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Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-21

ton, with headquarters at New Or
leans, which is conducting nation
wide educational campaign in behalf
of the Newlands- -Broussard river reg
ulation and flood prevention bill, is
making very rapid progress in bring
ing to the support of the measure the
business men of the United States.
''All that is now needed" says Geo.
H. Maxwell, the executive director, sis
for the business men of the country
to make the fact known at Washing
ton that they want the floods con-
trolled, the excess flood waters used
in promoting industry, the navigable
rivers made navigable all the year
around, and inland water borne COM
merce revived in a practical way, as
provided in the Newlands- -Broussard
bill, for the bill to become a law at
this session of congress.
"The enactment of this bill will
solve the river and flood problems OF
the entire country in a practical and
scientific way, and it is reasonable to
expect the administration and con-
gress to respond to nation wide de
mand for such legislation and partic
ularly so in view of the fact that the
dominant political party is pledged to
enact legislation that will do this very
thing"
With the elimination of the Rams
dell-Humphreys levee bill, there is no
longer any ground for controversy ia
the Mississippi valley, and the busi
ness men of New Orleans are now or
ganizing movement to awaken the
people of the lower Mississippi valley
TO the advisability of joining hands
with the people of the Ohio, the Mis-
souri,, the Upper Mississippi, the San
Joaquin, the Sacramento and other
important river valleys and making 4
nation wide appeal to the government
for the immediate enactment of the
Newlands- -BroHssard bill.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-21
EXPECT ANNOUNCEMENT
FROM COL. COCKTAILS

New. York, Feb. 21.-Col. George
w. Goethals is due to arrive here to-
day from the Panama canal zone.
Mayor Mitchell has as yet made no
engagement to confer with him re-
garding the New York police COM
missionership, but is under the i'm
preston Col. Goethals will make a
personal announcement concerning
his intentions before he goes back to
Panama.
1t is probable Col. Cocktails will go
direct to Washington, and will not
see the mayor for some days.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-21

DR.. S. Odle, veterinary surgeon,
treats all animals. Permanently To-
Gated. L. II. Parsons, assistant den
tist. 727 West Main street, Ell Cen
tro. Phone 217.-Adv. Il
Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-21
For Land Owners

London, Feb. 21,-The Marquis of
Salisbury, addressing the Hertford-
shire chamber of commerce, declared
that if the land owners are deprived
of their existing authority and power
they will spend no more money on
land but will sell and juit.
The extra burdens now being
thrown on land were denounced by
Lord Salisbury, as intensifying the
evils of the system. The national
adoption of what reformers call
strictly fair rents" would, he said,
increase the present rents i'll some
cases four fold.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-21
Sues Under Copyright

New York, Feb. 21.-John H. YER
non, an author and dramatist, has be-
gun a copyright infringement suit in
the federal district court against Sam
S. and Lee Shubert, Incorporated; J
c. Huffman, a stage manager, and
George Scarborough, author of "The
Lure" alleging that his play, "The
Threads of Destiny" was plagarized
in the play "At Bay" of which Scar
borough was the author. Huffman is
named in the suit because Vernon
says he submitted his play to him
and that he is a friend of Scarborough
and the Shuberts are sued because
they have given performances of
Scarborough's play.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-21
FIRST SHIP THROUGH CANAL
WILL CARRY PEACE FLAG

New York, Feb. 21.-Dr. VIM. O.
Mcdowell, president of the league Of
peace, has received a letter from Col
Goethals, chief engineer of the Pan
anna canal, in which Col. Goethals
promises to fly the peace flag on the
first ship to make the official and di-
rect passage through the canal.
Continuing, his letter says:
"The canal is now in shape to pass
ships drawing 25 feet of water, but
according to the present program, it
is the intention to delay the first Of
fetal trip until it can be arranged
to have the president, members of his
cabinet and committees representing
the two houses of congress present.
The peace flag will, according to our
understanding, be placed on the YES
sci selected for this purpose"
Following the receipt of the letter,
Mr.. Mcdowell wrote in part the fol-
lowing to President c. c. Moore Of
the Panama Pacific exposition:
"The world ensign of liberty and
peace is the flag of every nation, sur
rounded by broad white border. In
ternationally it is the seven colors
of the rainbow in white field.
"The league of peace will furnish
for the airship race around the world
two peace flags for each entry, one
flag to be that of the nation from
which the entry comes, the other the
rainbow flag.
"The successful flags are to be de-
posted in the national museum, Wash
ington, with the peace flag with which
Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-21
100000 Involved

New York, Feb. 21.-Eugene Ru-
bino, uncle of the senior partner in
Speyer & Co. has sued James B. Hag-
gin, turfman, for an accounting.
According to Herbert B. Queal, at
torney, Mr.. Haggins admits he and
the late Jacob Rubino were joint
owners of $750,000 worth of Sleeps
head Bay realty, but he adds that a
S250,000 mortgage was a joint ac-
count. Virginia realty and coal lands
worth $2,O00,0O0 is involved.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-21
Ncrth Dakotans Meet

Omitted Press Day Service)
Washington, Feb. 21.-United
States Treasurer Burke and other
North Dakota notables tonight will at
tend the annual banquet of Washing
toms North Dakota society.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-21

The finest diamond in the valley
at 1915. Diamond rings $3.50 up.
Elgin and Waltham watches--lowest
price in the valley. Expert watchmak
ing. ]. F. Lukens, 522 Main St.-Adv.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-21

Peary took possession Of the North
pole, and the peace flag with which
President Wilson and Col. Goethals
open the Panama canal-this after
the close of the Panama Pacific expo
sition."
Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-21
Engine Troubles,

The Standard Garage specializes on
engine work radiator leaks and ig-
milton troubles. Open day and night
to the auto public. Corner Seventh
and Main streets, FL Centre. Phone
23O. Auto for hire.-Adv. If
Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-21
Rockefeller Gives to Y. NJ. c. A.

Springfield, Mass, Feb. 21.-John
d. Rockefeller has given $4,000 to
the international Y. M. c. A. training
school here.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-21

The United Press and Hearst News
combine to make of the Press
a live newspaper, not wad of junk.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-19
GIRL DROPS TO DEATH
Mystery in Fatal Fall from
Window After Dance.

Mystery surrounds the death of Miss
Margaret Honsigar, nineteen years
old, of No. 763 Eleventh avenue. who
either fell or jumped from a fourth
story window at No. 81 Amsterdam
avenue at 1880 o'clock this morning.
Miss Honsigar had just returned
from a dance with her friend, Miss
Annie Calvin, who lives at the Am
sterdam avenue address. She com
planned of headache and went into the
front room to stand by the window.
She was alone at the time.
The first intimation that Miss Calvin
had of the tragedy was a Shrek, fol-
lowed by a thud on the sidewalk. She
rushed into the room, and, finding it
empty peered out Of the window. She
then saw Miss Honsigar's body lying
on the sidewalk.
At the Roosevelt Hospital the ply
sicians said that the girl had been in
stantly killed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-19
CAMOYS ESTATE IN TRUST
Pre- -Nuptial Agreement Re-
corded Long After Wedding.

Providence. March 1S.-A pre-nuptial
agreement made by Lord Camoys and
Miss Mildred Constance sherman,
daughter Of Mrs William Watts .Shei -
man, Of Newport. who were married in
1911, was filed with the Recorder of
Deeds to-day.
The agreement transfers all the es-
tate and property Of Lady Camoys 10
two trustees-Frank w. Mattison and
Fletcher S. Mason, OF this city-and
provides that the income shall be paid
her until she becomes thirty-five years
old. II she dies before the age of thir-
ty-five Lord Camoys is to be paid
100000. If children are left Lord Ca
moys is TO receive the income from
800, 900 for the remainder Of his life,
and the children equal shares of the re-
naming estate upon reaching the age
of twenty-one.
If the wife should die before the age
of thirty-five and leave no will or chill
dren the property residue would all go
to her sister, Mrs. Lawrence l.. Gil
lespie.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-19
WIRELESS MONOPOLY
IS WON BY MARCONI
Court UphOlds Validity OF Patents
Necessary in Long Dis
tance Work.

Judge Van Vechten Needer. in the
United States District Court, in Brook
lyn. i'm decision yesterday gave the
Nlarconi wireless Telegraph Company
Of America. practical monopoly Of the
invention in this country. The decision
was in a suit brought by the Marconi
ccmpany against the National Electric
signalling Company for infringement.
Judge Veeder upholGs patents grant
cd august l6, 1895. 70 Sir Oliver Lodge,
covering self-inductance coils between
,,,.o canacities. and TO Marconi. granted
Iune y. 1904. for four circuit tuning
The decision says
The Lodge patent and the Marconi
retent constitute the essential features
~ apparatus. which has made possible
cl lr,munication over "A distance Of 5000
miles. and is admittedly an essential
feature II the wireless art as at pres
ont known and practised.'
Millions of dollars i'm royalties hinge
on the decision. and suit against the
United States government may result.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-19
FLYING LEAP FAILS
TO SAVE BOYS LIFE
Lad Ground to Death by
Speeding Tender Despite
Brave Fireman.

While three horses attached TO high
pressure tender No. IS were running
at fun speed through Greenwich ave-
nue. last night. Joseph Traut, proba-
tionary fireman. dived from il 10 the
street to save the life of child who
had coasted down a snowbank in front
of the flying apparatus. The fireman
missed and the child was ground to
death.
All along Greenwich avenue are ice
and snow heaps, relics of the recent
storms, on both sides Of the thorough
fare. Children have used them for
coasting purposes, and a dozen or more
were playing there last night when the
tender swung into the avenue at 10th
street and Strengthened away for a run
uptown.
Traut was standing on heap OF hose
on the top OF the tender, keeping his
balance with difficulty as he struggled
into his coat and boots. As the outfit
raced by the corner of 18th street the
probationer saw -year-old Bernard
Goldman few yards ahead, preparing
10 slide down into the car tracks.
The driver had no time to check his
horses. Traut sprang to the side rail
Of the tender as the childs sled started.
At the risk Of being rolled back under
the wheels he dived straight down be-
tween the little coaster and the horses.
He missed the child by few inches.
The next moment the rear wheel OF
the tender had crushed out the boys
life.
Traut, though rolled in a heap and
stunned by the fall, got TO his feet
Two fremen who had been dropped OFF
to help him carried the chtld's body to
the sidewalk and sent for an ambu-
lance. The accident occurred almost IN
front of the Goldman home, No. llJ
Greenwich avenue. Traut escaped
with few cuts and bruises.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-19
FROM GRAVE SHOWS
OBRJEN VICTIM OF SYSTEM.
Written Record of His Broken Heart Appealing IRON
Verdict of Enemies and Declaring Own Ideals Is
Found Among Effects of Dismissed Inspector

Il am growing older. l have grown
weary Of this tribulation. 1t was not
fair. il was rot just, il was not human.
that ! was tried on the charges and
treated as | was. II my enemies mad
any sense Of justice | should not haTe
been called upon 20 defend myself.
Il have loved peace, law and order
I have loved my fellcw man. l have
believed in law and order. l have
practised kindness and gentleness and
mercy the best | could as the years
have gone.
That's why | was treated as l was,
because | loved, not judged, my fell
low man"
1t was during the administration Of
Mayor Gaynor that Mayor Mitchell,
then President Of the Board Of Alder
men. became acting Mayor, in the alb
sence OF Mr.. Gaynor. and cleaned up
Coney Island. which was in Inspector
O'Brien's district. It resulted IN
charges being made against the inspec-
tor and his ultimate dismissal.
Many friends gathered yesterday Al
the church Of the Sacred Heart. Ger
mont avenue. near Park avenue, Brook
lvn. where a requiem mass was cele-
brated. Interment was in Holy Cross
Cemetery.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-19

Through a letter, written in lead pen
ell on manila paper. found among the
effects Of former Police Inspector Johh
J. O'Brlen. who died on Saturday at
his home. No. 1OJ North oxford street.
Brooklyn, suspicion grew into POSITIVE
belief that instead Of dying from pneu-
monia he had died from broken he~r''
the result of treatment received whlle
in the Police Department
The letter, bearing no date, was IN
closed in an envelope addressed for
the newspapers" and was found by
E,uoene X. O'Brien, a son of the deau
man.
The message read: II know some
thing Of what the world calls crim-
irols They have the same warm
handclasp as you and /. Their brains
were fashioned by the same power
You and may have criminal instincts
and II NAV have been our good fortune
never To have had temptations thrown
IN our path.
eve all find our places in life. play
ing the game until we go out forever.
know the human sides Of criminais.
and I know that human lives are much
alilte hut when / see a man placing
himself on n pedestal and calling his
fellow men criminals ! mistrust mat
man.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-19
Mrs. Mary H. Smith, Widow
of Noted Rector, Crushed
Between Car and Shaft.
OPERATOR JUMPS
OUT AS 1T FALLS
Sister.in.LaW of Bishop Mackay
Smith Was on Her Way
to Visit Friends.

Mrs. Mary VI. Smith, seventy three
years old. widow Of the Rev. Cornelius
b. Smith, rector emeritus of st.
James's Episcopal Church, met death
last night in the Guiford, an apart
ment house at No. 1J1 East Slst street,
when the elevator from which she was
about to aliCht slipped its cable con-
troller and dropped one floor crushing
her between the car and the wall Of the
shaft.
The womans screams as the car fell
upon her brought the superintendent
and employees Of the building. They
struggled TO release her, but the ele-
vator slowly sank below the level OF
the floor and then dropped. her body
falling on the roof.
Mrs. Smith left her home. at No. 4O5
Park avenue. TO dine with Mr.. and Mrs.
X. p. Budd in their apartment on the
seventh floor of the Guilford She
entered the elevator, which -pparently
was in good working order until the
operator brought Il to a stop at the
seventh floor. AS he opened the door
the car dropped about two feet, and
continued sinking as the cable drum
turned.
The operator leaped out and fell
sprawling out on the hallway floor.
AS Mrs. Smith tried TO climb through
the narrowing opening the car dropped
again and caught her. For a moment
the big cage descended, slowly crush
ing her, until it fell one full floor
A hurry call was sent for an ambu-
lance and attendants in the house had
to rig staging and take off the upper
part of the protective grill work on the
sixth floor to remove the body. Physi
clans said death was almost instanta-
neous.
Mrs. Smiths husband died about a
year ago, after long and distin-
guished career in the ministry. He
was a brother of the late Bishop Mac
Kay Smith. of Pennsylvania. Mrs.
Smith leaves two sons, the Rev. Dr.
Everett p. Smith, Of Boise City, Idaho.
and Clarence b. Smith, a lawyer IN
this city. Two daughters, Mrs. Rich
ard II. Dana. wife Of the architect,
and Mrs. Lincoln Cromwell, also sur
vive he.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-19
REPUBLICANS FAIL
TO BACK mitchell
Conference Decides Not to Make
Police Bill Party Measure,
but May Support It.

Albany. March 10 (Thursday) The Re-
publcans in conference early this morn
ing by n viva voce vote decided not TO
make the bill a party measure. Friends
OF the bill declare this does not neces-
sarily mean its defeat. for they declare
many voted not to make the bill a party
measure on the principle that to do so
would be to revive the old caucus
methods.
Champions of Mayor Mitchel's bill de-
clare the bill will pass the Assembly II
an amendment suggested by Assembly,
man Brennan. Of Kings. in the conference
is accepted by the Mayor.
This amendment gives TO the board OF
review power TO modify or affirm the find
il gs of the Police Commissioner TO REIN
state a dismissed policeman, or to send
back the case to the commissioner for re-
trial. All the New York County men
stood for this amendment.
Speaker Sweet urged on the Republicans
the wisdom OF making the bill parry
measure Senator Root and other men
high in our party's councils have declared
for the bill" he said, "and I believe we
should give Mayor Mitchell what he
wants"
Assemblyman Hoff, chairman of the
Cities Committee and the introducer OF
the bill in the Assembly, explained the
purpose of the measure and added that
the Mayors request for the passage Of
the bills should be needed by the Repuoli-
cans. Assemblyman Stoddard, of New
York, also fought for the bill. but de-
clared he believed it should first be
amended, so as to give the board or re-
view final and absolute power over the
Police Commissioner findings.
Mr.. Burlingame, Of Kings. the leading
opponent of the measure, led the hght
against the bill. Other Brooklyn Assem-
blvmen joined him in his attack. notably
Ahern, Lockwood. Green. Brennan. Lang
horst and F1amnan. Thorn. OF Erie
County. also fought the bill.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-19
ISLANDER TO CALL
ONE "SUFFRAGETTE"
German Teacher Obtains COnvic-
ton of Woman Who SO
Characterized Her.

Cologne March 1s.-For calling wom-
m school principal a "suffragotte" the
wife of a physician in a neighborlng VII
lage was convicted Of slander and hned
to-day. The offence was committed In
quarrel over the punishment Of the phy-
sician's daughter by the school principal.
The complainant told the court that the
suffragettes had shown themselves 10 De
scarcely normal. Educated people. she
said were enraged against them owing
IN their outrages and nobody would IN
trust children to her II she were suffra-
gctte.
The defendant refused to apologize anu
said the teacher had acted ike a suhra-
gctte. She was thereupon ordered to pay
"A
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-19
GARDENS RETURN A
SURPRISE TO WILSON
Administration Fears Britain's
Announcement Will En-
courage Huerta.
Ion The rrIbune Rureaul

'rashington, March ls.-The formal an
nouncement OF Sir Edward Grey that Sir
Lionel Garden will be returned to Mexico
as British Ambassador comes as some
thing OF surprise. and by no means
pleasant one, 10 the President and his
close advisers While no intimation that
a contrary course would be pursued had
been received from the British govern
ment. there was profound hope ON the
part oS the administration that the For
eign Office would perceive the wisdom OF
needing the well known wishes ~ this
government. and It was believed that Sir
Lioners own admission that he was in
terested in a land deal in Mexico. which
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-19
WOMAN SHOT SOON
AFTER PHONE CALL
Young Wife, a Prisoner,
Adds to Message Mystery
Saws 1t Was Accident.

Mrs. II. Stewart Stoll. twenty-eight
wears old. wife of a travelling sales
man. Of No. 52i West 169th street, is
in a precarlous condition at Washing
ton Heights Hospital with a bullet in
her left lung. just below the heart.
She is a prisoner, charged with at
tempted suicide; but she says she was
cleaning the revolver, when it was ac-
cidentally discharged. The police be-
lieve the young woman tried TO take
her life after receiving a telephone
message from a man yesterday after
noon.
In proof of this. they say that De-
tective Foley, Of st. Nicholas avenue
station. found an envelope on table
in Mrs. stolPs parlor on which had
been written in a woman's hand:
Notify c. s. Hammond, No. 20
Bellevue avenue. Orange, y. J." And
then after a line. Thomas Balmford'
undertaken. Cremate my body
About 4 O'Clock in the afternoon
telephone call in a mans voice came
for Mrs. Stoll. II was taken by Mrs
Eliza Titan. wife Of the superintendent
who connected apartment No. % on the
second floor occupied by Mrs. Stoll'
and heard Mrs Stoll speak. a few
minutes later Mrs. Titan disconnected
the phone.
Mrs. Titan told the police that hard
" had she turned away from the
switchboard than its buzzer sounded
from Apartment q. She answered, but
got no response. though it was eyi-
dent that the receiver was unhung.
Thinking that something might he
wrong. Mrs. Titan said she ran up 20
the apartment, and not being able TO
get any reply at the door, she went
through an adjoining fat and entered
Mrs StoIrs rooms from the fire escape. !
She found Mrs. Stoll lying uncon-
sciius beneath the telephone, with |
revolver beside her. Mrs. Titan called |
patrolmal Keane, and Or. Jacobson |
When she recovered consciousness Mrs |
Stou denied having attempted heT HE /
or written the note discovered IN her
room. She admitted having had teie-
nbone conversation with a man, but
refused 10 say Who the man was. She
would say nothing more about herself |
.b,,, ,bat her name was Teddy and that |
her husband is in Seattle.
Mr. Stoll is on the road for c. ;.
Hammond & CO., Of No. 80 Church |
street. publishers. the head Of the firm |
being the G. s. Hammond, Of Orange, |
mentioned in the note.
Mr.. Hammond said over the tele-
phone last night he had heard that |
Mrs. Stoll had accidentally shot her
self. Mr. Hammond said he knew |
Mrs. Stoll only slightly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-19
NO FEAR FOR MRS. WILSON
Reports of Serious Effects from
Fall Are Denied.

Washington, March 1S.-Mrs. Wood
row Wilson is recovering slowly from
the effects Of q fall on the White House
floor two weeks ago.
The declination by Miss Eleanor Will
son OF an invitation to attend dinner
at the British Embassy on account OF
the indisposition Of her mother gave
rise 10 reports tonight that Mrs. VIII
son was seriously i'll, but these were
promptly denied.
1t was said Mrs. Wilson would be up
and about in q few days.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-19
DEATH REVEALS SCHMIIZ
Son Dead, Ex- Mayor Leaves
for San Francisco.

Eugene T. Schmitz the Fiddler
Mayor" who ruled San Francisco un-
der Abe Ruef. left this morning for
that city. recalled TO the scenes Of his
power and downfalt by the death Of
his only son, Richard, in a hospital
there yeSerday at the age Of eighteen.
Since his release from San quentin
prison. where he was sent for extor-
ton. Schmitz. who was supposed to
have exiled himself TO Mexico to re-
trieve his fortunes. has been staying
with friend at No. $50 Riverside
Drive
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-19
BARON POSTED TO GRAVE
His Ashes Sent to German Vault
by Mail-Costs 81 05.

The ashes Of Baron Carl Gromadzin-
sky. who died at New Rochelle, were
shipped yesterday by parcel post to his
home in Germany by Robert Lesser,
Of Homestead Park.
The package, weighing eight pounds
cost 81 O5 to send, and was addressed
70 Baron Sondermann. at Samter prov
ince OF Posen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-19
Hiccoughs End Idle Life.

4 certificate OF death filed with the
goard OF Health of Queens yesterday
sets forth that William Jackson. ne
gro. forty three years old. who 'had
never worked during his life," died on
81 Patricks Day from persistent
hiccoughing for two days Jackson
was born on 81. Patrick's Day. 1871, IN
Pcekskill. n. y The certificate was
filed by DR. L. V. Clark, Of Far Rock
HWay