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Imperial Valley press., 1919-07-17
DE Ny PLAN
To DOUBLE
COUNTY TAX
Supervisors Say That Pro-
posed Valuation Increase
Is To Improve COunty's
Credit.

Widespread rumors thai it is the
intention of the Board of Supervis-
ors acting as Board of Equaliza-
ton to double the county tax burden
upon the property owners of I'm
ial county by doubling the assessed
valuations have caused them to issue
z statement N which they assert that
the amount of money which proper
ty owners will pay taxes will not
be affected by the proposed increase
IN assessed Valuations and that the
sole purpose of the proposed action is
to make the bonds which the county
has just voted more attractive to bond
buyers and make possible a higher re-
turn to the county from the sale
thereof. The full statement of the
board is as follows:
"The Board of Supervisors in call
ing the hearing to be held Saturday
morning, July 10. at the court house
relative to proposed increase in as
sessed valuations, wishes to make the
following explanatory statement that
MISUNDERSTANDING may arise as to
the reasons therefor:
The increase in assessed valua-
tions is proposed in order to re-es.
tablish for the county free bonding
capacity, which was absorbed by the
recent road bond issue, and to lower
the tax rate to a plane uniform with
that of other counties, with which
Imperial county completes for settlers
and investors. If the assessed valua-
tions are doubled Investors may be
shown that the recent bond issue rep
resents but one-half Of the county's
bonding capacity, which will result,
the board believes, in making the
bonds more attractive TO bond buyers
and make possible 4 higher retLrn to
the county.
"The amount Of money which prop
ertv owners will pay for taxes will
not be affected bv the proposed in
crease in assessed valuations. When
the budgets from the various depart
ments of the county administration
are received. the Board of Supervis-
Crs will estimate the cost of maintain
ing the county government for the
ensuing year. The sum necessary will
be raised. irrespective of whether the
assessed valuations are increased, by
fixing the tax rate at a ratio whereby
the sum will be provided by the
amount of assessed valuations.
The proposed increase in assess
ed valuations, therefore, is measure
fer the credit of the county govern
ment and give the county bonding
power, not now possible. but whio
can be exercised only by the suffrage
of the people themselves"
According to this statement if the
total sum called for by the oulget
should be no greater than it was last
year, the doubling of the assessed
valuation would cut the tax rate ex
actly in half and the actual payn ent
of each property owner be the same.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-07-17
MAKE CLEVER
ESCAPE FROM
co. HOSPITAL

Stella Ketchum and Lucy Miller,
the two young girls who created
stir in the Juvenile court here last
week and who were sent to the de-
tention home at the county hospital
by Superior Judge Cole until the 25th
of this month, at which time their
cases were to be heard, escaped from
the institution about eight o'clock
last night and are being sought by
the officers today
A report from the hospital states
that the girls, who slept in the same
room, had cut the screen on the win
dow and then had let down the flap
so as to avoid detection, but evidently
watching their chance when no one
was in the halwavs AGAR
emily bodily walked out of the front
door.
The girls had been gone but half
an hour before their departure was
noticed. Employees at the hospital
followed their tracks out to the amin
road where they were lost.
1t is the opinion Of many that an
outside accomplice aided in their es-
cape. 1t is thought that arrangements
had been made for some time where
by this accompllce was to meet them
with a machine. TIE district atttor-
ney's office strongly hints at an eX-
convict being this accomplice as sew
eral letters had been received from
him by one of the girls while at
the hospital.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-07-17
HIS account
HAS BEEN PAID

Before the event of Americas par
ticipation in the worlds war and be-
fore the draft machine was put in
operation, Robert Scholler of Holt
vile was a regular subscriber to the
Imperial Valley Press, paying his
money regularly each year.
Scholler's subscription expired dur
ing March this year and the paper
was duly stopped on account of non
Several notices were sent
but no reply was received.
The last notice sent was returned
unopened, with the following scrawled
on the face of the envelope, mot here
Has been killed in the army"
Across the. page in the ledger con-
tanning this account has been written
"Paid-Not with money but with the
supreme sacrifice-that Democracy
should not die"
Imperial Valley press., 1919-07-17
ROOSEVELT 7
v W0ULO SAY
|" DELIGHTED

At the home of Mr.. and Mrs: G:
M. Burns in Holtville there arrived
on last Monday a little girl, which
makes the sixteenth child born to the
couple, and yet the mother is only
80 years of age herself.
Of the sixteen children that have
been born to Mr.. and Mrs. Burns,
with the advent of the little one who
has just arrived, fourteen are alive,
happy and prosperous.
Marrying at an early age the, cou-.
pie have welcomed the arrivel OF
each little one and have always been
able to make ample provisions for
them, being Industrious and thrifty.
A remarkable feature about the
number of children that have arriv-
ed at the Burns home is the fact that
there has never been twins in the
family
The eldest boy reached his twenty
first birthday when he passed beyond
with typhoid fever.
Of the fourteen now living there
are seven boys and seven Girls in the
household, and DR.. Stevens reports
the "little sister" to he "some" baby.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-07-17
IS
Of A
GREAT FIRE

Holtville was the scene.>of another
serious and disastrous fire Tuesday
night when the garage a7,es-nach
shop of Geo. johnson was completely
destroyed.
A series Of explosions were heard,
some say two, others three and four
before the flames burst out and the
alarm was sounded, but the fire had
gained Roadway so rapidly that be-
fore the fire department could re-
spond, the building and its con-
tents were beyond saving.
Just how the fire started is a
mystery, but it is presumed from a
defective generator, as some 40 or
so batteries We're in the building at
the time being renewed
TIL loss is estimated at about $4,000
exclusive Of the building while in
surance to the amount of $4,000 was
carried.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-07-17
FENCE IS
B0()ND0VER
TRIAL
L. DOminguez Held To Ans
wer Stolen Property
Charge.

l.. DomingueZ, the alleged "fence"
of the goods stolen from Varney
Bros. Brawley store in June, was
bound over to answer the charge of
"receiver of stolen property" in the
Superior Court, by Justice riayfield
this morning, bail being fixed at
$4,000
A. c. Bassey, a second hand dealer
in CaleXicO, was the first witness call
ed by the prosecution who established
the facts that DomingueZ had sold
him a dress for S21 and that he DO-
mingueZ) stated at that time that he
had six thousand dollars worth of
merchandise which he would sell to
Bassey for 81 900. Bassey stated that
Dominguez told him that he had a
gang of men working for him and
that they only pulled off bi" deals,
stealing thousands of dollars worth
of merchandise at one time.
Harry Krotz, manager of the Ca
leXico store of Varney Bros, followed
Bassey to the stand and partially
identified the dress which Bassey had
stated was sold to him by the defend
ant, as a dress stolen from Varney's
store in Brawley.
Mrs. NJ. C. Blanchard was the next
witness called and stated that she
, bought the dress in New York for the
! firm ard that the dress had been sent
to the BraWley store for sale.
The dress was admitted in the evil
dence as peoples exhibit "A" after
| lengthy arguments by the attorneys
! for the defendant. Utley and Smith
Of CaleXicO.
According to the district attorneys
office, DomingueZ has made Dusl-
ness of selling stolen property for
some time, operating store in Mex
ical for this purpose and is the real
brains of the gang. In fixing the bail
at $4,000 the court stated that while
| the bail seemed to be excessive, still
as the eXtradition treaty with Mexico
had been recalled, lesser sum would
not guarantee the appearance of the
defendant for trial IN the Superior
Court.
Francisco Valezuela, who was ar
rested as being implicated in the
arney Bros Brawlev robbery was
arraigned this afternoon on the charge
of grand larceny.
The charge of implication in the
Brawley robbery was dismissed when
it became known that he had consum-
ated the burglary of the home of
H. B. McGee Of this city and new
warrant was issued.
Acting as his own attorney he
made feeble attempt to resist the test
imony of the witnesses for the prose-
cution and was bound over for trial
in the superior court. Gn advice of the
district attorneys office the bail was
fixed at $4,000 Don C. Btler, acting
for the people stated that Velazuela
had brother in Phoenix who was
worth in excess of hundred thous-
and dollars and who had provided
bail for third brother who was in
trouble in San Diego. This third
brother jumped his bail and in en-
deavoring to escape into Mexico was
killed by one Of the government line
riders.
1t is stated that Velazuela has
made the threat in the 'sence OF
witnesses that if he ever secures his
freedom he would kill the children OF
A. C. Bassey who has been instru
mental in securing the evidence
against him.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-07-17
U. S. IS WORLDS
MORAL LEADER
SAYS De VALERA

SAN FRANCISCO, July 17.-Ea-
NOM de Valera, provisional president
of the Irish Republic, speeding here
to address the National convention of
the Ancient Irder of Hiberians, has
teIegraphed a message to the San
Francisco Bulletin, characterizing the
United States as the "moral leader
of the world" He says the SINGER
ity with which Americans support
the cause of Democratic government
for Ireland is surety that govern
ment by consent of the governed will
obtain in Ireland; that the Irish, no
longer, will be compelled by military
force to live under sovereignty they
do not desire. ...-
Imperial Valley press., 1919-07-17
FURNITURE MAN
RETURNS HOME

Bob Fahs, furuitupe buyer for the
Imperial Valley Hardware company
returned from a tour of the eastern
markets today and states that his
firm was fortunate in securing.an un-
usually large line of house furnish
ing goods, inasmuch as the scarcity
of merchandise this season is very
acute. Many new lines have been
added, and any requirement from the
low-priced to exclusive pieces, may
be filed.
A gift department will be a feature
of the store this fall. Hundreds OF
little items suitable for gifts of card
prizes will be shown. There will be
individuality and class in all OF them.
1t will be the endeavor OF the I'M
perial Valley Hardware company 70
make the furniture department of the
store exceptional for stock and sery-
HSn u ~. 80. -..- q
Imperial Valley press., 1919-07-17
BACHELOR FALLS
VICTIM Cupid s
FLYING ARROWS

With the announcement of the mar
riage of Miss Ruth Hemmer of lm-
perial ard Mr.. George G.. Anderson,
who is connected with Mort Reiser
company, a very pretty romance is
unfolded, dating back three months.
Mr.. Anderson first glimpsed his
future bride when she was a customer
at the Reiser store, some three months
ago The following week Miss Hen-
mer appeared again at the store and
Mr.. Anderson was introduced follow
ing which a whirlwind courtship was
enacted.
The many friends of the happy
couple, both here and in Imperial ex-
tend their congratulations
Following n short honeymoon Mr..
and Mrs. Anderson will make their
home in this city.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-07-17
THOUSANDS OF KOREANS
IMPLICATED IN UPRISING
lRy Associated Pressl

SEOUL, Korea, July 1.-THE
number of Koreans who have been
arrested in connection with the up
rising is 1881. Cases against 4649
were dropped; 1867 convicted; 299O
not tried; So acquitted.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-07-17
175 WARSH|PS
IS GRAND TOTAL
PACIFIC FLEET

WASHINGTON, July 17.-One
hundred and seventy-fve ships of an
average tonnage of more than a half
million will constitute the new Paci-
fic Fleet to sail from HAMPTON Roads
Saturday. Eight dreadnaughts and
six predreadnaughts are included
Imperial Valley press., 1919-07-17
MORE
FOR INJURED VETS.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE
sundry civil service bill which was
vetoed by President Wilson has been
amended to provide S14,000,000 in
stead of $6,000,000 tor rehabilitation
of wounded soldiers, passed by house
and sent to the senate.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-07-17
TRUE NOW
TR u ST WAY S
AND w H f E LIS
Some Plain Facts for the
Dairyman
FRANK PELTRET

MR.. ADAMS INTERESTING
STORY OF HIS VISIT TO THE
BONITA DAIRY OF BANKER
FARMER HENDERSON IN
YESTERDAYS PRESS RE-
MINDS ME- OF ANOTHER
BANKER-FARMER, A CON-
GRESHAM FROM OHIO,
WHO, IN A SPEECH, ASSERT
ED THAT HE HAD MADE A
GREAT SUCCESS OF A FARM
HE OWNED IN KANSAS AND
THAT THE TROUBLE WITH
JERRY SIMPSON AND THE
OTHER KANSAS FARMERS
WAS THAT THEY DID NOT
WORK THEIR FARMS PROP
ERLY. JERRY ASCERTAINED
THE LOCATION OF THE
BANKER-FARMER'S FARM
AND LEARNED THAT 1T HAD
YIELDED A CORN CROP OF
ABOUT EIGHT BUSHELS TO
THE ACRE. HE MADE A
SPEECH WHICH HE ILLUS
TRATED WITH PHOTOS TAX
EN- OF THE FARM AND
WHICH KEPT THE HOUSE IN
GALES OF LAUGHTER.
WINDING IT UP HE SAID
WITH WITHERING SARCASM
O, YES! THE GENTLEMAN is
A FARMER! A FARMER
ONE OF THE KIND OF FARM
ERS WHO FARM THE FARM
ERS INSTEAD OF FARMING
THE FARM" AND THEN PRE-
SENTED THE HOUSE WITH
PROOF THAT THE FARMER
CONGRESSMAN HAD OBJ
TANNED POSSESSION OF HIS
FARM BY FORECLOSURE OF
MORTGAGE UPON HIS OWN
BROTHER.
Mr.. Henderson does not appear t.
,ave been much of a success as
'armer of farms and in manufactur
ng enterprises he is reported a
:qually unfortunate. He started IL
ife without monev but now he is
nulti-millionaire. AS. Sacramento, tn
.ity where he has ACQUIRED his wealtl
S supported by the rich farms whic
it and as Mr.. Henderson ha
lou DoCOIIlc HlllllOIldlIe ny ldIHlHI!
he farm it is clear that he mus
nave made most of it by buying Ian
1T a low price and selling it at hig
1rice. That is the way most bank
ers become rich men. Naturally, the
nave the inside track on bargain.
People come to them VINO have t
sell and people come to them VIII
want to buy. There was time, nc
so many years ago when the Armour
made more money out of their refrie
orator cars than they made out c
their packing plants They owne
and controlled operation of the cars
railroads connected with each othe
to get their tonnage and producer
were mulched in eXorbitant freigf
and icing charges. Sacramento wa
then and is now the center of dec
luous fruit shipments in norther
California. 1t was therefore the Ger
ter of Armour activity for all dec
luous fruits go out urder ice. In
Armour account was undoubtedly
profitable account for the larges
bank in Sacramento in those palm
DAYS of railroad rebates.
In view of this record do the mil
producers of Imperial Valley thin
that Mr.. Henderson is proper ma
to be at the head of their co-operatlN
Imperial Valley press., 1919-07-17

Continued on Page Four)
Evening star., 1919-08-31
CAPT. DUQUESNE TELLS
OF SENSATIONAL FLIGHT
He Misled Keepers and Physicians
and Got Away in Automo-
bile in New York.

NEW YORK, August 30-Informa.
tion that Capt. Fritz DuQuesne. a no.
torious criminal. who disappeared
from the prison ward Of the Bellevue
Hospital May 26, made a sensational
escape in an automobile and later ned
across the border to Mexico. has been
received by Assistant District Attor.
ney Alexander Rorke. 1t was an
nounced today. The information re-
garding the manner Of the escape is
said to have been transmitted by Du-
quesne in letter to a friend in this
city.
DuQuesne. who was convicted here
on a charge Of filing a false claim
for insurance. is also wanted by the
British authorities in connection with
the sinking of the steamship Tenny-
on the 1s;a ssast Of Bahia Brazil in
Rorke. The fugitive. the assistant
district attorney said. had been a cap
tain in the Boer army. In 1901 he
was convicted Of high treason by the
and deported to Bermuda. from which
he escaped. He subsequently figured
in exploits in Central and South
America.
Mr. Rorke said that DuQuesne pre-
tended to be a paralytic while he
was confined in the tombs following
his conviction here. and deceived the
prison physicians SO successfully that
he was transferred to the prison
ward in Bellevue Hospital. Attend
ants in that institution also were
convinced Duquesne was unable to
use his limbs. but after he disap-
peared they found the bars in his
cell sawed and a blanket dangling
from a window to a shed below
Evening star., 1919-08-31
COL. ROOSEVELT TELLS
CHICAGO LEGION'S PLANS

Theodore Roosevelt on speaking
tour for the American Legion today
put in a strenuous day in Chicago
telling the veterans of the great war
and the public in general of the part
the legion is to play in the future of
the country. Receptions and meetings
and a night gathering of returned
fighting men filled his stay.
At Lieut. Col Roosevelt's request at
Illinois state headquarters notice was
served upon 119 posts of the legion
in northern Illinois that they should
Immediately begin active participa-
ton in every public movement. Were
going to SOW Americanism in every
nook and Granny of this nation" he
commented.
Evening star., 1919-08-31
CZECHOSLOVAK VETERANS
DUE IN U. S. TOMORROW
Fought Huns Two Years and Then
Battied Reds-Majortty Are
American Residents.

Cz4choslcvak veterans wh" t"ue"'
the Germans in northern France f"'
two years and later struggled asa'ns'
the Magyar bolsheviki will arrive '"
New York tomorrow on board the
French liner Rochambeau. according
to an announcement made last night
by the Czechoslovak bureau In Wasn-
ington.
said to be former residents OF New
york. Chicago. Philadelphia and
other American cities having large 'o'
eign populations. >,
Other transports are expected 20
bring back former members OF ehs
Czechoslovak army to the nurhoeI ~
about $500 in all. in ACCORDANCE WIN
an act of Congress passed at the Pc
hest of Representative SABBATH OF chi
cago last year. h.,
organized in New York to extend q
welcome to the returned veterans
Evening star., 1919-08-31
D. C.. WOMAN DIRECTS
RATlONING OF 3d. 900
Desperate Conditions Relieved by
Red Cross Workers Under Miss
Hoyt's Leadership.

PRAGUE. August 20. Fifty eight
thousand boys and girls in the Erze-
berge mountain district of Bohemia
are being fed each day with American
relief rations. In two months time.
one American woman, Miss Edith
Hoyt, a Red Cross worker of Wash
ington, D. c.. set up the organization
charged with the actual distribution
of this food.
The rations are supplied by the
American Relief Administration. while
the American Red Cross commission
has charge of the distribution. Miss
Hoyt organized local committees in
more than a score of towns. estab-
lished kitchens and supervised the
preparation and dispensing of the
supplies.
In the Erzeberge district, the con-
dition of the people was unusually
desperate They were living on weeds
and SOUP made from roots and leaves
when the Red rCoss workers arrived.
The children were in rags, while the
adults of the district had only one
garment apiece. Hundreds of women
had only a skirt and no undergar-
ments of any description. Shoes and
stockings had been unknown for three
years.
Besides food the Red Cross brought
in a large supply of clothing, much of
it donated by Americans in the relief
organizations "oid clothes" campaign
in the United States. 1t did not go FAR,
according to Miss Hoyt. who says the
demand for all sorts of cloth articles
"is beyond description.
Miss Edith Hoyt lives at 1901 21st
street northwest, and was for four
years a secretary at the French en-
bassy here, according to the records
of the personnel department of the
Potomac division of the American Red
Cross.
Evening star., 1919-08-31

Rev. and Mrs. willard G. Daven-
port are to celebrate their golden
wedding Monday evening, september
s. at o'clock, at 1903 Maple View
place. Anacostia. All friends are IN
vited.
Friends OF Irish Freedom will meet
at Gonzaga Hall this evening at
O'Clock. Rosa r Downing will pre-
side, and Mrs. Mary F. McWhorter OF
Chicago will be one Of the speakers.
Residents from all parts Of the coun-
try. who came here for the IRISH ausS-
tion hearing before the foreign re!a-
tions committee of the Senate. are
expected to attend.
The concert which was scheduled TO
be given by the Marine Band Tuesday
evening at Iowa Circle will be given
at 18th and Columbia road instead.
Frederick Funston POST No. 4.
American Legion, will meet at the
Carroll Institute. 91S 10th street.
Wednesday evening.
Two silver loving cups will he
awarded tomorrow at the tidal bath!r <
beach TO the man and woman who have
secured the most points in the swim
ming contests recently held there
The Labor dny base hall game will
Evening star., 1919-08-31
LOWER PRICES NOW
UP TO RETAILERS
Liable to Prosecution Unless
They Take Cognizance of
/, Wholesale Quotations.

As result of the sharp break in
closely watched by the Department of
Justice. and if prices to the consumer
DO not show a corresponding decrease
within the next few days swift prose-
cutions probably will follow. it was
learned yesterday.
Most dealers are now cooperating
in the campaign to lower living costs,
officials of the department said. and
the lower wholesale prices should be
reflected on the retail market
shortly.
Judge Ames. assistant to the At
torney General, in charge of the food
control law. said yesterday that
profiteering in sugar virtually has
ceased, and II cents is now generally
accepted as the retail price through
out the country.
Curtailment Of production, boarding,
profiteering and an inflated currency
were set forth as the four principal
causes of present high prices in a
lengthy report sent to Congress by the
Council of National Defense. Gross
profteering in the wool and shoe in
dustries through the conscious cur
tailment of production was alleged in
the report. The lack of housing ac-
commodations was attributed to a
shortage in building material caused
by uncertain conditions and labor dis
putes. The report said the shortage
probably would continue for some
time.
A national standard of living higher
than existed before or during the war
can be maintained, the report said. If
production is placed on an efficiency
basis.
Evening star., 1919-08-31
CAR CREW ExONERATED
BY CORONER'S PANEL
Evidence That Bruce E. Hutchin
son Was Struck by Running
Board Given at Hearing.

A cnroner's Jury yesterday after
noon exonerated the crew of the
Brookland car of the Washington
Railway and Electric Company which
killed Bruce E. Hutchinson in front
of his home at 3S05 18th street north
east Friday morning.
1t was brought out at the inquest
that Mr.. Hutchinson was not on the
he was struck by the running board.
Mark Gray of Mount Rainier was
motorman of the car.
The funeral of Mr.. Hutchinson viii.
be from the residence on 18th street
at o'clock tomorrow afternoon and
burial will be in Glenwood cemetery.
Mr.. Hutchinson was bookkeeper in
the Treasury Department. He is SUR
vived by his widow and four sons.
Evening star., 1919-08-31
HINDENBURG SAYS HUNS
MUST REGAIN OLD ORDER

HANOVER. Prussia, August 30 (by
the Associated Press).--Addressing a
delegation Of students serenading him
on the occasion of the nth anniver-
sary of the battle Of Tannenberg.
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg said: j..
"If. five years ago. was permitted
to win a brilliant victory. 1t was due
to the dispensation of Providence and
the spirit of the troops assigned me.
We must hold on to this spirit in the
sad days which are now overcoming
us: we must not lose courage because
the pariahs of society and helots are
our enemies.
1--WE must again become that which
we once were, when in Versailles the
new German empire was proclaimed.
/ being among those permitted to join
in the first three cheers for the en-
peror.
be lost to US In these days Of laxity
and falseness."