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BELASCO T0STAGE
CONTESTED PLAYS
FOR JUDGE TO SEE
Court Agrees 10 Decide Suit
After Witnessing The Two
Performances.

David ficlasco. who. with william e.
dc Mile. has seen accused OF ap9ro.
priatirg tho idea OF the play known az
The Woman" from Abraham Gold
kaoprs play. Tainted Philanthropy"
made the noval proposition 20 United
States Judge Holt this afternoon that
he would produce at his own expense
both plays the first week IN October to
show that Goldknoprs claim 10 un-
founded.
This camc as climax to heated
argument between Mr.. Belasco. Gold
sopf and Adolph Freyer. counsel for
Goldkopf, during which Mr.. Belasco
declared he was tho victim OF con-
spracy and that the two plays bore
no similarity.
Judge Hold willingly accepted the
proposition made 10y Mr. Belasco. and
agreed TO decide the suit brought by
1odknopf after witnessing the per-
Torrance Of both plays.
Il would like to have II understood
that Mr.. Belasco Will provide as good
cast for Mr.. Goldnopfs play as for
Tho Woman" said Mr.. Freyer.
oh" replied Mr.. Belasco. ''wc'll give
YOUR play a better cast. |, VIII need
It,"
After Judge Holt had accepted Mr..
joliscos offer. the playwright WAS IL
reduced To him.
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BEGGED HIM TO TURN OVER
NEW LEAF.

There she begged me TO turn over q
new leaf and try to live a decent kind
OF life for the sake of our boy.
promised her that l would. but ] did not
intend to give up Florence. wanted
merely 20 pacify my wife so she would
consent to the sale Of some of any real
estate. I expected to give half the
money to my wife and to keep the other
half for setting up a new home fof
Florence.
Il went 70 the York Hotel. Seventh
avenue and Thirty-sevcnth street. on
July /. with Florence. We registered as
man and wife. on July 20 Florence was
going home to visit her parents In
Lewlsburg. She had just finished writ
Ing q letter to her mother, asking that
some one meet her at the station. Then
she began packing her grips. and In do
Ing so came across an automatic pistol
which | bought some months ago when
was carrying large sum OF money
about with me. Sac asked me to eX.
plain how II worked.
Florence was sitting on my knee and
IN some unaccountable manner the pistoi
wds discharged. She slipped from my
Ian ia tl, unnr
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FUNDS OF THE PEOPLE ENDoW
THE UNjvEF

The endowment OF IT, National Uni
versity In Interesting Ia point OF COM
parlson with that OF Trinity :, ollore
The University Act allows the National
niVersity College of Dublin 1000 $50.
"") from the Royal University endow-
ment but the Royal University Is not
yet dissolved, although the National Col.
Iese mas been In operation for four
years. In addition to this the college
VIII haNe-some timc--E grant from puh.
lie funds OF fs2.co 0lGO,OoM a year I,
was through this leverage OF public
FUNDS that the National University has
been able to demand the study OF Irish
FOR the County Councils in voting the
money IN many cases made Il contingent,
on the teaching OF Irish or the reouisi
ton for Irish IN matriculatlon. 80 ina,
the Senate had to accept the condl,Inns
to secure the money.
In. all, the endowment for tho th,a.
colleges OF the University is fs1 o0o or
$4,000 ON paper. Trinity College from
various sources secures an Income az
over t'""" year, or which about f60 nNJ
1 comes from the public.
In spite of this, the National Irulyor
slty has been the frs, measure OF Irish
nationality ever du,cd out by tho GOV.
ernmcnt OF ireland to the majority a, ,hs
Irish people And In the few years of
Its existence II has Influenced the sn,r,.
OF ireland toSlrd the upbuilding of an
! Irish nation, quite irrespective of an,
political parties OF measures. Even IN,
West Briton element In the University
Senate, who were almost all powerful
] In the establishment OF the Institution
has lost some OF It's power with IN,
widespread feeling for Irish education h,
ireland.
| AZ result ~ the agitation concern
ing the National University. FIRST fol
Its establishment. then for the teach
ing OF Irish In Its courses. then for In,
/ admission OF Irish as a matriculatior
/ qualification. all points on which tn,
Gaelic League has won after man,
wars, the National University OF Ire
land stands to-day the crystallized evil
dsnce OF the desire Of the Irish peopl,
70 possess q national system OF sduca
ton that shall b distinctly Yrish.
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Shakes?carc's. Hamlet and Bertha the
Sewing Machine Girl"
Goldknopf took exception t. Mr Be-
!asco's remarks. and the producer tod
MIN he was "a crazy playrlgat,"
why. the audaclty, the consummste
gan OF this man surpasses anything |
ever saw"
The nearest resemblance to the two
plays continued Mr.. Belasco, lis that
there Is a picture OF George Washing
ton In Mr.. De Miles play and a pic
iure of George Washington IN Gold
knopfs play"
Mr.. Belasco concluded BY paying his
respects to Mr.. Freyer.
You ought 10 be disbarred," he
shouted. mo reputable lawyer would
take a case like this. It's bla ckma!l ="
1t was finally decided 10 submit Mr..
Be!asco's offer to produce both plays
for Commissioner Gilchrist so that the
Commissioners may decide whether there
Is any similarity between them
"A cordial invitation Is extended To
all present TO attend the rehearsals,"
said Mr.. Belasco, as he hurried from the
Federal Building.
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CAN SEE NOTHING BUT HER
DEAD FACE.

Hardness did not return TO his home
In Sea Gin after being released. In.
stead he went to the home OF his father
In Brooklyn.
have reason TO believe" he said
later. that there will be a rcconcll,a.
ton with my wife, At any rate. I sin
cerely hope so. believe that when. Inv
few months OF righteous living. con.
vince Mrs. Hardness how Thoroughly
sorry ! am FOR the past and that in.
tend TO live right In future, she VIII
take me back, This has been terrible
a. air for me. can see nothing but the
dead face of the woman staring at me
all the time, knew | was innocent.
but didu't know how the jurors would
take my story"
coroner's Physician Alder, I. Weston.
who performed AN autopsy on the bod,
OF Mrs, Iiopp. expressed an adverS
opinion regarding the verdict Of the Cor.
oner's Jury.
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HARNESS FREED,
NOTWITHSTANDING
CALLED ACCIDENT
Coroner's Jury Releases Brok-
err Who Tells Of Death
of Florence Hopp.
MAY RETURN TO WIFE.
Said to Be Ready to Forgive
and Take Him Back
Home.
MAY RETURN TO WIFE.

Showing no trace OF emotion. George
Raymond Hardness told a jury before
Coroner Wintcrbottom to-day of nis life
with Mrs. Florence e. IIopp. OF his own
wifc's plea that hc make man OF
himself FOR their baby's sake" OF his
prepar ton to force his wife 10 divorce
hin. OF his plans to marry the other
woman. and OF Mrs. Hops tragic
death In the Hotel York. where no shot
her on the morning OF July %. IIark-
ness maintained that the shooting was
accidental aud no amount OF question
ing could shakc him from the story he
Coroners jury freed him. holding that
the shooting was accidental.
lIarknoss. Who Is only twonty-seven.
VAS a wcu-to-do real estate and insur-
ance broker. with a pretty home at Sea
Clin. l.. l.. where his wife and three
year-old baby live. Last APRIL while
travelling through the Middle West. he
struck up a chance acquaintance with
Mrs. lIopp the daughter of J. Allen
riglsy. Of No. 323 Market street. Lewis
burg. pa. Mrs. Hopp herself had been
married and was divorced. Her child
lives with her parents.
Il have lived with Florence practically
since that true" Hardness told the
Jurors to-day, we loved oaca other
very greatly. ! planned to have my
wife get a divorce 50 could marry
loved Florence. on the "Wednesday be-
fore Florencc was kllled nv wfc met N,
and We went to Brighton Beach for the
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ton, comes at a time OF special sig
nlilcance TO Ireland because OF the
closely correlated political situation.
The bitter fight made by Irish Union.
lists against TIE establishment OF an
irish University forced a political
Issue upon a purely language move.
ment. so that the success OF the Ma.
tional University In the face OF long
and determined opposition Is now a
matter OF national Importance
The exercises OF the National Uni.
versity. although lacking the vivid
picturesqucncss OF the Trinity pro.
cessions that wendell their way
through the Trinity Arch last week
to the music Of the Irish war p!pers'
band @. have been surrounded With
dcepcr meaning because OF the fact
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TO. SAIL STEvENS0N'S SHIP.
Cnsco, on which Author Wrote
Tales, VIII he RemOdeiled.

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug, 5-The
schooner Casco, immortal as the ship
OF adventure In which twenty-four
years ago Robert Louis Stevenson
sailed away never to return, soon will be
rcmodelled to enter the fishing business.
Stevenson sailed from san Francisco
IN 1SS. Cruising through oceania on
the Casco. in search Of health. he gath
cred the materials for 1.-THE Ebb Tide"
for 1.-THE Wrecker'' and TN the South
Seas Many Of the best letters In the
collected editions were written squat
legged on the caseos sun blsaohsd
dsckA Y
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,,ollceMAN's BOAT GOES OVER
TOO.

BY the time Mccarthy reached them
the girls were beginning to have a
hard time. The younger was nearly
tired out. Leaning over the stern of
his boat, Mccarthy got hold Of her and
was lifting Ler in when over his boat
Went in the choppy waves.
Mccarthy. though greatly 'hampered
by his uniform. vas In good form COM
pared with the others. one by one he
helped them from the upturned canoe
to a hold OH the overturned rowboat,
which floated them higher out OF the
water.
Then their cries were heard by Walter
Burns OF Inwood Hill. He called up
Police Headquarters, which notified Har-
Dor A Squad. and men were hurried out
from the one Hundred and Fifty-second
street station.
While this help was still some distance
away, Thomas Vincent. n lawyer, OF No.
i07 Ninth avenue, coming down the river
in his motor boat Nyanza, heard the
cries and opened up his engine, AS Vim
cent sped downstream to the calls, Tim
mons, with Cox and two boatmen. Emile
Stockman and George ketcher. In his
| hfty-foot motor. was racing upstream TO
| the rescue.
Mr.. Vincent rescued one OF the girls
and one OF the youths. T!mmons n the
! Okeetee rescued the others and the
| policeman. They had taken the clp-
sized canoe and rowboat In tow aai
were making for CoX's as the police
| boat came up, The party had drfted
more than a .l!ic and had been IN me
! water more than an hour,
The cl.,s were offered blankets al the
/ holtnoUsc, but after they had been
/ dried out little they hurried away
/ = friends l!y!rC on lnwood hll.
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MARTlNSbUNG, Y. Va. Aug g.
Mrs Arabella Il. snodgrass. grand
mother or Miss Dorcas Snodgrass, the
nurse who met a tragic fate, died
yesterday In u hospital here OF the shock
which Frustrated her upon hearing OF
The HndlIs Of Miss Snoisgass's body IN
a creek.
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JUDGE FEELS HE is TO 81
TREATED LIKE A KING.

II believe Il was tho King ~ IA
varla." said Judge Holt. shaking hands
with MIR. Bclisco. who engaged players
for his sole amusement. | shall be hon
ored to attend the plays as produced by
YOU"
Mr.. Belasco thanked him and, turn
MS tn Godknopr. said:
he claimant"
Goldknopr. a small man. hllshed per-
ceptbly
II am glad Your Honor win come to
see the two plays" said Mr.. Bclasco
because ! want 10 put an end to this
annoyance have had from aspiring
authors who have claimed from time 20
limo that I stole their ideas.
Mr., Belasco declared he had read
Goldknopf's play. Tainted Phllanth-
ropy." from which 1t is charged THE
Woman" was plagiarzed.
And l want to tell you, Mr. Freyer."
added MIR, Belasco. addressing Gold
knopfs lawyer, that the two plays are
no more alike than an elephants ear is
like your mouth"
Former Judse Dittenhoefer. represent.
Ing Mr.. Belasco. had been complaining
OF Mr.. Freyer "mouthing'' his ques lions
to De Mile. who was testifylng, and
Mr.. Freyer had retorted with the re-
mark that he considered Judge Often
hoefer and his distinguished playwright
,liapta "a thirls hpnch
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FALL KILLS CHAUFFEUR;
POLICE INVESTIGATING.
Companion Says They Were Call.
ing and After Drinking Man
Fell Downstairs.

Detective Fitzsimmons to-day began
an investigation into the death Of WILL
lam puer. a chauffeur. OF No. 100 West
Forty-fourth street. who was found dead
to-day at No. ia West Forty-fourth
street While all the indications point
to an accidental death. the police have
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NOTED FOREIGN SCHOLARS
HELPED THE IRISH IDEA.


Every one of the great continental
European scholars Interested In che
Preservation OF Gaelic as a living Ian.
suage. Windisch. thinner. Holger. Ped
erson, Meyer and Dottin. gave testl-
nony OF the necessity Of such an en-
trance qualification. But II is only this
year that. through war waged by In
dlvidual influence on every citadel over
looking the field. the rule has been set
that after 1918 no student may enter the
National University without "A knowl-
edge o. Irish sufficient 10 conduct his
studies In all branches.
The excitement stirred in ireland by
the National University question was
equal TO that Of Presidential election
In the United States. The results ac-
compllshcd hy those who desired the
foundation of an Irish University for
the Irish lave been most wonderful,
although they have not yet satisfied
thor pioneers.
The National University, composed OF
the ihroc branches. took over the old
queens University of Belfast and the
queens College OF Cork. changing tie
name OF the latter to the University
College, Co.. In few years the
Royal University Of Dublin will be dis.
solved under the act and the National
University College here win leave the
present buildings In which II has been
temporary established ana enter the
buildings OF the Royal. by that time
II 10 possible that the Queens College
oil Galway will have been made into
the University college. Galway, as the
act provides
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eeLAsCo DECLARES SUIT 10 "a
PUT-UP JOB"

1t was not until Mr.. Belasco had de-
clared further that the present suit was
a "put-up job" aga INST him and De
Mile. whom he commissioned to write
THE Woman" that tho hearing was
permitted TO go on. uninterrupted.
Mr.. De Mile told OF the evolution OF
the play In dispute from It's orlgna,
title of The Princess OF Hawaii" then
THE Machine" then 'loS5 Plaza" and
finally Tho Woman"
"Whcn We first talked over the play
| told Mr. Belasco II we could got a
good hear. story 10 throw up against a
background OF political graft II would
he II hit, and so we decided On THIS
one"
Mr., Bclisco again sprang to his feet
at this time and offered to produce both
"Thc woman and Goldknoprs play at
his own expense FOR the benefit of the
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In order to understand the import
aace OF the National University In the
Dresent history OF Ireland. resume OF
aho battles for its esta blishment -
Necessary. The National University
sdea has been since It's inception the
foundation OF irish education.
From the time tina, the Gaelic League
started Its crusade for the ro-establisf-
,,neu, Of Irish In the schools OF ireland
'apd for the preservation of Language
that was dying because Of the ierthos'
% education employed IN this country,
the question OF "A university where irish
should not only he taught but where
q would be as decidedly the Language OF
tie Institution as Enrllsh 10 the Ian
stage of oxford had been settled In
itHe minds OF tho men who projected
~ Language movement. The making OF
HIM a compulsory subject In the un.-
'vorsity was an absolute necessity. and
iwhile the men OF the Gaelic League de-
lsiFed 10 start from the very bHie ~
'e1ucaiion. they realized that the uni
Nersi;y would help to break down tho
.bsrriers in the primary and uterine
.dSete schools
LANGUAGE MOVEMENT OPPOSED
- ~ THE ToADlEs.
The demand that a. national unlver-
iaty. where Irish should be the es,ab-
elghed Language. Just as English was
~ cstabiished language OF Trinity
Eollegv. met with determined opposition
from those Un!onists styled West
3B1tons or Toadles from their desire
20 be so closely affiliated with England
HAT even the name OF Irish was dis.
tasteful TO them. They realized the
value of such an educational instltu-
don, and that II the language move
,ment would he established firmly the
Ssviyers OF Irish would have strength
enough TO demand o. the Government
that all officials dealing with Irish
speakers should be required TO conduct
their business with them in tho Irish
language.
Now. cfficialdom Is the very bane Of
Iroland's existence to-day. for the
Government Of Great Britain exercised
fts characteristics foreign policy OF Job.
Giving In order to placnte malconten's
more extensively and intensively In Ire
land then In any other part OF the
British Empire. As result. the en-
tire Official class OF ireland. instead OF
SrAsping the swords by the hilts ard
Joining the language movement. viewed
with dlsmay and detestation a force
that seemed likely to close to them
many avenues OF employment because
ne hot Of 80 eli
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speeches. Irish Irish
convocation in Dublin In Cork
College Dublin the University College
Belfast And the Irish all
Irish education but Of Irish nation
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I THE NEW IRELAND
LONG STRUGGLE IS WON
(. FOR AN EDUCATIONAL PLAN
WHICH IS ENTIRELY IRISH
National University, Gained After Many Wars
Makes the knowledge of Gaelic an Oblga-
s tory Subject for Naturalization.

articles for The
making
which extraordinary
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= BY MARY SYhON.
COnnissoner to ireland for the Gaelic League OF
III America.

2S-The
ona Ireland which the Of Ga hrs
own the hundreds Of students In the M
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The Closing Prices.

To.days highest. lowest and last prices Of stock.
sud u net changes as compa:ed with saturday
final figures are follows.
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REFERS TO "HAMlET" AND
"5ERTHA, THE SEWING MA
CHINE GIRL"

THE shuberts are back of this whole
thing" Numbered Mr.. Belasco. THE
two plays are no more alike than
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swtH z Cs~pen',s .-ls: Of I Irs:h Beef IN
Avs. !. AvWsssd 0.te cents ~ pound 'ss
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GIRLS FORGOT FERRY DIDN'T
RUN ALL NIGHT.

In the evening the three friends were
vIs.tcl by Miss Alma Dorrey. eighteen.
Of No. 3l5 First avenue. and Katherine
Mcmahon. nineteen, OF No. 100 West
One Hundred and Thirty seventh street.
The girls crossed The river IN a motor
boat ferry run BY Cox, the Dyckman
street boatman, and, telling yarns round
a big log Are at the edge OF the stream,
they so enjoyed themselves that they
entirely forgo, eek does not run his
Terry all night.
When. abou: / O'clock this morning.
the girls discovered that the ferry h..d
made Its last trip and they faced a night
beside the river with consider 4 BILE trou-
Die awaiting at home. they were in
great distress. So 20 youths volun-
teered to get them out OF their plight
by taking them across the Hudson In
the twenty-toot canoe.
Though its gunwaie was perilously
near the water the canoe floated the
party Of five and all went well until
the swell, from a passing tug upset the
boat. The two girls proved 10 be As
sood swimmers as the men. Timmons
called to them to make for the up
turned canoe and all five hung on 10
he keel.
Telling the others to stick to the upset
canoe and that ne would soon be ba ck,
'rimmons set out to swim for Cox'a
poathouse Il was deserted and he ran
FOR Cox's home. a block away.
Meanwhile Mounted Policeman John r.
Mccarthy. who is twenty-nne and
good swimmer, had heard the cries as
ne rode down Broadway on his post.
lie galloped down Dyckman street and
cot n rntyDOlt.
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COATS & WRAPS. In Both Store.
SPECIAL VALUES

New Fall Wraps for street and
evening wear, made of Black Charmeuse,
satin lined. value $500, $500
Travelling and Steamer Coats Of
Boucle and Chinchilla Cloth, trimmed
with braid and velvet. As in. long.
value $500. lS.SO
Remaining stock of Summer Coats
and Wraps, including the seasons most de-
sirable styles, at greatly reduced prices.
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GIRLS AND BOYS
DRIFT AN HOUR ON
CAPS|zED CANOE
Policeman Rescuer'S Rowboat
Overturns as He Tries to
Lift One Aboard.
YOUTH SWlMS TO AID.
Motor Boats Save Party That
Tried TO Cross Hudson
in Darkness.
YOUTH SWlMS TO AID.

Ca2sized from a small canoe In mid
stream as they were trying 10 cross the
Hudson. two girls and three men drifted.
crying for help. for more than an hour
in the river between Dyckmaa street
and Spuyten Duyvil early tins morning
A policeman, who went TO their rescue
IN a rowboat, upset his craft as he was
endeavoring to lift one Of the girls out
OF the water. and he. too. had to join
in the cries that reused all tae inhabi-
tants Of the village OF Inwood.
One OF the men eventually swan to
shore, 1000 feet away. for aid. The
others were saved by two motor boats.
The Morningside Athletic Club, with
headquarters In Manhattan avenue, has
a camp under the Pallsade In Interstate
Park. opposite Dyckman street. AmonS
the members spending sunday at the
camp was Charles Timmons. twenty-five
years Old. a Marathon runner OF note,
living In One Hundred and Twenty-sec-
ond street. He was Joined by two
friends. Frederick Niles, twenty-one. OF
No 20Ss Third avenue. and Arthur Nell
son. twenty, OF No. s037 Amundsea ave-
nue., tie Bronx. both clerks. who went
over in a twenty-foot canoe hired from
Richard Cox u. the foot OF Dyckmaa
street.
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s,ty studies therein was not essential a,
matri culation.
Tombstone epitaph., 1912-12-29
Popular Tombstoneite
 a Proud Grandpa

Csptsin Ben Cook, one Of Tomb. -tnne's oldest and moot highly re-. spscted pioneers, wss today the re- cipient of . Christmss greeting that added j y and cheer to the old veser- an The ''~ire" was of so plesssnt . nature ,ha' the wrinkles Of yssrs gave place to smiIes, 1.-the step indicated the return of youth. and his many trends rejo:ced shereat Is slI came shou, by reason of telegram from I.os Angeles telling him chat through Attorney and Mrs Charles Bowman he had 'ecome . yu'etide grandfather. Captain Ben was beside himself, d,d the bonors and amidst the curling vspnrs from the ~ ry best" wss heart. fly congratulated, and put nto cos- tody of many messages of congrstu- lstion. 70 the happy father and mother, 'he latter ct whom formerly belonged ,a Tombstone. while the proud fsther, e pro osnent attorney and general good fellow needs no iotrod dncsiou hsrs. The PsosPEcroR hopes thsl Chseiss will not Gos.s fsr into the ais e eo nsed . ssroplaos.
Tombstone epitaph., 1912-12-29
Will Introduce
 Mortgage Tax

Word hss heeu received in this city tLat an effort will be mad- at the next session Of the legislature to in r.,duce . mnr'gsge tax. similar to he ninnesota Mortgage tax Local DO iticians are O the opinion that q -tr"ne fight ~ii be made on the bill. it is proposed.
 The Minnesots las provides for . tax of 50 cents on each $lGO for which . mortgage ,s madr. The lsw is des- ,ensted, on she fsce of it, to help the msn who is torrosing the money on . mortgage. The tex is pad by the person making the loan and is paid to 'he oounsy treasurer where the mort gage n reg'stered. The mortgage hen became exempt from all other -xes. As at present he propos. q o,ll to core before the next legisletur- S,ll be modelled ou this law.
Tombstone epitaph., 1912-12-29
Homesteaders See
 Products of Arizona

W uderful fru ts. vegetables grsins md hay. .u~h a they hsd meyer iresmrd c"ol he r.is~d n Aris.na. were a constant snurc~ of delight to 'hs dssert homesteaders Of the in- 'fios oi coohise county. when they boarded the demonstration train of the University of Arizona. according tow E Barses. travelling freight spd passenger agent of che Southern Paciio.
 Homesteades for miles around brought their families long distances to see the train. and al were snssad. said Bsrocs. Most oi them had c, nc from the east direct to their desert elaine. and bad DO definite idea whs, fine produce could be raj. cd ,n Ari sona To zee the exhibits offered them . world of encouragement. The rain $ nov on the Fl Psso and Southwestern lire. 1t will return 10
 uceon Dec A.