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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-05-04

WYE have installed the best equipment
wv obtainable for steam cleaning and
pressing clothes, and have added a
separate department to care for this class
of work. We believe you will find our
work good and our prices moderate.
Phone for our wagon.
We wish to thank our many laundry
customers for the consideration shown us
the last few weeks while we have been in
stalling our new boiler and other equip
ment, and bespeak their patronage for
this new department.
Hutchings' Ideal Laundry
I'm Your Satisfaction Lies Our Success"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-05-04
PEACE. AND FOOD RIOTS IN
GERMANY.

London, May 4 4.-Twenty-eight
persons were killed and 270
wounded during peace and food
riots which have broken out in
the German empire, according
TO reports received here.
Women and men battled with
the police in the streets Of Ger
man cities for hours.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-05-04
new MAkDATEIN
SUBMARINE WAR
Germany to Amend Order to
Commanders.


Believed in Diplomatic Circles That
Proposed instructions Will Greatly
Modify Those Now in Force-RepIy
TO American Note About Ready.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1916-06-15
vAUGHN's MILL.


J. +. Smith spent Sunday with
Asa Todd.
Miss Ida Smith called on Mrs.
Ella Christopher last Thursday
afternoon.
Henry King and wife and Mrs.
Ann Burnett, spent Sunday with
Mrs. j. W. Mize.
We had an awful rain and hail
storm Saturday afternoon. 1t was
the heaviest one so far.
Mrs. Matte Todd spent a few
days last week with her mother,
Mrs. Martha Martin, at Log Lick.
Quite crowd of young folks
spent Sunday with Mrs. j. T.
Wright. Among those present
were Misses Hoyt Mize, Dean
Barnett, Ola Burgher, May Wells
and Harley Mize, and Vernon
Barnett.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1916-06-15
Does SlOan's Liniment Help
Rheumatism?

Ask the man who uses it, he
knows. ''To think | suffered all
these years when one 25c bottle of
SloaD's L i n i m n t cured me-"
writes one grateful user. If you
have Rheumatism or suffer from
Neuralgia, Backaohe, Soreness and
Stiffness, don't put off getting a
bottle of Sloan.s. 1t will give you
such welcome relief. 1t warns
and soothes the sore' stiff painful
places and you feel SO much better.
Buy il at any Drug Store, only rs
cents.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1916-06-15
ST. PETER THE FIRST POPE


According to the tradition of the
Roman Catholic church, st. Peter
was the founder of the church and
its first pope. Both the ecclesiastical
and the temporal authority formerly
exercised and still claimed by the
popes of Rome are held to be of d.
vine appointment, and to have been
handed down in unbroken continuity
from apostolic times to the present
age. Peter the apostle, it is asserted
was indicated by Christ himself as
superior to the rest of the twelve
in the faith and spiritual discern
ment, and az the one of the number
whom it was his design to invest
with special pfe-eminence. In con-
formity with the design, Peter, ac-
companied by Paul, is said to have
gone to Rome after Christ's death,
and founded a church, over which he
presided as its bishop for 20 years
from fl A. ID. to 81 A.. D.-eventu-
ally suffering martyrdom in the same
year and on the same day as st
Paul, in the persecution under Nero.
The title ''pope" was at one time
given to all bishops. 1t was first
adopted to Hyginus in 139 A. D.,
and in SOC Boniface III induced
Phocas, emperor of the East, to cor
fine it to the prelates of Rome. A list
compiled from the registers of the
Roman church gives names of 264
pontiffs.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1916-06-15
SNOW CREEK.

Mrs. FL. Fl. vivion is quite i'll.
Ernel Rice visited Hubert Spry
last Sunday
Mrs. Bonnie Barnett is quite
sick at this writing.
Edith Niblack wasover at Mt.
Sterling, Wednesday.
Misses Ada and Oracle Hutson
are i'll with measles.
Davis Hutson sold to Clark.co.
parties his lambs for 1915.
Mrs. ID. H, Berry, and Miss
Mamie, visited Perlie Hutson,
Thursday.
Silas Fisher had a valuable
horse to die last week from an
unknown cause.
Miss Mamie Berry, of Oincin.
natl, is visiting her father, ID. H.
Berry, this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Boss Barnett, of
Estill, visited their son Bennle
Barnett, Saturday night aud Sun
day.
Mrs. ID. Wood aud son Lloyd,
and Mrs. Marvie Chism of Win,
chester, visited relatives at this
place, this week.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1916-06-15
SCHOOL ITEMS

Miss Mabel r. Even left Monday to
attend the Summer School of State
University.
The examinations for teachers will
be held on next Friday and Saturday,
June 1917. at the court house.
James CLANCY and Dudley Caudell
left last saturday for a six weeks stay
at the Eastern Kentucky State Normal
School.
The State Board OF Education has
prepared public graded course OF
study for the common schools OF the
State. The course specifies the order
Of study, the time allotted to each and
which course Of study shall be observ-
ed by the teacher and enforced by the
trustee. The course of study is COM
plete and thoro, being revision OF the
courses OF study for the past three
years. The purpose is TO bring order
into the vast school system OF the State.
With over 10000 teachers working In
100 counties. it is absolutely necessary
that there should be some unifying
and organizing ideas in order that the
school system may be more efficient.
The State Superintendent urges Supts.
trustees and teachers TO use the course
If efnd y In aceorda nee. with law
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1916-06-15

"Have you an old saw you can
lend me?" asked Dobson. 81 want
an old one SO it won't matter to You
if / happen to break out q few teeth. >
81 haven't the kind Of old saw You
MENTION said Gadsworth, ''but /
can give you another sort / always
abide by"
Another old saw?rt
eyes, Neither a borrower nor a
lender be-"
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1916-06-15
TIME SAVING.

81 never waste time contradicting
my wife," said Mr.. Meekton.
"Are you always sure she is
right?"
81 won't say that. But ! am al
ways sure she can convince me that
she is"
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1916-06-15
DOMESTIC DIPLOMACY.

''Why do you insist ON having the
servant call you at seven o'clock ev-
cry morning9 You never get up
at that hour"
"No. But l want to make sure
the servant is awake"
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1916-06-15
NorHlNe svT rHs rRurH.

"After ALL" remarked the moral
izer, '1ife is but a journey"
"Yes, and a tiresome journey il
is" rejoined9the demoralizer, ''for
when a man reaches the end Of il
he's out of breath"
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1916-06-15
Methodist Church
Sunday, June 1Sth.-
am.

Sunday School, 10 am.
Epworth League, 7pm.
Preaching Service, II am. SPIN.
The subject for the morning
sermon is:-"Why Belong to a
Church." and that for the eve
ning sermon 1.-THE Benefit of
the Gospel to a Nation.' These
subjects should be of interest to
all.
Special music will be rendered
by the Mountz Bros. Quartette,
at both morning and evening
services. f.i
Everyone Is not only invited
but urged TO attend these serv-
lees.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1916-06-15
POSSIBLE EXPLANATION.

Aimee-I don't see why Hazel has
SO many admirers. She can't speak
a word of French and neither sings
nor paints.
MAXWELL, perhaps that's the
reason.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1916-06-15

Bronson looks very happy these
days"
"'He has reason to be. He says that
after his wife and children had been
fitted out with their fall wardrobes
there was enough left over to enable
him to have new office coat made"
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1916-06-15
lndIvldusI Gifts.

Degrees innnits OF luster there must
aiways be. but the weakest smoas us
has sift. however seemingly trivial.
which Is peculiar TO him. and which.
worthily used. will be Eift slso to
his race forsve<. --Ruskin.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1916-06-15
NOT Thai WAY.

81 hope this lecturer 4 not going
to give us any cheap talk
mo fear Of II. The cheapest
seats are dollar"
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1916-06-15
TOO MUCH ron THEM.

"Then you are not bothered with
mosquitoes on the front porch?'
"Not any more. We keep the
graphophone going now
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1916-06-15
APPROPRIATE oEcoRArlon

THAT old Crouch certainly had his
living room appropriately decorat-
ed"
'sHow was il donef''
"Mostly in fretwork."
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1916-06-15

plvsrsiflsd EnsIish AsrIeuiturs.
Agriculture 10 the primary industry
IN the west Of Enslend. where II II
notsbls for its diversity. Dairyinx
and cattle and sheep raising are car.
RED on In somersetshire. The ched
dar cheese Industry h situated there.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1916-06-15
ADVICE.

Peach-I am afraid our mistress
is going to get you into . Jam.
Blaekbery-Well. don't 1T her
jar you.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1916-06-15
MS VOCATION.

Johnny, is your father an optim-
list or pessimistp p
"He amt neither one. He's chi
ropodist." Brooklyn Eagle.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1916-06-15
aEa EXAMPLE,.

"The hen is at once a model and a
rebuke to human beings of overween-
ing ambitions"
"How SOP"
although the rival Of the Ameri-
con eagle himself as great national
institution, her highest ambition is
to keep on scratching for . living"
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1916-06-15
fowELl I IAcxsox

Writers Of all Kinds Of Fire, LIE,
Tornado, Lightning and Nail Insur-
ancs.. We are also agents for the
Illinois Surety Company and are pre-
pared to do a general Bonding busi-
ness.
POWELL 8 JACKSON
Sam W. Powell LinvlIIs Jackson
once In Court House.
Winchester Kentucky
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1916-06-15

tie . sas Policy.
ffyou were raised 10 wash yosr face
II ne Migrant don't marry Into nm
Ger bowl family. Galveston News.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1916-02-11
OF THE BOARD
OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES

At the meeting of the board of
trustees of the Ell Centro Public Ii
brary the trustees presnet were J. J.
Simmons, ID. r. Crawford, Franklin
Reading and B. Salomon; also Mayor
A. W. Swanson and City Trustee Will
liam Egerer. The latter gentlemen
called as a committee from the city
trustees to obtain permission for use
by the fire department of part of the
lots adjoining the Library site, which
the library trustees granted with the
understanding that the city would put
the grounds in order and take care
of same.
President Simmons informed those
present of the manner in which the
lots adjoining the Library were OBJ
tanned, being the appropriation of Ii
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1916-02-11
Valley Chamber to Meet
Next Wednesday Night

The 1916 general committee of the
Imperial Valley Chamber of Com
merce, which includes the executive
committee, the governing board and
others, will meet Wednesday night at
1880 at dinner to be given at the
Barbara Worth hotel.
Plates for each member have been
reserved by Secretary Place and, un-
less notified that member cannot
attend, the secretary will assess each
member of the committee 81 for the
dinner.
There will be election of officers,
appointment of committees and the
laying out of course of work for the
Chamber of Commerce for the coming
year.
Reports will also be made in detail
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1916-02-11

on the road repair work between Sar
Diego and Imperial counties.
Committees in the various cities OF
the county have been appointed to aic
in ascertaining the number to be pres
ent and are as follows:
Imperial, L. J. Thomas, N. A. Mack
ey, George w. Mathews; Brawley, w
T. Dunn, Philo Jones, w. H. Best;
CaleXico, Dan Leonard, S. T. Tyler
Robert Goree, w. T. Aitken; Holt
vile, C. H. Eckert, d. A. Starbuck,
Warren Currier, Ed German; Calipat-
ria, ]. A. Goodwin, C. C. Mccullough; ;
INLAND, Everett King; Heber, M. H.
Gavin, James d. Brock, w. A. Har-
Ian; Seeley, c. H. Connect; Mt. Signal,
Frank Czarnowsky: Ell Centre, B. r.
Brundage, c. w. Barton and Secre-
tary F. E. Place.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1916-02-11

brary funds, and therefore consequent
ly held that the property should be
set aside in perpetuity for library and
park purposes.
The Library trustees passed vote
Of thanks to William A. Reams for
the yer yable and generous manner
in which he treated them in granting
the use of all scaffolding an dmate-
rial, also his personal credit in pur-
chasing material and placing his fore
man in charge of the work performed
in replastering the interior of the
building all of which he did without
any charge whatever other than the
net cost of labor and material.
The trustees voted to allow the
purchase of list of books submitted
by the librarian.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1916-02-11
GLNIIEU THREATENS
INJUNCTION AGAINST
IMPERIAL TRUSTEES

George W. Gentieu, property own
er of Imperial, has filed protest
with the Imperial city trustees against
the substitution of brick for concrete
in the construction of the joint out
fall sewer under construction for the
cities of Imperial and Ell Centre.
Embodied in his protest is the claim
that he will apply for an injunction
by the Superior court against the sub
stitution of materials not in accord
ance with the specifications under
which the contract was let.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1916-02-11
COMMITTEE TO MEET
TIMES EXCURSION

A. L. Richmond president of the FL
Centro Chamber Of Commerce, this
morning appointed the following com
mittee to receive the Times excursion
lists who will be the city's guests to-
morrow afternoon:
Jasper L. Travers, chairman; F. b.
Fuller, John E. Davis, F. E. Place, A.
w. Swanson, Ray Moore, Dan V. No
land, Charles M. Applestill, T. T.
Cook, James W. Glassford, o. p.
Horne and Purl Willis.
They will arrange for automobiles
to be in waiting at the Southern Pa
cific station when the train pulls in
from Calexico at 2:3O o'clock. The
visitors will be driven through the
city and shown the central part of
the valley, the route lying through
bother Imperial and Holtville. Pres
ident Richmond invited those cities
to join with FL Centro in greeting the
visitors.
At the University of California Ex-
pertinent Farm Walter e. Packard,
the superintendent, has arranged to
receive the excursionists and show
the productivity of Imperial Valley
land as represented by growths on
the farm.
In the evening the eXcursionists
will dine informally at the hotel, but
following the dinner hour a recep-
= ton will be held in the lobby of the
hotel. President Richmond wants not
only all the members of the chamber
to drop around, but assigned Joseph
f. Seymour to invite the Ten Thou
sand Club to join in the reception. His
plan is to have the local people mingle
socially with the visitors during the
evening. A modest program may be
arranged.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1916-02-11

In an interview this morning re-
garding the general increase in fire
insurance rates throughout the Impe-
rial Valley, II. T. Major, superinten-
dent of Agencies of the Yorkshire
Insurance Company, made the follow
ing statement:
"Since my arrival here on Tuesday
morning l have heard considerable ad-
verse comment from several sources
about the increase in fire insurance
rates and, knowing that the people
Of the Valley would look at the mat
ter in different light if they had
a thorough understanding of the sit
uation, take pleasure in citing the
following facts:
"First of ALL l do not wish to APP
pear in the light of knocking" our
non-board competitors, for ! am mere
ly stating absolute facts and quoting
recorded statistics, and | ask you to
be your own judges.
"Let me ask you at the outset: Do
you wish the insurance companies to
operate at a continual loss down here :?
Or, let me put more personal ques-
ton: How many of you intelligent
people would remain in the Imperial
Valley if you lost money in your busi-
ness every year?
"The entire Imperial Valley has
cost the insurance companies abnor-
NAL losses ever since its inception and
our figures show full justification for
the higher rates. Contrary to some
reports | have heard, the Board of
Fire Underwriters is run and main
tanned for the sole purpose of being
able to give the insuring public a
square DEAL and to give them insur-
ance rates commensurate with full
protection, figured out on a scientific
basis to a fraction of a cent.
"The article in Mondays issue of
the Press is sound in every sense of
the word and is excellent advice to
the people. You can regulate your in
surance rates by reducing your fire
hazard to a minimum and to inaugu-
rate Cleanup" would start the ball
rolling.
"Do you suppose for one minute
that number of the largest compa-
nies which withdrew from the Valley
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1916-02-11
Rates From Viewpoint
Of Insurance Companies

at the time of the earthquake would
have done so if they had been max
ing all the fabulous profits errone-
ously reported? Does it stand to rca-
son? Right this minute one or two
more of the strongest companies are
debating following the footsteps of
their predecessors. | ask you to look
upon this matter in the light of rea-
son, and know that the Board of Un-
derwriters is your friend, not your
enemy. This increase is no money
grabbing" proposition. as stated in
the Progress of last Saturday and it
is astounding that newspaper of
intellect should print such false state
ments in its columns. Prohibitive
losses necessitated the action and JUS
titled it.
"The day of large earnings for fire
insurance companies is over. If a
company breaks even or makes
profit of 1 per cent, it is doing well,
for losses and expense of operation
are terrific. The earning power of a
company now depends almost entirely
on the re-investment of the founds
on hand, just like a banking institu-
ton, for underwriting profits are
practically nil
"The total fire losses in the United
States and Canada last year were
about $35O,OO0,0O0. Do you realize
the enormity of this sum
"Do you know that the total num-
Der of buildings destroyed every year
by fire equals one-half of all the build
ings erected? Do you know, further,
that the fire loss in the United States
is $1,000 a minute and that new
fire breaks out every three minutes
"Also, the total fire loss exceeds
the entire production of gold, silver,
copper and platinum.
Astounding figures of this sort
should open your eyes to the fact that
fire is the greatest menace to civiliza-
tion today. Fire is the greatest de-
structive power in the world. Fire
is the only destructive power in the
whole world that the human mind has
not been able to conquer.
Insurance companies are in..>real-
ity great reconstructive bodies, for
without them the business of the world
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1916-02-11
Secretary Garrison's
Resignation a Surprise

The resignation of Lindley M. Gar
rison as secretary of war, announced
late yesterday, several hours after
Mr.. Garrison had left the capital, was
a complete surprise, and yet official
. Washington finds little difficulty in
finding an explanation.
The secretary had brought out the
project for the continental army'
and the president had sanctioned it.
1t has seemed certain, however, that
this prospect would fail with QUIZ op-
posing ideas: A large standing ar
my, small standing army and a
strong navy, compulsory service for
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1916-02-11

District Attorney Nichols office in
the last week has been working un-
der high tension to dispose of an un-
usual rush of felony and misdemeanor
eases.
On Tuesday of this week in Justice
of the Peace Philo Jones' court at
Brawley 10 cases were taken up and
disposed of. District Attorney Mich
OILS represented the state in all TO-
Two of these cases, in which Frank
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1916-02-11

could not be carried on. Chicago, San
Francisco, Baltimore, Boston and
London are what we might term Gin
surance cites,' for they were all re-
built by insurance companies after
each respective city had been de-
stroyed by fire AS San Francisco is
closer to you than any of the others,
let me tell you that the insurance
companies poured about $3O0,O0O,O0O
! into that city at the time of the great
earthquake and fire, and without the
aid of these great insurance institu-
tions San Francisco would still be in
wreck and ruin, never to rise again.
"Knowing all these facts and real
izing that the entire city of Ell Cen
tro, or any other city in the world,
is likely to be demolished by fire at
any time, can you afford to sacrifice
absolute protection FOR few dollars
supposedly Saved" on the rate? In
surance companies sell you protection
and in the time of great disa ster the
best is none too good. At the time
of the San Francisco earthquake there
was no liability On the part of the
companies, for the earthquake clause
in the policy clearly abrogated them
The largest companies did not stand
on this, however, but paid every dol
lar of their losses. Many, many COM
panies refused to pay and were forced
out of the state. Many companies
went out of business and the poor
policy-holder had naught to do but
to express the wish that he had been
insured in one of the strong, solvent
companies. This is but little sat
isfaction when all is lost.
"a favorite argument of our nom
board competitors is to state that
the board costs the companies 20 per
cent to keep up and is combination
to hold the public up. Both of these
statements are incorrect, for the main
tenance of the board cost sonly about
per cent and as outlined in the first
part of this article the idea of the
board is for the bettrment of the
business and the public alike. Twelve
non-board companies joined the board
in 1914, which expresses this senti-
ment plainly.
Experience over a period of 100
years, has shown US that we have to
write insurance at certain rates and
keep our operating expenses down to
a certain basis in order to live. In
the face of these facts, let me ask
you how the companies which write
at half of these rates and who pay
the agent excess commissions can
ever hope to last long. About 85 per
cent of all insurance written is in
board companies and the largest and
most substantial agencies in every
city and town are board agents. If
the same protection could be had at
half the necessary rates, would this be
the case? Positively, no.
"When insuring, pick out the stron-
gest companies and seek protection
first and rate afterwards. Then you
will never be sorry. You intelligent
citizens of this great Imperial Val
lev cannot afford to view this situa-
ton in any way but broad light and
from my experience in meeting and
becoming acquainted with you, am
satisfied you will not; for people
who have conquered the barren des-
ert, and who have 'come back" after
one severe earthquake, certainly will
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1916-02-11
District Attorneys Office
Meets Rush of Business

Burns and Raymond Caldwell were
charged with holding up hobos, were
given preliminary hearings and on
the next day the men pleaded guilty
before Judge Cole and were SEN
fenced to years Imprisonment each.
Today they are on their way to the
penitentiary.
Considerable expense was saved the
county when 6 prisoners in 2 days
pleaded guilty to felony charges be-
fore Judge Cole in the Superior court.