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Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-28
JURY ACQU|TS
TOUHY GANG

ST. PAUL, Nov. %. U.P) The
four Touhy gangsters were acquit-
ted by a jury in federal court here
today
They were charged with violat-
ing the Lindbergh kidnapping law.
The verdict was returned at 2:30
p. m. The jury had retired at 6:47
p. m. Monday
The four were charged with kid
naping William Hamm, wealthy st.
Paul brewer, and transporting him
across the state line into Wisconsin.
The acquittal marked the first
failure of the government to obtain
convictions in it's campaign against
alleged kidnapers. Previously con-
victionS had been obtained in the
case of Charles F. Urschel of Ok
lahoma City and August Luer Of
Alton, Ill.
The defendants were Roger CThe
Terrible) Touhy, Willie Sharkey,
Gus Schaeffer and Eddie (Father
TOM McFadden.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-28
CUBAN PEACE:
PLAN OFFERED

HAVANA, Nov. 28. CU.P)-Strong
hope for early settlement of Cuban
political chaos was offered today by
Benjamin Fernandez y Medina, Ur-
uguay, minister and mediator be-
tween contending factions.
Cancellation between the COVER
nor and political leaders, Fernandez
said in a formal statement, virtual
ly had been reached. A day or two
he said, would be needed to get the
final acceptance of the powerful
ABC revolutionary society.
The peace plan. he said, provided:
l. Release Of all political prison.
ers.
.. Formation of a coalition cab
met, representing all revolution Dry
factions.
3. Formation of a state council OF
so, composed Cf commercial, pro-
fessional and political elements, to
work with and advise the cabinet.
4. Election of a constituent assem-
bly, as soon as possible, the assem-
bly, to replace the coalition govern
ment.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-28
SEIZED
IN MARYLAND
MOB LYNCH|NC
Governor Orders Troops To Ar
rest Leaders Of Gang Which
Killed Negro.
SOLDIERS BATTLE CROWD
Attempt To Rescue Men Meets
With Tear Gas Barrage From
State Militia.
By JACK CAVANAUGH

United Press Staff Correspondent
SALISBURY, Mo, Nov. %. -
State militiamen escaped an infur-
lated mob today with four alleged
lynchers in trucks which rolled out
CT Salisbury toward Baltimore after
a fight in which the soldiers threw
more than 100 tear gas bombs at
citizens bent on freeing the four
men.
The thwarted citizens, who had
engaged in wild disorder all morn
ing in front of the armory where
the prisoners were held, threw
stones and clubs after the fleeing
trucks.
The sedan in which Attorney
General William P. Lane and Brig
adler General Milton A. Reckord
were riding, was struck by the
stones. Several windows were
smashed, but the officials inside
indicated they were unhurs as they
signaled for the troop trucks to
hasten through the bedlam of Sal
iSbury'S main street.
The four alleged ringleaders of the
mob which lynched q l,egro at
nearby Princess Anne last month
i were arrested shortly before dawn
by the soldiers at order of Gov. AL
/ bert G. Ritchie, who vowed that the
lynching should not go unpuniShed.
/ When word of the arrests spread
through the historic eastern shore
OF Maryland incenSed citizens hur-
ried to Salisbury, muttering against
/ Gov. Ritchie.
The prisoners arrived in Sails
bury early today from Princess
Anne.
By noon about 1000 men and wo-
men stood shouting down impreca-
tions upon the governors head, de-
manding his impeachment, and in
/ sisting upon the release of the cap
/ tiVeS.
When it seemed the rushing of
the armory was but an instant
/ away, Gen. Rockford ordered his
soldiers to release tear gas bombs.
The troopers stood in the win
doWs and doors of the armory,
flinging the bombs into the crowd.
Prisoners Guarded
| When they exploded, releasing gas
which swept the Main street, the
residents fled to the outskirts of
I the village.
! The prisoners we're distributed in
he military caravan, one to
truckload Of soldiers.
The latter stood on top of the
/ heavy lorries, with rifles at should
er, ready for action. The prisoners
were inside, secreted under the OIL
i've drab canvas.
The great trucks numbered from
the alley pushing into the midst
Of the citizens who packed the
street. The latter screamed and
cursed when the trucks bore down
on them, but the drivers held to
} their course. Many escaped narrow
ly from under the heavy wheels.
The whole caravan rolled out of
! Salisbury safely and along the road
( toward Baltimore, while excited
/ leaders of the mob made curbstone
! speeches, urging further action.
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Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-28
LAWS
VARY WIDELY
Regulation And Taxation Mea-
sures Being Considered By
Twenty-Five States.
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Copyright, 1888, by United Press)
NEW YORK, Nov. %. = The Off
cial return of hard liquro in 81
states next week finds lawmakers
throughout the nation bubbling over
with ideas on taxing it, regulating
its sale, and telling the public how
to drink.
Hard liquor taxes by state govern
ments range from SO cents to 81 a
gallon.
Pennsylvania enacted novel
taxation scheme when it passed a
50 a gallon floor" tax on liquor
now in storage, hoping to raise
some S2O,00O,000 or $25 100000 for
unemployment relief. Huge amounts
of gin and whisky were taken from
the state secretly to escape the tax
Some distillers threatened to move
their plants.
The Pennsylvania control bill now
under consideration also includes
one provision which would bar fe-
male employees in any type of es-
tablishment in which liquor is sold.
This would include entertainers in
night clubs, girl bartenders in clubs,
and even chambermaids in hotels.
Meanwhile, Iowa has a proposal
to tackle the control problem by
issuing drinking licenses to consul
mers as it issues licenses for hunt
ing, getting married, or driving a
car.
Must Sit Down
New York has ruled that if you
are going to drink you must do it
sitting down, not standing up
Standing at bars was prohibited on
the theory that it's too easy to
have another
New Jersey is going to have a
Liquor car if the alcoholic bev-
erage commissions report is adopt
ed. The commissioner would have
dictatorial powers.
The saloon will appear as a sa-
loon only in one state-Rhode Is
land. But nothing stronger than 80
may be served. Other states, such
as Massachusetts and Wisconsin
have decided to call their saloons
"tavernS." Numerous states have
provided for sale of liquor at clubs
"a name many speakeasies have
thought of already.
Arizona has placed the authority
for licensing of liquor in the handi
of the state tax commission. Stores
are permitted to sell.
California permits drinking OF
beer and wine on the premises.
Nevada has local option.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-28
Special Session
To Be Avoided

SACRAMENTO, Nov. %. U.P) -
A special session of the state legis-
lature will be avoided unless an
emergency develops, Governor
James Rolph, Jr., indicated today
on his return here.
The governor conferred in San
Francisco with Ray Riley state
controller, ROLAND Vandegrift, fl
nance director, and a committee of
eight San Francisco ond Los An
geleS bankers over the state finan-
cial condition.
He said that a friendly suit
would be filed Monday to test the
legality of the registered warrants
issued in lieu of cash to state en-
ployes. The suit would be entered in
The supreme court.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-28

Of SAN JOSE
MOB UNLIKELY
Authorities Not Inclined To
Take Action Against Lynch
ers Of Hart's Slayers.
CLAIM THURMOND INSANE
Family Declares His Death Is
'Reprehensible Blot On Cali
fornia.

SAN JOSE, Nov %. U.P)-San
sJose citizens generally agreed with
Gov. James Rolph, Jr., today that
action of a mob in lynching the
kidnap-slayers of Brooke l.. Hart
was the work of "splendid citi-
zens', and ga good job which
should teach kidnapers lesson. I"
Brutality of Hart's murder, in
which the 22-year-old heir was
kidnapped stunned with a brick,
bound and thrown into San Fran
cisco bay before Thomas Thurmond
and j. M. Holmes even began ran
som negotiations, SO aroused San
Jose that few protests of the lynch
ing were heard
'This is America IS answer to the
kidnapping racket Herbert Bridges,
assistant district attorney, was quot
ed as saying. "I'm not sorry it
happened in San Jose.''
Bridges had been delegated to
prosecute Thurmond and Holmes on
4 the kidnapping and Staying charges.
A wild mob took the case out OF
his hands by storming the Jail,
dragging the pair out, and hanging
them in st. James park.
In the nationwide chorus of cen
sure and the equally insistent chor-
us of praise heaped on Governor
Rolph, who condoned the lynching,
no word was heard against the
governor here except from the fam
lily of Thurmond.
A representative of the victim S
family said Rolph IS statement was
"reprehensible and a blot on the
state'
District Attorney Fred Thomas
doubted whether he could prosecute
any of the participants in the
lynching.
"Who will swear out the COM
plants and against Whom?' he
asked He was to confer with
Sheriff William Emig, who was in
sjured critically in the two hour
battle preceding the hangings.
1 Emig's condition did not permit
conferences but his doctor said that
the peace officer was improving.
He was the most seriously injured
of the eight hurt in the mob action.
Meantime Would-be heroes pro-
claimed themselves leaders of the
mob Most of them were boys in
their Late teens. They proudly
told how they melted the mob, how
they provided rope for the execu-
tions, and how they braved tear
gas bombs and clubs to break into
the Jail.
Funeral Held
Scores of them stood in groups on
downtown streets all day Monday,
willingly relating their stories. None
feared arrest and county officials
were reluctant to act. Despite
newspaper photographs prov n g
sotherwise, authorities denied the
youths were among the lynchers
and ascribed their stories to a de-
4 sire to boast.
The town lost its holiday aspect
at about the time of the funeral OF
young Hart. Although police
guard surrounded the family's pal
atial home, few persons came near
the place.
The services were conducted by a
CONTINUED On Page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-28
Prepare For Vote
On Water Project

SACRAMENTO, Nov. %. U.P) =
A total of 2,648, TOT persons are ell
gible to vote in the special election
on the S170,0O0,0OO Central Valley
water project December 10, Frank
C. Jordan, secretary of state, an
nounced today.
Jordan's office also announced
the state had been divided into 9,059
voting precincts for purposes of the
special election. The division by
counties included:
Imperial, %; Inyo, "a; Los Ange-
les, 1929; Orange, 244; Riverside, 81;
San Bernardino, 90; San Luis Obs
DO, As; Santa Barbara, 43; Ventura,
80.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-28
Ships Officer
Stricken At SEQ

SAN PEDRO, Nov. %. U.p)-Gor-
don Daily, second officer of an oil
tanker, was reported in a serious
condition today following an emer-
gency appendix operation perform
ed after he had been transferred
from one vessel to another on the
high seas.
While his boat was lying off the
Mexican coast, daily was stricken
with an acute attack. Companions
placed him aboard lifeboat and
rowed him to the northbound
steamer Chiriqui at a point 385
miles south of here. The Chiriqui
had been hailed by radio and put
about "A miles to accomplish the
transfer.
Physicians said Daily has an even
chance to recover.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-28
AIWlll-
pYAg QOGERS
W 's0ys:

BEVERLY HILLS, Nov. 27.
(SpeciaD-All the CalifornianS
I have met are going around
proud today.
Had a visit from young Sen
ator La Toilette for whom I
have great admiration. Any
man smart enough to know that
both political parties are wrong
deserves careful consideration.
He is thought mighty well of
by all these elderly senators.
He thinks (and no doubt cor
recD that the NRA should
have been backed up by a re-
vokable license and not by just
signing a pledge. He don It
think that we have reached that
moral stage where parade and
a promise will make people do
the right thing.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-28
BOARD GIVES
= APPROVAL. To
SEWER PLANS

A recommendation that the city
council institute plans and proceed
ures necessary for the construction
of a new outfall sewer at the earll-
est possible date was made by the
city planning and zoning commits
sion at their meeting last night.
This recommendation was in the
form of a resolution.
The commission pointed out that
the present outfall sewer is in i'm
minent danger of collapse due to
sthe decay of mortar and bricks
which have been subjected to acid
attacks for many years. The eX-
pense in repairing these decayed
sections over the past three years
has been very high, the resolution
states, and in addition to this these
repairs have been made with ex-
treme hazard to the Workmen due
to the deadly nature Of the gases
coming from the sewer, three men
having lost their lives so far while
working on it.
1t is expected that the council
will give much consideration to
this question at its next regular
meeting.
The commission refused permit
for the Elaine beauty shop to be
operated at 725 South Sixth street.
A recommendation was made to
the city council that all junk yards
:. in the city be investigated and
: that those which are operating il
legally against the city zoning ordi-
nance should be abated. Many of
these yards have long been consid-
cred eyesores and the commission
hopes that some means may be de-
vised to make those which are op-
Grating legally less Objectionable.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-28
Riverside VIII
Oppose Strike

RIVERSIDE, nov. 2S.-Any at
tempt to organize a strike among
Riverside county orange grove work
erS will be suppressed by prompt ar
rests of agitators, county authori-
ties declared today.
Acting on the request of group
of citrus growers, the county board
of supervisors authorized the sher-
iff to swear in 200 special deputies
if needed to combat any strike agi-
tation. c. N. Funk, spokesman for
the group, said the action had the
approval of the district attorney
office.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-28
lawyers FOR
HOLMES PLAN
DAMAGE: SUIT
Continued On Page 81

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 29. U.P)
Two San francisco attorneys
who were to have defended Jack
Holmes in the Hart kidnapping case,
today announced that Governor
James Rolph, Jr., authorities Of
Santa Clara county, San Jose, and
the city and county of San Fran
cisco will be sued by members OF
the lynched mans family
The announcement came from
Vincent w. Hallinan and Nathan G.
Coughlan, who were retained last
Saturday TO defend Holmes.
Governor Rolph will be charged
with melting the lynching of
Holmes and Thurmond on the
ground that his public statements
before the lynching inflamed the
mob spirit and caused the hang
ingS; that after the mob began
storming the Jail, he refused to up
hold the law as sworn to do as the
states chief executive; that after
the lynching, hd condoned the
crime of mob violence
Santa Clara county and San Jo-
Sc authorities will be charged with
failure to take proper precautions
to prevent the mob from seizin5 ,
Holmes.
San Francisco authorities will be
named because they permitted
Holmes and Thurmond to be trans
ferred from city prison here to the
Jail at San Jose without COM
plant being filed against them, "a
violation of law whereby the prison.
ers were exposed to lynching"
The two lawyers said heavy dam
ages will be asked.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-28
TEAM \
INVITED To Be
GUESTS HERE

On behalf of the people of Ell
Centre and Imperial Valley Robert
Hays, manager of the Ell Centre
Chamber of Commerce, sent a tel
egram to Coach Meahre of the
University of Georgia team now
cnroute to the coast, asking that
the members of the team stop off
in FL Centro for one or more days
Of practice.
The telegram was sent yesterday
and delivered to the team enroute
( and while Hays telegraphed with
the best intentions in the world
when the weather was warm and
pleasant he now fears that the
cam, if it does stop, will witness
the present dust storm and regard
the chamber S telegram as another
bit Of chamber of commerce pro-
motion for his telegram read,
; 1--WE are in the heart of the land
ICf winter sunshine known as AM
erica s Winter Garden. Several
practice fields fully lighted for
night games at your disposal here.
! We earnestly urge you TO avail
! yourselves Of FL Centro's perfect
days stopping off here TO become
acclimated to California. Weather
ideal and our community will do
everything possible to make your
stop here pleasant. "
These representations were per
fectly true at The time the telegram
was sent and Hays says he hopes
the team comes anyhow to El Cen
tro but until he hears from them
he will be wracking his brain In
order that he may explain In true
chamber of commerce. fashion this
unusual weather and freak
storm. -
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-28
Convict Asserts
He Became Lost

SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Calf,
Nov. 28. UP)-Listed for SO hours
as an escaped convict from Car
mel road camp, Lynn Bates, serv-
ing IL years on a robbery conviction
in Fresno, was returned to prison
today-forgiven by authorities.
The convict, weak from exposure
and hunger, told story of becom-
ing lost and battling against death
in a wild region until he was found
by two telephone company men,
who were repairing an isolated line.
Authorities said they believed the
story and would return Bates TIC
the road camp without punishment.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-28
HAIGHT CHARGE DROPPED

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 90. U.P) -
Charges that Raymond L. Haight,
former state corporation commits
sioner, and II other persons and
companies had sold worthless
mountain land as cabin sites were
nullified today by a superior courr
judgment dismissing an accounting
suit.
The suit was filed by Art Trim
pie and several others, seeking an
accounting Of funds collected in the
sale of a tract OF lands in the Twin
Lakes district.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-28
GOLD PRICE RAISED

WASHINGTON, Nov. %. U.P) -
The government today for the first
time in a week raised its price on
newly mined gold, setting a price OF
S33.85 an ounce, an increase of nine
cents from the S33.76 price which
had been retained for seven days.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-28
"MA" FERGUSON THROUGH

AUSTIN. Texas, Nov. 28. UP) -
Gov. Miriam A. Ferguson will not
run for re election as governor OF
Texas. she lsaid today.
The statf's only woman -goVerilol
chose the nguage Of the late Pre-
sident Cald In Coolidge, Il do not
choose to Mn" in explaining her
desire to retiYx to private life.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-28
KING GEES PERMIT

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. %. U.P,
The state railroad commission to-
day granted to Melvin o. King per
mission to operate a passenger ano
baggage automobile service between
Cantu, Fort Yuma and Imperial
damsite.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-28
PAIR BAG DEER WITH ARROWS

EUGENE, Ore. U.P)-Chester I.
Stevenson and w. A. Cochran, Eu-
gene sportsmen, returned from the
Harrisburg country with two buck
deer, both killed with bows and ar
lows. This is TIE second successive
year Stevenson has killed his win-
ter meat Indian fashion.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-09-12
ELEVEN N-YEAR-OLD
 TRAVELLER ON WAY
 FROM RUBY SOUTH

Miss Denise Coyle, 11-year- old daughter of MT, and Mrs. J. Coyle, of Ruby who is a southbound pas senger on the Yukon, indicates the intrepid spirit present in Alaskan children when she travels alone from her Interior home to Seattle to attend school each fall and makes the trip home in the sum- mer.
 Little Denise has attended Holy Names Academy in Seattle for the last four years and is now per fectly accustomed to making the trip She takes an airplane from Ruby to Fairbanks, the train or a bus to the coast and boards a steamer for the Puget Sound city, with all the nonchalance of the experienced traveller she is. While the Yukon was in Juneau she call cd on Joan Morgan, formerly a fellow student at Holy Names.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-09-12
INTERIOR GOLD
 YIELD REDUCED
 BY WATER LACK
Drought Hits Placer Indus trv-New Gold Order
 to Promote Mines

The gold production Of Inter ,ior Alaska will not be as large this year as it was in 1882, ac- cording to Capt A. E. Lathrop, leading business man of Cordova and owner of varied properties at Cordova Anchorage, Fairbanks and elsewhere in the Interior. Drought has been widespread in the h. terior and lack of water has sharply curtailed placer mining op- erations everywhere, he said.
 The action of President Roose- welt in making it possible to sell newly mined gold on the world market is the finest aid that AL aska has had in great many years and will do great deal to stimulate both mining and pros pecting, in Capt Lathrops opinion.
 He and his chief accountant, John ClaWSon, are enroute to Se- attle on a brief business trip. They expect to return north about October 1. They called on Gov. Troy while their vessel, the Yu- kon, was in port this morning.
 It is almost impossible to es- innate the full effects of the gold embargo modifi- cation with respect to gold pro- duction, said Capt. Lathrop. It has already stimulated interest in interior properties. Prospect ors will be more active this win ter and next spring than they have been in two decades. Tt was put into effect too late this year to have a great deal of eff feet upon current operations, but next year will probably see the biggest year in recent history in the Interior gold mining indus try" he declared.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-09-12
Prot. SadIer Is
 Lost from Ship
 EnrOute to s. 4

VANCOUVER, B. C., Sept. 12.- Professor Wilfred Sadler, a mem Der of the University of British Columbia, and well known in Western education and cultural circles. has been lost at sea.
 It was on August 9th that Pro- lessor Sadler left Vancouver to spend a holiday in Buenos Aires. According to the information re- csived in Vancouver, he was lost overheard from the steamer on which he had engaged passage to the South American city. There are no details as to any of the circumstances of his disappearance. He was aboard the Emergency Aid.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-09-12
CARPENTER AND PARTY GET BIG
 GAME ON HUNT
Forty-eight Day Cruis e Ended in Juneau-Pays
 Guides Compliment

Eliminating a cruising, hunting and fishing party on the yacht Westward that started in Ketchi- kan July 25, R. R. M. Carpen- ter, Vice President of the Du- pont Powder Company, of Will mington, Delaware, Mrs. Carpen- ter, their two sons, R. R. M. Jr., Wm. K, and William Wood, left for Seattle today on the Yukon
 Leaving Ketchikan, the party cruised and fished around the Behm Canal country, up Chatham Straits to Glacier Bay, taking many still and motion pictures, including excellent ones of whales, according to Raymond R. Veatch, manager of the cruise.
 Calling in at Juneau August 17 four guides were taken aboard, Edward Jahnke, Jack Kobi, John Harris of Juneau and Wesley Meyers of Ketchikan.
 Good Game Bag
 
 Ten black bear, 6 brown bear, one deer, goats and good bags of ducks and geese were obtained on the hunt in this area.
 One of the interesting exper- fences of the party, according to MT. Vetch, was trip into Anan Creek, where ore tn n 100 black bear were seen and many fine pictures taken. This is a black bear refuge and no shoot ing was done.
 The party this morning before leaving expressed much enthusiasm over their 48-day cruise, and con- tended they would come back again and recommend Alaska high ly to their friends. MT. Carpen- ter who has hunted in many places throughout the country, said that Alaska was the one spot he had found where guides did not contend that it was too early or too late for good shooting oi that the moon wasn't right, or Of fer some other fanciful alibi.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-09-12
Settle Ascribes Failure
 to "Too Much Balloon

AKRON, O., Sept. 12. = Not a faulty valve but "too much bal loon" is believed by lieutenant Commander T. G. w. Settle to have caused his descent from B. 900 feet of Chicago as he was taking off on his proposed strat- osphere flight.
 His explanation is that the 600- GOO cubic foot balloon was inflat- ed to only about one-siXth of it's capacity. The gas went to the top of the bag, leaving long folds of the huge bag falling loose be- low and pushed in by the heavier air. In these folds Settle believes his line to the balloon valve be- came entangled.