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IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS
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W. C. COSTELLO. Manager
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LOOKIXG LX TO OCR AIR SERVICE
President Coolidge is not going- to be stampeded
by those who are determined to reveal a lot of rotten
ness and incompetence in the air service. Neither is
he going to ignore the clamor for an investigation.
President ( oolidge is the one man in the United States,
if there be only one, who can keep his head in the
midst of a storm. Poise is a mighty good tiling for
one who has such tremendous responsibilities imposed
upon him.
The President intends the public shall know
whether the air service is what Colonel Mitchell says
it is. He also intends the investigation shall be one of
a fair and open kind, looking only to the public good
and to the impugning of no particular person.
It may said there was a peculiar coincidence in
disasters to the Shenandoah and to the PN9-1. Com
ing almost simultaneously they gave warrant for
grave suspicion that the air service is not receiving the
intelligent attention it should. It might even be sus
pected by crape-hangers and pessimistic critics that
incompetence and skullduggery existed in the newest
branch of our national defense. It furnishes a fine
opening for all such suspective persons. It was the
signal for an explosion on the part of Colonel Mit
chell. He was already smarting under discipline for
unruly conduct. Therefore he blew up and invited
army officers to do their worst. It is not our purpose
to condemn Mitchell. Maybe his tirade against the
air service will result in good to the service. Usually
those who are loud in their blame, are never wholly
right nor wholly wrong. If it were not for their
espionage many defects and short comings would go
unexposed and uncorrected.
It was unfortunate for Colonel Mitchell that
Commander R-odgers and his crew kept afloat with
their craft on the Pacific until they were rescued.
They electrified the world by staying on top of the
waves instead of descending to the bottom of the
ocean. Live heroes are much more interested than
dead martyrs. The latter, it must be said, would bol
ster up the contentions of Colonel Mitchell in a much
better manher than will the former: Commander
Rodgers and his airplane crew furnish testimony to
confuse Mitchell. They were not, according to their
evidence, arbitrarily ordered to their perilous expedi
tion without regard to preparation. They encountered
air conditions they had not foreseen and required
more gasoline. A replenishing vessel was placed for
such an emergency. But the flyers missed the tanker
and were buffeted about by the ocean until happily
picked up by a submarine.
What the PN9-1 and the Shenandoah underwent
was an exigency of the development of our air service
and the rescued and the dead men have made their
contributions to the national welfare. Death is a price
and penalty that may be paid by patriots. But un
necessary loss of life is something none should be will
ing to tolerate. We shall see what good is to grow out
of these tragic incidents. Meantime it should be re
membered Colonel Mitchell is suffering from a sore
toe and that he is apparently one of the kind who
courts the focus of the spotlight-.
THE MODER.X CHARIOTEER
A movie actress who ventured to drive a Roman
chariot on the streets of Hollywood and got away
with it. gets herself arrested for obstructing the traf
fic when she tries it in other cities. It makes no dif
ference to heartless police judges that it is a vehicle
used in filming a famous picture drama, and that it
faithfully portrays a historic type of equipage. Yok
ed horses and lumbering wheels simply do not go, in
any sense, on a modern city thoroughfare. If they be
long anywhere, it is on the stage or in the museum.
Chariots were, at best, an awkward and uncomr
fortable conveyance. To modern eyes, they used an
absurd amount of horsepower for the traction needed.
The chariot, structurally considered, was little more
than two crude wheels with a board between them to
stand on and something for the rider to hold onto so
he would not fall out. They rumbled dreadfully, and
they must have made very rough riding, even over
a model Roman road. Off the main roads, it was prob
ably easier walking. A modern charioteer would
about as leave ride behind a team of plowhorses in a
stone-boat.
Still, we cannot see that the modern buggy, in
vogue until just the other day, was much better, ex
cept /or its springs.
'There is no known kind of horse-drawn equipage
that can get onto an American street nowdays with
out obstructing traffic. Even a saddle horse is in the
way. It is only a question of a few years, perhaps,
when horses will be absolutely barred from all our
cities.
Yes. times change. In Des Moines, lowa, when a
prize is offered for the longest hair, it is won by an
18 year old boy named Joseph Kametz.
Ihe girls ot lowa may bob as they like, but no
bobbing for Joseph! He has never had his hair cut,
and doesn’t want it cut.
An average male is disposed to shudder at this,
moved by a vague fear, and wondering whether the
incident is prophetic. Is man destined to become the
long-haired sex, and women the short-haired? We
know it is so with animals—lions and buffaloes, for ex
ample, not to mention birds, which uniformly give
maies the more generous plumage.
( lothes obviously have the same tendency. Wo
man skimps her clothing and man adds to his. Are
the sexes going t 0 keep on until each looks, and acts, as
the other used to?
Chicago passes the 3,000,000 mark, and there’s
ill plenty of room left out on the prairie.
Opticians reckon reading distance at 14 inches,
and sometimes it seems as if the average man ca» ;< e
just about that far into the future.
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Bed-Time Stories
By HOWARD B. OARIS
Copyright. 1923, by McClure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WTGGILY AND THE
BORD PATH
Though summer had almost said
i goodby, still tiiere were warm days
left in Woodland, and one morning
when Uncle Wiggily arose, twinkled
I I.is pink nose, and felt how hot the
; sun was, he said:
‘ ‘ i will put one out !''
“Did you hoar that?” asked Toot
o: of Seooter, as the two little bun
ny boys were dressing to go to the
. Hollow Stump school.
“Did 1 hear what?" asked Scoot
|ei. who was trying to stand on one
ear. and finding it not as easy as he
had thought.
‘' Paddyeums Wiggily must be go
ing to play ball.’’ went on Tooter.
“1 heard him sav he was going to
put one out. And when you play
1 : seball you have to put some one
out.
“Von have to put three out to
make it a game,' said Seooter. “Oil,
Paddyeums! ' lie called to Mr. Long
cars.
“What is it?"' asked the rabbit
gentleman.
“Are you going to play baseball’’
went on Scooter. |
“ And if you are will you let us*
play?” begged Tooter. “We heard
you say you were going to put one
out.''
Down lie sat rirfit
, in tta Lir& Latft!
Vila! Hu!" laughed Uncle AVjjg
g!!y! I ineynt that t was going ftv
put out- n bird bath. 1 hud one out
< :■:>* in summeriwjicn the birds were
hot and dry. and many birds' efllVie
and splashed in my shallow basin of
'■■ater. I took the bath iu yesterday
for I thought it was too cool, but 1
'till see some birds in my garden, > ■
1 will put my bird bath out again."
Which the bunny gentleman did,
and soon a robin, who was staving
up north longer than usual was flut
tering his wings in the water.
Til-' a a blue ’:;V. looking as guv
os a moving picture, swooped down
! >*ut of a tie", calling: “Huy! Hay!
Hay! Hr. too. splashed into tin
bird bath when the robin had gone
away to a sunny place to dry his
wings.
‘ Oh. this is lots of fun!" sang
• .e blue jay. “Thanks for this bath.
U”e!o Wiggily! "
“ You are quite welcome,” ail
s'.'ere* the rabbit gentleman. ‘‘Tell
the other birds to come here amt cool
off- I have plenty of water." Jle
reeded to fill up the bath when the
robin and blue jay had finished, for.
being rather large birds, they had
splashed out a lot. And when the
bath was filled again, down flew the
numble little sparrows. They, too.
■ njoyed the bath, but they were so
noisy and seemed to quarrel so
among themselves, that Unrle Wig
gily I ked the robin and blue jay
l est And the sparrows, because
there were so many of them, used a
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THE IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS
WITNESSES TELL
OF INVESTMENTS
IN ‘RAIL MERGER’
By t nltcd Press I.onset! Wire
I.WS ANGELES, Sept. 18.—>1. P.
Black, former Chicago publisher, re
sumed the witness stand today to
testify against Thomas Hennessey
and Harry Hibbs. alleged million
dollar swindlers.
Black testified lie invested sl,v
000 in the proposed “$6,000,0000,000
inilroad merger scheme ’ ’ promoted
by Hibbs and Hennessy. He "as
promised a return of slo on each dol
lar entrusted to the brokers’ Slack
said.
“Hibbs told me that he an,l Hen
nessey were to receive $200,000,000
commission for consummating the
.merger deal.” the witness said.
W. E. Cooper took the stand this
morning and testified he invested
approximately $12,000 with Hibbs
and Hennessey.
The courtroom was jamme4 with
spectators, including many of the
accused broker’s “clients.”
Christians Charge
Turks With Deaths
LONDON, Sept. 17. The Ex
change Telegraph’s Bagdad corres
pondent cabled today that 80 more
destitute Christian refugees, arriv
ing at Zakho 1 rom the Govan dis
trict of the Mosul area, charged
that the Turks were committing
atrocities against the Christians, re
sulting iu many deaths.
They reiterated earlier charges
that the Turks had expelled 8000
Govan Christians forcibly from
their homes. The Turkish action
was deemed by them an indication
of the treatment Christians might
expect if the League of Nations’
decision in the Mosul boundary dis
pute should be unfavorable to Tur
kov.
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A ->4,000 horsepower plant is be
ing developed on the Sowlitz river,
Lewis cotinfy; Washington.
lot of water, and Mr. Lon gears must
needs get the can and fill up the
bjnl bst-4.oucc more.
■ - lie Jjill(4 it fulLiiJul running over
I his time, and as he was going
away, to sit quietly on the porch of
his bungalow. Where lie Curl.l w.’t.-h
the birds come, all of a siiddi , up
f i cin the long grass where lie had
la-, it hiding, popped the Bob Cat:
“I’ve been waiting for a good
chance to nibble your ears!’’ vowed
the unpleasant creative.
•' Yes, and 1 ’ve been waiting for a
gi.od chance to give you a bath!”
called the blue jay. Down he
-woo pod. so cliis* 1 to the Boh * ’at -
face that the bad chap lea pel bark.
Then he stumbled on a stoii and
down he sat—right in the bird bath.
Oli, what a splash he made, mb how
wet that Bob Cat was!
“Vow! Meaouw! Zitt!" splutter
ed the Bob Cat, for lie did not like
water.
“Ha! Ha!" laughed the blue jav
“'i ou aren’t a bird. Mr. Bob Cat.
but you got in the bird bath just
tin same."
, Uncle Wiggily laughed also, and
tinn the bad chap, who didn’t like
bring laughed at any more than he
liked getting wet, slunk off through
the grass to go where he ■ ■finld dry
his fur.
So this teaches us that it is goo 1
as well as useful to put our bird
baths. And if the cherry pie doesn t
turn up side down and try to look
like a loll.vpop going to a pi'-nic. I Ml
I I i 1 von next about Uncle Wiggily s
roller skate.
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Toll of
Imperial Valley for This Date
In Past Years
EIGHTEEN YEARS AGO
September 18. 1907
S. \V. Dunaway ot Riverside is
; legistcrcd at tlio lioto!.
- Dr. .J. C. Dlnokingfon ami fnmi.lv
returned from a summer spent at
Santa Monica.
.1. J. Chuppel of San Francisco left
for Jacksonville, Florida, following
a week spent looking after his
ranch interests here.
11. C. Griswold and bride returned
from their trip to San Diego. River
side and other Southern Cnliforuitf
(minis.
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
September 18, 1910
( Ir. Sprouse purchased front \V.
T. Bill four lots on the south side of
State street between the State
Street Christian*i-hure-h property and
tl.i library site. lie plans to im
prove the property this winter.
Mr. and -Mrs. K. K. Forrester and
two youngest children returned from
a week's camping trip in San Diego
county. They made their head
quarters at Imperial Beach and stop
ped at Julian, Campo and Jacumba.
The electrical storm which swept
over the valley burned out the
switchboard in the new Holton Dow
er i ledriea 1 plant.
TEN YEARS AGO
September 18, 1919
Mrs. G. S. Helms and two children
returned from a vacation at coast
points.
ii. C. Coe, supervising principal
*'f the FI Centro grammar schools,
came back from his vacation on the
coast.
Mrs. Fred F. Place, wife of the
secretary of the chamber of com
merce, came back from Iwjt- Ai:geh s
''here she has been for the summer.
CAPTURE LAD WHO
USED GUN TO COW
MATRON AT HOME
H,r I uifrcl l*rcMN I.cased " Ire
MODESTO. Calif., Sept. 18.—Ed
ward De Fa Rosa, 1 -who escaped
trom the county detention home
here September t>, bv forcing an as
sistant matron at pistol point to
open doors leading from the insti
tution. has been captured in San
■ Francisco, officials were -.notified
today. Dc v l>a Rosa faces charges of
assault with a deadly weapon, pass
ing ot 'vorlhlcjss chocks, auto theft
and stealing from the mails.
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sortment of the things that children need for start
ing school as right now.
—Pretty materials for dresses and wash suits as well a
the ready-made garments that you are sure to like. Come
now and let use help you with the school needfuls.
—Good Shoes For Boys and Girls..
—Bo/s Suits and New Long Trousers Are Ready.
— Boy's Caps and Sweaters Are Here.
—Boy’s Shirts and New Wide Belts.
— Girl’s Wash Dresses and New Hats.
— Boy’s and Girl’s Good Theme Stockings.
—Little Brother and Little Sister Union Suits of Nain
sook Here in All Sizes.
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—New Anderson Prints for School Frocks.
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LANSING, Mich., Sept. 18.—Tho
income tux publicity law provides!
swindlers wit:* t lie* ‘‘best sucker,
list in the world,” according to
members of the National Associa
tion of Securities Commissioners
in convention here.
A resolution asking repenl of the]
law Inis been drafted and is to be]
passed with other resolutions for]
■defeating stock operators this af-1
tornoon.
The convention "ill adjourn late
today to go to Detroit to inspect
the stock exchange and automobile
factories. *
GUATELMALA SEEKS
FUNDS ON DEPOSIT
IN BAY CITY BANK
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SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 18.—
The Guatemalan government today
filed claims in superior court here
for $1,111.7,40(1 against the estate of
its former president ami dictator,
Manuel Cabrera.
Cabrera died virtually a prisoner
at his home in Guatomubt* April 8.7,
1981. He left several thousand dol
lars on deposit in a local bank
under the name of ‘‘Manuel F. ”
Business property valued at 880,
000 was also included in the estate.
The suit sets forth that in 1910
l abrera "as all supreme, he < in
fiscated four ranches, large tpiau
titees of coffee and sugar ami $40,-
000 in Guatemalan currency.
After Cabrera "as deposed, it is
claimed, he was ..sued for the dam
age resulting trom the confiscation
and looting of the propertv in
Guatemala and a judgment return
ed for the government. Cabrera
defied attempts to collect damages.
He "as reported to have hidden a
fortune in Spain and large sums
i here, but refused to tell "here the
treasures were cached.
When tin* rant'lms finally were, re
'stinted to their owners, the claim
contends,,.u • was tlouifd tlia! they
had been looted of ail equipment
.and stuck.and that colonics of peon
farm hands had been sold vigtuulj'
into slavery by Cabrera.
insurance executive says Kellogg’s ALL
BRAN is “Conqueror of Constipation”
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Former addict to
pills end dregs
says ALL-BRAN
restored youth
fid vim.
Here is a most remarkable trib
ute to Kellogg’s all-bran :
For more* than one-third of a cen
tury, I was an addict to ail kinds of
pills, drugs and nostrums to alleviate
the tortures resulting from constipa
tion. They brought only temporary re
lief. Then I tried Kellogg’s all-lran.
and as a result I have a new birth of
freedom from the terrible foe of the
race, i am again in the pink of con
dition, the personification even of
youthful vigor in my advancing years.
Truly, Mr. W. K. Kellogg’s all-BUAN
Is the conqueror of constipation.
- p. Gratefully yours*
(Signed) A. M. Sweeney,
Tlie Federal Reserve Life Insurance Co.
Claim Pair Used
Cough Syrup in
‘Bonded’ Liquor
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 18. Dr.
; W. A. Shafer, Los Angeles, and U.
,A. Margo, president of <'. (Inborn
' tories, South l’asadona, were ar
| rested here today on a, charge of i
I conspiracy in connection with the’
I manufacture of “bonded whiskey”
I from alcohol and “C. C. cough syr
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i’lie ‘‘syrup, made at Margo's l
iuboiatones, was in reality a tlav
] oring com pound, which added ill
small quantities to alcohol, gave it
the taste and appearance of real:
wlitske', federal agents claim.
Ihe accused men were released
under bonds of $8*7911 each. Their
! hearing set for tomorrow before
; I'nited States Commissioner It. I.
i Turney.
2 ALASKANS DROWN,
HELD BY UNDERTOW
| SVN FRANCISCO, Sept. Is.- It r
i Itey Nelson and John Ross, Alaskan
| tisli packers, were drowned in the
j ocean off the municipal jmu I here
j yesterday "Io n caught by ihr mi
! berfove,
i Two companions. Try jo’Olson and
1.. E. F.kstroiii, vainly tried to res
cue them' and rescind shore only
ai 1 1 r a tel l : fie t.ur ge.
Friday, September 18,1925
Let Kellogg’s all-bran conquer
constipation forever for you. Doc
tors recommend it. It is what they
call a bulk food, that sweeps th'o
intestine clean, stimulating diges
tion and normal, healthy action.
Something habit-forming jjills and
drugs can never do.
Eat at least two tablespoonfuls
daily—in chronic cases, with every
meal. If eaten regularly, relief is
guaranteed or your grocer returns
the purchase price. Kellogg’s all
is made in Hattie Creek,
Mich. Served in leading hotels and
restaurants. Sold by all grocery
ALL-BRAN
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Be Slayer’s Plea
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JIANFO'RI.), Cal., Sept. 18. Ed
Johnson and I. \\ . Jansen went oil
trial in.superior chart here today
for the killing of Jack Morgan at
< 'ot corn n Jul v .7.
It is said that Johnson, who docs
not nv that it was from the gun
In Id in lii.s hand that the bullet wa y
sent crashing into the brain of Mor
g:** "ill ilia he his fight on a plea of
s el( detense and coitnm a low. while
.1: sen. will plead no purl in the af
fray.
Johnson red Jansen, his father
ia !. w, drove to the Morgan lioihe
on the night of July .7, call'd Mr .
Johnson, who is alleged to have been
II ing with Morgan as his "ii'e, to
t! * roads !,> and ashed that Morgan
himself be sent out. Father and
daughter are said to have returned
to the house, while Moigan walked
to t lie roadside and engaged ii an
uUiicutioii with Johnson, daring
i the do oting took place. >
STATE BOARD ORDERS
CUT IN GAS CHARGE
SAN FBA NCI ICO, S< . 18.
/lie state railroad commission rtn
um iices that it had ordered a redm
tioi in rate:-, of from s to 9 cents in
the charge for gas ! \ thecea-t cat,
ievs gas and eh -Die eoni| ail' ai d
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