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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-14

the next 20 weeks-is Just the hour
that we are going TO offer the IeautiH
Of this paper a real oil stock on Il bar
gain basis until at least SlO0 10000 In
cash is I'm our drilling fund. We feel
confident we VII find n near Shumway
l60-acre lease somewhere In our 3.tiU
acres In the Butler-GreenwoOd county
district.
with four drilling rigs-and big der.
ricks and enough casing for seven more
deep wells-fl00, 10000 will certainly
continue drilling until we hit Il very
rich, The Shumway ls reported having
produced over (SS,0OO. 000D eight million
dollars In oil to date. The one Hundred
Million Dollar Empire Company has sew
ersl wells south and east OF our great
beaumont anticline leases. The Dryden
Hun gushers are north and east. The
Prairie IL drilling within y miles on the
north. The Lexington Ia on the east
Our leases reach for five miles with the
Shumwey- -Eldorado gushers on the west
Our capital Is only $50 900 90. We
are in the big gusher territory
an already splendid producson-with u
wells-four more In the expected gusher
cap rock--four more that seem nearly
sure for gusher production In 3 to 5
weeks The founder OF this Company
knows the oil fields, and the policy Of
this Company II to build q giant lnde-
pendent producer that will furnish crude
oil TO Independent refiners. The former
oil monopoly crowd have big producing
companies IN Kansas. Oklahoma and
Texas that will not sell barrel Of crude
10 an Independent refinery We hope to
make this company a very large pro
ducer-but keep II independent
IL you are loyal men OF the West
after you have bought big In Liberty
bonds. help MS speed up oil production
and strike for new gusher pool 1t q
time when the production OF crude oil is
q patriotic duty and a national neces-
slty.
In our two million dollar drilling
agreement this company secures for new
wells. new property and dividends. 30 per-
cent Of all the net production from the
n present wells-Rnd from all wells In
the future that produce 500 barrels daily
or less. We have NJ least two hundred
GOOD looking locations several NJ the
strike gusher. then an amount equal to
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-14
Abundance Of Seed Also Help
fd 10 Bears,
CHICAGO GRAIN Ayo PROVISIONS

CHICAGO. May H. Prospects N warm
cr weather likey to facilitate planting
gave the bears m advantage tOdny In tho
corn market Official announcement thpt
plenty of seed corn was In sight and that
the seed administrator expected TO have
a surplus NJ the end Of the senson. tended
also TO weaken prices Opening quota
tlons which ranged from &c or 10 u
shade advance with May 81 2TN 10
ii.27& and Juy 81 IS. we're followed bv
moderate HetbHCkH
Onts. Ike corn. enHed down NJ result
~ better weather conditions and owing
to absence Of any urgent cash demand
After opening unchanged 10 Hc lower,
with July 6Ghc 10 &c. the market under
went a further sag
Provisions felt the effect Of grain weak
ness
Rallies whth ensued were due 10 cover
Ing by shorts and were not well main
tHined The close was unsettled &c net
lower 10 LHIc advance. with MAY
tl2ih and July iii3h to Ti.i3M
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uI- 75U0N
zoe. .dfiT
The Master Industry y!n,r
Mightiest Of Fortune BulteVsA'

Hytc'u book you will enjoy reading
You will find II eulghtcuinE and intedssiy
fascinating from the first word to tha ,est.
~ Is rlled with facts Of compelling totss
about the great oil industry tells how ana
why stupcndous profits are auickiy realssd
from small Investments In successful ipii
development enterprises
FREE TO lOT' You may have copy
Of the first 'dltiOn OF this bis beautifully
hound 20. 0O0-word book II you write at
once. Your request for the free copy does
not ublgate you in the least.
Learn how only few dollars properly In
vested In the OIL business may open tpr-
tunes door for you.
This free distribution offer limited 10 the
first edition. Mail your request before ths
offer Ia Withdrawn.
Just say send me free copy of youg bag,
illustrated book 'Oil. the Master Industry
sign your name and address and matt yow
request 10 q v McBeth. l7l FirastonA
Building. Newton. Kansas. tAdvl
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-14

sT LOUIS. May Ii-HOOs. Receipts
1860. steady; lights jiI7OGl7S5; pigs
tlG 1Oul7jO. mixed and butchers tl7i iOQ
l7hO good heavy tl7i0Ql7 60; bulk
tilOml1i5. CATTLE: Receipts $500.
prospects strong. native beef steers
~ bJul 80; y,arllng steerr and heifers
HdOWl6.JO. cows f5Oul2.5O; Hockers
ana feeders IsjOai2.OO; fair to prime
snuthefn beef steers tl000d 10 90: beef
cows and helfrts 81 OOm 1850: prime
y'uflng steers rnd hclfcrs I7j0ql0 10
native calves tliaul5j 90 SHEEP Re-
,rpts 1000; Tcldy; lambs $4,000
~ NO. ewes lGpDUlfOO; wcthcrs $3.50
mltOo' Gamers nud choppers So j0G
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BIC L|oNESSlSo
PUT UNDER KNIFE
TO FIND AILM|ENf
Doctor Takes Sample Of Blood
10 Test for Chambers, ''"A

Los ANGELES, Queens. ab,
native born lion at GrifftH patlk Va,
given the complement sixatioh9 utest
recently Qucenie's test has ,Doihips
to do with possible war servire in
France or Fluudcr, however. II WAS
for an illnts, So
DR. Margaret Gardener city bacts.
riolovl,' drew two ounce, df Qdeenics
Blood carrying It 10 her laboratory in
d hypodcrmic needle UHder the nj.
cro,cgpc she will determine sybethti
or no, Quecoie's indi,pehloq liHtye
60 glaudcrs. ~ uqqh
May Have GlandeIA ...----.-.
BENG a lion, Queenle Is capiyqraa.
Ar time, she is not pArtculabD as 90
Hpat she eats II Is believed by the
veterinarian that Qucenic ,-hAS failed
10 Hoovcrile her appetite 4s1A horse
neal and gldndcrs is the result. Sew
eral lions succumbed iron the ba,ae
kind Di appetite a year age. L
40, ! am not AFRAID Oi Cheenfe. She
is one Of the plra,artcst lronss ever
have known" Dr.. Gardner sa,do I'VE
have met before At our last, meet
ing She was most pleased to. sec mc.
She was most demonsrrative this fine
and I'm sure she recognized an old
friend ..t -or..1
Sulks After Operation. r,,n
y hope our personal aeqpaipia noes
shall continue to be agreeable follow
ing the minor operation / performed
on her However she appeared sorte-
what hurt and inclined 10 sulk btHt
DR. Gardner would not SAY whstber
she took the blood test from the t,p OF
Qucenie's nose or the tip OF The tail,
bot she admits she believes ihi ssfcey
first rajrk ~
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MGW YoRk corroN rUTURGs.

NEW GRLEASS. Hay li.--A less show
lng than expected uy April American mill
statistics caused r.Nug lu the cotton
market TODAY. which iu tho first holf
hour Of busluerE, prices Zen of p ~ %
points from the Dgcl n yesterdays close
Weather conditions over the belt were
considered uuiavou'le and stoadicd the
market a. the decline.
The forecast uf fair and warmer wealth
cr for the belt increased pressure against
values and In the trading up 10 noon the
decline Nis widened to 5s 10 ., points
spot cotton quiet and unchanged sales
on the pot a-I, to arrive. none. Low MD
ding 20 Zoo, midiuug 2N 2sc. good rid-
dlug 30 lD Receipts 2.TOi. stock i.y6nj.
frut' taking by early sellers ana ieHr
" unfHyOfahle weekly crop returns to-
morrow caused small r,opyerios. A. /
o'clock prices were % 20 DO points under
NnHteTdMN.h CInRe-
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-14

will not lind another oil stock propo-
sition that will begin TO contRsre SiIh
this offer This stock viii conu,hnd
he Respect and consideration OF the IN
vesting public and s sure 20 sell rap
idly. our expenses are tow Our cap
ital Is small our properties are big,
By Thursday. May 49, we should have
In at least one new gushfr that may
Justify an advance on very big basis,
but as the stock should now sell for 81 90
per share-or over times the offer
herein--the advertised price Will ne nd
Yanced from 10 s0 percent forthwith
after i2 p m. Thursday. May i6, 1918.
II you have the ability 10 pick out real
winner when you read about one. send
your remittance forthwith on the follow
ing basis
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KANSAS CITY

KANSAS cry. May ii-HOGs. Re-
cclpH l30nO. steady 10 strong. bulk
81, aiul755; heavy tlL2JQl7 20. light
tl7 3bI lIGO, pigs fl72iul760' CATTLE.
Receipts 1000, steady to roc higher
prime led steers tl7O00l7.6O. dressed
beet steers {iiOOU Ul65j, southern steers
tlu Ooul5 90. stockrrs 81 5OGl5 20; calves
- onfi H. 30 SHEEP. Receipts 900. Zoe
10 ljc lower; lambs 81 JOGis6 50, year
lIngs ili o0Hlj Go. wetherr ti3 OOHl625
cwrs 10000 1900. Htotkers 81 5Oul7 90
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CHICAGO

CHICAGO May li.-HOGS. Receipts
2l0Oo strong. bulk tl7iOql775. Ugh,
: ,51lg, 5og !, ,sso' mixed W l5g lIs5 heavy
tli UOWlIZb CATTLE Receipts n, 900
strong native steers SO ljuI77O. stock
err and feCdcrs t9O0ul2.s5, COWS and
hef"rH 50 HnulI2g. calves 3sOOuli 90
SlllEf Receipts $1,000. weak. sheep
az 100 r. Gi. hmhs il5. 0Od202J.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-14

Women teachers in the Pittsburgh
public schools have been voted a 800
war bonus BY the board of education.
Many new restaurants and lunch
rooms intended primarily for women
patrons are being started in the larger
cities as one OF the results OF the in
creased employment of women and girls
in business
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Produce : Provisions
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, May ii-BUTTER; I'm
changed EGGS Lower, receipts 55,lbl
cases, nrsts 32W33c; ordinnry flrsts 500
aoA at mark, cases included 3lhq32h ,
POTATOES, higher, receipts % care.
Wisconsin. Michigan and Minnesota bulk
9OG1i 0j, In EhCks 81 i0Mi.20 pOtL-
TRY. Awe, steady, fowls z7c; ROSTERS
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New Use. for Blue Electric Lights.

WV Osob l"l piue EltNNIlC LlknlSs
New uses are constantly being found
pr the blue glass electric light in
hndescents which already have wide
hase of uses, says the Popular Sci
he Monthly for May A big laundry
the South has installed blue bulb
jhts for the reason that this light,
akes the yellow stains in cloth show
, plainly. and therefore enables the
orhers to do better laundry work In
be west large mining company uses
lue glass lamps over concentration
|bles as this light assists in bringing
pt the line between the zinc and iron
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KANSAS CITY

KANSAS CITY, NAV li-CAsH corn:
Higher, No 2 mixed iistTie6 e6 No ?
white 81 6S0l72. No. ? yallow 81 63d /. Sc
OATS Stendy. No white 7sc. mixed
77i4c RYE 81 30n2'O KAFIR and
MILO MAIZE t20fn3O0
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Outside Livestock
fort WORTH.

FORT WORTH, ToIns, May II CAT
TIE. receipts 5000, steady BGcyes
So OOu 1900 hogs receipts 10000 10
TO lbr lower Heavy 81 GOni7 ~.
SHEEP. receipts $500. stcndy Lambs
ti7 00aT2n 90
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-14

Letters from People


Forrest L. peyton and Handy l.. WI
|lns. members OF ambulance company
70. .. schofield Barracks. Honolulu. H.
Iy. want some Oklahoma girls to write
>ttcrs TO them.
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Sulks After Operation.

The socialist candidate for esyernor
OF Minnesota was recently found guilty
Of violating the espionage law. t'F'
Not less than one fourth of the army
and navy of the United States n C6Na-
posed OF men Of German descent a
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-14
KANSAS CITY,

KANSAS CITY. Mo. May INIT
TER and POULTRY unchanged EGGS
nrstH 5lr POTATOES, steady pld
81 90 10 tll0, now $3.50 per hundred
weight
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ST LOUIS

sT LOuIS. May H-POULTRY rn-
changed except hens 2bhc BUTTER and
EGGS Unchanged
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ST. LOUIS

st LOUIS. May It.-CORN, Higher
No ? 81 1914: No white 81 7su 50.
OATS Higher. No. 2 7ic. No white
~. G7Gc
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CHICAGO

CHICAGO. May it-CORN. No . vel.
low nominal OATS. Standard -. n
7sHc RYE. No 81 O3d2.Oj BARLEY.
81 25EI1 t5
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The number OF travelling saleswomen
in the United States is estimated TO
have increased at least IS percent since
the war began.
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tRemitter)

Estate, City and street addressD
Make all remiHances ~ check. dram,
shooter Triangle OIL Compa ny. Biocs
will be sent YOU promptly by rssis-
tered msil Further Information and
references will be sent on request Ad-
dreas
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In grateful recognition Of the action
OF the government in permitting an ex-
ira amount OF wheat flour to be used
in the making OF matzoth for the Pass
over holidays, the Federation of Jew
ish Womens organizations of Balti-
more have decided to observe the week
beginning MAY 10 as wheatleSs week
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HOGS The hog market closed slow and
teady to n shade lower today, after "a
Righer opening. Receipts locally were
3sht. hut 700 hcpd making M tho Tues
ay run Early top was N5I5. with bulk
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INERPCoL

LIVERPOOL. May lfI Spot cotton
dull: prices unchanged. Good middhng
% 23d: middling 2l70d: low middlng
2i.isd: good ordinary 2oisd; ordinary
1860. Sales 1000, including 800 Amer
ican. No receipts, Futures closed steady
New contracts May ana; June ~ SD;
July 20. 7sd: August 20 26d: Sept eniher
~ SD Old contracts: tFiycl pTices)
May 2o;5d: May-June 2O.37d; June
July 20l9,
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NEW YORK MONEY.

NEW YORK, May ll-MeTcantlle paper.
I aud 6 months. percent sterling 60
day bills. Nl2'l. commercial 60-day bills
on banks. u72: commercial 60-day bills
N7ia demand. N7bi5: cables N1s Tia
Guilders, demand. tsh; cables. tSN Bar
silver selk Mexican dollars ~. Govern
ment bonds Irregular; railroad bonds
strong. Time loans steady; 80 days and
90 dsys. 5An6: months 9 bid. Call
money steady; high ~: low 4; ruling
rate I closing bid 4; offered at ~ last
loan ~
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Miss Edith Talpey, a Barnard col
lcge graduate. has been appointed chief
chemist at the big plant OF the General
Chemical company at Kingston, Ont
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COTTON DECLINES
ON MILL REPORT
Weather News Adds 10 De-
cline Of 30 Points,
NEW ORLEANS COTTON FUTURES.

NEW ORLEANS. lA.. May ~ cotton
closed barely steady "a "a decline ~ ~
Ia gg pOfUfs
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RECEIPTS COOD;
PRICES HIGHER
Packer Buyers Take All fiji
for Slaughter
TUESDAYS RECEIPTS.

CATTLE Receipts continued modcr-
ahly good hero today, nearly all VI tho
|estimntsd I $50 head coming being on the
lopel lgshttkni Packer buyers were engcr
10 take everything NJ for slaughter
Prices. where not ruling steady. were
|mostly Iifl" higher, for tho most part
l0c. Tho host u tho early offerings IN
steers brought il2 10, with few ON the
|whl'e fnce order going A. 81 70 il2 In
No bu'chcr linz cows brought W 10 yl2,
llicifcrs ll3 bulls 50 20 and calves 81
lThe htOcFcr and feeder market was slow
and steGdy
Closing Quotations.
Prices ~ the various grades ot cattle are
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-14
BARGAIN OFFER

WUI y VVVV7TI7 IH' '0VU"T I0U u'71FT
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'TM
Imperial Valley press., 1918-05-23
'HUNDREDSD|E
in HOSPITALS
.WHENGERMAN
PLANES RAID
Utter Disregard for Wounded or for
Ministering Sisters and Nurses Is
Shown by German Airmen in Raid
on British HOspitals-One of the
fiendish Planes Brought Down.
(By Associated Press)

With the British Army in France,
May 23.-German airmen heavily
bombed British hospitals in the area
behind the lines Sunday. Hundreds
were killed or wounded. Several sis
ters who, with other women nurses,
remained at their posts throughout
the deulge of explosives, were killed
or wounded. Four enemy squadrons
participated. A three-seater was
brought down by gunfire and the crew
captured. The captain remarked that
if the British built their hospitals
near railways they should expect
them to be bombed.
The hospitals in which there were
American workers appear not to have
suffered. Last summer a number of
American doctors and nurses were
killed or wounded in similar raid
upon the same hospitals. A great
number of bombs were dropped and
a number dug vast craters in the
ground. The remainder of the death
dealing bombs were shrapnel and sent
death-dealing bullets in every direc-
ton through the crowded wards. In
one building which was most seriously
damaged all the patients were suf-
fering from compound fractures which
made necessary the strapping ofstheir
limbs in the air. Not woman de-
serted the ward, but went on making
the rounds of their respective wards
throughout the bombing, quieting the
patients. One sister was killed while
administering to soldier. Another
was hurt and died later, while still
another is dying today.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-05-23
MEN
MUST WORK
OR G0F|GHT
FOR LIBERTY
(eery Man of Draft Age to Be Hailed
Nefore Local Boards on July l to
TS What He Is Doing, and Will
Be OiEen His Choice of a Good Job
or the ational Army.

washingtoM May 23.-Every man
of draft age mSt "work or fight
after July l, the prVost marshal gen.
eral has announced. Registrants en-
gagedin no-useful occupations as well
tas idlers will be summoned before
local boards and given the choice of
az new iob or the army General
CrQwdef said that baseball players,
professional golfers and other profess
isi0nal dportsmen would be affected if
e regulations were strictly enforced.
|Senkr$ Crowder said he did not de-
gsiNA make a specific ruling until
local 6pardssSfeferred cases to him.
Secretary Baker requested that the
atrical performers be excepted be-
cause he believed home amusement
to be necessary in war time and
other amusements might be more
readily dispensed with.
Gamblers, Yacetrack touts, bucket
shop attendants and fortune tellers
head the list Of those required to en-
gage in useful occupations. Walters,
bartenders, ushers, passenger eleva-
tor operators, attendants at hotels,
clubs and stores, and domestics and
clerks, are included. If a man is
given deferred classification and re-
fuses to obey, he will be reclassified
IN Glass 7 and called for military
service forthwith.
> Military department labor officials
believe this plan will be big factor
in solving the labor problem. The
list of non-useful occupations will be
extended whenever the necessity de-
mands.
Attorney General Gregory has an
nounced that slackers who leave the
country to escape draft will be prose-
cuted under the Selective Service act
when they return.
General Crowder, explaining the
"work or fight" regulations, said
"War has so far disorganized the
normal adjustment of industrial man
power as to prevent the enormous in
dustrial output and national organi-
zation necessary to succeed There is
popular demand for organization of
man power, but no direct draft could
be imposed at present. Steps to pre-
vent idlness and non-effective occu-
pations will be welcomed by our peo-
pie. We shall give idlers and men not
effectively employed the choice be-
tween military service and effective
employment. This is not alone a war
of military maneuver. 1t is deadly
conflict Of industry and mechanics"
Imperial Valley press., 1918-05-23
MEMORIAL DAY
TO Be OBSERVED
WITH BIG PARADE
Entire County to Gather Here on
May 30 to Participate in the Me-
mortal Day Exercises and Parade
Committees for Various Activities
Are Appointed.

Memorial Day will be observed in
Ell Centre with a street parade, a
county Home Guard drill competition,
drilling by troops from Calexico, land
other features. The Thrift Stamp
drive will not begin until the follow
ing day, May 81, but the Memorial
Day exercises will in reality initiate
the drive.
R. B. Whitelaw, city chairman of
the War Savings drive, is in
charge of the Memorial Day arrange
ments: The following heads of COM
mittees have been oppointed: Music,
Charlese Childers; speakers, ]. STAN
ley Brown; decorations, Bill Cass;
pledges, Miss Julia Conkling; supplies,
Guy Beynon; auditing, Mrs. w. S.
Cummings; floats, Don Wells; parade,
Charles Folsom; window display, M.
O. King.
In the parade will be various floats
depicting war features, boy scouts,
high school cadets, Home Guards,
Troop X Eleventh cavalry from Ca
lexico, a regimental band from Camp
Kearney, and possibly detachment
of troops from Camp Kearney.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-05-23
STREET CARNIVAL
ON At CALEX|CO
FRIDAY EVENING

The stage is set now for the great
est carnival and fete ever attempted
in Calexico. A small city of booths
has already sprung up covering an
entire city block on both sides Of the
street and in which thousands of feet
of lumber have been used. The bus
mess section is already a blaze of
buting and flags and the Red Cross
people are working day and night
to make the big show success. 1t
will open Friday evening and continue
Saturday evening. There will be an
opening parade, in which the U. S.
cavalrymen from the local camp will
take part. Governor Cantu's famous
Twenty-fifth Regiment Military Band
will furnish the music. The Mexican
people, encouraged by the governor,
will have an immense concession,
where Old Mexico will be shown as
it was in the days of fetes and fies-
tas. There are hundreds of novel
things prepared for the entertainment
of the people. An electric fountain
will be erected on one of the principal
squares. Calexico invites the entire
Valley and assurese every visitor of a
good time and chance to help a
cause in which all have a deep inter
Iest-the Red Cross.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-05-23
WATKINS CASE is
PUT OFF,; WOMEN
ON JURY VEN|RE
City Clerk Sent Out of Town on a Va
cation, and the Celebrated axle
Grease" Case Is POstponed; Society
MatrOns Summoned to Appear for
Jury Swarm in Court Room.

The case of the people versus Geo
Watkins, president of the city board of
trustees, charging him with illegally
selling the city goods out of his store,
was postponed by Justice Mayfield
this morning OH motion of Attorney
Larue for the defendant. 1t is under
stood that the absence from the city of
City Clerk Van Way was the cause of
the p0stponement. Van Way left on a
vacation in the east week ago. He is
said to know more about this alleged
misdeal than any other person.
The courtroom was filled with sOcie-
ty matrOns, called as venirewOmen.
One would think it was considerable
social affair.
! Among those called as prospective
Jurors were Mrs. Julia Collier, Mrs
Virginia King. c. II. Davidson, o. L.
James, George A. Ragan, Mrs. V. S
Campbell, W. l. Stone, Mrs. Mary Mil
Her, Mrs. NJ -Las-Fi ene<e.ssss. A.-s-. Gas
rem, Mrs. Z. A. Davis, Mrs. Gladys
Todd, T. II Wilson, Mrs. Lena Orcutt
Clark Bogier. Mrs. NJ. A. Douglass,
William Kelly. William Tillery. Mrs.
p. c. Wilson.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-05-23
SAILOR REPORTED
DEAD RETURNS HOME

Racine, May 23.-Within twelve
hours after a notice of his supposed
death by drowning in the Mediterran-
can sea had been printed in local news
papers, Thomas l.. Peterson, sailor
in the United States navy, arrived
here. The story of his death was re-
ceived by papers through young
women who said she obtained her in
formation from a letter.