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Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-12
SECOND DEGREE
VERDICT GIVEN
in GREEN CASE
Slayer OF Ed Warren Is
Found Guilty And VIII
Get Prison Term.

II. B. Green late yesterday was
declared guilty of second degree
murder in Staying II. L. Ed" War
rem on Green's ranch in the Bonds
Corner district, October %, after q
drunken brawl over division Of
wages for hay baling Job.
Judge A. c. Finney set $50 Mon
day morning as the time for SEN
tence At that time Green will be
sentenced TO San Quentin peni-
tertiary for period of from five
years to life. The verdict Of the
jury yesterday afternoon carried n
recommendation his term be set at
not more than 10 years, but this
matter is entirely in the hands of
the state board of prison directors
That Green narrowly escaped
conviction for first degree murder
carrying q mandatory sentence of
life Imprisonment or death, was re-
vealed when it was discovered the
jurors, on their first ballot, voted
seven for first degree murder, two
for second degree and three for
manslaughter
After the verdict was read by
w. j. McClelland, clerk, Lee Nuffer.
defense attorney, demanded q poll
Of the jury to determine If all ap-
proved the verdict. Ernest r.
Utley. chief defense counsel, was
not in court when the verdict was
read. 1t was signed by John R.
Goss, foreman of the jury.
1t was only after 25 hours Of de-
liberation the jury arrived at its
verdict. During most of that time
the jurors were divided as on the
first ballot, and only agreed on a
second degree verdict when it be-
| came apparent no other decision
| could be reached
Conviction of Green was made
| possible by cooperation between
the sheriff's office and the office
of the district attorney in obtain
| ing evidence to be used during the
trial. Practically every bit of evi-
dence used was obtained either the
night Warren was shot or the next
day by Harold Gillett, investiga-
tor for the sheriff's office, and Tom
| Sharp, investigator for the district
| attorney.
Shot in Car
Evidence accepted by the jury To
| bring about a conviction showed
Green shot Warren while the lat
ter was sitting in his car in front
of the Green ranch house near
Bonds Corner.
The two, with Cecil Wilson and
Husie Green, who appeared as wit
nesseS in the case, had been work
ing on hay baling job. Finishing
the job the day before, they went
into CaleXico and to Mexicali, Oc-
tober %. In Calexico, Warren and
Green began to argue over division
of wages.
J Driving back to Bonds Corner the
argument continued, until at Ten
| Foot drop. Warren halted his car
dragged Green out and struck him
twice, knocking him down. 1t was
| upon this fight Utley based the
greatest part of his self defense
fight for Green's freedom.
After Green and Warren arrived
at the formers home, Green went
] into his house, leaving Warren sit
ting in the car. In the house he
loaded his shotgun and stepped out
to shoot Warren in the mouth.
When deputies from the sheriff's
office arrived to arrest Green that
afternoon, Warren's body was lying
on the ground, the feet still on the
running board of the car.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-12
Woman Cured OF
Suicide Wish

Mrs. Mamie Baker, recovering in
the county hospital from two self
inflicted bullet wounds, will never
again attempt suicide, she told Tom
Sharp, investigator for the district
attorney, last night.
Mrs. Baker shot herself twice in
her Brawley rooming house yester-
day while her two children slept in
an upstairs room. Financial diff
culties and worries caused the act.
she told the investigator.
Attendants in the hospital have
expressed the opinion the Brawleyv
woman probably will live,
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-12
new GRAND JURY
INSTRUCTED ON
ALIEN LAND LAW
Judge Thompson Calls At
tention To Alleged IT.
regular Leases.

Selected and charged by Judge
Vaughn N. Thompson. 10 men and
women forming the 1892 Imper-
ial county grand jury today held
their first meeting in the chamber
but recently vacated by the retiring
grand jurors.
Members of the new grand jury
were chosen this morning in de-
partment two of the superior court
where they will report from time
to time, and where the final result
OF their Investigations will be filed
almost year from now.
Mrs. Alta N Wilke of BraWley
was named foreman of the grand
jury, setting a precedent in the
history of such investigating bodies
IN this county, This is the first
time on record woman has been
chosen foreman of a grand jury in
this county Twelve men and sew
en- women form the jury.
OF those chosen to serve during
the coming year, seven are from
Brawley, three from Holtville, -four
from Ell Centro, two from Imperial
one from Bard, one from Calexico
and one from Calipatria.
Possibly with the report of the
l930-3l grand jury in mind, Judge
Thompson, in his instructions
called to the attention of the new
grand jurors violations of the alien
land law in Imperial county
The report of the last grand jury
stated the law was being violated
in many instances. but public sent
iment was Suc:l, anC prosecution
would be SO costly, the grand jurors
had arrived at the conclusion nc
action should be taken.
Law Quoted
In his instructions Judge Thomp-
son this morning said, you
are authorized TO investigate leases
so-called cropping contracts and
transfers of land to certain aliens
who are rot entitled to lease OF
purchase lands in this state, and
who, am informed, are holding
lands contrary to our laws"
Ell Centro members OF the grand
jury are w. L. Apple, Herbert
Loudermilk, Roy L. Rumsey and
Mrs. N. A. Contos.
From Brawley are Mrs. Grace w
Little, Mrs. Alta N Wilke, Bur
leigh Adams, Mrs. Mary E. Taco
her, Mrs. Mollie Prewett, Joe F
Warner and Mrs. Merle Culver.
Holtville furnished John L. Kav-
anaugh, Mrs. A. S. Greenleaf anc
j. K. Fahring. Others are Edmund
N. Cosand and Charles Edmund
Cooke, Imperial; Manley C. Bos-
worth, Calipatria; Malcom II. Huey
Calexico; and William Stuthman
Bard.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-12
FEDERAL PRISON
OUTBREAK WILL
BE INVESTIGATED
Daring Escape BY Six
COnyicts To Be Probed
By Authorities.
BY WILLIAM ID. DICKSON. Jr.

FE d E r A l. SnENITENTIARY.
LEAVENWORTH, Kans.. Dec. ~
(u.P)-A searching investigation, to
determine how six desperate con-
Victs obtained the weapons they
used in their murderous and futile
break, was started today inside the
stone walls of the Leavenworth fed
eral penitentiary.
Three convicts, comrades who en-
tered the prison together, died in an
apparent three-way suicide pact as
poSsemen closed in about them
They were George Curtis. Grover
Durrill and Will Green, all serving
25-year terms from Oklahoma Citv
for mail robbery. Their three CON-
panions, Tom Underwood Duluth
mall bandit; Charles Berta, San
Francisco mail robber, and STANLEY
Browning, Fargo. S. D., bank rob-
Der, were in solitary confinement.
A seventh convict, Earl Thayer of
Oklahoma City, still was at liberty
Thomas B. White, grim, tight
Tipped 50-year-old warden, faced
possible amputation of his left arm.
HIS shoulder was mangled by shot
gun slugs, fired by Green when the
prison head risked his life to save
an l8-year-old girl after he had
been kidnapped from his office bv
the criminals. Two prison guards.
Capt. James Calvin and Irwin w.
Mooney, were. slightly wounded.
Piece by piece, a composite pic
ture of the break was brought to-
gether by E. H. Eckholdt, secretary
to the Warden-a picture of six des-
perate men determined to risk their
lives and the lives of others in the
attempt to gain their freedom. For
six hours these criminals terrorized
the countryside. They kidnapped
three persons, forced their way into
the home of an aged farmer, Emer-
son c. Salisbury. 73, to use his
house as fort, and stole two auto
mobiles.
Plot Well Planned
THE break, SO we'll planned the
convicts knew every step, occurred
at 9 o'clock yesterday right in
Warden Whites own office" Eel.
holdt said. white, three prison
clerks and myself found ourselves
face to face with the criminals re.
yolvers and shotguns. We Were
forced to accompany them righ
through the prison main gates t4
! the highway, almost 500 yards away
from the wall"
The warden was forced to go with
the six deSperadoeS as they corr
mandeered passing motor car apd
headed for the country.
The penitentiary seethed with ac-
ton. Alarms were sounded. The
more than 5000 prisoners set up a
Glamour of shouting. Two com
panies of infantrymen were sent
out from the nearby army camp tr
aid in the search for the escaped
convictS.
The men made their way over
muddy roads to the farm home OF
Joseph Gates, about three miles
southwest of Leavenworth. Their
automobile stalled in a ditch. Thev
entered the house and kidnapped
Gates l8-year-old married daugh-
ter, Mrs. Elizabeth Gates Phillips
Continued On Page 61
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-12
Eleven Members
OF Crew Drown

OSLO, Dec. y. U.P) - Eleven
members of the crew OF the German
steam trawler, Venue, were drowned
and two were saved after the craft
was caught in a vicious storm and
sank.
The engineer and mate were
saved.
The trawler had Is men aboard.
Seven members of the crew left in
a lifeboat and the other six escaped
on 4 raft. The lifeboat capsized.
drowning all. while four of those
on the raft also were drowned.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-12
Hitch Hiker Is
Victim Of Thug

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 10. U.P) -
Dazed from a severe blow on the
head, Harold w. Swiger, 10, SIT
South Thirteenth street, Terre
Haute, Ind, was in the general hos
pital today in a critical condition
while police sought to learn if be
had been robbed and thrown from
an automobile, or was struck down
by car.
The youth was found on the high
way late last night with a deen
cash on his head and other serious
injuries. ncoherently, Swiger re-
lated how he had accepted lift"
from strange motorist yesterday
morning. Beyond that he could re-
member nothing.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-12
@MlLL-
w 'says:

(SpeciaD-This is the famous
Mukden in Manchuria where al
your war news comes from The
Chinese army evacuated the
city and the American news
paper men moved in. They
been here so long and times
are so tough that about half
the banditry committed is by
them.
They got no American news
until / mushed in over the snow
today. They did not know old
Gen. Nah Garner with 300
Democrats had marched on TO
Washington. No war today.
Cold weather. Yours,
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-12
ACTRESS LOSES SUIT

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 70. U.P) -
Seven years ago, May McAyoS
screen actress, filed suit for S175c
salary against Madison Productions
Inc. To-day the actress had lost the
claim through her failure to bring
the matter to trial within the Statu-
tory five-year period. Superio.
Judge Lester w. Roth dismissed the
action Cn petition of the film firm
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-12
HOOVER
Defends
PROGRAM
President Demands Unity
OF Action On Plans For
Aiding Country.
ISSUES STATEMENT
Congressional Critics Of
Message Sharply An
swered BY Executive.

WASHINGTON, Dec. -. W.p)---
The anticipated battle between the
White House and congress was on
today, with President Hoover lead
Ing the administration forces In n
slashing offensive.
The struggle over means to re-
store the country quickly to econ
omic stability and prevent fin
ancial crisis this winter, was eX-
pected to develop into one of the
most bitter conflicts between the
legislative and executive branches
OF the government in recent his
tory.
The President issued a statement
demanding unity of action on his
partisan program" designed
TO turn "the tide of deflation and
start the country upon the road OF
recovery His attack came on the
heels of sharp criticism in congress
OF his financial program and plans
for loosening credits. as we'll as his
war debt moratorium. The state
ment was regarded as a direct re-
ply 10 congressional attacks on the
recommendations In his annual
message.
IT appeal for unity of action,
the President said In his state
ment. He said that part OF his
program requires legislation" and
added:
1T is a partisan program"
It am interested In its principles
rather .han its details" the Pres
ident said. THE major steps re
must take are domestic. The action
needed is in the home field, and il
} is urgent"
He emphasized that while for
eign problems were important. I'VE
must depend upon ourselves" Mr.
Hoover then reviewed his financial
relief program, summarizing it IN
IL SALEM points and demanding
prompt action.
Outlines Points
The points dealt with provisions
for meeting the unemployment
problem, strengthening the federal
land bank system lin the interest
OF the farmer" aid to home own
ers, Of city and farm; aid to small
depositors in closed banks, en-
largement of discount facilities Of
the federal reserve bank; creation
of a reconstruction finance corpor-
alton to loosen credits in this emer-
gency; aid in railroads, revision Of
banking laws, and in general the
":naintainence of the public finance
on a sound basis"
This he proposes TO do by "dras-
tic economy" keeping down ma
tional expenditures in the govern
ment; and temporary increase
in taxation" He also urged 'niain-
tenance of the American system OF
individual initiative and individual
and community responsibility"
This program will affect favor
ably every man. woman and child
not a special class or any group
the President asserted "One of its
purposes Is to start the flow Of
credit now impeded by fear and un-
certainty, to the detriment of ev-
cry manufacturer, business nan
and farmer. To re-establish nor
NAL functioning is the need of the
hour.
The statement was regarded as
starting the test of strength in this
battle of the giants"
The President is known to feel
that his program is essential to
stave Off a serious situation in the
national treasury as we'll as finan-
cial chaos in private affairs. His
opponents In congress are expected
10 draw up counter proposals as
their next move.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-12
WHAT'S DOING
TONIGHT

Moose charity ball, 8, Moose
home.
r. A. Nj. dinner, 6:15, Bar
bara Worth.
r. A. NJ. meeting, s, Masonic
Temple.
Present Day club, 8. o. ].
Bradshaw home.
Scout training course, I'M
periaI Veterans hall.
Scottish Rite Masons, 1880,
Brawley Masonic Temple.
Fox Imperial Theatre, "Sui-
eide Fleet"
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-12
TOMORROW

Sunday services, churches.
Scout training course, Imper-
ial Veterans hall.
Baseball, 2, high school.
F. and A. Nj. No. 3S4 silver
jubilee, Masonic Temple.
Fox Imperial Theatre, "a
Dangerous Affair.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-12
MONDAY

F. and A. NJ. No. 3S4 silver
jubilee, Masonic Temple.
Masonic luncheon, 1880. Bar
bara Worth.
Twice Told Tales, 2:S0, II. L.
Osborne ranch.
Y. w. c. A. board, ., 669
Wensley.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-10-01
AUTUMN

There is one thing in which America has
it all over Europe. That is our Autumn sea-
son. or as we usually call it, the Fall of the
year.
It must be admitted that we don't have
very much Of a Spring season, in most parts
of this country. We go from Winter smack
into Summer. We don't understand what the
English poets are talking about when they
sing of Spring. But over there they go from
Summer right into Winter, almost. There
is none of that long-drawn out season after
harvest, when the leaves are turning and
falling and, in the North, at least, there is
a touch of frost in the early morning and
the sweet smell of fallen leaves and Nature
takes on a coat of gorgeous color before
shifting to the somber gray of Winter.
Fall is the season of play for the farmer
When the crops have been harvested and
the Fall blowing is done, there is period
before Winter sets in when hunting is at
it's best, when it is pleasure to be out of
doors with nothing of immediate Importance
to attend to. 1t is the season of relaxation
after the heat and strain of Summer, when
folk can take time to sum up the result of
the years work and begin their plans for
the next.
Thanksgiving Day, in most parts of
the country, marks the end of Fall and the
real beginning of Winter. Then we begin to
look forward to Christmas and thence to
next Spring. We hear travellers tell of coun-
tries where the seasons never change from
one years end to the other. It seems to us
that half of the pleasure of life comes from
the changing seasons, and from looking
forward to the next change.
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/ never have seen one of these
night games. / just cant imagine
how they can get it light enough
to see how to play ball but they
say its great and its drawing a
lot of people out here. Los An
geles and Hollywood are fighting
it out for the Pennant. They call
the Hollywood the "Shieks" out
here, and Oscar Witt, anothr old
friend and Elk Detroit Player is
their Manager. Football is COM
ing SO fast that its not leaving
much news for depression. The
Four Horsemen of the great
Notre Dame fame have been out
here donating their time to the
making of a great picture called
the Spirit of Notre Dame, includ-
ing all the famous stars of past
and present, and one afternoon
theydid me the great honor of
coming up to my little ranch and
playing around, riding horses
just like backfield can. They are
fine Boys, and every one of them
are making good as Coaches.
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headliner lately has been this lit
tie fellow Gandi. He just blew
into London with nothing on but
a Diaper and he has had the
whole British Empire bringing
sticks out of the water for him.
They look on him over in India
as almost t second God and I
guess he does come nearer living
and acting like our Saviour than
any one else ever did. He is diff
ferent from Aimee, she believes
in the Lord but she believes in
some Injuries along with it. She
don't deny herself anything. While
this Gandi he actually lives like
our Saviour. He couldent figure
out England being so hard up,
and yet spending so much money.
World Series will be on pretty
soon and that's when depression
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will end for about sixty thousand
every day, Philadelphia plays St.
Louis as usual. st. Louis dident
win for years then they accident
ally won one year, and saw what
cinch it was, they have practi-
cally kept it up since then. Most
teams when they found out they
had to play the Athletics in the
World Series dident try to win.
But st. Louis is a glutton for
punishment, they are getting
ready for another sock in the
jaw. / want to make that il !
can. haven't seen one of the
World Series game in three or
four years. used to have some
great friends playing ball in the
good old days, Speaker, Walter
Johnson, Cobb, Duffy Lewis, Har-
ry Hooper, and a host of others.
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PROPHETS

We cannot think of anything quite so
foolish as trying to predict what will happen
next. There has arisen an unusually large
crop of prophets in the past two years, some
predicting a speedy return of prosperity,
others telling us that we are in for many
years more of hard times.
We have our own opinion as to what is
going to happen, but we try to keep them to
ourselves. When it comes to predicting facts,
we are sure only of a very few things.
We predict, for example, that there will
be a lot more cold weather than warm wea-
Their between now and spring. We feel rea-
sonably safe on that point. We predict that
there will be either Democrat or a Repub-
hcan elected to the Presidency next year, and
we don't believe anybody can hit it any
closer than that, as politics look now. We
won't take a chance on predicting whether
Henry Ford is going to bring out new car
for 1882 or not, but we feel safe in prophe-
sylng that if he does he'll sell lot of them.
We wish we knew whether the price of
wheat and cotton were going up or down.
We don't, but we predict that, whichever
way farm prices go, the political farmers
will still be asking Uncle Sam to help them
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We have persuaded
the weather man to
have some fine build
ing weather for build
ing this fall; must let
somebody take advan-
tage Of our lowest
priced in years build
ing material.
tai
Advertisement
Now for fall build
ing, material lowest in
years.
Harry surprised me
by telling me that
were gong to take
our honey moon in
France"
"How nice, and how
did he spring it on
you %
HE said as soon as
we were married he
would show me where
he was wounded in
the war"
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out. There are few other things still in the
future of which we are certain. Water will
continue to run down hill, the sun will rise
daily in the East as usual and there will be
just about as many fools on wheels break
ing their own necks and others next year as
there were this year. We can't tell whether
women are going to wear their hair and
their skirts long or short, but we feel GER
tain that whatever any man says they are
going to do, they'll do the opposite.
Outside Of few certainties like that, be
cause upon the Interchangeable laws of ma
ture, human and otherwise, we don't set up
to be any kind of prophet. But we do pre-
dict that almost everything will be different
next year and succeeding years from what
they are today.
1t would be pretty dull world, seems to
us, if everybody could tell what is going to
happen next. What makes life interesting
is the variety there is in it.
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emit got the bridal veil off till
old Wives commenced showing up
all over the country. 1t looked
like she had married profess
ional marrier.
Well her and old "Whataman"
was just getting their license
Strengthened out when Aimee
grabs a Baritone, one of those
old Choir loves. Well then every
body that had ever slept through
Church started in saying he had
deceived EN- in some part of the
country or the other.One was a
nurse and she claimed she was an
old flame of his when she wasent
nursing.
Next to Aimee the biggest
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Fruit CUP

A dainty dish to Servo -,
cookies for dessert or to serve !.
cocktail at the beginning 81 !.
meal is made by combining VAR.
Gus fruits. For example, cut !.
and sweeten slightly, one or..I =
fruit, three small oranges t%o
bananas, and two large Slice. Two %
pineapple. Serve in sbo,h J.
glasses, topped with a cherry AZ ~
most any other combination' az !,
fruits would do we'll. If one vi u
put a small amount Of any frpit
to serve a company, this is q aoos
scheme. A can Of salad fruits s NV
be opened and added. may
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THE FARMER HAS TOO MANY FRIENDS

4 Verify the farmer is suffering from too
many friends Laws passed, based on I'M
sound political reasoning have, of Late years,
added to his troubles. Money borrowed from
land banks has either caused him to lose
his farm or to work under heavy mortgages.
We can't claim cure-all But we can and
do advocate those sound and obvious things
we could do as starter in any event. The
present marketing act, as was most of the
other Farm Relief laws, appears not to fill
the bill by quite consideration It violates
too many of those sound principlesWe have
spoken of.
Cost of production must be cheapened.
Science and invention must be modified to
aid the farmer. Consumption must be in
creased
The cry has been raised that Agriculture
must be raised to the level of industry"
Then we have turned upon the farmer and
have used methods which would break any
industry. The present marketing act was
passed as a piece of political compromise;
and offered to the farmer as sop for votes.
These other unavoidable schemes are all Of
the same nature.
Until we treat the question of agriculture
as one of economics and stop using it as a
political football, We will sink deeper in the
mire
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when you got to get out and
battle Republican made depres-
sion. Its all right as long as Dem
ocratic prosperity is with why an
Oxford diploma will get you by,
but when Steel hits a new low,
and Radio quits splitting up four
for one, why you got to have
some real learning.
Going to Claremore this week