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Imperial Valley press., 1918-06-01
SITUATIONS WANTED
Male

COTTON CHOPPERS WANTED-Tim-
ken Ranch Co; ranch gate entran-
ceS on Imperial avenue about two
miles south of Brawley and one mile
south of Power Line road. See black =
board signs. Apply ranch headquar-
tcrs store, center of ranch, about
one mile from each road. Bring
blankets. Meals furnished at 50
cents Der meal.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-06-01
WANTED

WANTED Hay and grain hauling. c.
w Curphey. Res. phone 99J; office.
phone Main /.
WANTED To rent furnished house OF
4 or rooms, in good location. Ad-
dress Il. o. Box 691.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-06-01

LOST OR STOLEN-iyear-ol chest
nut mare, 1850 pounds, wire cut Oh
left hind leg. Reward for informa-
tion as to whereabouts or arrest OF
thief. Write. A. L. sly, ~ miles
south on Fourth st. or phone sheriffs
office.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-06-01
HOUSES FOR RENT

FOR RENT-Niccly furnished modern
5-room house, 6 blocks from Postof-
flee. Phone Main 1876.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-06-01

FOR RENT--A small house, unfur-
nished. Inquire of o. l.. Snow on
NInccli tract.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-06-01
MONEY TO LOAN

and long time.
L. r. SARGENT,
Phone 266 $50 Main st.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-06-01
LOST AND FOUND

TAKEN UP-Holstein calf; no mark
or brand. p. II. Donovan, mile
west mile north of Ell Centre.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-23
TO SHIP wheat
FROM AUSTRALIA
TO WEST COAST

WASHINGTON. April Emil
ions OF bushels OF Australian wheat
win soon be pouring into Pacific
ports. TO release more American
grain for Europe. Negotiations with
Japan and Scandinavian countries
for shipping. now practically com
pletc. viii permit landing OF over
500. 900 bushels OF Australian
wheat "A month on the West coast, II
was learned authoriiatively today
This viii enable Food Administra.
tor Hoover 10 ship 100000 bushels
of wheat Immediately to Belgium to
relieve starvation there.
Hoover's program calls for arrival
Mt Pacific ports OF 1866 600 bushels
Of wheat a month. starting May |.
Ten million bushels must come
in by September I. under the sched.
ule mapped out
Because of the critical world food
situation. "A large slice of Swedish
tonnage TO be acquired under agree.
;nents practically completed and TO-.
600 tons OF japanese shipping viii be
used TO move Argentine and Austria.
Ian wheat to the United States.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-23
FAULTY BRAKES
ON STREET CAR
ENDANCER LIVES

Coming together with a crash, an
East Madison and James st ca.
bic car shook up 80 passengers and
injured two slightly in collision at
Third ave. and James ~. at II
o'clock Monday night Miss y, Fla.
gan. Stt Terry ave. and &. w Hras.
slngton. iii5 James st. occupants
OF the cable car. were cut about the
head and hands with flying glass,
and were treated at tho city ho.
pital.
Gripman NJ. +. Mayo. of the cable
car. says he did not see the electric
car until after he had cleared the
top OF the hin at Third ave. and Il
was too late TO stop, According 20
Motorman II. Plat. OF the East Mad.
lson car. his brakes were faulty. and
after passing Cherry At. gave way.
There were so passengers on the
Madison car. and 30 on the cable.
Tho cable car was tipped over at
n dangerous angle. but did not fall
Traffic on Third ave-. and James 81.
was delayed for over an hour.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-23
EXPERTS SAY
u. S. FIGHTERS
MET REAL TEST

WASHINGTON. April "a blood
Ter and morc desperately fought than
any battle In the war with Spain.
was the clash between American
and German troops at Scicheprcy. In
the Tout region OF France.
Granting the possibility Of heavy
losses to tho defending force. Amcri-
can officers here declared today the
hattie was real test OF our mems
fighting ability. The unanimous
verdict IL that they stood the test
well
PcrAhing's men. stationed In that
sector OF the line. occupied positions
difficult to defend against such n
concentrated attack as was launched
by tho Germans.
The Germans had the advantage
In observation and conccalrncnt.
With the forces they used. officers
here say that tho Bavariana should
have been able 20 take and hold the
sector attacked. They failed 10 hold
because the American boys refused
TO give way.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-23
|SHIl DECLARES
JAPANESE NOT |
ABLE TO FIGHT

SAN FRANCISCO. April s3.-Jap-
anese military authorities do not be-
heve japanese troops would mako
good fighting units on the western
front, Niscount Kikujiro lshii. am
hassador to the United States, said
here today
Differences in food. climate and
language would hamper them" said
the ambassador.
"Of course" he said Il am merely
repeating what our military men
have told me. | am not a military
man myself, But | am told that IL
is technically impossible, from n mill
tlry standpoint. to send japanese
troops 10 France, The japanese sol.
der would need Japanese food. and
the three weeks required TO send II
would rmn our supplies. our troops
would be further hampered by the
difference in languages. which would
prevent the fullest cooperation wits
their Giles"
Niscount Ishii warned against at
tempts of enemies TO incite had feel
ing between his country and DO
United States.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-23
Redfield to Speak
At Varsity Rally

William c. Rodfieid. United States
secretary OF commerce. viii 10 the
chief speaker at patriotic rally 10
be given Friday night BY the Unlver.
slty Commercial Club at tho foot 81
the Washington statue. on tho cam.
pua OF the University % Washing
ton.
A military parade. forming at 7
o'clock. VIII prccedo tho rally. Tho
naval bands from Brr-nerton and the
University training camp viii fur.
niah music.
Or. Henry Suxxailo. president 81
tho University OF Warrington and
head Of tho Washington state coun-
ell Of defense. and Mayor Ole Han.
son will also address the rally.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-23
VICTIMS
. OF EARTHQUAKE
TO BUILD AGAIN

LOS ANGELES. Cal. April ga
without atd from outside sources,
san Jacinto and Helmet. towns 90
miles south and east OF here. which
wero RACED By earthquake Sunday
began reconstruction today Con-
tracts have already been let In
nearly every instance for rebuild
liW.
out Of the heaps OF broken brick
sas morslu. citlzcnH say will rise
new suie better tewU.
tn. fast esifa',t. CT dsamsue, 81
half a million dotssrn s,ipmr 70 t.s'
towns still stands i,cusnsr. the
damage suffered IN other psu-n Of
southern California Is eooaiden,bly
lower
Scientists today were puzzled by
the strange phenomena attendant
on the great tcmbior.
Water In mountain springs. both
hot and cold. rose two feet and
maintained the new surface.
Several wells In the course Of
boring and IN which water had not
yet been struck. developed fine
flows
The san Jacinto river. dry min
ute before tho shock. was flowing
a good stream Immediately after.
In some rare eases water was
forced from tho earth like Ecy-
ser and new springs were de-
yclopod
The flame that dozens or people
saw flash up simultaneously with
the earth bulge. cannot DO ex-
planned. nor can tho great clouds
Of dust that envclopcd tho noun
tain range,
Aitha offers Of financial aid have
poured In from many sources.
neither town has yet accepted.
Chester NJ Kline editor OF tho
San Jacinto Register and n state
aaacmblymsn. thinks IL will be
necessary. however. rs both In He
met and san Jarinto business IL
paralyEed. hundreds aro out OF
work and the financial loEH and
burden OF reconstruction arc OPP
preaHlvc.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-23
STORM TROOPS
ARE THWARTED
BY AMERICANS
BY HENRY WOOD


WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES
IN THE FIELD. April 25--Storn
troops who supported the German
regiment attacking American troops
Sunday morning were specially train.
ed and rehearsed for this operation.
An official French note says
French troops. during a raid in Lor-
raine. the night of April i6. captured
prisoners who said tho Germans
were preparing for an important at.
tack
AZ dawn Sunday. after most in
tense bombardment. they attacked
the Americans on a mile front. Ad
tiisional details show the Americans
attacked Jointly with the French and
chased the Germans out OF Remicrcs
wood Chalf a mile northeast OF Scich.
eprcyl. where they had established
themselves by an attack on the
French
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-23
Briton Is Shown
"One-Man" Tanks

STOCKTON. Cal. April ca
Gen. T.. II. swinton. OF the British
army. inventor OF the British
tank. and BENJAMIN Holt. OF
stockton. inventor OF the tractor
from which the tank was evolved.
today met for the first time
~ baby" exclaimed the gcncr.
al, when he saw model OF
zone man" tank. Il see you breed
them here"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-23
BETTER JOIN SINGING!

Broadway and West Seattle high
schools will hold community sings
Tuesday night at the school audi
forum. At Broadway the school
service flag viii bc unfurled.
An increasing number OF people
are learning to enjoy the COM
munity sing movement. The most
ambitious sing Yet held In any
community unit viii be given May
l at the Mount Baker Park club
house,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-23

thie & Co. hold second place.
on his return from "A bond drive
in the East, Congressman John A..
Miller sent his check for $1,000
subscription to the Third loan to
j. A. Swalwell, state chairman of
Washington.
The United Cigar Stores. COM
pany has assigned $4,000 of its
subscription to the city of Seattle.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-23
LIBERTY LOAN PAGEANT TO
START AT ZIP. M. FRIDAY

seattle's second great Liberty
Loan parade and farewell to select
service men viii be held at y. m.
Friday.
Details were being worked out
Tuesday
Ten thousand Liberty Bond buyers
are expected 90 assemble at Stewart
~. and Second ave. To accompany
the 400 national army recruits thru
the streets.
a City-widc search is being made
for the woman who best portrays the
type OF Joan OF Arc for the pageant.
The appeal has been sent TO the
university.
Candidates must send their picture
to the Liberty Loan committee In the
Central building. where a choice will
be made Thursday.
The select service men will be
given performance by Monte Car
ter at the oak Friday morning, and
will sit down 10 an honor dinner at
the Soldiers ana Sailors club Won
en- are asked to donate homemade
cakes.
Belief that the war spirit is strong.
or In the East and Middle West than
on the Pacific coast was expressed
by Paul j.. Chaser. manager OF the
Heinrich staff Products Co, recently
returned from the East.
Chicago and Eastern cities arc
ablaze with enthusiasm for the Third
Liberty Loan, he says. and the belief
Is common that the issue viii he far
oversubscrihed The feeling every
where, he says. IL that America Is
going To win the war. no matter how
long IL takes.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-23
RIGGS HONOR GUEST

Gov. Thomas Riggs. jr.. of Alaska.
was guest of honor at "A luncheon
Tuesday. at 12I5 o'clock. in the Are.
tlce club. given under the auspices
Of the club and the Alaska bureau
of the Seattle Chamber OF Commerce
and Commercial club.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-23
CLASSES ARE OPENED

First aid classes for both men ana
women have been opened under the
auspices Of the Seattle chapter OF
the Red Cross. DR.. T.. c. Rriar and
Or. 4, u. Whiting will instruct. One
class will be held az the Y w. c. A..
the other at the y. NJ. c. A.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-23

III. .,,,.,, ,..,,.,,.. l., Ill.,. .o,,,.,,.
80 do,,,t,,,,. -, .,.,,t,,,,,. ,,,t.
suhscriptlons 10 the Third Liberty
Loan with n fierce enthusiasm.
Neutrality-suspicious. amounting to as
high as l.10o per cent have been re-.
ported 20 the King county chairman.
a. l.. flawley
Black Diamond. with n quota Of
S6.315. has subscribed SS0500. with
545 subscribers.
Snnoualmic. with ass bond BUYERS
and "A quota OF 1850. records $50 500
pledged. wellington. with "A quota
OF 5000 and So subscribers. has pledg.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-23
YANKS FOUGHT
N0BLY AGAINST
TEUTON ATTACK
ny FRANK j. TAILOR


tNtttU russ Correspondents
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN LORRAINE. April 2s,- tNighD -
American official report on Satur.
DAYS Tout fight follows:
"rhc losses SUSTAINED by us were
no larger than could reasonably be
expected.
"The engagement was the most
severe In which the Americans have
partaken.
"Thc cnemy's losses were much
greater than he had anticipated. as
~ evidenced by more than 500 dead
IN the American trenches and In No
Mans Land.
'srhe German wounded were drag
god back to the German trenches.
and their number Is unknown.
Heavy damage was Inflicted by
Franco American artillery where tho
ines join"
Stories Of Bravery
The stories OF wounded men reveal
the bravery Of American groups In
resisting and driving off several
times their number OF enemy troops
In saturdays engagement.
One dead mans curve" was do
Tended by "A machine gun squad un.
der constant and deadly German fire.
keeping the line OF communications
open.
A grcnadier. who was IN the front
line. asked II he was scared. replied:
Didn't have time: 1 was too busy
fighting. l had two green men with
me. sosI had TO set them an exam.
pie. They were scared at first. but
] saw them watching me. Soon they
were fighting like veterans. We
stuck until We were all wounded"
Evening star., 1918-03-17

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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-05
JUNE 5, 1913.
SUMMER SCHOOLS.

The growing tendency school organization and
equipment throughout the year letting them
lie idle months every is justifying
itself In crowded districts there is every for
keeping the schools open during the The
schoolrooms are far more healthful and comfortable
homes. and far more wholesome mentally,
morally and physically than the streets
A government pamphlet just by the bureau of
education goes into the matter detail Health Of
pupils where any tests have been made.
Scholarship has improved. Many pupils who would
otherwise have dropped retained by be-
ing make up deficiencies the summer Instead
being additional expense the city. the
sessions proved themselves a real economy. More
pupils are educated with the same outlay equip
The saving in giving child eight-year course
years salaries
and running for the other fourth Of the
Methods of using range from a five weeks
summer session devoted handcrafts with the pur-
pose keeping children o mischief four
term, all-year-rOund session with a vacation about
a week at each term end. This latter is found TO be
n many ways the most satisfactory. In cases where
children can taken me country. a. teacher
wishes leave OF absence. this during one
Of the four terms with bad break in the routine
The work proceeds in four separate units of three
months each promotions occurring the end of each
init. child who repeat a course repeats but
Il weeks instead OF 40.
Teachers who have tried il three or four
years heartily in favor Of the change.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-05
Other Editors Than Ours
REGULATING THE PACKING INDUSTRY.
(Chicago Daily NeMs.l

Sound sense is to characterize war time policy
of the government toward the packing industry and
the sockyards Prest Wilson properly has decided that
control and regulation government operation. will
best meet the extraordinary requirements made on
that industry by conditions.
Several months ago a committee under the chair
manship of Food Administrator Hoover appoint
ed 10 study whole packing stockyards situation
and submit definite recommendations. The exparte
inquiry Atty. Henry. legal agent of federal
trade commission, then conducting the in
dusrv in his own spectacular way was well calculated
antagonis and prejudice against the leading
packing companies and encourage the adoption of
committee presented reports the majority. which
the minority arguing for the policy of government
operation.
The majority report emphasizes the high efficiency
attained by packing industry and likelihood of
serious decline production under government man
agement This Is time for experimentation and
dogmatic radicalism: therefore il strange that
Pres't Wilson approved the conclusion of the
majority report Certainly the legitimate interests of
the government Of the allies and of the consuming
public be adequately safeguarded under a well
considered plan of licensing operation, regulating
prices and limiting profits.
Now that the larger question Of policy has been
settled il is TO be hoped that the government will
attention immediately the charge that some
packers have furnished tainted TO the Ameri-
army. The federal trade commission itself
attorneys has preferred this grave charge Man
ifestly grossly unfair the packers TO
postpone the hearing trial that they demand.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-05
ONCE-OVERS
WHEN THE WIFE Il ALL
DOLI4ED UP.

Wives if your husbands want YOU
20 be well dressed and are willing
To pay for it. do not disappoint
them.
The husband with this desire
takes pride in having his wife look
we'll. and IL shows an interest in
the wife which should be appreci-
ated.
There are wives who. although
provided with good clothes. are not
careful in taking care OF them
Their wearing apparel is wrinkled
or sOiled or not properly worn.
When this state exists. don't
blame a husband for feeling that il
is a waste of money TO provide good
clothes
The result is loss of interest and
loss of opportunity 20 appear in
public i'm husbands company.
Not that this state of affairs
should be upheld. but the situation
exists many times without being
recognized.
1t is good for a wife 10 keep her
husband proud Of her, and she can
not be too particular TO make a neat
appearance for her own sake, also
Copyright. 1879
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-05
WOMAN. KILLERS.

There is ar impression that farms being equipped
with modern machinery. statement in children's
bureau bulletin that nearly every farm surveyed in
Kansas type Of washing machine has helped
10 difuse idea.
But in most cases the machinery is confined to the
male domain and the Kansas washers
phasized because they exception TO the rule
what the advanced state of the farm implements not
one important labor-saving device ever been
stalled TO tighten the work OF the womenfolk.
There still the where food cooled
in the spring hundred yards from the kitchen
down cellar, where dozen trips necessary TO
get and clear meal. The idea of dumb-water be-
kitchen and cellar the farmer
and it lid would be dismissed preposterous
The house has running Every cupfu for
every purpose must be brought in from the well. It's
the antiquated type necesstating the
burning Of wood soft coal all summer. All cleaning
is with broom or carpet beaten and the
kitchen floor, innocent of linoeun, be scrubbed
hands and knees.
Probably this farm has steps up between dining
room and kitchen. The kitchen the "old part"
and when the part quilt it built higher.
Raising the kitchen floor the time never oc-
Cured anyone.
Now stair-climbing may be a heathful exercise. So
may walking. constant adjustment muscles
that two-stepsup between dinng-room and kitchen
has laid many the churchyard. It is a
strain which woman's body has become
accustomed. no would tolerate it.
In the pioneer days hardships necessary. Wom-
en- bravey bore It was right and fine for
them But longer any excuse for
the woman killing farm. The women do their share
and than their share of the hard work of keep
ing the farm going They entitled their share
of the labor-savers.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-05

But this could not go on indef-
nitely There is very clear
limit to the suns power to curb a
planet and swing 1t into a closed
orbit, and this limit is also fixed by
the law of gravitation. When the
planets tangential velocity Tor
cross notion is just sufficient to
counterbalance the effect of the
suns pull in unit of time. the
planet Will travel in a circle
If the tangential velocity is a
little greater or a little less than
that precise amount the planets
orbit will be an ellipse. And if il
becomes so much as about ~ per
cent greater or is multiplied by the
square root of two the sun will lose
its control. and the planet will move
away on d parabolic path into
space never TO return Thus the
earths actual velocity being about
is u miles per second and its orbit
being practically a circle. if the
velocity were increased in about
90 1-6 (1S II multiplied by I.414.
the square root of two1. we should
be carried of through space on the
most wonderful tourney ever i'm
agined, running away from our sun
10 be frozen solid in the intermin-
able domain Of absolute zero.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-05

point, then. it is caught, as it were,
in the sling and once more travels
round the sun.
Take the case supposed of an in
crease of the earth's velocity from
Is up to 20 miles per second. The
earth would Immediately sway away
from the sun. but in doing so il
would, in forcing itself away against
the solar attraction. use up the extra
energy that had been given TO 1t. 1t
would be like a stone thrown up
ward, the pull Of gravity contin-
ually reducing its motion When it
had arrived at a distance from the
sun Of about 113.500,000 miles
calculated by the inverse square
root rule) a balance would be
struck again between its energy
and that of the sun, and il would
turn into a new. more elongated
orbit. in which il would continue
10 travel with velocity of
about 16 As miles per second.
The lost velocity would have dis
appeared in the expenditure of
energy required TO enlarge the
orbit.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-05
CIVILIAN MORALE.
(Chioago Daily Ncws.l

army in the held is stronger than its support
home That is automatic. Chicago has given its
young generously 10 fight the battles democracy
the fields OF France. but il should give
much larger measure OF support. This is fact that
must be faced. II involves evil that must be
remedied
our present and immediate task is 10 show a
Willing TO absorb readily portion bonds
and war savings certifcStes-ve said 10 he 81
100000 the 1atter-and TO subscribe
willingly literally the Red Cross and other war
relief agencies
As the ,;hisperors Of scandal and the puryeyors
treason who their malignant activity
or less brazenly they must be sternly dealt with.
While soldiers face the storms OF German bullets.
the German shells the poison chemists
we protect them from snipers the rear
Civilian MOI ale must be maintained a high stand
ard That is Indispensable part OF the task that
falls here home