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Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-04
Allies Crowding Forward.

raris, Sept 4.-Desperate fighting
for possession Of Vaquois plateau,
Argonne forest, is raging, the French
taking the offensive. The official
communique today announced that
French sappers have dynamited the
German positions, forcing the enemy
to retire into the ruined town of
Vauquois. German rifle fire across
the plateau prevented the French fol
lowing up the advantage.
The communique called attention TO
the fact that violent artillery firing
has continued without cessation FOR
II days in northern France OBJ
servers interpret this as meaning that
the Allies are about to strike a blow
in the West while the bulk of the
German army is busy in the East.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-04

favor if he announces that she does
not want tribute There is a hinI in
the North German Gazette chat the
latter theory may be right.
But it is not legitimate 10 infer
that thls viii be the outcome. Ger
many knows the Allies now believe
her to be fighting for tribute. As
long as that impression is allowed 10
remain uncorrected II will be assumed
by the Allies that ii Is true. If it
he true, there certainly will be no
peace until one side or the other is 50
exhausted financially that all posibi-
hlIlty Of obtaining indemnity will have
vanished
Thus, since exhaustion rather than
tribute ie preferred by all the bel
hgerents, The idea Of levying tribute
really defeats itself No tribute
that is, uo tribute worth fighting for
can be collected from a nation that
is bankrupt.
To persist in The demand for trib-
ute, therefore, under present condi-
tlons, means to persist in fighting the
var 10 a devastating end. This will
leave the victor scarcely better off
than the yanquished
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-04
MANY BUSINESS
HOU ES WILL
CLOSE MONDAY

Practically every business estab-
liahment in the city will observe La
Dor Day, by closing Monday. Eu-
gene d. White of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association spent part
of yesterday interviewing the heads
of a number of concerns, and many of
them have signified their intention of
Observing the day Mr.. Whites efforts
were made in behalf Of the clerks of
The various stores.
Here is a list OF the establishments
that will remain closed Monday: I'm
perial Valley Hardware Company, B.
Salomon & Co, Roy L. Rumsey, Mod
ern Grocery Company, r. l.. Harrell,
The Peoples Abstract and Title Com
pany, Rath & Marshall, Imperial VAL
ley Seed q Plant Company Ross &
Stuart, w NJ Michaels, Smith d
Bishop, Hamilton Bros, Varney Bros.
& Co., Valley Tent & Awning Com
pany, Alcorn Rubber Company, Frank
a. Preston, IL. c. Smith, FL Centric
Furniture Company, J. NJ. Julian,
Hobdy's General Merchandise Com
pany, Meyer Furniture Company.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-04
POLICE, SHERIFF
LOOKING FOR AN
ALLEGED THIEF

The police in the valley towns and
the sheriff's office are looking for
viii Thomas, a negro who Is wanted
here on a charge of burglary. Braw-
ley officers several days ago notified
Sheriff Applestill that the fugitive
had been arrested there, but on COM
earring the description of the fugi-
tive with that Of the negro in the
BraWley jail, North End officers dis
covered that it was case of mistaken
identity.
Complaint has been issued by Depu-
ty District Attorney r. r. Simon, in
which Mrs. Geneva Brogden charges
Thomas with breaking into her home
on The East Side and rifling her trunk
Of $50 and revolver.
According to Mrs Brogden, who
reported the theft to the district at
torney's office, Thomas forced an en-
trance to the house while she was
absent
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-04
EDUCATIONAL
JOURNAL LAUDS
LOCAL TEACHERS

Under the caption, LUCKY Imper-
ial Valley" DR.. A. f. Winship, edi-
tor of the National Journal of Edu-
cation of Boston, published the fol-
lowing comments in Il recent issue:
Imperial Valley deserves all the
luck that has come to her in secur
ing B. r. Crandall of Idaho Falls,
Ida, for the Holtville Union High
School and S. II. Thompson of Mon
rovia for the Brawley Union High
School. w. r. Randall of Brawley
goes to the FL Centre Union High
School. No equal area and popula
ton could capture better combina-
ton than this. Thompson has already
done extra good work in Nebraska,
Nevada and California, and Gran
CALLS schools in Idaho Falls were
among the most progressive in the
country. They will have every pos
sible opportunity in the Imperial Val
ley under County Superintendent A.
P. Shibley.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-04
HOW TO MAKE SNEEZERS
IMMUNE FROM HAY FEVER

Maplewood, N. Y, Sept. 3.--At the
meeting of the United States Hay
Fever Association this afternoon, two
New York physicians who have given
particular study to the immunizatlon
Of hay fever eases, presented the re
suits of their investigation. Dir. Sey-
mour Oppenheimer and DR.. Marx J.
Gottlieb discussed "Some General Re
marks ON the Subject Of Pollinosis
(Hay Fever) With Particular Refer
ence to It. Treatment by Active I'M
munization and Rosults With a Dem
cnstration of the Methods Employed
in Determining Pollen AnaphylaXie "
The Investigators found, they said:
"Ilay fever is due to a senstZation
Of an individual by the conveyance
Of pollen contents through the res
piratory tract There must be, at
the time Of sensitiZation, an abrasion
of the mucous membrane, so as to
make absorption possible. In all like
lihoo1 there exists in the patient an
Individual susceptibility to this par
ticular disease which seems to have
some relation to heredity, for tins
and other allied ailments are' FIRE
ouent in given families. The ply
aicians concluded it should be possible
to employ one Of four methods Of
making a man immune, viz:
/. BY injecting a dose Of pollen eX-
tract just before the hay fever time
and repeating the procedure in - 10
so days.
,. BY injecting a large quantity of
immune serum during the attack
3. By injecting very small amounts
Of pollen extract at intervals of ten
days or less, so that only minute
quantities of anaphylatoXin are
found. and the patients tolerance is
raised.
4. BY injecting very small doses
Of anaphyatoxin made in the labora
tory to produce The same results in
method No. 3.
Dr.. Gottlieb tested a number of pa
tients with different pollen by the
vaccination method in order to show
to which pollen the different cases
are susceptible.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-04
EMPIOYE BREAKS
IN; II An c II Ell
CALLS SHERIFF.

A hurry call to the sheriff's of
flee from Leo Hail. Meloland ranch
er, stating that his house had been
broken into again, yesterday brought
deputy sheriffs, who, after inyesti-
eating, discovered that an employe
of the ranch had broken IN by the
same door through which burglars
several days ago effected an en-
trance.
A neighbor passing glimpsed the
splntered door and told Hall of the
find. Hall phoned for assistance
forthwith, officers responding only to
find that a ranch employe had forced
an entrance into the house because he
had no key to the door.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-04
Wilson to Reject
English Request

Washington, Sent At j. stated
authoritatiQely that tie adnilnisrra-
tion plans 10 reject the Brit. h con.
tention that submarines should warn
merchantmen, the anne a. PASSENGER
carrying liners, before toIpedoing.
1t seems likely America viii ac-
cept the German concessions rs out
lined in Bernstorfl's memorandum a.
"a fuily-aatislymg modification oil sab
marine warfare. The administration.
attitude toward merchantmen is based
On expert advice, though submarine
commanders might experience diff
Guilty in identifying merchantmen as
compared with liners, putting them
IN the same class and probably caus
ing future dispute between Germany
and America.
Ambassador Gerard cabled the state
department that no report had been
received from a submarine comman
der Of the Arabic submarine attack.
but Won Japow takes the position
that report Is unnecessary, as the
submarine commaader pronaply dis
obeyed orders and Germany'5 respon-
sibility is automatic, is his view.
Berlin adyleea declare Yen Bern
storff has been given great discretion
to act and settle the submarine dis
Cussion.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-04
School Children Burned.

San Francisco, Sept. 4.-katle
O'Brien, aged 5, and A other chill
dren perished, and 81 children mar
rowly escaped death from fire that
DESTROYED the st. Francis Girls Di-
rectory. st. Joseph's hospital, ad
Joining the school, was threatened.
The fire started in stable and
spread rapidly. Lack of water pres
sure hampered the firemen. Sister
Mary Agnes mustered the frightened
children and marched them to safety.
Five bodies, burned beyond recog-
milton, were recovered, and B more
are missing.
Rev. Mother Margaret, mother su-
peror, said short circuit in electric
wiring or chimney sparks had caused
the blaze. "The fire was undoubted
ly burning an hour before we dis
covered it." she said cit started in
the roof and burned down through the
building. There was trouble with
water pressure when the firemen ar
rived, which delayed them. Had we
discovered the fire a little earlier we
could have saved all the children.
Seventeen injured children were
cared for at st. Joseph's hospital.
The others were taken to private
homes
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-04
25 YOUNG PEOPLE
INVADE PLUNGE

About 25 young people enjoyed a
swim in the Holtvile Natatorium last
evening. Gathering at the Christian
church at 7 o'clock, they boarded Mr..
Curphey's large truck and proceeded
toward Holtville. However, they
struck the mud which was the result
of "A hard rain at Holtville yesterday
and the truck refused to move. De-
termined on having a swim, they hiked
the remaining 21a miles along the
railroad track and then invaded the
plunge.
After the swim the walk back was
short and all climbed on the truck
grateful for the soft hay, and re-
turned home.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-04
SHROPSHIRE SHEEP
BEING SHIPPED IN

Seventy six thoroughbred Shrop-
shire bucks, the largest number that
have ever been shipped into the val
ley, arrived here yesterday. Today
they are being sheared and tomorrow
they will JOIN the herd of $500 Shrop-
shire sheep owned by the British
American Mercantile Company at Cal
ipatria.
The sheep which have just arrived
came from the Sacramento valley
where representatives, of the British
American Mercantile Company have
been negotiating for some time.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-04
SHELL SLAVES OFF
EARS OF TURKS DONKEY

London, Aug. 20 (By maiD-A sin
gular result of naval craftsmanship
is described in a story from Tehes-
meh, where the only Casualty
caused by the bombardment by a
British warship was the ears of the
ass of Hail Effendi, Turkish collector
of customs.
A shell shaved off the ears of FL
fendi's donkey cleaner than a knife
could have done the deed.
Consequently, times being slack and
Effendi's animal being the sight of
the town, Effendi took advantage of
the wonderful shot to charge admis-
sion to see the donkey.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-04
Futurity Day at Saratoga.

Saratoga. n Y, Sept. 4.-Today is
Futurity Day, but unless the uneX-
pecled happens it will not make rae
ing history. The youngsters who
might give the years 2-year old clas-
sic real Importance are not eligible
and the best expected at the track
this afternoon was that it would
prove good horse race. One inter
esting possibility is White Hackle,
sold by John Madden to the Shoshone
stable for $4,000 1t is remembered
that Madden sold Novelty about a
month before Novelty won the Flu
turity in 1910.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-04
High Priyates in wax.

ondon, Aug. - CBy maiD-Sol-
diers and civilians alike who failed
to see OLeary, Belcher and Dwyer,
during the brief sojourn of the 3
priyates who have won the Victoria
Cross on the battlefield and become
famous, are flocllinp to Madame Taus-
saud's, the famous London wax
works.
These men who have returned to
the trenches are therein wax.
General Botha, who conquered Ger
man Southwest Africa, is also there.
The Kaiser is also present, his uni
form replaced. He is seen glaring
ut his friend, the Sultan of Turkey.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-04
Aer0plane Work Under Way.

Pensacola, Fla, Sept. 4.--Fhe ma
Wy department is expected to open
the machine shops for the repair and
fitting of aeroplanes here some time
tins week Captain Mustla, who is
in charge of The aeronautic grounds,
has been authorized to eXpend 500
900 in construction and remodelng of
the premises so as to accommodate
about 50 officer students.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-04
500 Mile Race al St. Paul.

st. Paul, Sept. with Resta, De
Palma, Oldfield, Wilcox, Cooper, Por-
Porato, Anderson and Bergdahl en-
tered for the $4,000 purse, st. Paul's
FIRST speedway 50O-mie race started
this morning The track is = miles
and 100000 will lie given as first
prize, with apportionment Of other
prizes.
One thousand men worked day and
night to put $50 acres of ground in
order for today's race. Just 30O,0
cubic yards Of earth we're removed
In grading. In order to pave the
course, 10000 barrels of cement were
used, and 100000 feet of lumber
wera used to provide seating facili-
ties for l2S,000 Forty-foot safety
zones have been established.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-04
Electric Train Ditched.

Los Angeles, Sept 4.-Five Pacific
Electric trainmen narrowly escaped
eeath today when a freight train
speeding to San Bernardno was
ditched at Wimar, mile east of Ra-
mona Acres. Nobody was hurt. The
trucks Of the front oil tanker col
lapsed and the wreckage blocked the
tracks, stopping traffic
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-04
What the War Moves Mean.
BY j. w. + Mason.

- - " -'it'''''''r
written for The United Press)
New York, Sept. 3.-Gelmany has
recognized Sir Edward Grey's charge
that she is seeking tribute a. her
price of peace.
No denial of the charge has been
made. Instead, German newspapers
taunt England with being more fear
ful of paying Germany an indemnity
than of seeing the Allies lose amy
territory This is declared III Ber-
lin to be the reason the Germans are
so angry at the mention Of "trib
ute"
This argument, however, is not le
gitimate. Great Britain, with her grip
ON the colonies Germany has lost and
with her successful blockade Of ship
ping, certainly is not in a position
of disadvantage There can be no
levy on England or seizure of British
territory either under the present
conditions or under any at all likely
to arise before The conclusion Of the
war.
The Berlin newspapers are not 10
norant regarding these facts. They
are probably attempting to confuse
the issue regarding indemnites, or
else to create international excitement
and trepidation so as to reap the
benefits of the reaction in Germany $
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-04
Pennsylvania Day.

San Francisco, Sept. Today was
Pennsylvania day at the Panama Pa
cific exposition. Governor Martin }.
Brumbaugh Of Pennsylvania was here,
accompanied by large party of of
ticials and friends and the Second
regiment of the National Guard of
Pennsylvania.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-04
(haSlnp Bandits.

Brownsville, Sept. 4.-Troops and
civilians are rapidly trailing the flee
ing murderers of > Americans. 1t
was thought the band had been round
ed up, but those trapped proved to
be a mere handful and the main body
escaped. The MeNieans are wearing
the uniforms Of various factions
They resumed raidiog operations this
afternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-04
Methodist C'huich.

The pastor, Rev. McAmmond, has
returned from his vacation and will
preach at both services. on Sabbath.
At II a. m. his theme will be "Steph-
en-" In the evening he will speak
ON "The Man at the Beautiful Gate"
Sunday school at 9:45. Epworth
League at Z p. IN. Mr.. McAmmond will
only be here few more Sundays and
will be pleased to meet all the mem
bers and friends there remaining days
of his stay. All will be welcome.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-04
Takes Back Confession.

Providence, X. l., Sept 4.-The 3
negroes who confessed to killing DR..
c. Franklin Mohr, saying Mrs. Mohr
had hired them to murder him and
paid them $4,000, repudiated the con
fession today. The police are max
ING a strenuous effort to corroborate
the negroes original allegations.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-04
Newport Horse Show On.

Newport, R. l., Sept. 3.-The an
nual Newport horse show, attracting
as usual many of the finest harness
and saddle horses in the East, opened
at the Casino today and will continue
until Sunday evening. Prizes will be
awarded in AZ classes. The judges are
Charles P. Williams, R. Penn Smith
and Richard Newton, Jr.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-04
W aitinp for NnIe.

Washington, Sept. 1.-The German
embassy stated today that Ambassa-
dor Won Bernstorff is scheduled to
arrive in Washington from New
York Monday. II is believed he is
possibly coming to present Ger
many's Arabic note and discuss the
prevalent peace rumors.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-04
British Sailors
In q Brave Act

cled the Turkish encampment and
planted the dynamite. They returned
safely before the explosion, reached
the submarine unjetected, and the
vessel returned safely to the home
base.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-04
AT THE CHURCHES
Christian Church.

Sunday school, 10 a. m. Preaching
by the pastor, Rev. w. u Conley,
II; subject, "A Man After Gods Own
Heart; solo by Miss Carrie McCor-
mick. Christian Endeavor, 6:45.
Preaching by the pastor, 7:45; sub
ject, "ln the Valley Of Decision; solo
hy X. II. MadduX A cordial invita-
ton is extended to all.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-04
First Baptist Church.

Walter S. Reed, minister. The pas
tors subject for the morning sermon
will be THE Holy Spirit" This serv-
ice will be followed by the Lords
Supper. The evening topic will be,
Goods Plumline." Sunday school at
9:45 a. m. Morning worship, IL.
Young Peoples meeting, Gas p. m.
Evening service, 7:45 p. m.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-04

daring undertaken since the opening
of the Dardanelles campaign. The
submarine threaded the mine fields
and penetrated the Gulf of lsmid.
Under cover of darkness 7 sailors
disembarked, carrying dynamite, cir
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-04

Athens, Sept. 4.-Seven men from
British submarine dynamited span
of the important Gebze railway
bridge, 25 miles southeast of Con
stantinople. The feat was the most
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-04
PineknOt Lodge Burns.

Redlands, Sept. 4.-Fire destroyed
PineKnot Lodge, Big Bear valley, to-
Gay. Overheated flues caused the
fire.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-05
Lord De,by's Scheme Seeks $4,000 Recruits Weekly for
Year; By Voluntary System or Consumption Coun-
try Prepares to Maintain Seventy Divisions
in Field Until 1916, If Necessary:
FUTURE LOSSES OF $500, 900 ALLOWED FOR
Remarkable and Downs Volunteering Shown Table Covering
Year. During Which 100000 Men Came Forward; Weekly
Enistmens Varied From 100000 to $4,000.

ginning of March not many more
than 10000 volunteered in two weeks,
while from February 2e to March 22
the weekly return averaged only
1900.
After trifling changes, the return,
by May "a, had climbed back to 3s,-
100. There was no increase in re-
cruiting traceable to either the bloody
battle of Ncuve Chapelle or the sink
ing of the Lusitania. But in the
week ending May 81 recruits doubled.
and one week later the high-water
mark for the year. just over 100000,
was touched. There was a rapid fall
to $4,000 for. the week of August ?,
then a gradual recovery to 10000 on
August 20. and from that time until
Lord Derby's plan was announced
the decline was continuous. The an
nouncement that eligibles would be
canvassed caused jump to over 3o,-
600 recruits in each of the two weeks
following October II, the last for
which l have the returns.
One Interesting Fact.
There is one supremely interesting
deduction that may be made from the
figures given above before Lord
Derby's task is considered. Lord
Kitchener probably believes, and
probably has persuaded the govern
ment that it is not safe to expect the
power OF Germany to be broken with
in much less than two years.
His plan is to put seventy divisions
of I,4oo, 900 men in the field and keep
them there. and when the campaign
of next spring opens he will have. be-
sides the home defense army, 500 900
reserves for these divisions. men who
have already enlisted, and 2,ooo, 900
more to be called out and trained as
needed. The latter are the men Lord
Derby is now after and the expected
contributions from the colonies. The
official estimate that modern war cx-
acts 100 per cent wastage year will
permit the British armies to lose
2,Soo, 900 men in the ensuing two
years and still have in the field, in
the spring OF 1918, the original sew
.nty divisions at full strength.
If the war minister did not think it
necessary to prepare for two years in
advance, it he thought Germany
could be crushed next summer, he
would be likely to heed the outcrics
of Col. Repington and other military
experts, some on the general staff,
who clamor for twenty or thirty new
divisions. But Kitchener says his
seventy arc enough, and his present
intention as his officers understand it
is to organize not another new unit.
Thirty new divisions could be cre-
ated from the material now at hand,
The Washington herald., 1915-12-05

equipped and trained at once; hence
the adoption of the group system, by
which single hen will be called up be-
fore married men and young men BE-
fore older ones. The figure 1000. 900
given as that of the total of "unstar-
red"men, is designedly approximate,
but is within 10000 of the exact
number.
The war office, early in the present
month, sent to the military officer
commanding each district in the
United Kingdom a bundle of pink
slips, representing all the "unstarred'
men in his district. .
At this stage the work was taken
in hand by the parliamentary re-
cruiting committees. These organiza-
tions are simply the local political
bodies which in peace time labored
with the voters on behalf of the Lib
eral. Unionist and Labor parties.
When war came, these committees all
over the country combined, under the
presidency of the most prominent
man OF the district, and pooled their
resources. They have been of inval-
liable help to the war office in re-
cruiting, because their canvassers
knew the voters personally, and most
men of military age are voters. The
situation is just as if America went
to war with, say. Bolivia, and
throughout the country all the State
committees, county committees and
district committees of the Republican,
Democratic and Bull Moose parties
combined and worked not for votes,
but for volunteers. If the United
States ever has great war, the prece-
lent these parliamentary commit
tees have set in England will be well
worth following.
The military commander OF each
district, when he got his pink slips
containing the names of the "unstar-
rcd" men, turned them over to the
recruiting committees, which trans
ferred the names to blue slips and
handed the pink slips back to the mil
itary officers. with no desire to pre-
1ict that the scheme is going to fail,
because there are absolutely no data
at hand to judge it as whole, ! may
say that in this process OF transfer
ring the names from the pink slips to
the blue slips there has been much
muddling. Thousands of pink slips
were sent out from the war Office
covered with illegible writing which
the parliamentary recruiting commit
tees can't read The amount OF cler-
ical labor involved in handling these
millions OF slips was enormous. On
each slip appears the "unstarred"
mans name, address, area number,
year OF birth. occupation. employers
name and address, whether married
and if so how many children under
sixteen and how many over sixteen,
if single how many dependants.
The parliamentary committees. at
ter transferring 100000 names with
the particulars given above from the
pink to the blue slips. posted c,ooo. 900
copies OF a personal appeal from
Lord Derby to enlist. These appeals
were supposed to go only to "unstar-
red" men. 1t is to be hoped that
the 1000, 900 all got theirs; great
many not among the 100000. or at
least who don't belong among the
1000 900, were favored. Included
among the people thus implored by
Lord Lerby to respond to your
country's call" were all the Ameri-
cans OF military age know in Lon