Imperial Valley press., 1914-12-22
CITY AND VALLEY

I Story Hour-There will be a Christ
! mas story hour at 10 o'clock Thurs
day morning for little folk at tht
Public Library.
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Disturbed Peace-Charged with dis
turbing the peace, Jordan Singh is be
ing held at the county Jail. The Hin
du was arrested last night by Deputy
Marshal Tyson.
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L. & S. Theatre-King Baggot, in
I"The Treasure Train" one of the most
exciting melodramas in moving pie
lures, will be featured tonight. Car
mems Wash Day" and THE Decision, V
both comedies, complete the program.
Parade of Show-Burk's Company,
which will present "Ten Nights in a
Bar Room" at Holt Opera House to-
might, gave a street parade today. The
company comes with high commenda-
ton and the play is only second in
fame to "Uncle Toms Cabin"
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Theatre TuIane-"When Slippery
Slim Met the Champion" is one of the
best comedies of the Slippery Slim
series so far, in which Victor Potel
is featured. 1t gains continuous laugh
ter from the start to the finish, and
Slippery is certainly finished in the
end. One of the funniest comedy ring
scenes imaginable is contained in this
picture and all who wish a good hear
ty laugh will find this offering will
qualify in this respect. A two-reel
Kalem feature and a Biograph special
complete tonight's performance. Com
ing Christmas matinee and night.
Mary Pickford in The Eagles Nate"
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Methodist Christmas Plans-The
Christmas entertainments of the Meth
odist Sunday school will be in two
sections this year and the school is
making it "giving Christmas" the
same as last year. The Primary de
partment ard Cradle Roll will have
their entertainment Thursday after
noon at 2:30 at the church. All the
little tots and their parents are in
vited to this. In the evening there
will be a tree out-of doors on the
church lawn, if the weather permits;
otherwise, in the church. Everybody
is invited. The admission fee is an
apple or potato. All the gifts pre-
sented by the classes, as we'll as the
admission fees collected, will be dis
tributed to needy people Christmas
day.
Jury Acquits Chinese-After peer
ing through cracks and keyholes in
the building where officers declared
they had observed gambling in pro-
gress, jury in City Recorder Iasigi's
court yesterday acquitted five Chinese
on a gambling charge. On motion of
the attorney for the defendants. the
jury made the trip to the scene of the
alleged gambling, where they inspect
ed the interior of the building from
the same points of vantage through
which the officers asserted they had
witnessed the gaming. With shades
drawn and the interior of the room
Illuminated with electricity, the jur-
ors, with hands shading their eyes
from all light except that visible in
side the room through the cracks in
the building peered into the room with
the furniture in the same position as
when the raid took place in an effort
10 determine whether the players were
visible as the witnesses had testified.
According to the testimony offered,
the officers We're able to distinguish
art of the money which the players
were said to have exchanged, but the
consensus among the jurors seemed to
lie that only the backs of the men at
the table would be distinguishable
from the points from which the game
was witnessed. A verdict of not
guilty was announced after ten min
utes deliberation.