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Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-26
Omitted Press Day Service)

San Francisco, Jan. 26.-Northern
and central California are slowly re-
covering today from the worst storm
of the season. Swollen rivers and
creeks threaten serious damage to
many valley towns. Hundreds of
acres are flooded in the Santa Clara
valley and scores of ranchers along
Guadalupe and Coyote creeks have
abandoned their homes.
The Southern Pacific coast line is
practically out of commission and the
Fresno division of the Southern Pa
cifc is tied up on account of wash
outs.
The heavy snowfall in the noun
tains has melted rapidly, bringing the
northern rivers to the danger point.
Twas creek has flooded portions of
Gilroy, the merchants being sum-
moned from their beds to save their
stocks.
Sea walls and bulkheads at Alameda
are crumbling before the seas. Trees
have been blown across car tracks and
wires are down, delaying traffic.
Eight barns and two houses were
demolished by wind at Oroville and
the Northern Electric depot was
wrecked and two horses and twenty
cattle killed.
Thousands of acres near Stockton
are submerged.
The Pajaro river has overflowed its
banks and many of Watsonville's
streets are under three feet of wa
ter.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-26
Omitted Press Day Service)

Stockton, Jan. 26.-The San Joaquin
river is at the 171a foot level at Lath-
rop this morning. 1t is expected to
reach the danger mark of Is feet be-
fore night. All levees in the delta
district are being patrolled. All re-
claimed tracts are safe, but real bat
tie is certain in the lower regions fol
the next three days. The levees gen.
orally are in good condition to with
stand the assault.
Vaudeville, on Bacon Islands, now
being reclaimed, is flooded today.
Orange Blossom bridge at Oakdale
has been swept away.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-26
Omitted Press Day Service)

San Bernardino, Jan. 26-Heavy
rains, augmented by the flood water
from Lyte creek, flooded the section
of the city at Arrowhead and B streets
today. People We're taken from the
houses in wagons and considerable
damage was done in the lower sec
tions. Two and ninety-eight hun
dredths inches had fallen here to day
break. At Rialto the precipitation was
3h inches. Prospects are for more.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-26
Towns Report from Three to
Four Inches Precipitation
And Conditions Favor Great
Floods in Many Streams

All railroad communication between the valley and
the coast has been interrupted and knows when it
will be restored This is due to of the heaviest storms
known the coast and the storm continues and the
prediction calls for rain tomorrow
The train from Los Angeles last night was annuled
and there will be train tomorrow morning. Beyond
that it is impossible to say what is in sight, but it would
not be surprising if it would be the last Of the week be
fore communication is restored
While the telegraphc service tells Of many Interrupt
tons it is known that it does not give accounts of all the
of Interruption and it is reported that washous
are numerous all the way from Banning to the sea.
Thus far this valley has escaped the rain, but condi-
tons late today favorable and would not be suprs
ing if there should be good downpour here before the
storm has vanished.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-26
Omitted Press Day Service)

Washington, Jan. 26.-Secretary of
the Navy Daniels today issued de-
nial of reports that Admiral Fletcher
has been authorized to land marines
at Vera Cruz in the event of Huerta' S
resignation. He said the order was
for concentration of marines there to
be ready to care for foreigners and
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-26
st. Paul Women to Campaign.

St. Paul, Jan. 26.-At a meeting
OF the Citizens Non-Partisan League
here today, score of club women
entered enthusiastically into plans for
stamping the city in the municipal
election next June. Although women
lave not been rendered the vote in
this state, they are taking a keen in
terest in ST. Paul's new charter, which
went into effect January /.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-26
Shippers Can Ice
Their Own Fruit
Omitted Press Day SerYicel

Washington, Jan. 26.-California
fruit shippers won an important vic
tory today in the Supreme court
against the Salt Lake Railway, the
court sustaining the order of the In
terstate Commerce Commission great
ly reducing the charge for refrigerat-
ing fruit cars and denying that the
roads have the exclusive privilege of
icing cars or that they can prevent
shippers from preceding or preicing
their own cars.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-26
United Press Day SerVice)

Bakersfield, Jan. 26.-The banks of
the Kern river above Bakersfield have
been dynamited to permit the flood
water to escape on unoccupied low
lands, to protect the city. A hundred
men worked all night here on the
levees. 1t is believed now there is
no danger, unless further rains fall
in the mountains.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-26
Fatal Wreck.

Omitted Press Day service)
Jackson, Mich, Jan. 26.--Four
corpses have been removed from the
wreckage of Michigan Central trains
that collided here last night. Several
passengers were seriously injured and
two are missing. The debris Is be-
ing searched for additional dead.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-26

for use for many years to come, and
the benefit thus wrought surpasses all
calculation.
In the storage reservoirs in the
mountains there is such a supply of
water being accumulated as has not
been known for years, and the gain
to irrigators is Of immense value.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-26
Especial Dispatch)

Los Angeles, Jan. 26.-Indicatlons
this morning are that southern Cali
fornia may be in for another such
flood condition as existed in the
springs of 1883 and 1891.
Persons who only know the streams
of this region in their normal or their
dry state can have no comprehension
of what they are like when this part
of the state comes in for abnormal
rainfall, such as came at the times
mentioned.
In 1902, for instance, there was
hardly a railroad bridge left stand
ing in all southern California, and
there were weeks during which not a
train moved. Floods can hardly work
SO complete stoppage of industry now,
however, as the structures of that day
were nothing like the modern bridges
and any interruption of traffic that
NAV result from the pending storm
must be comparatively brief.
There are numerous streams, ordl-
narily small, which have not got chan
nels sufficiently large to carry off the
water when the rainfall is exception
ally heavy, but the Los Angeles, San
Gabriel and Santa Ana rivers especi-
ally are expected to run wild, with the
reports from all sections of rainfall
ranging from three to four inches.
Recent rains have soaked the ground
thoroughly, so little of the present
precipitation will be held back, and
it is expected to come pouring down
from the mountains in torrents during
the next two or three days, giving a
thorough test to protective works
which have been built, especially
along the San Gabriel, during recent
years.
In previous years the channel OF
the Los Angeles river through this
city was not so large as it now is, and
it is believed the water will pass the
city without doing great damage, es,
pecially as great bridges have replaced
small ones that gave trouble in the
old days.
That the great rains have done i'm.
mense good is recognized by every
body, as the underground supply OF
water had been greatly diminished by
a series of comparatively dry years
and the water plane had been stead
ily sinking, until the lifting of water
from below ground in several sections
had become more than usually expen
sive. The long period of heavy rain
fall which this region is now expert
encing will not simply benefit the
crops this year, but in the under
ground reservoirs it will store water
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-26
Omitted Press Day Service)

Omitted Press Day Service)
Whittier, Jan. ga score of Mex
leans have been rescued from trees
and houstops in boats from Jimtown,
near Whittier, when the San Gabriel
river overflowed, flooding the low-ly-
ing settlement with from three to
eight feet of water. A gang of men
worked all night on the Pacific Elec-
tric bridge at Rio Monde. 1t appar-
emily is saved, although the river is
battering it. Hundreds of acres are
inundated.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-26
Omitted Press bay >erv,ce)

San Francisco, Jan. 26.-Forecaster
Wilson declared today that California
is facing another storm. He said the
storm now ending was the most Sc
we're in the state in fifty years, with
loss of hundreds of thousands.
Father Ricard of Santa Clara uni
versity says the storm is clearing and
that no more is in sight.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-26
Omitted Press Day service)

Santa Monica, Jan. 26.-The wreck
age of a gasoline launch, washed
ashore, is giving rise to the belief
that someone may have perished in
the storm now raging at sea. Several
fishing boats that ventured out during
lull this morning were caught and
apparently are having difficulty riding
the storm. :.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-26
called off mass meeting scheduled
for tonight because Speaker James D.
Phelan has failed to arrive.
Omitted Press Day Service)

IUnited PTtsS Day SerVIce)
Los Angeles, Jan. 26.-The weather
prediction ltae today for southern Cal
ifornia is: Rain tonight and tomorrow,
with brisk to high southerly winds.
The second storm is expected to break
before midnight. 1t is believed it will
be severe. Late this afternoon prac-
tically all telegraphic communication
from Los Angeles is restorted, except
along the coast from Santa Barbara
to San Luis Obisp0.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-26
Omitted Press Day Service)

Los Angeles, Jan. 26.-Los Angeles
theatres feel the effect of the storm.
One company, scheduled to open at
the Morosco, is marooned on the Coast
line. The Orpheum actors are on the
same train. Near Merced Anna Paw
Iowa and her dancers are marooned.
The Democratic county committee has
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-26
Omitted Press Day Service)

Monrovia, Jan. 26.-Hugh S. Haven,
a wealthy retired man about 60, was
drowned this morning in an 18-inch
street gutter. He slipped on the wet
pavement and fell into the gutter. The
rapid current carried him beneath a
culvert, where his hand caught. He
was dead when rescued.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-26
Omitted Press Day Service)

Omitted Press Day Service)
Vera Cruz, Jan. 26.-Jesus Flores
Magon, personal representative of
Huerta to confer with Lind, started
for the capital this morning. 1t is
apparent he has failed to secure Wash
ington's approval of Huerta's plan to
take the field against the rebels. Be-
fore leaving, Magon bitterly de-
nounced the newspapers. He declared
the plan was spoiled by premature
publication of Huerta's plans.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-26
Tank Ship Ashore.
Omitted Press Dav Serv

Omitted Press Day Service)
San Diego, Jan, ,26.-A long distance
telephone messags has come to the
Spreckels Commercial Company ask
ing that tug be sent to San Miguel
island, off Santa Barbara, where a
Union oil tank ship as ashore. No
tug strong enough to take the heavy
seas is available.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-26
Omitted Press Day Service)

Los Angeles, Jan. 26.-With more
than four inches of precipitation for
the storm, the rains continue today.
The weather bureau says another
storm is due tomorrow. There is con-
siderable damage from wind and rain
here. The wire service out of Los An
geles is generally crippled.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-26
Omitted Press Day Service)

Redondo Beach, Jan. 26.-The heav-
lest tides of the year, accompanied
by heavy ground swell, are tearing
out the bulkheads here. Plans are
being made to move several cottages
from their reach. There is general
damage along the water front.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-26
Omitted Press Day Service)

Cotton, Jan. 26.-The Southern Pa
ciic bridge here is endangered by wa
ter and score of men are working
on it.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-26

Omitted Press Day Service)
San Diego, Jan. 26.-The gale last
night gave way to pelting rain to-
day. No damage was reported up to
noon. The sea is dangerous.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-26
Omitted Press Day Service)

Pomona, Jan. 26.-Pomona is cut off
from the outside world by rail and
there is no indication when the serv-
ice will be restored.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-26
Omitted Press Day SerVice)


Riverside, Jan. 26.-The fill of the
West Riverside bridge has washed
away, cutting off rail communication
with Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-26

Washington, Jan. 26.-The death of
ex-senator Shelby Cullom of Illinois
is momentarily expected. His family
has been summoned.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-26
Greatest Rains for Many Years
Prevail Along the Southern Coast

The Calaveras river had reached
1872 feet at Bellota, but is falling to-
day.
The diverting canal is protecting
Stockton from overflow.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-26

their property in the event of actual
trouble.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-20
Iiurrah for New Orleans.

Mr.. j. T.. Carter. Jr.. who is the man
agcr OF the Publicity Bureau Of tho
New Orleans Association Of Commerce.
writes the Industrial Editor az follow.
I'VE are sure that YOU will he glad
10 know there is not II single case OF
! puhoric plague in the city Of Now
Orleans
New orleans has been hur, y great
deaf by the bubonic plague publicity
which il has received. Several large
conventions have been cancelled. and
tho city has suffered more Than il
should have suffered in view Of the
heroic health ordinances that have bccn
drafted ami enforced AT the expense of
the people
"oi course. New orleans does not
blame the newspapers for this undo
Sirablc publicity. 1t is their bust
ness 10 print tho news. and rs LONG ~
their reports arc accurate and depend
all" they have Il right To whatever
news value there may have been in the
buhouic plague.
However. NOW that the last case has
disappeared from New Orleans. we trust
hat YOU VII he kind enough to cx-
piott TINS fact. rs matter Of Justice
20 this city. We have good cause TO tie
"cnVpcc' OF the fairness Of the news
papcrS of this country because so many
/ of them have puhiishcd editorials based
7 an the request that We made several
weeks ago Now that there is not a
trace OF the plague in this city. a def
nitc statement to This effect by your
paper and other leading newspapers
Throughout tn" country would be very
thaukfuliy r"aG ny MS
'ou Saturday morning. September II.
thc three patients remaining at III"
isolation hospital left that institution
cured aud each in excellent health
Frcqucn;ly. since the outbreak the
ilaGu" has been virtually eliminated
through the clinical recovery Of the
patients. hut The patients have been
held r"pdiu" THEN thorough rccupcra
tion and before that time u new case
would he added To the lis; so that it
VAS not until Saturday ina, The hos
pitoi contained only empty beds
"out OF the twenty-five human cases
of plague nj New Orleans only six
died OF the sin, three were very old
and feeble and the others died before
the serum treatment was administered
From this Won viii readily under
stand that ;hc plagu" is pr..tty much
If - hueahoo and that New Orleans
nas been advertised in Il way that the
situation did not warrant. surgeon
General HuDcrt Blue has declared that
there is absolutely no danger to any
one who may care To visit New orleans
continued OH Fifth Pasc)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-20
VIRGINIA AND CAROLINA
LEAD IN TOBACCO TRADE
Missouri No I.ungcr Holds tho BELT.
\urth Caroline IL In the
EUrefrout.

ne tSt"fH IobaccO journal. pub
iished in Cincinnati. is always strong
on figures and statistics and being 10y
al To its local habitat that is TO say
kontucky and ohio this paper never
loses AN opportunity To boost the mid
die west Its figures In its issue of las,
week rather trim tn" soils Of the mid
die west. Here they arc.
The total production OF Smoking and
Chewing Tobacco in the fiscal year
lal3-li was 5l2.50j.3I3 pounds, against
aoi.362.G2O for the year preceding. max
Ing gain Of S,li2.J33 pounds OF per
vent year ago AN increase OF 20
per cent. was shown in contrast with
the preceding fiscal years output. This
has really been the hes, year witnessed
by the Tobacco manufacturers. the rev
tnue having been the largest ever de-
rived. Although the production was ~
100000 pounds less than in the record
year of l909-l0, /, was more remark
able because I'D To that time the tax
was but sly cents. and was changed to
eight the following year. In anticipa-
ton of the one third raise, the manu-
facturers at that time made up a large
surplus stock, which helped TO swell
the total for that year, as well as the
Tact that such a heavy raise has since
then naturally curtailci the output. The
reduction OF packages ny about ten per
cent. in order to overcome the heavy
increase In tax, must also be taken into
considerations. so that il would thus ap-
pear tina; the actual number Of pack
ages of Smoking and Chewing Tobacco
tho past year has been far in excess Of
any other year.
The production Of Cigarettes for the
entire fiscal year amounted to 1927
OS6.Ol6. compared with li.29i.SgJ,I11
tho preceding fiscal year, making an in
increase of 2,i32.l30.5i5 or Is per cent.
y year ago cigarettes made an increase
or 20 per cent. as cont rastcd with the
year before. This commodity, as usual
made the largest proportionatc gain
and il broke all its previous fiscal year
records. ana ii seems as though tho val
uc Of this branch OF the industry will
within a short time exceed that of Gil
ears. az they do now more than double
in quantity. During the five year per.
iOd from l9oS-09 10 19l3-l4 the manu-
facturc Of Cigarettes has increased
from G.l05.f2a,173 to l6.i27.OS6 0l6 or
i2G per cent. 1t is interesting TO note
that this growth has been accomplished
notwithstanding the raising of the tax
from 80 cents and sl.OS TO 1925 per
thousand
After several years of phenomenal
growth the Fifth North Carolina dis
trict, has displaced the First Missouri
district as tie leader in the produc-
tion of Tobacco. The latter held the
distinction for more than twenty years,
its greatest output being in 1901 02
when II reached Sl.3SG2o3 pounds
North Carolina has gained about so per
cent. in the past four years. and in the
year just passed manufactured 1880
900 pounds. or Is per cent. of the total
output of the country. Although this
figure is not absolutely correct we can
safely say that II is within 10000
pounds of the right amount.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-20
MINERAL. WATERS.
virginia Was the Very Ffncst-Gcrmsn
Spies Are Not In It,

Now Is the time for the owners or
me Virginia springs TO get busy.
lcarh from a well Informed exchange
'hat our annual imports Of mineral wa
'c'S are over 100000 gallons having
a Vaiu" OF nearly 81 100000. Two
'hirds OF these imports came from Ger
many, France and Austria Hungary
ana as soon as the stocks on hand are
consumed domestic waters should take
me place OF those derived from foreign
springs IN this connection IL is in
tcrcsting to note that last wear the re
ported sales from SIS commercial
springs in the United States were moro
IMAM "'.coo.00O gallons, having "a total
Nalnc of $500. 600. The recent activity
oil INC New York state reservation com
mission in conserving the natural min
"ral waters at Saratoga Springs. ms
wen as in improving local conditions
IL OF interest in calling attention 10
the many opportunities in this conn
Try tor Vtih|ihE such waters and adopt
ing modcS OF treatment similar Ia
those which have made the bnih rc-
sorts OF Germany and Austria famous
There is somewhat popular but fall
lacious Impression that certain Euro
pcan waters have medicinal properties
not possessed by any American Wntcrs
ana many persons addicted to the Apol-
iinaris, Clysmic or Cclcstinc. Vichv
habit might he equally we'll satisfied
by waters from American springs I'm
hotties Of American glass, hearing
labels printed in the United States.
Ana let INC add in big tyne these
good waters right here In Henrico and
chesterfield Counties, especially the
lat,cr are Tar superior TO anything that
ever came from Germany or anywhere
else,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-20

The L. g. Dun ~ CO.'S report OF
things in Richmond for the past week
is as follows:
There has been little chan.c j., rho
''c"i commercial! situation during the
past week. though expressions of con.
hd"ncc are moro frequently heard j.,
connection with the carly RESUMPTION
~ "ctiNi'Ic* Small purchases bv
co""'rN merchants III tn" local marker
'r" MAD" as u rule this course OF
''''oh being du" 10 unsettled rnndi
lions nut stocks are low and 8, is
expected that buying will become more
n"craI as the fall advances uu,n
YET oi movements have been inou-
r"'o,e" TO orE"ni"e The purchase OF
'ottor. as a means of assistance 10
piah'efs. with gratifying results so
lar. ana with the cl"arinv of Tho si,u,.
t'on as regards that important pro
muct' increased business is looked Tor
ne principal local manufacturing
pian'S are busy with ordinary con-
tracts and plans, are being discussed
as 10 the cNtcntion Of trade To forojon -
markets. collections appear Ia have
improved slightly in some sections.
inc cool weather Of the pas, scv
era days has had an unfavorablc Of
,cct on crops, and reports show that
iatc corn aud tobacco have suffered
materiaily. In the mountain sections Of
,hc Statc, shSht frosts appeared bat
IL Is thought that the damage caused
b! these MAS slight
fuIidinS operations for the currcn,
month show considerable loss as com
pared to The average for the period.
ana very few contracts have been lc,
Tor the immediate future though local
builders seem fairly busy in finishing
old contracts. The demand for lumber
ana other materials has Weakened.
though prices show little reduction.
ana dealers show disposition to hold
on 10 stocks The domestic lumber
market has been further hammered nv.
The biocking Of the export trade. which.
however. is believed To he temporary.
Internal revenue collections for Tho
hrst two weeks OF September make
a favorable showing compared with
last year, and collections for the entire
fiscal year indicate substantial gain
over 1918.
Richmond bank clearings for the
week ending September 12th were 81 =
2oa,i6l. compared with s1.36a.SG7 the
previous week"