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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-27
Arist0cratic Bargains

Every yearafte Easterte leading importers and makers
OF Tailored Suits and Dresses treat to their
longer needed models 1t arstocatc barganst
exclusive styles half the prices usual expensive
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-27
STRIPPED OF ITS MASTS.
The Bugeye M. V. Bennett Is Victim
of Peculiar Accident.

Lying in a dock at Baltimore, stripped
Of masts and sails, is the power-equipped
bugeye NJ. V. Bennett, the victim of a
peculiar accident. The bugeye, with a
load of oysters aboard from Cove point,
Md, was endeavoring to work her way
into a dock at Baltimore Monday night
when her masts fouled the yardarms OF
the bark Onaway, lying in an adjoining
dock, and before her Roadway could be
checked the foremost was broken off
about eight feet above the deck and the
mainmast was snapped even with the
deck.
The entire hamper-masts. sails and
rigginG-dropped on the deck of the
hugeye and Cant. Robert Martin and
others of the crew who were on deck
just had time to jump into the cabin
10 avoid being injured by the fall
ing sticks. Several hours hard work was
required to clear away the wreckage.
The vessel will be repaired at Baltimore
before returning to a Chesapeake bay
point.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-27
Secretary Bryan Heard From,

Secretary Bryan. who has been out Of
reach OF communication with the State
Department for the past twenty-four
hours in the Ohio flooded district, was
heard from this morning on his way east
ward. He is due In Washington this
afternoon. but will not take up his ON
cial duties here until Saturday. as he 10
expected to attend tho annual dinner Of
the Trenton, N. J., Chamber OF Com
merce tomorrow night and respond to
the toast, Some Signs OF the Times"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-27
BOWLING BATTLES.
Tonight's Schedule.
DuCKPNS,

Commercial League-W ashington Tobacco Go.
vs. Woodward & Lothrop. Palace alleys. .
Arcade League-Laborites G. P. O., Arcade
alleys.
Departmental League-Commissioner VS.. War.
Capitol Hill alleys.
Southern Railway League-Mechanical vs. Con-
trollers, Casino alleys
District League-Saengerbunds vs. Runners,
Royal alleys.
National Capital League-Potomacs vs.. Y. NJ.
G.. A.
Y. NJ. O. A. League Champlain W. Superior,
Y. NJ. c. A. alleys.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-27
RUNNING BOARD
|. CASES. DROPPED
District Refuses to Prosecute
Charges Against Street
Car Company.
PRESENT REGULATION
MAY SOON BE CHANGED
Utilities Commission Now Has Juris.
diction-Carrier Fined for Vio-
lating Other Rules.

The charges against the Washington
Railway and Electric Company declaring
the company had violated the regulation
of the interstate commerce commission by
failing to keep the running boards of
open cars clear of passengers on several
occasions were finally settled today when
James F. Smith. assistant corporation
counsel. nolle pressed each of the cases.
George p Hoover. attorney for the
street railway company, has been in con-
sultation with the corporation counsel and
his assistants for some time in regard to
the cases. Hearings were deferred from
time to time in order that the question
could be more thoroughly thrashed out
bafore bringing the matter into the Police
Court.
Stand Of Company.
Mr.. Hoover said today that had the
cases gone to trial the company would
have contended that the regulation, which
was made by the interstate commerce
commission under authority given it by
the act of Congress Of May %, 1908, was
unreasonable in that it imposed duty
on the railway company and its employees
that could not be complied with. The
employees of the company. Mr.. Hoover
said. have no means to force passengers
to observe the regulation, although they
have been instructed many times to do
everything in their power toward this
end.
Mr.. Smith, who represented the District
Of Columbia in the cases. said that the
cases had been nolle pressed after much
careful thought The fact that the new
public utilities commission. which will
have Jurisdiction in cases of this char
acter in the future, may change the regu-
.lation or do away with it altogether, was
one of the reasons for the action. Both
Mr.. Smith and Mr.. Hoover said that
whichever way Judge Pugh decided, in
the event the cases were tried, the matter
would have been taken to the Court of
Appeals. AS the new commission now
has jurisdiction, this was considered to
be useless course.
Former Cases Dismissed.
been tried. Both of these were heard last
August before Judge Pugh. At that time
Attorney Hoover made his principal de-
Tense the alleged unreasonable phase of
the regulations. and the court sustained
his views, dismissng the cases.
The last cases charging violations of
the interstate commerce commission
regulations by the Washington Railway
and Electric Company were heard to-
day In one case the company was
charged with operating a car which was
not properly equipped with a wheel
guard, in another the charge was a fail
ure to have car properly equipped with
dry sand, and in the third and last case
the charge was a failure on the part of
the railway to have the fender in proper
working order on one of it's cars. To
each of these charges the company en-
tered pleas of guilty, and Assistant Cor
poration Counsel Smith recommended
fines of S., which were imposed by Judge
PIgh.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-27

Charles Price, employed In the Western
MARYLAND railway roundhouse at Ha-
gerstown. Md, was accidentally struck
a glancng blow on the head while at
work with a twenty-pound sledge ham
meg and his ear MAS nearly torn Oh.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1913-08-08
SUCCESS ASSURED
FOR CELEBRATION
LABOR DAY
At Meeting of Committees Large Do
nation 81 Announced, and Plans
Outlined For Successful ceIe-
bration.

The various committees appointed
for the celebration to be held in
Clifton on Labor Day met at the Lii
brary building Friday night to furth-
er perfect plans for the celebration.
The finance committee announced
that $4,000 has been secured. and
that prospects were bright for furth-
er donations of substantial amounts.
IL being confidently expected to have
the list finally total more than S1OOO.-
W. More tnan $4,000 had been Sc
cured from the laboring men, and
campaign among the business COM
munity is expected to yield good re-
suits.
At the meeting held on Monday
night, August 4, a permanent chair
man and secretary were elected, and
full committees appointed Also many
suggestions were made concerning
the features of the celebration, which
will be held in Hills Addition. 1t
was decided to secure the services of
the best speaker obtainable to de-
liver an address. Also it was an,
nounced that spirited ball game
would be played between the en-
plOyeeS of the old and new A. G.. Co.'s
smelters
The next meeting of the commit
tees will be on Monday night, August
IL, at the Library building, and a full
is requested, as the time
for the celebration is rapidly ap-
and spirited and united
work is necessary
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1913-08-08

ores from the Coronado mine and
other mines of the A. c. Co. to No. 6
concentrator at Morenci. A distance
of five hundred feet was recorded on
this work last month and will be COM
pleted the last week in August with
the connection with the Coronado
shaft.
No. 6 Concentrator
While the force of miners were
driving the Coronado tunnel and the
work1nen were building the new smell
ter another large force of mechanics
has been employed in building the
new addition to the big No concen-
traitor at Morenci. This addition
will be completed by September 1
and the new plant will have a COM
bined capacity of 1000 tons per day.
New SuIphuric Acid Plant,
A large sulphuric acid manufacture
ing plant is to be added to the new
plant at smelter and will be located
above and adjacent to the present
roaster and dust chamber. This plant
will have capacity of so tons per
day and the fumes of sulphuric acid
which is required forthe teacher. The
old sulphuric acid plant at the old
smelter site will be dismantled Ar
rangements for the construction of
this plant was made while General
Manager Carmichael was in the east
last month and the construction work
will be under the direction of Utley
Wedge, the designer, who is the con-
sulting engineer for the Tennessee
copper 20. - ra<s
- Old smeiter Site.
AT the old smelter one furnace will
continue in operation during the next
three months while the new smelt-
Ing plant is being tested At the ex-
piration of that time all smelling at
the old site will discontinue and the
work of dismantling will begin and
as soon as this has been accomplish
ed and the site cleared. the location
Of the. new store building will be |
definitely decided, and construction |
work started. I
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1913-08-08
COTEY BEGINS WORK
ON MORENCI ROAD.

County Surveyor Tunis and Super
visor Hampton this week made a Wis
it of inspection to the places of con-
struction along the Morenci-Clifton
road, the contract for construction of
which was let to Mr.. Cotey, who be-
gan work Monday. Mr.. Cotey has
sublet the construction of one mile of
this road and work along this dis
tance is in rapid progress.
Mr.. Tunis states that the compile
ton of the Clifton-Metcalf highway
will probably require three more
months, the work being of so diff
cult nature that more time than
formerly anticipated will probably
be required for the completion In
places, parapets will be erected on
this road, this being to more fully
safeguard traffic, the roads route be-
ing along the sides of mountains,
and in places above deep ravine
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1913-08-08
STATE VALUATIONS
SHOW GAIN Of 1866
PER CENT
Tax Commissions Activity and AS
SCISSORS Efforts Cause Increase.
ALL PROPERTY LISTED
AT FULL CASH VALUE,
Cochise Comes First With Maricopa
Second; Santa Cruz Is Lowest.

The valuations of the various
kcounties of the state of Arizona, after
being equalized by the Boards of
Supervisors in the capacity of Boards
of Equalizations, are now in to the
tax commission and show an increase
of $228,983, .66 or 166 per cent.
These totals were taken from the
assessors books of each and every
county in the state, and from the
abstracts of them. Each county now
has it's rolls complete and there re-
mains but one more step to make in
the matter of making the levy for
the year, that is the assessments
have yet to be equalized by the
State Board of Equalization which
meets next week
The radical increase in the valua-
ton of the property in the state is
the result of the activity of the tax
commission and of the assessors and
supervisors in the various counties
Early this spring the tax commission
issued an order to the effect that all
property must be assessed on its full
cash value. The county officers, in
practically all cases, Immediately
placed their assessments on this ba-
sis, and the increase noted above is
the result.
The tabulated statements of the
of the various counties fol-
low:
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1913-08-08

hgure1 on electrolytic, which they
clai-it-A-<S higher than their grades
Ihe matter was taken under advise
ment by the commission.
Jas. H. Kerby, County Assessor
and c. P. Dunn, member of the
Board of Supervisors, were in at.
tendance at the Tax Convention from
this county. Both officials returned
home Saturday night last and were
unanimous in the opinion that the
convention had accomplished a great
deal of good in the matter of equal
izing the assessments of the state.
In going over the assessment of
Greenlee County very little criticism
was made of the assessment, as re-
turned by the assessor and County
Board of Equalization When the
assessment of the Clifton Water COM
pany and the Morenci Water COM
pany was reached it was seen that
both companies had been assessed at
less than the physical Valuation de-
termined by the State Corporation
Commission. Other assessors pres
ent made the statement that public
utility corporations in their counties
had been assessed at the full value
as found by the corporation commits
sion. Mr.. Kerby then requested the
Tax Commission to assess the water
companies in this county at a like
figure. In justification of his assess
ment of the water companies at
Clifton and Morenci Mr.. Kerby ar
gued that the assessment made
against the water companies was in
the end paid by the consumers; that
the water companies were allowed
by the corporation commission a net
return of ten per cent on their invest
ment, after paying their taxes, and
that the more taxes the water COM
panies paid the higher the water rate
would be and in the end the water
users would bear the burden of taxa
ton assessed against the plants.
Assessor Kerby was emphatic in
his assertion that the tax convention
diclosed the fact that land and city
lots in Phoenix were not assessed at
their full cash value and that this
was the general opinion of Assessors
and members of Boards of Supervis-
ors present with the exception of the !
Maricopa county delegation. In all
the Tax Commission, in |
he face of the disclosures made, will |
order re-assessment of Maricopa !
County realty.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1913-08-08
CLIFTON POSTOFF|CE
RECEIPTS ARE
S12, 43O.64
Congressman Hayden Writes Seere-
tary of Chamber of Commerce
That Clifton is Eligible to
Receive Appropriation
For Site For Federal
Buildinq

The best Indication of the contin-
ued growth of Clifton is the postal
receipts at the local postoffice I'm
der the administration of Postmaster
Lehman the receipts are now greater
than ever before in the histirysof the
March 81, 1913, s12,43064
AS a result of the increased postal
receipts Clifton is eligible to receive
an appropriation from Congress for
the purchase of site for Federal
building and the following communi-
cation was received this week by the
Secretary of the Chamber of Com
merce from Congressman Carl Hay
den:
Washington, D. c., July 81
Clifton Chamber of Commerce,
Clifton, Arizona.
My dear Sir
| am informed by the First Assist
ant Postmaster General that the re-
ceipts of the Clifton postoffice for
the, four quarters ending March 81,
1913, were $12,43O.64 Under the
rule established by the Committee on
Public Buildings and Grounds, any
city or town having postal receipts
in excess of $4,000 ia eligible ta re-
ceive an appropriation for the pur-
chase of site for federal building.
I will be greatly obliged if you will
tell me whether there are any other
departments of the government rep
resented in Clifton, except the post
office. 1 desire to ascertain how
much rent is paid by the United
States for all of the various branches
of the government service located at
Clifton. Any information you can =.
give me in regard to this matter will
be greatly appreciated.
Yours, etc,
''Ti '7sF~ : CARL HAYDEN,
Postmaster Lehman this week re-
ceivedl adyices from the department
that an extra clerk had been allowed
the Clifton post5fiee and the assist
ant is expected here in a few days
AS a result the windows will be kept
open two hours longer at the office.
The money order window postal saw.
ngs and register windows will be
open from a. m. to p. M and the
general delivery window will be open
rom a. m. to z p. m.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1913-08-08
BIG NEW SHELTER WILL
BLOW IN THIS MONTH

The new smelter of the Arizona
Copper Co. Ltd, which has been un-
der construction for the past two
years, will be blown in on Friday,
August %, according to a statement
made to an Era representative this
week by General Manager Carmichael
who said one reverbatory furnace
will be in commission on that date.
Saturday morning, August 9th will
witness the big A. C ore trains pass
ing through Hills Addition on their
way to the new ore bins at smelter
The big roaster will be started on
Friday morning, August 18th and the
first copper to be produced from the
new plant will follow one week later
Warming up one of the big reverba-
tory furnaces will start the same day
as the roaster is put into commission.
Following the blowing in of the
first furnace another will be made
ready and with both furnaces in COM
mission approximately 250 men will
be employed about the new plant.
For the first three months the new
plant will be operated under the di-
rection of DR.. L. D. Ricketts,, con-
sulting engineer, and his corps of as
sistants. Mr. Amber, personal rep
resentative of DR.. Ricketts,, will be
directly in charge. During the three
trial several experiments will
be tried out and the plant thoroughly
tested in every department. At the
expiration Of three months DR.. Rick
etts will formally turn over the plant
to the Arizona Copper Co. Ltd, and
it will be Officially received. At this
time it is expected that several di-
rectors of The Arizona Copper Co.
Ltd, will be in Clifton from Edin- !,
burgh. -~~a~
Coronado Tunnel.
This month will also witness the |
of another big undertak-
ing-the driving of the Coronado tun-
mel. This tunnel, upon completion
the latter part of this month, will
have been driven a distance of 6310 |
feet, just thirty feet more than d
nile. 1t will be used for conveying |
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1913-08-08
NO. 1929 ESCAPES
FROM TEMPE STOCKADE

TEMPE -Perfecting his escape in
the darkest hour of the night when
things at the stockade are at a
sudden disappearance from the local
state works Saturday night. And as
yet he is still at large despite the
efforts of the local officials through
out the day yesterday to locate their
man. The wires to all nearby
points were kept busy continually
but up to the time of writing nothing
that would lead to the whereabouts
of the missing man was TO be had.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1913-08-08
seq. HOUSTON MAY
VISIT HERE FAIR
WEEK
Distinguished Educator and AarieuI-
turlst of President Wilson's cabinet
Planning Western Trip.
Has Never Visited Salt Riuer Valley
or Roosevelt Dam and is Greatly
Interested In Their Success.

Hon. David Franklin Houston, Sec
retary of Agriculture in the Cabinet
OF woodrow Wilson, president of the
United States may be a visitor in
Phoenix during Fair week, or about
that time. This was the informa-
ton brought to Phoenix yesterday
by Hon Harry S. Graves. chief for.
ester of the United States, who with
Arthur G. Ringland, district forester
for the Third district of which Ari-
zona is part, who were visitors in
Phoenix yesterday, and who left this
morning via Roosevelt for Globe and
Fort Apache.
Dr. Houston is planning to make
a swing around the circle some time
in the fall, especially to visit the
west and observe for himself the
activities of the Department of Agri-
culture in the western states Hav-
ing never been to Arizona and never
having paid a visit to the Salt River
not being personally cognizant with
the wonderful degree of cultivation
that is reached under the irrigation
projects in the west and southwest,
he has expressed a desire to make
a trip out in this direction.
Inquiry as to probably the best
time to visit this section evoked the
answer Fair week, as all Arizona is
in Phoenix at that time and an op-
portunity is given to see Arizona
products at their best
1t is quite likely that the Board of
Trade will shortly draft a fit invita-
ton to the secretary to include this
section in his itinerary, and Gov
Hunt and Mayor Christy are sure to
send invitations at the earliest mo-
ment.
DR.. Houston is one of the most i'm
portant men in the cabinet of the
president of the United States. He
holds the position held for sixteen |
years by Tamma Jim Wilson of Iowa, |
one of the largest departments in the |
The entire experimental |
station work that is carried on by
he government in every state in the
union, is under the supervision and
direction of the Secretary of the In
terror. In this work Arizona has
ong taken a leading part and has
assisted the government in more
ways than one. The experimental
station for this state is located at
Tucson at the university where is
llso the Agricultural college. Be
;ause of the fact that the director
If the work in Arizona is head of
he experimental station of the gov
and that this position prac-
1cally directs the experiment farms
If the state, it can be seen that it !
s interested in the work.
The weather bureau and the seed
distribution as well as the forestry
ervice and the plant and soil expert ]
nents, the animal husbandry, the [
biological survey, the good roads de- I
,artment, as we'll as the entomology
al activities of the government are
Llso in this department It can thus
le readily seen that the Department I
# Agriculture touches Arizona very
All these things interest
Arizonans greatly in the probability
# visit from the distinguished chief {
# the department. II
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1913-08-08
MEXICAN CONSUL IN DIFFIcuL

TY.-The city council held a special
meeting on the night of August s, the
object being an investigation of the
charges preferred by Sr. Palafox, the
representative of Mexico in Clifton,
Palafox complaining tnat he was as
saulted by Night Marshal Tom Nc
Cu1lough on Thursday night, in the
neighborhood of the A. G. Co.'S store
on Chase Creek. Marshal McCul-
lough's version of the affair is that
Palafox and several Mexican compan-
ions were in an intoxicated condi-
tion at about two o'clock in the
morning, ana that he, the marshal,
attempted to persuade them to go
home, to which advice PalafoX replied
that he, Palafox, would do as he
pleased, at the same time attempt
ing to assault the officer, who, ac-
cording to the story of the Mexican,
slapped him, PalafoX, in the face.
But Mccullough denies this state
ment. At the meeting of the coun-
Gil last night, no conclusion was
reached, action being deferred until
after further Investigation.