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Imperial Valley press., 1918-07-08
.COURTMART|A FOR
BRITISH DESERTER
---N.S.S.--
tBy Associated Press)

London, July 8,-Trial BY court mar
tial of Corporal Joseph Bowling, who
landed on the Irish coast in q collap-
sible boat two months ago, opened
today. Bowling, in civilian clothes,
was brought into court handcuffer to
a British soldier, accompanied by an
armed non-commissioned officer,
There are three charges against the
man, who is alleged to have joined the
Germans while a prisoner and then
conspired against England in the
Irish plot.
-W.S.s.---
Imperial Valley press., 1918-07-08
BRITISH MAKE:
A[)VAN(;|E: |E:>ON n
SI)NNI::: T: FRONT. I.
w S.
Number of Prisoners Are
Taken by the British in
an assault Along River on
Front of Three Thou
sand Yards.
~. s.
(By Associated Press:

London, July 8.-British troops last
night advanced their line astride the
Somme slightly on a front of 5000
yards. Several prisoners taken. The
German artillery displayed activity
in the Somme region during the
night and ws similarly active north
Of Albert, in the vicinity of Beau
mont and Hamel, and on the Fan
ders front in the neighborhood Of
Bcthun.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-07-08
WELL KNOWN MUSICIAN
LEAVES FOR PASADENA
-.-w.S.a

Mrs. Minnie West Mcdonald. ac.
companied by her two sons, left yes.
terday morning for Pasadena Tha
past season has been pleasant and
profitable one alike to Mrs. McDon.
aid and her pupils. As has been her
custom for several years past, sha
will do post graduate work during tina
summer and will return to Ell Csntro
in the fall with the latest and most
advanced ideas III pianofortc methods
and Instruction.
W.S.s~-
A Press want sd Will help you find
Imperial Valley press., 1918-07-08
ATTENDANCE At
SCHOOLS SHOWS
8 PER CENT GAIN
-W.S.S.-

The average daily attendance for
Imperial county schools showed a
gain Of approximately 8 per cent this
year over the preceding year, ac-
cording to figures compiled by Coun-
tv Superintendent A. p Shibley.
! The average daily attendance for
the elementary schools the last year
was 1887 The year before the aver
age daily attendance was 1888.
/ In the high schools the attendance
fell off, due to war conditions. The
figures show that the average iai,y
attendance for the last year at the
high schools was CTS, while for the
year before the attendance was 600.
The decrease is attributed to many
enlistments among boys Of the high
schools and to many Of the boys be-
ing out of school because of the labor
shortage.
Financial statements for both the
elementary and high schools have
been compiled by Superintendent
Shibley, showing the financial condi-
ton of both sections of the school
system to be in good shape.
The statement for the elementary
schools follows:
Balance on hand July /,
1917 26,823.O7
Receipts during the year:
From the state. ...... $3.50 .S1
From the county 75,63S.58
From special tax for
maintenance ...... 6O,O3213
From special building
tax ...... ......... 2l,376O9
From, sale of bonds. 80. 29,65O.75
From miscellaneous -. 1851. 80
| Total receipts ........ S275, ,e0S.36
| Expenditures during year:
For teachers salaries. .Sl45, ,995.60
Janitors, laborers, ETC.. l4,036.4J
| Library books and Ii
brary service ......., 2,736.44
! Apparatus ... 10000
Transportation of pupils 2,430.O4
. Buildink sites, repairs
and furniture .. 4S,694.0s
! Total ............... .S235,350.lo
! Balance on hand June 80, 1918
s4O,47s.2o.
High Schools.
Balance on hapd July /,
! 1917 -........$ 24,659.1C
Receipts during year:
From the state. ...... 1900 ~
From the county. ...... 43,l6O.5t
From special tax for
maintenance ......... 9l,663.s7
From miscellaneous ... 1,230.O5
Total receipts. .S173,6l6.Sl
Expenditures during year:
For teachers salaries. 81, 1883. .02
/ Janitors, laborers, etc. l2.157.6C
Supplies -. ......... 25,S27.7G
Library books and coun-
ty library service go. 1,432.l5
! Apparatus and equip
ment 49,. .......... 2l2.1;
:, Transportation Of pu-
pills ................ 1928
| Building sites, repairs and
furniture -. ... 17,054.6-
|, Laboratory supplies -. 3,655.1'
Total ...,............S Sl62 ,2OS.4'
Balance June 80. 1918, 81, ,40S41.
-W.S.S.-
U. s. Casualty Report
--w.S.Ss--
I (By Associated Press)
= Washington, July S.--Army: Kille'
in action, 6; died Of wounds, l9; die
Imperial Valley press., 1918-07-08
/ NEGRO SOLDIER
ROUTS 40 HUNS
-W.S.S.-
(By Associated Press)

With the American Army in France,
Sunday, July 8.--Henry Johnson and
Robert Obinson, negro soldiers from
New York, have been cited for BRAY
cry. They put TO flight In No Mans
Land party of Germans estimated
to number forty. The citation comes
from the French command.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-07-08
INSTRUCTORS
SCHOOL TO OPEN
-W.S.S-
(By Associated PreSS)

(By Associated Press)
Washington, July 8.--A sixty-day
intensive course to train college men
as instructors for students in army
training camps, will open July l8 at
Pittsburg, N. T.; Fort Sheridan, ILL.,.
and Preside, Cal. Regular army Off
GERS will be in charge.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-07-08
WOULD PROHIBIT
SALE Of LIQUOR
(By Associated PreSs)
~W.S.S~-
(By Associated PresS)

Washington, July S.--Legislation
to prohibit the sale Of distilled liquors,
wine and beer, after January l, 1919,
and to prohibit the manufacture OF
wine and beer after November ! next,
has been agreed upon by the Senate
agricultural committee.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-07-08
Severe F Cd
.DanagesCrops
In Ger m a ny
~- .S.S.-
(Ey Associated PresS)

tEy ASSOcIattU PFtsSJ
Amsterdam. July 8.-l}erlin
dispatches report that severe
floods followed the sudden heavy
rainfall in many parts Of Ger
many. Serious damage to crops
and loss of p~ 'Perty are report
ed from sever.l districts. Tn
bridge over the River .''alZach ha
been carried LH,y.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-07-08
LUDE END0RF
URGING NEW
b[0WONITALY.
Switzerland Reports That
German General Visits the
Austrian Headquarters to
Prepare for Another Of
fensive in Ialy.
(Ry Associated Press)

Paris, July 8.--A new offensive is
pending on the Trentino front. Cen
eral Ludendorff, says dispatch
from Switzerland, has visited Aus
trian headquarters there and hast
ened preparations for another blow.
Reinforcements are being concen-
teAted in Nesbruck and Trent.
-w.s.s-
(By Associated Press)
Rome, July 8.--Italian and French
troops in Albania on July began
operation between the coast and the
Morica valley Operations are It'll in
progress and developments have been
satisfactory. More than a thousand
prisoners have so far been taken by
the Allied forces. Italian troops yes
terday advanced their front line in
the region of Collaprible in the Monte
grappa region. The Italians gained
further ground north of Massik on
Saturday. Eight enemy airplanes
were destroyed yesterday in air bat
ties.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-07-08
Spanish Grip in Switzerland.
-wSs.
Nm Aasocinted Press,

Berne, July 8.--An epidemic of
Spanish grip is spreading over Switz-
erland. Several cases have occurred
among interned prisoners at Chateau
Dex. The military doctors at Soleure
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Imperial Valley press., 1918-07-08
Paris Official Statement.
fRy Associated Press)

Paris, July 8.-There was some ac-
tivity last night by artillery on the
westerly side of the Marine salient
between the forest of Nillers- -Cotter-
cts and the Marine. No infantry en-
gagements took place.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-07-08
(By Associated Press,
(Ry Associated Press)

London, July 8.-As soon as Em-
peror William heard of the assassina-
ton of Count Mirbach, German am
bassador to Russia, according to ar
Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Russia, he ordered Secretary Vor
Kuehlmann to break off negotiations
with the Russian delegates in Berlin
Imperial Valley press., 1918-07-08
U. S. Casualty Report
--w.S.S.

(By Associated Press)
Washington, July 8.--Army: Killed
in action, 6; died Of wounds, l3; died
from accident and other causes, 2;
wounded severely, 20, including Pri-
vate McGraw Of Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-07-08
MOSCOW IS
SCENE ()II T:
CIVIL WAR
Several Counter RevOlu tions
Deve iOp, With Intense
Fighting, Following the
Killing of the German
Ambassador.
W.S.S-
(By Associated Press)

Washington, July S.--Fighting took
place in Moscow between Bolsheviki
forces and the Revolutionary Social
lists, following the assassination Of
Count Won Miribach, German ambas-
sador, according to an official dis
patch from Switzerland.
-W.S.S.-
(By Associated PresS)
London, July 8.--A series Of coun-
ter revolutions have broken out in
Moscow, according to semi official
Wolff Bureau telegram dated Sunday,
from Moscow. Fighting of great Sc
verify is taking place in the streets
between Bolsheviki troops and Social
Revolutionaries. A message received
in London today from Moscow, dated
Sunday evening, says that counter
revolutions started in the Russian
capital, but have been suppressed.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-07-08
(Ry Associated Press)

Washington, July 8.--IntimaLions
have been given in official quarters
that formal announcement in regard
to the attitude of the United States
government toward Russia might. be
expected soon. The understanding has
been that for military reasons, fo1
the present at least, there would be
no announcement Of the exact nature
of any movement to be undertaken un-
der the new policy.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-07-08

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Imperial Valley press., 1918-07-08

w. S. S. will help buy liberty and
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Imperial Valley press., 1918-07-08

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Total 1882 ,208 .43
Balance June 80. 1918, $l1 ,40S.4l.
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XII.

They came and changed the guard
two hours after dawn, to the accom-.
paniment Of orders growled through
the mist. and the crash Of rife-butts
grounding on the rock path. King went
to the cave entrance, to look the new
man over; he was a Mahsudi-no
sweeter to look ut and no less treacher-
Gus for the fact. Also, that he had
boils all over the back Of his neck. He
was not likely to be better tempered
because OF that fact, either. But II is
an III wind that blows nc good to the
secret service.
"There Is an end to everything" he
remarked presently, addressing the
world at large, or as much as he could
see Of II through the cave mouth. "a
hill Is so high, a pool so deep, a river
so wide. There Is IN end 10 pain !" he
went on, adjusting his horn-rimmed
s~pectncles. II lanced a mans boils
last night, and It hurt him, but he must
be we'll today"
go In - growled the guard. "she
says II is sorcery! She says none are
10 let thee them
II can heal boils!" said King, retir-
Ing into the cave. Then, from n safe
distance down the passage, he added n
word or two TO sink In as the hours
went BY. At Intervals throughout the
day Yasmini sent him food by silent
messengers. II Is not easy to worry
and eat heartily at one and the same
time. Having eaten, he rolled up his
sleeves and native-made cotton trou.
sers and proceeded to clean the cave.
After that he overhauled his stock OF
drugs and instruments. repacking them
and making ready against opportunity.
AS ! told that heather with a gun
out there. there's an end to every
thing !" he reflected. May this come
soon |"
The second guard that afternoon
proved even less communicative than
the first, up to the point when. to les
sen his ennui, King began to whistle.
Each time he came near the entrance
the new guard could catch q few bars
Of the tune. After a little while the
hook-nosed ruffian began to sing the
words to II, In a voice like a forgotten
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them back into their fortl Ayei we
slew many
"Not a jihad yetf' King asked, as II
the world might be coming to an end.
The words were startled out Of him.
Under other circumstances he would
never have asked that question SO d.
rectiy; but he had lost reckoning Of
everything but these poor devils dread.
ful need OF doctoring, and he was like
q man reused out Of a dream. II a
holy war had been proclaimed already,
then he was engaged or n forlorn hope.
But the man laughed Of him.
Nay, not yet. Bull-with.a-b beard
holds back yet. This was a little fight.
The jihad shall come later !"
"And who is 'Bull.with.a.beard'7"
King wondered; but he did not ask
that question because his wits were
awake again. 1t pays not to be in too
much Of a hurry to know things In the
Hills"
AS 1t happened, he asked no more
questions, for there came n shout at
the cave entrance whose purport he
did not catch. and within FIVE minutes
after that, without a word Of explana-
ton. the cave was left empty Of all ex-
cept his W five lei They carried
away the men too sick to walk and
vanished, snatching the last man away
almost before Kings fingers had fin
ished tying the bandage on his wound.
"Why Is that?" he asked Ismail.
why did they go7 Who shouted7"
at is night" Ismail answered. at
was time"
King stared about him. He had not
realized until then that without aid OF
the lamps he could not see his own
hand held out In front OF him his eyes
had grown used to the gloom, like
those Of the surgeons in the sick.bays
below the waterllne In Nelson's feet.
But who shoutedT"
"Who knowsf There Is only n
here who gives orders. We be many
who obey" said IsInail.
"Whose men were the last ones?"
King asked him, trying a new line.
Observation-Disclosures"
"And whose man art thou, lsmail7"
The Afridi hesitated, and when he
spoke at last there was not quite the
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-05-30
= TALBOT MUNDY

the cave-she, the woman Of the fndet
photograph the general had given hin
In Peshawur-and that the cave be
came hlled nth the strange intoxicat
Ing scent that had first wooed hi,
senses In her reception room In Delhi.
He dreamed that she called i'm By
name. First. king sahib |" Their
"Kurram Khan" And her voice wal
surprisingly familiar. But dreams are
strange things."
HE sleeps |" said the same voice
presently. ut is good that he sleeps r.
And In his sleep he thought that q
shadowy 1smail grunted an answer.
When he nwoke at last II was after
dawn. and light shone down the pas.
sage into the cave.
"Ismaill" he shouted, for he wal
thirsty. But there vas no answer.
"Darya Khan
Again there was no answer. He
called each OF the other men by name
with the same result. He decided "a
go TO the cav mouth. summon his men,
who were no doubt sleeping. But there
"e' so hhh htui thc tutTuuCt~uO
Darya Khan-nor any Of the other
men. The horse vas gone. So was the
mule. So vas the harness, and every.
thing he had. except the drugs and In.
struments and the presents the sick
had given him; he had noticed all
those lying about in confusion when he
woke.
"Ismaili" he shouted at the top OF
his lungs, thinking they might all be
outside.
He henrd q man hawk and spit, close
to the entrance, and wen out to see.
A man whom he had never seer before
leaned on n magazine rifle and eyed
him as u tiger eyes his prey.
mo farther he growled, bringing
his rife to the port.
"Why not?" King asked him.
"Allah! When a camel dies in the
Khyber do the kites ask whyl Go In ~
He thought then OF Yasmini's brace
let, that had always gained him at
least civility from every ma who saw
II. He held up his left wrist and knew
that instant why It felt uncomfortable.
The bracelet had disappeared!
He turned back into the ave to hunt
for II, and the strange scent greeted
him again. In spite OF the surround.
ing stencil Of drugs and filthy wounds,
there was no mistaking 1t. II 1t had
been her special scent In Delhi, ms
Saunders swore II was, and her special
scent on the note Darya Khan had car
ried down the Khyber, then II was hers
now, and she had been In the cave.
He hunted high and low and found
no bracelet. His pistol was gone, too,
and his cartridges. but not the dagger,
wrapped In n handkerchief. under his
shirt. The money, that his patients
Ind brought him, lay on the floor I'M
touched. II was IN unusual robber who
had robbed him.
"Who's Bull-with.a-benrd 7" he won
dered. Nobody interfered with me I'M
I'll I doctored his men. He's in oppo-
sition. That's a fair guess. Now, who
In thunder-by the fat lord Harry
n 'Bull-with-a-beard' be? And why
fighting In the Khyber no early as all
this1 And why does 'Bull-with-a-beard,'
whoever he Is. hang backr
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leads 20 the Heart Of the HlllsT" Ana
after that King had TO do his best TO
keep the Afridi's back In sight.
They begnp after n time to hear
voices and 60 see the smoky glare made
by other torches. Then Ismail set the
pace yet faster. and they became the
last two OF n procession Of turbaned
men, WIN tramped along a winding
tunnel into a great mountains wornb
The sound of slippers clicking and
rutching on the rock floor swelled and
died and swelled again as the TUNE
led from cavern into cavern.
In n great cave they cnme to
every man beat out his torch and
tossed It on q heap. After that there
was a ledge above the height OF a
mans head on either side Of the tun.
mel, and along the ledge little oil-burn-
Ing lamps were spaced at measured
intervals. A quarter Of n mile farther
along there were two sharp turns IN
the tunnel. and then at last a sea OF
noise and q veritable blaze II light.
Part Of the noise made King feel
homesick. for out Of the mountains
very womb brnyed a music-boI, such
as the old.time carousals made use Of
before the days Of electricity and
steam. II was being worked by inex-
pert hands, for the time was some.
thing Jerky but II was robbed OF its
tinny meanness and even lent majesty
by the hugeness OF a cavern's roof, as
well as BY the crashing, swinging music
II
for lawless hours and a kingless PEG.
pie.
"Marchons !-Citoyens
The procession began to tramp in
time TO II, and the rock shook. They
deployed to left and right into a space
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so vast that the eye at first refused to
try to measure 1t. 1t was the hollow
core OF a mountain, flied by the sea.
sound Of a human crowd and hung with
huge stalactites that danced and shift.
ed and flung back a thousand colors nj
the Pickering light below. Across the
%cavern's farther end for a space Of two
hundred yards the great river rushed,
plunging out OF n great fnnged gap and
hurrying out OF view down another one,
licking smooth banks on Its way with
a hungry sucking sound.
There were little lamps everywhere,
perched on lodges amid the ~stalactites.
and they suffused the whole cavern IN
golden glow. In the midst Of the cav.
ern a great arena had been left bare,
and thousands Of turbaned men SQUAT.
ted round 1t In rings. At the end
where the river formed a tangent "a
them the rings were f~attened, and al
that point they were cut into BY the
ramp Of a bridge, and by a lane left
to connect the bridge with the arena.
The bridge end formed a nearly square
platform. about fourteen feet above the
floor. and the broad track thence 10
the arena. as well as all the arenas
boundary, had been marked of by
great ~earthenware lamps, whose greasy
smoke streaked up and was lost by the
wind among the stalactites.
Greek lamps, every one OF 'em -
King whispered TO himself, but he
wasted no time just then on trying 20
explain how Greek lamps had ever got
there. There was too much else 10
watch and wonder at.
No steps led down from the bridge
end to the floor; toward the arena IL
was blind. But from the bridges far.
Their end across the hurrying water
stairs had been hewn out Of the rock
wall and led up TO n hole OF twice n
mans height, more than fifty feet
above water level.
On either side OF the bridge end n
passage had been left clear 10 the
river edge. and nobody seemed 10 care
to Invade II, although IL was no,
marked on In any way. Each passage
was about fifty feet wide and ouIte
straight. But the space between the
bridge end and the arena, and tho
arena itself, had TO be kept free from
trespassers by fifty staggering ruff.
fans, armed to the teeth.
Every man Of the thousands there
had a knife In evidence, but the areno
guards had magazine rifles as well as
khyber tulwars. Nobody else wore
firearms openly. Some Of the arena
guards bore huge round shields OF nre-
historic pattern Of a size and sort no
had new seen before, even In mr..
seums. But there was very little TIM,
he was seeing that night OF 4. kind that
he had seen before anywhere!
The guards lolled ~insolently. con.
scious OF brute strength and special
favor. When any mar trespassed with
no much as a toe beyond the ring OF
lamps, a guard would slap his rife.butt
until the swivel ratified. and the Of.
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same assurance in his voice as once
there had been.
II am hersi Be thou hers. too! But
II Is night. Sleep against the toll to-
morrow. There be many sick In Kiln.
jan"
King made a little effort to clean the
cave. but the task was hopeless. For
one thing he was 30 weary that his
very bones were water. He appointed
two-hour watches, TO relieve one an.
other until dawn, and flung himself
on q clean bed. He was asleep before
his head had met the pillow; and for
all he knew to the contrary he dreamed
Of Yasmini all night long.
II seemed to him that she came into
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-05-30
UNDERGROUND RIVER FLOWS, AND IN A GREAT
CAVERN MEETS THOUSANDS OF FANATICS

eynepsia-At the beginning of the world war Capt Atheistan
King Of the British Indian army and Of is secret service, IL ordered
to Delhi to meet Yssminl. . dancer, and 90 with her to Kinian to
meet the outlaws there who are said BY spies to BE- preparing for a
thad or holy war. On his way to Delhi King quietly fols @ plan TO
assasnnste him and gets evidence that Yasmini 10 after him. He meets
Rews 0unga Ysminis man. who says she has already gone north,
and at her town house witnesses queer dances Ismail, an Afridi. be-
comes his body servant and protector. He rescues some of Yasminis
hlimen and takes them north with him, tricking the Hangar into going
ahead. The Hangar deserts him at q dangerous time. He meets his
brother at Ali Masjid fort The disguise he assumes there fools ven
the sharpeyed cutthroats composing his guard. He enters Khinjan
caves thanks to his lying guides.
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tTo BE c~oNTINyEDJ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-03

De cor and his Bele pigeon
pigeons and Belgian dogs Since the beginning has speciality
shows Mr. De coe and his with
worn n 'front.'
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-07-26
AT THE
THEATERS
REX TONIGHT.

Tonight at the Rex will be seen
Harry Carey and Mollie Malone in
"Thieves' Gold" adapted from the
story Back to the Right Trail"
- If Cheyenne Harry had not been
lonesome, it would never have hap
pened. He would not have been
tempted to join Curt Simon. But
once over the Mexican border Chey-
enne in gambling game shoots a
man and thereby becomes an outlaw,
and falls for the hold-up game. Curt
makes him think that the scene Of
the hold-up is across the border but
it is in Arizona. Alice Norris is CON-
ing to visit the Savages. Uncle Lar
kin goes to meet her but gets intox-
icated and has runaway. Cheyenne
Harry makes a daring rescue which
causes him to be arrested by the
posse. He is eventually pardoned
and goes back to the Savage ranch.
Harry and Alice fall in love. When
Alice learns the truth she sends
Cheyenne away and sends for George
Lilly, a. former sutton: Harry has
settled his score with Simon, but the
latter follows him and is about to
shoot Cheyenne when Alice, on her
way to the station with George, sect
his danger and warns him In time.
Then she decides that Cheyenne Har-
ry is the right man after all.