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EDUCATORS WILL MEET
ON PACIFIC COAST

SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 16.-Seven
educational congresses, covering the
work of every public school in the
United States, have been added to the
list of educational conventions to be
held in connection with the Panama
Pacific exposition.
This increases the total number of
exposition conventions to $50.
The seven congresses are National
Federation of State Teachers associa-
tions, National Association of Teacher
Agencies, National Association OF
State Supervisors and Inspectors of
Rural Schools, State High School In
spectors' association, City Normal
School association, Association of
State Superintendent and Educational
Press Association of America.
Virtually all the educational conven-
tions will be held between June Is and
26.
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/. A. COUNTY SUES S.. p.
FOR FLOOD DAMAGE

LOS ANGELES, Mar. 16-Los An
geles county, defendant in numerous
flood damage complaints, instituted a
suit in behalf of itself for $26,461, rep.
resenting, it is alleged, the value of
property at the county farm destroyed
during February last year.
The county sued the Southern Pa
cific, alleging that the overflow at the
farm was caused by the negligent con-
struction of the railway company's
bridge over the Rio Hondo.
Shortly after the county filed this
suit it was made defendant in an ac-
tion recorded by Christ Walter, who
demands $4,000 for damages done to
his ranch by the floods of last year.
Walter asserts that the county bridge
over the Rio Hondo acted as a dam
and backed the water over his land.
The Parker post., 1915-03-20
SALARIES OF COUNTY
EMPLOYEES SCHEDULED

LOS ANGELES, Mar. 16.-The super
visors adopted a policy regarding ad-
vancement of salaries of county en-
ployes. Under the present system
there are three groups of salaries
the beginning salary, an advance after
six months, and a further advance
after two years.
At the suggestion of Supervisor
Hamilton, this was amended to pro-
vide that there may be an advance
from the first to second class for "mer-
itorious and efficient service prior to
to the end of the first six months, and
for an advance to the third class only
for exceptionally meritorious service" "
This disposes of the impression that
advances will be made from one group
to another automatically upon the ex-
piration of certain periods of time.
The Parker post., 1915-03-20
LAND SHARKS RECEIVE BLOW
FROM U. S. LAND OFFICE
NEW ORDER JUST ISSUED BY
GENERAL LAND OFFICE
One of the Most Important of Kind
Ever Made - Enforcement Will
Safeguard Homeseekers From
Crooked Operations

LOS ANGELES, Mar. 16-What is
declared to be one of the most import
ant rulings affecting desert land en-
tries ever made by the United States
general land Office has been received
from Washington
The new rules state that at the time
of filing the applicant must indicate
the source of the water supply; char.
acter of the irrigation works construct
ed or in process of construction; res
ervoirs for storage, canals, fumes or
other methods by which water is to be
! conserved and conveyed to the land;
if by direct diversion, the character
and volume of the streams or springs,
whether perennial, flowing or intermit-
tent.
There must be specific showing as
to the altitude of the land, character
of the soil, and to what points upon
the tract the bitches or latera1s are to
be extended; and it must be shown
that the land is of such a character
that it can be irrigated from the pro-
posed system.
Should the applicant allege com
pany, association or an irrigation dis
Cl1CL CuO pIOpOoOu 0OulCO VI WdCO1
supply, upon which report has not
been submitted, the chief of the field
| division will investigate such project
and have a report submitted to the
| general land Office making a definite
recommendation as to the allowance of
original entries under the project, and
will transmit the application involved
in the report.
If the project alleged as the source
| of the water supply has been reported
upon but no action on such report has
been taken by the general land Office
| the chief of the field division will trans.
nit the report to the general land Of
flee with appropriate recommendation
If the applicant alleges project which
has been passed upon by the general
| land Office, the chief of the field di
vision will consider the same in ac
cordance with the conclusions reached
Should the general land office, after
careful consideration of the examiners
report and the showing made by the
applicant, deny the right to enter, the
applicant will be allowed the right to
apply for hearing or to appeal, as he
may desire.
| Taken as a. whole, the new ruling
practically will revolutionize the pro
cess of acquiring desert lands, but it is
declared that it will result in great
benefit to homeseekers.
The Parker post., 1915-03-20
BEAcHEY PLUNGES 1000 FEET
TO DEATH AT EXPOSITION

SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 15.-Lincoln
Beachey, whose skill and daring as an
aviator have echoed around the world,
was claimed yesterday afternoon by
the elements which he has so long de-
fed, when the new German taube, in
which he had hoped to demand his
complete mastery Of the air, folded its
toylike wings and plunged from a
great height into the waters of the bay.
Before the Mortified gaze of $4,000
people who had witnessed his flight
from the Marina, in front of the Pal
ace of Mines, at the exposition, the
peer of aerial champions went to an
end as spectacular as his remarkable
career.
Beachey was on his second flight,
after having thrilled the spectators
with a series of graceful loops, and
had successfully flown upside down
across the blue expanse of heaven at a
height of 1000 feet, when the mono
plane collapsed in the sea. Quivering
for a fraction of an instant like a
wounded bird, the machine, shrouded
in flame and vapor, hurtled from aloft
as dead weight.
Strapped in the aluminium body of
the car, Beachey disappeared beneath
the waves. When the rescuers arrived,
a moment later, there was hardly a
ripple on the surface only a small
piece of the wooden frame f1oated to
mark the spot where the hero of the
air had gone to his doom.
Just what caused the tragedy is a
matter of supposition. Even experts
and Beachey's mechanicians cannot
definitely account for the death.
The Parker post., 1915-03-20
LEGISLATURE RE-C0NVENES
FOR AN E|CHT-W SESSION
TWENTY Five BILLS ON file IN THE SENATE while ASSEMBLY
HAS UPWARD OF ONE HUNDRED FOR final APPROVAL
System of Rural Credits Receiving Great Deal of NATURALIZATION Pre-
send Requesting That No Regulations for nes bPssed at this
Seson-No Saloon Tax Measure Will be Adopted is Claimed

bill authorizing the use of convict la
Dor on the state highways, a bill by
Gebhart to prevent the importation of
livestock affected with communicable
disease, and a resolution by Canepa
to quench the fog song of the steam
siren on Alcatraz island, in San Fran
cisco bay.
Assemblyman Gelder's "bed sheet"
bill, providing for nine-foot sheets on
hotel beds, passed by the assem-
bly, by large majority, and reconsid-
cred by unanimous vote in the lower
house at the request of the state immi-
grafton commission, has been referred
back to the lower house public health
committee.
Petitions Presented
The legislature is asked to let the
goats and jitneys alone, and to further
the cause of peace, stopping the ship
ment of food to the warning nations.
Assemblyman Lyon of Los Angeles,
native home of the jitney, sent up the
petition from a large number of his
constituents requesting that no legis-
lation for the regulation of the jitneys
be passed.
The petition declares that the jitney
is a poor mans institution and should
not be molested.
From San Bernardino came the peti-
tion asking that the goat be allowed
to roam at large, unhampered by legis-
lative restrictions. The petition was
put in by Assemblyman Johnson, and
asks for the defeat of the bill intro
duced by Assemblyman Conrad of San
diego to declare the goat nuisance.
No Saloon Tax
There will be no saloon tax meas
ure adopted at this session of the leg
islature, unless the bill of the Grape
Growers association, which puts the
saloons under state commission,
goes through.
Governor Johnson has sounded out
sentiment on the subject of a new di-
rect tax of $100 year on saloons, to
make up the deficit in state revenue,
and has reported, it is said, to the
leaders in the legislature, that it will
arouse tremendous opposition.
This leaves the state with just
enough money, under the raise in cor
poration tax rates, to pull through on
the necessary appropriations outlined
| by the state board of control. AS a
consequence, practically all proposed
legislation which carries appropria-
tions will die in the finance commit
| tees.
The Parker post., 1915-03-20

SACRAMENTO, Mar. 16.-The Sec
ond half of the bifurcated session of
the legislature opened with many of
the legislators favOring a general re-
vision of the statutes and a re-codifi-
cation of laws.
The question of how long the ses-
sion will last is one that is the subject
of much speculation. Some of the
guessers say eight weeks.
The appointment by Governor John
son of the three members to the new
water commission is expected while
the second half of the legislature is in
session, and speculation is rife as to
who will be named.
Many Bills Ready
twenty-five bills, resolutions and
constitutional amendments were on
the file, ready for a final vote in the
senate, when it reconvened.
In the assembly, which exercised
greater industry before the recess,
there were upwards of 100 bills ready
to be taken up for final vote.
Among these bills in both houses
were some of the outstanding meas
ures which have been looked upon as
battle-ground in the present session.
Dust-Proof Bill Center Of Interest
The one which has centered most
interest is the bill requiring dust-proof
sacks for cement. In both houses the
bill received a majority recommends
tion for passage and a minority recon-
mendation that it do not pass.
Among other important measures,
the one recommended by Governor
Johnson, of some sort of system of
rural credits, is receiving a great deal
of attention. Yet the legislators who
have looked into rural credits plan
say that nothing effective or beneficial
can be done until constitutional
amendment is passed, eXempting rural
credit bonds from taxation. With the
taxes, it is estimated that the rural
credit bonds would cost the farmers
just as much as money borrowed from
| banks.
One of the prominent labor bills,
called the anti-spotters' bill, and di-
rected against corporations which en-
ploy secret agents to report on their
employees, was ready for final vote,
and it's supporters said it would be put
to a vote without delay.
Other Assembly Bills
Other assembly bills ready for con-
elusive action we're Bruck's bill for a
state excise board to regulate and re-
duce the number of saloons, Meek S
The Parker post., 1915-03-20
u. S. TO HAVE WIRELESS
CAPE COD TO NORWAY

CHATHAM, Mass, Mar. 16.-Direct
wireless communication between the
United States and a neutral nation Of
Europe soon will be possible for the
first time since the war began, through
stations now virtually completed on
Cape Cod and in Norway.
These stations have been established
by the Marconi Wireless Telegraph
Company of America. It is generally
reported that the plants are intended
to meet the situation arising from the
war.
The Parker post., 1915-03-20
HIGHEST STACK IN WORLD
SERVES ARIZONA MINE

CLARKDALE, Ariz., Mar. 16.-The
large smokestack at the new smelter
of the United Verde company at
Clarkdale is 400 feet high, and the tall
est in the world without braces.
It is expected that it's height will
prevent but slight emission of the
fumes from it's top, and what does es-
cape will not affect to any appreciable
extent the vegetation along the valley.
At that great height, what fumes do
escape will receive wide distribution
by the air currents. What with pecu-
liarly constructed dust chambers, baf-
fiers and sack houses, the smoke nuis-
ance from the big smelters is reduced
to minimum. Some day every par
ticle will be utilized for beneficial pur-
poses.
The Parker post., 1915-03-20
COUNTY TO BUY PART
OF MONOLITH PLANT

LOS ANGELES, Mar. 16.-That the
county will purchase three-fourths
interest in the Monolith cement plant
has been practically decided upon at a
conference between the supervisors
and the city council
The remaining one-third is to be
held by the city.
The county counsel was instructed
to prepare the necessary resolution
on the subject, and meantime final
personal inspection of the plant will
be made by the members of the board.
The Parker post., 1915-03-20
HOW TO SOW SEEDSYAND
HOW TO PLANT,EXPLAINED
SHOULD BE SOWN IN BOXES OR
SMALL HOT BEDS
When Large Enough, Transplant to
Open Ground-SoiI Must Be Kept
in Warm and Moist Con-
dition Continually

LOS ANGELES, Mar. 16.-All small
seeds, like celery or seeds of similar
size, should be sown in boxes or small
hot beds until such time as they grow
large enough, to be transplanted in
the open ground. In planting these
seeds, as above directed, they should
times the size of the seed in depth of
soiD. The soil must be kept in a
warm and moist condition, thus favor
ing the seed with every opportunity to
grow. The young plants should remain
in the boxes of hot beds until they are
large enough to transplant, that is,
when they are between one and two
inches in height.
Particular care should be taken in
watering the plants while still in the
boxes, as the general tendency is to
overdo and keep them too wet. This
will create mouldy conditions, besides
encouraging fungus growths which
commonly thrive under such condi-
tions. Sow the seeds in slight or shall
low furrows made with a pointed
stick.
When removing them from the bed,
plenty of soil should remain about the
roots, and the trench in which they are
to be deposited outside must be deep
enough to allow the roots the freedom
necessary to continue healthy growth.
However, if you wish to spend little
extra time, and take pleasure in your
garden, you can promote stronger
growth of the plants by transplanting
from the bed into paper pots or bot
tomless cans filled with well-pulver-
lied and rich soil. This will insure
root force and cause a steadier growth
of the plants, and they should remain
in these receptacles undisturbed for a
week or two.
Now comes the time to move them
to the open. Take paper pot, plant
and soil, place in the permanent grow
ing bed, and the growth of the plant
will continue unchecked. Tomatoes,
eggplant, peppers, melon, squash, GU
cumbers and cantaloupe seeds may be
planted in the above described man
ner, and by being kept in warm, pro-
tected place, gain of several weeks
growth will be made before removing
the plants to the open bed.
Transplanting should take place in
either the evening or during cloudy
weather, if possible, but if necessary
to transplant during the day, when the
sun is shining, the young plants may
be protected by using small paper
cones.
The Parker post., 1915-03-20
OLIVE DAY TO BE
CELEBRATED MARCH 81

SAN DIEGO, Mar. 16.-In accordance
with plans outlined by the Oroville
Chamber of Commerce, March 81 will
be Olive day at the Panama California
exposition. The day will be featured
by large display of Southern Califor-
mia olives and by-products. The expo
sition officials also plan to inaugurate
movement among Californians to use
California olives instead of the import
ed brands.
To stimulate the consumption of
olives grown in California, the states
growers planned great "eat olives
day.
California's ripe and picked olive
crop totals $2,O0O,OOO, and the olive oil
industry $1,OO0,OOO annually.
The Parker post., 1915-03-20
Thieves Run Mine at NIGHT

GRASS VALLEY, CAL, Mar. 16.-Ru-
mors of robbery at mines at You Bet,
this county, early in January, whereby
over $4,000 in gold disappeared, have
been confirmed. 1t is stated that fifty
carloads of rich gravel which was be-
ing held in a chute was run through
the mill and a cleanup made by the
thieves in one night. The mill is in a
remote place, and it chanced that no
one heard the mill running. The af-
fair was kept secret in an effort to
catch the robbers, but no arrests have
been made.
The Parker post., 1915-03-20
TIPPLERS OF VODKA
ARE SENT TO SIBERIA

NEW YORK, Mar. 16.-"Siberia for
souses' is the watchword in Russia
right now, according to M. L. Won
CLAIM, vice-president of the Baldwin Lo-
comotive works, who returned from a
business trip to Russia aboard the
Scandinavian-American line steamship
United States.
"Of course, they don't say it that
way said Vonclain, "but it goes. Sec
ond Offenders caught loaded on vodka
hit the long trail for Siberia. Russia
is riding on the water wagon without
springs
The Parker post., 1915-03-20
BOXING MEASURE
PASSED IN NEVADA

CARSON CITY, New, Mar. 16.-The
bill permitting twenty-round boxing
contests in this state was passed by
the Nevada legislature. The bill now
goes to the governor for his signature
A similar bill was defeated several
weeks ago by the house.
The Parker post., 1915-03-20
Ruling on Election Laws

SANTA ROSA, Cal, Mar. 16.-Su-
perior Judge Seawell gave a new in
depreciation to the election laws of
California when he ruled that unless
ballot had been wrongful1y marked
by the voter with an apparent delib-
Grafton to do so, it should be counted
The Parker post., 1915-03-20
TELECRAPH|C NEWS
IN PARAGRAPHS
CLEANED FROM NUMEROUS SECTIONS
OF BOTH ENISPHERES
Dispatches PGturing Developments From the Out
side World Stripped Of Unnecessary
Details and Presented in Brief
Bread Price Drops

NEW YORK, Mar. 16-The price
of bread has gone back to the 5-cent
loaf as result of the recent drop in
the price of flour. Six cents a loaf
had been charged for over a month
by the large bakeries.
The Parker post., 1915-03-20
MiIitiaman Fined $25

PASADENA, Mar. 16.-H. B. Wilsey,
the member of the local militia COM
pany arrested several weeks ago for
failure to report for drill, was found
guilty by Judge Mcdonald and fined
$25. 1t was found that the excuses
given by Wilsey to his company cap
tain would not hold up under investi-
cation.
The Parker post., 1915-03-20
Phone Via Wireless From Train

CHICAGO, Mar. 16-The use of the
wireless telephone from a moving
train has been successfully demon
strated by the Delaware, Lackawanna
& Western railroad. Messages were
exchanged between a train and sta
tion twenty-six miles ahead. Arrange
ments are to be made to enable pas
sengers to talk over the wireless.
The Parker post., 1915-03-20
70 BRITISH VESSELS
SUBMARINES RECORD

LONDON, Mar. 15 - A total of
seventy British vessels have been sunk
by German submarines, according to
an official announcement by the admir-
atty. Forty-six ships were lost before
the German blockade was declared,
and twenty-four have been sunk since.
Forty-seven fishing vessels have been
sunk.
The Parker post., 1915-03-20
City's "Profit" 100000

CHICAGO, Mar. 16.-Approximately
$3,0O0,O00 will be received by the city
of Chicago as it's share of the last
years surface line profits, according
to estimates made by accountants in
the city comptroller's office.
The Parker post., 1915-03-20
Chinese Defeat Stanford

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Mar. 16.
The Chinese baseball team of the
University of Hawaii defeated the
Stanford university varsity nine here
in fast game by the score of IL to 7.
Ako twirled for the Chinese, with
Mark on the receiving end, while
Hoover and Landere formed the bat
terry for Stanford.
The Parker post., 1915-03-20
GREATER NEW YORK
POPULATION 5.333,547

NEW YORK, Mar. 16.-New York's
new city directory for 1915 is out The
book lists 1,104,676 names of individ-
uals, and gives the population of
Greater New York as 5,444,547.
The Parker post., 1915-03-20
Russia Buvs Steel

JOHNSTOWN, Pa, Mar. 16.-An or
der for 46,5OO tons of steel, valued at
$2,OOO,OOO, to be used in the manufac-
ture of shrapnel, has been received
by the Cambria Steel company from
the Russian government, according to
an authoritative source.
The Parker post., 1915-03-20
Turks Withstand Attack.

BERLIN, Mar. ia Constantine
ople dispatch reiterated the claims
that the allies bombardment of the
Dardanelles forts had been wholly un-
successful. Another British landing
corps, variously estimated at 1000 or
1000 men, is reported to have been
driven back. An unconfrmed rumor
says that these men were captured or
killed by the Turks.
The Parker post., 1915-03-20
Texas Defeats Suffrage

AUSTIN, Texas, Mar. 16.-Womans
suffrage was defeateu by the legisla-
ture when the house by majority of
three voted against the proposition be-
ing submitted to a vote of the people
in the form of proposed amendment
to the constitution.
The Parker post., 1915-03-20
Lassen Active for Eightieth Time

CHICO, Mar. 16.-Mount Lassen in
dulged in another, the eightieth, erup-
tion, the display lasting more than an
hour.
Slight rumblings were heard just be-
fore the blowout and following the
main explosion.
The report that Mount Stover, in the
Lassen range, is in eruption was de-
MED by residents near the mountain.
The Parker post., 1915-03-20
Authorize Expenditure

SAN DIEGO, Mar. 16.-The city
council has authorized the expenditure
of $4,000 in the construction of bulk
head along the harbor front north of
Maple street. The work is part of
the municipal harbor improvement
plan.
The Parker post., 1915-03-20
Motion Pictures at Penitentiary

SALEM, Ore, Mar. 16.-For the
first time in the history of the state
penitentiary, religious service was
eliminated Sunday, and in it's stead
the prisoners saw motion pictures.
Governor Withycombe has sanctioned
a series of four Sunday performances.
The Parker post., 1915-03-20
COAST HAPPENINGS
MIRRORED HERE
BRIEF OUTLINE OF Current EVENTS
ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE
Condensed, Resume of the Weeks Happenings
Covering Events Of Interest from Nearby
PlaCeS---Wil Allow Rapid Scanning +
Prohibition for Alaska

JUNEAU, Alaska, Mar. 16.-A bill
providing for prohibition throughout
Alaska has been introduced in the ter
ritorial legislature.
The Parker post., 1915-03-20
Iceberqs Explode Gulf Mines

LONDON, Mar. 15.-Icebergs have
exploded a number of mines in the
Gulf of Bothnia, according to reports
brought to Hull by Swedish vessels.
Navigation is particularly perilous
in the Baltic and the North sea Just
now, it is said, owing to the mines
which have broken loose from their
moorings during storms.
Scandinavian naval authorities pa
troll the trade routes for these floating
menaces, some Of which have been
visible lately as far north as Skager-
ack and the mouth of Christiana ford.
The Parker post., 1915-03-20
Drys Win Victory in Minnesota

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Mar. 16.-Virtu-
ally complete returns from the munich
pal elections in about 200 towns and
cities of Minnesota showed the anti
saloon forces had been successful in
more than thirty towns previously in
the wet column.
Four towns that had been without
saloons, however, went over to the
wet side, leaving the division of towns
that voted yesterday at 102 dry and
sc wet. Rochester, the largest town
voting on the license issue, remained
with the vets.
The Parker post., 1915-03-20
Germans Pay Tribute to French

GermahS Fay TrIbute TO french
GENEVA (via Paris), Mar. 15.-The
first trainload of manned German pris-
oners of war who are to be exchanged
for wounded French soldiers arrived
here from Lyons, homeward bound,
last night.
The Germans paid tribute to the
kind treatment they had received in
French hospitals. After a long stop,
the train left for Schaffhausen, at the
northernmost point in Switzerland,
where it will pass the train carrying
incapacitated French prisoners on
their way home.