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October 16, 1926
River Gage at Yuma,
19.86 feet.
River Flow at Yuma
17,600 sec. ft.
TWENTY FIFTH YEAR
PLAN PACT TO CURB BORDER SMUGGLING
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Urges Washington Confab to Limit Land Armament
Immediate A ction
Is Advocated By
Republican Solon
United Slates Should Follow Up Locarno Agree
ment With Call to Supplementary Meet, Is
Opinion of Sena tor Fess of Ohio
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.—As a
result of the Locarno security pact,
the United States government
should take immediate steps to call
a Washington conference to limit
Etuopean land armament. Senator
Simeon D. Fess, Republican, Ohio,
attvised President Coolilge today..
While declining to state what the
president replied, Fess said ho was
satisfied with his interview at the
white house.
DELEGATES CELEBRATE
SIGNING OF TREATY
LOCARNO, Oct. 17 !v\t liar.gag
congratulations over the most suc
cessful of post war conferences in
which old enemies met as equals and
each nation was henefitted and sat
isfied .Europe's statesmen who yes
terday initialled the treaty of Lo
in: no are indulging in a round of
ecri menial dinners before leaving
t .r t heir homes.
The Germans, with thoughts of
revenge behind them and the wav
open to new credits and industrial
rehabilitation, are leaving tonight.
The French, who at Inst have a
pledge of security, and the British,
who have laid n new foundation for
trade with Europe, go tomorrow.
Mutual Felicitations
Amid felicitations, plenipotentiar
ies of the seven nations who framed
the five treaties that were initialled
here assured each other there would
l>c no difficulty on the score of
parliamentary ratification. After
this is obtained, the treaties will be
formally signed in Loudon probably
Ihvelilboi 1.
Besides France. Germany and
(leaf Britain. the participants
wi re Belgium, whose security now
doubly assured bv the new l.’hine
land pact; Italy, which has the sat
isfaction of joining in guai'anteeigg
the Khinelntul, and C/.eeho-Klovakia
and Poland, which have new agree
ments for their protection against
Gcimanv, if needed.
TORNADO RAVAGES
KENTUCKY TOWNS;
TEN ARE INJURED
ll» Inltril Pn-M l.rasrd W ire
LOUISVILLE, Ky.. Oct. 17.
Ten persons injured. Ten towns rav
agi d. .Stock and property dost rov
ed.
That is the toll of a tornado that
swooped down near .Bowling (irecn
and Morse Cave late yesterday.
As John H. Martin, his wife,
mother and a neighbor sat in their
home near Howling Green, th,. twist
er crushed the house.
Martin, with a knife, looked
a way timber that had fallen on and
injured the women.
A intin named Miller was pass
ing in his auto. The car was lift
ed over a fence, dropped upright
in a field and Miller was set in the
mud. unhurt. The auto top sailed
away and hits not been found.
The baby of Laeev Smith was
swept out of debris and carried I'il
to a muddy field nearby where it
was found uuinjtfrcij. Its par
ents were hurt.
Hen Hudson, watching the storm
from his grocery window, saw the
front of the building soar off
through the air and wobble to
earth in a field.
Warren county oilfields reported
thousands of dollars damage.
VEGGS GET STAMPS
VALUED AT $150,000
SHEBOYGAN, Win., Oct. 17.
Yeggs, who looted the post office
here early today escaped with
stamps valued at approximately
$1.50,000, Postmaster Fred Knauf
announced this afternoon.
The robbers forced the night
watchman to unlock the doors to the
stamp vault and then burned their
way through three other doors tom.
obtain the Toot.
Imperial Valley Press
BAN RE-MARRIAGE
OF INNOCENTS IN
DIVORCE AFFAIRS
* —
Episcopal Deputies Reject
Motion to Moderate
Rules
tly I tilted UreM.H Wire
NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 17.—The
house of deputies of the Protestant
Episcopal church convention today
defeated tlie resolution which would
permit the remarriage of an inno
cent party in a divorce for adultry.
The vote was 66 to 14.
The following missionary bishops
were elected by the house of bishop;
today:
The Kev. Mr. William M. Tlmmas,
head master of Hide Cross school a*
Porlo Alegre, lb.i/Yl. to be suffra
gnu bishop of Brazil. He is 47 years
old and was born at Matthany, Md.
Shirlev Hail Nicholas, a mission
ary priest, now at Yamamichi, Him
sake Japan, to be bishop of Kioto,
Japan, lie is 41 years old and a na
tive of Brooklyn, N. Y.
Rev. Dr. Middleton Stewart Barn
well, general secretary of the field
department of the national council
of the church in New York City, to
be missionary bishop of Idaho. He
was formerly pastor of the Church
of the Advent in Birmingham. Ala.
The Rev. Dr. Albert Erskine
Campbell Jr., head master of Holy
Clues college and a friar of the Holy
Cross onler at Masaiuhulam, Li,
beria. West Africa, to In missionary'
bishop of Liberia. He is a native'
of Orange county, I'lorida, and is
the son of a clergyman.
The house of bishops continued on
extra session on the election of m;s
sitoiarief to Mexico and Arizona.
BANDITS RAID
TOWN, BLOW UP
SAFE, GET S9OO
MINOCQUE. Wis.. Oct. 17.
Seven bandits raided the little
town of Woodruff, near hero to
day.
The intruders cut all com
munication lines leading from
the town and dynamited the
vault of the Woodruff State
bank.
An accurate check on the loot
the bandits took has not been
made. The bandits are said to
have escaped with S9OO in 25
cent pieces.
I" WHAT’S DOING I
‘‘The Unholy Three," Valley
theater tonight.
"Bustin’ Through," Palace
Theater tonight.
Brunk’s Comedians, ‘‘John
ny Get Your Gun."
Services at all churches to
morrow.
Gospel revival service, tent.
Sixth and Broadway, 7:30 to
morrow night.
‘‘Other People's Business,"
Brunk’s Comedians, Sunday
night.
Vulfeji Theater tomorrow,
"Never the Twain Shall Meet."
"The Everlasting Whisper"
Palace Theater tomorrow.
Twice Told * Tales Section
10,000 Club, Mrs. Forrest
Kutz', Monday 2:30 p. m.
W. C. T. U. executive board,
Mrs. Sarah Staaek’s,. Monday,
3 p. m.
ITALIAN AVIATOR MAKES
ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL HOP
TOKIO, Oct. 17.—Commander Tie
T’inedo, the Italian airman who flew
here from Rome by way of Mel
bourne, left Knsumigaurn at ii;3o a.
today and arrived safely at]
Kagoshima at 2:45 p. m.
EL CENTRO, CALIFORNIA
PRETTY BETTY TO WED DOUG.
JUNIOR, MOVIELAND BELIEVES
Rctty Bronson ana Douglas rairuunKs Jr., youthful movie stars, have
been kept busy recently denying Hollywood reports of their engagement.
She says they’re “too young to think of marriage,’’ but he says he would
like to marry a girl like Betty some day.
ABANDONMENT OFM AN Y FARMS
IN UNITED STATES REVEALED
BY OFFICIAL BUREAU REPORT
WASHINGTON. Oct. 17.
Agricultural America in the
past five years has undergone
profound changes, resulting in
a loss in the total number of
farms under cultivation, ac
cording to the 1925 farm census.
The total number of farms in
the United States at the present
time was placed at 6,372.608.
compared with 6.148,343 in 1920,
a decrease of 75,735 farms or
1.2 per cent of the total. The
bare figures, however, do not
tell the story of farm aband
onments and the subdivision of
.'•reat ranches into small units
which has disguised the extent
of the decline.
Abandonments were greater
in the scuth than elsewhere.
The west compensated some
SOCIALIST HEADS
IN HUNG ARY FACE
DEATH, IS REPORT
II) I nilcil Press I.cased W ire
I’ASA DKN'A, Oct. 17. Leaders
of the Independent Socialist party
in Hungary are facing court martial
and execution, according to cable
advices here today to Upton Sin
clair, author and radical.
‘•Wholesale court maitial pro
ceedings have been instigated
against Martliins Kadknsi and other
leaders of the Independent Social
ists by Premier llorthy," the cable
said. "Trial begins immediately.
It means the dentil sentence within
three days and execution within
two hours after the verdict."
Sinclair and other Independent
Liberals in the United States have
cabled the Hungarian premier pro
testing against the alleged action.
Sinclair said:
"You tortured him; his wild heart
beats; turn to tumult in your
streets; bis quivering eyelids shake
the town; his moaning breaks your
dungeons down."
FIRE WIPES OUT PLANTS
REEDLEY, Ualif., Oct. 17.
Smouldering ruins were all that was
left here today of two packing
plants at Le .Lie, three miles from
here. An explosion is said to have
preceded the fire. Damage was es
timated at $50,000.
Covers the Valley Like the Sunshine
;; what for this loss by turning
in an increase but this increase
was somewhat at the expense
of great ranches and ranges,
which were cut up into smaller
units without increase of acre
age.
The general trend, it lias
been shown, is toward more in
tensive operation with the small
truck and poultry farm replac
ing the larger acreage where
diversified fanning had been
the practice.
The number of ranches along
the Pacific slopes increased 31.-
413 in the five year period, it
was shewn. In Californa, the
increase was 15.9 per cent, in
Oregon 11.4 per cent and in
Washington 10.5 per cent.
TINY ISLE HURLS
DEFI AT BRITAIN,
WONT PAY TAXES
II) I nlteil Press I.eased Wire
ST. lIKILKRS, Island of Jersey,
English Channel, Oct. 17.—Till- tinv
island, with a total area of 45
square miles, today hurled defiance
at the mighty British empire.
Jersey, lying only u few hours by
steamer from the southern coast of
England, is one of the few remain
ing earthly paradises, where there
is no income tax, where the total
taxation is negligible, where whis
key is far cheaper than Scotland,
wine more inexpensive than in
Trance and tobacco less costly than
in Virginia.
With the arrival today of a spe
fi.'il committer of the British privy
council, headed by the Duke of
Atholl, Great Britain renewed its
efforts to exact a tribute of taxa
tion from the channel islands.
Britain asks a contribution of
325,000 pounds annually from Jer
sey and 275,444 from Guernsey.
Jerseys retorts that Britain has no
right to tax her, that she cannot
and will not contribute.
GRAB 814,000 PAYROLL
WILKES DARKE, Pa„ Oct. 17.
Three armed bandits today escaped
with a $14,800 payroll of the West
Knitting mill at Ulymount after
holding up Clarence West, one of
the mill officials.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1925
STIRRING APPEAL
FOR BOULDER DAM
MADE BY SENATOR
Many Thousands Listen
in to Johnson’s Speech
in Bay City
Making a stirring appeal for
support of the Swing-Johnson bill
providing for the construction of
Boulder Canyon dam and the all-
American canal. Hiram Johnson,
senior senator from California, and
co-author of the bill introduced in
congress by Representative Swing,
last night addressed the Common
wealth club at San Francisco, his
speech being heard over the radio
by countless thousands throughout
the west, and in other sections of
the country.
The senator asked that the state
and nation get behind Imperial Val
iev in its efforts to control the wa
ters of the Colorado river, to pro
tort this community from flip dan
gers of flood, and to enable them to
store sufficient water in flood times
to carry their crops through dry
spells.
Involves 60,000 Folks
“The subject involves the fate of
60,000 men and women in this
state," the senator said. “They
have transformed the desert into a
fruitful empire.
“Imperial county is different
geographically from any other part
of our country or pei-linns of any
other country. It is 260 feet be
low the level of the sea, a vast
desert of silt washed down by the
turbulent Colorado.
“It was not uncommon when the
valley was being settled, for the
ploughman to turn up the bones or
the skull of some early pioneer, who
had sacrificed all to reclaim the
land. But. now they have made it
tin- winter garden of all the United
States.
“The river levees are built tvodav
to the point wlpre they cannot be
built higher.
Tells About ‘lnfamy’
“The building of the canal, which
furnished water to the Imperial
Valley irrigationists, is a story of
infamy. Its details cannot all bc
(Continued on page 31
THREE DIE WHEN
AIRPLANE DROPS
IN HEAVY STORM
By 1 illicit Press l.cnseil \\ Ire
rxroNTOwx. oh. 1:. \
rainstorm over the Alleghenv inoun
tnins took tliroe lives win n an :i :
piano orushed at Now Salem, near
here. ami forced djiun others as it
scattered 41! planes which were on
route from Rolling; Field, Wash., to
l.augiu Field, Moundsville, W. Va.
The craft, piloted bv Lieutenant
George Burgess, F. S. A., of Wilbur
W right field, Dayton. Ohio, develop
ed engine trouble in the face of the
gale and two companions were
burned to death when the plane
caught fire after the crash. Maurice
Hutton, aviation editor of the Day
ton Herald, and Verne Zimmerman,
photographer on the same paper,
were the other fatalities.
An army plane which was flying
;a the rear of Burgess’ ship was
forced down in a gully a few min
utes after the death crash and prob
ably will have to be dismantled.
Five other planes were compelled
to make landings on the Country
Club grounds here. One plane land
ed safely at Rescue, W. Va. Five
became lost in the storm and came
down in pastures near New Mar
tinsville, W. Va. Another was re
ported landed east of Wheeling, four
returned to Bolling Field. 14 pro
ended to Dayton and 11 reached
Bangui Field.
A committee from Wilbur Wright
field will investigate the New Sa
lem disaster. Lieutenant Burgess’
plane is alleged to have been of an
antiquated type and to have been
condemned In- inspectors.
DENY REPORT THAT PLANE
WAS OF OBSOLETE TYPE
By I lilted Press I. eased Wire
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17. Army
air service officials today asserted
that the DJI 4 type planes, includ
ing the one im which Lieutenant
Largess and two civilians were kill
cu yesterday, near Fniontown, fa.,
is not obsolete.
‘‘The ‘‘Honeymoon Express"
DIl-4, in which Burgess crashed,
would never had been allowed to
.take the air from Dayton if it had
.not been in good shape, it was said.
SUBMERSIBLE WAS
HIT FROM ASTERN,
DIVER TESTIFIES
Corroborates Claim That
111-Fated Craft Had
Right of Way
lly I nlteil Press 1. 1- nsoil Wire
BOSTON”, Oct. 17.—Testifying at
the federal inquiry into tlu* sinking
of the submarine S-61 here todav.
Naval Diver James K. Ingram said
the submarine was rammed from
the rear by tlie steamer City of
Rome in the collision which took a
toll of 36 lives.
Ingram was the first diver to
reach the sunken submarine. He
testified that the steamer evident
ly had been swinging hard to star
board when the crash occurred.
The diver's testimony eorrbo
rated previous statements that the
submarine had the right of way, as
slie was hit on the port side.
Tells of Underwater Work
A graphic description of his sub
terranean efforts to ciimmunicate
with the men trapped in the sunken
S-61 a few hours after the dis
aster, was given by Ingram.
He said, however, he was convinc
ed almost from the first that there
was no life within the steel walls
of the wrecked submarine.
This was evident, he said, by the
fact that the S-61 lay on an even
kool, while had there been air in
any of her compartments one would
have been raised slightly.
Ingram said lie made n superfi
cial examination of the hole in the
submarine’s port side and tapped
tlie hull and listened for sounds
from within.
“1 heard nothing at all from in
side the S-61,” lie said. “Thou f
went back to where the hole was in
her left side and tried to climb
on board. I couldn’t obtain a foot
hold and signalled to bo haul
ed up.’’
BURGLAR NABBED
AFTER ROBBERY
OF LOCAL HOMES
Through quirk work on the part
of Officers Applegate and Brouse,
of the El Centro police department,
11. Trefillo, 24 years old, is held at
the county .jail, following his ar
rest at 8 o’clock last night after
he had robbed three homes in the
south end of the city.
A partner of Trefillo, who was
waiting near the scene of the rob
beries with a car. made a quick
getaway when the officers respond
ed in response to a telephone call
advising them that neighbors in
the vicinity had seen the men
prowling around several houses.
The residences of W. A. Sclieni
man, .1. 0. Aduddcll and Roscoe
Beil, all in the block on Sandalwood
Drive between Fourth and Fifth
street, were entered, the burglars
confining their loot to clothing and
jewelry. Entrance in each case was
made by the use of a skeleton key.
When Applegate and Brouse were
called to the vicinity, they made a
quick tour of the streets and alleys
near the block. Noticing Trefillo
walking along the. street, Applegate
left the police car which Brouse
was driving and placed Trefillo tin
der arrest. The latter pretended to
be insane, but the pulicc found two
watehes and a pearl necklace in his
possession, and he was unable to
give a satisfactory account for their
presence.
It is believed Trefillo‘s partner
had the remainder of their loot in
the ear that l’refillo was probably
"holding out" the stuff which was
found on him. Although the offi
cers searched tin* entire city they
were unable to find the ear in which
Trefillo’s partner was riding.
This morning Trefillo, who is a
drug addict, was too sick to be <dv-
en a hearing, and it so happens that
Applegate is also confined to his
some with a back attack of neu
ritis. The case was continued until
next week by .Judge Whitelaw.
BUYING RUSH CONTINUES
ON N. Y. STOCK EXCHANGE
NL \\ \ ORK, Oct. 17.—Buying
orders from every section of the
country continued to pour into Wall
Street and the opening of the stock
market today again witnessed a.
wild, seething mob of traders tight
ing to buy stocks as prices continu
al to soar to further record
heights.
U. 5. and Mexico
Virtually Agree
Over New Treaty
Proposed Pact Is Seen as Important Step in Ameri
can Plan to Enforce Liquor and Narcotic Pro
hibition Along Southern Boundary
AIRCRAFT BOARD
PREPARES REPORT
ON QUIZ FINDING
Action Now Is Expected
On Court martial of
Co!. Mitchell
WASHINGTON. Oct. 17. The
aircraft inquiry is over and a re
port for the guidance of President
Coolidge now is being prepart 1.
Open hearings were concluded last
' night by the special air board after
almost a month cf sittings. A brief
executive cession was held today to
, map out a program for drafting the
j report and then the beard scattered
I to study the voluminous record.
1 Board members will devote a week
j to individual study of the evidence
and then assemble to write the re
port of their finding:.
The next move in the aircraft
I controversy wiii be v.nr department
; action.on the eourtmiirtinl of Col
onel William Mitchell, whose cr'i
j it isms and the charges precipitated
j the inquiry just concluded,
j Secretary of War Davis is await
ling affidavits of San Antonin
| Texas newspapermen, swearing that
j Mitchell gave them the statement
I which started ali the trouble.
Upon receipt of these, expected
! today or Monday, ail tlie evidence
! will be put into the hands of Major
: General John L. Hines, chief of
j stuff, who will then make a recom
; mendution.
Expact Recommendations
i The proceedings are to get under
wav without delay after Hines
makes his recommendation and
, Mitchell handed the charges.
The aiir board ts expected to make
its recommendations along three
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12 KILLED, 20
INJURED WHEN
TRAINS CRASH
Ilj X I'rcNM liPtiNed Wire
GENOA, Oct. 17,—Twelvp
persons were killed and 20 in
jured when a freight and pas
senger train on the Gonoa-Milan
line collided today.
It was the second major rail
road accident in Italy within a
week.
Last Satm lay a score perish
ed when an express train plung
ed over a bridge at Catnnzaro.
Football Returns
Vale’s football team was defeat
ed this afternoon at .New Haven,
the Bonn university squad taking
them into camp by the score of Id
to Id. Vale was expected to win,
but Bonn t russed the guessers.
Other scores are us follows:
Vale Id, Pennsylvania It!.
At Lincoln- third quarter; Ne
braska ti, Washington 0.
Lafayette 7, Colgate 7.
Johns Hopkins 7, Richmond 0.
At Boston: Boston college Id,
Boston university 7.
At Ithaca: OwiHiell 41, Rutgers 0.
At Columbia: Ohio State it, Co
lumbia 0.
At Lincoln, fourth quarter—Wash
Button d, Nebraska d. Final: Wash
ington d, Nebraska d.
Final—Army 117. Notre Dame 0.
Bucknell 0, Haskell 0.
Final—Pittsburgh Id, Gettys
burg 1 1.
Harvard d. Holy Cross 7.
Navy 10, Princeton Id.
Penn State Id, Marietta 0.
Dartmouth 7>d, Maine 0.
Cornell 41, Rutgers 0.
Brown 48, Bates ti.
St. Johns d. Providence 1 1.
Detroit 0, George town Cl.
Michigan 31, Wisconsin 0,
Bank Clearing*
$147,413.04
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Ily l nited I’ress l.raacil Wire
WASHINGTON. Oct. 17. Tbe
United States and Mexico have
j agreed in principle and In most of
the details on a new treaty design
ed to stop smuggling along the
boundary between the two nations.
Conclusion of the treaty is re
garded here as an important step in
the government’s plan to enforce
liquor and narcotic prohibition.
A treaty with Canada covering tlie
mirrliem land frontiers of the Unit
ed States has been concluded and
1 u l l into effect and it is expected
that the Mexican convention will
be similar to Hint with Canada in
most provisions.
The Mexicnn convention will cov
er a larger number of eases than the
Canadian pact, it is indicated. The
Mexican smuggling «inestion in
cludes cun running and the ques*
tion of banditry, which does not
enter largely into the Canadian
boundary problem of this country,
MAY ADD TO FOREIGN
RESTRICTIONS IN MEXICO
II? I lilted Press I.eased Wire
j WASHINGTON", t><|f. 17.--Offi.
t e: I attention of the United States
| government lias been directed to
| legislation proposed to the Mexican
parliament by the Calles adminis
-1 : lion to add further restrictions
Ito foreign property holdings ill
I Mexico.
Tiie United States embassy in
Mexico City lias reported on tlie
j details of this plan to amend anr
■ add to the restrictions of the fam
i mi., article 77 of the Mexican con
!st it iitiun, it tills said officially at
I the state department today.
Official comment was refused,
j The particular part of the new
i amendment which this country is
I in< lined to disapprove will forbid
: foreigners to hold property in a
j zone on the Mexican frontiers.
President Calles lias strong sup
port in the two houses of the Mexi
can parliament for his proposal, ac
! cording to information here.
i r
DECISION GRANTS
SAN DIEGO RIGHT
i TO RIVER WATER
Imperial Valley residents arc in
terested in no slight degree in the
decision rendered at San Diego yes
terday whereby that city is granted
water right over the San Diego
river under the old pueblo grant
given the city at the time when it
was under tin* rule of Spain.
The decision was rendered by
Judge M. W. Conkling of this city,
who presided at the hearing which
was held ia Santa Ana for several
weeks during the summer.
Judge Coukliug's decision is hull
ed with delight by San Diego offi
cials and residents, who have eon -
1 ducted a long tight in the courts to
obtain rights to the river which
furnishes the city with the major
portion of its water snpplv.
The decision involved consider
able research work before it was
rendered. Judge Conkling having to
take into consideration old Spanish
and Mexican laws which Were in
ten.led to guarantee the rights of
the people and which in recent years
became somewhat obscured by the
encroachments made on the water
supply by private irrigation and
water companies.
SPECTATORS HURT WHEN
GRANDSTAND COLLAPSES
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17. A
grandstand collapsed in the midst of
the third period «( plav at the
Washington and Jefferson Garneigo
football game here today, while
hundreds of persons were on their
feet cheering their teams. It was
known that several spectators were
hurt.
LOOT MINNESOTA BANK
NEW BRIGHTON, Mum., OH 17
Three bandits robbed tie First
State bank of New Brighton todav,
escupiug with iL’OOO.