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Imperial Valley press., 1921-01-08

any failure on the part of our hired
men to run this organization to the
satisfaction of the members. If you
personally borrow thousand dollars
and take it from the bank and turn it
over to your hired man and he does
not spend it as you wish that does
not authorize you to refuse to pay
the man you borrowed it from and
no accounts between you and your
hired man can be set up as a justifi-
cation on your part for refusal to pay
your loan. That is just the situation
we are in now, we have borrowed
money and our hired men have spent
it and what our accounts are between
ourselves does not alter our obliga-
tions to pay our loans.
"To the gins our message is brief !:
You have signed certain agreements;
on the basis of these agreements, to-
gether with the agreements signed
by the growers, the banks have loan
ed their money, for the good of the
cotton industry. In some instances
you have been negligent of your obi
cations to the banks and to this asso-
citation as set forth in the contracts
you have signed. Whatever the rea-
sons may be for your failure to collect
does not lessen the obligation.
"Any member who thinks he car
withdraw from this association and
avoid his share of the obligations is
mistaken. You can express your views
of the way that your club has been
run-if you can, the writer, as mem
Der of the church, finds his vocabu-
larry too restricted to do so, but we
must square our accounts before with
drawals will be in order this is the
only route men of honor may consider
Being broke is common with cottor
growers and no disgrace, but the i'm
pairment of your credit by any ill ad
vised action is matter of very grave
Importance. If there is anything WI
can say to you that will cause you tt
vote against Reputation of our obliga
tions. yours and mine, please conside
it said and vote with me to pay ever.
Just bill we owe, if it takes con
fidential talk with your banker to ar
range the matter of your part. l
will help everybody interested, tn
other way lies road you and l can
not travel. If you owe this office
dollar come in and fix it up. Gu
books are being audited and shoul
Imperial Valley press., 1921-01-08
HOBSON
TO VISIT VALLEY

Captain Richard Hobson will visit
the valley next week.
\ The captain will arrive at El Centro
Saturday afternoon and be the guest
CT the Barbara Worth hotel for Il
number Of days. A busy day has been
arranged for him on Sunday. At IL
O'clock he will speak in the school
auditorium at Heber; 2:30 at com,
munity meeting to be held in the
Holtville Baptist church and at 1870
ii the Methodist church at CaleXico, a
union service Of all the churches.
During the week the captain will
address community meetings as fol-
lows:
Monday, 1880 p. M, Brawley, NJ. E.
church.
Tuesday, at the same hour, Wilson
auditorium, FL Centric.
Wednesday, p. NJ, Poppy theater,
Calipatria.
Thursday, 1870. Imperial High
school.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-01-08
Il CENTRO To
PLAY CALEX|C0
TOMORROW 2;;30

With less than full game in the
lead the Ell Centre baseball team will
meet Calexico in the local grounds to-
morrow afternoon TO test their
strength with the border town for the
second time in row. Last week
headed by A Sickafoose the local
tosser journeyed south and handed Cal
exico 8 to threshing. The boys are
confident they can repeat the trick
but are taking no chances against
Dame Luck. They were seen on the
grounds yesterday afternoon and
again today rounding into shape.
Ell Centre has all to lose and nothing
to win by the game tomorrow. For
while Calexico is here Brawley will be
administering punishment to the per-
petual losers from MeXicali. A vic
tory for Brawley is assured while on
the other hand as much cannot be
said against Calexico. The border.
town has played q good game through
out the season and with break they
can give Ell Centro close run. So
the best Chief Reber is hoping for is
that the percentage column will re-
main the same.
Al Sickafoose will be on the mound
with Jack Tackett behind the bat. The
regular lineup will be used by Reber-
with the exception of Livingston on
third and Carl Cooper in the field.
Horace Murphy, of Murphys Come
dian fame, has been signed to umpire
bases. Joe Coyne will call balls and
strikes.
Big Van Dusen and cap" Stevens
are the batteries for CaleXico.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-01-08
Three LocaLNen Form Saydi7eOH Co:
Baby Grand Indictment For Traitor
Who Leases Brawley Main--Gyps Pals

Oil is not the only "boomb" that
has created intense interest in the
Imperial Valley within the past few
days, for John NJ. Kepley, president
of the American Legion, "Rube" Ellis
and Maurie Hurt have organized the
Sardine Oil Corporation, for the man
Qfacture Of gas and fishtails. z
500 Complications have already set in
and one of the members is facing a
baby grand indictment for alleged
corrupt practices. His name is being
with held by President Kepley.
The fish, closely akin to sucker, ac-
cording to Kepley, are to be found
northwest of Brawley, and the COM
pany has purchased the location. In
order to transport the fish to Ell Cen
tro where the factory is to be located,
the member who is now under probe
was instructed to purchase the lease
Imperial Valley press., 1921-01-08

pure American stock among them. A
large number of these children go
from the cradle to the cotton fields
because of the economic conditions;
many because of the ignorance of their
parents, to whom 'eddication' is a
futile thing; others because of the
sheer avarice of their parents. Mi
gratory families come into the district
in their cars, and one father who was
pressed to send his children to school
said: please, lady, don't send them
to school; let them pick a while long
er. | aint got my new auto paid for
yet
at is estimated" says the writer,
"that between $500 and 5000 children
under 16 years of age are out of
school picking cotton in this district.
Yet schools are provided and, when
needed, additional facilities may be
obtained. AS it is, the child labor sit
uation in the agricultural areas OF
California, especially in the Imperial
Valley. has admittedly grown worse
and will continue to grow worse, un-
less the child labor law is enforced
The law is clear. The violations are
open and undenied."
WRITES MRS. SWANSON
Miss Duke in a recent letter tt
Mrs. Effie II. Swanson, Imperial coun
ty attendance officer, said: 81 an
wondering if you could get some o.
\ ~
Imperial Valley press., 1921-01-08
GOV. STEPHENS
DECLINES COMMENT

SACRAMENTO, Jan. Spending
the receipt of letter, said to be on
the way from Representative Welty,
Governor Stephens declined to COM
ment on the statement of the Ohio
representative on attacking Stephens
in connection with the California Jap
anesc problem.
He pointed out that the governors
office had received the assurance of
the support of numerous congress-
men.
Governor Stephens said that in the
letter to the congressman that in the
desire to deal with the Japanese prob
lem effectively and justly, Califor-
mia has made an exhaustive research
of the entire oriental problem which
showed a tremendous development of
the Japanese in the state in the last
decade.
Welty replied that some of the
governors statements were hardly
justified by the 1920 census and he
added, "No unbiased mind can quite
understand the settlement of your
land question, prohibiting ownership
to the japanese, when the question
could be settled without giving offense
as effectively as by making it unlaw-
full for any alien to own land"
TENSION EASES
AS JAPANESE LEAVE
BROWNSVILLE, Jan. S.-Tension
in the lower Rio Grande Valley, over
the arrival of the prospective Japan
ese colonists appeared .eased today
as a result of the promise of the two
Japanese families in Harrington to
return to California.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-01-08

on the Brawley Main. This he has
done and is keeping the same for his
own conveniences. He has also bought
up all the "steem shoVels" in the coun-
ty in order that the company could
mot proceed with the work. He has
tied the hands of the other two Off
cials and Maurie Hurt has enlisted the
aid Of Kepley to again gain posses
sion of the controlling interest. The
condemned member is demanding 81
percent of the stock before he will
hand over the lease on Brawley Main
and the fish who are to furnish the
Iishtals. The gas is natural, a by
product of the fish.
1t is highly probable the matter will
be refered to the insanitay commit
tee Of the legion at its next regular
neeting
Imperial Valley press., 1921-01-08
81 REv0[vERS
WORTH $4,000.
TAKEN BY
ROBBERS
Imperial Valley Hardware
Store Suffers Big Loss
Police Believe Job Was
Done by Someone Famil-
lar with Location.

approximately 81 revolvers,
valued at more than $4,000 were
removed from the warehouse of
the Imperial Valley Hardware
store late last night by men who
gained entrance into the building
by prying the sheet iron covering
off with a "a pound crowbar,
which was picked up this morning
by Chief of Police Dave MatlOck.
1t was first announced by the city
authorities that the job was possibly
done from the inside but this theory
wasabandoned when the hole was dis
covered. However, it is evident" i"
said Undersheriff Harry Barker, who
is also at work on the job, chat the
men who pulled the trick were more
or less familiar with the ground" :"
Automobile tracks leading up to the
rear of the building We're found.
In order to reach the guns it was
necessary for the men to break into
a room within the building which was
securely locked.
The guns were taken from their
packing boxes and emptied into a
pair of overalls and carried out, ex-
planned Chief Matlock. The upper
part of the overals were found in
the room. String was used to tie up
the legs of the pants and the guns
placed in the impromptu made sack
and carried to the waiting automo-
bile, was the theory advanced.
1t is the belief of the sheriff's office
that the robbers were MeXicans who
have made their way caross the line
'If this is not true" said Mr.. Barker,
1--WE will have the men in custody be-
fore long. A net has been cast over
the county and every city notified and
it will be impossible for the bandits
to dispose of the guns in the United
States" he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-01-08
TWO KILLED IN
ARCADIA ACCIDENT
(Rv Associated Press

ARCADIA, Jan. S.-Lieut. Raymond
Brand, Of Grand Rapids and Cadet
Flyer A. C. Pool, of Richmond Center,
Wisconsin, We're killed when the air
plane in which they were doing stunt
flying crashed to the ground. The
men were burned.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-01-08
| MAIL TRAIN ROBBED
LORD MINER QUITS
(By Associated Press>

NEW lURK, Jan. S.-MaiI car
ira in number 2O3 of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad was broken into and
iifled by robbers between here and
Philadelphia. Road officials have
started an investigation to determine
the value of the mail stolen.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-01-08
REDUCED ARMY IS
FAVORED IN REPORT

WASHINGTON, Jan. s-A unani-
NOUS favorable report was ordered by
the senate military committee on the
resolution of Senator New. republi-
can, of Indiana, directing the secre-
tary of war to army enhstment5 un-
til the total number of enlisted mer
has been reduced to 175,000 men.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-01-08
NO DECISION By
JOINT COMMITTEE
(Ry Associated Press

I
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.--The joint
congressional committee considering
the location of the new naval base on
the Pacific Coast failed to reach a de-
cision and adjourned until today to
hear representatives of the navy de-
partment.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-01-08
WELTY CRTICIZES STEPHENS
OIL FEVER GRIPS VALLEY--E4ERE ARE ACTUAL FACTS
JAMES G. SCRIPTS
DIES AT SAN DIEGO
CRy ASSOciatc1 preccl

(By Associated Press)
SAN DIEGO, JaH 8.-James G..
Scripps, publisher, 25 years old, died
yesterday at Miramar, near here. He
has been i'll two months Mr.. Scripps
leaves a widow and four children.
Scripps, the eldest son of E. w.
Scripps. founder of the Scripps chain
OF newspapers was born in Westches-
ter, Ohio. Upon the death of his
brother John p. Scripps in 1914,
James Scripps became the chairman
OF the board of directors of the
Scrlpps newspapers, which position
he held until the time of his death.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-01-08
TEST CASE BEGINS
OVER INCOME TAX
(By Associated Press,

(By Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-Argu-
ments begun in the supreme court to-
day in the "invested capital case"
characterized by Solicitor General
Frierson as the "most important legal
suit" from the standpoint of govern
ment finances in the past decade.
Whether the government can be forced
to return hundreds of millions of dol
lars paid as income taxes depends
on the outcome.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-01-08
Daily
Weather
Report

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - To-
night and Sunday fair, with heavy
to killing frost in the early morning.
Moderate northerly winds.
ARIZONA-Cold night and morn
ing. Frosts in south and central por-
tions. Fair.
IMPERIAL VALLEY Continued
fair with not much change tempera-
ture. Cold in the morning.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-01-08
LAUNCHES BIG
ATTACK On
JAPANESE
QUESTION
Declares Governor Wants
National Laundry to Was
A National Laundry To
Wash Dirty Linen of
State.
(By Associated Press)

I
WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-Rep-
rcsentative Welty, democrat, of
Ohio, attacked Governor Stephens
of California for sending men,
bers of CONGRESS- letter hearipr
on the Japanese problem in Cal
ifOrnia.
We'Iy declared he was surprised tc
find the governor carrying on propa.
ganda or MISREPRESENTATION with the
hope of establishing special ma
tional laundry to wash the dirty
linen of the state"
Imperial Valley press., 1921-01-08

show every penny We owe and all that
is due us.
"To those to whom we are indebted
we can but say, we are making every
effort possible to clean up the debts
we owe. We have no assets except
the bale tax and the above letter COW
ers the situation as fully as we are
able to do at this time, please do not
ask us to favor one over the others.
When the banks are paid we will ap-
ply every cent collected, that rigid
economy will permit, to the payments
Of your accounts.
Imperial Valley Growers Assn,
"T. D. MCCALL, In charge
Imperial Valley press., 1921-01-08

(By Associated Press,
LONDON, Jan. 8.-Lord Miner re-
signed the portfolio as Secretary fol
the colonies. His successor has not
been announced.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-01-08

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-14
BORAH MAY SPEAK
Is Prepared to Tell Senate of
Disarmament.
Message Is Result of Confer
ence With Harding.

wa hingtop, May 14.--senator
Borah is prepared to give the senate
today a message from President Hard
ing on disarmament
Borah's message, the result of a
conference with Harding sometime
ago. will be given, he said, if Senator
.PoindeXter, in charge of the navy bill,
will tell the senate Just what Harding
said to him about the timehuess of an
international disarmament conference.
Poindexter and Senator Hale of
Maine, recently announced after call
ing on Harding, that the president had
strongly irtimated that he considered
the present an inopportune time to
press the disarmament idea.
II have not given my talk with the
president publicity" said Borah, DE
cause 1 did not think it was intended
for congress"
Harding told Borah, it is understood,
that he is strongly in favor of the
principle of disarmament and, accord
intimate that he opposed action now
on Borah's proposal for a conference
on reduction of naval armament par
ticipated in by the United States, Great
Britain and Japan.
Supported by King. Utah, a Demo-
crat; Norris, Nebraska, and Kenyon,
Iowa, Republicans, Borah is making
one of the bitterest fights of his career
in the senate. He and his colleagues
hammer away at the economic angle
of the disarmament question, hoping
thus to enlist public opinion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-14
TODiY'S MARKET REPORTS

Chicago, May 14.-WHEAT-Passage of
the Ttncher bill by the national house Of
representatives was generally ascrihed as
the reason for a weak opening on the Chi
cago board of trade today. Wheat started
from 2 to 3 cents off with May leading the
decline. Report of rain in some parts OF
Oklahoma helped the initial movement
Crop reports coupled with claims of frost
in Nebraska led 10 buying by commission
houses and prices started to fluctuate rap
idly. Later there were deniafs of Nebraska
frost damage. May wheat opened &c to 2Ac
lower at 1.41 to $1.411a, July being S1.14 to
$11415, which was 1Ac to 112c below yes
terdays close. After the first drops the
of the first hour it was down again to 81. Al
Fresh drives continued until the market
appeared oversold and hard rallies carried
prices up to about yesterdays final fig
ures. The close saw May net unchanged at
81. 43% to S1.44@ and Julyaenly Nc net low
er at $115A to $1.151a.
CORN-Corn was governed almost. en-
tirely by the action of wheat. July opened
&c to &c lower at 62a4r to 62Ac. Septem-
Der started 14c to "a lower, at 645sc to
G4Bc. .
Corn followed wheat down slowly and
rose sluggishly in the final rallies. July
ended &c to sc net lower at 62Ssc to 6212c.
September closing of 645sc to 64Ac was
OATS-Oats followed corn and wheat,
July starting sc to &c lower, at 59c to
1850.
OVISIONS-Provsions firm despite
the grain recessions because of optimistic
trade report from packers. Opening prices
were generally q fraction higher but trade
was light.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-14
ILLINOIS MAYOR FIGHTS PAPERS
orders Police to Upset Boys Stands
on Street Corners.

Springfield, ILL.,, May 13.-Unless
Mayor Baumann rescinds his order re-
moving Newspaper stands from Spring
field street corners by tomorrow morn
ing, the city council will call special
meeting to override the mayors ac-
ton. members of the council told
newspaper representatives this after
noon. ---
Springfield is under commission
form of government, the council con-
sisting of the mayor and four COM
missioners. At least three of the COM
niSsioners viii vote to replace the
stands, representatives of the newspa-
perS said.
Acting under orders of Mayor Ban
mann, the police today knocked over
newspaper stands as fast as newspaper
representatives set them up and final
Iy with threats of imprisonme nt, COM
pleted the overthrow of every stand.
An expose of alleged vice conditions
in Springfield by a Chicago newspaper
was said to have caused the police
action.
Appeals by the newsboys to local
afternoon paper produced help from
the papers circulation manager, and
he set the stands up again. several
times, but the police knocked them
down each time.
At the police station a sergeant said
the boxes had mot been knocked
over" but had been ordered taken
down"
The reason given by the sergeant
was that many newspaper boys had
not paid their license fee of so cents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-14
Want new DEPT.
State Nurses Association Asks
New H. g. Course.
Would Issue Joint Hospital and
University Degrees.

A department of nursing at Kansas
university to relieve nurses training
schools of preliminary training for
student nurses, to be followed by two
years of practical hospital training
leading to a nursing degree granted
Jointly by the hospital and by the uni
versity. is RECOMMENDATION for early
state legislation from the Kansas State
Nursing association. The recommends
ton was discussed today in the gem
eral session of the association at Rep
resentatfve hall, following the report
Mrs. c. c. Bailey, of Topeka, in the
Friday afternoon session. Seven other
states have so standardized the pro-
fession.
The entrance of ignorant women
into the profession as> a means of
making a livelihood rather than thru
the fitness of the Individual for the
profession, has been one unfavorable
factor in the growth of the work, it
was said.
Public and private duty nurses or
CARNATIONS of Kansas were in session
today at representative hall. with d
program beginning at o'clock this
morning and concluding at 8 O'Clock
this afternoon. The public duty nurses
are members of the Kansas Organiza-
ton for Public Health Nursing. in
eighth annual meeting in Topeka, and
the private duty nurses of the state
nurses body are in second annual
meeting. Both the groups are meet
ing in this city with the tenth annual
convention of the Kansas States
Nurses association.
Mrs C. c. Bailey of Topeka, for
merly supervisor of the Topeka Public
Health Nursing association, is presi-
dent of the Kansas State Nurses Or
ganiZatfon of Public Health Nursing
Miss Edith u. White, 1195 Garfield
avenue, is chairman of the private
State Nurses association. Miss Neva
Anderson, 1920 West Tenth avenue, is
secretary treasurer of the private duty
section.
District and alumnae representa-
tives will meet in Representative hall
from to 8 o'clock this afternoon.
The announcement of the election
of new officers will be made at the
closing session this afternoon. Miss
been president of the Kansas State
Nurses association for two years, is
retiring from that office.
The report of the resolutions COM
nlittee of the state association also
will be made this afternoon.
The visiting nurses were Guests at a
garden party this afternoon, given in
their honor by Miss Louise KEN
niger sup erintendent Of Christ's hos
pital, and the graduating class of the
hospital. on the grounds of that in
stitution.
A motor car ride provided for the
visitors by members of the Shawnee
County Medical society followed the
garden party.