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Omaha daily bee., 1916-02-17
MAnRIAGE LIcENsEs.

PERMITS TO wed have been issued TO
the following:
Name and Residence. Age.
Ralph y. Rees, Pilger .................... ~
Florence NJ. Graham, Leigh ............ 70
Charles Redman, Ottumwa, Ia.......... q
Bertha white. Omaha announcement. ~
William Warehime, Ravenwood. NO.. 70
Jessie Locke, Omaha .......'.........'. -
John A. Fruhwirth, Omaha........over p
Anna ]. Schmidt, Omaha...........over Is
Peter Peterson. Omaha ................. 3s
Jensina Christensen. Omaha ..........., 70
Duncan D. O'Leary. Omaha ............ "a
Marguerite A. Eisasser. Omaha ...... ID
BUILDING PERMITS.
Carl Carlson. 277i Davenport. frame
dwelling, s., 800; II. r.. Evans, 209-li South
Eleventh, repairs, $1,000.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-02-17

lots garden ground. S4-s5 Tel. Doug.
2lO7 Evenings Walnut 25S7.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-02-12
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR TO
ENTERTAIN TONIGHT

Tonight at Masonic hall the I'M
perial Valley commandery will enter
tain members and friends at grand
ball for which preparations have been
in process of consummation for over
week.
The members of the committee OF
arrangements are: Calexico, Sirsi
Charles F. Turner, S. T. Tyler; Braw.
ley, Sirs Clyde A. Nagle, f. A. De
Blois; Imperial, Sirs Ray S. Carberry,
Frank d. Havener; Ell Centre, Sirs
Major S. Cook, Clifford Coggins, Wal
ter Fl. Sprague, Joseph p. DAILY, Vene
Bloomer, 3. r. Brundage, James K.
Hermon, James B. DAILY, Charles H.
Hersee, Walter O. Hamilton, Frank
lin j. Cole. sff#3
Imperial Valley press., 1916-02-12
European Finances
Marking War Limit

New York, Feb. 12.-With the Ger
man mark deprecated nearly 25 per
cent in value in the world market, and
steadily sinking to lower level; with
the English pound sterling down 10
per cent and the French notes down
Is per cent, American financiers are
approving the attitude Of the Berlin
bankers in demanding the early end
ing of the war, before Gcrmany's
finances especially shall have sunk to
a point that implies ruin.
But while the financiers are urging
this policy, an available quitting point
is not seen by military men.
The Central Powers have been plan
ming two great offensive movements
designed to produce condition where
in they could end the war to their
advantage, but in both cases the Teu-
tons appear to be thoroughly check
mated.
One of these was the drive on Sa-
Imperial Valley press., 1916-02-12

| The fate of 458 railways, compris-
! ing 250,000 miles of track and 20
billions of capital, and the fate, as
well, of every shipper, traveller, seller
and consumer in the country, hangs
in the balance of balloting now being
carried on in Chicago.
Close to 100000 railroad employees
are voting by mail as to whether a
demand for an S-hour day at pres
ent pay, and time-and- -a-half for over
time, shall be presented to the rail-
road presidents.
Peter Kilduff Of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers is at the head
of the committee in Chicago receiving
the ballots.
It is understood tn vote is running
overwhelmingly for submission of the
demands. 1t will all be in March l.
Then the unions final terms will be
presented to the railroads.
OAer of arbitration and of compro-
mise will be refused. If the roads
Imperial Valley press., 1916-02-12
Patents.

U. S. A. to Herbert j. Borat, SW u
of section l 17-16, 100 acres.
U. S. A. to Winfield S. Palmer, Sc
4 NV a, SW a NE u, N EA SW
a; N a Sc a and lots 6, 8, 10, sec
tion 13, 1915, and lots and of Sec
tion IS, 1916, 321.29 acres.
U. S. A. to Horace f. Harris( tract
II, 1913, 16O acres.
U. S. A. to John Terribilini, tract
1O7, 1913, 40 acres.
U. S. A. to Richard C. Starner, NV
4 Sc a and N " SW 4 and SW 4
SW a section II, 1916, 100 acres.
U. S. A. to Roy o. Pyle, Farm
Unit &C." or lot 1, section 8, 1928,
1884 acres.
U. S. A. to Olivia f. Nixon, tract
1872, 17-15, 40 acres.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-02-12
Trustees Considering
Filtering City Water

Judge Gregg, A. l.. Richmond, c. w.
Baldridge, E. F. Howe and H. w.
Blaisdell, the latter the builder of
the Calexico system.
Not only were all the visitors
pleased with the results obtained by
the filtration, but all expressed the
determination to secure such a plant
for Ell Centre.
The filter consists of reinforced
concrete tank 100 feet long, "a feet
wide and 8 feet deep. On the bottom
of the tank are laid number OF
lines of ordinary 4X5-inch building
tile. the ends of which lines OF tile
are connected with a header pipe,
which is in turn connected by pipe
with the city pressure pumps. The
tile are surrounded with fine gravel
to the depth of inches, carefully de-
posted in q level layer. On this grav-
ell are laid three layers of inches
each of graded gravel or coarse sand'
the top layer being the finest. The
various layers of graded gravel and
sand serve as a screen on which is
placed Is inches of fine sand which
is the filtering medium.
In the operation of the filter, the
filter basin above the fine sand is
filled to the depth of feet with such
settled water as FL Centro now uses
and the pump, connected with the tile
drains above referred to, is started and
the water drawn down through the
fine sand and screen of gravel into
and through the tile to the pump and
thence to the water tank and city
mains. The impurities in the settled
water are removed in its passage
through the fine sand, the surface OF
which will become clogged after a
days use. The interesting part of
the filter is the Blaisdell filter wash
ing machine, which is a steel struc-
ture spanning the 24-foot width of
the filter and travelling on rails ON
either wall. The essential part of
the washing machine consists of a
steel box % feet 6 inches long, 20
feet wide and 2 inches deep, with a
top but no bottom, there being shoes
at the front and hack on the bottom
Imperial Valley press., 1916-02-12

loniki, on which considerable progress
had been made But in the rear of
their armies the Teutons found the
Roumanians about ready to enter the
war, and they halted their steps, while
the Allies are daily adding to their
force of men and artillery.
The other great offensive was to
be on the west line, and for a week
the Germans have been driving on
the British and French there. 1t is
claimed that in this offensive alone
during the last two weeks the Ger
man losses have run close to 100000
men, while the area gained has
amounted to nothing. Great bodies of
reinforcements have been sent into
Belgium and France by The Germans,
but without avail thus far.
Meantime, the only offensive move
ment in the war which is making pro-
gress is that of the Russian drive into
Galicia, where renewed progress is re-
ported.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-02-12

have not accepted the demands by May
1, the question Of the strike will be
submitted to the members of the
brotherhoods, and the leaders in the
movement have no doubt the men will
stand solidly behind the new policy of
"strike first and parley afterwards" )"
President w. S. Carter of the Broth
erhood Of Locomotive Firemen, is said
to be the moving spirit behind this
huge campaign and President w. G..
Lee Of the Brotherhood of Trainmen
his chief lieutenant.
The railroad officials, who claim the
men are really fighting for higher wa
ges, hope that when it comes to a
showdown the engineers and~conduc-
tors will not vote for a strike. They
believe Warren S. Stone, head of the
engineers, still at heart adheres to the
policy of arbitration.
From Stones office, however, comes
the response that the men don't want
more pay--that the provisions for
Imperial Valley press., 1916-02-12

edge of the slides which slide on the
surface of the clogged filter sand when
in operation. A double row of pipe
rake teeth project below the bottom
of the box into the stand to any de-
sired depth up to its full depth of is
inches. Water is forced down through
these teeth which are given trans
verse motion of inches and 120
strokes per minute. AS result, every
grain of sand is thoroughly secured
and washed. The muddy water re-
sulting from the washing process is
drawn up into the box and by means
Of suction pump removed and dis
charged into a conduit on one of the
walls of the filter basin, which dis
charges into drain leading to New
river, half a mile distant.
It requires about an hours time
and 25 electrical horsepower to wash
the filter. The cost of cleaning it is
less than $50 per month. The ca
pacity of the Calexico filter is 1,OOO,-
900 gallons per day. Where greater
capacity is required, two or more
filters are built side by side and the
washing machine transferred from
one to another by means of a trans.
fer table. The Calexico filter washer,
if kept running all the time would
clean the filters for city of 100000
inhabitants.
The Blaisdell machine for cleaning
filters has been in constant use in
Yuma, Ariz., for 10 years; Philadel-
phia, Pa, 6 years; Wilmington, Del,
5 years, and is now being installed in
the new filtering plant of Montreal,
Canada, which will cost over 81, ,5OO,-
900, The Blaisdell washing machine
is also under consideration for clean
ing filters for the City of New York.
FL Centre uses a maximum Of some
100000 gallons of water per day in
the summer and the cost of cleaning
filters by the use of the Blaisdell fill
ter washing machine, it is said, would
be less than $50 per month. The
wear On the machine is nominal. and
the filter sand which has been in use
for ten years at Yuma shows no loss
of quality or quantity.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-02-12

overtime after eight hours are intend
ed as a penalty to prevent the COM
panias from working the men long
hours-that there have been $4,000
violations of the hours-of service law
in one year.
1t is said the tying up of the rail
roads would enforce idleness directly
upon 100000 or 100000 railroad
employees, while there is no telling
what the ultimate effect in closing
other industries would be.
The union men, however, believe
they hold the whip hand and the rail
roads will give in when it comes to
the point where the lash can be flour
ished.
Carter, of the firemen, is said to
have preached that now is the most
opportune time imaginable to win the
new demands, because
First-It is presidential election
year, and neither Congress nor Pres
ident Wilson would care to throw their
weight against close to half a million
labor votes.
Second-The public would be with
the strikers, rather than tolerate a
complete tieup of the nation.
Third-The railroads showing tre-
mendous profits, especially in the
East, where war freight shipments
have been immense, would rather set
tie at once than lose their present un-
paralleled opportunity.
That the railroads expect show
down is proved by the fact that they
are spending thousands of dollars get
ting ready facts and figures for a
great publicity campaign with which
they will try to win the public to
their side.
The four heads of the mems brother
hoods, fearful of schism should their
statements not agree, have shut down
On publicity except for such state
ments as appear over their four sig
natures.
The agitation for the mems de-
mands comes from the bottom, not the
top-which means the rank and file
are in the saddle and the union Off
cials will be forced to do their bid
ding.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-02-12
"Times" EXcursi0nists Will
Pass Tonight in Ell Centre

committee of autoists who took their
guests for a view of the city and the
valleys agricultural resources, going
via Holtville and Imperial and re-
turning in time for dinner at the Bar
bara Worth hotel.
The excursionists were enthusiastic
over the valley as they saw it today,
and it is evident the work of awak-
ening interest in agricultural lands,
and particularly in this valley, is
meeting with great success.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-02-12

CaleXico a year ago installed fill
tration system for domestic water,
and has gained enviable success in
this work, the wster served there
being as clear as can be found any
where. Ell Centro city trustees and
business men are now seriously con-
sidering submitting at the spring
election a bond issue to install the
same kind of system here, the esti-
mated cost being $4,000.
The city trustees went to Calexico
Thursday to inspect the plant, and
yesterday a party of Ell Centre bust
ness men made the trip, there being
in the party Benjamin Salomon, F. j.
Fuller, S. w. Dunaway, Leroy Holt
Imperial Valley press., 1916-02-12

Ell Centre tonight will entertain the
members of the second Los Angeles
Times excursion to the Imperial val
ley.
The party spent this morning at
Calipatria attending the auction sale
of lots and acreage there and after
the barbecue lunch proceeded to Braw-
ley, where they were shown the full
attractions of the North End city.
This afternoon they came to Ell
Centro, being met by an enthusiastic
Imperial Valley press., 1916-02-12
BELLS BROTHER ASKS
FOR GRUESOME RELIC

Thomas S. Bell, brother of Henry
G. Bell, who on January Is shot and
killed his wife and Barton Mallory,
who went to her rescue, Bell then
committing suicide, has written to
Sheriff Applestill asking that the gun
which his brother used be forwarded
to him at Bishop, in Inyo county.
The pistol, .41-calibre Colt, was
forwarded today.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-02-12
Branch Line Is SWamped
BY Great Freight Traffic

Talking about the revival of busi-
ness, do you know that the Imperial
Valley branch of the Southern Pacific
is absolutely swamped with traffic? &?
Freight cars are being dumped into
the valley towns so rapidly that the
switching crew cannot spot the cars
to be unloaded fast enough, and now
are three days behind with their work,
though they have for days been put
Imperial Valley press., 1916-02-12

the public. The Palace has about 200
more seats than the Tulane, and these
frequently are needed.
There will be two machines used
hereafter, instead Of one, and a new
lens is being made especially for the
Palace, to give perfect projection of
the picture on the screen, while di-
rect current will take the place of the
alternating current in the lighting.
Mr.. Cook will have entire charge of
the theatre, as Mr.. Applestilrs duties
as sheriff require his entire time.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-02-12

tard, though the swells thought him
a mutt.
Honest Abe! Your names still ring
ing through the corridors of fame; all
the world your praise is singing, every
man reveres your name! Had you
spent your morning sleeping and your
evenings drinking rye, poets would not
now be keeping bright that fame
which will not die!
Imperial Valley press., 1916-02-12
Applestill & Cook TO Open
Palace Theatre Wednesday

Applestill & Cook have leased the
Palace theatre and temporarily will
close Theatre Tulane. The last show
at the Tulane for the time being will
be Tuesday evening, and Wednesday
evening the Palace will open with
Mary Pickford in "The Dawn of To-
morrow"
1t will be the policy of the lessees
to give only feature pictures hereaf-
ter, and the Palace will be consider
ably changed to better accommodate
Imperial Valley press., 1916-02-12

ting in 16 hours day.
Merchants who are looking fol
freight and who ordinarily count or
two days from Los Angeles here now
find it five days, and there are many
disappointments.
This would not be the condition ii
the valley was not going ahead Won
derfully fast, and so there is some
pleasure in being disappointed.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-02-12
Ambassador Taken Prisoner.

Petrograd (via London), Feb. r.
A dispatch from Teheran says that
Assim Bey, Turkish ambassador to
Persia, has been captured by a pa
troll of Cossacks near Keredji.
Three companions who were taker
prisoners at the same time as the am
bassador have proved to be the Aus
trian military attache and two Aus
trian prisoners of war who had es-
capped from the Russians some time
AGO
Imperial Valley press., 1916-02-12
Trainmen and Miners Confer.

Mobile, Ala, Feb. 12.-Emissaries
of the Brotherhoods of Railway Train
men and Locomotive Firemen are in
Mobile comforting with the soft coal
miners union officials, who are dis
cussing the mine wage scale. 1t is
said the railroaders wish to arrange
a simultaneous strike of the railroad
men and coal miners in case the Goa
and railroad companies do not grant
the miners wage sincrease and the
railroad mems demand for an eight
hour day. If such strike is called
it will affect 100000 men directly ant
paralyze the nations industry.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-02-12
Three Eastern Star Lodges
Entertain Grand Officers

Signal Chapter, Order of the East
ern Star, of Ell Centre; Alamitos
chapter, of Holtville, and Imperial
Crown chapter, of CaleXico, last night
at Masonic Temple jointly entertained
Mrs. Elizabeth b. Wheeler, grand
worthy matron, and Alrik Hammer,
grand worthy patron, both of Los
Imperial Valley press., 1916-02-12

Angeles.
Initiatory work was conducted by
AlamitoS chapter and other work was
put on by the Signal and Imperial
Crown chapters.
A special train on the Holton In
terurban brought the membership OF
Alamitos chapter to the gathering.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-02-12
Out of Politics.

Now York, Feb. 12.-Lindley M.
Garrison, former secretary of war
announced here To-Day that he intend
ed to retire "absolutely" from politics
and public life. He said he would not
discuss his resignation from any po-
litical angle.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-02-12

There apparently is no weakening
in the demand of the Allies that Ger
man militarism be absolutely de-
stroyed before peace is restored, and
with this state of affairs it is diff
cult to find a basis on which compIi-
ance can be made with the demand of
the German financiers that the war
be ended.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-02-12
Beekeepers to Meet.

The beekeepers of Imperial county
are requested to meet in Ell Centre
on Saturday, February 10 at . o'lock
to decide on candidate for inspector
of apiaries for Imperial county.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-02-12
Can You Picture Young Abe Lincoln
In Any One of These Ways?
By Charles B. Driscoll

Can you picture young Abe Lincoln
in the village poolhall door, with his
eyes all dim and blinkin', splitting on
the wooden floor?
Can your best imagination picture
young Abe with the sots, "shakin'
bones" to beat the nation, on the va
cant corner lots?
Can you think of Abe at college.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-02-12

with some booze inside his belt, with
his head devoid of knowledge, hunting
some young freshman's pelt?
Picture "Honest Abe" at 80, loafine
in a barber shop, with his face and
collar dirty, hiding from the corner
cop!
Abe, it seems, was quite too busy
to fit into such scene; ignorant OF
night life dizzy, quite content with
looking green" But he surely cut
the mustard when the stuff was there
to cut, and he won the biggest Gus
Imperial Valley press., 1916-02-12
Cotton Market.

A short Saturday session in New
Orleans and a holiday in New York
made the cotton market report to Daily
Brothers very brief today.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-02-12
Tieup Of Whole United States Looms
Unless Railroads Grant Mems Demands

Number of railroads involved,
458.
Number of employees directly or
indirectly involved, 100000.
Mileage affected, 25O,O0O.
Number stockholders affected,
100000.
Estimated increase over present
age schedules if demands are
granted, 25 to 40 per cent.
Railroads estimate of over
time wage increase asked, 81 per
cent.
Capital securities directly af-
fected, $40, 100000.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-02-12
Automobile
( FREE

to the one receiving the most votes.
There are absolutely no strings on
this in any way 1t will simply go to
the man or woman having the most
votes. We give each candidate 5000
votes to start with Candidates will
be known by number; their names will
not be mentioned. Call and get full
information about this campaign. If
you are not interested yourself, per-
haps you have friend for whom you
can save your coupons. Someone is go
ing to get this auto. Who will it be?
Imperial Valley press., 1916-02-12
By X. w. Payne

Chicago, Feb. 12.-Throwing close
to 100000 men out of work, and
practically paralyzing the whole coun-
try, the first really nationwide strike
in American history is threatened
shortly by the four big railway broth
erhoods of the United States.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1916-05-19
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF
THE COUNTY OF LUNA AND
THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO

In the Matter of the Estate of Cath.
crime L. Brem, deceased.
Administrators Notice
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned, N. L. Brem, was, on the
4th day Of May, A. d. 1915, duly up.
pointed administrator Of the estate
Of Catherine l.. Brem, deceased. An
persons having claims against said
estate are required to present the
same duly verified, within one year
from the date Of said appointment,
the time allowed by law for the pre-
sentation Of such claims, and II not
so presented and filed, the lain will
he barred by virtue OF the statute in
such cases provided. All persons
indebted to said estate are request.
ed to settle with the undersigned.
N. L. BREM
Administrator of the Estate Of
Catherine l.. Brem, deceased.
A. W. Pollard, Attorney for Admin
istrator. yS-it.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1916-05-19

FOR nDNT-Rbur room bsisk house.
VIII 18th. Furnished a. unfumish-
ed App,y 70 II. D. 0ssea. Setf
FOR RENT5Ihs new DIZZY burg
allow o. Granite avoaue. vegy ct.
trastivs home. Apply at Graphic
oE1eA 30tf.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1916-05-19

Notice is hereby given that the
Luna County Road Board Of the
County Of Luna, and State Enein
Ger Of Santa Fe, State Of New Mexico,
will receive at their office in the city
Of Deming, New Mexico, on the fifth
day of June. 1916, at 3 p. IN. Of said
day, sealed bids for the construc-
ton of wooden bridge consisting
Of five (5) thirty-one foot (31)
span on wood piles, over the Min.
bres river on the section line between
sections five (5) and six 10y, twp.
20, s. X. 10 W. Bids will be made
according to the plans and speci6-
cations to be had upon application
TO the County Road Engineers Of
flee at Deming, New Mexico, which
plans and specifications must be re-
ferred to in the bid.
All bids must be accompanied by
a bond to the sum of $4,000, with
two or three sureties thereon, check
certified to the satisfaction Of said
Road Board will be acceptable. The
construction of said bridge to be com.
pleted sixty days (6o) days after the
date Of contract.
Upon acceptance Of q bid, the sue
cessful bidder will be required to fur.
nish bond in the sum Of the con
tract price, conditioned upon thu
faithful performance of the contract
entered into between the Luna Coun.
~ Road Board and such successful
bidder.
The Luna County Road Board re
serves the right to reject any and al
bids.
LUNA COUNTY ROAD BOARD
BY s. W. Almy, County Road Engr
May 8 to June 2.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1916-05-19
Jolly Five Hundred Club

The jolly Five Hundred Club met
last Thursday with Mrs Pierce
Hughes, Mrs. Leo Williams making
the highest score. The Jolly Five
Hundred Club has disbanded for the
summer and will not meet again un-
til September.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1916-05-19

Buck Phillips will give dance in
IIondaIe, Friday, May Goth. The
IIondnle Orchestra will furnish the
music.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1916-05-19

FOUND-A pair Of nose elsssss, can
be recovered at this Office on proof Of
ownership. l1tl
White Lame Treatment for tubercu-
losis and catarrh. W. v. Stewart.
2l4 South Gold avenue 81
TO EXCHANGES acres Of decide
land l l-2 mile Of La lara, Colo, in
the San Louis Valley. All level and
can be cultivated. Has good water
right fully paid. To exchange for
Mimbres Valley land. See Fred
Sherman. 23tf
BOARD AND ROOM-At the Wing
Tent Cottages, for health seekers;
rates reasonable; five blocks from
post office on old grade road. 22tf
POULTRY FOR SALE 'ure bred
White I.eghorns bought and sold;
stock. The Wing Poultry Yards, on
old grade road, Deming, N. N. 22f
BILL WELLS AUTO LIVERY.
and repair shop; all work guaranteed.
Halle Walker in charge If repoir
work. 26tf
SHOES REPAlRED-While Won
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1916-05-19

FOR SALE-Hieh grade square pi-
ano in good condition. Phone No
8. 34tf
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1916-05-19

FOR SALE-Some 6-inch easing at
so for 80 it,. and s25 for so IT,. Of
Inch. All Ia good condition. Write
Emil X. Gemoets, Box l0l, FL Paso.
Texas. ~.