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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-07-30
Gen. Desaussure Assails
Character of Lincoln

Memphis, Tenn.-Sharply criticizing
Abraham Lincoln, Gen. G. A. Desaus-
sure Of Memphis, commander in chief
of the United Confederate Veterans,
has declined an invitation to take part
In celebration at the Kentucky cabin
where Lincoln was born.
The celebration honoring the Civil
war President is to be held at Hodgen-
Vile, KY, October 4, and 6.
In letter to fellow officers, General
Desaussure said:
"The wording of the letter Cor invi-
tation) is sufficiently challenging. We
are asked to consider Mr.. Lincoln as
an exemplar Of freedom-while the
facts stand out that he was the chief
cause of destructive and vengeful
war against those who were endeavor-
ing to accomplish their own freedom
by means now recognized as proper
and lawful.
I'VE are further asked to join in
the exaltation Of Mr.. Lincoln as a
pattern for our children, while of all
the characters before the world Mr..
Lincoln Is easily among those whom |
would least wish my children, grand
children and great-grands to follow or
emulate"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-07-30
Five Indicted in the
Huckins' Fraud Cases

Milwaukee.-That John Niles, for
mer postal inspector, has ben indicted
by the federal grand jury here in the
cases of Elmer Huckins and his son,
George, SO per cent investment "wiz-
ards" was revealed with his arrest
here. He was released under a 49,
600 bond.
With the arrest of Niles the iden-
tity of four others indicted in the
case that has figured prominently in
the federal and state courts of Wiscon-
sin and Iowa the last two years, was
disclosed. The warrant served on
Niles was the first of five issued by
the federal grand jury.
Federal officials say those named
In the other four warrants are Elmer
Huckins and his wife, Amelia, their
son George and sister Of Mrs.
Huckins.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-07-30
Does Carving for Ruler

-Four million pieces of wood are to
be used by Jean Louis d'Esque, car
penter on the American motor ship
West Cusseta, in screen with 200
wooden butterflies. The collection Is
to be presented to the ex-maharaja of
Indore in India. The butterflies and
freezes will be entirely of wood, which
will be carved by d'Esque, who esti-
mates that 1t will take him two years
to complete the work. In his cabin
are scores Of brilliantly colered but
terflies, each composed of hundreds of
different kinds Of wood. A Tanitian
butterfly, one Of his best works, is
composed Of 1,200 pieces Of wood.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-07-30
LONDON CONFERENCE
ADOPTS SOME PLANS
Experts Say They Will Do
Little for Germany.

London, England. seven-pow-
er conferences adjourned after adopt
ing recommendations that, in the
opinion of experts, do little in the
way of rehabilitating Germany. These
recommendations, summarized, are:
l. The $100,OO0,C0O international
credit of the Reichsbank which falls
due as of July 16 should be renewed
for another 80 days.
2. Action should be taken, through
a consortium of central banks and
other banks. to prevent further with
drawals from Germany of existing
short-term credits.
3. A committee of the Bank for
international Settlements should be
established to investigate further the
financial situation IF Germany.
4. The powers here assembled
should place on record their appre-
citation of Germany's emergency meas
ures of financial self-help.
In the meantime, two of the most
important of the developments aris-
ing from the London gathering took
place outside the scope Of the confer
ence proper. AS one the Germans
asked the Americans to participate in
an international long-term credit to
the Gold Discount bank upon the Sc
curity of guarantees to be given by
German industry.
AS the other development. French
Premier Pierre Laval and German
Chancellor Heinrich Bruening lunched
together to continue the political, as
apart from the financial, discussions,
and consider the ACCESSIBILITY of a
formal visit to Berlin by M. Laval
within the next three months.
1t would be the first visit by
French premier to Germany during the
history of the French third repub-
lie, and the moral effect obviously
would be considerable.
In their conversations with the
Americans, the Germans suggested
that, if France is unwilling to par
ticipate in credit on the security
of non-political guarantees from Ger
man industry, such 4 credit night be
arranged with the United States.
Great Britain, Japan, Holland, Swe-
den and Switzerland, participating.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-07-30
Fight to Stem Rabies
Epidemic in Michigan

Big Rapids, Neutrality-suspicious.
persons were infected with rabies In
Barrytown and other parts of Fork
township, Mecosta county, 1t was re-
ported. One is a five-year-old boy,
whose scalp was lacerated by his pet
dog. 1t is estimated that $4,000 to
$4,000 worth of stock has been de-
stroyed by the epidemic. Cows and
sheep have been affected. Two sick
dogs running wild are said to have
started the trouble.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-07-30

was CHOSEN vice president and Letha
M. Wagner, Grays Harbor county, is
treasurer. Spokane will be the meet
ing place next year.
The valuation of the Longview-Rain-
fer bridge for the year 1881 has been
fixed at 100000 for tax purposes by
Assessor HI. N. Peabody of Cowlitz
county and Assessor w. S. Roberts Of
Columbia county, Oregon, each of the
counties to levy taxes on valuation
Of s15O,0OO. The decision as to the
valuation of the bridge, which cost S.
100000 and which was completed just
a year ago, was reached after confer
ences between the two assessors and
the tax commissions Of both states.
Work on the s1,5OO,O0O Gle Elum ir.
rigation dam will proceed at once, DR..
Elwood Mead, United States commits
sioner Of reclamation, has announced,
following word from Olympia that
Yakima valley water rights had been
equalized.
While a deputy sheriff watched the
show from loge seat only few feet
away, an unmasked, we'll dressed man
held up H. s. Sobottka, manager OF
the Fox Liberty theater at Wenatchee.
and escaped with about $4,000, the
weekend receipts.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-07-30
Trie. to Kill Bombay Official

Poona, India.-Sir John e. b. Hot.
son, acting governor of Bombay, mar
rowly escaped death when a bullet
fired by student hit his coat just
above the heart and was stopped by
a metal stud of his pocketbook. A Sec
ond shot went wide.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-07-30
Royal Barge Preserved

The English royal barge has been
placed in the new National Maritime
museum at Greenwich. The barge
was built in 1889 for King William
III, and has since been used by near
ly every sovereign Of England. The
last time 1t was used was in the
Thames pageant In 1918.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-07-30
Indiana Inventor Dies

Indianapolis Frederick A. Hether-
ington, manufactures, inventor and art
ist, died at his home here after long
illness. He was seventy-one years old.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-22
NOTICE OF MEETING OF BOARD
OF EQUALIZATION IMPERIAL
IRRIGATION DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
. the Assessor Of the Imperial Irriga-
-tion District, having completed his
assessment book for the year 1881
has delivered the said assessment
book to the Secretary of the Board
of Directors who now has it in his
office in the Masonic Building, e.
Centro, California, where 1t will re-
main for the inspection of all per-
sons interested until September ],
1881.
The Board cf Directors acting as
a Board of Equalization Of said I'M
perial Irrigation District will meet
to equalize assessments on Septem-
Der l, 1881, at 10 o'clock A. NJ. and
continue in session from time to
time thereafter as long as may be
necessary, not to exceed ten days,
exclusive of Sundays, at the office
OF the Board of Directors. in the
Masonic Building, Ell Centro, Cali
fornia, to hear and determine such
objections to the valuations and as
sessments as may come before them.
BY order Of the Board of Directors.
F. H. McIVER,
Secretary of ,he Board of Directors.
Aug. 4-Sept. l, inc.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-22
Bad Check Man
Quickly Nabbed

BY the grace of San Diego Off
GERS and the teletype, Imperial
county officers yesterday afternoon
placed a hold on Robert Sandy,
alias Sanders. for within three min
utes after the news flashed over
the machine Sandy was arrested in
San Diego on a bad check charge.
Sandy is wanted here for passing
a 1920 check on Marcot's Store,
and a check for S8.75 on a japanese,
whose name is not known. Ac-
cording to word received from San
Diego via the teletype. he was ar
rested there for passing five al
legged bad checks.
Eddie Nett. jailer, was on duty
when the Ell Centro call signal
rang out on the machine, and q
message flashed over asking il
Sandy was wanted here for pass
ing two checks. Nett replied he
was, and received the information
he had been arrested there.
Immediately a formal message
went back, asking San Diego au-
thorities to hold Sandy for FL Cen
tro officers after his case is dis
posed of in San Diego Acknowl-
edging the message, the coast Off
GERS promised to hold him.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-22
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned, Carlos Clements, oper-
ating under the fictitious name n
Clements Repair Shop, Ell Centro
California, Will sell at public auc-
ton to the highest bidder, for cash,
at 757 Main ST., on Wednesday, the
26th day of August, 1881. at 2 p. IN.
of the said day the following au-
tomobileS; to satisfy lien for Stor-
age, towing and repairs; under Sec
ton 5051 and 5052 of the Civil Code
of California; in an amount set op-
posite each automobile, which is
now due and unpaid:
1921 Dorge Roadster, Motor No
868986, towing and storage, $2100
1923 Studebaker Touring, Motor
No. 50l94, towing and storage,
$7440.
1921 Dodge Touring, Motor No.
668349, towing and storage and re-
pairs, 5000.
1926 Flint Touring, Motor No.
6Wl4212, towing and storage and
repairs, S63.50.
1924 Chevrolet Truck. Motor No.
14O1490, storage and repairs, $4550.
1926 Ford Roadster, Motor No,
14S32950, storage and towing, $24.70
1924 Hupmobile Roadster, Motor
No. R135747, storage and towing.
$3.50.
1922 Studebaker Coupe, Motor No.
EMl54586, towing and storage,
$3.50.
1928 Durant Coach. Motor No
W5529854, towing and storage,
$4,000.
1926 Whippet Coach, Motor No
9650550, towing and storage. $4050
10 Chevrolet Sedan, Motor No
500S8380, towing and storage, S98.50 |
1923 Flint Touring. Motor No
5W2318, towing and storage. $500 |
Dated at El Centro, California, |
this l4th day of August, 1881.
l4tl0 CARLOS CLEMENTS.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-22
Plenty OF Junk
On Police Safe

Like "a bureau top in a bachelor
apartment is the top of the safe in
the Ell Centro police station, where
articles that might, someday, be
used as evidence, are thrown from
time to time by the coppers,
Holding down the dust on top OF
the safe is a bundle of clothes, a
tennis racket, one license plate, the
picture of a lost dog, a half filled
salt shaker, a clothes hanger, a
broken polo mallet, an eye shade,
paper drinking cups, two or three
bottles, a glass, part of an old siren,
photographs, and other articles too
numerous to mention.
If an Ell Centre policeman ever
disappears, 10Y Dupont is of the
opinion a close search on top of the
safe will bring him to light, rum
maging among the collection Of
years.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-22

TRUCKS CHOSEN
FOR DAM WORK

A great stimulant to business and
a renewed confidence in trade out
look, was rendered by the Six Com
panies, Inc, this week, when an
order for so large heavy duty trucks
was placed through the Southern
California branch Of the Interna-
tional Harvester company.
A fleet OF International trucks.
owned by Carl Bryan, sub -contrac-
tor, has been operating at Hoover
dam during the last few months
under some OF the most severe con-
ditions encountered in all hauling
history, and from the record estab-
lished by these dependable trucks.
the Six Companies, Inc. gained a
clear insight into the hauling adaps-
ability of international trucks un-
der extreme conditions.
In standardizing on International
trucks, the Six Companies. Inc. will
probably use so trucks during the
construction period.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-22
Guests Enjoy
Lawn Part,

The lawn at the home of Mr. ard
Mrs. Oscar Greeley, 1851 Seventh
street, was the scene of a gay and
delightful party given by the Misses
Mona Metcalf and Telma Greeley last
evening.
In spite of the warm weather the
young people indulged in various
games and at the close of the eve-
ming expressed themselves as hav-
ing had a wonderful time.
Cooling refreshments of delicious
cake and cream and punch We're
served the guests. Those attending
were the Misses Louise Freeman.
Ella N. Maupin, Ruth Price, Florence
Metcalf, Evelyn Freeman and The
hostesSes; and Messrs. Freddie Ma
heu, Harold Stewart, L. Gordon
Miller, Robert Valusck, Charles Va
lusck, Joe B. Hurst and Clayton Gre
lev
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-22
Something Wrong
With Boxing Fans

PHOENIX, Ariz., Aug. %. UR)-
jim Flynn. the only man who ever
knocked out Jack Dempsey, was %
cents poorer today because a bunch
of his old friends got together and
held a benefit boxing show for him.
Flyn, a great fighter in his day,
has almost lost his eyesight and is
practically without funds. Some of
his friends decided to hold the ben
eft to raise money for an opera
ton Jim Jeffries. former worlds
champion, flew from California to
referee and help draw a crowd.
The crowd did not turn out,
however, and an auditors state
ment disclosed today that the ex-
penses were % cents more than the
gate receipts.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-22
Lire Stock For Sale

FOR SALE Feeder nogs, Frank
Saliva. Y mile east, Z mile north
OF Seal Heights. 2Ot3
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-22
Automobiles For Sale

FOR SALE-193O Ford Coupe, gone
10000 miles Good rubber, excel
lent condition. Must sell. Phone
$50 evenings or G04 during the
day. cots
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-22
Jail Activities
Hit Low Level

Activities at the county jail and
Sheriff's office, hit recently by a
general crime depression, struck q
new low level yesterday afternoon
and last night when two city pri-
soners were booked at the jail and
only two reports, of stolen cars,
were received at the sheriff's office.
The prisoners were arrested by Ell
Centre officers. OF the automobiles
stolen, one was reported recovered
10 minutes after the first report vas
received. 1t is owned by L. B. Con-
over of Los Angeles, who first told
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-22
For Rent-Farm Lands
Joe Palooka

FOR RENT-Ear1y vegetable land
located miles west and l mile
north of Seeley See Roy West
morland at ranch. 22smw
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-22
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
PROPERTY AT PRIVATE
SALE
No. S4544,

In the Superior Court of the State
of California. in and for the
County of Los Angeles, in the
Matter of the Estate OF HUBERT
| NADEAU, Deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
| that under and pursuant to the law
made and provided, the undersigned
ED. o. EDGERTCN, Executor Of
the Will OF Hubert Nadeau, del
ceased, will sell at private sale I'd
the highest and best bidder, subject
to confirmation by said Superio3
Court, on and after the 5th day ol
September, 1881, at the office of thd
Executor No. SIS Financial Cente}
Building, 704 South Spring Street
in the City of Los Angeles, County
Of Los Angeles, State of California;
all the right, title and interest OF
said Hubert Nadeau at the time OF
his death, and all the right, titlc
and interest that the estate of said
Hubert Nadeau, deceased, has ac7
quired by operation OF law or other !
wise, in addition to the interest of
said decedent at the time of his
death, in and to all that certaIul
real property situated in the County
of Imperial, State of California, par
ticularly described as follows:
Parcel l.
The Northeast quarter of the|
Northeast quarter of Section L
Township u South, Range IA East
S. B. B. g. NJ. according to Official
plat of the Survey of said land re-
turned to the General Land Office
by the Surveyor General.
Parcel 2.
Lot 9, of Calipatria West Side
Subdivision, as per map No. 232|
thereof, recorded in Book 5, Page 2,
of Maps, Records of said Imperial
County
Parcel 3.
That portion of Section 81, Town.
ship II South, Range IA East. S. B.
B. & NJ, lying West of the right OF
way of the California Railway
Company, according to the Official
Plat of the Survey of said land re-
turned to the General Land Office
by the Surveyor General.
Parcel 4.
The East half of the Southwest
quarter of Section 33, Township
II South, Range IA East, S. B. B. *
M, according to the Official Plat
of the Survey of said land returned
to the General Land Office by the
Surveyor General.
Parcel :.
The East one-third of the South
half of the Southeast quarter OF
Section II, Township u South.
Range l5 East, S. 3. B. & NJ, ac-
cording to the Official Plat of the
survey Of said land returned to the
General Land Office by the Survey
or General.
Terms of sale cash, in lawful
money of the United States on con-
of sale
Ten per cent of the amount bid
TO be deposited Herewith
Bids or offers must be in writing
and may be left at the aforesaid
office, or delivered TO the Executor
or may be filed in the
office of the Clerk of said Superior
Court, at any time after the first
publication of this notice and before
;ale is made.
Dated this 18th day Of August,
931.
ED. o. EDGERTON,
Executor of the win OF Hubert Ma
deau, Deceased.
DANA r. WELLER,
Attorney for said Executor,
9l5 Financial Center Bldg,
704 South Spring Street.
Los Angeles. Calf. i9tii
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-22

officers it had been stolen, and la
ter said it had merely been bor
rowed without his consent.
The other automobile was owned
by George White of Holtville. 1t
was a Chevrolet coupe, license
last night.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-22
AGED EDUCATOR DIES

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1e. lU.p)-
Funeral services will be held here
tomorrow for DR.. Ezra A. Healy, 81.
dean emeritus of the school of re-
ligion at the University of Southern
California.
DR.. Healy, known as the grand
old man of the campus" died yes
terday after an illness of several
months.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-22
@MartSetS

LOS ANGELES, Aug. %. W.P) -
Following are today's market quo
tations:
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-22
Miscellaneous For Sale

FRESH DATES just in. Cooking
dates, 5 lbs, 40c. Other grades,
l5c to SOC pound. Highway
Date Ranch, four miles west on
San Diego highway.
22-t,th ,f-&-1 3
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-22
POND TO BE BATH TUB

FALL RIVER, Mass. U.P)-South
Watuppa pond is to be the bath tub
for bombing and scouting planes at
tached to the Atlantic fleet, now at
anchor in Narrangansett Bay
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-22
RIOT FOLLOWS MACHINE

RIOT FOLLOWS MACHINE
TOXIC, U.P)-Genri Ii and 100
other Korean laborers face trial be-
cause they fought a machine and
lost. The men were leaders OF
Workmen employed in digging gravel
from the bed of the Tama River,
for use in road building. When an
automatic machine was installed
to replace them, they attacked it
and injured a number of police,
who were guarding the handful of
operatives. Thousands of Korean
laborers in Japan are idle because
of the continued installation of
heavy machinery.
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about 500 yards to the east guarding
the approaches to the railroad bridge.
From these positions they repulsed all
attempts by the. Germans TO cross the
Marine.
Meanwhile. as the infantry of the
division came up on June l its bat
talions were put into line to re-enforce
the French from Chateau Thierry east
to Dormans. The conduct of the
machine gun battalion in this operation
was highly praised by Gen. Petain in
citation issued later.
The I'd Division (Bundy), May 80
was near Chaumont-en-VeXin and was
preparing to move northward the next
day for concentration near Beauvais to
relieve the LIST Division at Canttgny.
But its orders were changed late that
night, and the division, moving by motor
trucks, was rushed toward MeauX, 20
miles northeast of Paris. Reaching
there, the leading elements were hur-
ried forward IN the direction Of
Chateau Thierry. The roads were
crowded with French troops and
refugees. There was great confusion
among the rapidly retire ating French
troops, many of them saying to our
men that all was lost.
The initial deployment of the I'd
Division was made by the 9th Infantry
and 9Th Regiment Of Marines June J.,
across the Paris highway at Lucy-le-
Bocage, in front Of Montreuil-aux-
Lions, supposedly in support of two
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reached the Marine and Chateau
Thierry, distance of 80 miles, driving
the French before him in confusion to-
ward Paris and inflicting upon them a
loss of $4,000 prisoners and $50 guns.
Not Mastery Retreat"
have heard this retirement referred
to as a mastery, strategic retreat, but
it was nothing of the kind and the
French military authorities never
thought so nor ever made any such
claim. The four French and three
British divisions on the front of attack
were completely overwhelmed. The
entire French reserve became engaged,
in all, 35 French infantry and six
cavalry divisions participating in the
battle. In addition, two British diVi-
sions which had been sent to that front
to rest, two Italian and two American
divisions were called into action and
suffered heavily.
Before the attack, it was the opinion
Of our intelligence section that the next
blow would logically fall exactly upon
that part of the line. and that opinion
was expressed to the French by my
chief of intelligence, Brig, Gen. Nolan
Yet on the day previous to the attack
the French Army headquarters on that
front asserted that everything was quiet
and that they did not expect an Of
fensive there. This was indeed COM
plirnent TO the enemy as showing the
extreme secrecy with which his con-
centration was made, precaution which
We ourselves rather successfully fol-
lowed later in preparing for both our
major offensives
The alarming situation had caused
Gen. Petain to call on me on the 30th for
American troops to be sent to the region
of Chateau Thierry. The Sd Division
(Dickman). then in training near
Chaumont, being the only division with
In reach besides the I'd, was ordered to
move north Immediately. Dickman
started his motorized machine gun bat
talon over the road on the afternoon
Of May 30. The infantry and engineers
entrained the same night, and the divi-
sions supply trains marched overland.
RepuIsed Germans at Marine.
The first element to reach Chateau
Thierry was the machine gun battalion,
which arrived the afternoon Of May 81
and Immediately went into action
against the enemy, who then held the
half of the town north of the Marine
BY daylight on June all available guns
had been provided with cover and were
in their positions, one company with
eight guns defending the main wagon
bridge. and another with nine guns
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French divisions; but the French had
orders TO fall back through the Amer
lean lines.