Imperial Valley press., 1922-02-11
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TOXIC, Feb. IA wave of crit
icism of the Japanese delegates to
the Washington arms conference
and of disappointment at their tac-
tics and the conference results is
sweeping Japan
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11-With
assurances from Attorney General
Daughterty that his appointment to
federal judgeship was legal, Sem
atOr Kenyon, Iowa, plans to stay in
the senate until March ], he said
today.
Senator Kenyon said he had nev-
er really doubted the legality of his
appointment to be Judge of the
eighth judicial circuit.
So far, Kenyon said, he had re-
ceived no intimation from Governor
Kendall of Iowa as to who would be
appointed to succeed him.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1'.-Mer.
chants who have thronged to New
York from all parts of the country
to attend the convention of the
National Retsil DrygOods Assccia-
tion leave to-day fer their home
towns confident there will be a re-
turn of real prosperity by spring.
Most of them are willing to say
of the cities they represent:
I'VE have dOre well; we are do
ing well; we will do much better
They beam the prosperity smile.
ORANGE. N. j., Feb. IL
America should prepare for war
and be ready. to give any other ma
ton dose Of it's own medicine and
bigger Dose" Thomas A. Edison
said here today, in birthday in
terview. He is IS.
eve should prepare for war, but
only experimentally,'' he added.
SEATTLE, WASH, Feb. 1l.-Go-
ing or the assumption that the
more LIQUOR there is in British Col
umbia the greater will be the
amount smuggled into Washing
ton, Prohibition Director Roy C..
Lyle has blocked the shipment of
32,5G0 cases of whiskey through
this state into Canada in the last
ten days.
SAN. FRANCISCO, Feb. IL
Several firemen were reported Ov-
erc0me by smoke while fighting a
fire in the Thomas Day Electrical
Supply Company here today. Sew
eral explosions of oil added diff
Guilty to the fight against the
flames. Loss $4,000.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb. IL
Concerted action by Americas two
greatest trade unions against wage
reductions and the open shop will
be discussed at meeting in Chi
cag0 on February 2l between rep
resentatives of railroad workers
and coal miners unions
CENTRALIA. Wash, Feb. IL
Five children OF MIR. and Mrs. Ed
Rhodes at kIaber, near here, died
today as a result CT doses of salts
given them this morning by their
mother.
The dead are: Verda Louise, 10;
Edward Lee, 8; Marie Anabelle, 8:
James Oliver, 6; Bernie, 3.
The children went into spasms
and convulsiOns Immediately after
they were given the medicine and
died within short time. The
mother was alone at the farmhouse
at the time. All the children died
before physician, summoned from
Chehalis arrived, the mother is
Frustrated.
RIVERSIDE, Calf, Feb. IL
When thug, with gun and a
fIashlight about o'clock last
night demanded her money and
jewelry, Mrs. Harry Cole. of this
city, led out with stiff uppercut
to the bandits jaw. He fell to the
pavement and while he was gath
ering himself together, Mrs. Cole
coOlly walked to her home block
away and reported the attempted
holdup to the police. The officers
made search for the man and the
only thing they found was few
blood stains leading from the scene
of the attack.