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Imperial Valley press., 1916-09-06
Mine Rescue Test.

Sacramento, Sept. 6.--Thrilling res
cues from remarkable realistic mine
tunnel were featured at the state fail
today. Many teams from different
sections of the state participated ir
the rescue contests.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-09-06
In me oninioh the better view is

2sfa, In my opinion the better view is
that Il is wholly void and of no effect.
For since the same names may not
be signed to q supplement for that
the statute provides only for filing
additional papers, duplicates Of the
original petition except as to, the
names signed; and since the names. on
ttis petition cannot be considered for
cuv purpose because the signers have
failed to serve the mandatory require
nlent 'to aff.x thereto the date of
srch signing; to treat this petition
as Of any effect would make it serve
T.. disfranchise the present signers in
the matter Of recall proceedings at
tempted to be initiated by this pet :
tlon.
I am therefore Of the opinion that
rhis petition is a mere nulIty and calls
for no action Oh your part further than
a certificate substantially in the form
appended; and that this petition is
without prejudice to any entirely new
retition to the same effect. II is en-
tirely proper to attach to the pet
ton your certificate substant ally III
the form as follows.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) A. HAlNES.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-09-06
A Fine Collection.

Nogales, Sept. 6.-The California
camp is flooded by Mex can war curio
vendors, who are reaplng q harvest
from the soldiers on Their pay d y.
AIle-dy ght bullets said to have
passed through the body Of Villa have
been sold, and thirty ropes alleged to
have hung Villa have also been sold
Imperial Valley press., 1916-09-06
Assured Against
Further Assault


Calexico Chron4e.e: With satisfac-
tory adjustment reached, what threat
ened to be small Internal onal COM
plication, cemented friendly relations
between Mexicans and Americans eve.
closer here, when delegation of led
g Mexicans citizens appeared before
the board of city trustees last evenin.
t. ascertain what steps had been tax
en- to protect Mexican citizens in the
I.ure from possible attacks like that
cf Saturday night.
At that time, it is alleged, tw
soldiers assaulted some Mcxicans
near the United States custom hou sc
md beat up Mexican lad in rather
n brutal manner. The two soldie.
were in civilian Clothes and wee
coming across the line from Mexical.
They were drunk, it is charged.
Mayor Edward Dool. on complain
being made by q delegation of lead ~.
el.can cit zers that his proclaim =
rion Of several weeks ago assurin;
protection and safety to Mexican
citizens had been violated, took the
matter up with United States army
officials.
He was assured that the two Of
fcrding soldiers are n the guarf
house. They are facing charges Of
going across the line into Mexico
which they are forbidden to DO, Of
being intoxicated and of being re-
sponsible for an unprovoked assault
Mayor Dool was also assured that the
men would be punished to the limit
f the CHARGES if they are found guilty
l.y court martial.
in addition it was stated that upon
request Of the city trustees per.
nanent provost guard will be estah-
l:shed TO patrol Heffernan avenue
near the custom house and that tents
will be pitched on the property near
the jail 50 that soldiers will be pres
out rs members. Of the guard at ali
hours Of the day or n ght. The trps,
tees have requested that such guard
be established and promise is given
Il ct the order viii! go into effect to-
night.
The delegation waiting upon the
council last night included Alfons,
Villasenor, Francisco P. Mendoza
Amada Burrola. Jesus G. Avalos, Ra'
non Borquez, J. J, Batros, lgnac c
Alcocer, E. de la Sierra and Ferpandt
iEillasenor
Fernando villasenor acted as TIC
spokesman for the delegation ant
simply asked the trustees as TO what
steps had been taken relative to
communication which had been f.let
previously with Mayor Dool.
Mayor Dool explained what he hae
heon Informed by the United States
i1Ymy officers and the arrangements
ttat had been made relative to tn
o"os' olsrd. ,-.s
Mr.. Wllasenor thanked the tras
tres, stating that the arrangement
we're ennently satisfactory and al
tlat the Mexican citizenry desired
protection against unwarranted as
seult.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-09-06
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Commodore c Cum, 22, resident II
Imperial, and Lulu Russell, "a, resident
CT Silsbee.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-09-06
MAINLY PERSONAL

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. D. johnson have re-
turned from their honeymoon trir
and are now domiciled at the Park
View apartments.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-09-06
Hawaiian Wiggle.

New York, Sept. 6.-That miltarv
ste0s and the Hawaiian Wiggle will
hf the predominating influence in t'e
20 1eln@ates TO the Aineri-
can Society Of Dancing Professors i
convention here are agreed.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-09-06
Petitioners Rights
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE,

CONTINUED FROM PAGE oNE)
any signer may by written request
Withdraw his name, But that nfter
the secretary has made his certificate
Of determination Of the sufficiency, al
though it has not been presented to
the board the request fer Withdrawal
clmes t2o late
2. There is still to be considered
the other requirement that at the
time of signing petition the signer
shall "affix thereto the date of such
signing No attempt whatever
seems TO have been made to comply
with this provision. The importan
bearing Of the section l033a upon the
validity .. this petit on jusGfjes care
ful consideration Of this question.
Section lOS3a was first enacted in
1913, Acts 1918, p. 225. and read as
follows:
Wherever. by the const tuition o.
laws # this state, any initiative, ref
ersaG,ua, recall CT nominating petition
: required to De signed by qualf ,eA
electors, only an elector who is reg
tered quanfied eiector at the time
he signs such petition, snail be en-
titled to sign the same
In 1915, Laws 1915, p. 286, the Sec
tion was amended to read as follows.
Wherever, by the constitution O.
laws Of this state, any initiative, ref
-re.dum, recall or nominating petition
or paper, or any petition or paper, IL
required to be signed by qualified elec-
tors, only an elector who is register
&C qualified elector at the time he
signed such pet.tion or paper shall be
entitled to sign the same, and nc
elector shall. be entitled to sign any
sLch petition or paper on or after the
first day Of January of any even num-
bered year unless he shall, on or since
sc id first day of January, have made
i d..vlt Of registrarion as requ r
ed by law. Such signer shall at tn
time Of so signing such petition
paper affix thereto the date Of sucL
signing. Wherever, by the constitu-
ton or laws of tbs state, the county
clerk or registrar of voters is requir-
20 determine from the records of
registration what number Of Gualifie
electors have signed such petition
rsper, he shall determine that fac.
With respect to the purported sigma
ture of any person from TIE aff d-vi
Of registration, and records relatin.
here,o, current and in effect at the
date Of such signing OF such petition
II paper"
The original section declared that
Imperial Valley press., 1916-09-06

Fire insurance with brick storag,
See Ed Royce. Transfer and Storag.
Adv
Imperial Valley press., 1916-09-06


only an elector who is rcgistere>
qualified electof at the time he signs
such petition shall be entitled to sig
the same" This statute plainly meant
that no elector could for instance sig
l.wfully On one day ana register the
next. His resignation must preced
and not succeed his gring. But VII
this was the requirement OF the orig
hal section, it is apparent that the
examining officer had no adequat.
means Of asceTtaining whether at Il G
time Of sign 'ng such petiti5n," tfe
elector was registered qualified cleo
ter, because there was no provision o
the statute for furn.sn,ng the officer
with any information as to the date
4 s.onInp.
1t was this omission which was SUI
piled by the amendment Cf 1915, b!
the provision that such sisner sna
st the time Of signing such petition
paper affix thereto the date Of suci
signing" 1t seems impossible to trea
this as merely directory and not man.
dctory. To do so would be to utter.
. sregard a statute. The statute pre-
soribed the evidence upon which the
secretary is TO act in determining
,.he,hes The elector was reg. .steleC
whe nhe signed; and this evidence ma!
not be dispensed with.
Force is given to this view of tn;
statute by consideration of the latte
part of the amended section which pr.
vides that when the examining Officer
(for think the words county clerk OF
registrar must be read generically tc
cover every officer empowered by law
to examine such petitions), "is re-
quired to determine from the record
Of registration what number Of quail
fed electors have signed such petl-
tion or paper, he shall determine that
fsct with respect TO the purported S g.
nature Ct any person from the affida-
Wit Of registration, and records relat-
rg thereto, current and in effect al
the date of such signing of such pei.
ton or paper"
I | am therefore constrained to ad.
wise that this petition for failure tt
comply in any way with Section 1893
rs amended il. 1915 is invalid upon it:
face.
IN this point Of view the q7estior
arises as to whether this petition il
r "'ont as basis for being supple
rnented by the filing Of additional pa
pers in the method prov ded IN Sectio
Imperial Valley press., 1916-09-06
5s.-t IT, Z U.s. MOVING GO,
TSt CTGES.

IKE IT, HOUSE NOTiNls CO..
TisA CroES.
Tie Trustees of the S lsLee Sen
District hereby csli for bids for n,
ncYing and sesetting the SCH 20
ld;ngs Of said school strict f,on.
their present location to q te know
as Block No. So of the Slsbee Town.
site.
Plans and specifications for the
work to be done may be seen at the
home # F. S. He'll, Clerk of 81 ID Board
# Trustees. or at the office of
Samue' B. thinner, architect, IN the
NV Of FL Centre.
BIDS must be { led with F. S. Hell
IN or before August 81. 1916, at 5
O'Clock o. m.
Bids will be opened at 1880 o'clock
p. m. on the same date by the Poa 4
School Trustees at the Sishee
School House.
The Board reserves the right to re-
'ect anv or all bids
7OARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES
FOR SILSREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
BY F. 9. Hell.
Clerk. WedAug3O
In the Justices Court Of ymuerial
Trwnshiu. County of imperial Site
II California, J. Houston Smith, jus
lice.
Fred Oehlerking. plaintiff, vs.. Her.
man Erbe, defendant.
~" -"nr'e If the State of Cal for
ria send greeting to Herman Erbe, de-
PENDANT.
You are herehv directed to appear
in an action brought AGAINST Won ~
the above named plaintiff in the J1s-
ices Court of Imnerial Township,
and to answer before tfe irst:ce at
- off'c" C'tv Hall in said Township,
the comolaint filed therein, within
service) after the service on YOU of
'his summons, if served within the
township in which the action is
broueht: or. if served out of sold
township but W thin said county. with
n ta~ d"vs or within twenty davs if
served elsewhere. And YOU are here
by notified that unless you 80 apre"r
md arswer said c0r,~la'~t. as above
required, said plaintiff will cause '-o,,r
default to be entered and take iud~-
ment for anv money or damages de-
manded IN the connls'nt as arising
upon contract, or will aurlv to The
court fo~ the relief demarded in the
comrloint, together with the costs Of
the suit.
Given urdAr my hand this 10th day
] HOUSTON SMITH.
y,,e+'-e # tha Peera rr1oer',' Tow>-
shin County Of Imperial. State Of
Cal'fo~na.
Fri, Oct. 27.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Estate Of Alexis Callaud. deceased.
Notice is hereby aiven bv the UNDER
'~red administration Of the estate Of
Alexis Csillaud deceased. to the crod-
tors Of, and all nersons hav ng Gains
against the said deceased. IN fle
them, with the necessary vouchers, in
the office Of the clerk Of the SUPERIOR
Court Of the County Of imperial,
State Of California. or exhibit the
same with the necessarv vouchers,
w'th'n ten months after the first nub-
lication Of this notice to the said ad-
minigtrator, at the law office Of j. s.
| Lsrew. rooms 10t and t02, First Ma
tionsl Bank building, Ell Centro. Cal.
| ifornia, the same beng the place for
the transaction of the business Of said
estate.
Dated and published first. this 3Oth
day Of August. 1919.
ALBERT CAILLAUD.
Administrator Of the Estate Of Alexis
Imperial Valley press., 1916-09-06
A POLITICAL YEAR.

This too is political year. The nation must elect
lew chief executive and must keep informed IT ne
,he is to perform the duty of aiding in the election Th
tss covers politics. all things else with fairness to
sides. 4.a II .sasssss
Imperial Valley press., 1916-09-06
THE EUROPEAN WAR
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS.

In these columns are more classified advertisements
than in any other valley paper for the that tn.
Press always has been recognized the Public Marke
Place for all Imperial Valley
Imperial Valley press., 1916-09-06
EDITORIAL COMMENTS.
THE MEXICAN SITUATION

rings it's problems directly home to every citizen
e Press covers this field Of news broadly.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-03-31
In Four-Day Snowstorm Fifty
thousand Men Died
NEVER APPEAL FOR HELP
Albanians Got in Their Revenge;
Story Is Told BY An
American

Rome, Italy, March 15.-[Corres-
pondence of The Associated Press. ]
Henry Halter, formerly of the Fifth
United States cavalry, who was one
of the few Americans in the Ser
bian retreat, declares that during
the journey to Pogoritza in Monte
negro in 4 four days snow storm more
than fifty thousand men died.
They died so fast" he said, that
they fell every few yards all
along the road. The wagons and
carts went right over their bodies
Nobody thought of trying to turn out
of the way, but there were so many
they could not but drive over them.
The roads were full of mudholes.
At one place | saw no less than
seventeen horses dying In one I'M
mense puddle, unable to pull them
selves out.
Il saw hundreds and thousands or
ragged men, with their feet swollen
too much TO wear shoes or to walk
on them. crawling along for miles
on their hands and knees through
the binding snow, finally stopping
and dying soon afterwards. They
never made any appeals for help. 1t
wouldn't have been any use. Be
sides, they were too far gone, to know
what they were about, that they
were dying. Their last effort to keep
going was merely a mechanical OPP
Grafton. OF course the great NOR
tally ali. along our route was due to
the barren nature of the country we
were traversing, with no shelter for
but comparatively few of us. There
were even no forests where we might
have felled trees and built temporary
quarters. Our fires for the most part
were small, with barely enough wood
to heat water
Halter Served as BugIer.
Halter, who was on a visit to Bud
apest when the war began, enlisted in
Continued on Page Two.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-03-31
ATE PILLS; TAKEN SICK
Robert and William J., Sons of Attorne,
Ivan Bowen Were In Very Serious
Condition

Robert and William J., the two
young sons of Attorney and Mrs. Ivan
Bowen, were seriously ill yesterday,
as the result of eating some pills
which they found while playing
around the house. Robert is going on
three years of age, and his brother
is much younger. 1t is thought that
the children mistook the pills for
candy, and ate quite a number OF
them. A physician was summoned
and a stomach pump was required to
pump the poison from their stomachs
The little boys were very sick, but
were reported this morning as lit
tie better and it is said that they will
recover.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-03-31
They Capture Several Hundred
Yards French Trenches
TAKE MANY PRISONERS
Number of Canon Seized Also;
Positions of Their Opponents
Are lmperiied ..
limited Press Dispatch.]

Berlin, Germany, March 29.-The
Germans have broken through the
French lines in several places and
captured several hundred yards of
French trenches in the Malancourt
region, it was officially announced by
the war office this afternoon. In this
advance the Germans captured 4S2
prisoners and four cannons. This adj
vance gives the Germans a position
that imperils the French positions at
Malancourt and Betnincourt.
Arranging For an Offensive.
UNITED Press Dspatch.l
Paris, France, March 29.-It is
thought that the council of the en-
tente nations, held IN this city, has
been making arrangements for a gil
gantic general offensive, to strike the
kaiser at all points at once, and bring
him TO his knees.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-03-31
LIGHT FOR THE CELLS
BETTER AIR is NEEDED
Matter Is To Be Brought Before
Kato City Council
VISIT OF AN INSPECTOR
Representative of the State
Board of Control C0nfers
With Officials
VISIT OF AN INSPECTOR

L. c. Foley of st. Paul, inspector of
| the state board Of control, was in the
| city this afternoon, holding confer
ence with Mayor Robert Lamm, Chief
of Police Klugherz and other city Of
! ficials about changes that should be
made in the city hall building.
Mr.. Foley called attention to the
! darkness md want Ct proper ventila-
| Time and again the state inspector
| has visited Mankato and complained
Of these cells. Now, the city off
are going to get busy.
Just what the arrangement will
be is not yet decided. Mr.. Foley
wants the cells to be arranged in such
a way as to be well ventilated and
have plenty of light and also to be
reasonably fire. proof. He wants them
: to have concrete floors, which may
easily be kept clean.
Put Up to the Council.
! Mayor Robert Lamm will bring the
/ matter before the city council. He
has an idea that it would be we'll to
move all of the city offices upstairs
except the police station. The whole
, first floor of the city hall building on
both sides could be turned over to the
use of the police department Here
! the police station and all of the cells
rcould be located, and of course there
would be separate cell departments
for men and women. At present the
cells for women are upstairs, but it is
not often that they are used.
Mayor Lamm favors the idea of
improving the old city hall building,
rather than building a new one. He
thinks the present location is just
about where city hall ought to be.
Chief of Police Klugherz agrees
with these views. He remarked this
morning that $4,000 spent on the old
city hall building would bring better
results than $4,000 put into a new
building.
Pleased With County Jail.
| Mr.. Foley has been looking over
other institutions here besides the
city lookup. He looked over the coun-
| ty Jail today He was much pleased
with the way in which that institution
was maintained by Sheriff Osten. He
spoke of the fact that he had at a
previous visit recommended that the
tub baths be abolished there and
shower baths substituted He was
pleased to see that this had been
done.
Mr.. Foley looked over the hospitals
He remarked that it would be we'll to
have a nurses home near the I'm
manuel hospital He said many OF
the nurses walked as much as nine
blocks to get to the hospital and that
was too much of a hardship
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-03-31
ORDERS DID NOT COME
/. FROM AOJT.GEN. WOOD
Statement Relative to Recruiting
Company H to Its Full War
Strength
UNITED Press Dispatch

st. Paul, Mimi, March 29.-If Cap
tain A. o. Scott of Company H of the
Second regiment of the Minnesota
National Guard has received orders
from Colonel John H. Buschers of
New Ulm to recruit Company H to it's
full war strength, that order did not
come from the office of Adjutant Gen
eral S. B. Wood, and was not author
ICED by that office. This statement
was issued from that office today. 1t
was also stated that no orders had
been received from Washington to
recruit the National Guard or to make
ready for call. 1t was true, how
ever, that officers of the National
Guard here and there were giving out
orders to their men to be prepared in
case any such call did come.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-03-31
EDWARDS FREE FROM
MANN LAW CHARGES
Case Was Taken Into the Hands
OF Federal Judge
Anderson
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch. ]

Chicago, March 20. = The case
against William Rufus Edwards, the
wealthy st. Paul lumberman, charged
with a violation of the Mann act by
Ada Cox, was taken from the jury to-
day and a verdict of not guilty en-
tered against Edwards by the court
After directing the verdict of not
guilty to be returned, Federal Judge
Anderson entered an order discharg
ing the defendant. This action came
after several men had testified of trips
they had taken with Miss Cox at vari.
Gus times preceding the trips made
by Edwards with Miss Cox.
Denounced BY the Judge.
UNITED Press Dispatch.l
Chicago, ILL.,, March Branding
the prosecution of William Rufus
Edwards, the st. Paul millionaire
lumberman, as nothing more or less
than villainous scheme of black
mail, Federal Judge Anderson today
instructed the jury to bring in a
verdict of not guilty. Mr.. Edwards
was charged on the complaint OF
Miss Ada Cox with having violated
the Mann white slave act.
The judge vigorously denounced
the character of the woman who hat
brought the action. Miss Coy
screamed and sobbed in the court
room, while the judge talked. The
court referred to the many confess
sions that various men had made tc
intimacy with Miss Cox, before Mr.
Edwards had had anything to do with
her.
This ends six years of torture,
Mr.. Edwards declared, after the
proceeding was over. II will now &C
back to st. Paul to my wife ant
baby"
Miss Cox went to the office Of the
federal district attorney. ooh, dear
what shall / do now!" she sobbed
81 am beyond consolation. It seems
as if I, not he, was on trial, and tha
| was found guilty"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-03-31
.IRAMpS To BE GIVEN
CHANCE TO DO GOOD
Will Be Set TO Work Cleaning
Sewers, Cutting Brush;
Other Labor

Tramps that come to Mankato will
be given a chance to make an honest
living. So said Mayor Robert Lamm
this morning. They will be set at
cleaning storm sewers, cutting brush,
cleaning streets, or any other labor
for which the "wearies" may be
adapted. The mayor stated this morn
ing that the tramps were getting too
thick. The word will be quickly
passed around among them that they
will have to work if they are picked up
in Mankato, and that will without a
doubt have quite tendency to keep
them away from this city. During the
time of their employment here, with
out wages, they will of course be
merely working out Jail sentences.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-03-31
BAD FIRE AT LEADVILLE
Fierce ConfIagration Threatened the
Whole Business District; Loss Is
100000
limited Press p,spatcn.l

Leadville, Col, March ga fierce
confiagration today threatened the
whole business district here. The fire
was at last gotten under control by
the use of dynamite. The loss will
amount to 100000. Ten of Lead
ville's principal business blocks were
destroyed. Every able bodied man in
the city was called upon to help fight
the flames.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-03-31
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch. J

in a war" By keeping the foes fleet
off the seas, Secretary Roosevelt said
the British dreadnaughts had attained
an aim for which they were built ITO
day the United States is richer and
weaker than ever in it's history in
comparison with other powers" said
Secretary Roosevelt.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-03-31
CROTES0UE TALES ARE TOLD TO
MEXICANS BY THE BANDIT VILLA
UNITED Press Dispatch. ]

Ell Paso Texas, March 29.-Peacefu settlement diff
becoming recognized
the nations.
selfish manufacturing a
stirring between the United States Mexico hoping
thereby to reap financial profit
Villa has completely failed to stir
"grngoes" telling people
the Mexican children Such
MexcanS
the American troops But the Americans have promptly paid
everything
quickly to
AS
Ell
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-03-31

Cleveland Ohio March Pat least killed
thirty
York Centrals fastest and finest
Cleveland
taken hospital Elyria Ohio,
of