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Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-08
BURY VICTIMS
Of SHOOTING

HONEA PATH, s. c., Sept. 8. W.D
The six strikers who were slain
Thursday at the gates of textile
mill they were trying to close were
buried today in the red clay Of
their native soil.
With helmeted national guards.
men in the background, hundreds
of strikers from surrounding mill
communities poured into this vii
lage where the six picketers were
shot to death in a clash with COM
pany deputies. Many rode trucks,
bearing union banners, some came
in automobiles and some afoot. All
floated American flags.
Labor leaders came, too, to eulo-
gize the dead and curse their slay-
ers. Under a large awning stretch
ed near an oak, the leaders direct
ed their words at the mourners
standing hatless, under burning
sun. Dust drifted in from the ad-
joining road A quarter of mile
away were the deserted cotton mills.
Before that background the bod
les were lowered into the graves.
Scores of women and children
walled as they passed by the open
coffins. Men and boys wept.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-08
TWO SHOT IN
BANDIT FIGHT

LOS TNGELES, Sept. s. W.P)-A
bandit who attempted to hold up
a motorist on busy downtown
street late last night shot his in
tended victim when he resisted,
wounded a bystander, and escaped
as hundreds of frightened specta-
tors fled to cover.
Arnold E. McCord, clerk of the
Pasadena police court, was in a
critical condition from bullet
wound in the abdomen, received
when he attempted to shoot the
bandit as the latter entered his
car. The bystander, James Torres,
20, was shot in the foot.
Theatre crowds fled in panic az
McCord pulled pistol from his
pocket and fought wild duel with
the gunman scarcely five feet away.
Then McCord crumpled to the
street and the bandit fled through
the crowds.
A block later he stopped a taxi
cab, forced the driver to take him
into the Wiltshire section. and dis
appeared into the darkness. Po-
lice radio cars found no trace of
him.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-08
HEAVY DEATH TOLL AS LIGHTNING HITS SHIP
Additional Unions Called Out In Big Strike
BELIEVE CREW
OF BOAT MAY
BE STRANDED

SAN PEDRO, Calf, Sept. 8. U.D
Somewhere in tropical waters IL
men who sailed June II aboard the
tuna clipper Belle Isle may be hope
fully awaiting rescue, relatives of
the missing sailors believed today as
they organized rescue expedition.
A sister of. Capt. John Gabelich
and a brother of Luther Ware, chief
engineer of the lost vessel, said they
would attempt to borrow boat and
finance a cruise down the west coast
of Mexico with donations from
friends and relatives.
U. S. Naval vessels searched the
vicinity of the Galapagos islands in
a vain attempt to locate the Belle
Isle several weeks ago.
Relatives of the crew still hoped
the men were alive, possibly having
found a refuge in some isolated cove
or uninhabited island.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-08
QUIZ
SOCIETY GIRL

OAKLAND, Calf, Sept. 8. U.p)-
Colletta Mulvihill Green saw the in.
side of an Oakland police station
early today, guest by request
while authorities questioned the II
year-ol madcap regarding her in
tereSt in "rasslerS" and other ro-
mantle affairs.
Evidently the girl San Francisco,
Paris of America, considers too
wild and woolly", knew all the an
swers, for she was released after a
brief session with 1t. Ira Reedy of
the juvenile court detail.
A policeman, apparently acting
under orders, picked up Colletta and
her escort, Hardy Krusskamp, pro.
fessional wrestler, on the street, and
took them to central headquarters
at 2 a. m.
Reedy said she was called in be-
cause a child like that is too young
to be running round so much
The police lieutenant and the
blonde heiress, twice married III heI
1T years Of life, talked things over
quietly and privately.
What she told Reedy apparently
convinced him that she is not doing
anything wrong, Just having q
good time" He permitted her tC
leave within a few minutes and she
went to her hotel.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-08
Reports Trick
Horse Abducted

SAN MARINO, Calf, Sept. 8
vile horse possessing almost hui
vile horse possessing lamost hu-
man intelligence, today was be-
lieved to be in the hands of thieves
following its disappearance from
the stables of its owner. H. F..
Stowe.
footprints and tire tracks show
ed SNOWFALL, retired since 1924, had
been carted away. Stowe was
heartbroken, fearing the horse,
which never had been touched with
a whip, would be abused.
The horse for many years was
famous II. his feats of intelli-
gence. He could point out num-
bered cards on command, and
would similarly pick up colored
flags.
Stowe had refused fabulous Off
ers for the horse many times. Off
icers thought the abductors of the
horse might demand big "re-
wardo for it's return.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-08
SURVIVORS RELATE NARROWING
TALESOF SCENES ABOARD SHIP

who appeared here were members
of the crew, and it was believed
that few of the passengers sur
vived
James York, an oiler, Brooklyn,
told the United Press this story:
~ was asleep in my bunk on C
deck. i heard a bell about $3.50 a.
m. which I thought was an alarm
clock Just then a sailor shook me
as I lay in my bunk and told me
the ship was on fire. I rushed up
to B deck and found the passen-
gers quarters in the amidships su-
perstructure just about surrounded
by fire.
81 saw no passengers around at
all. I don It know where they were
except they must have been on the
other side of that terrible wall of
fire. 1t would have been impossi-
bic to get to them.
1--WE hooked up the hose lines
and poured water on the fire, but
it seemed to make it blaze higher.
Finally there was nothing to do but
break out the boats. We broke out
one on the starboard side and man.
aged to lower it.'
Warning BY Officer
CAT this point an official, ap-
parently of the Ward line, warned
York to talk no further.)
Henry Harris, sailor, Brooklyn,
said:
- 1 was too busy fighting the fire
to think of passengers. We were
ordered to the boats when the
whole ship seemed ablaze. God
only knows what happened to the
passengers.
A sailor, who requested his name
not be used, said:
''Scme of us tried to get the
passengers out, bat it was virtual
ly impossible to get them out. We
heard two girls screaming. / used
fire ak on the port of their state
room and pulled them out. There
was one boat left on the port side
with flames all around. We put
the two girls in it and several men
passengers, and I don't know how
many, but not many, and managed
to lower it.
"The flames were so bad I was
afraid they'd get to the boat ropes
before we were launched. One of
the ropes gave when we hit the
water and it's end fell down and
hit the girl on the head She
didn It cry She was swell. Neither
did the other. No, not once.
"We pulled away and we could
see passengers with their heads
projecting out of the portfolios OF
their staterooms. We could see
some on deck, backed entirely by
fire. We yelled for them to jump
and we'd pick them up. They
wouldn't jump, don't know why
Maybe some did. 1t was gray and
rainy and hard to see. We looked
around but didn't pick up any
body.'
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-08
b0NNERS To
GET HEARING
NEXT FRIDAY
CONTINUED On Page 81

Charged with assault with intent
to commit murder, robbery and al
SO burglary, Earl and Clyde Bon
ner were arraigned before Judge
Mayfield in justice court yesterday
afternoon. Their preliminary hear
ing was set for next Friday with
bail at $4,000 on each count.
The assault charge was filed
against the two men following
their pistol duel with Ronney
Voyles of the local police depart
ment in a packing shed week ago.
Voyles and Earl Bonner were
wounded during the shooting but
both are we'll on the road to re-
covery from their wounds.
Both men must answer the
charge of robbery after their al
legged confession that they were
the two who held up Don Freeman
and companion while parked in
an automobile near here late one
night. A watch and other articles
said to have been stolen at that
time were later recovered and iden-
titled by Freeman as belonging tc
him and his companion.
Earl Bonner Is alone charged
with the burglary of local resi-
dence some weeks ago, making
three counts against him and two
against Clyde.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-08
.DU PONT To
FACE PROBE
Munitions Chief To Be Ques-
toned By Senate's Investigat-
ing Committee
Bv RONALD G. VAN TINE

United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8.-Renee
Du Pont, whose vast Delaware num-
itions interests made war time pro-
fits of $58,000,0 900 will face senate
investigators next week in one of
the most important phases of the
fast-moving arms inquiry, it was
learned today.
The 58-year old manufacturer, one
of Americas wealthiest men and an
organizer of the non partisan Lib
erty league, recently condemned the
investigation as part of a nation
wide "red plot"
1t was understood Du Pont will
insist his firms trade secrets be
withheld from newspapermen and
that hearings involving his activities
be attended only by senators and
investigators.
If he makes such demands, he will
tangle with Committee Chairman
Gerald P. Nye, (Rep) North Dako-
ia. Nye said recently:
1llcoC lllulllGlSuio lildhCIo lidNC
been doing business secretly for so
long that it's about time their af-
fairs were made public"
It was indicated Nye would ques-
ton Du Pont about Liberty League
activities. The society, devoted to
1.-The guarantee of liberties of the
people and to the encouragement
of initiative" includes Alfred E.
Smith, John w. Davis, Jouett
Shouse and other prominent Demo
Gratis among it's members.
Although its profits have been
great, the Du Pont Co., has enjoyed
a reputation for supreme patriotism.
According to general reports, it
never knowingly sold munitions to
be used against American troops.
AS the committee ended the first
week of its far-reaching inquiry,
members were enthusiastic about its
results. Disclosures Of graft and in.
ternational intrigue in the vast ar
mament business brought from
them predictions that more start
ling developments" would follow.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-08
bAER ROASTS
CONF PAN|0N Of
FORMER WIFE

SACRAMENTO, Sept. g. U.P)-
Max Baer, the Livermore butcher
boy, today burst forth as challen-
ging the amount OF royal blood
that flows through the veins of
Prince Serge Mdivani, of the House
OF Georgia.
I've more royal blood in my
right hand than he has in his
whole body said Make.
Baer once chaiIenged Primo Car
nera and won a worlds title. What
this latest challenge will win him
Baer isn't quite certain, but it
won't bring him increased favor in
the eyes of his divorced wife, Doro-
thy Dunbar.
Dorothy, who recently had a
court restore her maiden name,
discarding the name "Baer," came
here with Mdivani for the polo
matches. Not long thereafter Baer
appeared in town on his way to
the Pacific northwest to referee
wrestling and boxing matches
Immediately the town became
overcrowded Max purportedly is
sued an announcement that Miss
Dunbar, a film actress, intended
to marry the Prince, whose for
mer wives are Pola Negri, a screen
player, and Mary McCormic, opera
singer.
81 don't intend to marry any
body Dorothy replied. Il merely
drove here from Santa Barbara
with the prince. I'll stay here as
long as he does, just to give him
my moral support"
The prince reiterated her de-
nial that they had any wedding
plans.
Were just good friends" MIDI
vani said.
1t was about at this point that
Baer got in his challenge about
the royal blood.
Only Dorothy answered it.
That's absurd, petty and mean
of Max" She said. please over
look his statement"
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-08
COURT SAYS
DIARIES NOT
UNDER NRA

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 8. U.H-
Despite decision by Federal Judge
George Cosgrave that local dairies
were not subject to provisions OF
the MIRA, United States Attorney
Pierson Hall today planned to pur-
sue fight to force observance OF
milk licensing provisions of the
AAA. --e
Judge Cosgrave's ruling was in
denial of a government motion to
dismiss a temporary injunction
granted local diaries against en-
forcement of licensing provisions.
Judge Cosgrave held that less
than one-tenth of one per cent of
local production goes into inter
state commerce and therefore local
dairies were not subject to proviS-
ions of the MIRA.
Hall said he would ask for an
early court trial on issues Of the
case when it is called next Tuesday.
Eight local concerns, the Golden
Guernsey dairy, Valley View dairy,
Royal Farms dairy, Goldenwest
Creamery company, Western Hol-
stein Farms, Inc, Valley Dairy
company, Lucerne Cream and But
ter company, and R. j. Willis, were
granted a temporary order restrain
ing milk administration officials
from revoking their licenses for
non observance Of licensing regula-
tionS.
Named in the restraining order
were H. C. Darger, milk administra-
tor; Anders Larsen, AAA enforce
ment officer; H. w. Berdie, milk
board officials, and U. S. Attorney
Hall.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-08
BY JOSEPH S. WAsNEY

united Press Staff Correspondent
Copyright, 1884, BY United Press
SPRING LAKE, N. j., Sept. g..
U.P)-Most of the 318 passengers
aboard the MORO Castle were cut
off from rescue by the flames and
were burned to death, members of
the ships crew told the United
Press today.
Sailors described passengers with
their heads out of port holes pa
thetically begging for help as the
life boats pulled away from the
burning ship. There was no pos
sibility of saving them. They were
completely cut off by the flames.
The fire apparently started in
the writing room forward and had
gained much headway when dis
covered. The crew, quartered for
ward, was aroused by the bells
sounding a general alarm. BY the
time they reached the scene, the
flames were leaping many feet
high. 1t was impossible to pene-
trate to the corridors leading to
passenger quarters amidships and
aft, the surviving seamen said
The port side of the ship was
one mass of flames from bow to
stern within a few minutes. Only
one life boat got over on the port
side. Six, perhaps seven, were
launched from the starboard side.
Approximately all the survivors
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-08

| were trapped in :neir cabins with
no hope of escape.
Others threw themselves into the
sea-
Probably six of the IL lifeboats
managed to get over the side, with
varying numbers of men and wo-
men aboard. They were unmanage-
able in the off-shore storm.
Bodies Washed Ashore
Some of the boats upset in the
surf trying to make shore. Coast
guards and life guards helped the
survivors to land. Many were badly
burned or otherwise injured. They
were treated at hospitals, police sta
tions and hotels.
Bodies were being washed ashore
all along the coast.
It was estimated that probably
300 persons, crew and passengers,
escaped with their lives, although it
was almost miraculous how passefl-
gers managed to get out of the ca
bins, and the crew from the depths
of the ship.
The lightning apparently hit an
oil tank, and in an incredibly short
time the liner was sheathed in
flames.
/ Most of the survivors were taken
aboard the liner Monarch of Ber
muda, the Andre F. Luckenback and
the City of Savannah. The others,
pitifully few in number, reached the
beach. One woman, Mrs. Howard
Panino, of Bangor, Pa, an expert
swimmer, swan eight miles to shore
through the heavy sea. Her hus-
band jumped in with her but was
believed drowned.
/ Survivors had thrilling and some
times heartrending Stories to tell Of
their escape. The crew could not
fight the furious fire and turned to
aiding screaming women and fright
ened men,
ASBURY PARK, N. j., Sept. g.
The Ward liner Moro Castle. with
558 passengers and crew aboard.
was struck by lightning and des-
troyed by fire off the New Jersey
coast today, with a possible death
toll of more than 100.
! Passengers, asleep in their state
rooms, met blazing inferno when
they struggled to escape. OF the
II lifeboats carried by the holiday
liner, only half were launched.
A. dozen rescue ships, called to
the rescue, only a few miles off the
north Jersey shore, were able to
pick up several score survivors,
many of them members of the
crew. The great chip. out of con-
troll. lurched and swung crazily
through the high seas.
Rain squalls, heavy swells, and a
high wind contributed to the hor-
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Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-08
SHIP TRAGEDY
VICTIMS LAND
AT NEW YORK

NEW YORK, Sept. 8. W.P)-Sev-
enty-two survivors of the MORO Cas-.
tie disaster, most of them in vary
ing stages of hysteria, and one dead
woman were brought into port to-
day by the Monarch of Bermuda.
Among the survivors was four
year old boy known only as "Leoni'
who had been lifted out of the sea
by sailor. His parents have not
yet been located. Unaware of the
significance of the tragedy he
played gleefully with ship model
given him by stewardess.
The City of Savannah of the
Savannah line docked about two
hours later with 65 more survivors.
No dead were on board Eleven am
balances were waiting at the pier
but none of the survivors was in
jured seriously enough to require
extended treatment. Several hun
dred weeping relatives of MORO
Castle passengers were at the pier.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-08
BY SANDOR S. KLEIN
Inifod PreSc Staff C0a.reSn0ndf


United Press Staff Correspondent
Copyright, 1884, by United Press
ASBURY PARK, N. j., Sept. 8. =
The holiday liner MORO Castle,
bound home from Havana with $50
passengers and crew aboard, was
struck by lightning off the New
Jersey coast today and turned into
flaming holocaust in which men,
women and children were trapped
and burned to death.
The dead were estimated by the
coast guard at 200 and by Asbury
Park police at ESQ., Survivors were
being brought ashore at various
ports along the Jersey coast.
With her captain, Robert r. Will
mott, dead in his cabin of heart dis
ease-he was stricken before the fire
and did not live to see the tragedy
the flaming 1880 ton luxury lin
er drifted helplessly towards the
stormy coast.
Frantic SOS. calls went through
the air and a dozen liners and
smaller ships hastened to the res
cue.
Nothing could be done except to
pick up survivors. Many passengers
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-08
Woodland Swept
By Severe Fire

WOODLAND, Calf, Sept. 8. U.P)
ALI firefighting equipment of
nearby Yolo county communities
and several companies from the
Sacramento city fire department
were rushed here shortly before
noon in an effort to control flames
which already had destroyed a
church, a school and several resi-
denceS.
The blaze started in the rear of
the old Yolo brewery, destroyed
that structure, and spread to resi-
dences in the vicinity. A high
northwest wind was blowing, in
creasing the fury of the conflagra-
ton.
Buildings thus far razed by the
flames included st. Johns Evangel-
ical church, the church's parochial
school, minister's home, and sever
al residents close by.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-08
ACTRESS LOSES RING

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 8. W.P)-
Loss of a $4,000 diamond ring by
Joan Bennett, film actress, brought
questioning of "a women by police
today after insurance officials had
sought their help in the case.
The ring disappeared after Miss
Bennett left it in restroom of an
office building where she had gone
to consult physician When she
missed the ring, she returned to
the restroom and found it gone,
she told detectives.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-08
Labor Board Out
OF Fish Dispute

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 8. (U.P) =
A hands off, policy will be main
tanned by the regional labor board
in the dispute between Southern
California fishermen and the Mon
terey Sardine association, Camp
bell MacCulloch, secretary of the
Los Angeles board, announced to-
day.
Hearings scheduled for next week
in Monterey and San Francisco
have been cancelled, he said.
The sudden decision not to hold
the hearings followed a telephone
conversation between MacCullocr
and officials in Washington, d. C.
Conflicting reports that the diff
ferences were the outgrowth of a
controversy between fishermen Of
northern and Southern California
for control of the sardine fishing
industry in northern waters was
believed responsible for the boards
decision.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-08
BURNED SHIP
CRACK AMONG
WARD LINERS

NEW YORK, Sept. 8. (U.P) :
The Moro Castle was one OF the
luxury ships running out Of New
York. Launched in 1880 following an
outlay of $3,OO0,00o she made her
maiden voyage May %, 1880.
She was propelled by electric tur-
bines and while her cruising speed
was 81 knots an hour, she was cap
able of greater speed. She was SOB
feet long, her tonnage was 1880,
and had modern quarters for 500
passengers. Her public rooms equal
led an of the great liners in the
North Atlantic trade.
On her first voyage she reached
Havana in SO hours, not a record
for the run, but one of the best for
boats in the regular Havana-New
York service. The MORO Castle held
the record for the Havana to New
York run of SO hours.
She was considered the best ship
on the Ward line.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-08
Crash Fatal To
Driuer OF Truck

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calf, Sept.
8. U.P)-Leaping from the cab of his
Oil truck as it plunged off Cuesta
grade on the Coast highway north
of here, Carson Strawmatt, 80, Of
Fresno, was killed today
Search by highway patrolmen for
the body of another victim believ-
ed to be in the wreckage has been
impossible becauses of exploding
gasoline drums and burning oil.
The truck fell several hundred
feet.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-08
LEADER SAYS
MORE R|OT|NC
IS EXPECTED
'Reign OF Murder" Predicted
By German As $4,000 Add
ed To Strikers Ranks
SENDS NOTE TO LEGION
Commander Asked To Pre-
vent Members From Cooper
ating Against Workers
SENDS NOTE TO LEGION

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8. U.P)-
Expressing fears that reign of
murder" will begin on Monday
Strike Chairman Francis j. Cor
man today ordered $4,000 more
textile workers to join the walkout
then.
He sent notices to all upholstery,
drapery, carpet, rugs, pile fabric,
and plush unions to walk out
Monday.
He estimated that $4,000 workers
in New England, Pennsylvania and
the south would be affected.
There will be no work on Mon
day." he said.
German sent, meantime, to Com
mander Edward A. Hayes of the
American Legion telegram urg-
ing him to keep his members out
of labor's strike.
BY FREDERICK C. -OTHNIAN
United Press Staff Correspondent
Copyright, 1884, BY United Press)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, = The
textile strike shaped today toward
the mightiest test of the opposing
forces of capital and labor the ma
ton has ever seen.
Pres. William Green called on
heads Of international unions
marshalling 100000 members to
rmeet with him here next week and
throw full moral and financial sup
port behind the cause of the tex
tile strikers.
Chairman George A. Sloan of the
Cotton Textile Institute sai d
they'll need it,"
All along the struggling 1,50O
mile strike front new crisis seemed
to impend. About 100000 are on
strike.
Green said there was no prospect
of a general strike but that the
textile strike "must be carried to
a successful conclusion.
Possibly $20,0O0,000 may be placed
at the disposal of strike leaders.
United Textile Workers struck with
less than $1,000,000 in their treas
ury.
The presidential mediation board
headed by Gov. John G. Winant OF
New Hampshire, found battle lines
tightening as it settled down for
a rapid survey of the situation.
Conferences Planned
Conferences today with Francis
j. German, strike leader, and tech
nical experts of the department OF
labor were planned. Sloan, who
conferred until after midnight with
the board, will return Monday
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