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Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1915-02-18
70 o o o o o O o o o o o 0 o o c .C FATHER GOOSE FOR FARMS o 10 By Don Allen o

Farmer boy Blue, toot your auto horn, We've cash in the bank and we're not forlorn. But where is the city chap who gave us the laugh? He works all week for twelve-and-a-half Go help him, go help him. Oh no, not l, He doesn't need help, he's such a wise guy"
 Higglepy, Piggleby,
 My black hen,
 She lays an egg
 Every now and then.
 At nine cents a dozen
 And some times ten The profits all go
 To the middle men.
 * There was a little man
 And he had little farm, And all he would raise was
 Wheat, wheat, wheat. He took it into town
 And sold it all around, And they sent it to England in Fleet, fleet, fleet.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1915-02-18
0 O o Q o o Q Q Q Q Q O O O O V O A PROSPERITY BULLETIN o o o O ooOooo oOoOo 900

If you want to do your share to- wards bringing about business boom, start here at home.
 Read the advertising in this paper.
 If you want some business yourself put your own advertisement here.
 Patronize the advertisers-or at least do them the honor to read what they have to say.
 If goods are needed 'buy now"
 Prosperity is coming full swing and each citizen can do his or her share right at home.
 This is going to be busy year for those who get busy.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1915-02-18
o O o co o co o o O Q O O O o o THE CROOKED MAN O 9 By Don Allen O
 Q O O co O O O O O O O O O O O

There was a crooked man and he
 walked a crooked mile; He sold a crooked stock-food and
 made a crooked pile; He made a crooked talk and he made
 a crooked sale And now he spends his time in
 pressed steel jail.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1915-02-18
SOME DEBRIS

It is estimated that the government Grand Canyon game refuge, in Ari- zona, now contains about ten thou sand deer.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1915-02-18
THE "5O0" CLUB

The "5OO" Club held an interesting meeting and luncheon this afternoon at the Elite ice cream parlor-Mrs. A. J. Eddy, hostess.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1915-02-18
GERMAN REFUGEES
 PASS THRU YUMA

A special train of eight Pullman cars passed through Yuma on Tuesday night conveying some 200 German ref Ugees from China. The passengers boarded the cars at San Francisco and are en route to New York.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1915-02-18
FOR RENT, SALE OR EXCHANGE

for Los Angeles or vicinity. Forty acres, Unit P, Section 5; p acres in cultivation; half mile from Bard;
 , miles from Yuma. Best well water and drainage. Write F. V. King, 1902 San Pedro St., Los Angeles, Calf.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1915-02-18
0 OoOOOO 900 Q WORTH REMEMBERING O oOOoOOOooOooooooO

There is a tide in the affairs of men Which, taken at it's flood, leads on to fortune;
 Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shadows and in miseries.
 Shakespeare.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1915-02-18

Main street must be paved.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1915-02-18

Greater Yuma is coming.
The Washington times., 1915-12-20
Glass Of Hot Water
Before Breakfast
a Splendid Habit
Open sluless ofthe system each
morning and wash away the
poisonous, stasnart matter.

Those Of US who are accustomed to
feel dull and heavy when We arise,
splitting headache. stuffy from a cold,
foul tongue, nasty breath. acid
stomach, lame back, can, instead, both
look and feel as fresh as a daisy al
ways by washing the poisons and toxins
from the body with phosphated hot
water, each morning.
We should drink. before breakfast.
a glass OF real hot water with a tea
spoonful OF limestone PHOSPHATE in It
to flush from the stoma ch, liver. kid
neys. and ten yards of bowels the
previous days indigestible waste, sour
bile, and poisonous toxins; thus cleans
ing, sweetening, and purifying the en-
tire alimentary tract before putting
more food into the stomach.
The action Of limestone phosphate
and hot water on an empty stomach is
wonderfully invigoratinG. 1t cleans
out all the sour lamentations, gases,
waste, and acidity and gives one a
splendid appetite for breakfast, and
i: is said to be but little while until
A quarter pound of limestone phosphate
will cost very little at the drug store,
hut is sufficient to make anyone who
ia bothered with biliousness, constipa
tion, stomach trouble or rheumatism
a real enthusiast on the subject of in
ternal sanitation. Try it and you are
assured that YOU will look better and
feel better in every way shortly. -Advt.
The Washington times., 1915-12-20

c:a =, second class htttl"shirs. 10
armored cruisers, lS scout cruisers, .
1rst class cruisers. 9 second class
torpedo boat destroyers, Is fleet sub
marines, 1877 coast submarines, 6
monitors, 20 gunboats, and sc supply
and hospital ships. OF course, the
number of sailors and officers will
these new vessels.
The President also called these sub
Jects to the attention Of the Congress
men and asked that they he carefully
considered; plans to raise the millions
OF dollars needed to pay for the increase
IN the army and navy; assistance that
the National Government may give the
business men of the country in building
fleets of steamships to carry manufac-
tured goods and food supplies that are
sold to South America and other parts
or the world; new arrangement of the
laws for the Philippines and Porto Rico
so that the people of these island posses
sslons may have more self-goyernment
like the people OF the United States,
and new laws that will prove for the
punishment of people living in the
hlled States that try to destroy prop
ertN, in their efforts to help other coun-
lfleS that are at war with still other
countries but at peace with the United
States. That refers to the attempts made
to burn and blow up factories that were
making war supplies for the allies arm
les. The President also explained this
country's attitude toward Mexico by
saying that the war in that country
was an affair of the Mexican people and
that the United States could not. IL II
believed in justice and liberty. take ad-
vantage Of Mexico when that country
was having so much trouble recently.
"Flnally boys. President Wilson point
ed out that the United States was in no
danger of war and that his recommen-
dations to increase the army and navy
were made simply to provide the coun-
Try with protection in the event Of trou-
BILE"
"What did the Congressman do about
the Presidents SuG uGGestiona?" asked Joe.
They will be busy all winter dis
cussing and considering new laws. and
next week I'll tell YOU Of Congress
works-IIl explain how a now law Is
made"
Copyright. 1915, by the W. c. syndioatsJ
The Washington times., 1915-12-20
(Synosis of Previous Installments. }

Max Lamar, crime specialist, receives
note from Chief of Police Allen in
forming him OF the release OF Circle
Jim Borden, notorious criminal. and
asking him to keep lookout for the man
and his future activities. The name
Circle comes from the hereditary red
circle which appears on the right hand
In each generation of the Bordcns.
June Travis and her mother interested
In tho reform Of eX-Conricts, are awaiting
Borden's release Borden refuses their
aid. and is about to strike the persistent
June, when Lamar comes up and deters
him.
Bordens son Ted, good-for nothing.
loses his position, and. desperate for want
OF money, Is about to steal mans
watch, when his father comes upon him
and pulls him away; the man raising
cry of thief
Pursued by large crowd. Lamar
among them, Borden and his son reach
secret passa geway to his rooms. La
mar learns from boy playing nearby
its exact location, and. sending the lad
for aid, starts through the subterranean
way.
Old Borden, brooding over the degre-
da ton of his son, seals tho room IN which
the boy is asleep and turns on the sas
Lamar reaches the room but his reNoiNer
is wrested from him by Borden. who tells
Lamar he will annihilate the Borpen
family after he has killed the detective
The Washington times., 1915-12-20

Congress to do. l referred to all the
people OF the United States as the Pres
idcnt'S audience because everyone In
this country, and many people in the
European and South American countries
were anxious to learn what Mr.. Wilson
had to say and were listening with
their eyes to the newspapers the day
the message was delivered"
Perhaps the most important part of
the message was what the President
said about increasing the size of the
army and navy, and the hope he ex-
pressed that the United States and the
republics of Central America and South
America would become even more
friendly than they had been in the pas
more like brother nations, and that
Congress should do everything in it's
power TO increase this friendly feeling.
Now. about the army and navy.
The President recommended to Con-
gress that the regular United States
army be increased from 107, 900 men
and officers to 1853, and that a
sort of volunteer army OF trained CT
iZens be raised. The plan for this
latter army is that 30, 900 soldiers be
raised each Year, for three yeaI &.
making total of 400, 900 men. in 1918
or 1919, il Congress passes the law.
These citizen soldiers will spend sew
eral months year in training, for
The Washington times., 1915-12-20
Square Deal to World
Called Best Defense
CONTINUED Tomorrow

A crisis in MexiCo should he met by
sendinr volunteer teachers there to give
instruction on sc!f-coVernment rather
than by sending an army oxDeditionary
force. said Flbcrt Russell. OF Johns
hopkins University. in an address on
Instead OF War" at the First ConGre-
gational Church Yesterday.
The meeting was held under tho ans
pices of tho Washington branch OF the
American Peace Society. The lecturer
referred to the Boxer uprising in china,
and said that when rumCrs OF trouble
brewing reached the occidental govern
ncnts. missionaries should have been
sent there to exert influence against it.
IF We bluff our waV by fore" of
arms. other nations will arm to meet
IS" said Mr.. Russell "If We should
fortify the Canadian boundary, tho
Canadians. would also fortify. ana II
some dav y hunter was killed along the
boundary. what would happen'
'If we give all the world a square de-
thev will gives II to us"
The Washington times., 1915-12-20

in his power. He could not collect one
penny from them. That is. not II they
should learn of his loss.
The veil of horror had summoned
his employees They still stood crowd
ing the doorway: not daring to advance
nor to ask what was the matter: yet
tenselv curious to know what had hap
pcned. At sight of their questioning
faces, Grant fought to gain some sort
+ of control over himself.
(Which of YOU has been in this room
in the last half hour?'' he asked, as
unconcernedlv as he could force his
drv throat to voice the query.
For a moment no one answered. Then
Saals timidlv volunteered:
II was in there. sir. about twenty
minutes ago" Maybe twenty-five min
utes Or"
What in blazes were you doing in
here"
uuavered Saals. Ito show in the lady"
The lady?" snapped Grant. What
ladv7"
why. why. the lady who had the ap-
po!ntmnnt with Won. sir. She said she d
met you in the hall and vog,d told her
Il haven't met an woman in the hall. 1"
denied Grant, and / didn't tell anyone
to wait here for me. What was her
name"
"she-she didn't say. sir. sup
posed
Young or old" demanded Grant.
II don't know. sir. She----''
You wsll-eyed IDIOT" roared Grant.
sense enough to know whether a wom-
an ls Young or old
Not when she's all ,swathed up In
heavy black veil. like that lady. sir. ;"
ans vered Saals.. 'and with a big. loose,
black coat that hides her figure
"A NniIe6 WOlnan-iO nv priyAte
she?"
Il don don't KIN know H. sir I 6 dant,5 ,t-,;;,,
office boy. Il didn't see her come in.
But seen her 20 out. 'Pout Ave min
ntes ago. 1t was. She had q bunch of
papers she was carryin'. They We're
strapped together with one OF the,r long
desk. thought maybe She
Grant waited to hear no more.
Snatching his hat. he sprintcd for the
He had left his automobile at tho
curb in front of mis- office Followed by
saals. he now ran across the sidewalk
to films himself into the cars depths.
Tie order. ITO police headquarters,
Rush" which he intended to shout TO
his chauffeur. was trembling on his thin
lips. But the order was not to be
given.
half way across the pavement Grant
halted mouth aiar. The car was not
there. Neither was the chauffeur
George Grant turned in rage upon the
buildings special policeman who was
standing in front of the entrance.
'Blake!' he demanded. where ir
blazes Is my car? told Garvice to sta,
here till | came out. Did you move him
on?"
Me- said the policeman. No. in.
deed. Someone else did. though. Bout
five minutes back. A woman"
"A woman"
In long black coat and olaci
veil''
"The-the Yelled Woman babbleo
Grant. aghast.
Yes. Yelled woman. all right. She
And you mean to tell me she made
Garylce take her away in mvl car:
II don't know. First noticed, she
The Washington times., 1915-12-20
LAWYERS Wife
PRAISES DRECO

"Iiomestlv if ii had not been for preco
don't believe I would be living today"
Was the rcmarka BILE statement made by
Mrs. Winston McLaren. of Houston,
Texas. mo woman knows how I suf-
fered and how run down l was. Had
no appetite at all. was weak and had
pains in my back ali the time, would
get dzZv aud have smothering spells.
and was afraid to walk across the
room. ! was always constipated and
bilious and had to be taking something
for Temporary relief continually. This
was nv condition when started taking
Dreco. Today. after taking two bottles
] feel like well woman. Am stronger.
appetite good, complexion cleared up.
pains in my back gone and constipation
relieved Am going to continue taking
it while longer AS I feel it will COM
plctclv restore my health"
Dreco is intended for lust such cases
in men and women. The trouble comes
from faulty elimination of the several
organs which carry off the waste from
the body. Check this elimination and
YOU are soon sick. Being purely vege-
!, table DRECO acts as natures agent and
restores the action of these organs by
toning them up. DRECO is sold in all
the O'Donnell Drug Stores.-Advt.
The Washington times., 1915-12-20
Spark From Incense
Sets Church Attire
Vestments and Other Garments in
Vestry Found Ablaze
After Service.

NEW YORK, Dec. 20.--St Vincent
De Paul's Roman Catholic Church. at
125 West Twenty-third street, ono OF
the oldest houses of worship in Man
haitian, was damaged to the extent
OF. $4,000 yesterday afternoon by
fire which. it is supposed, started from
a spark from n censer.
The blaze. which started in the vestry
room, was discovered by Father Nc
Mahon. He called Father Mucher.
They found gowns OF altar boys anre
aud seeing the blaze was beyond
their control. they sent in an alarm.
Nestments and other garments were
destroyed.
The police believe the spark from
the ccnser fell into a locker and the
boy who had carried the censer had
gone before the blaze was Lig enough
10 be noticed. only few minutes be
fore thc fire more than 500 men AMI
women had attended service.
The Washington times., 1915-12-20

just finishing speaking to him and he
held open the door for her to get
aboard. Then they started off.
Grant did not walt to hear the enj OF
taxi and tumbled aboard.
Police headquarters! he com
manded
to sec his former subordinate, Max
Lamar. For a decade the two had been
close friends. So 1t was with u nod OF
real welcome and Jolly word OF greet
came excitedly into his office at about
the time George Grant was boarding
the taXicab.
What's UP. MAXI asked the chief,
noting his friends unwonted haste and
perturbation. Someone been insulting
you again by calling you detective in
stead Of a crime specialist Or -"
"Everything's up" put in Lamar.
The Red Circle; among other things"
Why. man. the Red Circles wiped off
the books for keeps
Not is 1t was It's. back again"
What are YOU talking about? Circle
jim Borden's dead. SO Is his son. Who
else Is LETT"
"A woman"
"A woman? What woman"
I don't know
Jim left no daughter. His wife died
deO tOu lou We
worked on this Red Circle game so
long you're dafy over it."
Am II" retorted Lamar. "1f my
dizziness turns to rank idiocy. maybe ]
can qualify as central office square
toe. Ten minutes ago ! saw the Red
Circle. Saw 1t is plain as see you. A
woman was sitting in a limousine. Her
right hand was resting on the window
ledge. And she'd taken off her glove.
There. on the back OF her hand was the
Red Circle. Before l could look any
closer the car had speeded up and
chugged out of sight"
And you let 1t eo?" cried the chief.
Il thought you had more sense than
that. Max Why even one OF my
'square-toes.' that YOU were just guying
me about. would have followed 1t till
he found out who owned it,
oddly enough" answered Lamar,
the same idea occurred to me. But
as ! was on foot and as the car was
doing an easy thirty miles an'hour. and
see any way to following 1t very far"
80 YOU let 1t get away? Lord
but
Get away? Not quite. took its
number. Just as It appeared in a little
hurricane OF gasolene smoke and yellow
dust. Let me look over your State auto
license numbers. Wen easily enough
get 1t that wa.
Here YOU are" said Allen. producing
the book. What was the number
Of"
/ro,t;nvod Tounrrn~
The Washington times., 1915-12-20
Tired, Aching
Feet and Limbs

arc promptly relieved by applying
-Abscrbre. Jr., the anuseptic linmenr
IT is soothing, healing, and invigorat
inr-puts vim and energy into jade
muscles. One Of the many enthusiast!
users writes: Il received the trial bottl<
of Absorbine. Jr.. all right and at tina.
time was unable to walk without
cane. just around the house. used T.
freely and inside of two days could
walk without limpinS. something I had
not done in two months. ! went to
the drug store and procured Sl.00 bot
tie and today can walk as good as ever
I'll never be without 1t. ] am recon-
mendinr it to everyone / can, for ! am
a living witness.
Ahsorbine. Jr.. should always be kept
at hand for emergencies.
At druggists. 20 and 500 a bottle or
sent postpaid. Liberal trial bottle for
10c in stamps.
W. +. YOUNG. F. D. F.
AIS Temple St, Springfield. Mass.
The Washington times., 1915-12-20

and have yard OF two OF rich ma
terial drGgGing IN the floor behind
her. But she makes n great mis-
take II she allows herself to he lead
a;%tray by her desires. Young girls
clothes arc Sc attractive in them
selves. thai she should hold on hard
10 the chance OF wearing them.
TnrN must be unuSualIa- Bttrar-
tive. or tho Older women would not
be so fond of "opYinc them: and il
anything locks allicr than NoInC
ril dressed mp in gown too old for
her. 1t Is certainly an olu"r woman
in n girls irrck. I asst year vas the
season of IL G"nuc clothes. ard Nnm-
en- of all ages were forced to adopt
them If they wished 20 lie in TIE
mode. but this year the Gods OF
fashion hay. allowed us a great deal
Of license u NJ.
The Washington times., 1915-12-20

y
convention hall l showed you
- in Chicago last summer when
We made our vacation trip"
asked Uncle Harry.
Yes, indeed" said Jimmy.
You mean where the candidates for
President are nominated" said Joe.
That's the place. boys" said Uncle
Harry That hall Is big enough TO
hold thousands Of people. and when
man makes a speech from the platform
at one of the conventions he is speak
ing to about as big an audience as ever
gets together in one building. But even
an audience big enough to MI that hall
would be only a handful compared to
the size of the audience to which PresI-
dent Wilson made a speech the Other
day"
DO you mean when the President
spoke TO the business men in Colun-
bus?' asked Jimmy.
NO no." said Uncle Harry. The
audience | am thinking of numbered
about 100000, 900 people; yes. and good
many more who live outside OF tn"
United States. why ---''
Il know. Uncle Harry know"
shouted Joe. You mean the President 5
message to Congress. don't you?"
'Oh. yes, tell us about the message"
would"
"All right boys, I'll be glad to explain
Mr.. Wilson's ideas and what he wants
The Washington times., 1915-12-20
PHOTOPLAYS AND
PHOTOPLAYERS
Former Guardian of
Presidents Enters
. Motion Picture
Ne1Us Field
BY GARDNER MACK.

Jack Wheeler. guardian OF two
Presidents and one of the best
known operatives Of the Secret Sers-
ice for number of years, feels that
his career especially equipped him
for the business Of motion picture
impresario. and has entered upon
the duty of such office. Wheeler
whose blue book name IS I.ucien
G.. Wheeler and not Jack" at all
has Just been placed in charge of the
newest OF the big photoplav news
features which Ia to be issued under
the Joint auspices of the Sclig Poly
scope Company OF Chicago and he
Chicago Tribune.
The employers Of the new star of
the motion Dictures-bccause while
Wheeler vii! not actually appear in
anv pictures. he may be called a star
sbecause his work will be of the most
ic:portant character in collecting and
editing thousands of yards of films
containing the news Of the world in
pictires-believe that they have Sc
cured one Of the best men In the
country for the job. Wheeler has
travelled more than 10000 miles in
tie business Of protecting Presidents
OF the United states.
lie was personally in charge Of
every tour President Taft made
while in office. and ives with Colonel
Roosevelt on many of his trips as
President In this way Wheeler be-
came familiar with the people and
with the conditions that exist in
many sections of the country, and is
thus able to Judge the value of the
news pictures that are submitted to
him and OF the Importance OF the In
di|iduals pictured.
Ella Hall. or the Universal forces
is one Of the young women Of the
photoplay industry, who believes
that youth should keep its vouIh
Just as loEE as possible. Of course.
Miss Hall, who really hasn't Lad go
much experience in .airtaini1g Il
Youthful appearance, seeing that ii
will be some years before she Is out
of the youthful class herself. knows
that such advice is old and trite.
but what she means is to correct
the Impression OF mary younS girls
that they should look and dress
older than they really are.
While YOU are a Young girl, she
declares. wear young girls ciotnes
There is rlenty OF time for trairs
and diamonds" And Miss Hall cor
tinues in a little lecture on clothes
for wcmen-ot which she is rather
an authority according 10 picture
patrons who Eaye observed her cos
tunes
every young girl longs Tor the
time when she may nut her hair up
and wear biz Flittering comb in It..
The Washington times., 1915-12-20

the community singing chorus OF sixty
voices will give several numbers. at
tempting more comprehensive pro-
gram than at any time since its or
ganization last October. An address Oh
"Children and the War" will be dcliv-
cred by DR.. John MANI. of the Ameri-
can Peace Society
Tonieht's meeting will mark the close
Of the night classes. of which there are
ten. for the Christmas holidays The
Classes will resume their work the even
ing of January 3
The Washington times., 1915-12-20
Uncle Harry EXPLAINS the Presidents Message

three years. and for three years ait
erward they will agree to Join the
army in event Of war So, IL this pla n
is made into a law the United STATE,
WILL In a few years, have a citizen
army of 100000 that can be called
into service I'm the event OF war This
Is what the newspapers are referrir q
to as the Continental army
The Presidents suggestions about
increasing the navy, If approved by
Congress. would provide by 1921: 81
first class battleships. 6 battle ,ruis-