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Arizona republican., 1913-02-08

There more Catarrh in this section of tho country tnan all other diseases put together until the last iew years was supposed to be incurabe. For a great many years doctors pronounced 1t local disease and prescribed local remedies. and by constantly failing 10 cure with local treatment pronounced incurable science mas proven Catarrh to be constitutional ds- ease and therefore requires constitutional treatment Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by T.. J. Cheney Co., Toledo, Ohio. is the only Consttuiona cure on Ihe market. It IS taken internally in doses from 10 drops to teaspoonfu It acts directly on tho blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case 1t fail. curl. Send for circulars and testimonials
 Address; F. J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo. Ohio.
 Sold by Druggists 75c
 Take Halls Family P!il5 fo1 constipation
Arizona republican., 1913-02-08

of making steel. Up to his day steel was a prohibitively expensive product. It is made, as the public understands. by combining d certain quantity of carbon with the soft iron, but nobody had discovered how to do this econom- ically. There was a superstition in the world that magic was more or less concerned in the process. The best steel came from such places as Damas- GUS and Toledo. in Spain, where the secret of making it was jealouslY guarded. Even if it had been revealed not much would have been gained, be-
 cause the metal was too costly for anythins but sword blades, pistol bar rels and other implements both rare and fine. In ITO steel prepared by some magic incantation was imported into England from Hindustan at $50,- 900 a ton. Mediaeval literature is full of wonderful stories about Toledo and Damascus blades The Toledo sword blade could be bent into the form of figure eight, and when released would spring back into shape again without sign of deformation.
 Whether Sir Henry was the actual inventor of the process which goes by his name or not is still a contrOverted question. He patented his discovery in London in 1855. Seven years before that date William Kelly of Pittsburg seems to have come upon it independ- entlY. When in 1856 Bessemer ap- piled for patent in the United States Kelly contested his right and the pat ent office decided the controversy in Kelly's favor. In 1870, some fourteen years later, the latter applied for a re neWal of his patent Had he obtained it he would have possessed the right to exact royalties from every steel manufacturer in the country, while Bessemer of course was out of the game Hence all the steel men, moved by their economic interest. villified Kelly as a pretender and exalted Bes- semer's claims to the invention. The latter made a fortune of $10,000,000 out of the discovery. while his American rival made comparatively little money. and is now as good as forgotten. Such are the mysterious ways of fate.
 Bessemer's process is twofold. It
 begins by eXpellng the impurities from molten iron by an air blast The
Arizona republican., 1913-02-08

FORD HOTEL-C w. Whitis, New York City; J o. Harnit, Yuma; s. T.. Ames San Diego: F. Srosjean. Fill more Cal; B. G. Orig, St Louis, Mo; Max Lewis, Buffalo; J. l.. Taylor, Han sen Jet; F. Taylor, AlamogOrdO; John w. Seybolt City; H. Fees, Fillmore. Cal: J. A ROckel F. D. McCune. Den yer; 'Frank R. Sanders. Mary E.. San ders. Mesa; H. C. Showalty, City; Billie WoOlf. Chicago: J. C. Shaw and wife, Douglass. Wyo.; pr Burt Ogburn, Ray; C. H. Rued, New York City; T. H. France. City: A. NJ. Wheel, Man nette: W. Wilcox. Los Angeles.
 DEATH OF HENRY HAUSER- The Los Angeles papers mention the death there at his home on February of Henry Hauser who is quite well known in Arizona and for a long time was an associate of MT. $. w. Hig ley. MT. Hauser was for time connected with the firm of B. Lan try & Sons and in that capacity had charge of the construction of the railroad from Ash Fork to Phoenix After the death of Henry Lantry, MT Hauser formed a partnership under the title of Sharp and Hauser, talk ing over the contracting business o1 the LantryS.
Arizona republican., 1913-02-08

company to manufacture his steel and soon made it dominant throughout the world. Naturally it rapidly enlarged the capacities of the railroads. In fact, it made modern railroading pos sible.
 Steel is now used for almost every mechanical purpose where iron served originally and the gain has been in estimable both in strength and endur- ance, but in many of the more delicate arts the Bessemer methods have now been superseded. The gas engines, for example, as it is used in aeroplanes and automobiles, demands a tougher and lighter metal than Bessemer steel and inventors have had recourse to various new alloys Iron forms the main part of them all, but various ele- ments unheard of in 1885 are com bined with it to obtain the desired properties. The latest combination ap- pears to be one of iron and vanadium, which offers immense resistance in small bulk.-Portland Oregonan.
Arizona republican., 1913-02-08
Of Local Interest
91slssN TaApes s.li COUNCIL s1zE2E
STORED WATER SUPPLY

Water service department daily re- port, February !:
 Elevation of water in reservoir,
 feet ........-............. 141.4S Contents of reservoir, acre
 feet ......,............. .....3S4. .644 Loss preceding A hours, acre
 feet ......................... 1924 Elevation of water i'll reservoir
 one year ago today. feet ~ 152. .2S Contents of reservoir one year
 ago today, acre feet ........425,O ,O01 Normal flow Salt and Verde
 rivers at Granite Reef dam.
 NJ. | .................... 1125O Amount of water used for irri-
 gation, north side, NJ. I.... 31,240 Amount of water used for irri-
 gation, south side, M. I.... 16.67O Water today in all the canals.
Arizona republican., 1913-02-08

degrees.
 Excess in temperature since first of month, 13 degrees. Accumulated deficiency in temper ature since January I, 7S degrees. Excess in rainfall yesterday, 12 inches.
 Deficiency in rainfall since first of month 10 inches. Accumulated deficiency in rainfall since January l, S9 inches.
 KENNETH MEAKER
 Temporarily in charge.
Arizona republican., 1913-02-08
COMPLIMENTS OF THE MORNING

They were two southern gentlemen, high strung and high living, and they met at o'clock in the morning after having had an unusually hilarious evening.
 Major" replied the colonel with great solemnity, T feel like thunder suh, as any southern gentleman should, suh. at this hour of the morn ing, suh."-The Popular Magazine.
Arizona republican., 1913-02-08
THE sESSEMER CENTENARY

The 18th day of January was the anniversary of Sir Henry Bessemer's birth He was the man who invented the "Bessemer process
Arizona republican., 1913-02-08
THE WEATHER.
Local Daily Weather Report for The
 Arizona eRpubIican.

Data for 4 hours ending 600 p. m. N-aetar1oN--
The Washington herald., 1913-07-21
BILLlA RDS
ny GEORGE FITCH,
Author of "At Good Old Siwash.~

Billiards is a game which Is played on
a green broadcloth table with fragments
Of elephants and hardwood cues.
Billiards constitute the mission Of the
elephant. 1t is his business in life to
grow a pair of tusks, out Of which ivory
billiard balls can be carved. When he
has died and the billiard balls have been
manufactured from his cold remains, a
pale scientist in shirt sleeves takes up
the task of driving these balls around
and around the table. The object of the
game is to make one billiard ball hit both
of the others at one shot. An amateur
can accomplish this in ten or fifteen min
utes, but it does not satisfy him. As
soon as he has done it once he must do It
again. After he has accomplished this
feat fifty times he puts on his coat pays
the owner Of the table N.s. and goes
home thirty minutes late to supper with
blue chalk all over him.
An expert gets the same results in ten
minutes, but il doesn't do him any good.
He merely goes on duplicating the feat
until he is late for supper. II he has to
do II 500 times.
Some men are 50 skillful with the bill
lizard cue that they can make the balls
as obedient as servants. But for most
men the balls are about as easy to direct
as three small pigs in a pasture. Some
of the greatest mathematicians, linguists.
and philosophers in the world make pitt
able exhibitions when called upon to is
sue directions to a meek-looking billiard
ball.
English billiard tables are very large.
and have pockets into which the balls
may crawl when abused. But American
tables have no humane provisions what
ever.
Billiards Is called pastime. but is also
made q science by many men, By be-
ginning early in life and playing con-
tinually, a man may become q great bill
The Washington herald., 1913-07-21
What the MeIlen Retirement Means.

Though no one will deny Mr.. Mel
LENS unusual abilities as the head of
the New Haven system, his resigna-
ton. under the circumstances, is the
only fit end to his house of cards.
The great monopoly which he built up
is going to pieces, Federal law lop-
ping off large section of it. while the
Interstate Commerce Commission has
condemned the rest. The action of
the State courts. public opinion, and
disgruntled stockholders will over
throw what is left.
Mr.. Mellen has been blamed for the
series of fatal accidents on his road.
This. in some respects, was unjust,
but his cardinal sin was the pushing
of his policy of railroad monopoly to
sheer madness. His hand reached out
to grab everything in sight, ito unity
the transportation interests of New
England" meaning, of course, to bring
under the control of his road the rail-
ways, the trolley systems, the steam
boat lines. and great number of the
public utilities companies of one of
the most populous sections of this
country.
Such concentration of power would
have engendered opposition, even if
welded in spirit of pure benevo-
lence.
Mr.. Mellen could not wish to re-
main at the head of the New Haven
road after all that has happened. Nor
is he wanted there The road needs
a rest after this period of fatal meg
alomania. or, to use plain English,
swelled head of its chief.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-21
This Man Knows Wone.:

Pittsburgh appears to have settled
the question of the new styles def
nitely. London frowns at the "pneu-
monia" blouse and the rheumatic"
skirt. Moral Richmond busters at the
very thought of a visible knee; other
cities are preparing to hustle wearers
of the "scant" out of town. But in
the otherwise begrimed city reason
and personal taste of the director of
public safety Joined to form = differ
ent judgment.
This responsible official likes the
new styles. Besides, he shows exceed
ingly good sense when he says that
regulating skirts and knees and diaph-
anous gossamer is as ticklish as it is
thankless job. Hear his pearls Of
wisdom:
Women will wear what they like,
no matter what the ministers say or
the neighbors think. Pittsburgh wom-
en- may go as far as they like, so far
as l am concerned. No good woman
will ever appear in the street in a
gown that is actually indecent"
The strangest thing about all this is
that this man is actually right.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-21
The Unrest in Poland.

There are some of us who remem-
Der the last Polish instruction, in
1868, under the able leadership OF
Taczanowski Mieroslawski and Lasz-
czynski. and the famous reply made by
the Russian Amba ssador in London to
Lord John Russelrs complaint as to
the treatment of the Inflated Poles by
Russia, that "he better had turn his
attention to Ireland"
Since then matters have not changed
for the better in Poland. The pa
tience of the Poles is exhausted, and
they are only waiting for favorable
opportunity to revolt. A commission
has laid the grievances of that down.
trodden people before the conference
of ambassadors sitting now at Lon
don. Its members represent the Polish
Socialist party, the Polish Peasants
League, the Polish Workingmen's
League, the Progressive party, and the
Professions Independent Organize
ton.
This shows that the present move
ment is essentially a popular one.
Heretofore all efforts at restoration of
Polish freedom were confined to the
aristocracy, but this time the democ-
racy has taken the matter in hand.
The Poles are prepared to demonstrate
that it is in the interest of the peace
OF Europe that something must be
done to satisfy their legitimate claim
Tor constitutional freedom. They are
The Washington herald., 1913-07-21
Rest Statue of washinGton.

Prom Scribner's Magazine.
Since the days of the cathedral build
ers France, has never been without great
masters of the chisel. Traditions and an
ever-accumuiating skill have been pass
ed on as from father to son through
generations immemorial. With all that
apostolic succession OF genius we of
another race are strangely unfamiliar.
One name, however. we associate with
that Of our first President. and for this
reason. and not because Jean Antoine
Houdon was the leading sculptor Of his
time. is he sometimes mentioned In the
United States.
Last June at the Doucet sale in Paris.
Houdon's little bust OF his daughter. sa-
bine. was sold for the sum Of $4,000
Houdon is looking up" and As q sue
cess may yet become worthy Of our at
tention.
As the first sculptor Of his day" Hon.
don was invited In lisa by Thomas JEFF
ferson. representing the State Of Vir-
ginia. TO make a statue of Gen. WASH
ington. On July Is. 1TS5. the sculptor.
with three assistants. sailed in the COM
pany OF Benjamin Franklin from South
ampton, bound for Philadelphia. The
journey required nearly two months, and
Houdon did not arrive at Mount Vernon
until October .. Two weeks were oc-
cupied in modelling the bust, making a
life mask. and taking many measure
ments, with all Of which the artist de-
parted rejoicing, and. thanks to the
rapid ocean service OF the time. was
home again on Christmas day, The re-
suit OF this trip was the notable marble
statue which stands In the state house
at Richmond, our most trustworthy por-
trait of the first President. Even Gil
bert Stuart, We are told, acknowledged
its superiority to his own familiar
Atheneum head.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-21
GETTING THE NEWS
By FRED C.. KELLY

the life that he didn't mind II. Gu,
talked SO glowingly about life at the pen
itentiary that the man decided to give
himself up.
Gus Karger's problem then was to get
his story to the paper and keep II away
from other reporters who might be ex-
pected at any minute. The only tele-
phone within several miles was in .
watchman's hut at the desiccating fac
tory. Gus was afraid to leave his prison
er. for fear he might change his MD
and escape. So he took friend mur1es-
er along, after borrowing q key to the
hut. He telephoned in his story, assured
his paper that It would be exclusive. and
then he Gsarranged some small wires In
the telephone, making II temporarily use
less. Also he locked the door Of the
hut and dropped the key into som.
bushes, pretending to have lost 1t.
After cautioning the men at the board
ing house to go on to bed and not talk
to reporters-even those who might come
representing themselves as attaches Of
the coroner's ofice-he and the muir
derer climbed into the hack for, the Jour
ney back to the police station.
On the way Gus met the rival re-
rorters. He babe his murderer acquaint-
ance crouch down in the back where
they couldn't see him in the darkness.
and then he casually lied to the other
reporters
.'How's It come you're blowing your
self for hack for the. return trip" they
asked him. suspiciously.
''Oh. I got 30 Disguised with the whole
thing made up my mind I wasn't going
to wait for a car or walk" said Gus.
I'm going to ride around q while now
and get some fresh air.s
The Washington herald., 1913-07-21
The Value OF Q Clean City.

From the Schenectady Gazette.
When the city has been made clean. 1t
should be kept so. Too few realize the
value Of keeping lawns and yards free
from rubbish. II Is worth while for more
than one reason-for instance, for the
sake OF health, for the sake of pleas
anter conditions for the citizens them
selves. and for the sake of the impress
sion il makes on strangers. II Is worth
much from the standpoint of local pride
to have the reputation Of being a clean
city. 1t is worth dollars and cents also.
for the better a town looks, the more
saleable property In II Is. 1t is a notice
able fact that all through the country
not only the cities. but the villages. have
come to realize that work along this
line Is worth doing.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-21

ssupposeds to live under . eoasdtu-
ton granted by Russia Go Is FIN
land), but conditions have crowd
worse instead Of better. They have
reached such Z stage Of evaporation
that they are fully determined to start
revolution at the very first favorable
opportunity.
There are today 100000 Poles in
Russia, 100000 in Austria (Calicia),
100000 in Prussia (Posen), and
100000 in America The latter are
thoroughly organized to give aid to
their ill-used brethren at home.
The. primary cause of Poland's
downfall was the inability to govern
itself. There was a time when it was
one of the most powerful empires of
Europe. But no sooner had the king
ship been made an elective one than
trouble and internal strife began. Ii
was jealousy among the great houses
as to who should be elected king
which finally led to the calling in OF
neighboring rulers to aid in restoring
peace, with the result that they swal-
lowed up the country by partitioning
it among themselves. The first d.
vision was frustrated by Napoleon,
who befriended the nation, but after
his fall there was a second partition,
and this holds good to the present
day. To give the reader an idea of
the power of the Poles in the seven
teenth century, they annihilated the
Swedish and Russian armies, took
Moscow, and reduced Russia to so
abject a condition that the Russians
offered to make the Polish Crown
Prince Wladislaw, son of King Sigis-
mund III. 'their Gar, Sweden making
a similar offer to another son of the |
Polish ruler. In those days the en-
pire consisted of Great and Little |
Poland, Galicia, Podolia, Ukraine, Ii
vonia, Lithuania, Black and White |
Russia, Polesia, Pommerania, ErmG
land, Courland. MoldaSia, Wallachia, /
Bukovina, Bessarabia, and Prussia.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-21
MONDAY. JULY q. lsla
NicaraSua.

Secretary Bryan's proposal that Mica
ragua be brought into the same relation
as Cuba with the United States comes
from a clear sky. 1t imposes even
greater obligations upon the United
States than the Nicaraguan loan treaty,
which the Democrats refused to ratify
during the last administration.
Mr.. Bryan's policy contemplates the
virtual surrender of Nicaraguan SOW
ereignty and the ceding of valuable
naval bases in exchange for 100000
and assurances of protection of Mica
ragua from foes without and-pre-
sumably-from revolutionary activity
within.
1t can be viewed only specifically
until Mr.. Bryan supplies details to the
public, which has been left to learn
the outlines of the proposal from the
leaks" in the Senate Foreign Rela-
tons Committee. On its face, the
proposal appears distinctly advanta-
geous to the United States, although
probably letting US in" for much the
same anxious service that we are
obliged to render Cuba.
If the policy is given effect the
United States, in possession of the
Panama Canal Zone, will exercise over
Nicaragua, the only other possible
canal route. the same influence that
Great Britain possesses in Egypt.
Not the least interesting phase of
the proposal is its revelation of Mr..
Bryan in a frame of mind scarcely
describable as anti-impeTialistic.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-21

Once in a great while q new reporter
actually has an adventure almost as
exciting as that of a cub reporter in a
fiction story of newspaper life in the
Saturday Evening Post
In the long run, experience is not
unlikely to be q help to a man. ard the
old, seasoned reporter has fair chance
to put II over the inexperienced cub.
Still the exceptional cases occur just
often enough to give q semblance Of
reality to the stun turned out by the
popular fiction writers.
In one of these exceptional cases the
hero was Gus =. Karger. who. besides
being one of the ablest political writers
at Washington, was the close friend and
spokesman OF the last administration.
Gus was a police reporter on one Of
the Cincinnati morning papers good
many years ago. A report came into
the station about midnight that a man
was supposed to have been murdered out
near what was known as the desiccat-
ing factory. That was all the police
knew about it. Now, Gus Karger CHANGED
to get this brief report little In advance
of the other reporters because he was
taking walk up the street and met
the policeman who brought the report
in.
It was late to set out on q story with
any hope Of getting It printed the next
morning, but Gus hired a night-blooming
hack and started. The place was about
fve miles away. After lot Of minor
adventures he found that there really
had been murder In a certain cheap
boarding house. Just before he reached
the house. man signaled to him and
asked II Gus were the coroner. Being
too young and inexperienced to know
that one must not impersonate an ON
Ger. Gus eagerly assumed the role OF
coroner. The man led the way to the
scene and showed Gus the shotgun with
which the murderer had pleasantly shot
his victim.
The murderer's name was also Gus
Gus Raabe-and 20 he and Gus kargcr
got along nicely together. They both
spoke German. too. Raabe was getting
ready to fee across the river In KEN
lucky about the time Gus Karger ar
rived. Gus advised the man to give HIM
self up. arguing that 1t would be better
for him than to escape and be captured
later. -
But the murderer objected on the
ground that he didn't like the dea Of be-
ing hanged or Of going to the penitentiary
even. Gus Insisted that he wouldn't be
II could not be more than
and that few years IN
the penitentiary wouldn't be bad 1t all.
He told the man about . friend Of his
who had gone to the penitentiary. learned
: trAds there and vot.so accustomed To
The Washington herald., 1913-07-21

he was lecturing for the money Their.
is in it that he would arouse q tempest
Of caustic comment.
1t wasn't his native love OF candor that
led him to do II, for Mr.. Bryan can be
secretive. It was his love OF being talked
about, Of being the center of a lively
controversy, of arousing a new interest
that should induce people to come and
see him.
His confession has started a new lin.
OF publicity. which is SO dear To him and
which brings in more money at the
gate
HIS "Brow of Labor" for OratorleaI
Use.
From the st. Louis TimeA
Here, We believe. we have the most
eloquent Office seeker of his age. Mr..
Bryan confesses that he canot live On
$1,000 a year This salary as a member of
the Cabinep, plus the income of a priv
ate fortune estimated at half a million,
plus the income from two farms. plus the
profits FROM his. newspaper. the Com
moner.
Yet the Bryan fame was elevated to
Its highest point when the then boy ora
tor said something about the oppression
of the poor.
We believe he has made II plain that
he cares far less for the brow Of labor,
save as material for an oratorical perora-
ton, than he cares for the Bryan feath-
cred nest.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-21

controversy with Japan are up to the de-
partment for consideration.
These are not with propriety to be left
to subordinates. The Secretary himself
should be on the spot and ready for con-
sultation at any moment with his chief.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-21
EDITORIAL COMMENT
ON BRYAN'S POVERTY
"BrSan Money Mad.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The sharp inquiry by Germany OF this
government relative to its attitude and
proposed action on the Mexican situation
fortunately found Mr.. Bryan, the Secre-
tary Of State, back in Washington from
his lecture at Hendersonville. n. c.
The question naturally arises: VIII
the critical posture of Mexican affairs
critical for this republic as well as for
Mexico-serve to restrain Mr.. Bryan from
keeping his next dates in the Chautauqua
lecture circuit at Steubenville, Ohio, and
at Keokuk. Iowa, where ne will chase
the gold standard and try to capture it?
The man Ii money mad. He makes
himself ridiculous and casts ridicule upon
the snation by, his stupid. scullion-like
dollar patriotism"