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The Washington herald., 1916-05-07

WASHINGTON. having returned with her
from Culpeper. Va, where she Visited
relatives.
A. Muller Ury, who has been visiting at
Hot Springs, Va, for several days, has
returned to Washington.
Miss Helen Wolfe has returned to
Washington from Frederick, Md, where
she spent several days with Mr., and Mrs
Guy Wolfe.
Mrs. T. A. Reynolds. who has been
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. James /.
West. 1894 K street northwest. for the
past two weeks, has returned to her
home in Newport News.
Raymond Chaplin left yesterday for
Ohio. where he will make a brief visit
to friends.
Mrs. NJ. NJ Maddox. G. R. MuerIinr
and Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Harrison. ali
OF Warrenton, Va. arrived in Washing
ton yesterday to attend the horse show
and are registered at the Shoreham.
John B. Henderson has left for New
York. where he will make an indefinite
stay.
The Russian Ambassador and Nina
Bakhmeteff will go to New York, Nav
Is. to attend the Russian fete at the
Majestic Theater.
Mrs. F. E. MacNeiI has returned here
after two months visit to her brother
in Winfield, Kan.
Lieut.. William Ebberly, L. S. n, is in
Washington for brief visit
S. Ashton Souder. jr.. has been appoint-
ed local freight solicitor for the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, with Offices in the Riggs
Building. Curtis T. Franklin, former
freight solicitor for Washington, has
been promoted.
James N. Sullivan has resigned as clerk
in the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce Of the Department Of Com
merce.
Theodore L. Ricketts,, a clerk in the
office of the Public Utilities Commission,
expects to make a motorcycle trip into
nearby Maryland today.
Thomas Jameson SIS resigned from his
position in the Department Of Com
merce.
John 7. Grove has been reinstated az
physicist in the Bureau Of Standard )
of the Department of Commerce.
First Battalion Chief James Keliber
Of the Fire Department, is back on duty
after several days leave of absence,
which he spent doing spring cleanup and
paint-up work at his home
The Washington herald., 1916-05-07
CAPITAL CAMERA CLUB
SHOW OPENS TUESDAY
Annual Exhibition of Photographs
Will Be Held at Corcoran
Art Gallery.

Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery OF
Art have just announced that the twenty
second annual exhibition of pictorial
Photographs by the Capital Camera Club
will be open to the public from next
Tuesday evening until May 10, inclusive:
This exhibition is iSnsidered the pick OF
the best photographs in the country and
has grown to be the most important
event of it's kind in the United States.
The exhibition will be open on Sun
dav, Nav a. from 30 to 4:3O p. m; on
Monday, May Is, from II to 4; on other
week days from a. m. until p. m; and
on May 2, Il and 10, from to 10 a. m
Admission of % cents will be charged
on Mondays, Wednesdays and the one
Saturday MAY 18, with admission free
on other days.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-07
Churches to Defy Authorities.

Wilmington, Del, May 6.-Defying the
order Of the public health authorities
Rev. DR.. J, Y. Irwin, Of the Delaware
Baptist Church. announced today he
would conduct services in his edifice to-
morrow. Other churches ordered closed
because Of the smallpox scare. probably
Will follow the lead of Rev. Dr. Irwin
The public officials say that arrests will
follow, F..
The Washington herald., 1916-05-07
FORUM WILL CLOSE FOR
SUMMER NEXT SUNDAY
Lincoln Stebbens Will Talk Upon Con-
ditions in Mexico at Meeting
This Afternoon.

WashinEton's first community forum
the Grover Cleveland-which has been
the cause OF much discussion as to
whether public schools should be used
as meeting places on Sundays, viii ad-
The Washington herald., 1916-05-07
Three Hurt, One Dead in Auto Crash

Buffalo, N. Y, May 6.-Dr. John D.
Swetch, one of the managers of the
Gowanda State Hospital. was instantly
killed, two other prominent Gowanda
men are believed to be dying from injur-
les, another was badly hurt, and five
men in an automobile directly behind Dr.
Zwetch's car had narrow escapes. as
the result Of an automobile accident near
the hospital early today.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-07

the guests Of the Misses Harrison at
Leesburg, Va.
Charles See. Of Washington, was a re-
cent visitor in Martinsburg. ". Va.
Miss Louise Montague, who has been
in Washington for several days, has re-
turned to her home at Martinsburg. w
Va.
Mrs. George Payne and Miss Nellie
George are visiting Miss Lou FAINT in
The Washington herald., 1916-05-07

A Dutch society for bulb culture has
offered a substantial prize for the best
right angles from the flanaents,
The Washington herald., 1916-05-07

Miss Helen Wolfe has returned to
Washington from Frederick. Md. where
she spent several days with Mr.. and Mrs,
Guy Wolfe.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-07
purelv parsonal

Mrs Harry McDade and Miss Helena
McDade have returned to Washington
after a visit at the home Of Mrs. Ernest
L. Robey, in Herndon, Va.
Mrs. T. Blackwell Smith and Miss vir-
g1nia Bowie. OF Washington. have been
The Washington herald., 1916-05-07

A. Muller Try, who has been visiting at
Hot Springs. Va, for several days, has
returned to Washington.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-07

Mrs. T. A Reynolds who has been
the guest Of Mr. and Mrs James l.
West, 1894 K street northwest. for the
past two weeks, has returned to her
home in Newport News.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-07

Washington, having returned with her
from Culpeper, Va, where she visited
relatives
The Washington herald., 1916-05-07

Raymond Chaplin left yesterday for
Ohio, where he will make a brief visit
to friends.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-07

Mrs. NJ. NJ. Maddox. G. R. MuerIinR
and Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell Harrison. ali
OF Warrenton, Va, arrived in Washing
ton yesterday to attend the horse show
and are registered at the Shoreham-
The Washington herald., 1916-05-07
Obe Gown Orter

Mrs. Frances Hewlett Wright will
speak on American literature at the
meeting Of the Capitol Hill Literary
Society at Public Library tomorrow
awning
The Washington herald., 1916-05-07

John B. Henderson has left for New
York, where he will make an indefinite
stay.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-07

Mrs. F E. MacNeiI has returned here
after two months visit to her brother,
in Winfield, Kan.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-02-05
THE FLOODS.

" Perhaps the heading would have been Pre-
venting the Floods for really the problem which
gineers addressing themselves.
Bernarno people will certainly have read with
particular the with Engineer T. H. Olmsed
has accomplished by experiment. Summarized
; a remarkable test:
small canyon length draining watershed
of 2 had been soaked by practically daily rains during the
first half of January and when the big rain January 1917
The rain in the showed precipitation of inches
24 hours That would approximately 10 acrefeet of
covered with water 10 feet deep
In that six cheap retarng dams had been built at
5000 Cheap labor had been pile logs and
rocks intervals of about 200 Those dams held back the
the sides of the absorbed IT, and there
off all the mouth of the There food there
fore and other small opening out into the larger
had been thus treated there would have been flood
ing Of it. become destructive swept from the
mountains to the
The thing works. The only question is that CT expense
the engineers declare that nsuountabe No elaborate
engineering and expensive concrete dams required Nothing
planned for the big canyonshe work be done before the
gets there all simple
and the tests thus far effective.
All this aside the great question conservation
all the floods running the could be absorbed by the
mountains and ultimately find their into the underground
there would be of land in all Southern Cali
south and the mountains that would
much of the desert would be if the
system adopted the north eand side of the range
It sounds like fairy but rememberbefoe the doer the
dreamer!
Imperial Valley press., 1916-02-05
CURIOUS MEXICAN PROBLEM.

- The Mexican problem complex than persons
There question that much that written and
spoken country inspired by desire bring about the
good old days Of the Daz regime when the MeNcans We're
and when eXpoes from country fatened
cesons by graft these concessions robbng the
mon people of their natural heritage.
The demand that the land of Mexico shall revert to the Mex
people healthy and righteous and the American
pie should do nothing prevent this consunmation.
the other hand the average Of education economic pro
duction low level and with exploitation barred the great
need neghbors close with another
highly developed that they may the lessons of higher civil
ization and higher production.
Apparently doing MS order By
recognizing his government the United pledged itself
Imperial Valley press., 1916-02-05

Henlock headgate. meterin. hume
and wagon bridge.
East Side Main headgate.
Imperial Water Co. No. : head
gate-metering flune
Imperial Water Co. No. Heading in
j, W. Co Nc. headgate and
neterins fame.
IIoHon Power co. headgate
Iloll North heaGsate
Holt South headgate.
Holt Git Canal:
Concrete foundation for Ventura
meter Cthe meter which is installed
is oWnei ~ the Builders Iron
Foundry of Providence, r. ID
Fositas Canal:
ltO%itoE concrete NaEtaWav.
RostlS concrete heading.
Rositas double AZ IT. drop.
Central Main Canal:
boundary Can@l headgate - con-
crete.
nr.ar Nos. l and > headgates-con-
BtrcA checI; aad lealgate-con-
r1iar No.. 3. and > headgates-
concrete.
Eriar No. check and headgate-
concrete.
Briar ;umc check and waste.
Beech and I;eechside headgates.
Alder headgatcS
Acacia and Acacia SIDE Nos. and
Laadgates
Double Weir check and automatic gate.
DogWood hcadgates.
Date headgates.
Date Side headgatae Nos ! and 2
George headgate concrete
Dahlia heading:
Dahlia heaGgate
Evergreen headgate.
ErdW!eY main check.
Central main check.
Farley headgate
D?hlia wasleway. including auto
matte gate and wagon bridge.
Dahiia WasteWay intake and drop
structures Nos. ! and ,
Foster hcadgate.
Five gates. including
Eucalyptus headgate.
Elder headgate.
Rice headgate.
Acorn headgate.
W4st"war into B'awley main.
Daisy headgate and side delivery
Sixteen foot drop--auomatic gate.
New side heading. including
New side check-concrcte.
New side deliveries Nos ! and 3
concrete.
Dandelon headgate-concrete.
Lilac and Lilac No. l headgates
Lavender and Lavender No. head
gates.
C'd No. g East headgate
O'd 80. West hradgare
10 heading and bridge
west Side Main Canal:
Fern heGdglte.
FUchsia headgate.
Fo%glore heading. Including
FONclove check-maso sonrv.
foNSiove Nos. ! ana > deliveries
masonry.
West side drain hoadcate
West side drain wagon bridges C2)
West side drain FONGloyc culvert.
Also all canals, ditohcs headWorks
dams, structures and appurt-nances Of
every kind ana nature whatsoever, con-
S'ituting any part Of the canal system Of
the California Development Company in
the County Of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia.
4. The following buildings, wagon
sheds barns and other buildings situated
in the said County Of Imperial, state Of
California, owned by the California De-
Yeiopment Company or in the possession
$ of the receiver. VIZ:
Situated at Andrade:
superintendent office and living quar-
ters.
Wood storage
Commssary and dining quarters.
Power house.
Motor car and watchman's quarters.
Machine and blacksmith shop.
Oil pumping plant.
Fuel oil reservoir (concrete)
Oil house.
Tool house No. /.
Storehouse No. /.
StorehouSe NO. 2.
Lumber shed.
Powder magazine
Water and oil tanks-elevated
Fl Centro dredgermen's tent house.
Laborers' tent house.
Outhouses 80
Cooks helpers tent house.
Cooks tent house.
Two-story building (old cabin of
"Silas ]. Lewis.')
Rock Point ranada
Tent houses ca IN canyon.
Barn and corral.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-02-05

give him reasonable opportunity 70 do his full duty If in
sonable time he does order we'll and good
If he does succeed in this then be hoped that he also
the land the people and make possible their steady
To accomplish this however it to be hoped Car
rama his will encourage Americans and other
egners agricultural pursuits in Mexico that they
methods of advanced civilization the people of
that land
Imperial Valley press., 1916-02-05
ABOUT MINED PUBLICITY
DOYS' PIG CLUBS.

II OYS' PIG CLUBS.
D The banks the valley have financed project to give
prizes to the boys successful in growing pigs this
year
To say nothing lessons in human nature the boys will
the pigs it fine opportunity that is afforded them
The great hog has been of the coys great
est assets valley especially however dark and dear
he may be every hog has silver lining.
The will the boys from this enterprise
will lead them on to prosperity will be great gain if
they take their dads along with them.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-02-05
CaIexico:
MisceIlaneous: :

a pacel OF land containing 80 acres
and lying ia Tla,t No. 81, r. IG S., r.
l6 t., s. B. NJ, COY. Resurvey;
A Parcel of land containing 7.59 acres
and iyins in Tract 81 r. 16 $, r. lG
T.. s. 3. NJ, Gov. Resurvey,
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-07-06
DIES AS RESULT
OF AUTO ACCIDENT
MINING MAN PINNED BENEATH
AUTO WHICH RAN OFF
EMBANkMENT

Jacob S. Satler, partner of John
Ross in mining interest in Union
ville was fatally injured in an auto
mobile accident last Sunday and died
next evening, said the Humboldt
Star.
Mr.. Satler, who was an inexperi-
enced driver, had been to Inlay and
Mill City after supplies and was re-
turning to Unionville. No one was
with him. Just at the mouth OF the
canyon, on high levee where
the road crosses tailings pond
the machine ran off the embank
ment fell about fifteen feet, ant
Mr.. Satler was pinned beneath 1t
! Young John Ross. who was at thu
mill nearby, saw the accident ant
ran to the place where the over
turned machine lay. He summone'
help and the car was lifted and MI
Satler, who was still conscious, wa
| caTrleu 10 MS cdnih' iie WI" VI
men that he had become confuse
and turned on the gas instead c
shutting II off as he intended an
the car ran on the embankment.
Satler's right leg was broken an
he sustained internal injuries. II
suffered greatly during the nlgl
and next day It was decided TO tab
him to Lovelock. He died on Il
road short distance from Inlay.
Deceased was 65 years of age al
native OF Pennsylvania. lie was
(: mechanical engineer and blacksmi
and came to this state from CalifC
!. MIA, lie In survived by three brcthe
and two sister. all living In the sal
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-07-06
TROOPERS CAST IN
TRENCH LIKE DOGS
Dead Officers and Men Buried in
a Ditch Without Clothing or
pretenCe of COffinS



Ell PASO July 6The bodies Of Capt Boyd Lieut. Adair and
troopers Tenth Cavalry killed Carrza brought
here today Only the bodies of the officers and Private Dewitt
Eight bodies single
according undertaken The dead had been gathered
from the battlefield and ditch which filed up The
officers and stripped Of their uniforms and the bodies
mixed Unfortunately with the dirt
Examination Of the bodies showed that Capt Boyd shot
through the right eye and Adair through the breast
BY Assoc ated Pss.)
WASHINGTON, July 6Afer conference with the president
Secy Lansing said thought the reply
be made understood that all negotiations
conducted through diplomatic
directly between them
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-07-06
TRAVEL
IS IN FULL SWING
TWO LARGE MACHINES STOP
HERE FOR THE DAY EN- ROUTE
TO LAKE MICHIGAN RESORTS

The auto season is now open full
blast and hundreds of machines are
travelling over the Midland trail
every month, passing through Tono-
pah The latest to cover the distance
between San Francisco and Chicago
is Ralph C. Brown. wife, mother and
daughter, accompanied by Mrs. R.
Morrell and Mrs. Pierce Cutler in a
large so horsepower Winton six.
Another party. Mr. and Mrs. William
S. Heger and daughter accompany
them in a Buick. The two parties
left San Francisco Monday morning
on two months vacation tour
intending to reach their eastern des
tination three weeks from today
The roads to Tonopah. they say. are
In good shape.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-07-06
FIRE IN THE PHOENIX
SET BY INCEND|ARY
CIRCUMSTANCES ATTENDING AN
EARLY EVENING BLAZE
ExcITEs SUSPICIOUS

The Phoenix rooming house, owned
by Fred. Spaulding, was partially de-
stroyed by fire last night at 3 o'clock.
The fire originated in the linen closet
adjoining the kitchen, in the rear Of
the office. While the nremen were
endeavoring to quench the flames in
the closet another blaze started in
room No. 4, three doors away, and
extended to four rooms. The loss is
estimated at $1,000.
Il carry no insurance and | am
absolutely certain that it was set on
fire by someone who rs my enemy
said Spaulding this morning. "The
main reason why believe that II
was purposely fred was on account
of the suspicious character Of the
position of the window curtains and
the place where the fire originated
+, The blinds over the kitchen window
and door are never pulled down
This morning | found them faded
I
and blackened with smoke. The win
dow in the kitchen has never beer
locked and 1t would be an eas.
matter for someone to climb in an,
set the place on fire. My bulldog
Troubles. was in the room at thu
time with a muzzle. but was unabl
to do anything. He was brought ou
unconscious.
II was over at Goldfield last nlsh
and as soon as / went to the fgh
some person told me my house wa
burning. Immediately took an aut
and came back. The hre was ou
when ! arrived.
Five years ago last April m
houses were set on fire BY certai
Individual In the trial. from whic
he eseapsS. II was alleged that ~
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-07-06
COLLEGE PLAYERS
GETTING A TRY0UT
MAJOR LEAGUES ARE LOOKING
UP LIKELY YOUNG RECRUITS
FROM THE COLLEGES

NEW YORK, July 6.-Major league
baseball clubs have already started
their annual tryout of college players
who have made good on varsity
diamonds this season. While the
scouts of the various leagues have
been rather liberal in their recon-
mendations 1t is not likely that many
Of these youngsters will be able to
successfully make the leap feom the
college team to the big league COM
binatons. Both the Philadelphia
Athletics and the New York Giants
are at present trying out several of
the more promising of the varsity
results and 1t may be that one or
two OF them will stand the test.
The Giants wiz give Pitcher Geo
Smith of COLUMBIA Pitcher Way ot
Yale and Second Baseman Stafford
OF Tufts tryout and hope to de
velop at least one of the trio befor'
the season closes. Connie Mack hai
teammate of Stafford's in Carroll
former catcher for Tufts; and Pitche
Johnson Of Ursinus Is working will
the team. Other clubs have adde,
collegian or two TO their roster
within the past week or two, bu
} owing to the closeness OF the rae
In the two leagues are loath to US
them In the play at this time
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-07-06
BRITAIN TAKES
OVER ISLANDS
PACIFIC OCEAN PRoTEcToRATEs
PASS INTO OWNERSHIP
OF ENGLAND
tBy Associated Press,

MELBOURNE Australia, July e.
Ocean. Tanning and Washington ISL
ands in the mid-Pacific have been at
tached by the British government to
the Gilbert and Ellice groups for
administration purposes. During No
vember last the native governments
of the Gilberts and the Ellices, which
had been British protectorates since
1892, were at their own request an
nexed to the British dominions under
the title of the Gilbert and Ellice
Islands Colony. 1t therefore follows
that Ocean, Tanning and Washing
ton islands will now be part of tha
colony
Ocean Island is famous for iti
rich deposits of phosphate rock ant
Tanning Island is the site of rela.
station of the Canadian Australian
New Zealand cable.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-07-06
LONG LIVE THE
GR|NC0 NATION
FOOD RIOTERS IN SAN LUIS
PoToSI SHOUT THE PRAISE
OF MAN WITH GOLD
Try Associated Pre.sl

Try Associated Prers.t
FIELD HEADQUARTERS, July 6.
Reports from Gen. Pershing say
starving women stormed the palace
of the governor in San Luis Potosi
shouting viva Gringoes." Food riots
are occurring in many of the larger
cities of Mexico. The governments
supply of grain has been exhausted
and the demands of starving womer
and children are being refused. Cole
paid the natives by Gen. Pershing's
men for supplies and labor is in
creasing the discomfort.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-07-06
WOMEN LEAD
BREAD RIOTS
ouAYMAs AND TOWNS ON WEST
COAST WITHOUT MEANS
OF susTENANcE

tDs A.0OchatCu
GUAYMAS, July 6.-Women are
leading bread riots in many towns Of
the interior and west coast of Mexico.
according to reports. The food stu
alton is desperate and has almost
reached an acute stage owing to the
fact that virtually no crops are avail
able because of the depredations OF
rowing bandits and Indians.
Reports from various districts in
Snaloa state that volunteers sworn
in by the de facto government in
anticipation of invasion by tht
United States are being mustered
out on the strength of the statement
of Carranza that there is no danger
of conflict with the United States.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-07-06
REMAINS OF LATE MILTON
r. HIGHToWER LAID TO REST

The remains OF Milton r. High
tower. formerly chief watchman OF
the Tonopah Mining company, were
inferred in the Elks' plot at the
local cemetery this afternoon. fol
lowing the arrival OF his sister, Mrs
]. NJ. Elliott.
Yesterday afternoon Coroner Dun
seath empaneled jury. which came
To verdict OF death due to hear
failure. supeinduced by fatty degener
alton OF the muscles OF the heart"
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-07-06

THOMAS DUGAN returned to Hot
Creek this morning after spending
several days in Tonopah.
mattresses we're placed against the
building and the water tanks dyna-
mited to prevent any possible action
on the part of the fire department.
From the circumstances honestly
believe that my place was burned
just for meanness"
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-07-06
comsTocK MINER is
SERIOUSLY INJURED

Edward Stelnberg. foreman OF the
Nomstock Pumping association, was
severely injured Tuesday when he
was caught between falling timber
ana a compressed air locomotive OF
'ne 5000 foot level. Ills pelvic bones
were shattered and his bladder pune
'afea. besides other Internal injuries
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-07-06
,sy Associated rrcss.l

BERLIN July 6Aempts made by the French yesterday to
were repulsed according official Similar efforts OF
the recapure Damop Hill battery unsuccessful
French attack along front in the Aisne
district Vile Bois northwest of Rheims This
unsuccessful causing loss In the region south of the
fighting is continuous
advances of the British e i were balanced by
attacks. Farther south the Brit ed firm foohold
hhe advanced trench of this cntp evacuated
he village of Bell Santerre ha aptured by the
French Fighting around Esirees is a stano
after repeated Russian attacks the
Teutonc lines partially transferred
a neighboring
PARIS, July 6.Smal occurred north of the
Somme last night which captured small wood
klome north of Hem The French also captured wood
German counter attack Beoy easily repulsed
official message to the department
The French captured 6 and hundred machine
There is infantry fighting the Verdun
official says the Germans attempted lombard the
Cathedral at Verdun
b bnsocia Pre.s.)
LONDON, July 6llavng captured the whole German
line south of the Somme from the Beoy French
Clery, which threatening