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Arizona republican., 1915-12-02

atrice' in which Forbes Robertson, then an art student at the London Royal Academy, represents Dante.
 The face of Forbes Robertson has attracted the attention of many art ists. He has been sculpted. painted and photographed innumerable times.
Arizona republican., 1915-12-02

END OF A VISIT-Roy Layton, who has large cattle interests in Sentinel returned to his home yesterday after a weeks stay in town.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-08-12
MOUNTAIN FIRES
NOW TURNING ON
THE MEXICAN SIDE

Tie forest fire reported Monday IN
The vicinity Of Live oak Springs la
now spread to the ,outhwad and Is
burning on the Mexican side Of the
line. The flames are weeping the
mountains clean Of vegetation ON Il
strip miles wide.
The fire broke out Monday on The
Indian reservation west Of Live Oak
Springs and swept toward the camp
famed by . heavy wind. Practically
every Indian in the reservation was
out baclfiring TO prevent the Flames
from reaching Live Oak Springs.
Yesterday the wind shifted and the
flames were driven southwark and are
now burning on the Mexican side OF
the line.
Indians, under the direction of for
est rangers. are still fighting to check
the fire.
The vegetation is exceedingly dry at
This season Of the year and in the past
few weeks a number of fires that
threatened to develop into forest fires
have been subdued
Forest rangers are patrolng the dis
trict and placards are posted about the
camps and farther into the interior of
the mountains, warning campers to be
careful to see that all campfires are
cxtinguished before camp is aban-
doned.
The fire so far has only destroyed
scrub oak and heavy underground.
there has been no one injured or any
property loss.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-08-12
PLANT OF AUTOIST
HEARD OVER NEW
ACACIA CROSSING

Auto travellers along the Holtville
road are complaining of the new
bridge across the Acacia canal. The
old bridge was recently broken down
when a ar'asting machine attempted
TO cross.
The soil at the approach to the
crossing, they say, is so cut up tina.
l;ttIe traction is afforded the car, and
in many instances the engine is
stalled. The bridge, they assert, is
luilt at such an angle that crossing
is made doubly hard. The speed of
the car is cut down by the soft soil
at the approach and the climb neces-
sary to attain the bridge cuts down
the speed of the car still further.
Some attempts have been made to
cross at the point where the railroad
has installed a siphon, but the soil
there has been so cut that it is now
difficult for the machine to get across.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-08-12
Airman Killed.

Washington, Aug I2.-Captain
George X. Knox was killed and Lieu
tenant r. B. Sutton, signal corps
aviator, was seriously injured when a
war aeroplane fell during a practice
flight at Fort Sill, Okla, today. They
tumbled 800 feet. Sutton iiges ~
Portland, Ore. and Knox lived in New
lork. knoX was known as the rich
est man in the army. Sutton vas
rushed to the army hospital, but Knox
was dead when eXtricated. Sutton
made every effort To stop the fall.
The machine made two spiral twists
in falling, while Sutton was seen
fighting desperately To bring the ma
chine to an even keel
Imperial Valley press., 1915-08-12
Weapons of Napoleon.

Innsbruck. Tyrol. Aug. 12.-Whie
both Germans and Austrians are fight
ing with 42-centimeter cannon, and
with weapons that are the last word
in the art Of the arms manufactures,
the Tyroleans who have been drawn
into the war by the entry Of Italy
find that the weapons used in the
Napoleonic wars are still effective,
and are using them with what is re-
ported as great success.
The old "weapons" are nothing less
than huge boulders which they are
rolling down avalauche-wise onto the
Italians as the latter attempt To
storm the heights along the Austro-
Italian frontier. They are proving
quite a. deadly as any shells have
done In this war.
The avalanche of rocks was first
used successfully in the battle Of Bel
flore on June Il. The Austrian forces
consisted Of gendarmerie and Tyro-
lean sharp hooters. whose forefathers
Imperial Valley press., 1915-08-12

had fought = hundred years ago n
approximately the same place.
The third company Of the Seven
ty-first Italian infantry regiment be-
gan an attack on Eelflore. attempt
ing to come up along the ravine Of
the China NoTe Long before they
were at the top. however the down
pour Of boulders began.
Many Of the Italians were killed
at once, others were So severely
wounded that they were captured.
Those who could scrambled to one
side Of the raviue or the other, but
only 10 become easy MARKS for the
bullets Of the Au=uians.
Sergeant Major Reyrer of the pen
darmerie, who inaueurated the stone
avalanche plan, has been decorated
with the golden bravery medal, the
first of its kind to be bestowed on
the Italian front.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-08-12

Naples, Aug L. The solrlaoe.
Vesyius, Aetna and s.romboh have
suddenly become active and are helsa
ing steam and smoke Lava is pouf.
ing down the eastern slope of Aetna
from two new crater- and Siclliau
villages are threatened. Naples and
Messini are terrorized and inhabitants
are thronginp the churches and pray
ing for safety.
Earthquakes shook laramie and
Brindisi, increasine fear that tremen-
dous earthquakes are imminent.
Scientists are vaiuly endeayoriug to
reassure the populaee. At. Messini
the people are planning the traditional
pilgrimage 10 the shrine Of Madonna
Della Lettera.
Vapors from Vesuvius cloud the
Bay of Naples. Those exiled from
menaced villages are trooping to
Naples with household goods strapped
on their backs. Many small villages
at the base of Strombol are in i'm
minent danger of being burned.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-08-12
BY DAVID p. BARROWS,

Professor of Political Science, Uni
versity of California.
Copyright, 1915, by Newspaper En-
terprise Association.)
1t is futile for the United States to
attempt to pick a winner among Mex
ico's leaders with the idea of backing
him for president. That notion ought
to be summarily dismissed.
Neither Carranza, Villa nor any
other factional head can be singled out
for exclusive support if we are to per
form a lasting service toward our
southern neighbor.
One-man power in Mexico will never
again be tolerated.
The Diaz system has played out,
and nothing short of real constitution
al government can take its place if
Mexico is to be preserved nation.
NY views in this respect were fur
ther confirmed during a recent visit
of a month in the state of Chihuahua
where | mingled with all classes and
closely observed the Villa government
Mexico is temporarily divided. II
has no national government, and It
unity cannot at once be regained.
The only practical policy, short OF
intervention, is to permit each great
leader to govern the territor'' in his
de facto possession.
Thus Villa would hold a great wedge
Imperial Valley press., 1915-08-12

running down from the United States
border to a point roughly 200 miles
northwest of Mexico City, and en-
bracing Chihuahua, Sonora, Coahuila,
Durango and parts of neighboring
states.
Carranza would hold Central Mex
leo, roughly, in circle ABOUT the cap
ital, together with the Vera Cruz and
Tamaulipas seaboard.
Zapata would be similarly allowed
to retain Marelos and Guerrero.
If this sort of an arrangement were
enforced by the United States until
passions could cool, until the people
could get a sense of perspective and
the factions finally be brought to-
gether in amity, the welfare of Mex
leo would be far better subserved
than by singing out any one leader
for presidential sponsorship.
know no man who could today
exert a cohesive influence through
out war-torn Mexico.
Villa, am positive, would favor
such an arrangement as | have here
outlined. Carranza, on the otner hand
would undoubtedly balk at it. But
coercion should be employed if suasion
failed.
II will be said that this would be
dividing Mexico. Temporarily, yes
Imperial Valley press., 1915-08-12
What the War Moves Mean.
rs J " I Mason

bN =. ". / mdaoH
written for the United Press
NeN York. Aug. l2.-The disquiet
ldc apparent in Berlin is due to the
that the diplomatic strue-
ple among The Balkans may reach a
climax favorable to the allies. Never
theless AN indications are that Teu-
tonic good fortune may continue aud
that the three neutral Balkan nations
will be prevented from entering the
war
The dispatehes make no mention Of
the allies further attempting TO infu-
cncr Roumauia
Representatives of the allied ma
tions are evidently eonfining their At
t,ntion 20 bulgaria and Greece. The
succes. of the Germans In Russia and
Galie.a which ha. permitted the Teu-
tonic forces 10 mass against Rou-
mania flank and rear. probably
compelled the authorities at Bueha-
rest 70 refuse 10 consider interyen-
tion now The impression is preya
lent nov that the Roumanians are not
as willing now 20 consider mJerven-
ton as when the Russians were lu the
Carpathians.
If Bulgaria and Greece decide -
ioin forces with the allies while Rou-
mania remains neutral, a possibility
exists that the Teutons will advance
into Bulgaria from Hungary and thu.
paralyze The new offensives against
Turkey. But with Roumania's arms
ready 70 threaten the rear Of the Gef
man forces. it is improbable that IN,
Teutons would consider such a move
The allies made a serious blundel
Imperial Valley press., 1915-08-12
EASTLAND TRAGEDY
IN THE MOVIES

At the Tulane Airdome tonight
there will be shown the greatest
marine tragedy in the world, that Of
the Eastland. For the first time in
history such a gigantic catastrophe
has been sought by the motion pie
ture camera. The remarkable scenes
tell the story of the tragedy. Also Il
three-reel comedy, "Victors at Sevee-"
and with the Aid Of the Law"
Imperial Valley press., 1915-08-12
phalI id

indianapolis. h#
Judge Ii.hhaIH Dol. #H..
Cipal election .#HH
against Tons Ta.ra#H. u.H##
tional commiltsewlH. Mayo
lice Chief pefratt aaH Inu #H
ticians. lie refused - rua + b.
spiracy charge. but 500 49, ..
Imperial Valley press., 1915-08-12

&. wa plam that he had more sat
faction m the handclasp of the
Ined mHef. among whom he
worked uol 80 many years ago
ihaa IN rHe belchng salute of big
.Us# ot the dre- formation of i'm
ma,aIalr marine.
Ina ni.per hc asked the young en-
..ea 81. tood beside him on the gun
u..et .h,ui the various nieeties Of
u..aI .ue#e. p..farui lem with
stated. precision "a the review pro-
ere.ssd.
Nat once did the wonted immobllity
.r H# face .e.aN In smile. and he
10 10. .peak hundred words during
lhe ato-hom ceremony
I'm th..a WAS something remen-
tou-a impressive about the quiet
pu..e 81 lahor's representative, stand
ue on thc pun twret Of the Oregon
maa neither awed nor contemptuous
e.. fae tribute the L. ). navy was for
On. fast time paying the nations
ioiiet whom he peculiarly represents
If Washington.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-08-12
CALEXICO TROOPS
TO BE RELIEVED

A and X troops, First United States
Cavalry. stationed at CaleXico for the
past year under the command of Cap
tain Arnold will leave for San Diego
within the next 10 days. The de
parting cavalry will be relieved by B
and NJ troops cavalry that have been
doing border duty in the vicinity Of
san Diego. The relieving troops are
now on the way.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-08-12
FIRE BELL TO RING
TONIGHT AS TEST

Ell Centro's self-operating fire
alarm will be tested tonight Tor the
first time since the eontrivauce was
perfected. The demonstration Is
scheduled to take place at . o'clock.
Fire Chief Folsom is anxious to have
the experiment well advertised before
it actually takes place 50 that The
sounding Of the alarm will occasion
no anxiety.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-08-12
Cities BOmbarded.

Berlin, lug. 12,-French aviotors
have bombarded Sweibrucken and
Sanktingbert, important Bavarian
manufacturing towns. Eight civilians
were killed and many wounded.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-08-12
Los Angeles Tragedy.

Los Angeles, Aug. l2.-R c. Cum
Il fireman. entered crowd
ed cafeteria at noon and fired two
shots in the breast of Mrs. Flora
Sanders, waitress. She fell fatally
wounded and panic followed. Diners
pursued Cunningham, who fled across
the street, fought two men and fired
three shots in his own chest. lie
probably will die Unrequited love
was the motive.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-08-12

Washington, Aug. l2.--Pro7idet
Wilson has arrived to assume personal
charge Of the Mexican situation ~ to-
morrow's cabinet meeting Wilson
wants definite plans formulated BE-
fore asking the cabinets opinion.
Wilson and Lansing conferred this
afternoon and it is stated on high
authority that no general army
mobilization plan is contemplated Il
is suggested that the Texas militia
be USED to quell the border raiders.
The general Mexican situation is re-
garded as hopeful and conditions
throughout the Caran2a territory are
considered improved.
The battleships New Hampshire,
Louisiana and Connecticut have been
ordered to cruise near Vera Cruz,
ready for dash into the harbor.
The border situation is now more
menacing. Funston will send an ad-
dtonal detachment of the Ninth In
fantry from Laredo to Brownsville.
Carranza's Vera Cruz minister has
cabled the CarranZa agency here Ar
gentina's reply to his note regarding
the Pan-American conference. The
president of Argentina said he under
stood the conference did not plan to
Imperial Valley press., 1915-08-12
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Imperial Valley press., 1915-08-12
German Advances.

Berlin, Aug. l2.-The German war
office reported today new advances all
along the line They have mashed
the Russian defense along the Narew,
and are today within T. miles of the
Petrograd Railway at one point
Imperial Valley press., 1915-08-12
thiId buried

Funeral service far lae m.##.
child of Mr.. and Mr. J. " NI.Ha
Of Seelcy were held lb.. aII,.Haa#
from the chapel of {. A. shaIer l.
terment was in Evergreen seme'e#
Imperial Valley press., 1915-08-12
PARTY OF FORTY
VISITS PLUNGE

About 40 young people We're driven
to Holtville last evening by c. w.
Curphey on his large auto truck.
Everyone enjoyed a dip in the plunge
after which large boxes of sandwiches
were handed out. Everyone reported
an enjoyable evening. =
Imperial Valley press., 1915-08-12

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reviewed I.Y. l.a8.o0 = AUe
-,eleo.. H.u.. 81. h.#e.m -
~an Francisco to preside It the Na-
uond Conference e IHrHrIa mtaf
uas H.un., emH.ra. II .. .ht central
figure m tll ugHe demo. fa.Io..
pee.t cd ~ pHun STREE. 4ttuc aHd
belrae himself with almost retieea.
manner ue -. a decided contrast
TO tag p.mp and soid Hul 1hat made
or The event q pageant
Photographer. asked hn 10 pose
leside one OF tbt oregon. hie gun.
he demurred. saying no. I doat
know much about em. and dqot eaas
much for them
Imperial Valley press., 1915-08-12
SUES CONTRACTOR
FOR FOUR THOUSAND

w. A. Marsha has brpueh, aH
against J. ". Colhaca. contractor ID.
the san Diego and Arizona railroad
for $1,000 and has laid the claim be.
fore the State Railroad Comm- ..aH.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-08-12
Vesuvius, Aetna, Stromboli,
All Are Suddenly Active

when they refused To pay the inter
\ cntion price demanded by the three
neutral Balkan nations before the
Russians were beaten.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-08-12

Brownsville, Aug. PA general
Mexican uprising in the border coun-
ties is believed imminent and it IS
feared Mexicans plot to massacre ev-
cry American over 16 years of age.
Every American is armed.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-08-12
Mexican Uprising
Menaces Texans

PEELED as "pernicious foreigner IL
declared the constitutionalists guaraH-
tee the lives and property Of all f.
eigners.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-08-12

but for the ultimate object of securing
a united nation.
War has not and cannot bring union
there. And unless something is done
Immediately by this government,
Mexico will be permanently split up,
fear, along the ancient lines oil
cleavage formed during the Spanish
conquest.
An enforced peace, with moral and
financial help on our part, to be con-
tinued for several years, would avert
such a calamity.
At present no one Mexican leader,
let me repeat, can control the situa-
tion, please more than part of the peo-
ple. maintain order or successfully
initiate a general constructive pro-
gram.
Our government would make very
crave mistake by backing any one
leader against the others.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-08-12
GREAT DOLLAR DAILY On: s:;

Can you afford not to have the Local News and the
Worlds News delivered your home every evening for
a Dollar year?
Imperial Valley press., 1915-08-12

ei..a H.
armed IIe.s.#
Imperial Valley press., 1915-08-12

Galveston, Aug. 12.-Carranza has
cabled the Carranzista council deny
ing that in Vera Cruz foreigners are
endangered lie said the Brazilian
minister fled from Mexico on account
of i'll health and explained that Min
lister Ortega of Guatemala was eX-
Imperial Valley press., 1915-08-12

Washington, Aug. l2.-The gun
boat Sacramento, carrying the Bra
lillian and Guatamalan ministers and
their families and suites has sailed
from Vera Cruz for New Orleans. The
Guatamalan minister was expelled
from Mexico City, and Carranza also
is angry with the Brazilian minister.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-08-12

EDITORS NOTE: Prof. David
P. Barrows, a conceded authority on
Mexican affairs, and widely known as
political scientist with the University
Of California faculty will later give
his observations on the Villa govern
ment in Chihuahua, where he recent
" spent a month in careful survey of
the unique rule established by the for
mer peon and bandit.)
Imperial Valley press., 1915-08-12

Washington, Aug. 12.-The navy
department has announced that the
entire Atlantic fleet of 80 vessels will
leave Newport News, bound for south
ern waters, August %. 1t is denied
that the voyage concerned the Mex
lean situation. 1t is explained that
had this been the reason the fleet
would start Immediately. The cruise
is for the customary seasons target
practice and maneuvering.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-01-21

There are more herds of Brown
Swiss cattle in Wisconsin than in any
other state in the Union. And, OF
course some of the largest and best
herds of this breed are maintained
upon Wisconsin farms.
Naturally the breed is in favor with
the Swiss who have settled in Wis
consin, but it does not depend alone
upon the sons of Switzerland for its
support. In fact some of the best
herds in this state have been devel-
oped and are owned by the Inmans,
Ayers, Allyns, Martins-none of whom
originated in the little mountainous
country in Europe.
In Switzerland, their native home,
these cattle are the most famous
milk producers but their beef, too, is
highly priced. In America their dairy
qualities have been emphasized to
greater extent and recently COW OF
this breed completed yearly record
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-01-21
ANIMALS AND BIRDS TO TALK.
So Says Garner, Who Has Spent Years
STUDYING Monkey Language.

So Says Garner, Who Has Spent Years
Studying Monkey Language.
Los Angeles. Cal.-''There will come
a day." says r. L. Garner. who tutored
Maeterlinck III the ways of animals.
when all animal and bird life will be-
come articulate. A dream? Cannot
the bee teach us a higher communism
the quick. effective elimination or
the unfit and shirker? Cannot the
birds tell US their secret of flying!
Would we not like to know why the
oriole. the oven bird or castle building
ant are so much better engineers than
we%
Garner says he thinks the gorilla and
chimpanzee more civilized than man
because they are more homogeneous
He spent twenty-five years studying
these animals in the Kongo and after
a vacation will return there. Ii is
from the gorillas and chimpanZees. he
says. that will come the first twin
cables from which scientists will hang
a bridge on which man and his lesser
brothers of the world will meet in
oracular converse"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-01-21
Increase In Gold Mining.

The gold mining industry of the
United States had prosperous year in
1914 and regained its normal condition,
inasmuch as early returns indicate an
output greater by nearly $4,OOO,0 900 that
of 1918. Mr.. FL. D. McCaskey, of the
U. S. Geological Survey, who is
authority for these figures, adds that
the production in 1913 was lower than
for several years past and even in 1914
the output was considerably below that
of any year in the period 1909-1912
when the high water mark was reach
ed, For 1914 the preliminary figures
of the United States Geological Survey
and and the Bureau of the Mint indi-
cato total gold yield of 500, 1923, 500.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-01-21
TEXAS GOVERNOR
NOT A POLITICIAN
Farmer Banker Ferguson Prom
iS0S a New Regime.

Austin, TeX.-James e. Ferguson OF
Temple. banker and farmer, inaugural
ed governor on Jan. 10, is the first man
to go direct from active business life
into the office of chief executive of
Texas. All of his predecessors had pre-
viously held political office of some
kind.
Governor Ferguson issued a state
ment in which he said he hoped to see
more miles Of railroad built in Texas
in 1915 than in any previous year; the
number of siloS increased at least ten
fold; more permanent highways built:
a new record in the matter of immigra-
ton to the state: more hogs and cattle
raised than ever before and a greatly
increased yield of corn and other grain
There was not a hint of politics any
where in the message
Those intimately acquainted with the
governor say his administration will be
free from that species of politics which
Stirs up class antagonism: there will be
no pitting Of the farmers against the
corporations. Having been farmer all
his life and a banker for many years.
he wants these two interests to be
friendly and cooperate. In his younger
days he was a railroad laborer. and be
helped to build many miles of track.
During his campaign for governor he
promised that he would not permit
any liquor legislation, either pro or con,
on that subject if he could prevent ii.
Since the election the higher courts
have nullified the liquor laws in some
essential particulars. and it is known
that bills will be introduced dealing
with lhe provisions thus voided. and
the Prohibitionists claim working ma
jority in both houses.
Lieutenant Governor w. p. Hobby of
Beaumont. like Mr. Ferguson. never
held public Office and belongs to the
conservative business element. He is
owner and editor of the Beaumont En-
terprise.