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Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-17
OSTEOPATHS AND
MEDICOS BATTLE
ON LEGISLATION

SACRAMENTO, Cal, March II.
W,P)-California osteopaths today
celebrated their biennial legisla-
tive victory over the states med
ical physicians.
Separated only by a table, doc
tors of medicine and doctors of os-
teopathy glared at each other,
laughed at the wrong time and
made things generally unpleasant
III a subtle way at a meeting OF the
senate public health and quaran-
tine committee last night.
The fight was over approval of
a bill to add a fifth year" to the
qualifications of applicants for a
physicians and surgeons certifi-
cate. The measure would require
graduates to serve a years lnterne-
ship in an approved hospital"
The medical group, headed by
DR.. Langley Porter, dean of the
Stanford University School of Med
icine. claimed the bill would afford
needed protection to the public.
The opponents of the bill, in
Guiding DR.. Lester r. Daniels, Sac
ramento, secretary of the state oS-
teopathic board; DR.. L. II. Gerdine,
Los Angeles, and DR.. w. w. VAN
derburgh, San Francisco, asserted
the proposal Disseminated against
them because interneshipS were de-
MED their group in most Califor-
mia hospitals.
The bill was tabled.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-17
BY EAMON DE VALERA
Written for the United Press

DUBLIN. March II. U.P)-Nation-
al unity and freedom that will fol-
low seem nearer this st. Patrick'S
day than at any time for nine years.
Economic forces have come power
fully to the aid of the traditional
Nationalist policies. The tide OF
emigration is being stemmed by the
world wide depression, and greater
concentration on the development
of our own resources is being there
by compelled. The provision OF
work at home for the thousands OF
young men and women who. in 9TH
er circumstances would seek en-
ployment abroad, has now become
imperative and the policy OF pro-
lection for home industry is winning
support from all sections of the
community. The difficulties OF the
great industrial countries are teach
ing us the wisdom of being reason
ably self-sufficient and of striving
for a balanced economic develop
ment.
Guidhim beannachta Phadraig,
aspol ma ngaedheal, do chairdibh
uile ma h-Eireann.
MAY the blessing of st. Patrick
be with all the exiled sons OF Ire
land).
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-17
Nevada Passes
Divorce Bill

CARSON CITY, New, March II.
. UP)-The siX-weeks divorce bill. a
major item in Nevadas legislative
campaign to maintain its brilliant
divorce colony at Reno, needed only
the signature of Governor Fred Bal
gar today to become law.
And only the illness of Governor
Balzar, who has been openly quoted
as favoring the measure, prevented
him from signing it. He was eX-
pected to take action at an early
date, and a clause in the bill speci-
fying that it shall become effective
May gave assurance that it would
be in force by that time.
The state senate, by vote of l3
TO one, completed the legislatures
part in carrying the bill on its way
to the statute books. Three senator's
did not vote indicating by their alb
sence that they intended to keep a
neutral attitude if the law is dis
cussed politically.
The lone dissenter was Senator
Ira Winters of Ormsby county, who
said. II often have habit of voting
alone"
Winters and the three absentees
are the senate's only Democrats.
The May l clause was designed TO
benefit prospective divorces now
residing in Reno.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-17
LIQUOR WARFARE
BRINGS DENVER
BLAST OUTRAGE

DENVER, March II. U.P) - The
echoing thunder of tremendous
explosion brought gang warfare
home to Denver today.
A violent blast, two minutes after
midnight, completely demolished
the two story home of Pete Car
limo, southern Colorado liquor lord
who had sought TO extend his field
of operations to Denver.
Located in the heart of one of
Denver'S most beautiful residential
sections, the house was reduced to
a jumbled pile of bricks, timber
and steel, by the blast.
Firemen and police searched the
wreckers for bodies today Carlino
his wife and seven children had
up until q week ago, occupied the
home, but it was reported Carlino
already In fear of his life after an
assassination attempt a month ago
had fled Denver with his brother
Sam Carlino. Mrs. Carlino and the
children were reported to have left
a few days ago.
Search OF the Wreckage was
Spurred on, however by stories OF
neighbOrS, including the parents OF
Governor George Parks of Alaska
who live in an adjoining home
that lights had been seen in the
house an hour before the explosion
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-17
JUDGES DIVIDED IN OPINION
ON WISDOM OF DEATH PENALTY

LOS ANGELES, March IT. (U.P)--
If four out of seven judges assigned
TO criminal departments in Los An
geles county's superior court had
their way, capital punishment would
be retained.
The opinion was derived from a
QUESTIONABLE sent to seven judges of
the superior court in connection
with the bill now before the state
legislature asking for abolishment of
capital punishment.
The bill is being sponsored in the
legislature by Assemblymen Will
liam HornbloWer of San Francisco
and George Rochester, of Los An
geles.
Some of the opinions in favor of
capital punishment are as follows
"Juries always have the right to
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-17
Plenty OF Green
Seen About City

Nary a banShee nor a leprechaun
at all at all was seen on the streets
of Ell Centre this blessed day. but
plenty of the Irish green was in evi-
dence.
More would have been but many
an admirer Of St. Patrick confessed
that he forgot the 18th of March
comes after the 10th, and overlooked
wearing the green.
The good st. Patrick would have
been surprised could he have seen
who were honoring him for there
was no more Irish to them than
there is to the Sassenach.
Officially the city honored the
Irish by decorating the door of the
city hall with a bow of bright green
ribbon. How 1t got there is some
thing that is not to be told
Fire Chief Tom Reams found st.
Patrick's day lucky, as he picked up
a mysterious rabbits foot at fire
headquarters. The chief, the blasted
spalpeen, adorned the rabbits foot
with half an orange and presented
it to the editor of the Press. The
rabbits foot is where it will be safe.
The orange-inquisitors are referred
to Mayor Fawcett
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-17
BY JOHN T. MEANEY
United Press Staff Correspondent

oIhttu Truss Stdii SOETCSpOuOCut
Copyright, 1881, by United Press
ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, March
II. U.P)-A band of wounded and
exhausted seamen of the shattered
sealing ship Viking waged dogged
battle for life today on the ice floeS
off Horse Island, scene of one Of
the worst disasters of the north In
many years.
The seamen-some of them dying
and others who refused to abandon
| their wounded comrades-were the
! marooned survivors of the Viking,
which was wrecked and burned Sum-
day night by an explosion, held fast
IN the ice.
They were struggling against the
breaking of the ice floeS, and
against a stiff wind which slowly
carried the ice out to sea, diminish
ing hourly their hopes of rescue.
Early this morning the latest in
formation from Horse Island said
the survivors on the ice were max
ing progress toward safety. Seve-
raj who reached the island reported
that the others were making tedi-
Gus advances because the wind was
blowing the ice out from shore and
the temperature was dropping.
Some of the injured were unable
to walk.
All of them were suffering from
lack of food and water and were
eating ice to relieve their thirst. A
few had small quantities of hard
bread. They said they feared some
of the injured would not survive the
night.
Many MarOoned
There were about 140 to $50 New
foundland seamen and three United
States citizens on the Viking. OF
this number, 20 to "a were estimated
in various messages to have been
killed outright by the explosion. A
total of 50 others reached Horse
Island in small groups after hours
of struggle over eight miles of ice.
The number still marooned, in
Guiding the dead, was estimated at
between so or 90, with officials at
Horse Island unable to estimate the
survivors who reached the island
were unable to give coherent story
OF the disaster or to estimate accu-
rately the number of dead.
The missing included Varick Fris-
sell, Yale graduate and scientist of
New York, who was making a mo-
tion picture of winter sealing actiyi-
ties; Henry Jackson Sargent of Bos-
ton, an amateur explorer and a
graduate OF Harvard: and A. E. Pen
rod of New York. cameraman for
FrisSell
Captain Abram Kean Jr., master
of the Viking. was carried to Horse
Island in a serious condition, sur
fering from conclusion of the brain
and bodily injuries. 1t was reported
that he had died, but late messages
said he was still breathing, although
it was feared he would die before
doctors reached the island.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-17
ST. PATRICK'S
DAY GREETINGS
FROM IRELAND
Irish Leaders Give State
ments On Progress
Made BY Country
BY WILLIAM T. COSGRAVE
President, Irish Free State
written for the United Press

DUBLIN, March II. U.P)-St. Pat
rick's day, 1881. finds our young
state enjoying peace and progress.
After less than a decade OF years
in control of her own affairs she
has recently been elected q member
of the council of the League of Ma
tions. Her minister-p r-plenipoteniaries
have been received in the Vatican
state, in the United States, France
and Germany. and the ministers OF
those states have been appointed 10
represent their respective govern
ments in her capital Her credit is
we'll maintained at home and
abroad. National securities are
steady at a premium, and compare
most favorably in Wall Street with
those Of the strongest nations of the
world.
The development Of our tourist
traffic has been taken in hand by
the Irish Tourist association. Rail-
ways, omnibuses and hotels are
combining TO develop the amenities
OF travel. ireland has many and
varied scenic attractions. Excellent
hunting. racing, fishing, shooting,
golf and sea bathing are TO be had
in abundance Motorists VIII find
our roads as good as in most coun-
tries.
On the fifteenth hundredth ami
versary in 1892 of the coming of st.
Patrick, Ireland will be honored
with the greatest OF rewards for the
fidelity of her people to the faith
which st. Patrick brought to her
shores. In that year the 3lst Inter-
national Eucharist Congress will be
held in Dublin. 1t will constitute a
solemn and momentous occasion for
Ireland and one in which the people
of all countries will unite The close
ties of blood and the tradition OF
friendship between Ireland and the
United States ensure a specially cor
dial welcome from us TO our visitors
from America.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-17
BY HOMER l.. ROBERTS
United Press Staff COrrespondentl

SACRAMENTO. Cal, March II
U.P)-Full time for every convict IN
CALIFORNIA; state prisons was pro-
posed in the state legislature today
Carrying favorable committee rec
concentrations, two measures by AS
semblyman Chester NJ. Line. estab-
fishing a system of prison industry
were placed before the assembly.
They were the first of yeritable
avalanche of controversial bills
stacked in the files OF senate and
assembly.
Among the others were:
Congressional and legislative re-
apportionment on a basis OF the
1880 census.
Prohibiting price discrimination by
chain stores in different cities af-
fecting same quality OF goods
Regulation of bail bond brokers.
Requiring labelling of all Chinese
eggs or egg products sold in Cali
fornia.
Requiring narcotics prescriptions
to be written wholly by the person
issuing them.
The reapportionment bills, voted
out of the assembly committee,
faced stormy sailing before they
reached the governors office.
Under these measures, San Fran
cisco will lose two assemblymen and
gain a third congressman. through
formation of new district embrac-
ing a section of San Francisco and
all of San Mateo county.
Los Angeles county will gain five
congressman and nine assemblymen,
or q total of seven congressman and
81 assemblymen.
Alameda county will retain its
present quota of eight assemblymen,
but will gain an extra congressman.
San Joaquin county will lose one
assemblyman, while Orange county
will be given two members of the
lower house.
A bill termed an "anti-chain
store" measure was reported farora-
(Continupd on Pare 8l
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-17
CAPT. Al
SPLIT IS
W|DENED
Los Angeles Refuses To
Accept Proposed Divi-
sion OF congressman
SWAMPED BY BILLS
Many Measures Will Go
On Floor For Decision
BY Both Houses

SACRAMENTO. March II. W.P)-
War clouds hovered over the state
legislature today as first organized
opposition TO the reapportionment
plan offered to the assembly came
from the Los Angeles delegation.
Dissatisfied with the report of
the assembly committee dividing
the 20 congressman allotted to Cal
ifornia IN u basis of 10 TO north
ern California and 10 to Southern
California. the southern delegation
agreed TO carry to the floor their
demand for eight congressman and
81 assemblymen from Los Angeles
county. This would give Southern
California IL of the 20 congress
men.
AT caucuseS held last night and
today the Los Angeles members
agreed upon the lines which will de-
termine the congressional districts
within the county. These lines are
TO be offered as an amendment tc
the reapportionment bill when II
reaches the floor of the assembly.
Expected fireworks failed to &c
off in the senate eapportionment
committee today as approval was
given to the assembly redistrictine
plan of Senator J. w. Mckinley, Los
Angeles.
The do pass" recommendation
was voted without comment. Alb
sence of the San Francisco delega-
ton was believed to have prevent
ed extended debate over the meas
ure giving Los Angeles 80 assembly
men, San Francisco 8, and Alameda
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-17
Bombs Explode
In Jugoslavia

BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, March
II. U.P)-Three bombs exploded in
front of public buildings in Belgrade
today at $50 a. m.
A fourth bomb failed to explode,
until examined by an army major
who accidentally set it off. He was
seriously wounded.
The first bomb exploded in front
of the office of the tourist ministry,
the second in garbage can in front
of the military academy, and the
third in front of the war ministry.
There were no casualties other than
the army officer.
The fourth bomb was hidden near
the sidewalk in front OF the old ar
my barracks.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-17
Work Guaranteed
By Dam Builders

SAN FRANCISCO, March II. tU.P)
The largest sum ever pledged as
a performance" guarantee - 1926,
000-has been paid to % American
surety companies, officials of the
Six Companies. Inc, the syndicate
that will build Boulder dam, an
nounced today.
The premium was paid for a S.
100000 performance bond posted for
Six Companies to guarantee that
the $48, 8,899,00O project will be built
III exact accordance with the gov
ernment's specifications.
The bond guarantees that the
contract will be finished within a
61a year period, under penalty of
$4,000 a day for delay; guarantees
payment for all labor and materials,
and jnsureS the government against
paying more than the contracted
figure.
Understood to have taken the
largest blocks of the bond were Ma
tional surety and fidelity and de-
posit companies,
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-17
YOUTH IS GIVEN
LONG TERM FOR
MANY ROBBERIES

LOS ANGELES, March II. (U.p)-
Gerald M. Wilburn, 81, who said he
was a graduate of the University of
Indiana, was sentenced today to
serve from IA years to life in San
Quentin prison on charges involv-
ing him in SO robberies committed
since last October.
He was sentenced by Superior
Judge Elliott Craig to serve seven
years on two counts of first degree
robbery, the sentences to run con-
Secutively Several other counts
were permitted to be struck off the
calendar. Wilbur pleaded guilty.
The accused admitted he had been
given every advantage that youth
could want for advancement in life.
He said that after he left college
however, he could not obtain work
and SO started his career Of BAN
ditry. After staging a series OF
holdups in the middlewest he came
to the coast and participated in a
score of robberieS in Los Angeles
and vicinity, he admitted
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-17
FOUR WOUNDED
ASDEPUTIESAND
STRIKERS CLASH

EAST ST. LOUIS, March II. (U.p)
-Four special deputy sheriffs were
wounded today during clash with
about 100 striking metal workers
near Monsanto, Ill. An undeter-
mined number of the strikers were
wounded.
The deputies were ambushed by
the strikers in a hollow near an
abandoned farmhouse.
Six deputies in the automobile
left their car after they were fired
on and engaged the strikers in a
spirited battle.
The deputies were enroute to a
ferry landing on the Mississippi
river to meet group of st. Louis
laborers and escort them to the
Phillips Petroleum tank farm where
they had been employed.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-17
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q 1880 MeNsusAt sysdieats. Iss.
HEAVY GUARD
MAINTAINED ON
CANISTER GROUP

LOS ANGELES, March II. U.P)-
Warned of an assassination plot,
deputy sheriffs kept Ralph Sheldon,
alleged former lieutenant for Scar
face Az Capone, and his three as
sociates, under armed guard today
as the time approached for them to
go on trial for an alleged attack
upon three policemen at Long Beach
Deputy sheriffs said they were
tipped off there was a movement
afoot to kill Sheldon because he
knew too much" about the st. VAL
entine day killings in Chicago.
Others to stand trial with Sheldon
are Louis Frank, Ray Wagner anc
George L. Brunemann, believed Il
be members of a powerful eastern
gang.
| They are charged with being in.
volved in a gun battle with three
Long Beach policemen as an after.
math to the abduction of Zeke Ca
ress, Tijuana gambler, last Decem-
ber
1t is alleged they had forced Ca
ress to sign a check for $4,000 and
were enroute to a gambling ship off
Long Beach when police tried to
capture them. A gun fight ensued
in which Officer w. H. Waggoner
was seriously wounded.
Twelve deputy sheriffs accom-
panied the four accused in an ar
mored car to Long Beach. The
guards carried besides their pistols
a machine gun mounted in the back
seat and pointed backwards.
A pilot car preceded the armored
car with machine gun directed
forward SO as to protect the pris-
oners from all angles.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-17
DISASTER
DETAILS
DELAYED
Many Victims Of Ship Ex-
plosion Still MarOOned
On Ice FlOes
AMERICAN MISSING
Relief Accorded Survivors
Who Succeeded In Ar
irving At Horse Island

Copyright, 1881, by United Press)
ST. JOHNS, N. F., March II. W.R
The survivors of the wrecked SEAL
er Viking, half starved, suffering
from exposure and many OF them
injured, were cared for by the in
adequate facilities of barren Horse
Island today, while full estimate
of the tragedy surrounding them
was slowly being pieced together by
radio from the island.
The latest word said lib survivors
had struggled across the treacherous
ice floes to the island since Satur-
day night, when the sealer blew up
and burned The remaining Is OF
the l43 persons aboard were miss
ing. and it was feared they were
dead. They included the three
Americans - Varick Frissell, New
York explorer; Henry J. Sargent.
Boston explorer. and A E. Penrod
of New York and Connecticut, cam
eraman.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-17
Death Claims
Noted Cardinal

PISA, Italy. March II. U.P)-Pie-
tro Cardinal Maffi, one of the most
prominent members of the sacred
college, died today at the age of 70.
Death of the cardinal, who was
considered for the papacy upon two
occasions, was caused by heart
trouble and pneumonia. The news
was communicated to Pope Plus
and King Victor Emmanuel, long
close friends of the cardinal.
Cardinal Maffi, who was arch
bishop of Pisa, was famous as a
mathematician, and astronomer,
and was widely known for his book
THE Map of the Skies Through the
Camera"
Cardinal Maffi was opponent of
the Fascist government when it
was established by Premier Benito
Mussolini. A few years after the
Fascist regime was established he
wrote a Lenten pastoral letter at
tacking the attitude of the govern
ment toward the terroristic Incl
dents then so frequent in Italy. The
message was not published in Italy
because of government censor
ship.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-17
Joliet COnvicts
Stage New Riot

STATEVILLE PRISON, JOLIET,
H., March IT, W.P)-Sixteen con-
yicts, armed with knives fought
among themselves in the bandroom
of the new Illinois prison today.
Five of them were taken to the
prison hospital, seriously injured
before the riot was quelled by
guards.
Warden Henry c. Hill was called
from the old prison three miles
away when it was reported that
the convicts had plotted to blow up
the chair factory at the new prison.
Two of the battling convicts were
thrown into solitary confinement
and the less seriously injured ones
driven back to their cells, mutter-
ing threats at the double row Of
guards posted at the new prison
after the riot Saturday at the old
penitentiary.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-17

recommend life imprisonment il
they find mitigating circumstances
There are some cases where hang
ing Is merited." said Judge William
G. Doran.
If we didn't impose hanging pen
altieS, a premium would be placed
upon murder in cases where con-
victs are serving life terms" opined
Judge Charles w. Fricke.
Hanging is a deterrent to crime
1t makes an individual stop and
think" said Judge Elliot Craig.
Il think life Imprisonment under
our present laws too light a sentence
for one who has taken human life,'
was Judge B. Rey Schauer's opinion
Those against capital punish
ment:
Capital punishment does more
harm than good. Many men are
hanged but murders are still in
creasing in Los Angeles" Judge
Walton j. Wood declared.
If hanging really was a deter
rent to murder, 1t would be a diff
ferent matter, but I do not believe
it accomplishes what it aims to do
said Judge William Tell Aggler.
Judge Marshall McComb said he
was opposed to capital punishment
although he had sentenced two mer
to hang. He had done this because
he felt the men deserved the maxi.
mum penalty whatever it was
Personally believe the best ex.
treme penalty under an enlightened
civilization would be life imprison-
ment without the possibility of pa
role"
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-17
New Move For
Mooney Pardon

SAN FRANCISCO, March IT, W.P)
"A new pardon application for
Tom Mooney, now serving a life
term in San Quentin for the 1916
Preparedness Day bombing here,
will be made Governor Rolph in
April, it was learned today.
Frank p. Walsh, counsel for
Mooney, will appear befor the gov
ernor in Sacramento shortly before
the state legislature adjourns.
Mooney was convicted on the
same evidence as Warren K. Bill
ings, who is serving a life term at
Folsom. Friends of Mooney said
that if he won a pardon the action
would automatically liberate Bill
ings.