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Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-30
AMERICANS OVER
LINE IN TROUBLE

NOGALES, Ariz., Dec. 3O-Five
American soldiers, commanded by
Lieut.. Luther, of the topographic de-
partment of the army, were taken in
to custody by the Mexican fiscal guard
when they motore dacross the line at
Sasabe, Sonora. 1t was said the SOL
diers were seeking water. The pris-
oners were brought to Nogales, Sono-
IA, where they were held for several
hours in the municipal Jail, pending a
conference of the Amrican Consul
Dyer, Mexican Consul Montevo and
Lieutenant Iseral, and intelligence Of
ficers. The men were released on
parole, with instructions to report to-
morrow to the Mexican immigration
officers, pending the answer to tele-
grams sent Secretary of War Gales at
Mexico City asking for advice.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-30
CLERK ARRESTED
FOR BAD CHECKS

Willard Wright, 20 years old, for
merry clerk for the Hibner-A Alex
ander Tractor Company, was arrested
yesterday on charges preferred
against him by H. w. Brewer, assist
ant manager of the Southern Trust
and Commerce Bank, who received
word from the head office of the
Hibner Alexander Company that the
defendant had signed the name of
the corporation on checks and cashed
them and retained the money.
Mr.. Brewer stated that he knew
nothing of the case other than the
fact that if the allegations were true
the bank would be liable and for this
reason he swore out, the complaint
against the lad.
Wright was arraigned and bond
placed at $1,000.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-30
PRESIDENT BEAL REPORTS ON
OIL WELL AND CONDITIONS

President w. Frank Beal of the
Imperial Oil and Development Asso-
citation, makes the following report
on the Brawley we'll:
Owing to my position as president
of the Imperial Valley Oil and De-
velopment Association, l have been
called upon to answer many questions
in reference to the possibilities of
oil in Imperial Valley; and have from
time to time written our 200 men,
bers letters on the territory and par
ticularly our we'll. These letters have
all conveyed the facts as | have be-
leved them and no one can find in any
instance where l have predicted any
hing other than successful compile
tion of the enterprise. However, |
am being called to Sacramento to the
session of the state legislature, and
have been solicited so many times to
give the newspapers an article on this
oil venture that / believe it is no
more than fair to the public in gen.
eral and especially the people of I'm
perial Valley, to tell them through the
columns of the press what the true
conditions are and why l believe that
we are goingto br ing in well of
considerable magnitude.
"The average layman must firstly
understand that there is nothing un-
natural about the production of oil,
provided the geological structure and
the geological age is such that oil
can exist. Oil is like any other min
,ral, and all the great geologists can
do is to show the prospecting oil
companies where conditions are fav.
orable to the production of oil, and
it is then up to the operators to fur
nish the nerve and capital to prove
the field. In dealing with the geo,
logis age where any oil has beer
produced in California, I will briefly
outline to you the geologic period ano
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-30
C0MPAN|O
STICKS BY
POET IN
CRISIS
Declares He Intends To
Marry Her When He Gets
a Divorce from Present
Wife; HOstiities End Be-
tween Hostile Armies,
(By Associated PresS)

LONDON, Dec. 30.-The Evening
News Rome correspondent says
UAnnunzi0 has accepted the terms
of General Caviglia. Me legion
aires will be dissolved and will be
granted amnesty.
D'AnnunziO is expected to go to
South America.
TRIESTE, Dec. 36.-Hostilitie at
Fiume between Italian regulars and
D'Annunzio's legionaires ended to-
night.
The last news from D'Annunzio per-
sonally was that he stated he intended
to leave Fiume by airplane
1t is presumed he planned to take
with him Signora Luisella Baccara,
who has been in Fiume for several
months and to whom he has declared
he would be married as soon as he
is given a divorce from his present
wife.
Signora Baccara refused to leave
the poet soldier when an attack ON the
city was imminent, declaring she
would rather be killed than quit the
city.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-30

the geologic theory of the origin of
mineral oils.
"The geological theory of the origin
and creation of mineral oils, and veri-
fed by all the exploration and all the
development, centers to the general
proposition that the light hydro-car-
bons and the basic oil were created by
the decay and disintegration of marine
life. This includes the mollusk or shell
fish family. 1t is generally held that
this marine or sea life, dying, fell to
the bottom of the sea or rested in the
shallow waters of the formations to
which they were attached or incrusted.
At first glimpse we would say that
such marine life could not lreate the
vast volume of oil that has been taken
fro mthe earth. But when we consid-
er the millions and cans of years that
elapsed in the building up of one of
these geological ages, we can more
readily appreciate the great volume
of oils that settled and concentrated
out of this marine life. Extending
over such period of time this marine
life imbedded itself on the floors of
the sea and built itself up in the vast
strata and as time went on other
qualifications formed over these beds
and sealed them in. This upper stra-
tification is found several thousand
feet in thickness in some instances,
and the great geological forces were
then brought to play upon these sub
marine stratas and the great pressure
to which they were submitted squeezed
n1fh CT nI hnv
found resting place in the porus
sands underneath, wherever such en-
listed. AS time went on, the general
uplifting process that is going on in
the earth's crust at various points
raised these submarine stratas, to-
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-30
NEW YEARS AT
ST. MARY'S CHURCH

The services on New Years day at
St. Mary's church will begin with
communion mass at 8 o'clock before
which confessions will be heard. At
10 o'clock High Mass will be celebrat-
ed and the pastor will preach on the
text: His Name Was Called esus."'
At this mass the choir will repeat
their Christmas musical program, in
cluding the traditional "Adeste FL
deles," at the lighting of the candles,
aud Angels We Have Heard on
High at the close.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-30
GAS PRICE IS
JUSTIFIED IN
CHAMBER VIEW

After considerable debate last
night the board of directors of the
Chamber of Commerce found the gas
price of $125,OOO justifiable.
The report of the committNe was
received and the chamber acted ac-
cording to the committee recommend
alton. A motion to have the chamber
get behind the proposition found the
board about equally divided and il
was decided to make this the first
thing on the program next week.
The report of the committee is as
follows:
Report of the Committee Investigating
Gas Plant Bond Issue
From our investigation it is our
opinion that the city trustees were
justified in submitting a bond issue
of $125,000 to purchase the old gas
plant and to make the extensions and
betterments proposed.
The committee made no examina-
tion Of the distribution system to de-
termine it's value or condition, and
bases its conclusion On the report OF
the engineer and other information
submitted, including an examination
of the gas plant proper or generat-
ing system. '-as
If it is the wish of the people t.
own and operate a gas plant, it is our
opinion that the present .plant IS
worth $4,000 in comparison with the
cost of duplicating same at the pres
ent high cost of material, and in con-
nection with the proposed extensions
and betterments. Further that it
would be impossible to interest a
private corporation in the purchase
building or operation of a gas plant
in this city and if the people want a
gas plant it will be necessary to vote
municipal bonds for that purpose.
We believe that the property pro-
posed cannot be operated by the num-
icipality to pay profit unless the
price of gas to the consumer is so
high as to discourage it's general use
unless the fund to pay interest or
bonds and create sinking fund fol
retiring the bonds is raised by taxa
ton.
C. X. COOPER,
l. A. JACKSON,
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-30
ATHENS PAPER SAYS
GREECE WILL GIVE
UP CONSTANTINE
lBY Associated Pressl

ATHENS, Dec. 30.-Disorder arose
here yesterday at the Church of St.
Theodore during services in honor Of
the name and day of former Premier
Vcnizelos. 1t was alleged that officers
in the Greek army threatened the
priest who was conducting the cere-
monies. Two persons were arrested
but soon released. The newspaper,
PARTS, in a full front page editorial
declared that "Greece was enduring
her Calvary" and that Venizelos
would "surely return"
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-30
(By Associated Press)

(By Associated PresS)
MEXICALI, Lower California, Dec
29.-Officials in this city today an
nounced they had received notifica-
tion from the City of Mexico that the
federal government had decided to
cancel concessions under which 5,400,-
600 hectares, or approximately 1O,-
100000 acres of land are held by va
rious companies and syndicates in
Lower California
This land is included in a strip run
ming along the international border
from the state of Sonora almost to
the Pacific Coast. Several townstes
are in the strip, one of them being
Mexicali City.
1t was stated in the communication,
however, that there may be an ex-
ception made in the case of the hold
ings of the Guillermo Andrade es-
tate, because Andrade purchased out
right from the government of which
Porfrio Diaz was the head, 100000
acres. He paid low price for the
land, officials here said, on condition
that he make certain improvements.
The officials said they believed
This condition had not been fully COM
piled with. The heirs. they added
would be given an opportunity to COM
ply with the agreement and if they
failed to do so, all the Andrade hold
nigs would revert to the government
In this case, it was declared, persons
who purchased Andrade holdings
would be losers.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-30
ROYAL CAN OPENER
OPENS TIN GAMERS
CAN OPENING MEET
(BY Associated Pressl

TAMPA, Dec. 30.-The annual con-
vention of the tin can tourists of the
world opened here today with 1000
persons attending, and Vice Royal Tin
Can Opener S. M. Tremaine of FIRE.
donia, presiding. The organization
will be in session four days.
The organization is composed of
tourists who live in their automobiles
and in tents on free camp sites. The
local colony represents 40 states and
more than thousand persons and has
newspaper of it's own.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-30
SEAPL A \ ES
TAKE Of F
ON 5000
JOURNEY
Route Lies Along Mexican
and Central American
Coasts and Trip Is Re-
garded More Hazardous
than Transatlantic Flight
(By Associated Press)

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 30-Headed by
the F-5-L. squadron leader, IA sea-
planes left North Island navy sta
ton at $3.50 on the first lap of the
proposed flight from San Diego to
the canal zone.
Seaplanes comprising the Pacific
air force started their 5000 mile
journey which the authorities re-
gard as more severe, hazardous
test than crossing the Atlantic.
The route lies along the Mexican
and Central American west coasts
with ''hOps" scheduled from bay to
bay ard pert to port.
The take-off was accomplished
ithCut incident,
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-30
JAPS GET HINT !.
FROM ENGLAND
(By Associated Press)

LONDON, Dec. 30.-The London
Globe, in an editorial declares that no
British government could stand for a
single day which proposed an anti
American alliance between Great Bri-
cain and Japan and that should Japan
refuse to join the Anglo American
agreement for reducing armaments,
Great Britain could not remain in al
lance with Japan.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-30
WINTER WHEAT
ACREAGE LARGE
(By United Press)

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29-Seven
hundred and two thousand acres of
winter wheat were sown in California
this year, according to f. E. Kauf-
man of the bureau fo crop estimates.
This is ten per cent less than last
year. The condition of the crop was
reported 95 per cent December 1.
compared to n in 1919 and ten year
average of 90.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-30
Daily
Weather
Report

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - To-
night and Friday, rain, moderate
southerly winds.
ARIZONA-Unsettled with not
much change.
IMPERIAL Tonight and
Friday unsettled; cloudy Friday after
noon and threatening.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-30
10 DAYS FOR
HAVING WATCH

Homer j. Harris, 81 years old, who
was arrested Tuesday evening in the
Ell Centre cotton gin and having in
his possession watch which was
stolen from T. P. Banta, of Ell Centre
more than two weeks ago. was sent
enced to 10 days in the county Jail
charged with vagrancy, this morning
by Justice Of the Peace l. Mayfield.
sitting for Recorder Vaughn Thomp-
son, who is in Los Angeles on busi-
ness.
In establishing an alibi as to how
he came in possession of the watch,
which he denies taking from Banta,
the lad stated this morning that he
purchased it from a Mexican boy
whom he thought to be about Ia years
old. He gave the Mexican $500 for
the timepiece, he said.
Before they are two years old 779
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-30
OHIO STATE READY
FOR SATURDAY GAME
BY Associated Press

PASADENA, Dec. 3O.-The OHIO
State football squad began tapering
off practice for the game Saturday.
The coaches plan just enough prac
tice to keep the PLAYERS on edge and
not enough to risk injuring the first
line men.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-30

For 100000 the European re-
lief council will be able to supply
food, clothing and adequate medical
care this winter to $3 100000 children
in central and eastern Europe. With,
out the aid of the council these chill,
dren will die.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-30
D'ANNUNZIO SURRENDERS
Huge Ford Plant
Closed in Detroit
(By Associated Press)

DETROIT, Dec. 30.-Announce-
ment was made today by the Ford
Motor company that its Highland
Park plant, which closed December
"a for inventory, will not reopen
January 8 as planned. but will re-
main closed indefinitely.
Officials of the company de-
clined to discuss the shutdown
when it was made for an inventory.
Fifty thousand workers were
employed in the plant.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-30
REVENUE BUREAU
ANNOUNCES RULING
(By Associated Press)


WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.-Taxpay-
srs, required to make inventories for
the 1920 returns, m..y adopt as a
basis "the cost or the market, which
ever is the lowest" under the regula-
tions issued today by the internal
revenue bureau.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-30
RICHARD NAMED
nv Associated Press)

(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.-Col. Geo.
C. Rickard of Oil City, Pa. has been
by President Wilson chief
of the militia of the war bureau de-
nartment
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-30
DEPORT ALIENS

BOSTON, Dec. 30.-Another de
portation of alien radicals to Russia
has been planned by the department
of labor for January Is.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-30
JOY NOMINATED
(Bv Associated Press)

tBV AsSOClated PreSSl
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3G-The nom
ination of Peter August Joy of Rhode
Island to be minister to Roumania was
sent to the senate by President Will
son.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-30
WORKERS GET WHAT
THEY WANT-ZOOWIE
(By Associated Press)

NEWBERN, N. c., Dec. 3o.-The
profit sharing system as a means of
averting strikes in this state collapsed
as far as the Newbern Iron Works
employees were concerned. One week
of work under the new plan found the
workers pay envelopes 10 per cent
short today. The plant is idle with
the men on strike for the old wage
scale.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-30
CONCESSIONS
CANCELLED
BELOW THE
BOUNDARY
Mexican Government Acts
Decisively on 100000
Acres of Land; Lands of
Colorado River Land and
Cattle Company Affected.

Announcement last night at
Mexicali that all concessions had
been cancelled to land owners be-
low the line has been received
with great amount of interest
on this side.
The vast holdings of the Colorado
River Land and Cattle company, OF
Chandler interests are said to be af.
fected to some extent. This company
bought outright large acreage but
it is understood that it also holds a
large acreage under concession which
may be affected.
What this will do to the already
tangled water situation is unknown.
Last nights announcement was as
follows:
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-30

The Rus Bian census shows decreases
in the population of more than ten
per cent, compared with 1914, due to
war losses and epidemics. Petrograd
dropped II per cent, and Moscow As
per cent. .
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-30

In the United States 27 acres are
cultivated for each person engaged
in agriculture.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-30

During the past year tobacco
smokers paid in taxes $295,s09, 900.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-30

Before they are two years old 779
Of every 1000 babies in China die.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-30

Continued on Page p
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-10-29
AS WE SEE 1T.

We believe the adoption of the
Eighteenth Amendment is the
greatest advance movement of civil
ization since the abolition Of
slavery. We believe any attempt
to impair the effective enforcement
of that Amendment is a body blow
at the welfare of human society
For this reason, chiefly, the Editor
of the Wing cannot let any cry OF
party regularity induce him tc
support Ovington E. Weller for the
United States Senate.
Mr.. Weller has said plainly and
unequivocally that he is not in
sympathy with the Eighteenth
Amendment and that, if elected. he
will positively vote to modify the
enforcement Act. Mr.. Weller has
further said that he believes this is
the sentiment of majority of Mary
lands electorate-he says, MARY
land is wet by a big majority"
Counting on this political esti-
mate, Mr.. Weller is making his
alignments with the wet vote, be-
lieving that by adding that to the
regular Republican vote he is as
sured election.
And in that calculation he may
be perfectly correct. We cannot
say. We are not balancing political
estimates. We are only controlling
our own political conduct. We are
only saying that it shall certainly
not be by OUR vote that Mr.. Weller
will ever have chance in the next
Congress to impair the effective en-
forcement of the Eighteenth Amend
ment.-Cecil Wing.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-10-29
Dodging On Prohibition.

Governor Cox and Senator Hard
ing continue to dodge the prohibit
ton issue. Both declare very posi-
lively in favor of enforcement, but
their promises add nothing to the
oath of Office which the president
must take when he enters upon his
duties. What candidate would
deny, before the election, that lie
intended to keep his oath: But
what constitutes enforcement? a
wet may have a very different idea
of enforcement from that enter
tanned by dry. A wet might
probably would--favor smaller ap-
preparation for enforcement than a
dry would think it necessary, and a
wet might appoint vets to enforce
the law.
But enforcement is not the only
| issue, or even the chief issue con-
nected with prohibition. The vets
are trying to secure a wet congress,
and a wet congress would be sure to
repeal the Volstead act or weaken it
by increasing the alcoholic content.
Would the candidates sign or veto
such bill? That question remains
unanswered. Both candidates evade
it-that is, neither answers the
question explicitly, though both
pointed out in their acceptance
speeches that congress can change
the law. Why did they take the
trouble to suggest the possibility of
change unless they intended it to be
understood that they would sign
such bill if passed.
With both candidates wet, the
safety of prohibition lies in dry
congress, and every dry should vote
for dry candidates for both Senate
and House.
With neither of the leading can
didates satisfactory on the liquor
question the dry voter is apt TO de,
eide his vote by other issues or vote
with the party in which he has the
greatest confidence. The majority
in both the great parties favor pro-
hibition; the conventions of these
parties did not represent the rank
and file of either party. In the
South and West the Democ1 tic
party is dry; in the North and West
the Republican party is dry In the
East both parties are more or less
wet. The South, West and North
must stand together in congress
and preserve the benefits of prohi-
bition, no matter which wet candi-
date is elected.-W. j. Bryan, in
Commoner.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-10-29

Election day this year falls on
November 2, and before another
issue of the Midland Journal reaches
its readers the result of the battle
of ballots will be known.
The campaign drawing to its close
has been probably the most apa-
thetic presidential contest that the
country has ever known, as despite
the efforts of spellbinders and party
press little interest, and almos: no
real enthusiasm has been manifest
ed by the average voter.
But be this as it may, it is not
merely the right or privilege OF
every man or woman whose name is
on the registration books to vote,
but their duty.
And in marking the ballot the
voter should not let the politician s
clap-trap of party" influence him,
but should vote for the men who
represent his principles.
The League of Nations has been
pushed to the fore, but the question
that has been of most interest to
the major portion of the voters
especially the new voters who have
been enrolled by the thousands, is
that of Prohibition, and the stand OF
the candidates on the Volstead Act
Both old party Presidential
nominees are identical on this great
question-"wet" But it is in the
Senate and House that the measure
will have to run the gauntlet, and
therefore it is of the utmost i'm
portance that Senators and Con
gressmen favorable to the present
law be chosen.
OF the opposing candidates in oul
District, the First Congressional
the present Democratic incumbent
who seeks reelection, U. S. Senator
John Walter Smith, voted for the
Prohibition Amendment. His Re
publican opponent, o. E. Weller, is
'wet," and so declares himself ovel
his signature. Democratic Congress
sional nominee T. Alan Goldsbor
ough, has declared himself to be op
posed to any amendment of the
Volstead Act that will permit an i'll
crease in the alcoholic content Of
one-half of one per cent, as at pres
ent provided, while his Republican
opponent, who seeks reelection, has
always voted right on the temper
ance question, and pledges himself
so to continue.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-10-29
The League and Prosperity.

Ninety-four per cent of this coun-
try's budget goes to pay the cost of
past wars and to keep this country
in readiness for future ones. Tax
alton cannot be reduced to the point
which it might otherwise reach un-
til this state of affairs is changed,
The restoration of Europe and a
period of reasonable disarmament
can be fastened immeasurably by
the cooperation of all the nations
of the world, including the United
States, for peace. Without the CO.
operation of the United States these
enterprises will be delayed.
The League of Nations is the only
practical scheme for securing this
cooperation promptly. From the
single standpoint of dollars and
cents, then, it is immensely import
ant to each and every citizen of this
country that the United States
should enter the League of Nations
without unnecessary delay.