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Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-12
MILLION LOSS
IN BIC STORM
Two Men Killed And Severe
Damage To Property And
Crops By Yesterdays Wind.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. u. W.P)-
A heavy toll of property damage
was counted today as the after
math of a storm that claimed two
lives during the "a hours it lashed
Southern California from Los An
geles to the Mexican border
Damage was estimated at ST. ,000,-
600 borne principally by oil in
terests and orchardists.
Lieut.. Commander Carl Hupp, 43,
of Coronado, Calf, was swept to
his death in Los Angeles harbor
when a giant comber brushed him
overheard while he was attempt
ing to board a gig. Hupp was
attached to the U. S.. S. Raleigh.
His body was not recovered.
Theodore Krog, II, was believed
to have perished at Cabrillo Beach.
The wreckage of his houseboat was
washed ashore.
Eleven navy enlisted men were
rescued at the fringe of Los An
geles harbor after they had set
out to retrieve small harbor craft,
knocked loose from their moor
ings during the storm. The men
were missing for hours before res
cue crews could reach them.
Although damage to harbor
craft was. estimated at 100000, it
was only a fraction of the losses
suffered by other interests. More
than 40 oil derrick were wrecked
at Long Beach while numerous
others suffered the same fate in
other areas.
Damage to citrus orchards was
estimated at from 20 to 30 per cent
of the crop in the vicinity of On
tario, which bore the brunt of the
storms attack.
Although storm damage in Los
Angeles proper was confined to
broken windows and tree branches,
the city was covered with thick
layers of sand dust, blown in from
the desert.
Five brush fires, famed along a
wide front in Ventura county, were
brought under control after burn
ing over nearly 1000 acres Hard
ly had this blaze been subjugated
before another fire broke out near
San Luis Obispo. Farmers organ
lied to battle it.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-12
TWO RESCUED
AS BOAT BURNS

SAN DIEGO, Jan. II. UP)-John
Smith and Earl Schetna, of Los
Angeles, were rescued II miles off
Oceanside near here today, after
an explosion and fire had forced
them to abandon the yacht Pan
dora enroute here from San Pedro.
The rescue was effected by the
tug Cuyamaca after the men had
spent two hours in an open boat
Schetna, who was seriously burned
by the explosion, was given first
aid by the crew of the Cuyamaca
and both men were transferred to
the destroyer Tacey which answer
ed the rescue call made to the llth
naval district here.
The explosion occurred about 3
a. m, Smith, captain of the yacht,
told rescuers. He was unable to
fix the cause of the explosion but
said both he and Schetna aban-
doned the yacht Immediately
Pieces of paper were burned as
flares to attract the attention Of
the Cuyamaca which passed near
the scene of the explosion about
a. m.
The Pandora, a speedy $4,000
sloop, is owned by w. II. Rohl.
Los Angeles contractor. 1t sank
soon after the explosion.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-12
BY KENNETH KNIGHT

Umted freSS Speclai Correspondent
Copyright, 1893, BY United Press)
VACAVILLE, Calf, Jan. IL. -
Bloodshed seemed dangerously
near to residents of this usually
placid farm community today.
Ragged appearing but organized
with military precision, columns
of the radical International Agri-
culture Workers Union filtered in
to town and joined the mounting
ranks of the discontented men
crowded within an abandoned gar
age renamed Spanish hall.
Fifty-two deputy sheriffs pa
trolled the tree bordered streets
of Vacaville Anxious resident kept
shotguns within handy reach.
James, Albert and Robert Melgar
and A. Espinosa were on trial in
municipal court today on. charges
of disturbing the peace.
They were arrested during an
outbreak early in December when
striking fruit tree pruners, nom
union workers who replaced them,
and officers clashed in the public
square here.
AS a climax to high feeling at
that time, six prisoners were taken
from Jail by an angry group, re-
portedly beaten, their heads shaved,
and red paint poured over them.
Police Chief O., E. Alley said to-
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-12
Army SCOTS At
Voodoo Theory

FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz., Jan.
IL. (U.PI-Two department of JUS
tice agents, aided by army authori-
ties, today continued their investi-
cation of reports that voodooism
was and still is practiced by sup
erstitious Negro soldiers here.
They sought to link influences OF
the cult with the recent slayings Of
Capt. Joseph R. Wesley and Da-
vid A. Palmer an dtheir wives by
Private James Aberneathy, Negro.
Investigators Lacy and Roberts
arrived late yesterday after con-
ferring with John ]. Gung1, Uni
ted States district attorney at Tue
son, Ariz. Gung1 said he would
make personal investigation
should evidence of voodooism be
found.
Army officers described the re-
ports as fantastic"
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-12
Woman Accused
OF Taking Funds

LOS ANGELES, Jan. IL. U.P)-
Accused of grand theft and falsifi-
cation of records, Mrs. Sophrania
Johnson, former assistant secre-
tary and treasurer of the Los An
geles Mutual Building and Loan
association, today surrendered to
the district attorneys office.
Mrs. johnson was accompanied
by her husband, Russell johnson,
an attorney.
Mrs. johnson is specifically
charged with grand theft of $4,000
of company funds and four counts
of Justification of records. She had
been an officer of the association
for II years.
Benjamin Scheniman, she was re-
Benjamin Scheinman, she was re-
leased on $4,000 bail, and her pre-
liminary hearing was set for jan
uary %.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-12
ADOPTION Of
BABY REFUSED

NEW YORK, Jan. IL. U.P)-The
plea of Mrs. Hugo Connor to adopt
into her Jewish home a founding
designated a Catholic by the de-
partment of welfare was denied to-
day by a court decision.
Supreme Court Justice Charles
j. Dodd refused Mrs Connor'S ap-
plication for an order of manda-
mus compelling welfare commits
sioner Frank j. Taylor to turn over
to her the baby she found on the
porch of a relative last December l..
The department, under an arbi-
trary Gystem designating found
ling children alternately Protest.
ant, Catholic and Jewish, had deS-
ignated the child Catholic and re-
fused her request for adoption.
The justice, in denying Mrs. Con-
nor's application, said:
mo legal right to the founding
has been shown by the petitioner.
Prior to an adoption as provided
by law, the respondent is charged
by law with the care, custody and
control of foundlings and is vest
ed with discretionary powers in the
performance of his duties.
THE respondent having acted,
and exercised the discretion vested
in him, the court has no power to
grand an order of mandamus."
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-12
ARMED CAMP At vACAv|LLE
AS RADICALS TRIAL OPENS

day that trouble was avoided last
night only when the union" aban-
doned its announced plan of hold
ing mass meeting in defiance OF
town council orders.
Today the union" planned to
walk into court and demand that
the Melgars and Espinosa be re-
leased Trouble so far avoided
may come then, Alley said.
The United Press representative
last night attended a secret meet
ing of the "union" in Spanish hall.
He was the only non-member
present Outside were guards from
the sheriff's office. Fire engines
we're rolled up, ready to throw
streams of water on the discomfort
ed should they attempt march
on the town.
The meeting revealed that the
union was we'll organized.
Column three" was present
a detachment from Eureka, Calf,
$50 miles from here. Column
five" was in attendance. It is
composed of members from the
San Francisco bay district. More
than half the crowd were strangers
to Vacaville.
They were drawn here by the
same marching orders that sent
battalions of hunger marchers" to
every western state capital when
legislatures opened
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-12

Light voting was reported today
from all precincts where voters are
casting their ballots at the special
election called to obtain the opin-
ion of voters concerning the amend
ed All-American canal contract
and the refunding plan OF the I'M
perial Irrigation district.
In every instance election Off
cials reported and anticipated
heavier vote as the day advanced.
Polls will be open until z o'clock
tonight.
Ell Centros three city precincts
reported a total of 358 votes cast
at l o'clock today. Ell Centro "a"
at Wilson school had SIS, Ell Centre
"B" at Mckinley had 80, Ell Cen
tro &c" at Lincoln school had 201.
Brawley's two city precincts re-
ported a total of 221 votes at l
o'clock. Precinct "A' had ia and
precinct "B" had lot.
The one precinct in Imperial re-
ported 1876 ballots at noon today.
Holtville's one precinct reported 96
votes.
Calexico's two precincts reported
a total OF 81 votes at o'clock this
afternoon. At "A' precinct 81 bal
lots had been cast and at "B" pre-
cinct %.
Reports from Calipatfia, inland
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-12

giving birth to the cosmic ray,
which DrS. Robert A. Millikan of
California Tech and Arthur Comp
ton Of University of Chicago, have
been pursuing through space.
1t is the opinion of the able that
the cosmic ray is given OFF when
heavy atoms die and break up, and
that they are pouring down upon
the earth in constant stream
from far out in space.
II believe that cosmic rays pro-
vide us with sole proof of the for
mer existence of the super-radio-
active materials whose gradual dis
integration give birth to them,'
said lie Maitre.
"Cosmic rays tell us of the days
when all matter consisted of a
substance which was similar to ra-
dium, but thousands of times more
potent
La Maitre seeks the time not far
distant when his theory of the evo-
luton of the cosmic ray will find
experimental verlfication. And il
will be DR.. Millikan and DR.. Comp
ton who will find this proof, he
believes.
The abbe will discuss the question
do the discoveries of science con-
tradict the teachings of religion, !"
at st. Philips auditorium here to-
night. ~ =
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-12
JUDGES FACE
MPEACHMENT

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Jan. IL.
'U.Pj-Impeachment of two NUM-
cipal judges of Long Beach was re-
quested in petition to the state
assembly today.
Previously impeachment of Judge
WILDER F. Downs had been asked
by Fred B. Hawley, 1925 East First
street, Long Beach. In a new pc
tition, Hawley asked also that
Judge Charles D. Wallace, Long
Beach, be impeahced by the as
sembly.
In his petition Hawley alleged
Judge Downs refused to grant him
a jury trial and that Downs held
contractor and sub-contractor
to be licensed by the state when
n fact they were not licensed.
In asking impeachment of Judge
Wallace, Hawley charged that jur-
ist with authorizing the Golden
State Bond and Mortgage COM
pany to execute a judgment against
Hawley. He alleged he and Mrs.
Hawley were evicted from their
home at a time when Mrs. Hawley
was seriously ill.
Although the judgment has been
reversed by appellate court, he as
serted he has been unable to OBJ
tain possession of his property.
Hawley charged that Judge Wal
lace at the time of his action was
a stockholder in the bond COM
pany.
The petition was referred to the
judiciary committee of the assem-
bly,.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-12
THIRD MAN IN
RUM RUNNING
PLOT IS TAKEN

LOS ANGELES, Jan. IL U.p) =
Marking the third arrest since dis
covery OF a liquor-laden plane near
Oceanside last November 81, May
nard Dowell, asserted ringleader of
a group of Illicit liquor importers,
was taken into custody today.
The arrest was made by customs
inspectors of the border patrol. Ar
raigned before United States Com
missioner David B. Head, Dowell
was unable to furnish bond of
$4,000 and was ordered committed
to the county Jail pending hear
ing January 30.
The other two men arrested were
B. H. Eckstein and Samuel D.
Penry.
The deserted plane, loaded with
100 gallons of alcohol, which au-
thorities asserted was picked up at
Rosarito Beach, was discovered with
its nose in the mud near Ocean
side.
Dowell had been at liberty on bail
under a similar indictment growing
out of his arrest last March when
he was discovered near San Juan
Capistrano with a crippled plane
that carried a full cargo of assort-
ed liquors.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-12
Wind Measuring
Instrument Here

Ell Centro now has machine for
measuring the velocity of the wind,
a government thermometer which
was installed at the city water
plant yesterday
The first task set for the new
instrument was the measuring of
the high wind yesterday. The
maximum velocity was recorded
between 10 and IL a. m. when %
miles an hour occurred. Durirf,
the remainder of the storm Is miles
an hour occurred.
Installation of the new wind
measuring machine adds one more
valuable instrument installed in
the valley during the last two years
by the United States weather bu-
reau.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-12
Marriage OF Aged
Woman Annuled

LOS ANGELES, Jan. IL. (U.H -
Married 80 years, yet a wife for
only three weeks, Mrs. Mary Emily
Cameron, 80, and an invalid, could
not come to court to get an annul-
ment decree, so today the court
adjourned to her bedside.
Mrs. Cameron has been an in
valid for 10 years, and has not
been out of her room for five years.
She told Superior Court Judge
Robert J. Kenny, who called at her
home, that she had married Aug
ust Edward Cameron in Newark,
N. j., in 1908.
Three weeks later, she said,
Cameron left her, taking $500 of
her money. Subsequently, she said,
she learned Cameron was already
married, and only recently decided
she should sever her marital ties.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-12
Declare Insult
Retains Fortune

NEW YORK, Jan. IL. W.P)-The
Greek National Daily Herald, Greek
language newspaper here, features
an article asserting that Samuel
insult, fugitive Chicago utility
magnate, arrived in Greece with
$l0,000,000 in $1,000 bills.
The article quoted a customs
agent who examined insults bag
gage when he arrived in Greece.
insult displayed reluctance when
the agent asked to look into a
small bag he had not permitted TO
leave his hand. Finally insult
handed it over and the agent
found it tightly packed with $1,000
bills, the article said.
The newspaper recorded this
conversation:
Agent; You are fortunate in
having this bag examined Other
wise you would not be permitted
TO take it out of the country again.
insult; Don't worry. I am not
going to take it out.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-12
House Approves
Relief Measure

WASHINGTON, Jan. IL. W.P
The house today passed the
bill containing the domestic al
lotment plan of farm relief, de-
signed to put S1,00O,O00,000 a
year into the pockets of agri-
culture and end the threat of
crushing surplus production.
The measure, providing huge
bounties for producers of major
crops who agree to reduce out
put, now goes to the senate
where its reception is doubt
full.
Despite senate threats and
the possibility of a veto by
President Hoover, Democrat
leaders will continue to press
for swift action. They are con-
fident the measure meets, in
general terms at least, the
views of President-elect ROose-
welt.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-12
STATE PROBE
CRITICS GET
TWO REbUKES
Senators Inman And Breed De-
cry Insinuations Rejecting
Upon Investigations.
UTMOST HASTE BEING USED
Leaders Assert Legislatures
Work Not Hindered Due To
Arrangements Agreed Upon.

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Jan. IL.
U.P}-The state senate today heard
two rebukes administered to Gov
ernor Rolph and his finance direc-
tor, ROLAND A. Vandegrift, for
their criticism of the legislatures
failure to act on important prob
lens before -.
Senator j. M. Inman of Sacra-
mento, chairman of the senate in
vestigating committee, voiced the
first attack, aimed particularly at
Vandegrift's assertion that the
probe was "a lot of hot air.
'It will be the policy of this
committee and its chairman to ig-
more any personal attacks upon its
members" Inman said. "The COM
mittee has definite program
which it proposes to follow to COM
pletion. 1t does not propose to in
dulge in personalities nor to en-
barrass individuals with personal
gossip or innuendoes.
'Nor does the committee propose
to permit its work to interfere In
any degree with the work of the
senate. A complete understanding
has been had with the senate upon
that matter"
Senator Arthur H. Breed of Oak
land declared the senate "is pro-
crossing as fast as we cam"
"The very nature of bifurcated
session, which I have always op-
posed, tends to slow up the work
of the session. We do not have the
governors budget before us yet,
which means that all appropriation
bills must be held up"
II do not think that criticism of
the senate, from sources high and
low has been justified
Despite appeals from the Sac
ramento church federation and the
local Women's Council, the upper
house refused to reconsider their
vote abolishing the senate public
morals committee. The vote to
table reconsideration motion by
Senator Bradford S. Crittenden,
Stockton, passed % to 18.
Pass Oil Transfer
The senate passed a concurrent
resolution by Senator j. /. Wagy,
Bakersfield, memorializing congress
to transfer control of naval oil re-
serves in Kern county from the
United States navy department to
the department of the interior.
This transfer, involving a diff
ferent administrative setup, would
permit royalties amounting to $375,-
900 annually to revert to the state
and also permit the taxation by
Kern county of certain personal
property, Senator Wagy said.
Seeking more time to study the
proposal, the upper house con-
tinued until this afternoon final
consideration of the urgency bill
to authorize payment of Sl02,639 as
indemnity to Southern Califor-
mia stockmen for animals destroy
ed during a minor epidemic of the
foot and mouth disease.
Repeal of the state contractors
license act was asked in bill in
troduced by Senator R. r. Ingels,
Potter Valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-12
Rearrange Calendar
In Superior Court

In order to simplify superior
court proceedings and avoid con-
fusion, Judge Vaughn N. Thomp-
son has rearranged the law and
motion schedules and the calling
of calendars.
BY recent order all criminal
arraignments and pleas will be had
before Judge Thompson at 9:30
Tuesday and Friday mornings Of
each week, and probation hearings
will be held at 2:30 Friday after
Moons.
This will leave the greater par,
of the mornings open for calling OF
civil calendars by Judge Thompson
and Judge Roy D. McPherrin.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-12
Russian Vessel
Calls For Help

PORTLAND, Ore, Jan. IL. U.H
Distress signals were sent out by
the Russian ship Sakhalin early
today and were picked up by two
vessels, according to Mackay radio
here.
The General Pershing of the
States Line, out of Portland for
the Orient, and the MANU- Maru
of the N. Y. K. Line. both re-
ceived the distress signals, but
were unable to communicate with
the Sakhalin, and heard nothing
further after the first call for help.
The position of the Sakhalin was
given as 53.05 north, 145.08 east,
which would place her near the
coast of Japan.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-12
ROOSEVELT To
MEET NJ 'ADOO
Californian Expecting To Dicker
For Heavy Patronage When
Jobs Are Passed Around.
BY FREDERICK A. STORM
United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, Jan. IL. The
question of patronage distribution
is expected to come in for discus
sion when President-elect Roose-
velt and Senator elect William
Gibbs McAdoo of California meet
today for the first time since the
election.
The scheduled meeting was re-
garded as significant from the
patronage standpoint by friends of
both, inasmuch as it comes but 48
hours after a conference at which
the Democratic party's budget was
balanced by the simple expedient
of allotting a quota to each state.
Jobs will be passed out, it was
learned, only to those states that
produce the cash.
It was felt here that California,
President Hoover's adopted state
was looking for a good share OF
fthe rewards that will fall to loyal
Democrats after March 4. The
state went into the Roosevelt col
umn by large majority because
of McAdoo's popularity in the
southern section and Senator Hir-
am JohnSon's boiling progressive
Republicans in the north.
According to some observers,
Senator johnson may be invited to
accept cabinet responsibility, al
though he has been reported to
prefer his senatorship. johnson is
expected to see Roosevelt here or
at Hyde Park before he heads
south next week.
Approves Arms Embargo
In his press conferences the
President-elect expressed approval
of arms embargoes as a method
of keeping peace among nations.
He offered his comment when in
formed that Mr.. Hoover had asked
for executive authority to carry
out such a program.
II have long been in favor of
arms embargoes, especially against
aggressor nations" Roosevelt re-
marked.
Roosevelt watched with interest
the progress of the party bill for
farm relief now before congress,
discussing the subject with Prof.
Raymond I. Moley, his chief econ
omic adviser, and with Henry I.
Hartman of the United States
Chamber of Commerce.
Hartman, he revealed, talked
over the possibility of suggesting
one or two minor amendments to
the already well-amended agricul-
tural measure.
Roosevelt was asked about legis-
lation proposing currency initiation
as one of the cures for the de-
preston, but he refused to COM
ment, indicating that the less said
on the subject the better.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-12
FiUe Prisoners
Escape At Phoenix

PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. IL. U.R>--
Deputy sheriffs early today cap
tured James l.. Pritchett, 81, one
of five prisoners who escaped in a
daring flight from the Maricopa
county jail last night.
The five men. using knives fash
ioned from BARRIERS scissors blades.
threatened a trusty and a jailer 10
escape the Jail. located on the
fourth floor of the court house.
The others we're believed 10 be
travelling towards Yuma and Sou
thern California.