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Imperial Valley press., 1916-03-13

The question of the purchase of
Mexican territory, which must always
be looked on with great interest in this
region, has again been brought into
the iimelight by Senator Ashurt OF
Arizona, and it looks as though it
would not be lost sight of in the near
future. A dispatch to the Los An
geles Examiner gives the fo.owing
information regarding the newest fea-
lures of the measure:
Washington, March Ex-senator
Ashurst, backed by several other
western senators, has urged President
Wilson to begin nc ~otiations with the
Mexican governme.. 1t with a view to
purchasing a strip of land across
northern Mexico and The peninsula
of Lower California. The latter wou,1
Imperial Valley press., 1916-03-13

/ Lower California that would make eN-
cellent naval bases.
! Presiednt Wilson, it is understood,
made no promises except to state that
he would give the subject consideration
before he proposed these negotiations
with Mexico.
Senator Ashurst fortified himself
with number of large maps and
plats throwing much light upon the
early negotiations of Gadsden and il
Illustrating what great value this ter
ritory would be to this country.
/ The treaty of Guadaloupe Hidalgo,
negotiated under President Polk in
1S4S, fixed the Gila river as the south
ern boundary of the United States in
what is now the State of Arizona.
Statesmen looking to the future de-
velopment of the conutry and the need
of transcontinental railroad communi-
cation between the South and the Pa
cific coast, urged the acquisition of
additional territory from Mexico. The
construction of a railroad to the coast
along the southern route was thought
practically impossible in that day un-
less a small portion of Northern Mex
leo was obtained.
! President Pierce, in response to this
! demand, sent James Gadsden of Ala
bama to Mexico to negotiate treaty
with this purchase in view. He re-
turned with three treaties. They pro-
vided for the sale of territory as fo,-
lows:
l. Beginning at a point south OF
Ell Paso where the 31st parallel inter-
sected the Rio Grande, thence west
along the 31st parallel to the Gulf Of
California and including all of Lower
California, in consideration CT the pay
ment of s25,OOO,OOO in gold.
/ 2. Extending the present horizontal
southern boundary Of Arizona in a
straight line to the Gulf of Califor-
MIA, for which this country was t.
pay S15,O00,000 in gold.
8. Known as the skeleton" treaty
and giving the United States the terri
tory obtained in what subsequently, be-
came known as the "Gadsden pur-
chase" and for which the United
States paid S10.O00,000 in gold.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-03-13

The proposal of Senator Ashurst
now is to revive the stipulations set
forth in treaty No. l. He suggested
to the president that Mexico be paid
a reasonable sum in gold, the money
to be used to rehabilitate herself and
pay off the claims now standing
against Mexico.
The biggest political advantage of
such purchase would be the obtain
ing of Magdalena bay, where the Jap
anese are said to be colonlzng.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-03-13

Notice is hereby given that the tenth
annual meeting of the stockholders of
the capital stock CT Varney Brothers
& Company, a corporation, organized
and existing under and by virtue of
the laws OF the state of California,
will be held at the office OF said cor
500 to No. 5S3 Main street, in the City
of IIl Centre. County of Imperial. State
of California, at the hour of 2 O'Clock
the purpose of electing a Board of Di-
rectors of said Company to serve for
the ensuing year, and until their sue
cessors shall be elected and qualified,
and for the transaction of such other
and further business as may properly
come before said meeting.
Dated at Ell Centre, California, this
February 10, 1916.
(SeaD NJ. O. KING,
Secretary of said Varney Brothers &,
Company q CORPORATION.
BY order of the Board of Direc-
+ors March On
Imperial Valley press., 1916-03-13
Colorado River Water.

Mean daily gage heights, in feet
and mean discharges, in second-feet
of the Colorado river at Yuma, Ariz.
for the week ending March 10, 1916;
Imperial Valley press., 1916-03-13
LAUNDRY WORK FOR
MEN AND WOMEN

who are particular as to their
linen is our speciality, for the
more fastidious they are the
more they appreciate our laun-
dering. The thorough cleansing,
the perfect finish, appeals to
them at once. Send your things
here next week as a trial. We
know we will see them regular
ly thereafter.
VALLEY STEAM LAUNDRY
Phone 22J
Imperial Valley press., 1916-03-13

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF
STOCKHOLDERS OF VARNEN
hROTH&RS ~ COMPANY. A COR
PORATION.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-03-10
GERMAN RAIDER RETURNS
Cruiser Moew slips Safely Through
British Bsdrkade With Much
Booty-s Dtured IS Ships.
Berlin.-Tj Moewe has returned

Berlin.-Tl moewe mas returned
home safe.
White the Easiest cruisers of the
British navy eoured the North and
South Atlanta for her, she slipped
quietly through the unsleeping patrols
Of the North pa and berthed In Will
helmshaven !, N 1919 prisoners, mill
lion marks IN captured gold bars and
the record OF kving captured or sunk
* enemy iaerRantmen. She also laid
mines that q among others the
British battiefdp King Edward VII
Germany ii tkfilllng from end to
er with theanews lthis Incredible
sxplgls q sss7----e-ssp--
'7 udhnf Soy D. "A schlcdien, captain
of the sacceaidiraider, has been sum.
moned to meet the kaiser at head.
quarters. Already he has been award.
ed the iron cross Of the first class.
while each member Of the crew is to
receive the iron cross of the second
class.
The naval general staff announced
the return Of the Moewe with succinct
and sober brevity, but no one can fail
to read between the lines the tremen.
dous satisfaction, perhaps unequaled
by any other German triumph of the
war, at this humiliation of the might.
lest navy that ever dominated the
seas, not to mention the fatal punctur.
ing of its pretense that 1t maintains
an effective blockade of the German
coast.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-03-10
Air Romance Dorps.

San Francisco.-The first recorded
elopement in an aeroplane encountered
its second smash here when Arthur
Smith, an aviator, filed suit for divorce.
His wife was Aimee Cour of Fort
Wayne, Ind. He charged cruelty and
that his wife's affections were else.
where Smith and Miss Cour's elope-
ment was marred by the collapse of
his machine and both were badly hurt
They we're married at Hillsdale, Mich,
in October. 1913. The bride was in a
hospital cot and Smith sat In wheel
chair.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-03-10
PREPAREDNESS BILL READY
House Committee Unanimously Ap-
proves Provisions Of the Bigger
Army BiII-caIIs for 100000.

Washington. - Final decision has
been reached by the house military
committee upon its bill for the In
crease OF the army, and it will be re-
ported unanimously to the house at
once. In round figures the measure
would authorize the formation of an
army composed of regulars. national
guardsmen and federal volunteers with
total peace strength OF approximate;
ly 100000 men.
II provides for a maximum strength
of 10000 fighting troops for the reg
ular army. for a minimum OF $4,000
for the national guard within five
years and for organization Of federal
volunteers through an extension Of the
summer training camp idea. 1t is es
timated that 100000 men can be en-.
rolled in the latter force.
The bill retains provision for organ
ization OF industrial and technical re
serves behind the fighting lines and
the creation of a board of
officers to control an industrial mobil.
ization in time OF war or imminence of
war. II also provides that manufac.
turers of war materials must give i'm.
preference to government or.
ders in war time, or when there is dan.
ger of war, under heavy penalty for
failure to do so.
While the minimum strength Of the
regular army remained at 100000, a
change was made before the final vote
to fix the maximum OF fighting troops
at 10000, bringing the total author
lied strength of the regular force, in
the hospital corps and other
troops, to 100000.
While all members of the commit
tee will sign the bill, they do so I'M
der the reservation that they may sup
port upon the floor of the house any
amendment they desire.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-03-10
COL. HOUSE RETURNS HOME
Wilson's Envoy To Europe Silent az
To What His Mission Was-Wlll
See the President.

New York.-Col. e. NJ. House, who
sailed for Europe on Dec. 2S on a con.
fidenuA mission for President vii,
son, has arrived here on the steam,
ship Rotterdam from Falmouth. AS
soon as he landed from a special coast
guard cutter which met the Rotter,
dam at Quarantine, Col. House an.
nounced he would leave at once for
Washington to meet the president.
He declined to comment on his mis-,
sion, reiterating that he went to Eu.
rope to convey to some of the Amer
lean ambassadors information having
to do with international questions
int could not be supplied them by
cable or letter.
Asked II he had noticed any marked
change in the attitude of Europe to-
ward the United States since his pre-,
yious trip, Col House said:
Reports Of an unfavorable attitude
toward the United States by the PEG
pie of Europe are exaggerated At
least ! heard no criticism in any Of
the countries | visited. will say also
that we should remember that the
people of the belligerent nations are
living with their nerves on edge and
we should make allowances accord,
ingly."
He added that everywhere he went
he was treated with every courtesy
and consideration.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-03-10

Oklahoma Farmer Believed To Have
Killed While Insane.

Lawton, Okla. During the coroner's
inquest held at the Daniel 0kane farm,
testimony was introduced tending to
show that Daniel Okane was goaded
into insanity by frequent quarrels with
his aged father, James Okane, and
that while insane he killed the six
members Of his own family, his aged
father and some time later took his
own life.
The eight dead bodies were found in
the farm house by Herman Senter, a
negro farm hand employed on the
Okane farm.
The childen's heads had been crush,
ed with hammer and the threats of
the four elder children had been cut
with a razor. Mrs. Okanes head had
been crushed with hammer and she
had also been shot. The elder okane
and Daniel Okane and the baby Rob.
ert also had bullet wounds through
their heads
A bloody hammer and a razor we're
found in the house.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-03-10
ENDS DYSPEPSIA,
INDIGESTION, GAS
"Pape's Diapepsin" cures sick,
sour stomaChs In five minutes
Time Il!

REALLY does" put bad stomachs in
order-"really does" overcome indiges.
ton, dyspepsia. gas, heartburn and
sourness in FIVE minutes-that-just
that-makes Pape's Diapepsin the lar
gest selling stomach regulator in the
world. II what you eat ferments into
stubborn Jumps, you belch gas and
eructate sour, undigested food and
acid; head lie dizzy and aches; breath
foul; tongue coated; your insides filed
with bile and indigestible waste, re-
member the moment "Papes Diapep-
sin" comes In contact with the stomach
all such distress vanishes. It's truly
astonishing almost marvellous, and
the Joy is its harmlessness.
A large flfty-cent case Of Pape's Dia'
pepsin will give you q hundred dollars
worth Of satisfaction.
It's worth its weight In gold to men
and women who can't get their stom-
achs regulated. It belongs in your
home-should always be kept handy
in case Of sick, sour, upset stomach
during the day or at night. It's the
quickest, surest and most harmless
stomach doctor in the world.-Adv. 4
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-03-10
Elrad a.ooo.ooo shelI,.

Paris.-French artillery officials
who participated Ia the verdun battle
estimate that during the first four
days fighting the Germans discharged
100000 shells, mostly Of heavy cali.
ber The Freneh probably fired as
many. Nothing Ike such an expen.
diture of munitions had been known
before, even In The Champagne attack.
The whole theors Of operations was to
pulverize defenses and then occupy
the ground by massed infantr~ rhshes.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-03-10
SENATE SUPPORTS WILSON
Administration Forces Win In ORA.
matte Fight on Armed Ship Cues
tlon-Non-Partlsan Fight.

Wg3hington.-By vote Of IS to IA
the senate has carried out President
Wilson's wish and killed Senator
Cores resolution to warn Americans
off armed belligerent ships.
In turbulent scene, such as is sell.
dom witnessed in the senate, the vot'
ing proceeded with senators shouting
objections, futilely demanding recog.
milton to explain their positions and
making hot retorts to each other, all
of which were out of order. At one
time so many senators were shouting
for the vice presidents recognition
that the sergeant-at-arms was called to
restore quiet. Every southern senator
voted with the administration.
After having Unanswered for two
days to get the resolution in such par.
liamentary position that it was dis.
posed of without debate, the senate
then proceeded to general discussion
of the subject which continued all aft.
ernoon to the dismay of administration
supporters. There we're free expires.
sions of opinion that the senate's ac-
ton because the vote actually was
taken on motion to table the Gore
resolution with a correction by the au,
thor and q substitute by Senator Nc.
GQmheE wasAin effect a .Seotch @serl
Dict Bhf mad not actually accomplish
ed the purpose OF the president. Such
statements aroused the presidents
friends, who feared they would pro-
duce an effect exactly opposite to that
intended-a notice to the world that
the senate stands behind the president
in his demand on Germany for the
rights of Americans travelling the seas.
In the house, however, the foreign
affairs committee, by vote of IL to
2. took a longer step toward meeting
fully the presidents wishes. 1t voted
to report the McLemore warning reso,
luton with the recommendation that
1t be tabled. In the report the commit
tee asserts that the constitution i'm.
posed the conduct Of diplomatic nego
tons on the president and with this
practice the committee does not feel
il proper for the house of representa-.
tives to interfere"
At the White House satisfaction was
expressed with the senate's action.
Senator Gore, who voted for the mo,
tion to table. declared he considered
the administration victory mixed one.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-03-10
EXPLOSION IN JAIL
FATAL TO EIGHTEEN
SATURATED WITH GASOLINE AND
OIL. PRISONERS BURN TO
DEATH IN e. PAso.
MATCH THROWN IN OIL
Lone American Said To Have Been
Cause Of Flre-unfortunates Were
Trapped In Prison Bath
House.

Fl Paso, Texas.-As result OF an
explosion in the city Jail bath house,
is are dead and several more deaths
are expected. About 40 were injured
in the blast.
The blaze started from flash OF
flame from a large tube Of. gasoline
and kerosene solution used to destroy
germ-carrying lice.
In their first reports officials at
t-lbuted the origin to the deliberate
action of one Of the prisoners in throw
ing a lighted match into one Of the
containers.
More than a score of prisoners. who
were thoroughly saturated with the
solution, we're enveloped in the flames,
Jail attendants Immediately opened
two exits, allowing a number Of the
prisoners in the bath room to escape.
although seriously burned.
Surrounding the bath quarters are
rows of cells, mostly filled with pris-
oners. The cells adjacent to the
baths were caught in the flames, and
it was in these that most of the IA
talities occurred.
Volunteer rescuers aided in drag.
ging out the victims, many unconscious
and badly burned.
The fire department, quartered in
the same building, extinguished the
flames before they spread to other
parts of the jail.
H. M. Cross, an American, who died
OF injuries, was named as the man who
struck the match that caused the fire,
in statement made by H. B. Bagby,
one of the TRUSTEES on guard. Cross
was under arrest as a vagrant. His
home is said to have been in Daven-
pora, Iowa.
The disinfecting tubes we're placed
near the doorway leading to the police
hospital. The burst of flames blew
out doors and windows and the blaze
swept the hospital, rendering 1t use.
less Tor the press OF emergency WORK
which followed.
On fire from head to foot, the nude
victims dashed into the streets and
alleys surrounding the prison. Sew
eral, evidently maddened by the pain,
outdistanced all pursuers and disap-
peared. Only one of these had been
found several hours after the disaster
One of the victims, a veritable
torch. plunged through the jagged re
mains of a broken window and clam
bered to the roof OF the jail, where he
was rescued by firemen, only to die . |
few minutes later. IA
.suss 81 rzM,.Y art.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-03-10
WILSON NOM|NATEs
SECRETARY OF WAR
NEWTON D. BAKER, Ex-mAvoR
or CLEVELAND. NAMED TO
SUCCEED GARRISON.
IS ONLY a. YEARS OF AGE
New Cabinet Member Is Close Friend
of the President and ls In SYM
patty With the AdmlnIstra-
tlon Measures.

Washington-Newton d. Baker, for
mer mayor OF Cleveland, has been Sc
lected by President Wilson for secre-
tary of war. His nomination will go
to the senate at once and administra-
tion leaders expect quick confirmation
SO that the new secretary may take
active charge of the war departments
plans for army increases and reor-
ganization.
Mr.. Baker is a lawyer ana. as q
leader among Ohio Democrats. has
been warm supporter of the Wilson
policies since the pre-convention cam
paign OF 1912. He has been a close
personal friend of Mr.. Wilson since
the latter was his instructor years ago
at Johns Hopkins University, and was
offered twice the post of secretary Of
the interior in the original Wilson
cabinet, but declined because he then
was mayor. He is understood to be
In thorough accord with the president
on the preparedness program and for.
eign questions.
The SO-day period for which Major
General Hugh L. Scott, chief OF staff,
was designated as secretary of war
ad interim, will expire March II.
Mr.. Baker is A years old. He was
born in Martinsburg, W. Va, and at
the age Of % was appointed private
secretary to Postmaster General Viii.
son in President Cleveland's cabinet.
In 1907 he began the practice of law at
Martirsburg. He later moved to
Cleveland, where he became city So
licitor in 1902. He held this office
for 10 years, until his election as
mayor. In 1914 he was reelected
mayor for a two-year term.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-03-10
DRINK HOT WATER
BEFORE BREAKFAST
Says you really feel clean. sweet
and fresh inside, and
ere seldom H.

II you are accustomed to wake ND
with a coated tongue. foul breath or
. dull. dizzy headache; or, II your
meals sour and turn into gas and
acids. you have real surprise await
ing you.
Tomorrow morning. immediately ND
on arising. drink glass of hot water
with teaspoonfui Of limestone phos.
phate In It. This IL intended to first
neutralize and then wash out OF your
stomach. liver. kidneys and thirty feet
OF intestines all the indigestible waste,
poisons, sour bile and toxins, thus
cleansing. sweetening and purifying
the entire alimentary canal.
Those subject to sick headaches,
backache. bilious attacks, constipation
or any form of stomach trouble, are
urged to get quarter pound of lime
stone phosphate from your druggist or
at the store and begin enjoying this
morning inside-bath. II is said that
men and women who try this become
enthusiastic and keep 1t up daily. 1t
is a splendid health measure for It 10
more important to keep clean and pure
on the inside than on the outside, be-
cause the skin pores do not absorb i'm
purities into the blood. causing dis
ease. while the bowel pores do
The principle Of bathing inside IL
not new, as millions of people practice
1t. Just as hot water and soap cleanse.
purify and freshen the skin. so hot
water and a teaspoonful of limestone
phosphate act on the stomach. liver,
kidneys and bowels. Limestone phos-
phate is an inexpensive white powder
and almost tasteless.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-03-10
Delay Not Understood.

Berlin.-The German memorandum
on armed merchantmen addressed to
the United States was dispatched via
London in the embassy pouch leaving
Berlin Feb. IA. Presumably It was for,
warded to the United States on the
steamer California Feb. 10. 1t is un.
derstood that the photographs of cop.
les of the captured British instructions
&c armed merchant ships we're sent to
Count Won Bernstorff several days be.
fore the issuance Of the memorandum.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-03-10
crIsls In spaIn.

Madrid. via Paris.-Strikes and dis.
turbances have occurred in most Of
the provinces Of Spain as a result of
the increased cost Of food. A general
strike was proclaimed in Valencia,
where serious rioting took place, one
person being killed and many injured
There is a general demand that the
government take steps to lower the
prices Of food and to start public
works In order to provide labor for
the unemployed and thereby avoid a
serious crisis
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-03-10
Wilson is Endorsed.

Phoenix, Ariz.-The Democratic
state central committee met here and
adopted resolutions indorsing the ad.
ministration of President Wilson and
pledging Arizona's six delegates to
support the president for renomina-
ton at the Democratic national con.
yention.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-03-10
Chattanooga Pardoned.

A pardon has been granted by Gov.
Rye to Max Lauterback. prominent
young Chattanoogan, convicted in the
September term Of the Hamilton coun.
ty criminal court of involuntary man.
slaughter and given from one to five
years in the penitentiary. The case
arose from the killing of John d
White by an automobile driven by Lau
derback In excess Of the speed limit.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-03-10

Joliet, Ill.-"Chicken Joe" Campbell,
the negro convict found guilty of muir.
dering Mrs. odette NJ. Allen, wife of
the former warden OF the state peni-
Tertiary, has been sentenced to be
hanged on Good Friday, April 81.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-03-10

Washington.-Friends OF Feliz Diaz
in Havana, Cuba, are planning a new
move to help the cause of the revolu-
tion which Diaz has begun in Mexico.
Reports to the department Of justice
indicate that about a dozen Diaz sup
porters in Havana are preparing to
launch an armed expedition
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-03-10
Quite Likely.

"old Mr. Grabcoin always speaks
with great exactitude.'
i've noticed that. How do you 90
count for it?'
Il don't know, unless it's because
the way he figures interest on loans
has affected his daily conversation"