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Evening star., 1937-06-03
PatrOneSSes Chosen
For Dance Concert

Mrs. William H. King, Mrs. C. Will
liam Ramseyer, Mrs. James M. Lam
dis, Mrs. Oliver Hoyem, Mrs. Chester
Ieasure, Mrs. Isham Keith and Mrs
Llewellyn Powell are among the we'll
known Washington women who are
patronesses for the approaching dance
concert to be given by Marian Chace
and her group Wednesday night Of
next week, at $50 O'Clock, in Central
High School auditorium.
For this program Miss Chace has
chosen several colorful production
numbers, using the entire group of %
Washington dancers who have been
seen this season in number OF In
teresting programs given for the D. A.
r. in Alexandria, the Chevy Chase
Women's Club here and the Washing
ton Civic Theater
Mr.. Lyman McCrary, who will be
Evening star., 1937-06-03
Miss Ulman to Wed
Mr.. J. H. Rowe, Jr,

MIR. and Mrs. Leon Ulman announce
the engagement Of their daughter,
Elizabeth Holmes, to Mr.. James H.
Rowe, jr, son OF Mr.. and Mrs. James
H. Rowe OF Butte, Mont. Miss Ulman
attended the Montessori, Potomac and
Madeira Schools Of this city and was
graduated from Bryn Mawr College
in 1888. Mr.. Rowe attended the
Santa Clara School III California and
Is a graduate OF Harvard University
in the class Of 1881 and the Harvard
Law School in the class Of 1894. The
wedding will take place in September.
Evening star., 1937-06-03

the accompanist for Miss Chace's pro-
gram next week, has composed a new
musical number which the group will
dance for the first time at this con-
cert, with the title American Hori-
IONS" Miss Chace will also be seen
in two new numbers, dancing with Mr..
James Kelley as partner.
Evening star., 1937-06-03
Hoover in New York

Former President Herbert Hoover
arrived Tuesday from Chicago after a
brief visit there He is stopping at
the Waldorf Astoria. Mr.. Hoover
plans to return to his home in Palo
Alto the latter part of next week.
Evening star., 1937-06-03
Party to Benefit
Alexandria HOSPITAL

A garden party for the benefit Of
the Alexandria Hospital, sponsored by
the Women's Auxiliary, will be given
Saturday afternoon from to 7 o'clock
IN the garden Of Mrs. Bernice Flem-
Ing Holland, at AIS Wolfe street, Alex
andria, Va. There will be fashion
show at 4:30 o'clock and again at $50
o'clock. Fortunes will be told during
the party by Mrs J. Hamilton Lewis.
Refreshments will be served on the
terrace after the fashion show.
Evening star., 1937-06-03

the Johns estate Saturday afternoon
for the price of so cents. Children
will be special guests at the benefit,
being admitted for half price.
Evening star., 1937-06-03

This years Leipzig Spring Fair In
Germany had the greatest attendance
in its history.
Evening star., 1937-06-03

bor headgear phch consisted OF band Of black
ribbon Nth huge boD in the front and face DeH
kind!
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-17
I. X. REPEATS
BALANCED
BUDGET HOPE

WASHINGTON, June II UP
President Roosevelt, seeking to
block legislation to continue low
interest rates on federal land bank
loans 10 farmers, today reiterated
his hope of balancing the budget
in the fiscal year 1898.
MIR. Roosevelt made known his
views in a letter TO Chairman Mar
vim Jones, d, Tex, of the house
agriculture committee. The letter,
dated June 3, was made public
coincident with an overnight rise
in the national debt of 1882
033 900 due to new financing and
a treasury bookkeeping transfer of
funds resulting from payment of
the soldier bonus year ago.
The president wrote Jones that
"if the budget Is thrown out of
balance through extra appropria-
tions or obligations, uew taxes
alone will bring the budget into
balance
The letter was written immedi-
ately after passage by the house oi
a bill to continue the present 81
per cent interest rate on federal
land bank loans for one year and
to lower interest rates on land bank
commissioner loans from 5 per cent
to per cent. Interest on land bank
loans will revert to per cent on
June 30 if the bill does not pass.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-17
POWER co. TO
CONTINUE WAR
90

Continued from Page One)
save the stockholders of the pri-
vate company from losses sure to
be increased by delay, the dis
trict board will do everything pos
sible TO open negotiations with
West"
Moore's statement, issued Thurs
day morning after its text was ap-
proved in Riverside, follows:
I'VE wish to express our appre-
citation of the outstanding work
and loyalty of our employees and
our friends who worked SO hard
and SO sincerely to put our side of
the question before the people of
the valley
I'VE sincerely believe that our
proposal of May 5, in which we
agree Immediately to spend 100000
on rural identification and to pur-
chase all of the power that can be
generated in plants 2, 3, 4, and 5
on the canal, is so attractive that
the Imperial Irrigation District di-
rectors must give it serious con-
sideration and we believe the PWA
will readily agree to a rediStribu-
tion of the PWA grant and loan
to permit all the money being used
for plants on the canal if the
district board requests it. We are
firmly convinced that the earn
ings of the district for canal power
under our proposal will be many
millions of dollars more than under
the districts proposed competitive
plan and we believe the people of
the valley should insist on an in
dependent study of the two plans.
IF, however, the district board
insists on going ahead with its
proposed plan of duplicating our
system and trying to take the bust
ness from US, We will be compelled
to continue to fight for our bust
ness and use every legitimate means
to retain it.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-17
POLICE TO AID
Ell CENTRANS
ON VACATION


II Centrans away on summer
vacation may have ther houses
watched by police officers during
their absence If they will leave
their names and addresses with the
city police department. declared J
Sterling OsWalt, chief Of police, IN
talk before the El Centre Rotary
club Thursday noon
In discussing the work Of the
police department Chief OsWalo
outlined the summer protection
available for yacationers. stating
that if residents will leave their
house keys with the department,
officers will check the house at
stated intervals to see that nothing
Is missing. The speaker urged those
away from the city 10 leave their
summer addresses and telephone
numbers with the department 50
that they may be reached easily if
necessary.
Chief OsWalt discussed the re
quirements necessary for police
officer and also the activities OF
the junior police
Various phases Of civil govern
ment was the general topic for dis
cussion Gordon Scriyen, police
commissioner. speaking on the re-
lationship Of the police department
to the city and emphasizing the
fact that politics have been elimi-
mated in its public relations and
that the department is run on an
economy and efficiency basis.
Musical numbers were presented
by two students of Oria Kenah, tea
cher of piano; Winifred Anderson
and Lila Hunt, each of whom play
ed with marked ability
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-17
GIRL WHO KILLED STEPFATHER
CLEARED OF MURDER CHARGES

believed he was abusing ner moth
er. The mother, Mrs. Frances AyreS,
corroborated her story.
Judge Turrentine ruled the child
must remain 10 days longer in
The county children's home, then
be sent to a girls camp, Wnere
she will remain until fall. Al tnat
time, he said, she probably will be
placed in custody of "one of sew
eral good families"
Mrs. Ayres sobbed du ing the
hearing.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-17
Democracy for
Russia Urged by
EXiled TrOtSky

MEXICo CITY. June Il UP
Leon Trotsky. the exile who is
regarded by Soviet Russia Is its
arch enemy. today urged a return
of democracy in the Soviet union in
a telegram addressed directly 10
the central executive committee
Of the union.
Trotsky's message said.
sStalin's policy is Leading IN
complete collapse, internal as we'll
as external. The only salvation is
a turn toward Soviet democracy.
beginning with an open review of
the last trials The conviction of
alleged 'Trotskyist traitors
Along this road I offer my COM
plete support
tRdSsian terrorism story on page
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-17
Eleven Receive
Dairy Diplomas

Eleven members of the Imperial
County Farm Bureau Cow Testing
association have received diplomas
from the national dairy association,
the award being made TO those
herds which have average of more
than 300 pounds of butter fat per
COW per year, for the year ending
Nov 30 1896
H. q. Farnsworth heads the list
with an average of AIT pounds of
butterfat, w. A. Scheniman being
next with an average of 337 pounds.
others, in order of score are Manuel
Duarte of CaleXico, Havekorst
Guernsey Farms Of Holtyille, M. p.
Holiday and Sons Of BraWley, d. w.
Bucket, A. kaufman, o. B. Johnson,
l.. j. Buckel, J. Mazenauer, all of
Fl Centre and l.. v. Keffer of
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-17
x
VALLEY CASTS
8 TO | BALLOT

Continued from Page OneJ
public power
This suit is fresh proof Hewes
continued, IF more proof is needed
that whenever the purpose of the
people clashes with power company
profits, the power company recog-
nizes only one policy.
Commodore Vanderbilt, a one
time railroad car, found it was ex-
pensive when he said, the people
be damned Perhaps the Ney-Cal
will some day learn the same
Power company officials in this
county claimed ignorance of the
injunction suit, which evidently had
been prepared before the election
was held in readiness for use should
the company be defeated at the
polls
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-17
FIELDS MUST
PAY $4,000 IN
LIQUOR CURE

RIVERSIDE, Cal. June l6. WP)-
". c. Fields. bulbous-nosed film CO.
median. must pay DR.. Jesse Citron
$4,000 for treatment the physician
alleged included cutting the actors
daily whisky consumption from Two
quarts to one and one-haH ounces.
Superior Judge Okley K. Morton
ruled IL favor OF the physician al
ter his suit for $4,000 and Fields
counter demand for SOS 900 DAM
ages were submitted without argu-
ment. The counter suit was dis
missed
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-17

SAN DIEGO, Cal. June 16. U.R
Fifteen year old Marian AyreS
was cleared tonight of charges she
murdered the man she believed
was her father, Frank I. Ayles.
A. navy petty officer.
Juvenile Judge L. N Turrentine
refused to remand the girl to su
perior court for trial on a COM
plant filed by the district attor-
ney's office.
The girl shot and fatally wound
ed Ayres, she admitted, when sic
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-17
Imperial Valley Press

Published every afternoon except
Saturday and sunday Saturday
afternoon issue now succeeded by
The Post-Press. Sundays1 by the
Imperial Valley Publishing Com
pany, 625 State street, El Centro,
California.
Entered at FL Centre, California
post office as second class matter.
Paul jenkins. publisher. A. c.
Johnston, president and gen
eral manager. Il. A Fitzhugh,
secretary and managing editor.
West Holiday Co, Inc National
Advertising Representatives.
NJ m b er California Newspaper
Publishers Association.
Subscription Rates: &c per copy.
In conjunction with the POST
Press (Sundays). per month, 6oc'
Paid in advance: 3 months, 81 90;
months. S3.25: one year $500.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-17

teria lized
The arrangements we're said to
have been made by Frank McDon-
nell. the brother of Mrs. Parsons.
She disappeared eight days ago
and a note daminding s25.000 ran
som was found.
Capt Louis Hudson. skipper of
a boat the Port jefferson Dock.
said he saw a strange white yacht
drop anchor outside the harbor
last night and flash a light toward
which a speedboat went from
darkened wharf.
Federal laboratories in Washing
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-17

Need of travel funds often pre-
sents an awkward problem when
an occasion arises making a sud-
den. unexpected trip necessary.
II you face such an emergency. or.
if it appears that long planned
trip must be deferred for lack of
funds. come see us, and let us
help with a friendly Cash Loan.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-17

ton reported to Bureau of Investi-
CATION agents here the discovery
of fingerprintS of a delicate ma
ture and probably made by a wom-
an" on the ransom note found In
the Parsons automobile several
hours after Mrs. Parsons disap-
peared.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-17

Gets Grief Sentence Dallas La
verne, 26. Negro. arrested as Holt
vile, is serving six days in the
county jail for ignoring a boule-
vard stop and an incorrect regis
tration card.
Two Men Jai-ed-Dario Lopez,
81. and Conception Corral, 24 were
jailed by immigration border patrol
men Wednesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-17

Negro Jailed - EVerd Mcclellan.
36, Negro carpet layer, is serving
so DAYS in the county jail after
sentence was passed in Ell Centre
police court.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-17
CONTACT SLATED
IN BOAT AT NIGHT

STONY BROOK, N Y UP-Arransements meeting
between the hdnapers
the brother the
An investigator in the scheduled
night proiessed
10 know herf the rneefine MAJ
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-17
MADE FOR MEETING PARSONS KIDNAPERS.
Japanese Killed in
Clash With Russians

SEISHIN. Korea, June II WR)-A
japanese soldier was killed when
Soviet Russian and Japanese mill
tary patrols clashed on the Korea
Manchnkuo border today.
Reports TO the Japanese news
agency Domei said that The en-
gagement occurred i'll Manchukuo.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-17

Don't risk your piano and house
hold goods in any old garage or
vacant building. Play safe and not
sorry by storing them with the
Pioneer Truck and Transfer CO.
Phone l for a cheerful estimate.
lJl1
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-17

Community Auction, zinnerie sal
corrals, Friday at ten sharp. One
complete herd Of "a COWS. lot of
Guernseys in tbs herd. fresh COWS
and springcrs. You can sec them
MIXED Thursday in our sales corral
Beet cows heifers. bulls. veal calves.
10 brood soWs with PIGS by side DO
feeders. chickens. horses and mules.
1897 Ford V8 pickup. like new, all
kinds of furniture and implements.
BE on time. ten sharp. Zinnerie
sales c1rrals. Zinn and linn. auc-
tioneers. fJl8)
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-17

Permit Granted A building per-
NIT was on file at the city hall
Thursday allowing A. s. Pilibos TO
install air ducts at 531 Brighton
avenue. at an estimated cost of
$4,000.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-09-02

entered the study, and tried to sum-
mon help, she had previously dis
connected the wires Of the buzzer
just behind your chair at the desk"
but, good Lord!" exclaimed
Floyd Garden in an awed tone. 1T
was she herself who told Sneed
about the buzzer being out Of or.
der"
Precisely. She made it a point
to be the one to discover that fact
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-09-02

her purpose. But after my talk
with Doctor Siefert this morning,
I was able to understand fully her
whole hideous plot. Doctor Siefert
pointed out definitely her interest
in Floyd Garden, although had
had hints Of it before. For instance,
Floyd Garden was the only person
here about whom she spoke to me
With admiration. Her motive was
based on a colossal ambition-the
desire for financial security, ease
and luxury; and mixed with this
over-weaning desire was a strange
twisted love. These facts became
clear to me only today" --- --->
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-09-02

Vance was once more in the chair
at the desk. The tragic ternlina-
ton Of the case seemed to have sad
dened him. He smoked gloomily
for few minutes. Then he spoke.
IT asked all of you to stay be-
cause I felt you were entitled to
an explanation Of the terrible events
that have taken place here, and to
hear why it was necessity for me
to conduct the investigation in the
manner I did. To begin with, ]
knew from the first that was deal
ing with very shrewd and UNI
scrupulous person, and ! knew. it
was someone who was in the house
yesterday afternoon. Therefore, TN
til / had some convincing proof Of
that PERSONS guilt, it was inpera-
tive for me to appear to doubt ev-
eryone present.
II was inclined to suspect Miss
Beeton almost from the first, for,
although everyone here had,
through some act, drawn suspicion
upon himself, only the nurse had the
time and the u11hampered opportu-
nifty to commit the initial crime.
She was entirely unobserved when
she put her plan into execution;
and so thoroughly familiar was she
with every arrangement Of the
household, that she had no difficulty
in timing her every step so as to
insure this essential privacy.
Subsequent events and circurn-
stances added irresistibly to my
suspicion Of her. For instance, when
Mr.. Floyd Garden informed me
where the key to the vault was
kept, sent her to see If it was in
it's place, without indicating to her
where it's place was, in order to
ascertain if she knew where the key
hung. Only someone who knew ex-
actly how to get into the vault at
moments notice could have been
guilty Of killing Swift. OF course,
the fact that she did know was not
definite proof of her guilt, as there
were others who knew; but at least
it was minor factor in the case
against her. If she had not known
where the key was kept, she would
have been automatically elimi-
mated. My request that she look for
the key was made with such casual
ness and seeming Indifference that
it apparently gave her no inkling
Of my Interior motive.
Incidentally, one of my great diff
fculties in the case has been to
act in such a way, at all times, that
her suspicious would not be aroused
at any point"
"Her motive was not clear at
first" Vance explained, "and, un-
fortunately, thought that by Swift's
death alone she had accomplished
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-09-02
CHAPTER XIV

A half hour later we were all
seated In the den again. Heath and
the detectives had gone out inr1e-
diately after the fnal catastrophe
to attend to the unpleasant details
occasioned by Miss Beeton's sui
eide.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-09-02

in order to draw suspicion entirely
away from herself"
Vance paused. After moment
he went on.
GAS I say, her plan had to be
revised somewhat because Doctor
Garden had not returned. She had
chosen the Rivermont Handicap as
the background for her maneuvers,
for she knew Swift was placing a
large bet on the race-and il he
lost, it would give credence to the
theory of suicide. In way, Doc
tor Gardens absence helped her,
though it required quick thinking on
her part to cover up this unexpected
gap in her well-laid plans. Instead
of placing Swift in the study, as she
originally intended, she placed him
in his chair on the roof. She care
fully wiped up the blood in the vault
so that no trace Of it remained on
the floor. A nurse with operating
room experience in removing blood
from sponges, instruments, operat-
ing table and foor,Hs would have
known how. Then she came down
and fired a blank shell out Of the
bedroom window just as soon as
the outcome of the race had been
declared official. Substantiatin' sui
eide.
"Of course, one of her chief diff
culties was the disposal Of the Sec
ond revolver-the enc she fired
down here. She was confronted with
the necessity either of getting rid
Of the revolver-which was quite
impossible in the circumstances--or
of hiding it safely till she could
remove it from the apartment; for
there was always the danger that
it might be discovered and the
whole technique of the plot be re-
vealed. Since she was the person
apparently least under suspicion,
she probably considered that plac-
ing it temporarily in the pocket Of
her own topcoat, would be sufficient
ly safe. It was not an ideal hiiing-
place; but I have little doubt that
she was frustrated in an attempt
to hide it somewhere on the roof or
on the terrace upstairs, until she
could take it away at her con-
venience without being observed.
She had no opportunity to hide the
revolver upstairs after we had first
gone to the roof and discovered
Swift's body. However, I think it
was her intention to do just this
when Miss Weatherby saw her ON
the stairs and resentfully called my
attention to the fact. Naturally,
Miss Beeton denied having beer on
the stairs at all. And the signifi-
canoe of the situation did not occur
to me at the moment; but I be-
Ieve that she had the revolver ON
her person at the time Miss Wealth
erby saw her.
lTO BE CONTINUEDl 4
Al0.-
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THE GARDEN -
MURDER CASE 5. s. Van Dine
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terday. And then and then-while
I was talking to hin-he bent over,
and could see-oh, God!-he had
lost his balance" She stared at
Markham wild-eyed. II reached to-
ward him and suddenly he
wasn't there any more /. He had
gone over! ]"
Her eyes lifted suddenly over our
heads and peered past us transfxed.
A sudden change came over her.
Her face seemed contorted into a
hideous mask. Following her horri-
fed gaze, we instinctively turned
and glanced up the hallway toward
the drawing-room
There, near the archway, looking
calmly toward us, was Vance.
II told you last night, Miss Bee
tom" he was saying, his eyes rest
ing sternly on the nurse, "that no
gambler ever quits with his first
winning bet, and that in the end he
always loses" He came forward a
few steps. ''You won your first
gamble, at long odds, when you
murdered Swift. And your poison
ing of Mrs. Garden with the barbi-
tai also proved a winning bet. But
when you attempted to add me to
your list Of victims, because you
suspected knew too rnuch-you
lost. That race was fxed-you
hadn't chance"
Markham was glazing at Vance
in angry amazement.
"What is the meaning Of all
this?" he fairly shouted, despite his
obvious effort to suppress his ex-
element.
''It merely means, Markham"
explained Vance, "that I gave Miss
Beeton an opportunity to push me
over the parapet to what ordinarily
would have been certain death. And
she took that opportunity. This aft
ernoon I arranged for Heath and
Snitsin to witness the episode; and
1 also arranged to have it per-
manently recorded"
Recorded? Good God! What do
you 1nean?" Markham seemed half
dazed.
"Just that" returned Vance
calmly. can official photograph talk
en- with a special lens adapted to
the semi-ight-for the sergeant's
archives" He looked past Mark
ham to Quackenbush. ''You got
the picture, I hope" he said.
ST sure did," the man returned
with a satisfied grin. cat just the
right angle, too. A pippin."
The nurse, who had been staring
at Vance as if petrifed, suddenly
relaxed her hold on the stair rail-
ing, and her hands went to her face
in a gesture Of hopelessness and
despair.
''Yes!" she cried at Vance; II
tried to kill you. Why shouldn't I?
You were about to take everything
Everything away from me-"
She turned quickly and ran up the
stairs. Almost simultaneously
Vance dashed forward.
"Quick, quick!" he called out.
'Stop her before she gets to the gar
den."
But before any Of us realized the
significance of his words, Vance was
himself on the stairs. Heath and
Snitkin were just behind him, and
the rest Of us, stupefed, followed.
AS I came out on the roof, I could
see Miss Beeton running toward the
far end Of the garden, with Vance
Immediately behind her. Twilight
had nearly passed, and deep dusk
had settled over the city. AS the
girl leaped up on the parapet at
the same point where Vance had
stood the night before, she was like
a spectral silhouette against the
family glowing sky. And then she
disappeared down into the deep
shadowy abyss, just before Vance
Gould reach her