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Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-29
FEDERAL AGENTS
PROBING DEATH
OF WEALTHY JAP
Believe Missing Man May
Have Been Thrown
Overheard.

NEW YORK, Aug. %. U.P)-Two
men were sought today by federal
authorities who were convinced that
Hisashi Fujimura, wealthy Japan
csc importer, who disappeared mys-
teriously from the liner Belgenland,
was thrown overheard by extortion-
lists.
The men, William Clarke, owner
of a Greenwich village resort, and
George Mack, are wanted for ques-
tioning as the result of an interview
between United States Attorney Ed
ward Aronow and James j. Collins,
a prisoner at Riverhead, l.. I. Col
Inns was arrested on charge of at
tempting to exJort money from q
speakeasy proprietor with a fraud
ulent department of justice badge.
Investigators learned that four
men spent a month near the Nor
walk, Conn, home of the importer,
presumably to find basis on which
to blackmail him. Two of the men
were reported to have exhibited
bogus department of justice shields,
and threatened the importer with
Mann Act prosecution.
One of the supposed extortionists
is believed to have been recognized
by Fujimura while the Belgenland
was on a six-day cruise to Halifax.
That is thought to account for the
nervousness he expressed to Mrs.
Mary Won Reissner, beautiful show
girl. who travelled with him osten-
sibly as governess for his young
daughter.
Mrs. Won Reissner notified federal
authorities that she had received
two letters threatening her unless
she placed $4,000 at designated
place. The letters, signed THE
Hawk" warned her she would "go
the way of the others unless she
complied.
Mrs. Won Reissner insisted she
knew nothing of the possible where
abouts of the japanese who had
shoWered her with costly gifts.
Mrs. Fujimura, who lost one child
and gave birth to another during
the week her husband disappeared
also could shed no light on the case
when questioned at Norwalk.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-29
Minister Wins
Shooting Title

VANDALIA, o., Aug. 90 UP
The Rev. Garrison Roebuck, a Unit
ed Brethren minister from Mcclure,
O., today held the most coveted of
all trap shooting ,honors, the Grand
American Handicap championship.
Roebuck won the title yesterday
after shootoff with two other
Ohioans = Ray F. Willbaum OF
Greenville and Fred Harlow OF
Newark.
The championship netted Roe
buck $l100 in cash and trophies
while Willbaum received $1008, cash
and a trophy for finishing second.
Alfred Rufus King, Is year old
Wichita Falls, Tex, boy who won
the title last year, was well down
the list with a score of 80.
Miss jeanette Jay, 10, of Waver-
ly, Iowa, who won the North Amer
lean Women's Handicap title Tues
day, led the women shooters with
a. score of 3d. Mrs. w. Stillwagen,
Trenton, N. j., was second, and Mrs.
Belle 'McCord Roberts of Long
Beach, Cal, third.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-29
Texas To Revise
Oil Production

AUSTIN, Tex, Aug. 30. WP)-
The Texas Railroad Commission was
called today to formulate a new
proration order for the East Texas
oil field which Governor Ross Ster-
ling shut down under martial law.
On the provisions of this order
will rest the amount of oil that can
be taken rom the ground, and, in
directly, the price which it will
bring
The commission finished testi-
mony last night. Landowners who
remained in the background while
producing companies and purchas-
erS filled the record with technical
arguments, had the last word
If production in East Texas Is
kept at 100000 or 100000 barrels
oil men declare that the price of
crude will go to 81, where Governor
w. H. Murray said it should go
when he closed the Oklahoma flush
fields. When Governor Sterling
closed the East Texas wells as
conservation measure they were
producing 100000 barrels day.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-29
Air Derby Off
For Terre Haute

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill, Aug. %.
U.P)-Fifty-one airplanes streaked
cast toward Terre Haute, Ind, be-
ginning at 1858 a. m. today from
Parks airport, night control point
of the Santa Monica-Cleveland
handicap air derby.
First off was Owen Lazenday,
Chattanooga, Tenn, flying an Ae-
ronca. At one minute intervals 9TH
CT entries followed.
Gladys O'Donnell, Long Beach,
Calf, first to reach here in the
afternoon flight from Jefferson
City, Mo-, yesterday and Phoebe
Omlie, Memphis, Tenn, percentage
rating leader among the women
flyers, were among the first five
off the ground.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-29
Dove Season To
Start On Monday

Dove hunters starting out for the
birds Monday morning will get
themselves into trouble. according
to announcement from the Imper-
ial Valley Hardware Company, the
federal law providing that the dove
season must not open before noon,
September l.
Reports are that doves are plent!-
full this year and it is expected
large numbers will be out for them.
The limits and the hours of shoot
ing remain as they have been in
the past, the limit being Is per day
or 80 per week.
Arrangements are being made to
see that the game laws are strictly
enforced and all hunters are asked
to cooperate by obeying them. ~
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-29
RAIDS BY
FEDERAL:
DEPUTIES
Valley Roundup Nets
Many Prisoners And
Much Liquor.
OPERATE QUIETLY
Heaviest Work Done In
Brawlcy Section As On
Previous Visit.

Striking at liquor activities in I'M
perial Valley for the second time IN
less than two months, United States
prohibition agents after IL o'clock
last night conducted a valley-wide
campaign of lightning raids that
Melted 81 arrests and once again
filled the liquor room in the county
Jail to capacity.
Again the Brawley area and its
many bootleggers was the center
of activities, with 10 alleged boot
leggers falling into the net spread
by the agents and their undercover
spies in that district.
In the entire north-end district
10 of the 81 arrests were made. Only
four arrests were made in the Ell
Centre district, and Calexico and
the south-end area escaped un-
scathed.
Led by w. Clements, the raiding
party consisted of Agents Vaughn,
Allies and Coates. Each place raid
ed was left under guard SO that
the victims and their customers
could not spread the word OF disas-
Ter among OlileTS.
Presence OF the agents in Impe-
rial Valley had been rumored for
several weeks. Bootlegging estab-
lishments closed throughout Impe-
rial Valley but when no action was
taken by the agents the bootleg
gers opened again. Several OF those
arrested in the raids last night were
taken in previous raids July Is.
Some arc still waiting trial.
Beer and whisky was the principal
loot of the raiders, with gin and
other liquors forming minor part
of the confiscated beverages.
In and near Ell Centre A. S.
Brown, 81, w. S. Murphree. %, Bill
Morris. Al. and William Foote, 35,
were arrested.
Pleas Awaited
Arrested in the Brawley sector
were Ben Phillips, 81, Andy Rossi,
a.. NJ. D. Balfour. "a, H. E. Nc
Cosky, 80, Alfred Williams, %, c. R.
Murphy. 81, j. L. Mcdonald, AT,
Bill Williams, 81, Wiley Bird, rs,
and James E. Ward, 36.
In Westmorland Robert L. Forson,
80, Ralph Robertson, %, Harley Ho-
gan. 81, John Harry. SO, and Jesse
Thompson, 81, were taken into Gus
tody.
Two arrested in West were jew
el l.. Tatum. So, and Walter Box,
81, and in the lockwood neighbor-
hood Luther c. Tatum, AZ, and j. C..
Forbit, g. were arrested.
Cordie Brown, 40, was arrested in
Imperial, N. A. Cole, rs, in Calipa-
tria, C. r. Smith, %, in Meloland,
and Tony Roche, 80, in Holtville.
Following the procedure carried
out after the last raids, these pri-
soners will probably be taken before
Imperial county justice courts and
Sentenced If they plead guilty.
Should they plead not guilty, it is
believed they will be taken before
the federal court in San Diego.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-29
May Merge Cash
Register Firms

NEW YORK. Aug. 90. W.P)-The
National Cash Register Co., is ne
gotiating for the cash register bus
mess of Remington Arms Co, it was
announced today by the latter. COM
pany.
Terms of the sale or the consid-
Grafton involved were not revealed
by Remington officials.
Acquisition of the cash register
business by National Cash is sub
ject to approval of the federal
court of the southern district of
Ohio, which. years ago enjoined
the National company from acquir-
ing additional properties.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-29
Oldfield Jailed
But Not Barney

Whoever it was said there is moth
ing in name might make trip
to the county Jail and cast his I'M
believing eyes over the register,
This shows that Fred Oldfield,
30, was sentenced by Judge E. E..
Kiefer of Calcxico yesterday after
noon to pay a fine of 500 or serve
so days in the county Jail for reck-
less driving.
Not having enough money to meet
the entrance fee, the man with the
famous racing name was turned
over to the sheriff, and is now serv-
ing the first of the so days imposed
because his driving instinct went
wrong on the public thoroughfare
known as the Calexico highway.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-29
One Killed In
Highway Wreck

CONCORD, Cal, Aug. 20. (U.P)-
Henry Monge, 81, of Oakland, was
killed and two young companions
from the same city were injured
early today when their automobile
struck a telephone pole on the
tunnel highway near Lafayette.
Lewis C. Solari, 10, and James P.
Powers, 20, both of Oakland, re-
ceived cuts and bruises in the &C
cident.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-29
@HHlnLdL-,e
Wy ,sQG:

BEVERLY HILLS, Aug. %.
(SpeciaD wonder the Re-
publican party in this country
are careful to do nothing to
interfere with big banking in
terests-look over in England,
the Labor party was in but they
had no money: they get out
and a different bunch in New
York and Paris banks Loaned
EN- half a billion dollars. Big
money only goes to the party
that supports Big money. I am
entering no crusade to end 1t,
I am just telling you how it is
you go ahead and change It.
Yours
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-29
State To Print
New Textbooks

SACRAMENTO, Aug 20. (U.D -
An order calling for the publication
of 4l7,500 textbooks by the state
printing plant was on file today as
surfing employment for the 80 or 40
workers at the plant recently laid
off.
The textbooks include an order
of 225 900 music texts which was de-
layed during the recent controversy
over the plan of the state board OF
education to buy certain books from
q neastern publisher.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-29
Mechanical Lung
Keeps Girl Alive

BOSTON, Aug. %. (U.H - For
nearly year, an unnamed l8-year-
old New Hampshire girl, victim of
infantile paralysis, has been kept
alive by a respirator at Massachu-
sets General hospital.
This is believed the longest period
of treatment undergone by patient
since the invention of the 'mechan-
ical lung by Professor Philip Drin-
ker. youthful member of the faculty
of the Harvard School of Public
Health.
Physicians now hope for the girls
ultimate recovery.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-29
WHEAT IMPORTS BANNED

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 30. UP)
of wheat was for
hidden for 18 months today stimuli
taneously with the publication of
a decree authorizing the exchange
of 1,275,O00 bags of third and
fourth grade Brazilian coffee 70.
100000 bushels of hard winter
No. 2 American wheat.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-29
SUN BEAU FAyGRITE

CHICAGO, Aug. 30. U.D - Sun
Beau, Willis Sharpe Kilmer's req
ord money winner, was quoted a
rs favorite today to win the S25 900
added Lincoln handicap at the Lin
coin field racetrack. Twelve horses
were named overnight for the mile
and quarter test for year olds
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-29
Post Planning
Pacific Flight

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 90. U.P) =
Wiley Post, who flew around the
world with Harold Gatty, is plan
ming a solo flight next spring from
Seattle to Toxic, he said here today.
The flight, according to Posts
present plans, will be in the around
the world plane, the Winnie Mae.
The aviator did not elaborate on
the subject and did not say why
the plans did not include Gatty as
navigator.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-29

ADMITS
Staying
Mail Order Matrimonial
Agency Head Confesses
To Police.
ABSOLVES OTHERS
Woman And Three Chill
dren Victims Of Bru-
tai Crime.

CLARKSBURG, w. Va, Aug. %.
U.P)-As police awaited the promis-
ed confession of Harry F. Powers,
dapper matrimonial agent, to the
Staying of wealthy Park Ridge, ILL.,,
widow and her three children, dis
coyery of bones n the ruins of
burned cottage near the spot where
the bodies were buried was an
nounced.
The bones we're found in CHM
ney of the ruined cottage which
was burned just a few days before
Powers built the garage in which
police believe Mrs Aste Buick Eich-
er and her three children were
starved, garroted and beaten to
DEATH
HARRISBURG, w. Va. Aug 20.
U.P)EHarry F. Powers offered to-
day to confess he murdered a rich
widow he wooed by mail and her
three children, IF my lawyer tells
me to-" police announced.
The police announcement came
after II hours of severe examination
which followed discovery in shallow
graves near a garage on Powers
property of the bodies of the vic
Tins. They had reported soon af-
ter the offer, that Powers had con-
fessed."
will your confession implicate
your wife and her sister?' police
said they asked the As year old
matrimonial agent whose love let
tiers to a score of women led to
discovery of the missing widows
body.
NO" was the reported reply.
Both Mrs. Powers and her sister are
under arrest in connection with the
case.
Il will make a complete state
ment today" police said Powers
promised. But" he said, my law
yer will have to advise me first"
The middle-aged Romeo's confess
sion came about a. m. as authori-
ties were investigating the poSsibil-
ity of a wholesale murder plot in
which enamored women all wooed
by mail were the victims.
1t followed a night long vigil In
county Jail here where Powers had
been hustled hurriedly after a mob
formed and threatened to lynch
him.
The mob formed after discovery
of bodies of the victims, Mrs. Aste
Buick Eicher, and her children,
Greta, IA, Harry, II and Annabel
9, near the garage on the Powers
property.
Powers admission was secured af-
ter questioning by Detective House.
ly, Chicago, who arrived in Clarks-
burg early today and Chief of Po-
lice Clarence a. Duckworth, Clarks-
burg.
Mrs. Eicher was killed first ac-
cording to preliminary investiga-
ton, Sergeant l.. M. Bird said. She
and two of the children were hang
ed along the wall in the sub-base-
ment of the unused garage while
the third child, Harry, was hit on
the head with weapon of the ma
ture of a hammer, Bird said.
Condition of the bodies revealed
that all had suffered from lack of
nourishment, police said. How long
they were III the garage before they
were killed has not been deter
mined
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-16
AUTO TAX z TIMES
THAT PAID ONLAND
Taxation Committee Figures
Show Motor Assessments
Above Real Estate.

Figures showing that, on the basis
Of actual property value, motor vehicles
are taxed ~ times as hsavily as rural
real estate and times as heavily as
urban real estate, were made public
today by the American Automobile As
ISOLATION
A comprehensive study conducted by
its National Taxation Committee, Of
which Col. Sidney D. Waldron Of
Detroit Is chairman, was said by
Thomas P. Henry president Of the or
ganization, to furnish an answer to
the interests that are now urging the
use of motor taxes for purposes Of gen.
erai State administration and a stimuli
taneous reduction of land taxes
@If there Is to be relief, surely it
should come first TO the property that
bears the heaviest burden he pointed
out
States Department of Agriculture" the
connmittee reported, "a parcel of farm
land, with improvements. bought seven
years ago for 1903 (the purchase price
Of the average motor vehicle in 1890
had an average value over the inter-
vening period Of $74S.2o per year.
Figures from the same source show
that total taxes on this land averaged
$10.9B per year, or total of ST6S4
for the seven-year period. Thus the
total tax on this land was 1913 per cent
Of the average value of the land. or
the equivalent of an annual tax of is
per cent.
"Urban real estate, by and large, re-
tains and In many instances adds to
the value it had at the time of plr-
chase. Thus q plot of urban real
estate purchased in 1924 for 5000 may
be safely assumed to have retained
that value throughout the intervening
period. Figures from so representative
cities throughout the country show
that taxes on this land purchased for
S608 In 1924 averaged SIC 40 per year,
or q otal Of $135.75 for the seven
year period. This is equivalent to 1913
per cent Of the average value of the
land, or "a per cent q year.
charts on q variety of cars based
on the appraisal and sale figures of
the Used Car Market Reports, Inc.
over period Of seven years, show that
an automobile bought seven years ago
for 5000 had an average value, over
the intervening period Of S2o5 .ss.
Taxes imposed on It exclusive Of Fed
eral excise taxes formerly imposed)
amounted on the average to s29 ~ per
year. The total tax for the seven
year period was S208IB This is 1oi i
per cent Of the average value of the
car, or las per cent annually"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-16
HAVANA TRoLLEYS STOP;
MOVE UP TO STRIKERS
Service Suspended Untf1 Workers
Agree TO Return without
Pay Raises.

By the Associated Press.
havana, August l5.--The Havana
Electric Railways Co. closed shop today
ard left the next move up to 400 car
men who went on strike Is days ago
Frank Steinhart ir, son OF the presi-
dent Of the company, and assistant to
him, confirmed reports that most OF its
employees had been released and that
car service would be suspended until
such time as the strikers wish to come
TO terms
The earlier stages of the strike, dur
ing which the company utilized new
OF several cars, attempts TO IRE others
and exchanges of shots.
Strikers, supported By other labor or
gafaizations. continue firm IN their re-
fusal 20 accept wage cuts supposed by
the company August /.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-16
AMERICAN" OUSTED
BY BRAZIL PRESIDENT
William Nathan Barrett Is Freed
Of Charges in Pernam-
buco.

By the Associated Press.
FERNAMBUCO. Brazil, August 15.--
A decree Of expulsion from Brazil as
an undesirable has been issued by Pro-
visi0nal President Getulio Vargas
against man who gave his name as
William Nathan Barrett and claimed to
be- American.
Inc man was arrested here on vari-
Gus charges, but was freed by writ Of
napeas corpus four days ago. when the
court held they were insufficient to
warrant his further detention.
Ofhc1als here said that he was also
known as Carl Amber and Carlos Sim
Dor, and was wanted by police in Peru
on charge Of obtaining money from
several individuals He left Peru, police
said, by way Of Iquitos and went to
san Luis Maranhao where other charges
are said to be held against him.
he came to Pernambuco from Ala
goas, saying he was an American mil
honaire engaged in important business.
ana police said he ran up q board bili
AZ boarding house and q bill for
motor hire at q garage. He appealed
70 the American consul here when he
was arrested, but the consul was unable
70 do anything because OF the mans
lack Of papers.
He also said he was an actor. and
police found among his possessions an
Austrian passport, which they believed
was not genuine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-16
Do-x TO RESUME TRIP
Repaired German seaplans to Leave
Brazil for q. s. Monday.

PARA. Brazil. August is eF1.-The
German Seaplane DO-X will continue
it, fight 10 the United states Monday,
Tire ships commander. Capt Hammer,
announced today
a new motor arrived yesterday from
YaEai 10 replace the one. the crankcase
which, was broken when the el1ip ar
NHeo hers eeVeral daFB ngo. ms naW
a.a N halna in1isll0a an1aM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-16
SOVIET TESTS WORLDS
THIRD LARGEST PLANE
Five-Motored Ship Built in Russia
Has Speed of 135 Miles
an Hour.
BY JUNTUs B. wOOD.


~ Gable TO The Star.
MOSCOW, u. 8. s. r., August Is
The first Soviet-buiIt flye-motored
monoplane, known as ANITA. flew over
Moscow yesterday. According 70 ofncial
data. 1t Is exceeded in size By only the
German hydroplane DO-x and the
Italian bomber KA-90.
With a wing spread of Il meters
(ahout 134 feet1 and a length Of "a
meters taibout IS feet). the plane has
3 surface OF $40 square meters (about
2,5s2 square feet). Its I'VE motors are
each Of $50 horsepower It is II tons
weight, and tons and 80 passengers
make up its useful load
II has speed of l35 miles an hour.
the Fokker F-2 being the nearest ap-
proach in the United States, according
70 detailed comparisons with seven Of
the worlds largest planes.
gCopyrlght 1891
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-21
STOCKS.
PUBLIC UTILITY.

Amer Tel & Tel. DID,. 172Is 80.
Capital Traction Co (4... IS 81
Washington Gas Light Co. (1Sb. lis :.:-,
N & w. Steamboat (I2) ....... IT'S zoo
Pot Eiec Power So pfd .sill1a ll5
Pot. Elec. Power 513a6 p9d. ,sll0 1907
Wash. Rwy. g. 81. com. ID. ..S425
Wash. Rwy. d. FL. pfd. 3D.. $685. 100
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-21
BONDS ARE Lower
IN DRAGGY MARKET
Rail Issues Sag Further
Decline.
South Americans Also
BY F. H. RICHARDSON.
pecIal pispatch 10 The star

Special Dispatch 10 The star.
NEW YORK. August 2l--Bonds, with
the exception of United States Govern
ments and a handful of high-grade COR
porate issues. were sluggishly lower to-
day Trading was active at the start,
but tapered of to small volume later.
Pressure on the rails continued to be
the chief factor in the domestic list and
in the foreign department European
bonds were dull, pending the outcome
Of the labor conferences in London, and
South Americans sold of sharply.
The chief development in early trad
ing was the resumption Of liquidation
in railroad bonds after small over
night accumulation of buying orders
had been filled. Then prime issues like
Pennsylvania D 4Kas, New York Central
debenture As, Baltimore 81 Ohio 415s,
Southern Railway general As. Erie gem
eral Is and Chesapeake Corporation IS
were driven down again, most Of them
to new lows for the year.
Second-grade carrier bonds Jared no
better. Losses of a point or more ap-
QCAAEd III 61uCkLldtiJ %, oI. raul 0S,
Erie S. Nickel Plate 41as, Frisco prior
lien As and Wabash SIS. A few of the
highest grade. like Atchison general As,
Norfolk g. Western As and Canadian
Pacific perpetual As, were firm and there
were small gains in prime public utili-
ties such as American Telephone SIS,
Duquesne Light 5lzs, Kansas City Power
& Light 412s and Pacific Gas g. Elec-
trio SIS. Industrials were inclined to be
heavy, but few oil issues were strong,
especially Skelly Oil SIPS, which sud
about Is points above their recent low
on merger rumors. Standard Oil of
New Jersey SIS and Standard of Cali
fornia 4l2s were firm.
The foreign lists most active group
was the South American. Argentine IS
were l TO points lower. Chilean issues
slumped to new lows on the official
declaration of the moratorium an
nounced Thursday. Colombian, Uru-
guayan and Brazilian credits weakened.
All South American exchanges Softened
on the news from Chile.
Continental markets were nervous be-
cause of tntimations that the Mac
Donald ministry in England may re-
sign unless widely divergent views
within the cabinet are reconciled. This
served to push British bonds down in
London and created a heavy atmosphere
throughout the European list, German
issues lost opening gains.
For Treasury announced that the last
offering of $50, 000,0 900 of 91-day bills
had been oversubscribed nearly three
times and that the average price of
accepted bids worked out at 0.59 per
cent cost to the Government on an
annual bank discount basis. This is a
better price than the last issues, but
the best received this year was on 049
per cent annual basis Municipals and
1ong-term Governments were marked up
slightly today United States Treasury
bills and notes we're still at record
levels.