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Imperial Valley press., 1915-11-26
SINGERS
CONCERT TONIGHT

! rare treat is j. =tsre for music
lovers tonight at ase ~ col5fea NJ
Z. ehaaea Al FRI .45d stala streets a
series of entertaameHts ne beeo IN
progress there saaee Monday nisat.
leaaing up - the era0aias concert
feature tonight a LARGE number If
local people have been trained for tie
occasion and viii render a splendid
program. besmnns II s O'Clock. Eeau=
uful drills, charming enorases a0d old
plantation meIodies viii feature the
proe ram. All the eoiafed churches
have united 10 make this Il record
breaking concert for ioeat people. In
strumeutal music selections viii he
given b. MISSES T.. htnard and L.
Whitin8 AMI an address b. Professor
Sims all teachers in tne EAST Side
school; readings BY Y !. Paefer, Marie
Jeffries Mrs. II. \. Waiting and other
vocal numbers by Rev. and Mr. vi
liams. Miss Wilkes and lhe choral
elasses. The program will close Win
two excellent drills, hoops aud gum.
b. girls and boys. The repast vii CON
aist Of turkey sandwiches. zalads. L.
cream md cake. Tickets are on zale.
One ticket will admit . persons.s
Imperial Valley press., 1915-11-26
Yesterday Marked
By Theft Series

while scores of hundreds, both here
and elsewhere, were observing Thanks
giving. thieves were busy trying To-
accumulate something To lie thankful
for. The Modern Grocery. G17 Main
street. was broken into: tWo boys at
tempted 10 steal an automobile owned
by John Cohn, and at CaleXico the home
Of II. II. Griswold was entered and
iewehy valued a s7o taken. besides
, dresses.
Mr.. and Mrs Griswold left home
about in The afternoon for the c. +.
Turner home. where they were guests
at Thanksgiving dinner. After the
dinner they hurried home 10 malla
preparations to attend "A dance and
discovered that the house had been
burglarized. This is the second time
in 8 months that the house has been
broken into. sheriff Appleslin Is in
vestigatiug the ease TODAY.
Attempted robberes of . more places
last NIGHT became known this att
noon. \ lone burglar attempted 10
break INTO a room in The FL Centre ho-
tel late last night. but was frightened
away before he had effected an en-
trance.
a trap door" burglar essayed le
break into ihe New York store early
in the evening. but the noise occasioned
as he walked about on the rot at
tracted the attention of /. Lipman. The
proprietor of the store. who hastened
outside and shouted AT the man. Tie
burglar fled before the police could
be summoned.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-11-26
ATTEMPTED AUTO
THEFT FRUSTRATED

Two boys, who, officers believe, were
trying to steal ear owned by John
Cohn as il stood in front OF the Ore
gon hotel, were frightened away last
night when Cohn came out of the
building aud asked them what they
were doing. Without pausing to eX-
plain. the two jumped into Ford and
sped away. Cohn. who is employed at
the G H. smith tin shop, was unable
TO see the number of the car.
Gohn went into the hotel for din
ner. leaving his ear standing at the
curb When he came out one of the
BOYS was tinkering with the steering
gear.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-11-26
200 GELEBR ATE At
NESTMORELA

Two hundred Westmoreland residents
celebrated IN r2Yai style yesterday aud
after a program Of sports and an ad-
dreas L. Icy. Miller of the Methodist
church of ggavleN. Thai ksgiNng
dinner followed.
There Was 4 varied program OF
sports. The stuAle men defeated The
married men BY a score OF "a n a
fast game ef baseball and picked
team OF eiris from the BrawleY sram-
mar school against a picked girls
team from the Westmoreland grammar
school played good game of basket
hall.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-11-26
CHOLERA REPORTED
ATTACKING HOGS

Hog cholera which has BEEN in
erea sing since the eemine Of cool
weather has now reached an acute
stage. according To reports from The
Rrawley aud HoltvH1e distfiefs received
this afternoon The ono of the dis
easc ranges from HoltNille Ia Nest=
moreland. the report stated
SO TAR there hase beea no reports
of any LOSSES hY ranehers about IL
Centro. Tie disease appears 10 -
raging heavily in the rEawley district.
one ranrhcr stating That lie had LOST
90 hogs within couple Of weeks.
Vigorous measures are being taken
10 minimize losses and large quantities
of cholera serum are being used.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-11-26
OBSERVANCE OF THE HOLIDAY BY
RESIDENTS OF TOWNS AND COUNTRY-PEO-
PIE CONSUME MANY OF TIE RARE BIRDS
THAT HAVE HELPED TO MAKE THE VALLEY
FAMOUS.

More generally than ever hef7re. the
people of the valley Joined "a eelebra=
ton of THANKSGIVING day. Every place
of business WAS closed, am II III
church services at bounteoas tables
and ON baseball ard football grounds
e8eh sought the duty Or the pleasure
which most appealed TO Inn rs appeos
pirate for the day.
The turkey. which has become the
bird emblem 9f Imperial Valley. of
fered NJ a.s neck for the grauffeaffon
Of several thousand families. aud thus
won renewed glory for itself
Imperial Valley press., 1915-11-26
Patents.

A. $. \. To Lewis e. Jordan, " l.
Of tract 6t, 1l-l6, 50 acres.
4. ) A. 10 Thorn X. Landers. 4
Me Il aud Sc IA NV "a section L
ia, 120 acres
L. = A. To John :. Pashgian. lots
and 1o. E II sW Il aud sW IA sE 4
section Sc. l1-1f.
L = a. Ia nulda IL Vaughn, lot !.
section 28. lt-l2, Gus acres.
il. $. a. To Isabella NJ. Rloke. tract
ea. 10. 160 acre..
l.. ). A. to Arthur {. Penberthy. tract
las. 1913, l50 acres
Imperial Valley press., 1915-11-26
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Chester " Crockett. =. and Viola
G. Glow. Is totb of Gra~leys
William T. elliott. aa of sesl#y. aud
Myrtle N Lyan IL 81 Imperial
Cotton ,nIu,ar, Pictured rhe cotton
Industry was pictured Al The Theatre
Tulane last night In the Hearst -srlig
New Pictorial Tn scenes appeared
under the datelne at I'll Gentro and
showed the picking aud unloading Of
cotton and the balng of the product.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-11-26

In the light of this statement, Mr..
Whiuoek explained that he could not
discuss the war from any. angle. In
fact, during tne whole voyage he never
ALLOW ed himself 10 be drawn out. a
determined effort, however, was made
by the ship news reporters when the
Ryndam reached Quarantine. Mr.. Whit
lock was equal 10 the occasion. Before
any one had chance 10 ask a ques-
ton the minister forestaIled them.
Boys he said, Il want YOU all TO
do me a favor. Please don't ask me
ANYTHING about Belgium"
Imperial Valley press., 1915-11-26

The newspapers Lad reported that
Receiver Holabird was present At the
conference. bul il is learned that was
en- error.
II is The expectation Of the directors
to get an order from the court for the
dredges to be put across the line at
once. that the dredging of the canals
may go forward without delay.
The Press has il from a person close
10 the receiver, however that he will
resist such an order on the ground that
his bondsmen are responsible for the
dreIgers and he will not take the re-
Imperial Valley press., 1915-11-26

Will the substitution Of the new con
tract fer the Conkling contract make
possible putting the dredges across the
line and getting them busy on the ca
nal
That is the most pertinent question
of The moment, and the answer is not
yet known.
The directors Of the irrigation dis
triet are home from the conference ia
san Francisco and will meet tomorrow,
when il is expected they will officially
confirm their action at the conference
and sign the contract.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-11-26
Will the Dredges Now
Get Busy on the Canal?

sponsihilitv II sending them across the
line until after the sale Of the cali
fornfa Development property, which is
expected To take place in January.
II he is io Ge successful in that, i
means thai il probably will be Febru-
arv before the work can be done thai
is absolutely essential TO maintain a
water supply next summer.
Under the agreement that has been
reached. the southern Pacific and the
New Liverpool salt Company will JOIN
in the petition 10 The court, and il Is
hoped the opposition Of the receiver
will he overcome.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-11-26
Cotton Still Upward In
Eastern Markets Today

Cotton took another jump of 80
points in the Eastern markets today,
carrying the local quotation by DAILY
Brothers to II Is cents.
New Orleans
Open. Noon. Close
January .....11.SS 12.10a 1212@ 10
March .......12.16 12.4om41 1244@ 10
Spots, 1859. Sales, 1,o70.
New York
Open. Noon. Close.
January .....12.0o 1211m12 12,25627
March ......f2.2G 12.40@41 12.54@ SO
Spots, 1880. Sales 100.
Dance M Country CIub-Forty coup
les were present last night at the din
ner dance given by the Country Club.
This is the first dance the club has
given this season.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-11-26
Brand
\NkutlOCk

New York, Nov. 26.-After fifteen
days spent in the most turbulent Of
trips, Brand Whitlock, American min
lster 10 Belgium, arrived ON the steam
ship Ryndam
Mr.. Whtlock's connection with the
case Of Edith CaVell, the English nurse,
and the efforts he made to save her
life, led 10 the report that he was com
ing home to stay This he denied.
Il am going back TO Brussels he
said. and I have engaged my pas
sage on the Rotterdam. sailing Decem-
Der IS"
Imperial Valley press., 1915-11-26
CHARGED
WITH MURDER

Complaint charging snurnino di Giaz
vanno, the Italian who was seized for
the slaAng Of fello" eonntrYman,
With murder in the first degree. WAS
filed today b. Deputy District Attorz
neY simon. His preliminary hearing
Will probably be held this week.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-11-26
DOKIES INITIATE
80 NEW MEMBERS

Imperial Valley Dokies, together
with members Of lhe rider from Ios
Angelo aud San pieso. and 30 lz=res.
paraded Main street Wednesday even
ing Followna iniGatory ceremonies.
banquet wa nd at tle Barbara
Worth hotel.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-11-26
MEUSEL SIGNS
WITH PORTLAND

aeIeIsh" Meosel, center fielder for the
f9ar=isters. has signea with the Poft=
land club n the Coast League for 1916.
McCredie has closed deal with the
club IN the Southern As
-oeialion for his services. Meusel Is
a former Los Angeles high school play-
Imperial Valley press., 1915-11-26
Isnio,abIc Dinner rarty-Mrs. Let

lsnio, able Dinner Party Mrs. Leta
NJ. bryant was hostess yesterday at Il
dinner party at her home. 473 Brigh-
ION. Among those present were Mr..
and MIS-. &. NJ Appleatill, Mr. and Mrs.
&. Solomon, Mr.. and Mrs. 5. W. Dun
away, M. and Mrs. Phil d. swing,
Mrs. Bird Hobby, Mrs. L. L. Fisher of
Los Angeles. Mrs. Florence Langtre,
Vaughn Thomps IN aud 4. Z. Elliott.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-11-26
UNION SERVICES
ARE Wei LATTENO
ARE WE'LL ATTENDED,

I.aioa ankSgiXing services were
held At tie Methodist church yesier-
day Icy. ". G. Gonley delivering an
able s1,noa While pastors of lie other
.Aurehss participated in the services.
Tbe mazio3 program Wa especially
line.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-11-26
CALFXICO HAS NEW
ATHLETIC CLUB

Cotton Blossom Social and Athletic
Clnhe is the designation Of a new club
which flied articles of incorporation,
without capital stock. Wednesday,. The
purpose of the club, the articles set
forth. viii 10 conduct sparring
matches At CaleNico. The direetors
are Henry Torres. X. d. Seruggs and
William { silver
Imperial Valley press., 1915-11-26
FREEMAN MAY GET
/ DAY TO Il YEARS

Il L Freeman. convicted Of passing
a spurious eherk viii be sentenced
this afternoon. Under the statute,
sreenaa 5-.,##ea# eive = sesfas#re rang
ing fran one day III The county lail
10 II year. N prison.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-14
Infant Athletic Prndiry

From the St Louis Glohe-Demoerat.
 New. YorlS.-Fond parents who enter tain friends with reports of astounding feats mental and physical. by their off, spring should steel themselves against chagrin before reading about Baby Mary Pecora of No. i0i Second street. Jersey City.
 Mary is now five months old. When she was just three weeks she was able. without assistance. to raise herself in her crib to a sitting position, according to her parents.
 Later Mary fell sick. When she recov- cred, at the age of three months, she was able, her parents and many friends of the family declare, to say papa" dis tinctly.
 Mary's hair grew so fast that now 1t is six inches long.
 Also. Mary is a contortonist Without apparent effort she is able to raise her legs straight over her head. The ex planation of this is that she is double jointed--a freak of nature seldom mani fest in children until they are consider ably older.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-14
DOWNWARD TREND
 0F COTTON MARKET
Market Had Steady Tone During Afternoon, But
 Closes at a Loss

New Orleans, October 13.-The tendency in the cotton market today was to react downward. Selling was stimulated by more favorable weather reports than ex- pected, and by the United States district court decision in New York that the fed eral cotton futures cotton act was un- constitutional. Around the middle of the day the market lost s2 a bale on these features, although 1t was quickly dis covered that the decision against the fu- lures act would not be. immediately, at any rate, the important bearish factor at nrst expected. The market had a steady tone sin the afternoon ana closed at a net loss of P to 2 points
 First prices were at a loss of to 5 points on selling. which appeared to re- suit from the absence of frost on the weather map After the call the market did better on fresh buying, going to 6 points over yesterdays close. The weekly weather and crop summaries at Il o'clock did not contain as much mention of cold weather as the bulls anticipated and liquidation immediately followed their reading This selling movement was well under way when the decision against the futures act was announced. Prices then fell 70 to 43 ponts from the highest of the day, and 3f to 37 points under yes- terday's last quotations When it, was predicted that the futures case would probably be carried to the higher court the market recovered 20 to % points and took on steadier tone
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-14
TRADE FALLS OFF WHEN RAIN STARTS Prices Generally Firm With Feedstuffs Trending
 Upward

The afternoon on Morris avenue was not nearly so good as was the trade in the morning, the steady drizzle of rain in the afternoon causing a great slack ening in the brisk demand that began the day. Prices ruled firm in the mar ket generally. and in the feedstuffs market several advances and one or two losses are noted. Cotton seed meal is quoted at sS6 per ton here and it costs the dealers s34.5O, not including freight charges, and the margin of profit in selling it at s36 is small Cot ton seed hulls rule firm at SIT. and further rises may be expected after the corrected crop report is submitted by the government. The local spot cotton market today closed unchanged
 The market in poultry and eggs con tinues very firm and further advance by the end of the week would cause no surprise
 Fish continue scarce, but the demand for oysters apparently is unsuitable. The price remains firm, as shipments sufficient for the demand continue to arrive daily.
 Today's quotations follow:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-14
ELEVEN

light to heavy frosts occurring in tho northern and central portions and of kill ing frosts n T few places. II also spoke of heavy rains in parts of Georgia. F'lofi- da and parts of the taroiinas. 1t men toned some cotton being damaged In North Carolina on the 10th and also dam age from the same cause on the same date in Tennessee II reports picking Is being nearly completed in Texas and said that the hol weeVil continues to pre- vent formation of top crop in that state.
 regard the present decline as an ex- ceptionaf opportunity to buy some cheap cotton The decision of the court above referred to in no wise changes the law of supply and demand as affecting the cotton crop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-14
Odors of Reduction Plants

From the Municipal Journal.
 \ number of furnaces for destroying city refuse at high temperature have been operated within the populous portions of cities in England. and few in this coun- try, which have created no nuisance nor proved themselves objectionable except as the wagons carrying the refuse to them are objectionable But we believe thaN there are no garbage reduction plants os which this can be said. There are one or two which give off very little odor under ordinary .'cather conditions but they are well removed from residence sections. The largest garbage reduction plant in the world is that at Barren Island where the garbage of New York is treated. The plant has been. there for l9 years and has always been objected to by the residents on the mainland and islands short dis tance away because of odors. As there are also a rendering plant and fertilizer plant on the island, 1t Is difficult to state how mnch of the blame the reduc- ton plant is entitled to.
 About year ago the complaints were taken up by the board of estimate and apportionment. which set about determin- ing whether and how all three of the plants could be operated without giving off objectionable odors. The result was that, for perhaps the first time in the his- tory of reduction. a thorough physical sA'N 'hSAhiN"A StN'N Aioiii eat b'iht VI NitW Of odors disseminated was made of the process and the solids, liquids and gases treated and produced thereby. The con clusons arrived at are given in this is sue. In general they are that t is pos sible to prevent odors which will he no- ticeable more than loo feet or so away: but to do so. the greatest care must be taken to keep all parts of the apparatus tight, and especially those containing steam or hot vapors. and to keep the en- tire plant clean and prevent the iaccumu- la tion in corners or any out-of-the-way places of solid or liquid putrescible mat tpr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-14
WAR SPEC|ALT|E
 TAKE FIRST PLACE Trading in Railroad Shares Active But OvershadOwed
 by War Stocks

New York. October 13.-Specalties res
 Fumed first place in speculative impor- ance today, rails and other high grade
 shares falling behind, mainly as a re- [Eult, it was said. of extensive foreign sell fng. In fact the markets professional, one was at decided variance with recent Hays. when the strength of seasoned
 Stocks offered hope of a revival of interest [frcm investment sources.
 X majority of the better known rail- Ways were or ? points lower, Reading Iagain showing greatest heaviness. That Istock and the Paciflcs, Fries and
 srangers were offered for European &C., |rount to the extent of 6oooe shares. Ac-
 rording to general belief these sales rep resented profit taking.
 War shares were foremost in the rise |pf the specialties, the Balkan situation ev-
 idently being regarded as a bullsh incl Eaent for that class of stocks. Bethlehem Steel rose 16 points to the new high rec
 prd of 465 and Studebaker also broke ali |previous records, with a gain of 19 to 164. {rhe Maxwell motors issues rose 3 to 4 points above all previous records chiefly
 pn the decision of the directors to pay back dividends of 141a per cent on the first preferred stock. General Motors, Baldwin Locomotive and Lackawanna Steel, as we'll as miner industrials and
 Rllied issues improved to points, with
 points for American woolen at 54 The market derived much of it's impetus From United States Steel, which advanced |lA to S4%, it's top quotation since 1910, and within Il points of it's record of 1909, when lenother great boom in the steel industry lwas in full swing. Total sales amounted to 1,2i5,000 shares. Steel contributing 16S,- |00O
 Among the market factors of the day fwere the further reduction in idle freight |cars, the highly favorable foreign trade balance statement of the department of commerce and advices from various sec- |tions of the country pointing to better |ment in all lines of trade. Quotations for foreign exchange were Virtually unchanged from Mondays low points on nominal trading. The bond market was strong with in- creased activity in copper convertibles at higher. prices. Total sales, par value, Were $5,17o,000.
 Government bonds were unchanged or |call.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-14
COTTON F[UCTUATES
 AND PRICES DROP
Market Nervous and Unset tled-Closing Prices With
 in a Point of Opening

New York. October 1s.-There were vio- lent fluctuations in the cotton market here today, an early advance of about sl.5o per bale being lost following reports that the United States district court had declared the cotton futures law unconsti- tutional January contracts sold off from l3.oSe to 12.17c. closing at 12.7se with the general list barely steady net I point lower to points higher, as compared with Mondays final figures
 The market opened firm at an advance of II to 25 points and during the early trading sold 29 to 30 points higher on a continuation of Mondays buying Firn,- ness in Liverpool over the local holiday and bul'ish crop advices from the south were the factors on this advance. whic h carried the active months back to with : in 10 or F points of the seasons high records The impression appeared to be that the cold weather of Sunday and Mon day in the northern half of the belt had practically eliminated the possibility of any top crop, while the rainfall shown on todays map increased the tendency to scale down estimates of the yield Around 12 soc for December and 132ec for March, offerings increased, however. and the market soon became slightly easier.
 
 Liverpool was rather a heavy seller here on the narrowed differences. while there was good deal of realizing by buyers of last week. and there was a more general spurt of liquidation right after the market received reports of the courts decision in the Lever act case. This seemed to un- settle sentiment and increase the disposl- tion to even up commitments, and the market lost practically all of its early improvement during the early afternoon. Trading then became less active, and the selling tapered off following statements that the court decision even if sustained would not affect the status of New York contracts for a year in any event, and rallies of or 10 points followed the break to 12.6Oc for December and 130lc for March contracts.
 The market continued nervous and un- settled, with sentiment more or less con fused, and closing prices were within a point or so of the lowest. on reports that spots were being offered more freely in the south.