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Imperial Valley press., 1919-06-28
ARMY'S TELEPHONE
SYSTEM IN FRANCE
WAS THE FINEST
(By Associated Press)

Coblenz, May % (By maiD-At the
time the Americans began withdraw
ing from Germany the United States
army had perfected one of the fin
est telephone system in Europe. From
the headquarters of the Third Army
in Coblenz fifty long distance lines
had been set up and it is possible for
the commanding general to sit In his
office and talk with American Off
GERS in London, Berlin, Vienna, Rot
terdam, Brussels, Antwerp, Paris and
various other points in France.
The Army of Occupation has tele-
phone system closely resembling the
best commercial system in the Unit
ed States. On the top floor of the
headquarters building in Coblenz a
nine-position switchboard was in
stalled soon after the Americans
reached the Rhine. Scattered
throughout Coblenz are twenty pri-
vate branch exchanges of the vari-
'ous units of headquarters. Connected
to this system are more than four
the fifty long distance lines.
Within the German occupied area
there has been established by the Sig
nal Corps under the direction of Colo
mel Parker Hit, chief signal Off
Ger, network of wires connecting
the various units of the Third army.
Direct lines connect with all the corps
and divisions, approximately 5000
miles of wire being in service.
This extensive plant has not, how
ever, been built by the Third army
but consists almost altogether of the
German lines taken over - the Sig
nal Corps and so arranged to meet
the needs of the army. Sufficient cir
cults were left, however, for the cl-
william population to carry on THEN
business.
More than Is 900 calls are regis
tered daily on the Coblenz switch
board. With the establishment of ex-
changes in Coblenz it was necessary
to employ onerators who could speak
English, French and German. The
fifteen operators on duty in Coblenz
are all members of the Womens Tele-
phone Corps and have been in the
service more than wear. The chief
stor, Miss Helen Cook, was for
mer ennploye of tie American Tele-
rhone and Telegraph Company ir
NEW lCFk. ISNlOuS w 'oifliii' tHS
American Exreditionary Force. Miss
Cook spent six years as instructor
for the Bell system in offices in Chi.
cago, Minneapolis, Omaha, Cleveland
Detroit and Memphis.
The word "Doodlebug" is the code
name of the Third Army switchboard
J. in Coblenz, the corps and divisions
also retaining the code names that
Imperial Valley press., 1919-06-28
AMERICAN FARM
MACH INERY is
QUITE POPULAR
(By Associated Press)

Saloniki, June 7 (By maiD-Large
consignments of American agricul-
tural machinery have been unloaded
here for use in Macedonia. The mo-
tor plows are badly needed on ac-
count of the dearth Of horses and OK
en-, which the Bulgars carried off with
them. In the last six months the
American Red Cross has been in
structing the Greeks and Serbs in
the use Of modern farm machinery
and American methods of soil i'm
provement and now farmers are be-
ing given the opportunity to buy I'M
plements at advantageous prices.
King Alexander of Greece is much
interested in American farming ma
chinery. Recently a very large con-
signment of agricultural machinery
and implements arrived in Athens
from America. The consignment COM
prised all classes of power machin-
cry and considerable number OF mo-
tor plows. King Alexander viewed
these plows at the Athens Botanical
Gardens. At his request, two or three
of them were set to work in an ad-
jacent field. attracting from first to
last his special attention. Later these
American machines and implements
were exhibited at the Zappeion, the
large exhibition building in Athens
used during the war as hospital.
There they were visited by landown-
ers, farmers and the general public.
The Greek government shipped a
number of these motor plows and 9TH
er implements to eastern Macedonia
and Thessaly to be used for the
spring cultivation. In addition, thou
sands of ordinary American plows
are being shipped into Macedonia. To
pull these plows the Bulgarians final
ly agreed after much discussion to
deliver 700 draught animals per week
to the lGreeks in recompense for the
tens of thousands of animals taken
by the Bulgarian army in Thrace du-
ring the war.
Owing to the fact that farmers
throughout the Near East cultivate
only small tracts, small size Ameri-
can machinery is in greater demand
than the heavier machines, with the
possible exception cf harvesters. Only
large owners can afford the large
blowing tractors.
The American Red Cross has
brought in ahcut 300 American farm
wagons and later these wagons and
the many small American automobiles
now being used in the Near East will
be sold to the farmers. The Near
East is in greatest need OF means
of transportation and farming macln-
ery and Americans are now meeting
this demand.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-06-28

APPARATUS FOR
US. AEROPLANES
(By Associated Press)

Washington, June 28.-Indestruc-
tible gasoline tanks, automatic cranks
and portabable hangers are a few of
the airplane equipment devices which
the army air services engineering sec
tion is seeking to perfect. American
inventors have been asked to assist.
The gasoline tank desired would
withstand "a salvo of fifteen shots
fired at range of, thirty yards, the
mammunition consisting of service,
tracer, incendiary and armor- piercing
bullets, without fire resulting" A
maximum weight limit of rs per cent
more than the ordinary tank has been
fixed.
An automatic cranker, mounted on
truck and electrically driven, is un-
der experiment. This instrument is
designed to offset the great Difficult
ties now experienced in starting the
big bombing planes which are expect
ed to be the type adopted in aerial
commerce A flexible arm is attached
to the propeller. giving the twist
necessary to start the cylinders to fir
ing and is then automatically discon-
nected.
|! Portable hangars of canvas, of the
type now used, are very unsatisfac-
tory, according to aviation officials.
They either are too small for the pur
pose or are easily blown down by a
moderate wind. The hanger sought
would be large enough to hold four
planes and would be capable of being
solidly fixed when erected.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-06-28
MODEST PRIVATE
REFUSES OFFER
TO GO ON STAGE
(By Associated Press)

Colorado Springs, Colo, June 28.-
Private Jesse Funk of Calhan, Colo
radios greatest war hero, is not 60
ing into vaudeville. Instead, he in
tends to rest awhile on the Funk
ranch and then probably will take a
job at the Denver stockyards, be-
cause he is first Of all cattleman.
Funk divulged this information last
week while he was in Colorado
Springs with his father and mother,
Mr.. and Mrs Martin Funk
Funk returned from the service last
week. General Pershing has num-
bered Funk among the thirty-two
greatest heroes of the war. On his
breast Funk wears the Congression-
al Medal of Honor. the French Croix
de Guerre and the Disti~r rushed
Service Cross. Since his return, the
roads to the Funk ranch have been
kept dsuty with the visits from con-
gratulatory neighbors who have
known Jess since he first rode a
horse.
"What I did any man would do who
had the chance. / was lucky to get
the chance" he says.
Funk cot his decorations for saw
ing the life of a wounded lieutenant
under fire. The British and Belpian
governments also hav awarded hon
governments alwav have awarded hon
ors to him, but the medals have not
arrived.
'I've had a dickens of time over
these medals" Funk said when asked
how it felt to be hero. cit takes
hero to stand up under this well
come stuff. I'd rather have those
machine gunners shooting at me than
to face all thes welcomes, newspaper
men, photographers and so on"
Imperial Valley press., 1919-06-28
UNAN|M|TY FOR
GOOD ROADS BONDS
DISCLOSED HERE

Merchants, business men and flnan-
ciers are boosting for the good roads
bonds.
The following collected by the Auto
mobile Club of Southern California,
is indicative of the character OF this
support, ~
July 1st for the County and State
Highway Bond Acts, believing them
to be measures which will add great
lv to the prosperity of our town,
county and state.
Will S. Fawcett, Chairman of Good
Roads Committee.
F. B. Fuller, Ell Centre National Bank.
j. E. Davis, merchant.
j. X. Hermon, Security Commercial
and Savings Bank.
J. G. Cash, Southern Trust and Com
merce Bank.
F. F. and G. E. Bowles, Bowles' Ga
rage.
Burger Bros, automobile distributors.
Willis & Thomas, garage and dlstrlb-
uters of automobiles.
w. l.. Hodges, Imperial Valley Motor
Co.
Cass & Morgan, automobile distribu-
ters and garage. e.,
Arthur Edgar, Imperial Valley. Ford
distributors and implement dealer.
c.. w. McCabe, automobile distribu-
ter.
H. F. O'Bryne, automobile distribu-
ter.
Clifford Coggins, garage.
Davis Overland Co., distributors OF
automobiles.
It. T. Cook, First National aBnk.
O. B. Tout, Ell Centre Progress.
Mrs. NJ D. Davis, Imperial Valley
Drocc
Imperial Valley press., 1919-06-28
NUMBER
DESCRIBES AUTO

Villas & Thomas, Chevrolet deal
ers in the famous Imperial Vallev.
have had their telephone number
changed from 681 to "four-ninety,"
with branches in Ell Centre, CaleXico
and Brawley.
Willis & Thomas have attracted a
great deal of attention throughout
their territory by the use of this
Unique telephone number. When a
party calls the operator and gives
the number "four-ninetv." the phone
rings at one of the Willis & Thomas
stores and is Immediate answered
by "Chevrolet four-ninety."
Imperial Valley press., 1919-06-28

were assigned them during the war.
On the back of a twenty-page tele-
phone directory issued by the Third
army the artists conception of a
"doodlebug" has been reproduced in
the shape of a bug made up of a
combination of sabres, rifles and an
aerial bomb.
All the apparatus, including
switchboards, telephone instruments
and, in fact, everything except the
wires, is of American manufacture
and is to he taken out when the
Americans in force say goodbye to tie
Rhine and start for france and
Home.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-06-28
NEW CHAMBERS
ARE LEADERS IN
SPRING MOTORS

The new Chandler six seven-passen-
ger car, with the now series four
passenger roadster, constitute the
leaders in the spring offering OF II.
f. O'Bryne.
The Chandler always has had snlen-
did bodies, but the new touring car
even surpasses its immediate fore
runner in beauty of line, in bigness.
the nicetv of it's custom-like work
manship and it's lustrous finish.
The new handler touring car is a
big car. It's high hood and radiator,
it's broad cowl and it's wide and deep
doors give it a distinctive appearance.
The back curtain window IS beveled
plate glass. The clear-vis1on side cur
tains fit snugly and open with the
doors. There are detachable rear
quarter-bOw curtains. -,here are out
side door handles.
The new series Chandler four-pas-
senger roadster, with it's striking
new design of high hood and radia-
tor, bids fair to surpass even it's own
previous record of popularity. Pub
lie demand for this model has in
creased steadily, evdencing so keen
an approval of it's cornmodious and
graceful body design that no altera-
ton of seating arrangement has been
made.
Both models are mounted on the
same sturdy chassis that has made
Chandler performance most satisfy
ing to $4,000 owners. The chassis
equipment consists of Bosch magnetic
for sure ignition, silent chain drive
for motor shafts (the chains running
in constant spray of OILY, solid cast
aluminium motor base extending from
frame to frame, and annual ball bear
ing to carry power back to the rear
wheels with the minimum loss
through friction.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-06-28

When you spend vour Fourth of
Julv vacation at San Diego stop at
Imperial Valley headquarters---the
Maryland Hotel. First class cafe in
connection. :
Imperial Valley press., 1919-06-28

After July 1st until October 1st,
leave all kodak work at Office Sup
ply Co., 538 Main street. Picture
framing at Durham's Book Store, 115
South Sixth street All work finished
in Los Angeles by experts in three
or four days time.
EVAN DAVIS,
In charge of Commercial and Pic
ture Framing Departments, Vree-
lands Studio.
pyacc iners brinp Ouick Results
Imperial Valley press., 1919-06-28

sargent Will insure it."-Adv.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-06-28
RESOLUTIONS

Whereas the most important thing in The Imperial Valley
at the present time aside from the question OF water the mat
ter of system of permanent highways therefore, De IL
Resolved urge the voters of the county to work
vote for the county good roads bonds we'll as for the state
bonds and the membership Of the Ell Centre Chamber OF Com
hereby pledge themselves do all they can TO secure e
passage of both said issues of bonds.
Ell CENTRO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
By w. S. FAWCETT, Chairman
Imperial Valley press., 1919-06-28

Press Liners bring Quick Results.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-10
WANT PEACE NOW
Administration Leaders Say De-
lay Interferes With Them.
Want To Write Reconstruction
and Have No Chances.

Washington, Jan. 16.-Adninistra-
ton leaders in congress are eager for
speedy peace Their plans to clean up
necessary legislation by March 4, and
SO avoid an extra session. are being
seriously interferred with, they said to-
day. by delay at the peace conference.
This IS because a. large element in
congress is unwilling to pass certain
legislation because it does not know
what the peace conference is to do
about the league of nations. freedom
of the seas, and international disarma-
ment.
The big supply bills, appropriating
for the army and navy, are. involved.
Many congressman argue that con-
gress cannot intelligently appropriate
States ideas of world peace are to pre-
vail, making practicable the reduction
of sea and land war forces to a mini
mum.
Everywhere hailed as the recon
struction congress- the present ses-
sion has been devoted almost entirely
to speech making. Peace terms gen.
orally and the league of nations in
particular, have occupied most of the
senate'S time, while the house is little
farther along with it's work. None OF
the appropriation bills have been voted
on.
conferences this week with the idea OF
sion.
Republicans who want an extra seS-
sion next spring. so they may write
reconstruction legislation of their own
see in the Democratic differences the
realization of their hopes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-10

day was taken in charge by Ultra
Radicals favorable. to the Berlin
Spartacans who led them tic an at
tack on the foreign office. The effort
was repulsed. Two persons were
killed and six wounded.
Hold the Waterworks.
Copenhagen. Jan. 10.-The= Spart-
acans. according to the Berlin cor
respondent of the Berlingske Tidende
have occupied one of the waterworks
in Berlin and now are attempting to
seize the cattle market with the OBJ
ject of cutting off their adversaries'
supply of meat The government
forces anticipating the scheme have
been reinforced with many machine
guns.
5000 Troops Arrive. s,--,-
London, JAM Height thousand
government infantrymen have arrived
in Berlin. and others are en- route.
according to a dispatch from Leipzig
today. quoting the Neuste Nachrichten.
Battles Were Desperate.
London. Jan. 10.-Desperate fight
ing continued in Berlin Thursday.
Leipzig dispatches reported today.
Spartacans fought from windows
with machine guns and bombs. Great
numbers were killed on both sides.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-10

by diplomats here as reasons for de-
ferring the start toward peace but it
seems plain that the influence of the
United States is about to be exerted
for steps which without further delay
will permit akstart on the business of
returning the world to peace basis
Renew Peace Activities.
The American delegates are under
stood to feel very strongly that I'M
less plans are made to permit the
activities of peace to be resumed in
warning countries the rehabilitation
of their armies may bring unwelcome
problems. The return of Mr.. Wilson
to the United States will reduce the
American delegation to four but it
was explained today that delegations
will vote as units, and that the presi-
dent never had intended to sit con-
tinuously at the peace table.
Up to the present,-All the progress
that has been made has been made in
President Wilson conferences with
French. British and Italian states
men, The detailed conclusions reached
at these conferences are probably
known only to the participants. The
president for his part, is said to have
felt that it was not prudent to dis
close entirely what went on altho he
intends that the proceedings shall go
when he feels it is safe to lift the
curtain and let the world look at
the performance.
Only Broad Principles.
The most that can said at the
conferences so far held by Mr.. Will
son is that they have approached only
broad principles. The conversations
about to begin will probably take on
the nature of 8 round table at which
the progress that has been made with
individual countries will be brought
into the discussion and general agree
ments sought
The opinion most generally express
ed here is that if the conference dur
ing the next six weeks establish unani-
nifty of purpose as to the freedom OF
the seas, the reduction of ornaments
and the actual terms of peace to be
imposed upon the central powers, a
great deal will have been accom-
pIished
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-10
CHANGE FOR BASCOM
Topeka Man To Be Red Cross Direc.
tor at San Antonio.


Houston, Tex, Jan. 10.-Charles E.
Bascom, who became field director for
the Red Cross at Camp Logan two
weeks ago when Elmer Donneu was
called to st. Louis headquarters, will
leave Tuesday night for San Antonio,
where he will be Red Cross field di-
rector for Fort Sam Houston and
Camp Travis. He will be accom-
panied to San Antonio by E. P Homan
and Victor Holm, who recently ar
rived here from st. Louis headquar-
tiers and will be associate field direc-
tors under Mr.. Bascom. the former in
charge of Fort Sam Houston.
c. A Olson, who has been with the
Camp Logan Red Cross staff for some
time and is now associate director in
charge of the work at the base hospi-
tai, will also accompany Mr.. Bascom
to San Antonio and will be in charge
of the work at the base hospital at
Camp Travis.
H. H. Johnson. who has been at
Camp LoganNfor the past three months
as assistant to the field director, will
be in charge of the Camp Logan Office
when Mr.. Bascom leaves, and L. Cue
nard will also remain here.
C. E. Bascom left Topeka some time
ago to enter the Red Cross work. He
was city passenger agent of the Rock
Island lines. He is a member of the
Rotary club and was active in war
work in Topeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-10
WAR RISK SCRAP
Continued from Page One. !,

Continued from Page One.y
THE bureau didn't function properly"
he declared.
Following Lindsley's statement the
house rules committee voted to post
pone action on the McFadden resolu-
ton providing for an investigation for
the bureau until Lindsey had a
chance to straighten matters out
there.
While Lindsey was before the COM
mittee, correspondence between Secre-
tary Baker and Representative Mann
of Illinois, was read from the records.
Delay in paying American soldiers
in France has been due to their pres
ence in the actual fighting line, Baker
explained. Payments to the men in
this country had been paid promptly.
he said.
Mann's letter in reply to Bakers de-
clared that tfnefhciency of the bureau
war risk insurance would be a bur-
lesque If it were not q tragedy"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-10
LIKE FALL WEATHER
Continued from Page one.l


about the same as they were in Ala
bama and Tennessee.
No snow was reported in Kansas
during the last twenty-four hours. nor
was any snow reported west of the
Mississippi.
The lowest temperature in the last
twenty-four hours was %, which was
13 degrees above normal, and was
recorded about o'clock this morning
Temperatures tomorrow will play thru
about the same range as those of to-
day. Tonight the temperature will go
low enough to make light freeze. A
south wind which will blow tomor-
row will prove effective in keeping
down temperatures.
The extremes on record for this date
were Sc in 1911 and degrees below
zero in 1918. At 10 o'clock this morn
ing the wind was blowing at the rate
of ten miles an hour from the south
west. The temperature at that hour
was 80 .
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-10
LEFT HALF A MILLION
Col. Rooseveies VIII Bequeaths All
Estate to Mrs. Roosevelt

SOI. IkOOSSteitS VIII <AAA
Estate to Mrs. Roosevelt
New York. Jan. 10.-Theodore
Roosevelt left an estate estimated at
100000.
The will, it became known today.
bequeaths the entire residue of the
estate in trust to Mrs. Roosevelt.
Colonel Roosevelt also left a trust
fund of $4,000. inherited from his
father. to his five children in equal
portions. He also left to his children
in equal parts all of his plate and
silver.
The will named as trustees Lieut.
Col. Theodore Roosevelt, jr., and w.
Emlin Roosevelt. a cousin of the colo
mel Mrs. Roosevelt, who was unable
to attend the funeral, was to visit the
grave in Young's Memorial cemetery
today after which she goes for brief
visit to Colonel Roosevelt's sister. Mrs.
william Sheffield COwleS, at Farming
ton, Conn. She will be accompanied
by Mrs Ethel Derby and Capt. Archi-
bald Roosevelt.
Hundreds of visitors thronged the
cemetery Thursday and it was learned
that one of the reasons for the sta
tioning Of a military guard of honor
about the grave was to prevent "souve-
mir hunters from carrying away floral
tributes.
AS the visitors stood about the
grave Thursday afternoon, an army
airplane from Quentin Roosevelt field,
at Mineo1a, flew low and dropped a
laurel wreath, which landed squarely
on the grave.
= kilograms, cablegrams and letters
OF coincidence continued to pour into
Sycamore Hill and Captain Roosevelt
said that all which bore addresses
would be answered. He expressed the
appreciation of the family for the
many messages, which gave no ad-
dress to which renliAs could he sent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-10

Paul Klein, lola; E. A. Willard, Bur-
den; F. H. Manning, Council Grove.
and r. 3. Ward, BelIeville. A new
pre-: 'ent, vice president and treasurer
Will also be elected by the board. The
term of j. C. Mohler, secretary, holds
Ottawa, has been president for the
last year; H. S. Thompson. Sylvia,
vice president, and II. w. Avery,
Wakefield, treasurer.
Addresses this afternoon were con-
fined to talks by Ray p. Speer, of the
American Association of Fairs and Ex-
positions, st. Paul; A. L. SpOnsler, sec
rotary of the state fair. Hutchinson:
Phil Eastman, secretary of the Kansas
Free fair, Topeka: j. w. Howe, secre-
tary of the Dickinson county fair; +.
S. Beattie, secretary of the Allen coun-
ty fair, and George K. Bideau, secre-
tary Neosho county fair, on the rela-
ton of fairs and expositions to the
agricultural life of the state. X
q Farmers Want Soldiers.
Thursday night the resolutions
board of the convention drew up reso-
lutions placing the farms in opposi-
ton to compulsory military training
and demanding an early discharge OF
soldiers. The committee also ask that
a farmer member be placed on the
state textbook commission, and en-
dorsed the public utilities commission.
They also voted Roosevelt's death a
loss to the country. The committee
also voted to stand as follows on the
following problems and conditions:
Continuation of government fixed
prices. approval of the questionnaires
of ]. C. Mohler.~ secretary, reduced
fares for harvest hand, irrigation
where needed, encouragement of farm
chinery, and endorsement of the Lever
bill.