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Imperial Valley press., 1917-08-28
CROP LOSS IN.
WATER SHORTAGE
HAS BEEN LIGHT
RANCHERS REPORT THAT LOSS
is ALMOST NEGLIGIBLE
CONDITION IMPROVED
NO COMPARISON WITH SHORT.
AGE OF PREVIOUS YEARS
Cotton Scarcely Damaged, While Only
Slight Loss is Reported from
Alfalfa and Grains

The recent water shortage has done
some damage, but it can not in any
way approach that Of last year, ac-
cording to the reports of various
ranchers throughout the county. This
year the Valley has had water
shortage of few weeks duration.
Last year the water shortage began
in June and sufficient water was not
brought into the bitches until the lat
ter part of August.
Most of the farmers have been able
to go through the present water
shortage with no loss whatever, and
what loss has been sustained through
shortage has been very small. It is
true that few have suffered by neg
lecting to put in their orders at once
when the prorating started.
The cotton growers naturally feared
a shortage more greatly than other
for when cotton is forced
to remain without water it withers
when water is put on it again, and
the growing bolls drop from the
stalks. Cotton farmers have had some
loss from this condition.
Milo maize, which has not arrived
at the heading stage, may sustain a
severe shortage of water with but
little damage, but if the shortage oc-
ours at the heading or ripening stage
the corn receives a severe blight.
The alfalfa crop has received but
a temporary setback and will cause
but the loss of only small part of
the crop.
The pro rata is gradually being
lifted and all companies probably will
be getting maximum flow of water
within the next two weeks.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-08-28

for her midday strafe. Promptly the
a,t;,,erv officer verified his observa-
tions of the night before and spoke
few figures into the telephone. A min
ute later a loud boom announced the
arrival of a British shell just across
on the other side of No-man's land.
The British officer swore softly. and
spoke again into the telephone. The
first shell had been at least thirty
words off. The second was perhaps
twenty yards on the other side. Again
the officer spoke into the telephone.
and for the third time the gun spoke
Bulls eye," sang the officer into the
telephone, and packed up his belong
ings in business-like fashion. Minsie
was deceased.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-08-28
FIGHT
AWFUL" MINNIE
CLEVER OFFICER HALTS AT
TACKS OF GERMANS
Wires to Artillery Where to Send
Shells That Ront German Bat.
terry in NO.Man's Land

Correspondence OF Associated Press)
Behind the British Lines in France,
Aug. 28.--"Minnie" is a very forward
young lady who lives as rule in Ger
man front line trenches. She has no
pretensions at all to beauty. She is
for use, not for ornament. She is a
trench gun and her projectiles remind
one of plum pudding attached to
sticks. They fly very irregularly but
burst very regularly in that part OF
No-man's land furthest removed from
Minnie's temporary lodging.
Just before the latest push around
Ypres, there was particular Minnie
located a few miles from Ypres, which
was more than usually nuisance.
The British trench was not well sited,
nor very well protected. Consequently
when Minnie was active, she made
things very uncomfortable for the oc-
cupants of that Britishetrench. More
over, she had no regular habits, she
worked on no plan, ladylike she did
just about as she wished.
The young British subalterns hated
her with persistent, pervading ha-
tired, and concocted many schemes for
her undoing, but OF no avail. But one
night, chance brought into the trench
a very irritable old artillery officer,
just as Minnie was active. One of
Minnies puddings soiled his boots, and
thereby aroused in him a grim deter
mination to devote himself to her de.
struction.
He stayed in the trench all night
studying Minnie's location and charac-
teristics, and on the morrow he re-
turned, followed by his orderly, un-
coiling wire as he walked. At the
trench end of the wire temporary
telephone was fixed. The far end OF
the wire led back a mile and a hall
to battery Of field artillery.
Along tbout noon Minnie opened up
Imperial Valley press., 1917-08-28
GERMANY TRIES FASHIONS
Seeks to Outrival Paris in Originating
Clothes

Correspondence of Associated Press)
Amsterdam, Aug. 28.--ln response
to the old demand throughout Ger
MANY for a new mode Of women's
clothing that shall be entirely German
and absolutely independent Of Paris,
the Munich Wieland has brought out,
after long preparation, special sup
plement of entirely German fash
ions," containing series OF colored
designs absolutely Geramn in inspi-
ration and elaboration"
The supplement has attracted wide
attention in the German newspapers,
but almost without exception the criti-
cism is adverse. The Berlin Tageblatt.
says: "The illustrations might well be
taken for caricatures. The body from
the waist upwards appears far too
short and humpy, the lower part is
padded to appear as an enormity.
Bullying pockets; hats too small or
too large, falling over one ear, wide
outstanding collars and other absurdi-
ties complete figure from which any
rational man would turn with loath
ing"
The Tageszetting and other papers
declare that if this is o fair specimen
of German genius for designing l,,lies'
fashions German women had far bet
ter depend as in the past on Paris.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-08-28
PLAN NEW SYSTEM

Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 28.-The
system of vocational guidance in mu-
sic which has been developed by Prof.
Carl E. Seashore of the Iowa State
University will be introduced in the
school system of California during the
coming year. The Iowa psychologist
has just returned fro mthe California
State University, where he has given
course this summer in this subject
for the teachers of the State, under
the joint auspices of the school of
music and the department of philoso-
ply and psychology.
Under the plan which Professor
Seashore has originated series Of
tests is made on fifth grade pupils
in the public schools to determine the
musical capabilities Of the boys and
girls. The fifth grade is chosen, he
explains, because the children are then
intelligent enough to understand what
is wanted of them, and still young
enough to begin musical career, if
their talent is shown to be unusual.
During the past year the system has
been introduced into three or four
Iowa cities and into the schools of St
Louis, Mo.
Actual demonstrations of the work
were made as a part of the course
in the California university. A Sc
lected group of children in Berkeley
the seat of the Institution, and 16(
pupils in the Staet normal school il
San Francisco were given the tests
Both the San Francisco normal schoo
and the normal school at Los Angeles
were represented in this course b!
staff members who are preparing t.
introduce the Iowa mans system int
the public schools of the Western
State.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-08-28

The early morning light discovers
several auto parties encamped on Null
berry Lane and other quiet spots sur
rounded by alfalfa fields these days.
They are dwellers in the city who seek
spots where the radiation is less and
the breeze stronger, for their nightly
court of Morpheus.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-08-28

Mrs. l.. S. Tuttle and mother have
returned from a nine weeks vacation
at Boulevard. They report very un-
sanitary conditions at Boulevard, one
Imperial Valley press., 1917-08-28

Press Liners are read by those who
want work? Do you need help for tho
anch?
Imperial Valley press., 1917-08-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Harold White of Holt
vile spent the day in Ell Centre, the
guests of friends. Mr.. White is in
charge of the Edgar garage at Holt
vile.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-08-28

Press Liners are real by those who
Imperial Valley press., 1917-08-28

Mr.. Palmer of the Cotton Exchange
has resigned his office on the labor
bureau and Mr. Davidson of the 1Ol
ranch near Brawley has been appoint
ed his successor. Mr.. Palmer's resig-
nation came as the result OF extra
work on the Cotton Exchange which
kept him from the labor bureau work.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-08-28

Marriage licenses were issued to
Lawrence Allen Power, &c, and Ila
Irene Bates, 10, and to Joseph Bus
field, 81, and Hattie May Cloar, 20,
all of Blythe. Imperial county.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-08-28

Mexicali is becoming alarmed over
the. rumored arrival of 300 or more
Carrana troops at La Bolsa, fifty-five
miles south of that place. Cantu Off
cials have hurried to Ensenada to con-
fer with their chief over the supposed
arrivals.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-08-28

Business at the sheriff's office. dull
for the last week. took decided leap
today, when one arrest was made for
theft and one arrest made for at
tempted murder.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-08-28
PERSONAL and LOCAL MENTION

! Phil Swing has returned from Los
Angeles.
Leroy Holt arrived from Los An
geles last night.
The Barbara Worth registered
twenty-five arrivals yesterday.
J. b. Spears. prominent cotton man,
left for Los Angeles last night.
Judge Cole Will arrive Thursday and
begin trials at once upon his arrival.
Arthur Edgar returned yesterday
from a two weeks stay in Los An
geles.
George Nolan arrived from Los An
geles last night and will remain in Ell
Centre for few days.
j. W. Harrison. representative of a
bond and title firm. registered at the
Barbara Worth from Los Angeles.
Mr.. and Mrs Ray A. Miles of Barw-
ley passed through this city en- route
to their home after two weeks vaca-
ton.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-08-28

annoyance being the allowing of hogs
chickens and cattle to roam about the
tents and camping grounds.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-08-28

The heavy steel railing for the new
concrete bridge at the intersection of
the boulevard and the Brawley Main,
has just been finished by the Valley
Hardware Company and will be in
stalled within the next few days. This
will open the bridge for travel.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-08-28

George G. Anderson, irrigation con-
sulting engineer, arrived from Los
Angeles last night and registered at
the Barbara Worth Hotel.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-08-28

Mrs. Ernest Ward, son and daugh-
ter, who live west of the city, are now
guests of Mrs. Wards sister, Mrs.
William Allen of Chino. Mr.. Ward
and oldest son, Clifford, remain at the
Ward ranch.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-08-28

Paul H. Chapman, recently employed
in the grocery department of the Var
ney store, has been transferred to the
shoe and clothing department, evil
IDENTIFY so that his regular customers
can now be comfortably clothed.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-08-28

For the first time since the begin
ming of hemp growing in Imperial
Valley the pictures of this wonderful
crop will be brought home to many of
us who live within few miles Of it
but have never seen it. Tomorrow
night the Palace theater will show
through its weekly news feature pic
lures of the cutting Of hemp on the
Timken ranch near Brawley.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-08-28

T. B. Reed of Varney Brothers
Store has just returned from Los An
geles where his father law, has been
severely i'll, and had ust gotten over
bad attack when Reed left for Ell
Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-08-28

A. II. Mason of the Blinn Lumber
Company arrived last night from the
coast where he has been spending his
vacation.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-08-28

Constable c. c. Toney, one of the
Valleys pioneers, has just returned
from a two months vacation spent in
restful motor tur along the coast
Constable Toney says, 1--WE took things
easy. We stopped at once place and
fished one day. and fished the next
place the following day, and kept that
up all along the coast, stopping at
every town." The stay was prolonged
owing to an attack Of sickness sus-
tanned by Mrs. Toney, who is now at
Jacumba.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-08-28

Caught with the goods, khana Akai,
Hawaiian, was arrested this morning
near Brawley and charged by l.. A.
Buffers with petty larceny.
Akai was arrested walking along the
railroad wearing the underwear and
carrying part of the groceries alleged
by Buffers to have been stolen from
his ranch house
Imperial Valley press., 1917-08-28

'hil Swing has returned from Los
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-07
American Consul's Report Shows Eavestone in Ad
 miralty Service.
AMERICAN KILLED
 WAS NEGRO SEAMAN
Facts Concerning Sinking oi English Ship by German Submarine show United States Has No Cause
 for Action.

Washington, Feb 6. An official re port of the sinking of the steamer EaVcstonc and tho killing of an Amer lcan seaman reached the state depart mcnt today from Consul Frost at Queenstown. The ship was q provi- aional British collier.
 Consul E'rCst'S message said:
 "PrOViSiOnai British collier Fave stone sunk by shell fire from German submarine in vicinity of Fastnot yes tcrday tFc5ruarv 4. American negro able seaman, Richard Wallace of Bal timorc, killed during smelling of boat after it had left EaveYtonc. Details not yet available"
 Consul FroSt's dispatch Gcscribne the EaVostone as a provisional collier leads to the possibility that the de- stroyed vessel might be claSaed as q Warship. If at the time of the sink ing the Fave tone was in admiralty service, no possibility of trouble with Germany on that score opens up. In any case, officials say. it is doubtful if any inquiry will be addressed to Berlin.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-07
BURNS FATAL ID ESTHER WILSON,
 CHORUS GIRL
Body of Young Woman Shipped Last Night to
 Muncie, Ind.

Ester Moore, known in the the atrical world as Esther Wilson, died about II o'clock yesterday forenoon at a local hospital as a result of burns and shock suffered Monday afternoon, when her costume caught fire from an open gas heater while she was awaiting the start of the performance at the Orpheo theater.
 The death of the girl came as a shock, because it had been believed generally that she was not seriously burned, although it was known that her hurts were severe. The body was prepared for burial and was shipped early this morning to Muncie, Ind, by the Holderness company. The girl was p years of age. and her parents, MT home at Muncie.
 None of the members of the the atrical company could accompany the body of their comrade to Muncie, due to inability to break engagements. For this same reason it was impossible tc call off the matinee performance al the Orpheo yesterday, and members of the company, though their hearts were heavy, carried out their parts as if they were as happy as any ont could be.
 Although all the members Of the company felt keenly the death of Miss Moore, none was more grievously hur than was George Marshall, one of tht male leads. Miss Moore and MT. Mar shall were engaged to be married il May. When the girls costume caugh fire MT. Marshall was the first te reach her, and he suffered painful burns on the hands in his efforts tC extinguish the flames which were soaring her body. Members of tho company telegraphed their condo fences and sympathy yesterday to thu parents of their comrade.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-07
FIGHTING ARMS PREPARE.
Preparations for War Under Way
 With System and no Excitement.

Washington Feb. 6.--All precau- tionary and preparatory steps the military arms of the government ha 'e been authorized to take are under way, and little remains to be dOne now unless actual war should follow the break with Germany. On the surface the war and navy departments fell back today to almost routine times. A few mot admit tance" signs ond strict enforcement of the rules requiring every person to enter the building to have pass or be escorted by watchman were the only visible signs that the nation faces a grave international crisis. Below the surface the navy officials are studying steps they plan to take under the authority of the annual ap- propriation bill on which the house labored during the day The measure is made the vehicle of extending to the president almot unlimited pow- CTS. The navy always must bear the first shock of foreign war. and the appropriation bill is expected to carry i full authority and ample funds for any emergency.
 Additional censorship at radio plants was ordered, and Secretary l Daniels said he would renew his plea | to congress for the establishment of la government monopoly over all radio plans.
 | There is less need for haste in army work. Appropriations covering the | land forces, army ant notifications
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-07
Next Attack on American Citizens or Rights to Be
 Followed by Action.
CABINET DISCUSSES
 ENTIRE SITUATION
Entente Diplomats Suspect That Ger. many Precipitatcd Break With View of Cutting Oii Supplies From
 United States for Allies.

Washington, Feb. G.-Every phase of the situation which. at any hour. may bring the United States to war with Germany was discussed by President Wilson and his advisors at today'S cabinet meeting.
 The faint hope that Germany aftor all might modify her new submarine campaign so as to avoid making an active enemy of America, was touched upon, as was the probable position of other neutrals, but most of the cabi nets attention was given to reports of each member of the energetic ef- forts of his departm mt to prepare for war. if il comes.
 In some quarters the interview given by Foreign Minister Zimmer- man in Berlin was viewed as fav- orable sign. Little significance was attached to it by the cabinet, how ever. for the minister expressed the hope that the American government would understand Germany's reasons for inaugurating unrestricted warfare on the seat, which was construed to indicate that no change of course was to be expected.
 Preliminary reports of the sinking of the Eavestone and the killing of an American negro seaman are not regarded as establishing such case as will be the signal for hostilities. It was stated officially after the cabinet meeting that the next step Twill be taken without addressing any inquiry to Germany. If American lives or ships are sacrificed by Ger many action will follow as soon as the facts are established to the satis- faction of the president.
 Entente diplomats here let it be- come known during the day that while they are gratified over the break with Germany, they are not at all anxious to see the United States actually drawn into the war. They frankly expressed the growing fear that Germany deliberately precipitat- ed the break for the purpose of start ing military preparations in America and thereby cutting off munitions and supplies to the allies.
 Secretary Houston told the cabinet today that data in the hands of the department of agriculture shows the United States can be self-sustaining. whatever happens to cut her off from the rest of the world. There is no danger, he said of this country being placed in the position of most of the European belligerents, so far as the food supply is concerned
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-07
K. L. 5. AND MEN REACH AGREEMENT.
 AVOIDING STRIKE
Understood Contentious of Employees Were Upheld at
 Series of Meetings.

Kansas City, Feb. 6-All points in dicate that the dispute between the members of the four brotherhoods and the management of the Kansas City Southern railroad were settled at a conference here tonight of Vice presidents of the four brotherhoods' I. A. Edson, president of the road and Judge w. l.. Chambers, of the federal commission of mediation and concilia' tion.
 It is understood that in the main the contentious of the employees were upheld.
 A referendum recently was held and the employees voted to strike, al leging trat their representatives had been treated disrespectfully. It be- came known tonight that originally there were 2S points of difference between the men and the company, and of these 13 had been settled be- fore the offer of the federal board of mdiation and conciliation had beer accepted. Tonight's agreement fol lowed a cries of meetings at which Il additional points had been settled. Demand for reinstatement of al members of the brotherhoods who had been discharged or suspended arc understood to have been recognized by the railroad officials and adjust ments as to back pay were made in the final agreement reached tonight
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-07
GERMAN U-bOAT HOLDS UP U. 5. SHIP FOR 0|l
Master of Westwego Re- ports U Fired , Shots
 at Him on Jan. 31.

London, Feb. 6.-Five shots were fired by the German submarine U-45 at the American steamer Westwego on January 31, it was officially an- nOunced here today. The official statement follows:
 "The master of the United States steamer 'WestWego reports that on the 31st of January, while 50 miles off Fastnet, his ship was fired upon from astern by the German submarine U-45. Five shots were fired, none of which took effect. The master ac- cordingly stopped his vessel and sent boat with his papers. The German submarine commander then demanded oil from the WestWego, his demand being accompanied by threat to sink the ship if it was refused.
 "The claim to take neutrals into consideration, put forward in German wireless dispatches, is not strength ened by this report from the master of neutral ship"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-07
Among Those Falling Vic tlms to Submarines Were
 Seven Neutrals.
BRITISH CAPTURE
 GERMAN TRENCHES
London War Office Announces No Opposition Encountered by Eng. fish Troops in Occupying l,0@o
 Yards of Ire nches in France.
Associated Press Summary. }

Germany's submarine warfare ap- parently is growing in intensity. Tuesdays reports show that the un- dersea boats have accounted for the oestructlon of l5 additional vessels. seven neutrals and eight vessels of entente natiOnalities, with an agere- gate of 46,763 tons. E.ght are known to have been sunk, one is reported to nave been torpedo2d anG the others are "believed" to have been sent to the bottom.
 Of the vessels known to have been sunk, six were British. one Spanish and one Swedish. Of those believed to have been sunk, four are Nor Wegian, one is British and one Rus sian. The vessel reported to have been torpedoed and which is not known positively to have been sunk was Norwegian. One British steamer torpedoed and sunk, was the Port Adelaide, from which 96 persons, in- cluding members of the crew, have been rescued.
 British Record Big Gain.
 The occupation of about 1000 yards of German trenches by the British in the region of Grandcourt, southwest of Baupaume, in France, represents the greatest gain of any of the bellig- erent powers on a fighting front an- nounced in the latest official con- munications. No fighting was required to take the German positions, the London war office reporting that the Germans offered no opposition to the British troops.
 In Galicia, south of Kinsilen and southwest of Brody, the Germans essayed attacks against Russian lines. but, according to Petrograd, all of them failed
 In Rumania, quiet continues to pre- vail.
 In the Austro-Italian theater bonn bardments alone are taking place.
 On the Macedonian front, in the Cerna river bond and on the Struma river lowlands there has been consid- erable fighting, but the results are not known.
 Constantinople reports that in re- cent attacks on the Turks near Kut- el-Amara the British lost not less than 2,O00 men, aside from the men made prisoners. The British suc- ceeded in penetrating the first line of Turkish positions, says Constanti- nople, but later were elected.