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TWENTY SIXTH YEAR
AMUNDSEN IS EXPECTED AT NOME HOURLY
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Many Are Slain During The Polish Uprising Today
NORTHERN
CITY 15
EXCITED
Greatest Emotion Arous
ed Since Famed Gold
Rush of the ’Nineties.
IS AT BLIND SPOT
Commander More Inter
ested in Seeing Wasten
Than in Crossing Pole.
COBDOVA, Alaska, May 13.
Drifting somewhere in the north
ern skies, whereabout of the
Amundscn-EUsworth dirigible
Norge was a mystery to radio
stations throughout Alaska this
afternoon.
The naval radio station at St.
Paul, which heard the Norge's
signals last night, called continu
ally during the forenoon today
and at 1 p. m. reported that it
had made no contact with the air
ship and heard no signals from it
since last night.
The Nome station also was call
ing the Norge at regular inter
vals, but without success.
With cloudy weather and poor
visibility north of Nome, the fear
grew that the airship may have
been swept off its course and not
be headed for the landing field
at Nome, as scheduled.
There is little reason yet. how
ever, to fear lor the safety of
the airship and its explorer pass
engers.
Br 1 liltril I’rtM l.eascil Wire
NOME. Alaska. May l.t. - The
Amundsen Ellsworth polar dirigible
Norge lias s.u’cessfullv ernssril tin*
tup iif Ili ’ whili! ami is safi' today
over Alaskan territory.
A lauding should bo in ml i* at ;
Nome (lining the day.
This was ii* vi’ii led when almut
midnight, Alaskan time, the giant,
airship's radio sigaais were picked i
up at St. Paul, Alaska, according W|
dispatches relayed at Cordova.
It was ex|K>eted at Nome, Alaska, I
this afternoon.
From 2:30 p. in. yesterday, Nor
v.igian time, until about 11 o’clock
last night, Alaskan time, no word
was heard from the expedition,
'then the naval radio station at Cor
dova, Alaska, picked lip the signals
of the dirigible.
“Airship Norse, bound Nome,
Alaska. Clense answer if anyone
hears us," the iiij*igib> said from
“above the top of the world."
The call was answered and it was
known that all was well.
In the time between yesterday
afternoon* s message, received at
Oslo, Norway end the in. ssage las*
night to Cordova, the Norge ap
parently had plowe,) steadily away
from (he po’e toward Nome. It is
the region between the pole and
Alaska which civilized man lias nev
ei seen.
May Find Land
In that region, explorers believe
will be found whatever land may
exist in the polar areas.
Messages received at Oslo indicat
ed the Norge, up to late Wednesday,
had not sighted land, but only vast
wa*‘S( of Arctic sea and ice.
The Oslo newspaper Aftenposten
»aid it was likely that should the
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WHAT’S DOING
TONIGHT
Pythian Sisters meeting follow
ed by guest nigiit card party,
Davis hall.
Musicalo by pupils of Oria
Kenah, Presbyterian church, 8
► >n.
E. A. M. No. 109, Masonic
hall.
B. P. O. E. No. 1325, meets
Elks hall, 8 p. in.
“The Greater Glory,’’ Palace
theater.
“The Only Thing,’’ and
“Speed Wild,’’ Val’ey theater.
TOMORROW
W. 0. T. U. meets, city park,
4 p. m., followed by picnic and
evening meeting.
‘ • The Sandman, ’ ’ Lincoln
school operetta, Wilson school
auditorium, 2:15 p. m.
Klwanis Club luncheon, Hotel
Barbara Worth.
Imperial Valley Press
Hubby Ate Her
Goldfish; She
Asks Divorce
HOLLYWOOD, May 13-
Goldfish swallowing is the lat
ent sport at fashionable Holly
wood drinking parties, accord
ing to a divorce suit on file
here today by Mr?. Ruth New
ton against her millionaire hus
band, John K. Newton.
In her suit, Mrs. Newton
told of a party at her no • e
last November while she was
away. One of the guests, it was
alleged, swallowed four of her
pet goldfish.
Later, according to the suit,
a dozen more goldfish were sent
fer and swallowed by another
‘ highly intoxicated” guest. A
physician with a stomach pump
had to be summoned to admin
ister to the fish-swallowing
guests, Mrs. Newton said.
VETERAN TEACHER
OF EL CENTRO IS
LEAVING HERE
Superintendent Shibley
Tenders R e signation
After Long Service.
.\ftcr 1G years in public school
work in Imperial County, during
which time he lm* made nn enviable
rVi-ortl. A. P. Shibley, superinten
dent of El Centro schools, presented ■
Ills resignation to the Kl Centro
board Inst night, effective at the
'close of the school year. The board
accepted the resignation with regret
and paid a hi*»h tribute to the de
parting official.
Superintendent Shiblev has ac
cepted a position as superintendent
of public schoo's at Huntington
Reach, one of the thriving small
towns in the Los Angeles section.
He will take up his new duties
there ns soon as he lias completed
the sclunil year here. The new
position will give him considerable
increase in salary and nn excellent
field to work in.
Coming to Imperial Valley in 1910
Superintendent Shiblev became af
filiated with the schools in Imperial
and remained in that city until 1914
when be was chosen county super
intendent of schools, assuming that
office in 1913. He remained nt the
head of the county schools until the
fall of 1920 when he was appointed
head of the El Centro school system.
During his regime as head of the
El Centro schools Superintendent
Shiblev has been a hard worker and
las developed the public school sys
tem of this city to a point where
it compares favorably with any city
in California. Each year he linn
taken considerable pains to obtain
•,ii efficient teaching staf, a work
i iitailing no small amount of effort,
!iiii to the fact that there are munv
resignations in the teaching force
cat li yenr.
Mr. Shiblev lias been prominei”
in fraternal organiztaions. beino i
member of several Masonic bodies,
‘be Elks and the e'*ih. 1 •
'ms a wide circle of friends here who
regret to see him leaving the citv
but are glad to know that his
change is in the nature of an ad
vancement.
‘‘lt is a hard decision to make”,
‘be superintendent said today.
“After living here for 1H years, and
having made so many fine friend
ships, it is difficult to decide to
give up and start all over again in
a jew location. No matter what
attractions the new position holds
out, Mrs. Shibley and I feel that we
are sustaining a distinct loss in
leaving our friends here, though we
both feel that nothing can ever
happen to break those friendships.”
COUNCIL AND COUNTY BOARD
TO DISCUSS HEALTH SERVICE
Members of the city council at
last night’s meeting accepted the
invitation of the board of super
visors to meet with the latter body
>n May 17, at 10 a. m., for the jmr
nose of discussing the proposed es
nblishment of a public health ser
vice in Imperial county.
This proposition lias been endors
’d bv various civic bodies through
out the county within the past year
u’ two, and it is believed that the
health service, which would be un
■er the direction of the United
’dates government, would prove of
oal benefit, to this section.
Bids on the Main street ornament
al street lighting were ordered re
PREMIER
IRIS IRE
EMPLOYERS
Says Lockout Will Not Be
Countenanced by the
Government.
STRIKE CONDITIONS
With More Than 1,000,000
Miners Still Out Situa
tion Seems Same.
By KEITH JONES
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
LONDON, May 13 —Premier Bald
win tonight pledged the power of
the British government to enable
strikers who desire to return to their
obi jobs to do so at their old wage
scale and at the former hours of la
bor.
Speaking before a crowded house
of commons, Baldwin said:
”1 will not countenance any at
tempt on the part of an employer
to use the present occasion for try
ing in any way to get reductions in
wages from those in force before
the strike or to increase the hours
of labor. ’ ’
That was Baldwin’s reply to the
protests and warnings of the trades
union council regarding the ‘‘lock
out” tactics of i„e employers m ef
fecting reinstatement agreements
with the men.
STRIKE CONDITIONS
LONDON, May IS.—(3 p. m.)'—
Virtual strike condtions. still pre
vailed in Great Britain today despite
cancellation of the general strike
order by the trades union council.
Railwaymcn still were idle in
Edinburgh, Peterborough, Cardiff,
Hull and other centers. Dock work
ers have not returned in Liverpool
or Manchester. Printers still were
out almost everywhere, reportedly
owing to the publishers’ demand for
guarantees that there will be no dic
tation of editorial policy in the fu- J
ture.
Glasgow's leading newspapers to
day announced thut henceforth they
would employ only nonunion labor.
1,000,000 Miners Out
The more than 1,000,000 mine
workers still are out
Railway and street car service
was crippled today. The extent of
tlie continued stoppage was such
that in many remote points it was
believed that the strike order still
was in effect.
The national union of railway men
announced today that the executives
of the three unions represented by
it had decided that railwaymcn must
remain out until they have received
satisfactory assurances from the rail
way companies regarding reinstate
ment of all the iueu.
A spokesman for the trades union
council told the United Press today
that the council was carrying out its
arrangements for making the cancel
lation effective, but also was notify
ing the unions to await instructions
from their respective executives.
No proper estimate of the cost of
the general strike can be made. In
the cost must be placed approximate
ly $100,000,000 as the loss to indus
try and $37,300,000 as the wage loss
of labor during the eight and one
half days of stoppage.
By CLIFFORD L. DAY
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
LONDON, May 13.—Britain to
day was digging out from under the
debris of a general strike.
The eoal strike, affecting more
Continued on page three
turned to the bidders unopened,
when it was discovered that there
was a technical error in the specifi
cations, which might possibly have
caused trouble for the city in ease
the bids were accepted. 'Hie board
ordered the error corrected and new
bids will be asked for.
The council believes that the city*
will benefit in the end, as the delay
will give opportunity for more bids
and thereby enable the city to have
a wider selection of prices.
Ros s E. Crane was reappointed
city health inspector and the conn
oil expressed its approval of the
Continued on Page 8
EL CENTRO. CALIFORNIA THURSDAY, MAY 1926 May *4 -
Madrid Air Men
Complete Flight
This Morning
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MANILA, P. 1., May 13.
Captains Loriga and Gailarza,
Spanish flyers, completed tlieir
flight from Madrid at 11:40 a.
m. today when they landed at
Camp Nichols, just outside Ma
nila. The last leg of the flight
brought them from Aparri on
lire Island of Luzon.
Teachers and pupils of the Lin
coln school invite the patrons of
that school to be their guests tomor
row afternoon when, at the Wilson
school auditorium at 2:13 o’clock,
they will present the fairy operetta
‘‘The Sandman.” Seventy*-five
children will take part.
The story- of the operetta begins
in the fairv dell, where in the depths
of the forest the fairies are weav
ing weraths of spring flowers for
their queen. The sandman enters,
dejected at the loss of his bag of
sand. The fairies suspect the gob
lins of taking it, and determine to
help the sandman.
la scene two the goblin glade is
shown. Here the sprites are dis
Imbed >n their moonlight revelries
by the ill-mannered goblins. They
pinv games until quarreling sends
“Flip Flop” one of the goblins,
away. He returns with the sand
man’s bag of sand. Their pleas
ure at this prank is cut short by
thf* entrance of tlie fairies, wiio i-i
--\ ite the goblins to a midnight party,
at the queen ‘s bower.
A School roject
Scene three is laid in the queen’s
bower, and those attending the op
eretta will find out how the story is
developed to a happy ending.
The operetta is being presented as
a school project, in which all of the
Our Water Clean
Says Dr. Brooks
The Press today received the fol
lowing statement from Dr. C. S.
Brooks, county health officer:
“It has been reported that there
are a few eases of typhoid in the
county which are not connected
wit|, the Calexico epidemic and not
traceable to the milk supply.
“The county health officer tliere
fi'i-o strongly advises the boi'inor of
all water in the rural districts
which is to be used for drinking
purposes. This will not be neces
sary in cities where there are fil
ti ration and chlorination plants. ”
As El Centro has sue), a chlorina
tion plant, the boiling of water from
the city supply is not necessary, Dr.
Brooks stated.
NATIONAL
At Pittsburgh
Philadelphia 200 000 040—0 12 1
Pittsburgh 000 000 000—0 5 0
Carlson'and Wilson; Aldrige, Cul
loton and Smith.
At Cincinnati
Boston 000 000 010—1 0 3
Cincinnati 000 000 Six —4 8 0
Hearn, Wertz and 7. . Taylor, Seim
er; May and Picinich.
AMERICAN
At Philadelphia
Chicago 000 021 241—10 17 1
Philadelphia 000 01 1 000— 2 7 0
Lvon and Cruse; Quinn, Rommell,
Baumgartner, Harris and Cochrane.
At New York
Cleveland 020 303 100— 011 3
New York 204 200 32x—13 Hi 1
Sliaute, Karr and L. Sewell; Hoyt,
Jones and Collins.
* At Boston
Detroit 200 112 034—13 11 5
Boston 100 013 104—10 13 5
Stoner, Collins, Wells, Barfoot and
Bassler; Ruffing Kiefer, Ross, Rus
sell and Gaston.
At Washington
St. Louis 000 020 000—2 4 4
Washington 200 121 OOx—(1 11 0
Falk, Davis, Wingard and Schang;
Bush and Ruol.
Covers the Valley Like the Sunshine
(Continued on page 3)
TODAY’S BOX SCORES
RICHARDSON’S GOOD EATS
Richardson's new place of business, at 635 Main Street, into which
lie' is moving today, may not look exactly like this cartoon by the Cow
boy cartoonist, hut it is certain that the loaves and jelly rolls will he as
good as the delectable food that has made his former place famous in
El Centro.
By the MYSTERIOUS COWBOiT
<‘ Watch us grow. ’ ’ |
That is the slogan of Richard- 1
son ‘s Bakery, formerly the Sanitary j
Bakery. It is a good slogan be- j
eause it represents the very spirit j
that insures growtli and success. 1
Only those who think ‘‘success,”!
ever succeed. I
El Centro and the Imperial Val
ley are what they are today be-!
cause of the faith and the tireless !
energy of such men as N. 11. Rich- 1
ardson, proprietor of the bakery. 1
During my efforts to interview him
I learned that he works early and
late, and that lie is just as apt to
!be delivering bread or hustling
;trade as to be overseeing the routine
iof liis business in more comfortable
; wavs.
Before coming to El Centro in
1922, Mr. Richardson was employ
ed in the Bank of California at San
Francisco. He recognized great
possibilities for business sueeess in
a vast new territory, and conse- ;
quently he decided to assume his
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THE CANTALOUPE
SEASON IS UNDER
WAY IN VALLEY
Shinments Already Reach
131 Cars; 13 This Time
Last Year
With 170 cars ordered for today’s
santaloupe loading in Imperial, fol
lowing the shipment of 131 cars yes
terday which bringing the total up
to 379 ears, the 192(1 season can be
said o be well under way. Ship
ments to date on the same day last
year totaled 13 cars.
Yesterday the first of the canta
loupe distribution meetings was held
at the Hotel Barbara Worth. The
meeting was well attended by north
end growers and shippers, represen
tation from the south end shippers
being very small.
One of the principal features of
meeting was the unanimous voting
of five cents per acre, to be con
tributed by the cantaloupe men to
ward the manitenanee of the market
news service office. Earl Jack of
Brawley was elected to act as treas
urer of this fund.
Will Meet Daily
it was decided that meetings be
held daily at 1:30 o’eloek to discuss
distribution of the crop.
The question of using salt in con
nection with refrigeration of canta
loupe shipments was brought up, and
other problems of interest tq the in
dustry discussed.
Local shipping point information,
taken from cantaloupe bulletin No.
3 issued by C. E. Schultz of the
market news service today* gives the
following data: El Centro, maximum
temperature 97 degrees, minimum 64
degrees. Demand moderate, trading
45s $2.73-3. Ripes or western ship-
continued on Tage 6)
Five-Ton Movie
Actress Roams
Malibu Range
LOS ANGELES. May 13.
Somewhere in the Malibou Hills.
Anna May, 10.000 pound ele
phant, was roaming at large to
day.
The big pachyderm was loan
ed to a movie company by offi
cials of Luna Park. Like oth
er actresses she developed
temperament, and though rest
ful, ordinarily, Anna May dis
appeared during the night.
Clarence Koontz, keeper, or
ganized a band of hunters this
morning, to aid in finding his
big uet.
“We are not frightened,"
“Anna is as gent.'e as a girl,
harmless and sweet as a pet
canary. She is probably crying
her eye? out right now—lostt,
and wishing she had a dainty
bale of hay.”
Residents in the Malibou
Hil's were not as unconcerned
about Anna May’s disappear
ance as the keeper. Many of
them bolted their doors and
hesitated to leave their premis
es until the -word was flashed
that the pet had been found.
Broker Arraigned
On Usury Charge
LOS ANGELES, May 13—C. Earl
Brooks, said to be a prominent brok
er of Oakland, faces charges of
usury here in connection with an
automobile sale.
| Brooks, together with W. L. Nel
son and C. Davis, Los Angeles auto
dealers, is accused of charging
more than 12 per cent interest on a
loan.
He was arraigned before Judge
George Richardson and given until
May 13 to make a plea.
KENTUCKY DERBY WILL BE RUN
FIFTY-THIRD TIME SATURDAY
Hy Ilnltril I'ri‘MN l.eimnl Wire
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Mny Li.—lt
is now believed not more than 15
liorses will go to the post in the 52nd
renewal of the Kentucky derbv to
be run Saturday afternoon at
Churchill Downs.
Eight of the 15 will carry the col
ors of eastern horsemen and seven
the colors of the west.
Eastern representatives are Dom
pey. Display, Light Carbine, Blond
in, Roekman, Color Sergeant and
Canter.
The west’s hopes are Bubbling
Over, Baggenbaggage, Rhynoek,
Collection, Roybrofter, Champ de
Mars and American son.
Young Will Be
Able to Leave
Hospital Tonight
Lieutenant Governor C. C.
Young, who was severely in
jured yesterday near Brawley
when his ear was struck by a
machine driven by Harold
Price, will be able to leave for
his home in San Francisco to
night, doctors at the Brawley
hospital, where the state offic
ial is a patient, said today.
The lieutenant governor pass
ed a fairly comfortable night,
though his injured arm gave
him considerable pain and was
suffering today from body
bruises and general lameness.
He plans to return to his home
for a few days rest before pro
ceeding with his campaign.
Price, who failed to stop aft
er striking the car in which the
lieutenant governor was riding,
is held at the Brawley jail with
a reckless driving charge
against him when he is
brought into court.
This morning Price told the
Erawley police that he recalled
skidding off the highway at one
time in his wild ride ye-terday
but that he had no recoUection
of striking another car.
i LOS ANGELES. May 1::. A .*•<•-
ton of the 200 mile I.os Angeles
j aqueduct was blown out by dyna
j miters in the Owens liver valley
• early today.
The blast, according to informa-1
j tion to the bureau of water and pow 1
i ev here, tore a hole 10 feet wide in
| the big concrete water line, ciylan
] goring this city's entire water sup
piy.
A gatekeeper at the Alabama
beadgute, hearing the explosion,
: shut off the water, and prevented
j enormous damage.
The explosion occurred in the
| hills near Lone Pine, shortly* before
i dawn.
I Bureau officials dispatched offic
i ers to the scene to prevent further
j trouble. Repair crews were also
j ordered on the job immediately, and
i it was expected the water supply
; would be running at normal again
; by nightfall.
An investigation was started to
determine responsibility for the lat
j est dynamiting, believed the out
i growth of the long and bitter con
troversy between Owens Valley
j ranchers and Los Angeles over dis
puted water rights.
The ranchers, according to advic
-los here, have been in a state of
| seething unrest the past 24 hours
over pending litigation with this
eitv.
The dissatisfaction reached a oli
i max at sunrise this morning when
I ranchers and mountaineers were
said to have combined to wreak ven
[ geance on Los Angeles and deseend-
I ed enmasse on the water line.
After The dynamiting the ranchers
dispersed, it was said, scattering to
all sections of the valley.
Ililmar, Merced county, shipped
69 cars of beans and 125 ears of
grapes last year.
tract from Miller and Lux for park
1 purposes.
The Golden States Milk Products
Company will build a SIOO,OOO
plant in Merced.
Son and Recollection
are doubtful starters. ' Both have
worked well, but Collection hardly
could be called of derby quality.
The latest to be declared out of
the derby are Timmara which came
out of the Dreakness in a bade way;
Boot to Boot, Token, Smiling Gus
and My Colonel.
The derby will be a battle of
America’s best riders no less than a
struggle among Uncle Sam's best
three year olds. Sande, Munden, L.
Fa tor. Garner, Maiben, A. Johnson,
;nd other famous riders will have
mounts. Sande may ride Champ de
Continued on page 8
Bank Clearing!
$114,132.60
PRICE FIVE CENTS
60 KILLED
IN WARSAW
FIGHTING
Marshal Pilsudski Has
Captured the Country’s
Capital.
REPORTED WOUNDED
Thousands of Troops are
on the Move With Ma
chine Guns and Tanks.
(Copyright. 1826, by United Press)
WARSAW, May 13.—Marshal Pil
ssi<l ski and bis revolutionary troops
today dominated the eitv.
Pilsudski has occupied the War
saw barracks as well as all public
buildings. Members of the govern
ment have withdrawn under heave
guard to the presidential palaee.
Occupation of the city was order
i ed by Pilsudski after peace negotia
tions initiated bv President Wojcie
-1 chowski had failed to appease the
re vol nt iona ry leader.
Pilsudski today issued the follow
ing peace conditions:
1. of the Witos gov
i eminent.
2. Appointment of Pilsudski as
premier.
A Indefinite dissolution of the •
parliament pending new elections.
The demands are interpreted at
amounting to a declaration of Pil
'sudski’s intention to impose a dic
tatorship on Poland.
Patrol the Streets
Adherents of the right wing Witos
government hastily got together and
patrolled the streets. Meetings be
tween Pilsudski and Witos bauds
sometimes resulted in curses and
j brawls, but frequently there was
j shooting.
i This morning the rumor circulated
I that the struggle which now funda
mentally is between the big land
owners and industrialists represeut
td by Witos and the middle class,
championed by Pilsudski, might be
transformed into militant labor up-
I rising. The workers so far, how
! ever, have not actively participated.
The southern environs of the city
today were a bee hive in which
10,000 troops were on the move with
tanks, artillery and machine guns.
! Overhead was the buzz of Pilsud
i ski’s airplanes seeking to discover
i regiments remaining loyal to the
: government.
I PILSUDSKI WOUNDED
] BERLIN', May I.!.—A dispai *
j from Danzig today reported Marshal
j Pilsudski, Polish revolutionary lead
j er, has been wounded.
FIGHTING IN WARSAW
j WARSAW, May 13.—Fighting be
; gan in the streets of Warsaw at 1 p.
jm. today. It was estimated 60 per
-1 sons were killed and many wounded,
i Civil war extends throughout the
| country with all but two of the prov
j inces supporting Premier Witos
I against Marshal Pilsudski, who oc
! eupied Warsaw today. The provinces
!of Vilna and Grodno support Pil*
j smlski.
I Marshal Pilsudski’s troops storm-
I ed and captured the Warsaw citadel,
I comprising the police headquarters
! and barracks.
I General Sikorski is reported to be
(Continued "n Page 6)
C. of C. Choose
New Officials
W. \V. McEuen was chosen presi
dent of the El Centro chamber of
commerce at the first meeting of
the new board of directors last
night. The new head of the cham
ber is vice president and manager
of the Pioneer Title Insurance and
Trust company and has been active
in chamber or commerce affairs for
several years, serving on the board
of directors the past two years.
W. L. Garrett, vice president of
the Pacific-Southwest bank, was
chosen first vice president, and W.
C. Costello, business manager of the
Imperial Valley Press, ,wus elected
second vice president. John H. Cur
michael was reappointed secretary
of the chamber.
The new directors held an inform
al discussion on chamber affair* and
outlined plans for the coming year
which they hope to make the ra<>«!
successful in the history of the
chamber ot commerce.