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Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-18
COLD FOUND IN BUFFET.
TWENTY THOUSAND is UN-
EARTHED In DRAWERS.
German Cook HOards Gold in Paris,
the Funds Coming in Han
dy at This Time.

correspondence of Ass ociated Press)
Paris, June 18.-The equivalent of
$4,000 in securities recently was
fl und hidden behind buffet by a
French official who was rearranging
the furniture of his apartment. The
little fortune was traced to a German
cook who wa semployed by the Off
cial and whose excellent attitude since
the war began gained for her the
privilege of remaining in France.
The police made inquiries about heI
movements recently and she disap-
peared. The official and his habitu-
al guests we're well placed to acquire
confidential information regarding the
national defense. That fact and the
discovery of her unsuspected wealth
led to the suspicion that the cook
might have been in communication
With the enemy. The fortune has been
aoquestrated.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-18
LEGAL PUBLICATIONS.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior.

Department of the Interior.
u, S. Land Office at Ell Centre, Cali
fornia, June 8, 1917.
Notice is hereby given that William
Holtz, as an heir for the heirs of
Mary Holtz, of Ell Centre, Cal, who
Gil April 13, 1914, made homestead
entry No. E. C. O182, /. A. 065S9, for
Lot 9 of Section II, Township 1G
South, Range ID East, San Bernardno
meridian, has filed notice of inten-
ton to make three-year-final proof,
to establish claim to the land above
described, before the Register or Re
ceiver Of the U. S. Land Office, at
Ell Centre, California, on the 18th day
Of July, 1917
Claimant names as witnesses: Clar-
ence A. Reeves, Sumner ID. Carrier,
Junius Wheeler, Josiah L. Bethel, all
of Ell Centre, Cal.
Non-coal +. c.. FARR,
No Withdrawals Register.
Imperial Valley Press,
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-18
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
VOLUNTARY DISSOLUTION OF
CORpOR ATION


In the Superior Court of the State
OF California, in and Tor the County
of Imperial.
In re application for dissolution of
Imperial Valley Mercantile Company,
q corporation.
Notice is hereby given that the I'M
perial Valley Mercantile Company, a
corporation, organized under the laws
iof the State of California, has pre-
sented to the Superior court of the
County of Imperial, a petition praying
to be allowed to disircorporate and
dissolve, and that Friday, the 9th day
of July, 1917, at 200 p. M, or as
soon thereafter as counsel can be
heard, has been appointed as the time.
and the court room of said Supe ior
court in the City OF Ell Centre, State
of California, as the place at which
said application is to be heard.
Given under my hand and seal Of
the Superior Court of the County of
imperial, State of California, this 18th
day of June, 1917. NJ. S. COOK,
County Clerk, eX-officio Clerk of the
Superior Court, Imperial County.
Calf.
By F. E. COOPER,
Deputy Clerk.
June 1S-25July2-9-16-23
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-18
l.. & S. AirdOme Tonight.

Did you see "Twenty Thousand
Leagues Under the Sea ?" Then you'll
be interested to know that another
romantic drama taken in the d lie
Of the deep and said to supas5 in
action and photography the screen
ing of Jules Verne's masterpiece
scheduled to open at the L. & S Air
dome tonight.
1t bears the timely title Of "The
Submarine Eye and comes from the
floating and under-the-s studios of
the Williamson brothers, which are
located in the infested waters
ot the West Indies.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-18
MORE COAL BOATS.

Cardiff, Wales, June 18.-More ef-
fective measures against the subma-
rines have been the means of bring
ing more neutral steamers into the
coal ports to load coal for export.
Confidence appears to De growing and
coal merchants report an increased
inquiry for loading facilities. This is
also the case at the various East Coast
coal ports.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-18
At The Theatre
PaIame Airdome Tomorrow.

The part that Miss Theda Bara por-
trays in 'The Tiger Woman" the Will
liam Fox super de luxe production,
shows this marvellous and inc mpor-
able screen artist in roIa fraught
with thrills, mystery and tense situa-
TONS Her character of the Princess
Petrovitch, as a cold, hard, cruel,
scheming titled villainess, who hesi-
tates at nothing to gain her own sell
fish ends, outrivals any previous vam-
pire roles that Miss Bara has made
famous.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-18
SPECIAL SESSION OF DIET.

Correspondence of Associated Press
Toxic, June 1S.-A special session
o fthe Diet has been summoned for
June 21. The session, which will ex-
tend about three weeks, is made neces-
s;try by the dissolution of the House
Ct Representatives last winter. A
rev house was elected in April.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-18
New York.

New York.
(By Private Wire)
Opening-Steady; July, 25.25@19;
October, 25.05@2495; December, 1928
@2O; January, 25.44@25.
Nnoon-July, 25.74; October, $3.50;
December, 25.7O; January, 25.79.
Close-Steady; July, 25.73@76; Oc-
tober, 25.58@60; December, 25.7O@75;
January, 25.73@75.
Spots-Middlings, 1920. Sales,
none.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-18
Cotton Market
Liverpool.
(By Private Wire)

Opening-Strong; middling, 1900;
sales, 10000; July August, 1856, 1900
1e.55, 1896; ober-November, 1856
60, 55, 88; January February, 1913
z6, 10, AS; March-Aprii, 1905, 81, 05
"a.
3 p. m.--Unsettled; July-August
1900; October-November, 1906; Janu-
ary-February, 15.47.
Close-Firm; July-August, 17.14;
October November, 1905; January
T February, 1852; March-April, 1889.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-18
New Orleans.

(By Private Wire)
Opening-July, 24.65; October, 24.7O
@55; December, 24.70; January, 400.
Strong.
Noon-July, 25.04; October, 24.S4
December, 25.02; January, 25.15.
Close-Steady; July, 25.00@04; Oc-
tober, 24.84@91; December, 25.01@06;
January, 25.16@1S.
Spots--Steady; middlings, 24.75:
sales, 500, including 130 on hedge ba-
sis to arrive 1900.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-18
is GROWING SISTAL.
T. ID. Mccall Has Plants Eight Years
Old On Ranch Near imperial.

VIu VIt 'e"IteH 1@er
T. d. Mccall, who has spent a num-
Der of years in Yucatan, has growing
on his ranch near Imperial some sisal
plants about eight years old. He
brought the plants from Yucatan.
Over hundred plants are now
growing and Mr. Mccall invites IN
spection.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-18
FOR sALE-REAh ESTATE.

FOR SALE--4O acres at Meloland; all
level and cropped, and finest soft
land, 500 per acre. A snap. C. f.
Gage, Goa Main st.
FOR SALE-40 acres, Mosquito Lake;
all in cultivation; good water deliv-
cry; only $4,000, Worth double the
price, Clarence E. Gage. GOA Main
st, El Centro.
MUST SELL fine plat Of lots on Or
ange avenue, in 11l Centroi 120xl4oi
$780, VIII give terms if wanted. Al
dress M. w Corey, Walenburg, Colo
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-18

AN INTELLIGE ENT PERSON may
earn 500 monthly corresponding f1r
newspapers; $40 to $50 monthly in
spare time; experience unnecessary;
no canvassing subjects suggested
Send for particulars. National Press
Bureau, -kOom 939. .Bmffalo N Y
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-18
PHYSICIANS

DIR. II. ID. LUCkETI
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
office, Davis Building
Office Hours, 10 a. m. to IL M. 2 D. m
to p. m. Phone S7W.
DR. A. h. ELLIOTT
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Opera House Building
office hours, 10 to IL a. M; 2 to 5 p. M
Residence, Barbara Worth Hotel
DIR. #. A BURGER
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
IT and IS Opera House Bldg.
Hours: 10 to ~, 2 to 5
l'hnneS: office sow. Residence SCR.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-18
Want AID Replies

At 1900 today there were re-
ceived at The imperial Valley
Press office replies in the follow
ing boxes:
4, 16, Is, A. j. H., 342.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-18

OPPORTUNITY FOR HUSTLER to
handle Imperial Valley for western
States Life Insurance Company un-
der contract direct with company.
Address, giving experience, Geo. H.
Page, Agency Director, $40 Baker
DetWiler Bldg, Los Angeles
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-18
FURNITURE FOR SALE.
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the
Board Of Supervisors of Imperial
County, California, will meet as
County Board of Equalization, at their
regular meeting place, in the Court
-1ouse at Ell Centro, California, Oh
July 2, 1917, and will continue in
adjourned session from day to day
until July 16, 1917.
M. S. COOK, County Clerk.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-18
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

y, .>N rED--Iwo BUSINESS men Waa
rooms with outside sleeping accom-
MOdatlOns
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-18
Galveston.

Galveston.
(By Private Wire)
Spots-Middlings, 1925. Sales, S05
Total ports, 6891 bales compared
with 1915 last year.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-18
HELP WANTED--MALE.

WANTED-At once, ranch hand, mar
ried or single. Phone 86F5, Holt
vile.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-18

/ ii n GOV tlhNMENT needs farm ers as
well as fighters. Two million three
hundred thousand acres of Oregon &
California Railroad Co. grant lands
TO be opened for homesteads and
sale Title reVested in United States.
Containing some of the best land left
in United States. Large copyrighted
map, showing lands by sections, and
fun description, by counties, post
paid, ST. Grant Land Locating Co,
BOX go, Portland, Ore.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-18
HELP WANTHD-FEMALE.

IELP WANTED-Fre apartment and
wages tor half a days work in apart
mcnt house. Call 237W.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-18
SITUATIONS wANTED-FEMALE.

Several young ladies, students at the
lei Ccntro high school, desire posi-
tons in store or office. See Princi-
pal Randall at the school.
WANTED-Positio by unincumbered
pie in town, or will cook for few
man on ranch; moderate wages; ref
erences. Mrs. A. j. Newman, Gen.
Del.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-18
WANTED TO BuY-REAL ESTATE.
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.

rOK EXCHANGE-We ell rented mod
ern cottage for light auto in good
condition. p. o. Box SOL, El Centro.
FOR EXCHANGED the famed San
Gabriel valley, 20-acre ranch; 5 acres
lemons, balance Valencias; modern
$4,000 residence; situated on bOule-
ward As minutes from Los Angeles.
Valued at $4,000 Wants improved
Valley ranch. win assume $1,000,
Write PoStoffice Box 212.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-18
CLASSIFIED WANT ADS

WANTED TO Observation-Disclosures
WANTED-Ford car or chassis; must
be cheap for cash. Address Box SAC,
ImDerial.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-18

! IWANTED-Water Co. No. l stock
state amount and price. p. o. Box
! 551,t El Centre.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-03
MORE THAN 120, 900 TO TAKE PART
In BRIDGEPORT'S GREATEST CIVIC
IS CELEBRATION OF FOURTH OF July
BURCLAR TAKE
WHOLE STOCK OF
STORE IN AUTO
Proprietor Finds Place of
Business Empty on Ar
rival in Morning.

The police believe that a band of
thieves possessing an automobile are
responsible for the looting Of dry
goods, store of Wettenstein Brothers,
2097 Fairfield avenue, which was lit
orally cleaned out sometime between
midnight and morning. The amount
of merchandise stolen could not be
safely taken from the scene unless the
burglars had an auto in which to
place it.
Gaining an entrance by forcing a
rear window the burglars proceeded
systematically to select the most val
liable part of the stock. They took
three telescope bags of the largest
size and into these piled children's s
apparel, women's underclothing, shirt
waists and other articles. The total
wholesale value of the stock taken
will exceed $500. -tE
Detective James DooIey on inspect
ing the premises found fourth tele-
scope bag filled with clothing repos-
ing under the open rear window by
which entrance was obtained. It is
thought that in taking the three bags
to the waiting auto the burglars were
scared by someone's approach and
feared to return for the rest of the
loot
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-03
VOTE TO STRIKE
FOR INCREASE AT
A. & B. C0MPANY
Machinists in Gun Shop Re.
fused 15 Per Cent. Raise
In Wages.

AT a meeting last night Of machin-
lists employed in the American & Brit
ish Co. it was voted to strike unless
the demand for 15 per cent. increase
in wages is met.
The vote was overwhelmingly in
favor of strike. A meeting will be
held next Monday evening at which
the date for the strike will be set. A
walkout next Tuesday afternoon is
predicted.
Rowland B. Mahaney, agent of. the
department of labor as a federal con
ciliator, was expected in this city to-
day to attempt to adjust the difference
between the men and their employ
ers.
According to the machinists, John
C. Stanley, president Of the American
& British Co.,, is willing to treat with
the men individually, but will not
agree to the terms of the men as a
body. He has given his final an
swer. and as a result the meeting
last night was held.
J. J. Keppler, general executive
board member of the international
Association of Machinists. came to
this city last nlSuL ana c0HSulteu Will
the officers of the local union. He
addressed the meeting. which was
held at 81 Cannon street. He re-
futed the assertion that President
Wilson had made an attempt to deny
the right of strike to labor men.
According to union men, Stanley
refused to see Samuel Levitt, business
agent of the Ma,chinists' union. May
or Wilson was called upon by the
union men, who didn't wish to have
strike without having given every
opportunity of the demands to bs
met and the mayor made an attempt
to arrange conference. He wax
unsucc sssful.
4 The American & British Co. Is
rushed with government work. which
includes field artillery and shells
Machinists in the American GRAPHIC
phone Co. have put in demands for q
Is per cent. increase in wages, which
has been refused.
The Sheet Metal Workers and the
Machinists' union are = expected tc
combine forces for general demand.
of wage increases.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-03
PRESIDENT Il YUAN HUNG ADMITS
THE CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY OF
CHINA And ACCEPTS A DUKEDOM

Peking, Sunday, July ACCORDING
ito an edict issued in the name of
Hsuan Tung, the young emperor who
was put back on the throne today un-
der the protection of Cen Chang
Hsun, President Ii Yuan Hung has
submitted to the monarchy. The edict
follows:
Iii Yuan Hung memoralizes us to
take over the government, stating that
he was forced by the troops during
the first revolution to become the ma
tion's head. He bemoans his defects
as head of the republic and asks us
to punfsh him. We recognize his mis-
takes, also his merits. We hereby ap-
point him duke of the first class"
The imperial emblem is everywhere
| displayed, marking the restoration OF
the Manchu monarchy. There has
been no disorder. In a long edict
Emperor Husan Tuns explains how,
] being youthful. he was forced to re-
( 1fnqufsh sovereign power to Yuan Shi
Kai, late president of the Chinese re-
public.
' The country being threatened with
disinteeration and party strife and
I the people appealing to him to take
over its administration to save them
\ from suffering, the young emperor
says, he was compelled to take action
Chfna's future government will be
based on the following:
'1rhe country shall be administered
!. according to the constitutional laws
I promulgated by the late emperor.
Expenses Of the imperial house
/. hold shall remain the same as those
fixed by the republic
"B1ood princes shall not be allowed
\ to interfere in politics.
''Fhere shall be no difference be-
tween Manchu and Chinese. Mar
rage between them Is allowed.
.sAll foreign treaties and contracts
shall remain in force. w
(: "Tns stamp act ana other petty
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-03

taxes are abolished.
The republican criminal and civil
code is abolished and that introduced
the first year. of Hsuan Tungs gov
eminent is reinstated.
Political offenders are pardoned.
THE wearing of queues Is OPTIONAL
A hundred Japanese have arrived to
strengthen the legation guard. There
is no news of President Ii Yuan
Hung's expected resignation.
Tien Tsin, July 3-Reports reaching
here from Peking say that the en-
peror has issued an edict appointing
Gen. Chang Hsun premier and vice
roy Of the province of Chi Lii, and
that he has named members of the
new cabinet including Kang Yu Wei
president of the progressive party, tc
which millions of Cinnamon belong
and Hsu She Chang, who will head
the ministry.
Gen. Chang Hsun sent four dele
gates to President Ii Yuan Hung to
demand his resignation. but the presi.
dent paid no attention to them. The
Manchus have offered him a grand
dukedom.
1t is reported that Gen. Chans
Hsun has forbidden the appearance
of newspapers for three days. Lians
Chi, the famous reformer, declare.
Gen. Chang's coup suicidal and say,
It cannot succeed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-03
LABOR PROTESTS
Gov. H0LCOMB'S
ExEMP ton BOARD
President Gompers and
State Council Informed
of Freeze-Out Here.

Three distinct protests because OF
the failure Of Governor Holcomb to
appoint any representative of labor
on the exemption boards for Bridge
port were registered today by District
No. 22, International Association of
Macliinists.
Protests were sent to President
Wilson, to Samuel Gompers, presi-
dent Of the American Federation OF
Labor, and to the, Connecticut State
Council of Defense.
Labor men fear that unless they
have some representation, influence
will be brought to bear to "get rid
of so-called labor agitators, the men
who organize for the unions in the
factories.
They declare that when three
members of the boards resigned sew
eral days ago, the governor had an
opportunity to correct his mistake,
but he did not.
Officers of the unions say they rec
ognize in the list of names of board
members Of every other city in the
state, the name Of one7competent rep
resentative, or more, of labor men.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-03
HUGE SWINDLE
/. PERFORATED BY
MOUNT AINEERS
Secure $1OO, 600 Worth OF
Goods on Fictitious Let
ters of Credit.

Catlettsburgh, KY, July 3.-More
than $1OO, 600 worth of merchandise
was secured from manufacturers and
iohbers throughout the United States
ON fictitious letters of credits by 46
Magoff1n county mount aineers who are
to be placed on trial in the federal
court here today, according to repre-
sentatives of 100 business firms from
almost as many cities who are to as
sist in this prosecution.
Through statement of financial re-
sponsibility on engraved stationery of
a bank which had no existence in fact,
it is alleged, the mountaineers secured
carloads of merchandise supposedly for
sale from 50 stores
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-03
Vast Military Parade From
North End to Seaside
Park to Be Witnessed By
Visitors From Many Cit
les in the State. I
Three Hundred Extra Troll
ley Cars Rushed to Bridge
port to Care for Crowds
Traffic on Parade
Route to Be Barred.

What promises to be Bridge
ports biggest parade and civic
celebration Of the Fourth will
be held tomorrow, with every
preparation made today by the
military, Chamber of Com
merce, police, trolley-and rail
road officials as well as by
amusement proprietors, cater
ers and others to make it fully
successful.
1t is estimated that 1900
men will be in line, including
about $500 members of the
Fourth military district, Home
Guard Of Connecticut. Fifteen
thousand patriotic workers in
the various industrial plants
will join the ranks.
The parade, which will begin at
one minute to 9 o'clock tomorrow
morning at Main street and North
avenue, will go south in Main street,
west in State street and south in Park
avenue to Seaside park. The whole
line of march will be occupied by the
moving column of platoons, 16 men
to rank and about seven PAGES
apart.
The marching distance is almost
three miles and theoretically, with
military formation stride, should be
| covered by the first company in little
| less than one hour. The time of pass
ing any given point would be a frac-
! ton over half an hour. With floats
and spacings that will be required. il
will probably require an hour or more
to pass a given point.
| In addition to the parade there will
be a barbecue for the visiting Home
| Guard, a salute Of 48 guns fired in
commemoration of the Union; q
patriotic address by Charles L. Guy
presiding justice of the supreme court
Of New York. military reviews by the
military emergency board and prob.
! ably Governor Holcomb, a mounted
exhibition drill of the artillery bat,
terry stationed in this city, and Other
| minor features.
| Trolley service in the center of the
| city will be suspended during the
| ceremonies and all traffic through the
/ city will be diverted under regula
tions established by Supt. of Police
ohm Redgate and a big force of mer
detailed to preserve traffic.
The city will be fiNed to overf1owin,
with the crowds who will flock her,
from surrounding towns and cities
! CONTINUED on Page s.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-03
FIREWORKS Will
Be ALLOWED IN
CITY TOMORROW
Merchants Can't Sell EN-
Here, But Those Who
Have EN- Can Shoot EN-

Fourth of July will not be fire.
worksless in Bridgeport in spite OF
Mayor Wilson's recent executive or
der that no permits should be issued
to local dealers for the sale of the
long recognized means of celebrating
Independence Day.
There will be two kinds Of fire.
works-those of the usual order
which the city administration hoped
to have excluded from the city but
which will not be excluded due to- the
administration's fzzling regulations
that are not comp1ete; and the other
kind will be furnished by the dealers
who are up in arms today as they re-
alize that although they are not al
lowed to sell. fireworks, the residents
of Bridgeport will not in any way be
restricted in the use Of the fire.
works.
A Farmer reporter asked eyor
Wilson fo-a.ssssssss. :, . Y
reply was: - zszzsSsszs s5 -
"I have nothing whatever to say
Some time ago when the annual
fireworks panic hit the fire commits
sioner Of New York city and he food
ed the mails with circulars calling
upon city executives to make patri-
otic move and help conserve muni-
tions, by prohibiting fireworks, off,
cials of Bridgeport, without stopping
to realize that the works for the 1917
sale were already manufactured and
that conservation of the materials
was not possible, jumped headlons
into the swell and ordered fireworks
cut out Of the Fourth of July program
Practically all of the cities approving
tho spirit of the New York commits
sioner,s letter, gave notice that fol
the period Of the war, after this year
no fireworks could. be sold, but the
useless of prohibiting the sale o.
something already manufactured
when the prohibition was designed tt
direct the raw materials to other ane
better uses, was so apparent that nt
regulations were put into effect fol
this year.
Mayor Wilson, however, has thu
distinction of taking a half step in tn
direction of making Fourth of Jul.
safe and sane, that is noticeable TO
its discrimination against the dealer
in fireworks. Because they are sold II
Fairfield, Norwalk and other place
within striking distance OF Bridge
port, It will not even be inconvenien
for local people to get them and tn
probabilities are that the display her
will be only a little curtailed by tn
so-called fireworks prohibition order
Bridgeport dealers, however, VII
lose the business that they would hav
done by selling the fireworks an
some of them will suffer financial los
because of the fact that they had tn
stock ordered before the mayor an
nounced his intention to refuse per
mits and not all have been able to dis
pose of what they ordered becaus
dealers Of other places had alread
bought their own stock at the sam
time. tt'