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Evening star., 1935-11-10
NAVY CONFERENCE
OUTLOOK DARKENS.
London ParIey Expected to
Be Short, With Little
80. Results.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Multiple complexities in the general
international situation were cited in
informed circles here yesterday as the
basis for widespread belief that the
Forthcoming London Naval Conference
would be of short duration and little
result.
The expectation was expressed in
some diplomatic and naval quarters
that it was likely that conference dis
russions would be largely devoted to
the size of vessels rather than to
aggregate tonnage limits.
At about the same time that this
view was expressed President ROoSe-
Welt conferred over the tea table with
Norman Davis, Ambassador at large.
who has participated in many OF the
diplomatic negotiations surrounding
the preliminaries for the conference.
Silent on Conference.
Neither White House officials nor
Davis would discuss the visit
In other quarters the Ethiopian
situation was mentioned as an out
standing obstacle in the way of ac-
accomplishment Should difficulties there
lessen before the December conference
date long series of other complica-
tions would remain.
The African war was said in in
formed circles to have had some effect
on the British attitude toward any
Limitation on total tonnage by bring
ing home to England the view it is
necessary to her to be able to control
the Mediterranean.
Through the Mediterranean and the
Suez Canal lies the shortest route from
England to her possessions in India
.and Africa.
Feel Navy Inadequate.
Some informed observers said that
sso great had been the drain on the
British Navy for putting ring OF guns
around the Mediterranean that the
british Isles were left none too we'll
sprotected.
For this reason these observers
Said there was a belief in Official circles
}that Great Britain would not be too
eereatly disposed to talk in terms OF
.agsregate fleet limitations.
A series of other complications in
scluded
1-Britain's policy of having a navy
sequal to the combined strength OF any
itwo continental powers.
I 2-The Anglo German pact which
gives Germany the right to build up
= to 35 per cent of Britain's force.
I 3-French anxiety at German ar
smament.
I 4-Italy's naval expansion policy.
5-Japan's remuneration of the
.S-5-3 ratio laid down in the Wash
ington and London treaties and her
expression of determination to seek
=, equality with the United States and
[: Great Britain.
I Z. s. Committed to Parity.
!, The United States is definitely COM
/ mitted to policy of parity with Great
! Britain and this country's present
naval construction program is calcu-
lated to bring the Navy up to treaty
limits by 1912.
Construction of one more l,500-ton
destroyer and a 528-ton submarine
will bring Japan up to the limit set
in the treaties.
Under those treaties the United
States is permitted to lay down before
December 81. 1886, an additional ag-
gregate of 7l,135 tons and Britain
90,697 tons.
Evening star., 1935-11-10
SILVER POLICY IRKs TOXIC.

Declares China Should Have Consulted
Japan on Currency Reform.
TOXIC, November 9 [P.-Japan's
powerful war department, in sternly
opposing China's new silver program,
said today this country cannot over
look an attempt by Great Britain to
reduce China to a semi-colonial sta
tus"
The reference was to reports that a
British loan of Gl0,OO0,000 (about S50,-
100000 is impending.
A spokesman for the foreign Office
also opposed Markings plan for ma
tionalization of silver.
Regrets" Currency Reform.
"The Japanese government deeply
regrets that China has suddenly an
nounced a currency reform which
should have been formulated only
after consultation with Japan, OBJ
tanning Japan's cooperation in view
of Sino-Japanese relations" he said.
GA four-point financial decree an
nounced November by H. H. Kung,
Evening star., 1935-11-10
igures deliver a rigorous denunciation

figures deliver a rigorous denunciation
of war.
3 Maj. Gen. Smedley d. Butler. re-
tired head of the United States
Marines, offered this proposal in the
interest Of peace:
THAT the Government pay the busi-
ness and commercial interests not to
trade with warning nations"
Gen. Butler criticised the present
neutrality act as similar to one the
country had before the World War.
He asserted that the people should
have the final word on a question Of
entering war.
There should be an amendment"
he said. providing for a referendum
by the people on a question of war.
I'VE ought to have a man in the
White House with courage to keep
Evening star., 1935-11-10
Salt Production.

Production of salt by the evapora-
tion Of sea water, the biggest industry
in Alden, Arabia, totaled 128,952 tons
in the first five months of this year, or
nearly 10 per cent more than in the
like period of 1894,
Evening star., 1935-11-10
BUTLER ASKS PEACE
BY EXECUTIVE EDICT
Former Head Of U. S. Marines
Tells Philadelphians That Neu.
trality Act Is Weak.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, November g.
Eight Thousand men, women and chill
dren philadelphians paraded in the
name. Of peace today and heard one
Of the Nations best known military
Evening star., 1935-11-10
Malleuvers
Continued From First Page.)

tNUltlIlucu ETOIll FlISb FdSt.J
of the Pearl Harbor naval air base,
who few in one of the fast ships. said
the armada might not visit Midway
Islands this time, but probably would
continue on to other dots of land
nearer French Frigate Shoals.
Beyond their immediate destination
lay other tiny specks of land. which
the Navy eventually may utilize in its
defense system. They will be visited
later by still more powerful long range
planes.
This far-fung island system in
cludes UnalaSka, largest of the Aleu-
tian chain. 1000 miles north of Mid
way; the Midway group. and Wake
and Guam Islands.
The latter three groups have been
made into bases for the commercial
airline about to start operation be-
tween California and China.
Evening star., 1935-11-10
ORGANISING FLYER
AND PASSENGERS SAFE
Mexican Pilot and Two With Him
Finally Reach Civiliza.

LlOu.
BY the Associated Press.
MERIDA Mexico, November g.
The pilot and two passengers OF an
afrplane which disappeared after leav-
ing Merida October Is for Payo
Obispo. have arrived safely at Santa
Cruz de Bravo, Quintana Roo, it was
learned today.
The report did not explain what in
terrupted the flight nor say what was
the fate of the plane. The pilot was
Jose Torres Lopez. The ship carried
two Latin American passengers.
The airplane was one Of two which
disappeared about the same time on
regular flight from Merida to Payo
Obispo. The other plane was piloted
by Donald Cardiff. California aviator.
who with his co-pilot and five pas
sengers, hacked his way through the
juneles after forced landing near
Bacalan to arrive safely at Payo
Obispo last Tuesday.
Evening star., 1935-11-10
Clerical Painting.

From the seventh to the twelfth
century painting and its secrets re-
manned almost exclusively in the
hands Of the clergy.
Evening star., 1935-11-10

Giant Ship to Leave Alameda Monday
on Pacific Flight.
SAN DIEGO, Calf, November 9
American Airways' 62-ton
China clipper, destined for trans
Evening star., 1935-11-10
Shanghai
Continued From First Page.)

Continued From First Page.)
Chinese troops are stationed there, in
accordance with 1882 agreement
under which demilitarized zone was
eSta ablished.
1t extends for 20 miles on all sides
of the settlement.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-15
AWAIT DECISION in POWER CASE
Federal Judge Takes District-Power Company Suit
Under Submission

LOS ANGELES. May Is. U,P)-
Arguments over the application of
the Nev-Cal Electric Securities
company for a permanent injunc-
ton restraining the Imperial Irri-
cation District from erecting a $12,-
100000 power plant we're being con-
sidered today by Federal Judge
Harry A. Hollzer.
The court took the case under
advisement after company attor-
neys in lengthy argument pro-
tested tho construction project as
illegal. They contended the state
act empowering irrigation districts
to build power plants is unconsti-
tutional and maintained that the
Southern Sierras Power company is
supplying the district in adequate
manner.
The application for a restrain
ing order was attacked by district
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-15
CLUbWONEN'S
FIGHT FAILS
To De VELOP

DEL MONTE. Calf, May Is.
W.P) - Anticipated fireworks over
the presidency of the California
Federation of Women's clubs, in
convention here, fizzled today and
the election of Mrs. w. d. James
of Hanford virtually was conceded.
Mrs. w. S. Cairns, Lindsay,
spoken of as Mrs. James opponent,
was not nominated from the floor,
as had been rumored would be
done when the report of the NOM
nations committee was presented.
Nominations on the ticket with
Mrs. James were: vice-preSident,
Mrs. Thomas Richards, Chico,
northern district; president
at-large, Mrs. George A. Riggs,
Oakland, Alameda district; record
ing secretary, Mrs. George A. Hall,
Ventura, Los Angeles district;
treasurer, Mrs. George Bunnell,
Redlands, southern district; audi
tor, Mrs. Duncan S. Robinson, Rio
Vista, San Francisco district
The only apparent contest de
veloping was between Mrs. Hall and
Mrs. Walter F. Malone, Montebel-
10, for secretary. Mrs. Malone IS
constituents have until the close OF
the afternoon sessions to sign anom-
mating petition with so slgners.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-15
INJURIES MAY
BE FATAL To
No TED HERO

WOOL, England, May Is U,P) -
Col. T. E. Lawrence remained un-
conscious today at Wool Military
hospital suffering from a frac-
tured skull.
The hero OF the Arabs revolt in
the desert, which changed the his
tory of the Near East" was kept
alive only by his super strong con-
Stitution, specialists said.
Lawrence sacrificed himself to
save the life of Albert HargreaveS,
IS, butchers delivery boy. On his
famous black motorcycle, he was
racing Monday near his cottage at
Moreton when at a turn he saw
HargreaveS. Lawrence swerved his
machine just in time. The boy, on
his bicycle, was grazed and thrown
to the road but was uninjured.
So fast was Lawrence going, it
was learned today, that he was
catapulted over 100 feet through
the air, and crashed on the road
with such force that parts of his
clothing were torn off and imbed-
,led in the tar surface.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-15
REPUBLICANS FLAY PRESIDENTS AAA TALK
State Bond Election Recommended By Committe
SERA Officials On
Visit To Valley

Max Lewis, SERA field agent for
Southern California, is in Ell Cen
tro today on one of his routine Wis
its to the valley.
F.. r. Overton, is here to make an
investigation of all SERA recrea-
tional projects in the valley. This
afternoon he made a trip to the
San Diego mountain areas to in
vestigate possible sites for con-
templated camp to be situated in
the mountains. Tonight he is to
meet with special group from the
chamber of commerce at the Cali
fornia hotel relative to this matter
of recreational projects and sum-
mer camp.
D. L. Bryant, of the San Fran
cisco office, met with the local
auditing department today at SERA
headquarters to explain the new
procedure recently introduced to
handle relief expenditure accounts.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-15
POLICE CHIEF
BREAKS RIBS
WHILE FISHING

Thrown against the railing of the
boat from which he was fishing
when he slipped on the wet deck
j. Sterling Oswalt, local police
chief. sustained two fractured ribs
yesterday. Chief Oswalt was with
a party Of local fishermen fishing
from a deep sea boat off the San
Diego coast.
Oswalt continued his fishing and
when the party returned to the ho-
tel at which they we're stopping
in San Diego he was examined by
a physician who stated that the
ribs had been fractured. The fish
ermen returned from the coast
last night.
Despite his injury Oswalt kept
pace with others in the group and
when the days sport was over it
was found that he and Mayor An
derson each had caught an equal
sized fish, and they divided the
pot between them. A. N. Bucklin
was next on the honor roll.
In the party were Chief Oswalt
Mayor Charles Anderson, A. NJ
Bucklin, Gordon Scriven, John Nc
Neece, L. r. jefferson, B. Kobata,
Y. Konishi, Charles Farrel and
Harold Keeler.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-15
HASTINGS
LEADS At TACK
ON ROOSEVELT
Charges Chief Executive Acted
Like Bully" In Condemning
Critics
FISH ALSO MAKES REPLY
Battle Considered Opening Gun
In 1886 Presidential Election
Campaign
By WILLIAM A. BELL

United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, May 15.-Sen.
Daniel o. Hastings, chairman of
the Republican senatorial cam
paign committee, asserted today
that President Roosevelt acted like
a small town bully" in his ad-
dress to farmers supporting the
AAA program.
Hastings was particularly in
censed by Mr.. Roosevelt's state
ment to the 1000 farmers yesterday
that "a great many of the high and
mighty" have been Lying" about
the new deals" farm program.
"The Presidents speech" said
Hastings, reminds me of the small
town bully, who boldly and cour-
ageously calls his opponents foul
names when he has his own crowd
about him to protect him."
Rep. Hamilton Fish, Jr, (Rep),
New York, followed up Hastings
attack, asserting in the house that
the President "lost his head" in
his address to the farmers and
that the "'new deal Pied Pipers
are leading the farmers in a dance
of DEATH"
The Republican denunciation
came as the farmers closed the
business part of the crusade to
Washington by adopting resolutions
calling on congress to continue and
strengthen the AAA. The resolu-
tions denounced the powerful or
ganized groups which are attempts
ing to destroy the AAA."
The farmers, here on their own
initiative and at their own expense,
as testimonial for the AAA, ga
thered on the south lawn of the
White House to hear the President
condemn AAA critics in almost
mocking terms.
A bedlam of applause swept the
crowd as the President promised
there would be no turning back
from the administrations farm pro-
gram and promised, in effect, even
greater benefits.
Seen As Opening Gun
The Presidents speech, one of
the most vigorous replies to op-
ponents of the New Deal" which
has come from the White House.
was viewed by many as the open
ing gun of the 1886 Presidential
campaign.
1t offered a new campaign slogan
farm prosperity under the new
Continued on page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-15
THIRD TRIAL
EXPECTED IN
LANSON CASE
Jury Discharged Last Night
When 1t Is Unable To Arrive
AT Verdict

SAN JOSE, Calf May Is. U.P)-
David A. Iamson, former Stanford
University Press executive, today
awaited announcement of the deciS-
ion which will determine whether
he must stand trial a third time
for the alleged murder of his wife,
dark-haired Allene Thorpe Lamson.
Superior Judge Robert r. Syer,
who once sentenced LamSon to
death, dismissed jury of seven
men and five women last night af
ter they had deliberated evidence
presented at Lamson IS second trial
for 95 hours and 10 minutes with
out reaching a verdict.
The dismissal continued the stale
mate following Santa Clara coun-
tvs longest and most expensive
criminal trial.
Neither defense nor prosecution
was satisfied with the outcome of
the arduous trial. The case was
submitted to the jury after 81 days
of jury selection, testimony and
final argument by opposing coun-
sell
Lamson, his face lined and drawn
from the ordeal of two trials and
two years Imprisonment, including
nearly a year in San Quentin IS
death row, expressed disappoint-
ment when the jury was dismissed.
81 still hope for ultimate vindi-
cation or exoneration, he said
The state IS attitude, to be dis
closed officially at new trial hear
! ing Friday, was believed to favor a
third inquisition. An indication oi
what may tranSpire at that time
was seen in District Attorney Fred
Thomas statement before Judge
Syer dismissed the panel.
To Interview Jury
'The attitude of the jury will
play an important part in our de-
cision on q retrial," he said.
"Should the jury stand to 3 for
conviction. I shall make it a point
to interview the three fayoring ac-
quittal, to determine the basis for
their belief. In this way, it will be
possible to determine whittier the
state should make any changes in
its case in the event of third
trial.
The jury IS unalterable lineup was
as Thomas had speculated. Three
jurors held out stubbornly for ac-
quittal in 30 ballots the talesman
were said to have cast.
Nine of the group favored con-
viction. All of the five women re-
portedly believed Lamson guilty.
The jury was not balloting on a
first degree murder verdict, the
one voted by Lamson's first trial
jury, but apparently had been con-
sidering a second degree conviction
throughout its deliberations.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-15
M<& R1u~
Q 1888. NeHaught Syndieata. fna
CHAMBER HAS
FINE PROGRAM
FOR TONIGHT I

At this evenings dinner meet
ing of the chamber of commerce,
according to announcement made
by President w. H. Tyler, Jr., one
of the speakers will be E. Rodney
Overton, assistant supervisor of re-
creation for all Southern California
and the state board of education.
He will talk on recreational plans
for Imperial county. Overton has
devoted almost his lifetime to this
work and is forceful and enter
tanning speaker.
In addition, Sam H. Greene,
manager of the California Dairy
Council and G. H. Rothe, in charge
of the councils Los Angeles office,
will speak on the advance of dairy
ing in Imperial county.
The dinner will be held at Hotel
California, Fifth and Broadway, at
$50 o'clock, and large attend
ance is expected. The various dairy
groups in Ell Centre have been con-
tacting dairymen and urging them
to attend, and the meeting should
be large one and an interesting
one, according to Tyler.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-15
Valley Men Get
State Positions

1t was unofficially reported here
this morning that Frank Weir and
Earl Pound have been given pos
itions with the liquor control de-
partment of the state board of
equalization.
Weir, former county assessor, has
been with the department since the
first of the year but Pound was
appointed to his new post only re-
Gently. He was formerly a men,
Der of the irrigation district board
of directors from the Brawley di-
vision and is a member of the
county Democratic central commit
tee.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-15
GARNER NOT
IN FAVOR Of
BONUS vE To
Vice-President Urges Vote To
Override 1t As Being Good
Political Strategy"
BY RONALD G. VAN TINE
United Press Staff Correspondent

Ohhttu ETeSS StdII Correspondents
WASHINGTON, May 15.-Vice-
President John N Garner was re-
ported today to have suggested to
certain senators that it would be
"good politics" to vote to override
a presidential veto of the Patman
inflationary bonus bill.
The genial Texan thus placed
himself in open disagreement with
Mr.. Roosevelt ever the controver-
sial question.
1t was learned authoritatiyely
that several senators who are unde'
cided how TO vote have been ad.
vised by Garner that a ballot cast
against the President would have
no harmful effect.
Garner, whose 80 years experience
in congress have made him an as
tute politician, declined to confirm
or deny the reports.
His political philosophy on the
bonus issue was represented in this
manner:
A veto couched in strong lam
guage will please business interests
fearful of the $2,000,000,000 cur
rency expansion provision of the
Patman measure. Passage over a
veto will please the veterans and
leave both groups friendly to the
administration when elections are
held next year.
"There IS no doubt about tit Is
damn good politics. said one
Democrat who plans to vote against
the President.
Meanwhile, Patman leaders can
celled plans to send the bill to the
White House Immediately when
they learned that several support
ers were leaving the capitol to at
tend funeral services for former
Senator John S. Cohen at Atlanta
Ga.
Sen. Elmer Thomas Dem0 Okla
homa, leader OF. the group, said the
measure would be delayed probably
until his forces are again at full
strength. He is also awaiting the
return of Sen. Robert Reynolds
(Dem.) North Carolina, who has
been investigating charges of NAL
administration in the Virgin Islands
and the arrival of Denis Chavez
(Dem) recently appointed to sue.
ceed the late Sen. Bronson Cutting
(Rep.) New Mexico.
There were reports Garner's at
titude had caused a shift in senti-
ment favorable to the Patmar
group, but administration leaders
remained confident of sustaining a
veto by comfortable margin.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-15

attorneys who claimed it did not
state a definite cause for action.
The district, furthermore, is en-
powered to build the plant because
of an option the state awarded the
district, attorney argued. They de-
clared every irrigation district in
the state will be plunged into liti-
cation if permanent injunction is
granted.
Judge Hollzer is expected to hand
down a ruling within a few days.
Harry w. Horton, chief counsel
for the Imperial Irrigation District,
who is conducting its case against
the Nev-Cal Electric Securities COM
pany, had not returned today from
Los Angeles.
District officials were hoping for
an early decision by Judge Hollzer
on the case.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-15
COURT ORDERS
APE MAN To
Be EXECUTED

LOS ANGELES, May Is. W.P)-
Thomas Edward Dugger, So-called
'ape man" who was convicted of
attacking three middle-aged wom-
en-, was sentenced today to die on
the gallows at San Quentin prison
July 26.
Superior Judge Thomas P. White
also sentenced him to two life
terms, to run consecutively, and
imposed other sentences on remain
ing felony counts totaling II to 1l9
years.
The death sentence was imposed
on the tenth count of the indict-
ment which charged kidnapping for
the purpose of robbery.
81 am imposing the additional
sentences" the court explained
"to prevent Dugger from ever
again becoming a menace to So
ciety, for he is psychopathic, per-
vert of the sadistic type. -
The drastic sentences were passed
after Judge White overruled Dug
gers motion for a new trial. He
heard his doom pronounced without
a flicker of emotion. His attorney
gave oral notice of appeal.
Dugger stood trial on two pleas.
one of not guilty and the other OF
not guilty by reason of insanity
Psychiatrists differed as 70 his san
ity, the majority holding he was
rational when he attacked his three
wonen victims brltally beating two
of them and criminally asSaulLlng
the other.
considering Californla's IS kid
naping law and the brutality and
yiciousness OF the attacks, JudRc
White said. "death was the only
verdict that could have been re-
| turned.'
Dugger says he has brother
and sister in San Antonio, Texas.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-15
NeWlyWeds At
San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO, May Is UP
Shielded by guards and the pri-
vacy of an exclusive mob Hill"
hotel, the Count and Countess
Kurt Haugwitz-Reventlow began
their honeymoon here today.
They arrived in San Francisco
last night after a hasty automobile
trip from Reno. New, where the
Countess-the former Princess Bar
bara Hutton Mdivani-severed the
last threads of her shattered
romance with Prince Alexis Mdiyani
of Georgia and married the titled
Danish nobleman "a hours later.
In a four-room. 18th floor bridal
suite the couple rested today in
preparation for a round of ex-
elusive receptions planned by Bar
bara'S socialite former school COM
panions.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-15
Report AiruDays
Beacon Failed

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May 10 W,R
Investigators for the department
of commerce, inquiring into the
crash last week of the TWA liner
near Atlanta, Mo, today considered
the possibility that the radio
marker beacon at Kirksville was
not working the morning of the
accident.
Vernon R. Powers, flying mail
plane for the Braniff Airways be-
tween here and Chicago, testified
at the department of commerce
hearing that the morning the TWA
plane crashed he passed near the
Kirksville beacon and did not hear
it. The TWA plane had been
ordered on to Kirksville when fog
made a landing impossible here.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-05-15
Loot Taken From
Old Plaza Church

LOS ANGELES, May l5. W'R -
Invading the sanctuary of the Pla-
"a church, the city's oldest house
of worship, thieves last night stole
two altar pieces valued at $500,
police were informed today.
Father James Arans reported the
loss of a gold altar vessel, studded
with gems, and pike He said he
discovered the theft when he open
ed the church for early mass this
morning. He believed the thief or
thieves hid in the church over
night.