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Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-21
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LAND PURCHASE
REQUESTS FILED
WITH DIRECTORS

In response to notices sent out by
the Imperial Irrigation district re-
Gently, some two dozen individuals
appeared before the board this
morning for final action on pend
ing cases concerning the purchase
of land.
Those wanting to purchase the
plots were given an opportunity to
! make an offer today and the board
considering each case individually
took some action in each case. II
action on these pending cases was
not taken today nothing will be
done until after July /.
The notice sent reads in part, ION
or after the first day of July. 1881
the Imperial Irrigation district will
offer for sale to any and all appli-
cants, without further notice to the
owners of property affected thereby
certificates of sale which have been
held by said district three years or
more.
"The California Irrigation district
act provides that district may sell
assign and transfer such certificates
of sale for consideration of not
less than the amount of the assess
ments, penalties, costs and interest
The title of the district to the Ger.
tificate of sale was acquired through
district assessments and by reason
of the non-payment of the same
This order affects certificates own
ed by said irrigation district three
years or more.
Proposal to purchase may be
made to the secretary of Imperial
Irrigation district on or after July
l, 1881"
The district sold warrants to the
sum of $12, ,450 to Charles Farrell fol
Improvements in improvement Dis.
trict No. l, or the Rio Vista tract a.
BraWley. This is in accordance
with the accepted procedure in such
matters.
The board recessed at IL O'Clock
to meet again at 1:30 o'clock.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-21
Vessel Afire In
Mexican Waters

SAN PEDRO. Calf, April 81. U.P)
The vessel Ruth B. is afire off the
coast of Lower California, accord
ing to advices received by the Unit
ed States coastguard station here
today.
The ship, which is believed to
ply between British Columbia and
Mexican ports, was reported SOUTH
west of Ensenada.
The crew, numbering between six
or eight. after they battened down
the matches, took to lifeboat.
The message to the coastguard
said the patrol boat wing was
standing by in case the fire could
not be brought under control.
Nothing is known with regard to
the vessels owner or its size and
type of cargo as it is not listed in
Llyod's Record.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-21
Death Claims
State Pioneer

SAN FRANCISCO, April 81. (U.P)
Last rites were arranged today
for Colonel Henry G. w. Dinkel-
spiel, SO, native Californian and
prominent in fraternal and legis-
lative affairs of the state, who died
in a San Francisco hospital after
long illness.
Dinkelspiel was born at Suisun,
where his parents settled after COM
ing to California during the gold
rush. He was admitted to the bar
when young man and from 1890
to 1896 served in the state legisla-
ture. He served as a colonel on the
staffs of Governors George G. Par
dee and James N. Gillette.
In 1913 he was named consul
general for Siam in San Francisco
and in 1919 was decorated by order
of King Alexandria I of Greece
with the Golden Cross of the order
of st. George i.
Dinkelspiel founded the Grizzly
Bear club and was president for 81
years.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-21
GRAND JURY TO
CONDUCT PROBE
IN DEATH CASE
Mysterious Angles In
Brawley Shooting Will
Be Investigated.

Principals in the raid of four hi
jackers on the ranch and alleged
beer establishment of "Blackie"
Bell near Brawley Saturday night,
and in the resulting gun battle and
death of Jack Eugene Geesman, 18,
of Santa Ana, will be called before
the county grand jury tomorrow
morning for investigation into the
affair.
Several mysterious circumstances
of the raid and battle will be taken
up by the grand jury. Those who
were playing poker in the house at
the time two men stepped into the
door with guns and attempted to
rob them have been called as wit
nesses. Bell, who opened the firing
that resulted in Geesman's death,
also is witness.
Positive Identification of the dead
B. T. Kinds, grandfather of Gees
man, who came here from Santa
Ana to identify the body. He was
accompanied by an uncle of the
slain youth. Tentative identification
had been established through a
chauffeur's license found on the
body.
Undersheriff Rodney Clarke to-
day refuted statements that Gees
man was among those who were
playing poker in Bells place when
the robbers entered. Geesman was
never seen in the house, said
Clarke. He was first found lying
in the yard, with large hole in
! his forehead just between his eyes
BY one hand was revolver, while
handkerchief was found under his
| head, tied as If it had been used as
| a mask.
Was Looking For Work
Geesman, his relatives said, had
left his home in Santa Ana several
weeks ago. Undersheriff Clarke as
| serted this morning that there was
no evidence Geesman had been
making his way to the home Of his
father in Sioux City, Iowa. He was
looking for work in this section
| said Clarke.
Geesman's death was the result
of supposed hijacking raid at 9:le
Saturday night on Bells lonely
ranch on the banks of New River
near Brawley. Two men, with guns
entered the establishment and linet
customers against the wall. Bell
in another room, opened the doc
and saw what was going on. HI
slammed the door, and got his gun
Bell fired into the air, thinking tt
frighten the robbers.
A gun battle followed, durinf
which hijackers and customers alik'
fled from the house. One of th'
robbers escaped in a battered ole
car, while two others fled into thu
river bottom, Clarkes investigation
disclosed.
J Geesman's body was found in tht
yard. At the coroner's inques
yesterday testimony was given t
the effect that the wound in Gees
mans head was probably caused b.
rifle wound, after the rifle hat
been placed close to the victim
head. No powder burns were found
The same effect could have beer
obtained, it was testified, If thu
bullet had first passed through
some hard object, flattening out.
No trace of the hijackers who eS
capped following the battle hat
been found today. One was sup
posedly wounded in the thigh.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-21
Decision Near
In Damage Suit

Whether Mrs. Catalina A. Gaytan
Is entitled to S50,500 damages from
the Pacific Fruit Express company
and William Nighswonger was the
question placed In the hands OF a
jury this morning after final testi-
mony and instructions by Judge A..
G. Finney.
Mrs. Gaytan brought suit In an
effort to prove that death of her
husband, Jose Gaytan. Mexican
musician, in New Years morn
ing automobile accident In Brawley
was the fault of the fruit company
and Nighswonger, its employee.
The case was given into the hands
of the jury at 1918 this morning.
A decision is expected some time
this afternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-21
SCREEN COLONY
NAMES REPORTED
IN DOPE LIST

NEW YORK. April 81. U.p)-
Names of many persons prominent
in the Hollywood film colony were
included in a mailing list seized
with the arrest of an alleged in
ternational dope peddler today, Of
ficials Of the district attorneys
office said.
Opium. morphine and heroin,
valued at between $1,000 an
$4,000 was seized in the raid.
The mailing list was also said to
include the names Of several prom
inent physicians in the south, mid
west and far west.
Jacob Jacobs, 81. was the man
arrested. Federal narcotic agents
said he was the principal source OF
Hollywoods drug supply and that
he reputedly did a million dollars
business each year.
Jacobs fled down fire escape
as agents entered his place but
was found hiding in a barrel in
the basement. Agents said the
drugs came from Istanbul. Turkey
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-21
DELAY RITES FOR
GOVERNORS WIFE

PHOENIX, Ariz., April 81. UP
The body of Mrs. Helen Duett Hunt
wife of the governor, was in vault
in a local funeral parlor following
private funeral services late yester-
day at the Hunt home here.
Decision as to the time and place
of burial was withheld until Mrs
Carl Bremen of Globe, only child
of the governor, is released from a
Phoenix hospital where she gave
birth to a son a few days before
her mother died.
Several thousand persons passed
the bier of Mrs. Hunt yesterday
when the body lay in state from
9 a. m, until l p. m. All state
offices were closed as tribute OF
respect and city and county offices
closed during the funeral hour.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-21
Actress To Leave
COlOred Husband

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, April 81. fU.D
Helen Lee Worthing, former
ziegfield Follies girl, will file suit
for divorce from DR.. Eugene G. Nell
son, negro physician, within the
next few days, Ruben Licker, atfor-
ney for the actress. said today.
Licker refused to make public the
grounds on which the actress would
seek the divorce. Miss Worthing
was married to the physician nearly
four years ago, and while often re-
ported separated from him, she al
ways characterized the rumors as
groundless.
Last fall, the actress went to New
York to undergo treatment Tor
nervous disorders. upon advice OF
DR.. Nelson. She returned here
several weeks ago from a hospital
IN Madison. Wis, and has resided
since in HOLLYWOOD, while Dr. Nell
son continued TO occupy his home IN
the negro district.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-21
HOOVER
ASSA|LS
SANDING
Says Nicaraguan Insur.
gent Has Outlawed
Himself BY Crimes.
DEATHS REACH l6
Determined Drive To Be
Made Against Leader
Of Bandit Band.

WASHINGTON. April 81. dlp)-
President Hoover today denounced
the Nicaraguan insurgent General
Augustine Sandino as having placed
himself outside the civilized pale
by the coldblooded murder of eight
or nine American citizens. The
chief executive added he was con.
fident Sandino soon would be
brought to justice.
A determined rive against San
dino and his followers Is now be.
ing made by the Nicaraguan Guar
dia Macdonald, the President said
He added more than 1900 men are
now operating against the insurgent
leader. force several times as
great as that of Sandino.
The President said
Our advices are that the Nicar-
aguan government has now placed
In the field a total of over l.30'
men Of the newly created national
guard in a drive to clean up San
dino and his fellow bandits.
Our representatives advised tha;
this force is several times that oil
Sandino and his bands. His raids
upon important points have beer
frustrated by the dispositions of the
guard and protection of our citizens
on the coast is made doubly sure
by the presence Of our naval ves-
sells.
"Sandino has placed himself and
his band outside the civilized pale
by the -blooded murder OF
eight or nine American civilian:
and many Nicaraguans at isolated
places In the interior"
simultaneously with the Presi.
dents statement Rear Admiral Ar.
thur 81. G. Smith, commander o.
the special service squadron. re,
ported TO the navy department tina
, total deaths of foreigners in tht
Nicaraguan outbreak had reached
l6
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-21
MILK INSPECTION
GETS ATTENTION
OF SUPERVISORS
Plans For Bettering Con-
ditiOns Here Given Ap-
prOval By Board.

Various phases of milk inspection
in Imperial county were taken up
at the meeting of the county board
of supervisors yesterday afternoon,
when three matters of primary i'm
portance we're discussed and passed
on.
/. The county clerk was author
lied to ask DR.. Warren F.. Fox,
county public health officer, to re-
quest 5000 from the United States
Department. OF Public Health for
establishment of county public
health department laboratory here.
This sum is virtually assured in a
letter from DR.. Fred j. Foard OF
the United States Department of
Public Health.
2. The county clerk was instruct
ed to write DR.. M. E. Mcdonald,
dairy control chief of the state de-
partment of agriculture at Sacra-
mento, asking him to confer with
the board of supervisors before May
relative to county milk inspect
or, to work out of the county public
health office.
3. w. G. Macdonald, milk in
spector, appeared before the board
to ask passing of county ordinance
such as is now in force in Ell Gen.
tro governing inspection of sweet
cream. No action was taken on
this request.
Appointment of county milk
inspector, to be connected with the
county public health department
and to work under the health Off
Ger would allow Imperial Valley
| producers to ship their cream to the
Los Angeles market, exponents of
the plan contend.
Regarding the request for $4,000
from the United States Department
Of Public Health, DR.. Fox was
asked to follow the suggestion made
by DR.. Foard, who recently visited
Imperial Valley.
County COmplimented
DR.. Foard complimented tn c
! county public health department
here on its work, and suggested
that this work will make still great
| er progress during the coming year
with few minor changes. These
can be financed by the federal de-
partment, he said, assuring the
board of supervisors that he will
recommend granting Of the $4,000 II
the board would authorize DR.. Fox
to request it. This was done.
Establishment Of a county public
! health laboratory was one of the
Improvements suggested by DR.
Foard Such laboratory could be
used to examine and inspect the
milk supply, make immediate ex-
animation of ANIMALS supposedly
affected with rabies possible. as
sure quick diagnosis of disease
symptoms, and aid in other health
work. he said
Other business taken up by the
board of supervisors during theil
meeting yesterday was of minor
Importance. Frank Beyschlag, farm
advisor, was granted permission tt
attend a convention IN the north.
ern part of the state during the
week of May IA. Minor changes il
| plans of the Veterans Memorial
Home, suggested by William Living.
ston, building inspector, were ap.
proved.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-21
Takes Life To
Avoid Arrest

LOS ANGELES, April 81. W,P)-
While police attempted to force
their way into his home, Raymond
T. Warren, 35, Santa Fe switchman
sent bullet through his head to-
day.
Police said the man had been
respondent because his wife. moth
err of two children, had left him
two weeks ago.
The landlord, anticipating War
ren's act, summoned police, but the
man had barricaded himself in his
room.
He was taken to the Georgia
street hospital but is not expected
to live, according to attendants.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-21
Disaster Victims
Reach San Diego

SAN DIEGO, Cal, April Il. W.n)-
Sixty-three patients from the earth
quake area of Managua, Nicaragua,
were in the naval hospital here to-
day recovering from effects of the
disaster. They were brought here
by the hospital ship U. S. S. Relief.
Lieutenant Commander william
B. Hatfield, medical corps, and
Captain H. Whitney, marine corps,
were among the PATIENTS. Hatfield
was ordered here for a rest, while
Whitney was recovering from a
nervous breakdown suffered after
days of sleepless duty.
Private Fred Kennedy, U. S. NC,
related today how he was under
going an operation for appendicitis
when the quake came. Amid fall
ing plaster, surgeons, who already
had made an incision, completed
their work.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-21
Injured Workers
Condition Grave

Joe Beebe, injured yesterday when
truck tire he was changing blew
out and hurled the rim against his
head, was reported today as hold
ing his own" in the Ell Centre hos
pital.
Beebe received a serious fracture
to the skull. An operation was per-
formed at the hospital Immediately
after the youth was taken there
yesterday afternoon, but fear is
still felt for his life.
Beebe was working IN the Ben
ton Welding shop on State street
when the tire exploded in his hands.
Expansion of air in the inner tube,
caused by the heat, is thought to
have resulted IN the explosion.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-21
REPORT CHINESE
PIRATES ACTIVE

HONGKONG. April 81. up
The British destroyer Sterling. dis
patched TO the Hianan Straits on
reports that the stranded French
steamer Limchow had been at
tackled by pirates. said in a radio
message today that the vessel had
been refloated and would be towed
to Hongkong Thursday.
The salvage tug Henry Keswick
from Hongkong said 40 pirate junks
were engaged In looting the Linz
chow's valuable cargo when 1t ar
rived. The Sterling stood by dur
ing salvage operations to protect
the ship from further looting.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-21
Declares Tax
Payments Heavy

There is no sign of business de-
preston for Imperial Valley as far
as tax collection Is concerned ac-
cording to Mont J. Reid. county
tax collector, who reports that yes
a7yday was a busy day for his
office as hundreds OF persons
rushed in TO pay the second INSTALL
ment of state and county taxes.
Reid stated that the return has
been Just as satisfactory as on
previous years, If not more SO. and
that while the complete returns can
not be given out as yet, there will
be no more delinquent names this
year than before.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-21
VETERAN ADMIRAL DIES

LA PORTE, Ind, April 81. U.p)-
Rear Admiral Roya Rodney Inger-
soil. 83. U.SN., retired, died at his
home here today of uremic pois-
oning.
He had been i'll several weeks and
unconscious since Thursday, life
being sustained only by the fight
ing heart which carried him through
three major wars OF the United
States.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-21
DIRECTOR MAKES BAIL

LOS ANGELES. April 81. U.p -
Pending a hearing on April 90, when
he must show cause In superior
court why he assertedly was, $500
in arrears on his $50 weekly pay
ments toward support of his son by
a former marriage, Marshall Neilan,
stage director, was today at liberty
on $500 bond. The director surren-
dered himself on a bench warrant
to Superior Judge Dudley Valentine
late yesterday.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-21

EXPECT
VICTORY
Hope To Capture Capital
Of Honduras Today Or
Wednesday.
REPORTS CONFLICT
Rumor Asserts President
Colindres Has Fled To
Escape Enemies.

MEXICO CITY, April 81. Wp)--
Radio reports from Honduras to-
day said the revolutionary leaders
expected 20 enter Tegucigalpa not
later than Tuesday.
The messages said the rebels ex-
pected to seize the capital and
make Deputy Manuel Rodriguez
provisional president.
Another report from Tegucigalpa
said it was rumored the president
had fled from Tegucigalpa to his
home state of Nicaragua, but the
report could not be confirmed.
1t had been reported that the
rebel leaders charged the govern
ment with supporting foreign COM
panies to the detriment Of Hon.
duras.
DR.. Pedro zepeda, agent of Au-
gustino Sandino, Nicaraguan in
surrectionist leader, announced that
Sandino was not cooperating with
the Honduras rebels. He said San
dino was inclined to aid patriots
of any country "endeavoring to
combat the oppression of the Unit
ed States but that the Nicaraguan
insurrectionists had no connection
with the Honduras movement ex-
cept for the fact that zepeda is a
| friend of General Gregorio Ferrera,
who was once an exile in Mexico
City.
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4
81. U.p)-The government of Pres
dent Vincente Meiia Colindres en-
forced drastic military measures to-
| day in an effort to suppress the
revolutionary movement in north
ern Honduras.
Martial law was declared through
out the nation and military Off
cials were ordered to lead loyalist
reinforcements to the affected
| region, centering around the cities
| of Progreso. Deiba, Tela and Trux-
lilo. where q serious situation pre-
| vailed.
The frontiers were closed to pre-
vent return of political exiles.
The U. S. S. Memphis, 7050 ton
| cruiser. reached Ceiba to protect
Americans in the region, but pro-
ceeded to Truxillo when informed
of the situation there.
President Colindres, appealing to
the nation for support against the
revolutionaries, declared his inten-
ton of fighting the uprising to the
end.
The United States warships Mar
blehead and Trenton steamed along
the northern coast to Tela to aid
in the protection of foreigners who
live along the Banana Coast and
are engaged in the work OF large
American interests there.
Difficulties Of communication
and reticence of the government
officials hindered efforts to deter
mine the full extent of the revolu-
tionary movement, said to be led
by General Gregorio Ferrera, for
mer presidential candidate. The
vigorous action of the government
against the revolutionary elements
indicated the movement was of
major character despite the Off
cial announcements that federal
troops had been victorious in half
4 dozen clashes near Progreso, Tela
and Truxillo.
Lying far across mountainous
and almost impossible regions to
the north of Tegucigalpa, the scene
of rebellion stretched along most
of the coast line of Honduras, with
Truxillo believed to be the point OF
greatest danger to government
forces.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-21
ARMY FLYER KILLED

MANILA, April II. (U.H = second
Lieutenant Marvin Burnside, 70, oil
Juscatine. Iowa, was killed near Fort
Stotsenburg today when his single
scatter army airplane crashed TO the
ground. The cause Of the accident
has not been descrmined.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-21
WHAT'S DOING
TONIGHT

TONIGHT
Concert, 7:45. First Baptist
church.
Reception. 8. st. Mary's hall.
I. o. 0. r., No. 397, 8, Davis
hall.
I. v. Commandery No. 81, 1880,
Masonic temple.
Oasis Shrine No. 20, w. S. of
j., $3.50, Masonic temple.
1. v. Choral club, 8, Wilson
school.
Night school, 10, high school.
Fox Imperial theatre, "Check
and Double Check"
TOMORROW
Chamber of Commerce lunch
con, Barbara Worth hotel.
Ladies day, Barbara Worth
country club.
Delphian, $3.50, 544 Wensley.
Class exhibit. 1915, American
izati0n cottage.