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Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-27
ALLIES REPULSE
BOLSHEVIkS.
(By Associated Press)

(By Associated Press)
Archangel-BOlshevik tt oops
Monday attempted counter at
tack against the new!y-gained
Allied positions on the Murmansk
front but were repulsed with
heavy losses. The BOlsheviki
used an armOred train in their
Intellectual attempt.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-27
(Bv Associated Press)

London, Feb. 27.-A study of the
official statement containing the
translation of the report from Won
Bernstorff, former German ambassa-
dor to the United States, to hCanle-
lor Won Bethmann- Hollweg, in Au-
gust, 1916, discloses the part Won
Bernstorff and the Foreign Office
played in German intrigues in the
United States.
Proof that the money used in the
intrigues was paid with the acqui-
escence of the German chancellor, if
not at his order, is contained in the
report.
The report gives further evidence
of the use by Won Igel and Won Skel
of German money and that Bern
storff wished to keep them in the
United States.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-27
(By Associated Press)
NEVADA EXECUTIVE
VETOES BOXING.

(By Associated Press,
Carson City, Nev.-The gov
ernOr today vetoed the twenty
round boxing bill.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-27
(By Associated Press)

Berlin, Feb. 27.-The government
has sent ample troops to Halle in
Saxony, and the commanding officer
has been directed to quell the dis
orders in the sternest manner.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-27
(Bv Associated Press)

Washington, Feb. 27.-Norman
Hapgood of New York was nominated
today to be minister to Denmark, sue
ceeding DR.. Maurice Eagan, who re-
signed on account of poor health.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-27
(By Associated Press)

Basle, Feb. PA Mannheim dis
patch to the Basle Nachricten says
Entente troops occupied the Mann
helm bridghead at noon yesterday.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-27
(Bv Associated Press)

Geneva, Feb. 27-Swiss newspapers
print a Boston dispatch stating that
owing to the sudden suspension OF
armistice negotiations the German
commission left Spa today for Ber-
lin.
The reason for the reported sus-
pension was not given.
Negotiations between the Allied
and German financial, economic and
military missions have been in pro-
gress at Spa for some time and there
is no intimation from Allied sources
that anything in the nature of a
crisis has developed.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-27
s
in PRUSSIA
ARE READY.
FOR COUP
London Newspaper Core
spondent in Berlin Pre-
diets an Early Attempt to
Regain Their Power.
(By Associated Press)

London, Feb. 27.-The monarchists
of Germany are contemplating an
early coup, in the opinion Of the Mails
correspondent at Berlin, who says
tie old officer class is gradually get
ting the whip hand and now holds
the government in it's power.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-27
TWO TRANSPORTS
REACH NEW YORK.

New York-The transports
Wilhelmina and Slus Caserets
arrived today. bringing 1890 81
the American expeditionary vet
Grams.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-27
MINE HEAD
DIES SUDDENLY.

Philadelphia-James Aus t in,
president of the TOnOpah Mining
Company, died suddenly at his
home at Ardmore, Pa, today.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-27
(Bv Associated Press)

Washington, Feb. DENOMINATIONS
sent to the Senate by President Will
son today include that of Mrs. An
nette Adams of San Francisco to be
United States district attorney for
the Northern District Of California.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-27
(By Associated Press)


Paris, Feb. 27-The Jugo-Slav dele
cation presented their territorial
claims to the Peace Conference to-
day.
Italy has notified the conference
that she cannot adhere to the Jugo-
Slav proposal to submit the delimi-
tation of the frontiers between the
two coutries to arbitration.
The Jugo-Slavs ask that the lson-
20 river be made the boundary be-
tween them and Italy.
(By Associated Press)
London, Feb. 27.-The blockade of
Germany cannot be raised until Ger
many has signed peace treaty which
will make war impossible, Lloyd
George declared today, speaking at
the Industrial Parliament.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-27
(By Associated Press)

Paris, Feb. 27.-The Armenian del
cation in presenting its case before
the council of the great powers yes
terday said the Armenian republic,
with the adjacent section inhabited
by Armenians, embraced $4,000 square
kilometers with 100000 people.
An Armenian army of 10000 took
an active part in the war against
the Turks.
The delegates asked recognition Of
Armenian independence.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-27
(By Associated Press

TDy
Paris, Feb. 27.-Premier Clemen-
ceau resumed his official tasks to-
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-27
SIX HUNDRED
ACRES RICH
VALLEY LAND
SOLD IN WEEK
Mesquite Lake and Rock
wood District Tracts
Change Hands at Good
Prices.

Sales of real estate aggregating
more than 800 acres of the Fetter-
man ranches are reported from Braw-
Republican farmer., 1919-03-21
''I'M TOO KIND"
 STATES hHAYO
Much Married New Haven Manufacturer Explains
 His Troubles.

New York, March 15-"I never willingly wronged any one in my life, |" said Virginius Mayor of New Haven yesterday in Jefferson Market Court, as he waited for the resumption of the hearing on the charge of bigamy made against him by Wilhelnina L.. Meyer Mayo.
 The trouble has been that I have been too kind" he continued. T did a lot for Wilhelmina, educating her, and in various ways Look at her now" and he pointed out 8 beautiful blond woman in a seaisktn coat and nodish hat. T gave her that coat. She has admitted on the witness stand that she has S30,O00. that I gave her.
 Mrs Meyer Mayo would make no statement except:
 T am bringing this charge as a kind of public duty because Mayo has done so much wrong, he has wrecked so many homes. It ought not to be allowed"
 The first hearing of the charge was March 5, before Magistrate GroehI Yesterdays hearing before the same Magistrate was to introduce testimony from out of town with ases concerning Mayo's marriage with Florence Weeks, alleged to have beer performed in Bnghamton in 1890 The witnesses were Harry Eastman of the Bureau of Vital Statistics o1 the State Department of Health, Al bany; Benjamin Phillips Jr-, whe served the subpoena in the wife's di yorce suit in 1915, and Thomas Bur Ike an attorney of Scranton, Pa.
Republican farmer., 1919-03-21
MAN VAS 87
 AND BRIDE 18 Wealthy Brooklynite Seeks Marital Freedom From
 Former Manicure.

New York March 15.---With an ear trumpet clanqped to his head, and slightly enfee1bled in his gai+- Jut i'm maeulateIy dressed, mentally keen and otherwise seemingly fit, Swear old James Harvey Hart, a wealthy re- tired jeweIler, testified yesterday be- fore Supreme Court Justice Benedict marriage to Mrs. Kate Hart, 1S-year- old manicure girl, which took place May of last year.
 Mrs. Hart, @, pretty blonde, wearing a handsome fur coatee her husband bought her, appeared in court and opposed the suit. Hart testified that his age was sufficient to annul the marriage.
 Edmund L. Mooney, attorney for Mrs Hart, stated in the beginning that large property rights are fndi- rectly involved, as Hart is possessed of real estate worth $500, GOO, and his wife has 6 dover right to one-third of it.
 Hart took the stand after the mo- ton to dismiss his suit had been de- nied and testified that, following the marriage, he and his bride went on a wedding trip to Atlantic City and Lakewood and returned about a. fort night later to No. l South Elliott Place, Brooklyn. where he had lived with four daughters of his prior mar riage, his first wife having died Il years 6 go-
 He and his wife went next to g. house at No. S37 Monroe street, Brooklyn, which he owned, and later, as he expressed it, he cleared out" Most of the food he got there was restaurant food" he explained, so he went back to his daughters, who later went with him to live at East Orange, N. J.
 He said he knew his wife about three weeks before their marriage, having met her in a barber shop in Broadway, Brooklyn, where she was a manicure.
 Ibid you love your wife when you married hero Mooney asked. T thought I did Hart replied.
 Ibid you ever kiss herr" the lawyer questioned.
 Yes as often as she kissed me- Hart said
Republican farmer., 1919-03-21
GIVES S1OO,O0O
 ID CATHEDRAL
Will of Former Head of Singer Company Filed for
 Probate Today.

New York. March 15.---An Easter offering of s100,O09 to the Cathedral of St. John the Divine here is provided in the will, prooated today at River head, of Commodore Frederick c. Bourne, former head of the Singer Sewing Machine company, who died last week at his Long Island home.
 Many bequests of $10,C0o or less were made to various institutions. incFud- ing SIC, 900 cash and 2.70o shares of a realty company to Pomfret school Pomfret, Conn.
 Clara Bourne Whitman, a sister. of Groton. Conn, receives S25, eco, and May Miller Goss, a niece, of Water bury. Conn, and Grace Grueby, Rox- bury. Mass, s. GOO each.
 The will left SIC, ,o9o to each of the testator's eight grandchildren and placed his entire interest in the Sin ger company in the hands of his ex~ ecutors, to be divided among his Ev- ing children, or their issue. if dead the Iegatees to enjoy the income dur ing life, when the principal will go to their descendants
 Commodore Bourne was rated as a, R7lhtimilionaire.
Republican farmer., 1919-03-21
TOTAL TAX TO
 NEAR BILLION
Estimated 100000 Persons and Firms Have Filed
 Returns.

Washington, March 15-Mi1lions Of dollars poured into the offices of col leCtors Of internal revenue today as persons and business firms filed their income or profits tax returns and paid the first 25 per cent. installm ent of tax. By the time the collectors Cthces closed late tonigh- it was esti- mated four million persons and firms would have filed returns and the total tax paid would amount to from $800,- 900, ,000 to $1.OO0,000O 0O00 To take care Of the congestion expected today many of the collectors planned to keep their offices open until late to- night.
 Persons or firms falling to file re- turns today are liable to a penalty of not more than s1 900 and. in addition, 25 per cent. of the amount tax due. Payments made by mail bearing the postmark of today will be consid cred as having met the time requirement., however, even though not received by the collectors today.
Republican farmer., 1919-03-21
ARE HIGH
 THROUGH FRANCE

Paris, March -CCorresponden of The Associated Press)-AInericans Fare cheerfuIIy paying the exorbitant prices charged them for necessi ties in France, while the natives pay and groan, declared an Associated Press correspondent who has been making an investigation of French high cost of living. Three American newspa- per men recently paid S2 for a taxi cab ride that the taximeter showed should cost about 75 cents. A meal without wine for the three hungry scribes cost $2O.
 The following figures show the diff ference between the prices now pre- vailing in France and those of the ante-war days.
 Butter S2 a pound against 30 cents before war, eggs S2 a dozen versus twenty-two cents and vegetables rang ing from fourteen to fifty cents a pound could be obtained fer four. five and six cents previous to the war. Cheese has advanced from forty cents to ninety, coffee from forty cents to
 s1.90. Meat has advanced three
 hundred per cent, chickens, which were sixty cents are now $2 and very slim birds at that.
 The cheapest business suit cannot be obtained under $50 to which must
 be added $1O as a luxury tax. Silk stockings sell for s3 a pair and one
 must be careful to use the subway as
 much as possible in order not to walk
 through them on first day, especially when the fourteen dollar pair of shoes which one is wearing absorb damp ness like g. four dollar sponge. Wash toh will o+ rTX-
 cents a cake, and a bath is a lux
 ury.
 Monsieur Jusserand. the French Ambassador in Washington has rs- gently returned after a long absence. The collars for which he used to pay thirteen francs the dozen now are thir- ty-nine francs fifty in the same great shop at which he has been trading twenty years and his sixteen franc hat has mounted to forty. Frying a, s2 steak for two in 9 $4 saucepan is a privilege enjoyed only by the rich and a glass of beer at twenty cents plus a five cent tip to the ] waiter tastes very bitter to a thirsty ! wayfarer.
 i The laboring class at one time was l eating much rice. But lately that l commodity reached figures out ot i proportion to the salaries of the 1 working man.
 i A few days ago Food Minister Bo- ] ret caused the arrest of speculators 1 who were offering rice for sale al l forty cents per pound. It turned out 1 that the rice has been obtained from i the food ministry at the legal price o1 l sixteen cents Q pound. But it had { i circuitous Journey before reaching xiy al. l Iesed brokers who in turn levied ( percentage on the rice. They were ! each fined two hundred francs ant 1 costs
Republican farmer., 1919-03-21
MANY GERMANS
 STILL. IN BELGIUM

Brussels, March 14-(Correspond- ence of The Associated Press) -Des- pite the passing of a law providing for the expulsion of enemy subjects from Belgium, numerous German civilians are often seen walking the streets of this city and other large cities ill Belgium at the present time. While the law went into effect more than a month ago, the Belgian gov ernment is experiencing as much diff fculty in getting the enemy civilians out of the country as the Allied sol diers had in expeIling the enemy army from the trenches.
 The Minister of Justice has found the undertaking a greater one than he had expected. In the Belgium Chamber yesterday, Deputy Lemon nier, who acted as Burgomaater of Brussels during the enforced absence Of Burgonaster Max in PrusSian jails and until he was removed himself to Germany, asked Minister of Justice FanderYeIde what measures he in tended taking to expedite the unde- sirables beyond the Rhine. Deputy Lemonnier brought the minister's at- tention to the fact that severa! Ger mans were walking the streets of Brussels with tmpuntty and tha> some of them had been recognized as be- ing paid agents of the Kommandan- tur during the occupation.
 NanderveIde replied: The Min tstry of Justice is doing it's utmost to rid the country of German civilians but the difficulties encountered are formidable. In times of peace unde- siTaDIes are escorted to their frontier but since the signing of the armistice the Allied General Staff had refused absolutely to allow Germans to pass through the gone of occupation. HoI- land permits them to go through the country but not singIy. Groups only are allowed in transit At the pres ent time one train of undesirables is leaving daily. Beginning Feb 23, two trains will leave for Holland daily carrying.an average of 200 Germans every day from Belgium
 An idea of the number of Germans in Belgium before the war and the still greater number who have elected to make it during the occupation what they thought would be their permanent living place. may be gath cred from the fact that trains are ex- pected to leave for weeks and per- haps for months.
 The case of German subjects who have resided in Belgium for long years. have married Belgian women and whose sons have fought against the Germans is particularly sad. Un- der the terms of the law they should be expelled along with the others as they have remained enemy subjects. Fandervelde said, however: Tt is | impossible for me to send that class ! of Germans out of the country"
Republican farmer., 1919-03-21
WARTIME
 PROHIBITION ACT
Stockholders Suit Filed in Federal Court Against
 Brewers.

New York, March 15.-Prelirninary action toward testing the constitu- tionaIity of the wartime prohibition act was taken in the filing here today of a stockholders suit in the Federal court against the James Everard' 8 breweries. The complainant, Josepr E. EEerard asked the court for an order restraining the defendant from suspending it's manufa curing activi- ties on May l, next, and it's sale July 1, as required by the Federal statute.
 The complaint alleges that the emergency prohibition clause of the agricultural a bill passed November 21, 1918, is unconstitutional as a measure intended to safeguard the national se- curity and defense, inasTnuch as the armistice had been signed, hostiliues ceased and orders had been given preliminary to reduction of the milj- tary forces before that date.
Republican farmer., 1919-03-21
BOAT OWNERS
 WIRE BAKER
Want to Know If Govern ment is to Commander
 Equipment.

New York. March 15-Reports that the government contemplated com mandeerfng boats and equipment. as a result of the strike of the harbor workers here, prompted today the sending of identical te1egrams to Sec retaTy of War Baker and Secretary of the Navy Daniels by the Boat Owners Association asking them to deny the likelihood of such procedure The boatowners declare that if such ac- ton is contemp plated they will be dis posed to ascertain what rights they really possess.
 The telegrams recite that the asso- citation lis prepared to furnish what ever equipment may be required for the movement of naval vessels or stores or other lawful governmental purposes" E@- that it has been in formed that it is the intention of the government to ito commander the equipment of our members for the purpose of compelling the private boat owners in this port to adopt an arbitrary and confscatory wage scale and to put into effect inpra cticabIe working conditions for their en- pIoyes.''
 In an effort to break the strike of the harbor boat workers which has crippled the port of New York for some time. officials of the Boat Own CTS Association today planned to place boats in operation with strike breakers. under strong guard. A re cruiting office also has been opened for non-union workers and it was said that 200 discharged soldiers and sail ors have been hired Private detect ives and 200 special guards have been enga ged to guard boats and other property of the boat owners.
Republican farmer., 1919-03-21

Noun ed on a dappled gray cavalry horse which was presented Brigadfer General John L. Hines, commander of the Third Army Corps by the Brit ish mission, General Pershing in- spected the supply trains, ammunition units and motorized artillery and then passed on to the infantry
 The conmander-in-chief in this part of the program, walked along the lines of soldiers, devoting more than an hour to the work. He ques- toned company commanders as to their quarters and in reference to con- ditions generally. He talked to scores of doughboys who wore wound stripes. inqutring if they had fully recovered and asking others if they wanted to go home. Without excep- ton they were eager to return to America as soon as possible for fam fly and business reasons, but all were perfectly willing, they said, to serve as long as it was necessary for the United States to keep an army in Europe.
 At the head of the line of those re- ceiving decorations and for the mo- 1 ment outranking two generals, was Sergeant Louis Van Israel of Newark. N. J., whose mother is living in HoI-.
 
 1 Medal of Honor. During the battle 1 of the Argonne; he crossed the Mouse, l fell into a. German trap, escaped and
 again crossed the river with valuable information as to the enemy's forces. l Major General John A.. Lejeune,
 mander of the French Legion Of 1 given the Distinguished Service Medal and received the insignia. of com mander of the French Lgieon of 1 Honor. Brigadier General W. c. Ne 1 vile, commander of the Marine bri- i gade at Belleau Wood, was decorated
 with the Distinguished Service Medal. 1 Seventy eight soldiers received Dis | tinguished Service Crosses
 i As surprise Gen. Pershing brought with him a Congressional Medal
 Of Honor for Private John J. Kelly Of l Chicago, Sixth Marines, as a reward
 for attacking a machine gun nest on i Blanc Mont Ridge, in the Champagne.
 Kelly, however, was on outpost duty and was unable to be present. The plauteau where the review i took place was used for years by the | Eighth German Army Corps for the i same purpose.
 i This afternoon, General Pershing i inspected and reviewed the first divi- sion, which he helped to organize in l Washington for service in France
 The review took place at Montabauer, l the headquarters of the First Divi-=
 sion. and, in addition to visiting the
 troops, the commander-in-chief pre-
 sented a number of decorations, among them being a Distinguished
 Service Medal for Brigadier General
 J. D. McLach1and the commander of 1 the division.
 1 After the review, the commissioned and non-conmissioned officers gath cred in the center field and heard General Pershing tell of the part he: took in ff1e formation of the divfsaon and recount some Of the fine psr- formances of its men during the WET He reminded the men that when thsz.
 returned home they would receive es-. pecial attention for their gallantry in France and expressed the desire that they should uphold their fine, clean. records as soldiers when they become civilians" He spoke of the entry Of America into the war and the effort exerted in securing the peace which is
 now baiRG Siaksta6 hx thA AxiAssz
Republican farmer., 1919-03-21

The German observed that this ra- ton was smaller than they had re- Quested, and were pesstnestic as to the arrangement of satisfactory finan- CiGI terms
 After Vice Admiral Roslyn wemyss of Great Britain, chairman of the Al lied delegation had presented the con di-ions decided upon by the Entente, the Germans asked to he allowed to '.5 ttlraw for consultation, They then formed three subcommittee to deal th questions of 7nance, food supply and mercantile marine. This evening ;.ao her plenary session was held. Vice Admiral wemyss saying at it7 close that satisfactory progress was being made
 fa the evening -ne Germans asked to be given the use of a telegraph line to Weir1ar.
 Germany expects that the Allies will proviGe food supplies until Aug. l 5, which is the earliest possible date that four from this years harvest can be counted upon, said Under Secre- tary Of State won Brauut today before leaving for Brussels to participate in negotiations with an Allied conmis- sion relative to food shipments and the turning over of German shipping for the use of the SntesnLe nations
 During the war thefe has been a system of paying premiums for early thresh1ng, but this according to Herr won Braun, results in much grain be- ing cut before 1t is ripe and being threshed in a damp condition. In his opinion the system throws the nor nal course of agriculture out of gear because other harvest opera tions are interrupted to rush grain to the threshers. For this reason, he said, the Allies should agree to con- tinue sending food supplies until Sep tenber.
 Herr von Braun said Germany would ask for l, 100000 tons Of grain and a monthly importation of 100, 900 tons of pork and fats, in addition to ondensed milk, rice, oatmeal, and other comm odites required parUCu- 1arIy for tnvaHds infants and hos pitfalls. He estimated the cost of these shipments at five billion marks.
 It Is a matter of great importance, he said that food should arrive at the earliest possible moment and that the total amount to be provided be known, so that the government could adjust rat4ons until the next harvest
 "Only under these conditions is it bring the German people back to sane conditions of life and political and in dustrial sOhriety," he declared.
Republican farmer., 1919-03-21
HUNDREDS SEE
 SHIP LAUNCHED

Stonington, Conn. March 15 - Steamer Altura, built by the Stoning- 5r Ship Construction Co. for the Jnited States Shipping Board was punched on today's morning tide in the presence of many hundreds of townspeople. The craft took it's plunge without a hitch.
 Mrs. Moser. wife of H. M. Moser- G government auditor, was sponsor for the Altura and broke a bottla of champagne on the stem as it slipped On the ways.
 A sister ship, the Ashland, will be ready for the water in two months, ana the Lansing, being built for the Italian government will go overheard in about three weeks.
 The Altura is one of a very few vessels built of native oak for the shipping board. It Is 292 feet long, 50 feet in extreme beam and will draw 25 feet of water. The hull is very heavy. The engines will be in- stalled at Providence to which port the vessel will be towed-