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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-03
NEW SCANDAL IN THE
PROBE OF THE PACKERS

appeared. The witness gareed 70 do
so.
Critising the Kendrick bill for reg
ulation of the meat industry, Mr.. Weld
said It was merely a sop to a misin-
formed public. which is ignorant OF
the necessities Of the packing indus
try, and TO radical agitators"
Agreements Forbidden.
Mr.. Weld read instructions from
Swift and company managers 10 their
assistants, forbidding agreements
with competitors relative to prices
paid for cream at country buying sta
lions, which. he said, the trade COM
mission failed 10 use in its report.
Another thing that shows COMPETE
ton is the activity Of the small
packer" said Mr.. Weld. There are
go Independent packers as direct
competitors"
Only when a single combination
could be proved 10 have arbitrary
power over prices. he said, was there
any reason for the government 10 step
in.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-03
GRAVE RAILWAY STRIKE
BREAKS OUT IN SWEDEN

Copenhagen. Denmark. Feb "A
serious railway strike has broken out
in Sweden Worlzmen last night
stopped work on 19 different lines
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-03
nd the little whimper continued.
Detective Dispensed With.

The gray haired detective who had
sat by the lobby door. wandered UP on
the second floor.
Beat it." said one OF the federal
agents we don't need your help"
He beat It.
Word Of the raid on the second floor
had not reached the tenants, for an
uncompromising individual with a
stony stare and an eagled badge never
took his eyes off the night clerk and
the phone board stayed dead.
7 am an officer" grunted an inc
briated Individual in olive drab uni
form, who was dragged intoxicated
from a second floor room
Officer, hell" said a provost guard
as he unceremoniously bumped him
toward the elevator. you're boiled
drunk. that's what You are. You big
stiff. YOU ought TO be ashamed TO dis
grace your uniform"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-03
IS
SCENE Of RAID
Federal Officers Stage An
Early Morning Surprise
Party At Hotel.

table at which sat Two looks were
not necessary-he was a detective.
well. you'd better get while the
getting's good" ] remarked to two
friends. The place is pinched." They
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-03

Beside the child was a girl whose
form gave her but fifteen or sixteen
years OF age. She is the sister-in-l
OF the Titan haired beauty; the child
IS the beauty's baby.
That's he'll" said a detective as
he turned away. I'VE ought to take
both Of them, but well leave the lit
tie one TO care for the kid"
The babe had wakened and looked
wonderingly at the strange men who
had invaded her dreams. Then she
whimpered and kept up her little cry
as the men withdrew and the mother
started to dress
Detectives see much OF the hard
spots Of life and become blase. Two
or three OF them. perhaps they had
little ones at home. choked and
croaked huskily when they tried to
talk.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-03
;oInE VA the DeteetIves.

got.
Going With the Detectives.
With some Of the grease paint Of
the detective part I'd closed in. at the
Crawford theater a few hours pre-
viousIy. still on my face, I started
for the second floor Of the hotel, for
/ knew that was where would trans
pire the fireworks. and I wanted to
see some Observation-Disclosures detec-
tfves work.
One of the municipal detectives had
gone up the stairway The other
was nervously sitting in his place by
the door.
second floor This was a busy
place. Half a dozen federal officers.
stern faced men. two provost guards,
negro bellhops, attired and almost at
tired women, one white faced pro-
prietor. men who were nervous with
the fear Of what the morrow would
bring and the explanations they
might have to make at home. and.
hallowing all. the whimper OF a baby.
How'd the baby get there2
Rap-rap-rap on a door at the front
Of the house. It opened and out
peered a Titian-haired beauty, theat-
really rubbing her eyes in an at
tempt TO register sleep. A look with
in disclosed in bed a child. golden
haired with just a trace OF copper, a
girl baby about three years old
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-03

Joe LnIpps asserted ms Intention Of
putting up 4 determined fight. He
was recently tried in the 34th dis
trict court on a charge Of bringing
liquor into the prohibited zone and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-03

aired detective who had
by door. wandered Up on
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-30

PHOTO PLAYS
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-30

be as great as this. Nothing else
would so unity Germany and so eff.
fectively inspire a new hatred
against England in the heart OF
every German.
THE emperor knows that the
British government naturally does
not wish Britain to be the exclu-
sive object of German hatred for
generations to come. The emperor
knows the British government will
never allow itself to be placed in
this position.
'This Then, Is the Kaiser"
Wherefore the emperor, realizing
these facts remains silent--a coun-
try gentleman enjoying that kind of
peace and contentment which only
white hair and the knowledge that
one has ever sought to do ones
best can bring"
So this, then was the kaiser! /
had, and have no doubt, as to the
accuracy of the portrait. The in
tense feeling of the man precluded
the possibility that he was acting.
His own defiant attitude patiently
mirrored the kaiser's. To minds like
these an appeal to enemies" was in
deed "unthinkable. But there was
still the matter of the German peo-
pies welfare.
preached this phase of the sit
uation.
My informant replied:
THE emperor regrets the soft
ness of his people. He regrets that
their capacity for hatred of their
enemies is so small. England, Amer
lea, Japan, Italy-above all France
are the German peoples enemies.
THE emperor regrets the ten
dency among his people to forget
this fact. But under the existing
conditions it is impossible for him
to address them. To plead is not
the role of an emperor.
Even though Wilson performed
complete somersault and surren-
dered abjectly to the others at Yer
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-30
ng the choleric attitude of the man
whose views he was presenting.

| ing the choleric attitude Of the man
whose views he was presenting.
He continued:
"The emperor feels that his own
people have been and are being mis-
led. He knows better than any
other that the German people must
have a ruler with an iron hand. They
| have never known how to rule them
selves. They never can.
"The emperor is not as other
men. He lives on a plane far above
the rest of mankind. He is deeply
religious man. His belief that he is
in actual, active touch with God is
as profound today as it ever was.
"If his actions, affirmative or ne
gative, seem even to his closest in
Inmates incomprehensible, to him
they are all consistent and part of
his life's aim-the good of his peo-
pie.
Kaiser Must Command"
"The emperor will not speak to
his own people under the existing
conditions, as he himself expresses
it, because he cannot command
them-and in no other way will he
ever speak to his people.
"As for the rest of the world, it
is world arrayed against him. To
such enemies nothing he could pos
sibly say could work to the good of
Germany. But that is not ALL
"The emperor knows the hope
lessness of the position of the en-
tente government in so far as their
widely advertised intention of
bringing him to trial is concerned.
"He knows that the entente gov
ernments have no intention of car
rying out this threat. He knows
the real motive behind the speech
made by Lloyd George in Parlia-
ment in July, in which that gentle
man repeated his determination to
let nothing prevent his bringing the
emperor to England.
Laughs at Trial Threat.
"He knows that the English pre-
mier hoped by that speech to arouse
such storm of protest by the
thinking men of England against
going on with such barbaric plan
as to make it possible for him to
appear to bow before the force of
public opinion and so escape from
the hole of his digging.
Unfortunately for Lloyd George,
the hoped for storm did not arise.
So, he finds himself now in the un-
comfortable position of having to
make good a bluff. The emperor
knows he will not make good,
"The emperor knows further that
the British government knows that
no blunder of all the many tragic
plumbers of the last five years would
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-30

sailles, the emperor knows that the
American people approve his acts.
So the Americans are one with the
rest of Germany's enemies and will
sanction the entente endeavor to
bring the emperor to trial"
The man stopped abruptly. He
was speechless with consuming
rage.
All the time he had been talking
an idea had been formulating in my
mind. Now l sprang it:
| This is all very we'll, excellency,
but after all is said and done, these
views are strikingly similar to those
you expressed as your own several
weeks ago. At that time you will
remember you told me frankly that
you would advise the kaiser not to
sign the statement, although you
admitted my right to have it laid
before him. The reasons you gave
then are almost identical with the
sentiments you say the kaiser now
holds"
Wilhelm's Own Opinion.
"All have told you now is the
emperor's own opinion" he replied.
But" l protested, you must be
aware that the world generally be-
l;eves that the kaiser is very much
IN the hands of his advisors at this
time. Whereas your personal views
are interesting, it is, after all, the
kaiser's views in which the public
has the greatest interest.
Il tell you these are the emper-
or's views. He has spoken them to
me-"
1t was what I had been waiting
for.
"Very we'll, them" I said, II shall
print them"
Zach, mop Numbered my quite
disturbed host. "You have only the
authorization to print the statement
| have already dictated. If you pub
fish anything else | shall deny it"
II shall print that Also" | said.
And so I here anticipate the re-
pudiation which mayor may not
issue from this gentleman.
And now to introduce him.
He is Councillor Johannes Kriege,
doctor of jurisprudence.
Less than a dozen Germans, and
a lesser number than that outside
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-30

ADJUSTMENTS.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-30
Kaiser In a Rare.

1.-THE emperor will never address
himself to his own people, much
less to her enemies" he began in a
sudden rage. 1t seemed as if he had
become abruptly the very embodi-
ment of his former monarch, reflect
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-30

proud, as contemptuous of all other
men, and as sure of his partnership
with the Divine as he ever was in
his most blatant days.
Physically he is not the same. He
is an old man, bodily broken under
the tremendous strain of the past
five years. But the impressions
given the world by the imaginative
and misinformed newspaper cores
pondents of senile, babbling,
harmless, beaten, humble, cowed
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-30

Germany, know that Excellenz
Kriege has been for IS years the
one man in the world who could
dominate the kaiser.
He is still dominating him. He is
the head of the daily courier service
between Berlin and Amerongen. He
himself makes frequent trips over
the Dutch frontier.
The kaiser is still the same old
kaiser-only more so. He is as
lofty, as relentless, as bitter, as
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-30
BY HAYDEN TALBOT.
Special Cable to Universal Service,

cpocisA S1oic W Universal SoESioSs
London, Oct. 29.-The prime pur.
pose of my trip to Germany was to
do what so journalists for nine
months had been trying to do
make the ex-kaiser talk.
have succeeded. d..
At the end of six months with a
travel record of thousands of miles
over greater part of Germany,
have brought back the first author
lied statement the kaiser has made
since his abdication.
How, where and why | got it will
be made clear in the course of my
story.
The details of this story will be
told not only for their intrinsic
value, but in order to forestall the
numerous and highly ingenious
enemies | managed quite uninten-
tionally to make in many unex-
pected quarters as soon as the ma
ture of my mission became known.
Not the least of the many rea-
sons why | was persona non grata
in Germany was the fact that l re-
fused to be propaganda and
join the chorus of we'll paid singers
of praise of all things German.
But at last / found myself seated
in magnificently furnished library
in an apartment house in the most
fashionable quarter of Berlin, with
the most remarkable man in al!
Germany standing over me-dictat-
Ing the statement l had come 4,00C
miles to get.
Courier to Wilhelm.
About this man I shall have much
u say before | am done. At the,
moment it is enough to say that he
had gone to Amerongen as my
courier, carrying with him a type
written statement prepared by nine
OF the most important Germans in
and out of the present government.
Some of these men were formerly
the kaiser's bitterest antagonists,
but all of them had sunk personal
feelings to the extent of sending him
letters imploring him for the sake
Of the fatherland to sign the state.
ment. With the return to Berlin of
my very distinguished courier word
reached me to come to his apart
ment. On my arrival there he said:
"The emperor refuses to sign the
statement. In its place he has au-
thcrized me to give you the only
statement for publication he will
make so long as he remains in Hol-
land"
The Kaiser's Statement.
And then, standing over me, care
fully watching my pencil, he die
tated statement from the kaiser.
1T seems to me-" I said, "this
statement requires considerable ex-
planning" .a5 ..
For a space the other man re-
manned motionless, and then of a
sudden wheeled about.
In what way?" he demanded.
you know, and the kaiser knows,
that the statement You carried to
him was actually symposium of
the opinions of nine Of the biggest
men in Germany. From these men
the kaiser received urgent requests
that he sign the statement. He has
refused to do so. He must have
reason. That reason does not appear
in the statement you have just die
tated. Why?"
And this man, who was my inter
mediary with the kaiser, launched
forth into a word picture of the
present mental attitude of the All
Highest-as illuminating as it was
astounding.
Kaiser In a Rage.
1.-THE emperor will never address
himself to his own people, much
less to her enemies" he began in a
sudden rage. 1t seemed as if he had
become abruptly the very embodi-
ment of his former monarch, reflect
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-30
First Authentic Interview With Ex- Kaiser
Was in a Rage-Is Same Old Domineering,
Arrogant King God-Laughs At Trial Threat

Wilhelm Says England Dare Not T Him AS Would soidy German Hate
Against England ForeveRegets That His People" Are Soft and Have
So Apparent Little Hate Their EmieSs They Are Being s
dW Never Address Himself Them Again Until He Can Com
mandCondu Through Councillor Kege Constant Propaganda For His
Return Power-Says Must Have Iron Ruler Over Them
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-30

monarch. stripped of his egotism as
completely as of his crown, are alb
solutely at variance with the facts
as | know them
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-30

One fact is that the kaiser still
remains and will continue to re.
main while he lives the King-Gpd
of the German people.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-01-11
..S0(;|AL|ST IT'S
LEADER IS
KILLED IN
Hun RIOTS
Copenhagen Dispatches Say
Karl Liebknecht, Sparta
can Leader, Met Death in
Street Fighting.
(Bv Associated Pressl

London, Jan. 11.-Karl Liebknecht,
Spartacan leader in Germany, was
killed during street fighting Thurs
day evening, according to a Copen-
hagen dispatch to the Exchange Tele-
graph Company.
(Bv Associated Press)
Berlin, Jan. 11.-Heavy fighting is
reported between the Poles and the
Germans in the province OF Posen.
The Germans captured Czarikau by
assault, but later were forced to with
draw to the north bank of the Netze
upon the arrival of Polish reserves.
(By Associa ted Press)
London, Jan. 11.-Government
forces control the situation in Ber-
lin, so far as the center of the city
is concerned, but latest advices give
no indication that the loyal troops
are being reinforced.
tBy Associated Press)
Copenhagen, Jan. 1.-Very serious
rioting occurred Friday at Dresden,
Hamburg, Augsburg and Dusseldorf,
according to reports received here.
The rioting was most severe in Ham,
burg, where it is still in progress.
(By Associated Press) y
Berlin, Jan. 1.-The Bolsheviki
are slaughtering Germans in sections
of the Baltic provinces under their
control, according to Herr Winning,
former German minister of the Bal
tic provinces.
by Associated Press)
Copenhagen, Jan. 11.-Government
troops at Berlin have not succeeded
in crushing the Spartacans, who still
hold Newspaper Row. Flame throw
ers are being used, with many fatal
tiles.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-01-11
MANY HEROES
HOME AFTER
D GE
FROM ARMY
Estimated That Between
$50 and 400 Soldiers anC
Sailors Have Returned to
the Valley.

So far as Imperial county 1is/con-
csrned, a celebration for the re-
turned veterans and heroes of the
great war could be held right now,
for it is estimated that approximate
ly $50 or 400 men, who joined the
army or navy from this county, are
home.
On the basis of current figures
Imperial county has been fortunate in
the matter of demobilization, as the
percentage Of returned men is about
Is per cent of the nearly 1000 who
rallied to the country's standard in
the battle against German militarism
and autocracy.
In other words, the average num-
'ber of Valley boys mustered out of
service since the armistice was de-
clared on November II has been at
the rate of 100 month, although not
more than per cent of the total
strength of the army and> navy has
been demobilized.
Several of the boys in uniform are
on visits to their families, through
the action of the military authorities
in granting furloughs. A majority
Of them, however, are expecting their
discharges from service before their
leaves of absence expire.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-01-11
BROWN ASKS
CHANGE
FOR PRIMARY
ELECT | 0 n s
Representative From This
District Seeks to Get an
Amendment to the Pres.
ent Election Law.

Word reached here from Sacramen-
to today that J. Stanley Brown, rep
resenting this district, would shortly
father bill to change the date OF
the primary election, bringing it into
September, and that he has obtained
the support of powerful allies to put
the measure over.
He proposes to have the election
held in the second or third week in
September. Senator E. P. Sample of
San Diego has promised to sponsor
the amendment to the law in the up
per house with fair chances of sue
cess.
"The primary election at present
is held during the hottest weather in
the Imperial Valley and at time
when everybody who can get out is
on vacation" said Representative
Brown. "The result is that the vote
is about one-third the registration.
"The new date proposed will short
en- the long campaign, which is too
prolonged, and will mean less time,
expense and efforts for the candi-
dates, with just as good results. 9th
er western states have tried out the
plan with success"
The hot weather question also both
ers politics in the San Joaquin and
Sacramento valleys and the represen-
tatives from those sections have
agreed to support the bill.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-01-11
FINE PICTURE
'0F PERSH|NG
IN OIL
is RECEIVED
Painting,sthe Work of Los
Angeles Artist, Is a Won.
derful Likeness of the
General.

Good morning, General Per.
shing!"
That is what visitors in the office
of Deputy District Attorney White
law felt like saying this morning
when they suddenly faced a speak
ing likeness of the gallant soldier
who headed Americas victorious ar
mics in France.
The picture, handsomely framed,
is done in oils, and is the product
Of the brush of F. F. Breed of Los
Angeles, a leading amateur artist
whose hobby is painting.
The painting arrived here this
morning as gift from Mr.. Breed
to his daughter. Mrs. Owen Morris,
who is an attache of the district at
torneys' office.
Mr. Breed has been successful in
marketing several of his landscapes
at good prices, although his painting
has been more for his own pleasure
than for commercial purposes.
1t is probable that the painting,
regarded by manv discerning per-
sons as work of first rank, NAV be
exhibited at some downtown store
for few days.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-01-11
BOOSTERS FAV0RS
j. s. PURCHASE
Of LOWER CAL.

Through kilograms dispatched to
Senator Ashurst of Arizona, Sena-
tors Phelan and Johnson, of Califor-
MIA, and Congressman Kettner. the
Chamber of Commerce urges favor
able congressional action on the ac-
QUESTION by the United States of
Lower California. The text of the
kilograms follows:
"Senator Ashurst, Washington. d.
c.: The FL Centre Chamber of Com
merce heartily approves of your prop
osition to buy and annex Lower Cali
fornia. Thew are with you to man,
as is all of Imperial Valley. We are
a member of the United States Cham
ber of Commerce. | unauthorized
by the Ell Centre chamber to inform
you that we shall do everything in
our power to back you up in your
proposition by endeavoring to line up
all of Southern California and as
much of the rest Of the state as we
can. We await your suggestion by
wire as to what you would like to
have us do and assure you that we
will spend our time. influence and
money to further your project. We
await your reply by wire. We are
wiring senators and congressman.
GEL CENTRO CHAMBER OF COM
MERGE.
"By JOSEPH F. SEYMOUR, Jr."
The result of yesterdays annual
election was the selection of the fol-
lowinp boost body directors:
i. F.. Davis
4 F.. E. Clements L
]. l.. Travers
Clifford Coggins
I. T. Sparks
George w. Anderson
VIII g. Fawcett
J. M. OFT
]. F. Seymour, Jr
r. 7. Gianola
J. X. Hermon
Imperial Valley press., 1919-01-11
ONE: ALL !
DE(;L. ARES
A G 4 | IS |.
BOLSHEV|k
French Foreign Minister
Pich0n Brands Present
Russian Government as a
Criminal Regime.
(By Associated Press J

q Paris, Jan. 11-Foreign Minister
Plchon, in statement today con-
corning the attitude of the Allied
governments toward the Russian Boil
shevik government, declared the
criminal regime of the Bolsheviki''
did not entitle them to recognition
as regular government. If the Al
lied governments should recognize the
Bolsheviki, he added, they would give
the lie to their policy of aiding the
reconstruction Of regular government
by the healthy and honest elements of
the Russian people.
(By Associated Press)
Paris, Jan. lit is understood on
the best authority that negotiations
are under way between the Allies
looking to possible representation of
all parties in Russia at the peace
congress. 1t is understood the ad-
mission of these delegates will be on
the condition that a truce between
them be declared during the period
of peace negotiations.
(Bv Associated Press)
Paris, Jan. 11.-Georges Clemen-
ceau, premier of France, will be the
permanent president of the Peace
Conference, as tribute to the pre-
mier county in which the confluence
will be held The American dele
gates have agreed to the appointment
which is by common consent of all
(By Associated Pressl
London, Jan. 1.-THE British dele
gates to the Peace Congress left for
Paris today. Lloyd George and 9TH
ers made the trip by the ordinary
route, while Bonar Law travelled in
an airplane.