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Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-09
DEMOCRATS VOTE
FOR CHICAGO AS
CONVENTION CITY
Raskob Denies Movement
To Prevent Nomination
Of Roosevelt.
By RAYMOND CLAPPER

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. U.P)-
The Democratic national commit
tee today selected Chicago for its
1892 convention city.
In spirited fight with Kansas
City and San Francisco. the I'LL.
nois city won on the first ballot.
With SIS votes needed for a ma
jority, Thomas E Manley, Of the
Philippine Islands cast the 55th
and deciding vote.
At that time Kansas City had 10.
San Francisco l9 and Atlantic City
S.
Totals on the ballot were as fol-
lows:
Atlantic City. l; Chicago, 81;
Kansas City, 10; San Francisco,
20.
Ohio moved to make the selec-
ton unanimous. The motion was
carried
June 81 was fixed as the conyen-
ton date. The Republican conven-
ton will be held in the same city
beginning Jun IA.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 8. up
Democratic National Chairman
John j. Raskob today publicly
repudiated reports that a Raskob-
Smith clique is antagonistic to the
presidential candidacy of Governor
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The chairman made his declara-
ton dramatically at the opening
Of the Democratic national COM
mittee meeting here today.
Soon after Raskob spoke his
proposal for a prohibition refer
endum was referred to the ma
tional convention on motion OF
Former Governor Byrd Of Virginia
Raskob denied, in effect, tina;
any secret political operations are
going on behind the Democratic
scenes. He said if he had any
business to take up before tic
committee he would take it up il
open session.
There have been a lot of stories
that I am trying to build up q
clique for control within the ma
tional committee" Raskob said
II believe that all problems viii
best be solved if there is full dis
cussion.
Some of these rumors have Sc
up the straw man that a Smith.
Rcskob-Shouse clique is opposed
to Roosevelt for the presidency.
There is rot a single membe.
of this committee who does no
know that have done nothing II
defeat or deter in any way thost
who very properly are proposing
Roosevelt for the nomination.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-09
Seeks Author
OF Bad Play

Los ANGELES, Jan. 8.
U.P)--A sadder but wiser pO-
iiceman today gave up his
search for this guy. AristO-
phanes.
The search was instituted
after police raided a present
ation of the 2300 year old
drama "Lysistrata" and ar
rested SO performers on charges
of giving an indecent perform
ance.
After the cast had been
booked at police court. mem-
Der of the raiding squad was
told off to find the author,
If possible, and take him into
custody. A fruitless hunt en-
sued and finally the officer
was told the Greek playwright,
AristOphanes had been dead
these many years.
Meanwhile producers of the
play obtained an injunction
restraining police from furth-
er interference with the show.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-09
Woman Injured
In Car Crash

Mrs. C. V. Goddard Of Seeley
was the only victim of a minor
automobile accident half n mile
west of Seeley on the San Diego
highway last night, when a car
driven by C. " Goddard ran into
the rear end of one driven by
James Mccoy, also of Seeley.
Goddard told Tillman Daley,
state traffic officer, he had run ou.
of gasoline and was coasting down
the hill to service station when
he hit the other car The only
explanation he could offer was that
he locked around for moment
and his car struck the other, ac-
cording to Daley's report.
Mrs. Goddard suffered a broken
nose and cuts on the face. She
was given first aid treatment by
physician.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-09
MOONEY MAKES
new MOVE TO
Get FREEDOM
Files Motion To Set Ver-
dict Aside And Obtain
New Trial.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 8. UP--
Tom Mooney, serving life in San
Quentin in connection with the
1916 Preparedness day bombing
here, made q surprise move for
freedom today when, through his
attorneys, he petitioned the court
to set aside his conviction and
grant him a new trial.
The noted convict's attorneys,
Carl Shinn and John E. Weis, filed
two motions based on the ground
that Moneys conviction was OBJ
tained through fraud and that there
was still pending a stipulation made
by the then attorney general agree
ing to new trial.
District Attorney Matthew Brady
scoffed the new move, latest in q
series instituted by Mooney and
his followers in an effort to OBJ
tain his freedom.
"A new trial wouldn't set aside
MONEYS conviction" he said. II
can't see any sense to the move.
We're ready to dismiss such a case
before 1t starts"
Judge Lucas H. Ward before
whom the motions were filed, set
January % as date for argument.
MONEYS latest action was be-
lieyed based on report OF COM
mittee of experts of the Wicker
shaw law enforcement commission,
placed before the senate In Wash
ington Friday. The report charac-
terized the conviction Of Mooney
and Warren K. Billings, serving life
in Folsom prison, as "in injustice
of the first order, brought about
through fraud and perjury
From his cell in San Quentin to-
day he rejoiced over conclusions
of the Wickersham experts, saying
their findings were complete VIM
dication for me-" Billings made
similar statement.
1.-The report, as it deals with my
case. is an indictment of the sys-
tenn that put me behind the bars,
Mooney said.
Billings described the conclusions
of the experts as absolutely true.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-09
DAWES DENIES
INTENTION TO
OPPOSE HOOVER

WASHINGTON. Jan. 9. UP) -
The first possibility of major OPP
position to the denomination Of
President Hoover developed today
around the spectacular figure OF
Charles G.. Dawes of Illinois.
Under circumstances which
startled Washington and loosed 4
flood OF conjecture, Dawes an
nounced he would resign as am
bassador TO Great Britain after his
initial work as chairman of the
delegation to the Geneva diSarma-
ment conference.
Political possibilities were seen
in this development at the open
ing of the presidential primary
season. The sequel depends upon
whether Dawes will permit his
friends to advance him as cam
ddate.
Influential Illinois Republicans
are confident he could have the
state delegation as a tavorite son
candidate. He has a large fol-
lowing in Ohio. Iowa and other
states where Hoover sentiment Is
at a low ebb.
However Dawes told the United
Press here this week he would not
,>ermit his name to be entered III
the Illinois primary.
CHICAGO, Jan. 9. (U.H - ANY
talk about Ambassador Charles G..
Dawes as a candidate for president
Is nonsense, the ambassador de-
clared emphasically today upon
his return TO Chicago.
Dawes yesterday announced that
he would resign as ambassador to
Great Britain.
II am coming back home 10 go
to work like every good American
should" he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-09
POLICE REPORT
GRUESOME FIND
IN LOS ANGELES

LOS ANGELES. Jan. 9. up
Twenty neatly wrapped parcels,
containing bits of flesh and bones,
found in the rear Of an apartment
house today, presented police with
what they called possible murder
mystery.
The discovery was made just two
and a half blocks from the house
in which William Edward Hickman
butchered l2-year- -old Marion Par
ker several years ago.
The packages were found by Mrs
Marie Sproul and turned over to
Mrs. Pearl H. Davis, manager of
the apartment, on the assumption
they might belong to a resident
there.
When no claimant appeared, po-
lice were called.
Detective Lieutenant Frank Ryan
opened four packages and found
they contained sand and dirt
through which was scattered bits
OF flesh and bone, which Ryan
thought might be of human origin
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-09
MA& Ro71~<.
@ tss2. MeNsusht Syndletts. tAs
BODY OF LOST
PROSPECTOR IS
FOUND AT LAST

PHOENIX, AriZ.. Jan. 9. UP
The body of Adolph Ruth, 66-year-
old government employee of
Washington, d. c., was to be re-
turned here today from the al
most inaccessible fastneSs of Sup
erstition mountains where he went
in quest of the legendary Lost
Dutchman mine.
Remains OF the body found yes
terday by Deputy Sheriff Jeff
Adams and a party of four others,
ended a six months search for the
elderly pensioner who ventured
alone into the hazardous mount
tain range. searching for the riches
reputed contained in the Lost
Dutchman.
A skull found by an archeologi-
cal party several weeks ago insti-
tuted the final search for Ruth
Found not far from where the
skull was located, the body was
badly ravaged by animals.
Adams advanced the theory that
death came from exhaustion OF
heart failure rather than foul play
as first thought from two holes in
the skull resembling bullet creases
Further indications that Ruth
died naturally was evidenced in
the intactness of his papers
emergency r5tions and gun. Thor
cugh investigation of the circum-
stances surrounding the death oi
Ruth will be made by the Mari
copa county sheriffs office, it was
said this morning.
Ruth came here from Washing
ton after being pensioned. He
went alone into the mountain fol-
lowing a map assertedly showing
the location of the Lost Dutchman
mine, a phantom-like repository OF
wealth which has been the OBJ
Ject of search for more than Sc
years. Nine men have died in
the quest.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-09
COPIES OF CANAL
CONTRACT READY
TO Be MAILED

Printed copies of the All-Amerl-
can canal contract text together
with an illustrative map Of the
project, and a brief summary OF
the provisions Of the contract are
today being assembled for mailing
to every resident and every proper
ty owner in Imperial Valley.
The cover OF the booklet carries
an enlarged drawing of the gigantic
desilting works that ere 10 be Quilt
at the diversion point OF the canal.
A description Of the desilting works
is given on the inside OF the fiont
cover.
Secretary F. II. McIver, who is
directing the mailing OF the con-
tract, states that anyone who de-
sires may cali at district headouas-
ters for copies OF the contract In
the event that they h ave not re-
ceived one by mail IN the next few
day.
"It is importan. that every resi-
dent of the district give careful
study to the contract within the
next few weeks as a preparation for
the special election 10 be held Feb
ruary II, McIyer declares.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-09
DEATH THREAT MADE UPON
U. p. REPORTER AT HAWAII

HONOLULU. Jan. 9. tu.P =
Threats against the life of Dan
Campbell. Hawaii news manager Of
the United Press, were made today
following Campbell's revelations to
the mainland of the smouldering
animosity between Honolulu's civil
ian population and the United
States military stationed here.
The threat was made over the
telephone Campbell was informed
by an unidentified person that un-
less ne ceased sending news Of the
islands latest military sensa-
tion-the "avenge" Staying of the
asserted attackers of a naval off,
GERS wife-he would get him."
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-09
ROOSEVELT TO
SUCCEED DAVIS
IN PHILIPPINES

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. UP
Dwight F.. Davis resigned today
as governor general of the Philip
pine Islands and less than an hour
later President Hoover appointed
Col. Theodore Roosevelt, now gov
ernor of Porto Rico, to succeed
him.
Governor General Davis, after
nearly an hours conference with
the President, on emerging said:
II am authorized to tell you that
I have just submitted my resigna-
tion as governor general of the
Philippine Islands"
In response to queries Davis said
that he was resigning for purely
personal reasons
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-09

Earlier in the day Governor
Lawrence Judd sent Secretary of
the Territory Brown to interview
Campbell at the United Press off,
ices here.
Brown requested Campbell to "be
careful IN handling the "kidnap"
story.
Campbell, a veteran newspaper
correspondent, replied that he con-
sidered himself capable OF judging
the news value of the story.
Informed by Campbell that Joe
Kahahawai had not only been kid
naped but slain, Brown expressed
surprise and rushed from the Unit
ed Press offices for a conference
with Governor Judd.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-09
Davis Files For
District Board

First to toss his hat in the ring
as candidate in recall elections
was Capt Charles L. Davis of
Mullett Island, who filed the nee
essary papers late yesterday after
noon.
He is a candidate for the post
of director from division three of
the Imperial Irrigation district
should w. o. Blair, present direc-
tor, be recalled by voters of that
division at the triple election
scheduled for FeDrua-y II.
so far as is known there is no
candidate in the field to succeed
Chairman c. w. Brockman should
he be recalled by voters III di-
vision one.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-09
JAPANESE NOTE
TO DENY INTENT
OF INFRINGEMENT

TOXIC, Jan. 9. W.P)-Japan's re-
ply to the United States Manchur-
ian note will say that Japan has
no intention of infringing on
Chinas sovereignty, it was learned
today
The open door policy in China
does not contravene the Kellogg
BRAND pact, Japan will hold, and
will insist that China strictly OBJ
serve and acknowledge all Sino-
japanese treaties.
LONDON, Jan. 9. U.P) = The
British government announced to-
day that it would stand by the
open door policy in Manchuria and
it therefore was unnecessary to
send a note to Japan on the Far
Eastern situation.
At the same time, it was an
nounced the British minister has
informed the Chinese government
that Great Britain does not recog-
nize any unilateral treaty denounc-
ing China's extra -territoriality. This
was taken to indicate Great Bri-
tain's reaffirmation of her 1881 at
titude.
MUKDEN, Manchuria, Jan. 8.
U.P)-Kenkich YoshiZawa, enroute
to Toxic to become foreign minister
in the cabinet of Premier Inukai,
declined comment today on Amer
ican Secretary Stimson's note to
Japan regarding the Manchuria sit
uation.
Yoshizawa conferred with Gen.
Shigeru HOMO commander of the
victorious japanese forces III Man
churia, and later announced he
will leave for Toxic Monday
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-09
EARTHQUAKE REPORTED

WASHINGTON, Jan. g. W.P)-A
sharp earthquake shock was regis
tered on the seismograph at George
town University at $50 a. N. to-
day. There was a second shock
at 5:46 a. m.
Scientists estimated the quake
occurred about 1850 miles from
Washington. They could not de-
termine its direction.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-09
HONOLULU
POPULACE
SEE E7TTHING 7
Abduction And Staying
Of japanese Causes
Desperate Situation.
AMERICANS HELD
Three Arrested For Crime
Which Sought TO
Avenge Brutal Attack.
By DAN CAMPBELL
United Press Staff Correspondent


HONOLULU, T. H, Jan. 9. Wp>-.
A middle aged American society
matron and two navy men, spirited
aboard a warship to protect them
from possible mob violence, were
charged today with the murder
growing cut Of an asserted plot
that fixed death as the price of
woman's honor. A third navy man
also was involved.
The prisoners were Mrs. Grace
Hubbard Fortescue, 49, New York,
niece of Alexander Graham Bell,
inventor of the telephone; Lieut..
Thomas H. Massie, 26, naval off,
Ger from Winchester, KY, and ].
Lord, 81, enlisted man. A. L.
Jones. ST, another enlisted man,
was held by police ashore for in
vestigation.
The first three were halted by
! hail of police bullets as they
raced toward Koko head, site of
historic Koko Blower geyser. In
the bottom of their automobile,
/ police said, with a rope about his
neck, was the sheet-wrapped body
OF ice Kahahawai, young Ha-
waiian who was one of five re-
Gently tried on charges of assault
! ing Mrs. Thalia Massie, youthful
wife of the lieutenant and daugh-
| ter of Mrs. Fortescue.
The roaring geyser, tossing spray
| high in the air only a short dis
! tance from the scene of the ar
rest, may have been the grim tomb
intended for Kahahawai's body,
/ police declare.
Kahahawai was abducted from
the federal building, where Jones
assertedly approached him, to the
Massie home, police charge. There
he battled desperately for his life,
they say. Several dark stains, be-
lieved blood, were found and the
rooms were in wild disorder.
Shot Under Water
A bathtub partly filled with
stained water led police to the
theory that the victim had been
immersed. He was then shot
through the heart, the water dead
ening the pistols report, they be-
lieve.
The bed was stripped of Its
sheets, a fact regarded as signifi-
cant since Kahahawai's body Was
found swathed, mummy like. In
bed linen.
The death car with Mrs. Forte
scue driving and Lord in the front
seat and Lieutenant Massie seated
in back with the gruesome cargo.
headed toward koko head-and
the geyser.
Police patrols, already appraised
by radio to watch for a car con-
tanning two men and woman,
picked up the trail when traffic
officer reported they had ignored
his command to halt.
A radio-equipped patrol car
caught up with the escaping ma
chine and forced it to the side OF
the road after officers fired sew
eral shots.
1t was some time after the ar
rest that Kahahawai'S body was
identified The head had been
severely beaten.
Tension reached its highest
pitch when the whistle of Aloha
tower. which is used to call out
the national guard in event OF an
emergency, began blowing. Pc
desnianS crowding the streets were
in a near panic as the Screeching
continued.
Governor General Lawrence M.
Judd, who recently invoked the
stringent territorial law when new
riots threatened issued a state
ment calling on the populace TO
remain calm.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-09
GERMANY.
WILL HALT.
PAY MEN
Bruening Asserts Nation
Unable To Meet Repair
atiOns Demands.
ATTITUDE UNKNOWN
Washington Not Surpris-
ed At Statement Issued
BY Chancellor.

= BERLIN, Jan. 0. U.p) Chan
oellor Heinrich Bruening informed
the press today that Germany cam
not continue to pay reparations.
In making his announcement,
Bruening said also that political
debts cannot be met. Referring TO
the coming Lausanne conference,
he said:
1T is equally clear that any at
tempt to uphold the system of po-
litical debt payments would lead
not only TO disaster to Germany but
TO the world"
Bruening's blunt press statement
confirmed remarks addressed pri-
vately by the chancellor during the
past few days to several foreign
ambassadors.
But Bruening went further as
serting:
Under given conditions, the Ger
man government has no elbow
room for considering what atti-
tude II shall adopt.
"At the coming conference. Ger
HliIIJ Gull Ollly QtSCl lDt JIlC dSbdhi
situation. appeal to other partici-
pating governments 10 take this
situation into account and refrain
from seeking compromise solutions,
for which, in reality, basis no
longer exists"
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. U.P) -
Treasury officials were not surprised
60 hear today that Germany had
announced a claim of inability TO
meet reparations payments.
Chancellor Bruening'S announce
ment has been expected by treasury
officials for almost 4 year II was
admitted at the treasury.
BERLIN, Jan. 9. tU.P) - The date
CT the debts and reparations con-
! ference at Lausanne, Switzerland,
has been set definitely for Jan. %,
the government announced today.
The international meeting was
recommended by the Young plan
advisory committee wh!rh studied
Germany's capacity 10 resume rep
arations payments after the Hoover
moratorium.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-09
TWO FLYERS KILLED

ST. HELENS, Ore, Jan. 8. UP
When their airplane crashed in an
emergency landing at the air bea-
con here, d. c. Warren, Alameda,
Cal, and Robert Smith, Oakland,
were killed today.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-09
WHAT'S DOING
TONIGHT

TONIGHT
Basketball, $50. high school
gymnasium.
O.E.S. dinner, G, Barbara
Worth hotel.
0.E.S. joint meeting, s, Ma
sonic temple.
Fox Imperial theatre, "Lasca
of the Rio Grande."
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-09

TOMORROW
Sunday services, churches.
Baseball. 2, high school.
W.C.T.U. meeting, $50, Rap
tist church, Brawley.
W.C.T.U. meeting, 1880, I'm
periaI Community church.
Fox Imperial theatre, "Pri-
vate Lives"
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-09
MONDAY

MONDAY
W.C.T.U. rally, 10, Imperial
parish house.
Twice Told Tales, 2. G67
Wensley avenue.
l. v. Ministerial association,
10, Methodist church.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-09
AMILL
FysR0GERs
w rS0yS:

PENANG, Jan. 9. tSpeciaD-
The gold standard is all Greek
to me, but if you want to sell
any goods anywhere outside of
home you better either cut your
prices down to where they
would be if you were off the
gold, or get off.
Our statesmen say they haven't
sold anything out here since
other nations stuff went off
the gold and got cheaper.
Statesmen are even smoking
their own cigarets and burning
up their own gas, they can't
sell.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-08
BOSTON RELIEF
CONFERENCE HELD
81 Groups Map Local
Struggles

BOSTON, Nov. IA united front
conference against starvation was
held yesterday at the Dudley Street
Opera House. Anna Block was elect
ed chairman and M. Klarfield, Sec
rotary.
Sixty-siX delegates representing 81
organizations with a total member
ship of $500 unanimously endorsed
the National Hunger March to Wash
ington. Bruce Refine, secretary OF
the Boston Unemployed Councils
made the main report outlining the
activities for Boston and the plan Of
work in connection with struggles for
immediate relief and unemployment
insurance.
Put Demands to City
Sam Reed reported for the Pro-
visional Action committee which en-
dorsed a Boston Hunger March on
November 21st. A god discussion
followed with delegates endorsing the
reports and pledging to carry thru
the tasks in order to mobilize their
entire membership and organizations,
to develop the struggle against hun
ger. The following demands were en-
dorsed: l. Cash relief from the city
to all unemployed to consist of SO
per week for each family of two and
81 additional each dependent. 2. No
discrimination against single people,
weekly cash relief for these to be
$3.50. 3. No evictions of jobless for
non payment of rent, the city to pay
the rent for the unemployed.
Other demands included those call
ing for the opening Of empty apart
ments and armories for the homeless
unemployed. These apartments are
to be provided with the proper sleep
ing accommodations free milk, hot
lunches and shoes for school chill
dren of the unemployed and part
time workers.
March Send-Off Nov. rs
The National Hunger March COM
mittee will be elected on November
26 at a city-wide send-off for the
National Hunger Marchers. Nov. 10
and 90 have been set aside as Tag
Days.
kilograms were sent to Mayor Cur
ley protesting the arrest and club
bling of workers for demanding relief
at the welfare last Wednesday and
to Mayor Weeks protesting the club
bling and arrests of Newton workers
and the sentencing Of Alice Ward to
six months.
An unemployed demonstration win
be held today at the Boston Com
mons.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-08
9 Jailed in Clinton
for Demanding Relief

CLINTON, Ind.-Nine workers,
delegates of the Unemployed Council
of Clinton, were arrested here when
they came to present the workers
protest against the threatened evic-
ton of Kate Shelton, a widow with
five children, from her small home
at I'll N. Seventh st. The family
had no food or clothes, and the
landlord, Charles Mosk, had started
tearing the roof off the dilapidated
structure.
The delegation was followed to the
office of the trustees by the police,
and Robert Crabtree, the spokesman,
was knocked down and the delega-
ton was arrested for "inciting to
riot"
A mass meeting was called at
Pietro Micca Hall, Ninth and An
derson Sts., on Nov. l, demanding
the release of these nine workers.
The I. L. D. has already taken steps
to defend these workers. Plans have
already been laid to hold a mass
demonstration on Nov. 9, the day OF
the trial. at the city hall.
At the mass meeting of Nov l, a
resolution was passed demanding the
release of Theodore Luesse, the
leader of the unemployed, which was
mailed to Governor H. @. Leslie.