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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-27
$3,O00,000 CARGOES
 FROM SOUTH AMERICA

V Boston, July 7.-What was said to be the largest cargo of indigo brought to the United States in several years arrived here recently on a steamer from a port in India. South African wool and Philippine hemp came in large quantities on two other vessels, and the cargoes of the three steamers had an estimted value of more than 9s3L 600. .OOO
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-27
EXEMPTION WON'T BE
 ASKED FOR ALL EMPLOTE5

New York, July '27-Although. Mayor Mitchell has notified depart ment heads that the city will ask ex- emption for those employees who may be drawn in the new national army and whose places will be difficult to fill, he announced today that he would decide just how indispensable each empVye is before asking for ex- emption.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-27
CHINESE CITY IS IN
 FLAMES PEOPLE FLEE

Shanghai. China, July 27.--A corre- spondent of the North China Daily News reports that serious fighting has broken out again at Chengtu. capital = the province of SZechuen. where Kwei Chow and Yum Nan troops have resumed their contest for mastery of the province. The city is in flames and the people are fleeing in panic.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-27
MEDICAL RESOURCES OF
 NEW YORK MOBILIZED

New York, July 27-Through the efforts of the women's war auxiliary of New York hospitals the medical resources of, the city have been mob ilized for use in event of an enasz- gency Eachsdhtis fully equipped.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-27
7heS111i,th=MufrayCO. 1o61Main s. andi49 EirfadAve
 Bridgep0r1s Busy Cashr.Store > 1ss7
Charming Midsummer Styles in Taffeta, Crepe de Chine and Satin Dresses at $7.75, $12.OO, $14.OO and $16.5O
Crepe de Chine
 Dresses

Very pretty one piece style gathered at waist with chain girdle, large sport pockets, box pleated from shoulders down, deep square, collar, in gray, blue, or white.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-27

The riots at Nizhni Novgorod were started under the leadership Of the Russian extremist. May Jews warA 1slaughtered.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-27

CORTEZ o. ROCKWELL, plumb tng and Heating. jobbing a speciality. 8051 Main and Hillside avenue. Phone 3Z6-2. B 10 stf
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-27
Satin
 .f Dresses

Fine quality satin. in black or navy with overskirt, wide girdle at belt, deep fancy collar with detachable whito Georgette collar and vest ef- feet.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-27

$500 and $40O Trimmed Sport Hats. .$1.OO $AOO Banded Sailors. .$1.O0 $200 White Hemp Braid Hats. $1.OO $2.OO Untrimmed Black Straw Hats. = .$1.O0 $3. and $4OO Colored Untrimmed 751 Co1ored $1.5O Odd lot Trimmed Hats. s..-............... 25c $1. 50 Genuine Panama Hats. $1.00 S1 .25 Trimmed 75c $4.00 Trimmed Hats .$1.48 $500 Trimmed Hats .$1.88 $7.OO and $500 Trimmed Hats. .$2.98 All Trimmed Hats formerly priced from $80 $20.0O
 oV
 S2-50 Straw Banded Sailors. $1.4S $500, $7,OO $50 Bangkok Sport 91.75 Genuine Panama $2 .25 Genuine Panama .$1.4S s LOO Genuine Panama Hats. .$1.98 All fine Panama Hats formerly priced $4.OO
 to $1O.0O, now. .$1.98 to $698 Special values fin White Milan Hats .$1.9S $69S
 Natural LegflOrn Hats half prices Pineapple Straw Banded Sailors. $10S S45O Crush Outing Hats. soc SWEATER COATS VI
 We 0nertng exceptional values in Sweater We just purchased manufacturers entire third less than his cost Beautiful Silk Fibre Go S15.OO $2O0 Ladies' and Misses Striped Snnocks .S1 $250 Ladies' and Misses Plain Cloth .S1.9S
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-27

moueIs at popular prices are now being dis 1t point to see what beautiful styles you can
 
 China Silk Waists $2.OO Heavy China silk, tailored style large col lar, buttons with one large pearl button. Another with deep, square collar, large ruffle front cuffs and ruffIe edged with lace. in white or flesh.
 Lingerie Waists S1.OO Organdie or voile tailored models, with deep collar and large ruffles, some hemstitch- ed, others lace trimmed; also the two in one style with jabot, high pr low neck, tucked front.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-27
N
 Bridgeport Conn Fl @ &&@ Bridgeport, 9O8 914 Main St, Hartford - ~ - Cecle Retail
Tomorrow, Saturday, Is Pre-Inventory Bargain Day

This opportunity that Millinery
 
  Chiffon Cood Silk Walking
  atcostpr
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-27
Taffeta Dresses

One of the smartest mod els in taffeta silk we have seen this season, in navy, ,Co- penhagen, black or gray high waisted effect, Georgette sleeves and deep Georgette collar.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-27
GeOrgette Waists S3.95

Tailored style, with eight clusters of pin tucks, fine pearl buttons, deep shoulder cape collars edged with lace, open cuffs with lace insertions. Another tailored, with silk em- broidered collar, lace trimmed
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-27
Fine Silk Waists S2.95

Georgette crepe model, ruffled front, with lace medallion, deep collar, edged with lace, open cuff. Silk crepe de chine model with large ruffle, deep square collar, lace edged
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-27
Cool and Dainty Summer Waists

complete range of pleasing models popular played the second floor make it point to see f buy at our low cash prices.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-01
Economics and Homes.

There are peonle who have feared
.hat the entrance Of women into the
business anc professional worlds
marked their exit from the home. 1t
seems to be working the other way,
however. 1t has Simply brought bus
mess methods into the tasks that used
to be drudgery.
The growing interest in home eco
Monies may be taken as an indication
cf this changed attitude toward house
work and home-making. Since 1918
more than 1000 high schools have in
tvoduced courses in home economics.
MANY have taken up such work this
wear. and there are at least fifty more
that are going to introduce such
courses before the end Of the year. In
colleges. universities and normal
schools, according to report OF the
Commission of Education, there are
1889 home e conomic students.
This means that the women's move
lcent has not destroyed the home,
while it has broadened the individual
yonans' outlook. With the introduc-
ton of labor-saving machinery and
tusines sideals into the home the
housewife has risen from domestic
servant to an executive position. Her
labor is recognized IS productive.
Whether it is the business woman III
fer modern apartment or the mother
Of five with a real house and back
ward. she is handling the domesti1
routine better than ever before, and
"hone atmosphere" is losing nothing
by it.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-01
DISTRICT ASKED
FURNISH WATER
G. ID. FARRELL WANTS TO PAY
so CENTS A FOOT.
NO. 12 LAND INVOLVED
CLAIMS DISTRICT is OBLIGED
TO TURN ON WATER.
Most of the Land Is Above the In
take of Mutual Water Com
pany rSum1er IL.

An interesting test case involving
the question of whether it is the duty
Of the Imperial Irrigation District to
furnish water to any of its taXpay-
ers upon demand was begun in the
Superior court today.
Upon the allegation of Attorney M.
w. Conkling that Superior Judge Cole,
as a landowner and shareholder Of
water stock was disqualified, Judge
Craig of Riverside county was called
tc sit in the case.
G. d. Farrell of Los Angeles, own
G. of 32O acres on the west side north
west of Imperial, is trying to force
the district to sell him water at the
rate of SO cents per acre-foot, the
same rate that is charged the mutual
water companies.
Farrell, through his attorney, is
contending that, as the canal which
serves the greater part of his land
i: owned by the district, and not by
ary mutual water company, the dis
trict should furnish him water. Ths
district contends that it does not sell
water direct to land owners, bu'
through mutual companies, and that
Farrell should purchase water stock III
No. II water company.
Farrel's land is in ? peculiar po-
sition, at the end Of the district
west side main canal. The canal OF
Water Company No. II begins O:
Farrell's land, but most of his lano
il three or four feet above the in
take of No. II. The officials of the
latter company told him to install
C. pump for the high land and thai
he could have water stock for $25 pei
share.
The Imperial Irrigation District is
public corporation organized under
state law which compels it to fur
rish water to the taxpayers Of the
district, according to Attorney Conk
brg.
Attorney Swing, for the district
takes an opposite stand.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-01
STUDENTS TO TALK.
Methodist Church to Hold Unique
Services Next Sunday Evening.

An unusual service will be held at
the Methodist church next Sunday
night. 1t is to be Students Recog-
nition night. A number of the young
people of the church are attending
University and others are plan
ring to do so. Some Of these young
people have been asked to tell the
people what they have in mind as they
pursue their education. They are not
to try to give set speeches, but Will
talk right out of their experience in
an informal way. A special invita-
ton has been extended to all young
I eople of the city and of the High
School in particular, and large at
tendance is planned for. Good sing
ing and special music will be features
of this unique occasion, which is un-
der the direction of the Epworth
League and the pastor. The service
will begin at 7.
F. F. Nader, secretary of the Bu-
reau of Correspondence instruction,
University Extension Division, Uni
versity of California, is in Ell Centre
in the interest of his work.
w. c. Reed, former clerk at the
local office of the Western Union,
has resigned to accept position as
bookkceper at the Ell Centre National
hank.
c. L. Henning of Los Angeles, a
cantaloupe buyer, arrived in Ell Cen
ITO last night. He will ship many
ears of cantaoupes from Heber this
season.
Signs of summer are more frequent
uring the past few days. One OF
them is that the Broadway Chop
House wie remove bodily-cooks,
mattresses and ALTO Avalon, Santa
Catalina island, next Sunday or Mon
cay night, closing up here until Sep
tember.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-01
DON S. DOIG PROMOTED.

VIII Be Assistant Secretary of Auto
mobile Club of Southern California.
The Automobile Club Of Southern
California has a new assistant secre-
tary-Don s. Doig, who for the pagt
three years has been in the employ
Of the club. Mr. Doig has already tax
en- up his new duties.
For about a year after entering tha
employ Of the Auto Club Mr.. Doig
served as a member Of the touring
department Of the organization, but
something like three years ago he
was appointed head Of the Forwarding
department, which was at that time
instituted as a part of the clubs
work. Since that time, until his ap.
pointment as assistant Sec etary, he
has had complete charge Of that de
partment.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-01
.ALLEGE FRAUD
IN BALLO1ING
WET ADHERENTS OPEN BAT
TIE TO KEEP IMPERIAL WET.
HOT CHARGES HURLED
GROSS FRAUD is LAID AT DOOR
OF ELECTION OFFICIALS.
District Attorney Answers That the
City and Election Boards Were
Within Their Legal Rights.

Before Superior Judge Craig of Riv-
erside, in extra session court this
Irorning, the unusually interesting
contest of the Imperial wet and dry
election was opened, court being held
III the dilapidated jury room Of the
! court house.
At the outset Judge Craig stated
t2at call informalities of dress woulo
lie permitted" Everyone in the court
room but the court had their coats
and vests off.
Attorneys of the contestants were
Leo Youngworth and Percy Hammond
of Los Angeles. District Attorney
Galen Nichols and Deputy District At
torney Simon conducted the case foi
the county. The room was packeo
with spectators.
Argument on Demurrer.
Today's proceedings were the hear
ing of arguments on demurrer tt
the original complaint interposed By
the district attorney. The complain
ant in the case was Harry 0. Frs
kline and the city trustees of lmpe
rial are made defendants.
1t is alleged in the complaint tina;
The election was carried for the drys
IN a fraudulent manner by the fol
lowing methods:
1. That the election was called IL
= hurry, thus preventing many from
registering who would have votee
wet.
2. That there was fraud in the
methods of the election officers, who
prevented many residents who woult
have voted wet from voting on the
ground that they had not registere-
properly.
3. That there was malconduct OF
the part of the board of trustees ant
the various ELECTION boards.
A. That twenty negroes agreed no
to vote upon the promise of pay.
NO Fraud" District Attorney.
The district attorney stated in hi:
answer this morning that there wa
10 fraud, no buying of votes, and tha
the election officers and the city boar(
acted legally and within their right
in the premises.
1t was alleged by the wet adher
ents that the places OF W. T. Dick, ih
spector, and Charles Pusey, judge, a
one of the election precincts, wer'
fraudulent!y filled by the city mar
shall, dry residents taking the places
of the men named in the election
The district attorney contends tina
Dick and Pusey did not appear whel
the time came for opening the polls
and that the election officers wer'
v thin their legal rights in naming X
II. Power and James r. Simpson il
their stead.
1t is probable that the hearing viii
continue until tomorrow morning.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-01
S. p. MEN BUY BONDS.
Fmployes Given Chance to Buy :
Twenty-Five Payments.

The Southern Pacific has just Per-
fected plan by which its $4,000
employees may subscribe to the Lib
crty Loan bonds.
The company plans tc give its enpp-
ployes more than two Years IN wnlsfl
TO pay their subscriptions. The pay
nents viii extend over period Of
twenty-five months. 1t is believed
tl.at under this method practically
every employe of the great railroad
system will be enrolled as a pur-
chaser of Liberty Donds.
The company plans to allow its en-
ployes to make twenty-five equal
monthly payments, each amounting to
: per cent Of the total subscription.
Thus Il man subscribes to q
$50 bond he VIII pay $500 down and
$500 monthly, completing his sub
scription in two years and one month.
If a man buys a S100 bond, he will
pay S40O down and $500 monthly,
completing his subscription at the end
&c approximately two years.
If man buys a $1,000 bonds h
VIII pay $40 down and $40 a month
over q period OF TWENTY-FIVE months.
The Southern Pacific Itself has sub
scribed for $5,O00,00O Of the bonds.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-01
PROUD OF
IT'S QUICK GROWTH

From nothing to its present slze
in just three years, and. judging form
the great activity in and around Cal
ipatria now, it is only fair to pre-
sumo that the growth will be equal
iy as fast, if not even faster. as the
town had very little to make it grow
from the start, but now, with itf
great start and with over 10000 acres
in crop around it, it has backing
that is sure.
This is the conviction of Mr.. Pat
rick, the new engineer of the new own
ers Of the water system, who is nov
planning to extend the system so l:
to furnish water to ali the outlying
districts and who believes that thu
growth Of the town will make 1t
necessary for section to be sub
divided into residence lots in tho
very near future.
The influx Of people has been mucr
greater than steps taken to prepare
for them, with the result that there
9re not enough homes to house al
;he people who come in spite OF tn
fact that there are anywhere from
ten to twenty buildings under con
struction all the time, but even witt
the present showing CT Calipatria i
is only the result of conditions gen
eral in the valley and the fact of tn
matter is that it has been Valley peo
PIE who have been res soonsible for tn,
activity in the North End town.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-01
HEAVY DEALINGS IN FURs.
lRx Assncia>ed Pressl

London, June 1.-Heavy purchases
of furs are being made by British
French and American interests, at the
fur sales here, in anticipation of q
GOOD fall demand. Stocks are small
ewing to the prolonged winter and
prices from 10 to so per cent higher
than in January. Several varieties oil
skins show a decline in consequence
oe the new government regulations as
to exports.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-01
PRINCESS MARY's DEBUT.
u, Associated Press)

London, June Princess Mary, the
2O-year-old daughter OF King George
is to be provided with a small Off
c;al household Immediately following
the conclusion Of peace. This will DC
On a very moderate scale and will
be chosen by Queen Mary. Up to
the present Princess Mary has not
offended any official functions except
with her mother and ladies in waiting
have not SO far been necessary.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-01

Suit for damages has been filed in
the Circuit court by Mr.. and Mrs.
George Novak Of El Centro against
Ira N. Thompson. The suit is based
on alleged Irregularities in note
transaction between the parties.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-01
son OF NOVELIST DIES.
- Assoclated Preasl

Monte Carlo, June I.--trancis Bret
lIarte, son of the novelist, Bret fIarte,
lied here on April n. He Travelled for
some years with Edwin Booth, the
actor, but of late years his delicate
health necessitated residence in the
nilder climates Of italy and the Rivl-
era. He leaves widow and two sons,
Of whom the elder, Richard Bert
Earte, is in San Francisco.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-01
FOOD QUESTION
ACUTE IN PARIS
SPECIAL MEETING OF FRENCH
CABINET ON FOOD CRISIS.
BUTTER Csc PER POUND
FIXING PRICES OF FOODSTUFFS
is NO SMALL JOB.
Experiences of French People IL
Warding Off the Wolf Have
Their Tragic Side.

Correspondence of Associated Press
Paris, June 1.-The food question IN
France is regarded as very serious.
Ali the measures thus far taken have
failed to assure positively the required
supply of bread to carry the country
ever to the next wheat crop, and the
government has just decided in spe~
e!al cabinet meeting to require import
ant sacrifices.
No more pastry and no more crack
ors or biscuits will b. made. except
for the army, after date still to be
fixed. No more highly refined flour
will be tolerated. Every miller vii
be obliged to leave greater percen-
trge of bran in his output, and even
>tually cornmeal. rye or barley may be
mixed with the wheat flour to exc out
the supply.
The experiences of the past year in
france have shown the impossibility
O: influencing economic conditions by
decree. The maximum selling price
of wheat was fixed at a price equiv
aient to S1.S5 bushed, in order tc
avoid an increase in the cost Of
bread. The result was a great de-
crease in wheat acreage; the faWners
preferred to sow oats and barley,
which were not subject to any llmi-
tation and which brought better prices
than wheat.
The retail price of butter on the
I,aris market was fixed at the equiv
aient of 6S cents a pound. Immedi-
ately the receipts fell from ~ tons to
less than 8 tons day The butter
went to the British front, where 1t
readily brought so cents a pound.
The new minister of subsistence.
.Aaurice Viollette, removed the limi-
cation and more butter arrived, bat
The price went up to a dollar a pound
at retail.
Most persons interested in the ques
ton, among them such writer's as Sen
ator Henry Cheron, former under sec
.etary of war, now are of the opinion
that neither prices nor supplies car
be affected by DEGREES: that it is en-
tirely a question of production ant
economy over which the intermedi-
arties can have only a passing control
Ibis seems to be the conclusion NJ
Violette has reached in his short eX
perience in power.
According to a story, NJ. Violett'
found high pile of papers on HI
desk when he took charge of the diff
ficult task of regulating the cost o.
living.
what are all these documents: -
he asked.
"Those," replied his chief of staff
''are the unanswered questions tina
you put to your predecessor in tn
chamber"
From all quarters come demands TO
Il cessation of questions, debates aA'
cross-purpose action, and for a con
centration of effort upon production
The wheat crop of 1917, according
. estimates gathered by Senator Che
on, will be 100000 bushels shor
Of that of 1916. To make up thi
shortage it is proposed to increase t
the limit of seeding capacity the acre
age of oats. barley and potatoes du
rang the time yet remaining.
Beans may be sown as late as Jun
10, and arrangements are being mad
ior the transportation of seed to al
regions appropriate for bean cultur
that may then remain unsecded.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-01

One hundred pans free, Saturday
June 2. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-01
WRIGHT BEGINS
A NEW ROMANCE
AUTHOR AND ARTIST FRIEND
BOUND FOR ARIZONA.
HE LOVES THIS VALLEY
PLEASED AT ITS GREAT AD-
VANCEMENT RECENTLY.
Smiles at Yuma Paper, Which De-
clares He Visited the Valley
for the First Time.

Bound for the Businesses of tha
White mountains, and the, region Of
the petrified forests cf Arizona, the
writer to make start on new
book and the palnser to finish land
scape. Harold Bell Wright. distin-
cuished author. and ]. Bond Fran
cisco. artist. spent the night at the
night at the Barbara Worth he, e.
Paul 3. Wright, son Of the author o!
The Winning of Barbara Worth.
vas third member Of the pa. y.
Guy Brooks of Tucson is accompany
ing the trio as far as Tucson. All
viii leave this morning for Yuma and
Phoenix by way of Mexico, having
procured passports from the Caatu
government.
The writer whose works have beer
the greatest advertisement which III,
Imperial Waller ever had or evel
Hoped for, said:
Il have come over into the Im2e-
-ial Valley to see the country
have written so much about, as :
Yuma newspaper stated, two weeks
ago, when l came through from TIC
son."
Idiocy of Yuma Paper.
Mr. Wright then produced a clip.
ping from a Yuma paper, containing
The idiotic statement that he wa
passing through Yuma from Tucson
to visit for the first time the In
perial Valley, which ne had writer
so much about, but had never seen
Had that reporter been possessed O.
enough gray matter to have dipDe,
into the early history OF Imperial Val
ley he would have found Harold Be
/ Wright one of the pioneers of thi
section, suffering with the first set
tiers, going into the ranching bust
ness, and e establishing a model coun
try home near Meloland. In fact
Harold Bell Wright counts Imreria
Valley as his home. He has resi-
dence near Los Angeles, in the Sa;
fernando valley, and has hut j.
the hills near Tucson, but alw&y
las feeling that nc belongs i
Imperial Valley, the fascinating ag
Ticultural wonderland, whose histor.
is so much stranger than any fiction
and which he immortalized by hi
work.
New Book Southern California TO
nance.
His new book is to be a romano
Of Southern California which he ha
rot yet given name. He will seel
the quiet of the mountains north o
Phoenix IN which to sketch out hi
work and to make a beginning.
Asked if he completed "a thousan'
words a day" like Jack London, Mr.
Wright stated that ne did not Sc
himself any measured task in writ
lEg his books.
Sometimes / write $500 word
sometimes $50 words, day. And thel
/ may throw a days work into tn
waste basket. 1t all depends on hoy
we'll | am satisfied with the result
# the days work. ] remember
threw 5000 words of "The Eyes of tn
Wolld' into the waste basket after
Lad worked two weeks on it. At an
-thcr time ! hurled the entir manu-
script against the wall and would no
touch it for days"
Mr.. Wright was glad that his Pre-
Giction that the Barbara Worth hote
would become a caraYansary for
vest number Of tourists visiting tn
Imperial Valley had come true dt'
ing the past winter. He is aidni
i'l the plans for the building of a.
addition Of 150 rooms TO the hotel