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Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-02
DIVORCE ENDS
BRIEF ROMANCE
OF STAGE STAR

CUERNAvACA. Mex, April Q.
W.p)-Officials of the local divorce
court said today that Betty Comp
ton, the musical comedy star. was
given a divorce decree from Edward
d. Dowling on March 81.
The couple we're married in New
York on February 16. The divorce
was granted recently.
NEW YORK, April 2. W.p)-Betty
Compton, musical comedy star who
was granted a divorce in Mexico
from Eddie Dowling, an assistant
dialogue director, was married
here secretly on February Is.
A week later she and Bowling
separated while honeymooning In
Havana, Miss Compton returning TO
her home here and her husband 60
ing to the home of his mother. Miss
Compton at first denied having OBJ
tanned divorce but later retracted
and said she would make no state
ment.
Miss Compton starred in the
Broadway musical show, Fifty Mil
lion Frenchmen.' She also gained
attention as a golfer when she play
cd on the Bermuda links with Mayor
Walker while he was vacationing
there.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-02
HEAD OF ACTING
SCHOOL DECLARES
ACCUSATION FALSE

LOS ANGELES. April Q. UP)-
Sweeping denial of charges of Sc
duction and breach of promise to
marry, made against him by Rita
Rozelle, actress, who asked 100000
damages, was included by Robert
w. Major, head of a school of act
ing, in an answer OH file today.
Miss Rozelle charged Major had
taken her to Long Beach and as
saulted her after making violent
love and promising to marry her
while she was a student in his
school.
Major not only denied any inti-
macy with the girl or making love
to her, but asserted in his answer
that she was fully aware he was
married and the father of two child
rem.
The school head said Miss Rozelle
was expelled from his school jan
uary 16 because of her assertedly
indecent and vulgar actions in the
presence of other students.
When he refused to reinstate her,
Major claimed, the girl, in presence
of witnesses, threatened to make
him pay. Later, Major said, the
girls attorney telephoned him. tell
ing that she was ready to file a
complaint against him unless money
was Immediately paid Miss Rozelle.
Major in a complete denial that
he had ever treated Miss Rozelle
in any other manner than as a
that he be given costs of the suit
teacher and a gentleman" asked
with a dismissal.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-02
TRAFFIC CAPTAIN
AIDS CAPTURE OF
NORTHERN THIEF

i Information furnished by Cap
tain A. F. Oswalt of the California
Highway Patrol of Imperial Valley
resulted i'll connecting James Wal
rath, police character, with a near
iy fatal robbery in Oakland several
weeks ago, accordmg to a letter re-
ceiyed in the state traffic office
here.
An automobile stolen during the
robbery, in which T. Sorensen OF
Berkeley was seriously wounded,
was found by local officers of the
state traffic squad on the banks of
the Colorado river last week. Let
ters and other evidence in the car
connected Walrath with the robbery.
Captain Oswalt furnished the
San Francisco police departm n t
with the Information. Walrath was
connected with the crime, and a
check showed that he is being held
in the San Bernardino county Jail
ON another charge of robbery.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-02
GOVERNMENT TO
SPEND BIG SUM
IN CALIFORNIA

SAN FRENCISCO, April 2. WH-
The federf government will spend
nearly $2|D 100000 in California
this year, limited States Senator
Samuel MkNShortridge said today
upon his dkturn from Washington
to his law offices here.
THAT Ought to help the ccono-
mic situation in California, he
said.
1.-THE exdct amount is $2l9,92l,-
20l. 1t will flow into the state for
maintenance of governmental de-
partments hnd personnel and for
new building and enterprise"
Senator $hortridge also disclosed
that a newt fec.eral drive would
soon be cerltered along the Mexican
border in Southern California to
cut down Smuggling of narcotics,
immigrants and other contraband.
Commissioner of Customs F.. H.
Elbe will bh here about 10 days
from now in that connection"
Shortridge ssid. HE will spend
about $l05,000 in the work"
The s2l992l,20l to be spent by
the government in California Is
made up in part from the follow
ing appropriations, Shortridge said:
Labor department. s968,956; state,
$23 200; interior, $2,595, sos; COM
merce. $l,88o0O0; navy, between
$3O,0OO,00O and $35,00O,0O0; war,
SOL ,474,66l; postoffice, s29,913,400;
veterans administration, $39, 600 900,
and agriculture, SIS 5,225,417.
"Out of this money. for instance
he said, new postoffices or addi-
tions are to be built at San Fran
cisco, Alameda, Vallejo, San Jose,
Napa, Pctaluma, Monterey, Marys-
vile, Ventura, Visalia. Redlands,
San Diego. Porterville, Glendale,
Beverly Hills, Los Angeles and spe-
cial buildings at Riverside and
Yosemite"
In addition, according to the sem
ator, the expenditures will include
those for reclamation, highway con-
struction. flood control. improve
ment of rivers and harbors, and
the making Of forest roads and
trails.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-02
Son OF Pioneer
Family Dies

SAN FRANCISCO, April 2. W.R)-
Funeral services will be held here
tomorrow for John L. Corners, SIS,
banker, member of pioneer family
and great grandson of Samuel
Haines Woodworth. composer of
"The Old Oaken Bucket"
Conner's family was identified
with many historic activities in the
early days of California. His grand
father. Selim E. Woodworth, was a
naval officer in charge of the camp
reached by the famous scouting par
ty from the Donner Lake camp in
the storm bound Sierras. His father
was vigilante.
Conner, head of the warehouse de-
partment of the Bank of America,
died at his home yesterday.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-02

famous Photographic medium,
hoping my husband would be able
to show himself on the plate by
u.s." Lady Doyle said.
mo hands but our own touched
those plates from the beginning to
the end, including the development
of the negatives. We developed the
pictures ourselves.
I'm addition to my husbands face,
which was shown on the plate as it
appeared over the shoulder of my
son, there was-to our great delight
and amazement-a written message
from him.
The message was on one of the
plates. 1t was signed in his own
handwriting, which was 100 per cent
evidential of his return to psychic
power"
Conan Doyle, who made wide in
vestigations of spiritual phenome-
non and of mediums in the last
dozen years of his life, had said be-
fore his death that he would return
if possible to give evidence of life
utter death. He expressed conf
dence that he woud succeed in get
ting message to his wife.
A week after his death-July IA
Lady Doyle testified that message
had been transmitted to her during
memorial service at Albert hall
She said the message was beautiful
and evidential' but would not re-
veal its contents.
! At the same time Mrs. Estelle
Roberts. medium who was sitting
on the platform, suddenly turned to
Lady Doyle and said:
Hes here!"
| She later explained that Conan
Doyle was sitting in a chair which
had been left vacant on the plat
form.
Lady Doyle, however, said she did
not receive written messages from
=, her husband until last night.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-02
FRIENDS PROTEST.
TO GOVERNOR ON
SCUDDER'S CASE

LOS ANGELES, April 2. W.p)--
Friends of Kenyon j. Scudder,
superintendent of the Whittier
State School for delinquent boys,
were organizing today to protest to
Governor James Rolph Jr against
his asserted forged resignation"
DR.. j. M. Toner, director Of state
institutions, who has requested the
resignation of DR.. Scudder for the
benefit of the institution" was to
arrive in Sacramento today to con-
fer with the governor. {.
Politics played no part in his re-
quest to DR.. Scudder to hand in his
resignation, DR.. Toner said, and
further reports that heads of the
Patton hospital for the insane, the
Norwalk state hospital and the
Preston School of Industry would
be asked to resign, were emphatic
ally denied by him.
DR.. Toner intimated that reports
of the removal of heads of the
other institutions were circulated in
an effort to lay the ousting of Dr.
Scudder to politics.
II personally talked with DR..
Scudder and had requested his res
ignationt DR.. Toner said. He
asked that the request be made in
writing, and / said l would do SO
Immediately"
II the requested resignation is
not forthcoming, DR.. Toner init
mated he would summarily remove
DR.. Scudder from office.
DR.. George M Webster is medical
superintendent of the Patton state
hospital; DR.. Edward Wayte heads
the Norwalk hospital and o. H.
Close is superintendent of the Pres
ton school.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-02
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SOUTH BEND IN
SILENCE WHEN
ROCK RETURNS
Sharp Contrast Between
Former Triumphant
Welcomes For Coach

SOUTH BEND, Ind, April 2. W.H
Silent homage was paid to the
great Knute Rockne today as his
body lay in state in bronze casket
encased in a grey silver vault.
There were no cheers, no bands,
no noise-just ghastly silence every
where. Rocknes death was beyond
comprehension.
A scant four months ago these
same loyal townspeople and students
were standing in the same places,
yelling, milling about in thunderous
tribute to Rockne and his players
after Notre Dame had completed
it's second undefeated season by
humbling Southern California's
mighty Trojans.
For 20 years-as student, assist
ant coach and finally head coach
Rockne's life was entwined with
Notre Dame and his tragic end in
an airplane crash in Kansas has
staggered the historical school to
it's very foundation.
Gloom and sorrow gripped and
tugged at heart strings of men and
women from all walks of life. Those
| who had seen his football teams
play, those who knew him well,
those who knew him casually and
those that knew him not at all
all mourned his passing. Eigh t
, thousand persons standing in sor-
rowing silence-that was a never
to-be-forgotten picture as Rockne's
body arrived last night over the
New York Central from Chicago,
whence it had come from Kansas.
Rev. Charles l.. ODonnell, presi-
dent of Notre Dame, was at the sta
ton to meet the Rockne cortege as
an official representative of the
university. He gazed in silence as
the casket, banked in lilies and
roses, was lowered to a conveyance.
Then the casket was escorted to
funeral chapel III the heart of
South Bend, a mile from the cam
pus where Rockne's genius fashion,
Continued on page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-02
Police Round Up
Burglar Suspects

SAN FRANCISCO, April 2. 0U.D
Nine alleged members of robbery
gang were held by police today while
one of their number was questioned
as to the hiding place of loot be-
lieved to be worth thousands OF dol
lars.
The nine were arrested in a raid
on the apartment IF Frank Grimes.
who with Miss Carol Smith were
held on suspicion of fence" opera
tons. Russell Danton, his wife,
Maxine, and Theodore Donaldson
were held as alleged burglars.
Four others, Otto Gernhardt, Carl
Straw, Willim Perkins. and Harry
Wallace also were booked. Francis
Lee was taken into custody but may
be released, police said.
Officers claimed they were trying
to link the suspects with more than
100 burglaries. Mrs. Marie Feehan
allegedly identified one Of the men
as the intruder who entered her
home here Tuesday night, and this
man was quizzed regarding the loca-
ton of valuable goods.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-02
COURT ORDERS
TREATMENT FOR
YOUTHFUL GIANT
AdOlphe Roome Must Sub
nit To Wishes Of Faith.
er, Says Decision

LOS ANGELES, April 2. (U.p -
Adolphe Roome, 14-year -old boy
who weighs 235 pounds, must sub
nit to pituitary gland treatments
in an effort to halt his unusual
growth.
In deciding the unusual case, Su-
perior Judge Lester Roth, one of
the youngest jurists in California,
ruled in favor of the youths father,
DR.. Adolphe E. Roome, Sr., who
sought the treatments "in order that
the boy may enjoy normal life"
The boy, more than six feet tall,
and his mother, Mrs. Helen Roome,
divorced from the physician father,
opposed the gland treatments dur
ing the court hearing last week.
The boy feared the treatments
would affect his brain.
Il would rather be a physical
giant, even a monstrosity as some
of the doctors have suggested, than
an idiot or an imbecile," Adolphe
told the Judge while he was on the
witness stand.
The mother said her chief objec-
ton was based upon the fact that
Adolphe did not want to take the
treatments.
The boy declared that he took a
test shot a few months ago and
that his brain was dulled" for sew
eral days.
Adolphe is student in a Los An
geles junior high school and is rated
near the head Of his class in schol-
arship.
Judge Roth ruled that the father
should have complete medical con-
troll and supervision over the youth.
Under a divorce decree In 1925,
Adolphe was awarded to his moth
er, with his father, a former police
surgeon, given the right to see the
child at all reasonable times.
The decision today upheld the
fathers right to VISIT his son and
in addition gave Roome, Sr., the
right to proceed, in his best judg-
ment, with medical treatment he
believed necessary TO halt the boys
abnormal growth.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-02
COUNCIL AIRS
WRANCLE OVER
LOCAL POLICE
Commissioner And Chief
To Make Effort AT Set
tling Differences

Friction in the Ell Centre police
department finally resulted in an
open break last night when Police
G m m ssioner w. ]. Clements
moved to oust Frank j. McCaslin as
chief of police, citing suspension of
Officer Bill Atkinson and lack of
cooperation between divisions of
the police department as principal
grievances.
After three hours of heated dis
cussion, during which McCaslin
was called before the city council,
the matter rested on promise of
Clements and the chief of police to
make efforts toward a better un-
derstanding. One months time was
given, in which McCaslin and Gle
ments will try to work together.
Siding with members of the po-
lice department against the chief
of police, the commissioner virtual
ly demanded return of Atkinson to
the force, asserting that he knew
of no reason for the latter's dis
missal.
McCaslin, when called before the
council, explained that it was the
very lack of cooperation scored by
Clements that caused him TO sus-
pend the officer. Atkinson refused
in every way to cooperate with him,
said McCaslin.
He cited one instance, when he
posted notice of a meeting of the
entire force, and all officers of the
department but Atkinson were
present. In numerous other in
stances Atkinson has refused tc
cooperate, said McCaslin.
McCaslin asked vote of the
council to give him full authority
to hire and fire when he sees fit,
offering to place any charges he
may h ave against the mem
bers of his force before members of
the council. He made another
suggestion that the council hire
and fire members of the police de-
partment.
The council took no action on the
chiefs suggestions.
Another thing, said McCaslin,
CONTINUED on Page Six)
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-02
LOVE AMONG THE WILD FOLKS
TURNS INTO TRIANGLE CASE

Al Barnes circus, now playing
here.
Before Bird and the wild
woman stole away from the big
top sometime last night, they
assertedly rifled the trunk Of
South Sea Island Joe and took
$500.
Miss Ubangi, according to
Deputy Stahlman, can be easily
identified as her lips arc disten-
ded with wooden plates, GUS
tom of the Ubangi tribe in at
tempting to beautify their wom-
en-.
Couip declared that rum0rs of
romance between the wild man
and the wild woman had been
current on the circus lot for
some time.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-02
CHAIN COLLEGE
GROUP WIN BOUT
in LEGISLATURE
Bills To Establish Four
New Universities Given
Favorable Report
Ey HOMER l.. ROBERTS
tUnitgl Press Staff Correspondent


| SACRAMENTO, April 2. (U.H =
Advoc.tes Of chain of new four
year state colleges in California won
anothe' battle in the legislature to-
day.
In tlh face of bitter and powerful
opposition from the University of
California, two of the bills propos-
ing cre htion Of such institutions at
Fresno knd Sacramento were moved
out of 9mmittee with favorable rec
ommeni ations.
WhihI the lawmakers grappled
with SIN h burning problems as meat
inspection, blue sky laws, the special
assessnent evil. and investigation of
the stafe civil service commission,
both hkuses planned a recess late
this AZ 1ernoon to hear an address
by Unfed States Senator Hiram
w. Jol ASon.
The knotty problem of reappor-
tionmeft, scheduled as a special or
der of business in the assembly dur
ing thcE morning session, was to be
given 1 still further delay "out of
cOurteST' to the senate.
The fbur-year college bills, intro
duced by Assemblyman Lucious
Powers, Fresno, and Jcrrold Seawell.
RoseyillS, were stubbornly opposed
by university and state officials.
Luthd' w. Nichols, comptroller of
the uni oersity declared the prin-
ciples Cf such colleges "unsound.' y
ROLAND, A. Vandergrift, director of
finance contended the state was
not fim ncially able to assume the
It va pointed out. however, that
the cit1fens OF Sacramento would
furnishE grounds and buildings
throughSa proposed bond issue.
Dean ;sWood, University of Cali
fornia, and P. Griffith Farnum,
BerkeleyI also lined up against the
measured
"Oppod ition from the state uni
versity RESULTS from fear of loss of
prestige is university and as po-
litical o&ganization," declared AS
semblym3 I'm Powers in his argument
for the n resno college bill. They are
to dictate the entire edu-
cation d|licy of the state
A sirni lar measure, proposing a
four-ycarN college for San Diego, has
been intt pduced in the legislature.
favor press Gag
A PROF Psed press gag" ON details
of divord hearings-sinilar to the
one rccel tly adopted in Nevada -
was appl bved for passage last night
by the N dietary committee.
Introd ced by Senator C. G. Ba-
ker, Sail has, the measure would
hush Dc bills OF divorces on the
grounds bf extreme cruelty and
Proponents of the plan
adjudication of such detail
served III useful purpose and often
Reconciliation of estranged
parties.
The a hch-argued state meat In
spection hct came out of the as
sembly dSmmittee on public health
and quas4 4ntine with favorable rec
ion today.
The bill was forcefully defended
by repr Isentatives of slaughter
houses all packing plants in Cali
fornia.
Addition al protection for Califor-
mans agbinst fraudulent stock
schemes provided In new blue
sky law recommended to the SEN
(Cou.inued on rage six)
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-02
Missing Yachts
Reported Found

HAVANA, April 2. W.D-The
yacht Cynosure, lost during the Ha-
vana st. Petersburg races which be-
gan a week ago. today has been
located off Key West, according to
word received here today by Mrs.
Didgc Candy, wife OF. the skipper,
Commodore Candy.
All the men aboard the CynoSure
we're from st. Petersburg.
The gunboat Cuba was ordered
TO search for the yacht yesterday.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, April 2.
U.p)-E. c. Robinson, rear admiral
of the ST. Petersburg Yacht Club,
today received a telegram from DR..
Howard Walker. captain of the Mo-
bile yacht virginian, that he and
his crew were safe at Sanibel, Fla,
on the west coast, about rs miles
south of ST. Petersburg.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-02
CONAN DOYLE'S WIDOW CLAIMS
SHE RECEIVED SPIRIT MESSAGE

LONDON, April ?. U.P) - Lady
Jean Doyle, widow of Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle, told the United Press
today that she had received a writ
ten message" from her husband, who
died July 7, last.
She said it was "the first time a
message has been received from my
husband in his own handwriting"
since his death.
Lady Doyle said the handwriting
in the message from the famous
spiritualist and creator of Sherlock
Holmes" was 100 per cent evidence
of his psychic power.
MY sons and I were sitting with
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-02
CLAIM RAILROAD
CHIEFS ENDORSED
ROMOLA SCHEME

LOS ANGELES. April 2. W.p)-
Endorsements Of the Arizona Pro-
jects of Romola Inc, allegedly
written by officials of the Southern
Pacific and Santa Fe railroads
were today read in the trial of
Alexander Hursh, former head of
Romola, and 10 co-defendants
charged with mail fraud.
Mrs. Anna E. Precht, San Fran
cisco. q government witness testi-
fled she expected to get $500 annu-
ally after three years on her acre
age. She had previously testified
she received but one dividend of
$40 and no deed to her property.
The defense in questioning Mrs.
Precht sought to bring out that she
was to receive IAN average profit of
$500 yearly from her acreage"
Prosecution objected to this evi-
dence and in sustaining the OBJ
lection Federal Judge John NJ.
Killits points out that under The
mail fraud statute even very
profitable enterprise might4 b c
brought to trial.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-02

LOS ANGELES, April 2. U.D
-One of the strangcst "tri-
angle" cases in the history of
Los Ang gcles came to light today
when IL was alleged that South
African wild man and the wild
woman of a circus had eloped
assertedly taking $500 belonging
to South Sea Island Joe, the
woman's husband and TOM
tom player in the circus.
Grand theft complaints were
issued for Calvin Bird, 27. the
alleged wild man. and Jennie
Ubangi, %, wild woman" OF the
Ubangi tribe of South Africa.
The complaints were obtained
FROM Deputy District Attorney
Geo4ge Stahlman by w: G.
Cou8p, said to be manager OF the
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-02
Wind Causes
Plane Crash

PALM SPRINGS, Cal, April 2.
W.P)-A gust of wind which threw
his plane out of control brought
death to Harry c. Miller. attorney,
late yesterday while his compan-
ions, Richard r. Harden, designer
of the light ship. was thrown out
and floatcd TO safety with his par
achute.
Miller, Harden said. apparently
attempted to bail out" when the
plane nosed TO the ground out OF
control, but his parachute caught In
the tail OF the ship and he was
dragged to earth.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-02
PANTACES
GRANTED
RET RIAL
Supreme Court Upholds
Claims Of Error Made
By Defendant
JUSTICES DIVIDED
Three Dissent From Opi.
ni0n Rendered By Ma
jOrity OF Court
By GEORGE II. BEALE
United Press Staff Correspondent

SAN FRANCISCO, April 2. W,p
The state supreme court TO-DAY
granted Alexander Pantages, multi
millionaire Los Angeles theatre
magnate, new trial on the charge
that he assaulted l7-year Eu-
nice Pringle, coed dancer.
The high court found that errors
committed in the Los Angeles trial
court where Pantages was convicted
on October 81, 1929. were important
enough to warrant retrial.
This victory for Pantages clim-
axed fight he started immediate
ly after Los Angeles jury an
nounced its guilty verdict and Su-
perior Judge Charles Fricke order
cd the millionaire TO San Quentin
prison for from one to so years.
Attorneys for Pantages asked
Judge Fricke for a new trial then
but the jurist denied the motion
which was based on the ground
that the state prosecutors were
guilty Of prejudicial conduct and
that Judge Fricke erred in refusing
the defense permission to introduce
evidence bearing on the character
of Miss Pringle.
Pantages carried the case to the
court of appeals which ruled he
should have a new trial. Today's
decision by the supreme court up
held that ruling.
The vote Of the justices was five
to two for a new trial
Those holding with the majority
opinion were Chief Justice William
II. Waste and Justices John E.. Rich
ards, John w. Shenk, William H.
Langdon and John w. Preston.
Those dissenting were Justices
Emmett Seawcll and Jesse w. Cur
It's.
The majority opinion said that
the five supreme court justices
agreed in the main with the opin-
ion written by Justice Houser Of
the appellate court" The appellate
court previously had ruled to give
Pantages new trial.
Justices Curtis and Seawell dis
sented without comment"
LOS ANGELES. April 2. W.p)-
The decision Of the supreme court
in the Pantages case is victory for
fair and even handed justice and
Continued ON page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-02
Score Killed As
Vessels Collide

LONDON, April 2. U,P)-Twenty-
three passengers aboard the French
liner Florida, which collided with
the aircraft carried Glorious off
Gibraltar yesterday, are missing
and believed dead, the foreign office
announced today.
One passenger was known dead,
the announcement said. and Is
were injured, two seriously.