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Robert G. Ciapp. who was aE-
rested early in the morning ON THE
porch of the Robert Sand1 resi-
denee on Fleming street wss fined
$50 in police court yesterday 3
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-16
Greek Play Cast
Released On Bail

LOS ANGELES, Jan. l6. (U,Pl -
Between yawnS and stretches, SIS
members Of the cast Of the 2300-
year-old Greek play. "Lysistrata, "
pleaded not guilty for the second
time today to charges Of partici-
pating in what the police vice
squad termed an indecent play.
1t was practically the middle OF
the night for the Show-folk, headed
by Nance O'Ncil, when they were
arraigncd on charges growing out
of second raid of the ribald pro-
duction by Capt. Deighton Mac
Donald Jones, millionaire cop.
But while they yawned and
stretched, they also cast dark and
ominous glances at Captain Jones
and his asSis;-4g officers, who
stood Smilingly at the bar
All were released on the $50 bail
already posted after their first
arrest, and trial was set for jan
uary %.
Meanwhile. "LysiStrata" contir-
ueS TO hang out the "SR.O." sign
while rival theater managers gnaSh
their teeth at the unprecedented
publicity afforded the Greek COM
edy by Captain Jones and his
vice marines"
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-16
Name Committee
To Take Charge
OF Hi-Pass Camp

The American Legion Hi-PaSs
health camp committee perfected
its organization last night at n
meeting held in Ell Centro when
Charles Jobes was selected as chair
man and M. M. McIntire as Sec
retary-
Representatives of Legion posts
from Brawley, Holtville, Calexico,
Imperial and Ell Centro were pres
ent. Plans we're made for raising
funds to pay attendance fees for
children whose parents are unable
to pay the required sum.
The Hi-PasS health camp ia
maintained for .he underprivileged
children between the ages of 6 and
IL years inclusive, and in the past
has been maintained by the Anti
tuberculosis association. II now
is to be maintained by the Ameri-
can Legion posts of the valley
under the leadership Of the 40 ct 8.
The camp will be open during July
and August for both boys and
girls.
Rev. J. C. Spencer of Sceley was
selected last night as director of
the camp and instructed to take
charge of the boys as he did last
summer. The remainder of tho
staff is to be selected at a later
date.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-16
JUDGE DEGREES
THRASHINC FOR
YOUNG OFFENDER

Days of the old fashioned wood
shed returned TO Judge A. c. Fin
ney's court today when the judge
ended period Of deliberation over
the punishment to be mcted out
to a juvenile offender by ordering
the youth held IN jail until 5
o'clock, when his father will ap-
pear and, at o'clock, administer
a chastising hand to the proper
portion Of the young anatomy.
The order was made after two
Mexican boys, one ii and one Is
years old, we're brought into court
for a Juvenile hearing, after ad-
mitting they stole a quantity of
coffee in Calexico
After hearing their stories, Judge
Finney ordered that the father of
one boy. who was in court, appear
in the county Jail at 5 o'clock this
afternoon with an officer. At
O'Clock, Judge Finney directed, the
boy is to be chastised.
The other boys case was con-
tinued until his s.ep-fathEr Is
heard from.
Another Juvenile case brought
into court 15-year-old runaway
hoy from Seattle, charged with
breaking into a Holtville grocery
store and stealing candy bars and
other groceries.
Il wanted to have fun like othe,
kids the boy said when ques-
toned as TO why he ran away from
home. His parents would not let
him stay out late at night, he de-
clared.
He admitted breaking into n
store once before, and said he was
whipped by his father for the Of
fense. That was why he left home,
he said.
In continuing the case one week,
and ordering the boy held in the
juvenile section of the county Jail,
Judge Finney commented 1t Is
hard TO decide what to do with
young offenders such as appeared
before him today.
The case was continued with the
hope the boys parents will write,
or come for him.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-16
FRESH BREAK IN
LEVEE MENACES
LIVES OF MANY

CHARLESTON, Miss, Ian. 16.
UP)-A fresh break in the Talla-
hatchie river levce system sent a
wall OF flood water roaring into the
Tippo basin today, menacing the
lives of more than 1000 inhabitants.
Cut off by other flood waters,
families we're forced to seek safe
ty in nearby hills.
Boats piled back and forth all
night bringing out those who had
been trapped by the unexpected
rise. No lives were reported lost
here, but there was fear that some
might be reported after a complete
check.
Many homes in the basin were
surrounded by water before the
new rise. but the occupants had
not abandoned them. George Mer-
riweather, editor of a weekly news
paper here. said today he believed
there were ample boats to remove
all in peril
j. w. Harris. physician OF
Swan Lake Miss, told of being on
the outskirts of the basin shortly
after the rise began. He estimated
there might be as many as 5000
persons living in it, but said rescue
would have 10 be effected from the
other side of the lowlands as Swan
Lake was shut off from the basin
by flood waters.
1t was reported the levee crum-
bled In three places as the river,
swelled by continued rains, burst
It's bounds.
Glendora, farther down the riy-
or, was a scene of activity today
Surrounded by greater flood threats
the little town was carrying on its
own work to Stave off the levee
breaks. More were threatened each
hour as the river continued to rise
Charleston housed many homeless
families today, and as more from
the basin left their homes, IT was
expected shelter facilities would be
taxed to the utmost before night
fall.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-16
JOHNSON
CLOSING
HIS CASE:
Probe Into Foreign Bond
Activities Is Near Com
pletiOn.
DATA DEVELOPED
California Senator Will
Seek Legislation Pro-
tecting Investors.
BY PAUL Il. MALLON
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Jan. l6.-Sena-
tor johnson Rep) California, is
ready to close his case today in the
foreign bond investigation.
At the crest of a wave CT start
ling testimony he is preparing to
end the inquiry abruptly with two
more state department witnesses.
Johnson will go before the senate
some time next week to analyze
the record as it stands. He will
demand legislation to protect in
vesting interests in future flotation
Of foreign securities.
The Californian believes he has
his case as complete as it ever will
be. He could go on for months
checking various aspects of the
more than $8l5, 100000 Of South
American bonds now in default.
Dozens of possible witnesses have
been mentioned in testimony. Some
important leads have been sUg.
gested in connected with Chilean
and Cuban loans.
In five weeks the inquiry has dc
veloped the following outstanding
facts:
/. More than S10,000,000,000 OF
foreign securities have been floated
in this country, all of which arc
deprecated and some of which arc
in default: W.
Q. In making loans to Peru. an
alleged bribe of $416,20C was paid
to the son Of the then president Of
Peru
3. A s4.0OO.0OO Colombia credit
was held up by New York bankers
only to be granted 10 days after
Colombia reinstated the Barco oil
concession of the Morgan-Mellon
interests. The state department.
which urged the bankers to grant
the credit, has repeatedly denied
there was any connection between
the two developmnts:
4. The commerce department
warned repeatedly against loans to
many South American countries In
1927, but the state department sane
toned the loans from a diplomatic
viewpoint. Most of the loans are
now in default:
S. Bankers have admitted they
made mistakes in oyercstimating
the credit possibilities of South
American and some European ma
tons
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-16
Teachers Given
Life Diplomas

Eleven life diplomas of various
grades were granted at a meetinG
this morning of the county board
of education. and three women re.
ceived elementary teaching certifi-
Gates.
Members of the board OF educa-
ton attending the meeting wcrc
Mrs. f. J. Kayanaugh. president;
c. B. Collins, secretary, and GeorGc
A. Harlan. Percy f. Palmer and M
B. Hockenberry.
Elementary certificates were
granted to Mrs. Florence r. Goudic
Mrs. Emma McKendry and Mrs
Francis L. Stay.
Life diplomas were given Harry
K. McCrackcn, Mrs. r. B. Spcllman
Mrs. Natalie Farr. Mrs. Thora L.
Gruble, Helen M. Moore. Mrs. Grace
r. Hildreth, Mrs. Mary A. Grit
fin, Florence II. spicsS and Edgar
j. Hannah.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-16
Tijuana Wants
Mutual Divorce

SAN DIEGO. Calf, Jan. l6. U.P)
Divorces. by mutual consent. in
from one to 30 days, is the goal of
a group of Tijuana attorneys who
have taken the matter up with Jose
Davila, congressman from the Ii
1uana district, according to word
received in San Diego today.
Congressman Dayila has been
asked to sponsor bill before the
Mexican congress which would
make mutual consent divorces
speedy affairs in Lower California.
The state Of Chihuahua already
has such law and is reported run
ming Reno a close race as the di-
vorce capital Of America.
The mutual consent divorce law
would require a residence of less
than 30 days under the plans ad-
vanced by the Tijuana attorneys.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-16
DAM ASSOCIATION
TO DISCONTINUE
AS ACTIVE BODY

Officers, directors and employees
OF the Imperial Irrigation district
are in Fullerton today to attend
the last session Of the Boulder Dam
association.
During the session today the as
ISOLATION will be dissolved since it
has fulfilled the purpose for which
it was formed--to build Boulder
dam.
Members of the association have
fought side by side for years 10
secure the approval Of the United
States government for the con-
Str,lction of the colossal dam. the
largest of its type in the world.
Friendships made among the
members of the association have
been close and the meeting today
will have en- element of sadness
even though 1t is celebration of
victory for successfully accom-
plishing a definite aim and reach
ing a desired goal
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-16
Montgomery Ward
Building Not AS
Bad AS Believed

Not nearly so bad as 1t looks, .
said p A. Murray, building con-
tractor, today after an examination
of the arcade and front wall of
the Montgomery Ward building on
Main street.
Murray WAS called in TO make an
investigation when 1t was discovered
no plans for the building were OH
hand, and the original builder could
not be located.
The arcade and front wall of the
building are cracked and out of
alignment, as the result of the set
tling of silt and adobe soil under
the basement wall.
The store was closed because of
what city officials regarded a dan
gerous condition, but Murray, af-
ter an inspection this morning, de-
clared there is little, if any, danger.
He was to consult the city engineer
today
Officials of the store, who ordered
1t closed Immediately upon learning
the condition Of the arcade might
be dangerous. were hopeful today
they will be able to open soon.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-16
Reserves Endorse
Cut In Army Fund

Endorsement of a cut in army
appropriations took place last night
at Veterans Memorial hall when
% members Of the Imperial Valley
Reserve Officers association met
for their regular weekly session.
Approval of the cut was made since
it was part of President Hoov-
er's economy program.
Study of army rifles took place
during the evening in preparation
for the annual rifle shoot. Prac-
tice shoot is scheduled for Janu-
airy "a, and a qualifying shoot will
take place January 81. A study
of combat principles" also took
place at the meeting.
The next meeting will take place
at the DeAnza hotel in Calexico.
Dinner will be served to reserve
officers at 6:45 o'clock,
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-16
GANG MEMBER
THREATENED IN
KIDNAPPING CASE
Los Angeles Jail Officer
Suspended For Permit
ting Interview.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. l6. U.p =
Convicted by gangland of "squeal-
ing" Jimmy Doolan, whose confes-
sion that he aided in the kidnapping
of E. L. "eke" Caress, wealthy
gambler, brought the indictment of
Ralph Sheldon and seven others,
was threatened with death while
held incommunicado in the county
jail, 1t was revealed today.
And because Night Jailer c. r.
White assertedly admitted Sheldon
to the jail where the alleged death
threat was made 20 Doolan, White
was under suspension today.
The amazing intimidation plot
was revealed after Doolan was
brought into court and Attorney
Paul Tapley attempted to enter a
plea Of not guilty by reason of in
sanity to charge Of kidnapping
placed against him.
Doolan promptly informed the
court he had no intention of en-
tering such plea and that he was
not insane.
District Attorney Buron Fits saw
in the move a plan to have the
states chief witness against Shell
don and his companions judged in
sane, thereby destroying any testi-
mony he might be prepared to give.
Doolan revealed the death threats
in a conference with Fits and 9TH
er court officers.
He declared trusty brought him
typewriter statement for his
signature which repudiated his con-
fession naming Sheldon as the kid
naper of Caress.
Doolan said he refused to sigh
the statement, whercupon the
trusty asSertedly declared:
There are plenty of razor blades
in this Jail and we can get to your
coffee with poison. If we miss here,
we can get you III San Quentin
later"
Signs Reputation
Whereupon, Doolar said, he sign
cd the reputation.
1IlC iithO Aa9 hiS SOAibhioNA,
IAN attorney came to see me and
thanked me for signing the state
ment. Then he gave me another
paper to sign which made him my
attorney. While We were talking
Sheldon came into the jail and
thanked me. However, refused to
sign the second statement.
THE next day I was taken into
court and this attorney, Tapley,
told the court he wanted to plead
ME not guilty by reason of insanity.
I stood up and denied this and the
case was continued"
Doolan identified Jimmy Burns,
serving time for liquor violation, and
Morris Factor, convicted of jcwelry
theft, as the TRUSTEES who had urged
him to sign the reputation. Both,
however, denied the charge.
White admitted he had taken
Tapley's word for 1t" when the at
torney said he represented Doolan.
White also is accused of having
broken a rule by permitting Shell
don, now at liberty on 100000 bail,
to interview prisoner held in
communicate.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-16
M& Re74A<.
q tssf. AcNausht syndles,.. is.
MRS. JUDD NOT
EXPECTED TO
BE- EXECUTED
Residents Of Mississippi
Towns Forced To De-
part From Homes.

PHOENIX, AriZ., Jan. l6. tU.P)-
No matter what the outcome of
her trial. it is not likely Mrs. Win
ME Ruth Judd will be hanged
The reasons why the young cop
per blonde probably will not be
Arizona's second woman victim of
the gallows, whether or not a jury
convictS her of numbering Miss
Hedvig Samuelson and Mrs. Agnes
lie Roi. are several, and a con-
census of prominent and thought
full citizens seems to show them to
be sound.
First, there is the unhappy mem-
ory of Arizona's only hanging of
a woman, the hanging two years
ago of Mrs. Eva Dugan, murderess.
The execution was ghastly
farce that resulted In the woman's
decapitation. 1t was nine day
horror throughout the state and
nation, and one that Arizonans are
not likely to forget soon.
1t is peaceful state, and a
region that has furnished quiet
haven for an increasing population
Of the i'll and aged. and thoughtful
citizens look with distaste upon the
prospect of another such Roman
holiday.
Also, the jury will not be i'm
paneled from such an outraged cit
izenship as would be supposed.
Though Phoenix is a neighborly
place, Mrs. Judd and her friends
were transients and moved In a
small outer circle. 1t is highly
probably there will not be a person
in the entire panel who knew any
of the principals.
Third. it is not a city of thea
trical law enforcement with a hue
and cry from the press. The Phoe-
nix papers. established, conserva- :
tive journals, have a large follow
ing throughout the state, and both
have treated the gruesome affair
quietly and naturally.
Though Mrs. Judd has been in
the county Jail for three months,
her name has been more often off
the front pages than on, and hys-
terical interviews and sketches"
have been entirely absent.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-16
Judge Refuses To
Show Leniency

LOS ANGELES, Jan. l6. W,R-
Federal Judge George A. CoSgravc
today refused to modify the sem
tence for two prominent Fresno
men, recently sentenced to serve
a year and n day at McNeills Is
land prison. following conviction on
charges of violation of the national
prohibition act.
The two men. j. L. Coates, son
of a former state architect, and D.
Akalian, Fresno business man, were
arrested when federal prohibition
agents found a dismantled still in
their possession.
Attorneys David Peckinpah and
Herbert Mcdowell made brilliant
pleas for probation for the two
men, pointing to their standing as
responsible business men in the val
ley city.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-16
GRAND JURY AT
HAWAII DELAYS
ITS INDICTMENT
BY DAN CAMPBELL
United Press Staff Correspondent

HONOLULU. Jan. l6.- Defense
and prosecution in the honor
Staying Of a young Hawaiian were
delayed by the new grand jury to-
day while legislators and civic lead
ers combined TO attack political
maneuyering.
Summoned TO consider four III
dictments asked in the kidnapping
and killing of Joe Kahahawai. ma
tive youth. the grand jurors de-
cided to postpone action until next
Thursday and did not take up the
case at all.
The delay affected the scheduled
arraignment In circuit court today
Of Ms. Grace Hubbard Forte5cuc,
prominent New York and Wash
ington society figure: Lieut.. Thomas
II. MasSic, her 5on-in-law, and E.
J. Lord and A. o. Jones, enlisted
men, charged with numbering the
youth.
II was the second postporcmcnt
OF the arraignment. which was to
have been held last Saturday, the
day after Kahahawai's battered
body allcgcdly was found in an au-
tomobile carrying Mrs. Fortescuc,
MasSic and Lord. The Hawaiian
VAS ono of five recently tried on
charges of attacking 20 year old
Thalia Massic, the navy officers
bride
Governor Lawrence NJ. Judd's or
der for special session of the leg
islature, to correct government de-
ticiencies brought to light by a
long series of attacks on women,
drew the legislators and politicians
to Honolulu today i'll preparation
for the first meeting Monday.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-16
Will Consider
Hospital Site

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 16 U.P -
Governor Rolph's commission to
select a site for the new Southern
California mental hospital will
consider the nine remaining sites
under consideration at a meeting
here January 20. 1t was announced
today.
The commission is composed Of
DR.. J. Toner, director of institu-
tions: Col. Walter E. Garrison, di-
rector of public works; ROLAND A..
Vandergrift, director Of finance;
Mrs. Carrie Parsons Bryant, of the
women's hospital commission, and
Herman Michael, of Santa Monica.
The state has available 81 1,440,C00
to construct the new hospital.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-16
DRY FORCES
PREPARING FOR
HARD CAMPAIGN

WASHINGTON. Jan. l6. U.H -
Leaders of the Anti-Saloon league
mobilized today on the 18th ami
versary of prohibition, in a con-
certed effort to keep the statute
books dry.
Gathered for the leagues 25th
biennial convention, the drys pre-
pared to meet wet sentiment
which they admit is becoming in
creasingly more evident.
There will be countless speeches
by prominent drys. Playlets and
talking pictures will dramatize
their cause.
F.. Scott Mcbride, general super
intendent of the league, gave tho
keynote last night. He warned tht
convention the next election .can
win or lose prohibition" Delegates
listened attentively and checred
when he attacked John j. Raskob,
chairman of the Democratic ma
tional committee, Alfred f. Smith
and Governor Roosevelt OF New
York.
IF the Democratic party can
loosen itself from the strangelhold
of John j. Raskob and nominate a
constitutional Democrat II will
have a chance" he said, warning
the drys to "shun the pitfalls OF
partisanship."
The program today calls for
speeches by Mrs. Ella a. Bools,
president of the W.CTU.. E. G.
Dinwiddie, general secretary of the
Methodist board of temperance,
prohibition and public morals.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-16
JAPANESE
REPLY TO
STIMSON
Pledge Maintenance OF
Open Door Policy In
Manchuria.
EXPLAIN CONDITIONS
General Tone OF Note Is
COnciliatory Toward
American Protest.
BY MILES w. VAUGHN
United Press Staff Correspondent

TOXIC, Jan. 16.-Japan pledged
/ maintenance of the open door In
Manchuria and China today in re-
sponse to Secretary of State Stim-
sons note but noted that existing
conditions in China might modify
materially the application Of the
| nine power treaty.
The Japanese communication
handed by Foreign Minister Ken
kichi YoShizawa 10 American Am
baSsador w. Cameron Forbes was
conciliatory. 1t said requirements
in the administration of Manchuria
were necessary for the good of the
local population. and that Japan
had no territorial aims in Man.
churia.
Japan called Washingtons atten-
ton to the fact that legality Of
matters are not recognized which
might impair rights Of Americans
under the Kellogg pact, and said:
ut might be subject Of acade-
mic doubt whether in a given case
the improperly of means neces-
sarily voids the ends secured. But
as Japan has no intention of adopt
ing improper means the question
does not practically arise"
The communication was prepared
for transmission to Washington at
the embassy.
The note contained seven para
graphs. The first acknowledged re-
ceipt of Secretary Stimson's note
of January 8; the second expressed
appreciation OF American support
OF Japanese efforts to uphold the
nine power treaty and the kellogg
pact; the third pledged Japan to
support the open door, and the
fourth noted that America will not
admit legality of matters impair
ing treaty rights obtained contrar-
lily to the Kellogg pact.
The fifth paragraph said:
1T may be added that treaties
relating to China must necessarily
be applied with regard to the state
of affairs prevailing from time to
time in that country and the pres
ent unsettled and distracted state
of China is not what was in con-
temptation Of the contracting parties
at the time of the treaty of WASH
ington. It was certainly unsatis-
factory then but did not display
that disunion and antagonisms
which it does today This cannot
affect the binding character or the
stipulation of treaties but may ma
terially modify their application
since they must necessarily be ap-
piled with reference to facts as
they exist"
The note said "any replacement
which has occurred in the person.
mel Of the administration Of Man
churia has been necessary act of
accord with the local population"
WASHINGTON. Jan. l6. UP
The Japanese reply to Secretary Of
State Stimson'S recent note up
holding the rights of Americans in
the Orient was received today from
Ambassador w. Cameron Forbes in
Toxic.
Stimson was not at the depart
ment when the note arrived, and
other officials would not comment
on it until he had seen it. He is
expected to read the communica-
ton later today.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-16
Japanese Ship
Goes Aground

MANILA. Jan. 16. W.P)-Thc jap
aneSe steamer Kohwa Maru. en-
route from Manila to Geraldtown,
Australia, went aground today on
small island north Of Borneo, ac-
cording to radio advices received
here.
An unnamed vessel was standing
by to aid the 80 officers and men
of the Kohwa Maru's crew in
event they are forced to abandon
the grounded ship. Heavy gales
had carried the steamer off its
course.