davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Imperial Valley press., 1915-10-15
Germany After Cotton.

London, Oct 15.--The real secret of
the anticipated German drive to Suez
is out
They want, they must have, and they
are going to try to get-the cotton
crop of Egypt
And after Egypt-India.
For Germany, effectually blockaded
by England, faces cotton famine.
without cotton the Teutons cannot
continue to manufacture high eNplo-
sive shells-and it is the supply of
shells that will determine who is to
be victor in the great war.
With factories hastily erected on the
Gallipoli peninsula turning out thou
sands of big shells daily, under the su-
pervision of German munition experts,
the Turks are not greatly in need of
assistance to hold the Allied forces at
bay off the Dardanelles.
Yet the Kaiser, it is said, ii deter
mined to drive down through the Balk-
ans, Constantinople, Turkey in Asia and
so on across the SueZ canal and into
Egypt, even if it takes him all winter
for Germany must have cotton.
Significant is the growing unrest in
Persia. German agents and German
money have stirred the country to re
volt and the sporadic outDfeaKS 10 udtS
can only indicate one thing
That when the time is ripe-when
German hordes have swept northern
Egypt-Persia, too, will turn on the
English.
This will enable a second ana easy
German drive through Persia which Will
give the Teutons opportunity Tor an
effectual blockade of India.
with one German force holding the
Suez canal and thus blocking assist
ance from England, another great Ger
man army massed on India's northern
border could with comparative ease
hold helpless, or invade and subdue'
Britain's richest possession.
Once the Kaiser has managed 10 es-
tablish a free route between Hungary
and Turkey through Serbia and Bul-
garia. the difficulties of the Allies III
the Mediterranean will be enormously
increased
Not only will they practically De
forced TO give up their attempt to force
the Dardanelles, but they will face a
gigantic problem of rushing an army
to Egypt.
1t will have to be big enough u
Imperial Valley press., 1915-10-15
LOCAL STAGE LINES
BEING DRAWN INTO
VORTEX OF RATE WAR

The rate war which began between
Imperial Valley-San Diego stage lines.
has been carried in new direction.
and now stages plying between FL
Centre and Hpltville and El Centre
and CaleXico are vying with each
other for passengers at rates that have
been chopped almost IN half.
Formerly the fare to CalrNico was
81 round trip or 60 cents one way, but
the rate war has forced the price down
to 80 cents for the round trip.
one stage line. which is said To have
a grievance against Il rival. is selling
tickets to CaleXico for 10 cents.
through the office of a stage line
which PHYS to points outside the val
ley. making up the deficit of 10 cents
out of their own pocket.
One man. who has been associated
with the stage industry almost since
1t had its inception in the valley. said
he believed that the present rates
would remain in force during the win
ter. as far rs stages plying between
valley points were concerned.
The rate war between San Diego
stage lines is still being waged and
the fare is stil at the $3.50 mark.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-10-15
BYRD RETURNED;
REFUSES TO TALK
OF HIS { A S +

Edgar Byrd, charged with murderous
assault, more than year ago. upon
w D. Acrey of Holtville. who was
then deputy cit" marshal, returned
from Dallas, Tex. last night in the
custody of Undersheriff II. w. Ander-
son. He was arrested in the Texas
city more than weeks ago, but his
return has been delayed by the non
arrival Of eXtradition papers.
Byrd resolutely refused to talk this
morning, meeting all queries with a
shake of his head or smile. For
almost hours he conversed with his
wife and child who have been in Holt
Vile since Byrd fled ON August of
last year the day of the shooting.
and whom he had not seen since that
time.
He appeared mistaken after his
wife left the cell and this afternoon
smiled frequently at the questions that
were put to him.
81 can't talk until l see my attor-
ney, j. F. Seymour" he countered.
"It is rumored that YOU are going
to turn states evidence against the
persons who are said to have aided you
III escaping bl lIf hdN ~ 1It 9ii''A
ing. Is that So" he was asked.
"There's nothing to it, nothing" Byrd
replied, and shook his head in mega
Ition.
In spite of UndcrsherU Anderson's
statement that he had freely admitted
the shooting while they were en- route
from Dallas. Byrd at first declined to
answer the question whether he would
plead guilty to the assault.
"That's for them to prove he stated.
after moments meditation.
Nobody helped me escape. sue
ceeded i'm getting horse and escaping
to the river bottom before the posse
got started" he said in denying the
report that friends had assisted him
in leaving after the shooting
lie denied having been on Mexican
territory during the time he had been
a fugitive and declared that he had
remained hidden in the river bottom
while he was supposed to have been
in MeXicali.
/ He declined to tell where he had
/ been for the last IA months, but t.
Irndersheriff Anderson he talked free
t ". recounting the various experiences
he had met with. Sixteen days after
Acrev was shot he struck out for Nj
Hand afoot, reaching there late in the
evening. He spent the night under q
bridge west of the town and caught al
eastbound freight train the next morn
ing.
His travels from that point took hin
into Montana and later across states
Imperial Valley press., 1915-10-15

From various parts of the valley es-
pecially the East Side, come reports
that an exceptionally large corn acre
age is helping very materially in solv-
ing the feed shortage.
owing to the encroachments of Ber-
muda grass on many fields and to the
severe water shortage on the East
Side when Receiver Holabird cut of
the supply because of disagreement
with No. s, the shortage OF alfalfa this
wear has been widely felt, and many
Idairvmen have been bothered in find
ing feed for their cattle.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-10-15

TO Michigan, and then down into Mis-
souri,. where he was arrested and re
leased after he had been held a short
time.
To the officer ne told of having
heard of Acrey in Oklahoma, into
whose body he is charged with pump
ing the contents of an automatic pis-
toll
Byrd, who Is 80 years old and has
been in the valley for years. most of
this time having been spent in Holt
Vile. does not look like the bad man
which he has been painted.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-10-15
Corn Helping to Solve
Big Feeding Problem

This led to the rushing in of larg
acreage of corn. ana the fodder will /,
available to carry the stock throug'
until barley pasture is available.
The Bermuda problem is one to whicl
the farmers will be- obliged to giNs
more attention. The growing Of cot
ton and thorough and persistent cul-
tivation of the ground meanwhile goes
a long way To get rid of the pest.
and this fact is expected 10 contribute
to the extended acreage of cotton the
coming year even at the expense of
the alfalfa yield.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-10-15
Intend to Make us. Navy
Second Only to England's

hut japan has been carrying on a big
naval building campaign, and has be
come an important power. The pro-
gram of President Wilson. however,
will. if carried out, keep America in
the lead of Japan, and will put us
close to or superior to Germany.
There is strong factor in Congress
that will oppose the presidents plans,
hut when ii comes to presenting the
presidents campaign as an admin
istration measure II is believed II Will
be approved by House and Senate.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-10-15

washington. Oct. 15.-There is good
prospect that an the close of the Eu-
ropean war the United States will be
well advanced toward the position of
the worlds second naVal power II
President wilson's policy is carried
out. His program, providing for five
years building of war vessels with
appropriation this year OF $4Oo,OOO,
900, will go a long way to TINS end.
The last year has necessarily been
one of losses by the nations at war,
Imperial Valley press., 1915-10-15
RURAL CREDITS TO
BE WELL DISCUSSED

Colonel Harris Weinstock, president
of the Rural Credits Commission; SEN
ator w. E. Brown and DR.. David p.
Barrows, members Of the eommissi On,
will take testimony from many farm
ers tomorrow and Monday i'm the ball
room of the Barbara Worth Hotel, from
a. m. to p. m
All persons Interested In the rural
credits bills to be voted on october 70
and all Interested in better conditions
for the farmers are invited to attend
the sessions.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-10-15
To Try New Haven Officinls

New York, oct. 15.-The work of Sc
Letting jury to try William Rookie
feller, Lewis Grass Leyard, Edwin d.
Robbins and s other directors, past
and present, Of the New York, New Ha .
ven x Hartford Railroad, charged with
conspiracy to monopolizc the trans
portation traffic of New England, was
resumed today before Federal Judge
Hunt.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-10-15
VILLA Gown tNDER DESERTS;
SIGNS PEACE pIEDGI

El Paso, Teva oct. 15.-General To-
mas Arnelas. military commander of
Juarea and thought To have been one
Of the strongest supporters of General
villa, crossed the international bridge
with his household goods at an early
hour today and signed the pledge ex-
acted of those holding military rank
in the Villa army. by state department
representatives. that he would not
again return to Mexico to participate
in revolutionary affairs.
General Arnelas' action is believed
10 have been caused by an order from
General Villa tnat he proceed to Casas
Grandes for an interview with the
northern chief, accompanied only by a
bodYguard.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-10-15
500 CLUB HOLDS
REGULAR SESSION

Members of the Five Hundred Club
were entertained at cards last night
at the home of Mrs A. Anderson, 724
Holt street The club meets at the
home of member on the first and
third Thursdays of each month.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-10-15
Big Sea Battle In
Gulf of Finland

singfors and about 200 miles west of
Petrograd.
While no mention is made in the
dispatch from Stockholm as to the ma
tiouality Of the vessels engaged, it is
presumed that if a sea battle has taken
place it was between Russian and Ger
man warships.
The Gulf of Finland, off Porkola, is
The most northerly point where fight
ing in the world war is reported to
have taken place.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-10-15

London, Oct. ia decidedly more
cheerful aspect has come over the Al
lies as n result of the Developments $
ON the several war zones. This is due
10 the victory of the Serbs over the
Bulgarians, 10 the big gains of the
Russians and to the advantages gained
by the Allies on the west But stin
more cause is found in the agreem ent
reached between the Allies over the
campaign to be waged against tn e
Teuton- -Bulgar forces in the Balkans.
AS the situation now stands Rus
sia is programmed to land armies in
Bulgaria to compel that country to
cease her attempted invasion of Ser
bia, while the other Allies will send
large forcs to join the 100000 British
and French who have gone from Sa-
lonilti northward to aid the Serbans.
This implies, il is believed, that an
ample force is provided to bar the
TeutOn drive for the relief of Con-
stantinople.
The west front of the war presents
the most hopeful outlook since the war
began, and terrific bombardment by
the Allies for the last . days is be
lieVed to have opened the way for an
advance by the Allies, and the German
position is considered precarious.
Reports that the Russians have for
months been receiving 20 trainloads
of ammunition a day from Japan are
apparently well founded, with the re
suit that the Russians are now well
equipped for prolonged fighting.
Now that the Allies have great mu-
milton supplies coming in from facto-
ries in Japan and America, as well as
in England, France, Italy and Russia,
it is belived it will be impossible for
Germany and Austria to produce an
equal amount, thus giving the Allies
the great advantage of superior artil-
lery.
Having failed in their attack on the
British position on the western front,
the Germans have turned upon the
French and made a gain east of Sou
chez.
The advantage they obtained, how
ever, is not of sufficient importance
t. affect the general situation of the
French.
Their assault in the vicinity of Ia
hure, in pursuance of the movement
pegnn 3 days ago, likewise has been
materially unproductiVe thus far.
On the eastern 'front.' the RUSSIANS
are now in full possession of the in
itiatiVe and the momentum which car
ried them across the Stripa river in
Eastern Galicia has not yet dimin-
ished.
1t is reported unofficially from Pet
rograd that it is the Germans who
now lack ammunition, thus reversing
conditions of months ago.
Although the Germans are continu-
ing their attacks on the Dvinsk lines,
the fury of the onslaught has dimin-
ished and gaining in one sector, while
losing in the other, they appear to have
made no net gains recently
In fact. Petrograd press dispatches
assert the German troops are miles
farther from the city than week
ago.
Official institutions which recently
were removed from Dvinsk and Riga,
are row being taken back.
The Germans and Austrians continue
to report steady progress on SerVian
territory. although admitting their
headway is being impeded somewhat.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-10-15
COTTON STATIONARY,
BUT LITTLE MOVING

The local cotton market continues
at 11Am12 cents. The farmers are
selling as freely as the crop is har-
vested, but picking is not heavy.
DAILY Brothers give the following
quotations for today;
New Orleans-December delivery,
opened 1888. noon 12.52, closed 1880.
New York-December 1850, noon,
1877 closed 1850.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-10-15
Balkan Situation Is
Clarified for Allies

fight off, not only the German forces
which will be rushed up from Asiatic
Turkey, but The native tribes of EeNpl
which the Germans and Turks have
systematically been melting TO revolt.
Particularly u be feared are the
great numbers Of Senoussi tribcsmen.
Their attitude has been threatening
ever since the English became the al
lies of the Italians. whom the Scnoussi
regard as their bitterest foes.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-10-15
SERVICES FOR ]. NJ.
HARCLEROAD TO BE
HELD TOMORROW

Funeral services for j. NJ. Harcleroad.
who died yesterday after an illness of
. weeks, will be held at 2:3o tomorrow
afternoon from the family home. SeV-
enth and Holt streets, Rev. Clark OF
the Methodist church officiating In
terment will be in Evergreen cemetery,
with services in charge of c. A. Sha-
fer.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-10-15

Stockholm, oct IS (via London-
The Aftonbladers frontier correspon-
dent says a naval fight has occurred
near Porkala, in the Gulf Of Finland.
one cruiser is reported TO have been
sunk and another heavily damaged.
The correspondent adds that Yep
pelin has raided the Finnish coast
causing fires.
Porkola is a peninsula in the Gulf
cf Finland. 90 miles southwest of Hell
Imperial Valley press., 1915-10-15
BANKERS TO HEAR
WEINSTOCK SPEAK

Colonel Weinstock, president of the
state Rural Credits Commission, will
address the Imperial Valley Bankers
Association at the regular meeting at
the Barbara Worth Hotel tomorrow
evening.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-10-15
Huertn Not Recognized.

Toxic, oct. 15.--At a cabinet meeting
today Baron Ishii, former ambassador
to France, who has just assumed hts
duties as foreign minister, made re
port on the situation in the Balkans
and on the other European front.
The japanese government has with
drawn its recognition Of the Mexican
consul general al NolI ohama, l. En-
rique. who represented the Huerta gov
ernment.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-10-15
Fortified Works Captured.

Berlin, Oct. 15.-The Austro- G erman
army which is invading Servia has cap
tured The fortified works to the west,
northeast and southeast of Pozarevac.
Russians Checked.
Berlin via Londom, Oct 15.-The
Russian army which has been advan-
cling VIGOROUSLY i'm eastern Galicia is
said by the war office today TO have
been checked.
Italy in the Balkans.
Paris. oct 15.-Premier ViNiani an
nounced to the senate today that Italy
would take part in the Balkan opera
tions
Berlin via London), Oct. ia gem
eral attack by the British along al
most the whole front from Ypres to
Loos, accompanied by bombardment Of
the Belgian coast, is reported in the
official statement today of the war
office. All attacks of the British are
said by army headquarters to have
failed.
Ship Disaster Feared.
st. Johns. ~ b, oct. H. Wrcckagc
from a steamer believed to have been
the Norwegian collier Kron Priu2 Olav
from sydney, for Montreal which has
been missing weeks, has been found
ON the north coast of Prince Edwards
Island. The Kron Prinz Olav sailed
September 26. with a heavy cargo, and
ii is believed she went down in a gale
that swept the Gulf of st. Lawrence
the following day. She carried a crew
of So men.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-10-15
Patent.

L. $. A. to Henry y. Rehm, lots Is
md 19, section %. 15-15.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-10-15

Outside Imperial County
One Year, Two Dollars
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-10-16
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE

To II. SChotlPld, and to your heirs, CXeru-
 tors, administrators and assigns:
 You are hereby notified tlat the under signed, d co-"Wncr. has expended in labor and improvements the sum of one hundred dollars i&t00.00J per year for the years mining claim known as The Happy New Year tsSocatiCn, situated at the head Of Flat creek, tributary of Otter creek, Tn otter "ecord,ng district. Territory of Alaska in Which you are the owner of an undivided onr-cighth ( 1s) interest.
 You and each If you are hereby notified that If at the CEpiratiGn of ninety i90j days after the last publication of this notice you have failed or refused to contribute your share of the aforesaid expenditures, your interest in said claim will become for fctcd and will become the property of the undersigned according to the provisions of section 232i of Revised statutes of the United States.
 DAVID sTRANDRERG, Co., Owner.
 Date of nrst publication, Sept. 1, 1915.
 Date of last publication, Dec. 4, 1915.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-10-16
Q Q Q Q 6 6 Q Q Q Q Q Q 6 Q Q 6 Q {
WORLDS WING CHAMPION

Q The black poll warblers that build Q Q their nests and bring up their young Q Q in Alaska live the rest of the year in c c South America, 5000 miles away. The c Q nghthawk that breeds on the banks of c . the Yukon, in Alaska, goes to Argen- c , tina, 1000 miles distant, at the ap ( c proach of autumn. These are long c Q distances, you say. Yes, and they are z Q covered, you must remember, by land ( Q birds. The migration routes of shore z c birds are even longer. Nineteen spe- ( c cies of shore birds that nest north of Q the Arctic circle winter in South Amer ( c ica, six of them going to Patagonia, . over a route that is more than 5000 ( Q miles long. ( Q The worlds migrating champion, Q however, is the Arctic tern. It builds ( Q its nest in the ice, not far south of ( Q the north pole. When the young birds (
 are full grown the whole family starts (
 south, and in the course of several ( months arrive at the edge of the Ant (
 arctic continent
 2 What the track is over the II, 600 < 6 miles of lands, ice and water between ( . the two homes of this remarkable bird ( V no one KNOWS. A lew AICtlC terms Q have been seen along the United States (
 H coast below Long Island, but the ( mighty tlocks of thousands upon thou ( Q sands, which range from pole to pole, ( Q have never been noted by an ornithol-
 Q ogist competent to indicate their pre- ( ferred route and their time schedule. (
 Q They reach the far North about ( Q lure l5, leave about August p, and < c travel 220G0 miles year Not less
 c than l50 miles in a straight line must ( Q be their daily flight, and that distance ( Q is no doubt multiplied several times ( Q by their zigzag turnings in pursuit of < Q food. So the iourneying habits of the < 2 birds are full of surprises and contra ( Q dicticns, and the mystery of their mi ( . grations is still engaging the attention ( Q of great many naturall5ts. Q A few migrate only in daylight, but < 2 most birds feed and rest during the / Q day and travel at night The day ( . migrants include hawks swallows, (
 ( nighthawks and chimney swifts. The C . nichthaw!ls and chimney awifts catch ( z their food while on the wing. Their ( ( progress north CT south Is slow. When < . they come to a lake or a large pond < ; thev fly around it instead of over it ( 6 J. B. Morrow in Cincinnati Enquirer. ( & ( 6 ( o 6 D . H H ; 2 ( Q Q . . (
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-10-16
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the Probate Court for Otter precinct
 Fourth diViSIrn, Territory of Alaska
 Dcfprc Hon. G. G. Gcraghty, commits
 Sioncr and eN Of1lcio probate judge In the matter of the estate of Charles bra
 n""u. deceased. Nn. 3O-Prnbatc.
 Notice is hereby given by the under signed, administrator of the eStat" of Charles NrappalI, deceased, to tn" creditors Of and all persons having claims against the said deceased, to exhibit them, With the necessary vouchers, within six months after the first publication of this notice. t. th" said administrator al the office of Fred Harrison, attorney dt law Regina hotel Iditarod, Alaska, the same being the place for lh" transaction of the business of the said estate in the above precinct and terri tory.
 Datcd sept. 22, Iqt5
 PAIL LAHLANT. AtmiHts:ratrr. First puDilgatiun, Oct ,, 1915.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-10-16
A REMINDER

That l still retain my business and stock until after thy first of January, and that my Cut Glass, Silver Deposit and Christmas Novelties are selling at prices most reason able
 All Hamilton end Howard Watches a 8 factory tagged price.
 WILLIAM TAYLOR, Flat City
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-25

The farmers are looking for 1O-cent
cotton this fail and many think the
price will so even higher.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-25
Rene Bardet,

been at the front l have taken part
in bayOnet charge and | never had
thought that our men were so brave.
On the morning of the 25th of May
We had received orders to go ahead.
At 1890 the struggle began. Shells
were bursting all around as friends
and comrades were falling thick and
fast. but still we forged ahead through
the hell Of fire and succeeded in TAX
ing the first German lines. What
happened afterwards is indescribable.
We fought like tigers with bayOnets,
knives. stones, bombs and rife stocks
foot for foot, and yard by yard. Ter
rible shrieks were ringing through
the air from all sides from the wound
ed and the dying. We could not stop
to help our stricken comrades for
duty compelled US to go forward at
all costs. We advanced to within
fifteen feet of the German third line.
but our losses were so heavy that
only a few of US reached there. In
fact at one time there was only my
captain, a sergeant and myself left.
A few groups or our own SOldlers ran
up to reinforce us for the cry came
that the Germans were making a
counter-charge on our left. Just then
a shell broke right over us. All in
our party were bowled over like a
house of cards. The next thing
knew l was In the hospital with my
face and right arm heavily bandaged.
Perhaps my wound saved my life and
surely look up to God and thank him
for having spared my life. Chills OF
horror come over me when | think that
of that brave little group Of survivors
! in front of the Germans perhaps l
am the only one living. The battle
continued to rage for a whole day
and our soldiers succeeded in retain
ing the two trenches we had captured
Let us hope that the sacrifices these
brave men made in giving their lives
! will not be in vain. My poor friends!
How | pity them, and hope that they
are happy in heaven, for they surely
deserve it."
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-25

Use a newspaper to cover wooden
goods that are to be pressed; thus
avoid troublesome lint.