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Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-15
CALIFORNIA
MENACED BY
-. MANY FIRES

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. Is. U.R)
With the temperature approach
ing new high marks, forest fires
endangered homes and valuable
woodlands throughout California
today. j..
The most serious fire reported
was one raging through Gordon
Valley, 25 miles north of Vallejo
The fire, the largest in Solano
county in nine years, already has
burned five square miles of ranch
land. II
A Southern Pacific section crew
and CCC workers extinguished a
stubborn fire in Brushland in Chit
tendon Pass, near Watsonville.
The flames swept over 200 acres
before being controlled.
Fire departments from four
towns-Lomita Park, Millbrae, San
Bruno, and San Francisco-were
called to the Skyline boulevard area
yesterday to check a fire in the vi
cinity of Capuchino Manor. An
other fire brought under control
threatened for a time the municipal
golf course at Sharp Park. San
Francisco firemen worked for hours
TO control blaze in the Sutro for
est in the heart of the city resi-
Dental district.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-15
PROBLEMS Of ].
STATE GIVEN
DUE THOUGHT
Bond Issue Voted To Furnish
Funds For State Unemploy-
ment Program.
OTHER BILLS PASSED =
Mortgage Moratorium Act And
Tax Delinquency Measure Re-
ceive Special Consideration.

SACRAMENTO, Sept. Is. fU.p)-
CALIFORNIA; relief" legislature adj
journed today after a special ses-
sion devoted to the enactment of
a series of measures designed to
ease the burden of everything from
the unemployment problem to de-
linquent taxes.
OF primary Importance to the
state was the passage Of the pro-
posed constitutional amendment
providing for a $24,0O0,00O bond is
sue to furnish funds for unem-
ployment relief coinciding with the
general plan favored by the fed
eral government.
The measure. to be placed ON
the November general election bal
lot, provides for appointment by.
the governor Of an administrator
and an advisory commission of nine
members to allocate funds derived
from the sale of the bonds in the
event the issue is approved by the
people.
This setup differs only in minor
details for mthe existing SERA or
ganization, ether than provi-
sion for state control, and was
essentially in keeping with require
ments presented the legislature by
federal relief officials.
| OF direct interest to property
! owners was the approval of a
measure which extended until Feb
ruary /, 1895, the moratorium on
foreclosure of mortgages.
The moratorium, originally pas
sed by the 1888 legislature, pro-
vided that mortgages could not be
foreclosed for failure to pay the
principal so long as interest pay
ments and taxes were met.
The bill passed by the special
session, in addition to extending the
time of the moratorium, made it
applicable to all property except
mining property instead of only
to one-family homes.
The tax delinquency measure ex-
tended until April. 1895, the right
Of taking advantage of the oppor-
! tunity to pay delinquent taxes over
10 year period as provided in a
law approved by the 1888 legis-
| lature.
The most important measure
aimed at the relief of property
owners burdened with special as
sessments provided for the cx-
tension to all political subdivisions
the rights listed in federal bank
ruptcy statutes. The bill was des-
ignated particularly to permit the
| refinancing of special assessment
districts weighed down by excess
sive delinquencies.
While the problems of unem-
| ployment insurance and old age
Continued On Page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-15
APPROVAL FOR
ROOSEVELT IN
STATE VOTING

WASHINGTON, Sept. Is. U.P)--
Sen. j. Hamilton Lewis, chairman
of the Democratic senatorial cam
paign committee. today said that
the "voice of the country from
the extreme liberal state of Cali
fornia and ultra conservative state
of Maine' had given President
Roosevelt approval.
"In all of the states where the
President was made an issue,' said
Lewis, commenting on primary
vote results. "the vote gave him
the approval.
"The challenge of the assailants
of the new deay' has been met by
the people with their endorsement
of the policies of the administration
and their reputation OF its accus-
ers. The result of the elections in
this week are of great satisfaction
to the democracy.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-15
FRYE ENTERS
DEFE NSE To
CVA CHARGES
Former Los Angeles Director
Appears Before Federal Court
Conducting Inquiry.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. Is. U.P)-
Charles G. Frye, former county
CWA director unexpectedly ap-
peared in federal court today and
pleaded nolo contendere to charges
of defrauding the government
Federal Judge Paul J. McCor-
mick tentatively set November 26
as date of sentence, but government
counsel indicated sentencing would
be deferred until after the trial of
r. G. Branion, former head of the
CWA and SERA in California and
seven other defendants on similar
charges.
1t appeared certain Frye would
appear as a government witness.
His plea of nolo contendere was
an admission of facts contained in
the indictment but a denial of
criminal intent. Such plea is
permitted only when the charges are
of a minor nature or in event The
government intends to use the ac-
cused person as a witness against
other defendants.
With Branion and the others,
Frye was indicted June 90 on
charges of mishandling CWA funds,
improper administration, waste and
extravaganza. Most of the charges
were based on asserted favoritism
in work orders and involved prof.
ects many of which were alleged
not to have been approved official
lv
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-15
Woman Wins In
Tilt With Judge

RICHMOND HEIGHTS, MO-,
Sept. Is. U.R)-Mrs. Rose Mortimer
Cox, who settled down in o Jail
cell to read Anthony Adverse aftel
telling Police Judge De Bolt what
she thought of him, will have TO
continue her reading outside the
Jail now
Mrs. Cox violated the traffic law
Violators are permitted to pay
court costs without appearing. Mrs.
Cox visited the judges office. He
refused a check She walked out.
Ordered to appear in court, Mrs.
Cox asked if she would be fined for
contempt if she spoke her mind.
The judge said she would not.
Mrs. Cox proceeded to speak her
mind. Judge De Bolt IS face grew
red Spectators laughed When
Mrs. Cox finished the judge fined
her $40 and costs. Mrs. Cox said
"try and collect" so the judge
sent her to jail. But after she spent
II hours in Jail the judge liberated
her
"Well. didn't pay the fine, "
she said.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-15
Mellon Charged
With Fraud In
Stock Dealings

WASHINGTON, Sept. Is. U.P)-
Charging fraud through alleged
fictitious stock sales, the treasury
today demanded that Andrew w
Mellon, former secretary of the
treasury and ambassador to Great
Britain, pay income tax assess
ment and penalty on his 1881
earnings totalling $3,075, 1923.
The demand was contained in an
answer filed before the U. S. board
of tax appeals by Robert H. Jack
son, assistant general counsel for
the internal revenue bureau, in re-
ply to a previous petition by Mel
lon seeking release from the as
sessment on the grounds that he
had over-paid his tax in 1881 by
$139,045.
Internal revenue bureau officials
said that the action was civil and
that they did not know whether
the district attorneys office in
Pittsburgh would press a criminal
charge ON the alleged fraud basis.
A federal grand jury in Pittsburgh
on May 7 refused to indict Mellon
tax evasion charges, Internal rev.
enue officials said, however, that
the alleged fraud evidence was not
available at that time.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-15
State Income On
Race Betting Is
Figured For Year

SACRAMENTO, Sept. Is. U.P)-
Income to the state from pari-mu-
tuel betting on race horses amount
ed to $260.707 for the year ending
June 80, 1884, according to records
of the state department of fin
ance. The state IS share of betting
is 4 per cent.
For the current fiscal year fig
ures were available only for the
California state fair, where a total
of $158,529 was bet, of which $6,34I
represented the state IS share.
According to the state racing
board, race meets have been held
at the San Joaquin county fair and
the state fair since June 30 this
year. Other programs are schedul-
ed at the Los Angeles county fair
beginning today and at Bay Mea-
COWS. San Mateo; Santa Anita, Los
Angeles county, and Tanforan
tracks later in the year.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-15
F!END KILLER
SEARCH MADE
IN MIDWEST
Victim Trussed Up According
To Account Given In Crime
Story, Police State.

RED WING, Mimi, Sept. Is. (U.P)
"A "phantom killer who bound
and gagged his victim after the
manner of lurid picture on de-
tective story magazine cover was
sought here today.
Lying seside trussed body found
in box car was the bizarre mag
azine cover. The man, garroted
exactly as portrayed in the picture,
was a grim replica of the artist IS
creation.
The victim was unidentified. Au-
thorities who accidentally found
the body believed he had lain in
the car many days. His clothing
all purchased in Minneapolis, was
of fashionable cut.
He was described as about 65. His
pockets were rifled and a knapsack
in which he carried a few belong
ingS, was lying nearby.
Police believed the man was slain
by a maniacal killer, whose motives
were inspired by the detective story
tales. There was startling similari-
ty between the picture on the cover
and position of the victim.
The hands were bound behind
the back with wire. A gag was
crammed into the mouth. The body
was twisted backward into a gro-
teSque position.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-15
CONTINUED On Page 81
POISON CLUE
SOUGHT FROM
MAN s ASHES

NEW YORK, Sept. Is. W.P)-Ru-
mors concerning the sudden death
of Captain Robert r. Willmott Of
the Moro Castle seven hours be-
fore the tragic fire on his ship may
never be definitely allayed. it was
indicated today by Dr. Alexander
o. Gettler, city toxicologist. who is
examining the captain S ashes.
"All l have is chared bones,
Or. Gettler said. "The flames that
enveloped the captain S body also
would have burned up any possible
poison with the exception of three.
lead, barium and thallium. pro-
badly will not have a report ready
Until next Tuesday
The chemical analysis was order
I'd by United States Attorney Mar
tin Conboy of New York in his
criminal inquiry into the disaster.
Although there were no direct
charges that the death of Captain
Willmott was due to anything but
the indigestion diagnosed by the
ships doctor, several passengers re-
ported shipboard gossip that the
captain was murdered. "
Officials Of the u. s. Steamboat
Inspection service, meanwhile. went
to the Ward liner Oriente. sister
ship of the Moro Castle. to check
reports the air tanks In the life
boast had rusted and were covered
iuperficially by several layers OF
oaint-a condition similar 10 that
llleged on the Moro Castle.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-15
FLAMES MENACE
FOREST LANDS

RIVERSIDE, Sept. Is. WP) - A
band of several hundred fire
fighters reported progress today in
their battle against two brush fires
raging in Riverside and San Diego
counties.
The larger fire after denuding
1000 acres of brush land in the
Cleveland National Forest was re-
ported virtually under control.
Three hundred CCC workers and
volunteers were fighting the blaze
Several hundred acres of brush
land on Red Mountain were black
ened by a second fire before it was
controller. A crew of 200 men was
reported successful in keeping it
within established fire lines.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-15
ARTIST HELD
AS SMUGGLER

LOS ANGELES, Sept Is. W.H-
Matias Santoya, indicted wit h
Clarence Bricker, film production
manager, on charges of smuggling
a Mexican girl across the border,
was identified today as one of Mex
ico's foremost artists.
His identity was established when
former President PaScual Ortiz
Rubio of Mexico signed $4,000
bail bond, posted to secure his re-
lease from Jail. He and Bricker
are scheduled to appear in federal
court Monday.
Both are charged with bringing
Josephine Arreguin. Mexico City
beauty, into the United States at
Tijuana while returning from Mex
leo where they aided in the filming
of "Viva Villa -
Santoya is famed in his native
country for his trescos on public
buildings.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-15
DISCLOSURES
IN MUN|T|ON
QUIZ DELAYED
Senate Committee Will Wait Un-
til After November Elections
Before Announcing Results.
RECONVENE in FALL
Senator Nye Draws Statements
From Du Pont Relative To
Government Activities.
BY RONALD c. VAN TINE
United Press Staff Correspondent

oHhtNo hVoS ctdil
WASHINGTON, Sept. l5.--The
senate munitions committee decided
today to postpone disclosures about
political activities of the Du Pont
Company of Delaware until after
the November elections.
Investigators, it was learned
possess evidence showing that the
famous powder firm and its chief
officers contributed heavily in re-
cent campaigns.
The committee was said to have
decided that publication of con-
tributions at this time might en-
barrass candidates for election to
the senate and house in Novem-
Der.
Chairman Gerald P. Nye, R. N
D., brought from Irenee Du Pont
vice president of the Delaware
company, a statement that al
though he voted for President
Roosevelt in 1882 he believes now
that the constitution is "in the
scrap heap"
Irenee told the committee he
believed the government was re-
sponsible for the depression.
Il don't believe a bureaucracy
can be effective" he said. THE
only way to have luxury is to keep
the government out of business.
Nye said the Du Points probably
would be recalled when the COM
mittee convened for further hear
ings later in the fall.
Nye told newspapermen he hop
ed that by the time the COM
mittee met again, public opinion
would be aroused to such a point
that government regulation of the
munitions industry would be reeSrd-
ed as the only solution of the
problem of removing profits from
war.
WASHINGTON, Sept. Is. U.P)-
The state department today ad-
mitted receipt of formal protest
from the Mexican government
over the public mention of the
name of President Rodriguez of
Mexico in connection with arms
and munitions deals under inves-
tigation by the senate munitions
committee.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-15
Schedules For
School Opening
Are Announced

The schedules for FL Centro ele-
mentary schools on Monday, the
first day of school, will be from 8
a. m. until noon, it was announced
by the school superintendent IS off
ice today. "This will enable us to
meet the state regulation for at
tendance, and yet will not make it
necessary for any of the children to
return to school after noon,'' Sup
erintendent Weakley stated.
On Tuesday morning classes in
the elementary schools will start at
800 O'Clock. Grades l, 2 and 8
will be out at noon and grades 4
to 8 will be dismissed at O'Clock
in the afternoon. This schedule
will be followed until the weather
becomes cooler. the announcement
itates further,
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-15
Vote Recount In
Los Angeles For
Hatfield Total

LOS ANGELES, Sept. Is. W.P)-
G. j. Hatfield of San Francisco,
Republican candidate for lieuten-
ant governor, was credited with
$4,000 votes more than he actually
received in Los Angeles county it
was disclosed today in the super
visors' official canvass.
Semi-official returns gave Hat
field 191 $50 votes whereas he ac-
tually polled only 99,846, the Off
cial recount revealed. The error
was ascribed to inadvertence in the
preliminary count. Rex B. Good
cell of Los Angeles, his principal
opponent, received 57,505 votes.
The official canvass also dis
closed that Patrick J. Cooney, Los
Angeles attorney who was support
ed by Upton Sinclair for the DEM
ccratic nomination for attorney
general, gained l.772 votes in the
recount. Cooney was nosed out OF
the nomination by Attorney Gener-
al U. S. Webb.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-15
LEGISLATURE ADJ0URNS SPECIAL SESSION
Golf CroWn Won
By Californian

BROOKLINE, Mass, Sept. Is.
W.P-Lawson Little, Jr., husky in
surance salesman of San Francisco
and holder of the British amateur
title, today won the national anna
teur golf championship by beating
David (Spec) Goldman, a Dallas
lathe worker, and 7, in the sched-
uled 36-hole final
This brilliant victory, resulting
from superb driving and deadly
approach shots, made Little the
third man in golf history to win
the British and American amateur
titles in one year. Only Harold
Hilton of London, in 1911, and the
great Bobby Jones, in 1880. accom-
plished the feat before Little.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-15
LEADERS IN
STRIKE TURN
ON NRA CHIEF
Resignation Demanded As Re-
suit OF Speech Accusing Lead
ers Of Bad Faith.
JOHNSON RETALIATES
States Strike Walkout Violation
Of Previous Agreement Made
With Government.
JOHNSON RETALIATES

WASHINGTON, Sept. Is. U.P)-
Textile strike leaders demanded to-
day that Gen. Hugh S. johnson re-
sign as national recovery admins
traitor because of his speech in New
York last night in which he ac-
cused the textile union of bad faith
in calling the walkout.
Francis j. German, chairman of
the special strike committee acting
as spokesman for the United Tex
tile workers, voiced the resignation
demand and accused johnson of
not telling the truth, of bad faith
and of idleness while "the textile
workers we're being slowly stran-
gled to death. -
johnson said the walkout was an
"absolute violation" of an agree
ment with the government.
The union leader charged John
son with bad faith in his opera
ton of the textile code, and ac-
cused him of not telling the truth
last night in his attack upon the
United Textile Workers.
German added that johnson has
"the employer mind' and that he
thinks in terms of troops and ro-
bots.
"Taking advantage of a meet
ing called to discuss reorganiza-
ton of the NRA, General johnson
in New York last night delivered
another in his series of attacks on
organized labor,'' German said.
"It was a despicable piece of bus
mess. I don't like to say that
General johnson lied last night in
his attack on the United Textile
Workers, but I will say he did not
tell the truth -
johnson "is about the last one
who should charge breach of
faith,' German said.
German said that on June an
agreement was reached between
General johnson, the Cotton Tex
tile Institute and the union, but
that its first clause read "This
agreement does not prejudice the
right to Strike.''
CEDARTOW.. Ga, Sept. Is. U.P)
"A textile worker was killed by
shots fired from an automobile
which sped past a mill at Aragon
late last night, Sheriff T. P. Lyon
reported today.
The slain man was Nat Brown.
Sheriff Lyon did not know whether
he was striker or a non-union
worker. Two suspects were jailed.
ATLANTA, Sept. Is. W.P) - New
outbreaks of violence in the south
ern textile strike zone today caused
authorities to tighten military de-
fenses thrown around mill proper
ty in Georgia and the Carolinas.
The aftermath of wild night of
disorder at CarterSville. Ga, found
three men severely injured, a
fourth missing, national guardsmen
guarding mill gates, and machine
guns ready for use.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-15
Hope To SaUe Cargo
OF Burning Vessel

BALBOA, c. g., Sept. Is. U.P)-
Hope of saving the cargo of the
British freighter 3radburn. which
caught fire in the Pacific. was
abandoned today and efforts were
concentrated on salvaging the ves-
sci itself.
The Bradburn, which made port
here with fire spreading through
her holds, was grounded on the
mud flats in Balboa harbor and
the holds flooded. re-.
The origin of the blaze had not
been determined. Usual reports of
sabotage were not confirmed,
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-15
GOVERNMENT
FEARS NAz|
UPR|S|NGS
Military Forces Being Massed
On Frontier Against Refugees
In Jugoslavia.
VIENNA IS UNEASY
Appeal Made To League OF
Nations By Austrian Chieftains
Held Deeply Significant.
VIENNA IS UNEASY
BY STEWART BROWN
United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
Copyright, 1894, BY United Press
VIENNA, Sept. 15.-Reports that
another Nazi outbreak impends,
which might result in Austria IS
third civil war this year, caused
the government to take extraordin-
ary armed precautions today.
Heavy concentrations OF Austrian
military forces were at the Jugoslav-
ian frontier AS a precaution against
a putsch from more than 1000 Aus
trian Nazi refugees interned in the
neighboring country, the United
Press was informed on good auth
ority.
Uneasiness was evident in Vien-
ma. During the two preceding re-
bellions. more than 1000 persons
were killed and wounded in the
suppression first of the Socialists
in February, then the Nazis in
July. ..--1.ssz-.
The government. with the aid OF
foreign powers, JlouSiiI ~ ilau eiie
situation in hand, but its conf
dence was not shared everywhere.
Many informed persons predicted
another Nazi uprising before the
end of the year.
The appeal to the assembly OF
the League of Nations at Geneva
Wy Baron Egon Berger-Waldenegg,
Austrian foreign minister, was sig
nificant.
The immediate danger, if any,
appears in Jugoslavia, the Austrian
Nazis in Germany having been
curbed by Chancellor Adolf Hitler
because indignant big powers sus-
pected Germany fostered the July
putsch.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-15
YOUNG BANDITS
RAID GUN STORE

BAKEKRSFIELD, Sept Is. U.P)
Two young, unmasked bandits
who looted a Bakersfield sporting
goods store of a small arsenal of
rifles, shotguns, knives and am
munition, were sought throughout
California today.
The pair seized Louis Roux, a
partner in the store, as he was on
his way home last night, forced
him at pistol point to accompany
them to the store. where they
bound and gagged him after OBJ
tanning the weapons,
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-15
Bonners Must Face
Superior Court On
Assault CHARGES

Earl and Clyde Bonner appeared
before Judge Mayfield yesterday
afternoon for their preliminary
hearing on charges of assault with
intent to commit murder, robbery
and burglary.
Both were held to answer on the
first count: Earl, alone, was held
on the second count while the
third charge against the two was
continued for further consideration
Until September 81.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-15
Students Routed
As Fire RaUages
School Building

BERKELEY, Sept. Is. W.P)-Fifty
University of California co-eds,
clad in flimsy nightclothing, fled in
terror early today as fire swept
through their boarding house here.
Awakened by smoke, 17-year-old
Helen Cohn spread the alarm. The
co-eds snatched what garments
we're handy and rushed screaming
from the building. None of them
was injured.
Firemen confined the flames to
the interior of the structure with
damage estimated at $4,000. 1t
was believed the fire started from
a cigarette. ~ H-r"
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-15
Teacher Foiis
Fiend Attack

A woman school teacher was at
tackled by an unknown man near
the Mulberry school about $3.50
O'Clock last night, according to a
report made to local police and
county officials.
The man, according to the report,
dragged the teacher into nearby
bushes and through fence tear
ing a great part of her clothing
from her body She struggled sc
fiercely against his efforts to at
tack her that he left after throw
ing her into a canal.
No description was given of the
man to aid police in their search.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-15
WRECK KILLS TWO
SAN BERNARDINO, Sep

SAN BERNARDINO, Sept. Is.
W.H-Robert Urban, 38, Los An
geles, was in a serious condition
today from injuries sustained in an
an automobile accident last night
which took the life of Harry v.
Jones, As, also of Los Angeles.
Jones was killed instantly when the
automobile in which the two were
enroute to Detroit struck a bridge
on the Arrowhead trail. Jones body
was taken to Barstow.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-15
Baseball Scores
National League

st. Louis at New York, postponed,
rain.
Chicago at Brooklyn, 2 games
postponed, rain.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-15
American League

Boston at Chicago, postponed.
rain.