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The Parker post., 1914-12-26
PRESIDENT WILL VISIT
LOS ANGELES IN APRIL

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 22.-President
Wilson has placed Los Angeles on his
itinerary to the coast, and Secretary
of the Navy Daniels has promised to
have the battleship fleet stop at the
port Of Los Angeles.
A telegram bearing this news was
received by the Chamber of Commerce.
The battleship fleet which will come
to the coast through the Panama canal
will be here some time in April. The
fleet will consist of twenty-one battle
ships, and will stop at Los Angeles,
San Francisco and other coast ports.
LOS Angeles will give the president
a royal welcome when he comes here"
said Secretary Virgins when the
news came from Washington.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
HIGHWAY FROM COAST TO
COAST NEARLY COMPLETED
WILL BE READY FOR OPENING OF
SAN FRANCISCO FAIR
"Shortest Route" Will Be 200 Miles
Shorter Than Railway Lines
Thirteen States Are Cooper
atinq in the Work

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 22.-By the
time the Panama-Pacific fair opens in
San Francisco it is expected that the
public may follow the Lincoln high
way markers, without hesitation, from
the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Already three-fourths of the dis
tance has been covered. The erec-
tion of the blue, red and white signs
will be the practical beginning of the
greater and more expensive part.
Roadbeds must be constructed every
foot of the way. Already many units
have been mpleted-several of them
in Indiana and others are being
built.
When each piece has been i'm
proved and the line connected from
state to state it will be possible for
the traveller, a-wheel, a-foot or a-horse,
to journey 3,400 miles without hesi-
tating as to direction or lamenting
because of impossible roads.
The Lincoln highway will be the
shortest route from coast to coast
cutting down the railroad distance by
more than 200 miles, and it probably
will remain the shortest unit until
such time as aeroplanes are SO devel
oped as to carry passengers over the
plains and mountains "as the crow
flies"
Originally private enterprise OF
the motor car industry, the Lincoln
highway aroused general interest
The total cost is given as $10,00O,00O
to the public and $10,000,0O0 or more
to the builders who have contributed
toward the expense.
Thirteen states have co-operated in
the work, New York, New Jersey
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado
Utah, Nevada and California.
In each of these states movements
are under way for the construction of
state feeders. The highway proper
is said to be directly available to 67
per cent of the registered motor cars
in the United States.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
EFFICIENCY BOARD
REPORTS SAVINGS

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 22.-The re-
capitulation of the first years work
of the efficiency commission of the
county civil service board shows that
the efficiency of the tax Office has in
creased a third while the expenses
of the Office decreased. In the re-
corder's office the increase in ef-
ficiency registers 100 per cent.
In the tax office the increase in the
volume Of business was 1866 per cent
with a decrease in expense of 4.10
per cent, amounting in money to
$7,740.54. There was a slight increase
in the money expended for supplies.
The greatest saving was in the num-
Der of clerks employed during the
rush season, the month of November,
one hundred clerks doing the work
formerly accomplished by one hun
dred and fifty.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
WARNS JOB SEEKERS NOT
TO COME TO CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO, Dec 22.-'If you
are looking for job don't come to
California
This warning was issued here by
the California Commission on Immi-
grafton and Housing.
The commission has just concluded
an exhaustive investigation of condi-
tions of unemployed in the State. It
found there are now in the State
thousands more men than jobs, hence
this warning to outsiders seeking jobs
to stay away.
In a special report to Governor
Johnson the commission condemns
the practice of floating by which un-
employed are sent from one town or
State to another, and urges each COM
munity to solve it's own problem.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
HOLY WAR AGAINST
ALLIES ANNOUNCED

BERLIN (by wireless via Sayville),
Dec. 21-A "holy war" against the
British, French, Russians and all their
allies, has been proclaimed by Sheik
Kiazism, a Mohammedan dignitary of
much influence in Persia, Afghanistan
and Baluchistan.
The proclamation takes hostilities TO
India's very gateway, Baluchistan be-
ing, in fact, though nominally indie
pendent, under a British protectorate.
bucharest reports say that the pre-
mier of Roumania has refused the
Anglo-Franco-Russia demand that
Roumania attack Bulgaria if the latter
undertakes to prevent Greece from
sending help to Servia."
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
SUGAR EXPORTS FOR THREE
MONTHS SET RECORD

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-With a
total of nearly a quarter Of billion
pounds, all records for exports of do
mestic refined sugar were broken in
the three months ending October 81
last, the department of commerce re-
ported. Shipments abroad since the
outbreak of the European war exceed
ed by more than 100,000,000 pounds
the exports for the entire year of 1910,
the high record year in the last quar-
ter of a century.
Sugar exports for August were 49,
956,3O5 pounds; September, 52,29O,77
and October, 13S,372,686, with a total
for the three months of 229,619,764
pounds. This compares with 100000
pounds for the fiscal year of 1913, and
125,000,000 pounds in 1910.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
REPORT SHOWS HEAVY
PLANTING IN GERMANY

WALLS, Holland, Dec. 21.-Ger-
manys autumn planting is exception
ally heavy. Enormous quantities of
corn formerly sent to Russia are now
being stored in Germany. The fire.
quent statement in the German busi-
ness world concerning the general food
situation is:
eve have more than enough for all
present purposes, and reckoning future
crops upon a moderate basis, we GER
tainly are prepared for five years with
shipping conditions as they are at
present"
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
WARRING NATIONS MAY BUY
GUNS BUT NO WARSHIPS

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-It is the
view of the state department that the
shipment of submarines in section
from this country to a belligerent
would be a violation of the neutrality
laws.
The Department. view on this sub
ject has been communicated to the
British government which has made
inquiry regarding the reported atti-
tude of this government 1t also be-
came known that the state depart
ment not only disapproves of pro-
posa1s to prohibit the expectation of
arms from the United States during
the war but would view the passage
of such a law as an unneutral act.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
SAN DIEGO FAIR TO OPEN
With TWO day PROGRAM
FESTIVITIES WILL BEGIN AT
p. NJ, DECEMBER 31ST
Extensive Program Arranged for New
Years Day-WiII Conclude Open
ing Ceremonies Jan. I'd With
Isthmus Carnival

LOS ANGELES, Dec. o. San
Diego's New Years celebration for
the opening of the 1915 exposition
calls for a two-day entertainment pro-
gram.
The official opening ceremonies will
not start until 1870 p. M, and con-
tinue we'll into the morning of New
Years Day. An extensive program
Guiding with two different banquets
in the evening.
A great naval and military parade
and the procession of automobiles is
to be held January 2, and in the even
ing of the same day the Isthmian
carnival.
Following is the program:
December 81, 1914
Gates open at p. m.
Dedication of Spreckels organ, $50
to 10 p. m.
Opening ceremonies, 11:3O p. m. to
IL midnight.
January I, 1915
Sightseeing tour 9 a. m.
Official dedicatory services, II a.
m. to p. m.
D6UlCdClOu VI w OuISu HSduQuCl
ters, IL noon.
Presidents Banquet, Cafe Cristo-
bal, p. m.
Public banquet of ladies' board, Al
hambra cafe, 8 p. m.
January 2, 1915
Naval and military parade, 10 a. m.
Auto ride and luncheon, ladies'
board, II a. m. to 2 p. m.
Procession Of automobiles, p. m.
Official reception of ladies' board,
$3.50 p. m.
Isthmus carnival, commencing at
Z p. m.
After delighting hundreds of local
art lovers, much of the annual eXhibi-
ton of the Los Angeles Arts and
Crafts Society, just closed at Exhibi-
tion Park in the Museum of History,
Science and Art, has been shipped to
San Diego.
The fact that the exhibit was con-
sidered worthy of being transferred
bodily to the big exposition in the
southern port speaks for itself. Few
collections of things beautiful seen
in this city of late have received such
an enthusiastic welcome from every
one interested in art, a fact which
augurs we'll for the discernment of
Southern Californians.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
PLAN TO FREE AMERICAS
OF WAR CRAFT Is URGED

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-The u. s.
government has been asked by the
principal nations of South America to
cooperate with them in negotiations
with the belligerent powers of Europe
to bring about the expulsion of all
belligerent warships from the waters
of the two Americas and safeguard
the trade of Pan-American countries
with each other.
None of the nations which have
made suggestions is committed to any
particular plan, but all seek the CO.
operation of the United States.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
RUSSIANS TO USE
GUNS MADE IN u. S.


SEATTLE, Dec. 22 - American
made heavy artillery will be tried out
by the Russian army in Poland next
month. The Russian volunteer fleet
steamship Novgorod now on the
ocean, bound from Novgorod to Vladi-
vostock, is carrying 165 carloads OF
war supplies, mostly siege guns and
projectiles. The guns, made in Penn
sylvania, weighed 1O5 tons each
Other trainloads of American big
guns and shells are on the way to
Vancouver, to be loaded on the liner
Tambov, which will arrive at Van
couver December 81. The Russians
are using French siege guns and are
reported to have received Japanese
guns recently. January should see
the American guns tested in competi-
tion with those manufactured in Ger
many, France and Japan.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
KAISER'S ASSASSINATION
ATTEMPTED, is REPORT

PARIS, Dec. 21.-A Paris woman
who. was dressmaker to the German
royal court for number of years,
writes to the Jaurnal des Debats stat
ing that while she was on her way
back to France she saw a German
youth of II fire shot from a revolver
at the kaiser while the latter was
boarding train for the front. The
bullet missed it's mark. The German
newspapers have made no reference
to this affair.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
Railways Oppose Postal Bills

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 22.-One
hundred and ten small railroads of the
Pacific slope, united under the name
of the Western Association of Short
Lines Railroads, are vigorously peti
tioning United States senators and
representatives for the defeat of bills
now pending or relating to mail carry
ing. These bills purport to change
the basis of mail transportation rates
from weight to space basis, and to
give the postmaster general power to
designate the mail-carrying equipment
and to impose a fine of $4,000 daily
upon any railroad refusing to carry
the mail for the compensation and in
the manner he specifies.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
carranzistas Rout ViIIistas

WASHINGTON, Dec pa victory
for Carranza forces in the Tampico
district is claimed in advices received
by the Carranza agency here. 1t is
said General Caballero has defeated
General Carera, Villa leader, at Tor
res. An engagement is also reported
to have taken place near Torreon, as
result Of which Carranzistas are said
to have occupied the town of San Pc
dro, near Torreon. The agency denies
that Puebla has been evacuated, as re-
ported from Mexico City.
All the convention generals have
been ordered to appear in person or
send delegates to the meeting to be
held January in Mexico City for the
selection of new president.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
Lassen Has New Crater

REDDING, Cal, Dec. 22.-What may
be called freak eruption of Lassen
occurred early last week. A column
of smoke like that ascending from a
chimney on cold morning shot
straight upward several thousand feet
at a point at the extreme northern
end Of the north peak, quarter mile
distant from the new crater. 1t indi-
Gates plainly that there is a new vent
in an entirely new part of the noun
tain top.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
MOVE is STARTED
TO DIVIDE STATE

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 22-Los
Angeles, San Bernardino, Santa Bar
bara, Ventura, Orange, Riverside, San
Diego and Imperial counties will con-
stitute the State of Southern Cali
fornia if the petitions that are being
put before the public here are put
into an initiative measure and carried
at the next State election. No rea-
sons are given in the preamble of the
petitions for the proposed change.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
Belgian Papers Defy Governor

AMSTERDAM, Holland, Dec. I'll
Efforts of General Won Bessing, the
new German governor of Belgium, to
induce the leading newspapers of
Brussels and Antwerp to resume pub
lication have proved to be futile. The
editors of these newspapers informed
the governor that so long as Bel
GUMS king was absent from Brussels
and the German censorship continued,
the papers would not be published.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
Khedive Is Removed

LONDON, Dec. 21.-The official bu-
reau has issued the following: ''In
view of the action of his highness,
Abbas Hilmi Pasha, lately khedive OF
Egypt, who has adhered to the kings
enemies, his majesty's government has
seen fit to depose him from the khe-
divat The high dignity has been Of
fered, with the title of sultan of Egypt,
to his highness, Prince Hussein Kemal
Pasha, he oldest living prince of the
family of Mahmout Ali, and has been
accepted by him.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
Arizona to Be Drv Jan, 1

PHOENIX, Dec. PA proclamation
has been issued by Governor George
P. Hunt making effective Jan. 1, 1915,
the new prohibition law and the 80 per
cent law which compels the employ
ment of 80 per cent American citizens
where five or more persons are en-
ployed.
Injunctions were taken out against
the prohibition measure by Father
Connolley of the Tucson Catholic
church and representatives of the
Druggists association of Arizona.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
Forest Fire Ashes Kill Fish

SANTA BARBARA, Dec. 22.-Ac-
cording to report brought in by For
ester H. G. Merrill, ashes from forest
fires have been washed into streams
by the recent rains, poisoned the wa
ter, and killed the fish. In the Sis
quoc, where $4,000 trout were placed
last year, it is feared that every fish
has been destroyed. Arrangements
are being made to restock the
streams,
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
RADIO CONTROL GOES
TO NAVY DEPARTMENT

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22-Because
of President Wilson's executive order,
in which the president put under con-
troll of the navy the administration of
the radio service in the United States
and it's possessions, the navy depart
ment, and not Governor Goethals, will
control the situation in the canal zone
as to the misuse of the radio in neutral
waters.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
GOVERNOR PROCLAlMS
HOLIDAY DECEMBER 26

SACRAMENTO, Dec. %. - Gov
ernor Johnson issued proclamation
declaring Saturday, December 26, a
legal holiday. This will give en-
ployes of the State, of banks and
other institutions three days Christ
mas holiday.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
Thinking Horse Dead

PARIS, Dec 21.-The famous think
ing horse of Eberfeld, which under the
guidance of Herr Krall could spell and
solve difficult mathematical problems,
was killed upon the field of battle. He
was part of German battery.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
Danger From Eel Worm Has Passed

SACRAMENTO, Dec. %. = State
Commissioner of Horticulture Cook
announces that the danger of the po-
tato eel worm in this state has passed,
and that the quarantine for protective
purposes against this pest has been
raised.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
Resume Parcel Post

WASHINGTON, Dec 22-Arrange-
ments have been completed for the
between America and Germany, by
way of Italy. The service will be
continued as long as Italy remains
neutral.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
CALIFORNIA RICE WORTH
$2,O00,00O FROM $1,000 ACRES

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 22.-Half a
million sacks of rice,< worth about
$2,000,000 will be threshed in Califor-
mia this season, the product of $4,000
acres. The threshing season is fairly
under way. Next year at least $4,000
acres of rice will be grown, and even
then the industry has just fairly
started.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
P. P. /. E. NINETY-EIGHT
PER CENT COMPLETED

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 22.-With
the opening of the Panama-Pacific ex-
position coming in less than two
months, an announcement was made
today that the exposition is now 90
per cent completed.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
Orange Pool Money

REDLANDS, Dec. %. : A nice
Christmas present of about $4,000
received from Christmas oranges will
be distributed among the Redlands or
ange growers. More than 200 cars
were shipped, andFeturns will be be-
tween $13O,OOO and $15O,OOO. Oranges
being shipped now will make another
pool of $15O,O0O to 100000, to be di-
vided December 81.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
Municipal Lodging Houses Proposed

SACRAMENTO, Dec. 22-In re-
sponse to an oral request, plans for the
handling and providing for destitute
and unemployed were made by Gov
ernor Johnson.
The state commission on immigra-
tion and housing recommended the es-
tablishment of a municipal lodging
house in every city in California for
the winter months, and the expense
was estimated at about $3,O0O,0OO.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
COAST HAPPENINGS
M|RRORED HERE
BRIEF OUTLINE OF Current EVENTS
ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE
Condensed Resume of the Weeks Happenings
Covering Events Of Interest from Nearby
Places s---WiH Allow Rapid Scanning
$4,000 Fire in Skaguay

SKAGUAY, Alaska, Dec. 21.-Fire
started here among the wharves and
warehouse buildings of Moore's Ship
ping company, and caused loss esti-
mated at $210,000.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
Study California Methods

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 22.-Studying
the methods of the California Fruit
Growers exchange in marketing it's
products, Investigations were contin-
ued by a special committee sent here
from Colorado by the fruit growers
auxiliary committee of that state.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
TELECRAPH|C NEWS
IN PARAGRAPHS
CLEANED FROM NUMEROUS SECTIONS
OF both HEMISPHERES
Dispatches PiGturmg Developments From the Out
side World Stripped Of Unnecessary
Details and Presented in Brief
Wheat Duty Suspended

MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec. 21.-
Owing to the shortage of the Austria
lian wheat harvest the government
has suspended the import duty on
wheat.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
Dresden Free. Saw French

PARIS, Dec. 21.-The navy depart
ment's weekly communique says that
the German cruiser Dresden, after es--
Gaping from the battle off the Falkland
islands, succeeded in reaching Punta
Arenas, and resailed after coaling.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
Turkey Admits BattIeship Loss

UrKey ADMITS BatrIeShIp Loss
LONDON, Dec. 21.-The official
Turkish announcement of the sinking
of the battleship Messudieh was made
as follows:
"The loss of the old battleship Mes
sudieh, after a final examination, must
be attributed to a floating mine or to
a torpedo"
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-10

John R. Webb, of New Albany, Ind, so years old, who has owned a pipe for 50 years, has received a letter from the secretary of J. Pierpont Morgan asking him to send him the relic
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-10
ALCOHOL MAY BE USED
 INSTEAD OF GASOLINE.
Production of Latter Not Enough to
 Meet Demands of Motorists.

Cincinnati, O., April s.-Some rather curious statistics were brought forth at the convention of the American Chemical society here today for the benefit of autonobiHsts. In his address on Some Economic Phases of the Use of Gasoline" Prof. Benjamin T. Brooks declared that gasoline Is rapidly ap- preaching the 40 cents a gallon mark, at which point, Professor Brooks de- cla~ed, alcohol would be au active com petitor
 He estimated the present production of gasoline in America to be 25 million barrels of 42 gallons each. and that it Is behind the demand made on 1t by motor vehicles, dry cleaners and vari- ous industries. To replace this amount of gasoline by 96 per cent. alcohol made from corn would require 450, 900, 900 bushels, Professor Brooks sad
 Discussion was aroused over the paper read by Dr. Edward Gudeman of Chicago, in which he said that the in halation of sulphurous acid fumes by patients in the incipient phases of tu- berculosis had greatly aided in their cure. Dr. Gudeman said that this method of helping those afflicted with tuberculosis had been known for some time by physicians and chemists. but had never been publicly announced un- til today.
 The convention closed tonight with 8. banquet. Tomorrow many of the delegates will go to Dayton, O., to in spect industrial conditions in that city.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-10
Report to State Department.
ARRANGEMENT FOR VISIT
 OF QUEEN OF BULGARIA
To Remain in This Country About Five Weeks Visiting the Larger Cities.

New York, April e-Wtllfam Cas- par, personal representative of Queen Neanore Of Bulgaria, arrived here tonight on the liner Imperator to make final arrangements for the visit of the queen to the United States. The queen he said, will sail late in May and will visit all of the larger cities as far west as Chicago. She will remain in this country about five weeks.
 ''The queen is coming to the United States as a student" he said. She desires to study the methods employ ed by the United States in handling immigrants. She is also. intensely in terested in hospitals and the training of nurses. The queen will bring with her four young Macedonian women whom she will have instructed in an American hospital. These young Wo- men will then go back to Bulgaria and instruct others. The queen is also planning to take back several Amer ican nurses as teachers
 The queen will sail from Hamburg for New York either on the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria on May 22 or on the Imperator on May 27- The queen, said her personal representative. de- sires to travel in the United States as previte individual.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-10
MODERN COOKING
 CAUSE OF CANCER.
Consumption of Meat Has Something
 to Do With It's Prevalence.

New York, April 9.-A statement by Dr. William J. Mayo that the preva- lence of cancer is perhaps traceable to present methods of cooking was to the laymen one of the salient opinions in a maze of technical discussions at the opening of the American Surgical aS- sociation'S annual convention today. pr. Mayo, who is a delegate from Rochester, Minn, and president of the association, is recognized expert on cancer. He expaIined that cancer of the stomach formed a third of all cancer cases among civilized peoples.
 1s there some fundamental fault in the food or in the cooking of civilized men that gives such a preponderance to pro- -cancerous conditions in the gastric region?' he asked. Among the lower animals cancer of the stomach does not form nearly such a large pro- portion of the total number of cases
 pr. Mayo said that the amount of thing to do with the prevalence of cancer. He explained then, other kinds Of cancer. among them the pe- culiar form which attacks the mouths of the natives of India, brought on by an irritation due to chewing beteI nuts. Cancer of the groin, according to Dr. Mayo. Is confined almost entire ly to chimney sweeps and sailors. , During a discussion about the ad- visibility of operating for appendicitis OIs OctI11SS IA. Ol 1A1uu0dpOI1S said that he felt that the removal of the appendix was 'fan interference with the designs of the Lord"
 Dr. A. G. Gerster, a New York sur gecn, replied that if this were true, all surgery would have to be regarded as an interference with Providence
 The discussion followed paper on The Two Stage Operation read by pr. George w. Grill of Cleveland, o.
 We must put ourselves in the posi- ton of our patient" continued Dr. Gerster. If I had to undergo an op- eratfon, I would rather take a little extra risk to get 1t over with one cIip.''
 The present convention Is preIfmi- nary to the international congress of surgeons, which will meet here Mon day, with representatives from all parts of the United States and most Of the European countries.
 Fifty of the foreign delegates ar rived oE the steamship Imperator to- day