davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-04-11
Edg's Business Administration

Governor Edge announced that his
would be a business admlnlStra-
ton. He would make a budget syS-
TEN and thereby show how the State
could be run in a business way.
Thereby people were made to infer
there would be efficiency with econ
omy and expenditures would be kept
within the limit of appropriations.
Well, his administration is drawing
to a close. The 1919 session of the
Legislature is drawing to a close.
Never were salaries boosted more,
never was there a greater deficiency
appropriation made, were larger
appropriations made, neve were
heavier tax burdens put on the people,
when there should be economy in
State expenditures to meet the World
War taxes.
The first extravaganza in the buSi-
ness administration is the %appropria-
ton of S250,000 to the revolving fund
of the State Home Commission made
up of Governor Edge, State Comp
troller Bugbee and State Treasurer
Reed to meet a deficiency in admin
istering the State institutions now
ending the fiscal year on July 1st. 1t
is the strongest impeachment of Gov.
Edges business administration and
his figures of his glowing budget
system.
The annual appropriation bill
amounts to about S13, 100000. for
State purposes for the fiscal year to
begin July /. Among the items is
one million dollars for the prelimi-
nary work on the construction of the
Philadelphia Camden bridge and the
New York-Jersey City tunnel. This
is an increase of about $4,000.
Thirty years ago a big hullabaloo
was made when Gov. Albeit eXpend-
ed 100000 for a new wing to the
State House in Trenton. The present
Legislature appropriates only 100000
for Gov. Edges business administers
ton to add another wing to the State
House.
The salary boosters passed by the
Legislature increases the pay of the
civil service commissioners 10 5000
a year, and another allowing the civil
service commission to pay the chief
of the bureau of crops and markets
of the state department of education
up to $500 a year.
In the house two salary boosters
were put thru, one giving the judges
of the circuit courts of the state
$4,000 instead of $4,000 a year, and
one increasing the salaries of the ad-
jutant and quartermaster generals OF
New Jersey to $4,000 a year.
Charles G. Garrison, who has been
a Judge of the State Supreme Court
for 80 years on a salary of from
$4,000 to S12,0 900, has failed in health
and needs to be retired. Having been
somewhat OF a sport the Legislators
think he has not saved enough to live
upon so they appropriated him $4,000
a year to retire on and become a pub
lie pauper of democracy.
Most common citizens often wonder
why many men of brains do not have
the virtue of frugality and morals to
save enough like other persons to live
upon in old age when they get so
much more than most taxpayers.
Such goes the world in government
tai politics. P. T. Barnum said: The
American people like TO be humbug-i
ged. Why not Barnum do it with his
whitewashed elephant and get pay for
showing it"
Gov. Edge has played his political
cards and goes to the L. S. Senate.
His little budget did it.
Who will be the next? What viii
be his political card to play?
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-04-11

Feeding the Huns and letting the
Bohemians, Moravians and Servians
starve seems inconsistent.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-07
FAMOUS WHISTLER PAINTING
NOW IN NATIONAL GALLERY
Little White Girl" WAS Painted D.,
Mated Artist HnrIS in
Year 1861,

LONDON Sept. 6.--Onc of Whist
lcrs most famous raintlngs the Little
White Girl" is now on View in the
National gallery. to which it WAS pre-
scented together with two other Whist
Ter paintings. "Crcmornc Lights" and
the Fire Wheel
The Little White Girl" was painted
in 1861 and exhibited at the ROYAL
Academy in 1868. where it created a
SenSatio and aroused much hostile
criticism. one critic regretted that
Whistler should make the most
bizarre of bipcdSa out of the women M.
painted and an American critic de-
Scriocd ii as a powerful woman with
reg hair and vacant stare in her
eyes
Among the few who appreciated its
charm was Swinburnc. who after see
ing IT.. wrote the poem. "Bcforc Tn.
Mirror. The picture for which the
model 10 sat- shows Il girl in Il sim
pie white gown leaning against the
mantle. her face reflected in the mirror
"trcmornc Lights" is :, noctUrnc In
blue and silver. "a twilight scene with
only TWO tones. the sky and the water
ghosts OF buildings ANA the reflections
OF the lights of the old Cremornc
Gardens.
The Fire Wheel" is a picture of a
hreW"rkS display, II nocturnc in black
and gold.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-07
r. VOC hroueht fnrwnrh. rhc rns1its

orders were brought, forward. rho results
"' lAv "HvlcS sale -; government surplus
,2ti'n goods Thursday showed THAT The
cdE" rs OF and bIuuinE WAS quite. imlinr!-
r"t compared with tho rCiu0rnJb.c SAFE OF
" Few wechs ago. Some lines OF COTTON
prize r'.d 10y ,hv government
be0i"S prcod for delivery ~ this last
quarter "t ihc year wcry offered at cents
yori lower than Similar goods have
brought ia recent second hand sales Nrw
IRE siughams prices Viii be- made 20:
spri"E ,"rls ncNt week. and ,ouSidprlUlc
activity. - looked for IS many m.l.s viii
uit"t iHni;rd output. Mills ana sciiius
agents a-g generally holding prices steady
Is they have many ord T. Yet Ia MI. ana
much OF the business IA haud was booked
At figures under those reached in jun.
froduci2n shows some Improvement since
the holiday.
Merchants fy.l tina, the continued ari,a-
lion against high prices must have some
Eject IN checkne The risc and most OF
hem are well pleased ;hIt more moderate
ma:<t, prevails. l'r!c.s quoted follows:
print cloth. -s-iavh diNGiS. lige; "iNtts lie;
Ssi.-inch "iNais l5i,c; brown ~hcytfnrs
Southern siandurds . and -'c dyntmS go
S"u'h "rn indigo. ji-4v. ;iCii!nE>. iJC; staple
ringhum>. -ic: prints. l'c, dress giuEhalls
:" ana -.i2c The las; four named are
nominal
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-07

!pwEEP Sept. {. Antwerp is
IS has never been known amy
less than six diamond clubs"
been opened in the las; three
IS
main feature OF these clubs is
room filled with rows OF small
tables. The rooms look FOR all
world like card playing establish
ls the guests. however who pre-
clc StrAuE,St appearances There
SMART young men dressed in The
STYLES, and important looking
bearing the uBmistIk:tb!v marx
e StolH exchange hAbltUe. and
ag old men With long boards and
,.nvu. ana ancient Hrince AL
su-tS. all mingled tug Their ana
.- bargains among themselves
ares ,-at would rejoice any
America.
by t"D they sit. opposite each
lt thc little green tables, carr
lingering handtuis OF Uncut
nes AS ;hey were common
7Hversations are pretty much
ur, al, over tn" room How
li N7u pa! for this lo;
hundred thousand crowns"
Sni buy J: with per cent
lie money is handed over a,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-07
Can't Investigate. Disorders.

RALEIGH. y. G.. Sept. G.-A,tornov.
General j. :. Manning today furnished
Governor 7. w Hickctt with formal
oplnirn. holding that neither the Con-
Stitution nor the statute law Of the
state confcrs upon The Governor power
10 nltiut" an Investigation into tho
recent disorders in Charlotte. accom-
panylng street car strike when five
men We're Killed ana Il dozen wounded
~ INC car-bHrn OF the Southern Public
Utilities ComDauv
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-07

NIChmOnd biIIilrU' nail prODrictOrS
assembled yesterday evening at Muir
phys Hotel aud formulated plans for
tho organization o. u billiard rrotcc-
tiv" association IN" purpose of the
organization as announced last uirnt
hy its sponsors * To establish rules
and regulations FOR the protection OF
The game dcVotccs.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-07

kEINIGT " w S0II G-'T-'- N0r-
init Warho'd Bridge Comnau" N2s
hecn incorporated here with $la5.0Ul
capital stock Ii IS understood the
company viii build and ov=~.lto toll
bridges over rug Fork and i3i- SANDY
Rivers.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-07

announced today by the Treasury.
making a total for that country Of
$l.GiS."i5.9i5 and n total for ali tho
allies OF $9.GiS.272.5GT
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-07

effect that the police must discontinue
the service Old residents resent the
new order.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-07

WNSlilNGTON. sept G.-An addi-
tiouaI credit of $1,000. 600 TO italy. was
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-07
RTCNMOND GRAIN MARKET,
IL !IoIrsaI. Ducts cons On Jttrli,.,

tr- 49,
'urnor, control.
= Cur Lots:
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-07
onen.ne the ring .onnd con.Lh
.lCiiMo>p rRonrcE M.awEr.

v hOIrNn.t NUuEIilnU-
.n.tsuu- Dtal= a.. Inc Eichu'urd Va ,
&. uJl DISQUALIFICATION I.i,.r'.,. Su - ''-.,
Richmond va, Sept. T.. 1919
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-24
NATIONAL SELF
DETERMINATION
ASKED FOR IRISH

Philadelphia, Feb. PA resolu-
ton calling on President Wilson and
Congress to urge the Peace Confer
ence to grant Ireland the right to
national self determination was Of
fered by Cardinal Gibbons for adop-
tion at the convention of the Irish
race in America here today.
The cardinal, who recently, cele
brated his golden jubilee, commemo-
rating the fiftieth anniversary of
his entrance into the priesthood of
the Roman Catholic church, present.
ed the document without a formal
speech, asserting his advanced years
and consequent infirmities" rendered
him incapable of making such an eff
fort.
81 hold in my hands," said the car
dinal, "a resolution on behalf of Ire
land which should appeal to every
lover of liberty and justice.
"My friends, there is liberty in
the air. The nations of the earth
are clamoring for liberty. And why
should not loving Ireland
join in the general cry? Yes, Ire
land wants freedom to breathe the
air of heaven. She wants freedom
to stretch her brawny and sinewy
arms. She wants freedom to develop
her resources. She wants freedom to
develop tie riches of her soul. She
wants freedom to develop the riches
of her soul. She wants freedom to
carve out her own destiny.
"And we are here today to plead
the cause of Ireland's sons and
daughters, that they may stand
erect, redeemed, regenerated and dis
enthYalled on their own sacred soil"
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-24
PROSECUTION
RE0PENSGUNS.
IN TRIAL D F.
RU[|A SINGH.
Finding of New and Mate.
rial Witnesses Brings At
tacks On Alibi Showing of
the Defense.

Because Of the accidental finding
of two new material witnesses, whose
names have not heretofore been men
toned in connection with the case,
District Attorney E. R. Simon this
afternoon re-opened the guns of the
prosecution in the Rulia Singh mur-
der case.
The testimony of these witnesses,
Hhc are both Hindus, attacks the ac-
curacy and veracity of Jewn Singh
and Basant Singh chief witnesses of
the defense in establishing the alibi
of Rulia Singh, the rancher who is
charged with the killing of Albert
Joe on the night of November 21,
1918.
Testifying for the defense, Jewn
and Basant Singh swore that they
visited the accused man in his room
at the Holtville hospital about 7:15
of the evening of the cine This
was just fifteen minutes after the
shooting of Albert Joe eight miles
away from Holtville.
In contradiction of this important
testimony corroborating in almost
every detail the alibi of the defense,
two Hindus this morning informed
the district attorney that Jewn and
Basant Singh could not have been
in Holtville at the hour stated.
One told the prosecutor that he
met Jewn Singh at Imperial about
5 o'clock on the afternoon of No
vember 21 and remained all night
with him at the Coleman rooming
house.
The other informant stated that
Basant Singh had supper at his
farmhouse on the latter's return from
Holtville. This was said to have
been about $50 o'clock in the after
noon.
Rulia Singh was the last witness in
his own defense. His testimony was
in the main cOrroborative of the alibi
stories told by previous witnesses for
the defense. In taking the oath he
interoplated:
81 will tell tet truth just as though
| was facing my God"
The last question put him by At
torney o. V. Williamson was:
"Did you or did you not shoot and
kill Albert Joe on the evening of No
vember u of last year,"
Without exhibiting the slightest
sign or nervousness or faltering, he
answered in a clear and firm voice:
"No, sir; l did not. The first l
knew of Albert Joe's death was when
| was informed of the fact by an
officer in the Jail four days after |
had been arrested for the first time"
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-24
VALLEY BOOST.
ASSOCIATION n
Ten TAT|vE:l|.. |. Y
0RGAN|z D
Meeting to Be Held at the
Barbara Worth Hotel on
Wednesday Of This Week
to Discuss Plans.

With the avoWed purpose of seek
ing to develop the Imperial Valley
to the top of it's capacity as a whole,
and to assist each community to OBJ
tain those benefits and the aid that
only an united Valley can give, a
group of men have started a move
ment to organize an Imperial Valley
Association to do fer the Valley in
general what the Chamber of Com
merce is doing for El Centre in par
ticular and with the added force of
co-ordinated efforts.
The headquarters Of the Associ-
alton are to be located in the county
seat, where the officers will be in
doing and can act with the greatest
expediency and the best results. The
president Of each civic and co-opera-
tive organization will represent the
Association in every community ard
members will be drawn from all
over the county.
The plan of organization will be
submitted to general meeting of
delegates at the Hotel Barbara
Worth in Ell Centre on Wednesday
afternoon at 2 O'Clock, when it is
planned to organize permanently by
election of officers and adoption of
bylaws.
A letter was received today by
Secretary c. w. Leffingwell, Of the
Chamber of Commerce, from w. H.
Leonard, temporary secretary, who
is doing the organization work by re-
quest. The letter invites the local
body to become affiliated with the
Association and asks that delegates
be sent to attend the Wednesday
meeting.
All other civic and cooperative as
sociations in the Valley have been
invited to send representative and
affiliate. The objects of this asso-
citation shall be:
(a) To help secure a guaranteed,
adequate and permanent water sup
ply as the primary need of the I'm
perial Valley.
(b) To promote the interests of
the Imperial Valley in general and
every section thereof in particular.
(c) To promote harmonious and
action by all sections of the
Valley in the best interests of all.
Cd To operate in accord and con
junction with all other civic and CO.
operative bodies of this Valley, par
ticularly with the county develop
ment agent and the Farm Bureau. /
(e) To get in close touch with
outside interests which are useful
or may be useful to the Valley and
to obtain such benefits thereby as
are desirable.
(f) To keep in close touch with
legislative and international affairs
as they affect this valley, and to
take such part therein as is deemed
advisable to obtain needed results.
(g) To assist respective Valley
communities to obtain such improve
ments and benefits as may be de-
sired from time to time.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-24
NATIONAL HEADS
CHURCH LEAGUE
TO VISIT HERE

DR.. Charles E. Guthrie of Chicago
general secretary of the Epworth
League, so captivated California Ep-
worthians at last years institutes
What he has been prevailed upon to
come again and spend the entire
month of February and part of
March in the Golden State. He will
be in Imperial on March 1 and .
for the Imperial County Epworth
League Convention.
Bishop A. w. Leonard of San
Francisco, international president of
the EpWorth League, needs no in
PRODUCTION to Methodist young peo-
pie of Imperial Valley, who heard
him about three years ago at a ral-
ly held in Ell Centre, where over 200
young people crowded the King cafe
terra for a banquet at which he was
the principal speaker.
A. Ray Moore of San Francisco,
dean of Arbamar League Institute,
is dearly loved by all young people
and is not stranger in Imperial
Valley, for he was with US at our
great convention at Brawley last
year in February and all who heard
him received new enthusiasm and in
spiration.
These three men, with others, are
spending the month of February hold
ing Epworth League rallies over the
state. They will be in San Diego ON
Friday, February %, and will come
to the Valley on Saturday, March /,
by II. V. Mather, San
Diego district president These men
will all be present at the Imperial
High School Cafeteria for banquet
at $3.50 on Saturday night and this
will all be present at the Imperial
High School cafeteria for banquet
at 6:30 on Saturday night and this
will be open to all who care to at
tend. In the evening there will be
addresses by DR.. Guthrie and Bishop
Leonard
On Sunday morning at II o'clock
preaching hour Bishop Leonard will
talk to the young people in the
First Methodist church at Imperial
and in the afternoon at 2:30 DR..
Guthrie will hold the big family
service. If you cannot attend all
of the meetings, do not miss this
one
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-24
VALLEY N A !.
Be WORLD s.
CENTER FOR.
PIG N { n 7 s.

Imperial Valley, through the kind
ly assistance of Dame Nature, may
become the worlds center for the
production of paint pigments, the
chemical compound from which paints
are manufactured.
The retreating Salton sea, whose
idiosyncracies have been more or less
of complete mystery to scientists
and geologists, assuming the role of
a chemist, is mixing if'itSs huge NOR
tara portion of a great basin forty
acres in eXtent-a natural paint
manufactory.
Chemical action, the mixing of un-
known gases and chemical properties,
occurring far belong the surface of
the still swampy and marshy ground,
is throwing up daily barrels of a
mixture that striking the outside air
and allowed to cool becomes solid
chunks or slabs of pigment. Mixed
with oil and heated, these slaps, ap-
pearing in the primary colors, be-
come ready for use in painting the
worlds homes.
Already the still little known fact
of the giant paint shop of nature
has attracted the attention of the
geologists and business men whose
commercial activities it may assist
or injure. The result has been that
Captain c. f. Davis and Shorty
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-24
CHAMP BANNER
TO Be AWARDED
FARM CENTERS

A large and striking banner which
will be awardeYto the Farm Center
carrying off the palm for the high
est percentage mempership or en-
rollment, arrived and was installed
today in the offices of the County
Farm Bureau.
The banner is unique in it's concep-
tion, it's colors being chosen to rep
resent desert sunset. The large
field is of desert gray, while the top
and border colors are sunset red and
purple. This combination makes the
banner one of the handsomest that
can be produced.
The banner will be awarded at the
close of the Farm Center member
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-24
SEEK TO END
WIRE CONTROL.
by Associated Press)

by Associated Press)
WashingtOn--Right of way for
action ON the resolution to end
government control of the tele-
phcne and telegraph systems on
December 81 will be proposed
this week by the House Rules
committee. Chairman Pau an
ncunced. The special Rules COM
mittee has also approved per-
NIT for the consideration of Sec
retary Lanes bill reclaiming land
for settlement by soldiers and a
bill creating civil service re-
tirement fund.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-24
OPPOSE FEDERAL
TAX LAW
BY Associated Press)

(By Associated FreSs)
Sacramento-rTh he convention
cf state and county fiscal agents
is opposed to the legislative res
clution urging Congress to adopt
a uniform federal inheritance tax
law to replace states measures.
Asse mblywcman Hughes intro
duced a resolution Monday urg-
ing Congress to create a Depart
ment of Education and to ap-
proporiate S100,000.0O0 annually
to aid the states.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-24

. farrand is 81 new chairman
Of the cen.;s, committee of the
American hsl Cross. He has
reputation as a student of psy-
cnoiogy and anthropology and was
president of the University of Col
orado when the war broke OUT.
but his new appointment is ex-
ecutive head of the Red Cross is
due to his work as director in
France Of the war on tubercVlos>
conducted by the Internal &C Nc.
health board. President " noon
makes the appointment.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-24
PROHIBITION ACT
TO BE STRICT.

WashingtOn-Any bev erage
containing more than one-half of
| per cent alcohol will be banned
by the prohibition act effective
July /, under the measure ap-
proved today by the House Ju-
dietary committee.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-24
PLACE HUN
GUN ON DISPLAY.
CIV ASSOCIATED Pre-

(By Associated Pressl
Paris-One of the German long
range guns which shelled Paris
is now on its way to this city
to be placed ON exhibition, ac-
cording to La Victorie.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-24
SIMS TO
COME HOME.
(BV Associated Press)

(By Associated Press)
MISUNDERSTANDING Dan
iels today announced that Vice
Admiral Sims had been author
lied to return from Europe late
in March unless there are un-
foreseen international develop
mentS.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-24
DETECTIVES.
APPREHEND.
Al | T G T D
ASSASS|NS||
Radicals Arrested by Fed
eral Agents at New York
as They Were Boarding
Train for Boston.

New York, Feb. 24.-Fourteen
members of the Spanish branch of
the l. w. w. were arrested by Sc
police bomb squad in two raids here
late today.
While they are charged formally
with having sidtious literature in
their possession, government agents
claimed to have evidence they were
Matching a terrorist plot.
Frank Francisco and Edward J.
Dowd of the secret service, as we'll
as New York detectives, who assist
ed them in the raids, declared they
had obtained evidence which would
be used in an attempt to prove the
prisoners had planned to assassinate
President Wilson in Boston tomor-
row.
Meanwhile, mechanical experts
have been assigned to assemble
complicated machine found disman-
tied in enc of the rooms raided. The
secret service agents said they were
at loss to explain it's purpose.
Translators were put to work on
mass of papers and pamphlets
seized.
One of the houses raided had been
under police surveillance fro several
days as result of meetings held
there, it was said.
All the men, it was said, are Span
ish aliens, who have come to the
United States during the past three
years.
According to the secret service
men, youth of 25, who gave the
name of Jose Gaud, is the chief
organizer of the Spanish l. w. w.
here, and is the editor of radical
Spanish newspaper published in New
York. In the l. w. w. organization,
it was said, he is known as Arnoldo
Sapatena.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-24
ENGLAND FACES
CIVIL STRIFE
SAYS PREMIER
(By Associated Press)

London, Feb. 24.-Britain, faced
with the prospects of civil strife, the
House of Commons should do every
thing in its power to avert it, Lloyd
George declared today when intro
ducing a bill to constitute commit
tee otinquire into conditions prevail
ing in the coal industry.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-24
(BVAssociated Pressl

Paris, Feb. 24-It is believed that
serious friction is developing in the
special labor commission between ad-
vocates of the British and American
labor plans, especially regarding the
freedom of labor to seek employment
in any country. American leaders
sa yit conflicts with the plan to re-
strict immigration.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-24
UNCOVER PLOT TO KILL WILSON
Last Minute
Bulletins
ASIAN RULER
MURDERED.

(By Ass0clated Press)
London-H ullas Khan,
alneer OF Afghanistan. was mur-
dered February 20. according to
all 0ffic:a! announcement here
today.