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Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-28
THROUGH THE STATE

BlSBEE.-The l. W. w has formed
a local organization with member
ship of fifty.
WAlkER.-The Poorman mine has
been purchased from Arthur H. Mitch
ell by Major \. j. Doran.
PREScoTT.-It is said that eastern
capital is considering the erection of
a smelter on Copper Creek.
DOUGlAS.-The Mountain States
company will erect a two story brick
building for it's telephone exchange.
PRESCOTT. Unusual activity
among Cherry Creek miners is re-
ported. Several big outfits are not
operating
YUMA.-O. II. Lipps. supervising
special agent for Indian affairs is
here investigating charges brought
against a teacher at the Fort Yuma
Indian school. II is alleged that the
woman cruelty beat Indian boys
HUMBOLDT. The Consolidated
smelters will probably blow in some
time during February after being idle
since December This will be boon
to Humboldt people who were seri-
ously affected by the closing of the
big plants.
YUMA.-The Margrave brothers lost
ten cases of blasting powder and two
cases of dynamite as we'll as a log
cabin in which the stuff was stored.
The cause of the explosion has not
been determined The shock was felt
for long distance.
BISBEE.-The automobile man of
this town is going to kick. Too many
children are allowed to play in the
streets. it is claimed. Several mar
row escapes have been reported with
in the last few weeks and auto own
ers are going to protest To the par
ents.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-28

found instances when those who have
been paroled. commit new crimes, but
in such cases. the state is saved the
expense of a trial. The parole vi
olator is returned To serve his max
imum sentence. Another result of
this law is this. it drives from with
in our borders, the floating Grim
mails who fear it's workings. Again
the indeterminate sentence starts eV-
cry convict even with his fellows
All have relatively the same sentence
Each knows Just what he has to
DO to make possible his parole at
the expiration of his minimum SEN
tence.
parole law is necessary. 1t should
put the power to parole. exclusively
in the hands of board. This bOarG
should be authorized To- look after
c1nvicts on parole; to find them en-
pluynent. if necessary, and To en-
courage them in all proper ways
The parole officers warrant should
be sufficient to return a man L.
prison. subject to a later hearing
nv the board
Some years ago Indiana passed q
law providing for the operation
known as Vasectomy to be per-
formed on all incurable insane. i'm
beetle, habitual criminals and others
of "A defective type. to prevent the
reproduction of their kind. We now
know that the Mcnamara boys dy-
namitcd the Los Angeles Times
buildiDg-committed wholesale muir
der. II is said that their father was
repeater and a life man in the
Ohio penitentiary. If the operation
named had been performed on him
during his first sentence, there might
have been no Mcnamara boys to do
wholesale murder. New Jersey. In
diana. Iowa, Connecticut and Cal
ifornia have this sex law Will Cal
ifornia apply II TO the Mcnamara
boys will the incoming legislature
enact such a law for Arizona?
As a rule under these laws. state
institutions are operated by a board
made up of men who are not inter
ested in politics. but are interested
i'm the work Under such a board
employees held their places just as
long as they made good. Just the
same way in which a man working
for you. Mr. Citizen. would mold his
job.
Can YOU do anything better for
Arizona than To urge your represen-
tatives in the Legislature. verbally
and BY letter. to stand for the best
laws pOssible-laws which have prov
en- good in other states in order that
THOSE WHO CAUSE. or SUFFER
FROM. DISEASE. POVERTY OR
CRIME. may be cared for at a min
imum of expense to YOU? In the
language Of the up-t0-date advertiser.
Do 1T NOW,
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-28
Arizona's Criminal Problem
(By Frank E. McCrary.)


Mr. Citizen, do YOU realize how
much the criminal problem of Ari-
IONA affects you? Do YOU know that
to maintain the territorial prison
during the fiscal year ending June
30. 1911, cost the people $104.639 80 ?
Arizona has a population of 227,000
Under the present methods the cost
viii be unbearable when our popula-
ton runs into millions.
You may have no property 10 be
taxed. but every stOrekeeper has. and
the price Of everything you buy
must include his taxes. You cannot
avoid paying your share of every. ex-
pense incident To government Dur
ing the year named. YOU have helped
to guard house, feed. and clothe. on
an average AS men ut the territorial
prison. During the same year.
through YOUR agents. the courts. you
sent 10 prison 20 men. at an es-
timated cost Of $4,000
Few men go 10 prison who have
not women or children dependent
upon them for support. Every man
has a Cod given right TO support his
labor belongs to the state. Who
keeps dependent families of convicts
from starving? You do You pay
for the care and keep Of the husband
and father in prison ard then lower
the moral tone of his unfortunate
children by giving them aims Your
prison methods breed poverty. dis
ease and crime. Is this good bus
iress?
Do you believe that the people of
Arizona are SIN TINES as bad as
the people of New Hampshire? II
this is true. and You were a home
Seeker. would YOU look for a home
in Arizona? one out of every 500
Of ArizOna's population is in the
prison at Florence. In New Hamp-
snIre, only one out of every 31S0
is in state prison. In Georgia. where
the negroes Outnumber the whites
(and the whites operate the courts)
there is only one out of every 900
ia prison. Is Arizona's moral tone
lower than Georgia's?
The new state of Arizona can raise
its standard of citizenship by reduc-
lEB the percentage OF It's population
in prison. How? BY creating a
board of managers which will have
complete control of those who drift
in and out o. the charitable. reform
atory and penal institutions Of the
state
An indeterminate sentence law j.
Necessary. Arizona has such law,
but it is imperative. 1t permits the
judge To sentence a man To prison
for the indeterminate term, whereas
Il should have made the indetermin-
ate sentence obligatory in all cases
The Arizona courts have not seen
fit to impose the indeterminate sen
tence To any degree. because there
has been no provision made To handle
the men paroled under this law.
convict is not necessarily a GRIM
inal Through the indeterminate SEN
tence law TIE bureau IS given au-
thority To supervise. outside prison
walls. cOnvicts who seem 10 be worth
the effort. OF course. there will be
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-28
ALL SHE ASKED.

The late Justice Harlan, said a
Washington lawyer. was an advocate
of temperance in eating. in drinking.
in the use of tobacco. in all things.
Justice Harlan. praising temperance
at a lawyers banquet, once told a
story about young wife, who said to
her husband:
Jack, dear. | wish you'd stop
drinking! Every time you go to one of
these banquets of yours, you get UP
the next morning. pale and tired. you
won't eat anything. you just gulp down
nine or ten glasses of water. Do stop
drinking. won't you, dear? | know its
bad for YOU.
But all great men have been
drinking men, Jack grumbled. Look
at Webster. Look at Poe. look at
Charles Lamb, look at Grant. look
Well interrupted his wife. YOU
just promise dear, that you'll quit
drinking till you're great AMI I'll be
satisfied Huntington star,
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-28
ANOTHER KIND OF PHoNocRApH

Hear the Edison Opera Phonograpn
all the latest songs as well as the
classical favOrites of the great singers.
Schumann -Heink, Caruso. Games and
all the other big ones sing for the rec
ords used on the Edison monographs
The Opera Photograph is something
rev. Stops automatically when the
record is finished. Mahogany case and
horn. OXidiezd copper handles. Clear
tone. See them. The Berryhill Co.
Young Brown and Battling Mantell
are matcEe, = h"S ten rounds in New
York Tues,iay
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-28

dun and rainy weather, and are per-
fectly delighted with the bright sun
shine at Castle Hot Springs; Miss
Pillans. of London. England. a most
enthusiastic golf player. to whom the
new golf links are giving much pleas
ure; Mr.. W. ]. Young. jr.. of Chi
cago. w G. Mcbride and G. +. Jack
son of CORTLAND. Arizona. motored
from CORTLAND on Thursday, remain
ing for lunch: Mr.. F. NJ. Murphy is
here for q few days to be with
Sir Gilbert Parker before he leaves
I for Phoenix.
Mr. and Mrs. Norbert G. Stebbens
entertained last evening in honor of
their seventh wedding anniversary
The guests present were: Mr.. and
Mrs Frank jefferson. Mr.. and Mrs.
]. w Tompkins. Mr.. and Mrs. F. G.
Russell. Mrs. L. S. De Pass. Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ. G. Farnham. Mrs. Mary
Flood, Walter Strong. r. T. Spencer.
and H. +. Farnham. The prizes We're
won by Mrs f. $ De Pass and Wal
ter Strong. Mrs. Stebbens was as
sisted by her mother. Mrs. VI. G..
Farnham, who is visiting her from
the east.
The following ladies from the Ing
leside club attended the sessions of
the Womans Federation of Clubs at
Phoenix and the matinee of The Jap
anese Girl: Mrs. O. r Weston, Mrs.
c. G. Ingraham. Mrs Warren Nc
Arthur. Mrs. Clarence Lucas. Mrs w
H. Chamberlain. Mrs. 4. B. Hine,
Miss Witherspoon. Mrs f. f, Marsh,
and Mrs. Geo. F. Watson. Mrs. Wat
son is president of the Woman's club
at Fairmount. W. Va
Next Tuesdays meeting of the
Womans club was to have been
Club House Day" but an oppor-
tunity presented to get Mr.. ]. VI.
Clinton. who has recently spent some
time in China. To deliver a lecture on
the subject From China the Empire
to China the Republic" and the plan
was changed accordingly Mr. Gin
ton is field secretary of the Y NJ.
c. A for Japanese students in To-
kio
The pottery pageant to be given
on the 16 ard Il of the coming
month is still in an active stage of
preparation. Without doubt it will
be one Of the best entertainments
ever put before the public by the
Womans club.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-28

The light horse squadron at lngle-
side club has grown steadily until it
has become quite a formidable troop
Of cavalry. Scouts are sent on rec
onnaissance duty every morning. new
Buttes have been discovered and an
expedition in search OF the alleged
Celestial inhabitants~of Paradise VAL
ley planned. Prominent among the
officers of the lighthouse squadron
are Mrs. c. c. Ingraham, Mrs. NJ H.
Chamberlain. Mrs. Geo. F. Watson.
Miss Witherspoon. Miss Loise Muir
ply. Miss Grace Marsh. Mr.. +. +.
Marsh, Mr. John Witherspoon. Mr..
II L. Butterfield There are no pri
Yates
Two automobile parties had Sunday
dinner at Ingleside. one from Mesa
consisting of Mr. and Mrs. II. l.
Chandler. the Misses Chandler and
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Hagerlund
and the other from Phoenix with
Mr.. Robert A. Greene. Mr.. and Mrs
L. L. Pope. Mr.. W. w. p. McCon-
nell and Lymon Peters
Herein is presented the first pub
lie notice of a quiet little wedding
celebrated Monday evening by Rev.
J. Harvey Deere. in the parlors Of
the First Baptist church of this city.
in the presence of a few near friends
The contracting parties We're Herman
F. Inderlied and Elizabeth Fraser.
both residents of this city and high
ly esteemed. Mr.. Inderlied. original
l. New Yorker. for three years has
served as a railway postal clerk be-
tween this city and Ash Fork. Mrs
Inderlied has lived in Phoenix for
about seven years. coming here from
Philadelphia. The usual wedding trip
has been deferred until summer and
Mr.. and Mrs. Inderlied now are at
home to their friends at 36S North
Second Avenue
The ball to be given by Phoenix
Chapter No. 5. order of the Eastern
Star on the evening of Feb. s. prom
ises to be a splendid social event.
The local chapter of the Eastern Star
has. for several years. given a bail
during each winter season. but last
year il was made an annual event
and the one given last March was
such a success socially that the mem
bers and their friends are anticipat-
ing an ever greater success this year
The committee in charge of arrange
ments has decided to give the bail
in the hall Of the Masonic temple
and the number of invitations must
therefore be limited. Each member
OF the local chapter will be privileged
to send the name of one friend to
Miss Anna Monihan, the secretary OF
the committee. and on the approval
of the committee. she will mail in
vitations as requested. To do this the
addresses of persons desired to be in
vited must be given her. All visiting
and sojourning members of the East
ern Star vii be cordially welcomed
on presenting receipts at door. and
invited guests will be admitted on
presenting invitation and door cards
Dancing, card playing and other
amusements will be INDUCED in. and
light refreshments will be served.
4 delightful "Children's Hour" was
held at the Arizona School of Music
on Friday evening for the benefit of
the nursery fund of the Crittenden
Home. A large number of people
attended and a good sum was real
lied
Remember the historical pottery
pageant to be given by one hundred
women of the Woman's club on Fri
day evening. Feb. Is. and Saturday
afternoon. Feb Il.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-28

George w Perkins says that $4,000
men are scarce They are, indeed
Even in $4,000 jobs they are none
too plentiful Congress is full of 5000
men posing as $500 statesmen
Kansas City Journal
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-28

Joe Birmingham, one or the game :
greatest throwing Outfielders, prefers
the infield He played second as
bush Lacquer and wants to get back
To the first line of defense. Joe had
a notion to turn catcher and tried
the job one spring, only TO pass 1t up.
He didn't fancy gazing through Il
mask for nine innings.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-31
PRAYERS FAILED
TO RELIEVE CHILD
Zlonites Did Nothing for Little One
Who Fell From Third Story
Window.

United Press Leased Wire Service. ]
WAUKEGAN, Ill. July 31.-The cor
oner today began an investigation in
to the death of little George Marion,
aged 6, son OF the once famous George
Marion, the actor. The child died, &C.
cording to the report to the coroner
from Injuries received in fall from
a third story window in the home OF
his grandmother in lion City. No
medical attention was given the child
as he writhed In the agony caused by
his fatal hurts, but followers OF viii,
bur Glenn voliva, John Alexander
Dowie's successor, surrounded the
suffering child and prayed.
The coroner was told today thai
the child died in terrible agony. The
grandmother, he was told, was one ot
those who surrounded the dying child
and prayed.
George Marion, father OF the deat
child, is now serving life sentence
in the penitentiary at Philadelphi;
| for shooting his wife. Until tn:
crime, two years ago, Marion wa,
well known throughout the Unite,
States. Actors over the country rails
ed large fund for his defense whel
he was convicted of the murder.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-31
MISsOURIANS TO
HAVE FULL TICKET
VIII Hold Bull Moose Convention In
st. Louis on Third Of
September.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July 31.-The
progressive party of Missouri will
hold convention in st. Louis Sep
TENDER 8 to nominate full state tic
ket. A resolution to this effect was
adopted by the convention here at
midnight last night and today the
question of placing congressional and
county tickets in the field was dis
cussed.
AS the legal number Of voters re.
quired to place ticket in nomination
by petition is 1000 the convention in
st. Louis will consist of this number
of delegates, When the delegates
sign their names to the nominating
petitions, the ticket will thus be legal
ly before the voters
The progressive party in Missouri
Will stand firmly by its own electors
in the fall elections and made II
plain that 1t will not seek to contro
any Taft electors. M. e. Boisseau wat
stricken from the list OF Roosevelt
electors because he is also on the re
publican ticket.
/ The convention selected delegates
instructed for Roosevelt to the Chi
cago convention, elected nationa
committeeman and adopted progress
sive platform.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-31
TWO THOUSAND
LOOKING FOR ONE
Negro viii be Lynched II Captured
Alive, for Murder OF
Sheriff.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
GAINESVILLE, July 31.-Two
thousand men are today searching
the country about Clarksville for
Leonard Potts, negro who last night
shot and killed Sheriff Charles Stew
ems when the latter led an attack on
house where Potts had taken refuge.
The negro escaped, but negress who
accompanied him was killed when the
posse directed score OF shots after
the fleeing couple.
Potts escaped from the Dallas jail
Saturday. He killed a policeman
there who tried to capture him. The
negro is armed with two automatic
revolvers and a rifle and has shown
that he is crack shot.
Potts is now hiding in wild sec
ton of the country which makes the
hunt difficult and hazardous. II locat
ed by the posse desperate battle IL
certain and the leaders declare Pott,
will be lynched on the spot II takel
alive.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-31
TRYING TO FATHoM
CAUSE OF DEATH
Miss snodgrass Thought to Have TAX
en- Poison Before Falling
Into Creek.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
CATSKILL, N. Y, July 31.-While
the BODY of Miss Dorcas ljams Snod-
grass found in Catskill Creek eleven
DAYS after she disappeared, today was
being shipped from ut Vernon to the
old family home in Martinsburg, W.
va, District Attorney Wilbur and
Coroner Vandenburg were consider
ing the advisability of the young wo-
man to search for poison.
DR.. r. L. Roones,<af Albany, who
performed an autopsy is authority for
the statement that the condition OF
the BODY was such as to Indicate
death by drowning, but that the shall
low water in which 1t was found made
ii probable that Miss Snodgrass was
possibly unconscious, when her BODY
was placed in the water
An examination of the body reveal
ed nothing to indicate murder. a
dummy placed in the water at the
mouth of the creek by Wilbur became
fast on the flats before it had gone
one-eighth of the distance to the place
where the girls body was found. VII
bur said this did away with ths
theory that the body was washed IL
from the Hudson. Today canvass O
all the motor boats known to have
been In the creek within the past tel
days failed to reveal anyone who ad
mitted knowing the dead nurse.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-31
KEoKUK WILL
SEND DELEGATES
Important Meeting to BE Held in Des
Molnes Tomorrow For Agrlcul-
ture Improvement.

Keokuk will be represented tomor-
row IN Des Moines at meeting that
will be OF more than passing interest
to Iowa farmers, and to others inter-
ested in agriculture. The plans for
the Des Moines meeting are for the
perfecting OF a state organization
whose object It will be to improve ag-
ricultural conditions in the entire
state of Iowa
Manager De Witt. Of the Industrial
association. received an urgent mes
sage from R. H. Bolton, of Des Moines.
temporary state secretary, and in the
message received here the Des Moines
man outlines briefly the proposed
plans. The plan is to organize state
organization, and this organization
will place a crop expert in each coun.
ty OF the state. Extensive plans for
the betterment OF crop conditions in
this state will be undertaken, and m
increase in the yield OF farm products
will be the task to be undertaken.
The meeting tomorrow will be held
at the Slavery hotel. and Prof. Holden
the great Iowa agricultural expert
will probably be in attendance
A. L. Parsons OF Keokuk. was nam
| ed today to represent Keokuk tomor
row. 1t Is probable that each count.
of the state will send one or more dele
gates to the meeting.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-31
TOO UP TO DATE
TO SUIT PEOPLE
New Mlkado OF Japan Has Advanced
Ideas Which May Not
Please All.

TOXIC, July 31.-His advisors are
said in diplomatic circles today to be
much worried lest the new mikado
prove Independently up to-date In
his policies. 1t is to tell the members
that he means to be a strictly modern
ruler that his majesty wants parlia-
ment called in extra session
The group nearest to the throne
has no objection TO modernity, but a
strong element in the country thinks
the nation has been geeting away
from the best ideals in recent years
The elder statesmen, great power
in the land, are particularly backward
in their views. Much tact is neces
sary to avoid antagonizing them.
Mutushito was an adept at pursuing
modern methods, while seeming te
cherish everything ancient. Yoshihito's
training has been strictly on present
day lines, and it is feared he may d.
or say something impolitic.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-31
KEoKUK WILL HAVE
CIRCUS in SEPTEMBER
1ollmar Brothers VIII Furnish Amuse-
r1ent to keokuklans on
September 2.

keokuk is not off the map, from a
Circus standpoint Keokuk is going
% have circus, the first and very
probably the only one of the season
g show here. Gollmar Bros. circus
VIII show here Monday, September 2,
u the afternoon and evening.
me Gollmar circus carries large
museum and menagerie. and will give
nee street parade. The Gollmar
SHOW is a three-ring circus and carries
= large number of performers and
animals.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-31
William Walker, Former Resident
Of keokuk and Prominent East.
ern Lawyer, Passes
Away.
BRIEF TELEGRAM
The Body is to be Brought to keokuk
for Burial Beside the
Grave Of His
Father.


William Walker, former resident
OF keokuk. and at the time OF his
death Q. prominent lawyer of Boston,
Mass. died suddenly at his home city
yesterday and a wire announcing his
death came to The Gate city yester-
day morning. but was so brief and CIV
Ing only the surname OF the deceased
that the matter could not be intelli-
gently pursued.
William Walker was a cousin of
Henry S. Walker. the resident attor-
ney in Keokuk Of the legal firm of
C'Harra, O'Harra. Wood & Walker.
He was son of John Walker, who
lived in Keokuk for many years and
had prominent connection with the
cid Keokuk and Western railroad.
He was we'll known to many of the
olcer citizens of Keokuk and vicinity
and died here e'skteen or twenty years
ago and was buried IN Oakwood Gene.
terry. The mother ia still living. AT.
ter the death of the father the family
went to Massachusetts to reside. Re
| fcle leaving Iowa Mr.. Walker took z
/ literary course at the Iowa State Us,
versity and after locating in Mass
achusetts was graduated at Harvard
University and commenced practicins
/ law at Boston where he continued II
that profession until his death, il
which vocation he had risen to emin
ence. His reputation as an able law
/ yer was not confined to state lines
i About four years ago he visited tn,
west and was in Keokuk. His bust
ness called him to Joplin, Mo-, but h,
could not resist the temptation during
the trip to visit the home Of his earle
4 days and so he included Keokuk In hi
western trip. What brought him t,
4 the west was as attorney in YER
large case in the courts OF the Mis-
souri, town in which he realized fe
of $4,000, showing the great conf
dence placed in the legal ability of thi
4 Keokuk boy.
At the time Of his death he wa
about forty-fve years of age an
LEAVES his wife and three children
The body was placed in a vault a
\ Cambridge adjoining Boston, and late
the remains will be brought to Keoku
to sleep in Oakland cemetery, besid
the resting place of his father.