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The Washington times., 1937-04-09
PHONE BETTING
IN D. {. FACES
BAN IN HOUSE

While Capital officialdom mud
died through a fog of confusion
toward solution of problems en-
gendered by new Maryland law
legalizing bookmaking, Baltimore
heads yesterday indicated that
new consideration may be given
bookmakers convicted before enact
ment.
Representative Ralph o. Brew.
ster of Maine, member OF the
House District Committee, said he
will confer with Corporation Coun.
sci Elwood Seal on possibility OF
legislation prohibiting District res
idents from placing telephone bets
with Maryland's legal bookmakers.
Up to Garnett
Seal. however, will refer him to
District Attorney Leslie C. Gar
nett who believes nothing can be
done" Alarm of officials who feel
the new legislation may indirectly
bring legalized betting to the Dis
trict was shared yesterday by An.
drew ICY" Cummings, of Chevy
Chase. president of the Laurel race
track, who said track operators
will meet within the next few days
to plan steps to save patronage
threatened by the law.
In Baltimore yesterday, Judge
Eugene O'Dunne, famed for lib
eral decisions, declared that al!
though the bookmaking act is
not retroactive the broader prin-
ciples of common justice" may
entitle convicted bookmakerS to
new consideration.
Two Are Freed
Judge O'Dunne struck out the
sentence of nine months and
$1,000 fine in the case of Will
liam Zimmerman, who already
had begun to serve sentence, and
suspended sentence pending fur
ther information as to the ma
ture, character and effect" OF
the new law.
William Murphy, another con-
victed bookmaker, the jurist said,
will be freed today in similar cir
cumstanceS, and States Attorney
j. Bernard Wells and Deputy
States Attorney William H. May
nard are working out plans for cou-
sideration of pending cases in
volving gaming laws.
The Washington times., 1937-04-09
oil Workers Get
S1,454,88O Raises

HOUSTON, Tex, April 9.
A wage increase Of $1,454,88o a
year to $4,000 employees in Texas,
Southern Louisiana and New Mex
leo was announced tonight by the
Humble Oil and Refining Com
pany, retroactive to March 16.
The Washington times., 1937-04-09
VIC. I. u. Will Give
Dinner Here April Is

A dinner will be given by the
District chapter Of the Women'S
Christian Temperance Union at
the First Congregational Church,
Tenth and G SITS. N. W., on Friday,
Anril 16 at 6 D. m.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-01
Chairman

issued a formal statement today,
stressing the fact that local solicit
tation of funds Is still being car
ried on for the benefit of the mil
lion sufferers in the midwest.
His statement is as follows:
THE Red Cross Is very proud of
the people Of the city Of Water
bury who have already subscribed
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-01
e. 81 and ;S; |23 n business

The ramihcations Of modern business ex-
tend SO far that you must be thoroughly
informed on almost every subject, in order
to be successful. Have in your Office copy
Of The New Universities Dictionary and
The Popular Atlas Of the World. You will
find yourself referring to both these books
often during the course of the day.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-01

precedented proportions with re-
lief needs steadily mounting and
that the Red Cross now regards
It as the greatest emergency we
have faced since the war. The
needs are great and the appeal
to every citizen Is. imperative.
Funds that run into millions are
needed to meet q national disas-
ter. There are q present $4,000
people completely dependent upon
the Red Cross for all emergency
care. including food, clothing.
bedding, shelter, medical and
nursing care.
I'VE who have been spared by
: Divine Province from this calam-
ity should show our gratitude 10
God by prayer for these stricken
people and generous contributions
10 the Red Cross. ,Ect every one
do his full duty amp give whole
heartedly 10 q CAUSE that Is per-
sohal to each one OF us.
please urge your people to
make their contributions to the
local Red Cross Chapters"
Sincerely yours in Christ,
MAURICE r. McAULIFFE,
Bishop OF Hartford.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-01
Appeals To Waterburians
To Boost Red Cross Fund

$4,000 for the flood sufferers In
the Ohio and Mississippi valley.
"Their generosity has been won
derful and we Of the Red Cross
are very thankful.
Even though we have reached
$4,000 we are asked for more rs
the distress and suffering Is great
er and sickness Is increasing. We
must carry on and help our peo-
pie in their distress"
Originally Waterbury's quota
was set at $4,000, but AZ the flood
progressed and thousands sOf more
fellow Americans became home
less and destitute the national
headquarters Of the American Red
Cross not only revise estimates,
but in general way urged that
as much money as possible be OBJ
tained from public sources.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-01
Adjutant

ing In cooperation with govern
ment Off ciaIs and Red Cross au-
thoritjes. Buildings owned by the
organization In Portsmouth, Gin
cinnati, Ohio, Covington, Louis
vile, KeI.tucky, Evansville, Ind,
and other communities affected by
the flood waters have been open
as places of refuge and as hospi-
tails. In Evansville on the first day
the Salvation army served 1000
meals to the homeless.
II Is expected that official ac-
counts Of the Relief work later
will add another chapter TO the
history of great service rendered
by the Salvation army In an
emergency.
Adjutant Wiberg stated today
the reports from the scenes OF
work are thrilling and inspira-
tional. The local corps Is awaiting
Instructions on the shipment OF
clothing. All members are urging
generous support Of the appeal
Of the Red Cross for funds.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-01
Salvation Army
Workers Aiding
Flood Victims

Daily Geographic reports are be-
ing received here by Adjutant
Hugo WIberg Of the Salvation
army citadel on the work Of the.
Salvation army workers in the
flood area. Every available man
and woman has been called Into
service. The Salvationist Is work
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-01
Bishop Appeals
For Support Of
Red Cross Fund

Catholics Of the Hartford do
cese were urged by Most Rever-
end Maurice r. McAuliffe TO con-
tribute generously to the Red
Cross flood relief fund in o letter
read at masses ut all churches
yesterday,
The appeal was as follows:
"AdmiraI Cary T. GraysOn,
chairman Of the American Red
Cross, informs me that the flood
suffering along the Ohio and Mis-
sissippi valleys has reached un-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-01
Waterburians Responding With Characteristic Generosity
To Appeal OF Red Cross For Funds To Aid Flood Victims

Reports Of the local Red Cross
Flood Relief drive listed up until
noon today showed the following
figures:
Previously acknowledged s 19,583.82
Todays Donations ..... 1912
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-26
PARTY FIGHT
SEEN BEHIND
MEX. TROUBLE

Continued from Page One)
workers sent out to solicit food
and other supplies for the ap-
proXimately 1900 families encamp-
ed near the Palacio.
Signs at the strike scene, liter
ally translated, struck at the Con-
fiscation of property by Agrarians
in sarcastic declarations that ut
is very nice to harvest the crop
without work" and declared, en-
justice brings tragedies. We do not
ask clemancy-we demand justice.
Governor Sanchez Taboada of
the northern district of Baja Cali
fornia had not returned TO the
palace Monday from Tiajuana and
Ensenada, where he went to sur
vey plans for extension of the
Agrarian program. Neither had
any word been received from Mexi-
co City, where Anti-Agrarians had
urged President Cardenas to visit
Baja California personally, TO see
for himself how the Agrarian pro-
gram results in confiscation of pri-
vate property.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-26
estimo
On Coupons
o { f e e d

Bond interest coupons missing
from the records of the Imperial
Irrigation District treaSurer'S Of
flee, according to testimony given
before the grand jury by Miss
Anna McManus, present treasurer
are of importance because they
should be included in the files of
the office. Checks show they were
paid, she said. and they have not
been presented for repayment.
All the missing coupons, she tes-
titled, are in division No. 3, the
section in which bonds drawing six
per cent interest are included.
A majority of the missing cou-
ponS are for July l, 1886, she said
The witness gave an account OF
receiving a letter from a New York
man two days after she assumed
office in February. The man
said he had mailed two 1882
coupons to F. II. McIver, treasurer
in January and had not received
payment. The numbers of the cou-
pons were found to be included
in the number listed as missing
and covered by an indemnity bond
signed i'll Los Angeles. She sale
she could not find the two coupons
belonging to the New York man.
She described another instance
when an indemnity bond cover
ing allegedly missing coupons was
signed by Clark Booker CMcIver'S
brother-in-law). In the meantime
she said, the bonds were presented
by a bank for payment. Two weeks
after the indemnity bond was IL
the office, according to Miss Nc
Manus, the Security First National
presented the bonds, the indemni-
ty bond was cancelled and the cou-
ponS included in the office as q
disbursement. This affair was all
cleared up, she testified but the
New York deal was not.
A Long Beach bank, she con-
tinued sent a cashiers check for
$l56 interest to the treasurer's Of
flee in January. The amount cov-
cred six months interest on $50
900 account deposited there by Nc
Iver as treasurer. Records show
she contended, that the check never
was presented for payment and
never was put in district funds
1t was still outstanding, she said
The letter of tranSmittal which
always accompanies such check
she explained, could not be found
in district files.
Her testimony included some
reference to McIver's personal ac-
count in a Long Beach bank, alleg-
edly opened with check drawn
on certain district funds. This phase
of the investigation was covered in
greater detail by Mark Bloodgood
auditor.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-26
Two Women Die
In Auto Accidents

Continued from Page One)
shortly after midnight Sunday
morning. There is no street cross
ing at this point. Officers said Mrs.
Gott thought she was driving along
Eighth street.
The two women were alone in
the machine at the time of the
tragic accident, en- route to join
their husbands at a night club.
The coupe bounced over five sets
of tracks, 10 rails. The door of the
car flew open on the last track
and Mrs. Mckenzie fell out, crash
ing her head on the last rail. The
car, with every tire blown out,
stopped Is feet from the tracks.
Mrs. Gott, wife of B. G. Gott, was
taken to the county Jail for queS-
tioning and later released at the
request of Duncan William McKen-
zie, husband of the dead woman.
The body Of the traffic victim was
taken to the Lemons mortuary at
El Centro where an inquest was
scheduled for 3 o'clock Monday
afternoon, according to Deputy
Coroner Herbert Hughes. The body
will be sent to Oakland for burial
Highway Patrolmen Roy Wells and
Lewis Mitchell, Traffic Officers Reid
Cunningham AMI T. Guthrie of I'm.
perial assisted Hughes.
In the Chapman accident the
Japanese machine struck the front
fender of the tow car, glanced OH
the right fender Of the Chapman
car, struck Mrs. Chapman and
knocked her down the road for 40
feet, officers said. After the I'M
pact, the japanese proceeded down
the road 80 feet, careened into the
borrow pit and came to rest headed
in the opposite direction. Tha
Japanese was placed in the county
Jail pending investigation OF negli-
gent homicide charges. Deputy
Sheriff Frank Raney, Highway Pa
trolman Walter Walsh and Hughes
investigated.
Mrs. Chapman's body was taken
to the Hopes undertaking estab-
iishment in BraWley. An inquest
is scheduled for Tuesday.
Officers were informed all the
lights on the tow car were on at
the time of the accident.
Mrs. Chapman is survived by her
husband, r. NJ Chapman of Cali
patria; two children, Mrs. w. O..
Withers, Calipatria, and Rmilton
Chapman, BraWley; a brother, En-
cry McAfee, Calipatria; and other
relatives in the east
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-26
EX>TREASURER
GIVES S T O X Y

Continued from Page One)
ed, which forced me To appeal TO
the courts for relief and which
compelled me 10 hold the office
night and day for five months
without pay or assistance; sec
Ond. by removing me Illegally
from the office of treasurer of
the Mexican company simply to
diScrCdit me and for the pur-
pCee of freezing me out by unfair
tactics and by false underhand-
ed accusations. The audit, how
ever, proved these charges un-
warranted, unfounded, and un-
true.
1T is a fact that the Mexican
company is owned by the district
and has always been IN every way
operated by the respective Officers
of the district, therefore is an in
tegral part of the district and has
been since its acquisition in 1916
As treasurer Of the district l was
fundamentally and legally the
treasurer Of the subsidiary MeXi-
can company. all acts of the dis
trict directors to the contrary not
withstanding. An illegal act was
committed in separating the two
offices and l believe I am entitled
to the compensation going with
the office. Third, a salary rate OF
5000 per month was established by
the board for the office of trea-
surer of the district, to which Of
flee ! was rightfully elected in
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-26
Rose Testimony
In Probe Revealed

Director Mark Rose Of the I'M
perial Irrigation District board said
F. II. McIver was under $4,000 bond
while district treasurer, the bonding
company probably having been in
formed of any alleged shortage in
accounts.
He declared he was not a clerica,
man He also testified he knew Sc
little of this work that he paid lit
lie attention to it.
He had no recollection, he testi-
fled, of McIver threatening TO sue
the board or the district for salary
He said he remembered the treas
urer making formal application tc
the board for an increase in salary
When asked if he had anything
further to say to the grand jury
Rose urged jurors to go into the
question of finances Of the MeXi-
can company.
He did not get it, no vote being
taken,
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-26
BABY BEEVES
SPILLED OUT IN
TRUCK MISHAP

Sixteen baby beeves still are at
large after being spilled from a
truck and trailer mile east Of
Meloland at 1:30 o'clock Monday
morning.
Two members of the load were
crippled, one so seriously it was
shoot by California Highway pa
trolmen dispatched to clear the
highway Of the wandering filet
mignon. Only the crippled ones
were in sight when the patrolmen
arrived at the scene.
They found, however, the truck
driver, Joe Richard Smith of Los
Angeles, whom they declared to be
drunk.
The truck and trailer Travelled
on the soft shoulder beside the
highway between rs and 100 feet,
then entered the borrow pit. The
truck turned bottom side up while
the trailer came to rest on its side.
G.. Smith, asleep in a compartment
atop the truck, escaped uninjured
as did the driver. Patrolmen Roy
Wells and Lewis Mitchell investi-
gated.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-26
Jury Hears
Evan Hewes
On McIver

"AS far as any responsibility !
or any of the rest of the directors
had" testified Chairman Evan L.
HeWes in explaining why F. H. Nc
Iyer was eliminated as treasurer
Of the Mexican company, I'VE were
going to see that he was eliminated
from any responsibility that he was
connected with because he wasn't
keeping his records up in a way
that we felt we could depend
upon"
Hewes said he made this state
ment to McIver, explaining that
they dispensed with his services
because they were dissatisfied with
his performance.
The board chairman said he knew
nothing of McIver'S personal ac-
count in a Long Beach bank and
felt certain none of the other dl-
rectors did either.
During the questioning in the
grand jury room, HeweS declared
McIver had no authority to pay
his own salary or the salary OF
anyone else out of funds of the
Mexican company.
Just because McIver was treas
1rer of the district was no reason
he should be treasurer of the Mex
can company The district treas
urer is an elective office while the
treasurer of the Mexican company
S appointive.
HeWes outlined McIvers duties
rs secretary of the refunding pro-
gram.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-26

cioned check with all the deposits
that had been made in this ac-
count (McIver'S personal account)
since its inception on January II,
1886, to February 8, 1887 he told
the grand jury.
The original deposit slip open
ing McIver'S private account indi-
Gates. according to Bloodgood, that
a check for $400 was used. From
it. he continued, $100 was taken in
cash. Thus the account opened
with $500.
There was no exchange number
on the deposit slip for the original
deposit, said Bloodgood, but it was
cleared through the bank on the
same day the account was opened,
The total amount of the depOs-
its, BIoOdgood testified, was ST.
165. He said McIver and Mrs.
McIver were authorized to draw
on the account. BloodgoOd added
that after the account was open
cd some checks came in bear
ing Mrs. McIver's signature. They
were refused payment until an
authorization card had been filed
out with her signature.
The checks drawn and deposited
in the account were drawn on the
Imperial Irrigation district, Com
pania de Terrenos Y Aguas, ac-
count No. 63,
The only deposits in this per-
sonal account were those drawn
on the district, none of McIver's
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-26

salary checks ever were deposited
in it, according to Bloodgood
Bloodgood's suspicion regarding
certain checks, he testified, was
aroused because he could not find
advice slips "a type of office rec
ord, the cancelled bond coupons or
the envelopes in which they are
presented. (These envelopes, he
Explained are kept for reference9
He was curious about the man.
ner in which they were made pay
able and the fact that the trea-
surer'S endorsement appeared upon
the back of the check. Also, he
said. all the checks upon which he
could not find the advice slips had
cleared through the California
First National bank of Long Beach.
He filed with the grand jury
photostatic copies of the checks
in question and copies of the trea-
surer's account, the personal ac-
count, signature cards and deposit
slips.
There are, BloOdgOOd said, $32,-
900 bond interest coupons miss
ing and he has been unable TO
ascertain whether they have been
cancelled or not. He said he felt
confident they will turn up in
McIvGr's possession or at his
home.'
Included in the checks question:
ed by Bloodgood, he testified, were
three checks made payable to the
same individual. He found an ad-
vice slip and the coupons present.
ed On one check for January l,
1886, payable to Clay Shriver. For
a check to this same individual on
July l for $4l0, he said he could
not find the advice slip nor the
envelope in which it was present.
ed. Examination, he testified, re-
vealed the checks had not been
endorsed by the same individual.
A visit to Shriver'S Long Beach
residence Che lives part of the time
in Long Beach and part in Kan
sas) elected the statement that
Shriver never saw the check iSsu-
ed to him in January and he de-
MED his signature was on the
back. A survey of Shriver's accounts
showed two of the checks in ques-
ton, the July ones, tailed with
entries in his books.
Bloodgood said Shriver told him
he never did any business with
the California First National bank
in Long Beach. ct became a Bank
of America branch in August.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-26
NEWER SAYS HE TOOK FUNDS BECAUSE SUM DUE IN SALARY
Committee Studies
Bond Refinancing

Continued study of the problems
confronting the Imperial Irrigation
District in refinancing its bonded
indebtedness was undertaken Fri
day by the special farm bureau
committee.
This study is sponsored by the
farm bureau tax committee which
is working on a plan for refinanc-
ing the bonds, the committee hav-
ing asked other valley residents to
join them in the program. Addi.
tional members of the committees
are: f. v. Edwards and Frank Kun
berg of Holtville. o. j. Bradshaw is
chairman,
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-26
Maybe Yes>
Maybe No.
Says MeIver

"I have taken just about all I
can absorb and I don't care one way
or another" was one of the few
remarks made by f. H. McIver upon
the occasion of mis- first appearance
before the grand jury March 10.
The remark was made in response
to District Attorney Elmer Heald's
question, would you be willing to
70 over them tmatters in question:
with committee of the grand
jury?"
Earlier in the questioning jur-
or asked if McIver would like to
have the grand jury adjourn so he,
McIver. might obtain advice from
his friends. McIver replied:
well, I haven't any wish in the
matter at all. Whatever the grand
Jury wants to do" Heald then ask
ed if he felt the matters could be
explained. The reply was;
"Why, don't know whether
they can or not. l have nothing
TO say one way or the other,
probably could and probably
couldn't. i don't know"
He had refused to look at certain
exhibits consisting of documentary
evidence purported to show GER
tain coupons for 1886 had been paid,
while the coupons themselves were
not in the office. McIver declined
to examine the checks paid for the
coupons or advice slips showing the
coupons had been paid.
In a statement for the grand
Jury, Heald told McIver the grand
jury felt the items could be ex-
planned to the satisfaction of the
grand jury, that all of the items
could be accounted for and the whole
matter cleared up. They were anx-
ouS, willing and desirous of having
him make that explanation and
giving him the opportunity to do
SO. Heald also expressed the per-
sonal conviction that the matters
could be explained and cleared up
in Justice to McIver and TO every
body concerned.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-26
Underpayment-S 1885


Total Underpayment-S2, ,283 .33
I have used every fair means
of appealing to the directors in
power to rectify this and being
unable to combat them again in the
courts, resorted to, as a temporary
measure. the only means at my
command for self preservation in
meeting the political tactics i'm
posed upon me.
Il deposited in bank from time
to time to my credit, certain sums
to compensate me for my just un-
derpayment salary in the amount
of S2,265. This is the sum total Of
advances involved and no more.
An additional claim is owing
me of over $1,000 as rightful trea-
surer of the Mexican company from
February 1896, to February 1887.
81 was very certain that my
claim of legal salary was suffl-
Cient to meet the advances when
Justly awarded. 1t never has been
my intention at any time or in
any manner to defraud the dis
trict.
All coupons paid by me lett my
control February 9, 1887 without
being audited, but if the audit has
been carefully made which in
wolves over 10000 coupons, it will
reflect the following:
Old coupons amount $3.50 lost
during the overhauling of the Of
flee through no fault of mine
no value
Double payment 3 coupons
through error .-.....-................ S 66
Advances for salary ............ S2,265
Last year after three countings
of the January 1886 coupons, the
auditor advised a shortage of $500,
but at my insistence made fourth
counting which tallies correctly.
An audit of all coupons paid
during the last 20 years was made
about a year ago, numbering over
one million three hundred cou-
pons, the major part of which 1
personally handled, and were ac-
counted for without error.
My past record of 20 odd
years of service as an official of
the district speaks for itself.
L respectfully submit this state
ment and trust that you will act
with Just consideration" Signed,
+. H. McIVer.