davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-12
French Officers to
Attend Firenaan's S
Ball on Thursday
DANCE COMMITTEE GETS WIRE
FROM FRENCH MILITARY MEN
AT CAMP KEARNEY THAT
THEY WILL BE HERE ON
THURSDAY.

Joseph F. Seymour, Jr, received
word today that three French Off
GERS would attend the Firemen's ball
Thursday night. They are Captain
p. L. j. LOriot and Lieutenants III
Railvau and Henry b. Gafinekeag
They will be accompanied from Camp
kearner by Pierre III. Regnir and
Leon F. GrOsler of the French mill
tary staff.
Joseph F. Seymour, Jr., Ell Centre
Calf: Regret my engagements pre-
vent me from accepting your kind in.
vitatiOn. / have designated in my
place General Herman Hall of this
division, who will represent me. Gen
! eral Hall will be glad to go to El
Centre and will be accompanied by
two or more French officers. He plans
to leave here on the morning of Feb
ruary a.
"MAJOR GENERAL STRONG.'
The foregoing from Camp Kearney
announces the gratifying fact that
United States army officers, as well
as officers from the regular army il
France, are to be in attendance al
the Firemen's ball, Thursday evening
This will lend patriotic glow of ad
ditional brilliance to the annual bal
Of the firemen, and the result of tht
officers in attendance will have al
added effect in the way of creating
enthusiasm for the ambulance trucl
the laddies are to purchase and sent
across the water.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-12
LENT SEASON At ST.
MARY'S CHURCH

Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, the
first day of Lent II is called Ash
Wednesday from the custom still Oh
served in Catholic chu<cke5 Of sprink-
ling blessed ashes on the heads of the
people with the words:
Remember, oh man, that thou art
dust, and unto dust thou shalt re-
turn"
Though the Lenten discipline has
of late been considerably mitigated,
Lent still remains season Of peni-
tence, prayer and GOOD works. To
afford the people ample opportunity
TO observe Lent property, a special
schedule of services has been ar
ranged, which will be as follows.
Mass on week days at 1870 a. m.
High mas son Sunday at 9 a m.
Sunday school at 10 a. m.
Vespers Sunday evenings at 7:30.
Stations of the Cross Friday even
ings at 1880.
Rosary and benediction Wednesday
evenings at 1870.
The choir Of St. Mary's church,
noted for the excellent music it has
always rendered, will delight the pub
lie with newly learned compositions,
A feature of the Sunday evening serv
ices will be the singing of vespers.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-12
MPER|AL IS NOT
DOING HER BIT
IN STAMP SALES
This County Far Behind Quito Thus
Far in the Campaign to Sell the
Little BOnds"-PeOple of Eel Centro
Must Buy $434 Worth per Day for
the Next Sixty Days.

This city and Imperial county are
far hehind in the purchase of War
Savings Stamps, and an appeal is made
to the people of Ell Centre and other
cities in the Valley to take greater in
Iterest in the stamp sales.
The total quota for Imperial Valley
lis $4,000; the county sales must
average $3.50 per day.
The total quota for Ell Centro is
SGT, 500 and sales here should aver
age $217 per day.
The total of actual cash sales here
to date is $7,S9425 in the 62 selling
days since December 2, 1917. The
total should have ben $14,454. The
deficit to date is $6,559.75. Ell Centre
people should have purchased twice as
many stamps. They must average
$434 per day for the next so selling
days to break even in this great pa
t,'iotic savings campaign.
Following are the Ell Centre agen.
cies for the stamps: Barbara Worth
Hotel, Holton Power Company
Greenleaf & Clemens, Varney Bros.
Ben Solomon, Hamilton Bros, Impe
rial Valley Hardware Company, John
son Drug Company, FL Centre Ma.
tional Bank, Davis Drug Company
FIRST National Bank, Security Bank
McColloch Drug Company, Postoffice
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-12
Nj. o. KING, RETURING
FROM FOOD CONFER
ENCE, APPEALS FOR
COOPERATION FROM
ALL CITIZENS.
Seriousness of the Food Or
der Is to Be Brought
Home to the Imperial Val
ley Through Naming of a
Special Agent.

The licensed dealers of Southern
California held a meeting in the
Chamber of Commerce building in Los
Angeles on Friday evening of last
week. Representatives from the va
rious districts being present and meet
ing with Hon. Ralph P. Merritt, fed
eral food commissioner for Califor-
mia. Hon. Frank H. Suffle, newly
appointed commissioner for Southern
California, and E. F. Cullen, special
representative of Hon. Herbert How
er at Washington, D. c., being pres
ent.
+ The question of conservation and
the proper handling of the food regu-
lations of California were taken up
and gone into very thoroughly by Mr..
Merritt, in which he requested the
cooperation of the buying public as
well as retail merchants, both IL
censed and unlicensed, in doing their
patriotic duty regarding the carrying
out of the regulations issued by the
Food Administration.
M. o. King of Varney Bros. & Co.
attended, representing Imperial Val
ley, and brings back the message that
it is the earnest desire of the Food
Administration that both the retail
merchants, licensed and unlicensed,
and the public, awaken to the fact
that it is their duty as good Ameri-
can citizens to take a pride in com
plying with the regulations issued,
rather than to see how far they may
go and still not break the letter of
the law regarding these regulations.
Porkless Day, as defined by Mr..
Merritt, means that no pork or pork
products are to be sold or consumed
on Tuesday and Saturday Of each
week. This regulation will be ener-
getically enforced and no trifling with
the question will be countenanced
Pork and pork products are one of
the chief items we are called upon
to export to the Allies and which
duty the American government has
undertaken to perform. Therefore. it
is necessary for the consuming public
to conserve on pork and pork pro-
ducts to permit the government to
carry out the object which they have
assumed.
On wheat flour the consumer is
expected to purchase a pound of sub
.titutes for a pound of flour, such
substitutes to consist of cereals other
than wheat or wheat products. Po-
Continued on Page Two)
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-12
Washington View.
(By Associated Press)

Washington, Feb. 12.--It is impos-
sible accurately to estimate the et-
feet of the Russian withdrawal, not
withstanding the collapse would seem
to give the Germans great numer-
ical superiority in the west. Military
men are confident that the Allies line
in the west will hold against any
German forces. They profess not to
regard the Russian withdrawal as a
menace and appear on paper to re-
gard as unlikely that Germany will
risk permitting Teuton prisoners from
Russia to return to the west carry
ing the Bolsheviki doctrine.
Probably the Germans will be re-
quired to keep some lat divisions re-
leased in the conquered territory for
garrisoning.
Russia owes the United States $751;
100000 advanced for supplies. The
United States holds bonds. Repay
ment depends on whether the ultimate
Russian government will repudiate
the bonds.
Old diplomats see peace negotiations
of new type on far greater scale
than heretofore in series of ad-
dresses of spokesmen of the warning
nations outlining peace terms. These
"extra official negotiations will de-
part radically from the ancient and
accepted practices of diplomacy, in
stead of secrecy, which was the aim
of the Central Powers in the early
stages of the war.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-12
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, A {
By Charles Coke Woods


Abraham Lincoln, rails pIitter,
st0rekeeper, boat captain, every
bOdy's big brother, lawyer, mem
Der of the Illinois legislature,
president of the United States,
savior of the American Union,
emancipatOr of four million slaves
the great statesman of the
world. He was a man sent from
God.
GOD IS ALWAYS SENDING
SOME LEADER IN THE LAR
GER MINISTRIES OF MAN
KIND.
He sent Socrates, Aristotle and
Plato in the larger ministries of
philosophy. He sent Angelo and
Raphael and Phidias and Turner
and HOgarth and Rembrandt in
the larger ministries of beauty.
He sent Handel and Mozart and
Beethoven and Stradivarius and
paganini and Jennie Lind and
NOrdica and Ira ID. Sankey in the
larger ministries of music. God
surely sent in the larger minis
tries of living literature Will
liam Shakespeare. John Bunyan,
John Milton, John Ruskin, Alfred
TennysOn, Victor Hugo, James
Russell Lowell, Longfellow, Whit
tier, Hawthorne, Holmes, William
Cullen Bryant, Emerson and Har~
riet Beecher Stowe.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-12
BAKER SAYS MILLION
WILL co OVER IN YEAR
by Associated Press)

Washington, Feb. l2.-Secretary
Baker today transmitted to the Sen
ate military committee "confidential'
shipping statistics, in which he esti-
mated that a million American SOL
diers will be transported to Europe
this year. This will be used in the
cross-examination of Baker later,
probably in executive session. The
general staff prepared the statistics.
The committee continued the inquiry
into the building of camps and can
tonments and will probably conclude
its Investigations in few days.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-12
We FIGHT FOR
AbEL|NC0LN'S
DEMOCRACY
sen ATOR LEWIS, in SPEECH
COM NJ EROTAING LINCOLN'S
BIRTHDAY, APPEALS TO CON-
GRESS AND PEOPLE TO STAND
BY THE PRESIDENT.
King George, Addressing the Eng
lish Parliament, Echoes the Speech
in American Senate, and Urges the
Britishers to Renewed Efforts at
This Critical Stage.
{By Associated Press)

Washington, Feb. Ex-senator Lew
is in the Senate today denounced the
German war lords and urged Ameri-
cans to fight for a"democracy i'm
planted by Lincoln and advanced by
President Wilson,"
His address commemorated Lin
coins anniversary. He declared the
German peace offers a ruse to mur-
der. He said:
Owe have the promise of the pres
ident to make the world safe for de-
mocracy. There is no threat to make
the world take democracy, but there
is assurance of efforts to give the
world chance to take democracy"
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-12
BREAK SPRINGS
ON MECCA ROAD
Party of ArizOnans Have Ill Luck on
the Miserable Stretch of Road Near
Fig Tree JOhn'S-MarOone for
Twenty-fOur Hours Waiting for 4
Spindle.

Oliver Dahl and J. c. James, en-
route from Los Angeles to Ajo, Ari2.,
broke the right front wheel spindle
of their Stearns auto on the desert
between Mecca and Kane Springs at
2:30 Saturday afternoon, Narrowing
them for "A hours.
They were exactly % miles south
of Mecca driving at the rate of about
20 miles an hour, when the spindle
snapped, allowing the axle to strike
the ground, while the wheel rolled off
to the side some thirty or forty feet.
The men were on their way to Ajo
to open garage and fortunately had
the required tools in a lot of 1900
pounds they were carrying in their
car, to make the repairs. They were
ready to continue their journey at ex-
actly 2:30 Sunday afternoon.
The car was also stocked with bed
ding and provisions, so that the men
did not suffer in the least
They spent Sunday night in Braw-
iley and made their departure early
yesterday morning for Yuma.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-12
MANY OELINQUENTS
ON INCOME TAX LIST

There are more than $50 income
tax delinquents in Imperial county
it was asserted today, and unless
these delinquents make rerurp to Dep
uty Collector Groves while he is in
the valley this county will bear the
opprobrium of having more slackers
in this regard than the average COM
munity in California.
Don't put off making a return un-
til tomorrow. Do it today. MI.
Groves will be in the rear of the
Secuity bank, Sixth and Main streets
until 5 p. m. each day for the next
/ few days.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-12
MAIL CARRYING PLANES
ARE ADVERTISED FOR
(By Associated Press)

Washington, Feb. 12.-Secretary
Daniels announced today that he
would reappoint Major General Bar
Nnett of the marines, whose term is
about to expire.
The Postoffice Department today
asked for bids on five airplanes to
be used in mail service between Wash
ington, Philadelphia and New York
The service will begin with one
round trip daily. 1t will be expanded
later and will carry only first class
mail. The Postoffice specifications
call for machines which have sue
cessfully withstood army and navy
tests. The bids will be opened Feb
ruary 81. Delivery has been fixed al
not later than April 25.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-12
BRITISH IN AMERICA
TO Be CONSCRIpAED
Continued on Page g.
(By Associated Press)

New York, Feb. 12,-Major Innes
of the British recruiting mission said
he expected the United States and
Great Britain would ratify and make
operative within a month a conven-
tion under which it is expected that
100000 British in the United States
will become subject to service in the
British army. This will affect men
between 20 and Al.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-12
FIRST PRACTICE
ON THE DIAMOND
Central High Pupils Aspiring to
Baseball HonOrs Turn Out for Fast
Tryout Which Develops Some Fu-
ture Phenomenons in the Box and
Field.

Baseball practice at the High
School started yesterday afternoon
with a record turnout.
The athletic field was filled with
players and there were several bat
iters knocking to the outfield There
are only five regulars left from last
years team, and there are many eX-
pectants from the ranks of the re-
Icruits. Everybody was trying to be
easy on the "arm" with the first night
of practice.
Coach Holway is trying to arrange
"a practice game for Saturday, prob
ably with the soldiers. He is also
planning on starting interclass games
soon. With plenty of material in the
school, there also may be several
teams picked at random from the
school baseball ranks and with prop
er matching should develop some eX-
citing baseball battles.
The interscholastic playing season
has been shortened this year to four
games, one with each school. 1t is
thought that, as the first game gen
orally decides the best team anyway
second game, unless the two teams
are closely matched, will be a waste
of effort. The first game of the
schedule for Central is the one with
Imperial High School on March ?.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-12
RUSSIAN GOV ERN-
MENT OWES u. S.
MILLIO MS, WHICH
MAY BE REPUD1ATED
BY BOLSHEVIkI.
Military Experts State That
the Entente Allies Can
Hold the Western Line
Against the German Mil
lions.
(By Associated Pressl

London, Feb. 12.-An official Rus
sian statement issued today confirmed
the German report that Russia hao
withdrawn from the war.
The statement ended the peace ne
gotiations. The Russian delegation
refused to sign treaty providing for
annexation by Germany.
Russia will not continue the war
with Teuton workmen and peasants
like ourselves" the statement adds.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-12
Lincoln The Enoancipator
N, A GoD-sENT MINISTER TO MANKIND.

~ hI-NItO Lh ~ Nb-H4Nhl4Nb"
AS great educators in the lar
ger ministries of mankind it was
God who sent us FrOebel, Pas
talozzi and MOrace Mann of the
American school of the people.
viii anybody say that God has
not sent us leaders in the larger
ministries of reform" Who but
God sent those sweet and mighty
ministries of Lady Somerset,
Mary A. Livermore and Frances
f. Willard and Clara Barton?
And who but God sent Savona-
rola, Martin Luther and John
Wesley?
And we see coming over the
white hilttOps Of freedom those
other mighty ministries of human
liberty. There is WilberfOrce of
England There is Louis Kos
suth of Hungary. There is Carl
baldi, who dares to wrench asun-
der the temporal power of the
Pope. There is the courageous
Karl Schurz of kaiser-Cursed Ger
many. And there are today,
thank God, million Germans in
Germany whose bleeding hearts
and burning brains and big bludg-
cons are beating against the bru-
tai palace in Berlin. Great God
of liberty and love, help them to
discrOwn that king, to dismantle
that throne and to beat that Prus-
sian palace into dust.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-12
King George Serious.
(By Associated Press)

London, Feb. liking George, ad-
dressing parliament, said:
"The struggle has reached a criti-
cal stage. 1t demands more than ever
our united energies and resources un-
til recognition is offered to the only
principles on which we can conclude
an honorable peace. 1t is our duty
to prosecute the war with all the vigor
we possess. Germany has ignored our
just demands and refuse obligation
for themselves. They deny rightful
liberties Of others"
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-12
PRESIDENT BEGINS
LAW CONFERENCES
(By Associated Press)

Washington, Feb. 12.-The presi-
dent tomorrow will begin conferences
with Republicans and Democrats in
Congress on all phases of war legis-
lation. This is regarded as the in
auguration of a plan to take both
sides more into his confidence re-
garding legislation to increase the
presidents powers.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-12
us. CIRCUIT COURT
BALKS FRANCIS HENEY
(Bv Associated PresS)

Chicago, Feb. 12.-The United
States Circuit Court of Appeals to-
day granted writ to prevent the
government from making further
search until after March l of the
vault of Henry Veeder, general coun-
sci of Swift & Co., for evidence al
legged to have been used in the com
mission of felonies.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-12
Ohio River Rising.
(By Associated press\

Cincinnati, Feb. 12.-The Ohio riv-
er is expected to reach 60 feet to-
morrow, which would paralyze rail-
road operations in this vicinity. The
lowlands are flooded.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-12
KAISER WILL TAKE
THE WATER At SPA
(By Associated Press)

London, Feb. 12-The German press
has announced that the Kaiser will
move his personal headquarters to
Spa, a Belgian watering place near
the Prussan frontier, where he eX-
poets to take the cure for a short
time.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-12
"DOKAYS' PARADE
A BIG FEATURE
OF CEREMONIAL
FATIMA, WITH HER SLAVES AND
DANCING GIRLS, TO ACCOM-
PANY ROYAL PRINCE AUSTIN,
DEPUTY PRINCE OF KNIGHTS
OF kORASSAN.
Half Hundred Will Twist the Lions
TaiI-Tat Is, Be Initiated at Gath
ering of "DGkays"-Banquet at
Woodland Park for Members of the
Order Only.

That mystic land of the "Dokays," F"
Orientally luxurious and riotously eX-
travagant, will be wonderfully depict
ed in all its barbaric splendor at the
imposing spectacle of the Dramatic
Order, Knights of Khorassan, which
will be staged on the evening of Feb
ruary q by Ell Oasis Temple No. l73,
in Ell Centre.
The big ceremonial was to have
been staged at Brawley, but it was
impossible to secure hall large
enough to hold the many members
who have signified their intention of
attending.
The announcement by Lou Philly,
royal vizier of FL Oasis temple, that
Royal Prince w. w. Austin, Deputy
Imperial Prince of the State Of Cali
fornia, would accompany "Fatima" the
mysterious in the line of march, which
will pass over the principal streets of
Continued on Page g.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-12
Italian Victory.
(By Associated Press)

Rome. Feb. 12.-Italian artillery to-
day tore to pieces Austrian columns
and checked a renewed attack yes
terday west of the Brenta river.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-12
CARRANZA' BIRTHDAY WIRE
TO KAISER PLACED ON RECORD
(BY Associated Pressl

Washington, Feb. 12.-An-
rOuncing that the question of just
how intimate is the relationship
Of President aCrranza of Mexico
with Kaiser Wilhelm was one
which aroused more than idle
curiosity among congressman,
Senator Sherman today placed on
the Congressional record the tele-
gram of the Mexican head.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-12
MAY HOLD FARM
ASSEMBLY, IN
NATATOR|UN|
Plan of Drying Up the Holtville
Plunge for the Meeting of Farm
ers Being Discussed Today at That
City-Speakers Object to the Open
Air Proposition.

w. r. Lienau, vice president Of the
Farm Bureau, went to Holtville to-
day to see if arrangements could not
be made for the use of the Holtville
Natatorium for the holding Of the an
nual Agricultural Assembly on Thurs
day.
1t is planned to dry up the plunge
and place 600 chairs on the concrete
floor, Many objections were made
to the plan for holding the assembly
in the city park on the ground that
most of the speakers were unused to
making outdoor speeches.
All other arrangements have been
made for the assembly, which prom
ises to be one of the most important
gatherings Of the kind ever held in
Southern California. The program is
as follows:
Morning Session, $50.
Putting Your Uncle Sam to Work" j"
an amusin gand educational motion
picture showing how Uncle Sam saved
a farm from ruin while Hiram was
away at Coney Island.
vegetable Industry" by Tom Ell
lott, industrial agent Wells-F Fargo
Company.
Drainage Problems in Imperial
Valley" with stereopticon pictures) ,
by Professor w. w. Weir, soils de-
partment University of California.
Rural Planning" by Professor
Walter f. Packard, assistant leader of
farm advisers, University of Califor-
MIA.
Selection of Profitable Dairy
Cows" by Professor Van Norman,
dean of University Farm, Davis
Continued on Page )
Albuquerque morning journal., 1918-09-27
FOURTH STREET
PAVING PROJECT
IS ASSURED FACT

Alameda Boulevard" is an as
sured fact. AT the meeting Of the
county commissioners held yesterday
all papers and contracts were signed,
ASSURING the city of one Of the long
est ana best boulevards in the state.
The new boulevard will be eighteen
feet wide and will cost in the neigh
borhood Of S1S4.126.47, and the
countys share of this expense will
be one quarter, or $46,031.62
Alfred Grunsfeld, chairman Of the
board, announced that the paving
would begin at Mountain Road, the
city limits north of the CITY, and
would extend a distance of nine and
siX-tenths miles or To the Sandoyal
county line. The work viii be under
the supervision Of State Engineer J..
4. French.
Other matters of business were
brought up and among them, it was
decided to give to the city for three
months the sum of ST 1000 per month
to maintain the streets of the city,
and to engage a competent nurse
for the child welfare work for
three months at a salary of 500 per
month, Her duties will be to travel
over the county on lecuring and
inspection tour in behalf of the or
ganization.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1918-09-27
TEAM CAPTAINS
NAMED FOR 4TH
LOAN CAMP PA|GN

Team captains for eighteen womo
ems teams and sixteen mems teams
which are to lead in the Fourth Lib
erty Loan campaign were announced
yesterday morning by those in charge
of this work
Two of the teams are composed of
the students and faculty of the Albu-
querque Businss college and the re-
mainder are composed of either volun-
teers who will help to make the huge
loan, or Alhuquerque's part of it, a
success.
The captains of the mems teams
are as follows! Walter Connell Jerre
Haggard, c. M. Bolts. E. IT. Chase,
Mike Nash Grover Devine, Reuben
Perry, NJ. X, Wylder. Frank Kruske,
f. =. Schwentker, August Sais, M. f.
Lueero, A. L. Martin, c, T. French,
Paul G. Redington and John Beaven.
The women's captains are as fol-
lows: Mrs. f. f. LeSeur. Mrs. C, II.
Conner, Miss Lorraine Long, Mrs. r..
Ross, Mrs. John w. Wilson, Mrs. O.
A. Bachechi, Mrs. NJ. E. Hickey, Mrs.
Roy M. Hall Mrs. j. b. skinner, Mrs.
G. s. McLandress, Mrs. Dave WELLER,
Mrs. r. p Barnes, Mrs. r.. l.. Hust.
Miss Eben Mrs. W. w. Bowers, Miss
Hixon, Mrs. A, f. Morrisette and Mrs.
r. L. Pollock