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Imperial Valley press., 1919-05-05
Opens Monday, May 5

DR.. Duponts optical establishment will be open
for business and inspection Monday, May 5. The To-
cation is lis South Fifth street. ground floor of the
DAVIS building. The public is cordially invited to in
spect the new establishment. Those who appreciate
modern equipment artistic arrangement and comfort
for customers will find that DR.. Dupont thought OF
al these things when fitting up his Ell Centro head
quarters.
All the furniture, stock and equipment are NEW
made 10 order and purchased especially to please I'M
rcl ial V~u~'' trnde Dr. Duponts business is to be
exclusively optical His stock includes every variety
and stye Of frames for glasses, including the very
latest in shell goods; in his also will be found
the most reliable thermometers, magnifcrs, micro
scopes, compasses, etc
FITTING your eyes with scientifically correct lenses
l. The main business of this establishment The fitting
room is equipped with VerteX Refraction Case filled
with lenses ground with exactly the same accuracy a.
tho e,reat telescope on Mt Wilson. This case alone
cost five times as much ordinary refractlon cas-
and the quality of the other equipment IS IN keeping
Imperial Valley press., 1919-05-05

Sensational charges which may
reach the Peace Conference in Paris,
that the japanese, as a phase OF
their fight on revolutionary
activity in Korea, are per
scouting Christians, are made
in letters smuggled out of the Her
nit Kingdom by an American Pres
byterian missionary with headquar-
ters in the northern part Of the coan-
try. -,
These letters We're received IN Ell
Centro today by a former colleague
Of their author. They explain III
vivid language the unhappy condition
of the Koreans under japanese sup
pression and describe the scenes at
tendant upon the famous passive rev
olution."
For obvious reasons the names Of
the missionary and the recipient OF
TIE letters are omitted, as their pnbll-
cation would reveal to the Japanese
secret service the authorship Of the
missives and would result in adii-
Imperial Valley press., 1919-05-05

NV Dear Friends: We are passing
through some thrilling times again IN
old Korea. enclose copy OF no
rea's Declaration of independence. 1T
mas come at last and in a way is as
great surprise to us as it is TO the
.jaranese. We missionaries have
known for years that the Koreans
would not endure oppression forever,
hut the time set for their declaration
of freedom was kept by them an abb
so,ute secret from beth missionaries
and Japanese.
To 90 back some weeks: Perhaps
YOU heard that the old King OF Korea
died very unexpectedly January u,
lust three days before the time set
Tor the wedding of his son to Jap,
anese princess. According to good
custom the wedding cannot now take
place for three wears, while the son
is in mourning Many of the better
class of both japanese and Koreans
oppose intermarriage, and the mis-
sionaries strongly object to it. How
ever, this royal marriage did not con-
Germ US. but very large class OF
Koreans regretted it. Needless to say
the engagement and all plans We're
made by the Japanese. 1t may have
just happened so, but it could moi
pass without remark that one in ap
parently perfect health should have
died so suddenly just at that time ane
so prevented an Objectionable wed
ding.
After the death of the ex-king ar
rangements were made and quletl!
carried out to remove the queens body
from the temporary tomb to the ne"
tomb which has been waiting foi
her for several years. Many OF u
have been on the field long enough
to remember how she was killed, II
October, 1895, and how, after hel
body had been slashed by knives ant
swords, she was dragged out into tn,
garden, covered with oil and burned
For some years this spot was marked
and it was always known by thos'
who visited the Palace grounds a
the place where the queens body wa
burned; but on recent sightseein'
visit through the Palace grounds :"
found no trace of the little tablet, am
Imperial Valley press., 1919-05-05

articles have more weight with those
in the home land who are inclined to
feel that these things are seen only
through the eyes of missionaries. All
schools are closed government as well
as mission schools, and no one is IN
the country itinerating or holding
classes, neither are the big classes
for country men or women being held,
nor are the Bible Institutes open. The
Mems Theological Seminary hopes to
open in April, though it should have
opened the 5th Of March. The jails
are full, crowded, inmates seated to-
eether on the stone paved floor with
out room to lie down. We have tried
to get heavier clothing to young girls
and women and old men who were
taken from their homes or on the
street Just as they were in light weight
clothing. but in every case we have
been refused. Those in prison are
frequently taken from the room into
the presence of an offer and after be-
inc beaten and tortured until their
minds are daZed, they are urged to
sign paper. If they sign they are
set free. The first article on the pa
per which they are asked to sign is,
al will cease from now to be Chris
tian." The next is, Il promise to never
complain again against the Japanese
government and will nevermore have
anything to do with a Declaration OF
Independence.
Last Sunday services We're held IN
all the city churches, but the men
missionaries were detailed to go from
church to church to see that every
thing was all right. Last week 1t
came to us that a Japanese disguised
in Korean costume came to the outer
quarters of the home of one of our
missionaries and asked to be told
which was the sleeping room OF the
missionary. 1t was decided best to
put on might watchmen, and for sew
eral nights our men missionaries took
turns going two by two and patrolled
our mission compound. AS most of us
live in rather old, insecure houses
almost level with the ground, sleep
/ ing rooms all on the ground floor
and bedroom windows open, it was
| said that we would all have to trust
to the Lord anyway, but it was com,
! Portable to know throught the night
that he wose life we feared had beer
threatened, was being especial!
/ guarded.
! Yesterday we saw again a party OF
twenty men all bound with ropes be-
i ing marched through from the coun'
try to prison. Word comes that Miss
Korean lady teacher II
Seoul, Wellesley graduate, who was
being sent en- mission to the Unit
ed States and Paris, has been killed
in Peking. Two of our lady Korean
teachers in Girls Academy are IN
prison here in -- as well
as some of the young lady students
All of our schools, classrooms, build
ings and hospitals and churches are
frequently being entered and searched
but none of our private houses. How
ever. the homes of our missionaries
in Syen Chyun were all entered by g
band of soldiers at midnight, no one
knows Just what for-copies of the
Declaration, Korean flags or. refu
gees. A few days ago a number OF
/ soldiers entered the hospital here
and demanded that all the patients
be carried down on stretchers to the
reception room. Why the soldier:
could not go through the wards tt
Imperial Valley press., 1919-05-05

the nearby buildings themselves had
been removed and others erected. A
little Japanese English-speaking guide
waited upon us and asked il he might
escort us about the grounds, evident
ly looking upon Us as party OF tour
lists. As we approached the famous
lotus pond was recalling some OF the
stories | used to hear told by our
older missionaries; how in the early
days they had been invited there to
skate on the ice, for the royal fam!ly
had never seen skatlng-when the
guide stepped up, saying:
"This is the lotus pond where the
former Queen of Korea committed sui
eide by drowning herself.
No expense was spared by the Jap
anese to make the eX-king's funeral
great affair. However, exceedingly
heavy taxes are being paid by the no
reans, and that is where the money
came from. The day of the funeral
| was set for March 3, and for several
davs before that time thousands OF
! Koreans were pouring into Seoul un-
| til on the Saturday before, the RAIL
roads refused to sell tickets to NO
/ cans into Seoul because the city was
cverflowing and guests were sleeping
| in the streets. A quiet, orderly crowd
ave,vone saws. Old-time Koreans
would make a pilgrimage to the pal
ace gate, the palace where the KING
BODY lay, and, prostrating themselves
uron the ground, would wall Tor a
little while and pass on. Schools all
over Korea were ordered closed from
Friday until Tuesday or Wednesday
after the funeral, and even our lit
tie school for missionary children
tho, chit it best to close and let the
two teachers go to Seoul for sight
see. Either Saturday or Monday me
mortal services were to be helc
throughout Korea. During this time
for a week we have had the most per
feet weather-clear, warm sunshine
and dry. Now we are having rea
March DAYS again, and only today
| northwest snowstorm and strong Wlnt
: swent the country for hours.
On Saturday, after the memcrla
services here in Pyeng Yang, at ;
given signal crowds suddenly poule'
: into the streets and thousands fel
: into line and marched the streets
MANY CARRYING the old Korean fla,
and shouting, "Korea forever" From
tOur COIlpOuHuS VIC h<'NS SON"
, of the streets and surrounding ccun
try. 1t was an orderly, happy eroWo
In fact, the. order had gone out tina
Koreans were not to resist arrest no
to injure anyone. 1t was not lon
until gendarmes and soldiers, some o
: them mounted, came down upon tn
crowded streets, shooting into tn
: crowds. striking right and left wit
, their guns and drawn swords. Lare
: numbers were arrested and taken
? Jail until the jails were packed an
+ the first corners were beaten an
sent home to make room for me-
! ones.
! am not writing you rumors c
r exciting tales, but just what we, q
/ YOUR missionaries here, are now eye
2 witnesses to.
/. We also know that our letters al
/, being opened and read unless we ca
e get them through by friends and hay
5 them mailed in China. One OF tf
$ first questions asked everyone undt
y arrest is if he is a Christian. and
e he answers "Yes," he is dealt wit
d ,ery much more severely than tt
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n-Christian. In some villages the
! pendarmes have with led chaiK put
la red mark upon the BACK OF Che
iwhite coat of non-Cnrlstlan, and they
iare either allowed to 60 1ree entlre-
ly or with light reprlmand, Wnile
the Christians are punished. Two
women in to study from MY.
! country district, while passing on Che
/ street were pushed IN the dltch py
soldiers. One had two teeth KNOCKED
out. The other woman was oe@tSell
and crippled. This was not IN Ihe
crowded street. -,
Our missionary community is lar
ger now than usual, because the NO
rean Mems Theological Seminary
was to have opened last Wednesday
and the missionary men from inc
assist in teaching are now setVleu
here. several with their families until
last of June. Last week few houra
after five of our Korean men h&d
arrived from in or near laiku 10
study in the Seminary, they were, Slt-
ting in the dormitory room, not nav
ing been upon the streets, their room
was suddenly entered by several sol
diers with fixed bayonets, soldiers
who were making search for men VINO
had shouted Korea forever.' on thi
streets, and, not finding them, these
men were seized instead. The meI
went quietly, without any resistance
saying they were not fighting men
but they asked if they might noi
know why they We're arrested, bu
they were not told. Upon reaching
, the police station they were cues
toned Us to being Christians, and al
answered that they were here pre-
,, pairing for the ministry
Then one of the Japanese, VIII
was we'll Informed about the Gosep
said:
, 81 understand that according t
YOUR teaching Jesus suffered upon
cross. Here we have a cross fc
| you.'
4 And then each man in turn wa
| hound upon beams in the shape Q
cross, stripped of his clothing an
! beaten-all except one given tWen'!
a nine strokes. The exception wa
d made in the case Of one who was
i new man beginning his first year @
!, study. He received only twenty-seN
2 N. A young girl was tied by ne
n half &c Telegraph EuSC anu b0-.'T
S A country church was entered b
: fortv-five soldiers, the glass and pt
|. rer windows all destroyed, the churc
t bell ard communion set as well, an
T then all the Bibles and hymnbooks
g be found were taken out and burne'
f Then one of the Korean men of til
e church was taken and most unme
e cifully tortured. He begged them
h kill him, but they replied that the
e would rather torture him sever
o times, then kill him.
d At this same church a woman W;
d severely beaten because she wou
W not tell where her husband was. I
another country church the home
n the Korean pastor was entered befo
Is daybreak by soldiers. The pastor HI
e been taken to Pyeng Yang TO ia
and the wife was there alone. AIT
'e searching with lights and dra"
n swords through her house, they cat
ye cred up all her Bibles and hyn
le books and burned them there in h
er courtyard. Yesterday we saw pa
if on the big street below the compoui
Ii
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Imperial Valley press., 1919-05-05

Korea, March 20,
1919.-My Dear Friends: My last
letter TO you was mailed November
10th and was sent out by way of Chi
ma. Later word came that the friend
reached Peking in safety and that a
great pack of letters entrusted to him
had been mailed. All our letters here
are opened. for any news of what is
Going on now in Korea is suppressed
or so toned down by the press that
you would not recognize 1t. by the
way, wish you all might read wal
ter Weyl's article in Harper,,s for
February entitled 'Denationailzatlon
in Korea" The fact that the writer
is not missionary ought to make the
Imperial Valley press., 1919-05-05
Dr.. Norman E. Dupont
Wishes to Announce the Opening OF
FIRST CLASS OPTICAL PARLORS
at 115 South Fifth Street, Ell CentrO, and
FultOn's Pharmacy, Brawley.
Complete for Scientific Examinations
the of Eyes Fltted-Pacte Limited 10 "e Eye

has been installed which will insure e
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the Universal Ophtalomee ae
of determine
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Imperial Valley press., 1919-05-05
CHARGE JAPAN
WITH CRUELTY
TO CHRIS TIANS.

tional restrictions on the missionary
colony from which they were sent.
However, the local man, who is a
we'll and favorably known figure in
Valley life, vouches for the veracity
Of the missionary author. The let
ters follow:
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-11

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Skottowe will leave next week for
Canada. where they will spend the re-
mainder of the summer
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Forbes leave to-
day for Washington and will later 60
on to New York where they will join
their daughter. Miss Dorothy Forbes
Leon A. Carter. sol East Zarragossa
street. left Sunday for Bagdad. where
he has accepted a position as chief
engineer in the work OF installing ma
chinery on a motor ship now being
constructed there. The ship will prob
ably engage in the Cuban trade. and
Mr.. Carter will sail on her when she
is completed.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-11
FOUR IN JAIL;
LOCAL MEN,ARE
BADLY STABBED
by
ALTMAN

Salvatore Scalese. 422 East Govern
ment street, driver for the Standard
Oil company. and Joseph OConnell,
$40 West Zarragossa street, were taxi
en- to the Pensacola hospital Saturday
night in a dangerous condition, as the
result of a fight and cutting affray.
The affair is said to have occurred at
the home of G. Helton, who lives on
what is known as the halfway road,
a%d at whose home a dance was be-
ing given.
Scalese has three knife wounds in
the back, while O'Connell suffered a
long slash in the back. and the latter's
condition is reported to be serious.
The sheriff was notified shortly aft
er the affray, and deputies brought
back Jim Helton, of Belleview, Chas.
Helton of Klondyke. and b. r. and
Ernest Soderquist OF Pensacola, who
were lodged in Jail.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-11
RED CROSS GOES
INTO MACEDONIA
ON ERRAND MERCY

Kavadar Macedonia (Correspon-
dence Associated Press)-Without
food, without clothing, without medi-
cal attention, with hardly any grow
ing crops promising relief when the
harvest comes, $4,000 refugees of this
district have returned and are des-
perately clinging to the little noun
tain farms which are their patrimony.
Rather than abandon them they will
die in the ruins and caves which to-
day only half shield them from the
elements.
To this field the Balkan commits
sion of the American Red Cross has
sent Captain r. NJ. Blakely, u. s. A.
medical corps, of New Orleans, La,
with five nurses and several carloads
of supplies. Villages within a radius
of fifty kilometers are now being
served by the "Amerikanska." Medi-
cines are given at the dispensary,
which never charges for it's services
or for flour, clothing and other sup
plies from the canteen. What that
means to a people who have come
back from exile after years of de-
privation OF the necessities of life.
to find their homes in ruins, can best
be appreciated here on the spot.
The station here at Kavadar is but
one of the hundreds of similar sta
tions in Serbia. Albania, Montenegro.
Rumania, Herzegovina and Greece.
which the balkan commission of the
American Red Cross has established
The town hall Is used as an in
Urinary. an empty house for a food
and clothing warehouse. and an old
mill has been made into a bakery.
The dispensary is crowded from
morning to night. Some days $50
patients are treated. The manned
and stricken come from a radius of
80 miles. One patient was brought
IN on an OK cart after an unbroken
journey of four days. tuberculosis in
every form, anaernia, and other ills
that follow in the wake of underfeed-
ing and poor housing hs,. affected a
third of the population.
The task facing the Red Cross re-
lief agencies is a heroic one
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-11
ATLANTA SHOPMEN
WILL CONTINUE
OUT ON STRIKE

Washington, Aug. Acknowledgement
over the weekend are expected to re-
suit in almost normal conditions to-
morrow in every railroad shop where
men have been on strike.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-11
OXFORD HOLDS
CELEBRATION
ALLY VICTORY
GRAND FETE OF STUDENTS AND
SOLDIERS OF ALLIES iNAuGU-
RATED ENcLAND's PEACE Ju-
BllEE.

Oxford, England-Correspon OF
A. Pit fell to oxford to inaugurate
England's peace celebration with a
joyful Victory pageant, and thirty-odd
American soldier students took part in
one of its most stirring episodes.
The Allies and the British En-
pire' was the subject Of the vast
drama, which was dedicated ito the
valiant living and the noble dead who
fought to bring about the peace Of the
world" The scene was the universe
ty's football field, a huge lawn with
a background of noble old trees.
Belgium, Serbia, France, Japan, Italy
and America were the allies represent
ed and the pageant laurels fell to
Japan and America The Japanese
scene was Cherry Blossom festival
in which 700 children. wonderfully ar
rayed, participated.
The American episode. a mixture of
history and allegory. was the signal
for the first martial note sounded by
the pageant, and 1t stirred the big
crowd to a high pitch of enthusiasm.
The Old Country and the New,
1896 and 1877" the episode was termed.
The first scene represented a pier of
Bristol Quay and the departure Of the
caravel to take John Cabot and his
sons to the New Word.
In the next scene, 1911" the Ameri-
can flay was depicted as waving over
the land the Cabots went to find. Her
aided by the spirit of Freedom. SYM
bolized by a young English woman In
flowing white robe, America joined
hands with the allies in resisting the
common danger. Then a detachment
of the United States army, student SOL
diers, marched out on the field, with
Old Glory waving in the evening
breeze. a thrill of admiration seized
the spectators and they jumped to
their feet cheering.
A gay interlude was the Banbury
Revels, showing a country holiday of
the time of Queen Elizabeth and illus
trating songs and dances of old-time
Merrie England. There were May
poles and May Queen in scarlet dress
and yellow hair of remarkable length.
who rode a cock horse to Banbuyr
Cross 1t was children's frolic. In
ALL more than 1000 children were seen
in the pageant.
The pageant was concluded with a
grand march of war workers.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-11
REVOLT AGAINST
CARRANZA HAS
BEEN REVEALED

Ell Paso. Aug. 10.-A plot to have
the Chihuahua City garrison revolt
against Carranza commanders and join
Villa Friday was discovered early
Wednesday morning. according to
American and Mexican passengers ar
irving from Chihuahua City today. A
large number Of federal officers and
soldiers were placed in the federal
penitentiary on charges of melting
mutiny- the travellers said.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-11

Chicago, Aug. 10.-A call for a con-
vention of representatives of the strik-
ing shopmen of the country to be held
hero next Thursday to determine def
nitely what action shall be taken, was
issued today by the Chicago district
council of federated railway shopmen,
which called q strike August 1 in de-
fiance of international officers of the
shop crafts unions.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-11
LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS

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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-11

1t seems a shame to sacrifice
them so early but we'd rather
turn them into money now than
to pack them away in camphor
later.
All $500 Straws now. :. $500
All $500 Straws now. $3.50
All $500 Straws now. !. $500
All $500 Straws now. =. $3.50
All $500 Straws now. :. .$1.OO
And lest you forget, we want to
say that these are the selfsame
hats-the brothers and sisters
Of the styles that we sold In
June and July for the full price
and they were worth every
cent of it, too.
And we expect to be busy.
Everything reliable that men
and boys wear.
9sglN!'z! |15h,e.e
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-11

Atlanta. Aug. 10.-After an all day
session during which an appeal was
made to them by grand lodge officers
to order all strikers to return to work
members of the Atlanta district coun-
ell of federated railway shopmen to-
night announced they had reached
decision to continue the strike here un-
Til their original demands are met
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-11

Washington, Aug. 10.-A national
conference to consider all plans sub
mitted to congress for solution of the
railroad problem. will be held here on
October 6, under auspices of the Plumb
organization bureau.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-11

They adopted a resolution calling
convention here to which representa-
tives are requested from all locals in
the southeast.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-11-19
DENY RvMoR OF PEACE FARLEY
Lloyd George Declares No Responsible
Agent. Has Interviewed eolshevIki

Lloyd George Declares No Responsible
Agent. Has Interviewed eoishevIki
LOndon.-Premier Lloyd George de-
clared In the house Of commons on
Thursday that no person at any time,
on his behalf, or with his knowledge,
had interviewed Bolshevik representa-
tives In order to learn whether nego.
tiations for peace might be opened
and upon what terms.
The premier announced that It was
proposed to call at an early date an in
ternational conference at which the
ministers Of the allied and associated
powers might consider the various
problems which the peace conference
as vet had found Itself unable to set
tie, among which was the problem of
Russia.
Referring to the so-called peace ad-
yances by the Bolsheviki, Mr.. Lloyd
George said the allies had always de-
clined to take action on communion
tons purporting to come from hostile
countries through irresponsible agen-
cies. and he thought it inadvisable to
depart from this practice.