tourist Agency have
specially prepared meals wherever
they go. The general food stu.
alton was so undesirable that the
writer Joined with the agency
clients wherever possible for
meals.
While there was plenty Of
pressed caviar at breakfast and
lunch the other food ran pretty
heavily to omelettes, veal, mac
aroni and boiled potatoeS-a fair
diet for q short trip, but apt to
become tireSome If continued.
Foreigners living in Russia talk
about food q great deal and have
trouble In getting what they want.
Many have tourist friends bring
in canned goods, and others ap-
parently have q diplomatic pipe
line.
The American women can do
wonders with these raw materials
and the results are excellent-for
Russia.
The government and the State
Tourist Agency are trying to. At
tract more tourists to Russia by
improving conditions.
The best cooks and walters in
Moscow were recruited for the
Metropole hotel. The Savoy and
the Grand give weekly dances
that last far into the morning.
The Metropole has a resplendent
gypsy choir several times a week
The Washington times., 1931-11-02
In a Russian Bar

The Metropole has the edge on
the other hotels on two counts
its comparatively good food and
its new bar, which is to the Mos
COW foreign element what the
Adlon Bar is to Berlin and the
Ritz Bar to Paris.
The place has been given q
speciOuS British air by the pres
ence Of three weIl-dressed women
perhaps the best-dressed Rus
slams In MOScOw-behind the bar.
One is . blonde, another is q
brunette and the third is red
haired.
= Only occasionally do they mix
drinks, and then only the
simplest. .-.
Their job is to talk to the Gus
toners.
The bartender, who probably
was selected because. Of his lin
gnistic rather than mixing ability,
ScOrns q cocktail shaker and Stirs
up his cOncOctiOns in . glass.
The bar offers a wide range OF
choices, including the best foreign
liquors and liqueurs, at reason
able prices.
Whisky is IS cents q drink,
with soda IS cents. Bronx and
Manhattan cocktails fetch IS
cents and champagne cocktails
10 cents.
To the Americans It Is iron
ically amusing that Ice cream
sOdas also cost 10 cents.
The Washington times., 1931-11-02
/ Good Water , Scarcity

Russian substitutes for water
leave much to be desired. Rus.
sian beer is flat and is rarely
cold. ; Citr0, o sweet synthetic
lemonade, viii not quench thirst.
Wines are expensive and not
always obtainable. Vodka is like
dynamite -one needs experience
to handle It.
The Russians are strong for
LyasS, 3 slightly alcoholic sweet
beverage made with black bread.
In the UFnl regions the natives
drink kOumiss, .fermented mares
milk, which tastes like very strong
buttermilk. =
It is said to be good for aenemia
but most Americans would have
TO be. fairly well gone to be able
tC make q steady drink Of It, In
the long run. the best substitute
Is tea, which Is obtainable In ali
restaurants and on most Trains.
In. travelling about Russia it
would be possible but diHficGlt to
'.live off. the country"
The buffets 'at the railroad sta.
tiOns. usualIy have tea, black bread,
DOiled cabbage 6lsd fish ON sale
for those who can show rail-
road tickets. and at the small sta.
Tons the peasants meet the train
with berries, melons, eggs, rye
bread. cottage cheese, milk and
-very rareIy-whOle baked chick.
ems, :-... p.
All Of these are not available
ct one station but several items
usually are. ..
The Washington times., 1931-11-02
Germany Saving
On Officials Pay

BERLIN, Nov. 2 UN.sl-The
new German cabinet is saving
the Reich the salaries of two
ministers. Although DR.. Heinrich
Bruening, the German chancellor.
has taken over the foreign minis
try and Gen. Wilhelm Groe.
ner, minister of defense, Is at
the same time head Of the min
istry Of interior, both do not make
one cent extra by filling two
jobs.
In accordance with the recent
emergency decree, by which the
salaries Of So-called double earn
ers'' have been cut, the two min
listers will continue to receive
their old salaries.