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Arizona republican., 1913-11-07

for the track Baker led the boat up to the start line and asked Derlz to ride it. Pulling off his red hat the road race wonder equipped himself win goggles and mounted As he slid into high, he knew something was wrong The machine would not go fast enough to raise a dust. Dis covering within the first fifty feet that he had been jobbed Derkum continued the race. Passing the grand stand, he put his feet on the bar and waved both hands at the crowd while the big De Luxe Indian did its best speed-not over thirty five miles an hour Derkum finished the race a lap or so behind Artley who won in 4:42 2-5. Wilson was second.
 The feature motorcycle race was the ten-miIer, which Baker won from Don Johns, the Excelsior rider.
 Curley Thomas. the local favorite, qualified for the hard luck cham pionship when he had his second mishap of the day during the ninth lap of this race His back wheel locked right in front of the stands and he took sensational spill with thousands watching to see him mangled by the next machine. He escaped and remounted, but his ma chine was not in shape to show.
 Tn the morning time trials Thomas rode an Excelsior the last half mile of a speedy tryout with fire squirting from the tank. With clothes and machine burning he stopped at the pits and tried to eXtinguish the flames. The machine was almost to- tally destroyed before he could get the fire out
 Bakers record time for the ten miles was 9:11 2-5. His record for other performances of a similar dis tance is 9:oS.
 O'Connell won the five mile race with an Indian single in 5:13. His nearest competitor was Johns on an
Arizona republican., 1913-11-07
LARGE ATTENDANCE
 AT WELFARE TENT
Many Persons Interested in ChIld's
 Welfare Work at Fair

Mrs. C. B. Wood, wife of the sec retary to the fair commission, has been very active the past week and has not missed a day from the fair. Mrs. Wood has not been in attend ance merely as a pleasure seeker or sight-seer, but has made the Congress If Mothers tent her headquarters, presiding over the library and dis tributing literature on child welfare. in which she is greatly interested.
 Books belonging to the congress are there and are frequently referred to in the open discussions that follow the lectures. The Child Welfare Mag azine, American Motherhood Maga- zine and pamphlets relative to the care of the baby in hot weather are given out by the hundreds of copies daily.
 Mrs. N. IT. Porter one of the vice presidents of the National Congress of Mothers, and formerly state or Sanizer of the Parent Teacher asso- ciations of Texas. was among the prominent visitors to the congress yesterday. There were fully one hundred and twenty-five in the lee ture hall in the afternoon when Dr. Charles Meserve of the University of Arizona, state chemist, delivered an address on Pure Food Laws In charge of the days work were Mrs D. r. Jantzen, Mrs Ida Dysart. Mrs w. A. Wilson. Mrs Charles Paxton. Mrs. Mary Guild and Mrs. Lydia Evans. all of whom are members of the Osborn Parent Teacher associa tiOn.
 Miss Jane H. Ryder, assistant state chemist. will be the speaker today dlscussIng Care of MILK in the Home.''
Arizona republican., 1913-11-07

plex 8, winner of the Fl Paso race with Ray Harrell driving in place of Jed NeWl<irk the successful pilot. Jack Slagle of Phoenix rode as me canician. Guy Ball drove the Mar mon Wasp to an easy second and Ellis Buick 19 was third. Carlson's time was 1854 2-5. He's a very gentlemanly fellow and not at all bad.
 Fifteen Miles for Small Cars
 Two speedy FOrds were contenders in the small car race. Schnack's 26 finished third after giving the Nikrent Buick a hard fight. Evans No IT, out of the other race was out of time and failed to compete with the bigger cars.
 BuXton was a clockwork winner in
Arizona republican., 1913-11-07

Excelsior Wilson on an Indian wac third. s@sss
 O'Connell also won the first event, ten miles for singles. going it in 10:33. Wilson was second and Mont gomery third. Ford on an ancient Indian reminded the crowd f . well known white Thor
Arizona republican., 1913-11-07
COME H WU Pay
held by Curley Thomas on Paul Readings Indian.
 Attracts Bio Crowd

'NNNI ~ONS I~fS VT WI
 Auto day attracted the biggest crowd of the week Commissioner Henderson state unofficially that at four o'clock the crush had reached the 2S,O0O point The stands filled early, and there was a crowd of five thousand people in the infield before the noon hour. Two thousand auto mobiles were parked inside the half mile track, and it took three hours to get them all on the road after the program had ended. The crowd was two hours getting out of the grand stand Every conveyance provided to and from the fair grounds was taxed to it's limit
Arizona republican., 1913-11-07
MEETING OF ARIZONA PUBLISH
 ING COMPANY STOCKHOL DERS

NotIce IS hereby given to all stock- holders of The Arizona Publishing Company, that there will be an an Eual meeting of the stockholders held at zoo p- m, Monday, November IT, 1913, at the office of The Arizona Publishing Company. corner of Sec end st. and Adams. Phoenix, Arizona for the purpose of electing directors and transacting such other business ts. may be brought before the meeting (SlSned) DWIGHT B. HEARD
 President
Arizona republican., 1913-11-07

Hire a little salesman at The Re ublican office. A Want Ad will see more customers than you can.
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MOTORCYCLE RACES

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OL LDFIELDS MILE MARK

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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-21
Wreckers Digging In the Ruins.

At another time he attacked q thou
sand men near Lehi. this county, and
killed them, though not one Of the
number had said so much as scat"
to him. What made it even more
embarrassing for the victims was that
instead of using some respectable
weapon, he did his bloody work with
the jawbone Of a defunct mule.
n He has caused much expense to this
city. On one occasion the police
were looking for him to answer for
some of his many misdeeds. The in
spector of detectives learned that he
was somewhere in the city and had
all the gates locked, thinking in that
way to imprison him in the corpora
ton limits. 1t happened to be on
Halloween, and when Samson got
ready to leave he removed the massive
barriers and carried them several
miles from town on the Nineveth
Road. It cost the city $3.50 express
age to get them back and hang them
again. ~
Mr. Samson Is survived by his wife
Mrs. Delilah Samson. His remains will
be shipped to Zorah for interment.
.~~~ 49,, F. 8. T1sDALE.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-21
SAMPSON DESTROYS SELF
Strong Man Perishes Among Enemies
tiles Much Trouble.

venerable elms which have for CEN
turtles shaded the walks Of Lincoln
avenue, and throw them across the
car tracks in the street.
He was finally arrested by the 3rd
and 10th regiments Of 1.-The regular
army, assisted by the GAIA Lancers
and Battery B Of the national reserve
artillery. General Gazish was IN
command and lost only four COM
panies in taking the culprit into Gus
tody In commentator Of this act,
the king made him Assistant Custodian
Of the Royal safety-Razor and pre-
scented him with solid silver medal.
The prisoner was incarcerated IN
the county Jail, given shave ana
hair cut by student in q local bar
Der college, and to make security
triply sure, he was hung all over with
lead weights. The engine In the penal
grist mill having blown out cylin-
der head, Mr.. Samson was put to work
turning the fly wheel This morning
he expressed q desire to go to church
since 1t was the birthday Of his grand
mother. The request was allowed and
he went along with only one keeper,
apparently docile. He took a seat in
the rear pew on the left side.
The Rev. John Grummit was work.
ing the pulpit. Rev. Grummit was a
mighty good man at heart. but his SER
mons were famous for length and
aridity rather than pithiness and
snap. Before the church announce
ments were over Mr.. Samson became
restless and said to his guardian:
Take me out Of this
The other, however, was drowsy and
refused to go back to Jail at that time.
Whereupon the prisoner rose and puts
ting hand on each Of the pillars that
were In the Smith, Jr., pew, he pushed
them out. with such force that the
roof fell in and, the building crumbled,
burying the entire congregation. The
bodies were taken to Wagner's
morgue as they were found.
When asked about the catasI~ "nhe,
the Rev. Lucious Gasser. rec. of
First Church Of Baal,, said:
1.-The structure must have been in a
deplorable condition. else no man
could have torn it down with his bare
hands. myself have repeatedly
pointed out to the Building Inspector
that the church did not have enough
exits and was so old that it ought to
be condemned as unsafe anyhow.
However no attention was given the
warning and-this Is the deplorable
result"
A large force Of men employed by
the GAIA House Wrecking and Con-
tracing Company, were at once put
to work clearing away the debris.
The body of Samson has not yet been
recovered.
The late Wilmer Samson had an
unsavory police record as long as the
arm Of a steam derrick. He has been
incorrigible from his early youth. 1t
was a mere nursery pastime for him
to go out into the wilds, worry lions
into rage by throwing sand in their
eyes, and then kill them with his
fingers.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-21

GAIA, Asia Minor, Feb. l. 1850
B. C.--The Dagon Memorial Church
at the northeast corner Of Maple ave-
nue. and Baal road, was torn down
during the morning services today by
Wilmer (Battling) Samson. The en-
tire congregation along with Mr.. Sam
son was killed in the crash. The only
member Of the vestry to escape was
Marion Ishish. who happened to be
Hon hunting on the plains east Of the
city. He would not say whether or
not the structure would be rebuilt.
When Chief Of Police Finnegan
heard Of the disaster, smile
smoothed out the wrinkles that have
marked his official brow for some
time, and he gave his entire force a
holiday as sign Of profound relief
and thanksgiving.
"Of course" explained the Chief, Il
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Samson Before His Hair Was Cut.
mourn for the people who persisted
in the disaster. But from the stand
point of guardian of the peace, 1t
was one of the most fortunate things
that ever happened to GAIA. NO"
that this man Samson is gone IT IS
likely that the population Will douoIe
before the next census, and many
manufactures that have been holding
aloof because he hung around these
parts, can now establish themselves
along the belt line.
Furthermore, his death is great
saving to the taxpayers. Since the
chief infractor Of statutes Is now gone
there Is no need for so many men on
our force. I shall lay off couple OF
platoons as soon as the coroner's In
quest has proven that Samson IL
actually dead"
Mr.. Samson, who called himself the
Strongest Man on Earth. came to town
last week to meet Czwiskczwlz. the
Polish wrestling champion, and de-
feated him to the extent Of three falls
in two minutes. Though the Pole
protested that his opponent had rub
bed olive oil on his skin, the referee
slipped Samson the long end OF the
purse.
In celebrating his victory Mr.. Sam
son drove about half the inhabitants
out into the suburbs and caused the
governor to declare the city under
martial law. One Of his bits OF vandal-
ism was to tear up the large and
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-21
CAUsTIC CRITICISM.

Howe-Quiller tells me he has a
great mind to write book.
Wise-I don't believe 1t.
Howe-Don't believe it-that he can
write a book?
Wise-Oh, he may be able to write
a book, but l don't believe he has q
great mind.
HIS IDEA
Charley Allneroe-He's a mean guy.
Tom Haddaway-Whys SO?
Charley Allneroe-I told him I
wanted to learn how to run an auto
and he never even offered to loan me
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-21
HE KNEW.

A1I AAA~ IL W.
Tom I'm be-
tween the devil and
the deep sea.
Dick You're In
bad, old chap. II
you can't swim.
A JOKER.
Tom
late me old chap
I'm going to marry
the girl on the floor
below. FRI
Dick What 100
marry beneath you?
HE KNEW.
The interviewer
In politics I sup
pose you've got to
keep your witAN to-
gether?
The Politician
Yes and your1 lips
together. tn"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-21

ANDCHURCH.
Had Given Author

A year or so ago he lost several
changes of raiment in q poker game
at Ashkelon. Instead Of going out
and working until he could make
enough to purchase the garments. he
deliberately slew enough men To fur
nish the clothing he had bet.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-21

Countess DeBroque-IOur marriage
to this plebcan American heiress, my
son. will humble our ancestral pride
in the dust.
Titled Scn-That's all right, moth
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-21
HE WAS WISE.

Wayne-S So old
Blackstone, the law
yer, objected to
your calling on his
daughter last night.
Payne-Yes, but
I knew how to fix
it. I asked for a
stay and it was
granted. N, RI, =
SAFE.
Henderson-What
do you do when
your wife throws
the cr o G k e r y at
you?
II g n p e c k--Sit
still.
Henderson--And
get hit?
Henpeck = d i d
you ever see q
woman hit any
thing she aims at?
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-05-28
and
SERv|A May
FIGHT
BALKANS, ONCE ALLIES, NOW ON
VERGE OF A free FOR ALL"
ENCOUNTER, WITH MUCH BLOOD
SHED.

Sofia, Bulgaria May 2S-The mill
tary circles of the Bulgarian capital
expect an almost immediate outbreak
of hostilities between Bulgaria and
Servia
Vienna, May 2S.--Bulsaria has ad-
dressed note to the European pow
ers offering to submit to their deci-
sion the question of future Of Saloni-
XII, according to the Reichpost today.
Salonika, May 28.-Seyere tension
still exists between the Greek and
Bulgarian armies facing each other
some distance north Of this city. Sev-
eral clashes, during which shots were
exchanged, occurred yesterday and
today The Greeks accuse the Bull
garians of assuming the aggressive.
In spite of the declaration made at
the Bulgarian capital that the Bull
garian troops have been ordered to
observe a moderate attitude and to
avoid conflicts with the Greeks, the
Bulgarian commanders apparently
are preparing to attack Eleftheria
with a view to gaining complete occu-
patton of the dominant position OF
Mount Panghaion.
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BRAVE WOMAN'S
DEVOTION SAVED
HER HUSBAND

Tucson, Ariz., May 2S.-Felipe Ri
vera, governor of Cinaloa state under
Madero, reported drowned while being
taken Il prisoner to Mexico City,
attributes his escape to the daring and
devotion of his wife, who is with him
here today. When he was arrested
at the state capital after the Mexico
City uprising, Mrs. Rivera insisted on
accompanying her husband to the ma
tional capital.
The woman waded out over mud
fats and swan to the ship where it
was necessary to take her aboard She
accompanied her husband to Mexico
City. insisting on remaining with him
To this Rivera attributes
lis safety. After Is days detention
ke was permitted to leave the coun
try at the port of Vera Cruz, where he
sened for New Yar,>. y1n arrival hare
J conferred with Jose M. Maytorena
lCrmer governor Of Sonora, probably
to tender his services to the constitu
tionalist revolution.
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ROOSEVELT TEMPERATE
EVEN WHEN DRINKING
WITH GAY M0NARCHS
SUCH is TESTIMONY OF JOHN 0lAUGHN NEWSPAPER MAN WHO MADE
The "GRANDE PROMENADE THROUGH EUROPE WITH the COLONEL
SDELIGHT ON WORLD TOUR OF the FLEET.
VATICAN INCIDENT CROPS OUT
But IT IS QUICKLY DROPPED

man to arrange for Mr.. Roosevelt's {.
ception by the king and the pope, was
that your purpose?"
"Yes, it was to arrange these recop
tions." sa"s
Here objection was entered by Co.
ground that the line of questioning
was immaterial.
Stop Right Here!
u regret that the subject came up.''
said the court 81 suggest that it stop
right where it is
Questioning along this line accord
Iingy was dropped.
Twill ask you if in 1912 and fol
some time prior if there was not a
general report among newspapermen
that Colonel Roosevelt drank to eX-
cess?" asked Attorney Belden.
"siIIy" Talk.
! OIaughlin, shaking his finger at the
I lawyer, replied:
There was not reputable CORE
! thought the report was silly, too ak
surd to be regarded or repeated
An argument followed regarding
the admissibility of evidence regard.
ing general reports of intemperance
! In tn edeclaration to this suit, the
plaintiff not only included the ques.
ton of use or non-use of liquors, but
also that of his general reputation :
said Mr.. BeIden.
The attorney read from the declare
tion, quoting that Colonel Roosevelt
never had been suspected of drink
ing alcoholic liquors to excess
, On this basis, he said the defense
would claim the right to bring out tes-
timony on Colonel Roosevelt's reputa
tion as it eXistetd in various parts OF
! the country The purpose OF the de-
fense as pointed out by Colonel Rooso.
velt's attorneys, was to prevent the
exclusion by the court of what is cal
led "hearsay" testimony throughout
the trial.
The court asked Mr. Belden whether
the defense would combat the position
of the plaintiff that malice in the pub
lication of the articles was basis
for damages. Mr. Belden answered
proof of malice undoubtedly would in
crease the basis for damages and the
defense would combat the attitude o.
the plaintiff
Wanted $4,000.
Attorney Pound here rose and said
"At first ! wanted to sue for $780,.
900, but Colonel Roosevelt insisted
that the amount should be nominal
He did not want to be vindictive, but
wanted merely damages for the publ
cation of falsehood."
1t was stated by Mr.. Belden thai
the pecuniary damages in this case
under the law might be any sum from
siN cents to 100000, regardless of the
amount asked in the suit.
Whether the alleged libel was true
or not. Mr.. Belden argued, the defend
ant believed the article to be true and
did not publish it out of malice.
Attorney Pound, for Colonel Roose'
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-05-28
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
MUST ClVE UP THE
CENTRAL PACIFIC

Washington, d. c., May 2S,-Attor-
ney General McReynolds has decided
to contend that the Southern Pacific
must give up the Central Pacific in the
pending dissolution Of the Union Paci-
iic merger and will bring suit under
the Sherman law to accomplish that
end if the dissolution pans fail to i'll
clude it.
It became definitely known today
that the attorney general had finally
decided that the Central Pacific must
b. divorced from the Southern Pacific.
The disposition of the Central Pacific
is understood to be the cause of the
bitch in the efforts Of the Union Pa.
citic and Southern Pacific to reach an
agreement.
The plan which the Union Pacific
will shortly present to the attorney
general contemplates, it is believed
here, only the disposition of the $126.'
100000 Of Southern Pacific stock held
by the Union Pacific and will leave
the question of the status of the Cen
tral Pacific to separate litigation to
he begun by the government The su.
pIeme court ordered the sale of the
Union Pacific holdings of Southern
Pacific stock and left open to nego-
tlation or future litigation the disposi'
ton of the Central Pacific.
The position of Mr.. McReynolds re-
gardng the Central Pacific comedies
with that of former Attorney General
Wickersham, who threatened an anti
trust suit unless the Southern Paci.
hc disposed of its subsidiary.
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Marquette Mich, May 2S.-.nt"o-
duction of further testimony to shoN
the abstemious habits of the plaiRtltf
vas resumed today in he libel sui, of
Theodore Rooseveli against George a.
Newett, publisher Of the Iron Orc " OF
Ishpeming, Michigan, who charged
him with drunkenness
John C. O'Laughlin, Washington co.,
Il spondent, was the first witness
Although Colonel Roosevelt on re-
turning to Europe from his African
hunt was obliged to attend banquets
a.d receptions rendered him by mon
archs, he never INDUCED in chaln'
ldgne to an immoderale degree. was
the testimony of OLauehlin, who said
he had been associated with Colonel
Roosevelt for twenty years. The wit
ness said he met the former presi-
dent on the Nile after the African hunt
sud accompanied him as far as Paris,
acting as secretary tc Colonel 70 ,se-
welt. OLaughlin also accompanied
the colonel on various campaign trips
in this country.
During your twenty wears eNpcii.
eice with. Colonel Roosevelt nave
you ever seen him in the slightest &C.
g,ee under the influence of liquor?
81 not only never say him under tie
iniluence OF liquor but it seems ahsf-
lutely silly to me TO have any ono Sig
gfst that he ever was
AT banquets have you ever seen
him drink any liquor
"At banquets he sometimes tcoN a
gias sof white wine. never saw Elm
drink more than one glass of chan
pagne.
Went to Japan.
O'Laughlin said Colonel Roosevelt
he'd appointed him assistant sccr,,-
1ary of the treasury and he had gone
"a mission to Japar for the Rcoso-
volt administration He said he went
to Japan the same year that Colonel
Roosevelt ordered the Atlantic heet
t. the Pacific.
Now, you mention that Colonel
Roosevelt sent the fleet to the Pacific.
was that measure taken because OF
the relations between this country and
Japan? Was it to prevent war;
Japan Is AWed.
Well, yes, it was perfectly evident
that Japan would not go to war with
this country if it was apparent that
this country was more powerful. 1t
was one of the measures taken by
Colonel Roosevelt to prevent war.
1t was measure of peace
The Vatican Incidene.
One reference was brought ouc in
OLaughlin's testimony to the incident
of Colonel Roosevelt's visit to Rene
wit hregard to the pope. O'Laughlin
explained he had been acting as rhe
colonePs secretary after the colonel
left Egypt for the tour of the cont
nent capitals and he communicated
with Ambassador Leishman at Rome
to arrange for the receptiul of Col
onel Roosevelt by the King of Italy
and the pope.
You wrote to Ambassador Leisil-
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GERMANY PAUSES
BEFORE DECIDING
TO PARTICIPATE

Berlin, May 2S.-The minister of the
interior has called a conference for
June 2 of leading industrial and com"
mercial men who will discuss with
the members of the permanent expo
sition committee and the members Of
cabinet whether participation in the
Panama-Pacific exposition at San
Francisco in 1915 is advisable.
The gathering will consider the com
mercial relations Of Germany with the
United States and more particularly
the effect of the new tariff, the possi-
tilities of trade development between
Germany and other countries on the
Fecific and the general effect of possi-
fle German absence from the eXposi-
ton
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and that the president had not colS
mitted himself.
Gustavus T. Kirby, president of the
American Athletic union and first vice
pesident of the Public Schools Ath-
letic League of New York City, invit-
ed the president to attend a demon
stration on June of physical training
and athletes by 10000 school boys.
Mr. Wilson was unable to accept but
wrote letter which is to be read at
the opening of the event.
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WILSON IS ASKED TO GRANT
INDEPENDENCE TO FILLPLNOS

Washington, d. c., May 2S.-Repre-
sentative Francis Burton Harrison, of
New York, today appealed to Presi-
dent Wilson to grant immediate inde-
pendence to the Philippine islands. He
declared that not only were the Philip
pines an easy point of attack for an
enemy but that the people were cap
able of self-government and deserved
the promised independence. Mr. Har-
rison said he did most of the talking