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Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-16
GOLD SOLUTION
USED TO TREAT
DREAD DISEASE;
Experts Read Paper
Showing Results In In
fantiie Paralysis Cases.
BY GEORGE ii. BEALE
United Press Staff Corresgonde

Chiecu ACoo ctait SOiito-'Onutit
PASADENA, Cal, June 10. U.D
"A gold solution designed to aid in
the treatment of infantile paraly-
sis was announced at today's ses-
sion of the 88th meeting OF the
American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science.
The solution, according to a cau-
tiously Worded paper by Drs. Fred
erick Eberson and William Moss
man. of the University of California
Medical School. appears to fulfill
the requirements for a rapid, reli-
able method of detecting and meas
uring the amount of specific anti
bodies Immunity substances)
only 10 drops of blood serum
are necessary for the test" they
said. ITO the blood serum are add
ed a specially prepared solution of
gold reparation and other ingred-
tents. The results can be read in
three to four hours and are inter-
preted finally after "a hours"
DR.. Eberson and Mossman stated
the test had been used in some 300
human and animal cases and re-
suits have agreed with known facts
as determined by the other avail
able experimental methods.
Summing up their findings, they
said
THE test should make possible
the early detection of susceptible
children and adults; the prompt
measure of protective power of
serums needed for treatment of the
disease; the degree of immunity or
resistance that is being developed
and hence the expectancy regard
ing the recovery of the patient
Many Papers Read
THE test should eliminate all
delay and the use of difficult and
time-consuming procedures hereto
fore in use"
The paper called special atten-
ticn to the proposed use of the So
luton in determining the value of
human and animal serum for the
purpose of treating patients.
The announcement of the gold
solution was but one of more than
so papers offered during the day
at which the "a branches of the as
sociation held individual sympos-
iums.
Eugene Scofield OF the California
State Fisheries laboratory talked
today on the eggs and larvae of
the California sardine."
Scofield said that since April
1929 he has been engaged in ex-
telisive research "on the early life
history of the California sardine."
The aim of the research, he said,
is to learn to predict two or three
years in advance the relative sue
cess of the fishery from year to
year.
He said it probably would take
three years more to reach satisfac-
tory conclusion.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-16

PLEADS
GUILT Y
Long Term In Prison May
Be Imposed Upor Lead
er Of GangdOm.
SENTENCE JUNE 30
Federal Government Puts
Stop On Career OF
Racketeer King.
BY RAY BRENNAN
United Press Staff Correspondent

CHICAGO, June 16 U.P)-Al
Capone, his underworld power
crushed by the United States gov
ernment. stood in federal court to-
day and pleaded guilty to defraud-
ing the nation of almost 100000 in
income taxes and conspiring in a
$780, 100000 beer combine to violate
the prohibition laws.
The plea of the fallen gangster
marked the climax of the govern
ment's effort to stamp out syndi-
Gated crime rule in the country's
second largest city-a drive started
when city and state governments
seemed helpless to smash Capone's
stranglehold.
Sentence of the gangster was de-
ferred by Judge James H. Wilker-
son until June 80 at p. m.
The indictments carry a possible
total of 81 years in prison and
100000 in fines. His demeanor
differed from the airy attitude in
his infrequent court appearances.
1t was understood that Capone's
term would be set at two and one
half years with a stiff fine-prob-
ably $4,000
Capone took his place before
Judge Wilkerson, his head slightly
bowed.
Six policemen stood in a circle
about him Deputy marshals were
, distributed around the room, which
was packed to the aisles by curious
! persons who craned their necks to
get glimpse of the gangster.
| Dwight Green, assistant district
| attorney in charge of the income
tax, faced the gangster and asked
in legal terms:
Did you violate the United States
income laws in 1924?"
Capone dropped his gaze, and
hesitated a moment. The courtroom
was silent. Then he s,Nd hardly
| above whisper.
Eyes, I'm guilty"
Not stir was heard in the court
room as the gangster admitted that
he was in effect out of the crime
picture he has so long dominated.
Gangster Nervous
AS he made the admission, Ca
pone wet his lips and raised on his
toes.
Green then went through the
same questioning for the years 1925,
1926, 1927, 1923 and 1929. Each
time the gangster, facing the only
power that ever had threatened him
with a stiff sentence, said in a low
tone:
Guilty"
Then Victor Larne. first assistant
district attorney, who was partly
responsible for bringing the worst
gangster of all time" before the bar
of justice, took up the questioning.
CHICAGO, June 16. U.P)-"Scar-
face Az Capone, was reported
ready to plead guilty today to a
charge Of income tax fraud when
he is arraigned at p. m.
Reports were that Capone had
dismissed his high salaried attor-
ney, William F. Waugh after a dis
agreement over the plea. Waugh
indicated yesterday that he would
enter plea of not guilty for the
gang leader, and Capone was said
to have refused.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-16
COR0NER'S JURY
NAMES NAITATES
In SLAYING CASE
Filipino Accused Of Hay-
ing Caused Death Of
His COuntryman.

Latest developments in Imperial
Valleys outbreak of crime during
the weekend included arraignment
of a Filip-n. on a murder charge,
announcement of an inquest tomor-
row into the death of Francis p
Hynes, and statement from coun-
ty hospital attendants that Pablo
Berrera will probably recover from
wound said to have been inflicted
by Kenneth Smith.
Ancleto Naitates, 80, was ar
ranged on a charge of numbering
Luther Raldan, 81, and held without
bail for preliminary hearing before
Judge l. Mayfield at o'clock to-
morrow afternoon. After an in
quest into the death of Raldan this
morning a coroner's jury returned
verdict that Raldan came to his
death by gunshot wounds, inflicted
by gun in the hands of Naitates
Raldan was shot last week, and died
in the county hospital Saturday
night.
An inquest into the death OF
Hynes, Brawley rancher, will be
held in Arnold's Undertaking estab-
lishment in Imperial at 10 O'Clock
tomorrow morning, Coroner Bert
Underwood announced today. Hynes
was beaten to death with an auto
mobile crank by two Mexicans, who
escaped They are still hunted by
sheriff's deputies.
Kenneth Smith, II, held for the
alleged shooting of Berrera, is still
in the county jail. Hospital atten-
dants today said Berrera is in good
condition and will probably recover
from the bullet wound in his side
He was wounded in a bootlegging
establishment near Brawley.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-16
BIG CITY PRESS
CONDEMNED AT
EDITORS NEE!

INDIANAPOLIS, June l6. UP)-
The metropolitan newspaper "wor-
ships at the shrine of the succulent
highball and glorifies the crimes OF
alley rats" Charles U. Becker, Mis-
souri, secretary of state, told the In
diana Republican Editorial Associ-
alton.
THE people must turn to the
country press for the saving of our
political parties" he added.
Most metropolitan newspapers
have no party affiliation and are
therefore outspoken enemies of our
Republican form of government
Becker, a former Kansas City news
paperman. said.
They are constant worShippers
at the shrine of the succulent high
ball and their banner head news is
generally about the glorification of
the crimes of alley rats, of intellec-
tual and moral degenerates, and the
social achievements of lounge liz
ards and cigaret smoking flappers
in the nude and near nude"
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-16
Barnes0n Opposes
Vacuum Merger

LOS ANGELES, June 16. U.P) -
Lionel Barneson, spokesman for the
Barneson interests, large Standard
Oil of New York stockholders, said
here today that he opposed the pro-
posed the Standard Oil of New
York-Vacuum Oil merger on the
basis of the present ratio of share
exchange.
Barneson said:
I'VE feel that the three to one
ratio is unfair. If Vacuum is to re-
ceive three shares, we holders of
Standard, should receive at least
two in the new General Petroleum
corporation.
In fact I would not agree to a
less than two to three ratio. 1t is
not fair basis of exchange on the
three to one ratio-Standard getting
one share of General Petroleum for
each of its shares and Vacuum get
ting three shares for each CT its
shares"
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-16
ATTORNEY FOR
PANTAGES RAKES
JOHN P. MILLS
Tells Jury He Should BE
Thrown Out OF Window
For His Testimony.

SAN DIEGO, Cal, June 16. U.P)-
In an attempt to have the trial of
Alexander PantageS and three
| others in the hands of the jury be-
fore nightfall, defense and prose-
cution attorneys began their final
arguments to the jury at 8 o'clock
this morning, an hour earlier than
usual.
Although the prosecution still has
four hours remaining for argument,
District Attorney Thomas Whelan
indicated one hour would suffice,
making it possible for Judge L. N.
Turrentine to begin instructing the
jury about o'clock this afternoon.
Meanwhile, the county grand jury
resumed its probe of an alleged at
tempt to force Mrs. May Siens to
testify falsely for Jesse H. Shreve,
one Of the defendants in the trial
Whelan ordered the grand jury
to continue its investigation despite
the denial by Mrs. Stems that she
had been threatened by her hus-
band, Byron Stems, to perjure her
self for Shreve.
In an affidavit filed with the
county clerk, she declared the
charges of attempted subornation OF
perjury made in her suit for di-
vorce from Stems were prepared on
meager information and from the
own ideas of her attorney, who dis
liked both her husband and Shreve.
Although Mrs. Siens was reported
to have repeated her accusations
before the grand jury, she declared
in her affidavit that she was SO
hysterical and nervous at the time,
she had no recollection of what she
told Whelan or the inquisitorial
body
Mrs. Siens blamed her troubles on
influence exerted by her attorney
| and Mrs. Mae Cornell of Chicago,
who, she said, persuaded her to un-
justly accuse her husband and
Shreve.
Flags Mills
Edgar A. Luce, attorney for
Shreve, declared the jury should
throw John P. Mills out the win
dow for his testimony, in closing
his argument. Mills was a defend
ant with Shreve and Pantages, but
pleaded guilty to a minor charge
and turned states evidence.
If you disregard the testimony
of Mills, you will find not one iota
of evidence of conspiracy" Luce
declared.
mills has been besmirched, bed.
raggled, impeached and contradict.
ed in his testimony, and if 1 were
a member of the jury, 1 woulc
throw him out of the window.
He has pleaded guilty to minor
charge, and his testimony, therefore
was purchased by immunity, which
is better than money.
And I also wish to call to youi
attention the sqaundering of tax
money of Los Angeles county ir
this case. Neither Lydia Nitto nol
Helen Livingston, chief accusers
were held legally, yet the district
attorneys office of Los Angeles
spent 5000 keeping them in comfort
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-16
Roiph May Visit
At San Quentin

SACRAMENTO, June Is. U.P) -
A visit to convicts at San Quentin
state prison was being planned by
Governor Rolph today.
Elated over the rousing reception
accorded him by more than $500
prisoners at Folsom prison, whom
he visited Unexpectedly Saturday
the governor said he would make a
similar trip to San Quentin.
The date Of his journey to the
prison has not been set, but it will
probably be next week, as the gov
ernor is accepting no invitations for
that week, and is free to go wher-
ever he pleases.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-16
Deaf Mute Sues
Head Of School

LOS ANGELES, June 16. U.P)-
Suit for $4,000 was filed in supe-
rior court today by Stephen Nieto,
81, deaf mute of Long Beach,
against Elwood Stephenson, super
intendent of the state school for
the deaf, at Berkeley.
The action came as an aftermath
of the youths elopement to Mesa,
Ariz., last August with the super
intendents daughter, Jewel Steph-
enson.
The pair was caught at Mesa and
returned to Long Beach. In his
complaint, the youth charged that
he was never formally held for any
offense and that he was kept in jail
% days. The complaint alleged
that Stephenson was guilty of ma
licious prosecution.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-16
Corporation Tax
Shows Decrease

SACRAMENTO, June 16. U.P) -
Decrease of S2,958,544 in state taxes
of public utility and insurance cor
porations for 1881 as compared with
1890, was disclosed here last night
by the state board of equalization.
Taxes to be paid by these firms
for the support of CALIFORNIA; state
government for the fiscal year be-
ginning July l, will total S39, 9,374, ,760,
or a reduction of IL per cent below
the 1888 1926 paid in 1890
Similar decreases were shown by
all utility groups with the excep-
ton of telephone and telegraph
companies.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-16
AWlll
~ ROGERS
w rS0U:

BEVERLY HILLS, June IS.
(SpeciaD-Did you read how
many thousands, mot hundreds)
but thousands, of students just
graduated all over the coun-
try at law.
Going to take an awful lot
of crime to support that bunch.
A man naturally pulls for the
business that brings him in his
living. That's human nature.
So look what a new gang we
got assisting devilment, all
trained to get a guilty man out
on a technicality and an inno-
cent one in on their opposing
lawyers mistake. This is the
hey-day of the shyster lawyer
and they defend each other for
half rates.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-16
Continued on page 81
some OF MAYORS
WORRIED ABOUT
DRINKING TALES
BY RALPH HEINZEN
United Press Staff Correspondent

SHiLpu A-TtSS Dtdil
PARIS, June 16. U.R)-The visit
ing American mayors left today for
lie Havre, where the expedition
sails this afternoon on the lie de
France for home. AS a delegation,
the mayors are confirmed anti
prohibitionists, with one or two ex-
ceptions, as result of their tour
OF a month through the vineyards,
the Wine-cellars and along the
champagne 'front.' of France.
Most Of the mayors were in eve
ming clothes as they went to the
early morning boat train. They
were tired but happy after month
touring France as guests of the gov
ernment, and spent last night at
an all-night party at the Lido,
Paris night club.
Ruth Key, daughter of the jovial
mayor of Atlanta, Ga. sprained her
ankle on the way TO the train.
Mayor John H. Porter of Los An
geles is to join the lie de France
at Plymouth, Eng. The liner is due
in New York on Saturday.
The mayors seemed worried about
their hometown receptions be-
cause of the drinking stories, but
Mayor Key of Atlanta was conf
dent he had the voters support
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-16
EDITORS HEAR
HOOVER ATTACK
ON WALL STREET
DenOunces Bear Raids
And Predicts Recovery
OF Business.
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER
{ United Press Staff Correspondent

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, June 16.
U.P)-Wall Street methods came
under the fire of President Hoover
when in his address at the dinner
of the Indiana Republican Editorial
association he denounced bear"
raids and suggested the possibility
that stock and commodity ex-
changes are being used for illegiti-
mate speculation and to intensity
depressions.
Mr.. Hoover brought a message of
optimism TO the middle west in his
Indianapolis speech. He warned
that the country should not look
"only at the party hole in the mid
ole of the doughnut" but instead
apply itself to what he called the
American plan" to consist of volun-
tary individual efforts necessary to
build the new businesses, facilities
and homes to meet needs OF a 20,-
100000 population increase in the
next 20 years.
THE underlying forces of recov-
cry are asserting themselves" Mr..
Hoover said without making any
specific predictions regarding the
immediate future.
Criticism of the activities OF bear
raiders in Wall Street who have
pressed down major stocks like U.
S. Steel to below par, was voiced
just after he condemned those who
would make political capital out
of the depression through magnify
ing our unemployment and losses, ''
"Other small groups in the busi-
ness world" he continued. make
their contribution to distress by
raids on our markets with purpose
to profit from depreciation of secu-
rites and commodities. Both
groups are within the law; they are
Continued on page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-16
HOOVER
H0N0RS
HARDING
President Dedicates Me
mortal To Deceased Pre-
decessOr In Office.
COOLIDGE PRESENT
Adds His Tribute To Char
acter OF MariOn's Fa-
vOrite Son.
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER
United Press Staff Correspondent

ACnittu fTeSS StliI tOfreSpCnuent)
MARION, Ohio. June i6. U.P) -
The late President Harding was be-
trayed by some of his associates who
not only deceived him but betrayed
their country in a way for which
punishment can never atone, Presi-
dent Hoover said in dedicating the
memorial here where the late Presi-
dent and Mrs. Harding are buried.
Warren Harding gave his life in
worthy accomplishment for his
country" Mr.. Hoover said as he
sought to vindicate the memory of
his chief by branding with wither-
ing Scorn such as has rarely come
from chief executive. those who
were false to their trust.
In the presence of former Presi-
dent Calvin Coolidge and many 9TH
ers who served in the Harding ad-
ministration, Mr.. Hoover for the
filst time publicly expressed him.
self on the conduct of some asso-
ciates in that regime
Referring to the fact that he ac-
companied the late President on the
fatal Alaskan trip. Mr.. Hoover de-
scribed how he observed Harding
then on the Threshold of death,
as a man whose soul had been
scared by a great disillusionment"
gradually weakening not only from
physician exhaustion but from wor-
ry over the conduct of some of his
intimates.
This betrayal, Mr.. Hoover said,
was the tragedy of the life of War
rem Harding"
The President paid tribute to the
kindly and gentle spirit" OF Hard
ing and described him as a man "of
delicate sense of honor" especially
fitted to restore tranquility and heal
the rancors left by the World war
Mr.. Hoover summarized briefly the
achievements of Harding's two
years in the White House, slimaxed
by the Washington arms conference,
and then turned TO the tragic pic
ture OF the President straining to
go through with his long trip in
the west, but being crushed under
tllt weight OF Il great anxiety.
Relates Tragedy
His companions on that journey
realized full well that he had over
strained even his robust strength in
the gigantic task which confronted
him during the previous two years, -
MIR. Hoover said, land we came also
to know that here was a man whose
soul was being scared by a great
establishment. We saw him grad
ually weaken not only from physical
exhaustion but from mental anxiety.
Warren Harding had a dim realiza-
ton that he had been betrayed by
few of the men whom he had
trusted, by men whom he had be-
heved were his devoted friends. II
was later proved in the courts Of
the land that these men had be-
trayed not alone the friendship and
trust OF their staunch and loyal
friend but they had betrayed their
country. That was the tragedy of
the life of Warren Harding.
There are disloyalties and there
are crimes which shock our sensibil-
tiles, which may bring suffering
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-16
CLEVER CONFIDENCE MEN GET
Wealthy OFF BOOTLEGGERS

cies, all fixed up with seals that
a lot of big shots i'll the profess
sion had signed. l can see now
they were forgerics.
"The policy was good for
three months, and after that we
boys were to nut up another
$3.50. But these dishonest, fat
persons didn't show up for the
second payment"
From other sources it was
learned that the policies even
bore forged signatures of pro-
bibition agents, guaranteeing"
the holder an exit from Jail with
all fines paid within "a hours of
his arrest.
Some unkind persons re-
marked that. if caught. the
suave men for punishment
might be compelled to imbibe
some of the depression liquor"
being currently distributed.
II heard they took 3I0O of us
boys into camp up and down
the cOast," remarked one vic
tim. 'If that's true, nothing is
too bad for EN-"
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-16
Welfare Board
Seeks Secretary

LOS ANGELES, June 16. U.P)-A
committee of two persons today was
selecting a secretary for the state
board of social welfare following the
resignation yesterday of Miss Ma
bel Weed, of San Francisco.
In addition to Miss Weed, three
other welfare workers resigned in
protest to the appointment of Mrs.
Rheba Crawford Splivalo, "angel Of
Broadway" as head of social well
fare work.
The board accepted the resigna-
tions of Mrs. Cecil Mossbacher, of
San Francisco; Mrs. Josephine
Yates of Los Angeles, and Mrs.
Dorothy Friedland of San Fran
cisco
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-16
BY A. w. EDWARDS

United Press Staff Correspondent
SAN FRANCISCO, June 16.
tU.P)-A couple of suave, fat
confidence men were revealed
to-day as the swindlers of any
number of hard working Pacific
coast bootleggers, who bought
liquor dealers arrest inSur-
ance" to protect their loved
ones. pifW tEN
IL looked so simple-just
$3.50 down payment and for
three months the bootleggers
were safe from the threat of
jail-that the suave, fat men
talked themselves into a bulky
bankroll.
Now that it's all over, and the
OverwOrked liquor dispensers
found they threw good money
after bad, il is hard to locate
one who will admit being so
gullible.
1t was downright dishonest"
said one dispenser who con-
fessed an initial payment of
$3.50. "They showed us the poll
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-16
Fear Trouble In
Soft Coal Fields

ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio, June
16. U.P)-Ohios bituminous coal
mining industry was in the throeS
of a grim struggle for existence to-
day as forces for and against the
strike of 6000 miners mobilized for
the impending crisis.
With the strike spreading slowly
to include practically every mine in
the area, special deputies and allied
members of the American Legion
armed themselves to prevent attacks
on the few miners who remain at
work. Fourteen men were held in
the Belmont county Jail as alleged
strike leaders.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-16
Wilkins Plans To
Continue Voyage

CHERBOURG, Frame, June 16.W.D
Sir Hubert Wilkins intends to re-
pair the engines of the submarine
Nautilus and proceed toward the
North Pole as soon as possible, Lady
Wilkins said today.
Undaunted by the mishap which
halted his reconstructed craft in
mid-ocean Sir Hubert radioed his
plans to his wife as she passed with
in 80 miles of him aboard the liner
Mauretania from New York to
London.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-16
PACKERS WIDOW DIES

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, June 16. W.P
Mrs. Anna Madden Cudahy, 70
widow of Patrick Cudahy, packer
died last night at her home here
after an illness of two weeks. -Four
daughters and two sons survive
Mrs. Joseph Hoyt, of Shanghai
China. is the only one of the chill
dren not residing in Milwaukee.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-16
Austrian Cabinet
Resigns In Body

VIENNA, Austria, June 16. U.P) =
The Austrian cabinet resigned to-
day because of difficulties over solv-
ing the republics financial diff
culties.
The resignation was forecast a
few hours earlier when Franz Wink
Ter quit as minister of the interior,
because of his opposition to the gov
ernments action in guaranteeing
the liabilities of the Austrian credit
anstalt.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-16
May Ask Indemnity
For Slain Youths

MEXICO CITY, June IS. U.P)--
The government was urged today to
make strong representations TO the
United States, demanding an In
demnity for the deaths OF two Mex
lean youths near Ardmore. Okla.
The newspaper La Presna In an
editorial said the government
should demand an indemnity "as
the United States does IN similar
cases"
The fatal shooting Of the two
youths by policemen in Oklahoma
has argued intense resentment, par
ticularly as one Of the young men
was a relative of President Pascual
Ortiz Rubio.
The Washington times., 1931-11-26
The New Despair

7 put this forward as a coun-
ter-move against the new
despair. Mr.. James D. Mooney.
an American business man. is
issuing a book on Wages and
the Road Ahead" in which he
says: Theoretically we ought
to be able to rely on concerted