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Arizona republican., 1910-12-27

theoretical and practical course U1 instruction in agriculture.
 Education has kept pace with tn, financial and idustrial improvement Nearly nine and a half million dol lars have been expended in educa tiOnal activities during the past lC years. and the number of pupils en- rolled has more than quadrupled During the past year nearly 90 pei cent of the graded schools were taught wholly in English.
 Concerning the Dominican Receiver
 ship
 The close of the fiscal year also terminated the fifth year of super vision of the Dominican customs re- ceivership by this bureau, and July erican- Dominican Convention of 1907 Mir. w. l.. Pulliam, general receiver has continued as chief of the ser vice organized under the convention Customs revenue collected by the receivership during the year was $2,- S76, 76. r., or S4S2.413 54 less than the receipts during the corresponding period of l90S9. From its inception April l, 1905, to July 3I, 1910, the receivership has collected and ac- counted for $l6,553. .s39. s6 distribut- ed in accordance with the terms of the modus vivendi and the subse- quent convention. After segregation Of operating expenses by the receiv- ership. the stipulated monthly pay ments of Sl0O.00O to the fiscal agent in the United States for service of the loan have been remitted regu e larly and promptly, as in preceding years. and the balance of collections remaining turned over to the Domini- can government. The disbursements covering the expenses Of the receiver ship and the regular customs service amounted to AT per cent of the total collections. Under the con ventiOn , per cent is available for this purpose
 During none of the five years since its constitution las this mar gin been reached by the receivership and a surplus has remained each year which has been covered into the Dominican treasury. Weakened purchasing power of consumers and some commercial distress. attendant upon unsatisfactory cacao and eof- fee crops. and diminished prices of tobacco in some European markets. account in part for the decline in customs receipts. The suspense and ignorance of the provisions of the new tariff law. in which importers were kept by its tardy enactment af- ter a reform of the former tariff was promised, had the effect of severely limiting importations during the last five months of 1909. and n very decided falling off in collections for this period was the natural con sequence"
Arizona republican., 1910-12-27
LIQUOR AND STRIKE
 REIGN OF TERROR
Prevails in the Westmoreland County.
 Pennsylvania Coal Fields

Greensburg. Pa, Dec. 26.-The strike ridden coal fields of WestmOreland county are in the throes of rioting. the result of large quantities of liquor be- ing shipped into the various mining camps. The third murder in twenty four hours was reported to the coroner today in the death of Tony CarcinO. a striker, who was formerly employed at Osborn. Carcino was living in a strikers camp and was shot to death last night when there was an assault on the camp. About seventy-five shots were fired.
 There have been repeated demands for the state police all day from various parts of the coal fields. The authori- ties fear that there will be a general outbreak all over the coal fields be- cause of liquor.
Arizona republican., 1910-12-27
THE FRENCH FIGURES
Beaten by More Than a
 Thousand Feet The Avi- ator Was Handicapped
 by Fierce Gale and In tense Cold in Upper Air.

Los Angeles. Dec 26.-Seventv- five thousand people, the largest crowd that ever witnessed man-birds in flight Tn America, saw Arch Hoxsev. the aviator. break the altitude rec ord today. He scared more than two ! miles into the sky. His barOgraph registered 1l,474 feet. nearly a thou sand feet above the altitude of IO.4g9 Feet attained by Le Gagneux at Pau. France, a few weeks ago.
 He did this in spite of 4O-miIe-an- hour gale that wrecked Hubert I.ath- ans Antoinette mOnOplane and kept more cautious aviatOrs on the ground
 HoXsey sailed away a 1 o'clock. At 2;45 the barograph showed the reck-
 oned height over Venice. Cali. twenty miles from the field. Coming down, he defied the forces of the wind and made a series of thrilling spiral glides. Before he came lightly to the earth. the crowd was on its feet cheer ing He was lifted from his bi-plane , by his fellow aviators. who paraded up and down before the grand. stand 1 bearing the intrepid flyer upon their shoulders.
 Was it windy up there?''
 Tt blew so hard" replied Hoxsev.
 that my machine hardly moved and barely held it's own. It was so blamed cold that more than once I thought the -carburetter was about to freeze.
 The gale which Hoxsey and his brethren of the Wright camp. Parma lee and BrOOkins. braved successfully. wrecked Latham's beautiful Antoinette machine completely
 The French aviator vr-ag or,,.,,. .I,.. first that answered the starting gun at l o'clock. For two hours and fir teen minutes he had a fight with the wind. Then an adverse current slapped his mOnOplane downward. hurled it into a fence under the brow of the hill and threw the aviator into a gully. The Frenchman-w unhurt. but his machine was a tangled mass of wreckage
 The motor was the only part of the machine found intact, and Latham de clared that, having enough parts for three extra machines. he would build a new mOnoplane and be in the air again before the end of the meet
 There is one consolation said he philOsophically. 'I don't think they can make me pay duty on an imported itieANAiAt AAleN N ilp IpllSti III tAlSlclltts and I can build a new Antoinette and they can't make me pay duty on that because it will be built in America"
 The duty was due in a short while. as Latham's period of grace granted by the government so that he might participate in this meet had almost expired.
 None of the Curtiss machines as cended after the machines had gained a velocity of twenty miles per hour Eugene Ely was the only member of the HammOndspOrt team who essayed a flight at all. When he rose the judges announced that he would com pete with HoXsey for altitude. but after going up two hundred feet he came down and took his machine to the hangars.
 Parmalee in the Baby Wright also dared the wind and attained an altitude of 6.625 feet. He also electri- fled the crowd by a series of whirling dips. and then Walter BrOokins. the originator of the spiral glide, went up and furnished further thrills by eXhi- bitions of his favorite feat.
Arizona republican., 1910-12-27
SIGAALMAN FORGOT.
 ONLY FOR 4 MOMENT
Twenty Seven Charred or Consumed Bodies in English Railway Wreck.

Kirby Stephen. England. Dec. 26.- So gruesOme was today's inquest into the disaster which befell the Scotch express on Saturday near Hawe's June ton that had it to be suspended for ar hour to enable the relatives of the dead to recover from their emotion.
 The solicitor for the railway com pany expressed the cOmpany's regret for the accident. but he accepted full responsibility for it. He said it was due to the momentary forgetfulness oi a signal man.
 By the aid of scraps of charred cloth ing. buttons and keys. seven bodies Oi victims have been identified, but the evidence adduced today indicated twen- ty other persons missing and that their bodies had probably been consumed by fire
Arizona republican., 1910-12-27
FORMER SENATOR SMITH
His Caustic Reply to Gov Elect Wilson, in Which He Speaks of a Change of Mind Since a Recent Con ference Was Held.

Newark. N. j., Dec 26.-A state ment on the New Jersey senatorial situation was issued tonight by James Smith, Jr. MT Smiths statement was in the nature Cf a reply to Governor elect Wilson's recent declaration in favor of the New Jersey democratic party's primary choice. James A. Mar
 tin, as opposed to MT. Smiths candi- dancy for the United States senate.
 Mir Smiths statement says in part: pr Wilson's statement is as l eX- pected it would be. It appears over his signature but his reasoning is not familiar. His charges and insinua
 tions show a harrassed mind. Unin- fluenced. Dr. Wilson would have been above misrepresentations. but certain public applause has proven fatal tO calm judgment. He has been swept to the height with such suddenness that his judgment has not accomp- panied him. He has my sympathy.
 He asserts that l am pledged tO the special interests. He has charged me with being Wall Streets candi- date. I can say that neither state ment is true and pr. Wilson should have been the last man to assert to the contrary l do not stand for free trade. free silver or new nation alism l stand for states rights. for such conservation of our national re- sources as will permit of their wise development not their wasteful dis tribution: for the restoration of our merchant marine. and for the other doctrines which l have recently pub licly enumerated.
 "Dr. Wilson says that he was as sured by my spokesman before the nomination that l would not be a can didate for the senatorial office. l never made such statement. No one was ever authorized by me tO make such a statement and no one repre- senting me made such a statement to Dr Wilson. l called Cn pr. Wilson shortly after the election. The sena torial matter was discussed. l told him that l had not vet reached de- cision as to my candidacy. Profess ing a high regard for me, Dr. Wilson said that my candidacy would meet with some opposition from the people. He said in his judgment they wanted man who had not previously ap- peared in the political arena; some untried man.
 Stating that the recent primary was a farce and that it would be a disgrace to the state to send James F.. Martin to the senate. he asked me to sit down with him and agree upon candidate who would be acceptable.
 How it would scar the doctors soul to have his real view as to the primary and as to the man he now lauds for senatorial honOrs brought home to him with such painful ac- curacy He will try to disavow 1t. but it is true and in his heart he knows it to be true"
Arizona republican., 1910-12-27
VICTORIOUS VANCOUVER STANFORD DEFEATED
The Result of the First of Series of
 Rugby Games

Vancouver. B. C., Dec. 26.-Van- cOuver defeated the Stanford Uni versity Rugby players today in the first of the holiday week games by a score of 13 to 6. The field was slippery and the work was neces- sarily confined to the forwards Van cOuver won because the men were more at home under the Condi- tiOnS.
 The Stanford back division did not have a chance to show it's ability and the forwards were Outplayed most of the time The game was devoid of spectacular features Vancouver scored in first minute of play. and at the end of first half was in the lead to 3. The play in the last half was more evenly balanced.
Arizona republican., 1910-12-27

Washington, then the enabling act be-
 comes a dead letter and statehood is
 not only dead, but buried.
 Therefore. the only possibility of statehood lies in the defeat of the con stitution on February 9. Anyone who votes for it under the delusiOn that he is voting for statehood as well as for some pet measure in the constitution. is simply driving another nail in the coffin of both. And if there be any whose vote for the constitution is prompted by the pitiful bravado that territoriaiism forever is to be pI referred to statehood with some of the gim- cracks of the Arizona constitution dealt death and destruction in similar bliss, find such consolation as he may in the fact that he didn't know it was loaded. This sort of penitence. how ever. never yet restored the dead to life. and it won't resurrect AriZona's chances of statehood.
 Arizona has already been greatly hurt by the mere fact that the cOnsti- tutional convention adopted this con stitution. This is nothing, however. to the injury that will follow the ratifica- tion of it at the polls. The damage that will result from that will be felt from the highest to the lowest, and by those whose opportunity for employment depends upon the out side capital required for the develop ment of our great resources. We are being closely watched, and our future depends largely upon the issues of the next few weeks
 We can continue our orgy of reck- lessness and scatter our splendid op- to the four winds. or We can steady down and show to the world that we are capable to taking fore most place mOng the state builders Of a great nation. If we adopt the lat ter and the safer course. our first step will be to place the present constitu- ton where We put joint statehood down and out
Arizona republican., 1910-12-27
.OEWEYS BIRTHDAY
 ADMIRAL FORGOT II
Did Not Remain at Home to Re
 ceive Congratulations

Washington. Dec. 26. - Admiral Dewey who was seventy three years old today apparently did not expect that most of official Washington would calT>upon him to tender con- gratulations. for he went driving dur ing the afternoon. He missed the President and Mrs. Taft, Chief Jus tice White. cabinet members. and a host of high officials and members of the diplomatic corps, who left cards at the Dewey residence.
 The admiral. accompanied by his son, drove into the country for sev- eral hours. arriving home at night fall. He found scores of telegrams of reorganization from friends -i parts of the world. A constant stream of callers poured into the Dewey home during the day. Mrs Dewey who is indisposed. was unable to receive any of the guests.
Arizona republican., 1910-12-27
FATAL FALL FROM HORSE
Death of Nephew of the Burlington's
 President

Redlands. Dec. 26-Roy Cherrier, son of Secretary H. Cherrier. and a nephew Of President Darius Miller, of the Burlington road. was thrown from a horse today and killed.
 The young man. who was a winter resident of Redlands. was on his way to attend Christmas dinner to be tended by the two families.
Arizona republican., 1910-12-27
NOT LEFT HELPLESS
The Wriehts Will Take Care of
 Dead Aviator's Family

Dayton. Dec. 26-The Wright Com pany will settle an annuity of ap- proximately S1.OO0 on the widow and children of Ralph Johnst0ne. who was killed at Denver. ac ,OrdinS to a statement made tonight by r. IT.. Russell, manager of the company.
 Johnstone met his s-deata at Den yer while soaring over the aviation field.
Arizona republican., 1910-12-27
FATAL FALSE TEETH.
The Discovered Cause of Death of an
 Oakland Woman.

oakland. Dec. 2G-A set of false teeth in her windpipe, it was explained to- day, caused the death of a woman whose body was found yesterday after noon in a Broadway lodging house. The coroners july which conducted the in- quest returned a verdict of death by blood clot on the heart, superin- duced by strangulatiOn. The woman was identified as Mary Frances Collier, aged g.. a resident of this city.
 Louis Nieman, a teamster detained by the police following the finding of the body, has been released.
Arizona republican., 1910-12-27
WHOLLY AMERICAN.
Fairchild's MonopIane Is Given a
 Test.

Mineola. L. l.. Dec. 26.-Frank Schu- macker. a mechanic employed by Wal ter l.. Fairchild. consulting engineer. today made six straightaway flights in Fairchild's monOplane. It is said to be the first time an American mOnoplane run by an American engine has been alOft
Arizona republican., 1910-12-27
CHRISTMAS KISS
A Too Friendly Friend of Mrs. Ward
 in Jail

Asheville. N. c. Dec. 26.-Because it was charged he was carried away by an exuberance of Christmas zeal and unlawfully inflicted a kiss on Mrs. Stella Ward. James Ramsey Is tonight cooling off in the city jail. charged with insulting Mrs. Ward
 Ramsey made a holiday call at the Ward home today and was admitted as a friend of the family, He kiss ed Mrs. Ward as a holiday greeting in the presence of her two small children. Mrs. Ward immediately left the house and returned with policeman who took Ramsey in charge
Arizona republican., 1910-12-27
NEW ORLEANS FLIGHTS.
Many Planes in the Air But No Rec
 ords Broken.

New orleans. Dec. 26.-With Roland Garros high above the field trying for altitude. and Moissant, simon and Hamilton chasing one another. about the race course at the city park avia- tion field. four aerOplanes were in the air at once today
 A feature of the afternoon was a five-mile monOplane- race. which was won by MOissant. GarrOs reached the highest altitude of the day. 6.495 feet. while the fastest mile during the day was made by Moissant in 1 minute 4-5 seconds. Hamilton had engine trouble again to- day.
Arizona republican., 1910-12-27
RUSSIAN WRESTLER.
Hackenschmidt Takes Two Straight
 Falls From Roller.

Boston, Dec. 26.-George Hacken- schmidt. the Russian wrestler. tonight defeated pr. Benjamin F. Roller. of Seattle by winning two straight falls; the first in l hour minutes and 20 seconds; the second in 15 minutes and 23 second with a far-arm and body roll.
Arizona republican., 1910-12-27
DEATH OF 4 BANKER

Denver. Dec. 26.-John T. Oden. re- tired banker of Chicago, formerly president of the American Bankers Association died today at St. Joseph.s hospital. where he was operated upon a week ago for stomach trouble Odell was fifty eight years old.
Arizona republican., 1910-12-27
THE ROOF cAvED IN
It Caught Preachers, Deaeons and
 Lsymen in Ohio Tabernacle

Barberton. O.. Dec. 26.-While a number of preachers and fifty dea- cons and laymen were putting the Christmas, in a new tabernacle which was built for a series of revival meetings. the roof caved in killing J. H. Lyers. a real estate dealer. and iniuring several others. Two preachers are among those hurt One of the injured may die.
Arizona republican., 1910-12-27
HOLIDAY RoBBERlES.
Five California Postoffices Were
 Plundered.

San Francisco. Dec. 26.-Burglars picked Christmas eve and Christmas day for the robbing of five postOffices in various parts of California. Thel latest robbery to be reported was that at Heber. in Imperial county, last night, when thieves footed the pOstoffice there of s15O in money and S2O0 in stamps
Arizona republican., 1910-12-27
WOOD ALCOHOL PUNCH.

New York, Dec. 26-After drink ing punch believed to have con tained wood alcohol. two Italians died today in North Bergen. N. J Four oth- CTS are in a critical condition.
Arizona republican., 1910-12-27
GOVERNMENTS JOIN
 FOR RECLAMATION IMPERIAL VALLEY SCHEME IS
 AGREED UPON. This Government Will Help Build But
 Acquire No Title.

Washington, Dee. 26.-Arrangegnents between the state department and the Mexican embassy have been concluded for the construction of a dam and levee on the lower Colorado river in Imperial valley.
 Congress at the last session appro- priated a million dollars for the work. Under the arrangements construction will be carried on by the Colorado River Land company. a Mexican cor poration. the stockholders of which are Americans. It is provided that the United States does not acquire any right of ownership or leasement either in Mexican territory or in the works executed on Mexican territory, where the dam will be located.
 The works are to be built from sur veys approved by Mexican engineers.
Arizona republican., 1910-12-27
WEATHER TODAY.

Washington. Dec 26-Forecast for Arizona: Fair Tuesday and Wednes- day
Arizona republican., 1910-12-27
SALT RIVER VALLEYS SHARE.

Washington, Dec. 26.-President Taft has approved the report of the special board of army engineers. recommend ing the apportionment of the S20,O0O.- 900 fund. provided by congress, among the following reclamation reclamation projects:
 Salt river. Arizona, S495.O .O00
 Yuma, Arizona and California. $1, ,20O,0 ,000.
Arizona republican., 1910-12-27
CHICKEN RANCH FOR SALE

Lot 5Ox270 in alfalfa on car line, with 4-roon frame cottage and screen room; norlh of town. Price $1750; easy payments E. E. PASCOE, 1lO N. Center St.
Arizona republican., 1910-12-27
10 DAY SNAP l!

Fine corner, close in. best loca- tiOn for apartment house; must sell in ten days. E. E. PASCOE, no North Center Street.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-01-21

How The World S campaign grows IN
strength for strict laws in regulation of
automobiles and their drivers is shown
by the action of the Automobile Club of
America and the National Highways
Protective Association. Both these
bodies have declared in favor of string
ent statutes. In the case of the Auto
mobile Club the action is particularly
logical, since no persons will be more
generally benefited in the end, through
the suppression of irresponsible operat-
ors, than the motor owners and chauf-
feurs who desire their business or pleas
ure to be free from the reproach of
recklessness and responsibility.
There are objections in some quart
ers to provision that owners as well as
chauffeurs shall be licensed. The Mas
sachusetts law, which is the besy yet
adopted by any State, covers these OBJ
jections by applying the license provis-
ion to all operators, which is reasonable
and fair. AS to an examination require
ment, why it should be more difficult to
apply in case of locomotive running on
the highway than experience has shown
it to be in the case of stationary en-
CINE is hard to see.
The Massachusetts law has been
summarized recently on this page. Be
sides its license clauses it contains pro-
visions for the restraint of racers and
"joy-riders," for the elimination of
operators made irresponsible by drink
and for the severe punishment of the
operator who hits and runs away. 1t
declares speed above certain reasonable
limits to be evidence of reckless run
ming. Nothing in this law is dictated by
prejudice. Nothing in it can be object
ed to by motorists who desire to respect
the highway rights of other persons. -
New York Tribune.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-01-21
A Towel Story.

In certain New England town they
manufacture well known kind of
towel, most efficient for drying pur-
poses. How that towel first happened
to be made in the form which has
proved so profitable to its makers is
the subject of an amusing legend. 1t
savors strongly of belonging to the
too good to be true" genus of anec-
doteS and is as follows:
Once the machinery in the towel fac
tory, busily engaged in turning out a
very conventional brand of towel. sud
denly went wrong and began practi
cally to go backward. There was
much excitement Eventually the ma
chinery was chastised and set to rights
again.
Butt was discovered that the tow
els turned out during that interval of
mechanical anarchy were of Il texture
quite unrivaled for use as bath tow
els. At once the machinery was set
going backward again and has been
travelling in that direction ever since,
to the great delight of the stockholders
in the towel company. New York
Times.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-01-21
Taxicab Hits SIeig h.

Dennis Denher, Of New York, a taxi
cab chauffeur, has discovered new use
for his machine. Recently he used it to
unhitch a horse from a sleigh.
In the afternoon Joseph c. Croft de-
cided that he and his son Jack, seven
years old, would go sleigh riding 1t
was young Jacks first sleigh ride and
came very near being his last.
Mr.. Croft had pointed out the beau
ties of the horse, of the sleigh and OF
Central Park to Jack and had turned
into Seventy street, going west.
When they reached Columbus ayenve
Dennis Denher and his taXicab came by,
Mr.. Croft says, at the rate of almost
forty miles an hour Mr.. Croft couldn I
get the horse and sleigh out Of the way
in time.
The result was that the auto struck
the team amdships, the same being
between the dashboard Of the sleigh and
the horses tail. Result: the taXicao
kept moving and so did the horse, but
the sleigh did not The sleigh was over
turned and its occupants dumped into a
snowdrift. The machine had cut the
horse loose from the sleigh. The chauf-
feur was arrested by patrolman.