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Weekly journal-miner., 1912-03-06
NEW ROAD GOING
 AHEAD TOWARD VERDE
(rrom Thursdays Daily)

Good progress Is being made in grading the new railroad from Cedar Glade to the Verde Valley, and yes. terday the total number of men cm. ployed at the many camps reached s5o, which is the largest yet carried on the rolls. All heavy work on the first eighteen miles out will be com. pleted by March 20, it is believed. Track laying continues daily, and seven and onehalf miles are being operated. At ono point on the line where long viaduet is being built, over n feet high, forty bridge car. penters arc at work, and the scene is said to be an interesting one. Bar. ring delays, the road should reach the terminal point where the United Verde shelter is to be erected, before the first of the year.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-03-06
Chinese Ranch Plunderet
SURVEYING ROUTE FOR DURANGO ROAD

The Fl Paso & Southwestern rail. road surveyors, working north from Tucson, are now within a few miles of Bellevue, working towards Miami and Globe. They have worked north from Tucson by way of Oracle, Man. moth, Dudleyville, winkelman; then up the Dripping Springs Valley to the summit. From Bellevue they will survey the line to Miami and to Globe.
 The route by which the Fl Paso Southwestern railroad is to build through this section north to Durango, Colo, is no longer secret, in view of the news that reached Globe last night, says the Silver Belt.
 A crew of El Psso and Southwest. ern surveyors, working north from Tucson, has already surveyed the route to point within few miles of Bellevue, which is nine miles from Miami and about fifteen miles from Globe.
 During the past two years there has been considerable talk about the Durango line of the Fl Paso and Southwestern, and it has been known that 1t was the intention to build through this section of Arizona. The railroad people, however, have been reticent in regard to the route the road would take and has been pretty generally believed that the road would be built from Douglas to courtlsnd, thence to Wilcox and from there in. to the Gila valley and up the Ciila valley to Globe.
 rhe presence of the surveyors in the immediate neighborhood of Belle. vue, however, and the information that they have worked north from Tucson by way of Oracle, Mammoth, Dudleyville, Winkleman and the Drip. ping Springs valley to Bellevue, prac. tieally leaves the matter of the route no longer in doubt.
 From Bellevue the road will be sur. veyed to Miami and Globe. From Globe the road will go north bv way of Holbrook to Durango, opening up the coal fields in northern Arizona.
 From Tucson north to Globe the road will pass through a rich and com. undeveloped mineral and agricultural country, besides giving new impetus to the great Globe. Miami district.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-03-06
CHINEsE GIRL AS ORATOR

OLIvET, Mich, March l.-Today the hotels in Olivet are crowded with college students who arrived early to attend the annual contest of the Michigan intercollegiate oratorieal association. Nearly a dozen of the leading colleges of the state are in. eluded in the association. Additional intsrest is given the contest this year by the participation of Miss Sui Wang, a Chinese student selected to represent Albion college in the com. petition.
 + + + + + I. + + + + i. + public while holding the office under and by virtue of his appointment by the territorial Governorf The answer Is an inevitable NO! John Doe be. ing already, in fact and law, a no. tary public, there is no vacancy in his office, and he is therefore incapable of being appointed to, and of accept. ing or holding another official term as notary public, all such appointments would be an absolute nullity, con. ferring no official power whatever, and if acted under by the supposed notary, the attempted official act would be nullius juris from the be. ginning; the supposed oath, acknowl- edgment, protest or other official act certified to by such supposed notary, under such an appointment would be absolutely void, and of no force or effect whatever. Being already a notary public and an officer both dejure and defaeto under the territor. ial appointment, and in undisputed possession of, ana holding the office of notary public by virtue of such ap. pointment he cannot be busted there. from or superseded therein by a new appointment under state rule and all attempts so to do would be en. tirely aboritive.
 The proposition to do so is an ab. surdity and all reasoning to that end, reduction ad abserdium.
 DANL E. PARKS Prescott, Arizona, February %, 1912.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-03-06
MINERS BUSY IN HASSAyAMPA
 DISTRICT
(From Saturdays Dnily)


 Johnny Thompson, better known as '" Scotty." came in yesterday from his camp near the Zero mine. He has been doing some contract work on the Block properties on the Hassayampa. He reports work increasing in the dis. trict. Besides the work going on to pick up the rich ore shoots on the Zero and the development on the Blue Dick, many other operators are busy. The Climax camp is running steadily and indications point to the necessity for the increase in the size of the plant. Lack of good wagon road into the district is one of the things which Is slightly bindering large oper. atious by the Climax.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-03-06
Approach of Spring b Given As (au5e Of
 Improvement
Uncle Sam's Money Box Fairly Well Supplied
 With Cash
By Associated Press.


 WASHINGTON, D. C., March l. Increased activity in commerce due to the approach of spring has reduced the deficit in the government to s20,- 570,00O. A month ago it was nearly s23,OOo,O0o. A year ago, not quite si,000,0
 Treasury officials believe the cor poration tax which is soon due will turn the deficit into surplus. The government receipts for February cx. cecdcd the disbursements by sl,7ss ,000 which. the officials declare, is a good showing.
 The amount in the general fund to. day is Sl2l ,s93,O00 and working balance, that is, actual cash in the everyday pocketbook of 60,3s0,0O0.
 The total cash in the treasury from all sources on March l, amounts to sI,9OO, ,292, ,OO0.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-03-06
SNYDER SAMPLES WHITE HORSE
 MINES
(From Saturdays Daiiy)

NJ. P. Snyder, prominently known on the coast as a mining engineer, and well connected financially, after an examination of the White Horse mines on Squaw Creek, in the eastern part of the county, returned to Los An geles few days ago. Mir. Snyder made an inspection of this property, which has been undergoing an ex- baustive sampling for several months by his assistants.
 The group is under bond to him for a heavy sum from l.. c. Hayes, tho Los Angeles banker. The property years ago attracted much attention, and was originally owned by M. J. Fuller. It is believed that n sale will soon be made.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-03-06

Mining location notices for saIs st the Journal.Ninsr o6ies.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-03-06
Letters From the People
NoTARIEs PUBLIC

Editor of Arizona Journal Miner:
 Answering your inquiry as to the status of Notaries Public appointed under the territorial regime, have to say, that have carefully examined the constitutional question involved, and am of the opinion that notaries public appointed prior to the admiss- ion of Arizona as A State, hold their offices until the expiration of their full official term.
 Section 6 of Article XXI of our Constitution is as follows, viz: "An territorial, District, County and Pre-. cinct officers who may be in office at the time of the admission of the state into the Union shall hold their respective offices until their sue cessors shall have qualified, and the bonds of all such officers shall con. tinue in full force and effect while such officers remain in office.''
 To my mind the question is all sufficiently plain, and "they who run may read and err not" Was, and is, A notary public, public of. fieer before and since statehood, if so, was such notary public n territor. isl, district, county, or precinct of. fieeri This enumeration embraces the entire gamut of officers under the territorial regime, and was in. tended to, and does include notaries public.
 Chapter XII of the Revised Statutes of Arizona of 1901. creates the of. flee of notary public and authorizes appointments by the Governor thereto of residents in the several Counties of Arizona. That chapter, being the law of the territory, is now, perforce of the constitution, the law of the state, and added to this, we have Sec. ton 17 of Article XXI of the Con. stitution, which, not only recognizes notaries public as public officers, but recognizes and calls them county of. ficers IL is therefore plainly seen that notaries public were, under the territorial regime, and are now, m. der the constitution and laws of the state, public officers.
 What, then, was the character of the office and officer, notary public, under the territorial system; was it a territorial or county office, and the incumbent A territorial or county off. cerf If eithen, the incumbent of the office holds over under the state regime to the end of the term of of. flee. as provided in Section c of Ar. ticle 20 of the Constitution. cited. The chapter of the statutes of Ari. zona cited, creating the office. and authorizing the Governor to appoint notaries, together with Section r of said Article 22 of the constitution. which says, "All state and county officers (except notaries public)o shall he paid salaries, etc., clearly show that the office and officer is one or the other. The above language of said section l7, viz, "and county officers (except notaries public)n enumerates notaries public as county officers, the words "except, etc" re. lsting, and being an exception to the words "county officers" as to the payment of salaries, but identifying the notarial officer as a county off. | eer But if the words "except, etco do not characterize the notsrial officer as county officer more than as n |
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-03-06
BIaI.E CONFERENCE IN ATLANTA

ATLANTA. Ga, March l-The four. teenth annual interdenomination Bible conference, representing evangelical churches throughout large part of the South, opened in the Baptist Tab ernacle here today for ten days session. Many prominent speakers are to be heard.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-03-06
Consul Appointed to |. pd5o and Loading
 Cars Begun
Author of Manifesto In Jail for Hostile
 Statements
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
 Fl. PASO, Texas. March l.-Th. rebels in Juarez today appointed a eonsuel for Fl Paso and loaded a train with supplies preparatory to begin. ming the march upon Chihuahua.
 In all 3s cars are being loaded with horses and 700 men under General Antonio Rojas, with General Iner Salazar to be chief in command. The column expects to move tomotrov. Because track repairs are slow will not arrive in the vicinity of Chihua. hua before Monday. The rebels pro. fess to believe that Orozco will no, oppose them.
 Gonzales Enrile. the author of a manifesto which named General Ire. vino as the provisional president and in which the Americans were attack. ed, was arrested in Juarez today and is now in jail.
 Two Bridges Burned.
 DOUGLAS. Ariz.. March 1.-Two bridges on the Nacozari railway, if teen miles south of here were burned by rebels today and all trains aban. doned.
 Chinese Ranch Plundered.
 CANANEA, Mex, March 1. A small band of rebels was reported south of town today where they robbed Chinese rancher. The Rur. ales were sent after them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-29
HINSDALE PARSONS KILLED.
Official Of General Electric COMPANY
Victim Of Auto Accident,

ALBANY, April 29.-Hinsdale Parsons.
vice president and general counsel of
the General Electric Company, was in
stantly killed on the old Albany post
road at point three miles southeast of
this city about o'clock yesterday after
noon.
Mr.. Parsons recently purchased high
power touring car in New York. and last
evening made a trip to that city in the
car. accompanied by B. H. Weisbod OF
Amsterdam, secretary to Mr.. Parsons
J. c. Nicholson Of Schenectady was the
chauffeur. The party left New York al
8 am. and planned to eat dinner al
Schenectady.
The car went along all right until the
hill at East Greenbush was reached. Mr..
Parsons was at the wheel, when with
out warning rear tire exploded, lifting
the heavy machine and throwing it into
the ditch at the side OF the road.
Mr.. Parsons and the chauffeur were
pinned under the overturned car. The
doubtedly he was instantly killed.
Nicholson's right leg was broken
Mr.. Weisbrod, who was on the rear
seat was thrown some distance and es-
capped with only slight injuries. The car
was only slightly damaged.
SCHENECTADY, N. Y. April 90
Hinsdale Parsons was born In Hoosick
Falls. February 10, 1864. He is the son
of the late Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Russell Par
sons.
Mr.. Parsons is survived by his widow,
who ts q sister Of Arson w. Burchard,
secretary to President Charles Coffin Of
the General Electric Company. Three
brothers also survive him. One brother
was United States consul at Mexico
City, until killed In an auto accident
about i've years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-29
LETS SONS DIE; SAVES GIRL.
Three Boys Drown as Father Rescues
Fayorite Child.
of, The Star.

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.
GENEVA. April Is, 1912.
Swiss father has just had terrible
experience in boating disaster on Lake
Constance. He. with his three boys and a
girl, accompanied by his brother Went for
a row in a boat. and were overtaken by a
sudden storm, the boat laundering.
The father was a good swimmer, and
had to choose among his four children
which of them he should save first. He
chose his favorite, the girl, and SWAN
with her to shore safely. returning al
once to rescue his sons, but they had dis.
appeared under the waters. and were
drowned. The boys could not swim. and
their uncle only just managed to get
ashore.
All the brave boys with death staring
them in the face nodded approval Of
smiled consent while their father chose
their sister as the first to be saved.
The husband and wife are distracted a,
losing their three eldest children in q few
minutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-29
FAMOUS ROCHEnE CASE
AGAIN IN PARIS COURTS
Whole Matter to Be Revived,
Decides the Highest Trib-
unaI in France.
Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.

HOrelgn Correspondence OF Inc star.
PARIS, April 20, 1912.
The famous Rochelle case, which four
years ago created such excitement in
financial judicial and parliamentary cir
Giles, and which the public has almost
forgotten, is about to be revived. For
something like four years a commission
has been inquiring into it, and now the
court Of cessation, the supreme court OF
appeal in France, has decided that the
whole case is to be tried over again.
Rochelle. an exceedingly intelligent
young man, had been for some time cafe
waiter at Melun. and then clerk in a
small bankers office. The bankers bus
mess came to an end. and Rochelle
bought up whatever interests there were
for q few francs. He was clever. and
started to work the bank In his own way.
He soon found capitalists in Paris who
induced certain customers to subscribe a
few thousand pounds to one OF Ro-
chette's ventures. He handled the money
well, and in the space of four years
founded a mining bank, which at once
foated the coal mines of Laviana, Lat,
Carbayn and Val d'Aran.
What was the value Of these mines the
courts will finally decide. but Rochette's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-29
TRIBUTE TO MAETERLINCK.
Poet and Philosopher to Receive
Great Demonstration.
reign Correspondence Of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.
BRUSSELS, April Is, 1912.
After many delicate negotiations. the
we'll known but rather shy poet ana
philosopher, Maurice Maeterlinck, has
consented to be the object Of q great
demonstration to celebrate his receiving
the Nobel prize for literature a few
years ago. This demonstration, or
ganized by the Cercle ArtistiQue
ct Litteraire and the city Of Brus-
sells, at the command Of the king
and queen, will take the shape OF gala
performance Of "Pelleas ct Melisande,"
to be given at the Royal Theatsr de Ia
Monnaie on the evening Of May 8. with
the incidental music written for that
beautiful Maeterlinck drama by Gabriel
Faure. who will come specifically from
Paris to conduct the orchestra. The
part of Melisande will be rendered by
Maeterlinck's wife, formerly Mile.
Georgette Leblanc. and the other char
acters Of the play by q number Of
Partisan stage stars.
The Coincide Franchise will be ASSOC
ciated with the performance in the per-
son of Nine. Bartet, who will recite q
few of the finest pages Of the Life Of
the Bee" The royal family win also
attend, and will bestow q special dis
tinction upon Maeterlinck, who win
himself be present, for tha first TINA 1t
any public performance Of his own
work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-29
VIRGINIA.
WAGE SCALE FOR CHORUS.
Those in London Demand $12
Weekly for Six Performances.

Foreign Correspondence OF The Star.
LONDON, April 20. 1912.
A minimum wage for vocalists, includ-
ing chorus girls. OF SIC for six evening
performances and 81 for each matinee is
the demand made by the Amalgamated
Musicians Union in a circular which
has been sent to all theatrical and music
hall managers and agents in the country.
The union also asks that free rehear-
sails shall be limited to one week. and not
exceed four hours day: other rehearsals.
not exceeding four hours day. to be
paid for at the rate Of half salaries for
week days and full salary for Sundays.
Another demand is that members of the
chorus engaged to perform in provincial
tours or productions shall be paid their
return fares to the place from which they
have been engaged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-29
REORGANIZATION Finance.

Suddenly Rochelle was arrested. He
was accused Of having hoated- one com
pany only to pay up the capital Of an.
other. and to have started a sort of per.
petual-motion finance scheme. The police
had received numerous communications
and 1t was by the express order of M
Lepine that the case was Investigated by
detectives. and the police, convinced that
there was something wrong, were accused
Of having brought forward q fictitious
plaintiff in order to have Rochelle ar
rested. His companies were de off1cio de-
clared In liquidation, and official receiv-
ers were appointed.
The case came before parliament M.
Lepine was accused of having acted pre-
cipitately. Rochelle. after a year, was
sentenced to Imprisonment by the cor
rectional court, and he appealed The
sentence was quashed, and then the pub
lie prosecutor appealed, with the result
above mentioned, namely, that the whole
case is now to be tried over again by
some lower court. But, at the same time
political interest in the case has not
waned, and deputies are using 1t to fling
strange charges against each other, with
the result that nobody knows where the
truth will ultimately be found, If it ever
comes to light at all.
curious feature about Rochelle is
that his most ardent defenders are his
own customers, whom he is alleged to
have swind1ed, and who insisted on hav-
ing the order for the liquidation of the
companies revoked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-29
NEW STAMPS UNIQUE.
Novelties Will Be introduced IN
Dahomey and Senegal.
n Correspondence Of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star,
PARIS. April %. 1917
Philatelists will soon have q novelty to
add to their collections in the new French
colony stamps for Dahomey and Senegal.
The postal administration has just ac-
cepted the designs Of M. de Nesiere, to
whom 1t had applied, and the engravers
have already started to work on the cor
ners, but the completed dies are scarcely
expected to be ready much before the end
of the year.
The artist has followed the modern taste
for symbolical figures illustrative Of the
country, and for Dahomey the stamp will
show a native climbing up palm tree to
harvest the oil from the nuts. In the
four corners will be represented the
fantastic animals adored as gods or
fetiches by the medicine men" Of the
negroes, and the whole will be q pictur-
esque little miniature souvenir Of the
African possession.
The Senegal stamp will give a sketch Of
the cotton market in an African village
with many native figures introduced.
Though nothing has yet been said about
it, there is every probability that the
French protectorate over Morocco also
will produce a new series of stamps as
soon as regular postal service has been
organized.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-29
BLUEBLOODS ARE ARRESTED.
Several Members Of italian Aris-
tocracy in Street Brawl.
nee Of The Staf.

Foreign Correspondence Of The STIR.
ROME, April Is, 1912.
Several prominent members Of the Itai-
ian aristocracy were involved in a street
brawl outside the courts of justice the
other day.
The Marquis Spinola sued Count al
Costa for libel, and two OF the plaintiff q
sons attacked the Marquis Calabrini, the
kings master Of the horse, and Count
Negroni, an octogenarian, both OF whom
had testified against their father.
One Of the belligerents held the Marquis
Calabrini's arms, while the other slapped
his face, while Count Negroni was wound
ed with stick.
Prince Torlona, Prince Colonna and
other noblemen interfered, and were
forced to take part In the brawl. Cen
darmes eventually subdued the fighters,
and took all Of them to the police station,
followed by a hooting crowd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-29
COUNT rs DENIED REVENGE.
Council Of Honor Upholds German
Prosecutor, Challenged to Duel.

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.
BERLIN. April Is. 1912.
In the recent gambling trial In which
the ependthrift, Count Gisbert Wolf
Metternich, was implicated. the I'm
perial prosecutor. Dr.. Porcelt. speaking
for the prosecution, made some I'M
favorable remarks concerning the young
counts wife.
The young count served his sentences
Of Imprisonment and challenged Dr.
Porcelt to fight duel. on the ground
that his remarks regarding the countess
were insulting.
\ The imperial prosecutor declined to
fight. and brought the matter before
council of honor. This body. which in
cludes several specialists In AFFAIRS OF
honor. decided for Or. Porcelt. on the
ground that q man who had served time
in prison was entitled to no reparattcn-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-29
PRESIDENTS BUSY WEEK.
Engagements Will Keep Him Away
From Warrington Until Friday.

President Taft will be out Of Wash
ington most Of this week. He is in
Massachusetts, today, and will leave
Washington tomorrow afternoon at 1880
o'clock for Savannah, Ca. where he
long ago accepted an invitation to at
tend the centennial celebration of the
Hibernian Society Of that city. He will
reach Savannah Wednesday morning,
spend the day there and leave that
night for Augusta. reaching that city
Thursday morning to attend q memorial
service to Maj. Archibald Butt. He will
leave Augusta Thursday afternoon, get
ting to Washington Friday.
The President will get the returns of
the Massachusetts primary election on
the train on his way south tomorrow
night. Special arrangements have been
made for him to get these returns at the
principal cities en- route.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-29
HOLDS PREACHERS UNDERpAID
Movement Started to Make Mini.
mum Yearly Salary 1000.

BOSTON. April pa movement which
aims to make $1,000 the minimum yearly
salary Of a clergyman in the Methodist
Episcopal Church has been launched here
by the Rev. DR.. Andrew Coultas. a men,
Der Of the board OF foreign missions and
one Of the superintendents Of the Metho-
dist Church In New England.
In support Of his charge that preachers
are sadly underpaid. DR.. Coultas de-
clares that of the 1O1 churches immedi-
ately under his supervision only twelve
pay their pastors more than $7OO q year
Half the churches, he says, are paving
far less than a living wage