Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-29
capture of battery and several ma
chine guns and more than 1000 pris
cners, including general and several
ether officers.
Selling American Goods.

seizure by the British cruiser New
castle of the British steamer Bowthcr
Range, loaded with American-owned
coal, off Guaymas, Mexico, and has
protested to the British ambassador at
Washington.
The coal on the Lowther Range was
the property of the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company. The British ship
Bankdale, with similar cargo, was,
like the Lowther Range, seized by the
British cruiser Newcastle and sent to
{, prize court at Esquimault. No pro-
test las been made as to this, as the
United States is still shy of facts.
The capture Of the Lowther Range
may develop into test case to set
tie the right of Great Britain to ar
rest vessels carrying American goods
on the high seas on the mere suspic-
ion that their cargoes are intended
ultimately for the cruisers of Great
Britain's enemies. For that reason the
Lowther Range incident will also be
referred to Ambassador Page at Lon
don, TO be taken up with the British
foreign office.
A lew position was maintained at
the department today when it assert
ed that the taking Of the American
goods from the Lowther Range was
an indefensible injury to the Ameri
can owners. One official said:
"Great Britain had no right to stop
this vessel, use its coal and take her
into a prize court because, as she sup
posed, the coal would eventually get
to a German cruiser.
"Our construction is that, as the
coal was consigned to the Southern Pa
cific Railroad Company at Guaymas,
the coal should have been landed and
then Great Britain should hold Mex
leo responsible for violation of neu-
trality, if the coal was conveyed to
a German cruiser.
"Our information is that that coal
was intended for the use OF, the South
ern Pacific railroad nd for nothing
else. At present there$is nothing Of
fetal as to the seizure of the Bank
dale, the other British vessel carrying
American owned coal for private
company at Guaymas. We have not
facts enough on which to bring the
case before the British government
Consul Sprague at Gibraltar cableG
the state department today that the
International Mercantile liner Kroon-
land had been detained by the Brit
ish authorities there. Mr.. Sprague's
dispatch says that the Kroonland has
on board 1,40O tons of copper and thaV
the vessel was bound for Naples and
ports in Greece. The last episode in
volving seizure of copper by the
British was that of the Rotterdam,
bound for Amsterdam. Her cargo of
copper was taken off in British
home port and the owners paid for it
Immediately. b..
1t is thought that the British au-
thorities will scrutnize closely the pas
senger list of the Kroonland for re
servists going either to the Austrian
or the German army.
The state department was informed
officially of the release of the Brin-
dilla, the Standard Oil tank ship. No
claim for undue detention" has yet
been made to the department.
Vote California Dry
Reserve Board Governors.
Washington, Oct. 29.-The federal
reserve board today officially an
nounced the governors for the twelve
federal reserve banks. They are:
Boston, Alfred L. Aiken; New York,
Benjamin Strong, Jr.; Philadelphia,
Charles j. Rhodes; Chicago, M. B.
McDougal; st. Louis, Rolla Wells; San
Francisco, Archibald Kains; Cleveland,
E. R. Fancher; Richmond, George G.
Seay; Atlanta, Joseph A. McCord:
Minneapolis, Theodore Wold; Kansas
City, Charles M. Sawyer; Dallas, Os-
car Wells.
Vote California Dry
Women Assemble.
Chicago, Oct. 29.-Five hundred
women gathered today at the opening
of the forty sixth annual convention
of the Illinois Equal Suffrage Associ-
alton and were welcomed by heads
of leading Chicago organizations.
President Grace Wilbur Trout called
the opening session to order.
Vote California Dry
Million Dollar Fire.
North Tonawanda, N. Y, Oct. 20
With second fire raging, the lumber
yards of Breby Brothers are total
loss from blaze which started early
today. The loss may reach $1,000,000.
The iremen had the fire, which start
ed early in another lumber yard, well