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Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-03
BY LYLE c. WILSON
United Press Staff Correspondent

Copyright, 1893. by United Press
WASHINGTON, June 3. - j.
Pierpont Morgan, one of 20 mem
bers of the banking partnership
which bears his name was revealed
today to the United Press as the
possessor of a 25 per cent interest
in the firms profits.
Morgans share in the profits and
his responsibility for liabilities of
Morgan & Co., have been among
Wall Streets most closely guarded
secrets.
Three years after the death OF
the elder Morgan the new partner
ship was organized in 1916. The
younger Morgan put up so per cent
of the capital in the new firm. He
was assigned a IS per cent share
of the earnings, the United Press
was informed. The figure has fluc-
tuated slightly from time to time.
This information was deleted
Thursday when the articles of CO.
partnership were made public by
the senate committee in charge OF
the investigation OF Morgan e. Co.
The uncensored ALLEGATION of inter
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-03
SENATE QUIZ SHOWS MORGAN
ABSOLUTE CZAR OF COMPANY

est among the 20 partners was
available to senators.
All other allocations of interest
were. under 20 per cent, the United
Press was Informed. Some of them
were said to be as low as l per cent
There are 20 partners.
Data on the division of profit
was suppressed by the senate conf
;nittee after long argument by John
w, Davis, Morgan counsel. Less
urgent pleas we're made for SUP =
preston of other information, but
in general the committee refused
to withhold facts.
Morgan's participation in the
profits ard losses of his firm is of
special interest in connection with
;he degree of his power over the
famous group Of private bankers,
The published articles of co-part-
nership revealed Morgan to be an
almost absolute monarch OF the IL
nancial kingdom dominated by j.
P Morgan & Co.
The Morgan investigation has
been adjourned until Monday when
The personal income tax returns OF
Thomas S. Lamont, son of Thomas
w. Lamont, will be discussed at a
secret session.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-03
ADMITS PART
IN k|DNAP inc

KANSAS CITY, Mo, June 3. up
Walter H. MCGEE, former Oregon
convict, today confessed participa-
ton in the kidnapping of Miss Mary
McElroy, daughter of Judge H. F.
McElroy, city manager of Kansas
City, for $4,000 ransom.
McGeeS confession was made as
a federal grand jury went into
special session to investigate the abb
duction.
Indictments were to be sought
under the drastic kidnapping sta
tute passed after the seizure and
murder of the Lindbergh baby.
McGee'S confession was made
orally to Thomas J. Higgins, chief
of detectives.
1t Implicated three others, George
MCGEE, his brother. Clarence Click
and Clarence Stevens.
Click was arrested in Kansas
CITY, Kansas, at the same time that
walter MCGEE and four others we're
being taken into custody at Amar-
lilo, Tex, yesterday.
Those arrested with Walter NC
Gee in Amarillo were Wendell john
son and l.. R. Gilbert and their
wives. They were returned to Kan
sis City by airplane last night.
Later Walter McGee's divorced
wife, Lucille Gates, of Kansas City
and Abe Starr, junk dealer OF Lea
venworth, Kansas, we're taken into
custody for questioning.
Arrest of George MCGEE and Clar-
ence Stevens is momentarily expect
ed, detectives said.
Approximately $4,000 of the
100000 ransom money has been re-
covered, and the house where Miss
McElroy was held a prisoner man
acled to a wall for more than "a
hours has been located a few miles
west of Kansas City.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-03

AS a part of tho plan for secur =
ing federal farm loans for Imperial
Valley residents, Imperial Irriga-
ton district directors this morning
instructed the secretary TO dispatch
a telegram to Phil d. Swing, who is
representing the district in Wash
inGton. asking him TO assist in ex-
posing facts in the lolg struggle
to obtain loans here.
Valley resioents and officials
have fought for years TO secure
federal farm loans and have been
unsuccessful because Commissioner
Ellis of the federal land pank, many
believe was prejudiced against this
section.
In the telegram directors set
forth the fam advisor here re-
ported after a conference with the
commissioner OF the federal farm
lean association at Berkeley that
Imperial Valley is TO be excluded
in the same manner as it was eX-
cluded by the federal land bank
under Ellis.
Among the reasons for the eXCiu-
sion, according to the telegram, was
lack OF drainage. Directors ex-
pressed the opinion that the drain
age problem i'll the valley is being
handled as we'll and as rapidly as
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-03
Fined For Sale
OF Bad Melons

Selling cantaloupes which are
not of a high quality proved dis
astrous to K. Kikamoto this morn
ing when he was brought before
Judge Mayfield charged with vio-
lation of the California fruit and
vegetable standardization act. He
was sentenced to pay fine OF
$25 with 80 days in the county
Jail, the sentence being later sus-
pended on condition that the Of
fense would not be repeated.
The complaint In this case, sign
ed by J. A. Sinclair, an investigator
connected with the county agrl-
cultural office. charged that XIX
amoto sold cantaloupes which were
soft, sunburned, poorly netted and
spongy. 1t further alleges that the
melons were picked from a field
previously condemned as being SC
badly affected with mildew that
they were unfit for human con-
sumption.
This action followed warnings
given to Kikamoto that he should
not pick melons from the patch
which had been previously con-
demned by the county officials
The defendant chose to ignore
this warming and had many of the
affected melons among others of a
higher quality which he packed
and brought in to the markets for
sale.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-03
ATTEMPTS TO
FOLLOW WIFE
IN S u UICID E

LOS ANGELES, June 3. <U.R -
A short time after Sally Hahn, 25,
Chinese actress, committed suicide
by firing a bullet into her brain,
her husband, DR.. Young D. Hahn
attempted today to follow her In
death by taking large does of drugs.
Police found him slumped over
the same desk at which his wife
killed herself His condition was
said to be critical.
Notes that DR.. Hahn had penned,
apparently while the drugs were
taking effect, were found by auth
critics. -,
One beseeched his wife to walt
for me, I'm coming.
A second requested his $23, 900 in
life insurance 70 a brother, S. D.
Hahn, of Delano, Calf. 1t asked
that the brother give $11 900 OF THIS
amount to the rev. P. K. Yoon and
il repeated his wife's request that
her postal savings be sent to her
parents.
A third asked that his body be
cremated with that of his wife
and that the ashes be mingled IN
a single urn.
Police could find no motive for
Mrs. Hahn's suicide.
DR.. Hahn holds two degrees IN
medicine from Stanford university
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-03
GRANDSON OF
KAISER WEDS

BERLIN, June 3. W.H - Prince
Wilhelm. eldest son of the former
crown prince of Germany, has been
deprived of all potential rights to
the throne because Of his marriage
to Dorothea Won Calviati, COM
moner. at Bonn today.
Decision to uphold the ancient
law and tradition of the dynasty
vas announced today by a repre-
sentative of the Hohenzollern family,
when it became known that Will
helm. in defiance OF his grand
father. the former emperor, had
married Fraulein Won Salyiati, a
Young woman of petty noble and
bourgeoise descent.
Prince Wilhelm, second heir 10
the German throne if it is revived
wore the uniform of the Steel Hell
met organization of which he is
member.
witnesses to the ceremony were
the brides brother, we'll known
equestrian, and Count Blumenthal
a friend of the prince and lead
ing member of the Steel Hclme'
or Stahlhelm organization.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-03
HAWKS SETS
NEW RECORD

NEW YORK, June 3, tU.Pi-A ro-
bot pilot at the controls helped
Lieut.. Commander Frank M. Hawks
set a new nonstop transcontinen-
tai air speed record of 13 hours, 26
minutes, when he swooped down at
Floyd Bennett field shortly before
midnight.
The veteran speed pilot bettered
his own record by hours, 12 min
utes, made June %, 1929. But for
headWinds encountered all the way
east from Kansas City he would
have made even faster time, Hawks
said. He averaged 181 miles an
hour in his 14-cylinder, robot con-
trolled plane.
Hawks left Los Angeles Munich
pal airport at 9:51 EDIT, and land
ed at Floyd Bennett airport al
11:19 p. m.
/ The robot worked remarkabl,
we'll, Hawks said. The only trouble
was that I got sleepy" he added
but all-in-all it was a remarkabl
trip and remarkable performanc,
for the mechanical man. All I hat
to do was change the direction oc
casionally in accordance with m!
course. The robot maintained al
even course with no variations
whatsoever. The head winds wer,
what held me back.
II struck bad weather in the pas
through the San Bernardino noun
tains. A dense fog made flying ra
ther difficult. I was at the controls
then, not the robot I didn't hant
the ship over to him until WI
were through that
Hawks flew most of the time a
an altitude of from $4,000 to l6,00'
feet. His fastest speed was 260 mile
an hour which was logged over Col
| orado.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-03
BLAME ANGER
FOR SLAYING
Stanford Official Calm After
Warrant Charging Wife's
Death Is Read To Him.

PALO ALTO, Calf, June 3. U.PJ
"A young Stanford university mi
nor official whoes romance had been
almost campus legend calmly
awaited arraignment today on a
warrant charging him with the
murder of his 28-year- old wife, AL
lene Lamson.
The complaint against David
Lamson was signed by Sheriff Will
liam Emig who laid the asserted
crime to sharp contrast of emo
tional temperaments eliminating
in an outburst of anger over the
wifes GOODNESS.
Without tremor of emotion,
Lamson listened as the warrant
was read to him in county Jail
where he had been held an "un-
official prisoner" since the body of
the Y. w. G. A. secretary was
found in the bathtub in their home
on the university campus, Memorial
day morning. A gaping hole in her
head led to division of opinion
as to whether she had been slain
or killed in an accidental fall.
The 30-year-old sales manager
of the Stanford university press
said nothing but his attorney, Ar
thur M. Free, voiced indignant pro-
tests and charges of police frame
up" A former congressman, Free
promised to subpoena number of
prominent character witnesses, in
cluding Mrs. Herbert Hoover. whose
home on the brow of San Juan Hill
overshadows the small vine-clad
cottage of the LamSonS. The wife
of the former President designed
the home of the young couple whose
marriage five years ago climaxed
campus romance.
Although as man and wife, the
two were devoted, the LamSons
were emotionally incompatible,
Sheriff Emig alleged in reconstruct
ing the asserted crime. They at
tended a bridge party at friends
home Monday night and lavished
upon one another the usual atten-
ton that had commanded the deep
admiration of all their campus
friends. But when they returned
home, they quarreled, Emig de-
clared
He claimed the young husband
under questioning admitted spend
ing the night on a divan in the
living room. The next morning the
quarrel was resumed and terminal
ed when Lamson secured 10-inch
pipe and bludgeoned his wife to
death as she prepared for her NOR
ming bath, the sheriff charged.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-03
ROLPH SIGNS
LIQUOR BILL
State Control Assured If And
When 18th Amendment To
Constitution Is Repealed.

SACRAMENTO, Cal. June 3.
U.P)-Governor Rolph today sign
ed the state liquor control bill,
thus insuring prompt regulation
of liquor if the 18th amendment
is repealed
The measure, introduced by the
legislatures outstanding wet, AS
semblyman william Hornblower,
sets up strictest control OF state
liquor traffic. Saloons are spec
ifically barred.
"Off sale hcenses"-that is, sale
in original packages and specify
ing the liquor is not to be con-
sumed on the premiSeS-Would be
granted for $100.
The measure states its provisions
will become effective Immediately
upon repeal of the 18th amend
ment.
Legal machinery today was set up
and ready to function if the elec-
torate, next June 81, approves the
limited county home rule con-
Stitutional amendment.
Governor fCOlpll SlBllCu OliC AAOilAN
rule enabling act which will be-
come effective if the amendment
is passed.
This proposal would empower
county boards of supervisors to set
salaries and terms of office-with
a few exemptions-of county Of
ficials and deputies. The power
now rests with the legislature.
The amendment was introduced
by Senator J. l. Wagy, Bakersfield.
1t met little opposition in a leg
| islature anxious to free itself OF
so-called county government bills.
Other bills signed by the gover-
nor provided:
That the offense of adultery is
reduced from felony to a mis-
demeanor.
That the minimum sentence for
passing bad check is reduced tC
one year in the county jail.
That the statute OF limitations
for filing a misdemeanor com
plant is one year.
That the name of the part,
nominee muSs appear at the tor
of each group of presidential cleo
tors on the ballot.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-03
Colorado RiUer
Rise Reported

Reports that the Colorado river
reached $4,000 second feet at Grand
Canyon yesterday were received
with satisfaction at the Imperial
Irrigation district as the usual
spring rise was delayed this year
on account of the cold, late spring.
Condition in the upper basin leu
officials to estimate that IN the
neighborhood OF 10000 second feet
may be anticipated at Yuma June
l3. This is somewhere near normal
for that date.
The Grand Canyon reacing yes
terdav was 81, 900 second feet and
Yuma reported 34,100 second feet
A gradual rise has been noted dur
ing the last 10 days.
Last June S, Yuma reported go
600 second feet. This was followed
by a drop. The river then rose TO
so 900 the latter part of the month
The May flow this wear. officials
of the district explained, was below
normal.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-03
Mrs. Roosevelt To
Make Trip West

WASHINGTON, June 3. up
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will
leave here at a. m, tomorrow to
fly by commercial airplaneS to Cali
fornia.
Making her first long night flight
she will reach Tucson, Ariz.. at AIS
p. m, Moncay and will remain there
"a hours with a friend, Mrs. Isabel
la Greenway.
Mrs. Roosevelt will reach Los An
geles Tuesday afternoon and spend
two nights and one day visiting
her son Elliot, manager of an air
line there. She will start back to
New York Thursday, making the
flight as rapidly as possible, and ex-
poets to reach New York Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-03
ON TRAIL Of
CONVICT PAIR

DRIPPING SPRINGS, Okla,
June 3. (U.Pj-Two fugitive convictS
from the Kansas state penitentiary
early today eluded posse of Ok
lahoma and Arkansas officers clos
ing in on them.
The two stole an automobile from
a farmer near here and fled west
ward into the Cookson Hills, a nat
ural fortress for outlaws.
The posse, reinforced by Chief c..
A. Burns and other operatives from
the state bureau of criminal inves-
tigation, followed the trail immed-
lately after learning of the car
theft early today
Sheriff Carl Curtis directed blood
hound from the state penitentlary
to the remote hill country near
here where yesterday three con-
victs fired on a truck.
A mile down the road was the
home of Andy Bell, where a dep
uty surprised and captured Lewis
Betchel, 25-year-old fugitive who
with 10 others escaped Memorial
day from the Lansing prison and
since have spread trail of depre-
dations across four states.
Meanwhile the search for the
eight remaining fugitives was press
ed throughout northeastern Okla
homa.
Possemen said that although they
did not know the identity of the
two convicts they were trailing
here. they were certain neither one
was Wilbur Underhill, leader OF the
Lansing mutiny and notorious
SLAYER.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-03
Ask Burnhanl To
Aid Farm Loans

Test application to determine
whether or not Imperial Valley
ranchers will be able to receive farm
loan commission loans was sent
yesterday to George Burnham, To-
cal representative in congress, with
the request that he present 1t TO
the federal farm loan commissioner
The request was made IN the
name of a valley rancher, Frank
Beyschlag, farm advisor, and Scott
B. Foulds, secretary-manager or
the farm bureau aiding in drawing
up the application.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-03
What Doesn't
The Man KnoW?

SACRAMENTO, June ,. U,p)
Governor Rolph Is nothing II
not versatile.
At a morning hearing on the
asphalt-concrete bill, Rolph
admitted he was thoroughly
familiar" with the oil indus
try as a result OF the 1891
fight over oil conservation
measures.
At an afternoon meeting
yesterday concerning the oleO-
margarine tax bill, the gov
ernOr said he was thoroughly
familiar with the problems OF
California farmers.
I'm a farmer myself" he
explained.
Last night, at still another
hearing, when Indians were
Objecting to a bill closing the
klamath river to commercial
fishing, the governor nodded
his head gravely.
you know" he said, "Pm
a relative Of POcohOntas."
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-03
Alleged Slayer
Held For Trial

LOS ANGELES, June 3. W,P) -
Edwin Davis, discharged janitor,
was held without bail for the slay-
ing of E. Gail Patterson, general
manager of the Los Angeles Illus
trated News, following preliminary
hearing an a murder charge.
Davis was not represented by
counsel and prosecution witnesses
and Detective Lieut.. w. S. Hudson
to whom Davis allegedly confessed
the fatal shooting, were not cross
examined, ...
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-03
Injured Army
Flyer Better

MARCH FIELD, Riverside, Cal,
June 8. GUP>-Lieut. Edward B.
Kennedy, Kansas City, Mo-, in
jured in the crash of an army
bombing plane Thursday, showed a
slight improvement in his general
condition today, Maj. Francis Pool
of the medical corps said.
Lieut.. Kennedy responded favor
ably to blood transfusions, Maj
Pool reported. He added that in ad-
dition to severe internal injuries,
it was found Lieut.. Kennedy re-
ceiyed a fracture OF the pelvis.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-03
K. F. c. Fund To
Aid County Work

County work with R. F. c. funds
will start again next week on a re-
6uced basis according to informa-
ton given out by H. E. Lounsbury,
county agent, this morning.
1t is hoped, Lounsbury said, that
aid may be extended to a large
number of needy workers in the
county through the resumption OF
work with these funds which had
been discontinued last week. 1t was
thought al that time that this dis
continuance would be permanent,
but the new orders, received here
yesterday, extend the time during
which these FUNDS may still be used.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-03
Murder Warrant
Against Scoble

A warrant charging Richard
Scoblc with murder was received
1T the county jail late yesterday
afternoon where the accused man
has been confined for over a week
This warrant issued by H. B. Grif-
fin, Brawley justice of the peace
followed a complaint signed by Loli
Cromer, police chief of that city.
Scoble has been held in the coun-
ty iail following the death of FLOYD
Paxton in a Brawley rooming house
early last week. 1t is alleged that
the two men had quarreled ana
Scoble was arrested in the city park
after PaXton's body was found In
his room with knife wound
through the heart. -.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-03
Trio Arrested AS
Line Sn,ugglers

Juan Maseo, Francisco Arechjga
and Pablo Chanoa are in the couu-
ty Jail charged with smuggling Ii
1uor across the international line
at Calexico, yesterday. They were
arrested by Customs Officers Good
ell and Bump and arc expected To
be brought up before United States
Commissioner Dorsey Whitelaw
either this afternoon or Monday.
The three men had large GUAM
tity OF contraband liquor loaded in
car which mad been smuggled
across the border, according to in
formation lodged against them
They were brought in at IL O'Clock
last night.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-03
MARKET OFFICIAL HERE

W. F. Cowan of the division OF
markets, state department of agri-
culture, is i'll the valley tooay con-
ferring with grapefruit growers and
shippers in regard to the market
ing Of last years crop and posi-
bilities for next year.
Last fall Cowan, with DR.. Theo-
dore j. Macklln or the department,
at the request of growers, gave the
local ranchers considerable data
concerning marketing of the crop.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-03
LONG BEACH
DEATH LIST
TOTALS NINE
Authorities Believe Number
Will Increase When Search OF
Ruins Is Made.
LOSS OVER TWO MILLION
Hard Work By Fremen Keeps
Flames From Devastating En-
tire Oil Field.
BY GEORGE II. BEALE
United Press Staff CorreSDOndent


LONG BEACH, Calf, June 3.
WRl-The known dead in the ex-
plosion and fire that swept part Of
the Signal Hill Oil field late yes
terday reached nine today with the
recovery of two more bodies from
the blackened ruins.
1t was believed the list might
grow even larger as workers search
cd the devastated 10 block area.
Meantime seven of the 40 in
jured were reported to be in SER
ious condition.
The bodies reached today were
those of Robert Bennett and Carl
Robinson, both local oil workers.
Robinson's body was so badly char
red that identification was based on
ly on the TACT that he was working
with Bennett and the bodies were
found together.
The main explosion was described
tersely by M. D. Glover, who was
injured, but not seriously. He was
working on a derrick half mile
away.
Il was blown right up against
the engine room wall, he said I'd
have been going yet If hadn't hit
it. The wall fell in on me and l
got burned bit"
Six derricks were blown to pieces
by the blast.
Glover said the 10 oil tanks fired
by the explosion popped Just ike
a bunch of balloons and then they
were on fire"
Flames from the burning oil fielo
scared $50 feet into the air ana
the entire district was enveloped by
heavy black smoke.
To the hasty response OF firemen
who kept water pouring on adlacenV
tanks and derrickS went credit lor
getting the blaze under control by
%. m. Two hours later the lire
had burned itself out.
LONG BEACH, Calf, June 8. -
A smoking, blackened ten niockS
square section of Signal Hill, one
of the worlds richest oil fields, was
searched for bodies today as au-
thorities sought the toll of the ex-
plosion and fire that turned inc
district into a holocaust late yes
day. o,,
The known dead stood at seven
this morning but more than IL per-
sons still were missing and some
officials expected the total deaeh
list might number 20. r
Injured numbered 40, most VI
whom were expected to recover.
The property damage was placed
in excess of $1,OOO,000, with esti-
mates ranging as high as 5Oo,ooo.
This latter figure included dam
age to a score of homes adjacent
to the field. Some were demollsh-
ed. The homeless were cared Tor
by appropriation of $4,000 from
CONTINUED On Page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-03
Bandit Holds Up
Sleeping Rancher

K. S. Kumy reported at police
headquarters that while sleeping
on . ranch about mile and half
south Of El Centre he was awaken
ed at o'clock this morning by the
rays OF a flashlight shining in his
face.
Behind the flashlightt, Kumy
stated was a pistol in the hands of
a burly negro who demanded his
money and valuables. Turning over
between $40 and SIS in cash to
the intruder who promptly mace
his escape, Kumy dressed hurrieoly
and went outside intending to fol-
low the robber in a car only Co
find that the tires on his car he'd
been slashed, making pursuit im-
possible.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-06-03
MIR. KHAYAM WINS

WASHINGTON PARK, ILL.,, June
3. (U.P)-The Catawba stables Mr'
Khayam decisively defeated Mrs.
Silas B. Mason's Head Play IN the
$25 ,OOo added American aerby here
today. Lon Jones Fair Rochester
was third in a field OF eight that
participated in the mile and quar-
Ter classic.