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Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-09
SIX GANGSTERS
ROUNDED UP IN
ILLINOIS RAID
Police Stage Spectacular
Raid Against Survivors
OF Bandit Bands.

SPRINGFIELD. H., May 8. U.H
"A desperate drive by Illinois po-
lice to stamp out kidnapping gangs
which have terrorized the midwest
for months centered today at the
Springfield Jail as more than 100
officers stood guard over six men
captured in a spectacular raid at
East st. Louis.
The six men, charged with rob-
bling many banks, and suspected of
kidnapping at least six wealthy
bankers and gamblers for ransom,
were accompanied into Springfield
just before midnight by so state po-
lice, a dozen officers from ST.
Claire county, and a squad of
picked men from the Chicago de-
partment.
1t was announced the parade
would move on today to Sterling,
ILL.,, to be joined there by Governor
Louis l.. Emmerson and Walter
Moody, chief of the state highway
police. 1t was planned then to take
the men, said to be the last of Fred
Burke's gang" into Chicago.
Ten men were taken in the raid
late yesterday on flat on Broad
way, the principal business street
in East So. Louis Three of them
were released Immediately and an
other, Dewey Sullivan, was turned
over to city police.
The men held by the state were
William McQuillion, Jack Britt,
Howard Lee, Ed Hawks, Tommy
Hays and Thomas O'Connor.
Acting under orders from Gov
ernor Emmerson that "the kidnap-
ers must be stamped OUT state po-
lice surrounded the block in which
the men were gathered, apparently
for some sort of conference. The
block was cleared of all pedestrians
and automobiles and roped off.
A hotel entrance across the street
was blocked. Machine guns were
mounted at four street corners and
on several roofs.
Then the raiders swooped upon
the flat and made the wholesale
captures without firing shot.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-09
CAPITAL
IN Wild
SESSION
Assembly At Work All
During Night Adjourn
ming AT Six A. NJ.
MANY BILLS PASSED
ROlph's Program In Re-
organizing State De-
partment Succeeds.
BY HOMER L. ROBERTS
United Press Staff Correspondent

SACRAMENTO, CAL, May 9. U.P
After an all-night session by the
assembly, lasting until o'clock this
morning, the state legislature today
adjourned for the weekend.
1t was one of the widest and no.
isiest scenes in legislative history.
Sleepy-eyed lawmakers passed bills
right and left, not even bothering
to call the roll but ordering the
previous vote recorded on the rec
ords.
The senate held a session until
late last night, and the days work
of the two bodies, representing
pile OF 500 bills, was placed on the
calendar today.
Governor Rolph emerged from the
melee victorious in most of his ad-
ministration bills. The lower house
approved his measure setting UP
new state department of motor We
hicles, and changed the terms OF
six state boards and commissions.
The latter measure gives the gov
ernor a majority on the board of
criminal Identification, directors OF
AZ agricultural associations, board
of education, civil service commits
sion, state nautical school board and
women's prison board after COM
pleting his second year in office.
At the last minute the governor
decided not to press his request to
divide the state department of So
cial welfare, creating positions to
which he desired to appoint the two
women who are now candidates for
! the dictatorship. These are Mrs.
Phexa Crawford Splivalo, angel OF
Broadway" and Mrs. Harry Mich
aels, Los Angeles clubwoman.
The Senate ''fumbled the balf'
on the interlocutory divorce decree
bill last night, and as result the
law remains on California's statute
books unchanged.
When Senator George Rochester,
Los Angeles, explained his measure
eliminating the interlocutory de-
cree, it was promptly adopted by
the upper house.
Then it was discovered that the
body had passed an entirely differ
ent measure. Hot words were ex-
changed, and when the bills were
Strengthened out, the interlocutory
measure was dropped into the ash
can.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-09
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CUNMAN READY
TO PAY PENALTY
HE TELLS POLICE

NEW YORK, May 9. U.H-
Francis 1.-TWO Gum Crowley, who
was captured after a spectacular
two hour police bombardment, is
eager to end his criminal career in
Sing Sings electric chair as speedi-
ly as possible.
The 20-year-old gunman today
told authorities from his hospital
cot, where he is being treated for
three minor gunshot wounds, that
he is ready to admit his guilt in
the murder of Patrolfnan Frederick
Hirsch, and pay with his life as
soon as is possible under the law
Crowley was in Nassau county
hospital under heavy police guard
today after being indicted for mur-
der on the testimony of his 16-year-
old sweetheart, Helen Walsh OF
Brooklyn, who was with him when
Hirsch was riddled with bullets in
North Merrick, L. I.
At the same time, his companion,
Rudolph Duringer, 220-pound
truckman, was in Jail here under
indictment by a Bronx county grand
jury for the Staying of Virginia
Brannen, a Harlem dance hall
hostess. Duringer told police he
shot the girl to death because she
spurned his advances during an
automobile drinking party.
When Crowley learned that the
Walsh girl, who penned notes of
farewell for herself and her gang
ster admirer and reloaded revolvers
had turned against him, he told
District Attorney Elvin N. Edwards
of Nassau County, that he wanted
to go to the chair as quickly as pos
Sible
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-09
Daylight Bank
Robbery Staged

PASADENA, Calf. May 9-(U.P)
In daring daylight holdup of
the Fairoaks branch of the Pasa-
dena National Bank. two bandits
today locked five employees in a
vault and escaped with approx
mately $1,000.
The men were unmasked and
gained admission to the bank just
before it opened today by display
ing a police badge and telling a
door attendant that the manager
had sent for them.
The attendant admitted the pair
to the office of Arthur Gage, man.
ager. Gage was covered with revol-
vers and four employees, at work in
the cages, were ordered to enter the
vault.
The men scooped up all available
money from the counters and from
the vault
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-09
LUNCHEON
HELD FOR
V|S| I ORS
Subcommittee Here To
Inspect Proposed Route
For All-American Canal
SHORT TALKS MADE
congressman Continue To
Coachella After Stop In
This City.

Imperial Valley extended her hos
pitality to members of the sub
committee OF the house appropria-
tions committee, who were here to-
day TO become acquainted with the
irrigation system and the route Of
the All-American canal project.
The official visit was made to fa-
miliaiize themselves with the ply
sical aspects of the vast project
with which they have dealt so long.
Representatives from all parts of
the Imperial, Coachella and Yuma
valleys gathered at the Barbara
Worth hotel for luncheon today at
the behest Of the local chamber of
commerce.
The visitors were introduced by
Congressman Frank Murphy of
Ohio as follows: Congressman Will
liam w. Hastings of Oklahoma, Ad-
olson I. Smith of Idaho, Don e.
Cotton OF Utah, w. A. DuvaIl, cle'k
of the b-committee; +. j. Bailey,
assistant to the director of the bu-
reau Of the budget; 8. M. Dodd, Jr.,
chief finance officer of the Indian
service: A. e. Demaray, senior as
sistant director of the Nation Park
service.
Congressman Phil d. Swing of
this city was among the local people
who were here TO greet the guests
and conduct them to various places
of interest.
Mayor II. w. Fa awcett, introduced
by Mark Munson of the chamber of
commerce, welcomed the visitors
and stated that he hoped they
would come again soon.
Charles Childers, attorney for the
Imperial Irrigation district, dis
cussed the Ail-American canal. He
explained that the guests from
Washington had heard the matter
discussed many times in conform
ance with their official duties and
are familiar with the project. He
outlined the history OF the All.
American canal plan from its be-
einnings more than 10 years ago.
NJ. j. Dowd and Congressman
Swing were scheduled to speak be-
tore adjournment.
The washington party was met
in Yuma this morning by valley del
egations and after going over the
Yuma project and the Indian school,
there was not sufficient time for
the proposed trips to Laguna dam
and Imperial dam site. The pa:.y
proceeded toward Ell Centre, visit
ing all interesting points enroute.
At the conclusion of the lunch
con, the northern part OF the val
ley was visited and the party left
for the Coachella project. They will
have dinner in Indio tonight.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-09
Dynamite Blast
AT Boulder Dam

LAS VEGAS, New, May 0. UP
Two men were near death today
and nine others were badly injured
as n result of an unexpected ex-
piosion of dynamite at the site of
Boulder Dam.
Tons of rock showered down upon
crew of the Six Companies, Inc.
at work at the Colorado River
camp, when the blast was set off
without warning. No explanation
of the sudden charge was learned.
P. l.. Leslie was the most seriously
injured. He was struck In the back
by a rock and thrown to the edge
of the river. Herman Schmitto
suffered a fractured skull and in
ternal injuries. The names Of the
nine other men, treated here, were
not available.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-09
STUDENTS AND PROFESSORS ARE
EXPOSED AS BEING 'DUMB-BELI1S

EVANSTON, ILL.,. May 8. U.p)
There is a student at North
western University who thinks
Greta Carlo is a myth and a
professor who believes Sinclair
Lewis is an "oil baron, II was
disclosed today as results of a
notable persons QUESTIONABLE
were checked.
One student listed former
Governor James NJ. Cox of
Ohio as "thc head of COxey's
army"
Another thought Theodore
Roberts, late film actor, was a
fullbsck at Yale.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-09
INSTRUCTIONS TO
ROBINSON BEFORE
MEETING TODAY

A meeting of farm bureau Off
GERS, members and of prominent at
torneys was being held this after
noon in the court house, in order to
determine what instructions shall
be sent S. f. Robinson, assembly,
man, in regard to the property
qualification bill ne is sponsoring
and which was initiated by the farm
bureau.
The meeting is in answer to a
letter from Robinson in which he
encloses Attorney General Webb's
letter stating that the bill is, in his
opinion, unconstitutional.
Webb's reasons for his opinion are
not based on the property qualifi-
cation itself. which he claims is
constitutional. similar property
qualifications being sanctioned pre-
viously by the supreme court.
His objection lies in the 100000
acre provision, which he states. falls
under the heading of special legis-
lation and as such would be un-
constitutional.
Robinson has asked for further
instructions and the meeting will
deliberate on the matter 1t was
the tentative opinion among farm
bureau officials this morning that
the meeting will decide to go ahead
with the bill.
The farm bureau is arranging
that one prominent citizen from
each of the valley towns will be
present In Sacramento next Tues
day when the bill goes before the
senate committee. In addition, a
delegation of citizens interested in
the passage of the bill are going in
dependently to urge its claims be-
fore the committee.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-09
LETTER MAKES
THREAT AGAINST
SLAYINC SUSPECT
Garrison Not Bothered By
Epistle Believed To Be
Work Of Crank.

SAN DIEGO, Cal, May 9. DIP
Moss E. Garrison, suspect in the
murder of Hazel Bradshaw. 22-
year-old telephone operator. re-
ceived a second threatening letter
at the San Diego Jail today.
The letter was addressed to You
Foul Murderer and informed Gar
rison that unless police secured
enough evidence to hang him the
writer would supply information to
send him to tihe gallows.
Garrison was unimpressed by the
letter and Police Captain Paul
Hayes, in charge of the murder in
vestigation, termed 1t the work of
a crank.
Three days ago Garrison received
another letter threatening him if he
escaped prosecution by authorities.
Captain Hayes said that when he
attempted to question Garrison on
angles of the case today the sus-
pect yawned and said he was
through talking with police on the
advice of his attorney.
1t was week ago today that
Miss Bradshaw disappeared after
leaving the railroad office where
she and Garrison were employed.
Her body was found last Sunday in
an Indian village, used as Boy Scout
headquarters. In Balboa Park.
Garrison. suitor of the girl, sur
rendered to police after the body
was discovered but maintained his
innocence. He said he took Miss
Bradshaw to two motion picture
shows Saturday night and left her
at the porch Of her home about
midnight.
Police have been unable to in
volve Garrison other through a
chain of circumstantial evidence.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-09
Flint's Slayer
Declared Insane

SAN RAFAEL. Cal. May ,. (U,p
Frank Keaton, Inglewood real es-
tata dealer, was judged insane here
today.
The ruling means that unless at
some future date he regains sauity
ne will not be hanged for The mur-
der of Motley Flint, Los Anee'e5 IL
nancier.
The insanity decision was an
nounced after three physicians ap-
peared in the court OF Superior
Judge Edward I. Butler and testi-
fled that Keaton was not sane.
The physicians were Or. Leo stan
ley. San Quentin penitent'ary: DR.
T. E. Stice, Napa hospital. and DIR.
D. r. Smith. Eldridge home for the
feeble minded.
Keaton will be taken from his cell
in death row" at San Quentin ana
placed in the state hospita. for
criminal insane al Ukiah.
If he ever regains sanity. he will
be taken back to San Quentin 70
be executed.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-09
Arraign Two On
Felony Charges

Two defendants were arraigned
before Judge I. Mayfield today on
felony charges, and date of prelim-
mary hearing set for both.
James Elrod was arraigneG on a
charge of assault with deadly
weapon, filed by Theodore Prim
who charged that Elrod struck him
over the head with hammer. This
was near Bonds Corner. Elrod told
Judge Mayfield that he was aggra-
vated into the offense. Preliminary
hearing was set for May Is, with
bond at $500.
Chris Bucher was arfaigned on a
charge of adultery filed by his wife,
who recently filed divorce proceed
ingS against him. Preliminary
hearing will be held May ID. Bond
is $1,000.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-09
Quake Recorded
On SeismOgraph

DENVER, May 9. U.H-A IA
minute earthquake which would
have destroyed life and property If
II occurred on inhabited land was
recorded today on Regis College
seismograph.
OF third degree intensity and
between TOO and 1000 miles from
Denver, the quake was said by
seismologists to have occurred prob
ably on the northern part of the
South American continent, or pos
sibly just off the coast of north
ern South America. The quake
started at 3:44 a. m. (MST) and
lasted until 1888.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-09

Still another listed Floyd Col
lins of Kentucky cave trap fame
as "one-eyed war correspond
ent and radio announcer"
OF the Is men students, five
co-eds, and five instructors
questioned, there were 16 who
could not identify Correll and
Gosden as Amos and Andy.
The professors won in the
test. They were 73 per cent
right. The men students scored
an average of So, and the CO.
eds made an average grade of
40.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-09
WHAT'S DOING

Tonight
Fox Imperial Theatre, Be
yond Victory"
Tomorrow
Sunday service. churches.
Mothers day service, 3, Elk's
hall.
Fox Imperial Theatre,
Cracked Nuts"
Tomorrow
Y. w. c. A. board, /, $50 San
dalwoOd.
Twice Told Tales, 1880, Ten
Thousand club house.
Masonic luncheon, 1880, Bar
bara Worth.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-09
Weather Delays
DO-X Ocean Hop

ST. VINCENT. Cape Verde Is
lands, May 8. W.P)-The flying boat
DO-X remained at Bubaque today
awaiting favorable weather to at
tempt a transatlantic crossing, a
message from Bissau, Portuguese
colony on the west coast of Africa,
said.
A severe storm prevented the de-
parture of the DO-X yesterday,
after messages from Bubaque re-
ported prematurely that the flying
boat had started.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-09
Six Tramps Die
In Train Wreck

DIGHTON, Kans., May 0. U.P -
Six itinerants were killed instantly
when the Missouri Pacific freight
train they were riding was wrecked
II miles west of here today.
All the dead were riding in one
box car. The journals of the car
were burned out, and it nose diyed
into the right of way. Sixteen cars
telescoped through it.
An ambulance from Oighton
brought the bodies here. Only two
of them were identified.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-09
mNMlLL-.
@S}R9sfRs R?SS;

TUCSON, Ariz., May 8.
Especially - Well here we
are in Tucson, the cham
pion humane town of AM
erica. It's climate has pro-
longed more peoples lives
than any single place. A
fine university and the best
college polo team in the U.
S. This up-to-date little
city is just situated near
enough to Mexico to get a
touch of liberty.
| was reading a nice
thing in this mornings
local paper. 1t was of a
dinner in New York of a
lot of fine women, Mrs.
Theodore Roosevelt, ST.,
Mrs. Lindbergh, Mrs.
Sloan and Kermit ROOSe-
velt's wife, all to arouse
not only interest but hor-
ror in our unbelievable
death rate from child
birth. Sixteen thousand a
year, the highest in the
world. The way we lose
'em here it would be safer
if you are figuring on hav-
ing a baby to go to some
uncivilized country like
India or Africa to do it.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-09
PORDAN UNCHANGED

PALO ALTO, Cal, May 9. UP
The condition DR.. David Starr Jor-
dan, Stanford niversity's grand
old man." remained unchanged to-
day, his physicians said. DR.. Jor-
dan, suffering from a slowing down
of the arterial circulation of the
brain, has been critically i'll for the
past few weeks.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-09
JAPANESE FLYER DELAYED

NEMURO, Japan, May 8. U.P)-
Adverse flying condition baked
Seiji Yoshihara, japanese aviator,
for the second time today when he
was forced down on Yeturofu Is
land while on the third lap of his
proposed flight from Toxic to the
United States.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-09
Death Comes To
DIR. Nicholson

PASADENA, Cal, May s. U.H
DIR. Albert Abraham Michel
son, IS, dean of American
scientists, died at his home here
today.
The distinguished career of
DIR. Nicholson ended at 12:55
p. IN. when ne died with his
wife, Mrs. Edna Stanton Michel
son, and a daughter, Mrs. Shell
don Dick of Provincetown,
Mass, at the bedside.
PASADENA, Cal, May 9. U.P)-
The tenacity with which DR.. Albert
A. Nicholson, veteran scientist
clung to life today surprised his
who, nevertheless, de-
clared they did not expect him to
recover consciousness.
Stricken more than a month age
by a paralytic attack, DR.. Michel
son lapsed into coma Thursday
night and his death has been ex-
pected hourly since that time.
Mrs. Nicholson joined the physi.
clans today in abandoning hope fol
the 78-year-old Nobel prize winner
He is falling fast" DR.. Walter
P. Bliss said, land I do not expect
him to regain consciousness"
The Washington times., 1931-11-19

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The Washington times., 1931-11-19

"The American soldiers were
at first brigaded with the
British, but later were assem-
bled in a distinctive American
Army and covered themselves
with glory in the last few
months of what the League OF
Nations by this time was call
ing. the new Olympic games.
In fact, unbiased analysts as
sure us that victory would
have perched on the banners
of the Muscovites and their
allies had it not been for the
Americans.
Casualties
after the signing of what
in the wicked old militaristic
days would have been called an
armistice, Rumania took some
more of Russia, and so did
Poland, while Great Britain got
away with most of the Italian
colonies in North Africa and
France annexed a goodish acre
age of North Italian territory.
Heavy indemnity bills were pre-
sented to the Russians and to
the Italians, collectable by all
of the allies except the United
States, which was left holding
what was jokingly called the
sack
Everybody agreed that a
splendid time had been had by
all, except some 1,675,00O men
who had unaccountably lost
their lives in something which
was not war"
New Names Needed
Mr.. Maury will be pleased to
learn that Mr.. Floyd Gibbons
has departed for Manchuria to
report "hostilitieS" for the In
ternational News. I should say
that the first thing the LNague
of Nations has to do is create
a new set of words for the
newspapers to use. In our con-
fusion we may forget the quo
tation marks over the bad old
words; and the dying soldiers
may utter a curse which will
not be pleasant to hear.
The Washington times., 1931-11-19

Maury takes up the question, 'What Com
stitutes War;" and sends me the following
account of an event in the future, as his
torian may write it, "now that, out of con
sideraton for the League of Nations and
the Kellogg Pact, we don't use the word
'war' " Mr.. Maury may be bit grim, but
how else can YOU describe a war which IS
so totally unofficial?
A Brief Account
"Soviet Russia at last feeling healthy
enough to get even for the Polish and
Rumanian territorial winning under the
Versailles Treaty, sent 100000 men INTO
Poland and another 100000 into Rumanla
The Washington times., 1931-11-19

HISTORY OF NEXT WAR"
~ ,~ WITH LOW APOLOGY
! TO THE LEAGUE
Rv GILBERT SEH.EDES.

LII have do is ask the right questions, and the right
"A answers obligngy appear few days ago | said
frankly that didn't know what they called the events in
Manchuria since the League of Nations still working
to prevent war between China and Japan. Mr. Reubens
The Washington times., 1931-11-19

IN the Spring OF u. --...,,.io,
''The men carried rifles gasmasks, bayonets auomacs
and large quantities of ammunition of all kinds Ihey were
accompanied bv light and heavy artillery tanks scouting
and bombing planes and other equipment essential TO o9h
trench and field warfare In the opening days OF ee Oo @
1iohtfr excursions the Russians killed total OF lOOO