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Evening journal., 1919-01-18
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PCINCARE FAVORS
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
By ROBERT j. BENDER

United Press stan Correspondent
PARIS, Jan. iS.-The first sitting OF
the peace congress today found Presi-
dent Wilson. partial victor in the fight
for recognition OF -his ilrst principle
"open covenants openly arrived at"
The gag rule, which was imposed to
make the session secret, has been nlodi-
fed, and arrangements made for pub
liclty~under certain restrictions. II may
be stated that the President viii con-
tinue to tlghi for fuller recognition Of
his principle. He wants more publicity.
Ioday's peace conference sitting was
planned as a formal affair, with an i'm
posing turn out OF troops, impressive
ceremonies, and keynote speech by
President Polncare.
Full representation was accorded the
press at foday's conference after the
French insistence that only the men
Of each nationality be admitted. The
American correspondents sent COM
mittee to the peace delegates demand
ing full representation. The United
Press and two other American press as
sociatlons were each given a seat in the
conference room. other correspondents
were given standing space in the bis
room adjoining
The American newspaper men in reply
TO the official statement regarding press
arrangements issued by the peace dele
gates last night adopted a resolution
calling attention TO the request that no
fewer than i've press association cor
respondents be admitted 10 each ses-
sion. The resolution also expressed
frtteF tsrffhctt4 occanffper 20 fho flu,fFa
tion applied TO the press. that "the
public will be advised through the
press at the outset Of each sec.et session
and at the Gloss OF the session the con-
clusions and agreements reached win
be given the public through the press.
"You hold In your hands the future
OF the world" President Polncalre Of
France declared today in his address to
the pe9se delegates at the opening Of
the conference.
Poincare recommended the establish
ments OF a league Of nations.
His closing words were:
''You hold in your hands the future
Of the world. ! leave you gentlemen
to your grave deliberations. ! declare
open the conference Of Paris"
Welcoming the commissioners POin-
care thanked the nations for choosing
Paris for the conference.
Germany" he said. ''willed 10 rule
by iron and she perished by iron"
Reviewing the reasons for each na-
tions' entry into the war. he dwelled
especially upon the course pursued by
the United States and the events that
led up to American warning on Ger
many.
He hailed President Wilson in the
name Of France and OF all countrie:
represented in the conference hall
lauded the American people and praised
the Allied troops and the armies OF th'
United States for finishing their task.
The victory, Poincare declared, was
total victory and the delegates ought
TO d aw out Of this total victory the
total consequences.
The associated powers unity for war,
he said, ought TO continue TO exist in a
unity for peace. A spirit Of justice, ho
declared. should guide the conferees in
their deliberations.
Evening journal., 1919-01-18
TO RELEASE TROOPS
FAST AS POSSIBLE
American Soldiers in France
to be Sealed Below 80
Divisions
MEN IN u. S. TO PE
TURNED LOOSE SOON
By The United Press.

by Inc 1llAtu
WASHINGTON. Jan. is-Americsn
troops Will be brought home from
France just as fast as possible. General
Pershing has been ordered to so inform
General Foch.
The American force will be reduced
to a point where only such forces will
be left nversea as are required under
American international obligations.
Chief Of STAFF March made these
revelations today, declaring that the
heads Of the various governments are
now working out details OF what
forces shall be left behind. The return
is slated to be as rapid as is compati-
bic with tonnage available.
March also announced that he had an
official report from Europe indicat-
ing that the United States viii get for
transport use, a goodly portion OF the
German ships.
The original tentative figure OF thirty
divisions TO be left in France, viii be
scaled down. No such number, said
March. will be kept in France.
The force now in the army OF occu-
patton, coupled with the allied armies OF
occupation. is fully capable OF prevent
ing any renewal Of hostilities by Ger
many. March held.
March declared that 76s,626 men and
81. 500 officers have actually been dis
charged In this country; that tO4.OO0
had actually returned from abroad, and
that i,iT70OO in the United states are
listed for rehabilitation
Demobillzation has reached rate OF
10000 men per day in the states ana
discharge OF the remaining half OF the
combatant divisions has been ordered:
This means that now all troops In the
states are slated for discharge except
those OF a permanent character such
az neuclei Of two regiments Of regulars
In each division, the mass OF the Amer
lean cavalry stationed on the border,
coast artillery forces used In sea coast
defehsss. large medical personnel TOT
reconstruction hospital, demobillzatlon
and embarkation detschments ana GER
tain stan corps personnel.
Men In this permanent list VIII De
carefully checked over so as 20 bring
down TO a minimum those compelled TO
remain.
General March admitted that some
complaints had come in that demoDillz-
alton Is too fast at present. Public
opinion, he said, appeared to be divided,
some persons claiming It was TOO fast
and some too slow. Incidentally French
pspers received by March insist upon
faster demobilization. France is demo-
bllizing by classes and has discharged
the 1887. 1888. 1889, 1890 reservists.
March had planned to announce today
the replacements OF all combatant d.
visions. Instead Of so doing he post
poned the announcement until ne can
give the actual casualties by divisions
AS previously pointed out by the
United Press, the actual slicins OF d.
visions below 80 has not yet been or
dered. March could give no specific ils-
ures indicating how extensive the re-
duction will be, though previous War
Department figures have shown that
275 600 to 100000 men should be re-
turned monthly II a score OF German
ships can be obtained for transport
nflrnOses
Evening journal., 1919-01-18
TRANSFER PROPERTY
In RURAL COUNTY

The following transfers OF rural New
Castle County property have been re-
corded:
Edwin w. Dunlap and wife TO Hor-
ace A. Leverlng. land at Richardson
Park, $500.
Theodore Ferguson and wife to sud
Ter J. Wallace. frame dwelling and store
al the northeast corner Main and
Fourth street. odessa, $500.
Benjamin Z. Harrar and wife to VIII
liam A. Raeburn and wife, land at For
est Park. Chrlstlana hundred, $50
Newport Land and Investment Com
pany 10 Sewell Brooks, land at Bel
videre, Christiana hundred, 500.
The Wilmington Trust Company tC
Edwin w. Dunlap, land at Richardson
Park. s5.
Lewis w. Taylor. et al, to Newtor
p. Taylor, et al, 10 acres OF land II
Christiana hundred, 81.
Evening journal., 1919-01-18
LOUIS 0TTENI WINS
ARMY COMMISSION

Louis Otteni. brother OF Ernest j.
Otteni. for many years connected Win
The Evening Journal. has been commits
stoned a lieutenant In the First u. ;.
Engineers. Lieutenant Oitenl Joined
this regiment at the outbreak OF the
war. II was one Of the first reg ments
10 90 TO France. The regiment Is known
as the Fighting Engineers, and was IN
the thick OF the fighting on the west
ern front from early last spring until
the armistice was signed. Before being
commissioned. Lieutenant Otteni was
first sergeant in Company A for several
months. He is still In France.
Evening journal., 1919-01-18
MARSTELLER GETS
ONE MONTH In JAIL

Pleading guilty TO a charge OF larceny
OF goods amounting to $50, from the
Government, Webster !. Marsteller'
AGED %. was sentenced TO one month 5
Imprisonment and 10 pay ss5 restitu-
ton money and the costs Of the case
by Judge Conrad, in Court OF General
Sessions, yesterday afternoon.
He was implicated with William ;.
Cook in the theft Of cigars. liquor.
shoes and stockings from freight cars
OF the Pennsylvania Railroad, by whom
he was employed. Cook, yesterday
morning. was sentenced to six months
Imprisonment and to pay sS5 restitu-
ton and the costs Of the case.
Evening journal., 1919-01-18
TO MAKE BETHLEHEM
co. LIVE UP TO AWARD
BY the United Press.

BY the United Press.
WASHINGTON. Jan. is.-War profits
and all government contracts TO the
yestigated by the War Labor Board,
Joint Chairman Taft annoupced today.
BY the United Press.
WASHINGTON, Jan. iS Secretary Of
the Navy Daniels agreed today with
Joint Chairman Taft, that the navy
would do all In its power to compel the
Bethlehem Steel Company to live up
10 the War Labor Boards award
against that company. Asked whether
he would use a threat OF cancellation
OF contract, Daniels answered that he
was studying every possible means Of
forcing fulfllmcnt.
Taft has asked the War and Navy De-
partments to supply the board with all
war contracts With the steel company
and these Will be considered before
January 2s. At this time the boards
decision as 10 whether the company
Is not abiding by the boards labor
award as charged by employees will be
given.
Investlsat'on OF contracts. Taft in
dlcated Is to ascertain the basis for
the compsny's charges that under gov
ernment contracts Il was not able TO
pay the wages specified.
Taft stated that he had already had
evidence showing that acting Secre-
tary OF War Crowell had promised the
steel company additional compensation
for any contracts II Il were necessary
/ TO meet the labor boards award
I'VE have decided on further con-
slderation OF the case" Taft said. be
cause we believe that simply TO back
lup previous decisions without further
investisation would prejudice the cause
/ OF the men"
Evening journal., 1919-01-18

being taken IN the State by the Wo-
mans Committee In cooperation with
the United States Department Of Edu-
cation. As the federal government IS
paying for the blanks distributed and
will also pay for and provide the tab
ulation and report Of this very valuable
service to the educational data Of the
State, we feel that we must finish this
particular piece Of work"
We feel also that our experience In
the communities for the State proves
that community organization for its
own welfare and the future strength
OF Delaware as a State and an important
unit in the country cannot be disre-
garded at this time. The reconstruc-
ton work Of the State will be complete
ly hampered without leadership and
direction Of community development
work.
The woman's committee headquar-
ters have become a center for requests
OF a legal nature In matters regarding
the return OF soldiers and war risk in
surance. We are in a position TO state,
therefore, that we feel the legal work
must go on and preferably through a
State source.
We wish TO recommend specifically,
because OF our interest and connection
with the initial part Of the work. that
some adequate program Of support for
public health organization, according to
the recommendations OF Or. McCombs,
be provided.
We feel sure we share with you, both
the regret that we have not done more.
and fhe oraff1cation that we have heen
able TO take at least small share in
the important work behind the lines OF
our victorious army; and for the fu-
ture. 1t is our strongest conviction that
only through a continuation and de-
velopment Of reconstruction work can
we make good in our home community
the ideas and the ideals for which our
boys have fought and died at the front.
Evening journal., 1919-01-18
NO TEST OF INCOME
TAX: DEFENDANTS PAY

suit to compel the payment Of State
income taxes will not be necessary, II
appears, as all the defendants in suits
Instituted by the State for refusing to
pay the tax have paid. The suits
were against the proprietors Of three
local hotels. IL was expected that the
Of the act would be
tested in these suits.
Evening journal., 1919-01-18
MRS. MARY A. STEWART DIES.

Mrs. Mary A. Stewart, aged s. yeaTs'
wife OF Daniel F. Stewart former
postmaster in this city, died on mus >
day at her home at Dias Greek. n. j.
While details Of her death are not
known here, It is believed that a clotted
vein, which had been troubling her
for sometime, was the cause OF death.
The funeral will be held on Monday,
with interment at Port Norris.
Evening journal., 1919-01-18
mssroNaRY SOCIETY," MEETING.

The Woman's Missionary Society OF
First Presbyterian Church Will hold
It's meeting on Monday at the church.
Mrs. George Cornell Will have charge
OF the devotions. Mss SELLER will give
several vocal selections. Miss Mary
Moody Parker will give a talk on
"Mormons," followed by current events.
Evening journal., 1919-01-18
CONSUL sILLnIAN DEAD.

By The United Press.
WASHINGTON, Jan. is-Consul JohR
n. Silliman is dead at Guadalaiara'
Mexico. after two days illness, the
state Department was advised today.
Silliman was very active during the
days preceding the American expedi-
tion into Mexico and provided the Gov
ernment with valuable information con-
stantly.
Evening journal., 1919-01-18
WANT STATES TO COOPERATE.

HN TIH TUITTU TTE1'.
WASHINGTON. Jan is.-Secretary OF
the Navy Daniels has written governors
OF all States asking them 10 assist In
the national campaign for promotion
OF social hygiene.
Evening journal., 1919-01-18
BUILDING TRADES GET RAISE.
By The United Press

BY Inc UuIItu FItss.
WASHINGTON, Jan. is.-The Wa
Labor Board today awarded buildins
employees OF Cleveland. an increase in
wages TO 50 cents an hour, the amount
they received while their case was be-
fore the board The award Is TO con-
tlnue until May 4 The Internal 'onsl
Hod Carriers, Building and Common
Laborers' Union brought the case
against the Building Trades Employers
Association.
Evening journal., 1919-01-18

FOR the date on which a hog price is
to be established for the month Of
February.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-01
Past Experimental Stage

Imperial valleys first decade of pro-
Gress proved a thrilling epoch. Pioneer
ing hardships, grim human tragedy and
romantic adventure intermingled to
build the Valleys earlier history. Ven
turesome men came boldly from busy
metropolis or from remote corner of the
earth to join gladly in the fascinating
task of replacing the water-hating cac-
tus and stunted greasewood with fields
of luXuriant alfalfa and snowy cotton.
Gradually thory mesquite and purple
sage gave way to fruitful palm of date
and trailing vine of cantaloupe. The
infant years of Imperial valley over
flowed with productive achievement
from that eventful day in June, 1901,
when the first faint rivulet of Nsrc
trckled through the main canal, in
augurating an irrigation project, the
equal of which modern history has not
recorded.
Let us draw a curtain between past
and present. In world commercially
mad, we cannot deal in romance nor
in dreams. Imperial valleys youthful
period of conquest served its purpose
in presenting to an amazed nation an
agricultural manufactOry of half a
million acres, where water soil and
sunshine conspired in 1919 to harvest a
crop worth $65,O0O,00O. Imperial val
ley farming is surely established upon
a business basis. 1t has graduated
with full honors from the experimental
stage. 1t has amply demonstrated the
far-seeing wisdom of those who backed
their glorious faith in nature against
great obstacles of finance or the ele
ments and have won in triumph.
From a miniature green oasis, Imper
ial valley before it's eighteenth birth
day, has leaped into foremost position
among Americas reclaimed lands
Where formerly only family marked
burro trails led from water hole tC
water hole, concrete highways bear the
traffic Of many thousand motors. Cav
alcades of giant trucks haul countless
tons of farm products to waiting cars
The one-horse ploy has given place tt
the tractor and the combination reaper
helps quickly to clear the way for 6
second crop. Improved implements
and labor saving machinery make poss
ible the farming Of extensive areas O.
Imperial valley loam. Electric power
turns the wheels of every Valley in
dustry. Fast railroad service connect:
the farmer directly with markets eve
hungry for his abundant products
Numerous fine schools and churche:
provide the necessary uplifting agen
cies for an intelligent and progressive
community. Cities and towns, equip
ped with every up to date facility
dot the Valley and amply meet tn
demands for commercial intercourse O
Tho lnnp distance fale
phone and the telegraph vie with dali.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-01

newspapers in maintaining the Valleys
constant touch with the outside world
Food Producing District
Imperial valley is essentially a food
producing district of unlimited possi-
bilities All government experts have
agreed that the Valleys hundred thou
sand acres of continually growing al
falfa provide an ideal feeding for the
livestock of the southwest. The feas-
ibility of increasing this acreage an
hundred fold is unquestioned When
droughts and freezing temperatures
make impossible the pasturing of the
rambling mountain canyons, beef cat
| tie, dairy herds. sheep and hogs
browse in Imperial valley alfalfa fields
and complete their fattening diet with
milo maize and barley. AS first aid to
hungry range stock the Imperial val
| ley has for many seasons proved itself
to be an indispensable unite in the
production system of America.
! Artificial coloring to make salable
the butter product of thesImperial val
ley dairy is not required. Jersey, Hol-
stein, Guernsey or Durham-no mat
ter what the dairyman prefers-pros-
pers on Imperial valley alfalfa, furnish
fat and the farmers purse bulges in
like proportion. In one year Imperial
valley sent to the markets seven million
pounds Of butter, more than the COM
bined production of six other Southern
California counties. The dairymen
who seeks the maximum butter pro
duction, with permanent supply of
green feed to depend upon, will find his
highest ambition fully gratified in this
natural home of the alfalfa.
Imperial valley is an individual thing.
1t must not be considered in comparison
with other farming districts of the
world. Only by contrast can the pros
pective settler judge this rich area
with proper understanding of it's true
advantages. This surprising Valley
stands alone from almost every view
point. It's early harvests make possible
additional profits in markets entered by
none other. Its heavy crop yields null
tiply the farmers dollars and make
double certain the payment of the in
come tax. The farmer of the Middle
West has oft registered a grievous
complaint against Imperial valley-that
continuous crop production draws him
into a swift race with Nature that he
} may keep even with the monthly har-
vest moon. The growing season Of I'm
perial valley is twelve months. The
profit-making period goes hand in
hand.
When pioneer ranchers first home
steaded Valley land, they based their
; plans upon their past experience
farming in the sense known through
ters and these in turn to units of 40
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-01
AYOW il We can get our all
IN American canal, we win show
the world how to grow crOpsv'

'hS WI All tO" W sSiON NIOFSs
This is the sentiment be,ag ex-
pressed ,oday throughout the Inpcl-
ial valley as result of the conple-
ton of the new San Diego G. Arizona
railway, the opening to traffic of
which put the entire Valley in direct
touch with great eastern markets
and also afforded them better facili-
ties for reaching Los Angeles and
other Pacific coast cities with the
millions OF dollars worth of products
which Imperial valley farmers grow
every year
For the hardy pioneers who in
little more than half a decade.
have transformed once arid de-
sert into one Of the great garden
spots OF the world, the coming of
the San Diego & Arizona means
that their cup Of joy is brim full.
1t will be oyerflowing should
their efforts, now being made be-
fore congress, result in govern
ment backing in the building OF
the proposed all-American canal.
Prosperous Region
There is no more prosperous farm
ing region in the country than the
Imperial valley. Last Friday Imperial
valley cotton was selling for 65 cents
a pound.and there is hardly farm
er in the entire Valley that has not a
few acres Of that high priced commo-
dity.
Some idea of the prosperity which
attends farming in the Valley can be
gained through the fact that there is
total of 61,217 acres of cotton land
in the Imperial and that the average
productivcness of each acre is one
bale
In addition to its great crop of COT
ton, Imperial valley farmers last year
raised 96,040 acres of alfalfa, 1922
acres of wheat.
In the matter of wheat alone the
Imperial farmer gets an average of
thirty-five bushels to the acre-which
means a good income by itself.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-01
65,0c0,000 Products

In 1919 the assessed property
value of field crops and livestock
III the Valley was $40, 0,350-abOut
sixty per cent of their real value.
"A conservative estimate put up
on the cash value of the Valleys
products during the year is $685.
100000. And all of this has been
accomplished without direct rail
connections to the outside world
where Imperial valley products
are marketed.
The coming of the new San Diego
d Arizona railway, with it's direct
connections and regular trains to the
great marts of trade in the east and
With new fields for marketing OPEN
ing up to them on the Pacific coast
and to the Orient, through San Diego
harbor, means redoubled opportuni-
ties for the Imperial valley to set new
records In crop production.
Eleven towns in the Valley-El
Centre, Imperial, Brawley, Holtville,
Calexico, Seeley, Dixieland, Heber,
Calipatria, Westmoreland and INLAND
will all benefit with the completion
OF the new line. Seeley and Dixieland
Will be the principal beneficiaries, for
1t viii give them, for the first time,
rail connections to the outside world.
The other nine cities of the Valley
will change the branch line of the
Southern Pacific Company already
operating through the Valley, into a
main line with regular trains from
coast to coast.
Raises Everything
According to DIR. w. q. John
son, county farm adviser for I'M
perial county: Horace Greeley's
admonition to young men to go
West. should now read go to
the Imperial valley" In his Of
fetal capacity, DIR. Johnston,
who represents the college of
Agriculture of the University of
California in the Valley, acts in
an advisory capacity to Imperial
farmers in the raising of every
thing from cotton to calves.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-01

(By Don c. Ber, Deputy District Attorney and Former I'm
peral Valley Development Agent.)
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-01

HOLTVILLE

The city of Holtville and adjacent
territory offers exceptional oppor
tunities to industrious, permanent
settlers, in practically ever agricul.
tural pursuit, the soil and climatic
conditions being favorably adapted
to the production, in multiple guam
titles, of cereals. forage, fruits, veg
etables, cotton, broomcorn and every
crop that can be grown here, under
the most favorable conditions, with
bountiful supply of water, contin-
uous sunshine and semi-tropical eli
mate
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-01
FRUIT RAISING

Sweeter and more handsome
grapefruit than that grown in I'm
perial valley and harvested in Nov
ember would be difficult TO find.
There are nearly $4,000 grapefruit
trees in the county. The trees bear
abundantly in the third year. Some
lemons, apricots and pears, are
grown commercially. More than five
tons of Seeding dates We're produc-
ed in 1919, selling for an average of
Is cents a pound. Figs and almonds
are important among the profitable
crops.