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Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-21

GENEVA, Oct. 81 U.P)-League
of Nations quarters became out
wardly impatient today at the de-
lay in approaching solution OF
the Manchurian dispute. Adjourn
ment Of the league council was dis
cussed.
1t was admitted the situation was
growing worse despite hopes aroused
through President Aristide Brands
private conversations with tn e
Chinese and japanese delegates,
The situation was aggravated by
unconfirmed reports that Secretary
of State Stimson, who in September
opposed sending a league commission
of inquiry into Manchuria which
Japan also opposed, was now sup
porting the japanese demand for
no fixed date for withdrawal of
troops from Manchuria.
Council members who demanded
q solution of the question this week
believed it impossible and suggested
immediate adjournment with
meeting in two or three weeks at
Paris.
An important secret Communica-
ton outlining in detail the Chinese
side of the Manchurian dispute was
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-21
Blaze Menaces
Coast Hospital

OAKLAND. Oct. 81. WP)-TWenty
patients in the main building OF
st. Anthonys hospital were removed
safely today when fire menaced the
structure.
A triple alarm summoned all
available fire apparatus and fire
men assisted hospital attendants
in removing the patients to the
maternity ward in an adjoining
building. None was injured.
Cause of the fire was not immed-
lately determined.
Two patients were overcome but
were quickly revived.
Physicians. nurses and nearby
residents aided firemen in remov-
ing the patients in stretchers and
wheel chairs.
A score of convalescents gathered
their paraphernalia and walked to
safety.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-21
NORTHERN ROAD
CONTRACT GIVEN
TO MIRACLE CO.

Calling for payment of Sl76,391.3 81
for oil-mix surfacing of slightly
more than 25 miles of the Julian
Kane Springs highway from the
"NarrowS''. in San Diego county to
a point connecting with the Los
Angeles highway near Kane Springs
in this county, a contract with the
Miracle Construction company was
filed in the county recorders office
today.
Directors of the Julian-Kane
Springs Joint Highway commits
sion, meeting yesterday afternoon
In San Diego, accepted the bid of
the Miracle construction company
and assigned the contract to that
firm, bonded by the Metropolitan
Casualty Insurance company OF
New York in the sum Of $4,000
for labor and materials and S44, ,l00
for faithful performance of the
contract.
Together with specifications and
plans for the surfacing work, the
contract was filed in the recorders
office this morning by G. G.. Halli-
day, attorney for the commission
The contract specifies work OF
surfacing shall begin not more
than 10 days after the contract Is
executed.
The surfacing of this highway
which amounts almost to paving ii
will open a long awaited road pro-
ject into Imperial Valley, and
bring nearer an end the tirelesS
work of men who have devoted then
time to completion of the project
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-21
Gales Daughter
Weds American

MEXICO CITY, Oct. 81. U.P)-
Senorita Aremisa Gales, daughter
of eX-president and present Secre-
tary of War Plutarco Elias Gales
and DR.. Joseph Ellers of New York
were married at the Gales home
here last night
Five hundred guests, including
United States Ambassador Reuben
Clark Jr., President PaScual Ortiz
Rubio and Sonora Rubio, and many
Mexican officials, witnessed the
ceremony performed by Judge Ra-
fael Rosas of the second civil court
DR.. Ellers. an Episcopalian, yielded
to the wishes of the Gales family
that there be no religious ceremony
DR.. and Mrs. Ellers will fly to
New York Thursday and will sail
for a honeymoon in Europe on the
liner Europa They will make their
home in New York.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-21
BY GEORGE II. BEALE
United Press staff Corresoonden

los ANGELES, Oct. q. up.
With q zeal almost equal to the
search for William Edward Hick-
man, murderer of Marion Parker.
the hunt for Mrs. Winnie Ruth
Judd, 27, accused Of the trunk
Sayings OF two of her friends, went
on throughout Southern California
and Arizona today.
Just as in the case OF Hickman,
Mrs. judd was reported seen a dozen
times in as many different places
but as the day wore on each of these
tips seemed to have been groundless.
One woman was questioned twice.
first at San Pedro and then again
near Victorville Twice local police
were called to downtown hotels by
clerks who believed Mrs. Judd was
one of their guests. A woman re
sembling' Mrs. Judd was reported
hitch-hiking for the Mexican border
while still another was enroute from
San Diego to New Mexico.
Authorities were of the opinion
that Mrs. Judd was in or near Los
Angeles because she was believed
to have only a few dollars, but.
mindful of the manner in which
Hickman squirmed out of Southern
Continued On Page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-21
WIFE SLAYER
SULLEN AFTER
AIRpLANE RIDE

OAKLAND, Cal, Oct. 81. W.P)-
Sullen and nervous after a hazard
Gus airplane flight through fog and
a night spent in the Oakland jail,
Everett Frank Lindsay, confessed
Seattle wife slayer, was ready to-
day for the last stage Of his trip
northward to face charges of mur-
der
The weary prisoner Was guarded
in his cell throughout the night by
a special officer detailed by Bodie
Wallman, captain Of inspectors here.
The careful watch was kept IN the
possibility that Lindsay might at
tempt to take his own lite. but he
remained calm and apparently was
resigned to his expectations Of pay-
ing the supreme penalty, officers
said.
The plane piloted by Charles Rec
tor, Seattle aviator, was expected
to take off today with the prison.
er and Deputy Sheriff w B. Coffee
and w. r. Sears of Seattle. They
hoped to reach their destination
before night fall.
Lindsay. sought for two years on
the charge Of Staying his wife and
finally captured by an amateur
detective had little to say on the
flight here from Los Angeles. The
deputies said he was openly resent
ful of his future prospects often
repeating that IT guess there Is
nothing to do but plead guilty"
Lindsay refused to discuss stat
utory and forgery charges against
him in Napa, Calf. He was not
pressed on these counts, since Nsps
authorities have not interfered with
the extradition Of Lindsay rom
California to Washington.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-21
LAVAL TO MAKE
RADIO ADDRESS
FROM STEAMER

NEW YORK, Oct. 81. U.P)-From
100 miles at sea Premier Vierre La
val of France tonight will broadcast
greeting to the United States over
the radio in the first attempt of a
broadcast at sea.
AS the lie de France, bringing the
French premier for important con-
ferences with President Hoover.
steams toward port the National
Broadcasting company will attempt
hookup from the giant liner so
that Laval and his daughter, Mile.
Josette, may bid greeting to AM
erica.
The premier does not speak Eng
lish His broadcast will be in
French and there will be a rebroad-
cast of the translation by Ralph
Heinzen, manager of the Paris Of
flee of the United Press. Mile Jo-
settle is expected to speak in Eng
lish.
Many physical hazards are to be
overcome to make this first broad
cast at sea possible. Darkness, a
rough sea, rain and wind may COM
bine to spoil the broadcast. The So
watt transmitter must be lifted from
tug to the deck of the French
liner.
The words of Laval, his Translator
and Mile. Josette will be picked III
| by the NBC shortWave receivers or
the Empire State Building and the
RiVerhead, L. T., station.
The broadcast is planned between
II and l1:30 p IN. EST.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-21
Y ALLEY
SEEKING
SUSPECT
Sheriff's Men Maintain
Close Watch For Clues
To Mrs. Judd.
MANY TIPS GIVEN
Accused Woman Manages
To Remain Undisc0ver-
ed AS Yet.

Blocking all roads out of Imperial
Valley, and watching closely all in
ternational border entry ports, I'M
perial county officers today joined
in the search for Mrs. Winnie Ruth
Judd, wanted in connection with the
recent Phoenix trunk murder.
Reports by two men, strangers to
one another, that they observed q
woman in MeXicali last night at
tempting to buy narcotics, and their
statement the woman closely resem-
bled photographs and description of
Mrs. Judd, added credence TO the
theory the hunted woman may be
either in Imperial Valley or across
the border in MeXicali.
Sheriff George L. Campbell and
Undersheriff Rodney Clark this
morning directed q thorough patrol
Of valley highways after receiving
teletype report from San Diego
officers Mrs. judd might be hitch
hiking through the valley.
Another report said she might
be il an expensive automobile. The
number of the automobile is known,
and officers are watching for it.
Harold Gillett aid Don Campbell.
deputy sheriffs, were dispatched to
Calexico to guard the border and
check the information a woman was
seen there last night attempting to
purchase drugs.
A check was also made here after
the arrest in Patterson, California.
of woman and man who gave
his name as c. Edmonton and his
address as an Ell Centro hotel. 1t
was found a man of that name
stopped at the hotel May 8, but
! apparently was a transient.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-21
RICHARDSON TO
HEAD BUILDING
AND LOAN BOARD
BY HOMER L. ROBERTS
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent

SACRAMENTO, Oct 81. {U.P) -
Former Governor Friend w Rich
ardson probably will become Cali
fornia's next building and loan
commissioner.
This was learned from reliable
sources at the state capitol today
when it became known that friends
of Richardson have urged his ap-
pointment upon Governor James
Rolph, Jr., and that Rolph was very
favorably impressed with the sug-
gestion
H. L. Carnahan, former lieutenant
governor, who accepted the post of
building and loan commissioner this
year after the S8,000,000 Guaranty
Building and Loan debacle in Hol-
lywood. is expected to relinquish the
position within the next month, 1t
was disclosed.
His chief deputy, Rey Rule, has
already resigned, effective October
l which removed him from consid,
Grafton for the position.
Richardson's appointment would
work a considerable change in the
political situation in California.
It would remove him as a pos
sible contender for the position of
United States senator against Sem
ator Samuel NJ. Shortridge, who is
seeking reelection. Richardson has
never denied that he would become
a candidate for this post
1t also would remove him from
consideration for the second con-
gressional position created by estab-
fishing a new district in Alameda
county. This would leave as can
didates, Fred E. Stewart, chairman
of the state board of equalization,
and Assemblyman Harold c. Cloud
man of Berkeley.
A Richardson alliance
would have considerable effect up
on the gubernatorial race in 1894.
Governor Rolph is known. to be con-
sidering the campaign for a second
term, and he undoubtedly will be
opposed by Lieutenant Governor
Frank F. Merriam of Long Beach,
whose activities are already regard
ed as laying a foundation for his
candidacy.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-21
SWING TO MAKE
PUBLIC ADDRESS
IN PARK TONIGHT

Congressman Phil d. Swing will
speak at city park at o'clock to-
night, taking this opportunity of
addressing residents of his home
town" upon subjects of public in
terest and paramount Importance.
Boyce Aten American Legion post
drum and bugle corps will provide
the music for the occasion as a well
coming gesture to comrade
Swing is a member Of Boyce Aten
post
A public address system was in
stalled today by the Schmitt Elec-
trio shop in order that the con-
gresham might be heard within a
radius Of several blocks. Ampli-
fiers were erected but the address
will not be broadcast over the
radio.
Arrangements were completed by
the staff at the Ell Centre Chamber
of Commerce for the dinner to be
held tonight in honor of Swing.
Dinner is to be served at the Bar
bara Worth hotel promptly at $50
O'Clock in order that Swing may
greet those attending and deliver a
brief talk before leaving for the
public meeting in the park,
There are still a few seats left
at the dinner, according to the
chamber of commerce staff, and
those who have not made reSerVa-
tions may do so prior to 6 o'clock
tonight.
Swing will speak at Calexico at
noon tomorrow at a luncheon CIV
en- in his honor by the Calexico
Chamber of Commerce. Friday
noon he will speak at the Rotary
club luncheon in Holtville.
His last appearance during the
present visit will be at the dinner
given by the Associated Chambers
of Commerce in Brawley Friday
night,
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-21
Bank Victim OF
RObber Gang

MAQUON, Ill. Oct 81. U,R)-The
Maquon State Bank was robbed of
$4,000 and bonds of undetermined
value today by four bandits who
had held two bank officials prison.
erS during the night.
The four men made their appear
ance last night at the home of d.
S. Hartsook, president of the bank.
Ray Simkins, another bank Off
cial, also was there. The two bank
ers were made prisoners and COM
PEELED to sit up with the robbers
all night.
Today two of the bandits were
left to guard the officials while the
other pair went to the bank. The
institution had just opened and
employees were at the cages and
desks The pair forced the en-
ployees to hand over the money and
bonds. then locked them in the
vault. picked up the two at the
Hartsook home, and drove away.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-21
COURT AWARDS
DAMAGES FOR
LOCAL FAMILY

Damages totaling S20,573.60 were
awarded today by Judge Vaughn N
Thompson to William Livingston.
Mrs. Hazel Livingston and Meryl
Meadows, minor daughter of Mrs
Livingston, against Mrs. A. C. Pea
cock as proprietor of the Ar
rowhead Creamery company, and NJ
B. Griffin.
Judge Thompson, in a judgment
filed in the county clerks office to-
day, decided Mr.. and Mrs. Living
ston and the girl are entitled to
damages suffered in an automobile
accident in May. 1890, on the San
Diego highway several miles west
of Ell Centro.
Griffin was driver of a truck
which struck the car driven by Liv-
ingSton. BY his decision, Judge
Thompson found Griffin at the
time of the accident was acting as
an employee of Mrs. Peacock, and
not as an independent contractor
as Mrs. Peacock pleaded in her de-
fense.
Although the case was tried last
May, the decision has been under
consideration. and Judgment was
not rendered until today.
c. B. Smith and Harry Horton
were attorneys for the plaintiffs in
this suit, while r. B. Whitelaw was
associated with a Los Angeles at
torney in the defense.
Damages, as apportioned in the
judgment, gave william Livingston
$40, ,14060 for pain and suffering
loss of earning capacity and medical
aid; Mrs. Livingston $685. for dam
aged clothing, doctor bills and pain
and suffering; and Meryl Meadows
S842 for pain and suffering and
medical treatment.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-21
RENO DIVORCE
LAWS WILL BE
TICHTENED UP
Jurist Moves To Obtain
Recognition OF DEGREES
In Other States.
BY EARL ii. LEFT
United Press Staff Correspondent

RENO, New, Oct. 81. U.P)-A
drastic move to defend the validity
of Nevada divorce DEGREES was or
dered by the courts of Washoe
county today presaging an end to
the boom era of "a divorce with
every round trip ticket"
Admitting that Reno DEGREES
granted indiscriminately to tempo
rary residents can be nullified by
any court in the land" Judge Ben
iamin F. Curler decreed that hence
forth he will give divorces only to
those who make reasonable show
ing of bona-fide residence.
Five divorce applicants who al
legedly failed to establish their in
tentions to become permanent Ne
vadans had their DEGREES delayed,
and Judge Curler indicated they
would not be granted. This will hold
true in the future, he added
1t has been no secret that divorce
seekers testified they were "in Ne
vada to stay" while a return ticket
to their true homes rested in their
pockets, but things are going to be
different now if Judge Curler has
his way.
There is a certain class of people
who come here merely for the pur-
pose of obtaining a divorce and for
no other reason" the divorce jurist
said They make no attempt
whatever TO establish bona -fide
residence in Nevada and have pur-
chased their round-trip tickets to
New York and elsewhere. Such di-
vorces can be nullified by any court
in the land and I. for one, do not
intend to be a party to any such
conspiracy.
Persons who come to Reno to
reside for an indefinite period Of
time are entitled to a divorce after
they have been here six weeks 4
they make a reasonable showing of
their intentions to remain.
But I will not grant divorces in
the future to those who come here
for six weeks only"
The casual residence cloud on
Reno divorces in the past has been
the cause of much concern to liti-
gantS and many courts in other
states have voided the DEGREES.
Judge Curriers' action was taken as
an endeavor to change the situa-
ton.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-21
Crash Fatal TO
Oil Employee

BAKERSFIELD Cal. Oct. 81.
U.P)-C. j. Price, employee of the
Associated Oil company at Reward,
35 miles west of here, was injured
fatally last night when an automo-
bile in which he was riding over
turned near McKittrick.
After the accident Price recovered
sufficiently to help others right his
car, but when he started homeward
he walked a few hundred yards and
suddenly slumped to the ground,
dead
He is survived by his widow and
two children who live in Los Ange-
les.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-21
PLAN BY !. &C.
IS DESIGNED TO
aid RAILROADS
Small Increases Granted
After Refusal Of Flat
Raise Desired.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 81. U.P)-A
plan for stabilizing the critical rail-
load situation without recourse to
wage cuts has been advanced as an
other of the efforts which the gov
ernment Is making to revive basic
industries and restore confidence to
American business.
The interstate commerce commits
sion proposed the plan yesterday in
rejecting three carriers petitions for
a blanket Is per cent rate increase.
1t contemplates a huge pool of mil
lions of dollars, accrued through
widely spread but small rate in
| creases for the benefit of roads in
| financial distress. The increases
would have scarcely any effect upon
! the average citizen.
AS a companion effort to the
$500, 100000 national credit corpora
ton and the proposed improvements
| in the real estate and home building
situations, the railroad plan would
marshal from $100,000,000 to S125,-
100000 for another industry weak
ened by the strain of adverse busi-
ness conditions and vitiated credit.
BY making its counter proposal,
the commission was believed to have
averted for the time being at least
any further speculation regarding
wage reductions for rail workers
such as flat denial probably would
have occasioned.
To take advantage of the COM
missions offer to permit increased
rates on coal, lumber, ores and oil,
the railroads must present their
agreement on or before December l.
| The increases would be temporary,
extending only to March 81, 1888.
| Cost Is Light
While the increases would in ef-
feet cost every man, woman and
child in the United States about
one dollar, the ordinary citizen
probably would notice no difference
| to his pocketbook. For instance, an
increase of SO per car would be au-
thorized for coal and lumber A car
contains about so tons of coal so
the increase, even if passed along
entirely to the consumer, would
! amount 10 only SIX CelllS per IOll.
man could build house with less
than $40 additional chargeable to
| increased freight charges.
Most agricultural products escaped
so that the housewife need not fear
her grocer will blame higher freight
rates for increased food prices
Meats will not be affected.
The commission recognized this
plight of the farmer, saying that
"the present prostration of a large
part of agriculture has seldom il
ever been equalled in the history OF
| the country"
The report was scholarly treat
Use on the entire railroad situation
There was only one dissent, that of
| white-haired Commissioner Tate
who fought illness all summer in
order to follow the case. Tate was
opposed to the pooling plan and ia
vored a flat rejection, with relief
through legislation.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-21

IS LAID
TO REST
Final Service for Edison
Held Today AT New
Jersey Home.
THOUSANDS ATTEND
Simple Rites Carried Out
In Accordance With His
Beliefs.
BY DELOS SMITH
United Press Staff Correspondent

} WEST ORANGE, N. j., Oct. 81
U.P)-With the old-fashioned SIM
plicity that marked the pattern of
his life, Thomas Alva Edison went
to his rest this afternoon in a sun
shine flooded cemetery overlooking
his beloved rolling countryside in
the oranges
In the subdued atmosphere of
Llewellyn Park, at the comfortable
old mansion that has been the Edi-
son home for years, and later in the
shadows of a great oak that stood
by the graveside, the presence of
notable Americans who came not as
officials but as friends to say fare
we'll to him. seemed unmarked and
unnoticed
Even the presence of Mrs. Herbert
Hoover, representing the President
of the United States, reflected no
measure of official display at cer-
emonial which was as homely as it
was brief.
The mourners all friends of the
great inventor and many of them
treaSuring the memory of having
shared with his his early achieve
mentS. began arriving at the pillar
ed mansion at l:30 p. m, an hour
before the ceremony. They entered
the home through wide double doors
of heavily carved oak, and were met
-, 1of l.
ing portrait OF Edison looked down
upon them.
From this hall, they passed TO the
drawing room-Edison insisted in
calling it a parlor, lust an old
fashioned parlor'-in a square al
\ cove beyond rested the bier
, The alcoye was massed with flow
ers. Through its windows the guests
could look out upon the broad
green lawns, and forest OF the park,
gorgeous in their autumn colorings
Upstairs. unseen by their friends.
the immediate family OF the in
ventor were gathered in the large
transverse hall To them, by means
of the microphone and loud speak
er to which Edison contributed his
inventive genius, were carried the
words of the Rev. DR.. Stephen
Herbin, once Mrs. Edison's pastor,
as he spoke from the bedside of
the body of his old friend.
A second wire carried the sounds
OF the service to the family SER
wants grouped outside the house.
AS the guests took their seats,
the strains of I'll Take You Home
Again Kathleen, followed by Lit
tie Gray Home in the West, "
sounded through the house. COM
ing from an organ and violin in the
reception room. When the last
notes of these two simple songs died
away, a trio from behind potted
Continued On Page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-21
Grand Jury To
Report Shortly

Imperial countys grand jury, af-
ter almost a year of work, will prob
ably report for the last time to the
superior court either next week or
the week after, according to all in
dicatiOns today.
1t is generally understood the fin
al report of the grand jury, with
only one chapter to be added, is now
being prepared in the district at
torney's office, although nothing
definite could be learned. The grand
jurors must be discharged by jan
uary to make room for new pan
el to serve during the coming year.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-21
Sacramentan To
Head Greeters

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Oct, 81. U.P)-
Jack Stoll, Sacramento, will head
the California Hotel Greeters asso-
ciation for the ensuing year, sue
ceeding Richard 1. Scollin, Of San
Diego.
Stoll was elected president at the
closing session of the organization
last night Five vice presidents
named were Frank B. Clark, Mount
Lowe; A. Y. Barson, San Francisco:
Jack Fletcher, Marysville; Emil
Schmidt, Fresno and SCollin. P.
E. Riley. San Jose, was elected sec
retary-treasurer. They meet next
year in Del Monte.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-21
New Coach For
Nevada Eleven

RENO, Oct. 81. (U.P) - Willard
Weaver, known as the Whittier
Flash" one of the best known ends
in Southern California, was assist
ant coach of the University Of New
ada football team today.
His appointment was made last
night following acceptance of the
resignation of Jake Lawlor. The
resignation came on the heels of
a shakeup of the Nevada team
which removed three stars for
breaking training rules.
Lawlor also was a baseball play
er and last year had a berth with
the Sacramento Senators.