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THIRTIETH YEAR
VIGTORT
11 BY
HOOVER
House Ami Senate Agree
(in Amount Of Bill For
IJnemployment Aid.
SI i XATE DEFEATEI)
Mexihle Clause Granting
Discretionary Powers
Retained.
By LYLE <. WILSON
I riitcd Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. (U.R)—
/;) agreement was reached by house
and senate conferees today on the
administration unemployment bill.
Tie v 1 educed the total appropria
-1 from 5118.000.000 to $116,000,-
COO and retained the flexible clause
P .'miltin' 1 . President Hoover dis—
ci tifai in allocating funds.
I lie conferees eliminated the sen
a jendment by Democratic
.-.or l.i ider Robinson restricting
1 President s power in distribut
es , the appropriation and also re
( iu d from $5 000,000 to $3,000,000
,he appropriation for constructing
roads on public lands. The con
ierenco report must be passed upon
by the house and senate.
The enate and house are expect
i to take final action early next
v rek. after which the measure will
• .» to President Hoover tor his sig
nature. Thus me administration’s
major relief bill will become a law
i.-iore Christmas.
The confer'tice agreement was a
\ ictory for the house and the ad
mini : ration. Only two changes
vre made in the original house
I and these in matters of appro
pri it ion One was the $3,000,001)
lor road on public lands, for which
the 'in i- had voted $5,000,000. and
ihe other un amendment for $3,-
c. ••3,000 for forest roads.
Tr." original house bill provided
U( |0 and th< senate bill
$1 18.u00.000.
Rett tl c flexible clause
an • specially notable victory
or she administration, since Dern
(ciats hud sought to eliminate
; :.’i! of t his authority.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. (U.R)—
ht disj ut h been added
to th ’avatlng relations
w : President Hoover and the
Mi Hoover objects to an amenrt
tnade by the senate to the
i rrgency unemployment bill. The
change, suggi 'ed by Robinson and
adopted unanimously without dc-
I :.te would prevent Mr. Hoover
from disposing of the sum appro
priated as he may desire.
The house .v. at the bill to the
1 suite with a proviso that Mr.
i!i over could transfer the sums ap
• in the bill from one
purpose to any other and Robinson
was, in effect, a lump
apj opriation. Forthwith it
••••■, stricken from the bill.
Mr Hoover today apparently con
templat the po ilbllity of vetoing
drought relief legislation if con
o'.-ss insists it shall appropriate
60,000.000. And he objects, al
though less sharply, to the senate's
•a uu.ment of Ihe unemployment
measure. House Republican leud
> arc resorting to every possible
o.ujiamentary maneuver to prevent
S6O, >OO,OOO drought bill
reaching th floor for a vote.
It appears the house would sup
pori the bill despite Mr. Hoover's
objections if a free expression of
oninion were possible. The Presi
i, nt wants io limit the appropria
t on of $25,000,000.
Rolph To Pick
Hecke Successor
Imperial Valley being an agn
i uKtiral community, local farmers
.!,•(> much interested in the succes
sor to be appointed to George H.
TTccke. state director of agriculture,
v In ,e resignation was recently pre
: < nt.ed to James Rolph Jr., governor
elect.
According to coast papers ol yes
t< relay. Rolph has stated that he will
b" guided by the recommendations
mad bv the state hoard of agricul
i ore, indicating that the new gover
nor and the present board, which
will hold office during his term, are
vtorbing together in harmony.
China Consuls
Ask Protection
PEIPING. Dee. 13. UR) Ameri
can and British consuls at’Canton
asked the protection of warships to
day for 30 missionaries threatened
by Communist uprisings at Ham
how, on the Island of Hainan.
The missionalres, said to be all
American or British, were reported
in very grave danger.
Hainan island is southwest ol
Canton, off the Lui Chow peninsula.
Imperial Valley Press
COAST ROCKED
BY REVELATIONS
IN FRAUD CASE
Beesemyer Insists That
He Alone Caused Guar
anty Collapse.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13. (U.RJ
! Two men who a week ago were high
ly regarded in financial circles of
Southern California were held in the
county jail today while the grand
jury investigated defalcations ol al
most $8,000,000.
The grand jurors indicted Gilbert
H. Beesemyer, secretary manager of
the Guaranty Building & Loan As
sociation, on 10 counts oi grand
theft after, they said, he had told
them how he had turned to his per
sonal use funds deposited with the
organization since he became its
manager In 1921. His bail was lixed
at. $250,000.
Rupert L. Fleury. vice president
and auditor of the organization, was
held on a technical charge of grand
theft after he told the grand jury
he had known of Beesemyer s specu
lations for five He main
tained, however, that he never re
ceived any of the money.
As Fleury was placed under ar
rest last night, Miss Ethel Flanigan,
head bookkeeper for Beesemyer. was
ordered into the technical custody
of a woman deputy sheriff and
taken to a hotel.
Every 4irector and officer of the
Guaranty Building & Loan Associa
tion, and Charles A. Whitmore,
state building and loan commission
er, will be called lor questioning by
the grand jury Tuesday.
The Guaranty Building & Loan
Association came under the scrutiny
of Whitmore last Monday when the
Bank of Hollywood was ordered
closed by the state superintendent
of banks. Beesemyer was chairman
of the board of the bank.
Rumors of Beesemyer's activities
caused Whitmore to place an ex
aminer in the association office, and
within a few days, it was apparent,
he said, that there was something
wrong with the books of the insti
tution.
Says He Is Crook
Late Thursday night, directors oi
ihe organization, meeting with
Whitmore, called Beesemyer before
them, and alter a few perfunctory
questions, he stated:
•‘Gentlemen. I’m a dirty croon.
There is something wrong with my
handling of the books.'
"Hew much are your losses?” he
was asked.
"Several millions. I think." Beese
mver declared.
A ledger sheet which Beesemyer
produced for District Attorney Hu
ron R. Fitts later in the day showed
that the misapplication of the
Guaranty funds was $7,661,793.78.
A shortage of another $562,000
later was unearthed in the accounts
of the North American Bond &
ganization formed by Beesemyer to
finance second paper which the
Mortgage company, a subsidiary or-
Guaranty could not handle, Fitts de
clared.
This second firm, with the Elmer
Company and the United States
Guaranty Corporation, affiliated
companies, was under investigation
by the grand jury.
COAST MARKET
PRICES FOLLOW
NEW YORK DROP
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13, (U.R)—
With liquidation continuing una
bated, 19 new low prices were re
corded on the Los Angeles Stock
Exchange today.
Particularly piominent in the
wave of selling were Transamerica,
Union Associates, Pacific Financo,
Bolsa Chica Oil, Union Oil and
Richfield Oil.
The most spectacular decline was
Pacific Lighting, one lot of 100
shares selling at 50, off 12'i from
the previous close.
After establishing a new high at
15, Bolsa Chica closed at 12'j,
down 1 -.
BROKERAGE FIRM
SUSPENDED FROM
STOCK EXCHANGE
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13. OJ.R) —■
G. F. Wolcott and Co., brokerage,
was suspended from trading today
by the boards of governors of the
Los Angeles Slock and the Los An
geles Curb exchanges.
The boards cited a violation of
Article l(i as the cause of the ac
tion. Article 16 deals with certain
iorms of insolvency. It was said
that Wolcott and Co., was unable
to clear.
The governors said they suspend
ed the brokerage firm in order to
protect its clients. The governors
reported that loss to clients would
be small.
Wolcott and company has been
very active on both local exchanges.
The firm has a branch office at
Riverside.
COAST BANK ROBBED
HOLLYWOOD. Calif., Dec. 13
(U.R) -Two bandits obtained $777 in
a holdup of the Republic Bank ol
West Hollywood late yesterday alter
they had locked the cashier and a
customer in a closet. The bandits
scooped the money from cash draw
ers into a paper shopping bag and
fled without being seen by other
employees of the bank.
Becomes Bride
Of Movie Czar
She’s the bride of Will 11. Hays,
former Postmaster General and
now (*ar of the moving picture in
dustry. Mrs. Jessie Herron States
man and Hays were married at
Betbesda, Md., and left immediate
ly for a honeymoon trip in the west.
Mrs. Stutcsman’s first husband was
James F. Stutesman, one-time L’.
S. minister to Bolivia. Her father,
until his death three years ago, was
a hank president in Crawfordsville,
Ind.
SPLIT SHIFT TO
BE INVOKED AS
HELP TO IDLE
Unemployment problems in Im
perial Valley are near solution today
with the announcement of J. G.
Rose, special agent for the United
Stales Department of Labor, who
this week made agreements with
various valley packers which will re
sult in the use of a greater number
of men in the handling of the agri-i
cultural products of this section.
While Rose has not yet completed
his rounds of the valley, the co
operation received so far has led
him to fee! confident of the attitude
of other packers.
The plan involves the use of dou
ble shifts, and of daily split shifts.
Also one group will be employed for
throe days a week, and while these
men are laid off lor the remainder
of the week, an entirely different
group will be used during the other
three days. This will result in the
employment of more men and an
increased number of persons will re
ceive the benefit of valley payrolls
"Heads of resident families are to
be given the precedence in the plac
ing of labor. Rose said, "and Am
erican labor will.be used in the fields
and sheds as much as possible."
Recruiting of men needed will be
done by Rose and field men of the
various packing companies. Appli
cations of every working man who
desires employment are to be collect
ed along with addresses and in this
manner when men are wanted, it
will be possible to get in touch with
them without delay.
Supply Sufficient
"There is a sufficient supply of
resident labor here now," according
to Rose, "and there is no work for
outside laborers. There is only a
slight over supply here at present,
meaning, in this instance, American
labor.
"When the season is in full swing
by the first of the year, however,
there is a possibility of a slight
shortage. The situation will be
handled and the demand met with
out the necessity of an influx oi
transient laborers."
One valley packing company this
week gave Rose an order for 900
men. he said. He will work in con
nection with company field men m
recruiting the force.
Rose has been in the valley this
week and has been in constant com
munication with department of la
bor headquarters in Los Angeles,
He expressed himself as being high
ly gratified with the assistance
given him by the chambers ol com
merce, agricultural commissioners
and various civic and county bodies
Grain Market
Prices Slump
CHICAGO, Dec. 13. (U.R)—Breaks
in the stock market and in cot
ton the latter falling to the lowest
levels since 1915, brought pressure
to bear on the grain trade today
and prices declined sharply on the
board of trade.
Buying against bids checked the
declines.
At the close wheat was 14 to ’4 c
lower with July 2Nc down, corn
was 1 1 1 to L'sc lower and oats
were 1 1 < to l'-c lower. Provisions
were steady to easy.
Cash prices were wheat unchang
ed to Dc lower, corn ’ to lc lAver
and oats 1 to Die lower.
Receipts were wheat 29 cars, corn
134 and oats 36 cars.
December wheat old closed at
.77%, December corn old .69' ! i, Dec
ember oats old .32%.
KOREAN POPULATION UP
SEOUL, Korea, (U.R)—The popu
lation of Korea was 19,331.061 per
sons at the end of 1929, and in
crease of 141,362 persons, as com
pared with the figures for the previ
ous year, according to the returns
published by the Government Gen
eral of Korea,
COVERS THE VALLEY LIKE THE SUNSHINE
EL CENTRO, CALIFORNIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1930
SCIENTISTS FIND FIVE MORE
GIANT SKELETONS IN MEXICO
CHARLES HOLLOWAY
United Press Staff Correspondent
SOYOPA, Sonora, Mex., Dec. 13.
(U.R)—Five large skeletons, the first,
evidences that a race of supermen
once roamed this vast waste land,
were unearthed today by an inter
national expedition of scientists.
Working rapidly for two nights
and a day, the little band of Amer
ican and Mexican archaeologists
unearthed the petrified remains of
a youth six feet, eight inches talL
the skeletons»of four other child
ien of lesser stature and several
jars filled with human ashes.
The importance of these discov
eries was the fact they definitely
established our scene of operations
as a great burial ground, according
to Dr. Byron R. Cummings, dean
of the University of Arizona arch
aeology department and leader of
the expedition.
Their confidence renewed by the
discoveries, the scientists at once
turned their attention to uncover
STEEG MEETING
TROUBLE MAKING
FRENCH CABINET
PARIS, Dec. 13. (U.R)—The cabinet
formed by Theodore Steeg, former
governor-general of Morocco, en
countered its first obstacle in the
early stage of its political life to
day.
Steeg’s ministry, replacing that of
Andre Tardieu, was scarcely com
plete when the new under secretary
of aviation. Ettene Riche, resigned.
“I accepted a portfolio with the
understanding that the radicals had
lilted their exclusion order against
Tardieu and the Republican-Demo
cratic union," Riche wrote the pre
mier.
“I now find that was not true.
Hence I do not desire to participate
in the cabinet."
Politicians believed that Riche’s
resignation was only the first of
many troubles Ste«g would encoun
ter before he leads his cabinet be
fore the chamber of deputies, where
a vote of confidence is considered
doubtful.
ARMY MULE IS
VICTORIOUS IN
CHARITY GAME
YANKEE STADIUM, NEW
YORK, Dec. 13. (U.R)—A 56 yard
run by Stecker in the final period
today gave the army a six to noth
ing victory over the navy.
This 31st game between the two
service academies—played before
78,000 persons and the receipts of
which go to the unemployment re
lief fund—was a thrilling affair.
For three periods they played even.
Tne Army's charging attack
would carry well into the Navy
territory, then Navy would tighten.
Not until the final period when
Stecker, whose plunging and end
skirting had been mainly respon
sible for Army's long gains, cut
loose for his brilliant run, was
there much of an advantage.
Broshous. whose kick failed in
the Notre Dame game and gave
the South Benders the victory,
went in to score the extra point,
but his kick went wild.
Navy made many spirited at
tacks, but could not penetrate far
into Army's territory.
Banker Hoping
For More Time
HOLLYWOOD. Calif., Dee. 13
(U.R)—George R. Dexter, president ot
the Bank of Hollywood, declared to
day that he was certain that Will
C. Wood, state superintendent ot
banks, would grant the institution
an extension of time over its origi
nal seven-day closing period, which
expires Monday.
"Of course, if the extension is not
granted, the bans will be liquidat
ed," Dexter admitted.
The bank was closed last Monday
by Wood because of the lrozen con
dition of its assets. During the
week, officers of the institution have
been engaged in ,t plan of reorgan
ization which is aimed to place the
bank back on a substantial looting.
It was the condition of assets ot
the Bank of Hollywood which
brought an investigation into the
status of the Guaranty Building and
Loan association. Gilbert H. Beese
tn.ver, secretary-manager of the lat
ter firm, is chairman of the board
of directors of the bank.
Receiver Named
For Oil Company
LOS ANGELES, Dee. 13. (U.R)—
A receiver was appointed today for
the Italo Petroleum Corporation oi
America after the Hickey Supply
company and the Owens Oil Wells
Cementing corporation petitioned
for the action in federal court
The plaintiffs did not mention
the amount which it asserted was
owed it by the petroleum company
and it was presumed the action was
taken by an agreement of various
creditors. In this respect the suit
listed the petroleum corporation’s
liabilities "not in excess of $1,300,-
000,”
ing the skeletons of adults—the
relics upon which they will rely to
establish their belief in the exist
ence of a hitherto mythical race of
"cyclops”.
J. L. Coker, the Sonora mining
man who guided us to the excava
tion site and pointed out the three
giant skeletons he found a few
weeks age, surveyed a wide area
which he said held possibilities for
added discoveries.
The roving band of wild Yaqui
Indians are our only source of
worry. They all are armed and we
are compelled to keep a sharp look
out for them at all times.
Ashes Prove Puzzle
Dr. Cummings and Professor San
Domingo agreed that a young man
in his teens who had attained a
height of six feet, eight inches was
an indication of what we may ex
pect when the adult skeletons are
leached.
The three skeletons found by
Coker, those of a man and two
women, ail were more than eight
leet tall, and we are confident of
finding many more.
Irrespective of the success of our
search for skeletons, Dr. Cum
mings said the discovery of the ash
filled jars and other potteries was
of first importance. The jars con
tained what had been human ashes
and were an entirely unexpected
find. The jars themselves, of
beautiful design and workmanship,
were at least 2,000 years old and
possibly more. Dr. Cummings said.
The significance of human ashes
buried with the skeletons thus far
lias puzzled the scientists. One
theory was that they may be the
key to a strange religious rite prac
ticed by those long dead people. No
one knows yet the mental plane
reached by the people, but judging
from the pottery and trinkets al
ready is believed they were
in no sense savages.
SECOND TRIAL
OF ROBERTS TO
START MONDAY
Lee L. Roberts was waiting rest
lessly in the county jail today, with
only one day intervening between
now and the time he will go on trial
the second time for the alleged mur
j der of Mrs. Florence Miller.
Attorneys for both defense and
prosecution were marshaling their
forces for a renewed battle of wits,
while court room attendants discuss
the aspects of the case as brought
out in the last trial, which resulted
in a hung jury.
Trial will open Monday morning
with the selection of a new jury
from a panel drawn especially tor]
that purpose. Judge A. C. Finney
will again preside at the trial.
All witnesses have been sub
poenaed to appear at the trial. Most
of them reside in Yuma.
Ernest R. Utley is defending Ro
berts, while Clarence B. Smith will
carry on the prosecution for the
state. No new evidence is expected
at this trial. Attorneys for both
sides are confident of victory.
Roberts is charged with the mur
der of Mrs. Miller near Winterhaven,
August' 10. One of the greatest tasks
facing the state is the introduction
of proof that Mrs. Miller's death was
caused in California.
State Executes
Three Slayers
OSSINING. N. V.. Dec. 13. (U.R) —
The three ‘cry baby bandits," the
oldest 22 and the youngest 19, went
to their death in the electric chair
at Sing Sing prison last night -
one repentant, one bewildered, and
the last with cheery bravado.
The three boys—James Bolger.
19, James Butler, 20. and Italo Fer
dinandi. 22—were executed for the
murder of James Bauer, Westbury.
L. 1., druggist, during a holdup, a
few hours after Governor Franklin
D. Roosevelt had refused to extend
a one-day reprieve.
Butler, the first to die, walked
dazedly to the chair mumbling af
ter the priest the words of the
Lord's Prayer. Ferdinand! died with
a prayer unfinished on his lips.
Bolger, youngest of the trio, laughed
as the electrodes were fastened to
his head and legs.
“Gentlemen,” he said, 'T die as
I lived—smiling.”
Young Slayers
Escape Noose
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 13. (U.R)—
’Saved from the gallows but facing
life imprisonment. John Cusock and
Phillip Mangerene, the two youths
found guilty yesterday of the murder
of Gaetano Marcelli, aged hermit of
Visitacion Valiev, today awaited
pronouncement of sentence next
Monday.
After deliberating five hours a
jury found the pair guilty but re
commended clemency.
The men were convicted of tor
turing to death the eccentric recluse
in an attempt to find his “hidden
store of gold.”
Mrs. Josephine Mitchell, 24. ar
rested with Cusock and Mangerene
will go on trial Monday, charged
with the same crime. She turned
state's evidence against her admit
■ ted companions.
Stole $8,000,000
Confessing a defalcation of $8,000,-
000 from the Guaranty Building
and Loan association of Los An
geles, Gilbert H. Beesemyer, Holly
wood financier, was lodged in the
county jail awaiting filing of grand
theft Charges. Beesemyer, who is
secretary of the building and loan
association, made the startling con
fession alter a grilling of several
hours by the association’s board of
directors. Beesemyer was also
connected with the Bank of Holly
wood which failed earlier this week.
HEAVY REACTION
FORCES STOCKS
TO NEW LOWS
NEW YORK. Dec. 13. (U.R) —
Heavy liquidation today forced
stocks to the lowest levels in three
years for the industrials and five
years for the railroads.
It was the most severe reaction
since early October. Highest grade
stocks were thrown overboard.
For a time trading was at the
rate of more than 6,000,000 shares
for a full session. Volume slacken
ed and the decline halted tempor
arily near the end of the first
hour. Toward the close selling was
again in progress.
United States Steel broke below l
137 to the lowest levels since 1928.
it closed yesterday at 139 1 <. All
industrials followed it to lower
levels. Rails were down one to more
than three points.
Near the close a block of 15,000
shares of Radio Corporation ap
peared at 13. off :; i and within a
iracticn of its low for the year.
Transamerica was exceptionally
active, breaking to a new low just
above 10. Earlier this year the
stock sold at 25 T on the big board.
New lows for the year or longer
were made by such issues as West
inghouse Electric, Eastman Kodak,
General Electric, Warner Brothers
Pictures. Radio Keith Orpheum,
American Telephone, International
Telephone, Anaconda. United Air
craft, American Smelting, Inter
national Nickel and Kennecott Cop
per.
In the rails, new lows since 1922
were made by Baltimore & Ohio,
and St. Louis-Southwestern; since
1925 by Southern Pacific and New
York Central: since 1926, reading;
and since 1927, Missouri Pacific
Preferred, and Union Pacific. Loss
es were heaviest in Southern Pa
cific, New York Central. Union Pa
cific and Baltimore & Ohio.
Near the close American Can
equaled its low of the year of 107's,
where it was off 3 r , it then made
a new low at 107. off four. This
issue had been meeting support re
cently and when it broke the list
was further unsettled.
Trading was so active that tick
ers were running overtime to catch
up with the orders which clogged
the specialists’ books. Numerous
stop orders were caught in the de
cline.
Pontius Heads
Water District
LOS ANGELES. Dec. 13. (U.R)—D.
W. Pontius, president of the Pa
cific Electric Railway, became con
troller of the Metropolitan Water
District today, following his accept
ance of the position offered by Di
rector John G. Bullock.
Pontius agreed to serve only dur
ing the organization peri <¥*• and
asked to be relieved when actual
work on the Colorado aqueduct be
gins.
! WHAT’S DOING I
3> ©
TONIGHT
Mount Signal tlance, !), school
house.
Fox Imperial theatre, "Remote
Control.”
Brunk's Comedians, “The Gos
sip.”
TOMORROW
Sunday services, churches.
Girl Reserve vespers, 7:20, State
Street Christian church.
fox imperial theatre, ■Jenny
land.”
Brunk's Comedians.
MONDAY
Masonic luncheon, XJ'.JO, Bar
bara Worth.
County Y. W. C. A. board, 2,
10,000 club.
I*. E, 0., 2:oi), 520 Wensley.
TWO MORE HELD
IN INVESTIGATION
OF BOMBING CASF
Leland Hodges And Frank
Graham Taken Into
Custody At Imperial.
Following hot upon the heels ot J
the arrest of Anthony D Patton,
Thursday night was the arrest last!
night of Frank Graham, 52, and !
Leland Hodges, 20. for investigation
m connection with the bombing
Monday night of a barn in Imperial
and the death of one FiJipino as a
result of the explosion.
Tom Sharp, special investigator
lor the district attorney's office, ar
lested Hodges and Graham on in
formation furnished him by District
Attorney Elmer Heald. Leland
Hodges is a brother of A. L. Hodges
the first suspect arrested on a
charge of complicity in the bomb
ing.
A. L. Hodges is the only one ot
four prisoners against whom a com
plaint has been lodged. He was
charged with the murder of Ariston
! l.ampky, the Filipino, in an infor
mation filed with Judge I. Mayfield
in the justice court here.
No statement was made today as
to the part the newly arrested pri
soners are suspected of playing in
the fatal blast. Nor was it indi
! cated whether their arrest came as
a result of the confession made be
fore the grand jury by Patton on
the night of his arrest.
Still other arrests in connection
with the bomb outrage are expected
The county grand jury, which has
been busy with an investigation o:
the explosion, was expected to re
port to Judge A. C. Finney today
on their findings, but District At
torney Heald announced today that
because of the number of witnesses
who must be examined and the
various angles of the occurrence
which must be probed, the grand
jury will not report until Monday.
Inquest Today
An inquest into the deattf of Aris
ton Lampky was scheduled for 2
o'clock this afternoon at Lemons
Funeral parlors here. The inquest
has been postponed a number of
times. Witnesses who were called
before the grand jury were instruct
ed to return at 2:30 for further
questioning. It is understood that
(Continued op page six)
ROLPH SAYS HE
WILL ABOLISH
WHITMORE POST
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 13. (U R)
—Governor-elect James Rolph, Jr.,
announced today that the post of
state building and loan commission
er, now held by Charles A. Whit
more, probably will be abolished by
the next legislature.
Rolph also said he is planning a
study of the building and loan so
ciety law to fomulate changes
which will protect the people and
companies from such occurrences
as that in the $8,000,000 defalcation
by Gilbert Beesemyer, head of the
Guaranty Building and Loan asso
ciation. Los Angeles.
Rolph's plan to abolish the office
ol building and loan commissioner
is due to a desire to force Whit
more out.
“If Whitmore will not get out
any other way, I intend to have
some member of the legislature in
troduce a bill at the coming ses
sion changing the title of the po
sition,” Rolph said. “This wili
abolish the post, and I will appoint
someone to the new post."
Death Follows
Arizona Crash
PHOENIX. Ariz., Dec. 13. (U.R‘-
The body of Mrs. Ida M. Ring. 73
of Beaver Dam, Wis.. who died here
last night from injuries received in
an automobile accident, will be sent
to her home city today for services
and interment.
Mrs. Ring suffered a dislocated
vertebra and her daughter, Miss
Ethel Ring, Beaver Dam school
teacher, was bruised when their
automobile careened off the highway
21 miles east of Gila Bend, Ariz
last Monday.
Both were taken to a hospital m
Phoenix. Miss Ring improved rap
idly but her mother was unable to
rally.
Miss Ring, who was driving, said
their automobile turned over when
a front tire blew out. They were re
turning to Wisconsin from the Pa
cific coast.
ALIMONY BOTHERS
SCREEN DIRECTOR
LOS ANGELES. Dec. 13. U.R -
work, Luther Reed, film director
Because alimony citations have seri
ously interfered with his studio
came into superior court and heard
his alimony payment to his second
wife Jocelyn Lee, leduced from $lO )
to $75 monthly.
So numerous were the interfer
ences, Reed said, that he was unable
to draw a full pay check.
A citation to show why he had not
paid his first wife, Naomi Childers
SIOOO in back alimony, wa: not
pressed when Miss Childers told the
court recently that she would not
molest him until he became more
prosperous.
Bank Clearings
592.8M.33
PRICE FIVE CENTS
OROBHED
e? SPAIN
Government Makes Short
Work Of Outbreak In
Pyrenees.
ARTILLERY IS USED
Loval Soldiers Employ
Heavy Guns On Ranks
Of Insurgents.
Editor's Note: A United
Press correspondent was out
side of Jaca. Spain, yesterday
and witnessed the battle be
tween rebel and loyal troops.
His graphic description of the
battle was telephoned to the
Paris office and is submitted
herewith.
(Copyright, 1930, By United Press!
OUTSIDE JACA, Spain, Dec. 13.
(Via Telephone to Paris) —Loyal
government troops delivered a
crushing blow to the Jaca revolu
tionary forces today in a short, fur
ious encounter near Ayerbe, a short
distance from Jaca.
Two columns of federal troops
were drawn up and point blank ar
tillery fire was opened on the rebel
columns.
Officials estimated the dead and
injured at 100.
Many civilian and military insur
rectionists were captured and gov
ernment officials considered the in
surrection virtually ended as the
other rebels fled to the mountains.
The commanding government of
ficials had not definitely decided
on disposition of the prisoners cap
tured but it was expected general
ly they would be executed by a fir
ing squad at dawn tomorrow.
The encounter, witnessed by the
United Press correspondent, was an
overwhelming victory from the first
blow struck by the government
forces. Defeat of the rebels almost
was a massacre as they fell before
the withering artillery fire.
The artillery fired squarely into
(he rebel ranks, felling dozens of
revolutionaries with each shot.
Screams of the wounded pierced the
dull roar of cannons.
The shattered insurrectionist
forces previously had fallen back
to the south in an effort to deploy
and entrench themselves a mile
cutside Ayerbe. Two columns of
ioyal regular troops advanced on
the rim from Huesca and Sara
gossa. accompanied by eight bat
teries of artillery under command
of General Dolla.
by WILLIAM 11. LANDER
United Press Staff Correspondent
MADRID, Spain. Dec. 13. iU.R' —
The government of Premier General
Damaso Berenguer claimed today
that a revolutionary movement
which started 24 hours ago on the
Franco-Spanish border had been
crushed.
Loyal federal troops, operating
against the rebels from the little
Pyrenees town of Jaca. defeated the
rebels in a running fight along the
Ayerbe road. Ofticial reports said
more than 100 of the revolutionaries
had been captured and the remain
der were fleeing in disorder.
Unofficial border advices said "a
number were killed or wounded" in
fighting in the Jaca region.
"The rebel movement at Jaca has
been quelled," the captain general
of Aragon announced.
"You may take it that the Jaca
movement is ended," said General
Berenguer as he left the palace al
ter a conference with King Alfonso
PAU. France. Dec. 13. (U.R)—Un
confirmed advices received from the
Spanish border here today said that
"a number were killed and wound
ed" m fighting near Jaca.
INJURED ILYEIt DIES
INGLEWOOD. Calif., Dec. 1
(U.R —Joe l. Harr. on. 36-year-o!
fiver, died here late yesterday 2
hours after this airplane crash*
vw h him from an altitude of B,o*
feet. He was a former chief m
chinist's mate in the army.
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