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Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-05
ARMY OFFICER
DIES IN bRAW[

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. S. U.P)-
Major Charles A. Ross, U. S. A., was
injured fatally early today in what
police described as night club
braWl.
Ross and several other army Off
GERS, all stationed at the San Fran
cisco presdio on the staff of the
30th infantry, quarreled with at
tendants at the club Cairo on Broad
way when refused admission.
The stories of the night club
force and of the army men varied
as to the cause of the injuries whioh
caused Ross IS death.
2: The army officers said that the
night club attendants had thrown
the major down flight of stairs.
They picked him up unconscious
and took him to hospital where
it was learned he was dead His
skull had been fractured.
Glen Gaviotti, proprietor of the
club, told police Ross had fallen
while his employees were trying to
eject the army men.
Gaviotti and two walters, Joe
Vanessi and Sam Erich, were held
for questioning. Police considered
the case as having possibilities of
manslaughter rather than of mur-
der charges.
1t. Winfred Kelton and Major
William F. Lee suffered slight in
jurieS in the brawl SHELTON IS lip
was cut and Lee IS left eye bruised.
Col. Douglas Potts, commander
of the 30th infantry. prepared to
name an official board of inquiry.
The regiment yesterday celebrated
the anniversary of its founding and
Ross and his companions went to
the club after the birthday cele-
bration.
Major Ross is native of Michi-
gan. He had been in the army
since 1918. His wife and two child
ren survive.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-05
Militia Guards
Condemned Negro

CLEVELAND, Miss, Feb. 5. U.P)-
National guard troops today escort
ed James H. Coyner, giant Negro
under sentence to hang, back to
Jackson for safe-keeping after a
brief trial behind barbed wire bar
ricadeS in court room closely
guarded by soldiers.
A jury, after celebrating five
minutes, found Coyner guilty of
numbering Aurelius B. Turner and
his wife. Judge Walter Alcorn, Jr.,
Immediately sentenced him to hang
March 5.
While the trial was in progress a
crowd of several hundred milled
around the barbed wire entangle-
ment the national guard had erect
ed around the court house. Sol
diers with bayoneted rifles stood in
the courtroom.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-05
NEW MOVE To
HELP MOONEY

WASHINGTON, Feb. S. W,p -
Attorneys for Thomas j. Mooney
today filed with the supreme court
petition for a rehearing OF
MONEYS plea to be allowed TO
file a petition for an original writ
of habeas corpus for release from
San Quentin, California, peniten-
tiary.
The move was regarded as n
technical preliminary to filing o
habcas corpus plea with the Call
fornia courts, step suggested By
the supreme court two weeks ago
when it refused to entertain the
Mooney release application.
At that time the court held that
1t could not entertain Moneys
petition because he had not ex-
hausted his recourse in the state
courts which have so far refused
to liberate him. Mooney has been
in prison since soon after the pre-
paredness day parade bomb explo-
sion Of 1915.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-05
INDICTMENTS
SOUGHT FOR
PRISON BREAK
District Attorney Names Eleven
Counts Against San Quentin
Prisoners

SAN RAFAEL, Calf, Feb. S. W.D
-Four convicts today faced the pos
sibilty of paying with their lives on
the gallows for their parts in the
recent jailbreak at San Quentin
prison.
District Attorney Albert E. Bag
shaw, who killed one of the fugi-
tives, asked the Marin county gzAnd
jury to indict the quartet on IL
counts, one of which included the
charge of kidnapping with violence
and robbery, an offence punishable
with death under California's
"Lindbergh" law.
The men named in Bagshaw's
charges were Alex Mackey and Joe
Christy of Los Angeles, and Fred
Landers and Clyde Stevens of San
Francisco. Mackey, Christy, and
Landers had direct parts in the es-
cape attempt in which Rudolph
straight was killed. Stevens is ac-
cused of providing the revolvers the
plotterS used.
The grand jury continued It's
hearing on the district attorneys
charges until February IL.
Stevens was brought from Fol-
som prison to testify. He refused to
talk, saying that he already had
said too much" in admitting, &C
cording to San Francisco police,
that he had sent the guns into the
prison. He is serving three life terms
now on bank robbery charges.
Bagshaw brought indictments on
charges Of burglary for entering
Warden James B. Holohan's home;
burglary for taking clothing and
valuableS from members of the
state parole board whom the con-
victs kidnapped; grand theft for TAX
ing Holohan'S automobile; conspir-
acy to break prison, and kidnapping.
Holohan was beaten and injured
seriously, allegedly by Straight.
A posse cornered the fugitives
near Valley Ford. After straight was
killed the survivors surrendered.
Stevens was captured the next day.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-05
Valtee To Fight
For His Fortune

NEW YORK, Feb. S. U.P)-Rudy
Vallee, who rose to fortune on the
wings of song, came into supreme
court today to defend his bankroll
and possibly his reputation against
the onslaughts of the seven attor-
neys for his estranged wife, Fay
Webb Vallee. former film actress.
So far Mrs. Vallee has indicated
she is interested only in the Groom
er's wealth insofar as it relates to
increasing a $100 a week separation
agreement she contends was foist-
ed upon her by fraud. But her at
torneys are said to be holding other
evidence of "a sensational nature"
in allegiance.
Rudy is determined to resist all
efforts to prove he pleaded poverty
when the agreement was arranged,
allegedly concealing an income sew
eral t9'Ses that of the president of
the United States.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-05

Timon Taylor, Imperial, reported
that while he was fixing a tire two
miles east of here at 5:45 O'Clock
last night, he was struck by car
driven by the unknown Hindu. He
stated that he was not injured and
that the Hindu did not stop after
the accident.
At 6:35 O'Clock the second report
was recorded. This states that a
half mile west of Seal Heights and
north to where the road crosses a
drain ditch, v. Richards, driving a
truck for the Imperial Valley Milk
Producers association, skidded off
the road into the ditch.
While he was absent to telephone
for tow car, someone drove into
the rear end of his truck. No one
was there when Richards returned
but he was told that witness had
seen a Hindu crawling up over the
ditch bank at that spot. 1t is be-
lieved that the same Hindu who ran
into Taylor earlier in the evening
was responsible for the second acci-
dent.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-05
Charge Violations
OF Alien Land LatU

VISALIA, Calf, Feb. S. U.P)-Ev-
idence supporting charges that
wholesale violations of the alien
land law have occurred in the Ivan
hoe district of Tulare county will
be submitted to the county grand
Jury Friday, officials planned to-
day.
The grand jury investigation was
ordered after resentful white farm
ers in the Ivanhoe district COM
planned that japanese were crowd
ing out the whites there and in
other sections of the county by OBJ
tanning, through associations, own
ership or leases on large acreages.
Secret meetings were held by
white farmers in the Iyanhoe dis
trict some time ago, but, according
to reports recalling here, they were
merely to discuss legal means OF
ridding themselves of what they re-
Qarded as :" "cut-throat competi-
tion." County authorities said no
"vigilante" action had been dis
cussed. -----..A-AA
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-05
MAY DECIDE
GOLD CLAUSE
ON SATURDAY
Reasons Cited For Belief Deci-
sion Will Be Given This Week.
end Instead Of Monday
BY JOHN A. REICHMANN

Copyright 1895 by United Press
WASHINGTON, Feb. S. - A high
government official close to the ad-
ministration's monetary program
said today the supreme court may
hand down its opinion in the gold
clause cases Saturday afternoon.
He based his belief on the con-
tention that should the decision be
rendered on Saturday, the domes-
tic markets would have all of Sum
day in which to digest the ruling.
Market considerations, he said,
would work against decision next
Monday as that is the eve of Lin
coins birthday. Domestic markets
are all closed while foreign mar
kets are open.
A Monday decision would there
fore give foreign traders on open
markets an opportunity to profit by
informations while domestic trad
ers would be severely handicapped.
Indications that the court may
be taking market trading into con-
sideration in timing its opinion are
regarded by the administration as
the most disturbing factor about the
courts deliberations.
Markets Being Watched
Those close to the administrator
note that, if the decision is favor
able, little need be feared from the
speculative response. On the con-
trary, there would be an emphatic
reaction fro mthe depressing effect
the consideration of the case by
the tribunal has had on stock and
commodity markets. The court, they
argue, aware of this situation, must
be watching the market for some
particular reason.
The action of the court Saturday
when 1t broke all precedent to say
that it would not decide the gold
cases at yesterdays session was re-
garded as an acknowledgement of
market interest.
Substantiation also was given the
belief that the securities and ex-
change commission would close the
market if reading of the opinions
began during market hours.
The only provision established by
law is that the court meet on the
first Monday in October. Hours of
sitting, hearing of argument and
opinions are established
by practice.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-05
INTERRUPT
HARVESTING
Of LETTUCE
Other Crops Also Suffer Slight
ly According To Survey By
Agricultural Commissioner
SCHOOLS OMIT SESSIONS
Communication Lines Function
ing Normally While Transpor-
tation Is Not Handicapped

Imperial Valley agriculture suf-
fered somewhat today from the
rain storm of last night, practical
ly all harvesting of crops ceasing
as fields were too muddy for pick
ing.
Lettuce ready to ship will suffer
damage, says B. A. Harrigan, agri-
cultural commissioner. whose office
is making a survey on the amount
of damage done. Likewise peas
and tomatoes, Strawberries will suf-
fer due to the inability to harvest
the crops. A few haygrowers had
hay down when the storm occurred
and they also suffered loss.
Rain is always an inconvenience
to dairymen, making feeding and
milking conditions difficult as the
corrals and yards are muddy. Bad
roads also make it difficult to get
milk and cream to market on time
Roads were impossible in some
spots although where grayeled,
travel was possible, if slow.
Due to the mud and rain the city
elementary schools and the high
school held no sessions today. Guy
A. Weakley, district superintendent.
states that the elementary schools
will open tomorrow unless another
storm occurs. The high school IS
session tomorrow is also dependent
upon weather conditions.
County schools, where road con-
ditions were difficult. also closed
today according to reports at the
county office.
AS for Ell Centre itself streets
were muddy, cutters over running,
in fact, in front of the old Fox I'M
perial theatre, the street looked
much like a large lake this morN4
ing.
A number of motorists this morn
ing found their cars firmly en-
trenched in driveways and were un-
able to move them, taxi firms do
ing big business.
Yuma Line Out
The telephone company reported
little difficulty on account of the
storm, wet cable at Imperial be-
ing the most serious and even that
was repaired IN short time with
a minimum interruption of service.
Service on the Yuma line of the
Southern Sierras Power company
was interrupted for approximately
two hours. Investigation resulted
in finding IL insulators which had
evidently been damaged by shoot
ing during dry weather, the trou-
BILE not being apparent until the
rain resulted in the inSulators be-
coming grounded Repairs we're
made and service resumed.
The Southern Pacific company
reported no difficulties with train
service either on the valley route
or the main line.
Before leaving for Coachella this
morning, Fred A. Baughman, local
observer for the U. S. frost service,
made the following prediction based
on weather conditions at a. M:
conditions are favorable for un-
settled weather tonight and tomor-
row with occasional showers.
Baughman is in Coachella where
he met Floyd d. Young, meteor
ologist for the u. S. Weather Bu-
reau, the two speaking at meeting
in that city.
The valley received almost an
inch of rain, Howard Emmons, local
observer for the U. S. weather bu-
reau, reporting at noon today that
the rainfall was 93 inches.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-05
PLACED
IN LAND LAW
BY ARIZONA

PHOENIX, Ariz., Feb. S. U.R)-A
new set of teeth was being nodded
for the Arizona alien land law in
the state legislature today contain
ing drastic regulations concerning
farming and raising of agricultural
crops.
Terms of the bill would require
aliens to register with the secretary
of states office upon entering the
state and would prohibit any alien
ineligible to citizenship, from farm
ing. owning, or acquiring property
within the borders of Arizona.
Only aliens eligible to citizenship
would be able 10 cultivate land or
property.
The bill is the outgroWth of re-
cent bombings and reigns of terror
throughout the fertile Salt River
valley which brought about inter-
national complications when Japan
protested to Washington on the
acts of vandalism.
No alien Oriental will be allowed
to live, cultivate or so much as work
on agricultural land where products
are raised for human consumption
under terms of the proposed meas
ure.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-05
LITTLE REAL DAMAGE CAUSED HERE BY RAIN
Voters Will Choose District Officials Tomorrow
Nudist Colony May
Be Chicken Farm

ELSINORE, Calf, Feb. S. W.R -
Southern California's original mud
ist colony may become a chicken
farm. Undressed chickens, of course.
Hobart Classy, the president of
Elysia, Inc. and Peter McConville,
the business manager, admitted to-
day that dissension has arisen be-
tween them over financial policies
of the colony.
Either McConville or 1 must co."
admitted classy.
II am willing to either buy or sell
my interest in Elysia," said McCon-
vile.
But there the matter stood. Nei-
ther would state who would make
the eventual decision. Nor would
they discuss details of their differ
enceS.
"If I buy Glassey's interest" said
McConville, Il may start chicken
ranch. Dressed chickens? Don't be
silly"
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-05
Court Sets Date
In SteagaU Case

Clyde Steagall, charged with fall
ure to stop and render aid after an
automobile accident entered a plea
of not guilty to the charge this
morning before Judge Vaughn
Thompson in superior court. Feb
ruary Is was set by the court as
date of Steafall's trial on this
charge.
Defendant is charged with hav-
ing run down two boys on the
highway near Winterhaven early
last month and is said to have left
the scene of the accident without
rendering aid to the victims.
Sam Smith, Jr., entered a plea of
not guilty to contributing to the de-
linquency of a minor and in the alb
sence of his attorney the case was
continued until February Ia for
further action.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-05

D. H. Martin, Kansas City, w. p.
Bullock, Chicago, r. Barlow, M.
Carter and L. V. McCardle, the last
three from Los Angeles, appeared
before the supervisors yesterday af-
ternoon to discuss ways and means
of meeting the debt of No. 8 road
district bonds. This group repre-
sented interests holding at present
over $500,000 of these bonds.
The matter was discussed to some
length particularly relative to the
possibility of a refunding issue
which would be spread over
longer period of time to take care
of this debt, but nothing definite
in the matter was accomplished at
yesterdays session.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-05
SUPERVISORS CHANGE BOUNDARIES
Line Between Districts No. And No. 2 Altered For
Road Purposes

Alterations of existing boundary
lines between supervisorial districts
No. and 2 were made by the board
of county supervisors at their meet
ing yesterday afternoon. This was
accomplished by means of an
amendment to the existing county
ordinance which first determined
the boundary lines.
According to the new outline, the
territory south of Highway No. 80
from Coyote Wells westward to the
county line is now included within
the boundaries of the No. / district.
This change was accomplished with
the view of securing improved roads
for more direct route from Noun
tain Springs to the city of Calex-
leo. .E -. .s e.. e--.t.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-05
Gales To Leoue
For Home Tonight

LOS ANGELES, Feb. S. WH--Gen.
Plutarco Elias Gales, former presi-
dent of Mexico who came here to
be operated upon for gall stones two
weeks ago, will leave for Mexico
City by train tonight, it was an
nounced at st. Vincent's hospital
today.
Whether the former iron man"
of Mexico. his health returning ra-
pidly, is rushing back to help curb
a reported revolutionary movement,
could not be learned. He will be ac-
companied by two Mexican medical
experts, DR.. j. De Las Cara Brito
and DR.. Ayala Gonzales.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-05
AUPTMANN' s
HEARING AGAIN
TAKES RECESS

PENNINGTON, N. j., Feb. 5.
U.P)-Lack of defense witnesses to-
day again forced an early closing
of Bruno Richard Hauptmann's
murder trial, with an admonition
to Edward j. Reilly, chief counsel
for the accused German carpenter,
that he must have his witnesses
on hand" if he expected the case
to proceed.
Throughout the day success
sion of minor characters in the
Hauptmann drama had passed
across the Pennington stage.
1--WE plan on II witnesses a day."
Reilly said.
Better have them all here"
Justice Trenchard said,
81 will have all my New York
witnesses here tomorrow" Reilly
said. IF anything unpleasant
should result from this, ] hope it
will not be visited upon the de-
fendant, but upon me-
Reilly and Justice Trenchard
laughed and court was recessed
until tomorrow morning
The most important witness,
from the defense standpoint, was
one Benjamin Heller, through
whom Reilly hoped to prove that
"a man resembling Isidor Fisch"
leaped over the wall of st. Ray
mond's cemetery in the Bronx on
the night of the kidnapping.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-05
Fiue Cases In
Police Court

Jose Morales and Alfred Marti-
nez pleaded guilty in police court
this morning to charges of drunk
enness and were given sentences of
$40 or five days in jail. Charlie
Hoy, also charged with drunken
ness had his case continued until
tomorrow morning.
Leatha Mcdonald pleaded guilty
to a charge of disturbing the peace
and drew a sentence of SIC or eight
days in the county jail while James
Hazzard was given five days in the
city jail when he pleaded guilty on
vagranCy charge.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-05
Hiccough Victims
End Their Contest

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Feb. 5. W,H
George Harp and Tony Sousa
terminated their "hiccoughaton"
today, Sousa the winner by three
days.
Harp, a Johnson City, Tenn,
man who started hiccoughing when
he lost 1929 check, stopped after
seven days. SouSa hiccoughed 10
days.
Physicians did not know what
brought about the cures.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-05
Police Seeking
Hammer Maniac

LOS ANGELES, Feb. S. W,P)-A
"hammer maniac" who strikes his
victims and then flees in an auto
mobile was hunted today by police
possessed with good description of
the aSSailant.
Two women have been struck
down: Mrs. Jennie Feinberg said
the man beat her with a claw ham
mer near her home. She was found
unconscious but was not seriously
hurt.
Miss Kate McNulty was victim
of similar attack. Her assailant
fled in car when she ran scream
ing into a nearby residence. She
suffered a slight head wound.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-05
UPWARDS Of
5000 WILL
Be ELIGIBLE
Two Directors, Treasurer And
Assessor-C Collector To Be Sc
lected By Voters
THREE PRECINCTS HERE
Polls Will Be Open From 6 A.
M. Until 7 P. M. In Thirty
Four Polling Places

Tomorrow some 5000 or more
electors in the irrigation district
will go to the polls in 81 district
precincts for the general election
which is to elect two directors, a
treasurer and assessor-collector for
the district. Polls in each precinct
will be open from 6 a. M, until Z
p. m, tomorrow and it is expected
that a large majority of the quail
fled electors will cast their votes in
this election.
Voters will cast their ballots for
the following candidates:
Director, Brawley Division:
Charles Morrow, Earl G. Pound and
F. w. Greer. I. A. Pearson whose
nomination papers were refused be-
cause they we're not legally drawn
up has intimated that he will run
on write-in campaign.
/. Director Imperial Division: Ira
Aten, incumbent, and Leslie Nc
CoDnell.
Treasurer; F. H. McIver, incum-
bent, E. N. D. Hatch, E. E. Hale.
Assessor Collector: Winnie Barry,
incumbent, C. A. Bratton.
A. j. Kalin, incumbent director
from the Brawley division Is not
seeking reelection to that office.
There are three precincts in Ell
Centro, located as follows:
Ell Centro "A''-Lincoln School
Ell Centro "B"-McKinley School.
Ell Centre "C"-Wilson School.
Other precincts in Divisions No. l
and 2 with polling places are:
Calexico "A"-Irrigation District
office.
Calexico "B"-Calexico city hall.
Heber-R. Robertsons store, He
Der.
> Mt. Signal -Alder-Mt. Signal store.
McCabe-McCabe school house.
Silsbee-Silsbee school house.
Seeley-New River-Whites Ser
vice Station, Seeley.
Observation-Disclosures Garage.
Date Eucalyptus Eucalyptus
school house.
Dogwood- Smith Acacia school
house.
Mesquite Jake-Grapefruit-- Mes
quite school house.
Hulse-New River-John w. Poor
residence, z mile west Of Imperial.
mperial-Imperial City hall.
Boulder Dam-Sunset = Sandia
school.
Returns from all precincts will be
received at irrigation district head
quarters following the closing OF the
polls tomorrow night and 1t was
stated this morning that in all pro-
liability complete returns will be
available by 10:30 O'Clock.
All persons who have received
notice of the election from the dis
trict are reminded that they can
vote at tomorrow'S election. The re-
minder is intended principally for
those whose names were placed as
owners of the incubator lots" at
Holtville and Imperial, in an at
tempt to circumvent the property
qualification law. Many of these
names we're used without permis-
sion of the persons named. This
does not prevent them from appear
ing at the polls tomorrow and de-
manding ballot, providing their
name appears on the district great
register and if they received a no
tification card this is an indication
that their names so appear.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-05
Hindu Arrested On
Traffic Charge

Jualla Singh was arrested by
state traffic officers at his home
north of the Sandia store early this
afternoon and booked at the coun-
ty Jail on suspicion of hit and run
driving. 1t is believed he is the
Hindu connected with the two col
lisions ON the Yuma highway last
night as reported elsewhere.
Identification was made through
an automobile registration slip
found in the car left at the scene
of the second accident.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-05
Daughter Born To
District Director

A. j. Kalin. irrigation district di-
rictor, has many important things
to occupy his mind in connection
with affairs of the district, but
right now even more important to
him, is the arrival of a daughter,
Ann Aida. born February 2, in
Palm Springs.
This daughter is the first child in
the Kalin family and her arrival
has been announced with great
pride by her father.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-05
a. W1aA
SNN SAYS;

MEMPHIS, Feb. 4. (SpeciaD-
Heading west at 200 miles an
hour on q great aeroplane and
Mr.. Douglas right across the
aisle from me. Two little chill
dren on here come clear from
Boston. Playing up and down
the aisle all afternoon. Then we
get the plane sleeper at 9.
Washington is still agog over
the gold decision. 1t would be a
great thing if they would decide
unanimously, to 0. The coun-
try has SO much confidence in
that learned body, folks look on
this as point of law with no
politics, or no emergency cutting
any figure. 1t shouldn't be so
complicated that they can't all
see it alike, but law is compli-
cations, and complications are
law. If everything was just
plain there wouldn It be any law
yers.
Yours,
Mx& R1M<,
cisss. MeNausht Syndicate. faA