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VOLUME XV VALLEY PRESS FOUNDED MAY, 19U1 EL CENTRO, CALIFORNIA, MONDAY EVENING, M U 10, 191.'. DAILY STANDARD FOUNDED‘AUGUST, 1906 NUMBER 8 Italy to Enter the War Tonight Ultimatum Is Quickened Barbara Worth Hotel Is Formally Opened to the Public By the Lusitania Tragedy ROME, MAY in.—ITALY HAS the attack on the Lusitania was jus- GIVEN AUSTRIA UNTIL MID- tified because the ship was carrying munitions of war.. agree NIGHT TO MAKE A SATISFAC- Officials that the expression of sorrow and TORY REPLY TO THE DEMANDS good will, while not eliminating all FOR TERRITORIAL CONCESSIONS, difficulties ahead, make possible de- IN RETURN FOR ITALIAN NEU- liberate consideration by both govern- TRALITY, ACCORDING TO CIR- ments. The president remained in se- clusion. He has CUMSTANTIAL REPORTS. IF not yet asked ad- vice or intimated his personal views. VIENNA TO COMPLY FAILS IT IS Tomorrow he is expected to lay be- UNDERSTOOD ALL NEGOTIA- fore the cabinet a tentative plan of TIONS WILL BE BROKEN OFF. procedure. Thousands of messages THE SINKING OF THE LUSI, are arriving expressing confidence in the president. TANIA HAD A NOTICEABLE EF- FECT HERE. MANY ITALIANS Pope’s Sympathy. WHO WERE ONLY LUKEWARM Rome, May 10.—The Pope today ex- TOWARD WAR ARE NOW DE- pressed horror at the Lusitania af- MANDING ITALY’S ENTRY. HUN- fair, sympathy with relatives of the DREDS OF AUSTRIANS AND victims and hope that methods willbe GERMANS ARE LEAVING ITALY found to avoid similar acts in the fu- ture. AND THE TELEPHONE SERVICE ON THE FRONTIER IS INTER- Blames England. RUPTED BY GOVERNMENT OR- Berlin, May 10 (By wireless via DERS. THE GOVERNMENT HAS London) —The German government TAKEN OVER TRAINS FOR THE has cabled the state department at TRANSPORTATION OF TROOPS. Washington the deepest sympathy over the loss of Americans on the Lusi- lit! Victims Buried. tania, reiterating that the responsi- bility rests England. It expresses (By W. S. Forest) on regret that Americans Eng- Queenstown, believed May 10.—Caskets land’s promise of safety instead of draped with British flairs and con- Germany’s warning. taining the bodies of 146 Lusitania The note of condolence added that victims, were interred in the harbor British merchantmen are generally churchyard today. Of this number, armed and frequently tried to ram out of a total of 1,149 who perished, submarines. For this reason, it was 76 were identified. The entire city stated, they cannot be treated like wears crepe. Hundreds sobbed in the ordinary merchantmen. streets when the fiower-sinothereu heirs of many infant victims passed. Carried Cartridges. The babies were buried in a great New York, May 10.—Herman Win- grave lined with cushions of blos- ter, assistant manager of the Cunard soms. Most impressive services were line, admitted today that the Lusi- held at the cathedral and the ceme- tania carried 4,200 cases of cart- GREAT DISASTER dropped. Eighty bombs had been ac- GASSETT FACING crashed the bottle down upon his BANQUET AND DANCE tery. ridges. counted for at 8 this morning. Many head. The COMES NEAR HOME ASSAULT CHARGE CELEBRATE EVENT city has left nothing undone to failed to explode and were extin- At the resumption of court this aft- •‘how sympathy. Every business guished. The happenings in the near-drama house Frohman’s Philosophy. It is learned that two sisters of ernoon, Kirby again took the stand, The Barbara Worth Hotel is fin- if closed and flags are at half-mast. enacted in the Oyster Loaf cafe at London, May 10.—Miss Rita Jolivet, John Waters, who lives on the Harvey and Attorney J. F. Seymour, for the ished and furnished and tonight, with The entire population formed in lines, Dunkirk Bombarded Again. which is an actress, rescued from the Lusitania, were Calexico on March 10, in it through which the caskets were ear- Bradley farm, south of Iloltville, has been defense, fired the opening question in banquet and ball, it will be formally told how Charles Frohman philoso- Paris, May 10.—Dunkirk Kirby, an employe of i ned, Lusitania, ap- alleged L. B. mounted on lorries, and escorted passengers on the and by heavy the cross-examination. opened. phized as the liner sank. again bombarded German Calexico bank, sustained a scalp wound • y English soldiers and Hun- lost. The jurors who are hearing the This beautiful building has an in- sailors. “We were standing on the deck to- parently were artillery, it is officially announced. dreds of citizens at the hands of 11. M. Gassett, who case are: J. B. Parazette, El Centro; followed in the wake gether,” Miss Jolivet said, “with con- The sisters, both young ladies, were dividuality which is certain to make °1 the last casket, The damage is unknown. bottle, were re- C. R. Courtney, Ileber; Harry Bealey, and men and wom- fusion everywhere. Mr. Frohman nurses in New York and came here was armed with a it one of the most famous of Califor- en sobbed alike. The bombardment began at 6 this morning before a jury in Brawley; Boyd Davenport, Holtville; Almost every woman turned to me and smiled. last month for a visit with their broth- counted this nia hotels. In design and workman- in the line threw Judge court. Louis Kliendienst, El Centro; more flowers on the “‘Why fear death?’ he said. ‘lt’s er, remaining II weeks. They left morning. The official communique re- Superior Cole’s D. R. ship, and in the touches of art, paint- iorrie conveying the babies’ Kirby was the first witness to take Crawford, El Centro; G. R. Enney, caskets, the most beautiful adventure in life.’” here about 2 weeks ago, just in time ported heavy fighting along the en- ing and sculpture, it is made in and which, before the cemetery was the stand the direct examination Holtville; Russel Jones, Holtville; F. to take passage on the Lusitania, on tire battle front and claimed 3 Ger- and of the desert —a monument and a re- reached, were entirely hidden by blos- by District Attorney Nichols and Dep- E. Fender, Holtville; G. O. Barnett, Useless Suggestion. their way to Ireland for a visit with had cital of local achievement. And yet soms. man attacks in Flanders been re- uty District Attorney Simon occupied Imperial; Henry H. Hoppin, El Cen- London, May 10.—A discussion of their mother. it is a structure with purely modern As this passed, the women wailed pulsed. most of the morning. tro, and John L. Weinert, Imperial. the possibility of neutral governments conveniences and taste, plus those un- iloud, many throwing Kirby and Paul Dato, a brother-in- themselves on acting generally in stopping the Ger- Reign of Terror. usual elements which local climatic the ground in paroxyms of hysterical Anti-German Riot. law of Governor Estaban Cantu of Patents.. man submarine warfare occurred in New York, May 10.—The German conditions have made desirable. Chief sobbing. Victoria, B. C., May 10.—Following Mexicali, were seated in the Oyster U. S. A. to Tyler W. Seal, lots 8, the Commons today. Premier Asquith reign of terror on the seas had its ef- of these is the cooling system, which, In the afternoon Bishop Brown of 1 of rioting, martial law pre- Loaf cafe on the evening of Ihe al- Hi, 12, 16, St: SW ’, and SW said there is nothing to lie gained by a night Vi reversing the usual temperature pro- the Cork diocese intoned high mass in fect today, when the White Star line leged assault, when a Spanish family SE 'i of section 31, 15-15, 1908 sur- making such suggestions to neutral vails here today. The damage done vision, puts cool air on tap in every *he cathedral, which was filled with received 90 cancellations of passengers entered and walked into a booth in vey, 127.07 acres. prepared to property is loom in the big structure. relatives and friends powers unless they are the liner Cytnbric, which by Britons to German the cafe, according to Kirby’s testi- of the dead, of- 1 ooked for U. S. A. to Violet A. Mead, assignee There is a little chapter of history ficials of the take action. ! to for Liverpool Fri- heavy. A guard surrounds the gov- Later, he testified, Dato raised Cunard line, town offi- is: scheduled sail mony. of Charles C. Meirs, SW Q section 5, which it may be well to recite. The cers and gentry. The remaining day. This leaves less than 60 hooked, ernment house, barring a demonstra- the curtain and both looked to see places Captain at Inquest. 13-16, 160 acres. Barbara Worth Hotel Company was were filled with townspeople. The crew numbers 550. Lieutenant where the family had seated them- j tion against the wife of Li. S. A. to Mary E. Thompson, E ‘organized by local men to build a fine Silently the great Kinsale, Ireland, May 10.—Captain selves. throng left the Governor F. S. Bernard, who is a Ger- 6 SE 'i section 20, and NE hotel on the northwest corner of Sev- cathedral, stepped iTurner of the Lusitania said today Zeppelins Visit England. sent to It was at this juncture, according V V 4 NE into the church- iman. Instructions have been and lot 1 of section 29, 13-16, 125.98 enth and Main streets. •'a d overlooking the (hat he had received information that lo the testimony, that a teapot full of 1 harbor. Around London, May 10.—South-End-on- Vancouver to send a military guard acres, 1908 survey, being E V& SE Vi About that time the Bell Develop- (he gates the sobbing an attempt would lie made to sink the hot tea hurtled through the booth of men and the Sea, West Cliff and Leigh-on-the- to patrol the city. section 20, and N V 4 NE '( section ment Company began building houses women frequently ship. He testified at an inquest over curtains and crashed against Dato’s drowned the into- Sea, within 40 miles of London, were 29, 13-15, 160 acres, 1856 survey. here, and a close relationship was nation of the ritual. The last 5 victims, whose bodies have been shoulder. body bombarded by German Zeppelins and Goethals Returns. U. S. A. to G. Hall, NE worked out between these companies, was lowered at landedj here. Later, when they lifted the curtain John SE Vi sunset. at morning. Mrs. Agnes Washington, May 10.—Colonel Goe- ' with the result that the Bell Develop- Taubes 3 this t and E 's SE V», and lots 9 and 10, Queenstown was silent after night- to look into the booths again, they ment Company jWhitnell was killed at West Cliff by thals has from Panama and of section 4, and lots 1 and 3 of sec- took over the hotel, fall. Few lights were shown Wilful Murder. arrived were confronted by Gassett, who que- and even 'leaping from a window, being terror- 9, 16-16, W. F. Holt being president and Sam- the lights of Kinsale, May 10.—“Wilful, whole- was met by Secretary of the Navy ried them as to what they wanted. tion 144.08 acres. public houses were ized by the bombardment. There was uel L. Roland, manager of the com- murder,” was the inquest verdict Daniels. The belief is current that It was testified that he also applied U. S. A. to Joseph T. Ellis, NE dimmed. The work of collecting and sale extensive property damage. Eight Vi pany. classifying today over the deaths of 5 Lusitania foul epithet, and Kirby, after stating SW Vi section 16, 14-13, 4 Oaeres. the effects of victims be- buildings were set on fire and de- be has made a repor t that the Atlan- a Flans and estimates were made by gan. victims. through there was some mistake, gath- U. S. A. to same, SW U SE Vi sec- stroyed at South End. tic fleet’s excursion the ca- .that Architect Taylor of Los Angeles, but, It developed that is unad- ered up his coat and hat, which lay tion 16, 14-13, 40 acres. Madame De Page, Later the Zeppelins bombarded Can- nal in July to San Francisco as it was uncertain how rapidly the Vessel Torpedoed. taking a nearby, hurried wife of the head of the Belgian Red voy island, on the Thames 30 miles ! visable, on account of it week and toward the front operations could be financed, no con- Cross, was lost, with there of the cafe. Trustees C. Perry and 11. W. SIOO,OOO in her Sunderland, Scotland, May 10.— from London. They sailed eastward to tow the fleet through, and is F. tracts were let, the work being done possession she It was here that the alleged assault Mesrve, of the Rockwood school dis- had raised on a recent The steamer Wilhelmina has been tor- ever the sea, escaping shells from danger of slides that might divide the by the day.. took place, in which it is alleged that trict, were visitors this morning in the tour of America by lecturing. pedoed and sunk by a submarine. aeroguns below. fleet. When the structure was well ad- Officials have as Kirby halted at the first booth and office of A. P. Shibley, county super- $250,000 in their It is estimated that 100 bombs were vanced i! became evident that it care peered around the intendent of schools. in drafts and jewels taken from Riots at Liverpool. dropped at South End and 25 at Legislature Finishes Work. corner Gasset would cost about twice the architect’s the bodies of the dead. Liverpool, May 10.—Owing to anti- Leigh. The invaders centered their Sacramento, May 10.—The forty- estimates, and it seemed for a time German riots, which threatened to ex- tire at Leigh on the gas works, but first legislature ended at 12:43 this that it would be necessary to delay Von Bernstorff Calls. ceed the control of the authorities, tailed to do damage. The awakened afternoon, when the senate adjourned. Great Coast Storm Is completion indefinitely. Washington, May l()._The German all schools are closed. inhabitants rushed to the streets in The assembly had adjourned 5 min- At this stage W. F. Holt, Leroy ; mlmssador, Count Von Bernstorff, night attire and scores took refuge utes earlier. Holt and W. T. Bill, who were stock- held a conference briefly with Secre- ADMIRALTY WARNED in cellars, but there were no eviden- Still Hovering' Around holders, took the chief financial bur- tary Bryan at the state department ces of panic. .1. A. Sines, representative of a Los den on their own shoulders and at 11:80 this morning. Neither would SHIP’S OFFICERS The troops were, ordered out and Angeles automobile concern, arrived With mercury at 90 today, it might c'egree temperature cannot be many brought it to completion. divulge the subject. London, May 10.—The British ad- aided in quieting the populace. A in El Centro yesterday. he thought that the weather had tak- days delayed. The new hotel is opened with Mil- Following Von Bernstorff’s miralty warned the Lusitania of the high explposives at Redding, May ler & Porter of San Diego as lessees depar- quantity of stood en another lunge toward summer, 10.—Railroad traffic ture Secretary Bryan made a state- presence of submarines on the Irish Canvoy island. They were apparent- J. G. Renwick of Los Angeles, rep- is at a standstill on account of tor- and Charles Clarke as manage!-. were it not for the ptediction of rain ment that the ambassador had ex- coast. This statement was made by ly the object of attack there, which resenting the Burroughs Adding Ma- rential rains. Eight and a half inches pressed deep regret that the events First Lord of the Admiralty Winston failed. chine Company, is in the valley. i;t Los Angeles and the report of has fallen in 24 hours at Kennett. Roosevelt Defense Complete. ot the war had led to the loss of so Churchill, when questioned in the The number of aircraft is uncer- heavy downpour up north. There are many washouts and land- Syracuse, May 10.—The defense of many American lives. . Commons. He said the admiralty tain. Some reports say 3 Zeppelins George P. Clayton, representative For days this unusual weather con- slides. Roosevelt in the $50,000 liberal suit Von Bernstorff’s visit is interpre- sent wireless messages and directed and 2 Taubes. of a Los Angeles cigar concern, is dition has continued, keeping compar- More Showers. of Barnes was completed at 3:20 this ted to mean that Germany is not seek- the Lusitania’s course. He said the Flaxman’s timber yard, one of the registered at the Oregon hotel. With atively low temperature in the valley. Los Angeles, May 10.—The weath- afternoon. Barnes’ attorneys began ing to provoke Dayton, trouble with America, admiralty’s resources did not permit largest on the Thames, was destroyed him is N. Sampliner of 0., a But it is probable the warm period is er prediction is: Unsettled, showers* the introduction of rebuttal testi- though it maintains* its position that furnishing escorts to merchant ships. by file when numerous bombs were cigar manufacturer. row approaching “forkeeps,” and 100- tonight and Tuesday; southerly winds mony.