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TODAY'S MAKKETS Saa-Franeiseo--Butter, 92 score, 47c; eggs, evtras, No. 1, Sic. MORNING EDITION VOL. XXVIII. TWO ed MODESTO, STANISLAUS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY, MAKCH 18, 1927 FOUKTEEN PAGES No 68 "Deserted" pONSTANCE A A screen actress, will ftEe suit for divorce against Captain Alistair Macintosh of the.

British army just as soon as she finishes a picture in which she is at work at Hollywood, according to rumors. Connie Talmadge Divorce Rumors Set Society -Agog Popular Film Actress To Sue On Charge of Desertion SAN FRANCISCO, March San Francisco and peninsula society was a-buzz with gossip today gs the report from Los An; geles that Constance Talmadge, screen actress, will file for divorce against Captain Alistair of the British army us suuii as SUB uiiisiies picture in which she is at work 't Hollywood. will be filed within a few weeks in the Los Angeles superior court, according to Milton Cohen oE Los Angeles, attorney for Miss Talmadge. The couple were married at the palatial home of Jean St. Cyr in Hillsborough on February 27, 1026.

Mack, Screen Star, Killed I a In Auto Accident RIVERSIDE, March 17--Charles Emmett Mack, stage and actor, was killed instantly here late today when the automobile he was driving crashed into another machine. Mack, according to witnesses, was traveling at a fast rate ot Bpeed when his machine collide 0110 driven by Mrs. Kather- Ine Callahan, of Riverside. It marked the second fatal accident in throe days in the" same com Many, Helen Howard having died from injuries suffered in a crash enroute to Riverside Tuesday. Pastor Exonerated of Hypnotist Charge LONG BEACH, March 17 Rev.

Adolph Englehart, pastor of the First Christian Church of Divine Healing, was released from jail today when charges of having hypnotized another man's wife were not substantiated. E. B. Growler, Portcrville- business man, who preferred. the charges and who himself was tempt (o commit suicide, also was Crowley claimed that the pastor had 'hypnotized Mrs.

"Crowley when she was serving' without pay as the pastor's private sec- retarj'. STRIBLING WINS BOSTON, March Stribling, Georgia light- heavyweight, decisively outpoint- ed Maxey Rosenbloom of New York in their ten round fight here. tonight. Carpet and Rag CLEANING 'Our i will a pleasing experience to you. Let us demonstrate.

Get Our Prices Modesto Tent Awning Co. 1326 Ninth Street Phone 1109 PORTUGUESE ACE CROSSES ATLANTIC IN LONGJLIGHT Birdnien Fly At Speed of 94'Miles An Hour To Accomplish Feat (By United. News) FERNANDO, Noronha, 'Brazil, March Brazilian cials and natives him, Sarmiento Beires, Portuguese aviator today completed a trans- Atlantic, flight of nearly 2000 miles, began yesterday at dawn on an' AfaJcan coast island. Flying at an average speed of 94 miles an hour, Beires and his companions accomplished their notable feat incident except for encounters with two near the equator. It was the necessity of passing around the storms caused unexpected consumption gaso- and consequent decisions that completion of the trip to Port on the'Brazilian 'mainland, was inadvisable.

Flyers Little. Worse From Perilous Trip Bsires' and the other flyers were in good They were surrounded immediately by officials offering congratulations and informing them of plans for their welcome. Beires said he expected to leave for Port Natal to- norrbw and to fly to Rio De Janeiro by way of Pernambuco. The point of departure last night Bubaque, one of the slands of the Bissangos Archipelago off the West African -coast. Appearance of the seaplane Argos the northwest caused the belief hat the aviators were continuing to Port Natal.

Suddenly )lane was noted to veer toward 5an Antonio bay where it landed 200 yards off the beach in calm vater. Impossible To Fly From West Beires and his companions left Portugal in February for a flight which to have taken them Bolama, Portuguese Guinea. After" they had Bo- pmf! for South I America it was feared that.theywer^ lost as they "were several fours'overdue. A radio message to Lisbon; later the minister of aviation, that the Argos had been unable to carry fuel enough for the trans- Atlantic flight and consequently had been landed at Bubaque. Beires also said that while the flight to South America seemed easy, he felt it would be impossible to fly from the west coast of America to the eastern island, which had been chosen as the next stop on flight.

Deny Scores Dying On Battle Field General Says That Total Wounded On Botit Sides Less Than Hundred ANAGUA, Nicaragua, Mar. 17. Reports from Mexico City asserting Vat hundreds of soldiers of thft Managua conservative government are dying on the battle field of Muy Muy and Tlerra Azul for lack of" medical attention are strongly denied here. Genera! Salvador Reyes, who has just returned from the Muy Muy battle iield, said today that the total wounded on both sides there hardly exceeded a hundred. He agreed, howveer, that both- sides lacked medicines, also surgical attention.

Probably a score of conservative wounded have been brought to Matagalpa and treated by the medical detachment of the United States marines. The facilities of the marines are available for either side, although the liberals do not make a practice of bringing wounded -to them because the 'conservative lines are in the way. Inaccessibility of the' battle fields 'also helps cut off medical aid. General Petroleum Company Indicates It Will Follow Action of Others SAN FRANCISCO, March reduction oE one cent a gallon on gasoline prices to dealers was announced by "-the Shell Oil company today through John Lauder, vice-president. The reduction is effective throughout the Pacific but it is not expected affect prices to the consumer.

LOS ANGELES, March --A general reduction In the price of gasoline over the state was announced here tonight by two large oil companies with a third indicating that the cut of two cents per gallon, effective, tomorrow, would be. met. Shortly after the California Pe; troleum corporation posted a new local retail price of 1G including state tax, the Gilmore Oil company announced time a simi- lar cut in the price of. its produce would be effective at once. The General Petroleum corporation indicated that it would follow suit Stole Articles For S.

F. Specialty Shop SAN FRANCISCO, March story of how she was sent out to steal articles whenever they were needed to replenish the stock of a local woman's specialty shop, was told the police court here today Miss Frieda Schienberg, a confessed shop ifter. Miss Schienberg stated that whenever a certain size or style was wanted in the shop, operated by Mrs. Mary May, a shop lifter would be detailed to purloin the article and would be paid according to its value. Once, she said, she stole a plate valued at $300 and a complete set of dinnerware valued at 51,000 from an exclusive Post street store.

COMMITS SUICIDE LOS ANGELES, March --Louis Stroy, 48, shot and killed himself in his South Hoover street home here today as police ofH- cers attempted to disarm and arrest him after he had attempted to shoot his brother, Urban Stroy. ARCTIC EXPLORER, FREED Prisoner Will Be Paroled To Fort. Worth Attorney and Churchman WASHINGTON, March department of justice will have something to say about the move initiated today in Fort Worth by Federal Judge Wilson to have Dr. Frederick Cook released on probation from eavenworth but just what it will be has not been' disclosed officially. "freedom''- for 3ye years for Dr.

A. Oo'nfrr" and Tiro- moter, was granted here today by Federal Judge James C. Wilson, a year old fed- -probation law. The order freeing Cook will be forwarded "tonight or tomorrow to Leaven worth penitentiary, where Dr. Cook, who still claims to be the origiual discoverer of the North Pole, is serving a.

14 year sentence on charges of misuse of the malls for oil stock promotion. The -prisoner- will be paroled to Ersklne Williams, Fort Worth attorney and churchman, while the government is preparing an appeal of the case which may go to the "United States supreme court District Attorney Henri Zweifel filed formal notice of appeal. Judge Wilson stated that In his opinion the original sentence against Cook was excessive, that Cook now is. a pauper, and that if he served his full he would be 75 years old when released. Probation amounts virtually to suspended sentence.

At the end of five year, he will he eligible for complete freedom by pardon and will be forced to return to prison unless the president commutes the sentence or grants pardon. Probation differs from parole. Under parole a prisoner continues under observation until the of his sentence. Fresno Fire Chief Visits Mayor Elias Thomas Baird, fire chief of Fresno, and W. E.

Stapleton, attached to the Fresno emergency hospital, stopped here yesterday afternoon, to visit Mayor Sol P. Ellas. While here they witnessed the test of the city's new fire truck. The two men were returning from Sonora where Baird had given an address hefore the-Lion's club. 135 Netted In Gambling Raid Near Fresno RESNO, March officers declared to be the largest gambling raid ever staged in Fresno county took place tonight six miles southwest of Fresno on Wa nut avenue and resulted in the arrest of 135 on charges of conducting gambling games and visiting a gambling den.

gambling den, a private residence, was raided by Sheriff W. F. Jones and deput- ties shortly after 10 o'clock. A lottery drawing had just been held and the place was crowded. Eluding the guards which surrounded the house, the officers crashed In the doors, arrested 12 Chinese and 125 patrons of the place and seized the gambling devices.

EIGHT KILLED, 20 INJURED BY TORNADO IN ARKANSAS Four Communities Hit By Storm; Several Houses Demolished (By Associated Press) BENTON, March tornado, apparently sweeping from the south and southwest, devastated several small communities near here tonight and left eight dead and 15 to 20 injured, several seriously. Ther tornado is said to have struck Klondyke about 9 o'clock, approaching from the southwest' Almost simultaneously it is be- ieved it swept through Mountain View, CollegeviUe, Willis and Aexander -where the state training school'for girls is located. Several of tho buildings- at the school were blown down and two women were The Mc'Alister youth was instantly killed when his home oh the Benton-Hot Springs high- ay away. The dead: Mrs. Edgar.

Smith of Klondyke. Her four children. A 16 yftar old hoy named McAlister, of Willis. A small child in the Klondyke community. Klondyke apparently- bore the iriint of the tornado" f9r several ipuses were demolished and the njured 'list is greater there than at any other point.

At least ten jersons were injured "at Mountain View, 10 miles west of'here. L7 Marooned By Slide Released RUTHLIDA, March IP)--A anow plow bucked its way hrough huge drifts today to re- ease 17 passengers who had been marooned on.a Canadian National rain near here for more than 36 hours and were threatened: witn itarvatlon. Normal. service on the 'line was resumed. cs an 43 Struck Train, IWay tioce; D'AUTREMONT SHUNS TALK ON HEINOUS CRIME OF '23 U.S.

Officer Convinced EvidenceConclusive Youth Shows Strain March to notice an approaching freight train, being switched in the Southern Pacific yards, as taye. stood engaged' in conversa- tioni Ohediah Sturgeon, Gl; a Southern Pacific crossing watchman, and Mrs. Anna Green, 43, were struck and seriously injured tonight Mrs. Green is suffering from a compound fracture of the left leg and a compound fracture of the right knee cap. So badly crushed is the member that surgeons despaired of saving it.

Sturgeon sustained a compound fracture of the right leg and is also in the hospital. Chang-Soviet Engage In Row Over Seizure (Bw Associated Press) SHANGHAI, March 17- A wordy battle Is going on between Peking a nd Moscow over tb e- seizure of the Russian vessel Pamiat Lenina and the arrest of Mme. Borodin and three soviet couriers. In a new note demand- the release of the couriers and the vessel, the soviet government accuses white Russians of placing suspicious documents aboard the boat to afford a pretext for its seizure and -conven- sion into a warship. Marshal Chang Tso-Liu, war lord of tho northern Chinese armies, who has ignored the two previous soviet protests, makes the Russia not only has violated the Sino-Russian agree ment, but has ignored international obligations by abetting the nationalist movement at Hankow.

Court Denies Bail i Or iTiUiraer oUspect SAN FRANCISCO, March Geprge F. Vanderveer of Seattle appeared today before the United States circuit court of appeals pleading that t-il be granted Eggers, who is being held in Seattle awaiting extradition to Canada where lie will face a murder charge. The plea was denied. Hearing of extradition arguments will be made before the court tomorrow. Eggers figured.in the sensational shooting and escape in the federal building here in 1924.

Mystery Death of Musician Cleared; LOS ANGELES, March --Mystery concerning the' cause of the suddent death last Saturday of Walter Henry RothweN. who was leader of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, was believed cleared for officials here today when Rothwell's personal physician said the musicial jeen suffering from a serious heart condition. Authorities had to issue a permit for the burial or cremation of Roth well's body until all legal formalities in connection with the death of a person un- (By Associated Press) SAN FRANCISCO, March rigidly questioned by government officers, Hugh D'Au- tremont, one of three brothers charged with murder after holding up a train in southern Oregon in 1923, today refused to throw any" significant light on the crime of which he is accused. After the questioning, however. Charles Riddiford, postoffice inspector of the Pacific northwest, said he was "convinced that the evidence is conclusive, even though circumstantial.

And I hope in further questionings to obtain information which may lead to the apprehension Roy and Ray D'Autremont, the prisoner's brothers." D'Autremont made no denials, nor did he make any admissions except as to his identity. Believe There Is No Doubt As To Guilt "While D'Autreraont would say nothing that would directly incriminate him, at least we know positively that he is one of the men sought since that heinous crime of October 11; 1923; and both the government and Southern Pacific officials feel there is no doubt as to his guilt," Riddiford added. The 23 year old youth, brought 'roni the Philippine Islands where ie was serving as a private in army, was transferred early from the transport Thomas Alcatraz Island, prison of the United States army. Despite a nervousnes that prevented him from 'eating breakfast or luncheon, D'Autremont answered his questioners calmy. Prefers To Talk About His Family ''Gentlemen," "he said, "I will talk about anything except the crime you accuse me of.

On a must stand on my cpnsti- tutionar rights." My father has in- gaged au attorney for me at Eu- There is" iioth'ing him'." He declared he wanted to talk, of his family instead of the train holdup" in which four trainmen were killed, and was visibly shocked when informed of the death of his younger brother. Lee, who was shot in a pool room in Texas about three weeks a'go. "After further questioning by government officials, D'Autremont will lie turned over to San Francisco police who in turn will release him t.n Oregon officials for trial -there on a murder charge. "Bill" Gets By In Bakersfield Hospital For Three Months Before Detection BAKERSFIRLD, March 17. story of how Gladys Maryou 21, otherwise known as "Billy," masqueraded as a lame orderly at the Kern general hospital for three mouths without detection, was told today by Joe Smith, hospital superintendent.

His story was confirmed by the girl's mother, Mrs. Scott Lindley of Bakersfield. The girl's identity was finally discovered by a teacher to whom she had gone to school. She immediately resigned. The gir: first tried to obtain a position at the hospital as a nurse nd failing in that returned later dressed as a man and was employed as an orderly.

A ival desire (o flo hospital work was given as the explanation of the masquerade. Girl, 18, Youth, 21, Sentenced To Jail LONG BEACH, March 17. guilty to a charge of robbing the money boxes of five busses, Rita Sutherland, IS. and. C.

G. Lund, 21, today were sentenced to 30 days in jail following a hearing in municipal court. The girl, admitting her part in the robberies, said Lund hid behind their machine while she solicits aifl to start the car. When the bus drivers left their machines, Lund would rob the coin boxes. "I never saw sucb courteous drivers, not one ot them refused to help me," the girl said.

'Baby Farm' Suspect Fails To Give Bail LOS ANGELES, March --Entering a plea of not guilty when she was arraigned here in connection with the Moneta "baby farm" probe, Mrs. Minnie Foss was returned fo the county jaii In default of attended by be observed, a physician could bail. The "baby farm" supect wa not represented by legal counsel and indicated she would plead her own case at the preliminary hearing set for March 23. Four-Year Service In Assembly Favored By House; Vote 59 To 14 Supporters of Amendment Contend That It Will Place More Experienced Men In the Lower House Associated Press) SACRAMENTO, March state re-organization for greater efficiency was the keynote of a busy assembly session today. The lower house passed and sent to the senate three measures on the subject.

Two were on the administration program to create a department of natural resources ond to create a governor's council of the heads of nine departments. The other niepsure, not on the administration program, was offered for the -improvement of the work' of the It is- a proposed constitutional amendment by Van Bernard of Butte City to make the terms of assemblyment four years instead of two. MEASURE OPPOSED Some -opposition to the Bernard measure developed and it was necessary to lock the doors under a call of ttte house to' muster the necessary two-third votes on the constitutional amendment. It finally went through to the senate by a vote of 59 to 14. This constitutional amendment now goes to the senate and if passed by that body ivill go before the people for a vote at the next general election.

The measure is a brief one and would amend section three cf Article IV of the constitution to read: "Members of the assembly shall be elected, in the year 1928 at the same time and in the manner now provided by law thereafter members of the assembly shall be chosen for a term of four years; provided, however, that the seats of the assemblymen elected In the year 1930 from the odd numbered districts shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year so that one-halt of the assemh'lymen shall be elected every two years, and each election shall be on the first Tuesday after the. first Monday in November, unless otherwie ordered by the assembly." BENEFITS CITED Supporters the amendment in the assembly' contended that it would place more experienced men in the lower house by virtue of longer service and that the mass of new legislation 'always presented new members would be cut down thus making 'more efficient the labors of the lower house. The department -of. natural resources, if the bill passes the senate, as indications are that it will without opposition, would consolidate the activities of the agencies now functioning in mines and mining work, the -fish and game commission, the commissioners and forestry work. Though both re-organization measures passed the assembly by an overwhelming majority notices of re-consideration were filed and -will be voted on tomorrow.

Captain Denies Rum Sold On Leviathan; Cowboy Fined For Having Liquor YORK, KaTLli 17 4 uc tiuH of liuw wet the ocean, is, or that part of it represented by a first passage on the United States liner Leviathan, took preeeuence laie louay wiwi CUSLOWS omciais over uie-question. of. who owns 179 bottles'of choice liquors found the "inerVhen it docked here The second question was settled when Fred Almy, wealthy one-time cow puncher of Arizona, said that, while he did not own lie liquor found in his suite, lie would pay the $635,50 fine under irotest. SAYS RUM ON SHIP The Leviathan, he said, was a ship on which the captain apparently did not know passen- next to his table were drink-' ng champagne. "Do you mean to tell me," asked Customs Solicitor Barnes, 'that liquor is being sold and lis'pcnsed on the Leviathan?" "I'd say Almy answered.

Almy also said that stewards iiigmented, their wages by sell- ng liquor to "anyone with a thirst ami sufficient money to satisfy it." Captain Herbert Hartley of the jeviathan also made a few statements. DENIES CHARGE' "Frankly," said he, ''I refuse to stick my nose in the glasses of our passengers to discover what they have in them. If people elect to take liquor aboard while we are in a foreign port we have no way of finding not our business it out. It is to go about searching the passengers''baggage. we attempted anything like it would not be running our ship long." No liquor, however, he said, is sold on the Leviathan "either openly or otherwise." PLENTY IN ARIZONA Although the liquor which jrompted the investigation bore a tag marked Almy's name, Almy denied he had tried to agreed to pay a fine for failing declare, which upon appeal, he may recover.

"Anyway," he asked, "why should I bring in liquor when I can get all I want in Arizona?" He told reporters he was going jack to. Arizona at once, with his ride, a former mannaquin Paris, and that out here, miles "a railroad, be pected to find "peace." of WEATHER winds. WEATHER FOR THURSDAY MARCH 17, 1927 Temperature 7 a. nj 4D 2 p. fi2 7 p.

50 Feast day of St. Cyril of Jerusa- m. First pension act passed by Congress, 1818. Bjrthday anniversary of President Grover Cleveland, Millionaire and Former Chief of Pennsylvania Outlines His Program BY RAYMOND CLAPPER (United- News Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON, Irtarch you were a millionaire out of a job, what would you do? Giff-ord Pinchot, millionaire, found himself out of work when his term as governor of Pennsylvania expired recently and he asked himself that question. He could have traveled around the world, gone lion hunting in Africa, bought a yacht and loafed, retired to his magnificent estate, turned to making more money, or any number of other things.

But he didn't. He moved to Washington, opened an office in one wing of his spacious home, and decided to fight the electric power interests. "There is developing the most tremendous monopoly in the history of the world," Pinchot said, discussing his plans. "It gets into every home where an electric wire runs. It is expanding faster than a'horse can trot.

It extends from Maine to Florida and across to the Pacific coast. What are we going to do with it?" Pinchot said the decision of tlm United States supreme court in a recent Rhode Island case established that transmission of merce and therefore subject to federal regulation the same as the railroads. The federal power commission now has some limited power in controlling water power generating plants, but he believes that broaded control must be established in time. Pinchot's immediate interest is in Muscle Shoals and Boulder Dam, two large power projects. Coolidge Forced To Bandage Right Wrist WASHINGTON, March --President Coolidge was required to apply bandages today to a lame right wrist and hand, the cause of which remains somewhat of a mystery at the White House.

Everett Sanders, his secretary, said the wrist and hand has been bothering the president for several days and when it became swollen today Coolidge was advised' by his physician, Dr. James F. Coupal, to apply bandages. BLACK HAND PLOT SAN FRANCISCO, March that black hand activities were responsible for the bombing yesterday morning of the cafe, of Mimi Imperato, old landmark of San Francisco, three men were being held today for investigation. METHODS OF SAPIRO KIT BY DEFENSE IN FORD SUIT Senator Declares That Organizer Collected Fortune For Advice (By Associated Press) DETROIT, March 17.

Aaron Sapiro as an organizer of co-operative associations, as a lawyer and an orphan on the Pacific coast was described today by Senator James A. Reed of Missouri in the Chicago man's $1,000,000 libel suit against Henry Ford. Making the opening plea for the defense, the senator warmed up to his task in short order, attack- Ing Sapiro's motives in working 1 among the farmers, asserting that Sapiro repeatedly had declared he did not wish money for what h-: was doing, and at the saine time collected thousands of dollars. Charged $142,000 For Forming Association "He collected $142,000 for forming a cotton association in Alabama, evidence will show, and then obtained $8,000 for representing the organization later is 'receivership proceedings," declared Senator Reed. Most of the afternoon session was taken up by a conference between.

Judge Fred M. Raymond and the attorneys for both sides. William Henry Gallagher, representing Sapiro, objected- to- the general argumentative nature of the senator's plea which, he said instead of confining itself as to how the defense was to prove the truth of alleged libeloua articles printed In the Dearborn Independent, Ford's publication, was: an. attack on Sapiro and his methods. Judge Raymond permitted Reed to only a quarter of an hour being left before adjo'um- merit, and said he would make a ruling tomorrow.

He asked both attorneys to shorten as much as. possible introduction of omitting relatively Says Sapiro Attacked As Ail Individual Gallagher completes bis opening plea preceding the senator against Sapiro in the Independ-. three classes. First ot all he said, Sapiro had been, attacked-as an inlividual, nis character and honesty as a man; second, an attack had been made on him in his profession as a lawyer regarding his loyalty and faithfulness to his clients. The third and most often heard was the charge as to his work among co-operative associations, it being claimed ha was a member of an international ring of Jews formed for exploitation.

Removing his tortoise shelled glasses at times, gesticulating at the jury with sardonic smiles, and deprecating glances, Senator Reed devoted most of tho day to telling the jury what he was to prove as to Sapiro's business methods. Seats were again at a. premium. Sapiro Never With Sun Maid Growers FRESNO March 17--- -Aaron Sapiro, California suing Henry Ford for libel, was never connected with the Sun Maid Raisin Growers or the old Sun Main association, according to a statement from officials of the Sun Maid Raisin Growers here tonight. Many times during the past years the officials here received inquiries as to Sapiro's services here, but invariably replied to these letters that he never was counsel for the raisin growers organization and 4 eferrc thess inquiries to the California Prune and Apricot Growers association in San Jose where they said they understood he was at one time, 'KieT Reese Knocked Out in Ninth Round STOCKTON, March 17--- Ed McGovern of San Jose was awarded the ten round main event here tonight over Kid Reese when Referee Marcus Nelson stopped the battle after one minute and thirty seconds of fighting in the ninth round with Reese out on his feet.

Two overhand rights to the jaw dropped Reese for a ninfl count in the fifth round, which weakened him. MILLER LUX LANDS MAX B. ARNOLD 7th Highway Streets MADERA 901 Pacific Southwest Bank Building FRESNO.