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jury action under $500 bond after a.
hearing In Police Court yesterday.
Policeman George z. Cooner. sixth
precinct. told Judge John ?. McManon
that Neal offered him 90 to Let him
60 after he had arrested him yesterday,
later"
Neal demanded jury trial On the
liquor charge. The trial Bas set for
June Q.
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w. R. CASTLE, JR., TALKS
TO GRADUATING CLASS

Undersecretary of State Delivers
Address at National Cathedral
School for Girls
William r. Castle, jr., Undersecre-
tary of State, today addressed the
graduating class of the National Ca
thedral School for Girls at commence
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ment exercises In the Bethlehem
Chapel.
The commencement followed Flag
day exercises, held yesterday, at which
the Very Rev. @. C. r. Bratenahl, dean
of the cathedral, described the Alreri-
can flag as 1.-The most beautiful ensign
in the world" He traced the colors Of
the flag back to the ecclesiastical col
sacrifices. the white purity of thought
and the blue faith In God.
Honors awarded at the ceremonies
were as follows: The flag to Miss Win
fired Moreton, the Hyde prize to Miss
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ChristabeI Cassidy, daughter Of the
Bishop Of Oklahoma: the Helen Harkef
gift to Miss Dorothy McMullen and
commencement honors In scholarship
and general conduct to Misses Eliza
beth Brown, Elizabeth Gregory, Bar
bara Jacobs, Laura johnson. Mary Liy-
ingston and Isabel Stevenson.
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The village Of Cwmystwyth. Wales,
has been profered q COW on the condi-
ton that the school children are given
half pint of milk each day.
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GRAND JURY TO PROBE
ATTEMPTED BRIBE CASE
Colered Man Captured With Liquo,
Faces Charge Of Offering
Policeman Money.

Elmer Neal, colored, 10, accused of
attempting TO bride o policeman after
he had been arrested on a charge of
possession Of liquor, was held for grand
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-02

Ticket agencies Of London recently
contracted for $500 900 worth Of seats
Tor 2 new musical play just before It
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tionship 20 the festator. He resists and
repeIs whatever Is antagonistic TO hi,
claim. He denounces and exposes the
false claimant, and thus achieves his
rightful ownership. In Christian Sci
ence one often hears the expression do
Ing ones work.. meaning this process Of
establishing clear realization of ones
identity and relationship as o child OF
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-13
Predict Acquittal
In French Case

NICE, France, May 13. UP)-The
odds were 20 to one for acquittal
when it was announced today that
Mrs. Charlotte Nixon -Nirdlinger,
st. Louis beauty queen, would prob
ably face a jury next Wednesday
on charges of Staying her husband.
Mrs. Nixon -Nirdlinger shot and
killed Fred Nixon-Nirdlinger, veal
thy Philadelphia theatre owner. in
their fashionable Riviera home two
months ago. She said her husband,
elderly and jealous, had threatened
her life and that she shot him in
Self-defense during a quarrel.
The court announcement said the
pretty American widows case had
been set on the agenda. and that
her trial probably would begin May
20.
Nice buzzed with excitement in
certain quarters after the an
nouncement The odds on her ac-
quittal were freely quoted at 10 to
l, much in the manner in which
the Riviera playboys, and girls,
place bets ON the horses or rou-
lette.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-13
GRADE CROSSING
SURVEY STARTS
ALL over STATE

SACRAMENTO, Cal, May 13. Q.p)
An immediate statewide survey
of death traps at grade crossings
in California was begun today by
the state department of public
works.
The inquiry, authorized in a bill
passed by the legislature and signed
by Governor Rolph, was the direct
result of the recent school bus trag-
edy at Merced, in which seven small
children lost their lives.
The study will include all rail-
road grade crossings built on state
and county highway systems.
Following the conference of the
California Highway Commission, c.
H. Purcell, state highway engineer,
was instructed to proceed with the
state railroad commission to gather
data showing the number and To-
cation of all railroad grade cross
ings, approximate railroad and au-
tomobile traffic at each point, pro-
tective warning designs installed,
and the accident record at each
crossing.
with this data" said Colonel
Walter E. Garrison. director of
public works, ''it is believed a pro-
gram of grade crossing eliminations
can be formulated that will make
possible the early removal of all
dangerous crossing from all roads
in the state, and the eventual re-
moval of all crossings"
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-13
INSURGENTS in
PARTY SEEK TO
BLOCK HOOVER

WASHINGTON, May 13. U.P)-
Rumors of disaffection against
President Hoover we're current to-
day as the Progressive Republican
bloc intensified its campaign to
prevent denomination Of the Pres
ident.
Senator Brookhart, Republican,
Iowa, said yesterday he had received
many letters endorsing his recent
proposal for a progressive candidate
instead of Mr.. Hoover. He said
such letters had come from eastern
as well as western states. and in
cluded in his list every eastern
state except New Jersey" He said
he had received more from Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois than from
Iowa.
Senator La Toilette. Republican,
Wisconsin, criticized the President
last night in radio speech for re-
fusing to permit use of federal
funds to assist the 100000 unem-
ployed. He declared himself in
favor of tariff revision, and also at
tackled the administrations farm
relief program. In each of his
major theses he took a position di-
rectly opposed to Hoover policies.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-13
Woman Litigant
TOName Mother

REDWOOD CITY, Cal, May l3.
U.P)--Mrs. Constance May Gavin
was under superior court orders to-
day TO name the woman she believes
to be her mother before continuing
a fight for S2,000,000 share in the
estate of the late James L. Flood.
Mrs. Gavin asked a share in the
estate on the claim that Flood was
her father, but she has not sub
mitted proof of which of two wom-
en- was her mother. Judge George
H. Buck ruled that she must de-
eide between the women before
pursuing her claims to the estate.
Mrs. Eudora Stearn Willette was
named by Mrs. Gavin as her moth
er in the first action to secure the
money. but i'll second action she
said Mrs. Rosina Marie Flood, first
wife of the millionaire. was her
mother. Later she said she did not
know which of the two was her
mother.
In a deposition, Mrs. Willette
claimed Mrs. Gavin was her daugh-
ter but alleged Flood was not Mrs.
Gayin'S father.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-13
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DEATH PENALTY
REQUESTED FOR
ACCUSED WOMAN

LOS ANGELES, May 10. WP)-
The death penalty for Mrs. Anna
Erickson, charged with the poison
murder of Carl August Lindstrom,
aged retired lumberman, was asked
today by Deputy District Attorney
George Stahlman when addressing
the jury in the states opening ar
gument in Superior Judge Ruben S.
Schmidt's court.
He said that mo leniency should
be recommended because Mrs. Erick-
son showed no leniency when she
poisoned Lindstrom."
Opening the argument for the
defense, Attorney Joseph Marchet-
ii declared that no one should ever
be found guilty with the extreme
penalty entirely on circumstantial
evidence.
Mrs. Erickson was brought to
trial following an investigation into
the death of Lindstrom when ii
was discovered his $4,000 bank ac-
count had been withdrawn few
hours after his death.
Mrs. Esther Carlson, housekeeper
of Lindstrom, who was also to have
stood trial for the same murder,
died recently in the prison ward of
the county hospital.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-13
NAVY SEEKS WAY
FOR COOPERATION
WITH PRESIDENT

WASHINGTON, May 13. UP)-
The navy department has begun
survey to determine whether it
might reduce expenditures to aid
the Presidents economy drive, but
has not yet reached any definite
conclusion.
The navy situation will be con-
sidered carefully at conference at
the Hoover camp on the Rapidan
May 23 Decisions on which actiy-
tiles can be dispensed with are ex-
pected at that time.
Naval experts are said to agree
that any reductions should be made
in shore stations, rather than in
fleet or personnel. 1t is known that
some officers feel that higher ef-
ficiency could be obtained IL naval
work was concentrated in about
two yards on each coast.
A survey to determine how much
money could be saved by discharg-
ing various eastern yards yielded
the following figures: Brooklyn,
$778,000; Boston, $614,000; Ports
mouth. $445,000; Charleston, S. c.,
$237 900.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-13
MERGED HOLDS
MEMORIAL FOR
CRASH VICTIMS

MERGED, CAL, May 13. Wp)-
Today Merced bowed its communi-
ty head in sorrow for the school
bus-train crash last Thursday that
took the lives of seven children and
injured more than two-score others.
All business houses were closing
at 10 o'clock for an hour of memo
rial services in the Veterans Me-
mortal building.
The community's grief since the
crash was given opportunity for ex-
preston when Mayor T. D. Wood
yesterday called the memorial serv-
ices and asked the business men to
observe the occasion.
The response was instant. Floral
pieces from nearly every civic and
social organization and business
house in Merced banked the stage.
The program represented a union
of religious sects. Prayers and
scriptural readings were by the Rev.
David McMartin, Presbyterian pas
tor: the Rev. B. F. Davis, Methodist
pastor, and the Rev. FIR. Joseph B.
Howard, Catholic church pastor.
The Rev. w. A. Cash, Episcopal
church vicar, and Mayor Wood were
the speakers. There were several
vocal solos.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-13
BlackmerG Granted
Stay OF Mandate

WASHINGTON, May 13. U.P)-
Harry M. Blackmer, oil man now in
France. whose sentence to pay a
fine of 100000 for contempt of
court growing out of the federal
oil investigation recently was up
held by the District of Columbia
appellate court, today was granted
a stay of mandate pending appeal
to the supreme court.
Under the stay the fine will not
be collected until the supreme court
has passed upon the case.
No mention was made during
todays proceedings of the case of
Albert B. Fall, former secretary Of
the interior, whose sentence of a
year in prison and fine of 100000
was upheld at the same time the
court ruled on Blackmer's case.
Fall has said he would not appeal.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-13
U0yR|SS{}S:sa;fR U{Sa

WINSLOW, Ariz., May
Il. (Special) - You folks
that think a desert country
is terrible should see Ari-
zona and New Mexico now.
The whole states are COW
cred with hundreds of the
most beautiful kinds of
flowers. Saw the petrified
forest again.
What's these Baptists
that think the whole world
started with Noah going to
say about a thing like that?
Just another miracle. |
reckon wild buffalo fed the
early traveller in the west
and for doing so they put
his picture on a nickel.
Well, Fred Harvey took up
where the Buffalo left off.
For what he has done for
the traveller one of his
mattresses picture with
an armload of delicious
ham and eggs) should be
placed on both sides of ev-
cry dime. He has kept the
west in food and wives.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-13
SITUATION IN
KENTUCKY MINE
FIELD DESPERATE

HARLAN, KY, May 13. WP)-
The unemployed situation in Har-
Ian county grew desperate today as
men continued to walk out, leaving
the mines idle or nearly so, and
National Guardsmen patrolled the
southeastern Kentucky coal fields
on two fronts.
The 400 troops which previously
had been concentrated on Evarts,
hotbed of the violence which has
claimed five lives, were divided and
half of them sent to Cawood, an
other small mining town southeast
of Harlan, the county seat. The
military also was guarding another
mine today, bringing to three the
total now under its supervision.
Another indictment climaxed an
otherwise comparatively calm day
at Evarts yesterday, when a mob
of men attempted to stop miner
and his truckload of furniture and
necessitated calling troops to estab-
lish order.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-13
KLINE s
BILL IS
TABLED
Legislature Says Hands
Off In ALLEGATION Of
Colorado Water.
DECLARED UNFAIR
Committee Asserts State
Is Without Jurisdiction
In Matter.
BY HOMER L. ROBERTS

united Press Staff Correspondent
SACRAMENTO, Cal, May 10. (U.H)
The state legislature was on rec
ord today in favor of a hands Off
policy in the matter of allocatTng
Colorado River water stored in the
Bc<lder Dam reservoir.
BY vote of to 5, the senate
judiciary committee last night tab
led the measure by Assemblyman
Chester M. Kline, San Jacinto, pro-
viding division of water between
the Imperial and other valley dis
tricts, the Los Angeles Metropoli-
tan Water District and San Diego.
Under terms of the measure, the
valley areas would have. received
3,850000 acre feet annually; the
Metropolitan Water District 1.10O,-
600 acre feet and San Diego 1l2,-
900 acre feet. OF this, 100000 acre
feet would have been class A waters
and the remainder so-called sur
plus.
W. 3 Mathews, counsel for the
Los Angeles Metropolitan Water
District, attacked the bill as "un-
fair in that it provided minimum
for the valley areas, but maxi
mum in his district. Charles L.
Childers, representing the Imperial
Valley Irrigation District, held that
the bill was required as a man
date to the state division of water
resources in considering water right
applications.
The measure was tabled on the
ground the state lacked jurisdiction
in such case.
A bill seeking an appropriation Of
S306,000 for the purchase of addi-
tional land for the Norwalk State
hospital was approved by the
senate finance committee only after
it had been amended to provide
s25 600 for the purpose. 3
The money was voted particular
ly for obtaining a further water
supply. members of the committee
contending that additional land,
particularly certain tracts adjacent
to the hospital, was not desirablel
DR.. j. M. Towner, director of in-I
stitutions, was assured by the CONF
mittee and department of finance
that the hospitals interests would
be fully protected. and that no
move would be made to dispose of
existing facilities.
The committee also approved al
s25 900 appropriation for an armory|
at Pomona. The measure originally
asked for $4,000, but was reduced
when proposal was made to dol
nate site for the building.
The senate committee on govern-|
mental efficiency approved meal
sure by Assemblyman Chester MI
Kline, San Jacinto, providing for|
the creation of prison term andI
parole board to relieve the present.
prison board of the parole duties.
The proposal was referred to the|
senate finance committee.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-13
BURNING Oil
STORAGE TANK
MENACES TOWN

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, May
13. (U.P)-A huge oil storage tank
in the heart of the Capitol Hill res
idential sections exploded today,
menacing a thickly populated dis
trict and oil wells with fire.
An hour after the blast the fire
had burned home and had spread
to three other tanks in the storage
tanks in the storage tank battery
on the Phillips Petroleum com
pany's McBeth lease.
The south part of Oklahoma City
was rocked by the blast which rip
ped the top off $4,000 barrel tank
and hurled it 100 feet.
Betty Joe Watson, 2 years old.
was thrown from her bed by the
explosion. She was sleeping in a
bedroom only so feet from the first
tank to explode.
Her mother, Mrs. Bonnye Watson,
grabbed the child from the floor
and ran into the street as the house
caught fire. The child was slightly
burned on the hands.
No other casualties were report
ed
AT 9 a. m. less than an hour af-
ter the first blast, firemen had
the flames under control. Oil in
the great vats continued to burn,
however, and large black billows of
smoke rose over the city.
Damage was estimated at $4,000.
Several shops and supply houses
were damaged by smoke and water.
The flames spread to paint store.
Firemen were hampered in fighting
the flames because of the smoke
and constant exploding Of paint
drums.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-13
Wage Reduction
Causes Strike

MANSFIELD, Ohio, May 13. U.P)
Wage reductions totaling 80 per
cent in one year were declared re-
sponsible for the walk-out of 1900
employees of the Empire Steel cor
poration here today as strike lead
ers prepared list of demands to
submit to corporation officials.
Less than IL hours after their
unexpected walkout, the strikers
had organized to combat repeated
wage reductions in this section.
They plan to unionize steel workers
at the plant. Empire Steel is an
open-shop corporation.
Although the strike, which start
ed last night when corporation Of
ficials announced a Is per cent
wage cut. was conducted in orderly
manner, it was reported today that
the corporation had posted guards
on the plants property.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-13
Comedian Obtains
Secret Divorce

NEW YORK, May 13. U.R)-Joe
Cook, considered by many to be
Broadway's most versatile come
dian, was divorced from his wife,
Beatrice, on April Is in Newark, N.
j., it was reported today. The di-
vorce proceedings were conducted
with utmost secrecy.
Cook, who came to Broadway
from Evansville, Ind, now is in Chi
cago as star of the musical show
Fine and Dandy" which had a
long New York run. Mrs. Cook, it
is understood. is with her mother
in Detroit. She has their two chill
dren with her.
Though the grounds upon which
the comedian obtained the divorce
have not been made known, records
show that Mrs Cook did not contest
the action.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-13
Actor Denies
Divorce RumOr

SAN FRANCISCO, May 13. U.P)
Ian Keith, stage actor, secuted
reports today that he and his ac-
tress wife, Ethel Clayton, contem-
plated divorce.
Keith said that although he and
Miss Clayton, who is in Hollywood
had not seen each other for three
months it was merely one of the
periodical separations that have
marked their three years of mar
ried life.
I'VE have both been very busy"
Keith, now appearing at a theatre
here said. "Ethers mother has been
i'll and she has had to devote much
time to her, as we'll as to her pro-
fessional work"
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-13
FEDERAL TRADE /
BOARD PROBING
UTILITY FIRMS

WASHINGTON, May 13. U.p)-
The federal trade commission wsd
scheduled to resume today its in1
vestigation of utility holding coni1
panies, in which it has been en1
gagged for a year, with an inquiry|
into the North American Company
which ramifies into many states.
The company has extensive util1
ity holdings in California. Ohio|
Wisconsin, Missouri, Illinois, Iowd
and the District of Columbia and
also owns the West Kentucky Coal
Company. The investigation may1
cover the coal properties also.
Through it's board Of directors|
the North American Company als1
has an indirect hook-up with thd
insult interests and the Electrij
Bond and Share company. who'll
also have been included in the farI
reaching investigation the conmis-I
sion has been making at direction Il
the senate.
The North American is the largf
est stoekholder of the Pacific Gari
and Electric company, which servcst
northern California. 1
After the preliminary hearing
today. the commission will intert
rupt its investigation for about 4
week and then will take 1t up againI
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-13
RANCE
ELECTS
D)UMER
Head OF Senate Is Chosen
As President On Second
Ballot.
BRAND WITHDRAWS
Radical Members Express
Displeasure By Cheer
ing For Soyiets.
BY RALPH HEINZEN
United Press Staff correspondent


VERSAILLES. France, May 13.
U.P>-Paul Doumer. president of the
senate, was elected 18th president
of France by parliament. meeting
at a national assembly in the palace
here today.
Doumer, at "a. becomes the Oldest
president ever 10 hold office in
France. His election on the second
ballot was assured when AriStide
BRAND, foreign minister and his
principal rival, announced his with
drawal.
On the first ballot, Doumef led
with 442 votes TO 40l for BRAND.
Doumer failed of election on the
first ballot by only seven votes. A
final official tabulation of the first
ballot gave the following results:
Doumer. 442; BRAND. 40l; Hennes-
sy. Is. Cachin, 10. Doumergue, T.;
Ricklin. 6; Lebrun, T. Beard, q;
Painleve, 2; Renaudel, /; Steeg, L.;
Lederlin, l; Maginot. !; Heiriot, L.;
Dalladier. /; Tomson, /; Oustrio, l.;
Blank, 4, total, 901.
Necessary TO elect. 449.
The preliminary unchecked count
of the second ballot, which probably
viii be changed slightly when the
official count is made, gave 504
votes against 334 in favor of Dou-
mer.
The first official tabulation of the
second ballot gave.
Doumer, 504; Marraud, 1874; Pain
leve, 13; BRAND. u; Cachin, II;
Maginot Steeg and others, 8; blank,
TO- Total 1893.
Necessary to elect, 442
Socialists and Communists put on
violent demonstration when Dou-
mer's election was proclaimed, the
Communists singing the Interna-
tionale and shouting for the Soviets.
The others in the assembly tried
vainly to drown them out by sing
ing the Marselllaise.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-13
TWO SUSPECTS
HELD FOR QUIZ
IN BROOKS CASE
Police Hoping To Strike
Clew That Will Help In
Solving Tragedy.

SAN DIEGO, Cal. May 13. up
Ashur Williams, As, who escaped
from an Ohio insane asylum, today
was taken to the neighborhood
where Virginia Brooks lived in an
effort to identify him as the kid
naper and slayer of the 11-year-old
school girl.
Williams, latest suspect in the
first of four slayings to shock San
Diego during the past four months,
was to face the parents of the vic
tim and neighbors who knew her.
1t was. said by investigators that
Williams. arrested in Los Angeles
on a charge of mistreating small
girl, lived in San Diego about the
time Virginia disappeared last Feb
ruary and was seen here a month
later when the child's body was dis
covered on Camp Keraney Mesa.
Williams became the chief sus-
pect in the Brooks case as evidence
against Richard Ward, Sc, an
escaped Folsom convict, faded.
Oliver Sexon, under sheriff. said
that it had been learned that Mrs.
M. J. Reynolds of Los Angeles
loaned her automobile to Ward only
at times when she was with him.
It also was discovered that the Rey-
nolds car was blue sedan, while
the car seen cruising around the
Brooks home as Virginia set off for
school the last time was described
as a blue coupe.
Wards possible connection with
the Staying of Lois Kentle, Los An
geles coed, and her sweetheart,
Francis Conlon, stabbed on a beach
at Ensenada, Mexico, last August
was investigated today.
Deputy Sheriffs said that LUIS
Grandi, an Ensenada lawyer, viii
be asked to come to San Diego to
try and identify Ward as the huge
man who staged a bloody bar-room
fight in an Ensenada saloon the
night the couple was killed.
SAN DIEGO, Cal, May 13. (U.H-
Two suspects in the kidnaping-mur-
der of lO-year -old Virginia Brooks
were in police custody today as in
vestigators sought to spin q web OF
evidence about either which woulo
| bring a solution of the three
months-old crime.
Asher Williams, 45, who escaped
from an Ohio insane asylum nine
years ago, and who was to face 9
charge of mistreating small CIR
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