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Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1914-12-09
WOULD MAKE THE
BOARD CO-DEFENDANT.
From Wednesdays Daily)


Most of the time OF the superior
court yesterday was consumed by
argument on the demurrers in the
civil suit. against d. NJ. Clark by
Yavapai county, Judge Smith pre-
siding.
The attorneys for Clark argued at
length their proposition to make the
county board of supervisors code
PENDANTS with Clark, and Attorney
Russell for the American Surety COM
pany, which is on the bond OF Clark,
argued that his client was not re-
sponsible for any loss of money sus-
tanned by the county in the pay
ment of road certificates which were
not legitimate, the motion of the
company being to release it from any
part in the defense
County Attorney O'Sullivan and his
assistant. J. H. Morgan argued
against the demurrers, and at the con-
clusion Judge Smith took the matter
under advisement.
Marsh Sentenced.
Howard L. Marsh, who pleaded
guilty to a misdemeanor, taking 500
from Miss Sophie Z. Dalton on false
pretenses. was sentenced by Judge
Smith to two months in the county
jail, the date OF sentence to date back
to the time OF his. incarceration, some
six weeks ago. Marsh was also fined
500. and in the event he fails to pay
the same he must serve two hundred
days in Jail in addition to the two
months. The sentence will keep the
prisoner busy for the greater part
of the next year if he fails to raise
the money for his fine.
Other Cases.
The case OF Richards Bros VS..
Allen was set for trial at ten o'clock
a. M. December ?, the court setting
aside the order for trial yesterday.
Judgment for the plaintiff accord
ing to the prayer of the complaint
was awarded in the case of +. II.
Farmer VS.. Crabb ct al, r. PTalbot
appearing for the plaintiff and r. f.
Morrison for the defendant. This is
note and mortgage foreclosure case
involving the sum OF $50 and inter
est.
Motions on dcmurrers in the case
of the Mutual Building & Loan COM
pany VS.. Ferguson ct al were over
ruled, after argument by counsel.
In the tax suit against the Golden
State Mining and Milling company,
J. H. Morgan made motion to dis
miss, which was granted. The case
was evidently settled out of court by
the payment OF the taxes.
The case of Maxwell VS.. Miller was
taken up on motion for change of
venue. which was granted, the date
for trial being fixed at Dec 8 before
Judge Cooper.
James MalTone, an Indian accused
OF having killed an antelope. will be
tried December l4th, such date hav-
ing been designated yesterday. This
action comes to the superior court on
appeal.
Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1914-12-09
EVERY CENT OF BONDS
WILL GO INTO THE NEW
COURT HOUSE, SAYS HEAP
(From Sundays Daily

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Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1914-12-09
FATAL STORM.

HOUSTON, Tex. Dec. 2-One
person killed, several injured and
dozens driven from their homes by a
trrihc rain and windstorm today. Six
inches Of rain fell transportation
service is demoralized.
Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1914-12-09
FOSTER FATHER TURNS
OUT TO BE HUSBAND

NEW YORK, Dec. 5-That pretty
l7-year-old Dorothy Breeding, popular
among her friends in Flatbush, has
been a secret bride since last March,
and that SEVERN A. Breeding, sup
posed to be her foster father, and
more than three times her age, is
her husband. was announced by the
girl herself at the Breeding home.
The home is one OF the handsomest
in Brooklyn
Until the last few weeks the young
woman. who was known as Dolly,
went about much with other girls of
her age. Then she suddenly dropped
out OF social affairs, and it was wills
pered about the neighborhood that
the servants in the big house had
been instructed to call her Mrs. Bred
ing in the future
Never Was Adopted.
Mr.. Breeding, who is the eastern
representative OF the American Law
yers' Company, in Broadway, Man
haitian, is now on trip to the Pa
cifc coast.
When 4 reporter called at the house
the young wife refused to be seen,
but sent the housekeeper, explaining
that she was acting as messenger.
q want to ask if Miss Breeding and
Mr.. Breeding are really married as re-
ported" began the reporter.
Yes" married last March in the
west" was the announcement made
over the banisters.
But is not Mrs. Breeding the adop-
ted daughter of her husband?"
Never was legally adopted by Mr..
Breeding" was the reply.
Entered Home at Age of 4.
The housekeeper then said that I'M
der no circumstances would Mrs.
Breeding say more. She is not anX-
ious for any publicity was the reply.
The girl entered the Breeding home
when she was 4 years old. When
she was baby she was adopted by
the former Mrs. Breding's mother,
who found her at South Pennington,
Mass, and took great fancy to her.
The foster mother became an invalid
however, and Dolly went to the home
of the Brcdings
Breeding and his former wife were
married on February 10, 1900. In
March, 1912, Mrs. Breeding filed suit
for divorce, alleging that she had
found love notes written to her hus-
band by other women in his pockets.
These notes were put in evidence.
Clothes Envy of Friends.
Justice B1ackmar decided that Mrs.
Brcding's evidence was insufficient
and Mrs. Breeding went west in De
ccmber, 1918. She filed a suit for
divorce in Nevada The decree was
granted shortly before Christmas
Dolly continued to live in her sup
posed foster fathers home. No one
ever suspected more than a fathcrly
fondncss for the pretty child by Bred
ing.
The girls clothes were the envy Of
her associates. She always dressed
ii excellent taste and wore costly
jcwclry. Mr.. Breeding seemed to
shower her with gifts.
Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1914-12-09
EXPLOSION OF LYDDITE.

BRADFORD. Eng. Dee A
large stock of lydditc exploded today
in the chemical works here, when six
men were killed and many women il
jured
Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1914-12-09
Proceedings Of the Board OF
Supervisors Of Yayapai
County, Arizona.
Continued from page ~

1914 favor E W. Gilbert the SIS Of work
+ Giberton and
directed roll duplicate
f the
proval OF sufficient bond the OF $50
Tuesday November 1914. a Q o'clock A.. NJ
WILLIAM STEPHENS, Chairman.
Attest r. 7. BELCHER, Clerk
Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1914-12-09

For quick and artistic Job work,
the Journal-Miner is he place. -
Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1914-12-09

One damage and two divorce suits
were filed in the Office of the clerk
OF the superior court yesterday, and
one marriage license issued, and lii
the session OF the superior court held
in the forenoon one trial was held
and one criminal defendant arraign-
Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1914-12-09
Judgment Rendered

Judgment for a grocery bill was
rendered against the defendant in
the case OF Richards Brothers vs..
Allen, which was tried in the fore
noon in the superior court.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-09


at in the new taxdodging campaign
outlined by States Attorney Hoyne,
which promises to be one of the most
sensational crusades ever started.
Hoyne is disguised with merely i'm
posing cheap fines for failure to file
schedules and has determined to in
woke the criminal statutes.
From now on all fragrant taxdodg-
ers will be prosecuted for conspiracy.
In the County Court today Asst
States Att'ys Berger and Bell will
start the serious work by filing blan-
ket informations against several
wealthy men. If Hoyne is successful
in his campaign millions Of dollars Of
unpaid taxes will be restored to the
city. .
Those found guilty of the charges
contained in the information may be
fined $4,000 and imprisoned not to
exceed a period of two years in the
penitentiary or in the county Jail.
The blanket information charges
conspiracy to defraud the city, county
and state out of $50, 100000 of taxes,
covering period dating back about
two years.
Hoyne and his. assistants exposed
some of the taxdodgers' methods yes
terday. The two principal ways are:
1. Avoiding legal tax payments
by refusal to file personal property
schedules and letting the Board of
Assessors fix a nominal assessment,
usually upon the basis of an under
valuation.
2: Dodging tax payment entirely
by the exertion of political or other
influence and having chedules mark
ed mo assessment.
One of the most startling facts un-
covered by the states attorneys Of
fee bears upon the existence of
ring of high-priced corporation law
yers who have been shielding the
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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-09
HOYNE TO START CRIMINAL PROSECUTION
AGAINST RICH PEOPLE WHO DODGE TAXES

one, said Asst States Atty Bell
eve have directed our investigation
into the operation of certain tax
lodging machine which has worked
for years with a perfect system.
Associated with the ring of tax
dodgers we have found coterie Of
lawyers who will not be beyond the
reach of the same conspiracy clause
of the criminal code under which we
shall bring our prosecutions.
"The result of taxdodging in Cook
county has been the escape from tax
alton by large property holders at the
expense of the small payer, who was
compelled to bear the burden of high
er rates, created automatically as the
men higher up failed to schedule
their properties.
"a conservative estimate of the
amount of tax money which has been
thus diverted from the county,
should say, would be more than $780,
100000 for each year during the last
ten years. The $5O,000,000 sought to
be recovered in the information filed
yesterday represented taxes lodged
for about two years.
Undervalued property which Hoyne
hopes to force legitimate taxes on:
Real Property.
Railroads. Property not on
right-of-way.
Banks.
3-Loop property. Office build
ings, department stores and other
property.
+Corporations with large hold
ings.
5-Individuals with large holdings.
Personal Property.
Corporations. Capital stock,
merchandise, fixtures and credits.
Firms. Merchandise, fixtures
and credits.
3-Individuals. Mortgages, stock
in foreign corporations, notes and Sc
curities, bonds and other personal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-28

at first but the soldiers threatened her so brutally she finally obeyed, placing before them a well-filled jug of whis- key.
 Now Nancy came of fighting, rough and-ready stock and she did not relish in the least being ordered around in this fashion right in her own house and, particularly, by enemies of her country. So, while the Redcoats were busy with the whiskey, she formed plan to capture them. She pre- tended to be very busy preparing a meal for them; so, after a while, they became more interested in the con- tents of the jug than in watching her.
 Straightway Nancy drew little Su- key aside and told her to slip quietly out of the cabin and hasten to the spring at the foot of the hill and blow the conch-shell which was always kept there to summon Nancy's hus- band from the fields at meal-time. Little Sukey swallowed her fear and obeyed her mothers instructions, blowing on the conch-shell until it seemed her little cheeks must surely pop open.
 In the meantime, Nancy was not content to wait until her husband and his neighbors arrived upon the scene So, watching her opportunity, she knocked a piece of "chinking' out
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ately i'll. And he contracted disease in prison that caused his death when but fifty-one years of age.
 When peace was declared Stockton was released and returned to his home. But, alas, such a home it was Every thing was in ruins. Indeed he was so poor that he had to depend upon friends for food and shelter for him. self and family-and once he had been rich landowner with broad, fertile acres and sleek cattle grazing upon them.
 Another victim of England's hatred was Francis Lewis. An Englishman by birth, he had sided with the Colon ists and signed the Declarations; so England bore a particularly strong grudge against him. Every bit of his land and property was conf1scated or destroyed. Though the British never captured him, they did finally seize his wife and throw her into foul, evil-smelling prison.
 There, she was left without a bed or change of clothing and with but the coarsest and scantiest of food. After several months Gen. George Washington managed to get her ex- changed for an English prisoner; but the poor little woman, broken in health as the result of her confine- ment, died within two years.
 Arthur Middleton. of South Carolina, not only signed the Declaration of In- dependence, but also, joined the Con- tinental army as a private soldier and fought for liberty. His property was laid waste: but fortunately his wife
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from between the logs in the corner of the cabin where the soldiers had stacked their guns.
 Then she grabbed one of the guns and pushed it through the crack, whence 1t fell upon the ground outside. She had just succeeded in getting rid of a second when one of the soldiers discovered what she was doing.
 Instantly, Nancy grabbed up third gun and aimed it at the three Red coats. yelling at them that she would kill the first man who moved. NOW it happened, Nancy's eyes were very badly crossed; so each of the soldiers imagined she was aiming straight al his heart. Of course, had they all rushed upon her, they could nave wrested the weapon from her hands and overpowered her. But it was cer- tain, before they could reach her, one of them would die. And each waited for the others to make the first move
 Finally one soldier started toward her-and Nancy shot him straight through the heart before he could take so much as two steps. Then she grabbed up another gun and covered them again. No one else seemed to care to try the experiment of disarm- ing this cool-headed determined. fear less womaY
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H # and the events leading up to @ v it happening that is purely American and one never duplicated. before or since, in the history of the world. As a matter of fact, however the little South American country of Venezuela presents a circumstance surprisingly similar to our own great patriotic event.
 Our Continental Congress, you will recall met at Philadelphia and drew up Declaration of Independence on July 4th, 1776. Thirty-fve years later. but on the fifth day of July. conven- tion of patriots assembled at Caracas, Venezuela, and declared that land free and independent of the yoke of Spain.
 So, too. as we had our immortal George Washington to lead us. Vene- zuela had it's Francisco Miranda and, later, its Simon Bolivar. The story is indeed an interesting one.
 Miranda had fought with General Washington, as a Lieutenant-Colonel on his staff. in our-war with England
 AS soon as peace was declared be- tween England and the new nation, Miranda returned to his native land and preached the doctrine of liberty and freedom. But the Venezuelans were not quite ready, as yet, to under stand this new doctrine or to follow him. So he set sail for France and fought there under Napoleon.
 A long while afterwards, he re- turned again to Venezuela and found that the seeds he had sown on his first return had indeed sprung up and vi all ad frr1i a Wa1pnrr1ad hv the populace of Caracas who rose and expelled the cruel Spanish governor from the country Miranda was then made provisional president of the new republic. Alas, it was not long until the King of Spain sent a fleet of war ships to Caracas and captured the city and many of the revolutionists. Mi- randa himself was imprisoned in an underground dungeon and, when he died several years later. his body was thrown to the sharks.
 Yet, his death was not useless one. For up sprang Simon Bolivar, a close friend and fellow-patriot. And strange to relate, Bolivar was only twenty-six years of age when he began his revolt which, after a while. re- suited in the capture of Caracas.
 An amusing instance is recorded of his childhood. When child. he lived with his wealthy parents in Madrid, Spain. One day he was in vited to play with the Grown Prince Ferdinand, in the royal courtyard. In the midst of their game of battledore and shuttlecock, the two lads began to quarrel. Without further ado, young Bolivar grabbed his bat and clubbed the princeling over his royal head. The son of the King of Spain promptly yelled. and the guards came running.
 Now this could have been made a most serious matter for, you see, to strike the person of royalty Is an of fense that used to be punished with death. But, fortunately. the Queen Mother realized that it had been but
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thrills were chasing themselves up and down her back, she stood her ground. She tried bravely to wave her flag, but it almost fell from her fingers. Still she stood her ground.
 MT. Snake seemed to pause mo- ment, raise his wicked little head and dart sharp look at her; then, with horrible wriggles and squirmings, he glided off into the tall grass near the fence. It was black-snake, you see, and they almost never attack a person unless he first attacks them.
 "'Rayl 'Rayl" cried little Ruth weakly, when she was quite certain His Snakeship had disappeared. "'Ray for tn Red, White and Blue! Come on, boys! Kill the enemy!"I And she seized one of the sticks and began to beat upon the drum fiercely.
 Paul and Robbie came slowly back not little ashamed of themselves, you may be sure.
 "Is he gone?" they asked. ''1s he gone?"
 "Yes." answered Ruth "and-and
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most the entire distance along the New Jersey shore, because 1t was safer: but finally had to try to cross the river without being detected by sailors on the English ships.
 They had gotten almost across to the Delaware shore, in a small boat, when 1t stuck upon bottom quite a dis tance from shore. To make matters worse a small boat full of British jack tars sighted them and started for them. Read quickly saw that he had but one chance for escape. So he dropped overheard everything incrim- mating in their baggage and then sat down quietly to wait for the British sailors to come along side.
 When they did, he very politely ex- plained to them that he was country gentleman out on a picnic with his family and boldly asked the sailors to kindly lend hand in towing his boat off into deep water. The Britishers hesitated moment, saw that the wom- en were evidently members of Reads family and then obligingly helped him land on the Delaware shore. even as- sisting in lifting the baggage from the boat to the land.
 Then after receiving Reads profuse thanks, they got In their boat and set out for their vessel lying a mile or so further up the river. And you may be sure that if those sailors had known that this "country gentleman" was one of the signers of the Declara- ton, they would have taken both him and family along with them.
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BEHEADINGS,

1. Doubly behead a place where goods are sold and get a mineral. 2. Doubly behead jealous and get a small hollow.
 8. Doubly behead to render useless and get greasy fluid.
 4. Doubly behead a song and get a pronoun.
 5. Doubly behead to dazzle and get a verb.
 6. Doubly behead a boys name and get a person under a guardian.
 7A Doubly behead a short staff used in music and get a weight.
 s. Singly behead tidy and get some- thing we must do to live.
 9. Singly behead not distant and get a part of the head.
 10. Doubly behead the name of a fur and get place from which min erals are dug.
 Beheaded letters spell the name of a national song. JUMBLED WORDS.
 The following are three things of importance in American history:
 1. Vunrtiraleyoo arw.
 2. latenidorac fo decndepienen.
 8. nitepacanimo fo levsas.
 Answers.
 BEHEADINGS.-1 Store-ore. 2. Ardent-dent. 8. Spoil-ou 4. Anthem them. 5. Glare-are. 6. EdiOard-iodrd. T. Baton-ton. 8. Nedt-edf. g. Nedr-ear. TO- Ermiate-n,ine. Sfdr-Spdngled Ban ner.
 JUMBLED WORDS:-1. ReUoluti0n- dry War. 2. Declaration of Independ- ence. 3. Emancipation 0f sldues.
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have no firecrackerS nor Roman candles for you; and Old Dobbin lost a shoe off her hind-foot the day before yesterday so Im afraid we can't drive the twelve miles to the town for the civic celebration there. But you can mercy sakes, I do believe I can find them for you, yes do!''
 "What-find what, Grandma?" cried Paul, the eldest of the three children.
 "Please, please. Grandma, is 1t some- thing goodwill we like it?" asked Ruth, her pretty blue eyes flashing with the excitement of the moment
 "Gran'ma goin' t find 1t; Gran'ma's s goin t find it," cried out little Robbie, jumping up and down and clapping his hands. He did not know what she was going to find-nor did he care - but he did know that she wouldn't find anything for them that they wouldn't like. Grandmothers never do, you know.
 "Goodness me, don't all speak at once!" laughed Grandma. "I'll have to go away up in the attic and look for them-but I'm pretty certain they are. there. No, you can't go with me; you must remain down here like good children. Mercy sakes Haven't you any patience! UT course l won't tell you what they arei They belonged to your Uncle Alex when he was a boy and"-Grandma wiped a tear from her eye-"and I've kept them ever since. Now wait; I'll be right down again"
 And it was not long, either, before she returned. bringing with her a drum, a horn and a small American flag.
 "Give 'em to meme first!" cried ai1 three children, instantly.
 Mercy sakes!" exclaimed Grandma. "One at a time And you must take turns playing with them! Now I think it would be nice to have a Fourth of July parade, don't you ? One of you blow the horn another carry the flag and the third beat the drum. Why. you can pretend you
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and children escaped before the British arrived upon the scene Middleton was captured. while fighting in the defense of Charleston, and held in prison for year before he was ex- changed.
 TWO other sons of South Carolina fell into the hands of the British at Charleston and were imprisoned at St. Augustine for year before being ex- changed They were Edward Rut- ledge and Thomas Heyward, Jr. Of course their property was wrecked and their possessions confiscated. While being taken by boat from St. Augustine to Philadelphia, Hayward fell over board
 To the credit of the British be 1t said that they promptly made every enort to rescue him. But Heyward owed his life to the fact that he man. aged to cling to the rudder of the vessel until they could lower a boat and save him.
 Though John Hart. of New Jersey, was not captured by the English troops, he had most thrilling escape from them He saved himself, but all his possessions fell into the enemy's hands and were promptly seized or destroyed. When the British army made its campaign through New Jer- sey, Hart was able to send his family to place of safety but was himself unable to follow.
 So. for days and days, he had to dodge and hide from the English sol- diers. He travelled steathily from one house to the next always just a step or two in front of the pursuing sol- diers. so to speak Indeed. his ex- periences were most terrible while try ing to escape the British outposts
 Here is an account of a signer- George Read, of Delaware-who clev- erly outwitted the British and by his presence of mind saved himself his wife his mother and his children from capture. He was travelling with them from Philadelphia to his home, along the banks of the Delaware River, on whose bosom floated a number of ships of the British navy. They went al-