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The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1919-10-02
HERO'S GRAVE
WELL CARED FOR
French Woman ENtcCmS 1t II Privi-
Icgc to Tend the Last Resting
Place of Edward +. Parker, His
Mother Is Assured by Letters

On a gentle, sun.kiss3d slope not
far from the little village Of Pom
tenx les Forges, Landes, France.
are the graves Of ten or twelve
American soldiers whose love Tor
humanity called for the supreme
sacrifice. In the center Of the little
plot dedicated IS q last resting place
for American heroes sleeps Private
. Edward f. Parker. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. II. Parker of klamath
Falls, 18th Co.. Goth Engineers.
Not INTENDED, however, is the
bnllcwpl hit Of ETQuNl beneath tUR
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1919-10-02
See NV Demonstration eo1sr ;'s % and Farming 's' GARAGE

picture. the American cemetery In
PonteneX. which, | know, you shall
he happy to have.
"Aucctionatcly, my dear MADAME.
A French mother, a sister Of yours
"HUGENIE DOURTNE."
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1919-10-02

In order to determine the nature
Ct the work which Will succeed
their war services, the naticnal
board of directors and the state and
local chairman of the National
League for Women's Sepyice is
soon to hold a conference in New
York City.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1919-10-02
"Pontex les Forges, Landes,
France, August 27, 1919.

"My Dear Madame:-I am just
receiving your kind letter. l am
not deserving so many thanks, Ma
dame; we must love your sons the
same we are loving our own sons.
They were brothers in the same
fight.
"You can be sure l shall take a
great interest in your dearest sons
grave, as previously.
"In few days | will send you a
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-18

him to make the race on the republ'
can ticket for congress to succeed Con-
gresham Kettner in order to further
the prospect. Mr.. Brown is also prom
Nent in Pythian circles at present
holding the office of grand prelate of
the jurisdiction of California
This afternoon he and Grand Cham
cellor Guerin, accompanied by Past
Chancellors T.. w. Patterson, of this
city and l.. O. Hammond, of the Red
lands Facts, will so to Bakersfield to
attend the district convention of Kern
county Pythians. From there they
will go to Merced to attend conven-
ton which covers district from FIRES
no to Stockton. Members of the Yose'
mite lodge will on the last day of this
convention take the grand officers party
to Yosemite to perfect arrangements
for the coming session of the grand
lodge to be held in the city Of Yose
mite.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-18
SHERIFF NABS
MAN SUSPECTED
Of MANY CRIMES

The capture of j. w. McVay by
Sheriff Applestill and an agent of the
William j. Burns Detective Agency,
of Los Angeles, yesterday, is consid-
cred by the local authorities as one
of the captures of the year.
The man is wanted in nearly every
large city in the United States, it is
said, on charges of forgery, and war
rants have been issued for his arrest:
He came to the Imperial valley two
weeks ago and, passing under the
name of w. H. Carson, tried to obtain
work as painter, it is said, applying
at number of places.
When captured, he was in a Braw-
ley stage, on the way to that town.
The two officers approached him and
said:
isn't your name Carson?'
"That's my name," he replied.
He was then arrested and taken to
the county Jail, and the Los Angeles
police were notified at once.
Several checks on Calexico bank
were found on his person. The au-
thorities have received no complaints
Of forged checks in the Imperial val
ley by McVay.
He recently forged a check on a
Los Angeles bank for 81 100, the off,
GERS say, and he is known to have OBJ
tanned money in a similar manner
from numerous other banks on the
coast. 1t was said that approximate
ly $4,000 has been obtained by the
man since last January.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-18
c. Of c. PLAN
D|SAPPR0vEO
B Y MA Y OR
v A I K|NS
Asks Why City Should Go
Out and Hire 3 Outside
Engineers When There
Are Competent Ones Here

'Why should We go outside of
the city and hire three men who
do not understand the situation
confronting the people on the
Brawley main, when we have an
engineer in this city who has been
resident of Ell Centre for the
past IL years and understands the
question thoroughly"
This is Mayor Watkins reply to the
chamber of commerce in regard to the
motion made by that body at the
meeting last night.
The chamber of commerce request
ed that the city of Ell Centre secure
the services of three competent nom
resident engineers to come to the VAL
ley and approve or disapprove of the
the people living on the Brawley main.
action of the city in regard to author
izing the resquested $150,0O0 bond is
sue to be voted on in the near future.
The bond issue is for the improve
ment of the domestic supply of water
to TIE people living on the Brawley
main.
Other members of the city council
could not be reached this afternoon to
secure their views on the action taken
by the chamber of commerce, but it
is understood that some of them en-
tertain the same views that the mayor
does.
Councilman William Egerer states
that he favors the plan of purchasing
a 10-acre tract for settling purposes,
which he believes would be sufficient
for the present needs of the city and
the expansion to come for number
of years.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-18
CONFESSED SLAYERS
COME BEFORE COURT
By United Press)

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1s-FIoyd
Lee Mcclure and William Chastain.
confessed slayers OF Detective Antoine
Schoembs, were scheduled to appear be-
fore Judge Louis III. Ward in the super.
ior court here today.
AT the preliminary hearing both en-.
tered pleas of not guilty.
The district attorneys Office intimated
that new developments of a conclusive
nature might be forthcoming at today's
hearing
Mcclure and Chastain We're captured
in San Jose after they shot and serious.
ly wounded Deputy Sheriff William Con.
don. They confessed to the staying of
Detective Schoembs on Market street In
San Francisco, when the officer at.
tempted to arrest them as they were
sitting in stolen automobile.
According to their confessions. Nc.
Clure did the shooting in both instances.
Mcclure, who is only 10 years old,
claims he shot the detective because he
feared the officer was about to shoot
him.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-18

Ware business, but were diverted from
the plan by the every increasing de-
nland for agricultural implements-so
necessary to cultivate the thousands of
acres of new desert land At that time,
too. the number of families was not
great, and the demands for hardware
We're not so numerous as they have
come to be in these days.
However. they have never completely
given up the idea of chain of hard
ware stores and. as is indicated by Mr..
Edgar, the desire of Varney Bros Co. to
close out their hardware has opened the
way for them to renew the original
plan. In connection with their varied
implement line, Edgar Bros Co. have
always carried an extensive stock of
heavy hardware, which naturally fitted
in with the agricultural machines.
New Manager Coming
To have general supervision OF the
new branch OF their business, they
have secured James w. Reed. of Holly
wood who will arrive i'm the Valley the
morning of December 26 to take person.
al charge of affairs Mr. Reed is under.
stood to be a thorough hardware man
of many years experience i'm the south
west, and will be a decided acquisition
to the business forces OF the Valley He
is at the present time, president OF the
Retail Hardware Dealers Associa ton of
Southern California. Mr.. Reed will have
associated with him a corps of compel.
ent hardware statesmen to conduct the
business in a thoroughly up-to-date
manner
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-18
j. S. CONTESTS
ESPEE FILLING
IN MOU NTA|NS

The United States government
brought SUIT against the Southern Pa
cific railroad over q section of rail
road land in the San Bernardino noun
tains said by the government to be
mineral land and within their au-
thority to reclaim today.
The case is being tried in the land
office, Vene Bloomer presiding. The
government is being represented by
Ira Lantz, special agent, of San
Francisco, who arrived yesterday
morning from the bay city. Frank
Thunen, of San Francisco, is defend
ing the Southern Pacific in their right
to hold the land.
The case opened yesterday morning.
Miners from the surrounding sections
in the mountains testified that they
were aware that land in that region
did contain mineral, but whether the
land in question contained mineral
deposit they could not say.
The chief witness for the govern
ment was John f. Mcdonald, mineralo-
gist of the general land office.
In the testimony given by him, he
said:
Wnlle Jne assays TAKEN 90 Hol
show that the land under question con-
tains high grade ore, the test is suf
fcient to warrant man to prospect,
spending the required amount of time
and funds, with the expectation of
finding a pay streak" He was cross
examined by the defense.
w. Prince Cathin and NJ. f. Hayes
are the chief witnesses for the con-
testant. They were to so on the stand
late this afternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-18
VERBAL BATTLE BY
REAL ESTATE MEN
AND MOVIE ACTORS
By United Press

LOS ANGELES. Dec. 1S-Do realty
dealers or movie actors predominate in
Los Angeles?
It's a moot question so moot that
bets are being laid at even money. Some
bets range as high as $500.
A large contingent claims the movie
actors predominate-that there are
more persons who act regular" or
extra at the film studios, than any
other class in Los Angeles.
The realty men, long kings of Los
Angeles, arise to defend their sovereign
ity. Rough estimates place the number
of actors anywhere from 10000 to 25,
900. Counting veterans and amateurs,
it is estimated there are from 10000 to
20, 900 her who sell houses on the in
stallment plan.
But these are mere estimates and it
has been stipulated that the new city
directory to be issued January /, will
decide all bets.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-18
(By Associated Press)

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 1S-Claims
for damages SUFFERED by nationals
and foreigners during the period of
revolution as presented to the COM
mission on indemnifications amount
ed to 3O,226,16S pesos on Novem-
Der IS. OF this amount claims by
foreigners totalled 2O,2O5,610 and
those of Mexicans 10,O2O,55S pesos.
Foreign reclamations were listed as
follows I'm pesos Spanish 14,76S,453,
Turkish 3,53O,467, French 2S2,4S1.
English 9,9O7, Chinese 1852, Ital-
ian 227 7,497, American 1S3,91S, Swiss
40,540, German 1,095,4oO, Austrian
3,225, Guatemalan 10000, Dutch
1000.
Claims totalling a much greater
sum have been filed with the gov
ernment but only those presented
to the commission are considered
legal.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-18
BASEBALL TEAMS
HURL CHALLENGES

II. II. Slaughter, deputy sheriff, re-
turned to inland this morning after
spending yesterday here.
Mr.. Slaughter, the big push behind
the inland baseball team, has issued a
warning to the El Centro team. lie
claims that when the two teams lock
horns next Sunday, the local team had
better run, for that will be their only
chance of getting out alive.
In return Harry Hart made If felt
that the inland team might be able
to last 6 or innings.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-18

Probably the most important deal that has been
in retail circles since the beginning of merchandising
perla valley was made public in from Vaney
Bros & Cos Offices today.
The entire stocks of hardware the Varney Braw
E Centre and Caexco have been purchased by
Co., who will take complete charge of them
temporarily Edgar Bros Co. will conduct their
the present locations in the Varney time
as the buildings which have been leased for their pre-
pared for occupancy is understood that buildings that
have been arranged for centrally located
ped to meet the enlarged hardware stocks
the firm expects to handle.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-18
Paine Granted
Mexican Permit

Sensational stories appearing in
Los Angeles papers to the effect that
Lieut.. T. O. Paine would not be per-
mitted to cross the international line
with his machine to take up passen-
gere in Mexicali proved groundless,
according to word from the border
this afternoon, when Mr.. Paine an
nounced that he had received permit
from John B. Elliott, collector of Gus
toms.
Previously, Lieutenant Paine had
secured signed permit from the
state department. The flights will
start tomorrow.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-18
(By Associated Press)

LONDON, Dec. 1S-At recent
meeting at which the bishop of
Kensington, the chief Rabbi, and
representatives of denominations
other than the church Of England,
Buddhism, Hinduism, Mahomedan-
ism and other creeds spoke, it was
decided to form a society for the
promotion of league Of religions.
The aim of the society is to or
ganiZe the spiritual forces Of the
world for thep romotion of univer-
sal righteousness, brotherhood, and
peace, both national and interna-
tional.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-18
5000 JEWS ARE SLAUGHTERED
VARNEY Bros SELL HARDWARE DEPT TO EDGAR BROS.
E. E. Sfralvn Dies
OfHeurt Failure

Word was received this morning of
the sudden death CT E. e. Strawn,
father of Carl Strawn, of the Strawn
Electric Company, of this city, in
Pomona this morning of heart fail
ure.
Mr.. Strawn had been engaged in
business in Calexico and had gone to
Pomona for a brief rest, after which
he expected to return to Calexico. He
was also interested in the Strawn
Electric Company of this city. Mrs.
Strawn was with him at the time of
his death.
The news has been sudden shock
to his many friends in Imperial valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-18
FIGHTING OCCURS
(By Associated Pressl

PARIS, Dec. 1S-Fighting by Mont
enegrin people against Servian occupa-
ton occurred between April 1 and II,
according to the official communique
today from Montenegrian, the foreign
minister declared The statement as
serts that teh Serbians placed women
and children in front of them to pre-
vent the Montenegrians from defend
ing themselves.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-18
JERRY THOMAS
IS LAID AWAY

Jerry Thomas was buried from the
undertaking parlors of E. j. Mulligan,
$50 State street, this afternoon.
He died of pneumonia, contracted
from heavy cold which he took the
early part of last week.
Mr.. Thomas had only been in the
Valley short time and was alone.
No relatives could be found and, al
though it was said that wife resided
in Los Angeles, no trace could be
found of her.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-18
PUTS IN L|CKS
FOR A. A. CANAL:

Wherever he happens to be Assem-
blyman J. Stanley Brown sfccseds in
putting in a few good licks for the All
American canal as the following from
the Pomona Bulletin will show
J. Stanley Brown, of Eel Centre, mem
Der of the California legislature, forty
third session of the Seventy-eighth as
sembly district, is in the city the guest
of City Attorney c. w. Guern.
Mr.. Brown is at present devoting
much of his time to the All-American
canal, which he considers one OF the
greatest projects in America today and
O number Of his friends are urging
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-18
(By Associated Press)

TOXIC, Dec. 1S-A long distance
mail flight of heavier than air ma
chimes was conducted the other day
when two or three aviators who
started from Toxic reached the city
of Osaka, a distance. of 352 miles
carrying puches of mail. A great
crowd at Osaka welcomed the air.
men.
The fight was held under the
auspices of thee Imperial aviation
society which is headed by Lieut..
General Nagaoka.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-18
MEXICAN REPLY
(By Associated press)

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S-The Mex.
lean reply to the United States note In
which Mexico said that the release Of
Jenkins had removed matters OF the
controversy between the two nations
brought sharp comment from Senator
FAN who said. this government com.
menced with ultimatums and has end
ed up with pour parlers and with the
'nnal abandonment OF its position"
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-18
ENJ0IN DRY ACT
(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18-Rhode Is
land through it's attorney general ask
ed the supreme court today for per-
mission to institute original proceedings
to test the validity of national prohib-
ition amendment and enjoin the federal
officials from enforcing it in that state.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-18
GERMANS FURNISH PROOF
(Bv Associated Press)

PARIS, Dec. 1S-German delegates
are said by newspaper to have furnish
ed the allies proof Germany cannot de-
liver all harbor and dock material de-
manded in the protocol of the peace
treaty. The allied experts are said to
be disposed considering the counter
proposition that would reduce the
amount by 100000 tons.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-18
CAN'T STOP SPEECH
(By Associated Press)

CHICAGO, Dec IS - Federal Judge
Landis said today there was nothing
he could do to prevent William Hay
wood, industrial worker and propa-
gandist from speaking at Detroit next
Sunday. The Detroit American Legion
post had asked him to take action.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-18
CUBA APPROVES TREATY
(By Associated PressD

HAVANA, Dec. 1o-Approval of the
peace treaty with Germany was unan-
imously voted by the Cuban senate last
night. Opposition is expected in the
house where many members oppose
consideration until final action is taken
by America.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-18
FREE D'ANNUNZIO'S ARMY
(Bv Associated Press)

FIUME, Dec. 17-(Delayed in trans
mission)-Co Commander Rizzo, chief Of
D'Annunzio's navy, in discussing the
possible evacuation of Fiume, said the
D'Annunzio troops would be taken
back to Italy and be permitted to re-
join the army without punishment.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-18
Baron Richthofen, the CT

'Baron Richthofen, the crack
German airman, and an English
airman were circling round each
other furiously over the German
lines in France during the war"
he says, "when suddenly something
went wrong with Richthofen's ma.
chine gun and he could not shoot.
The Englishman looked across in
surprise and seeing what was
wrong, waved his hand, turned and
flew Off"
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-18
FRESH REPORT
Of P0GR0M
IN PARTS0F
UKRAINE
Fighting Takes Place Be.
tween MOntenegrins and
Servians; Cuba Approves
Treaty; Italians Retire
(ByASsociated Press)

BERNE, Switzerland, Dec. 18-
Reports of a fresh wave of pro-
grams in districts Of Ukraine Oc-.
cupied by General Denikine's forces
are printed by the Lembery news
paper Gazetta WiscrOwka accord
ing to Lembery advices. The news
paper declares 5000 Jews were kill
ed in Yel1aterinOslav alone.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-18
nv Associated Press)

MUNICH, Dec. 1S-The census
just complete fixes the population
of Bavaria at 7,044,37S, being an in
crease of 10000 over the figures
for 1900. The Inhabitants of the
city of Munich We're found to num-
ber 622 900, showing an increase OF
$4,000 for the same period.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-18
PROTEST PASSING
RAILROAD BILL
(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.-Protest-
ing against the enactment of the Cum
minis railroad bill. now before the
senate, Samuel Gompers, president of
the American Federation of Labor,
and representatives of the railroad
brotherhoods, together with the
spokesmien for some farmer organiza-
tions, today urged Chairman Cum
minis, of the senate interstate COM
merce committee, TO withdraw the
measure and give the government
operation of railroads a thorough
peace-time test.
were shipped the state department was
advised today by the British foreign Of
flee
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-18
W0RLD NEWS
(By Associated Press)

LONDON, Dec. 1S-While engag-
ed on a large picture dealing with
the fate of Edith X. Cavell, Mr..
Van Ruth, a veteran painter, dis
covered that his eyesight was fail
ing.
Oculists predicted the painter, who
is so years Of age would lose his
sight in few mouths. Neverthe-
less he persevered and added the
last touches to his work on the an
niversary of the armistice.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-18
C.F.& l. Attempts
ToDefeat Strike
(Rv Associated Press)

(By Associated Press)
PUEBLO, Colo, Dec. 1S.-The
steel plant of the Colorado Fuel
& Iron Company made the first
serious effort to defeat the steel
strike today. About $500 men
are at work. No disturbances Oc-
Cured,
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-18
SENTENCE GIVEN
(Ry Associated Pressl

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. is - An In.
derminate sentence of from ten to "a
years given James Malley. industrial
worker. following his conviction on a
charge of criminal syndicatism.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-18

This departure by yarney Bros. & Co.
only indicates strongly that the age of
specialization is here, and that by con-
centration on Dry Goods, Groceries.
Ready-to Wear, Mems Wear and Shoes,
they will provide a better and greater
store in these lines, and give an added
service to their customers.
Below is a statement of Mr.. George
Narney, president of Varney Bros. & Co.
as to their future policy and reasons
for a change-foilowed by a statement
by Mr.. Arthur Edgar, president of Ed
gar Eros Co., concerning their plans
for the future.
statement of Mr.. George Narney)
We appreciate that in the many
years of handling Hardware lines,
we have many valued customers
whom we have been glad to serve to
the best of our ability
However, we feel that in our diff
erent stores our customers are en-
titled to even greater stocks and as
sortments in Dry Goods, Shoes,
Mems Wear and Ladies' Apparel;
and to do this we will use the added
space now occupied by hardware to
specialization on these stocks we in
crease our buying power in these
lines and make it easier to extend
the Varney chain OF stores into new
fields.
We are determined to give our
trade the best possible service in
the lines carried in the future.
(SigneO GEORGE VARNEY,
Pres. Varney Bros. & Co
Statement of Mr.. Arthur Edgar)
The hardware business is not
new to us, for some II years ago,
when there We're but two or three
business houses in the entire Valley
we carried a rather complete line
and we have always dealt extens-
lively in heavy hardware.
AS Varney Bros. Company has
determined to concentrate on other
lines, we feel that someone should
fill the vacancy and purpose to
operate a chain of stores handling
exclusively hardware of quality.
We shall conduct these stores on
cash basis. for we are convinced that
the cash plan has proven generally
satisfactory and makes possible bet,
ter values to the purchaser. AS rap
idly as the merchandise can be pro-
cured we shall add to the stocks
which we have purchased from
Narney Bros. Co. until they are
complete.
Owing to the shortage of business
buildings, it is necessary for us to
remain for time in the stores own
ed by Narney Bros. CO., but as soon
as possible we shall remove these
stocks to permanent quarters which
will be made ready for u.s.
We realize that we shall not de-
serve success in this venture unless
we render a real service to this
community and that we shall try
earnestly to do We solicit your
patronage.
(Signed A EDGAR
Pres. Edgar Bros. Co.
In the early days when Edgar Bros
Co first began business i'm Imperial and
there were only few met tchants carry
ing on operations. each one was expect
ed to procuse for his customers what
ever they happened to need.
Chain Hardware
In those days Edgar Bros. Co. were
looking forward to an enlarged hard
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-18
(By Associated Press)

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 1S-Inter-
marriage between Mexican women
and Chinese is forbidden in the
state of Sonora in a recent decree
issued by Governor Adolfo de Ia
Huerta who wishes to discourage a
present practice.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-18
lRv Associated Pressl

LONDON, Dec. 1S-Fifteen hun
dred former men are soon to leave
England toSytiy thei- fortunes in
East Africa. This is the first of
about 5000 approved applications
under a government scheme which
grants the men free passages. Lack
of shipping is holding up transport
alton of the others for q time.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-12-18
(By Associated Pressl

OBERAMME Bavaria, Dec.
1S-The Passion Play. whcih was to
have taken place in 1920, has been
postponed until 1921.