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The Detroit times., 1915-05-08
BY HERBERT QUICK.

In the annals OF American law.
the case OF barnes vs.. Roosevelt
will take It's place alongside such
trials as that OF Aaron Burr and the
BeecherT lton case. ! know OF no
others equal TO II in appeal 10 pub
he interest and in possible influence
on public affairs
what, for instance, does William
Barncis mean To- do in this case7
Get Judgment for damages against
Theodore Roosevelt, That is the
least Of his concerns.
A man like barnes does not sue
for libel in AZ ot anger. Neither
does he act as Rn Individual The
synonym OF William Barnes is Or.
gauiIation This is not lawsuit
X IL Movement.
Do9 Barnes believe he can de-
stroy Roosevelt as a public man :
Does he believe that in this lawsuit
he can adduce evidence which viii
humble 20 earth the idol 81 the
American people for so many years.
lie believes he has chance 20
do IL. or he would not have begun,
and he Is no fool Yet. Il does not
follow from his beginning OF the
suit that ne can succeed in IL. and
mind. 70 ne displays before US facts
which are TO RoIfevelts diseredit,
ne will have succeeded no matter
who gets the verdict. The outcome
canno. hurt Barnes His reputation
vill not be sm.rched by the decision
no matter what 1, may be. lie has
everything 10 gain and nothing 70
lose in the encounter The fidelity
OF his followers - not based on any
such flimsy foundation as night and
wrong, or honor and dishonor
Roosevelt was destroying the Re
publican party when he made the
charges against Barnes which pro.
voked the ,.be! suit The suit Is
the Republican psrty's answer n.
through Barnes. turns on its sssail-
ant and seeks 20 destroy him.
To Barnes mind. Roosevelt has
become nuisance which must be
abated Re is such a nuisance still
to 8arre5 and the Barnes crowd
How % attack him? Drag him into
court II a suit IN which his whole
,lfe nay De shown up Ever since
NJ vas 81 years OF axe he has been
in pl5lic ne, Barres has inherited
TIE records Of an organization the
The Detroit times., 1915-05-08
The Faith of Americans Who
Sailed, the Faith that Is Lost

The faith of the American people in
( Germany has been touching.
When warnings were printed that the
Lusitania would be sunk, they were re-
garded by Americans as part of hoax.
It was a fair part of the war scheme
for the Germans to attempt in this man.
ner to prevent the sailing of the ship.
That Germany would sink a vessel
that was known to carry hundreds of
neutrals as passengers was unthinkable.
NOT A SINGLE PASSENGER took
the warning seriously; not a single
change was made in the sailing list.
1t would have been too horrible, too
monstrous a crime against the law of
nations.
The newspapers gave the warning the
publicity of day, the Lusitania put to
sea, and was promptly forgotten as a
factor in the war news.
Then came the unbelievable-still part
Of the hoax.
Then confirmation.
1t was promised, therefore it was &C
complished, say the German sympa-
thiseFs.
Germany is teaching America to put
faith in her promises; but what faith
shall we give to German ethics?
The roll Of German sympathizers in
America if called today would show a
striking falling off from yesterday.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-08
JAEFA'S ORANGE GARDENS

The worlds renowned orange gardens o.
jaffs-the Joppa Of the Bibe--rresent In the
fruting season an enchanting sight Sur
rounded by an fmpcnetrable hedge of thorn
cactus. which during their biossoming time must
be a gorgeous display OF intense and vivid scarlet
and green az far az the eye can reach. the great
trees, large oaks. extend IN long shady
avenues, each loaded with a Wild PROPULSION ~
rich ovoid fruit almost az large as small foot.
balls, reminding one OF the tabled forest whose
trees bore a harvest OF solid gold while the fen
flowers still left perfume the air With their ffss
rant aroma.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-08
THE VACANT LOT
~ Or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. by Frank Crane)

There are vacant lots in every city
Some are covered with rubbish, some
grow full of weeds, all are unsightly,
desolate. Somebody is presumably hold
ing them for a rise in values, and there
by furnishing arguments for single
takers. Or they may be tied up by litiga-
ton, n portion Of the Smith estate that
cannot be sold until the heirs are 81. or
the property of bank which finds more
profit in keeping them idle than in build
ing on them.
That is exhibit one Exhibit two is a
lot Of children in the same cities. They
are full OF energy, anxious for something
TO do, engaged mostly in mischief simply
because their activities are undirected
Problem: TO get vacant lots and idle
children together.
Many attempts have been made TO
solve this problem. Women's organiza-
tons. public school teachers. and i'm some
cases the city officials themselves have
undertaken the utilization of vacant
spaces.
What has been thus done sporadically
ought TO be done Systematically and
thoroughly. The effect would be whole
some upon all the factors concerned:
upon the land. the city. and the children.
Land is the cleanest producer OF
wealth. II comes nearest giving uS
something for nothing. Just little
care and labor and it comes back TO us
with hands full of reward.
II the people of this country, using
only their idle time, would intelligently
Acultivate their back yards and vacant
lots. they could feed almost the entire
population.
A general campaign in any town, to
take care of these bits of vagrant land.
would transform il into city beautiful.
city Of gardens. And the reflex action
Of neat and charming surroundings upon
the people is more immense than we
realize Little boys who tend gardens
are different from little boys who play
/ in lots Strewn with tin cans and full Of
jimson and rag weed There is a direct
connection between gardens and self-re-
spect.
We need no new legislation We need
no philanthropist's gift of money. All
we need is brains and proper sentiment.
For with these We shall get due organi-
zation.
| Who will organize the vacation life OF
the boys and girls? What Napoleon OF
childhood will bring the city children to
the city vacant land?
/ He will be marked public benefactor.
For the garbage strewn area is not only
an eyesore, but it is a breeder of disease
and silent corrupter of public morals.
Let us create a public opinion that
shall make it as disgrac cful to have
! filthy and tousled back yard as il is TO
have an unswept house-floor. Let us
have civic pride that shall tolerate no
offensive dumps and no bare and baked
city lots that might be full of bloom and
I ordered growth
If the few have a pride that leads
them TO put on pretty clothes and deck
themselves with fine feathers, why can
not the many have pride that induces
them TO adorn their city with the APP
pearance Of thrift and loneliness?
The Detroit times., 1915-05-08
Pointed Paragraphs

The average girl loves TO figure in
an engagement.
The more fault you look for the
more you will ind
It's difficult TO convince a pretty
girl that love II blind
A spider Is seldom in danger
when his life bangs by thread
The hardest branch OF learning
grows on birch tree--says a
schoolboy
The first step Ia often 80 OK.
pensive that one can't afford TO
take second.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-08
I s!:ass26RNe9e &c. 5tl
Bill Perm

BY TOM MAY.

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"Whoy said Grogan "th legislature discovered Just be
passed pleased
make hN
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They used ddnt they" asked
thin although m warriors look
ed "a they as passed through IN thirty
pulled of baarns
fields anywhere N principals thought
was safe from polls
whispered Moike IN Caitor
finish tn topped baarn us
seve
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could afford in thin
half audience would walk.
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The Detroit times., 1915-05-08

ton ana In So
lecting a place
for a su m m . r
home or a brief
vac alton IL IS
we'll 10 observe a
iey basic precau.
lions an q so
av o Id mourning
The Detroit times., 1915-05-08
Cause and Enee...

Miss Dawker." said Professor
Johling. with hesitant manner. "a
rsy chic impulse prompts me TO ask
you II you will be my wife"
Something OF the same sort
struck Mr. Biikins last night, pro-
iessor. and the recoil prompted me
10 say Yes baltimore Sun.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-08
Conscience Easy.

How about the sanitary condi
tions al your hotel7 In everything
ncsithy?" ssked Jimpson.
WAL" said the rural proprietor
nobody ever ketched nothin at my
h9ouse what hsvn't been brought
here by some outsider."-Judge.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-08
WIRELESS PHONES FOR TRAINS

For many years. +. ~. Millner. experimental
engineer OF the Union Pacific railway, has been
working on wireless telephone apparatus for
direct communication with moving trains He
announces through the Scientific American"
that his plans have been completed and sat
isfactory system has been developed whereby
he is able to talk with n moving train 100 miles
away from the wireless transmitting station
Wireless stations are to be established nj
Grand Island and North Platte, Neb.; Cheyenne
and Green River, Wyo, and Ogden, UtSh.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-08
From, Another
Point of Vie,U

By the way, what was the nationality
Of the fellow who drove that frebox
across the Belle Isle bridge?
Mr. Barnes may now take the stand
and claim the $4,000 on the ground that
the Colonel had no right to talk that
way about him after having made him
good citizen.
So far Woodward cars have been COM
paratively safe for neutrals, but we sup
pose you never can tell.
They suspended a Chicago policeman
for 10 days for wearing a wrist watch.
We trust this was the limit under the
rules.
VIII somebody please advise for the
benefit of NJ. L., at what hour under
Eastern standard time, man should
leave the office he has told the collector
to call at 3?
Some of the original opponents of fast
time seem to have beaten the clock to
it and turned around.
One of the most difficult assignments
we ever heard Of was received by a De-
troit correspondent of New York news
paper, as follows: Get interviews with
Detroit people on the Lusitania."
Helen Dodge OF Bnghamton. ~ Y, dumb IL
years. has learned to speak.--News item
Now watch Helen make up for lost
time.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-08
No Matter-He Saw the
Desire of Country's People

1t depends on whether you're a friend
or an enemy of Theodore Roosevelt.
what conclusion you draw from the evil
dence thus far presented in the Barnes
libel suit.
The colouel's detractors find evidence
in his correspondence that he was even
more subservient to Senator Patt than
the lickspittles of the New York legis-
lature were to Barnes.
They guffaw scornfully at the coloners
admission that he agreed with Boss"
Platt just so long as he could use him.
They point out that Roosevelt must
have found Plat useful most of the time.
to judge by the way in which the easy
boss dictated appointments.
1t is easy to find flaws in the career
of a man whose public life has been set
forth as clearly as that of the former
governor and president.
It ought not to be forgotten, however.
that it was Roosevelt who, looking forth
from the White House. saw in the Amer
lean people a formless, half-awakened,
smothered desire for higher ethics in
politics. more open, straightforward
government, smaller regard for the
power of money.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-08
Pick Place to Spend Your Vacation With
Due Regard for Health---Some Hints

This IL the time Of year when the
city dVeller begins 20 plan his yaca.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-08

To man of Roosevelt's temperament.
this vision was a call TO arms.
He summoned forth this blind desire.
gave it shape. marshalled its force and
led it to dazzling victory.
Since 1901, the people of the United
States have felt this awakening of a
new spirit, which bids fair to continue
many years without effacement.
This was Roosevelt's great work.
No matter how he did it, no matter
what else he may have done, this is his
monument in the memory of the people,
and e is for this fact that he will live
= history.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-08

small villages or shore places u the
water supplies are public. diligent
inquiry should be made as 10
whether the source Is free from
sewage contamination.
II tho disposal Of sewage and gar
t0ge is careless. nies are certain tc
freed. and unless kitchens and din
ing rooms are carefully screened
there Is the possibility OF typhoid OF
d.arrheal infection from this source
With young children. particularly
infants, the question Of clean milk
supply Is one OF vital importance
Fresh milk IL OF fttrir ADVANTAGE un
less II be clean milk.
II would be a dreadful calamity 70
continue TO waste and destroy the
resources OF the nation az until a
few years ago we were wasting and
destroying them. as We still, in Ger.
tain respects. continue to waste and
destroy them. But II would be an
even worse calamity, because
Irremediable, II We wasted aud de
stroyed the manhood and woman
hood OF the nation. And the only
way permanently 70 conserve the
manhood and womanhood Is 10 con.
serve the childhood.-Theodore
Roosevelt
The Detroit times., 1915-05-08

Helen Dodge, OF Binghsmton. ~ Y, dumb 1s
years. has learned to speak.--News item
Now watch Helen make up for lost
time.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-08

you've got your man on tn
ropes in a war argument when
all he has left t. support his
side is international law"
The Detroit times., 1915-05-08

By the way, what was the nationality
of the fellow who drove that frebox
across the Belle Isle bridge?
The Detroit times., 1915-05-08

llVI THATS this that O hear said about thin Id
he wv foishts pe,aroi Michigan"
Arizona republican., 1915-09-30
REPRESENTATIVE HAYDEN
 TO MEET CONSTITUENTS
Question Of National Suffrage to be
 Considered

A postponement was announced yes terday of the meeting between Hon. Carl Hayden and several suffragists which was to take place at the Hotel Adams this afternoon. On account of another engagement. MT. Hayden will be unable to take part in the confer ence before Saturday morning at ten o'clock It will be held in one of the parlors Of the Hotel Adams
 The conference will not be between MT. Hayden and the representatives of any organization. It will be a talk be- tween the representative and his con stituents for. as he has said. he is at all times pleased to learn the views of those whose interest in Arizona ts the same as his own.
 Though some of the ladies who will meet MT. Hayden are members of the Congressional Union it will be in their capacity as his constituents that he will meet them and discuss the national suffrage question with them.
Arizona republican., 1915-09-30
CLA|RVOYANT GIVES
 POLICE CHIEF WORK
Medium Says Missing Woman Lives
 Near Phoenix-Dauehter Writes About 1t

! On the sayso of a clairvoyant me dium, Chief of Police George o. Bris- bois has been asked to locate a wo- mand unheard of by her daughter for nearly twenty three years and who according to the "soothsayer" is liv- ing on a ranch near Phoenix, happily " edded to her second husband, a man with Thompson or a Thomas in his name'' The appeal to the chief comes lin a letter from Mls. Roy Armstrong of Ottawa, H. In her letter to the .clief Mrs. Armstrong says:
 Am writing you in regard to my mother. I was put in home in Chicago when a babe, then l was adopted by people named Anderson and I lived with them until now both are dead. Now my greatest desire is to find my own mother and possibly brothers and sisters.
 T went to a medium the other day ani she told me my mother lived around Phoenix, Ariz.. on little Homestead. She said she was heavy set. had white hair and that she was married again. Now her name before she married again was Graff. My name was Anna Graf. The medium said the man she married was a small like man. of dark complexion, and
Arizona republican., 1915-09-30
A BOOSTERS CLUB
 F0R THE WHOLE STATE

A Boosters club for Arizona, backed by every chamber of commerce in the state, with an unlimited membership, ready and willing to take the Hassa- yampa oath, first the state. then the county, then the city" is Judge F. O. Smiths idea of an organization that should be formed here during fair week
 Judge Smith. who presides over the superior court of Yavapai county, is in Phoenix for q few days on judicial business, and when not occupied in the court room has taken the occa- sion to boost" He believes that there is nothing that stands more in the way of the progress of a state than petty jealousies and lack of CO., operation among the counties. A get together with one purpose only, and that for the general good and welfare of Arizona, is what Judge Smith advocates.
 Incidentally the judge has a word or two to say about his own partic- ular city.
 Prescott is booming in every way. Agricultural conditions have never been better nor the mining sit uation more optimistic. There is great building activity and we are especially proud of our new $250,000 courthouse. The entire second floor will be given over to the court room, witness and jury rooms and clerks offices. We are anticipating am early visit from Secretary McAdOo when our new federal building will be be- gun"
 Judge Smith would make no com ment in regard to the cramped quar- ters of the local courthouse, but he did suggest that a union city hall and courthouse for Phoenix might be a very good thing. He believes the site of either the courthouse or city hall plaza would be ideal for this building. and the remaining plaza to be converted into a city park.
Arizona republican., 1915-09-30
New Velvet Suitirlgs

son Co, is spending several days in Phoenix with relatives.
 Mrs Ross Hill is visiting in Phoe- nix this week.
 Mrs. Fancher and Mrs. Cruze are among those who returned last week from their summer vacation.
 The infant son of Mir. and Mrs. Jack Trotter who has been criti- caly i'll for a week is reported to be improving.
 Hugl Cummings was married or Thursday night to Mrs. Sarah Case of Tempe The ceremony occurred at the brides home in the presence of friends and relatives. MT. and Mrs. Cummings ares pending a few days in Prescott, before returning to Hayden to make their home.
 Carl Pleasant, who left Hayden two years ago for Oklahoma. was in Hay den Sunday. renewing acquaintances.
 Dr. Hart of the hospital force at Ray is in town assisting Dr. Nor man for a few days.
 Tie marriage of James Hassett and Miss Lillian Dunlap took place in Phoenix on Thursday afternoon. in the presence of a few friends and relatives. The happy couple are spending their honeymoon in Phoe- nix and will return October l. They will be at home in one of the new cottages being built by the Ray Con. Co.
 Both MT. and Mrs. Hassett are well known in Hayden, having lived here for several years. MT. Has sett is one of the foremen in the mill and his bride is the charming daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Jack Dun- lap of Shelter Hill.
 Mrs E1zweiler of Phoenix arrived Saturday and will have charge of the Srd and 4th grade work in the school. Miss Shoshusen's pupils have
Arizona republican., 1915-09-30
Fashionable Trimmings

been divided, half of them being now under the care of Miss Ekstrom Even this arrangement does not ob- Viate the crowded conditions of sev- eraI of the rooms. but is the best that can be done till the new build ing is ready for occupancy.
 Mrs. Patton planned a pleasant surprise to celebrate the fourteenth birthdays of her son. Howard, and of Hattie Owens, which occurred on Saturday. All the young people were present at Mrs. Pattons home and had q glorious time.
 The Ray Con. orchestra an- nounces a series of dances to be given at the theater on Friday nights during the winter.
Arizona republican., 1915-09-30
DELAY OFFERED |. ID WATER USERS
Land Office Notifies Casa Grande Entrymen They Must Apply for Suspen- sion of Rejection Order Pending Priority Suit

] Notices were received at the land
 l office yesterday for a number of en-
 trymen under the Casa Grande canal
 system, advising they must take ad-
 vantage of a recent offer of the 1 commissioner of the United States i land office to ask for a suspension of the order on recommendation of i the Carey act inspector pending tae i settlement of the priority suit in the | Pinal county court, or else forfeit their entries Twenty y-seven notices l were received for entry whose yearly l proofs, recently made to the land l office, set up the claim of eXpendi- 1 lures in the canal system as a basis | for their acceptance by the land of- 1 flee. These notices advised that within thirty days, application must be made to the land office, asking suspension of the order
 Seventeen notices were received for
 those who had filed their yearly proofs since the first order directing
 them to ask suspension of proof
 pending the settlement of the prior
 ity suit.
 Judge Lockwood of the Cochise
 county court, sitting in place of
 Judge Baughn, of Pinal, who is in
 capacitated by prior connection with
 the matter, has just received a de-
 layed transcript of the testimony in
 the priority suit. He is reviewing it. and getting ready to prepare his decision. This decision is expected to be handed down right shortly
 When entrymen under this canal ! system applied to the government to | have their expenditures in the canal l approvd as part of their proof of inn rroVement, upon which to base ap- plication for patents, the government sent an inspector to the tract He { reported that the development of the canal was not sufficint to insure the total water requirement necessary to the land holder as part of his proof 1 The commissioner then rejected all applications, and gave the entrymen thirty days in which to disprove the allegations, to show that they could do the required reclama- tion work by other methods, or to appeal the case to the secretary of the interior.
 Meanwhile, the priority water suit was started. resident attorney of -he Casa Grande water users in Washington learned of the commits sioner's order and induced him to wire an amendment to the notices which he had just sent to Phoenix :, Tor distribution to the water users. {;
 Register Weedin of the land office, : displayed the telegram to the post office and withdrew his notices, which had already been put in the |, mail but which had not been sent [ put of the local postoffice that :, evening. The amended notice, direct :, ng those who had claimed their ex- 9 Denditures for the canal system as f part of their development work, to F make formal application for the de- ay, was then distributed q
Arizona republican., 1915-09-30

that there was a Thompson or Thomas n bis name.
 T was born May 13, 1892 Am now 2@ years old, married and have two children and big brown birth mark on my left side.
 Enclosed find a cent stamp for 1epiy- Please look this Ifp as soon as you can and let me know what you can do as l am very anxious to hear about it. The medium said I had brothers and sisters I had never seen. s. I will await your reply and oblige,
 MRS. ROY ARMSTRONG,
 Ottawa, III. R. F. D. 31.
 ''P. s. l told the chief of police hero about it and he said he would write 10 you but I don't know whether he did or not
Arizona republican., 1915-09-30
GAFFNEY ASKED TO RESIGN

WASHINGTON. Sept. 29.-Thomas St. John Gaffney, American consul general at Munich, Germany. has been asked to resign his post because of partisan utterances on the European war. officials will make no announce ment concerning the case pending the receipt of word from Gaffney. The consul general is understood to have made statements reflecting on the presidents policy in the European war
Arizona republican., 1915-09-30
Hayden Happenings

Mrs. I.ePage left on Sunday for Phoenix to spend a few days.
 X fine boy arrived at the home of MT. and Mrs. George Mount on Tuesday and has decided to become a permanent member of the family.
 Ferris Green of the Knight-ThOmp-