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Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-19
FINLAND IS IN
STRONG GRIP Of
SOCIALIST GROUP
WORK MEN NOW IN HIGH POSI-
TIONS IN COUNTRY.
SWITCHMAN IS RULER
SOCIALISTS ARMED BY SOL
DIERS, PATROL STREETS.
Censorship Set Over Telegraphs and
Telephones and Government
Is Reconstructed.

Stockholm, Nov. 19.-Advices re-
ceived here from Finland say that the
entire country is in control of the
Socialists, who are supported by
armed workers and Russian Bolshev-
Xxi soldiers. Only the trains that car
ry provisions are permitted to oper-
ate. The revolutionists have insti-
tuted a strict censorship over the tele-
graph lines.
A Socialist workman has been ap-
pointed commandant of Torneo and
a former switchman has been put in
charge of the Torneo railway station.
The streets are patrolled by Socialist
workmen bearing arms given them by
Russian soldiers.
Bloody conflicts are reported from
Abo between the rebels and the law
abiding population.
Oskari Toxic, who has been en-
trusted with the task of forming an
all-Socialist cabinet, spent ten years
in America, working as a goldsmith.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-19
FORWARD PASSES
DEFEAT CENTRAL
HIGH SCHOOL ELEVEN DEFEAT.
ED BY HOLTVILLE.
FINAL GAME SATURDAY
is BULL" FINCH COACHING THE
HOLTVILLIANS?
Class Exhibited by the Local Line,
Holding the Smashing, Plum
ging Parmalee.
FINAL GAME SATURDAY

Central Union High Schools scrap
ping football eleven. fighting to the
final whistle, went down to 13 to z
defeat when they met the fast Holt
vile team at Holtville Saturday aft
ernoon.
1t was a great game from the
standpoint of the spectators, but the
local boys are fighting mad from their
defeat, and are threatening to come
back with a vengeance at the final
championship game next Saturday.
Central started the game by kick
ing off to Holtville. Douglas kick
off went over the end zone, and the
ball had to be kicked over. Holtville
gained the ball, but soon lost it on
downs. Central made a fast smash
up the field and lost the ball when
a Holtville player intercepted for
ward pass. Both teams scrapped near
the center of the field, until Banta.
right tackle on the Central team
picked up fumbled punt and ran 40
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Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-19
bALK TEUTON
ASSAULT ON
PAVE RIVER
ITALIAN LINE HOLDING, DE-
SPITE ONSLAUGHTS.
REORGANIZING ARMY
HAVE GOTTEN OVER
FIRST FRIGHT.
If the Piave Line Holds Another Two
Days, 1t is eBlieved the Ital-
ians Are Safe.

Italian Headquarters in Northern
Italy, Nov. 19.-The Battle of the Riv-
er Piave, as it will be known, now
has developed to stage where the
enemy's first attempts to make a
breach in the Italian lines have failed.
This defensive result has not only
been accomplished by the Italian ar
my, but time has been secured to eff
feet that recovery from the retreat
which will permit the army to resume
its offensive power as we'll as it's de-
fensive.
The enemy was taking full advan-
tage of the delicate period after the
retreat, knowing that every day
counted for the restoration of the
'solidity of the Italian offensive force.
In this knowledge, too, the Italian su-
preme command is proceeding method
ically, giving ground here and there,
and holding elsewhere, as all this is
a part of systematic plan to bring
the army's defensive qualities to deal
a blow at chosen moment.
One hears tonight talk IN high quar-
ters that if the Piave line holds an
other few days the tide will be turned,
as its successful defense through six
fearful days has established that the
enemy has his limitations.
Thus far, nothing beyond battalions
have crossed the river, and no corps
or brigade, much less divisions, has
passed the dead line. Only at Zenson
and Grisolera are there any serious
Judgements on the west bank of the
Piave, and today the enemy was forced
back to the river at Zenson and else
where.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-19
STATE OFFICIAL
DEFENDS MARTIN
ON SCALE ISSUE
WEIGHTS AND MEASURE MAN
SAYS HE'S CONSCIENTIOUS.
ECHO POWELL CHARGE
ASKS SUPERVISORS TO BE LIB.
ERAL IN OPINIONS.
Statement From Charles G.. Johnson
the State Superintendent of
Weights and Measures.

John H. Martin, local representa-
tive of the state sealer of weights
and measures, is in receipt of a let
ter from Charles G. Johnson, super
intendent of weights and measures,
at Sacramento, generating him from
any Interior motives in introducing
to a Holtville merchant Mr.. La
Touche, member of wholesale gro
Gerry firm and eastern packing house.
The county supervisors are asked
to take liberal view in the matter.
The letter is as follows:
"Dear Mr.. Martin: / beg at this
time to acknowledge the receipt of
your two communications of the 9th
and 18th of November, together with
paper clippings, contents of which
nave been carefully noted.
"a careful review of the circum-
stances attending your inspection and
subsequent condemnation of the re-
ferred-to apparatus employed on the
premises of Frank L. Powell does not
2ppear to present any justifiable
grounds for public criticism.
There is absolutely no association
with the scale manufacturers or their
selling agencies and this department,
other ttan such as is conducive to
convssiRpts efficient public service.
"Sifcestf}e inception of this depart
ment / have on several occasions ef-
fectiveiy discouraged every friendly
relation between weights and meas
ures officials and representatives of
scale manufacturers, without any di-
rect prejudice or special privilege, and
if I was satisfied that any weights
and measures official under the iur-
isdiction of this department had de-
waited from this course to the extent
of lending his offices to further the
sale or influence in any way the Sc
lection by preference of any particu-
lar type of apparatus, it would be
sufficient grounds for immediate dis
missal.
Absolves MIR. Martin.
81 am satisfied that in your asso-
citation with Mr.. La Touche, who also
represents wholesale grocery firm
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Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-19
VALLEY |. |: AIDS
COTTON MEN
ACROSS LINE
SUPERVISORS AND CITIES TO
REGISTER PROTEST.
RULE HURTS FARMERS
WILL APPEAL TO WASHINGTON
TO HOLD UP RULE.
Delegation of Cotton Men of Lower
California Appeal to Broth
ers in California.

Imperial county supervisors today
registered a protest with Secretary
of State Lansing regarding the pass
port regulations at the border, asking
that they be modified so that ranch
ers across the line can get labor to
harvest their crops and food to feed
the workers.
A movement was started here to-
day which will probably end in every
city and commercial body in the val
ley joi O. in petition for the modi-
fication of the order.
A committee Of Lower California
cotton men appeared before the su-
pervisors this morning, led into the
supervisorial chamber by County Clerk
Cook, before whom they appeared to
tell their troubles. This committee
consisted of J. L. Bell, T. M. Berry,
J. j. Campbell, ]. M. Miller and Pat
Speer. They appealed, not as citizens
of this county, but as ranchers Of the
Imperial Valley. They stated that
they faced ruin because of the en-
bargo on men and provision placed
by the state department, to take eff
feet in two weeks.
The men stated that almost all their
labor came from this side of the line,
and that it was transient, for the most
part, scores quitting work every day
end more taking their places. That a
delay of two weeks in getting pass
ports would see most of their men in
other sections was pointed out.
eff a laborer is compelled to have
four pictures taken of himself, and
to get a birth certificate, or the affi-
davit of the physician officiating at
his birth, to get passport, he will
not try to get it, but will work else
where" was the statement of Mr..
Campbell.
eve can get little food. The food
embargo is not the greatest of our
troubles. We are faced by ruin be-
cause of the threatened exodus of la
Dor and the great difficulty in getting
ether men to harvest the cotton"
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-19
GERMAN FLEET RUNS
THREE TEUTON CRUISERS ARE
DAMAGED BY BRITISH.
Turn Tail and Scuttle to Protection
of Mine Fields When John
Bull Shows Fight.

London, Nov. 19.-German light
cruisers which fled through Heligo-
land Blight yesterday before British
warships of similar type, were pur-
sued to within thirty miles of He'll
goland, where they came under the
protection of the German battle fleet
and mine fields, the admiralty an
nounced today.
One of the German light cruisers
was observed to be in flames and
the machinery of another seemed to
be damaged. One German mine sweep
er was sunk.
The British light forces returned
without losses, with but little dam
age to the ships and slight casual
ties among the personnel.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-19
WHAT YOU CAN'T
SHIP OVER LINE
COMPLETE LIST SENT THE
PRESS BY COLLECTOR.
CONSERVATION" LIST
ALL EXCEPTIONS MUST BE IL
CENSED BY BOARD.
MEATS, OILS, SUGAR, MILK PRO-
CONSERVATION" LIST
MEATS, OILS, SUGAR, MILK PRO-
DUCTS BARRED.
Mexicali Population VIII Have to Live
on Beef Very Soon, Is
the Belief.

Following is letter sent to this
publication from E. R. Brown, acting
deputy collector of customs in charge
of the port of Calexico:
Omitted States Customs Service,
Port of CaleXico, Calf, Nov 16, 1917.
TO Customs Brokers and Shippers:
Telegram from Washington, D. c.,
gives the following revised "Conserva-
tion List" of foodstuffs: No articles
named may be exported unless Ii
censed by the War Trade Board:
Meals, ETC., including corn meal,
corn flour, corn grits. corn hominy,
peanut meal, rice flour, rape seed
cake, cottonseed meal, soya bean meal.
Oils, ETC., including olive oil, cot
tonseed oil, peanut oil, nut oil, palm
oil, topra oil, soya bean oil, oleo oil,
corn oil, elomargarine, lard, lard sub
stitutes, all cooking fats.
Canned goods, including pork pro-
ducts, beef, meats. sardines, fish, milk,
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Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-19
WILL LOS ANGELES GO DRY?
If Tt Does, at Election Tomorrow, II
viii Be Largest Dry City.

Los Angeles, Nov. 19.-With the
eyes Of the entire state upon Los
Angeles, the special election to
be held tomorrow TO decide wheth-
er the saloons shall be eliminated
is considered one of the most im-
portant ever held in this city. 1t
is generally believed from Sis
kiyou to San Diego, that "as goes
Los Angeles tomorrow so will the
state CO. next fall, when the Rom
niger bill is to be placed before
the people. Should the electors
stamp out the saloons. Los. Ange-
les will have the distinction of
being the biggest "salOonless city"
in the United States.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-19
AGED MAN FOUND DEAD
HAD ATTACKS OF DUMB AGUE,'
HE SAID.
Pitiful Case of Old Man Tramping
Through Valley, Unable to
Do Much Work.

The only clue to the identity of the
aged man whose body was found near
the Timken ranch Thursday, lies in a
conversation held that day with John
T. White, zanjero for Water Company
No. 4, whom he told he had son at
Waco, Tex, and that he had worked
for many years for Armour & Co.
in the cattle business. Referring to
his physical condition, he added that
he was subject to attacks of what he
called "dumb ague." 1t is believed
that one of these attacks was respon-
sible for his death. Mr.. White said
the old man passed his milo field and
stopped for conversation.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-19
Honest Efforts.

Petrograd, Nov. 19.-The Bolshev-
Xxi leaders are endeavoring to effect
the resumption Of operations by the
various branches of the government
most Of which have been disorganized
by strikes and the refusal of en-
plOyees to work under the Bolsheviki
commissioners.
The newspapers which were sup
pressed in the early days of the up
rising have in some instances been
given permission to renew publication,
although the status of the bourgeois
press is still indefinite.
An order of arrest for N. Nera-
toff, former minister Of foreign af-
fairs, and other officials of the for
eign ministy, is reported to have been
issued.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-19
Frontier Closed.

London, Nov. 19.-The Maximalists
commissioners have closed the Russo
Swedish frontier at Tornea, accord
ing to the Petrograd correspondent OF
Reuters, Limited, who adds that nc
one is allowed to pass without spe.
cial authorization from the military
revolutionary committee. Continuing
the dispatch says:
"Hostilities have ceased in Moscow
Terms were signed whereby the so.
called White Guard surrenders its
arms and the Committee of Public
Safety dissolves.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-19
"RED-HAIRED" HERO
OF WAR IDENTIFIED

South Bend, Ind, Nov. 19.-Accord-
ing to letter received here from a
former South Bend man, now in gov
ernment service, he has learned au-
thoritatively that the "red-haired"
gunner who fire dthe first American
shot in the war was John H. Pittan,
son Of Mrs. Albert G. Cole of this
city. Pittan enlisted here last Feb
ruary.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-19
TRYING TO EQUAL
us PRODUCTION.
USE MERCEDES ENGINE
ONE CONTRACT CALLS FOR $4,000
AIRPLANE BODIES.
German Government Also Planning on
Building Steel Equipped
Planes for Low Flying.

Washington, Nov. 19.-Germany
is working with might and main
and with feverish haste to con-
struct enormous fleets of airplanes
to match the areial work the Unit
ed States intends to do in Europe
next summer.
Full reports of the German ac-
tivity, which have ust been re-
ceived at the War Department
through the American system of
gathering and communicating mil
itary secrets, would greatly sur
prise the American people could
the particulars be made fully
known.
One contract alone made by the
German government contemplates
construction of $4,000 airplanes,
which is more than two and one
half times the number the War
Department advised Congress it
could build with the $640. .0OO, 900
appropriation made for that pur-
pose at the last session.
All speed is now being taken in
filling this order for the German
airplanes to be equipped with the
six-cylinder Mercedes motor,
which in many respects is similar
to our own Liberty motor.
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Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-19
BLOWS STLAGE FORTY FEET.
Clifford Coggins Is Showing Friends q
New Method of Filling His Silo.

Clifford Coggins is holding
daily demonstrations of farming
feat which may mean much to the
people Of the Valley. He has per-
fected a cOntraption to blow the
silage forty feet in the air and
into the top Of his sil0.
. He is filling the silos with Mex
lean June corn and will finish by
Wednesday night. All who wish
to see the operation should call
at his ranch six and One-half
miles northeast of Imperial, in
the Mesquite Lake region.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-19
IOJINAGA EVACUATED
BY VILLA FORCES

Preside, Tex, Nov. 19.-Fewer
than 100 Villa troops occupied the
garrison at Ojinaga today, the re-
mainder of Villas men being in the
field south of the town or at San
Juan del Rio, nine miles up the San
chez river.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-19
COTTON AND TURKEYS.
Two Subjects of Vital Interest Dis.
cussed at Seeley Center Meeting.

"Why Turkeys Do Not Bring
More Money" and Prospects for
a Crop Of Egyptian Cotton in
1918" are subjects to be discussed
by prominent speakers at the
meeting Of the Seeley Farm Cen
ter this evening at the Seeley
school.
The Farm Bureau has invited
turkey buyer to give his views on
the turkey situation and has Sc.
cured the promise of Argyle Nc
Lachlan that he will speak on
Egyptian cotton.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-19
JAFFA is CAPTURED
BY BRITISH TROOPS

London, Nov. 19.-The city Of Jaf-
ia, on the Mediterranean coast, was
taken possession of by the British ar
my in Palestine yesterday. The Turks,
who apparently are continuing their
withdrawal northward, offered no op-
position.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-19
JAN KUCHARZEVSKI
NEW POLISH PREMIER

Copenhagen, Nov. ia dispatch
from Berlin says that Professor Jan
Kucharzevski, the historian, has been
appointed as the first premier of the
new Polish state.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-19
PREMIER AND
LEN|NEF0RM
A COALITION
REPORT HAS 1T THAT TWO BOD.
les HAVE MERGED.
WILL WORK TOGETHER
FORMER PREMIER HAS SECURED
BACKING OF COSSACKS.
That the Factions of the Russian Rev.
olution Will Now Work T0geth-
er Is Message from Europe.

London, Nov. 19.-The Berlin Tage-
blatt declares that Premier Kerensky
and Nikolai Lenine, leader of the Boil
sheviki revolution in Petrograd, have
effected a compromise essentially ia
vorable to Lenine, the Exchange Tele,
graph correspondent at Copenhagen
reports.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-19
GINNING AHEAD
OF LAST YEAR
GINS OVER ELEVEN
THOUSAND BALES.
IMPERIAL GINS MOST
COUNTRY AS A WHOLE, HOW
EVER, is AWAY BEHIND.
Rapid Recovery From Water Short
age in This County Is Forecast in
the November Ginning Report.

The preliminary forecast on cotton
ginning in the United States, assem-
bled in Washington up to November
s, shows California one of the few
states to be ahead of last year in
turning out finished cotton. Impe-
rial valley turns out five-sixths of the
states fibre. The report is as fol-
lows:
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-19

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and demands of Imperial Valley.
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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-02-24
MUST BE IN TUNE
WITH LIFE WE LIVE
Man i'm Order to Succeed Must BE
i'm Accord With His
LabOrs.

The nature of man is such that
he gives himself more fully when in
tune with the life he lives" said
Rev. }. A. Lord, pastor of the River
Park NJ. +. church in his sermon
Friday night. Rev. Jesse p. Bogue.
who has been conducting services
at the church left Friday morning
with Mrs Bogue for their home at
Linden, Ind.
ITO be successful in mate rial mat
ters," Rev. Lord continued. I'VE
must be ever watchful of o,Ir powers
that they may be in full accord with
the task we have to accom- lish.
Surely no one who knows in his
own, or i'm the experience Of others,
the varying conditions of health and
disease can seriously question the
stupendous Importance of impaired
bodily conditions as an obstacle Of
life's fullest and freest purposes.
Disease of the body arrests the hand
Of material progress, but how true
also il is that the souls diseases
retards the inner life. 1t darkens
lies prospects, gives to the mind
wrong direction and a morbid out
look. fills the spiritual life with
spectres Of evil, and accounts for
the gloomy creeds and pessimistic
views of life that are so widespread
in the world around us.
NO one who sees life steadily,
and sees il whole, can fail 10 be
convinced that spiritual weakness
and pain are lifes unmitigated foes.
Life made whole is the only kind
OF life which we should revere, and
to which we should aspire; and If
there is any way i'm which life can
be made whole. bodily as well as
spiritually. that the rational mind
will welcome with gratitude and en-
thusiaSm"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-02-24
CHARACTER Is THING
THAT Is WORTH WHILE

Men meet every obligation OF
human life without feeling. but
when it comes to. religion. the great
est concern Of the human soul. they
put il of ON the wishy-washy
foundation of feeling declared
Rev. Melvin &. Hunt Of Trinity NJ.
r. church last evening i'm speaking
on Character. and How 1t is
Tried"
Taking as his text the parable of
the two houses. one built upon the
sand ana the other upon the rock.
q comparison and lesson i'm charac-
ter-building was given 10 the over
flow congregation. He said i'm part;
These two men were neighbors
and alike in many respects. Both
had as a laudible desire a home
of their own. one of the deepest
lougings of the human heart. The
one who built on the sand soon
finished his dwelling. even before
the other was down 10 bedrock.
But every part OF the house was
tested by the elements and the one
that remained standing was the one
with the firm foundation.
The houses in the parable rep
resent character which is OF two
types. one sandy which is built in
haste and carelessness; one rocky,
which is put on a nrm and broad
foundation The important thing Is
how we meet the obligations OF life
II character can be ruined. but not
destroyed IL behooves us 10 put most
of our time. ability and power upon
character and the things that build
IL. He who follows impulses and
moods. who changes his religion
with each morning paper. is prepar-
ing am edifice that Will not with
stand even the first breath OF the
coming storm that assails every
man"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-02-24
Christ TO Come
When All PoWer
to Saue is Gone

THE world will stand until there
aren't enough good people on the
earth 10 save the remaining souls.
When the saving power of the
world is gone it will come to an
end" stated Rev. J. :. Brundige at
the Indiana Avenue Christian
church. His text was taken from
the Acts of the Apostles, iii.
Since the ascension men have
been waiting for the second coming
OF Christ began the speaker.
Christ himself promised a second
coming and il is mentioned % times
in the writings of the apostles, so
we may well believe and expect the
end of the world. Christ will come
as a thief in the night: it will be
when we least expect him and after
His coming will be all eternity. He
came with crown of thorns the
first time. but on His second COM
ing lie Will wear a crown of glory.
The world will stand until there
aren't enough good people on the
earth 20 save the remaining souls.
When the saving power of the
world is gone il will come 10 an
end. In the time Of Noah the world
was extremely wicked and, there
being little saving power. the Lord
destroyed the people but not with
out due warning. There is still
saving power on the earth now so
the time of judgment may still be
far away. However. all the proph-
ecies have been fulfilled and we can
not be sure Of when TO expect the
second coming. Let us heed the
warning of Christ and take our part
in the great plan OF the conquest of
the world"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-02-24
CHRIST CARRIED OUT
ALL HIS PROPOSALS
Unlike Men Vino say Il Will DO"
This or That. Jesus Always
Succeeded.

The I Wills of Christ" was the
subject that Rev. w. II. Freshley
took for his sermon last night at the
First Evangelical church. Every
day YOU hear men say L Will do this
or that How often do they fail,
sometimes through Indifference, for
getfulness or carelessness. We often
say I win in regard 20 matter that
we know we cannot accomplish be-
cause of our inability. Men have
said I will do this or that and be
fore the task had been finished death
had taken them. You cannot always
depend upon human beings. but you
can upon the word OF Christ. His
I wills are good for their face
value. You can depend upon them
His I wills are just as good as He
is. for when Christ says I will 10
men He will never recant.
"'He who will come 10 Me / Will
not cast out - was Christ's promise,
quoted by Rev. Freshley. ITO one
who was really sorry for his sin.
Christ has never said no. He does
not want US TO improve ourselves be-
fore we go TO Him. IL is His wish
that we go 10 Him as We are. a
man who cusses. drinks. gossips may
stop one Of these bad habits. but the
heart is still filthy. he must stop
all the leaks. The only way you can
clean your heart is TO come 20
Christ"