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Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-02

an airship which man of moder-
ate means could own and pilot
The little plane was the latest of
many that Heath had invented,
built and piloted during The 20
years he was risking his life daily
in experimental efforts to promote
aviation.
The plane was known as the
Heath B-4 and had been up only
once. 1t had a wing spread of
only 25 feet. Heath planned to
manufacture and sell ships like it
for less than 81 900 each. 1t was
two scatter, low winged monoplane
with a rebuilt motorcycle engine
and weighed only $50 pounds. Heath
claimed it would attain a speed of
70 miles an hour.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-02
QUICK WORK BY
POLICE CAUSES
ARREST OF TWO

Within one hour and 25 minutes
after two young men had attacked
and robbed Bob Heath. aged cat
tie buyer, of s760 Saturday night.
two men alleged to be the robbers
were booked at the city police sta
ton on a robbery charge by Chief
of Police Frank P McCaslin and
Frank Smyer, city traffic officer,
and the entire sum taken from
Heath had been recovered.
The two booked at the police sta
ton and lodged in the county Jail
were Clyde Moore, %, and c. w.
Hollingsworth, "a.
A telephone call brought District
Attorney Elmer w, Heald and Tom
Sharp, his special investigator, to
the police station, where Sharp pro-
cured a full confession from Moore
Hollingsworth steadfastly refused to
talk. The two were turned over to
the district attorney for pTosecu-
ton.
Heath, man about 60 years old,
was attacked at Fourth and Olive
streets at 7 O'Clock Saturday night
One Of the robbers leaped on him
from behind, while the other
searched him and took his purse
They ran.
According to the story told by
Moore to the district attorney and
his investigator following their ar
rest, the young men had seen
Heath in a local pool hall, and
noticed that he was carrying large
roll of bills.
i A report Of the robbery to P. T.
! Farmer, desk sargeant at the police
station, resulted in his calling NC
Caslin and Smyer, who got into Nc
! Caslin's car and drove to the rail-
road tracks on Orange street. From
there they followed the tracks to
Writings railroad crossing. Find
ing a favorable place to conceal the
car. the two stopped, parked, and
walked down the track.
Seating themselves behind sig
nal post, Smyer Just had time tc
light a cigarette when two young
men appeared walking down the
tracks. When the officers got to
their feet the two men broke into a
run.
Both McCaslin and Smyer fired
into the air. One Of the fleeing
men struck a barbed wire fence
and fell. Both were captured They
had no money on them, but Smyer
located $3.50 near the place of cap
ture on the railroad tracks After
the men were booked at the police
station McCaslin returned to the
scene and found another $3.50.
The men were booked for alleged
robbery at 6:25 Saturday night.
Moore and Hollingsworth were ar
raigned before Judge I. Mayfielc
this morning, and bond for eacf
set at $4,000, while preliminar!
hearing was set for February 5.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-02
Bombing Case Is
Nearing Finish
Continued from page II

defense of Hodges this morning, in
chronological order, were
D. J. McChrlSty, restaurant prop
rietor. who testified that he heard
Patton remark after Hodges arrest
that Hodges had nothing to do with
the bombing. His testimony was
directed toward impeachment of
Patton. who stated on the witness
stand that he did not make such a
remark.
E. E. Ryan, school teacher, was
present at the time the conversa-
ton took place. and verified Nc
Christy's testimony.
Mrs. D. j. McChristy also veri-
fled the testimony of her husband.
Clifford Burton, inmate OF the
county Jail, who met Patton in jail
and heard him say there that he
had been double crossed, and would
testify against Hodges and Mccoy.
Patton had stated that he did not
know he was going to testify until
Saturday morning.
G. L. Hince, prospector. testified
Nll0t llC ll4N k'ONNltA 4ttAiASS
in the barn on the night of the eX-
plosiou, but was unable TO say cX-
actly what kind of powder caused
the fumes.
Glenn A. Cleveland corroberated
the testimony of McChristy.
E. D. Griffin, probation officer,
struck a blow at the defense when
he testified he had never talked with
Patton about the bombing case.
Jim Moss, employee of the irriga-
ton district, stated that Patton told
him he had been head of a gang
against Filipinos in Washington
or Oregon.
Virgil Patterson. former service
station operator, saw Hodges play
ing pool in an Imperial pool hall
just prior to the explosion. He could
not fix the time exactly.
+ Witnesses called by Horton in be-
half of Mccoy were as follows:
c. L. Gillett. former sheriff, tes-
titled that he had been told by Pat
tons wife that Patton would take
the stand in this case. Mrs. Patton
said Patton would tell the truth
said Gillett.
Jim Moss, recalled saw Mccoy in
the pool hall on the night OF the
! explosion.
A. A. Southworth, dredge fore
man, testified that Mccoy was
known to acquaintance for his
peace, quiet and integrity
i Other character witnesses were
/ Mrs. o. A. Linderman, who lived
/ across the canal from the Mccoy
family: P. c. Oswalt. special inves-
tigator for the Imperial Irrigation
District, and oscar Henry, dredgt
operator.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-02
Interesting Items OF News
Written For The Press By
Ell Centre School Pupils

up of stories and pictures to illus
trate them. We are starting our
March yolume.-Marshal Violin
sky-7A2.
The boys of Wilson school arc
training for the junior olympicS
If any of the boys succeed they
will compete with the surrounding
schools. The winners then will be
picked and will be sent to Los An
geles to compete for the Southern
California title. The winners of the
Southern California meet will go
back east to compete for the ma
tional title. The prize for the VIM
ner of this will be a tour of Latin
Gibson, 8A-3; Gayle
Baker. SA-3.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-02

Brentwood and Byron, Contra
Costa county, shipped 35 carloads OF
lettuce during the season just
closed.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-02
Butler Trial On
February 10th
CONTINUED from page u

charges are an outgrowth of re-
marks allegedly derogatory to Pre-
mier Mussolini of Italy which But
Ter made in a speech at Philadel-
phjs
The trial will be held at the navy
yard in Philadelphia. Whether il
viii be open or secret viii be de-
cided by the seven high navy and
marine officers selected to sit in
the courtmartial.
1t was learned that Butler has
applied for leave to come to Wash
ington from Quantico. Va, where
he is under technical arrest. to con-
fer with his attorney The navy
department insisted, however. that
it has not yet received such an ap-
plication.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-02
Dying Message
Still Unknown

WICHITA, Hans, Feb. 2.
(U.Pl-Thc ground hog won't
see his shadow today-not in
Wichita, at any rate.
Patroiman c. L. Smith
brought him in TO the police
station early this morning, the
victim of a hit-run motorist.
Ground hogS are scarce in
this section of the country, and
when Smith saw this one hit
he hurried to the rescue.
Tie died without regaining
consciousness" Smith said.
HE tried to say something,
but death claimed him before
he could tell whether or not he
spied his shadow"
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-02

department insisted. however that
it has not yet received such an ap-
plication.
WASHINGTON, Feb. ?. U.P) -
The formal charges to be pressed By
the navy department al the forth
coming courtmartial of Maj.-Gen.
Smedley d. Butler. Z. S. NJ. C. prob
ably Will be announced early this
week, it was indicated here today
An announcement concerning the
time and place for the courtmartial
also was expected soon. The trial
the aftermath Of a speech in which
Butler IS alleged to have portrayed
Prime Minister Mussolini as a hit
and run motorist, probably will be
held here.
The navy department has not yet
made known whether the trial will
be public or secret. Prosecution and
defense alike are awaiting formal
announcement of the charges be-
fore beginning preparation of their
cases.
ROME, Feb. 2. (U.P) - Cornelius
Vanderbilt, Jr., American men
ticned in the recent Butler Incl
dent" was given an audience by
Premier Benito Mussolini in 1926, it
was revealed at the foreign office
today. The audience was not re-
earded as important, officials said,
and no record of it was found in a
preliminary examination of the files.
1t was pointed out that there was
no record of Vanderbilt having rid
den in a motor car with Mussolini.
Vanderbilt was mentioned in
report received here as having told
the story that Mussolini ran over
and killed a child while driving his
automobile
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-02
DORNIER PLANES
FLIGHT DELAYED

LAS PALMAS, Canary Islands,
Feb. 2. U.P)-The Dornier flying
boat DO-X awaited a final tuning
of her - motors in harbor here to-
day before beginning a 900 mile
flight south of St Vincent, in the
Cape Verde Islands.
Trouble in one of the giant sky
ships motors prevented departure
early today. Ono engine had to be
dismantled before mechanics could
pronounce the ship in perfect run
ming order.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-02
Local Youth Is
Seriously Ill

Frank McIver, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. F. Il. McIver, is reported to be
in a dangerous condition following
an operation for appendicitis last
week. He is a sophomore in junior
college and became suddenly i'll DUR
ing the recent examinations.
Reports of his condition were en-
couraging until peritonitis develop
ed. He is patient at FL Centre
hospital.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-02

ing TO swiftly divert traffic from
us. Highways are very much like
streets of cities: if the merchants
on one street do not lay paving the
property owners on some other
street will pave and the paved
street or improved highway is the
one that attracts traffic. gets the
business and reaps the reward
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-02
Plane Inventor
Killed In Crash

CHICAGO, Feb. 2. (UH)-A tiny
airplane which crashed from a
height of 1900 feet into field near
Morton Grove, Sunday, carried Ed
ward w. Heath, 40, to his death and
ended his dream of giving the world
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-02
Government Keeps Promise

MONTGOMERY. Ala, lU.P =
Pledged to an administration Of
economy Governor Benjamin Meek
Miller of Alabama fired 20 clerks
drawing $1,000 monthly three days
after his Inauguration.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-06-18

IL JUNE z3, 1881 The Freeho1ders Of
= will have an opportunity to vote on
l1ise requested by The MONTANA POWE
CONNECTION WITH THE ELECTION we offer
suggestions for your consideration:
o Lodge will
of natu will tn
pecting dsin County
Red Lodge
ecoalb n Red hast slipping
Red Lodge maintain
Towns having natural their
IF a smeler is built to treat the developed along
the Red Lodge Cooke City road location vN proba-
bly, be determined BY the accessibility of natural gas
The people of Red Lodge haze displayed such indon
liable spirit their fight for the Cooke City road that
voud be unfortunate indeed lose the smelter be-
cause of the absence of natural gas.
o. natur mean ado
ioal $15oooooo The this
will add materially the of the county,
granting Improve
District IT WILL NOT COST THE PROPERTY OWNERS
SINGLE CENT The MONTANA POWER COMPANY wiH make
all No wU be required to
anchi ocala be used all the
with recognized local organization the City
The MONTANA POWER COMPANY has been serving the
light In
the Public Service Commission
a single complaint as rates service
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16
PIONEER OF "PONY
EXPRESS" DIES AT 95
Patrick McEneany Was Union
Army Veteran and Retired
Government Employe.

Patrick McEneany, 95 years old. vet
eran retired Government employe and
Union Army soldier, who had the dis
tinction of being a pioneer pony ex-
press rider" while carrying mail in
Nebraska before the Civil War, died
in the United States Soldiers Home
Hospital here today after short illness.
Mr.. McEneany was retired from the
Government service about 10 years ago,
after having served many years in the
War Department and at the Pension
Office.
A native of Ireland Mr.. McEneany
came to this country and in 1854 en-
listed in the United States Army.
After serving for some years he was
honorably discharged and rode the
pony express" Subsequently, he re-
enlisted before the Civil War and took
part in the majority of major engage
ments between the North and South.
He was chief orderly to Gen. Meade at
the battle of Gettysburg and had
served also as orderly to several other
of the Union Army generals.
Mr.. McEneany had been at the Sol
diers' Home for the past two years. He
formerly resided at 1850 Otis place. He
Is survived by a son, Thomas Leo Nc
Eneany, and two grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted at
Sacred Heart Catholic Church Monday
morning at O'Clock. Interment will
be in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16

ing under an irresistible impulse. He
was adjudged insane and sent 10 the
Government hospital by Justice siddons
May 4. 1928.
Fisher now tells the court he has re-
covered his mental balance and wishes
to be released from st. Elizabeth's Hos
pital and to be placed on trial for the
two charges of arson. He Is said to
have set IRE 10 the grain elevator and
warehouse Of Mcdowell g. Son, near
lexington place and @ street northeast,
and TO the plant Of the Lark Wood
working Co. at Fourteenth and w
streets. Fisher, according to the police.
declared he had been watching the
conflagration at the woolworth store
when the impulse to start fires took
possession of him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16

worth's conspicuous courage during the
course of two polar expeditions by air.
The presentation was made at the
White House before distinguished
gathering. After receiving the medal,
Mr.. Ellsworth presented to the Presi-
dent the United States nag which he
carried with him on his second Arctic
flight from Kings Bay, Spitzbergen.
to Teller, Alaska, by way of the North
Pole, in 1926.
The act of Congress authorizing the
medal was passed in 1926, following
the second fight, during which Mr..
Ellsworth acted as co-leader of the
Amundsen- Ellsworth Mobile transpolar
flight. Following the presentation of
the medal, Mr.. Ellsworth was the
luncheon guest of the President at the
White House.
Mr.. Ellsworth was born in Chicago
in 1880, his long and stirring career
beginning with his service as an AK
man OH the first survey of the Grand
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16
Public Reaction FEARED.

Earlier President Hoover was informed
that an important conference with
of1cials of the American Red Gross
that the appeal recently made for S10,-
600 900 to be devoted to drought relief
Is being seriously embarrassed as re-
suit of proposals in the Senate that
Congress appropriate the necessary
money to be used by the Red Cross in
this humanitarian work.
The conference in the Presidents
Office lasted nearly an hour. With the
President on this occasion were John
Barton Payne, director of the Red
Gross; Secretary of Commerce Lamont,
Undersecretary of the Treasury Mills
and Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury Hope All of these are members
Of the Red Cross Central Committee.
$39I,OOO Receipts Announced.
The Red Cross today announced re-
ceipt of $3e1.o in its campaign fer
100000 for drought relief.
Win Rogers visited headquarters to-
day and offered his services for three
weeks in furthering the campaign by
. vaudeville tour of Texas. Oklahoma
and Arkansas.
Recalling that he had raised $4,000
N OA4C az q 4AAOSS4A45 OFCA NAAAOAA
Charles Evans Hughes presided, he said
he would like to line up the Chief
Justice for his tour.
st raised SAB 900 on the Leviathan in
one night with Hughes presidin'," said
Rogers He helped me clean up more
money than / ever had done before.
Yeah, I'd like to give show with him
any time"
The largest single contribution re-
ported today was 100000 from Mrs.
Edward II. Hardness of New York City.
Mrs. Whitelaw Reid gave $4,000.
S1,392,640 Spent on Relief.
OPP to noon, January Is, 81 49,, $40
had been spent in drought relief. Cash
grants In 1876 counties totaled S65S,199.
The sum contributed from the National
Red Gross treasury to date for relief
a all States was 81 1919, SGT.
Among chapters which forwarded
checks the first two days Of the drive
were: White Plains, N Y, $1,000;
Winthrop, Mass, $3.50, and Brockport,
u. Y, 500.
Chapters which wired of having
raised quotas we're: Rollette, Nebr;
Vinton, Iowa; Ness City, Kans.; Rugby,
n OAK; Victor, Colo; Perry, Kans;
Jefferson, Wis; Eureka, Kans.; Sand
wteh, III, and La Mesa, Tex.
The Hawaii Red Cross Chapter,
through Fred Midkiff, chairman, cabled
they gladly accepted their $4,000 quota.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16

Trunk Pacific Railroad. He was for
some years q railroad construction
engineer. He prospected for gold and
became q mining engineer.
His first work as an explorer came
with the organization Of the Ellsworth
expedition, under Johns Hopkins spon-
sorship, in 1924 for the obtaining of
q geological cross-section of the Andes
from the Pacific to the headwaters of
the Amazon.
He was navigator on the Amundsen
polar flying expedition, which reached
SO degrees north latitude in 1925.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16
JOHN ]. FISHER SEEKS
TO QUIT ST. ELlzABETH'S
Former Policeman Was Sent to
Hospital as Firebug In Two
Blazes in 1928.

The memorable night when the dis
aStrous fire of Woolworth's store on
number of other conflagrations in vari-
Gus parts of the city January II. 1928,
Is recalled today by the filing of an
application of John j. Fisher, former
policeman, for a writ of habeaus corpus
to secure his release from st. Elizabeth's
Hospital.
! Fisher was arrested as the "firebug"
and Is said to have confessed that ne
had set fire to grain elevator and q
woodworking establishment while act
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16

It's Such Values as TheSe-Th0t DroU
Thrifty Women Like Bees to Clover!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16
Fire Damages Tires.

Breaking out in a shed adjoining the
Capital Traction Co.'S bus garage, at
So B street southwest, fire of undeter-
mined origin destroyed approximately
$3.50 worth of rubber tires and dam
aged the structure to the extent of SIS
shortly after 4 O'Clock this morning
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16
ARKANSAS RELIEF
NEED HELD GREAT
Mexico Helps Return Idle
Countrymen of Southwest
to Homes.
~ the Associated Press.

Capt. j. P. Lucey, Southwestern rep
resentative of the Presidents Elmer
gency Employment Committee, today
reported to Chairman Woods that some
thing must be done to carry Arkansas
farmers through the next few months.
He also said that the Mexican gov
eminent was helping relieve the South
western situation by aiding unemployed
Mexicans to return to their homes.
Returning from survey of his dis
tT1ct, Capt. Lucey said distress is worse
IA Arkansas. The Red Gross was re-
ported functioning efficiently through
out the drought sections of the six
States he represents and are supplying
food to all who need it. In all States
except Arkansas the situation can be
cared for without Federal aid.
Gov Parnell of Arkansas has asked
q Federal loan of $5,000,o00, the loan to
run 20 years, and Lucey said he had
recommended that it be made.
simultaneously with the Lucey report,
Wallace Townsend, Republican National
Committeeman from Arkansas, outlined
to President Hoover the condition of
drought sufferers in that State
He declined to comment after his
conference.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16

Ortiz Rubio and members OF his ofaciAI
family will leave here today by auto
mobile for Iguala. There they VIII
board q private train which will bring
them back to Mexico City Saturday
morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16
5000 Shoe Men Strike.

LIMOGES, France, January is [P.-
Six thousand workers in the shoe IN
dustry went on strike today for higher
uaCeS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16
[SWORTH GIVEN
MEDAL BY HOOVER
Award Was Voted by Con-
gresS for Two Polar Ex-
petitions by Air.

President Hoover today presented to
Lincoln Ellsworth, explorer a
special gold medal authorized by act
Of Congress in recognition of Ellis
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-06-25
Sixteen 9Th Graders
Receive Diplomas

The county superintendent of
schools reports that sixteen eighth
grade pupils and twenty-four sew
enth graders passed the June
state examination.
The following pupils graduated
from the eighth grade: Lauretta
Griffiths, Fred Hall, Evelyn Kelly,
Mona Ray, Dorothy Upton, and
Ray Wade of White Bluffs; Ern-
est johnson, George johnson and
Miles Richards of Finley; Lois
Simmelink of Triple Springs;
Frank Thorne of Whitcomb; Dom
aid Jensen and Vernon Schuster
of Paterson; Ruby Klinefelter,
Elizabeth Makus and Maurice Nc
Alpine of Kiona-Benton.
The following seventh grade
pupils earned the required 80 per-
cent in geography and physiol-
ogy: Dan Kuh, Ralph Morton and
Frances Young, Finley; Hazel
Sprague of Hover; Homer Bilyeu,
Loretta Dwyer, Celia Rowley,
Donald Williams, and Loin Will
son Of Kiona-Benton; fifteen
seventh graders of Hanford.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-06-25
Penny Store Saved
From Dentists Flood

Prompt action on the part Of
the telephone operators early Mon
day morning saved the day for the
j. c. Penney Company, as the
ready-to-wear department was be-
ing flooded by a busted water pipe
from the office of DIR. Wegner.
About six o'clock the manager and
his assistants were called and up
on their arrival found a deluge Of
water pouring thru the ceiling. In
a few minutes and the quick work
on the part of the few citizens
about at that hour Of the morning,
the stock was moved out Of the
flood district and water shut off
before any serious damage was
done, altho the ceilings in the bal
cony and in the main store are
badly soaked.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-06-25
WOMAN TAKES
HER OWN LIFE
Quarrel Over Money with
Her Husband Given as
the Cause of Deed

AS q result Of a quarrel with her
husband over money matters, Mrs.
Agnes Brokoff, so, committed sui
eide Sunday by hanging herself in
an outbuilding on their farm east
Of town.
The Brokoffs, who have a fine
farm on the river east of town,
have kept a considerable sum Of
money on the premises. A change
in the hiding place Of the wealth
or its theft caused a heated arg
ument between the couple. Mr..
Brokoff terminating it by going to
a neighbours farm for a visit. Dur
ing his absence Mrs. Brokoff, in
a fit of dependency placed a
rope about her neck, climbed on a
box, fastened the rope to a rafter
in the shed and kicked the box out
beneath her.
Upon his return, Mr.. Brokoff
looked about the place for his
wife, concluding that she, too, had
left for while. Her prolonged
absence caused a search to be
made and here lifeless body was
found, her toes barely touching
the ground.
Funeral services are being held
this afternoon.