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Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-18
Woman Facing
Life Sentence

SAN FRANCISCO. March 10. U,Pl
Although lifted from the class OF
habitual criminals by decision OF
the supreme court, Mrs. Evelyn
Rosencrantz, 56, faced the prospect
today of spending the rest Of her
life in prison-also by a supreme
court decision.
Mrs. Rosencrantz was convicted
four times of passing fictitious
checks but the court decrced that
she was not an habitual criminal
because she had been granted pro-
baton on the first conviction. She
was sentenced to life imprisonment
without opportunity Of parole on
the fourth conviction.
The court, however, pointed out
that on conviction of a third Of
fense the maximum penalty must
be given, which in this case is IA
years. This would prevent her
lrom leaving prison until she is 10.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-18
JOLIET WARDEN
IGNORES TERMS
OF PRISONERS

JOLIET, H., March 18. (U.P)-An
announcement that Joliet peniten-
tiary was not country club" and
that he would maintain order or re-
sign was Warden Henry c. Hills
curt answer today to the offer Of
HOO rebelious convicts to cease riot
ing if granted concessions which
virtually would amount to home
rule"
The prisoners offer and the war
dens prompt and vigorous refusal
to arbiuate with them followed
close upon two more unsuccessful
riot attempts.
The first attempt occurred at
Stateville where 20 members of the
prison band fought among them
selves yesterday over the suggestion
of riot similar to that of last Sat-
urday at Joliet in which two prison.
ers were killed and two wounded.
Disagreement over the riot plan
led to a free for all fight in which
band instruments were used as
weapons. Guards stopped the fight
and placed the men in solitary con-
finement.
The second disturbance began IN
the mess hall at Old Joliet, scene of
Saturdays disorder. Several men
started throwing food and dishes,
and shouted for a general riot to
wreck the joint again"
Guards quelled the attempt i'm
mediately, and placed three OF the
ring leaders in solitary confinement.
None of the men involved in this
second mess hall violence were par
ticipants in Saturdays riot.
Meanwhile the HOO prisoners who
have been locked in their cells since
the affair of last week, continued
their demands for return of privl-
leges and regular prison fare. Lead
ers of this group, certain that their
demands would be met. began to cir
culated a paper among the prison.
ers asking that peace terms" be
submitted.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-18
CAVE-|N
ENC()LFS
WORKERS
Tunnel Collapse In North
OF State Imprisons Six
Railroad Men
RESCUERS SAVE ONE
Hold Little Hope That
Others Escaped Avail
anche OF Earth, Stones

SAN FRANCISCO, March 18. (U.H
The report that five men were
killed in a tunne1 cave-in on the
Western Pacific railroad project
just north of Keddie, Cal, was vir-
tually confirmed in word reaching
J. w. Williams, chief engineer OF
the Western Pacific.
According TO word reaching Will
liams over the railroads telegraph
line from L. H. Jones, engineer in
charge at the tunnel, six men were
trapped in the earthslide shortly
before dawn. BY frantic digging,
one man was rescued alive.
Workers had scant hopes they
would find the other five alive,
though the digging went on at full
speed. The caye-in occurred, Jones
said. at point no more than IL to
Is feet from the mouth OF the newly
begun tunnel and was of such ap-
parent proportions as entirely to fill
the small space.
Jones said there was not one
chance in a thousand that the slide
of earth, shale and rocks had been
DETECTED at any point in the excava-
ton so as to leave a small clear
space for the men.
The gang of six men, Jones said,
had set in five sets of timbering
and were digging out spaces for the
sixth. All were working near the
inside end of the excavation.
Without warning, they were en-
quilted in a deluge of earth and
rocks.
Summoned by the roar, workers
ran to the spot from the nearby
camp and Jones Immediately direct
ed that as many hands as the tun-
nel's narrow opening would permit
begin digging.
Nearly two hours of frantic work
elapsed before the first man was
rescued,
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-18
REWARD OFFERED
BY GOVERNOR in
BROOKS Staying
Los Angeles Holding Sus-
pect And New Clue
Found At San Diego

SACRAMENTO, March 18. UP
Governor Rolph today offered a
state reward of $1,000 for the arrest
and conviction of the murderer OF
Virginia Brooks, 10-year San Di-
ego school girl.
The reward, under the state law,
may not be paid to state police Of
ficers. 1t must be collected within
one year and only upon final con-
viction of the murderer.
Il am offering this reward In the
hope of bringing to justice the per-
son who has committed one of the
most revolving murders in Califor-
MAS criminal history" the governor
said
1T is the first major crime offer
ing serious problems in detection
since I have become governor.
Therefore, I would consider myself
remiss in my duties if I did not offer
some incentive toward the appre-
hension of the guilty party or par
ties"
LOS ANGELES, March 18. U.P)-
Juan Talamontes, "a, Mexican, was
held here today on charge of sus-
picion of murder in connection with
the Virginia Brooks Staying San Di-
ego.
Talamontes, according to Captain
Jack Trainor, admitted he lett San
Diego two or three weeks ago for
Los Angeles. He declared he was
driving a small coupe and aban-
doned it on the highway when it
broke down.
A check of the Identification bu-
reau was being made here in an ef-
fort to learn if Talamontes had a
police record.
SAN DIEGO, March l8. U,P) -
Evidence that an attempt was made
by the slayer of Virginia Brooks, TO-
to dispose of her body prior to
March 10 when it was discovered on
the Camp Kearney mesa was in
vestigated by authorities today.
Vernon c. Smead, driver of San
Diego to Tijuana stage, reported tc
police that a man boarded his stage
dG Dali OicSo oil rCbl udiy ~, oif
days after Virginia disappeared or
her way to school. The man, ac.
cording to Smead, carried burlar
sack similar to the one in which
the girls body was found.
| Smead said the sack appeared
heavy and that the man was nerv
| ous
The man told other passengers tn
sack contained dead dog, accord
ing to Smead's story.
The driver said the man left tht
stage at the Mexican border ane
walked along the international line
Police were sent to the border to-
day in an effort to learn if the
body was hidden there before being
transported to the mesa.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-18
SENATE BLOCKS
MOVE TO HURRY
M'KINLEY BILL
Los Angeles ReappOrtion-
ment Plans Strike Snag
In Legislature
BY HOMER l.. ROBERTS
United Press Staff Correspondent

SACRAMENTO, March 18. W,H
"A reapportionment steam roller,
stocked by the Los Angeles senator
ial delegation, was started on its
way in the state legislature today
but lost power under numerous bar
riers thrown in its way.
An attempt by Senator j. w. NC
Kinley, Los Angeles, to make his
reapportionment bill affecting as
sembly districts a rush order OF
business brought storm OF pro-
test from senators from the san
Francisco area.
After a sharp tilt, proposed I'M
mediate consideration of the meas
ure today was delayed, but the
senate voted to have the printing
order marked rush" to permit
early consideration of the redis-
tricting proposal.
Chain stores will not be subject
to special taxation in California.
This was decided in the state leg
islature today, when the assembly
revenue and taxation committee
reported it had tabled two bills by
Willard E. Badham, Los Angeles.
Under these measures, a $50 tax
would be levied on chain stores
with more than five branches, gross
receipts of such stores exceeding
S4O0 900 taxes at l-20th OF one per
cent or If Sl,000,000 or more, at
one per cent.
The legislature today was no
nearer solution of the building
and loan problem as amendments
to the Ideal law" continued to
pile up.
An extended session of the SEN
ate building and loan committee
last night failed to result in any
definite action on the bill sponsor
ed by II. l.. Carnahan, state build
ing and loan commissioner.
Raising the number OF years OF
residence in the state from one TO
three as a qualification for state
or county aid was approved by the
assembly committee on charities
when it passed out bill by SEN
ator ]. w. Mckinley, Los Angeles.
The bill is intended to remove
California from the list of health
resorts" to which indigents of the
east and other parts of the coun-
try migrate, Mckinley explained.
1t is expected to save Los Angeles
county alone sl50,000 expended to
take care of the poor.
Two other bills providing that
residents should pay for main
tenance, care and instruction on a
basis of cost instead of the fixed
fee of 5000 yearly at the California
school for the deaf and the school
for the blind at Berkeley were ap-
proved by the committee.
Jamaica ginger, the deadly Jake
that has caused so many paraly-
sis cases and deaths in Southern
California recently, is classed as a
drug under a bill receiving passage
by the senate late yesterday and
before the assembly today.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-18
GASOLINE WAR
CAUSES SUICIDE
OF BUSINESSMAN

LOS ANGELES, March 18. tU.P)-
Desperate because the gasoline war
had frozen his assets so that he
could not pay $1,000 premium on a
Sl25 900 insurance policy, Robert F.
Meyers, Sc, wealthy operator of
service stations, committed suicide
by shooting himself through the
head.
The premium, police learned, was
due late yesterday. Shortly before
the appointem time, Meyers called
c. K. Brest, manager of the lnsur-
ance company, and said:
Come out to my house. II l
haven't got the premium money,
YOU can have my body"
Accompanied by detectives, Brest
went to Meyers house and found
him in the bathtub. dying from a
bullet wound in the right temple.
To make doubly sure he died, Mey-
ers had turned on the water
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-18
ANOTHER RIOT
BREAKS OUT in
ILLINOIS PRISON

JOLIET. ILL.,, March 18. UP
Two hundred convictS in Statewide
prison broke away from guards this
afternoon, set fire to their chair
and tool shops. bakery, kitchen and
main dining room of the peniten-
tiary before they were subdued by
guards and state police who charged
them with rifles, pistols and tear
gas bombs.
BY $3.50 p. m. virtually the whole
prison with the exception of the
cell houses was afire and appeared
doomed.
Sixteen hundred of the 1000 con-
victs in the model prison joined in
the riot. For two hours they
fought guards, militia and state
highway police before they were
driven back into their cells at the
points of rifles.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-18
0wIuLlLz,e
w says:

BEVERLY HILLS Mar.
II. (SpeciaD = Well, to-
day is the 18th of Ireland.
Of all the nationalities
that have helped to root
the Indians out over here,
the Irish are the only ones
that have made enough i'm
preston on everybody.
And, say, did you know
that during all this depres-
sion over the world, and
all countries having revo-
lutions and changing lead
ers, why old Ireland has
come through the best of
all of 'em? When you are
laying out your European
trip this spring, don't
overlook the old Emerald
Isle. It's got 'em all beat
for beauty, romance, hu-
NOR and hospitality, and
the best horses in the
world.
"SHAMUS" ROGERS.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-18
SURVIVORS OF
WRECKED SHIP
IN DIRE NEED
Viking Captain Requests
Government To Send
Food And Supplies
BY JOHN T. MEANEY
United Press Staff Correspondent
COpyright 1891 by United Press

ST. JOHNS, N. F., March l8. U.P)
The injured skipper of the sealer
Viking, Captain Abranl Kean, Jr.,
aided in directing the search OF
rescue ships for survivors of his
own crew today while the remain
der of his men at Horse Island,
many injured and all in need OF
food, scanned the icy seas restless
ly for the approach of supply YES
sells.
Rescuers had picked up six men,
making a total of 1870 out of an
estimated crew of 143 accounted
for.
Captains aboard the rescue ships
worked their men at top speed for
they feared that hope would have
to be abandoned for any of the
Vikings crew not picked up by to-
night. Six men were rescued today
after 40 hours of exposure with
little food or water, and one was
SO badly bitten by frost that ampu-
tation of his feet was feared nee
esSary. Captain Kean kept in touch
with the rescuers by radio.
The relief ship Sagona was stop
ped by pack ice four miles from
Horse Island and Captain Kean
sent an urgent appeal for dispatch
of supplies across the ice. The
scanty supplies of the islands pop
ulation were about exhausted, the
Viking skipper reported.
Three survivors were picked up
this morning by the steamer Bothic
after they were sighted last night.
Although the rescue ships played
searchlightS over the ice floes, they
could make little progress until
daylight due to difficulty of navi-
CATION. The men found today were
i'll body and had been unable to
leave it or make any progress
through the ice since the explosion
that wrecked the Viking.
Only one of the three Americans
aboard the Viking had been found
today. That was Henry j. Sargent,
Boston, explorer who was given a
part in the motion picture work
that Varick Frissell, New York,
planned to make in the sealing
grounds. Frissell and his camera
man and aide, Arthur E. Penrod,
were missing and were feared
drowned.
ST. JOHNS, N. F., March Is. U.P)
Captain Abram Kean, Jr., in
jured commander of the wrecked
sealer Viking, sent an urgent ap-
peal to the government by radio
from Horse Island today, asking
for food and supplies.
Kean said the survivors of the
Viking were short of food and that
the islands small population had
been exhausted. He asked that if
the relief ships were unable to
reach the island, the supplies be
sent to shore over the ice. Heavy
packed ice around the island, ex-
tending for four miles. has pre-
vented the relief ship Sagona from
reaching shore.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-18
JURY DECLARES
KOHLER DEATH
SELF INFLICTED
No Explanation Given
For Suicide OF Aged
Dairyman

Mysterious circumstances sur
round the supposed suicide of John
Kohler, 60, who killed himself by
discharging a IL guage shotgun
pressed against his heart either
Monday morning or Monday after
noon. and whose body was not
found until late yesterday after
noon.
Kohler's body was discovered by
Tom Duro saw the body near the
Calexico to Seeley highway yester-
day afternoon, and told friends in
Calexico, who drove to the scene.
The sheriff's office and A. r.
Bert" underwood. coroner, were
notified.
Underwood, investigating tn e
death, found that Kohler had been
resident of Imperial Valley for
many years, during the past several
years working for Fred Gunterman,
Calexico rancher and banker, as
manager of a dairy ranch.
Not even a hint of any reason
for the aged mans suicide could
be found. Gunterman stated that
Kohler had been in the best Of
health, and apparently in good
spirits. Suicide notes, usually left
in a case like this, were entirely
lacking. Only the dead body, the
shotgun and the jagged wound
over the heart testified to the man.
ner of death.
A crudely written will was found,
however, Three COWS owned by
Kohler were willed to a man in
Holtville, and the rest of the sup
posed suicides property was left to
his employer. Gunterman.
Money Found
On the body was found s9ll84
in cash and checks, Kohler had
bank account of 5000. SO that
financial difficulties could have
played no part in his asserted self
inflicted death. No family could
be traced to the old dairyman.
Gunterman stated that Kohler had
not received any letters since he
remembered.
The only possible reason for the
suicide was seen in the fact that
Kohler had left the employ of the
banker and rancher, for whom he
seemed to entertain some affection
Kohler resigned his position
three days ago, stating his inten-
ton Of going to San Diego. He
had not been seen since leaving a
camp grounds in Calexico. until
the body was fund by truck driv-
er.
Kohler did not drink, Gunter-
man told officers. and was a haro
worker. His former employer could
think of no reason for the dairy
mans suicide. Kohler was oper-
ated on about a year ago for a
slight disorder, but was in the best
of health when last seen.
Kohler came to his death by a
gunshot wound in the body inflict-
ed by shotgun in his own hands
decided coroner's jury this morn
ing after an inquest presided over
by Underwood.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-18
Blaze I'm Hotel
Takes Two Lives

LYNN Mass, March 10. (U.D -
To guests were known to have per-
ished. 10 we're reported missing, i've
others were taken to hospital,
three firemen were injured and
many other persons barely escaped
death here today when fire raced
through Lcnox hotel IN the business
district.
The blaze, which ragged for three
hours, was controlled only after aid
had arrived from SIX neighboring
cities and towns. Loss was placed
at 100000.
Firemen searching the ruined IN
terror found two bodies burned be-
yond recognition on the third fioor
landing,
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-18
HOOVER READY
FOR VOYAGE TO
ISLAND GROUPS
President Will Depart
From Capital Tonight
For Ocean Cruise
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER
United Press Staff Correspondent


WASHINGTON, March l8. W.H
Last minute preparations were
being made today at the White
House for the departure tonight of
President Hoover on 10 day
cruise to Porto Rico and the Vir-
gin Islands.
Mrs. Hoover will not accompany
the President She is expected to
leave in day or two for Asheville,
N. c., to visit her son, Herbert, Jr.,
who is i'll.
The President and his small party
viii leave by tram this evening for
Norfolk, Va, and tomorrow morn
ing will board the battleship Ari-
zona at Hampton Roads. This
newly remodeled fighting ship will
be his home during 5000 mile
voyage which contemplateS only
three days ashore-two in Porto
Rico and one in the Virgin Islands.
Most of the party will sleep on
hunks distributed in various paris
of the ship. Mr.. Hoover will oc-
cupy the admiral's suite, consisting
of two rooms and bath, and equip
ped with a bonafide brass bed.
Secretary of War Hurley, Secretary
of the Interior Wilbur, and three
or four other officials will be quar-
tered with the Junior officers.
The Presidents trip will be no
pleasure jaunt for the officers and
crew of the battleship. Primarily
the voyage was to have been in the
nature of a shakedown following
the ships reconditioning. To this
businesslike procedure has been
added the necessity of making ev-
erything spic and span for the ad-
vent of the commander in chief.
Many crews in Norfolk worked over
time last night polishing brass,
swabbing decks and generally dress
ing up the sea fighter for the oc-
caSion.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-18
PAROLE FOR KEYES
MAY BE DELAYED

SAN QUENTIN PRISON, March
l8. U.P)-It will be nearly three
months before the sentence of Asa
Keyes. former district attorney of
Los Angeles, is fixed and his appli-
cation for parole considered, Off
cialS said today.
Crowded calendars have caused
postponement of Keyes' case, it was
said, which was originally on the
March calendar
Keyes is serving from one to IA
years for conspiracy to take bribe
in connection with the Julian oil
scandal.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-18
WHAT'S DOING
TONIGHT

TONIGHT
Scovillc rally, 1880, Christian
church.
Mid-week services, churches.
City council, 1880, city hall.
Moose lodge, 8, Moose home.
Oasis lodge, f. and A. NJ,
1880, Masonic Temple.
Eagles, s, 500 Broadway.
Troop 5, B.S.A., 1880, Scout
hut.
Civic orchestra, 1880, Wilson
school.
Fox Imperial Theatre, "Un-
faithful"
TOMORROW
Rotary club, Barbara Worth.
10000 club. 2:30, club house.
Seeley -Westside home depart
ment, 1890. T. Il. Lytle home.
Emmanuel Circle, 2, church.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-18
Girl Branded
By AbductOrs

LOS ANGELES, March l8. W.P)-
kidnapped by seven men in an auto
mobile, Florence Chavez, %, was
carried to a lonely spot in the Ar
royo Seco early today and branded
on the arms and legs with heated
wires from a cigar lighter, police
reported.
Miss Chavez, treated for shock and
burns, was unable to account for
the attack. She told police she had
received a letter from joe asking
her to meet him last night, when
he would tell her something about
Jacob" Jacob Solomon was her
sweetheart. When she went to the
appointed place, she was seized.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-18
DAUGHERTY GIVEN
PRISON SENTENCE

WASHINGTON COURTHOUSE,
Ohio, March l8 U,P)-Mal S. Daugh-
erty, 68, former president of the de-
funct Ohio State bank and brother
of former United States Attorney
General Harry M. Daugherty, con-
victed of misused funds of the bank
was sentenced to 10 years in the
state penitentiary and fined $4,000
by Common Pleas Judge Charles S.
Bell today.
Daugherty was convicted March
4. He was charged specifically with
misapplying $3.50 of funds of the
bank. The court, in imposing SEN
tence, overruled motion for a new
trial.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-18
YOUNGSTER SHOOTS
SMALLER BROTHER

SANTA BARBARA, March Is.
WP)-Amelio Gotta, Az, was near
death here today. shot in the head
by his half brother, Louis Taylor,
Is, because he apparently received
too much attention.
Louis, captured on the hills back
of Montecito four hours after the
shooting first told officers it was an
accident, but later confessed "he
meant to do it long time ago" be-
cause little Amelio received better
treatment than he, officers said.
The gun was fired within 10 feet OF
Amelio, they added.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-18
Quick Thinker
FOilS Bandits

SAN FRANCISCO, March.
18. U.P)-Two bandits forced
Raymond Strange to drive
over to the curb and stop. At
the point of a gun they search
ed his pockets and found II
cents.
THAT all you got?" demand
ed one.
MIN mm-ph," responded
Strange.
"What's ailing you? Gotta
cold?"
MIN nm ph," repeated
Strange.
"Must be Russian" said
the other bandit. "Come on,
let's CO."
"Ha, ha, a Russian!' laugh
ed Strange to himself as he re-
moved gold wrist watch and
$50 in bills from his mouth.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-10-22
FORUM

Now that the new section of the
road at Cove is finished, one can
hardly visualize what it looked like
before the all devouring steam shovel
went into action under the efficient
manipulation Of Contractor Thomas
who in conjunction with Mr.. Nash
have completed a very fine piece of
work. A good picture needs a frame
to set 1t off and this has been ac-
complished by Mr.. Potter Gan Island
mani whose work leaves nothing to be
desired in the way it is finished. In
cemented rock work at the culvert
terminals while the guard rails stand
out bold and clear with the black
base, setting off the white rails &C
centuating the visibility for the motor
list on dark night.
Inspector Alexander kept a sharp
eye on the detail as the work pro-
crossed and all sections worked har-
moniously. We are both glad and
sorry to see them go. Glad because
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-10-22
oRTHopEDIc NOTES.

The Vashon Orthopedic Auxiliary
held its regular all-day meeting last
Friday at the home of Mrs. j. W.
Roberts. Mrs. L. P. Black and Mrs
Harris Ward, Jr., assisting hotesses.
Twenty-seven members and friends
were present, sewing or knitting busily
under the leadership of Mrs. E. Gates
Mrs Cephas Ramquist, vice. resi-
dent, had charge Of the business meet
ing. Mrs. George Miller reported the
activities OF the garden committee,
and voiced her thanks for the gener-
Gus cooperation of Island gardeners
and for their courtesies to her COM
mittee. The following contributed
choice plants, seeds and fruit: Mrs
George Bailey, Mrs. Grace Bean, Mrs