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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16
THE SUMMONS"

By A. D. w. Mason. George H. Doral
 Co, Publishers, New York City
 Harry Luttrell, faced with the ne- cessity of momentous decision, lis-
 tened to the summons to a harder, more vital manhood, and went out to
 Egypt on the trail of his destiny
 Martin Hillyard, playwright and son of fortune received the summons In more tangible form, a telegram for
 warded to him in the wilds of Africa,
 mysteriously yet compelling. The
 quick Journey down to Alexandria, the voyage to England, the sudden .. plunge into adventure whirled him Into a service of which he had never
 dreamed, yet for which he was singu- larly suited-the secret service. Spain Is the principal scene of his activities, the Spanish coast, little tumble down inns, the quays. Adven-
 lures crowd upon him and through the web of intrigue and danger he moves with calm assurance and the debonnair nonchalance of the man who is master of himself and the sit uation. Linking the two men in a
 curious, intangible way, Is the beau tiful figure of Stella Croyle.
 "The Summons" Is first and fore most an adventure story, quick nov ing and rising from climax to climax with satisfying power. It Is also a love story of a rather unusual type
 and the whole thing is given body and worth by the skiHul character work that MT. Mason knows so we'll how to weave Into his romances. II is of the best type of fiction.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-11
A N {: R {; 4 \
DEAD WILL
REMAIN IN
FRANCE
More Than 10000 Soldiers
Who Made Supreme Sacri-
flee to Lie Forever in For
eign Soil.
(By United Press)

PARIS, May 11.-More than 10000
bodies of American soldiers will live
forever in French soil. Four bits of
French soil have been chosen as the
final resting place for the bodies-four
bits of France that will remain for
ever America" The permanent fields
of honor will be Romagne Belleau,
Flanders Field near Bony, and Sures-
nes on the outskirts of Paris.
A commission headed by Colonel C.
c. Pierce, had arrived from the United
States and approved the choice of the
four permanent cemeteries. The COM
mission, which is composed of w. M.
Kendall, Ca M. Moore, James Grenleif
and Major George Gibbs, architects
and artists, are inspecting the sites
with view to recommendation for
beautifying these fields to make them
the most beautiful burying places in
Europe.
The Romagne field will hold the ma
jority of the bodies of men killed in
the Argonne fighting-14,000 in all;
the Belleau field on the hillside near
Belleau Wood will contain 1000 bodies.
Suresnes will hold 1890, including
many bodies of wounded who died in
Paris hospitals, while Flanders Field
will contain 2,100.
At present the American Graves
Registration Service is engaged in dis
entering the bodies intended for ship
ment back to the United States. Up
to the present IA SAG bodies have been
disintered and shipped. Nearly 5000
bodies are lying at the ports awaiting
transport. By October all the bodies
requested for shipment back home will
have been shipped. Then the graves
registration service will begin the task
of concentrating the remaining bodies
in the four permanent fields. This
task will occupy nearly all of next
year.
When finally completed the perman-
ent cemeteries will resemble the Ma
tional Cemeteries in the Unitd States
long, precise rows of grassy mounds
with spacious walks between, AT the
head of each grave will be a stone
marker with the name and organiza-
tion of the soldier lying beneath.
The permanent fields are being de-
signed as SnflneS Tor Americans III
Europe for all time to come. Already
hundreds of friends and relatives OF
the fallen are flocking to the graves
The American Army will probably
have lower percentage of unidenti-
fled dead thany any allied country
The graves registration service ex.
poets eventually to identify all except
a very few bodies.
The Memorial Day committee of the
American Legion is already preparing
for the observance of Memorial Day
when wreath will be placed on every
| American grave in France.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-11
NATIONS HOSPITALS
TO KEEP OPEN HOUSE
EpM Iynitn6 Pracvl

CHICAGO, May 11.-Hospitals in
every section of the United States will
observe tomorrow, May IL, in memory
of Florence Nightingale, pioneer in
modern nursing methods.
The anniversary of the birth-date of
the famous nurse has been designated
as National Hospital Day. President
Harding, Surgeon General Cummings
and governors of many states are CO.
operating.
Thousands of hospitals will keep
"open house" Invitations will be is
sued to the public to come in" and
look the hospitals over, to get better
idea of the amount and scope of the
work and the care and treatment of
sick and injured.
Hospitals will arrange their own pro
grams, governed by local conditions.
In many cities graduation exercises
for nurses schools will be held.
Surgeon General Cummings has di-
rected the commanding officer of each
of the 81 government hospitals, where
are quartered 26,000 disabled war vet
Grams, to open the institution doors to
the public. By this method the gov
ernment' hopes to refute the complaint
that war veterans are neglected and
mistreated.
General details Of National Hospital
Day are being directed by Matthew O
Foley, Chicago. executive secretary OF
the National Hospital day committee
State directors in more than 40 states
and four Canadian provinces have
been annOinted.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-11
FLIVVERS AND NOT
BABIES THE BOTHER

In the determination Of divorce
cases, it is not longer the disposition
of the children that worries the parties
as much as the disposition of the au-
tomobie. This is conclusion reached
by Superior Judge M. w. Conkling,
after serving his first four months on
the Imperial county bench.
"Who is to have the family fliv-
ver?" is the question that has been
put up to Judge Conkling for the fifth
time in divorce acti-.l. According to
the Judge, divorce applicants have ap-
peared to be decidedly more interested
in getting possession of the automo-
bile than of the babies, and in the
cases he has heard there have been
more cars than babies to be disposed
Of The judge has arrived at another
truth in this connection-that an au-
tomobile is apparently helpful in OBJ
tanning another spouse, while babies
seem to interfere with the process.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-11
LARGEST CLASS z.
IN ITS HISTORY
(By United PreSS)

BERKELEY, May 1.-THE largest
class in the history of the University
of California assembled in the Greek
Theater today to- graduate and cele-
brate the 5Sth commencement of the
state university.
Over TIA candidates for bachelor
and higher degrees assembled for the
last time as studnets prior to their
graduation from their alma mater.
The academic procession assembled
at 9:30 a. m. and marched to the Greek
Theater Here 1885 received bachelors
degrees, 1856 masters. 80 juris doc
tor, 26 doctor philosophy, 80 doctor
medicine, Al doctor dental surgery
so graduate pharmacy, and bachelor
laws. Besides these so We're made
eligible for commission in the army
through their work in the students
officer reserve corp.
Last year there were graduated
1921 students.
In the afternoon the ground was
broken by the students and faculty
for the Henry Morse Stephens Me
mortal Hall.
This hall will house the students
union and will be the general meeting
hall of all student activities.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-11
HOSPITAL DAY
TO Be OBSERVED
IN FL CENTR0
SDlendidly EquiDped Thomas
Institution to Keep Open,
House for All Tomorrow
Afternoon.

Tomorrow is National Hospital Day,
and will be observed throughout the
United States and Canada in city and
town, wherever there is hospital To-
Gated. Hospitals will be visited and
inspected and every one will keep open
house. The day is selected because it
is the anniversary of Florence Night
ingale, the pioneer in modern hospital
and nursing methods.
Here in Ell Centre the day will be
observed by the Ell Centro hospital
with "open house" from / IN. to 4
taches and nurses wish to extend an
invitation to all of the people of the
Imperial Valley and particularly of Ell
Centre to come and visit the institu-
ton during those hours.
They will be glad to answer all your
questions. Show you the operating
rooms and sterilizers also the nurses
home, kitchen and dining room.
1t is singular that there are people
in Ell Centre who do not know that we
have an up-to-date hospital here and
there are hundreds who have never
been inside of one, therefore cannot
appreciate the value of hospital suvp
as ours to this community.
The basis of strength and progress
of any community is in the health of
the people. Hospital work pays in
dollars by returning to the ranks of
The workers, the producers of wealth,
thousands who, without the case and
treatment received would die or be-
come permanent burdens to their
friends or the community. The object
at this time is solely to acquaint the
public with the true scope of hospital
service in Ell Centre. Asa
Refreshments will be served aid a
carnation given to each lady visitor
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-11
us. TAX BILL
I 0 TOTAL
CIGssy:I|C
SU N
Excess Profits, Soda Water,
Transportation Levies to
Go; Tobacco and Liquors
to Pay an Increase.
(By United Press)


WASHINGTON, May 11.-Ameri-
ca annual tax bill will be fixed by
congress at So, 500, 100000 if plans of
leading members of the house ways
and means committee go through.
They would like to reduce the per
capita taxation to $50 for every man,
woman and child in the country, or
OOO,OOO,OO0, but with continued
larger appropriations, they admit it is
doubtful if it can be done.
1t now appears certain that no sales
tax will be enacted at this session, ac-
cording to several leaders.
Tax changes will be along the fol-
lowing lines:
Taxes to be repealed:
l. Excess profits, now one Of the
big sources of revenue.
2. Soda water, ice cream and some
Of the more obnoxious" consumption
levies.
3. Transportation taxes.
Some uncertainty exists as to
whether the theater admission taxes
will be repealed.
The new tax bill, in general. will
follow these lines:
l. Reduced SuftaXeS on higher III
comes to the maximum percentage
will not be more than 40 per cent.
2. Possible reduction Of the normal
income tax rate from A to B per cent
although this has some opposition.
3. Increased flat corporation in
come tax from 10 to Is per cent, with
the imposition of levy Of 10 per cent
on undistributed profits of corpora
tions, to make up for -the-less- caused
by repeal of the excess profits tax.
1t is believed this would tend to pre-
vent issuance of stock dividends, which
have been held untaXable. ......
4. Increased tobacco taxes from so
to 100 per cent.
5. Taxes of $6.40 gallon on all Ii
quors withdrawn from bond, compared
with the present rate of 1920.
Taxes on estates, insurance, lodge
and club dues, child labor products
and the so-called stamp taxes, as APP
piled to various legal documents and
business papers probably will remain
the same
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-11
MADAME CURR|E
D|SC0VERER OF
RAO|UM HERE
Greatest Woman Scientist
Comes to Receive Precious
GIFT From Women of Ameri-
ca.
(By Associated Press)

NEW YORK, May 11.-Madame
Currie, the discoverer of radium, was
a passenger on the steamship Olympic
which docked this morning. She comes
to the United States to pay long"
promised visit and to return to France
a container in which is a quantity Of
radium which the women of America
are to present to her.
Madame Marie Currie whose dis
covery of radium in 1898 has been
called "the realization of the dream
of ancient alchemists" was born in
Warsaw, Poland, on Nov. 7, 1867. Her
father, Professor Sklodowska, was an
instructor in physics and chemistry in
the University of Warsaw and for
some years before entering upon her
professional career as scientist, she
worked in his laboratory. Nine. Curie
received the Noble Prize for chemitry
in 1908.
She married in 1896 Pierre Curie,
professor of general physics in the
University of Paris, who had shared
with her the honor of collaboration in
giving her great find to the world.
Some years later Professor Curie was
struck by wagon in Paris and killed.
His widow succeeded to his professor
ship. Madame Curie has two children,
Irene, 20 years old. like her mother
has taken up scientific research and
another daughter of Is years.
The discovery of radium enriched
many persons throughout the world.
1t has been estimated that its use dur
ing the war saved the lives of not less
than $4,000 wounded men. Notwith-
standing the fact that Madame Curie
has devoted more than half of her SO
years to the study of radioactive sub
stances, she is a comparatively poor
woman and lives when at home in the
Institut Curie in Paris on the salary
of teacher at the Sorbonne.
81 gave my secret to the world" she
declared. "It was not to enrich any
one. 1t was for all people"
The modest discoverer of radium has
never, it is said, refused to release it
for the use of humanity the world
over, as a result of which her small
store has become exhausted. The great
Polish woman savant's visit to Amer
lea primarily for the purpose of inves-
tigating pitchblende deposits in Colo
RADIO, Utah, Pennsylvania and other
states, gave rise to the movement on
the part of American women to supply
Madame Curie with gram of radium
worth 100000 which shall be "all hel
own" This will enable her to con.
tinue her researches along curative
lines when she returns to Paris.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-11
MELON RATE
PRO BADLY
v Ill Be
LOWER
Growers Formulate Rules
For Inspection and Pack
ing at Largely Attended
Meeting Held in This City.

Encouraging wires regarding the
reduction in freight rates on Imperial
Valley cantaloupes are reported to
have been received from high officials
in Washington by L. c. Lee and E.
w. Cuff of Brawley, who returned the
latter part of last week from a trip to
the national capital, which they made
in attempting to secure reduction.
These men also attended the Inter-
state Commerce commission hearing
in Los Angeles last Saturday.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion and the country's biggest produc-
ers and shippers will meet for a joint
conference with railway executives in
Washington on Friday of this week,
the conference having been arranged
with President Harding's help, by
men representing the manufacturers
of building materials, who insist that
it is chiefly freight rates that are
holding>up construction everywhere.
An effort will be made to persuade
the commission to sanction a reduction
on the principal materials used in
building.
All the evidence points to the desir-
ability of reduction in rates general
ly. The high rates have proved to be
revenue destroyers instead of revenue
builders. Chairman Clark of the In
terstate Commerce Commission adj
mitted recently that railroad rates
were at their peak, and "any effort to
increase rates will result in less reve-
nue. rather than more" He and his
associates will probably acknowledge
of last year which established tho
present rates has already had that dis
astrous result.
Secretary of Commerce Hoover has
declared that rates in many cases are
far too high land have disorganized
many branches of transportation
Transcontinental rail transportation
has suffered severe blow because, as
a result of the high railroad freight
charges the bulk of the traffic between
the two coasts is. now being carried bs
water, through the Panama Canal
Many citizens will not regard tnat as
necessarily misfortune, but it show:
how far the present freight rates hav,
come from accomplishing their pro
fessed purpose.
The railroads are not expected t.
oppose a judicious lowering of rates
Repacking of condemned cantaloupe
will not be permitted this season ant
inspectors will be paid $3.50 per da,
with an allowance of 10 cents mil
for the autos furnished by the county
These were the two important act
of the cantaloupe meeting yesterda
which was called at the Barbara Wort
hotel by Horticultural COMMISSIONS
f. w. Waite and attended by repre-
sentatives of more than 10000 acre
of cantaloupe lands.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-11
FAMOUS PANTS DESTROYED.
NV NSSONIHFtu TTbSN'
LOS ANGELES, Nav 1.-THE most

LOS ANGELES, May 1.-THE most
valuable pair of pants in all the
world-a pair of wrinkled, lop-sided,
diversified, patched trousers, that mil
lions of people have looked at, COM
mented upon and laughed at-ara 70
more. They have been irretrievably
ruined'by fire. When Charlie Chaplin,
the screen comedian. stumbled over
an acetylene blow torch at his studio
while making a picture he was badly
burned about the legs rnd hips. but
not seriously and he will be around
again in few days. But his famous
trousers, familiar to everyone whp has
ever attended a movi eshow, We're
burned to a crisp.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-11
HARDING SETS
WAY TO APPOINT
POST MASTERS
Ruling Abr0gates One Issued by
President Wilson - Changes
Plan.

The United Press dispatches from
Washington announce the promulga-
ton of an order by PresidenJ Harding
outlining the method by which post
masters of the first, second and third
classes are to be selected.
The order is aimed to replace but
not entirely overturn the executive
order issued by Former President
Wilson, which put postmasters under
the civil service.
The executive order makes it pos
sible for postmasters to be chosen
from the three candidates who stand
highest in a civil service examination.
Existing regulations require appoint
ment Of the highest and the effect of
the new regulations is to give the
postmaster general more leeway in
naming postmasters.
The order affects all incumbent
postmasters where terms have expired
and will apply to other incumbents as
their terms expire. A total of nearly
$4,000 postmasterships are affected,
out of total of $4,000. All of those
affected are towns and cities.
1t was the contention of republicans
that If thew ilsor order had been al
lowed to stand many democratic ap-
pointees would have had life jobs.
This leaves in the appointive pow
er the necessary constitutional right
of choice" President Harding said in
statement commentin gon the new
order. "This right of selection is the
kind Of responsibility which cannot
legally be and is not abridged by act
of congress and is in exact harmony
with the spirit of the civil service
principle"
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-11
MAY MAKE SMALL
WATER SHIPMENT

Few Imperial Valley cantaloupes, if
any, will be shipped to eastern mar
kets by water.
Horticultural Commissioner Waite
points out thas, because of the delicate
nature of cantaloupes, trip to the
coast by motor truck probably would
cause many of them to be spoiled. To
ship them by rail to San Diego or Los
Angeles and then reship by water
would be too expensive and cause too
much delay, he adds.
Changes in temperature which
would be experienced in handling the
melons so many times would also be
detrimental to quality, Mr.. Waite
says.
1t is thought that small shipment
will be made from San Diego as an
experiment.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-11
DEATH IN ANY EVENT.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nav 11.-Death
may defeat the efforts of the Mexican
government to extradite Captain Car
mel Carlos Garcia on a charge of hav-
ing embezzled 100000 while pay
master in the Mexican army. Garcia
is dying of tuberculosis in the San
Francisco county Jail. If he goes to
Mexico, he may be shot as a traitor
Garcia was arrested here at fash
ionable hotel more than two years
ago. He fought extradition ON the
ground that his was political offense
and that in Mexico he would have To
face firing squad. He said he wished
to die in this country and be draped
with the American flag.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-11
CHARGES REITERATED

WASHINGTON, May 11.-Reiterat-
ed charges that Col. John f. Hunt,
commanding the disciplinary barracks
at Governors Island, was whitewashed
by the military court martial IN con-
nection with the escape of Grover c.
Bergdoll, the Stacker, was made by
Representative Johnson of Kentucky
before the house Investigating COM
mittee today.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-11
TO RECONSTRUCT FRANCE

PARIS, May I'm. Loucher, MIN
lister of Devastated Regions, told cor
respondents today that Maj. Gen. Goe-
thals, former governor of the Canal
Zone, had been invited to come to
France and examine the devastated re-
gions and advise concerning recon
struction problems, and had expressed
willingness to accept.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-11
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

The following marriage licenses
have been issued by County Clerk
Major S. Cook.
Ross Roy Smith, 81. and Ruth Fay
Bodine, Is, both INLAND.
Jesus Orderuez, 20. and Francisco
Ochos, 35, both Calexico.
Jose Flores, %, and William Vic
toria Martinez, Is. both Westmorland.
Amanda Acosta, 30, and Maria
Louisa Yiala, 20, both Brawlcy.
Donald G. Thompson, 22, III Centre
and Lucille NJ. Brockman, 20, Of Los
Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-11
v. w. G.. A. DRIVE.

The Imperial county Y. W. c. A.
has started its annual drive for funds
for the carrying on of the work of the
association among the young women
and girls of the county. 1t is splen-
did, worth while work that the associa-
ton is doing and FL Centro's allotment
of the total amount needed, $l050 out
of $4,000, should be cheerfully supplied
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-11
BUMDING TRADES LOCKOUT

SAN FRANCISCO, May 11.-A lock
out of building trades workers who
refused to abide by decision of a
special arbitration board, which low
cred wages, was ordered today, but
there were sharply conflicting state
ments as to its effectiveness.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-11
w. C.. r. u. PROGRAM

The Women's Christian Temperance
Union is to present "health" pro-
gram at it's next meeting which will
be held Friday afternoon, commencing
at 2 o'clock, at the residence of Mrs.
Carmichael, 620 Hamilton avenue.
Women who regard themselves as
plump or diversified will be, according
to the announcement, much interested
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-11
KILLED BY EXPLOSION.

HONOLULU, T. H., May 1l.-Cor-
poral Knight of the 9th infantry,
stationed at Schofield barracks, near
here, was killed recently when small
munitions magazine which he was
guardink exploded. Several other SOL
diers We're injured. Army authorities
are investigating the cause of the ex-
plosion.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-11
WILLIAMS STEPS UP.

SAN FRANCISCO, May ll.-W. K.
Williams, secretary of the state rail
road commission, has resigned that po-
stion to accept the place of examiner
and chief of the Los Angeles Office
of the commission. He will be sue
ceeded as secretary by Col, II. q.
Matthewson, former California COM
mander of the American Legion.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-11
CALL For TROOPS.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.-THE
shipping board will ask that Federal
troops take charge of the situation if
there is any further rioting in the ship
strike here, said H. H. Ebey, the dis-
trict director, today.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-05-11
STEAMER YALE TIED UP

LOS ANGELES, May 1.-The
coastwise steamer Yale was ordered
out of service here today, after prac-
tioally all of the crew quit, following
visit to them of seamen's union of
ficials.