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Imperial Valley press., 1919-01-27

caDlneC mas TVSlSueu.
Lisbon, Jan. 27.-The Royalist
movement in the north, which was re-
stricted to Oporto and Braga, is be-
ing put down by concentration of re-
publican troops. -
The movement has been completely
stamped out in Lisbon, where some in
fantry, cavalry and artillery occupied
the two forts of Monstanto Hill and
Duaue and hoisted the royalist flag
Wednesday.
These forces surrendered Saturday
night after prolonged bombardment
by government troops, aided by ma
rines and battalions of civilian vol
unteers, who enthusiastically offered
their services for the defense of the
republic.
This movement has had an excellent
effect in uniting all republicans to
the cause of putting aside divergen-
cies. The political prisoners taken IN
the recent Tantarem rising uncondi-
tionally offered their services to the
government against the royallsts.
These men included Major Castro,
who had escaped from prison.
Few Casualties.
Casualties resulting from the fight
ing in Lisbon aggregated twelve dead
and fifty-one wounded.
Troops from Lisbon are proceeding
to the north. Government troops at
tackled the rebels and inflicted severe
losses upon them in bayonet fight,
ing, which preceded the withdrawal OF
the insurgents from Montsanto Hill
here today. Two batteries OF artillery
and many prisoners were captured; :.
Yesterday afternoon Republi-
can flew over the city, dropping
leaflets, and the president rode
through the streets, being received
with enthusiasm. Incendiary fires
kindled in the outskirts of Lisbon
during the day were extingulshiec
quickly. Wire communication with
Braga, Oporto. Viana and Vizeu Is
still interrupted.
All the political prisoners have beer
released, with the exception of the
assassin of DR.. Sidonio Paes, presi
dent of the republic.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-01-27
(Bv Associated fress)

London, Jan. 27.-William Hohen-
zollern has grown. surly and seldom
speaks to tie servants and guards, ac-
cording to the Amerongen correspon-
dent of the Mail.
His last recorded remarks, uttered
a few days ago, were that his slime
as Amerongen was nearly up"
Correspondents say he is being
gradually deserted. He receives prac-
tically no visitors and his former vol
luminous correspondence has become
very small.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-01-27
LOCAL PEOPLE
ATTEND DANCE
Of SEELEY {. OF {.

A large number of Ell Centrans
accented the hospitality Of our neigh
boring city of Seeley, Saturday even
ing, and attended the first dance
given by the Chamber OF Commerce
recently organized there to put the
town on the map.
A big crowd attended the function,
which Was in charge of Mrs. Francis
B. Toler, chairman of the entertain
ment committee. 1t was announced
that a second dance will be staged
on the evening of February ~.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-01-27
SIGN BLANK BELOW
ON REPETITION OF.
MUSICAL FIESTA

Deluged with requests from every
quarter for repetition of last Fri
day evenings musical concert at the
High School, members of the Ell
Centre Municipal Band are consider
ing repeating the performance if
sufficient support is assured.
For this purpose The Press here
with publishes blank which the sub
scriber, if he is interested, is asked
to fill out and to send it or leave
it at this office. A second perform
ance, introducing the same we'll known
Imperial Valley press., 1919-01-27
TO SAVE HUGE
Sim FROM WAR.

(By Associated Pressl
Misunderstanding of more
than S15,OO0,000,O00 in contem-
plated war expenditures of the
War and Navy departments were
reported to Congress t"day in a
bill framed by the House Approx
priatiOns committee.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-01-27
CHILD VICTIM
Of ACCIDENTAL
SHOOTING SUN.

Lyle Leftwich, 12-year-old boy,
was seriously wounded at Heber yes
terday, when a rifle which he was
carrying was accidentally discharged.
TIE bullet entered the abdomen.
He was brought to the Ell Centre
hospital and underwent an operation
this morning. 1t is believed that he
will recover, although his condition
is said to be serious.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-01-27
(Rv Associated Pressl

Berne, Jan. pa petition circu-
lated in the district of Voralberg on
the Austrian frontier, urging union
with Switzerland, met with surprising
support. In the first twenty towns
to which the petition was presented
between 90 and 90 per cent of the
citizens signed. The petition is ad-
dressed to the Swiss government and
to the ePace Conference.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-01-27
(By Associated Press)

Archangel, Jan. 27.-The withdraw
al from Shenrusk was conducted sue
cessfully. A number of wounded in
the American hospital were removed
on sleds. Large numbers of peasants
and Russian partisan troops moved
out with the Americans.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-01-27
(Bv Associated Press)

Vienna, Jan. 27.-The second train
load of foodstuffs from the British
army in Italy left Vincenenza Satur-
day and is expected here Wednesday.
Distribution of the first trainload has
begun. Special precautions were tax
en- to prevent the foodstuffs from
falling into the hands of profiteers.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-01-27
ALLY ARMY
RETREA IS.
FROM REDS
IN R(JSS|
Forces of Allies Evacuate
City in Northern Russia
Under Pressure From the
B0lshevik Troops. ,
CIV Associated Press)

London, Jan.27-Allied forces south
of Archangel, consisting principally
of Americans and Russians,s have
evacuated Shenrusk, under Bolshevih
pressure, withdrawing to shorter
line north of town:
Imperial Valley press., 1919-01-27
(By Associated Press)

TDy RSS0C1dJeU TeSSJ
The Americans and Russians had
withdrawn to Shenruk to avoid be-
ing outflanked by the Bolsheviki, who
attacked last Wednesday after
three-day bombardment.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-01-27
KING MANUEL
IN PORTUGAL
TO RE G A | n
THRONE

Vigo, Spain, Jan. 27.-Former King
Manuel is reported to have entered
Portgual at 6 o'clock yesterday morn
ing, crossing the Mimic river at Cam
inha. ..,.l "a ..4,.-.
Lisbon, JAN 27.-The Portuguese
cabinet has resigned.
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! states, which in the same year was -
and with that for New Zealand which
has a rate of 4s-lower than that of
any country in the world.
One of the great problems in Porto
Rico is that Of illiteracy. Though the
illiteraey rate has dropped pereeptibly
since of acquisition of the island in
1899, when four-Rfths of the entire
population over 10 years of age, and
s2.1 per cent of the children between
10 and IA could not read or write, it
was necessary at the time of the cen
sus of 1910 to classify two-thirds of
the entire population and half of the
children between 10 and IA as illit-
crate.
The Virgin Islands have so recently
come into our possission that very lit
tie information is available concern
ing the children who live there. They,
too, undoubtedly, have the handicap
of illiteraey, though perhaps not in so
great a degree as the children of Porto
Rico. In 1917, when we acquired the
islands, one-fourth Of the population
over 10 could not read or write. The
latest available rate for the United
States, the purchasing country, was
IA per cent, and that for Denmark,
the selling country, was 0.2 per cent.
The census report Of the Virgin Is
lands does not give the exact infant
mortality rate, but states that the rate
is very high. A contributing cause to
this high rate probably is to be found
in the fact that large numbers of the
married women are gainfully employed
It is plain from the facts in our pos
session, says the Report, that the level
Of existence in the Virgin Islands is
low. A study Of the conditions sur
rounding mothers and children is sug-
gested as a necessary preliminary to
securing mere satisfactory living con-
ditions.
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cHILDREN's BUREAU
q. s. Department Of Labor, Wash
ington.

That the United States has not quite
lived up to its duty as a foster parent
is brought out by the Seventh Annual
Report of the Chief of the Children s
Bureau, L. s. Department of Labor.
This report states that very little is
known of the children of our island
possessions, and it urges that the needs
of these children, who are legally un-
der our protection, be made subject
for official investigation. This is
urged especially for the children of
Porto Rico and Of the recently ac-
quired Virgin Islands.
Such meager facts as are available
Indicate that the lot of children in
these islands is not altogether q happy
one. In Porto Rico, which has been
for twenty years under our protection,
there are according to the last report
of the insular chief of police, "sbOut
1O, 900 homeless children under l2 years
of age who live by whatever means
they are able, many of them begging
or stealing, and most Of them having
no permanent lodging place, sleeping
at night in boxes or on doorsteps, or
wherever they happen to find lodg-
ing place secure from the rain. These
children are for the most part deserted
and abandoned children of iIlegitimate
parentage or orphan children whose
parents have left no provision for
their care and education, and they con-
stitute a fertile soil for the implant-
ing of criminal tendencies and are
ready material for older people Of
criminal habits" In spite Of the mag
nitude Of the problem, no provision
has been made in Porto Rico for the
care of abandoned children, and the
facilities for the care Of delinquent
children are inadequate.
The baby that is born in Porto Rico
has not nearly so good a chance Of sur
vival as he would have if he were
lucky enough to be born in the States.
In 1918, 173 babies out Of every
thousand born in Porto Rico died be-
fore they were q year old. Though
this death rate (173.4) was lower than
that for the preceding year, which
reached almost 200, it is very high
compared with the rate for the United
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ONCE MORE THE BEDBUG.

For many centuries the bedbug,
elusive, cunning, tenacious Of life, hard
to destroy, still harder to get at and
a known agency for the spread Of dis
ease, has infested the dwelling places
of man and been a torment to the
human race.
The Department Of Health is con.
stantly being appealed to for methods
OF getting nd Of these most undesir.
able household pests and we have
given some Of the practical methods
that might be used for bedbug exter-
minAtiOn in homes and apartment
buildings. Here, however, il an old
agency with q new application for this
purpose, namely, steam
This discovery, if discovery it can be
called, was made by 4 prominent lum-
Der company Of Oregon, which has
succeeded in Kidding its bunk house
Of bedbugs through the use Of steam.
Following is the procedure: A "T"
shaped bunk house containing 20
rooms, each room 10 12 feet with an
eight-foOt hallway running the full
length Of each wing and heated by
steam, which is supplied by the mill
boiler plant. The heating system con-
sists Of radiators in the halls with four
pipes running the full length
Of the building and exposed in each
room. These pipes are tapped in each
room with q 1ltineh tap and plugged
with an ordinary pipe plug.
In heating the building the pressure
in the steam pipes is reduced by means
Of a reducing valve to about ten
pounds to the square inch; but when
Steaming the building to superbeat to
kin the bedbugs the reducing valve
Il opened and the pressure increased
from so to 100 pounds. The windows
and doos are shut, but no attempt is
made to ealk any of the cracks. Ar
tieles which might be injured by steam
are removed; but all beddings, mattres-
ses and clothing are left in the rooms
The plugs in each room are opened and
the valves on the radiators in the halls
turned on. It requires about two hours
to raise the temperature Of the build
ing to 16O degrees Fahrenheit, which
Is held for approximately
three hours After the steamine a.
great many Of the dead bugs are found
On the hooD and under the beds.
In the first trial made it was found
hat a temperature Of about $50 de-
yrees Fahrenheit killed al the bugs in
light; but in this trial only one room
It . time vas steamed, and this
zetkod failed 10 get the bugs between
he walls and those deeply imbedded
n the mattresses. Better results were
BY steaniag the whole build-
Nc e. the sane time The company
tatss that two months after the
teaning process no signs Of bedbues
lad been fsund and, Il Il believed,
Hat By Etssning the roons fhres cr
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state convention instead of IN the III
rect primary.
State central committeeman wiz be
elected in a congressional convention
instead of in the direct primary.
Chairmen of party. committees need
not be members of such committees.
Women lose the night TO vote 70.
ward committeeman beeause of Su-
preme Court decision. The other
changes were made by the last Legis-
lature.
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Rev. Father BENJAMIN Kelley of Savannah Georgia Severely
Condemns m no Unmisteable Terms the Spirit of Mob
and Lynch Law which is Always Rampant IN That Rotten
State.

Savannah. Cart. Rev. BENZ. Kelley
has given a statement upon the question
Of the South and lyRehings in which he
declares that unless justice IS done the
Negro in the South there win be fed
cral interference. The Bishops state
ment follows:
To those who know it is hardly ne
eeSSary to state that I am Southerner.
have no words Of apology to offer
IL anyone for the views bold and the
stand took in the War Between
States
had no doubt then. and have none
now of the justice and right of the
Southern states. believe that their
cause should have met success and that
then the South should have restored
the Union on the basis of the eonsti-
tuition as understood and intended by
the fathers.
/ warmly love the South and her story,
her traditions and her ideals are very
dear to me. ! resent the unjust criti.
cism TO which she has been subjected,
and none has been more unjust and un-
true than that which represents the
South rs not being IN heart and soul
loyal to our great Union.
But ! fully recognize the absolute
justice Of one charge which is made
against her, and look with grave ap-
prehension to the future, for no peo-
pie that disregards justice can ever
have a blessing of God, and we are
guilty of gross injustice TO the Negro.
The Negro wrs brought here against
his will; he is here and he will remain
here, and he is not treated with jus
tiee by us, nay will say that he is
often not treated with ordinary human
ity.
Look at the statieties Of our own
state. Georgia stands first in the list
of states in the matter of lynehing. Has
there ever been a man punished in this
'tate for lynehing a NegToi
Lynehing is murder, nothing else.
Besides is it not the fact that fair
Ind impartial justice is not meted out
70 white and eolored men ikei The |
courts Of this state either set the ex-
ample, or follow the example set them,
md they make a great distinction be-
.ween the white and the black criminal
brought before them. The latter as a
ule gets the full limit of the law. Do |
7Ou ever hear Of a street difficulty in |
which Negro and q white man were
involved which was brought before a
Judge, in which, no matter what were
he real facts Of the case, the Negro |
lid not get the worst Of iti
Georgians boast of being a Christian
people and this year they are putting
heir hands into their pockets to raise
Millions to bring the light Of Christian
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ALDERMAN JACKSON
Wins Applause in City Council-In-
PRODUCES a Progressive Order.

Whereas, The work of an Alder
man, in attending to his duties as a
member of the City Council and to the
many requests that are made to him
by his constituents, has increased TO
such an extent that it is necessary that
each Alderman, or at least the Alder
men Of each Ward, be provided with
an Office in the City Hall in which to
meet constituents and transact busi-
ness; therefore, be it
Ordered, That the Commissioner
Of Public Works be and he is directed
to prepare plans for converting the
space now occupied by committee
rooms on the second floor Of the City
Hall into thirty small Offices for use
of the members Of the City Council,
and that he further make plans for
moving the committee rooms from the
second floor of the City Hall to the
third floor, said plans to be submitted
to the committee on Finance at as early
a date as possible; and, be it further
Ordered, That the committee on
Finance be and it hereby is directed
to make provisions in the 1920 appro-
priation ordinance for financing such
plans as the Commissioner Of Public
Works may submit to the Committee
for moving the committee rooms and
for providing the aldermen Of each
ward with a private Office in the space
now occupied by the Committee rooms.
Robert R. Jackson,
Alderman of the Second Ward.
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Attorney William E. King
Succeeds Mr.. Wright As
Assistant Coronation Coun-
sci of Chicago.

Mayor William Hale Thompson has
within the past week conferred new
konors upon Hon. Edward H. Wright,
who has resigned as assistant corpora
tion counsel and from heneeforth he
win serve as one Of the attorneys for
the new traction commission. Mr..
Wright, Mr.. Charles Z. Ward, and Mr..
William Mulvihil, win assist Mr.. Ches-
ter E. Cleveland, special counsel for the
traction commission. The duties Of Mr..
Wright and his associates viii be to
work on legislative plans at Springfield
in favor Of the peoples ownership Of
the city transportation lines and a Eve
cent fare.
In the near future Mr.. Wright and
his associates may visit several cities
in the east for the purpose OF getting
. correct idea Of the transportation
problems in those cities.
Mr.. William d. MeJunkin, head or
President Of the great MeJuakin ad-
vsrtising agency has become the active
secretary Of the commission which win
have III headquarters IN fhs sherman
Hoass.
Through tie inhnenes of Alderman
Louis B. Andersen, his friend and law
aasosiaAs Attorney william 4. King
snssssds NJ. Wright a assistant sor.
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FORMER PRESIDENTS SON
Agrees to Go on Howard University
Board Of Trustees.

Washington, d. CDR. Emmett J.
Scott, SeeretaIy-T Treasurer Of Howard
University, announces that Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt, son Of the former
President Of the United States, has ae-
eepted the suggestion Of DR.. ]. Stanley
Durkee, President Of Howard Univer-
sity, that his name be proposed for
election as q member Of the Howard
University Board Of Trustees at the
meeting OF the Board to be held in
February.
President Roosevelt in speaking Of
Howard University some years ago,
said: "It is from this institution that
are graduated those who win lead and
teach their less fortunate fellows.
Upon their leading and teaching much
depends for their race and their eoun-
try. I have q peculiar interest in
Howard University because Of having
seen the effects of their work close at
hand"
The former Presidents son has
something Of the same "peeuliar in
terest in Howard University" and is
planning to cooperate in every way
possible with the officials Of the Uni
versity in putting under way the great
reconstruction and reorganization pro-
gram Of the University, which has as
sumed a new leadership and has at
tanned, as has been aptly said, a new
conception of her mission, through
aiming practically and deliberately at
meeting the national demand in race
leadership, and thus fulfilling her pro-
per duty and mission as the national
institution for the higher and prOfes-
siOnal education of eOIOred youth.
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ityS as understood by them, to some les
favored peoples in Europe.
would like to know if IL is eniirrl
compatible with Christian morality t.
treat the Negro as he is treated here
NY belief is that the Negro and the
white man were redeemed by the blood
OF Christ shed on the cross Of Calvary
ard that the Christian religion abso
iutely condemns injustice to any one
and forbids the taking of life.
To me the murder Of a Negro is as
much murder as the killing of a white
man, and in each case Christian civ
ilizatiOn demands that the punishment
of the crime should rest in the hands of
the lawful constituted authorities.
have lived to see in Georgia an ap-
peal made to the highest authority to
the protection of the lives of Colored
men, women and children, answered by
the statement that the Negro should
not commit crimes The people Of
Georgia vest in certain officials the ex
eeution of justice. Yet no lyneher has
ever been punished here, and l regret
to state that public sentiment seems
to justify the conduct of the officials
Injustice and disregard of law and
the lawful conduct of affairs are the
sure forerunners of anarchy and the loss
OF our liberty and we are drifting in
that direction. l have plead for jus
tiee to the Negro because it is his due
and is right.
Both Divine and human law Aouted
when such injustice is done. The Ne
gro will not stand asking for justice
from Georgia courts. He has been pa
tient and hope he will remain so, but
he well knows where the remedy lies,
and he will very soon be found knock
ng at the door Of the federal congress
lsking protection. He will merely ask
he pittanee of the life of himself, his
wife and children. And congress viii |
,ear him.
We wage successful warfare against
Federal interference with our election |
because our friends Of the North and
Vest came to our aid, but we cannot |
'xPeet anyone, to help when an appeal
5 made against it on account of our
treatment Of the Negro.
If appeal to right, justice, to Chris
ian morality do not avail to put a stop
% the Negro and protect him against
his injustice to the Negro and protect
lin against the murderous lynehers,
hen Georgia will see Federal bayonets
irving him protection.
All good GeOrgians should unite to
tamp out this foul blot.
1t would be well indeed for the
'eOple residing in Georgia if they would |
reed the advice Of Rev. Father Kelley.
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Vaccination against smallpox, pro-
perry performed, does protect as the
following incident will show: In May,
1904, the U. 8. Transport Liscum left
Manila with 2e2 persons on board.
During the first week out, IN unvae-
einated child was taken i'll with small
pox. A canvass Of the crew and pas
sengers showed but three persons who
had never been vaeeinated. Within
two weeks all three Of the unvaeeinat-
ed persons were stricken with the dis
ease. No other cases developed.
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DEATH AED FUNERAL OF MRS.
1EARGEEY BBCK11AN JACKSON.

Margery Beckman jackson, wife of
George E. Jackson, danghter-in-law Of
Major and Mrs R. R. jackson, after
an illness Of four and One-half years,
died Of tuberculosis at the residence
Of her fatherein-law, 1895 South Park
avenue, Thursday at 500 a. m, Dee.
18th.
Mn- jackson was the daughter Of
Mr.. and ATa. Beekman Of Matches,
Miss, and was born in that city in
March, 1894
Funeral services were held at ST.
James Catholic Chureh, 18th street and
Wabash avenue, saturday, ESQ a. m.
she leaves = hnsband, a little dangh-
tsr years Of age, mother and many
ether relatives to mourn her Loss.
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four times q year they can be kept eff.
feetively free from vermin.
This building, it might be added,
was Of ordinary frame structure, rough
finish outside and with grOoved and
matched 5/s ceiling material inside.
This would seem to be a very sim
pie and yet practical method Of nd
ding buildings Of this character. Of
vermin, Is most Of them are equipped
with steam plants which could readily
be used for this purpose.
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CARD OF THAMES.

Anderson wish to extend my sin
eere thanks to the many friends, soeie-
ties and clubs and newspapers, for sym
pathy shown me, also for the many
beautiful flowers sent upon the death
of my beloved husband, Henry 8. An
derson.
)Signed) Martha B. Anderson.
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poration counsel and while filling that
position the many friends of Mr.. King
predict that he will reflect credit upon
himself and the Thompson administra-
,tion.
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For than fourteen years Assistant States Attorney
Of Cook County and such he the best authority on
haeas eoEpOus law that connected with that Oee
Fer yeaEs Mr. Barnett has been doing rushing law bus
At 16z West Waston Street. and be i pleased 10 be
abe % wi s many fend and clients happy and pleasant
New Year.