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Imperial Valley press., 1920-04-06
JOHNSON SWEEPS MICHIGAN
Picture Planes
At Yuma Field

The 91st Aero Squadron at Pur-
year Field will soon have neighbOrs,
for the government has announced
that squadron of four Photographic
machines is to be located at Yuma
for several weeks.
1t is understood that the squadron
at Yuma will spend large portion
of its time taking photographs of
the Colorado river and the United
States in that vicinity.
The squadron comes from Kelly
Field, Texas.
Inasmuch as Yuma is on the bOr-
der patrol route of the local field, it
will be possible to extend greetings
as the local machines pas sabOve
Yuma.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-04-06
STRIKE POSTPONED
(By Associated Press)

(By Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, April 6.-Four
hundred electrical workers of the Pa
cifc Gas and Electric Company here
decided to revoke their strike plans
for raise in pay of Sc to So, who
had previously notified the company
they would quit today.
They decided to wait 80 days and
refer the matter to the railroad COM
mission.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-04-06
SEARCH FOR INSANE MEN
(By Associated Press)

CHESTER, ILL.,, April 6. An
armed posse is securing Mississippi
river bottoms for eight inmates of
the Chester state hospital for the
criminal insane who escaped by over
Ipowering the guards Saturday night
Seven Of the original Is have been
recaptured. Guards say that the men
at liberty are among the most dam
gerous of the inmates.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-04-06
CHARGE PERJURY
(By Associated Press)

(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, April 6.-Charges of
perjured testimony and doctored
records in the trial of five socialist
members expelled last week by the
New York assembly were contained
in statement by the National Ex-
ecutive committee of the socialist
party.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-04-06
WOMEN PICKET
BRITISH EMBASSY
(By Associated Press)

NBy ASSOCIdttu PTeSSJ
WASHINGTON, April 6.-Disre-
garding the warnings of the federal
government that they will be prose-
cuted under the federal penal statutes
three women favorable to the Irish
republic resumed picketing the British
embassy, which led to two arrests yes
terday.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-04-06
TO AID SICK KIDS
(Bv Associated Pres.

(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, April GA gift of
100000 crowns by American busi-
ness men was forwarded to the
mayor of Vienna for the American
convalescent home for sick and un-
dernourished children.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-04-06
SACRAMENTO HAPPY
(RX ASSociafed Pressl

SACRAMENTO, April GA half
holiday has been declared today for the
opening of the season. Sacramento
plays. Seattle. The weather is fine and
there has been a record breaking ad-
vance sale of tickets.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-04-06
HELD TO ANSWER

having been held to answer to super
ior court on charges of embezzling
an automobile, Lieut.. Ray l.. Crozier
and Major S. C. Parr, former en-
ployees of the Curtiss Airplane Cor
poration, were at liberty here today
on bonds of $4,000 each. Both de-
PENDANTS are well known in local
social circles.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-04-06
PROMINENT MAN DIES
(By Associated Press)

IbY ASsOCIdttu FTtssJ
RIVERSIDE, April 6.-Dr. Frank
S. Daggett, director of the museum
of history, science and art at Expos
ition Park, Los Angeles, died here
today after attending the sunrise
services yesterday at Mt. Rubidoux.
He has long been prominent in south
land affairs.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-04-06
DESTROYER RAMMED

HONOLULU, April 6.-The United
States destroyer Chauncey arrived in
convoy with hole in the STERN having
been rammed by the destroyer Aaron,
while in route to San Diego from
Honolulu.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-04-06
NOTICE TO REPUBLICANS

A call has been issued for a gem
eral meeting of all G. O. p. followers
this evening at o'clock in Judge
Coles court room. Every loyal Re-
publican is urged to be present re-
gardless of whether he favors John
son or Hoover. Many matters of
Importance will be discussed. Please
be there.
ROSS T. HICKCOX.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-04-06
AT WORK ON STOCK SHOW

LOS ANGELES, April 6.-Inten-
sive preparations for the third Los
Angeles Livestock Show, to be held
at Exposition Park, October 2 to 10,
were under way here today, follow
ing a meeting. of the board of direc-
tors.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-04-06
NEW YORK HARBOR is
NEARLY NORMAL TODAY
(RY Associated PresSl

NEW YORK, April 6-Traffic in
the harbor today was curtailed by a
strike of harbor employees but the
ferry lines with the exception Of the
Erie and West Shore lines We're oper-
ating near normal schedules.
Railroad officials claimed all dan
ger of interruption of food and coal
supplies were averted and union of
ficials asserted the harbor would be
tied up before nightfall
Imperial Valley press., 1920-04-06
COURTMARTIAL OVER
(BY Associated Pressl

(By Associated Press)
MANILA, April 6.-The second
courtmartial of Major Dennis
Quinlan. former judge advocate of
the PHILIPPINE department charged
with embezzlement closed and it was
unofficially state he was acquitted.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-04-06
JOHNSON ACE HIGH
(Special tn, The PreSS.)

DETROIT, Mich, April 6.-Senator
Johnson's Michigan adherents were
jubilant today over the brilliant record
he made at the Michigan presidential
primary yesterday.
They point out that Michigan is one
Imperial Valley press., 1920-04-06
SEARCH FOR MISSING
(By Associated Pressy


CONSTANTINOPLE, April g.
American destroyers are at Beirut,
Roumania and Samsun for the
purpose of trying to communicate
with isolated relief workers in An
atolia and Syria, many of whom
have not been heard from in weeks.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-04-06
Last Minute News
JAPS MAY WITHDRAW
[ BY Associated Press)


HONOLULU, April 6.-Cable advices from Toxic to
the Nippu Jill Japanese language newspaper state that
Minister of War Tanka has dispatched note to the social
revolutionary government at VladvOstOk saying That
Japan will Immediately withdraw her troops to Siberia if
the Russian revoutioniss will settle the unrest at Vad
vOstOk.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-04-06
SAN FRANCISCO is
DEEP SEA NAVAL BASE
(BY Associated Pressl

WASHINGTON, April 6.-The sem
ate naval committee today voted to
establish an extensive deep water base
at San Francisco bay and authorized
the appointment of naval commits
sion to decide the site and submit
plans and recommendations by Oct. /.
A half million for submarine base
at San Pedro was inserted.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-04-06
MORAL SUPPORT ONLY

ROME, April 6.-The Populo Ro-
mano says today's cabinet meeting de-
cided to extend Italy's moral support
to France in the occupation of German
cities but under no circumstances to
participate in military measures.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-04-06
GRAND L. A. OPENING
(Rv AScOciota1 Draccl

LOS ANGELES, April 6.-The An
gels will open with Oakland. Mayor
Snyder will pitch the first ball. The
weather is fair and warm. All the
reserved seats are sold. There will
be parade with airplane stunts above
the parade and field. with the newt
able band.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-04-06

PORTLAND AT SALT LAKE
SALT LAKE, April 6.-Portland
opens the Pacific Coast league season
at Salt Lake City today.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-04-06
WEATHER REPORT

Arizona and Imperial Valley
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednes-
day, with little change in tempera-
turc,
Imperial Valley press., 1920-04-06
CALIFORNIA;
A Y D R Il {
SO n WAY
A H FAD
Forecast Is That Johnson
Will Sweep East as He
Did Michigan; the First
Eastern Vote Highly Fav-
Orable to Senator.
(By Associated Press)

DETROIT, Mich, April 6.-Eleven
hundred and sixty-seven precincts out
of 2421 precincts in the state, including
Retroit, complete, give for the repub-
lican presidential nomination: Senator
Hiram johnson Of California, 3,786;
Major General Leonard Wood, 59,483;
Governor Frank Lowden of Illinois,
33,2O3; Herbert Hoover, 1874; Gen.
eral John j. Pershing, 1910.
Nine hundred ninety-six precincts
complete including Detroit complete,
give for the democratic nominations:
Herbert Hoover. II, 1875; Governor Ed
wards of New Jersey, 10,O33; Former
Secretary VIM. McAdoo, 3,508; William
Jennings Bryan, $3.50; and Attorney
General Palmer, 5,646.
DETROIT, Mich, April 6.-Scat-
tered returns from 81 rural precincts
out of 2421 precincts in the state give:
Republican,: Wood, 1914; Johnson,
1926; Lowden, 1880; Hoover, 1914;
Pershing. 226S; Simpson, Al; Poin-
dexter, II.
Democratic: Hover, 1863; Bryan,
1854; McAdoo, 159; Palmer, H.; Ed
wards. lO5.epCs'axg d, 1ao.y +sdt
Imperial Valley press., 1920-04-06

of the first big eastern states to hold
it's primary and that johnson was so
strong with the voters that it is be-
lieved this will have a big effect on
the other large eastern states when
they hold their primaries.
The California senator stands ace
high throughout the state.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-04-06
Coast League
Season Opens
(By Associated Press)

SAN FRANCISCO, April 6.-The
Coast League opens today. The Seals
will clash with the Vernon Tigers.
President Mccarthy will pitch the first
ball to Chief White. The weather is
fine.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-04-06

LOS ANGELES, April 6.-An airplane carrying a
trained observer left today for Death Valley in search of
Milton Moore, camerman and M. Wilson, government ge-
ologst who believed lost in the desert. Moore and
Wilson left two weeks to get pictures for the
ment They were to be home last Wednesday. When
nothing heard from them friends arranged for the
relief expedition.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-04-06

WASHINGTON, April 6-The temperance of the
pink boil worm in Texas and it's discovery in Louisiana
present the most serious situation which confronted
the cotton industry of the United States according to
experts of the department of agriculture.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-04-06
TO BUILD OWN CAR LINES

DETROIT, April 6.-The proposal sponsored by Mayor
building municipality owned street car system to compete
with the Detroit United Railway carried at yesterdays
election.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-04-06
BRING BODIES HOME

BREST, France, April 6.-The United States transport
Mercury will leave here Friday for the United States
with the bodies of 315 American soldiers who died in
France aboard
Imperial Valley press., 1920-04-06
NO NOTICE

IBy ASSOclated PreSsJ
PARIS, April Cup to noon today
the French government had not re-
ceived reply from Great Britain or
Italy to its notification to them of the
occupation of Frankfurt and other
German cities in the Rhineland
Imperial Valley press., 1920-04-06
(pu Accnciofod prnccl

(By Associated Press)
Hoover and his wife, who attempted
to register here as republicans for the
primaries have had blanks sent to
New York but returned too late to
make them legal.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-04-06

ROSS T. HICKCOX.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-09
Speedy Liquidation of Supplies
And Settlements of European
Claims Effected by Commission
By DIR. FRANK M. SURFACE.

When amstce signed November Io the United
Transporting soldiers to France each month
anticipation of large the American had
up large food clothing munitions, medical supplies
railroad and engineering material
Shortly the bulk OF these supplies useless
far as their intended purpose concerned To
would involve large expense require
mage world shortage Furthermore much of
but little value in the American market
of these considerations there was created the United States
Liquidation Commission Department which
dispose Americas surplus stocks in Europe and to
settle claims and accounts.
B. Parker chairman gives details of the operations of the
idea of the enormous task SO quickly consun
mated given by the involved
European governments individuals and associations
$o37o93 while the total amount of sales of property
was SS229aa2z5.
partment the chief French This
to M oosd . d Pymsn aD oP OF s the rrfHe
Ge' and nd oer BODIES for osts incurred
levels for for port charges for damage loss Of
9s ON and eSe 9f o to OF death curing stay
The settlement Britain involved claims amounting
392G2 GT SOTefs 6 eaI All ms and eontroSer With
time The Belgian ea&s amounted to $19S 49, .n BY the the
United States of s6s evidenced by hreeyea cent
a9 claims sod osF isS svoS:i wss
The important sale consummaed that known the
sale M TO cent Pne bonds d T the France to
ponby all claims whatsoever arising Of american use OF
Other sales to France amounted about s3aOoOooo Sales to
seHs Epe nd be NsaG East
v This Tss equai about % The
remaining made chiefly tor cent interest
bearing bonds maturing in from FIVE to
liberated made the suggeston
had found that the funds OF the American Kee
hOpeessy inadequate to supply even the mos
life Inc
ver consisted largely clothing, foodsuf medicines
o Pnd soooo s5o ov
$40 900 Roumania and Ehona, $I23ooooo
submitted by which estimate the ogna
OF the supplies sold This cost was o.
than the which they were actually
the settlement OF claims feature OF mos
Of the actually received by the United States a
than the value listed
The commission February and the hna
the commissioners
made May 3I The total incurred and disbue
the aggregated S22SS3I or less thar
thirteen OF the amount involved IN the
settlements and sales made
Probably advantageous sales could have been made by tax
settlement However, there be no douO
the speedy liquidation by the commission was the w
final settlements could only give
opportunities for nding bitterness between the
involved The commission to be
the ntruSted TO
= Washington IIeraldD
The Washington herald., 1920-10-09
1900 SHIPS TIED UP
in FOREIGN PORTS

Confidential information reaching
Washington yesterday stated that
more than 1900 ships of various
nations are tied up in foreign ports.
No additional facts accompanied the
CableEram.
1t was said at the Shipping Board
that many ships were idle in foreign
harbors. particularly in Great Brit
ain, possibly due to the coal strike,
1t was also admitted that cargo
and passenger ships are not obtain
ing shipments intended for the
United States in the volume OF pre-
Ceding months.
These factors together with a
general slump in Atlantic
trade. is said to be the real rea-
sons for the tying up Of ships in
American as well as foreign har-
bDTS
The Washington herald., 1920-10-09
MONEY.

New York. Oct. Sin well-in-
formed quarters it is declared that
in view of the present and prosPec-
tive commercial credit conditions
there is no likelihood Of any appre-
,.fabIe relation in money until wen
into the spring
Time money market is entirely
nominal at per cent bid. irresPec-
tive Of collateral. Occasionally
there is renewal at that figure,
and money can At times be borrow
I'd on liberty bonds at 6l2 per cent.
Prime mercantile paper moves
slowly at the fixed date-rate ruling
on collateral loans
Prime bank acCeptauCes un-
changed.
Money on call opened - per
cont: high. per cent: low. - per
cent. last. s per cent. closed. per
cent. ruling rate. per cent.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-09
SHARP DROP IN
WHEAT PRICES
Slight Recovery Made On Buying
Credited to Seaboard
Account.

Chicago, Oct S.-Wheat futures
broke ~ to cents on the Board
of Trade today on selling by cash
houses and local professionals but
rallied around cents from the bot
tom on buying credited TO seabosrd
account. December and October corn
dropped to ne wlows on the crop on
continued liberal receipts. October
selling at a discount OF ~ cents
under May. The first time that an
old crop delivery has sold under a
new in years. Cash interests and
locals sold oats. with buying against
checking the decline.
Lack of buying support was the
dominating factor in all markets.
Free selling of December corn and
buying of May by local house in
creased the spread to around cents,
the widest so far. Spot prices
dropped to cents, causing the
October to fall to within Ia cents
of the December, the narrowest diff
ference yet.
Oats dropped to the bid level early
under selling by cash houses and
scattered locals in sympathy with
the weakness in wheat and corn.
Spot prices lost 4 to 3 cents, but
No. 3 whites were relatively Il to Il
cent better compared with the De-
cember.
The close showed net losses Of 5k
cents for December wheat and 4A
cents for March: December corn
dropped ga cents; May, II. to pa
cents and October, cents. Oats
| lost u cent for December and :.
! cent for May. December rye finished
%. cents lower and May on St-
cents. Barley declined Il to y
The Washington herald., 1920-10-09
WHEAT YIELD
SUFFERS LOSS
Oetober's Estimate Shows Material
Decline Over September's
Figures.

The Department of Agriculture
yesterday forecast a spring wheat
yield Of 21S,0o7, 900 bushels for 1920.
Winter wheat yield was forecast
at 532641,0 900 bushels, making a
total wheat yield of 75o,e4s,ooo
bushels.
The October forecast for spring
wheat was I9,367,oO0 bushels lower
than the September forecast.
Total yield of wheat last year
was 9iO,9S7.ooo bushels. of which
731, $3.50 was winter and 209,35l'-
900 was spring wheat
The corn yield was estimated al
3,21s,192,000 bushels, a gain of So
$4,000 bushels over last month
estimate. The condition was placed
at 80 per cent.
The yield of oats was forecast
at 1.444,S62, 900 bushels, which is
2.523, 900 bushels over last months
estimate.
| Other figures for 1920 crops were:
The Washington herald., 1920-10-09
u. S. TANKER TONNAGE.

The Wall Street Journal reports
that figures based upon Lloyd's Reg
lister and other shipping reports
show that or July "a, 1920, the
United States had a total of S0S
tank ships, totaling 1,734,S43 gross
tons, or Sis per cent of the total
for the world. Great Britain ranked
second with 37.5 per cent of the
total worlds tanker tonnage. When
ships now under construction are
placed in service the United States
will be much further in the lead
On September l a total of 1,024.0oO
gross tons of tank ships were build
ing in American yards, against 4OO.-
600 tons IN British yards.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-09
BOARD NAMES
new DIRECTORS
Security Savings & Commercial
Bank Adds -Four Local
Men to List.
LOEW'S OFFER TO CLOSE
Liberty National Bank Will Take
Care of Installment
Payments.
LOEW'S OFFER TO CLOSE

Announcement was made yester-
day afternoon by ]. !. Peyscr, pres
idcnt Of the Security Savings and
Commercial Bank that, following a
meeting Of the board OF directors
Of his bank. held Wednesday aft
ernoon, the following men were
elected directors:
John B. HarreIl, president of Co
Iumbia Building Association and
president of the American Work
men: DIIIer +. Croft, wholesale
wallpaper; Harold II. Levi, man
ager of Hecht Company and Presi-
dent of the Washinton Ad Club
and Laurence Mills. publisher of
Postmaster Advocate and Hotel
Register.
All Of the above named are well
known men. prominent in local bus
mess and financial circles.
In connection with the present
offer of Loew's, Incorporated, stock
through Loew's Washington thea
Icrs. arrangements were completed
yesterday with George o. watson
president Liberty National Bank,
whereby installment payments may
hr made in person. if desired, at
the Liberty National Bank, Fit-
teeuth and l streets northwest.
1t was also announced by the
management of LOew's Palace and
columbia Theaters here that the
public offer Of the stock Of Loews
Inc. which has been on sale al
this week at the two thealers at
S22 a share. will be withdrawn aft
or tonight at II o'clock Applica'
lions after that time will be sub
fect 10 allotment only.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-09
GRAIN EXPERT PREDICTS
LOSSES TO CORN GROWERS

chicago, oct. S.-Profits expected
by farmers on a good corn season
have been wiped out by bumper
crop and panicky price conditions,
=. W. Snow, grain crop expert. said
here today. Snow. one of the fore
most crop experts in the United
states. predicted heavy financial
losses for corn growers. The crop
this year. Snow said. was an eN-
ceptionalIy large one and Of hne
quality
This means a loss to the farmer.
said Snow. figuring on a basis of
wages paid farm hands and the gen
cral production costs.
The decline in wheat, Snow be
Ieves. is only temporary. He said
that wheat will sell again at high
figures before another crop is raised
The wheat decline" he said. was
due to panicky outside conditions.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-09
COTTON MARKET
GROWS WEAKER
Mixed Business and Liquidation of
New Months Generally
Responsible.

New York, Oct. s. Liquidation
by holders of near months further
weakened the entire cotton mai kct
today. The market opened 10 to a.
points lower. Business was mixed
early. 1t included more or less
selling by the South and buying by
Liverpool. The cables at first were
weaker, but improved later, and
the upturn abroad was followed by
a better undertone here. mainly on
purchasing by the trade. Follow
ing this, prices moved irregularly,
with operations on a small scale,
Advances met selling. Trading IN
the pit was small.
Offerings in the final hour were
very liberal and quotations drop
ped into new low ground for the
session. October fell to 23, or 1O4
market finished barely steady at
net loss of 10 to ia points.
Spot here was quiet, with mid
ding points lower at 24.50 cents
there were no sales. Spot at New
Orleans was steady, with the re-
vised quotation for middling fixed
at 22.25 cents; the sales were 59s
bales.
The amount of cotton brought in
to sight for the week was 321, ,479
bales, against 341.5S9 bales in the
same week year ago; 1.12l
bales two years ago. and 42l. $50
bales three years ago.
Receipts Of cotton in bales al
solhe of the leading points today
were: Galveston, S,S0l; New Or
leans, 3,0S1; Savannah, 2,205
Charleston, ass; st. Louis, 623,
The Washington herald., 1920-10-09
Active New York Stock Exchange Bonds
Furnished by W. Exchange
LIBERTY BONDS.

Vests Approx
Close. mate I'D
The Washington herald., 1920-10-09
BALDWIN WORKS.

Philadelphia, Oct. Baldwin Lo-
comotive Works has received orders
for twelve engines from Cuba s.
Louis South Western. which recent
" ordered ten consolidation typ"
locomotives from Baldwin's. has
given an order for ten additions.
engines Of the same type.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-09
LOCAL SECURITIES.

Sharp advances and a pronounc-
ed increase in trading marked yes
terdays session on the local Stock
Exchange.
Ninety-hve shares of Lanston
Monotype were disposed of at prices
ranging from 739S to IS. Twenty
two shares of Mergenthaler were
also sold at l2412. an increase of :
points over last previous sale.
There was no trading in bonds
The Washington herald., 1920-10-09
THE COTTON CROP.

The Bureau of Crop Estimates
reported that the condition of the
cotton crop on September 25 was
59.1 per cent of normal, compared
with SIS per cent month ago.
The forecast production at the end
of September was 12l23.OoO bales,
which is some $4,000 bales less
than the August estimate. The fore
cast crop is still the largest since
1914. Production last year, as re-
ported by the Bureau of Census,
was 11,33o,ooo bales.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-09
SALES YESTERDAY.

Capital Traction. 10 at So, 10 at So
10 at sc.
Second National Bank, 10 at $50.
Lanston Monotype. 10 at T3hs. 10 at IS?s,
10 1t 73%. 10 at 73S, - at "A. 10 at F4l2'
10 at T4L.. 10 at -. at -.
Mergenthaler Linotype, at l24+s. at
la4ls, > at l24Ia. at l24Ig. at l2ths.
10 at l24E. at l2ilg.
After Call
Columbia Grsphophone com. 80 at 1sis.
Washington Railway & Electric pfd., , at
5la,