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Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1916-02-18
it now stands that liners carrying
arms shall be immune from attack
under previous assurances.
RIDER HAGGARD STARTING
STUDIES IN EMPIRE BUILDING

London, Feb. 17.--Sir Rider Hag
gard has left England on a trip
around the world with mission from
the Royal Colonial Institute to inves.
tigate the chances for empire building
after the war.
His plan is to prevent the emigra.
tion to foreign countries of soldiers
and their families after the war and
to direct steady streams of these wal
veterans to the British colonies
South Africa, Australia, New Zealand
Canada and the many insular colonies
thus recruiting the population with
sturdy and intelligent class and
holding them within the British en-
pire.
1t is the latest phase of the i'm
perial movement which seeks to bind
together the mother country and the
oversea dominions into a vast confed-
eracy.
The effect of the movement would
of course, be to keep war emigrants
from going to the United States or
South American countries, where the
status of imperial citizens eventually
would be lost.
Sir Rider tai ked with the Associated
Press just before starting on his trip.
While he is one of the interesting lit
erary figures of England he is besides
a justice of the peace and his home
town is Norfolk, and a student of land
settlement, unemployment and agri-
culture, and this qualification led to
his choice as commissioner for the
Royal Institute to investigate the out
look for retaining war veterans with
in the empire after the war.
He goes first to South Africa, then
eastward to the Straits Settlements,
Australia, New Zealand, and will be
in America next summer or fall.
81 am going to inquire" said Sin
Rider, Unto the possibilities of the
British empire or at any rate of 6
large portion of it with reference tc
land settlement and employment Of eX
service men after the war"
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1916-02-18

The boys pig raising clubs of I'M
perial county will give banquet at
Central Union High School Tuesday,
February 20, for which the following
program has been arranged:
Toast List.
Toastmaster, l.. ]. Thomas.
"Our Club" (Brawley) .........
........ President Ward Casey
"Our Club" (Calexico). ......"
...... President Ray Dunning
"Our Club" (El Centro). )........ ...
........ President Myrton Gray
"Our Club" (Holtville) ).........
........... President ARA Hall
"Om Club" UmperiaD ,.......
..... President Ephraim Angel
sour Sponsors, the Bankers AS
sociation" .... d. O. Robinson
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1916-02-18
u. s. TO SEEK COMPLETE
LUSITANIA AGREEMENT

Washington, Feb. 18.-Secretary
Lansing said late today that the Unit
ed States would accept nothing short
of q full and complete agreement in
the submarine controversy with Ger
many covering the points for which it
has contended as to the past and as
surances for the future.
Secretary Lansing said the United
States considered the announcement
of the new submarine campaign in
consistent with assurances previously
given, and that a merchant ship with
defensive armament and one without
guns not at all in the same class.
Assurance was wanted he said to
extend immunity from diners" to all
merchant ships.
Washington, Feb. 1S.-Secretary
Lansing today accepted the Lusitania
agreement as acceptable to the Unit
ed States in so far as it relates to
that case. But he asked Count Won
Bernstorff, the German amba ssador,
for assurances that Germany will not
carry out it's policy of sinking mer-
chant ships without warning to liners
even if they carry defensive arma-
ment.
The question of what constituted
defensive armament is to be deter
mined later in way not yet agreed
upon.
1t is suggested that the United
States may propose that guns mount
ed on the stern Of ships and capable
of being swung from Is to 80 degrees
in either direction might come within,
that clause.
1t was stated authoritatively that
Germany, because of it's unusual posi-.
ton, cannot and will not accept the
suggestion of the United States, as
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1916-02-18
Pig Raising Clubs Are
To Give a Banquet Soon

"The Club Movement ........
........R. r. lngels, u. Of c.
pig Feeding" "........L. c. Buskirk
"Care of Pigs" "..........,.Dr Cady
Menu.
Qmperial Valley products)
Roast Whole Pig Dressing
Apple Sauce
Mashed Potatoes Brown Gravy
Drowned Sweet Potatoes
Hot Biscuits Dairy Butter
Sweet Pickles Harvard Beets
Coffee
Ice Cream Assorted Cakes
The pigs for this banquet were fur
nished by Jacob Lorang, Imperial
and Q. c. Webster, manager River
side Orange Company ranch, Mulber-
iry.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1916-02-18

by Italians on the Austro- Hungarian
positions on the Javereck was re-
pulsed.
The statement adds that the
ground in front Of the new Austrian
positions in the Rombon district is
covered with Italian dead.
London, Feb. 18.-Great Britain has
not refused to allow food to reach
Poland, according to statement
made by Sir Edward Grey, the British
foreign secretary, in reply to a ques-
tion in the House of Commons to-
day.
The foreign minister added that the
Entente Allied governments had been
approached with request to permit
food to be sent to Poland under neu-
trail control, but that the Allies had
replied they could not consider the
question until the various methods
of spoliation" adopted by the Central
Powers had ceased.
To do otherwise he said, would be
merely to supply food to the Ger
mans.
Under the guise of a question to
Sir Edward Grey, Laurence Ginnell,
Nationalist member of parliament for
the north division of Westmeath,
made the allegation that pressure had
been used by the Entente Allies to
dissuade the Belgian government
from accepting from Germany an Of
fer to re-establish the integrity of
Belgium, to restore her independence
and to fully compensate her for dam
ages sustained. This brought blunt
answer from the foreign secretary
who said:
"The statement made in question is
entirely untrue
Sir Edward added that he believed
the statement of an offer being made
to Belgium also was untrue.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1916-02-18
Securities Seized by England.

New York, Feb. 17.-American Sc
curities consigned to bankers and
banking houses in the United States
We're declared today in financial cir
cles to be included in the large
amount Of mail seized by the British
government from the steamers Moor
dam and Rotterdam of the Holland
American line in British waters sew
eral weeks ago.
The securities were forwarded from
Amsterdam and other cities in Hol-
land.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1916-02-18

to Live Oak Springs leaves the main
highway.
The few bad places between the Hill
ranch and Campo are in passable
shape and the inspection party will in
all probability go on to Campo, where
one road crew is also at work.
Contributions of $32 worth of bridge
material were received today from
both the Blinn Lumber Company and
the Valley Lumber Company. The
Imperial Valley Creamery Company
also donated 100 pounds of butter for
the use of the road crews.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1916-02-18
Campaign To Begin
To Make a Dry State

paign against booze, and many local
people have rendered their services in
the work. 49,.
While Imperial was the banner
county in the state in percentage of
vote at the former election on dry
state, there were many who did not
vote in this question, and it is hoped
much better showing will be made
this year.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1916-02-18

Quietly the local plans are being
worked out to aid in making Califor-
MIA a dry state.
The first mass meeting of the cam
paign will be held at the Christian
church Sunday at 2, when the COM
mittee on organization will report.
1t is on the program to make q
VIGOROUS schoolhouse and street cam
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1916-02-18
Capture of ErZerum
Changes War Problem

New York, Feb. 1S.-The fall of
the great Turkish fortress of Erze-
rum, with 100000 prisoners and much
war material, captured by the Rus
slams, has sent a thrill of joy through
all of the Entente Ally countries, who
proclaim it the turning point of the
war. In the opinion of many mill
tary authorities this victory has made
impossible the expected German drive
on Egypt, especially in view of the
attitude of Roumania.
Paris, Feb. 1S.-Capture of the
great Turkish stronghold of Erzerum
by the Russians is declared by the
French newspapers today as The best
item of news for the Allies in many
months. The military experts dwell
upon the Importance of the capture,
declaring that it gives the Russians
the key to Asia Minor and is VIC
tory which will inevitably have far
reaching consequences.
General Berthaut in the Petit Jour-
nal says it is not only deadly blow
to Turkey, but an event which cannot
fail to have it's effect on the other
theatres of the war. Major De Civ
rieuX says in the Matin:
"The conquest of Erzerum is Of
more Importance than would be that
of any other fortress in the whole
war theatre. In Asia we are not faced
by strategic chessboard, ruled across
by railroads and excellent routes
along which fresh forces could be
brought up in a few days. Erzerum
was the solitary bulwark of the Turk
ish empire in Asia. Open spaces,
suitable for operations on great
scale, now present themselves to the
forces of the Grand Duke Nicholas of
Russia"
Vienna (via London), Feb. 18.-An
Austrian official statement issued to-
day announces that the eighth attack
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1916-02-18
English Gale Wrecks Buildings.

London, Feb. l7.-Great damage
has been done all over the country as
result of a 50-mile gale. Wires
are down, farm buildings and bridges
wrecked and railroad signal stations
demolished. The roads in some places
are flooded to a depth of 5 feet.
Wrecks of coasting vessels are re-
ported and cress channel traffic is
DELAYED.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1916-02-18

go on the free list May 1, with esti-
mated revenue loss at the rate of $4O,-
100000 annually. The repeal, which
is expected to pass both houses before
May 1, is provided for in the bill pre-
pared by Majority Leader Kitchin.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1916-02-18
Denies Warships Sunk.

London, Feb. 1.-THE British ad-
miralty, referring to the German
claim that two British warships were
sunk off the Doggerbank the night
of February 10, reiterates its previous
statement that only one vessel was
sunk and that the other three vessels
returned to port uninjured.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1916-02-18
Sugar Retains Duty.

Washington, Feb. 18.-The repeal
of the fere sugar clause of the Un-
derwood tariff law has been approved
as party measure by the House Dem
ocratic caucus.
As the law now stands, sugar would
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1916-02-18

Candidate No. was lin the lead at
the first counting of votes last night.
Some of you are very close to his
number. By little exertion you
may be first at the next count. Come
and see us and get new ideas of how
to increase your votes. Watch for our
Special Sales. We are having one to-
morrow. Come in and see about it.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1916-02-18

Directors Of Ell Centre Chamber of
Commerce last evening arranged for
a get-together banquet to be held at
Hotel Barbara Worth, Tuesday, the
goth. This will be the signal for a
great membership campaign. Those
present last evening were President
A. T.. Richmond, w. s. Fawcett, o
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1916-02-18
Booster Banquet Called
BY Ell Centre Chamber

seph F. Seymour, Jr., c. w. Barton,
Charles B. Folsom, c. w. Baldridge
and E. E. Clements.
The new organization is awakening
more interest than has been shown
for two years in work of this nature,
and it is predicted that the banquet
will draw big crowd
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1916-02-18

Vienna (via London), Feb. 18.-An
Austrian official statement issued to-
day announces that the eighth attack
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-07-07
THE TEST 0FACORPORA-
TION COMMISSIONER

The test Of corporation commits
sioner is his attitude toward the pub
lie and the corporations. Public SER
vice corporations have contended for
the right 70 promulgate rates, and
leave to shippers and the public the
burden Of proving them to be unjust,
discriminatory or inequitable. Corpo-
ration Commissioner W. ID. Humphrey,
in writing Commissioner Order No.
9S2, places the burden on the public
service corporations of showing that
a proposed rate is just, equitable and
not discriminatory, in the following
language:
'In determining the fairness Of rates
to be charged for public service, both
parties to the service must be consid-
cred. Neither the rights of the public
nor those of the carrier are to be ig-
nored. 1t is a rule Invariably enforced,
that before rates charged by the car
rier can be reduced, an opportunity
to be heard shall be given to the car
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-07-07
TROLL YOUR OWN"
FOR CIGARETTE
SATISFACTION! /!
With a BOOkOf Papers and "BuII"
Durham You Can Easily Make a
Cigarette That Will Give
You Greatest Enjoyment

To obtain a cigarette that ex-
actly suits your personal taste is
an easy matter - simply get a
sack Of Bull" Durham and roll
your own"
The far greater enjoyment and
satisfaction you get from such a
cigarette is surprising.
Bull" Durham is pre-eminently
fkecigarette tobacco-thec choicest
Virginia Carolina leaf grown.
By using Bull" Durham and
rolling his own the smoker not
only has the advantage of the
delicious mellow sweetness and
perfect mildness that this famous
tobacco gives him, but he can also
roll his cigarette to his personal
liking, and he has a much fresher
and more fragrant smoke.
In no other way can 4 cigarette
with so much individuality be
obtained than by rolling your
own" with Bull" Durham.
Try it yourself and see. It's
easy to acquire the knack Of roll
ing a Bull" Durham cigarette
a little practice viii do it.
Get a Scent sack today, and be
sure to ask for the free book Of
papers" that goes with it.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-07-07
STATEMENT SETS FORTH OBJECT
AND WORK OF UNITED CHARITIES

The United Charities submits to the
public the following statement:
On account of the faet that the coun-
ty commissioners advise us the poor
fund has been exhausted and we are
receiving only twenty-five dollars a
month from the city, we are greatly in
need Of funds
In this busy, bustling world we are
too prone to accept the easy pleasant
side of life, closing our eyes to the
sordid, -disagreeable side; yet when we
pause long enough, we are surprised
and show our sympathy by our gener-
osity.
Pause for a moment, fellow citizens,
and attentively lend me your ear, "our
cause is the common cause Of ALL for
we are each dependent on the other
and whatever affects our neighbor af
fects u.s.
We have several old people, friend
less and dependent, whom we care for
regularly.
One widow with several children
whom we have aided for several years
has just succeeded in getting perma-
nent employment, but it requires an
outlay of neat little sum to pay
transportation and freight before she
can go to the place and accept the po-
sition.
One man, age 67, is in the last stages
Of Bright's disease and is at times un-
conscious and requires careful atten-
tion.
Another case is a husband and wife,
both dependent, the husband totally
blind and the wife who weighs over
200 pounds, is paralyzed. l wish those
discontented with life could see this
couple, This poor blind man does not
assume the attitude that the world
owes him a living, but tries to help
himself as well as his wife. She lies
there, helpless, patient and uncom-
pldiHluB-
Eliminating the many other cases,
ard, for want Of space, the many phas-
es of our work, there is one that
must not close without mentioning,
which do with hesitation and regret;
for indeed and in truth the refined SEN
sibilities of effete Chiekasha will be
shocked.
4 widow had cancer on her face
and was in bed for months. AS the
county discontinued our monthly al
lowance, we helped as much as our
limited finances would permit, but
finally the worms got into the poor
womans face-a condition almost un-
believeable in an enlightened commu-
nifty. We secured a trained nurse for
the 16-year-old daughter upon whose
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-07-07

shoulders the burden had rested, was
exhausted. We did all we could but
death came to her as a great relief,
What's everybody's business is no
body's business.
Thus when you have an organiza-
tion that has stood the test of years,
has the work systematized and can do
it more thoroughly and iudiciously and
with less money, it were well that you
cooperate with your heart and money.
May we hope for your enthusiastic
interest and hearty support in our
every day work and with the happy an
ticipation Of seeing you Monday night
at our pageant and thanking you, we
are,
Sincerely and cordially yours,
UNITED CHARITIES.
BY Mrs. r. e. Riddle, President.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-07-07
Dog Caused Hahy's Death.

The death of ten-months-old chiid
at Birmingham, England, caused by a
chained dog, was investigated by the
coroner few days ago The two COM
panions were left alone for time, the
baby secured in a chair and the dog
chained to the door close by. When
the baby's mother returned she found
the little one lying on the floor stran-
gled. The dog had apparently leaped
on the chair, probably in play, and In
his antics the chain had been passed
round the baby's neck, gripping him
tighter and tighter as the dog strug-
gled for liberty. A verdict OF "acci-
dental death" was recorded.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-07-07

rier. Carriers insistently demand that
this opportunity shall be afforded in
order that they may produce such evil
dence and facts as they deem essential
to a proper determination of the rea-
sonableness of the rates proposed. In
our opinion, the public should not be
required to pay advanced rates without
an equal opportunity to be heard. In
other words, the public who pay the
rates ought to be considered upon the
same footing with the carriers who
furnish the service. No rates should
be increased unless there is good rea-
son therefor; il the carrier deems the
rates charged to be inadequate, GER
tainly this conclusion ought to be
founded upon facts within its posses
sion; if so, these facts could be pre-
sented to the commission without cast
ing any undue burden upon the car
rier; if the facts do not warrant such
increase, no advance in rates should
be allowed. Moreover it is a we'll
known fact that individual shippers
are seldom in position to successfully
attack the power of the carrier to
charge and collect its published rate;
the shipper must, if his commodities
are to be moved, pay whatever charge
is made and look to the future for rep
aration; advanced freight rates may
circumscribe the activities Of partic-
ular manufacturing concerns, and may
drive wholesalers and jobbers from
territory in which an extensive busi-
ness has been established Yet, it may
be found after a thorough investiga-
ton that there was no occasion for the
advanced rates. We believe it fairer
that the investigation into the reason
ableness of increased rates should be
made before the advances are put into
effect, rather than thereafter.
His Attitude Toward Public Duties At
tracts Non-Partlsan Commentator.
No candidate at this time is receiy-
ing so much voluntary commendation
through the editorial columns of the
press as is Corporation Commissioner
w. d. Humphrey He has been the
most active member of the commits
SION during the year that he has serv-
ed. He came to the commission with
the broad conception and keen under
standing of It's functions of one Of the
trainers Of the provision of the consti-
tuition creating it, He lost no time in
taking a full-fedged place on the COM
mission. He has been assigned to the
hearing of almost all varieties of
causes and complaints that are
brought to the commission. He con-
ducts his court with extraordinary dis
patch. His fine legal attainments
show him to advantage as a jurist.
Consequently this favorable comment
is not limited to democratic papers.
The Bartlesville Examiner. independ-
ent, passes him this tribute:
"Mr. Humphrey is a candidate for
election to the 8-year term Of the cor
poration commission Of the state Of
Oklahoma, and he has many
warm supporters in Bartlesville
who believe he has rendered val
liable service and viii continue to SO
conserve the gas industry as to make
the Oklahoma gas supply bring sacto-
ries and industries TO the state that
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-07-07

otherwise would not come. II is claim
ed that the conservation OF gas by the
commission is today the greatest fac
tor IN securing the investment of cap
ital in Oklahoma, as it is in itself IN
insurance that cannot be given in any
other state or gotten in any other
way save by the administration Of the
state laws governing the gas produc.
ton, distribution and consumption Of
gas by wen balanced and qualified
commission"
Commissioner Humphrey is one pub
lic officer who can neither be coerced
nor cajoled into doing anything that
he does not believe to be right.-No-
wata Star.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-07-07
JOE BuRNEY JOINS GUARDS.

A phone message from Joe Burney
at 1T. Sill last night asking that his
clothes be sent to him was the first
intimation his family had that he had
joined the National Guards. Joe left
Chickasha Wednesday night and is
now a cavalryman in Troop B of the
National Guards. He will leave Wed
nesday. June u, for Ft. Sam Houston.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-07-07

Classified advertisements, such as
WANTED" "For Rent" "For sale,
etc. will positively not be received for
the Express by phone. They must be
brought TO the office. Please do moi
phone them, It Is embarrassing 20 US
to refuse to receive them. f1-3-tf
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-07-07

The Dutton Sunday school and La
dies Aid gave a picnic in the Hurst
grove on the Fourth which was quite
an enjoyable affair A short program
Of songs, readings and speeches was
given. Mrs. Grace Tibbets very effec-
tually rendered "The Declaration Of
Independence"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-07-07
ROCK ISLAND NOTES.

Engineer w. B. Keegan returned yes
terday from trip to Chicago.
Master Mechanic G. NJ Stone is in
Ell Reno today.
o. r. Covalt, road foreman of equip
ment, was here from El Reno yester-
day.
Ellis Williams, travelling claim adj
justor, was in the city from El Reno
this morning.
Harry Stoner, machinist, left last
night for two weeks vacation visit
in El Reno.
Fred Funda, surveyor from El Re-
no, spent yesterday in Chickasha.
Roadmaster J. II. Lynch went to
Mangum this morning.
" e. Perry, machinist, was an Ell
Reno business visitor in Chickasha to-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-07-07

" r. Perry, machinist, was an Ell
Reno business visitor in Chickasha to-
day.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-07-07

Z. - AN s
Absolutely Removes
Indigestion. One package
proves it. 25c at all druggists.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-07-07

The Dutton Community club will
meet next Monday evening. Mr. Noes
teller Caddo. and Mr.. Cooper, Grady
county agents, will make talks and a
short program viii also be rendered.