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Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-06
SURRENDERS
To FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT
Accused Jurist Ready To Face
Full Investigation OF All His
Activities.
DENIES ANY CONSPIRACY
Aftermath OF Italo Oil Scandal
Causes New Explosion In Los
Angeles Political Circles.
DENIES ANY CONSPIRACY

LOS ANGELES. Oct. s, U.p) -
Gavin w. Craig, associate justice
of the district court of appeal,
surrendered today on federal in
dictment which charged that he,
Helen Werner, political boss, and
Joseph Weinblatt, politician, plot
ted to bribe high prosecution Of
ficials in the Italo Petroleum case,
The jurists' surrender came short
ly after his attorney had appeared
before Federal Judge Harry Hol-
lzer and successfully argued re-
duction of his $4,000 bond to
5000. a.sl
Mrs. Werner and Weinblatt are
not expected to surrender until
Monday, authorities said. Weinblatt
notified the United States marshal's
office he was arranging bond.
When Justice Craig first ap-
peared in the court OF United
States Commissioner David B.
Head, he refused to pose for photo
graphers, but after a conference
with his attorney, Mark Heron,
he permitted himself to be snapped.
The trio were accused OF con-
spring to "fix," by bribe, William
D. Mitchell, then United States
attorney general, and Samuel w.
McNabb, then U. S. attorney Tor
the southern district OF California,
as a prelude to dismissal OF mail
fraud charges against 1talo PETROL
cum defendants. aura
Payment was to have been made,
the indictments charged, from a
$4,000 fund to be furnished by
John McKeon, former Italo official
and other persons involved in the
case. Thirteen overt acts were
charged.
The true bill fixed the bail OF
each of the accused at $4,000.
Denying the charge, justice Craig
charged that politics" lay behind
the indictments.
Weinblatt was accused OF acting
as intermediary in the alleged ne
gotiations. Among the l3 overt
acts charged was that early in 1852,
he accepted a $4,000 prcmissory
note from McKeon. -Ct.l
The note, it was charged, had
been executed and signed by the
Italo Petroleum corporation and
made payable to McKeon.
Relate Conferences
The indictments described certain
conferences at which McKeon and
justice Craig were accused OF dis
cussing ways and means of carry
ing out the conspiracy. McKeon was
further charged with attending a
meeting at the Stewart hotel in
(Continued On Page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-06
SCH|SM NEAR
IN RANKS Of
UNION LABOR
Smouldering Bitterness Comes
To Surface In A. F. L. Con-
vention At San Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. U.P)-
After smouldering for days in
secret conferences, the acrimonious
schism in the building trades de-
partment of the American FEEDER
alton of Labor came out into the
open today in hearings before the
committee on adjustments at the
annual convention of the organ
ization.
While many of the delegates
were picnicking and the conven-
ton was taking the first of two
day recess, the committee sought
a new solution to the refusal of
the present administration of the
building trades to readmit three
unions frankly anxious to elect new
officers in the department.
Overshadowing for the time the
coming contests on enlargement
of the executive council and on
industrial VS.. craft unions, the de-
partmental dispute reached the
committee through a report of the
federation executive council which
President William Green made on
the convention floor yesterday
Almost belligerently Green an
nounced that the council had de-
creed that the ousted unions-the
carpenters, the electricians, and
the bricklayers-be restored I'M
mediately to membership in the
department which they left follow
ing a fractional dispute several
years ago.
The convention the department
held last week was illegal be-
cause the delegates of the three un-
ions had not been admitted, the
report said The election Of Of
ficers held by that convention
also was illegal according to the
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-06

Batted for Vance in 4th.
~ Ran for Davis in 4th.
e@s Batted for Haines in 9Th.
Summary: Runs batted in-Rog-
ell 4, Greenberg 4, Owen, Martin.
Collins, Orsatti. Two-base hits
Collins. Cochrane, Fox, Greenberg
(2). Sacrifice hits--Auker, Goslin,
Gehringer, Cochrane. Stolen bases
White, Owen. Greenberg (home).
Left on bases-Detroit IL, st. Louis
8. Struck out by-Auker l, Garlic
ton 2, Vance 3, Haines 2. Bases ON
balls off-Auker 4, Carleton 2.
Vance /, Walker 3. Pitching rec
ord-off Carleton, three runs, four
hits in Q 2-3 innings; off Vance.
one run. two hits, in 1-3 Innings;
off Walker, six runs, five hits. In
3 1-3 innings; off Haines, no runs.
one hit, in 2-3 inning; off Mooney,
no runs, one hit, in one inning. off
Auker, four runs, ten hits in ninc
innings Wild pitch-V Vance. VIM
ming Auker. Losing pitch
er-Walker. Double plays-Auker-
Rogell- -Creenberg. Greenberg Rog-
ell; Rogell -Greenberg.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-06
Sea Lion Stages
Train Hold-Up

SANTA ANA, Calf, Oct. 6. U.H
-Flapping sedately along the cross
ties, sea lion held up the north
bound Southern Pacific local sew
eral minutes.
Engineer l.. A. Literer was warned
of the mammal as he approached
San Clemente. He sighted it, a
few miles north, siding up the
track and occasionally rearing its
head to bark pleasantly at motor
lists on the nearby highway. Re-
peated boots from the whistle fin
ally moved the sea lion off the
tracks.
Litterer's train had been de-
layed before, once by an elephant,
and another time by an ostrich.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-06
THREE BURNED
TO DEATH IN
CAR ACCIDENT

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 6. U.P) -
Charred bodies Of three persons,
found in a wrecked automobile near
Ludlow, Calf, were identified ten
tatively here today as those of Mrs.
Frances Bensatti, 40, Los Angeles,
and her son, Charles. II, and Sam
Guardamondo, 25, Pueblo, Colo, her
nephew.
The automobile, bearing Colorado
license plates 2-5708, was found in a
ditch, demolished by fire. Bodies of
the three occupants were burned al
most beyond recognition.
Sebastian Bensattt, husband of
Mrs. Bensatti, said his wife and son
had been visiting relatives in Pueblo
and that his nephew was driving
them home. Guardamondos wife
and son are visiting here.
The car collided with a cement
truck. Buel Funk, as, the driver, was
reported in critical condition
Passing motorists took him to hos
pital at San Bernardino.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-06
Brand Youths
Story AS Myth

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 6. u.P) =
The sensational story of Victor
Gruber, 15-year-old burglar sus-
pect, that he looted fashionable
Minneapolis home of 100000 in
cash and jewels two years ago,
was branded a product of his i'm
agination today by Juvenile auth
critics.
Officers said a telegram from
state juvenile control officer E. w.
Allen of Minnesota revealed the
boy escaped from the Rochester,
Mimi, hospital for the insane. Con-
fronted with the report, Victor ad-
mitted his story was a myth.
Police claimed, however. he was
definitely linked with $500 jewel
robbery at the home of E. H.
Allen, film director.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-06
WITNESS SAYS HAUPTMANN SEEN
IN VICINITY OF LINDBERGH HOME
Positively Identifies Suspect According To
Statement Made By Head Of New Jersey
State Police.

could not embrace her, but she
hugged him and expressed her faith
in his innocence. A four-man guard
waited nearby.
The New Jersey case against
Hauptmann, charging him with
murder of the Lindbergh baby, ap-
peared to be almost complete and an
indictment probably will be sought
next Monday A kidnapping indict-
ment may or may not be asked.
Foley said that he was not look
ing for any accomplice in the ex-
tortion case, although it was noted
that the New Jersey attorney gen.
eral indicated Hauptmann would
be indicted for completely" in the
kidnapping. New Jersey probably
will not bring him to trial before
November l.
Foley said the eXtortion case was
not complete and that there would
be no doubt in the public mind OF
Hauptmann's guilt after the trial.
TRENTON, Oct. 6. U.P)-Attor-
ney Gen. David Wilentz announced
today that the trial of Bruno r..
Hauptmann on an indictment charg-
ing him with completely in the
Lindbergh kidnapping cannot pro-
rerly take place before November l..
Wilentz said he expected the
grand jury to consider the case
Monday and complete its work in
one day. He said the date for extra
dition hearings would be set later.
There will not be any John Doe
indictments, he added.
BOSTON, Oct. 6. UP)-Depart-
ment of justice officials today for
warded to j. Edgar Hoover, chief
of the service at Washington, q
complete transcript of three
hour interview with James B. Rus
sell, East Cambridge Jail prisoner,
who said he was a friend of Bruno
Richard Hauptmann, Lindbergh
kidnapping suspect.
Russell, awaiting sentence for
forging postal money orders, al
legedly told a fellow prisoner he
knew Hauptmann and "a lot OF
angles to this Lindbergh case"
Under questioning both at the
Jail and the federal building here,
Russell allegedly admitted knowing
Hauptmann, but revealed nothing
more about the suspect or the Lind
bergh case than what already is
known.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-06
Suspend Sentence
In Battery Case

Found guilty of battery after a
trial in police court this morning,
Harry Ruiz was given a 20 day
sentence in the county jail, Sus-
pended on condition of his future
good behavior.
The complaint against him had
been brought by Mrs. Frank Nor
ago who stated that Ruiz had
struck her during an argument
over goat which was tethered
on an Eastside lot.
c. Rodari appeared in court on
a charge of disturbing the peace.
This charge was dismissed by the
court. Irene Turano who had been
charged with disturbing the peace
following the wrecking of Rodari's
automobile with an electric flat
iron here early this week, for
feited her $40 bail when sbs1m
not appear to answer the
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-06
POWER CO. AMENDS COMPLAINT
Resumes Action Against District Over Braw-
lev Electric Plant

Differing very little from tn
original complaint, the Southern
Sierras Power company, late yes.
terday, filed in superior court here
an amended complaint against
Evan T. Hewes and other members
of the irrigation district board of
directors.
The basis of this amended COM
plant is the same as that of the
first action, namely, contention
that the contract entered into be-
tween the district and the Oven
Rentschler company for the erec-
ton of a standby power plant in
Brawley is illegal and void.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-06
SWEETHEART :
SLAYER WILL
Be EXECU TED
American Tragedy Case Ends
As Jury Finds Pennsylvania
Youth Guilty.
BY JOSEPH S. WASNEY
United Press Staff Correspondent


WILKES BARRE, Pa, Oct. 6. -
A jury of miners today condemned
Robert A. Edwards to death for
numbering one sweetheart SO that
he would be free to marry another.
The verdict completed the paral-
lei between the tragedy of Harvey's
Lake, where Freda McKechnie, ex-
pectant mother of Edwards child,
was blackjacked to death, and the
Dresser novel, "An American Ira
gedy."
The jury of conservative, middle
aged men deliberated through most
of the night. They examined the
dress Miss McKechnie had made to
wear at her wedding, believing Ed
wards was about to put the seal of
| legality upon their affair. The 173
erotic letters Edwards wrote his Sec
ond sweetheart, Miss Margaret
Grain, were sent into the jury room
where, presumably, they were read
carefully.
At $3.50 a. m. Judge w. A. Valen-
tine reconvened court to receive the
verdict. The clerk didn't need to ask
for it. 1t was evident in the faces
of the II men.
Edwards blanched when the fatal
words were read-"Guilty-death.
His lips contracted into a thin
white line. He whispered to his
counsel.
The jury was polled Each man in
a firm voice responded: Guilty in
the first degree-death."
Judge Valentine thanked the jury
and adjourned court.
Edwards, 81 years old, and even
younger in appearance, produced a
cigarette and lighted it with a trem'
bling hand. His face was expression.
! less as photographers exploded their
flash bulbs. He put out his left hand
Continued on page g.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-06

ACCORD NEAR
Mussolini Announces Agreement
Between Nations Will Be Sign
ed By End Of Month.
BY THOMAS B. MORGAN
United Press Staff Correspondent

tVoc osaAA SohhSoPOAAN.~AA~
MILAN, Italy, Oct. 6. Premier
Benito MuSsolini announced to a
cheering crowd in Cathedral square
today that a Franco Italian agree
ment-considered one of the most
significant accords in recent years
would be signed at the end OF
October.
Announcement by the Fascist
premier, who stood alone on g
3O-foot tribune before crowd OF
100000 in the square and side
streets, confirmed United Press dis
patches of last week forecasting the
accord between the two nations.
with our nearest neighbors We
can have but two policies: Either
friendship Or histility," Mussolin
said.
Looking eastward, it is evident
that there is no great possibility
of development if our neighbol
insists on publishing newspaper
polemics about a subject which
hurts us to the very depth of oul
flesh"
Mussolini obviously referred tc
Jugoslavian belittlement OF the
italian army.
The premier continued:
Yesterday, we defended the IN
dependence of Austria and we will
continue to defend it.
European development is inn
possible without Germany, but II
is necessary that some trends ir
Germany's policies be changed
Germany cannot be estrangeo
from the course of European his
tory"
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-06
TIGERS TAKE FOURTH SERIES GAME 10 TO 4
Judge Craig Lays Indictment To Politics
No Broadcast
OF Game Sunday

Due TO the usual Sunday mat
inee, there will be no broadcast
of the world series game at
United Artists theatre tomorrow.
The series will be resumed
Monday and fans are reminded
that the teams move back to
Detroit and eastern standard
time, making the time of game
here 1890 a. m.
The Press, cooperating with
United Artists theatre, will fur
nish the play by play account
of the game over the radio
supplied by Montgomery Ward
company.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-06
All Points Along
River ShouU Drop

A drop of 10 second feet in
the flow of the Colorado river
is noted for today at the Grand
Canyon station and further
decrease Of 48O feet at TopOck,
according to readings posted at
irrigation district headquarters
this morning. These show the
Grand Canyon reading at 5000
and TopOck 1920 second feet.
Yuma reported a five second
foot drop but the diversion was
increased from 800 to 1900 sec
Ond feet.
No hope is held out for rain
in the river basin over the
weekend. A telegram received
here this morning from the
Yuma office of the weather
bureau states that continued
fair weather is indicated on the
watershed over Sunday and pos
sibly Monday.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-06
Legion Meeting
AT San Diego

Balboa Park, San Diego, will be
the scene tomorrow morning Of
the meeting of the American Leg
ion, 22nd district, according to in
formation received today by Charles
Bratton, commander of Boyce Aten
post, from Phil Hoffman, 22nd dis
trict commander
The meeting will be called to
order at 1920. An invitation to all
Legionnaires of Ell Centro to attend
is extended by Commander Hoff-
man through the local commander.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-06

TRENTON, N. j., Oct. 6. UP
Positive identification of Bruno
Richard Hauptmann, suspect in the
Lindbergh kidnapping as man seen
near the Hopewell estate of the
Lindbergh's was announced today
by Colonel H. Norman Schwarz-
kopf. Willard Whitehead made the
Identification, Schwarzkopf said.
NEW YORK, Oct. 6. W.R) - New
Jersey officials prepared to seek in
dictment next week of Bruno r.
Hauptmann while the Lindbergh
case suspect visited today with his
wife.
Mrs. Anna Hauptmann was per-
mitted to see the prisoner for the
first time in recent days when he
was taken to the office of Bronx
County District Attorney Samuel
Foley.
Hauptmann was manacled, but
he appeared to be happy to talk at
length with his wife and asked her
many questions in German. He
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-06

Reasons why this contract is
considered illegal by the plaintiff
ire that no bids were asked for
he construction of this plant and
also that no bond was posted by
the defendant district. Further
more, it is alleged that the district
is organized to distribute water TO
the ranchers and not to enter into
the business of distributing electric
power
The original complaint lost out
in court when a demurrer filed by
Harry Horton, chief counsel for
the district was sustained by Judge
o. K. Morton of Riverside who
had presided at the hearing. ts
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-06
Suicide Verdict
In Flyers Death

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 6. U.P) -
The violent death of Charles Stell.
mach, 38-year old Santa Maria avia-
tor, whose body was washed ashore
at Malibu Beach, was written off po
lice records today as a suicide.
A coroner's jury, celebrating Is
minutes, decided Stellmach shot
himself in the stomach, drove 25
miles to the beach and cast him
self into the sea.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-06
7 final Figures
On Registration

A final check on county regis
trations for the November general
election was made at the county
clerks office this morning and the
result shows that there are $4,000
names on the registry rolls of the
county. An unofficial count made
earlier this week showed a higher
number but when transfers and
deaths of former registrants were
considered the tctal figure was
lowered. AS it now stands it is a
high record for county registra-
tions.
AS to party affiliations these
,.onict,.ot tin,,c nrn diNidnd,
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-06
FIRE DESTROYS HOUSE

A small house on the southwest
corner of Fifth and Brighton was
almost completely destroyed by fire
at 2:15 o'clock this afternoon. Cause
of the fire and exact extent Of
damages caused could not be de-
termined before press time.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-06

Among the county's 81 precincts
Ell Centro No. leads with 585 reg
istrations. Holloway precinct is
next with 563. Picaho has the lowest
number, %, and Palo Verde the
next lowest with 81 registrations.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-06

The vintage festival at st. Hell
ena, Napa county, attracted many
thousands of visitors; wine was
free.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-06
@AMlLL-
V 'S9ys'

Win Rogers must have gone
out with Dizzy Dean last night
and forgot to write his daily
piece. "Ali cars paging MIR. Ro-
gers. Ed.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-06

(Coniinued On Page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-06

Play by play account of game
on page six.
Evening star., 1934-10-08
PHILIPPINE TARIFF
PLAN is MODIFIED
Murphy Announces Program Will
Be Governed by U. S, Trade
Proposals.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MANILA, P. l., October Gov
Gen. Frank Murphy today said tariff
plans of the current Philippine Legis-
lature will be confined to increases
designed only to protect the develop
ment of insular industries and c0nSe-
ouently only small effect on Sap
anese trade with the islands could be
expected.
Murphy stated the administration
in Washington suggested proposed
heavy increases in tariffs to protect
American trade might interfere with
the current general policy and plans
of the United States relating to. for
eign trade"
The major reasons for shelving a
project which the Governor General
and Manuel Quezon, president of the
Insular Senate, urged at the opening
of the legislative session were under
stood to be Secretary Of State Hull's
general trade program and the belief
a decision on any basic plan binding
the Philippines and the United States
closer economically, when political
separation is imminent, should be left
for decision until after a common
wealth government is established.
Murphy said future trade relations
will be discussed with the Congress
sional Commission appointed to con-
slider possible economic changes in
the Tydings-McDufhe independence
act. He said he had been notified the
commission, headed by Senator Tyd-
ings, would be in the Philippines from
December to %.
Evening star., 1934-10-08
WINE TO Be MADE
Of CITRUS SURPLUS
Department of Agriculture
Discovers Way of Using
Excess Fruit.

Ways of Transforming the surplus of
citrus fruits into new wines and cor
dialS have been found by Department
of Agriculture chemists at the ex-
pertinent station at Winter Haven,
Fla.
The orange, grapefruit and tanger-
inc surplus each year has constituted
a major problem for the growers and
has seriously depressed prices.
The new products, which are en-
tirely new and will not be in compe-
tition with anything now on the
market, range from light wines to
heavier, fortified liquors. Although
not limitations, they bear some like
ness in color and taste to sauterne,
port. sherry and some other wines.
In the past the citrus surplus has
been made into marmalade and soft
drinks. With the new outlet the
quantities to be fermented can be ad-
Justed to the years crop and excess
production can be carried over to
later years, with improvement in
quality through aging the wines.
The wines are prepared by roaming
fruit On rapidly revolving burrs. The
juice, after straining, is fermented
with a pure culture of wine yeast.
The sugar content of the resulting
liquid is increased by about Is per
cent of corn sugar.
The cost of producing ordinary
citrus wine is estimated at about 80
cents a gallon, including the cost of
the fruit and interest on the plant in
vestment.
Evening star., 1934-10-08
D'Annun5iO Greets
Duce in Visit to
Home on Riviera
MussOIini Presents TlUO
Aides to Leader of
Fiunle March.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GARDONE, Riviera, october g.
Gabriel D'Annunzio, leader OF the
march on Fiume, yesterday welcomed
Benito Mussolini, leader of the march
on Rome, in the first visit II Duce had
made to the warrior-poet in several
years.
The two world-famous personages
fell into each others arms as MusSolini
clambered out of his automobile at the
elaborate Villa Vittoriale.
Finally" exclaimed D'Annunzio.
MusSolini wanted DAnnunzio to
enter the villa in front of him, but the
poet exclaimed, You first, Duce. I
am in my own house. 1t is that give
orders here"
Mussolini presented to D'Annunzio
Achille Starace, secretary Of the Fas-
cist party, whom he had not met be-
fore. He also presented Gen. Teruzzi,
head Of the Black Shirt militia, and
Count Ciano.
Evening star., 1934-10-08
HIGH COURT REFUSES
FILM PATENT RULING
Declines to Pass on Suits Involv-
ing Making Of Combined Sound
and Picture Reels.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Supreme Court refused TO-DAY
to rule on the validity of patents of
great importance to the motion pic
ture industry, relating to a process
for producing and showing combined
sound and picture films.
The patents, by German inventors,
are owned by the American Tri-Ergon
Corp. of New York City. organized by
William Fox, and its foreign connec-
ton, the Tri-Ergon Holding, A. G. of
ST. Gall. Switzerland.
The Paramount Publix Corp. of
Long Island City, N. Y, was held by
the Second Circuit Court Of Appeals
to have infringed the patents in the
production of combined sound and
picture films.
The Altoona Publix Theaters, Inc,
of Huntingdon, Pa; the Wilmer &
Vincent Corp. of Harrisburg, Pa, and
the Locust Street Real Estate Co. of
Harrisburg, Pa, were held by the
Third Circuit Court of Appeals to have
infringed a patent covering pro-
jecting machine for showing such
films.
Evening star., 1934-10-08
TO ASK
NEW TRIAL TODAY
Convicted Slayer Prays as
Attorneys Prepare
Their Arguments.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WILKES-BARRE, Pa, October g.
Robert Allen Edwards is to ask the
Luzerne County Court today for
another chance to escape death as
the American tragedy" slayer Of
Freda McKechnie.
His attorneys intend to tell Judge
William A. Valentine that the court
erred in Edwards trial and there
fore should grant new trial. A jury
found the youthful mine surveyor
guilty ard recommended the death
penalty Saturday.
While his lawyers perfected their
arguments Edwards prayed and read
a Bible in his cell. 1t was the Bible
given to him shortly after his arrest
by his other sweetheart, Margaret
Grain, music teacher, of East Aurora,
N. Y.
Frank McGuigan, chief Of defense
counsel, said he would tell Judge
Valentine that 172 fervent love let
ters which Edwards wrote his New