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Arizona republican., 1914-08-12
ALL THAT CAN BE DONE
 DONE ON THIS SIDE
Further Improvement of Financial Condition Must Come from
 Other Side
ASSOCIATED PRESS pIsPArcHI

NEW YORK, Aug. 11.-Beyond the further strengthening of the lines of defense. financial conditions remain the same There were numerous conferences regarding general condi- tons but it is becoming increasingly evident, according to experts, that any initiative toward a resumption of normal business must come from abroad.
 The only feature of interest was the June report of the Canadian Pa Cific railway showing a net decrease for the fiscal year of $3,S00, 000 There was a further advance of steel products. Weather reports indicated mixed crop conditions.
Arizona republican., 1914-08-12
ACTIVITIES OF VILLA
ASSOCIATED PRESS p1sPArcHI

FL PASO, Texas, Aug. 11.-While Carranzas forces are pressing on Mexico City, Villa is apparently con- centrating his efforts on smuggling arms across the border here. A wire cable crossing the Rio Grande west ot here was discovered by an American border patrol after several cases of rifles were reported trolleyed to Mex ico. part of a consignment of ten thousand purchased by Villas agents
Arizona republican., 1914-08-12
TOURISTS VANGUARD
 BACK FROM EUROPE
Hardships and Tips They Underwent
 in Belgium
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATcH1

ASSOCIATED PRESS DlSPATCHI
 NEW YORK, Aug. 11.-Among the Kroonland's passengers who arrived today, were Mrs. Adam Claflin and Miss Hines of Boston. They were in Belgium, and said they were nearly exhausted when they arrived at Ant werp after having walked all night and carried their baggage good part of the way.
 They said they paid $50 in tips to boys who helped them with their baggage Their experience was typi- cal of what other Americans went through.
 The Cedric will sail on Saturday morning with full passenger list on her return voyage to Liverpool the White Star line officials announced.
Arizona republican., 1914-08-12
MINING TOWN BURNS
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIspATcH1

NANAIMO, B. C., Aug 11-South Wellington, six miles from here, the site of the Pacific Coast Coal com- pany, was wiped out by fire and $50 persons were rendered homeless, mostly striking miners who have been out of work for more than a year. The loss is $50,0O0 with little insurance, mostly miners homes and small stores. The mine works were uninjured.
Arizona republican., 1914-08-12
Canadian Scare Ended

OTTAWA, Aug. 1.-The ports of Canada are opened. Orders to close them were due to the sighting by a warship in the Gulg of St. Lawrence. This proved to be British cruiser and instructions were issued to permit the movement of shipping as heretofore.
Arizona republican., 1914-08-12
Report of InhospitaIitY

WASHINGTON. Aug 11.-Reports that Great Britain has forbidden landing of all foreigners on her shores caused Secretary Bryan to ca ble Ambassador Page to investigate and if true. lodge a vigorous protest with the British foreign office.
Arizona republican., 1914-08-12
Banks Re-opened

MEXICO CITY, Aug 1.-The clearing house has decided to reopen the banks closed yesterday. The decision was due to the fact that congress failed to dissolve and Car bajal had not yet decided to resign.
Arizona republican., 1914-08-12
STAGE SET FOR GREAT
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the front.
 Reports come from Los Angeles that two hundred British citizens are ready to fight.
Arizona republican., 1914-08-12
- REGISTRY BILL PASSED
ASSOCIATED PRESS plsPATCHl

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-The sen ate has passed the bill authorizing the president in his discretion to admit to American registry foreign built ships less than five years old
Arizona republican., 1914-08-12
German and British Meet

BOSTON, Aug. IA battle be- tween the British and German cruis- CTS north of San Salvador is reported by Captain Terjesen of the steamer Levland. The German was forced to flee.
Arizona republican., 1914-08-12
PERVERTED PROVERBS

The knees of a quitter knock together. Where there's bill, there's pay. Where folly is bliss, to seem ignorant
 is wise. To a gossip: If at first you don't suc-
 ceed, pry, pry again. The art that lies in woman's cries.
Arizona republican., 1914-08-12
HIS WISH

She (during the quarreD-I only married you to spite Fred Johnson.
 He Guefully)-I wish to heaven you'd married Fred Johnson to spite me-Los Angeles Express.
Arizona republican., 1914-08-12
CROSS WINS

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 11.-Leach Cross was awarded the decision over Joe Rivers after twenty rounds or fast milling here tonight.
Arizona republican., 1914-08-12

per structure clean and the U-15 sank like a stone. The remainder of the submarine flotilla fled"
Arizona republican., 1914-08-12
ACTUALLY A bAvAR|AN AND
 DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THE WAR

But Then, Professional Actors and Actorettes Never Think of Anything More Important More Inter esting Than Their PrOfesson-It is This Way With ''Spike,'' Leading Man, Who Makes Phoenix This Week
Arizona republican., 1914-08-12

Christiania's present telephone sys- tenn is to be transformed into an automatic one.
Arizona republican., 1914-08-12

Accurate measurement has shown that few raindrops exceed one fifth of an inch in diameter
Arizona republican., 1914-08-12

Well, nothing less than $3,O0O. So, I really doubt if I'd accept that,
Arizona republican., 1914-04-09

WAYNE DAVIS FUNERAL-The funeral of Wayne Davis, the man who committed suicide on Monday night on South First avenue after having shot Mrs. Annie Hunstman, will be held this afternoon from the undertaking parlors of J. T. Whit ney
Arizona republican., 1914-04-09
WILL SELL A CHURCH

Church was held Monday night at the A. M. E. church, corner of Sec ond and Jefferson streets. The meet ing was opened at S:15 by the pas tor, the singing of Hymn 1SS. pray CT and reading of the scripture, l. Cor, 13. After this the recording secretary of the church, Mrs. Frank Shirley, proceeded to take minutes of the meeting. The pastor stated fully the object of the meeting and also read points of law of the church on the object of the meeting. The evening was largely spent in debat- ing the question of selling the church property now owned by the church at the corner of Second and Jeffer- son streets and buying in a desirable location and building a larger and more up-to- date church.
 After an hour or more of discus sion it came to vote. The motion to sell was carried, 16 to 1. This gave the trustees the authority tc sell the property if they could get the price desired for it.
 The trustees are: Allen Smith, J H. Simpson, James Robertso Sam uel Hardwick and J. A. Green. sec retary. Mrs. Frank Shirley is re- cOrding secretary of the church and w H. Thomas is pastor.
Arizona republican., 1914-04-09
)F 'B|C VOTE 0N
 NY W. J. OFFICERS
ENCAMPMENT IF
 THE GRAND ARMY

Department Commander George w. Read, of the Grand Army of the Re public has issued General Order No. 3 calling the department encampment in Phoenix on Wednesday, April Is. At the same time the assembly of the Wo mems Relief Corps will also be held.
 There are in the department of Ari- zona posts located at Prescott, Tucson Globe and Phoenix These will all send delegations to the encampment and assembly. These affairs are held annually in this city and bring together upon each occasion good representa- tions of the veterans and their wives.
 General Order No. 3, reads as fol- lows:
 l. The department commander con graduates this department in showing an increase in membership during the year preceding the national encamp- ment at Chattanooga. Only two other departments did this Comrades. if we will it we can show an increase this year. The next national encampment will meet in Detroit, Mich, of which due notice will be given. ?. The next department encamp- | ment of Arizona will be held in Phoe- nix the third Wednesday G5th) of i April. Let us have a good representa- = ton from each of the Posts Phoenix assures us hearty welcome. We ought to meet to extend the hand of com radeship.
 l 3. The railroads of Arizona have l agreed to give us a one and one-fifth 1 fare. tickets good from the 18th to the 1 18th of April.
 Comrades will pay full fare going | take a receipt for same and on pre- senting this at Phoenix will get a re- turn ticket for one-fifth fare.
 See that each cOmradc of your Post gets one of each q. o. issued In this way they will feel more in touch witt | our work
 GEORGE w. READ.
 Department Commander ] Official:
 ARCHIBALD J. SAMPSON,
 Assistant Adjutant General
Arizona republican., 1914-04-09
Many Scratched Ballots in Evidence - Some Voted for Officers and Ignored Propositions - District 4 Missing

It was a larger vote than anyone contemplated that returned most of the water users officials to office and elect ed to investigate the Verde and pump ing projects and to return to excluded land the assessments paid in on the power works. The vote was even big ger than is indicated by the returns, for there is evidence of a great deal of scratching. Many ballots came in with but part of the crosses marked Some voted for the proposals without voting for the officials and some did just the opposite
 It will not be possible to give a full certified report of the vote until the boxes are opened and the returns can vassed. For some of the election clerks-as was the case last year locked up their checking sheets and sent them in without taking off the totals. This leaves one district com pletely out on the proposals though the vote on the officers was miracu- lously rescued from the yawning bal lot box before the lock was snapped on
 VOTE BY DISTRICTS Vice
Arizona republican., 1914-04-09
MESA INTEREST
 IN A B|G PARK.
Southside People to Have Strong Delegation at the Meeting in Phoenix Fri day n Boundary Matter Up for Discussion
Especial to The Republican)

MESA, April S.-It is understood that a strong committee from the Mesa Commercial Club, as well as a general delegation of Mesa people. will attend a meeting to be held at the board of trade rooms, Phoenix, at p. m. Friday, April 10th. to con- suit with committee from the Wa ter Users Association regarding boundaries of the proposed national park. It is important that the Mesa delegation go prepared to tell the meeting just what the people of this side want; or, perhaps, what they do not want. If we understand the proposition as it now stands. the water users have recommended that the government set aside for na- |tional park purposes certain lands which include the Roosevelt reser- voir; following from there line on the north side of the Salt River west to include Granite Reef; along the Eastern canal to a point one mile south of the Mesa Roosevelt road: thence east to include Superstition mountain, Pineair, Fish Creek, etc.
 Mesa people are opposed to in- cluding in the proposed park. any part of the lands lying east of Mesa and west of the eastern limits of the Goldfield mineral belt. The dry lands east of the canal have been located and many improvements made on them, for ten miles out; while there are only wells now, it will be but a | few years until that section will be reclaimed. There is no more fertile soil in the valley, and it will moi long be idle. The mining claims at Goldfield are being rapidly develop cd and the indications now are good that within the next five years the camp vii be one of the most active in the state. The setting aside fol park purposes of that district would create complications that would nc dnubt he disastrous.
 In the forest reserve of the Super.
 stition mountains are a number O
 "nttln ranges that would be affected
 hv the order setting the lands asid,
 for park purposes. These should also be taken into consideration, il
 order that no hardship be imposed
 upon the cattle owners. While n,
 one is opposed to the national parl
 project, all believe that care shoul
 he exercised to the end that none O the important industries of this par of the state be destroyed or crippled There is no lack of territory for par purposes; territory that affords mag , nificent scenery and is of such
Arizona republican., 1914-04-09
PR0GRESS|vES
 OF CALIFORNIA
Hon. Marshall StimsOn, One of the Party Leaders, Says MOvem ent Ha S Gained in Strength and Enthusiasm

Hon. Marshall Stimson, of Los Angeles, is in the city representing the directors of the Merchants and Insurers Reporting company in it's suit in federal court for the dlSSolu- ton of the Bankers Fire Insurance company and the Phoenix Under writers company. After a hearing l yesterday afternoon, on motion by | F. A. Jones, a stockholder of the Merchants and Insurers, to inter- vene. Judge SaWIelle intimated that he would appoint receiver for the , two Arizona companies.
 This was the evtntuality the Mer- chants and Insurers. which now own all the stock and assets of the Arl- [ zona companies, especially desired 10 avoid It was desired to close up the affairs of the company with the least possible loss to the stockhold- CTS after affording protection by re- l insurance to the policy holders.
 Mir Stimson for several years has been one of the foremost men in public life in California. He was the manager of the campaign of Gov | ernor Johnson and is one of the leaders of the progressive movement. That Governor Johnson and the progressive ticket will be elected next fall, Mr Stimson said last night, there is little doubt. The progress ives, he said, were not alarmed as result of the registration which has been going on for several weeks. | That the republicans are leading, he said, was of no significance and could be accounted for on several grounds. Greater effort in the first place had been made by the repub- l;can leaders. The militant progress ives, of course, had registered with out any urging but many who are thoroughly progressive either had not registered at all or had registered as republicans because they had done so at the last registration to qualify themselves to vote for Johnson.
 This is the first time that voter: in California have been required tC declare party utilization on register ing and many of them have moi grasped the meaning of it. The progressive leaders have made sev- eral investigations and have satisfied themselves that the republican regis tration is not an indication of great CT republican strength. A group O ninety eight voters who had regis tered as republicans was canvassed Thirty of them declared their inten
 tion of voting the progressive tick
 ct. In another group of more thai
 eighty "unstated" voters it wa
 found that sixty per cent would vot
 the progressive ticket.
 "Of course,' said one man who ha,
 registered as a republican. 'I vii
 vote for Johnson. I voted for hin
 two years ago" The progressiv ] party of California, said MT. Stimsor | is more enthusiastic than. it eve
 was. It is satisfied with those prin
 ciples of the party which have bee
 given force.
 This is the first visit of MT Stim
 son to Phoenix When in his hear
 ing Phoenix was alluded to as
 town" he said:
 You should call it a city, for
 is one and a very beautiful one. is as large as Los Angeles was whe
 first went there. Like Los Angele.
 then, Phoenix has a great future an marvellous growth before it.
Arizona republican., 1914-04-09
BIG NAMES IN Y.MC.A.
 ENTERTAINMENT COURSE

s. s. Mcclure. Rev. Robert J. Bur dette, Gov. Hiram Johnson, David Starr Jordan.
 Some classy names there What? They will all but one be seen on Autographs advertising the Y. M. c. A. entertainment course for next fall. according to announcement made yesterday Three out of the four are offered by a new lyceum arrange ment. The Y has accepted and con- tracted for the appearance of S. S. Mcclure, the veteran editor and literati.
 The Redpath bureau repeats again next fall with a fine line of enter tainers. These names have been listed as closed:
 The Kellogg Haines Singing Party, of five; the Collegians, quartet; the Killarney Girls and Rita Rich in Irish renditions, and Chancellor George H. Bradford of the Methodist University of Oklahoma. who will speak on social and educational work
Arizona republican., 1914-04-09
b|ROM0 ID HEAR FINAL
 PROOF AT THE s|cKBED
Tender Hearted Land Office Chief Goes to Mesa to Hear Claim of
 Mrs. Hill, Who Can't Travel

There is not the stony quality to the official heart of United States land office man that some folks think. For when it comes to doing the charitable thing, Receiver John J. Birdno, for instance, is a tender, sympathetic, ordinary, regular fellow of a human being.
 Here is why. A letter came in yes terday, saying about like this:
 T am very i'll and unable to att tend the final proof hearing on my homestead" It was signed by a Mrs. Hill of Mesa Her hearing is set for this morning.
 So MT. Birdno sent back word:
 q will be there tomorrow morning If you cannot come to the office
Arizona republican., 1914-04-09

part of the office will come to you"
 There was no reference to well known MT. Mahomet and his emin- ence. But that's what it amounts to. So this morning the register will get iH an automobile, go to Mesa and save a poor woman her last re- source-the homestead which she has faithfully kept up since the death of her husband. The little official ceremony that transfers title from Uncle Sam to Mrs. Hill will, there fore, take place at the bedside just as efficiently as though all the not aries and stenOgraphers and calf bound books in the world were pres- ent
Arizona republican., 1914-04-09
MEMORIAL SERVICES
 ID DEPARTED LEADER
w. C. T. U. to Revere Memory of Mrs Lillian M. N. Stevens at Local
 Headquarters Today

A memorial service to the late Mrs. Lillian N. M. Stevens, national presi- dent of the W. C. T. U. will be held in the home of the local branch at 22S West Monroe street this afternoon at 2:30. The services will be in charge of Mrs. Imogene LaChance, assisted by Mrs. E. A. BraXton.
 Mrs. Stevens succeeded the late Francis F. Willard, founder of the as sociation, as national president, and every year at the national convention she has been reelected to succeed her self. For years she has been the most prominent woman temperance worker in the United States if not in the world
 In addition to her duties as national president, she was also editor of the Union Signal the organ of the asso- citation and supplemented by her pen the marvellous oratorical ability she possessed She lived to see portions of the United States which were given over to the liquor traffic when she entered the work, became dry territory
Arizona republican., 1914-04-09
PROPOSALS

40,S17 11,361 41,271 13,31S 43,2S3 12,OS3
 Proposal l, Verde dam 2, pumps; 3 returning assessments.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-12-24

Both, suppose. thought the other-
were attacking.
This lasted fifteen minutes and tneH
all was absolutely quiet again, and l
lay down and slept loo yards from
the Germans, with not blade of
grass between them and me, as the
gun detachment had all the available
cover from the gun readyrto fire. 50
made an excellent imitation of a
stone on the ground in ten inches Of
very wet mud. till ) d. nj, when the
same performance was gone through
getting out Of action.
Last Thursday l was getting the
lines out for the battery and had
to 90 to the position pointed out as
suitable-aboUt 300 yards away over
turnips l was slipping along when
l heard whizz of hard objects fly
ing uncomfortably near-front. back.
over. into the ground etc.
| did the remaining POO yards il
record time, believe. though no ore
timed me. and got under cover of .
house, where found some Irish
guards who were advancing east Two
N. c. O.'s went out and put up three
civilians armed with MauserS who had
made NE do the running man act
at about 200 yards. They ran away
over the far ridge, chased 10y two
Irishmen, ard no one saw them again.
suppose they were Geramo~ mas
querading as farmers to get good
line on cur men.
We found out afterwards that they
wounded two grepadiers in the hedge
about twenty wards behind where !
ran. Our battery and another came
into action Just after, and We got =
good time on the Germans. who were
a their usual counter attacks. They
did the part Of running men" to Us
then, ard our cavalry that night,
about dusk, came upon over 300 bodie,
Of men killed by our she'll fire lin
about twenty minutes). They put five
wounded to one killed nowadays. 81
We reckon on having outed very near
ly 1000 Of the brutes that day.
I'm writing this during 4 stand
with the guns at the edge of a wood.
hidden from aeroplanes. But JacI:
Johnsons are getting unpleasantly
near Though still 200 yards off, they
cause lot Of vibration when they go
eff.
Great tales Of the Indian troops
here. When the Johnsons passed over
them or our lyddite Wa going bach
in answer they stood up and waved
10 them ike children to passing
train, and seemed thoroughly delight
cd.
Wei, I've Just had d Jolly good din.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-12-24

Ter of rabbit stew. As said, we
are hiding in village and we sent a
couple of men up from the trenches
to the houses that are left standing
to cook our grub. There are plenty
Of rabbits starving in hutchcs, also po
tatoes left behind So we easily make
l stew The man we sent up this
had a good look around and
found bread butter, raising and flour
in Tact, he made a jolly fine din
aer
Imperial Valley press., 1914-12-24
RI MAKES THE ISSUE

thv people the county TO vote O"
prohibition.
question whether should b ianished bat whehe
the people say should b toshee And
the enough dstauvh'se the
American
That many congrcssmeu position booze
against Judgment great
pay penalty defeat they again for votes
ccrta
this question they made 1t The great ma
that issue will be before Congress al
every question those who
attempted reform will find themselves crushed
beneath
National prohibition lhL day
Imperial Valley press., 1914-12-24
Eiwhting in Africa.

Lisbon, pet. 24.-Official dispatches
from Angola state that fighting still
Is in progress in Portuguese West AT
RIGA, The eNpcditouary force which
made the invasion consists OF 1000
men. with artillery.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-12-24
MOMENTS or TERROR
ON BATTLE FRONT
I Special Dispatch to the international
News SsrEice)
London, Dee. 2S.-The following

London, Dec. 2S.-The following
cheerful account %. the war was writ
ten by Lieut.ra, Il. 0. c. Anne. OF
the Royal 5,a A1u.ely, TO a rela-
tive here:
One Of our a-aaaS. after the South
African war. deer. ed war as pc
rod of intense discomfort punctuated
Ly moments Of ahject terror, This
5ast about hits the thing off as far
IS ! was concerned last night,
I'd been in the guards trenches all
the day and snipcrs as usual blowing
OF in front, and at night, having eat
en nothing all day since a lump Of
plum pudding at ) Il. m, mad to come
lack and take field gun up to a
point $50 yards from the German
trenches
We mlimbe~o5 zoe yards from the
guards trench ID n2anhandled down
to the correr chose tar the gun. The
wheele. muff-f i -w. still made
an awfUi noise. - when twenty-five
yards from she chosen place had II
ask the cuarj- 70 distract the ger
mans with four rounds rapid fire while
ran the gun into position.
On the flag going up the guards
opened fearful uproar and we ran
down the slope into position and lei
the shield down Just in time, as the
Germans $50 yards away only
opened on Us. thinking the guards
were going to attack
We crouched behind the gun with
missiles fairly flying round and in
half a minute the whole guards line
and Germans We're fairly plugging
each other for no reason whatever.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-12-24
ELCENTRO DRUGGIST
DESERVES PRAISE

J. h. Davis deserves praise from Ell
Cenlro people for introducing mere the
supple huc6thorn bark and glycerine
mixture, known as Adler-i-ka. This
simple German remedy first became
famous by curing appendicitis and il
has now been discovered that JUST \
SINGLE DOSE relieves sour stomach,
Sas on The stomach and constipation
INSTANTLY. It's quick action is big
surprise TO people ADVERTISEMENT J
Imperial Valley press., 1914-12-24
Visitors TO FL Centro.

Any Christmas shopper who spends
$1,000 OF more in my store will
have their fare refunded from any
part of the valley.
Z. R. HANSEN & CO., Jewellers
In Rumsey's Department Store, Fl
Centro-Adv.