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Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-13
Truck Inspection
Service Started

Inspection center for cantaloupes
tomatoes and other perishables be-
ing shipped from the valley by
truck, is to be maintained at the
Safety Corner Truck terminal at
Fourth and Olive streets.
Inspectors will be on duty be-
tween the hours of p. m. and
p. m. and a. m. and 10 p. m. Spe-
cial lighting facilities have been
installed for the convenience of in
spectors and truckmen.
B. "A. Harrigan, agricultural COM
missioner states that there has
been a long felt need for a central
point for truck inspection and the
departments selection provides a
meeting place which will speed the
movement of Imperial Valley per-
iShables.
In speaking of the selection. Dale
Ramsey, manager of the Safety
Corner Service stations, said that
the terminal was selected on ac-
count of its central location and
conveniences furnished inspection
forces and truck operators.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-13

Divorce Cross Complaint Filed
Pedro Mercado yesterday afternoon
filed an answer and cross complaint
to the divorce suit of Francisco
Mercado. charging her with extreme
cruelty and asking possession of
community property
Paul's Lemonade Kills gour
thirst, retains and improves your
health, because it is genuine fresh
lemons. All ready made up. sc per
cup. Next to stages Depot. l6tf
Funeral Services-Last rites for
Mrs. Ernestine Mary Wallace of
Calipatria were conducted at Lem
ons' Funeral chapel this afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock Interment took
place at Evergreen cemetery. She
dico a. ne nome on Monday night.
Edwin Stewar, try cleaning
and pressing. We call for and deli
yer. Quality, service, dependability.
Casa Rey Hotel. Telephone ll6. 2t6
Prisoner Held Here--Talby Boone,
80, is held in the county jail today
for Jacumba officers. Boone il
wanted in Jacumba for traffic
offense. He was arrested in Braw-
ley.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-13
Woman Dies From
Poisoned Food

LOS ANGELES, May l3. U,P)-
Mrs. Margaret Gardetto. 40, was
dead today and two of her friends
were in a critical condition as re-
suit of a dish she prepared from
imported canned goods containing,
among other ingredients, mush-
rooms, police reported.
Frank Monetti, 81, and Peter F.
Appino, 80, who were dinner guests
of Mrs. Gardetto, were reported by
attendants at the Los Angeles gen.
eral hospital to be in a critical con-
dition today.
1t was reported that Mrs. Car
detto and the two men were the
only ones of several guests to be
affected by the food. 1t was said
they had taken more generous help
ings than the others.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-13
Injured Youth
Will Recover

Carl Jones, son of Mrs. E. L. Mas
sey of this city. is recovering salts
factorily from injuries received in
a head-on automobile collision near
La Brea on the night of May 8.
He now is at the home of rela-
tives in Huntington Beach, having
been taken there from the Fuller
ton hospital this week. His condi-
tion is said to be very encouraging
considering the seriousness of his
injuries.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-13
IMPERIAL READERS COLUMN

he is improving from an attack of
pneumonia He has been confined
to his bed for a period of six
months.
The student body of the Imperial
Union high school elected officers
Friday. The following officers were
elected for next year: Byron Lind
sley, president; Mildred Williams,
vice president, and Mable Barthole-
NEW, secretary.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Huston left
for Los Angeles Tuesday morning
on d short business trip.
Mrs. r. M. Thompson is visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Dan
Taylor of Imperial.
A strawberry and ice cream festi-
val is TO be held on the Communi-
ty Church lawn, Wednesday eve
ming, May 13. This occasion is a
great event in Imperial Everybody
is welcome. 1t is under the auspices
of the Imperial Christian Endeavor.
Miss Alberta St. Laurent enter
tanned at her home Saturday eve
ming, May 9. Purple and gold, class
colors, made a very attractive de-
coration for her home. This party
was in honor of the seniors. Those
present were: Gladys Taylor, Anna
Coomes, Dorothy Waugh, Helen
Marshall, Lorna Ralph. Elmer
Strain, Mildred Foster, Lois Cosand,
Miss Arthurs, Miss Vincent, Vivian
Harris, Mildred Williams, Airline
Stevens, and Anna Lee Fishbaugh.
L. G.. Niles is building a new
home on the corner OF Imperial
avenue and Second street.
w. d. Scott, Gott, Gene st. Laur-
ent. Emery Russell and Johnny Nc
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-13

Call spent the Weekend in Jewel
Valley.
Mrs. Guy Canady of North F
street has returned to Imperial for
a few days. She has been on the
coast since February. She will
probably return the latter part of
this week.
Homer Taylor. who is an en-
ployee of the Pacific Land & Cattle
company, has brought his wife
home from San Diego hospital.
She is recovering from an accident
on the San Diego highway about a
week ago.
Fred Hudson of the Airport Serv-
ice Station is i'll with tonsilitis.
Grandfather Foster is confined
to his bed this week.
Judge Hawkins, who has recently
returned from Indio, is Unable TO
be at his desk on account OF a
Slight illness
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-13
LIVESTOCK

LOS ANGELES, May l3. U.p)-
Hogs, receipts, 400. Slow, steady to
weak. Top $790 on load Nebras-
kas. Two loads California and
Nebraskas S7.35 to $3.50.
Cattle receipts 700. Very SLOW
Few sales steady. Undertone weak
Two loads good fed Colorado steers
SITS. Imperial and Arizona Mexi-
cans S6.15 to $6.25. Load good
grass cows $50. Bulk $3.25 to
S4.85. Calves 100. Strong to 25c
higher. Bulk vealers $3.50 to S9.75
Sheep, receipts $50. Steady. Few
common to medium spring lambs
5000 to S7.25. los ID. wooled ewes
$500.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-13
Shannon Estate
Papers Filed

James B. Shannon, assistant city
water superintendent drowned in a
tragic sewer manhole accident north
of Imperial, May 8, left an estate
estimated at only $4,000, according
to papers filed in the county clerks
office yesterday afternoon. -
Alta Shannon, widow of the
drowning victim, filed a petition
for letters of administration, list
ing his estate at an approximate
value of $4,000.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-13
District Settles
Calipatria Suit

Agreement by the irrigation dis
trict that it will guarantee part of
the cost of establishing the Cali
patria outfall sewer in the event the
state ever requires such re-estab-
lishment was made Tuesday after
noon when attorneys representing
the city of Calipatria and the dis
trict presented draft of proposed
contract.
The districts part of the cost of
establishing the sewer will not
exceed $4,000, the contract provides.
Originally the city of Calipatria
sought damages in an amount ap-
proxihating $4,000.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-13
City and County News Briefs

In Traffic Courtroom defend
ants appeared in Judge I. May
fields court this morning on minor
traffic citations, while only one
failed to appear. Glaring headlights
and other minor offenses were
charged. Two warrants of arrest
for those who failed to appear last
week were issued.
DIR. A. b. Hanson, Dentist, Davis
Bldg. Extraction specialist.
Pleads Guilty Manuel Bega
pleaded guilty before Judge I. May
field yesterday to a charge of en-
tering a box car and petty theft.
Judgment will be passed this after
noon.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-13
ALPINERs TO MEET

BANFF, Alberta, U,P)-In the
Tokumm Creek district, some three
miles from the head of Prospectors S
Valley. $500 feet above sea-level in
the Kootenay Park section of the
Canadian Rockies, the Alpine Club
of Canada will hold its 26th annual
camp from July 20 to August 8, 1881.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-13
CAN FISH IN OWN PONDS

AUSTIN, Tex, U.P)-Regardless
Of closed seasons proclaimed by
any state body, Texans have the
right to fish in their own ponds
any time they please The states
court of criminal appeals has SO
held in a test case brought to IL by
the state game, fish and oyster
commission.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-13
IorSlograPhlc tests prove that The DCtator satin
smoothness has no equal at near its price

VOUR own "car sense" will tell
L you in a mile of travel that here
is power of extraordinary smooth
ness. And the unerring T Torsiograph
record will bear out your judgment.
Studebaker's s1-horsepower Die
tator engine is, by scientific tests,
the smoothest Eight within hun
dreds of dollars of its price.
The Dictator's 9-bearing Crank
shaft is balanced, not only statically
but dynamically, on machines that
are marvels of precision. A vibra.
ton damper of the most effective
design is used. Costlier dual carbu-
retion and manifolding, by feeding
exactly proportional am.sats of
fuel to each cylinder, avoi1 "starv.
ing" of end cylinders and assure
smooth and epen power impulses.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-13
WOmen's Club To
Hold Exhibition

Annual exhibit of the Woman's
Civic Improvement club will be
held on Thursday and Friday nights
OF this week in the East Side COM
munity club mouse, l44 State street.
In connection with the exhibit
special program will be given each
night at o'clock. On Friday eve
ming the popularity contest spon-
sored by the club will be brought TO
q close.
The public is cordially invited to
attend the exhibit.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-13
@MarteD

LOS ANGELES, May i3. U.P)--
Following arc rocay-s market quo
tations:
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-13

Lakeport will hold a three-day
regatta on Clear Lake September
5-7
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-13

Efficient carburetor silencing, plus
Studebaker's full power exhaust
muffling (Which eliminates practi-
cally all back pressure) results in
absolute quiet such as characterizes
the most costly cars.
And this background of luxurious
smoothness throws into bold relief
the most brilliant of all The Die
tator's advantages-Free Wheeling.
Borne on the wings of momentum,
you glide in silence, able to shift
easily, quietly and without touching
the clutch, saving 15% to 2O% on
gas and oil.
No other car in The Dicfator's
price range is SO good car, so
smooth Car, or so satisfying car!
Drive it to prove il!
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-29
RIVER FORECAST

The river will continue to. fall
slowly during the next "A TO As
hours.
Flood Present 2s-Hr. 2s-Hr
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-29
Cameron Courts

Prepared by the Brownsville
Title Company.
Deeds Filed May eth, 1881
G. c. Bowman to Fred j. Brons.
All OF Blk. 81. containing 40 acres,
Iceland Subdivision, Survey 29S,
Cd'n: s50,OlO.OO.
ID. 3. Meadows to Kate Hertzka.
South 1892 acres Of farm blk. 30
and 81, and 2l.0S out OF farm
blk. 81. % and IS and 46. David g.
Stephenson Subd., Survey IS. Cdn:
$l2. 1877. 90.
NJ. B. Hertzka TO Kate Hertzka.
Lots 3 and 10, Blk. /, Arroyo Vista
Addition, city Of Harrington, Cd'n:
$1,000.
NJ. L. Stephens, ct al. TO M. q.
Hertzka. Lots 3 and 10. Blk. /.
Arroyo Vista Addition 70 the city
OF Harlingen. Cd'n: So.209.00.
Port Isabel Co. to C. O. MatZ.
Lot 4, IN block AZ. city of Port
Isabel, Cd'n: 100000.
Ben II. Stiles "a Mrs. Ida ID. l..
Hamill. Lot /. Blk. 203, contain
hAF ho+Jo 1NAN1H l. ~ AAAAAhf ~ 81
Subd., Cd'n: $1,000 e. c.
The Barreda Corporation TO
James Dickinson +. Mortgage Co.
All OF Lot II and S. K. 299 acres
OF lots % and %, Blk. 8, Barreda
Gardens Subdivision No. 2, Cdn.
$608-50.
Helen c. Bowie, ct al. TO Vera
Lutrell and Vida Lutrell. Lot /.
In Blk. Q, Third Addition, City OF
San Benito, Cd'n: S45000.
II. NJ. Patee. ct al 10 Pet Isabel
Irrigation Co. Blk. 81, containing
li21 acres. Bayside Gardens Subd.,
Cd'n: $1,000 g. G..
Mrs. J. G.. Shannon. ct a.. to II.
NJ. Pattee. 1921 acres. being Blk.
81. Bayside Gardens S-bd.. Cd'n:
S804l04.
Foster S. Woodbury., ct al. to
Port Isabel Irrigation Co. All OF
Blk. 6S. Section 9. Bayview Citrus
Groves Subd.. No. 3. Cd'n: $1,000.
e. c.
b. q. Ohmit 10 George Wolf and
Wilhelm Wolf. An Undivided in
terest in and TO all that portion of
Blk. II. living North of Cameron
County Flood Protection Levee.
Orange Grove Subd., Cdn: Sl.00.
g. c.
The Al Parker Securities Co. to
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-29
Part Time Jobs For
Many Now In Order

WASHINGTON. Nav 2o-lP-
The American Federation OF La
boris suggestion that full time Jobs
for a few he made into part time
jobs for many has already been
put into practice in some instances
by American industry.
A continued tendency In that
direction was reported TODAY by
Fred Croxton. vice chairman or the
Presidents emergency committee for
employment.
Croxton. IN charge OF the COM
mittee's work while Chairman
Woods studies unemployment / n
Europe, said large numbers OF
workers have been provided a liv-
ing during the depression By en-
ployers dividing available work.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-29
Truck
Markets

II. O. II. shipping point informa-
ton reported Thursday. May 70:
Lower Rio Grande Valley Points:
Warm. partly cloudy.
Tomatoes: Haulings fairly heavy.
Light wire inquiry. demand slow,
market about steady. Lugs green
wrapped u. S. No. | 6x7 and larger
carloads FOB usual terms S.90-i.l0,
mostly si.00; cash track $4,000,
very few sales sl.00, few lower.
Truckloads cash to growers 6X7
and larger mostly lc per ID, very
few | l-2c.
Green Corn: Hauiings moderate.
Light wire inquiry, demand slow.
market about steady. Carloads FOB
usual terms-bushel baskets $50
lilo: cash track mostly 9Oc. Top ice
extra To growers in field 40-50c
per buShel.
Carlot shipments or entire United
States reported Thursday, May 70:
Potatoes: Texas los. Ala. l39.
Calf. q. Fla. IS. Ga. AZ. idaho 50,
La. al. S. Carolina sos. Maine 81,
Wis. II. total u. 8. 1905 ca.
Snap Beans: Ala. 4. Calf. 1. Fla.
Z. Ga. 5. La. "a. Miss. 2. N. Carolina
IL, S. Carolina 80. Texas /, total
u. 8. on cars.
Beets. New York 1. ". Carolina
/, Va. Z. total u. S. 2 cars.
Cabbage: Ala. 10. Ark. /. La. ).
Miss. 81. ". Carolina II, Va. Is.
total u. s. 81 cars.
Carrots: Ariz. 4. Calf. ~. New
York Z, Texas 3, total u. s. So
cars.
Corn: Fla. 4. Texas 2s, total u.
s. 30 cars.
Cucumbers: Ala. 10. Calf. .. Fla.
20. Ga 2, Texas s, total u. S. SO
cars.
Mixed Vegetables. Fla. Is. i6,
Texas 8. total u. S. 90 cars.
Onions: Calf. II. In. 2. Oregon
I. Texas 100. total u. s 100 cars.
Toma-Des: Calf. 6. Fla. 1853. Tex
as 13l. total u. S. 200 cars.
Lower Valley shipments forward
ed Friday morning. MAY 20:
Tomatoes l04. Corn "a Potatoes
6 Mixed Vegetables 3. Par--s |,
total 1873 cars. Total movement TO
date this seaSon-Fruit $500. Vege-
tables 20.889: total 23.509 cars: TO
same date last season-Fruit 1882,
Vegetables q .S77. total $3.50 cars.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-29
Monoplane Is Ready
For Nonstop Trip

SAMUSHIRO BEACH. Japan,
May 29-IP,-The somewhat cum
bersome" monoplane In which
Thomas Ash. Jr., American flier.
hopes 20 span the Pacific without
a stop. rested on the natural run
way Of this beach today ready TO
take off for Tacoma. Wash. at 7
a. m. tomorrow a p. m. Friday,
Central Standard Time.l
Ash landed here late TODAY after
a 3S0-mile flight from Tachikawa
airdrome. nesr Tokyo. He hen in
sDected and prepared the plane for
the 4.400-mile solo flight across the
Pacific. He expects to land at
Tacoma in forty TO fifty hours.
Ash was accompanied here bv 4
mechanic who assisted him In final
preparations. At TachikawI he va-
given a rousing send-off bv hi-r
officials. including the America
Ambassador W.. Cameron Forbes
and the mayor Of Tokyo.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-29
TARIFF IS NOT
HIGH, SAYS COP
Rates No More Than AIDE
quate I'm Most Cases,
Committee Says

WASHINGTON. May %. -
The republican national committee
today found "ample evidence to
show that under present conditions
the rates In the Hawley-Smoot
tariff are no more than adequate,
IN many instances. and that In
some cases perhaps not high
enough"
The G. q. p. ORGANIZATIONS state
ment used as an Illustration of this
contention the demand ar Repre-
sentative C0nnery. democrat. Mas
sachusetts. that the tariff commits
sion increase the rates on boots and
shoes so per cent over the present
20 per cent ad valorem duty.
Democratic leaders" the state
ment said. have been free in their
criticism or what they call the
'iniquitous' rates IN the tariff bill,
yet not one Of them has eve an
swered the challenge TO name the
rates they would reduce.
Never II continued. has the
necessity Of protecting our mar
kets and or workers been SO ap-
parent IN view Of tremendous wage
cuts abroad. III our tariff walls are
not maintained and the fullest
protection accorded agriculture. in
dustry and labor. the American
standard OF living must fall TO
EuroDean levels.
Blind theorists. foreign inter-
ests and democratic free traders
are threatening to destroy our
tariff"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-29
AMERICAN IS
EXECUTED IN
ITALY TODAY
Pays Penalty For
Plot Against
I'll Duce

ROME, May 20. GP1-Conyicted Of
Plotting the assassination of Premier
Benito sMussolini. Michele Schirru.
an American by naturalization. was
executed at dawn today by a fir
ing squad.
He was led into the interior court
oil Fort BraSchi and seated astrlde
a chair with his back to the marks
men. A battalion OF blackshirt mill
tiamen formed three sides Of a hol-
low square around him and directed
q volley of shots into his spine.
The special tribunal for defense
OF the state. composed Of seven mill
.tia officers. witnessed the execution.
The official bulletin read as fol-
lows.
This morning al the hour OF i:27
In the interior court OF Fort Bras
chi vas carried out the execution by
means OF a volley in the back the
sentence pronounced by the special
tribunal for defense Of the a,.ats
against the terrorist Michele Schir-
ru."
Schirru, 80 years old and once a
resident Of New York, was the first
American to taste fascist justice for
such an offense and the seventh
person TO be executed under the de-
tense Of the state law. designed TO
punish attempts to overthrow the
iesime or to plot against the Pre-
rller.
ROME. May 30. lPi-After wit
Messing the execution OF Michele
Schirru, the Judges Of the special
tribunal for defense OF the state
today called to trial nine italian
"intellectuals" charged with instiga-
ting a plot to overthrow the fascist
government.
The defendants are accused OF
provoking armed instruction aud
civil war and organizing intimida-
ting demonstrations OF an insuirect-
ional character" as leaders Of the
Justice and liberty organization
with headquarters in Milan.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-29
WILL FORM
CUPBOARD
POLO BODY
South Texas Cities
Show Interest In
Valley Sport
tBy Staff Correspondent

PORT ISABEL. May pa dis
cussion Of the organization and
possible schedule Of official games
Of a South Texas Cupboard Polo
League Is n Of the objects OF a
meeting to be held Friday night N
the Administration Building, &C
cording to DIR. j. A. Hockaday,
Port Isabel sportsman.
Definite organization OF an Out
board Water Polo League will be
the result OF the meeting tonight.
DR.. Hockaday predicted. Water
polo originated In Port Isabel, and
the game has already attracted ma
tional attention. Several south
Texas cities, including Corpus
Christi. San Antonio, Houston. and
Beaumont. have requested games
with the local outfit, and 1t is
hoped that a league embracing all
81 these cities will be formed and
, regular schedule of games play
I'd during the summer months.
At the Friday meeting. the de-
monstration game TO be held sun
day, May 81, at the Yacht Club
basin will be discussed. The Har-
ingen Municipal Band OF so pieces
will furnish music during the wat
er polo game.
Arrangements have already been
made for a game az Beaumont
July "a, during the Beaumont Re-
gatta, and it is hoped that this will
be the official opening Of the South
Teas league.
Plans for exhibition or demon
stration games at San Benito, Har-
lingen, Corpus Christi andd Fort
Brown will also be completed to-
night.
Rules for playing water polo
have been outlined by DR.. Hocka-
day. The game Is played with par
Elephants in small skiffs with out
board motors attached. Two men
are In each boat. one at the mo-
tor. and the other handling the
mallet.
II the cupboard Pole League Is
formed. II will be the first league Of
its kind In existence. IL was point
ed out today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-29
TIDE TABLE

High and low tide at Point Isa-
pei tomorrow, under normal Meteo-
rological conditions:
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MISCELLANEOUS DATA
SUMMARY

b~dIohletrlc pressure was moder-
ately high practically throughout
n United States this morning. ex-
cept relatively low over the far
southwest Light to heavy scattered
showers occurred in Texas. Colora-
DO, Montana and Missouri within
the last "a hours. Temperatures
we're rather high in the northeastern
states yesterday and this morning.
but about seaSonable elsewhere in
the country.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-29
Bank President Dies
From Heart Attack

MONROE, La, May 20. Fl-T. r.
Tourney, president Of the Ouachita
National bank in Monroe. civic
builder and educator. who died yes
terday from a heart attack, will be
buried this afternoon in the old city
cemetery.
Fournov was SIS years old and was
a leader in financial circles OF this
parish and Louisiana. He was che
Of the organizers Of the band and
has been at the head Of the institu-
lion since its beginning in 1907.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-29

Al & Lloyd Parker, Inc. East 1854
acres OF Blk. 88, Minnesota-Texas
Id. & Irr. Co.'S Subd., Cd'n: $4,000
James-D Dickinson Farm Mortgage
Co. TO Frank w. Warner and Rod
erick G. Warner. Lot IL. Blk. Ill,
containing 9.37 acres. Fl Jardin
Re-Subd.. Cd'n: S2.035.O0.
Real Estate Sales
wednesday May 2Sth, 1880 so. 522 Sc
Wednesday May 18th, 1881 78,S25.04
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-29

President wilson vetoed the Vol
stead act on the ground that war
time prohibition was no longer de-
sirable and that the proper legal
procedure had not been followed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-29
WEATHER

For East Texas: Cloudy tonight
and Saturday; occasional thunder
showers in north and west por-
tons.
Light TO fresh east TO southeast
winds on the coast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-29
BULLETIN

oFlrst figures, lowest tempera-
ture last night; second. highest
yesterday; third. wind velocity Al
2 a. m; fourth, precipitation in
last "a hrs.D
The Washington times., 1931-11-12

NEWT Lydia Pipkb4rs Vegetable COmbORn6 Tablet FOrw
The Washington times., 1931-11-12
Welfare Agent Skeptical
OF Child Cruelty Story

The Riley home, where little
Edith Riley is alleged to have
been kept a prisoner in a dark
closet for a period of years, Is
described by Miss Patricia Morss,
of the Board of Public Welfare
as an orderly, well kept household
in which the two elder children,
Francis and Louise, received the
best of training.
Miss MorSS is frankly skeptical
Of the story told by Francis and
Louise Of the treatment to which
they and Edith we're subjected by
their stepmother, Mrs. Elsie Riley,
Child Unseen
The board, at the request Of the
Woman'S Bureau, made two in.
vestigations of the Riley child's
case. One was in 1925, the second
in 1927, when the bureau re-
peated its request for action.
At neither visit, according to
Miss MorSS, did the investigators
see Edith, but the stepmother i'm.
pressed them so favorably they
were willing to leave the child in
her charge.
Family "at LOggerheads"
The dead mothers kin were at
loggerheads with the Stepmother
and were responsible for the re-
sentful attitude taken by Francis
and Louise toward her, she said.
Said Miss MorSS: