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Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-23
Mystery Wells
Bra.Uley Death

Ramon Casanova, 54, was found
dead behind a pile of adobe on a
lot in Brawley late yesterday after
noon He had been shot with a
shotgun and officials believe that
the crime had taken place some
where else and the body brought to
this lot for disposition The prop
erty has been in use for some time
as place for making adobe bricks
for the new Brawley city hall.
An examination of the body
showed several ribs broken which
led officers to believe that the man
had been severely beaten before the
shot which killed him was fired,
An earlier report stated that the
man had also been stabbed with an
ice pick
Casanova had been in the en-
ploy of the American Fruit COM
pany Deputy Sheriffs Elliott and
McCaslin are investigating the af-
fair. An open verdict was returned
by a coroner IS jury in Brawley this
morning.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-23
MOONEY PLEADS NOT GUILTY
AS UNIQUE TRIAL STARTS

SAN FRANCISCO, May %. CUP
Tom Mooney pleaded not guilty
to a charge of murder today when
he was called to the bar to plead
to an old indictment returned in
connection with the 1916 prepared
ness day bombing here.
His voice doomed through court
room thronged with interested but
orderly spectators who had as
sembled 10 witness a trial almost
without precedent in legal history
Superior Judge Louis H. Ward
branded the trial as meaningless, .
since the state indicated it would
not prosecute or attempt TO intro
duce evidence.
Before we proceed" he said, II
want to advise attorneys that 1 can
see no practical advantage to trial
of this case. A verdict of not guilty
would only be of advantage in a
plea at bar if future effort should
be made to try this action.
With no prosecution. a verdict
of not guilty would be a worthless
anc fake action in the eyes OF the
world. 1 have been anxious to
give the defendant a real trial to
elicit the truth as to tne facts.
But this court will not be part
to freeing this defendant by legal
technicalities. Last month 1 hoped
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-23

the defense would decide not to
hold this trial. Do yoN still want
it?"
1--WE de-" Mooney said.
Censures Attorney
William w. Murphy, assistant
district attorney assigned to prose-
cute the case without presenting
any evidence" informed the court
this procedure would stan6, where
upon Leo Gallagher. Mooney coun-
sci, renewed his plea that out-of-
town witnesses be brought here and
that certain documents held by
the district attorney be made avail
able.
1--WE don't want this trial to be
a farce" he said. eve want to
show that Tom Mooney was framed
by public officials of San Fran
cisco.
Gallagher was rebuked by the
court, Judge Ward saying:
"Sit down, Mr. Gallagher, these
remarks, with the jurors present,
are inadvisable. If this case goes
to argument, as I assume it will,
then you may proceed along those
lines"
The preliminary proceedings end
ed, the trial proper began with i'm
paneling of the jury.
There was no demonstration.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-23
HoltUilIe Lots
viii Be Sold

A resolution was adopted by the
board of supervisors yesterday af-
ternoon by which 456 lots in the
city of Holtville are to be put up
to public sale at not less than 81
lot, plus advertising costs.
The sum of $3.50 from the weed
and pest control fund was voted
to aid the county agricultural COM
missioner in his fight against the
grasShopper pest. B. A. Harrigan
had appeared before the board and
stated that several ranches were
badly infected and asked for money
to buy bran and poison with which
to combat the pest. Between so
and 100 R. F.. C. men were also
given him to do the work of
spreading this poison.
T. M. Sharp was employed at a
salary of SITS per month, to collect
beer license taxes in the county and
to do such other work as the board
might desire.
Permission was granted the Jun
ior chamber of commerce to use
the fair grounds for a proposed
air circus next Sunday after it was
determined that the county was
fully protected by its insurance
policy in case any accident might
occur.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-23
CHARGE ENVOY
WITH SPYING

TOXIC, May %. U.p)-Sensation-
al charges that Eric Grove, third
secretary Of the British embassy
and his wife, Virginia, had made
four Photographic expeditions into
forbidden areas of the Yokosuka
fortified naval zone, were featured
by japanese newspapers tonight.
The press reported the couple
had been stopped repeatedly by po-
lice officials who now are conten.-
plating an appeal 70 the foreign
office.
Speaking boldly, the newspaper
Jill Shimpo characterized the re-
puted motor trips as "the activi-
ties of spies" It said the Groves
were four times detected in the act
of taking pictures in the prohibited
area.
Mrs. Grove is the daughter of Ru-
dolf Boiling TueSler, a relative of
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. He is head
Of st. Luke's hospital here, whose
construction was financed by funds
Teusler raised in the United States.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-23
YOUNG SLAYER
IS IDENTIFIED
Sister Recognizes Youth Who
Assertedly Shot Student In
Hold-Up Attempt.

LOS ANGELES, May %. U,P)-
In a dramatic bedside scene, Mrs.
Sally Moore, 24-year old office
worker, today identified Russell
Courtney who allegedly shot and
killed Lyle William Eder, 18, in a
holdup attempt Sunday night, as
her own brother, Daniel Schuck.
Mrs. Moore was located through
a photograph found in Court
ney IS" hotel room, and taken to
the General hospital where the 22-
year-old youth lay critically in
iured, shot by his own gun.
LOS ANGELES, May 49, U.P) -
Grimly fighting for life, 22-year-
old youth who said his name was
Russell Courtney was held in the
prison ward of the general hospital
today while an inquest was planned
into the fatal shooting of Lyle
William Edcr, Is, University of
Southern California student, in an
attempted holdup Sunday night.
After being in a coma for nearly
Gf ilclbS, SOulI I1lCS IGopOliuei W
a blood TRANSMISSION last night and
assertedly admitted to detectives
be shot Eder, who is the son of E.
E. Eder, prominent Minneapolis
attorney.
II pulled the trigger twice &.
l don't know whether the first bull
let hit him or me-" Courtney told
detectives.
The shooting occurred on q
crowded downtown street.
Courtney, it was charged, leaped
On the running board of Elders an
tomobile and ordered Miss Betty
Louise Forbes, Elders companion to
''move over"
Instead, Edel gyappled with the
man, and the two fell to the street
where the struggle continued after
the car climbed the curb and came
to a stop.
There were two shots and Eder
rolled over, dead. Courtney got to
his feet, again attempted to climb
into the automobile, and collapsed
At the hospital, Courtney declar-
ed he was lust sap" He indi-
Gated Courtney was not his true
name.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-23
J. ?. MORGAN ADMITS PAYING NO INCOME TAX
NATIONAL RECOVERY MEASURE
READY FOR ACTION BY HOUSE

house this afternoon. Debate may
begin Wednesday.
Extension of the "nuisance tax
esq is in addition to a provision
levying 1921 100000 in new income
and gasoline taxes specifically to
meet financing charges on the pub
lie works program.
The administration asked for
and obtained an unprecedented pro-
vision pledging repeal of the new
taxes whenever the 18th amend
ment is repealed or whenever the
government IS receipts in any fis-
cal year exceeds its expenses.
The proposed taxes affected by
this promise are: increase from
four to six per cent on the income
tax on the first $400 of taxable in
come; increase from eight to 10 per
cent in the normal tax on all over
$4,000; repeal of the present law ex-
empting stock dividends from the
normal income tax; addition of
three fourths of one cent to the
present one cent federal gasoline
tax.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-23
Seek To SaUe
y Condemned Mar,

LOS ANGELES, May %. UP)-
In an attempt to have Jack Green's
sentence to hang next Friday COM
muted to life Imprisonment, j. l..
Green of Salt Lake City, the con-
demned youths father, and Attor-
ney R. Lee Bagby were to leave
today for Sacramento taking with
them a petition to Gov. James
Rolph jr,, and affidavits alleging
outside influence was exercised up
on the jury which convicted Green
of murder.
The petition for clemency is
signed by seven of the jurors and
approximately 900 other persons,
the elder Green and Bagby said
Green end Joseph P. Regan were
convicted of killing Hugh A. Crow
ley. detective lieutenant, during the
attempted robbery of a Westwood
theatre in January, 1882. Both are
unoer sentence to be hanged next
Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-23
STATE:
To VOTE We 7
indications Are That California
Will Approve Repeal For 18th
Amendment.
BY MELVIN LORD
(SpeciaI to The Press

SACRAMENTO, Cal, May %
On the basis of sentiment as ex-
pressed at the polls last November
and represented by action of the
Legislature, California may be ex-
pected to vote for repeal of the
18th Amendment at the special
elction June 81.
Given an opportunity to vote
directly for an out and out prohibi-
ion question, the electorate voted l.
459 1886 to 658,351 in favor or repeal
of the Wright act, state prohibition
enforcement measure.
In Imperial county the vote on
this question was 1859 in favor of
repeal as compared to 1925 against
disposition of the Wright act.
A further drift toward wet"
sentiment was expressed on several
questions acted on by the legisla-
ture. Little opposition was express
sed against the measure repeating
the Jones still act, companion
enforcement measure of the Wright
act.
Both houses also passed a mea-
1Ol q llAOO1 NOllOl VI
plan, based on proposition No. 2
which was passed by a vote of l.
3O8, ,428 to 730.522 last November
and hinges on repeal of the 18th
amendment.
BY means of the constitutional
convention system, California will
be given an opportunity again to
vote directly on the question of
prohibition.
Under this plan one elector fav-
oring repeal of the 18th amendment
and one favoring retention of pro-
hibition will be voted on in each
congressional district. In addition
two wet electors and two "drys"
will be nominated from the state
as a whole for a total of %.
Following the election a date will
be set for the constitutional con-
vention and Californias vote will
be cast in accordanc with the
popular vote.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-23
MI QUORUM FOR MEETING Of
IRRIGATION DISTRICT BOARD
Hewes And Young On Hand To Transact
Business But Remainder Of Directors Stay
Away To Avoid Setting Recall Election.

order NJ. j. Dowd, chief engineer,
and D. B. Roberts, associate coun-
sci, also were present.
Hewes asked Roberts if it would
be possible for the board to hold
the meeting at the Aten ranch.
Roberts read from the law that thc
meeting must be held IN the rcgu-
lar place selected as the office of
the board"
Director HeWes then turned t.
the spectators in the court roc!l
and said he was sorry that public
officials had seen fit TO arrange
that quorum should not be pres
ent. He said Rose was in tbs
building and said he would not
meet until Charles L. Childers, chief
counsel, returned from Washing
ton and that as far as he was con-
cerned he saw no necessity of meet
ing until June 13.
This is a method of defeating
the will of the people of division
(COniinuel On Page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-23
BRITISH SUB
HITS TRAWLER

LONDON, May %. UP)-The ad-
miralty announced today that the
submarine L-23 collided with a
trawler in thick fog seven miles
from Kinnaird Head.
The L-23 was taking water
slightly the report said, but did
not require assistance.
The trawler was identified as the
Lord Davidson.
The 1800-ton destroyer MacKay
was in contact with L-23 The sub
marine crew, the admiralty under
stood, had manned pumps to keep
the craft afloat.
The normal crew Of L-23 is about
30. In addition, the commander
of the second submarine flotilla
was aboard. Lieut.. Commander T.
j. T. c. jerks was in command.
He has three 'lieutenants and a
sub lieutenant.
1t was assumed L-23 collided
on the surface. The submarine
has been with other ships of the
fleet on a summer cruise which in
cludes normal fleet exercises.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-23
Demurrer Filed
In Damage Case

Dorsey Whitelaw, attorney for
the Fox West Coast Theatres. Inc.
filed demurrer this morning to
the complaint of Robert Anderson.
Anderson had sued the theatre peo-
pie for damages because of in
juries sustained when he tripped
on torn carpet in the Brawley
theatre and fell down stairs.
The demurrer claims this COM
plant is uncertain because it does
not determine whether the plain
tiff was a patron and holder of a
paid admission ticket of the Braw-
ley theatre, or whether he was a
mere guest of the management on
that particular evening. 1t further
states that the plaintiff does not
clearly indicate whether he was
tripped and caused to fall by reason
of the condition of the carpet in
the aisles or on the stairs; nor can
it be ascertained from this COM
plant whether the plaintiff claims
that at the time of said alleged ac-
cident he was actually employed in
his alleged profession.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-23
BEER REVENUE
MOUNTING Up

SACRAMENTO, May %. W.P)-
California may expect to collect
more than 100000 a year from the
2-cents gallon beer tax on the
basis of returns from the first
month IS sale of the 80 per cent
brew.
The short month of April saw
the sale of the new brew launched
to the tune of 2,783,543 gallons to
raise $55,670 in taxes for the state
general fund, according to report
of the state board of equalization.
The April report showed assess
ments against 90 breweries and
state distributors for eastern man
ufacturers. Forty have been licens-
ed and will pay the May tax.
The major California producers
as reported by the board included:
Rainier, San Francisco, 664,S90
gallons, S13,299 tax, Los Angeles
Brewing company, 6f7,709 gallons,
$12,354 tax; Cereal Products COM
pany, San Francisco, 470,7l5 gall
Ions, $9,4l4 tax; Golden West. Oak
land, 383012 gallons, $7,660 tax;
Milwaukee, San Francisco, 262,095
gallons, $5,263 tax.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-23
Charge Mexican
With Staying

LOS ANGELES, May %. W.P)-
Angel Orozco 35-year-old Mexican,
today was under arrest at Tijuana
on suspicion of having murdered
Catalina Valenzuela, %, believed to
be his common-law wife, and bury
ing her body at the rear of her
Pico Park home here, the sheriff IS
office reported.
A border watch was ordered for
Orozco after neighbors told officers
that he had left his house Satur-
day with his five children and a
goat packed into an old, small au-
tomobile. The hacked body of the
woman was found in its shallow
grave.
Meanwhile, deputy sherifts we're
excavating under the entire house
to search for other possible bodies.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-23
BONDS UNDER
FINANCE PLAN

Word was received from the I'M
perial Irrigation district bondhold-
ers committee today that $6500,000
worth of bonds of the four issues
already have come in under the re-
funding plan Overwhelmingly ac-
cepted by valley residents in the
February election.
Assurance that $2,000,000 more
soon will come into the plan also
was received at headquarters today.
The total of bonds yet to come
in stands AT s7,750,00G ana the
bondholders committee still is hard
at work in an attempt to procure
the remainder
The retunding plan provides for
a moratorium on bond interest pay
nlents with no cut in principal and
was instigated to tide the valley
over the business depression.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-23
TEST|F|ES At
SENATE STOCK
MARKET QUIZ
Neither He Nor His Partners
Has Any Net Profits During
Three Years Is Claim.
SPECTATORS ASTOUNDED
Country's Leading Financier
Is Reluctant Witness During
Investigation.
SPECTATORS ASTOUNDED

WASHINGTON, May %. tUP)
None of the powerful financiers
who are partners in the famous
banking firm of J. p. Morgan
e. Co., paid income taxes in
1881 and 1892, it was shown in
testimony today before the SER
ate stock market investigating
committee.
j. p. Morgan, head of the
firm, testified previously he him.
self paid no income taxes in
1880, -31-32.
Leonard Keyes, a middle-aged
confidential employee of the
blouse of Morgan" gave the
information regarding the Nor
gan partners, among whom are
such noteworthy names as E.
T. Stotesbury, Thomas w. La
mont, II. p. Dawson and S.
Parker Gilbert.
Keyes' voice was barely au-
dible as he began but it gained
strength as he continued.
'Ts it fact that according
to the income tax returns made
out for the individual members
that no partner paid an income
tax in 1872" asked Ferdinand
PecOra, committee counsel.
EYES," replied the witness.
"And in 1922
"Yes."
Keyes, who acts as office
manager for the Morgan firm,
was called to testify at the in
sistence Of Morgan. The latter
became irritated at Pecora's
income tax questions and fin
ally demanded that Keyes tes-
tify rather than leave the mat
ter in further uncertainty.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-23

In the absence of three directors,
Mark Rose, Ira Aten and Burleigh
Adams, it was impossible to hold
the regular meeting of the Impe-
rial Irrigation district board of di-
rectors at headquarters this morn
ing ana Directors w. E. Young and
Evan T. Hewes, who were present,
adjourned until 10 o'clock tomoT-
low morning.
A large crowd of residents, a
majority of them from the north
end of the valley, gathered in the
beard room early. this morning and
waited until 11:50 o'clock when
F. H. McIver, who had waited al!
morning, was summoned to call the
loll
The reason for the large audience
was the expectation that the oi-
rectors would call special election
to decide the recall of Adams as
McIver had made known his inten-
ton OF certifying to the sufficiency
of the petitions filed May 8.
When the meeting was called to
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-23
Fail To Locate
Missing Couple

Nothing further could be learned
by press time today concerning tn
fate of Floyd Emerson and Ruth
Fullerton. both of Brawley, who
have been reported as missing since
they set out on Salton Sea in a
small boat. at noon Sunday.
Deputies from the sheriff S office
have been searching the country
surrounding the sea since early
yesterday morning and three air.
planes have been aiding the search.
The hoat was found floating bot
tom side up on the water yesterday
afternoon and it is feared that its
two inmates have been drowned.
The two were members of pic
mic party near Sea View Sunday.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-23

WASHINGTON, May 49, UP
President Roosevelt IS national re-
covery bill, bulwarked with a $780,
100000 taxation section to assure
the government adequate funds to
carry out its vast re-employment
campaign was ready today to be
placed before the house.
On direct and sudden orders
from the White House. the ways
and means committee last night
wrote into the bill a section ex-
tending until July |, 1885, all the
excises and special sales taxes i'm
posed last year. These imposts,
estimated to yield $500,OOO,0OO year.
ly, would have expired July l, 1884
After adopting this section, the
committee voted a favorable report
on the whole bill, with its So $780,
100000 public works program to
create jobs for millions and its
American 1.-TWO year plan" for
government supervision of industry
to stabilize employment, wages and
production. Chairman Doughton
planned to lay the report before the
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-23
PE|P|NG DUE
To Be TAKEN
BY JAP PANESE
Fall Of Chinese Capital Mat
ter Of Only Few Hours Ac-
cording To Observers.
CITY REPORTED ORDERLY
Strong Military Force Keeps
Crowds OF Refugees Within
Peaceful Limits.
CITY REPORTED ORDERLY

PEIPING, China, May %. U.P)-
Fall of Peiping to japanese invad-
ers appeared imminent tonight.
Reinforcements for the japanese
legation guard already had entered
and began patrolling part of the
city, while Gen. Ho Ying-Ching,
Chinese war minister. announced
that Japanese aircraft, artillery,
cavalry and infantry had pounded
the Chinese defenses in the out
skirts CT Peiping all day long.
His communique refuted reports
Of an armistice and confirmed an
earlier japanese announcement of
operations by their forces on all
fronts.
The ancient northern capital
waited in deep anxiety for another
foreign invasion, the first since
the Boxer rebellion. A steady exc
dus of troops and civilians was
in progress It. the south. Rigid
martial law kept the city itself Or
derly.
The Chinese were holding Tung-
chow under heavy fire, forming a
line of defense 10 to II miles east
OF the city.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-23
Blaze Damages
D1velling House

A fire which is supposed to have
lad its origin either IN the kitchen
or a back bedroom of a house at
654 Holt avenue, occupied by John
Washburn, gave the local fire de-
partment busy half honr before
it was brought under control. The
call was sent in at 2:30 this after
noon.
Fire officials have not as yet es-
timated the extent of the damages.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-23
Expect Vets To
Take NeLU York

NEW YORK, May %. U.Pl-New
York state, conceded by drys to be
approximately 6 to l wet" voted
today for delegates to its state pro-
hibition repeal convention.
The Roosevelt administration
made last minute appeal through
an address by Postmaster General
James A. Farley, who is both state
ard national Democratic chairman.
Repeal is the policy of tie Presi-
dent OF The United States ard the
national administration, he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-23
Farmers Damaged
By Grasshoppers

MESA, Ariz., May %. (U.P) -
Swarms of grasshoppers swept
over fertile farms near here today,
threatening to devastate central
Arizona's agricultural region unless
farmers successfully combat the
plague.
Desperate efforts to kill the
swarming grasshoppers went on
with increased effort rs farmers
feared a second plague would sweep
over the area as soon as the in
scctS' larvae hatch.
Farmers were sacrificing matu-
rity and cutting alfalfa 10 days
early rather than have it devoured
by tie insects. II was feared cit
rus groves would be attacked next.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-23
OFFERS UNIQUE ALIBI

LOS ANGELES, May % W.P)--
Sadakichi Hartmann. SO, noted jap
anese-German poet and actor, today
faced superior court trial on June
6, charged with stealing taxleab.
hartmann, N entering a not-guilly
plea, declared he was color-bliud
and got INTO the automobile In the
belief it belonged to his friend,
John Roberts, artist. who also faces
trial on The same charge.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-23
Humane Society
GiUen Contract

A contract has been submitted to
the county humane society by
Councilman Charles Ander n
health commissioner, by which the
catching of stray dogs and other
animals within the city will be
turned over to the society.
This action was the result Of a
discussion held at the last meeting
of the city council when this ques-
tion was brought up and it was de-
cided to leave the whole matter in
the hands of both the police and
city health commissioners for what
ever action they might see fit to
take.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-23
DRIVER ACQUITTED

LOS ANGELES. May %. U.P)-
Ferrell Beckner, film studio work
er, stood acquitted today of g
charge of manslaughter and drunk
driving growing out of the death
of Carol Ann Rogers, infant daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee H Rogers,
in an automobile accident last
December.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-23
BANKERS TO MEET

PASADENA, May %. U.P)-New
banking practices and national fin
ancial problems will be discussed
tomorrow by nearly 1900 delegates
expected here to attend the annual
convention of the California Bank
erS' association.
The conference under the presi-
dency of j, F. Sullivan, Jr., of San
Francisco will continue for three
days. Initiation policies and mort
gage moratoriums will come up
for consideration, according to Sui
livan.