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Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-04
HENDRIX JURY
MAY Be LOCKED
UP FOR TRIAL

A request that may set prece-
dent in Imperial Valley court pro-
cedure was expected this afternoon
from attorneys defending Andrew
l.. Hendrix against charge of mur-
dering w. H. Mccoy last January
10 on a ranch five miles north of
Holtville, for the attorneys this
morning indicated they will ask
that Judge Vaughn N. Thompson
order the jurors locked up when not
in court, from the time they begin
receiving evidence until they finally
decide the case.
The matter probably will be de-
cided when court adjourns this af-
ternoon, since a jury had been Sc
lected at IL o'clock this morning,
and presentation of evidence began
after opening statements by D. H.
Wolford chief criminal deputy dis
trict attorney, and Clarence B
Smith, defense attorney.
Judge Thompson may comply
with the request and order the jur-
ors locked up during their hours
out of the court room. Should he
do so it will be the first time in the
history of this county such a thing
has been done.
Defense attorneys give as their
reason for the request the posi-
bility that jurors, if given their
freedom after court adjourns each
day, may receive evidence out of
court.
Jurors chosen to try Hendrix are
A. A. Dreasher and William M.
Carter of Brawley, Mrs. H. j. Ha-
vens and N. P Pearse of Seeley,
Seth Dorman and A. F. Minor of
Imperial, Claude Gilbert, K. Fitz-
gerald and H. w. Smith of CaleXico,
Mrs. Leila May Martin of Holtville,
w. S. Lundburg of Westmorland,
and Mrs. Josephine Walden of Ell
Centro.
After the indictment charging
Hendrix with murder was read, VOL
ford opened the states case with
a statement to the jury. He is as
sisted by R. 1. French, deputy dis
trict attorney. Clarence B. Smith,
associated with Fred Thompson in
defense, made a brief opening
statement for the defendant. Pre-
sentation of evidence was to go
ahead this afternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-04
Newman Resumes
Attack On Mills

WASHINGTON, May 4.-(U.P)-
Representative Patman (Democrat)
Texas, today renewed his charges
that Secretary of Treasury Mills
has a personal interest" in the
section of the new tax bill which
would have permitted revaluing of
estates for inheritance tax pur-
poses.
Patman, in statement, applaud
ed the action of the Senate finance
committee in striking from the
House draft of the revenue bill the
section permitting death duties to
be assessed on present Debated
values.
Patman's charges against Mills
reopened the attack made upon the
treasury secretary yesterday before
the House ways and means COM
mittee. At that time when several
committee members defended Mills,
Patman withdrew remarks made in
connection with his assertions that
the secretary would have been one
of the principal beneficiaries of the
tax bill provision in qustion.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-04
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SAN FRANCISCO
OFFICIAL FEARED
CANISTER VICTIM

SAN FRANCISCO, May 4.-(U.P)
"A citywide hunt for Pubic De-
fender Frank j. Egan, who van-
ished while police were investigating
the violent death of woman friend
and benefactor, turned today into
grim quest for his body.
Two excited telephone calls, one
from Egan to police and another
in which his wife, Mrs. Lorraine
Egan, was told her husband had
been taken for a ride remained
the only tangible clues to his fate.
The deepening enigma of his dis
appearance was linked at first with
the death of Mrs. Jesse Scott John
son Hughes, 55, who made Egan
her executor and bequeathed him
most of her $25, 900 estate when her
battered body was found Saturday
morning beside road in an ex-
elusive residence district.
Police believe she was slain and
her body run over by an automo-
bile to make it appear she had
been struck by a hit-and-run driv-
er.
Capt. Charles Dullea received a
frantic call from Egan Tuesday
night, the last time his voice was
heard.
These men have got me, cap
tain," Egan cried. IT swear I'm
innocent. They think I'm phoning
my wife. I'm at the Ferry build
in, SO come"
Dullea heard a gasp as the re-
ceiver clicked. A squad of officers
searched the Ferry terminal with
out finding Egan.
Then today his Frustrated wife
revealed she had received a mys-
terious call a few minutes after
Egan had talked to Dullea.
We've just taken Frank for a
ride Mrs. Egan said a mans voice
told her. She could not believe
anything serious had happened and
failed to notify police.
A patrolman and an unidentified
woman, however, claimed they saw
Egan on a downtown street with
two men about that same time.
The welter of contradictory clues
bewildered Investigators, but al
most all the evidence indicated
Egan was under some mental strain
for several days.
Although every corner in the city
was ordered to hunt for Egan, in
spectors indicated they believed he
would not be found alive.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-04
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER

United Press Staff Correspondent
Copyright, 1892. BY United Press
WASHINGTON, May 4.-House
leaders are expected to order a
lingering death in committee for
the bill introduced by Rep. j. r.
Mitchell CDem) Tennessee, to end
the widespread practice of sena-
tors and representatives carrying
wives, children and other relatives
on the congressional payroll.
Speaker John N. Garner and
Democratic leader, Henry It,
Rainey, are against dealing with
this practice by legislation.
The bill prohibits any member
of congress employing a close rela-
tive or the relative of another
member. The latter provision is
intended to prevent congressman
trading wives or children for pay
roll purposes.
Garner in discussing this legis-
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-04
Recall Against
Porter Failure

LOS ANGELES, May 4. UP
Mayor John C. Porter overwhelm-
ingly defeated candidates who
sought to unseat him in yesterdays
recall election.
With less than 100 of the city's
1744 precincts to be heard from to-
day, he had lead of almost $4,000
votes over his nearest opponent.
On the issue of recall, with 1853
precincts reporting, there were
l36,422 ballots for it and 1873, 1922
against it.
Charles w. Dempster and William
G.. Boneli, the latter an anti-prohi-
bition candidate, were closest to
Porter Dempster drew 74,069
votes while Bonelli got 1892. Por-
ter took 168,294 in the 1853 pre-
cincts. There were seven other
candidates but none of them polled
more than $500 votes.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-04
HOUSE EXPECTED TO KILL BILL
AGAINST EMPLOYING RELATIVES

lation with the United Press cor
respondent took the position that
a secretary is q confidential en-
ployee and that no restrictions
should be placed on the member
in selection of his personal staff.
Rainey said it was a matter for
the individual conscience of the
member
Mitchell accompanied his bill
with a vigorous denunciation of
what he described as the 'hideouS
monster of nepotism." He chal-
lenged members. to make an issue
of this practice in the coming cleo
ton and denounced the secrecy
which surrounds the congressional
payroll as 'prima facie evidence
of fraud, crookedness and corrup-
ton of the rankest kind"
This is the second effort in the
house to deal with the question.
Last week, Representative Mouser
CRepD Ohio, moved to amend the
economy measure to strike off rel
ativeS who did not work. He was
overwhelmed under a 2 to l vote.
The question has become a mat
ter OF acute cloakroom discussion
as the result of publication by the
United Press of numerous specific
instances involving some Of the
most prominent leaders of con-
greSS.
Mitchell described the allowances
of congressman, which in addition
to a salary of $4,000 a year, in
clude S125 for stationery, 40 cents
per mile travel pay for the dis
tance from the members homes to
the capital, and $4,000 a year lor
clerk hire which he may spend
without restriction except that no
appointee may draw more than
$4,000 a year. More than half of
the congressman, it is estimated,
put relatives into these clerk5hips.
Most offices can run with one
clerk, so that the remainder of the
money is, in many instances,
drawn by some member of the
family.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-04
HAWAIIAN
81. A Y { RS
PARDONED
Court COmmutes 10 Year
Sentences To Serving
One Hour In Custody.
MO We is SURPRISE
Action Follows Confer
ence By Governor With
DarrOw And Kelley.

HONOLULU, T. H, May 4. UP)
The four Americans convicted of
manslaughter in the killing of Joe
KahahaWai, half caste, received
communication of sentences today af-
ter they were sentenced to 10 years
in Oahu prison. The Communication
that they serve one hour in Gus
tody of the bailiff in Judge Charles
S. Davis court, was, in effect,
pardon.
The accused-Lieut. Thomas Fl.
Massie, Mrs. Grace Hubbard Forte
scue, mother OF his wife, and E. j.
Lord and A. o. Jones, navy enlist
ed men-were convicted last week
after four weeks of trial.
The conviction aroused a storm,
of protest from throughout Hawaii
and on the mainland and thou
sands, including high government
officials in Washington, bitterly
protested to Governor Lawrence
Judd.
The governor today, by pre-
arrangement with Judge Davis,
Prosecutor John C. Kelley and Clar-
ence Oarrow and George S. Leisure
of defense counsel, held a secret
one-hour conference. 1t was agreed
that the defendants would be
brought in Immediately and SEN
fenced and that the communication
would then be issued.
The lenient sentence and COM
mutation came like bolt from
the blue.
The defendants were accom-
panied into court by relatives.
They appeared nervous but ap-
parently had been notified they
soon would be free.
When sentence had been passed
and the communication granted they
laughed historically, then joyfully.
For the first time in months the
strain of this drama of the South
Seas dropped from them like bur-
densome cloaks.
Mrs. Massie looked like a girl
in her teens.
She was asked whether she
wanted to send a message to her
father who is enroute to Los An
geles.
mo, thanks" she said, I'VE don't
want to send message until it
is all over"
Jones and Lord glowed.
Massie and Mrs. Fortescue re-
laxed and lines of WEAKNESS left
their faces
They declined to make any
statements.
Before sentence was imposed
Darrow arose. The defendants
also arose.
Il sentence you 20 10 years at
hard labor" the court intoned.
Faces were taut and nothing
was said.
Kelley stepped forward.
II move for a writ of mittimus
forthwith he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-04
S. p. Blameless
Tn Girls Death

a corener's jury today had abb
solved the railroad company and
train crew of any blame for the
death of Emma Fernandez, ID, who
died in the Brawley hospital last
Saturday night from injuries suf-
iered when she was struck by a
north-bcund passenger tain on the
Main street crossing at BraWley.
The inquest resulted in a verdict
that the girl, daughter of BraW-
ley merchant came to her death
by walking into moving train on
East Main street.
She was with group of friends
when she started across the tracks,
pausing to allow a south-bound
freight train to pass. She stopped
in the center of the main line
track, and failed to see the other
train approaching.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-04
Shanghai Bomb
Kills Japanese

SHANGHAI, May 4. U.P,-A jap
anese marine was killed and an
other wounded in a bomb explosion
today, the second directed against
japanese in the last week.
Marine headquarters claimed the
bomb was concealed in a horses's
feeding trough in the Chapel dis
trict, where Chinese and japanese
clashed recently in bitter warfare.
The explosion occurred while a
strong guard from the Thirty-first
United States infantry was on duty
in the American defense sector of
the International Settlement To
prevent further raids by japanese.
The marines climber locked gates
and beat Chinese yesterday, and
today japanese sentry stabbed
a Chinese suspect of sniper actiyi-
ties in Chapel. -. -,..
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-04
No Difficulty In
Locating Crash

1t was not much work for jim
mic Holcomb and j. L. Wells, state
traffic officers, to cover an acci-
dent at the city limits intersec-
ton of Imperial avenue, Ell Centro,
Monday afternoon, and file a re-
port In the traffic office today.
The accident was brought to
them when a car driven by Alex
Gordon of El Ccntro struck the
rear of a car driven by T. D.
Gatewood, also of Ell Centro, after
Holcomb had stopped Gatewoods
car to test its brakes. L. G. Martin,
riding with Gordon, was cata-
quilted from the car and fell on
his back, suffering minor bruises.
Damage to both cars amounted to
about $100.
Holcomb said today that Gordon
was at fault, since ne could have
avoided the other car easily. He
had no drivers license, the Off
Ger said. A woman and two chill
dren were riding with Gordon.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-04
State Control OF
Traffic Desired

LOS ANGELES, May 4. W.P}-
Resolutions requesting the state to
take over the Los Angeles county
motor patrol and the inspection of
meat will be passed tomorrow by
the county board of supervisors, it
was said after a budget confer
ence today.
The motor patrol expenses ran
to $240,000 last year while meat
inspection costs between $4,000
and 100000 a year, Supervisor Hugh
Thatcher said. The motor patrol,
however, brought in $4,000 in
fines, he pointed out.
Thatcher said meat inspection
was a mandatory state function.
The two resolutions are intended
as economy measures
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-04
Taxpayer Loses
Battle In Court

LOS ANGELES. May 4. (U.P) =
Seeking to recover for the county
$1,500,000 expended in preliminary
work at the abandoned San Gabriel
dam site, Carl A. Shorb, taxpayer,
today lost a preliminary battle in
the action.
Superior Judge Isaac Pacht sus-
tanned a demurrer interposed by
contractors of the dam job, who
were defendants. Shorb was given
90 days to amend his complaint.
The contractors, Fisher, Ross,
Mcdonald and Kahn contended
that the complaint did not state
the cause of action and that even
If they had knowledge that the site
was not suitable and would have to
be abandoned as argued by Shorb,
they were under no legal obligations
to disclose this knowledge.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-04
Willing
To Answer Quiz

LOS ANGELES, May 4.-U.P)-
Voicing willingness to "answr
every question:" Charles F.. Allison
one of the two depoSed state re-
ceivers for. American Mortgage
company properties, appeared as a
witness in the county grand jury's
investigation of the receivership
scandal" today.
Allison appeared at the jury room
on a subpoena and stopped to talk
briefly with newspapermen.
I'm going to tell the grand jury
anything it wants to know of the
American Mortgage or other re-
ceivership affairs" Allison told re-
porters.
1t was indicated that one of three
judges mentioned as recipients of
gifts or favors from Allison or his
former co-receiver, A. J. Showalter,
nigh be a witness before the jury
during the day.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-04
Appeals Verdict
Of Lower Court

Judge A, c. Finney today was
hearing an appeal from the FL
Centro justice court in suit
brought by NJ c.. Smith against
Leon M. Harmon for a premium
assertedly due on a life insurance
policy.
Smith was awarded a judgment
for S149.97 after trial of the suit
by Judge l. Mayfield, but Harmon
appealed the decision to the SUI
perior court. Lee Nuffer is his at
torney.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-04
CARNER'S
SUCCESS
SURPRISE.
Texan Conceded Victory
In California By Smith
And Roosevelt Camps.
GIVEN LARGE LEAD
Splendid Complimentary
Vote Accorded Hoover
By Republicans.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 4. U.P,E
In an upset that took the golden
state completely by surprise,
Speaker John N. Garner of Texas
captured California's a Demo-
cratic national convention dele
gates in yesterdays statewide
presidential preference primary.
Going into the lead at the start,
the Texan piled up a mounting
lead against his nearest competitor,
Gov. Franklin d. Roosevelt of New
York, and on the basis of complete
returns from 9035 of the states
10,271 precincts today, was leading
Roosevelt by 43,461.
Political observers credited
Roosevelts defeat to former gov
ernor, Alfred E. Smith of New
York who trailed but cut deeply
into the vote that normally would
nave gone to Roosevelt and given
him the winning margin.
Returns from 9035 precincts
gave: Garner, 2OO,730; Roosevelt,
157,269; Smith, 131 ,249.
President Herbert Hoover. un-
opposed in the Republican prefer
ential race, polled a popularity vote
of 592,689 on this basis.
Roosevelt headquarters here
conceded Gamers victory after
holding out almost to the last.
The Smith r1rces also admitted
defeat
Imperial county followed the rest
OF the state in voting at yester-
days primaries and also inexpress-
ing an opinion on the two PROPOSE
tions submitted to the voters, cast
ing large majority of the Demo-
cratic votes for Garner and defeat
ing by a huge vote the Sharkey
bill1
Less than half the 10000 regis
tered voters of the county made
their ways to the polls, many vot-
Ing only on the propositions. In
complete returns at 2 o'clock this
afternoon showed 5815 had voted on
the Sharkey bill, 1921 on the prop
osition to lease tide lands, and 5218
had cast ballots in the presidential
primary.
Hoover was given a Republican
vote of 2146, returns from 81 of the
county's 60 precincts disclosed.
Garner was overwhelming choice of
the Democrats with 1868 votes in
the 81 peecinctS, leading Roosevelt.
his nearest rival, who had TIA
votes, Smith trailed with 337.
On proposition No. l the incom-
plete returns showed 1881 voting
yes and 2379 voting no.
Missing precincts will not bring
in enough votes materially to alter
the election results in this county.
Other precincts in Ell Centre cast
CAT votes for Hoover, 4O5 for Garner,
201 for Roosevelt and 80 for Smith.
In favor of the first proposition
were 300, while 1149 were against
it. On the second proposition 804
Ell Centrans voted yes and 533
voted no.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-04
Curtis Yacht
Back In Port

NORFOLK, Va, May 4.-U.P)-
The yacht Maroon, used for nego-
tiationS with a group who claim to
be kidnapers of Baby Charles Aug
ustus Lindbergh, Jr, was back in
port today and none of its compile
ment would discuss the most recent
trip.
The Maroon. carrying John
Hughes Curtis, Lieut.. George I.
Richard and a skeleton crew, left
the naval base about midday. She
pulled back into port last night.
No statement was forthcoming.
Lieutenant Richard left the boat
and said he might be back some
time today.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-04
Bar Candidates
Fail To Pass

LOS ANGELES, May a. U.P) -
The state bar of California an
nounced today that but 1O5 of 522
candidates for admittance to prac-
tice of law passed the February bar
examination.
The percentage of those passing
was said by examiners to be the
lowest in the history of the bar
Examinations were taken both here
and IN San Francisco.
Among those passing were: James
G. Henderson. Josephine Irving
both of San Diego; Eugene Wood
bury, Inglewood.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-04
Expect Loss In
Tax Returns

State and county tax returns
this year will probably run only
3 or 8 per cent behind that for the
years Of normal collections, Mont
j. Reid, county tax collector esti-
mated this morning.
The above statement is only an
estimate as the exact figures are
not available at present. Reid es-
Inmates that approximately 731a
per cent Of the total tax has been
collected, while last year at this
time approximately so per cent
had been collected.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-04
BY DAN CAMPBELL
United Press Staff Corresponds

HONOLULU, May 4. - Legal
maneuvers upon which four con-
victed American honor slayers will
rely in their fight to escape SEN
tence to Oahu prison were dis
closed today by Clarence Darrow,
elderly chief defense counsel.
Motion for a new trial will be
Darrow's first step when Mrs.
Granville ForteScue, her son-in-law,
Lieut.. Thomas II. Massie, and two
navy enlisted men, A. o. Jones and
E. j. Lord, appear before Circuit
Judge Charles S. Davis Friday for
sentence.
The 75-year-old barrister said he
will appeal the case to the Ha-
waiian supreme court should Judge
Davis deny retrial, as is expected.
Darrow had recovered measur-
ably from shock over the unex-
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Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-04
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BEVERLY HILLS, May 4.
(SpeciaD - Let's give a great
big hand to those two COVER
nors, Rolph of California and
Balzar of Nevada, for making
the flight clear across our
country in a day. Too many
won't fly because Of their re-
gard for their country and the
shape it would be left in in
case of accident.
See where two English sci
entists were able to headline,
said to split the atom" The
world is not bad enough off as
it was, now they go and split
up the atom. That's the last
straw. We expect it of the
Democrats, but we always felt
that the old "atom" would re-
main intact. It was certainly
a big disappointment to me.
Come on boys, let's up and
atom.
Yours,
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-04
ROOSEVELT ADDS
MORE DELEGATES
TO His GROUP

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, May a
U,Pl-Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt
of New York today seemed assured
of a majority of Alabama's "a votes
at the Democratic national conven-
ton in Chicago as result of the
state primaries Tuesday.
The Roosevelt slate was opposed
by a slate which would go to Chi
Cago "uninstructed' but not neces-
sarily opposed to the New York
governor. The primary was for
selection of eight delgates at large,
with one-half vote each. and two
delegates from each of the states
10 congressional districts.
Early today, the incomplete
tally from COO precincts out of
1860 in the state gave the slate Of
candidates for delegates at large
pledged to Roosevelt a total Of
81, ,437 votes against 67O64 for the
"uninstructed" slate.
PIERRE, S. D., May 4. UPi-
The formality of approving a sin
gle set of 10 delegates to the Demo-
cratic presidential convention al
ready pledged to Gov. Franklin D.
Roosevelt of New York was gone
through in the state Democratic
primary yesterday.
In the Republican primary, II
delegates pledged to President
Hoover led those pledged to sup
port a progressive" candidate, but
the exact distribution of delegates
will not be known until more COM
plete rural returns are obtained.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-05-04
WHAT'S DOING
TONIGHT

TONIGHT
Mid-week meetings, churches.
City council, 1880, city hall.
Moose lodge, 8, Moose home,
Oasis ledge, +. and A. NJ,
1880, Masonic temple.
Eagles, 8, 500 Broadway.
Troop 3, B.S.A., Z, scout hut.
VIEW, s, Veterans hall.
Valley theatre, Sporting
Chance"
Fox Imperial theatre, Devils
Lottery"
TOMORROW
Rotary club, Barbara Worth.
Bridge luncheon, 1880, golf
club.
AmericanizatiOn class exhibit,
1917, East Side Community
club.
Seeley-West Side home de-
partment, 1890, Community
hall.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-01-16
10 MEN IN running
/ F)RSUpREME court
Massachusetts, Justice Most
Strongly Urges as Success
Z sor to Holmes

washington, Jan. 16.-tR-The In
tenstty Of interest in the supreme
court vacancy left by the resignation
Of Oliver Wendell Holmes has de-
veloped a list of 20 men prominently
backed for the post.
From this 20, leading judges and
lawyers from every part Of the UNI
ted States, it is believed likely Prest-
dent Hoover will make his choice.
Many more have been named In
speculation and the possibility exists
that before q decision Is made-it Is
not expected Immediately - o m e
other may come to the front.
OF the score, IL are on the judicial
bench, five are In congress, two were
once cabinet members. one ran for
the presidency, the other Is q prac-
ticing attorney.
Arthur p. Rugg, chief justice OF
the Massachusetts supreme court Is
spoken Of as the most strongly urged,
and as possessing most nearly the
qualifications Of Holmes. However,
he Is nearing 70.
Some Of the others are Newton d.
Baker, former secretary of war: John
w. Davis OF New York; James r..
Garfield, who was secretary Of the
interior under Roosevelt. Senators
and members Of the house on the
list are Senators Walsh Of Montana
and George Of Georgia: Representa-
tives James M. Beck of Philadelphia,
g. w. Ramseyer Of Iowa, and Earl G..
Kitchener Of Michigan.