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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-06-21
AUTO ACCIDENT CAUSES DEATHS
OF PICNICKERS.

Four members of a family picnic
party were killed Tuesday, when
a Louisville & Nashville passenger
train struck their auto which had
gone dead on the track, a mile south
of Bardstown.
They were Mrs. Emma Shelton, her
seven-year-old daughter and her
three-mOnths-old daughter, and her
son, John Henry Lee, Is years old.
the child of a former marriage.
Miss Letitia Lee, her daughter.
and the only other occupant of the
car, is at ST. Mary's Hospital, dying
with every bone in her body broken.
- -
The National Federation of Foun.
dry Unions has been recently estab-
lished in England, with a member
ship of $4,000.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-06-21
BEST INVESTMENT
EVER DEVELOPED
LOUISVILLE BROKER TELLS WHY
THRIFT STAMPS ARE NEAR
EST IDEAL.
GIVE ALL CHANCE TO HELP
The Baby Bond Is Perfect Investment
and Brings the Economy Of All
the People Into Fight to
Free the World. \
(By Harvey S. Williams, of Williams
& Monroe.)

(By Harvey S. Williams, of Williams
& Monroe.)
Finance and investments have de-
veloped into as exact science as any
other branch of human research, and
the doctors of finance, better known
as bankers and brokers, have searched
as diligently for the perfect form Of
investments as other scientists have
for perfection in their various lines.
Perfection in an investment means the
certainty of fixed income with no pos
sibility Of depreciation of the princi-
pal Heretofore government bonds Of
the leading nations of the world have
come the nearest to realizing this
ideal, but since the world went to war,
even these securities have shown Sc
rious depreciation in exchangeable
value.
Now, however, the United States
Government has issued a security
actually meet the requirements of a
perfect investment 1t is none other
than the humble War Savings Stamp.
or Baby Bond, and, because the
original idea was to encourage war.
time thrift and economy among the
it has been generally overlooked by
the investment classes. The outstand.
ing feature Of this security is that it
may be redeemed at any time before
maturity at full face value and about
8 per cent interest upon ten days
written notice, while II carried to ma,
turity in 1928, the interest rate is 4
per cent compounded quarterly, which
will aggregate Az per cent annually
. on the investment for the entire pc.
Rod.
The issue of War Savings Stamps is
limited by law to $4,000, OOO, 900, and in
order to give everyone a chance to Sc.
cure a part Of this safest investment
ever devised" limit of $1,000 for
each individual was set by the Gov.
eminent. AS the total issue repre-.
sents only about $1S for each individ.
ual in the country, the wonder is that
any effort should be necessary to sell
them, and when the investors of mod.
crate means once realize the advan.
tage of this form of security, there
will be a general demand for 1.-The
limit"
Above all question of selfish interest,
however, stands the great fact that
War Savings Stamps offer patriotic
Americans an opportunity to help win
the war by lending his money to Uncle
Sam in amounts ranging from twenty.
five cents up, and there is no doubt
that the bringing Of the war to our
shores by the submarine campaign
will greatly stimulate the desire to do
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-06-21
CHILDREN UNDER FOURTEEN
CANNOT BE EMPLOYED.

Children under the age of fourteen
years can not be given working GER
tificates, but under ruling of As
sistant Attorney General D. o. Wyatt
they may be employed if they are not
engaged in any of the various lines
of work prohibited by Section 331 of
the Kentucky Statutes.
This section forbids the employ
ment of children under fourteen in
"any factory, mill, workshop, mer-
camille establishment, bakery. laun-
dry, restaurant, hotel. apartment
house, theatre, motion picture estab-
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-06-21

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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-06-21
IN LETTERS TO SOLDIERS WRITE
ADDRESS IN FULL.

The British postal authorities have
warned the British public against
using the abbreviation "a. E. F." on
letters addressed to men in the Amer
lean army owing to the likelihood of
such letters getting missent to the
Australian forces.
1.-THE Postmaster General strongly
advises the public when writing
either to Americans or Australians to
write the address in full" says an Off
cial warning placarded in all post
Offices in Great Britain.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-06-21

lishment or in the distribution of
transmission of messages" Accord
ing to the ruling of Assistant Attor-
ney General\ Wyatt children under
fouteen may be employed legally in
any occupation or in any establish
ment not included in the above quot
ed sections inhibition.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-06-21
United States Tires
are Good Tires

We KNOW United Tires
IRA PARKS & SON. Paris, Nv.
MILLERSBURC HARDWARE Co.,. Naillersburs ky
J. w. Mitchell & SON. 49,. North Middetown, Nv.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-06-21

$40,000,0O0 Reports indicated that
many holders of the first bonds failed
to clip the coupons and turn them in
for payment. Thousands exchanged
interest coupons for war savings
stamps, thus reinvesting their bond
earnings.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-09
BRITISH D'ISPLACE
LEADER Who LOST
BATTLE
General Cough, Whose Armies Were
Pushed Farthest in Drive Against
Amiens, to Be Deprived of Command
Question Whether Versailles C0un-
Gil Has Been Displayed.
(By Associated Press)

London, April 9.-Parliament reas,
Isembled after the Easter recess with
two questions of the greatest import
ance on its hands-the new military
service bill raising the age limit eight
years, and the problem of government
for Ireland. Lloyd-George will make
the opening speech. Questions will
probably be asked about the present
position of the Versailles war council.
and regarding General Sir Henry Raw
linson. the British representative, CIV
en- command of the Fifth army, against
which the Germans made their prin-
clpal gains recently, in place of Gen.
eral Cough, who commanded in the
first days of the battle. No announce
ment of Rawlinson's successor has
been made. This has caused a belief
that General Foch, as commander-in-
chief on the western front, has SUPER
seeded the Versailles council in having
direction of military operations.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-09
MELT QUARTER
BILLION SILVER
DOLLARS, PLAN
Congress Will Empower the Federal
Treasurer to Convert Into Bullion
Huge Pile of Silver and Will Pay
High Prices for Entire Output of
the Mines of the Country.

Washington, April 9.-Senator Pitt
nan has introduced as an emergency
war measure bill proposing the melt
ing into bullion of quarter of bill
lion silver dollars now in the treas
lury, for sale and for export to pay
trade balance, and to repurchase sill
yer at dollar an ounce. Silver cer-
tificates will be withdrawn when the
dollars are taken from circulation and
Federal Reserve Bank notes substi-
tuted. The measure would fix the
price of silver several cents above the
present market, and would stabilize
the worlds market, since the United
States produces half the output. Bills,
INSTEAD of gold, will be used in set
ltling trade balances in the Orient and
Elsewhere.
Director of the Mint Baker, antici-
|pating Congressional action, may ar
range with producers and dealers to
lsell to the government for dollar
an ounce. 1t will probably result in
the government absorbing the coun-
try's entire output, which was "a 4,OOO,-
unces last year.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-09
URGES
HAY COMPRESSOR
FOR THE VALLEY
Southern Pacific Live Wire Points Out
the Great Advantage in Reducing
the Size Of the Hay Bales Two
thirds, as Is Done in Kern and
Other Counties.

l. T. Sparks, live commercial agent
of the Southern Pacific, has come
out with another one.
And, as usual, it is an idea that
will make the farmers and hay deal
ers sit up and take notice.
He points out that with baled hay
$24 a ton here, and $48 in Chicago
and other middle western points, il
pays to ship hay out of the valley
in large quantities-providing that ii
is compressed, as is done at Bakers
field and other points. The compress.
sor reduces the size of the bale two
thirds, thereby reducing the freight
rate to Chicago so per cent.
The matter will be brought to the
attention of the Farm Bureau by in
terested farmers. More than 800 cars
of hay were shipped out of the Valley
during the past three months, OF more
than during all the months Of 1918.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-09
MEN,
IS CRY Of
PREMIER
ENGLISH PREMIER, IN ADDRESS
UPON OPENING OF BRITISH
PARLIAMENT, SAYS FATE OF
EMPIRE HANGS IN BALANCE
IN PRESENT GERMAN DRIVE.
Parliament Takes Up the Bill to Give
Ireland an Independent Government
and Proposes to Raise t:ae Military
Age Limit Eight Years Throughout
the United Kingdom.
(By Associated press)

London, April 9.-Lloyd- George told
the House of Commons that the com
batant strength of the German army
ion the western front was approXi-
mately equal to the total of the En-
Itente when the Somme battle opened.
He said his man power proposal in
volved extreme sacrifice by part Of
the population of Britain. He char.
acterized the Cambria battle as triv-
ial compared with the recent BATH.
Until the strain relaxed it would be
difficult to determine exactly what
has happened.
"We have entered the most critical
period of the war;" he said. "There
is lull in the storm, but the hurri-
cane is not over. The fate of the
empire, Europe and liberty may de-
pend on the success with which the
last German attack is resisted or coun-
tered"
The premiar said the Irish conven-
tion report had been laid on twelve
today.
Lloyd George declared that when an
emergency arises necessitating the
putting of men of SO and boys of 18
into the fight for liberty, it is not
possible to exclude Ireland from con-
scription by parliament in which
Ireland is represented and which had
committed the country to war with
out dissenting vote. He said the
character of the quarrel in which Eng
land was engaged was as much Irish
as English. An uproar followed when
an Irish Nationalist shouted:
"We won't have conscription in Ire
land!"
The premier said the fighting
strength of the Americans would be
brought to bear Immediately, although
it was impossible to put into France
at the moment the number of trained
Americans as a separate army that
had been expected. The Americans
would be brigaded with the Allied
troops, he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-09
BRITISH FERRY
MILLIONS Of MEN
OVER THE OCEAN
(By Associated Press)

Washington, April Give have
carried thirteen million men across the
seas from one part of the world to
another, and of those 13,0O0,000, de-
spite the submarine activity Of the
Germans, we have lost but $500 men,
and of these $50 were lost on hospi-
tai ships"
This was the significant statement
made today in an impassioned speech
by the Earl of Reading before several
hundred members of the National Con-
ference of American Lecturers at Me-
mortal Continent Hall.
Word that American reinforcements
are moving to the support OF the Al
lies in Picardy has revived argument
in Germany over the efficiency of the
submarine and draws from Captain
Pefsius, military critic of the Berlinel
Tageblatt, the comment that, after be-
ing persuaded to underestimate Amer.
lea, German opinion is undergoing 6
change.
An official dispatch from Switzer
land today, reviewing the latest dis
cussion, quotes Captain Persius as fol
lows:
"We were at first a good deal per
suaded to underestimate the partiei
patton of America in the war. w,
begin now to note change of opinion
1t is beyond doubt that it would bt
well to curb at the present time these
more or less fantastic vagaries of per
sons discussing the submarine war
Captain Persius concludes by noting
that America is preparing for wa
of long duration.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-09
COMPTON RESIGNS
AS SECRETARY OF
FL centric c.|OF C..
Directors Receive With Regret Letter
From Live Secretary Telling Them
That the Health of Mrs. Compton
Will Not Permit His Remaining in
the Valley.

Secretary Wayne Compton of the
Ell Centro Chamber CT Commerce.
Gre of the most efficien. mer who
ever held similar position in the I'm
rerial Valley or elsewhere has 1e-
signed.
| The directors have received, out
have not accepted the resignation, but
Mr.. Compton must leave May 5, on
account of Mrs. Compton's health
He is going to San Diego.
The following letter explains more
fully why the live secretary steps
down and out:
Gentlemen: 1t is with deep regre,
that | find it necessary to tender my
resignation as commercial secretary OF
the Chamber of Commerce, to take eff.
feet May 1.
"On account of Mrs. Compton's del.
icate health, it is advisable that we
take up our residence outside the Val
ley for several months at least: there
fore my decision to resign.
81 take this opportunity to express
to you my sincere appreciation for the
courteous treatment and loyal support
accorded me during the time | have
been in your employ, and assure you
it is source of great qualification tc
me that l have been able to assist in
the good work the Chamber is doing
under your direction, for Ell Centre
and the whole Valley.
"The Ell Centro Chamber of Com.
merce, as you are well aware, is one
of the best known organizations OF
its kind in the West, and enjoys q
prominence entirely out of proportion
to its size, which makes the resultant
demands out of proportion to the sup.
port it receives.
81 firmly believe that Ell Centre is
about to enter upon the era of its
greatest development, and the neec
iof a good, live chamber of commerce
lis consequently more imperative than
ever before, and l take the liberty OF
urging, through you, that the people
of Ell Centro give to the chamber the
generous measure of support which il
deserves. To do this will be money
we'll spent.
GAS l leave, the organization is a
going, solvent concern, with money in
the bank and no liabilities other than
the regular monthly overhead expen.
ses. Yours respectfully,
"WAYNE COMPTON,"
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-09
MANY MEN Do
NOT ANSWER
QUEST|0NA|RES
CalexicO Leads in Numbers of Those.
Who Fail to Make Out the Papers
and Who Are Now Classed as De.
serters-List Given to the Sheriff
of Imperial County.

Clerk Barton of the local draft board
today handed Sheriff Applestill list
of 237 men who failed to make out
uestionnaires and who are now classed
as deser.ers. ..y
The sheriff will make special ef-
forts to apprehend these men. If
caught, they will be placed in the coun-
ty Jail and will be sent to camp with
the next batch of men.
Calexico leads in the number of men
thus classed. There are As men Civ
ing their address as Calexico. in this
"deserter" list, 25 from Brawley, 25
from FL Centre, 20 from Imperial, Is
from Calipatria, 10 from HOltville,
from Heber, 3 from Niland and 2
from Andrade. lockwood, Meloland
Silsbee and Mt. Signal furnished one
dester each. Seeley registrants havl
a clean slate.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-09
BISHOP .CANTWELL
ARRIVES IN CITY

Rt Rev. Joseph Cantwell, D. d.,
Bishop of Monterey and Los Angeles,
made his first visit to Imperial Val
ley today, arriving at st. Mays par
sonage this morning.
The bishop will be here for several
days and will administer the sacra-
ment of confirmation in several Val
ley cities. He was the guest of Faith
er Benso of st. Mary's at a dinner
at the parsonage today, ten Valley
priests being present.
Father Benso extends a cordial in
vitation to all to be present at the
confirmation of a large class of chill
dren at St. Mary's church at 7:3O this
evening.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-09
BOWEN GOES |NTO|
UNDERTAKING BUSINESS

Friends of r. l.. Bowen, the popu-
lar dispenser and druggist of the
Valley Drug Co., Inc, will be sur
prised to learn of his entry into the
business as junior part
ner with Ed Mulligan of the ID. ID.
Mulligan & Son establishment on
State street. Mr.. Bowen is so wei.
known in the Valley that the new firm
of Mulligan & Bowen will need no
introduction to the public. He came
here from Anaheim when FL Centre
was still stepping out of her front
doors into the desert and has been
the one constant employee of the old
Dunaway store ever since.
d. d. Mulligan, Eds father, is re-
tiring from the business, and will
spend the summers on the coast.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-09
TODAYS STORY

When the kangaroo court in the
county Jail receives into the con-
fines of that bastile draft slack
er or suspected disloyalist, the
deputies grin and pay no atten-
tiOn to the cOmmOtiOn which fol-
lows.
There were more than the usu-
al number of suppressed hOwls
and imprecatiOns following the in
generation this morning Of Ira
Fleming, alias William Birchie,
of Seattle, a draft d0dger sus-
pect. And for good reason. The
kangaroo court official barber was
carrying out the mandates of
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-09
JUDGE FARR'S
FUNERAL TO- BE
HELD TOMORROW
Demise of Federal Official and PiO-
neer of the Valley Is Regretted by
| Host of Friends-COrOner's Yer.
dict ''ApOplexy"-MasOns Have
Charge of Interment.

The funeral of Judge Finis C. Farr
whose sudden demise through apoplexy
on his ranch near Imperial yesterday
shocked ms friends, will be held from
the. Presbyterian church at Imperial
tomorrow afternoon. An effort is be-
ing made to get Rev. Adams, former
pastor of the church, from Los An
geles to preach the funeral sermon
Services at Evergreen cemetery will
he in charge of the Masons. Deceased
leaves a wife and one daughter.
Judge Farr had just finished an ex-
haustive history of Imperial Valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-09

Kangaroo Court Judge Joe
Hughes and cutting the adOles-
cent hirsute growth from the
Fleming chin.
Fleming was arrested following
information sent here by the Sc
attic draft board. He admitted
he never registered. When ar
rested he had a beard at least
eight inches long, which he had
cultivated as camouflage," as
Chief Cummings put it. The kan
garOO court immediately decreed
that Fleming should lose his beard
and the entire operation was per-
formed with a dull pair of shears.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-09
S|XTY-F|VE NOW
WANT HONOR FLAG
(By Associated Press)

washington, April 9.-Secretary Nc
Adoo has called for 2O,OOO,OOO sub
scrlbers to the Third Liberty Loan,
ms would mean exceeding the $3,-
ooo'ooO,OOO goal by $1,000, O,OOO..
900 or 2,OOO,OOO,OOO.
kilograms to loan headquarters in
dicated that many loan COMMITTEES had
raised their quotas voluntarily. The
honor roll OF communities which have
already oversubscribed, continued to
grow today. San Francisco has re.
ported sixty-five communities in the
twelfth Reserve district which claim
honor flags.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-09
BREAD RATION IN
FRANCE REDUCED
(By Associated Press)

Washington, April 9.-Henceforth
the bread ration throughout France
will be: Children less than 8 years, 3s'
ounces daily; 3 to Is years, z ounces;
13 to 60, 1O1a ounces; (hard-working
workers of this class may receive 3R
ounces more); over 60, Z ounces. This
ration is about two-thirds the allow
ance heretofore maintained.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-09
"DRY" ADHERENTS WIN
BIG VICTORY AT THE
POLLS IN .NEIGHBOR-
IN CITY-R E S ULTS
ELSEWHERE.
Abbott and Baskin Win in
CalexicO as the Result Of
a Spirited Fight on the
Part of Their Numerous
Friends.

Having tried out prohibition for
two months and found it profitable and
conducive to good citizenship, the peo-
pie of Imperial yesterday rejected the
plan of the saloon interests to reopen
the booze Joints and the county will
remain dry.
Because of the lack of publicity in
the Ell Centre election, but one-fourth
of the registered vote went to the polls
yesterday. The fire bonds carried,
312 to 20.
The election results in the five cit
les of the county were as follows:
Imperial.
Saloon license ordinance-For, 282;
against, $40.
For trustee-W. o. Hinderks, 394;
C. w. Waite, 1868; Allison Peck, 1868;
Otto Lindeman, 299; John R. Flynn,
295; Edward P. Mellon, Pts; unex-
pired term, Heber, 357; Brown, 274.
El Centro.
Fire engine bonds-For, 312;
against, 20.
For city trustee
Precinct No. l; polling place. Daily
Bros-Reams, 100; Sones, 95; Barbar-
ick, Savers and Sam Sstelner, l each.
Precinct No. 2, City Hall-Reams,
1913; Sones, 12s; William Kelly and
Collins, l each.
Precinct No. 3, Barbara Worth he
tel-Reams, 90; Sones, 1O1; Joe Sey-
mour, /.
Brawley.
City city trustee (three elected)-
Stilgenbour, 424 McReynolds, 395;
Staub, 346; Taylor, rs; Rainey, 50;
Ross, 50; Donald, ID.
For city clerk-Harris, 429 (no op-
position.
CalexicO.
For trustee 1.-TWO elected)-Baskin.
APT; Abbott, 357; Smith, 24O; Williams.
225; Dickens, 16S.
City clerk-Steintorf, 172; Green,
35s.
City treasurer-Martin, 2S7; RAM
sey, $50.
The commission form of govern
ment was endorsed by a large ma
jority.
HOltville.
City trustee-Griffin, 231; Vreeland.
221; Curry, 1872.
City treasurer-Blanchard, ITO;
Hoover, 151.
City clerk-Mrs. Ida Robinson. os1.
j. c. King, 20.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-09
HUSH TO Be At
RED CROSS WEDNESDAY

William Hush, field instructor of
tae. American Red Cross, is in this
county on a tour of inspection and
would like to meet the workers in the
surgical dressings department., We'd
nesday afternoon at 2:30 at Red
Cross headquarters. Everyone inter-
ested in this important work should
be present at this meeting. II
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-09
EIGHT MEN TOMBEO
IN MINE SHAFT
(By Associated Press)

Hartford, Ark, April Eight men
are entombed in the mine of the Hart
ford Valley Fuel Company as the re-
suit of an explosion caused by gas.
1t is reported that Robert Parr, part
owner of the mine, has been rescued
burned slightly. The explosion took
place at the bottom Of 180-foot
shaft.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-09
.RUMOR j. s. PLANE
CROSSES OCEAN With
TWELVE PASSENGERS
(By Associated Press)

London. April 9.-An London is dis.
tcusslng the latest war rumor-the al.
legged landing of an American airplane
direct from New York, carrying 12
passengers. The authorities have de.
MED the story, but this has served
merely to give it additional currency,
Inc popular version was that this was
the big surprise" which Premier
Lioyd-George said the Americans
would soon give the Germans.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-09
Bryan Will Have Chance.
(By Associated Press)

San Francisco, April S.-A subpoena
has been served on Bryan to testify
for the defense trial of Hindus and
others charged with conspiracy to TO-
ment revolution in India.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-09
MINISTER IS JAILED
ON ESPIONAGE CHARGE
(By Associated Press)

San Francisco, April 9.-Rev. Floyd
Hardin, a Modesto, CAL, pastor has
been arrested at Modesto on charges
of violating the espionage act, federal
authorities said. 1t is alleged that he
circulated book "more Prussian
than Prussia" whcih is said to be ]
severe arraignment Of government and
high administration officials.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-09
(By Associated Press)

London, April 9.-There was
great German artillery activity to-
day along the British front from
La Bassee canal to south of Ar
mentieres. There was also heavy
hostile shelling in the neighbOr-
hood of Oilers, BretOnneux and
MerricOurt Liable.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-09
|B0L0 PASHA REVEALS
NEW GERMAN INTRIGUE
(By Associated Press)

Paris, April 9-The Matin says that
'Bolo Pasha, sentenced to death for
treason, has made revelations of the
highest Importance, which are the be-
ginning of another important case de-
veloping in connection with German
propaganda in France. Bolo was re-
prieved yesterday.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-09
NAVAL GUARDS ARE
PRAISED BY MCAO0O
(By Associated Press)

Washington, April 9.-Secretary
Daniels has issued letter commencing
three commanders of naval guards on
American merchantmen for the man.
ner in which they have acquitted them
selves in resisting submarine attack.
Included is the name of Don Ripley,
ichief boatswain's mate, of San Diego.