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Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-01
EP|NORTH LEAGUE
OF VALLEY IN
IMPERIAL MEET

The subject that received the great
est emphasis at the opening session
of the county convention of the Ep-
worth League, held in the First Meth
Odst Church at Imperial, was the
denomination's centenary campaign
for $85,000,000, to be raised before
June 20.
The celebration marks the Tooth
anniversary of the founding of the
Methodist missions. The huge fund
sought is to be expended as follows:
$40.000,000 for church and missionary
work in this country and lnsular pos
sessions, and the remainder for work
in the foreign fields and for hospi-
tails destroyed in the war area.
Among the speakers at today's
opening session of the convention
were Rev Manuel Madrigal, DR.. Ver-
non K. McCombs, DR.. Rasmus, dis
trict superintendent; Bishop Leonard,
DR.. A. Ray Moore and DR.. c. E.
Guthrie. At the banquet this even
ing the speakers include Bishop Leon
ard, Dr.. Guthrie, DR.. Moore, DR.. A.
c. Stevens, DR.. G.. A. Miller and IL
V. Mather. Sundays program fol-
lows:
700 A. M-Morning watch in the
Methodist church, conducted by DR.. A.
Ray Moore.
1000 A. M.-Round table conduct
ed by DR.. Guthrie.
11:00 A. M.-Sermon, Bishop Leon
ard
$50 P. M.-Addresses, family serV-
ice: DR.. Rasmus, district superinten-
dent; Dir. Charles L. Guthrie.
The county officers of the league
are:
President, Lawrence Banks, lmpe-
rial.
First vice president, Mrs. Leslie Ly-
all, Brawley
Second vice president, Miss Mabel
Oaks, Brawley.
Third vice president, Merrill Warne,
FL Centre.
Fourth vice president, Miss Ruth
Armstrong, Holtville.
Secretary, Miss Pauline Adair, Ell
Centre.
Treasurer, w. II. Meyers.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-01
BOOKLET 0 n
COUNTY BEING
SENT TO ALL
LEGISLATURE
Members of State Assem-
bly, and of the National
Congress to Get Facts
Regarding Valley.

Copies of the new county booklet
written by ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Agent Don c. Bitter >and just issued
from the press wfN<be placed in the
hands of every pembeg of the Cali
fornia legislature and the national
Congress at Washington.
The mailing of he booklets was
started today from the office of the
County Farm Bureau and the legis-
lators will have full facts about the
Valley at their elbows within few
days.
The reasons debating this boosting
of the Valley in legislative circles is
obvious. In both the state and ma
tional legislatures during the coming
year some Valley projects will be
broached and other matters in which
Gle Valley is interested will be con-
sidered.
1t is to furnish the legislators with
full and exact facts and knowledge of
the Imperial Valley so that they may
act with intelligence and dispatch on
these subjects, that the books are be-
ing mailed.
every legislator likes to know as
much as possible about the bill on
which he is voting" said Mr.. Bitter,
"and it is our loss and not his own
if we do not place in his hands a
word survey of the Valley for a Wis
ualization of our country and its prob
lens.
"The book is not the ordinary style
of boost literature. 1t is conserva-
tive, because every statement in it is
a fact and is sworn to by both the
author and the board of supervisors,
whose members authorized its publi-
cation"
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-01
ASSOCIATION OF
COUNTY c. OF C.'S
IS BR0ACHED

A move for an Associated Chamber
of Commerce, through jthe formation
of an executive committee OF repro
septatives of the various Valley bsost
organizations was larh1hed at a cons
ference held at the Hotel Dunlack
in Brawley last night.
Delegations from the CaleXico,
Brawley, Ell Centre and Imperial
Chambers of Commerce were present
and tentatively approved the plan. A
second meeting, at which some diff
mite steps for organization may be
taken will be held Wednesday even
ing at the Barbara Worth hotel.
The conference also took up the
water situation with especial refer
ence to the question of building and
placing the All-American canal un-
der the United States Reclamation
Service. No commitment to policy
was made, the delegates being in
respective board meetings for a re-
port on the decision at the later meet
ing.
In order to obtain first hand knowl-
edge regarding the operation of Rec
lamation Service projects, 1t was de-
cided to send large delegation to
inspect these enterprises throughout
the state of Arizona.
1t is planned to make the trip in
q private car and Joseph r. Sey-
mour, Jr., representing the Ell Cen
tro Chamber of Commerce, was
named as chairman of the commit
tee on transportation.
The party may be organized and
arrangements for the trip completed
within week or ten days.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-01
KNOX
SLAPS LEAGUE
NATIONS PLAN
(By Associated Press)

Washington, March 1.-Senator
Knox of Pennsylvania, speaking to-
day in the Senate, assailed the League
bf Nations as striking down constitu-
tional principles.
Senator Knox proposed new world
doctrine which; he said, "would pre-
serve the Monroe doctrine, and save
America from the results of Euro
pean intrigue and aggression.
Senator Knox, who attended the
White House conference Wednesday,
said the constitution of the League,
as presented to the Peace Conference,
Sanctions, breeds and commands
war"
The senator said of the people Of
the United States desired what he
termed a real league of nations, to
prvent war, "and not merely to build
up a coalition to further trade or pre-
serve and expand territorial possess
sions," it might be secured through
the formation of an international Or
ganization comprising all the nations
of the world"
Senator Knox said the constitution
of such an international coalition
should primarily declare war on in
ternational crime, and should stipulate
that any nation engaging in it ex-
cept in self defense should be pun
shed by the world as an international
criminal.
He also suggested that the con-
stitution should provide that interna-
tional disputes be decided by an in
ternational court according to an in
ternational code defining war and
that no nation should be able to
summon another before the court un-
less the subject of discussion was of
common concern to the contending ma
ton.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-01
MUCH ALSE:::: /:
TESTIMONY IN
MURDER (;AS5EE:
SAYS JUDGE:
Court Declares That Mank
of the Witnesses Told I'm
truths in the Rulia Singh
Trial.

That much Of the testimony on both
sides in the Rulia Singh murder case,
which term mated just>~a few days
ago, was falsified and manufactured
to suit the eXigencies of the occa-
sion, was the startling declaration
made in open court this morning by
Superior Judge Franklin j. Cole.
Because of the large amount of
evidence taken in the case, and be-
cause of the large amount which
was certainly false on the part of
the witnesses, instructed the jurors
to determine the truthfulness of the
testimony and the veracity of the
witness through a close observation
of the Witness" said the court,
The statement was made in the
course of an examination of the in
structions issued to the jury follow
ing the application of Attorney 0. V.
Wilson, attorney for the defense, for
a new trial. In his summing up the
Judge declared that his instructions
mad been fair to both sides, and that
the jury reached its verdict OF guilty
by an elimination of untruthful tes-
timony and without giving too much
weight to the alleged dying state
ment of the murdered man Albert Joe,
a rancher of the Holtyille district
which directly connected Rulia Singh
with the crime.
The court denied the motion for a
new trial and took official cognizance
of the notice of appeal to the Court
of Appeals of the Second district
made by Attorney Wilson.
He then pronounced judgment on
Rulia Singh, sentencing him to a life
term in the state prison
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-01
STATE
SCHOOL FUNDS
TO DISTRICTS

County Treasurer Clarence W. Bar
ton has just Ieceived word that
this county VIII receive $34,652.53
t,1onf. from the ktY@ for school app0rti0n-
State Treasurer Friend William
Richardson has made arrangements
to settle with exchange, thus saving
the schools the cost of transportation
6f the money.
The total apportionment is S3,030,-
0O4.77, of which $400,744.97 is for
high schools and the balance fol-
grammar and primary schools.
The high schools of this county are
given the following amounts on the
basis of average daily attendance OF
pupils:
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-01
WAGE RAISES
ARE GRANTED.

acram entO-Ihe wage in
creases granted linemen and other
electric workers of the Pacific
Telephone Company in California
by Postmaster General Burleson
will have no effect on the recent
referendum strike vCte taken by
those workers, F. Robbins, repre-
senting the international Broth
erhoOd of Electrical Workers,
announced today.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-01
Finish Details
O.E. S. Ball

Invitations are out for the annual
ball of the local chapter of the Order
of the Eastern Star.
AS this dance is one of the most
prominent social functions of the wear
d large attendance from all over the
Valley is anticipated.
The ball will be held in Comman-
derry tall, Masonic Temple on next
Wednesday evening. Attendance is
by invitation only. Officers of Sig
nal Chapter No 27G will be in charge
of the arrangements.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-01
(By Associated Press) }

Basel, March 1.-The Soldiers and
Workmens Council Of Munich, accord
ing to advices received here, has de-
clared that "for considerations OF
safety and by reason of the confused
situation of the country, the Bavarlan
diet has adjourned, and the Soldiers
and Workmen's Assembly will be
known as tie Provisional National
Council until the news congress which
will be summoned later, meets"
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-01
(By Associated Press)

Washington, March 2.-In regard
to published reports that President
Wilson told the Democratic commit
reemen who lunched with him yester-
day that he would not accept nomi-
nation for third term. it was stated
Soday at the White House that the
subject of President Wilson agair
being a candidate was not mentioned
1t is explained that the president
merely remarked to his guests that
he yearned to get back to the writing
he had in contemplating history
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-01
GENERAL TRANSFERRED.
(By Associated PressJ

Washington, March l.--Major Gem
eral Clarence Williams, chief Of
ordnance, has been ordered by the
War Department to report to Gem
eral Pershing in France for the pur-
pose of inspecting operations Of the
Ordnance Department with the exp-e
ditionary forces.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-01
(Bv Associated Press)

Washington, March IA cable
grom from an American military at
tache at Rome to the War Department
announced that the 332nd American
infantry would be ordered concen-
trated at Genoa.
The regiment has been divided be-
tween Cattaro, Fiune and Trieste.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-01
MOP: THAN.
600 O()0
KILL. |. Ed IN
GREAT WAR
Battle Deaths Aggregate
7,354,O00, According to
Figures Of the War De.
partment.
Cry Associate. Press

Washington, March Battle
deaths during the war among all
the participants, so far as available
statistics show, are given by General
March at 7 1854 900.
This represents men killed in ac-
aion and those who died of wounds.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-01
(By Associated Press

Washington, March 1.-The Senate
Judiciary committee by an unanimous
vote ordered favorabel report on
the nomination of A. Mitchell Pal
mer to be attorney general.
The absence of Republican opposi-
ton foreshadowed prompt confirma-
tion by the Senate.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-01
EMBARGO ON
DOMESTIC GRAIN.

(By Associated Press)
Chicago-I'he Railroad Admin
istration today placed an embargo
on bulk shipments of domestic
grain to New York harb0r
points.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-01
(By Associated Press,

Washington, March Release
within forty days of half a million
tons of shipping by the War Depart
ment to the Shipping Board as a
means of relieving the commercial
shipping situation was today agreed
to between Secretary Baker, Chair
man Hurley and senators from the
cotton atstes.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-01
(By Associated Press)

Washington, March In report
ing favorably the general deficiency
bill passed yesterday by the House,
the Senate Appropriations commit
tee today added as a rider the House
bill authorizing $750,000,O00 addition
al for the Railroad Administration.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-01
(Bv Associated Press)

London, March IA further revo-
lutionary movement in Germany is
imminent, according to a report
teaching London through Holland to-
day.
Chancellor Scheidemann has re-
signed, it is reported.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-01
DEMOBlLIZATION.
(Ry Associated pressl

(By Associated Press)
Washington, March l--Demobiliza-
tion of the army had released up to
yesterday 1901 900 officers and men,
General March announced.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-01
(Ry Associated Press)

Berlin, March 1.-The minister OF
the interior has ordered house-to-
house search of Berlin for weapons
to begin on March 1.
The Spartacans are reported to be
planning another outbreak for March
5, when the Prussian diet meets.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-01
(Rv Associated PreSS)

(By Associated PTeSSJ
Coblenz, March lowing to re-
ports of recent attempts to interfere
with food shipments to American
troops in the unoccupied section OF
Germany, the number of guards on
all cars containing rations have been
increased.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-01
NV Associated Pressl

Stockholm, March Lithuanian
troops pursuing the Bolshevlki forces
have passe dthe line of Shaulen, Sic
duva Nieves and Varene, which towns
are in Lithuanian hands.
Owing to their defeat, the Boil
sheviki requested suspension of hos
tilities, but the Lthuanians refused.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-01
(By Associated Press)

Washington, March 1.-The House
today passed without record vote
resolution to repeal the luxury tax
clause of the war revenue bill. The
bill now goes to the Senate.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-01
(EylA Associated Press

Madrid, March MARTIAL law has
been declared in Madrid and troops
are patrolling the streets. Order has
been restored, but some threats are
closed.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-01
(Rv Associated Press)

Paris, March 1.-The Soldiers and
Workmen's Congress at Munich has
declared martial law in all Bavaria,
accordinpe''.o a dispatch to the Ma
tin GAx
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-01
(Bv Associated Press)

Copenhagen, March 1.-Government
troops occupied Dusseldorf Friday.
The Spartacan leaders escaped.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-01
(By Associated Press)

London, March French troops
unexpectedly evacuated Mannheim,
Wednesday, according to a Berlin
dispatch. .
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-01
RED UPRISING MENACES.
THRONE Of ALPHONSO
(By Associated Press)

(By Associated Press)
Mavence. March 1.-Two gunboats
of the Rhine fleet steamed from May
ence to Ludwikshaven, south of Mann,
helm, where they will be stationed
indefinitely, owing to recent Spar
tacan uprisings.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-01
(By Associated Pressl

In the list prepared by the general
staff, Russia leads with 1,700,000
Germany is second with 100000
and the United States last with So,
600.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-01
March

washington, March General
March today announced that of dis
tinguished service crosses awarded for
~allantry, the Second division of regu-
Ears received more than double the
number of any other.
The First regular division ranked
next
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-01
FREE SEATS

at the Topic Theatre.
They may be yours. bet
ter look through Want
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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1919-12-24
WANTED-A printer at the Tribune
Office. Will pay we'll.
AT CLOSE OF YEAR.

When this issue reaches most of
our readers, Christmas of 1919, will be
a memory, pleasant and blessed
memory we hope. Beautiful weather
made the pre-Christmas week a most
agreeable one, especially after the
severe winter experienced in Novem-
Der and early December. The trees
have been decorated in white in con-
trast to the clear blue sky and bright
sunshine, and the temperature has
been so mild that sleighing has suf-
;fered on bare places on the road. The
agreeable change renewed the spirit
of hopefulness in the human heart.
We wish our readers a happy and
prosperous New Year. We are thank
full for the confidence shown The
Tribune by it's readers. The Tribune
occupies unique position among
country newspapers of Minnesota.
No other paper in Minnesota can boast
so large and we'll distributed circula-
ton in the territory it covers and
population it serves. This result has
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1919-12-24

Now is good time to study up on
true Americanism. Include some good
biographies of our revolutionary
fathers and study all the sidelights
on the life of Lincoln, ct. al. In look
ing over our exchanges we have often
wondered if Thomas Jefferson is still
considered a good American. He was
driven out of Washington's cabinet
and from New York City because he
sympathiZed with the French Revolu-
tion The tories and big business of
the day sneeringly referred to him
as "red" and a "Jacobin.' Still he
became president, and four of his "jac-
obin" friends succeeded him in turn
as presidents of the United States.
If Lincoln lived today as railsplit-
ter in our northern woods, and criti-
zed the government for making war
on Mexico would he be called an
l. w. w.? Instead of worrying about
unrest among the American people,
we should note it with gladness, and
do our best to help direct the new
movements along practical lines.
God speed the day when every citizen
takes enough interest in the welfare
Of his country. to take his citizenship
seriously, and sacrifice some time
and some of his means to help better
conditions!
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1919-12-24
MISPLACED SYMPATHY.

4: The Willmar Tribune, a good 81
paper, but now under a. G. Town
Be ley's wing: is RECALLING It's farmer
# readers with labor union dope
. from the pen Of Walter Thomas
Mills, an ultra radical socialist
4 from Australia. Too bad to have
good paper like the Tribune tied
to the tail of the Townley kite
Litchfe1d Independent. .ss .s.
No matter what kind OF a socialist
Mr.. Mills is, his series of seven ar
tfcles on political organization were
we'll written, and we'll worth reading,
as Brother Peterson would soon have
discovered had he read them. They
contained truths that must be reckon
ed with in the organization Of any
effective political force. S:ss.s
This ranting about socialism is q
mighty foolish substitute for argu-
1nent used by the. discredited country
press at the present time. There are
perhaps five, hundred different kinds
of ideas which may be c1assed under
that term according to professions In
published works Political socialism
ranges from the kind of socialist that
Bro. Peterson himself'is, who believes
in public roads, public schools, munich
pal plants, ETC., to the socialists of
Russia, who recently celebrated the
second anniversary Of a government
which seeks to operate and direct all
industrial enterprises. We must adopt
more of this kind of "socialism' to
cope with modern conditions if our
people are to remain free to live their
lives and pursue their efforts to attain
happiness. Every political party seek
more or less SOCIALISM in their next
platforms.
Is Brother Peterson wise enough to
tell us where to draw the line? We
are willing to accept any kind OF
Socialism" that a majority of ou1
| citizens will find necessary to estab
fish in order to maintain our free
American institutions and give every
citizen, rich or poor, a square deal.
The discredited politicians, who al
ways invent some bug-a-boo with
which to brighten the people so they
can drive, them around to suit their
purposes, now think that their CRY
about "the menace of socialism" will
scare the voters and cause them tc
desist from their efforts to help them
selves. These politicians are mis-
taken for the people have lost faith
in their old political leaders and in
the organs of publicity which have
deceived the public continuously, AND
are organizing for new DEAL Learn
ing from bitter experience they are
doing thorough job of it. 1t is 9
source OF regret to us that a paper
like the Independent should have
chosen to line up against the peoples
| cause. Don't waste your sympathy
on us. Cry over your own politica
blindness and your lost opportunity
to represent the peoples movement
/ in Meeker county.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1919-12-24

es, ought to enlist the active support
of every true minister of the Gospel
Indeed it should be made a speciality.
For unless men imbued with true
Christian principles and actuated by
the highest and most exalted patriot
ism, take the lead and point out the
way by which the sharp and constant
ly widening differences between Capt.
tai and Labor may be adjusted and
settled, I dare not predict what may
follow. Labor is mighty giant and
when aroused and battling in a good
cause is irresistible. Just what real
rights Capital on the one hand and
Labor on the other may have should
engage the earnest attention and in
deed the most profound study Of all
Christians and especially of those who
occupy our pulpits. The true saliva
ton of the vexed industrial questions
must be found in the proper and fear
less application of the principles of
the Christian Religion.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1919-12-24
Bowels Become Normal

liver 1lVens up, bile flows freely
ltal en- biliousness, tongue-fur,
stomach,Sourness, disappear when DR..
lnatural, comfortable action,
Purgatives, never pleasantly eorrec-
tive. sometimes habit-forming, should
not be taken to rack the system yio-
lently. Natures way is the way of DR..
Kings New Life Pills-gentIy but
firmly functioning the bowels, elimi-
mating the intestineeclogging waste, and
Cleanse the system with them and
know the boon of regular bowels. Csc.
at all druggists. q. {. -.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1919-12-24
Atwater, Dec. u Merry.
Christmas and ! Prosperous New
Year from the Atwater Restaurant
N. I. Thompson, Proprietor. adv

N. 1. nOmpSOn, proprietor. adv.
VIM. H. Geinitz sold his garage last
week to the Granite Falls Auto Com
pany. The new proprietors took
charge Of the same last Tuesday. The
new firm viii hereafter be known as
the .AtWater Auto Company. Mr..
GeinitZ, the former owner will start
farming next spring on the farm
known as the Brown Brothers farm,
three miles southeast of town. Mr..
Geinitz purchased this land some time
ago.. :. =, ,zcE.~z. s ~ -
Henry Stene was <Willmar bust
ness caller today. 81: i: g. s. -
A. ]. Amdahl and Kunte Brown were
Litchfeld visitors this forenoon
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter lavender of
Wenatchee, Washington arrived last
Friday tos1spend the holidays at the
Nels Blomberg home and with other
relatives. ~ ~. -. -. -: ~.
The Masons had their installation
of new officers last Wednesday even
ing at the Masonic Hall.
Mrs. J. H. Olson and daughter, Mrs.
Richard Johnson visited a couple of
days last week at the E. M. Sander
son home at Willmar.
MISS Helen Peterson, who teach
es at Tintah, arrived last Saturday
to spend the holidays with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Peterson.
Miss Gertrude Senechal, who at
tends the st. Cloud Normal, arrived
last Saturday to spend the holidays
| with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. F.
Senechal
Mrs. E. A. Farley returned to
Princeton last Wednesday morning
I after an extended visit with her moth
er, Mrs. Louis Roetzer and her broth
er. George Roetzer.
Miss Selma Senechal, who teaches
| at Dassel, arrived last Saturday to
spend the holidays at her parental
home in this village.
Paul Covell of the Carleton College
| at Mortified arrived last Friday even
ing to spend the Christmas vacation
at his home here.
Miss Winifred Bausman, Ruth Gludt
and lone Brechet are spending the
| holidays at their respective homes at
Minneapolis.
| Miss Elsie Hendrickson, who teach
es at Chokio, arrived last Saturday to
spend the Christmas vacation at her
home in this village.
| Karl Covell will arrive tomorrow
from the State University to spend the
| vacation at his parental home.
Lois A. Frye and Elizabeth Cros-