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Arizona republican., 1916-12-28

Miss Neversmile Mrs. Nettie Dawson Prof. Botan. a German. Leland Green Mary, an orphan =. Mabel Makenson Little Tommy ... Edna Turner Policeman ......... Frank Nordyke Miss Goodheart. Amy Jones Her chauffeur ... Douglas Cage
 The play got good many laughs, and the actors received numerous congratulations. After the play, the children were allowed to come for ward and shake hands with santa Claus, impersonated by Mir. Cage. A committee of the league distributed q hundred and fifty boxes of candy and nuts. and many oranges and ap- ples. The church was crowded and everyone appeared to have a very good time.
 Mrs Beulah Green is enjoins a visit from her mother. three brothers and |, sister They have come here from North Carolina, and Mrs. Green had not seen them for several years. Leland Green and MT. Baymiller of Phoenix. were Christmas guests of Mr. and Mrs. Braun.
 The Alhambra school children had Ia Christmas program Friday after noon.
 MT. and Mrs. sam Green took din- rel with Mir. and Mrs. Clifford Green, Monday, then called on Mrs. F. C. Makenson in the afternoon. . Mr Broome has leased the Rowe lace as Mr. and Mrs. Rowe have eoae back on the cattle range near
 Congress Junction.
Arizona republican., 1916-12-28

Mabel Makemson. During the drill 1helma Walter and Lamberta Weage sang Christmas sons. Before the curtain went up for Christmas In t'innesans fats" Mrs Whittingham and Mrs. Maud Makem- son played star of ;he East" on the piano and violin. folloEod by The Rosary" They also played sec- oral selections betWecn the a-ts.
 The cast of the play was as fol- lows
 Mr. Finneean Marvin Dawson Mrs. Einne n......-. Elizabeth Braun
Arizona republican., 1916-12-28
WILSON J LEAD |S PLACED AT
 JUST 568,822
[RepublIcar 4. p. Leased wire1


 NEW YORK. Dec. 7-Complete of- ficial returns on the presidential cleo ton show that Mr. Wilson received 9.1l6.296 votes and Mr. Hughes S,547,- 474. q plurality of 56S.S22 for MT Wilson. In 1912 Wilson. democrat, re- eeiVed 6.297. .099. Taft republican. 959.
 The vote for Mr. Benson. socialist candidate for president. was 750.0O0 with eight missing states estimated, against 30l.S for Deas, socialist, in 1912, and for Hanly, prohibtionist candidate. the vote was 225,I01, against POT, BPS for Chain. prohibi- tion candidate in 1912
 The total popular vote for the four candidates was 1S,6%S,SI as against l5,O45,322 in 1912. This is an increase of 3,593,5 accounted for ny the in- creased population and the woman vote in the new suffrage states.
 The following is a table showing the vote by states for Wilson and
Arizona republican., 1916-12-28
ENGLISH PAPER CHASE
 |S NEW YEAR STUNT

Phoe niX will have staged on New Years day q real English Paper chase, to which everybody is invited. 1t will le in charge of the Palo Alto Stables waich will siNe an exciting entertain ment, one it is said, Phoenix horse Lack riders will long remember. The English Paper Chase is an old Eng fish sport followed by the English 4G0 for many years. All wishing to attend the chase are invited to ap- rear ahout ten o'clock at tie cross tut canal and the Mcdowell Road. The Palc Alto Stables will furnish hcrsee to those arranging in advance fer the same, and have them in wait ing at jAe loint where the chase starts.
 Prizes lave been put up for the ladies who keep the trail of the paper The sport will be in charge oi Geoff Eneland. an old E,ngli~hmIn.
 Hire q little salesman at The Re publican office. A Want Ad will see
Arizona republican., 1916-12-28
AJo NEWS NOTES
lspeoial Correspondanccl

AJO, Ariz.. Dec. 26-Threo hundred children of the district received Christ mas presents last night from a munic- ipal tree at the Cornelia plaza. where colered incandescentS illuminated the grounds A big drop in the tempera- ture has been attended during the last AS hours by high wind. During Sun- day night there was heavy rain for 8 period of an hour. The crest of the mountain range to the north was white today with snow. said by old resi- dents to be very exceptional.
 New Cornelia Copper Co. observed Christmas by giving it's 700 men two days off, Sunday and Monday. Tickets
Arizona republican., 1916-12-28
AIHAM BRA

The Epworth League had q very pretty Christmas tree and an inta.est- ing entertainment Saturday evening at the church. The program began N lth recitations by Willy Turner Francis Cross, Anna Kate Adams, and Harry Green. i've ahis, Rita Cline. Peace Gillum. Thelma Walter, Alice lreeland. and Lamberta We}ce acte |, star drill, accompanied by Ellz .heth EIaun on the piano. and direeted hv
Arizona republican., 1916-12-28

tion bumper and STOW blow for pleas
 ure autos and trucks" says lhe in vertor. "and it provides a means whereby motor vehicles may traverse roads that are otherwise imrassable.
 When the blows are not needed they are uncoupled from the end of the bumper, the ends of the bumper turned up and caps screwed on the ends and the bumper is widened out by the center coupling oa same"
Arizona republican., 1916-12-28
lNvENTs AUTO SNOW FLOW

Claude C. Hyde of Otisville, N Y, has obtained patent on an auto, mobile snow blow. Tt is a combina-
Arizona republican., 1916-12-28
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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-16
BRYAN TREATY BARS
ACTION WITH BRITAIN
u. S. Has No Such Obligation
With KaiSer's Government.

Washington, May 15-United States
is prevented from making effective
protests against British sea aggres-
sion, officials say, by the provisions of
Bryan peace treaty.
This announcement from a high Off
cial source gave a new significance
to the reference to the Bryan treaty
made by Secretary Lansing in his re-
cent German submarine note In that
note Lansing answered Germany's
suggestion that the United States
treat with Great Britain for relief
from oppressive features of the block
ade by pointing out that the United
States had treaty obligations govern
ing settlement of disputes with Eng
land. He said also that the United
States has no such treaty with Ger
many
1t was said that if Great Britain in
vokes the Bryan treaty for settlement
of its controversy with the United
States no relief can be obtained for a
year at the earliest, by which time it
is believed the war will have ended
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-16
JAVA IN HELPLESS STATE
People of Tropical Garden of the
World Are Without Ambition
to Advance.

The garden par excellence of the
tropic world is Java, yet Intellectually
it is but a cemetery of withered hopes
and ambitions wrecked in n1ockery, for
over all there broods the dull fatalism
of despair-the sufficient unto the
day" Of the conquered follower Of Ma
hommed Ambition, if it exists in the
Java of today, seems powerless to
raise it's people above the condition of
the Asiatic peasant, DR.. Alfred G.
Mayor writes in the Scientific Month
ly There is no well-to-do class of ma
tive artisans, and one may travel
throughout the land and find hardly a
native shop upon whose wares the Eu-
ropean may bestow a glance of admi-
ration, save only for the vanishing art
of batick cloth, and the still more
moribund manufacture of the Krees.
Antlike over the whole land, in every
view, there swarms the full-faced, do
cile coolie of the soil. Measured by
standards of mortality, a source OF
commercial weakness and Java has
not always paid despite her con-
querOrs' efforts to secure as much
profit from her as their conscience
and the public spirit of their times
would permit. The water supply Of
her countless mountain streams might
turn the wheels of many a mill, but
Java still sends her products abroad in
the form of raw materials, and the cul-
tivation of cotton is not even at
tempted.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-16
American Cow Boys Usual Love For "Mex'
KNEW WHERE "HE WAS At
Possum, However, Was Unable to Tell
of His Whereabouts, to Employer
Over the Phone.

When the late Robert Aull was park
called Possum who helped around the
bOathouse In Forest Park lake Pos.
sum was a mighty hunter and fisher
man, and those qualities appealed to
Colonel Aull Sometimes Colonel Aull
and Possum took lanterns at night and
caught mess of frogs in Forest Park.
Possum had a falsetto voice and a
vast ignorance of how to use the tele-
phone He had located several fat,
fine frogs that he thought Colonel Aull
might like to gig and he called him up
at the city hall.
The commissioners stenographer
answered the telephone and after hear
ing Possum's shrill tenor demanding
an interview with "Mistah Aull," she
said: There's a lady on the phone
who wants to speak to you personal
ly."
Colonel Aull went to the telephone
and said: We'll, this is Mr.. Aull;
what 10 it, madame?"
The reply came: "Thith ith Poth-
UNI! l want to talk to Mithta Aull. .
"This is Mr.. Aull Who are you?"
'"Thith ith Pothum. Don't you know
Pothum? Pothum, the niger out at
Foreth Park I want you to come
and meet me, and we'll get thome
frawgth."
20, all right, Possum. Where are
your"
"Thuh?"
Where are your
81 don't know what you thaid. Thith
ith Pothum. l want you to come right
out and meet me-"
"All right, I'll come, but where are
you?"
81 don't know what you thaid.'
Then the park commissioner, rails
ing his voice, resorted to the Ian
guage Of the plain people: where
are you at?"
Co." responded Possum, with sigh
of relief. "Heah l ith."-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-16
POINCARE HITS
''PEACE" TERMS
French President Attacks KaI.
seT'S Reply TO u. S.
"OfFERR" NEVER BEEN MADE

Kaiser Must Bow to Terms of Entente,
He DecIares-Peace Will Come
When Germany Is Mo Longer in Po-
sition to Menace World, He AS
serts.
Paris, May 15.-The most signifi-
cant pronouncement made by PreSi.
dent Poincare since the beginning If
the war was uttered by him at Nancy,
the capital OF French Lorraine
Replying to the reference to peace
proposals contained in the Kaisers
reply. to the American uItinatum,
President Poincare, who was address
ing body Of Lorraine refugees said:
The Central Empires, haunted by
remorse at having. begun this war,
and aHrighted by tie Indignation ana
hatred which they have aroused
among human kind. are attempting to
make The world believe that the allies
alone are responsible for the prolon-
cation of hostilities.
Must Ask for Peace.
This is ponderous irony that de-
ceives no one. Neither directly nor
indirectly have our enemies offered
us terms of peace. But we do not
want them to ask us for peace. We
do not want to submit to their con-
ditiOns we want to enforce our own.
We do not want a peace that will cave
imperial Germany the mistress to be-
gin another war and hang as an eter-
nal menace over Europe; we want a
peace that will bring restoration Of
rights and that will carry with it
guarantees of equilibrium and stabil-
ity.
$50 long as this peace is not as
sured to US and so long as our ene-
mics will not admit they are defeated
we shall not cease fighting
German Note Discussed.
Discussing the reasons for Ger
many's acceptance of President VIII
sons note, the semi-official Temps
says
''The Kaiser's hopes that President
Wilson has been won over by his sub
mission and will act as an interne
diary for peace before all is lost. lie
expects to find American support for
his peace proposals and the intrigues
Prince Won Beulow is weaving at the
Vatican"
The most reliable information which
has reached us from neutral sources
shows that political, financial and
Austria-Hungary are being told that
they must expect peace by August at
the latest.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-16
STRIKE AT ARSENAL LOOMS
Union Machinsts at Rock Island Serve
Notice of Walkout.

Davenport. Ia, May 15.-Union ma
chinists at the Rock Island Arsenal
served notice on Colonel George w.
Burr, commandant at the arsenal that
beginning next Tuesday, at 10 a. M,
they would quit work until their wag-
es were adjusted so that they would
be the same as paid in Chicago for
similar work, as well as the same as
paid in other plants in the tri-cities.
The machinists at the arsenal num-
Der about 500 of the 1000 employees,
of whom about 200 are members of
the union.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-16
The World War a Year Ago
Today--May Is.

Austro-German troops reached
the gates of Przemysl, in Galicla,
which the Russian forces had Oc-
cupied since its sensational cap
ture by them in March.
Premier Salandra Of Italy con-
sented TO retain Office after two
prominent statesmen had declin-
ed the kings invitation TO form
a ministry.
British first army broke through
German line over two mile
front between Richebourg fAyoue
and Festubert.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-16
FIT. WAYNE EL0PER CAUGHT
Veteran and Girl of 16 Are Arrested
at HilISGale.

Hillsdale, Mich, May 15.-Love's
dream was shattered for pretty F1ossie
Siple, sixteen-year-old Fort Wayne,
Ind, miss, whose infatuation for
George Mandle, or time Bulgarian
warrior and now restauranteur. led
her to elope with him to Hillsdale.
They were arrested while George was
applying for a license to we'd
81 love George and intend to marry
him." the girl exclaimed to the officer
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-16
NEW LAND WORTH S2,OOO,OOO
Owners of Iowa Property Plan Huge
Reclamation UNDERTAKING.

Des Moines, Ia, May 15.-Owners of
land along the Skunk River in Story,
Jasper and Polk counties, will meet
to consider a proposition of reclaim
ing approximately 10000 acres of land
along the Skunk River The land now
untillable because Of the water is said
to be worth about $2,000,000.
According to plans already consider.
ed the river will be walled in by dikes
from Cambridge in Story county to
Colfax in Jasper, distance of TWEEN
ty-seven miles. The estimated cost of
the Improvement is about $f8 an acre.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-16
Not Creatures of the Sea.

The National museum at Washing
ton, contains a notable display OF
the bones of several species of extinct
mammals which, if seen alive in the
ocean, would be called huge sea ser
pents They were carnivorous and
their long, slender jaws were armed
with formidable teeth. Although a
few remaining individuals of the group
may have given actual basis for the
sea-serpent stories, these extinct ami
mails were not reptiles, but mammals
which, like the whale and seal and OF
ter, had happened to evolve in an
aquatic environment.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-16
ZEPPELIN REPORTED
SUNK OFF NORWAY
Another Dispatch Says Dirigi-
BILE Is Out OF Control.

London, MAY 15.-The destruction
of another Zeppelin is reported in an
Copenhagen. 1t is said that the Yep
pelin was brought down off the west
coast Of Norway, and that three Brit
ish destroyers went in pursuit of it.
Copenhagen, May 15.-A Zeppelin
out of control has been observed on
the west coast of Norway. Three
British destroyers were pursuing it.
The airship descended to height
of 100 feet and disappeared in a fog.
1t is presumed it was wrecked.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-16
CIVILIANS DE IN
BALKAN AIR RAID
Flyers Drop Combs on Greco
Serb Frontier.
ITALIANS ARE BEATEN BACK

Attack on Positions of Austrans Near
San Martino Falls, Vienna Reports
Greek Tax Program Is Ready
Hope to Maintain Army and Pay
Overdue Bills.
Paris, May 15.-An aerial attack on
Majadagh, near the reek-Serbian
frontier, southwest of Doiran, in
which fourteen civilians were killed
is reported in a Havas dispatch from
Salonih. A number OF persons were
wounded.
French Flyers Driven Off.
Berlin, May 15.-The official war of
flee statement says:
Balkan front-Hostile aviators who
dropped bombs on Mirovitza and Di-
oran were driven away by the fire of
our anti-aircraft guns"
Italian troops made an attack at
night on Austrian positions west of
San MARITIME, but were beaten back.
the Austrian war office announce
The statement follows
"On the Doberdo plateau, west Of
San Martino, the enemy made a vio-
lent attack during the night with
hand grenades, but was repulsed after
a severe struggle"
Greek Tax Program Ready.
Athens, May 15.-The government
has completed the fiscal measures
which will be presented to the cham
ber of deputies in an effort to relieve
the present serious financial situation.
In addition to the projected internal
loan and the plan for issuance of 30
100000 drachmae of unsupported pa
per, the measures provide for gradu-
ated tax on the net profits of shippers,
a levy of 10 per cent on exports OF
tobacco, and taxes on hotels, mills and
other businesses.
The assessment on shippers is to be
retroactive from Jan. 1, 1915, Greek
calendar, and in some instances will
be as high as Is per cent 1t is ex
pected to bring in 100000 drachmae
The cabinet hopes these taxes will
yield in the neighborhood Of 100000
900 drachmae. This would provide
funds for maintaining the army in the
expense of which is 100000 drachmae
daily, and also would make possible
payment of long overdue allowances
to families Of soldiers.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-16
HONOR PARENTS WEDDING
Four Children Married on Fortieth
Anniversity Of of Iowa Couples Union.

Four Children Married on Fortietf
Anniversity Of of Iowa Couples Union.
Shenandoah, Ia, May 15.-The we'd
ding Of Lawrence Nye to Miss Maude
Cutler was the first Of four marriages
of the children Of Mr. and Mrs. j. F.
Nye On their fortieth wedding ami
versary. The ceremony was perform
ed shortly after midnight and came as
a surprise.
The wedding of Arthur Nye, secre-
tary Of the Commercial Club and can
didate for the Republican nomination
for county auditor, was the next sur.
prise He was married to Miss Mary
Healy of Streator, H., at the Catholic
parsonage. Invitations had been is
sued to a double wedding at 1 o'clock
when Julia Nye married Karl Grant
Of Pueblo, Col, and Miss Lucy Nye
was welded to Sylvester Allurd of De-
troit, Mich
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-16
S1,OOO,OO0FoR RELIEF WORK
Judge Nippert Says This Sum Has
Been Raised for East Prussia.

Berlin, May 15.-Judge A. K Nip,
pert of Cincinnati, vice president OF
the American relief committee for
East Prussia, has arrived in Berlin
and will confer with Field Marshal
Hindenburg about relief work.
Judge Nippert said that more than
81 1000, 900 had been raised in the Unit.
ed States for East Prussia. He will
remain in Germany for a month, Wis
iting ransacked districts in East Prus,
sia. He said more money would be
raised in America at the conclusion
Of peace.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-16
Ornament, Great Racer, Dies.

Lexington, KY, May 15.-Ornament,
by Order-Victorine, one of the most
successful racehorses and thorough
bred sires, died at the farm Of his
owner, H. P. Headley, here He was
twenty-five years old, and his career,
since his first start at Memphis, in
the spring of 1896, until his retire
ment years later, was replete with
victories.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-16
Women Want Dry Scotland.

Glasgow, May 15.-The largest dem
onstraton by women ever held in
Scotland occurred here when, as
protest against the manufacture and
sale of liquor during the war, 10000
women. headed by bands, marched to
the green. where speechs were made
demanding, prohibition.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-16
ASKS GUARDSMEN TO QUIT
Adjt. Gen. Gamble Makes Request to
Colorado Militia Staff Heads

Harry P. Gamble requested the resig-
nations of all officers of the staff de-
partments and of the field and staff,
In letters which stated that the resig.
nations were requested in order that
"such action may be taken as will pro-
mote the welfare" of the Colorado ma
tional guard. About fifteen officers
are affected.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-16
GRENADE ATTACK REPELLED
French Assault on Hill 304 Position.
Fails, SAYS Berlin.

Berlin, May 15.-The repulse of 4
French attack with grenades on Ger
man positions in the vicinity of Hill
304, on the Verdun front, is announc-
ed in official statement
Paris, May 15.-French positions
near Dead Man Hill on the Verd IN
front were bombarded violently but
there was no infantry attack A Ger
man thrust south of Roye was repuls-
ed. official statement says.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-16
Towers DAUGHTER Fatally Hurt.

Philadelphia, May 15.-Miss Ger
trude Tower, daughter of Charlie
magne Tower, former ambassador to
Germany, and G. H. Dougherty Of
Germantown were seriously, if not fa-
tally, injured when Dougherty's auto
mobile turned over in Fairmount park.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-16
Not Such a Fool.

Here's a strange case" said Mrs.
Spotter to her husband. "A man
they called the town fool up in New
Hampshire died, and they weighed his
brain. 1t was heavier than the aver
age
rs that all it says about him?"
''Yes-except that he was for many
years entirely dependent on well-to-
do relatives"
''Ruh-he was no fool If you have
wellto-do relatives, why use your
brainsT
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-16
GERMAN MOBS RIOTFOR FOOD
Three Hundred Persons Killed and
Wounded by Machine Guns.

London, May 5.-Unprecedented
food riots occurred in Mannheim, Ger
many, last Saturday, according to the
Exchange Telegraph's Geneva corre-
spondent The military brought ma
chine guns into play to quell the
mobs, and 800 persons were killed or
wounded
Fugitiyes from Mannheim arrived
at Basle, Switzerland, with the story,
the correspondent wired.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-16
BRYAN LATHROP sUCCUMBS
Chicagoan Was Well Known in Busi'
ness, Art and Society.

Chicago, May 15.-Byran Lathrop,
real estate dealer and capitalist is
dead at his home in Chicago. Heart
disease was given as the cause.
Mr.. Lathrop was brother-in-law of
Thomas Nelson Page, United States
ambassador to Italy, and was well
known in business, music, art and So
cial circles. Mrs. Thomas Nelson
Page was in the Lathrop home when
her brother was stricken.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-16
Polo Player Dies at Front.

San Francisco, May 15--Maurice
Raoul Duyal of Paris, well-known polo
player and prominent in society here,
where he resided for several years
prior to the outbreak of the European
war, was killed in the French trenches
at Verdun recently, according to a
ablegram received by San Francisco
relatives.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-16
Mob Anti-Conscriptionists.

London, May 15.-Emerging from
the Ethical society building, George
Lansbury, labor member of parlia-
ment; Mrs. Despard and other anti
conscriptionists, were attacked by an
angry crowd, including many women.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-16
Thieves Steal Whiskey in Jai

Clarksburg, w. Va, May 15.-
Thieves broke into the Preston coun-
ty jail at Turnelton and stole a barrel
of whisky which was was part of
stock that had been conffscated by
prohibition officers Bloodhounds are
the robbers.