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erwhelmingly of girls. But theG is all the more honor perhaps to the boys who do belong to it. There are sev- enty-seven members of the class who received diplomas last night and it was big aggregation of budding in telIects that secured these first official honors of their school careers. The class was recorded on the program in two sections. one being the mid-year graduates at the close of the first se- mester. and the other being those who passed at the close Di the term, or sec ond semester.
 The diplomas were presented by Miss Campbell. one of the teachers, after d few brief and very timely re- marks by Superintendent Stilwell. He called attention to several Illuminating points. One was that the valcdictorian was supposed to be the pupil with the highest percentage, but in this in- stance ther~ were two. Gladys Toney standing tine highest in the first se- mester class and May owen Edward in the second semester class, she deliver ing the valedictory address. Atten- ton was also called to the fact that Marjorie Jesunofshy stood equally as high in the studies she took. but she did not take the full course, having taken some additional work in lieu thereof. There were many other who made high records, but all could not be mentioned. The superintendent all SD dwelt at length on the work in the domestic science and manual training departments. referring to facts in con nection herewith there is not space to enlarge upon at this time but which he referred to on account of it's being an excellent opportunity to speak to parents who are the most interest ed. The superintendent then spoke of the program that had just been finish ed as not being an effort to -shoU what the pupils had learned in a years work. but merely an entertainment to show something Of the talents of the class. He said he hoped the day had come when children would be allowed
Arizona republican., 1908-05-30
CASHIER M'D0WfLI
 CONCLUDES TESTIMONY
His Memory of His Transactions Brok' en By Spells Of Fosgetfulness.

Another day was consumed in the district court yesterday by the case of w. r. Nichols. president of the Union Bank and Trust company against the Title Guaranty and Surety company of Scranton. Pa. for the recovery of S20.0O0 the amount of the bond of J. L. MDoweH the defaulting cashier. The testimony of the plaintiff will oc- cupy about half day more and Judge Ainsworth for the defense thought that the defense could conclude in day. As this is holiday court ad- journed at four o'clock until Monday.
 MDoweH. who had been on the stand when court adjourned on Thurs day resumed at the opening Of the court yesterday morning and was kept cn the stand in direct and cross ex- animation until three o'clock in the afternoon when he left with an ap- pearance of great wcarincss for he had been put through something Of a grilling by the attorneys for the de- feusc
 What M'Dowcil told added little t. w. a. was already Known of the af- f1.: TT's mcmor- was frequently at z ut s5ciins many of the transac- ti,u- hy wli-h the shortage of $2l.- S 215 W"s made mp. In the course of tIe c, .-1i- atirn MDowe-l spoke of a ncn,a! iufirmity under which he lab cred twice a 'rar and some of these t..uea..l...s hJi come within these ps-..Cs.
 hs Eaa been stated the disc-epan- cics appear in the exchange accounts of the bank with it's correspondents According to tEe statement of M'Dow- ell these discrepancies Were made tC cover earlier abstractions from the de- posits. He would take out whatever he might need and make a ticket of il and when the time would come when the missing money would have to be accounted for. cXcangc would b, issued to one of the correspondents. The difference between the actual amount of the exchange and the amount appearing on the books of the banl, could cover all the abstrac- Gons to that date and thus the books were always in perfect balance.
 MDowcll was questioned as to the vigilance of the directors of the bank. He said that they had not been lack ing but had found out as much about the conditions of the bank all this time as it was possible in the circumstances to discover.
 Following the testimony of NCDowell dispositions from officials of the cor respondent bank relative to the ac- counts with the Union Bank and Trust company, covering a period from De cember l. 1904 to october 1907. the period of M'Dowelrs connection with the bank, were read.
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to act and think naturally, when they would not be called upon to deliver es- says and orations expected to com pare favorably with those of mature persons. at least until after they had passed the eighth grade in school and had undertaken high school work The program was just sample of lot of things the children can do and do naturally and well. Following is the list of graduates;
 First Semester.
 Alice Arendell, Wilmyth Case, Nor ma Comfort. Marion Doris, Alice Foushee. Bertha Goldsworthy, Sarah MadduX. Jacomina Righetta. Verdie Stout, Lila Starkweather. Gladys Ton ey, Leafy Tomlnson, Vera McGee, Amy White. Rick McFall, Stover Isaac Warren Parker, Edward Rodenbeck, Birkhead Nall, Maurice Polk, Henry Porterie. Jake Thoman, Theodore Plath, George Campbell.
 Second Semester.
 Agnes Ballintyne Anderson, Ruth Francis Betts, Ruth Creighton, Ida Bennett Davidson. Walker Dorsett, William Doheny, May owen Edwards, Berdine Rosalinda Fowler. Roy Frank Fowler. Mamie Germain, Estella George. Selma Geyler, Bessie Gray. Lucretia Hayes Luella May Hartwell, Georgia Haffner, Maievontiene NJ. Howard, Marjorie Wilhelmina Jesun- ofsky. Seba Sewequaptewa James, Mary Kerr. Orville Littlejohn, Blanche Lunbeck. Rena LaTourette. Georgia Lewis. Helen Linsey, Bernice Louther, Myrtle Marlenee, Laura Morrell, Burl Martin, Seldie Myers, James Maris, Marguerite Mckee, Ralph Mowen. Hazel Miles, Murial Needham, Jean Nall. Myrtle Osborn, Critilde Ochoa, Walter Olds, Josie Plumridge, Earl Pecka Etta Parker, Alta Robetson, Edna Stowen. Ella Schrab, Bernice Smith. Frank Steyaert, Lau Rue Sow CTS. Beatrice Stearns, Helen Ninson, Mary Wilson. Ralph Wright, Earl Will lams
 The program itself was a most en- tertaining one in every way Most of the numbers were good even judged without the qualifying thought that they were presented by those who have only passed the first stage of educational work. The greeting was d girls semi chorus. followed by mix ed unison chorus. There was d class chorus. also, and two girls choruses, one of which was the goodnight song Ancestral Ideals was q. number by Edward Rodenbeck which was follow ed by an unusually fine piano solo by Rick McFall and that by a reading by Jean Nall. Lucretia Hayes gave two good readings followed by double piano number by Marjorie Jesunofsky Amy White gave a reading which was followed by the ValediCtOry address by May owen Edwards. She spoke re- markedly clearly and never faltered in her speech. The theme of it was not merely the value of an education, but facts were given designed to impress the audience with he magnitude of educational work in this country and the wonderful effect it will soon have on the future of the country. The usual felicitations were indulged in the acknowledgment of thanks to teachers. board of education. superin- tendent, friends and parents and all who have made possible the oppOrtuni- ties of young America today. A piano solo was well played by Blanche Lun- beck immediately after the address and before the diplomas were given to the eXpectant graduates.
Arizona republican., 1908-05-30
YOUR VACATION WILL BE COM.

PLETE if you will order the daily Re publican sent to you while away from town. B ,lail 75 cents, per month. What can you get more pleasure out of than this 1-2 cents per day. Phone Main A.
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Arizona republican., 1908-05-31
GAR 10 GAR CANVASS
 BY BAND OF ROBBERS
The Great Northern Held Up in Mon tana Again Last Night.

Butte. May 30.-A special from Great Falls. Mont, says: The north bound Great Northern passenger was held up this evening about a mile and a half from this city by masked men, at 12:30 o'clock, the train being run onto siding by the bandits, who fired a fusillade of shots up and down the train.
 Wm. Dempsey. an Augusta rancher. was shot through the leg in attempt ing to escape from the train after it stopped, and Conductor Hayes was compelled by the robbers to precede them in passing through the cars, car rying hat in which the passengers were invited to dump what cash they had.
 Most of them deposited from one to ten dollars. The booty is not believed to be greater than several hundred dollars.
 While the passengers were being robbed several highwaymen stood guard at the doors of the cars to pre- vent the passengers from leaving.
 The robbers finally jumped off the coaches and disappeared in the dark ness. Rain is falling heavily and the night is so dark that no trace of the bandits could be found although pos ses were in pursuit within 20 minutes after the outlaws left the train.
Arizona republican., 1908-05-31
HIGH SOCIETY
 IN THE AIR
New form of Amusement
 On the Other Side
British Balloon Race In Which Five Nations Took Part.

London, May 30.-Hurlingame, the erstwhile place of amusements such as pigeon shooting and polo has taken the lead in ballOOning. It is society S latest recreation and today it was the scene of an interesting international aerial contest, in which twelve British, thirteen French, three German, two Belgian, one Swiss balloons competed. The geographical situation of Great Britain being such as to forbid a long distance contest, the committee in charge decided upon a point to point race. Owing to the uncertainty of the wind, the destination was not fixed until three o'clock, when Maidenhead was chosen, the distance being some thing more than 30 miles,
 The most interesting feature of the contest was the number of ladies who made ascensions, and the great eag- erness that was shown by the leaders of the fashionable sets to secure places in the cars. In addition to English women, who included Lady Shelley. Hon. Mrs. Ashton Y. Harbor, Mrs and Miss BrabasOr and Mrs. Capper. sev- erai French ladies crossed the channel for the purpose of making the trip.
 The weather was hazy and the wind very light, making the race a competi- tion of skill in search for helpful cur rents. in which the British competitors with the local knowledge, had a dis tinct advantage.
 The balloons varied greatly in size, from the Belgian Leroitelet. of a ca pacity of 250 cubic metres, to the French Cognac. of 1000 cubic metres, but value defect prevented the Cog nae from ascending. The largest Eng fish ballooon was Polack's Valkyrie, 1 ,39S metres
 There was an exciting incident at the start of the race, the Belgian bal loon, Emulation De Nord striking a tree in the grounds. The pilot Albert Crombez. instantly threw over bal last and succeeded in clearing obstruc- ton, but the car took with it two huge branches of the tree. The aero naut pluckily continued in the race.
 The winner was the Valkyrie, which made a descent very easily about 800 yards from the winning post The Lotus, the British balloon. finished second. The third prize has not been decided.
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THE END IN THE HOUSE.

Washington, May 3O.-Just ten minutes, officially, before the hands of the clock in the chamber of the
 Continued on page 8
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The Celebration of Memorial Day On the
 Battlefield of Gettysburg
The Lessons From the War Interpreted by Senator Phlander c. Knox the Orator of the Day In an ElO- quent Address.

dissolution, and as in the spiritual world there is continually strife be- tween the spiritual laws and the 1 forces of evil, so there is in the his
 tory of every nation this continual strife and war which ultimately must reach a crisis where. face to face, good and evil, justice and injustice, must fight until either the right prevails or evil survives.
 i Nations have passed through such crises and have survived or perished. just as neral laws have prevailed or l been cverthrown.
 Sometimes men are conscious of the real nature of the struggle in which they are engaged. They real ize just what forces are contending , They appreciate the exact issue in vOlVed, follow the causal sequence of events and can forsee the nature and effect of the result. At other times, God moving in a mysterious way His wonders to perform" hides from the mind and vision of men a real appre- hensiOn of the causes and consequences of their most vital acts.
 Man proposes but God disposes," and His dispositions are controlled by His own immutable and memorable laws and inscrutable purposes.
 Speaking of Napoleon and Waterloo, Victor Hugo says:
 Was it possible that Napoleon should win this battle? We answer no! Why? Because of Wellington? Because of Butcher? No! Because of God.
 .E'or Ponanarta +o bo conoraror at Waterloo was not in the law of the nineteenth century Another series of facts were preparing in which NapOl- had long been announced.
 Tt was time that this vast man should fail.
 The excessive weight of this man in human destiny disturbed the equil- ibrium. This individual counted of himself alone more than the universe besides. These plethoras of all human vitality concentrated in a single head. the world mounting to the brain of one man would be fatal to civilization if they should endure. The moment had come for incorruptable supreme equity to look to it. Probably the principles and elements upon which regular gravitatiOns in the moral or der as well as in the material depend, began to murmur. Rocking blood, overcrowded cemeteries, weeping mothers-these are formidable plead CTS. When the earth is suffering from a sUrcharge there are mysterious meanings from the deeps which the heavens hear.
 Napoleon had been impeached be- fore the Infinite and his fall was de- creed
 He YeXed God. l
 Waterloo is not a battle; it is the | change of front of the universe" ,
 And so at the battle of Waterloo, | Napoleon on the one side in opposition | to the cOrruptible and supreme equity l must go down before the great ethical |
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Gettysburg. May 3O.-Senator Knox was the orator at today's Memorial Day exercises in the National Gene tery at Cemetery Ridge, where SC many heroes of the battle of Gettys- burg are buried. The ceremonies were attended by a mucher larger crowd than has ordinarily visited the battlefield.
 Senator Knox said:
 My Friends and Fellow Citizens of the
 Republic:
 In the last days of June, 1863, the confederate forces. raiding on tue north and east and advancing from the west were recalled and concentrated to- wards this spot under the pressure of the union forces coming up from the south. On the afternoon of June 3Oth, the weary and dusty troopers of Bu- ford's vanguard rode through the will lage and threw out their picket lines in readiness to touch the advance from the west of the army of Northern Vir- ginia.
 On the morning of July 1st at 9 o'clock. an officer of another staff came clattering to Buford and was sharply questioned and ordered to return inn mediately to his command. Just as he protested, Why, what's the matter general?" the far-off sound of a single cannon shot was heard, Burford's sig nal to his skirmishers to open on the enemy. and Buford said, That's the natter" The battle of Gettysburg had begun. At the close of that pitt less and terrible July day. the union forces. repulsed but not beaten, fell back to Cemetery Ridge, and the brave antagonists waited for the nor row and fought with the result that all the world knows.
 Let us lave the battle now, leave the recital of its details of valor to the tongues of those whose proud memOr- ies of their past achievements qualify and entitle them to speak. Let us rather seek to find the real reason for Gettysburg; discover, if possible. its fundamental cause; find what indeed was the matter; why it was necessary that Gettysburg should be: what law had the American people broken that they should receive this baptism of fraternal blood and how such crises in national life are to be averted.
 We know that the laws of the ma terial universe, if observed, so govern and control matter that it continues to develop until it results in perfection of form and strength. but if those laws are disturbed destruction follows:
 We also know that in the spiritual world the laws promulgated by the ere ator. which are to govern men in this world, if observed by man, either con sciously or uncOnsciOUsly, make him to grow in spirit and in righteousness.
 So it is with the nations of the earth. They are subject to ethical laws the observance of which means life for the nation, and the rejection of which means death.
 As in the natural world there is con- tinual war between the evoluting fore es of nature and the opposed forces of
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the performance, disagreeable as it was in itself. added much to the un- pleasant aspect of the case
 Accordingly, there was a general relief when at 1:30 pm. a suggestion for recess was received by the re- publican leaders from the democratic side The fact soon developed after the recess was entered upon that a party of friends of Mir. Stone had been consulting among themselves and had reached the conclusion that if given the opportunity they could dissuade him from further persistence in his course of obstruction. After recOnvening at o'clock he retired from the floor and it appeared as if he had been induced permanently to surrender He was followed by Mir. Gore, the blind senator from Oklaho- ma. That gentleman proceeded for about two hours, when Mir. Stone returned to the senate chamber and created some dismay by stating that he was determined to resume his ad- dress as soon as MT. Gore should conclude
 He, however, afforded the repub- licans the anxiOusly sought oPpor- tunity when he again retired from the chamber a few minutes before MT. Gore finished speaking. He was absent when the suspicious moment arrived. Some democratic senators had expressed an intention of speak ing briefly on the bill, but they were persuaded to change their minds and fOrego their intention of expressing their views.
Arizona republican., 1908-05-31
RUSSIAN GRAND DUCHESS
 PROFESSES CONVERSION.
For Thirty Years the Wife cf Vladimir Professes Conversion.

St Petersburg May 30.-The czar has issued a manifesto announcing the conversion to the Greek orthodox re- ligion of the Grand Duchess Marie, wife O. Grand Duke Vladimir.
 For thirty years the grand duchess resolutely refused to join the Russian official religion, and her consent has only been given for his reasons of state. If the present infant heir, and the czar's unmarried brother, Grand Duke Michael, should both die without sons, the succession to the throne would pass to Grand Duke Vladimir and his children, but the sons, being the off, springs of a nOn-Orthodox mother. would .be prevented by the imperial family laws from ascending the throne.
 The conversion of Grand Duchess Marie removes this obstacle.
Arizona republican., 1908-05-31
The Passage of the VreeIand-AIdrich Bill
 Followed by Final Adjournment
The Senate Thrown Into COnsternatiOn by the Report That Hon. Jeff Davis Was On the Way to Bolster Up the Filibuster.

Washington. May 3O.-At 4:3O to- day the senate adopted the report of the conferees of the two houses of congress on the Aldrich- -Vreeland emergency bill by the decisive vote of 43 to 9, thus taking the last con gressional step toward the enactment of emergency currency Legislation, the legislation toward which congress has directed it's principal effort since it convened last December
 The result came unexpectedly soon. but not until the senate had been worn out by a filibuster which, while not largely supported, made up in intensity what it lacked in numbers.
 Obstructive tactics were begun by MT. LaFollette when the report was taken up by the senate yesterday. After being prosecuted by him all last night, the filibuster was, contin- ued today by Messrs. Stone, democrat, of Missouri, and Gore. democrat, of Oklahoma. MT. LaFollette broke the record as a long distance speaker. Mir. Stone had the floor six hours and a half, almost without interrup- tion, and Mir. Gore spoke for some thing more than two hours.
 It looked for a time as though the filibusterers might be able to con tinue their tactics well into, if not through the night. During the after noon consternatiOn was created in the senate by the report, this time well authenticated, that Senator Jef- fersOn Davis of Arkansas was on his way to Washington and would be prepared to assist in the filibuster with a two days speech, provided the objectors could hold out until Mon day morning. As many of the sen ators had been in their seats almost continuously since II o'clock Friday, this prospect of a continuation of
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FOR SAlE-Five room brick cottage on the north side. Modern home, in fine location. Stable and carriage house; $25OO. Will give terms. E. E. Pascoe, 110 North Center street.
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premier college athletic event of the year by a margin of Az points. The total points scored by the 'Ithacans
 were 34; Pennsylvania was second with 29Ik; Yale third. with 22; liar yard fourth. 171a; Dartmouth fifth with r. Michigan and Swarthmore each made 6; Princeton and Column bia each. and Syracuse 3. No rec ords were broken.
Arizona republican., 1908-05-31
UNKNOWN STEAMER ASHORE.

Chatham, Mass, May 30.@An un- known steamer went ashore on Nau- sett beach shortly before II o'clock tonight. A southeast gale is blowing and a high sea is making the posi- ton an extremely dangerous one. A life saving crew has gone to the as sistance of the steamer with beach apparatus.
Arizona republican., 1908-05-31
TRIMPHANT ITHACANS
Take Inter Collegiate Honors on the
 Franklin Field.

Philadelphia, May 3O.-Under ad
 verse weather conditions. the stout hearted athletes of Cornell university today, on Franklin field. won the intercollegiate championship in the
Evening journal., 1908-04-28
CHICKS STILL ON
THE TOP ROOST
Played the LiZZieS TO a Stand
still in Elizabeth Yes
terday Afternoon

ELIZABETH. N. j., April 27-called
on account Of darkness at the ending
of the fourteenth inning, with the score
5 to 5. was the result of the game
between the Elizabeth and Whining
ton Union League teams in this city
yesterday in the initial game of the
season between the clubs
The local fans well knew the strength
of the Blue Hens Chickens" from
Delaware. but still had a lingering idea
that the "Lizzies" could handle them
in a manner that would make them
come down from the top roost upon
which they are perched. Bussey
was in the box for the visitors. and
although they made nine bingoes OF
him they came in punches that were
not dense enough to win the game.
Wilmington made thirteen safe ones,
but after the first inning they were 50
scattered that they netted but two
runs. Smith, the heavy hitter of the
Chickens" made three Dagger,
which helped along some, while Hahn,
for the home team, hit out a couple Of
the same nature. Wilmington plays
again at Elizabeth to-day.
The crora.