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Arizona republican., 1916-05-20
ORDINANCE NO. 132.

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SEC TON r. OF ORDINANCE NO. 99, OF THE CITY OF PHOENIX, BY ADDING THERETO CERTAIN PRO- VISIONS RELATING TO THE USE OF VACANT LOTS AND SIDE WALKS BY PERSONS DRIVING ANIMALS ON OR ACROSS VACANT LOTS AND SIDEWALKS.
 BE TT ORDAINED BY THE CON- MISSION OF THE CITY OF PHOE- NIX. AS FOLLOWS:
 Section T, Of Ordinance No. 99. is hereby amended so as to read as fol- lows.
 Section 77. It shall be unlawful for any person to ride, drive, run or propel any bicycle, tricycle., velocipede or mo- torcycle upon any of the sidewalks of tEe City of PhOeniv, or for any per- son to drive any animal or animals, or any vehicle or vehicles across any va cant lot within the City of Phoenix, : signed, stated that when Mrs. Bates ! had placed her signature to the re i ceipt she had said, q am signing my i death warrant but Mir. OZias has been i very good to me-
 1 Mrs OZias refuted Mrs. Bates statement that she had not been kind
 She declared that she did not know Mrs Bates was III when she left then home, 34S North Fifth avenue. The court announced that the cast
 would be taken under advisement anC .1l1 brought by MT. Bates against the same i defendant for a partners share in hi:
 property. Little headway was mad,
 in this case, owing to the lateness O the hour when the first case was con
 cluded anG was continued until thi
 morning.
Arizona republican., 1916-05-20
BIRDS AND MEN

None of the wild birds in New England is as ly domestic the robin and other bird fits into the scenery better c welcome in spring. It is bird of unconquerable courage or it would not here before the leaves, and it develops fine of ownership. No millionaire surveying his private park look the part of the proprietor bet ter than the robin when it revisits lawn with which it familiar the summer before. It expects find a exactly where it found one last year and, rule, it is not disappointed It looks at the human who may the lawn and. possibly marks: There's the man who was here last year just the tries think that the robin is the he in 1915
 After all the bird and the much alike; the bird has brief period of lovemaking and nest building and then it works from sunrise till to for the family So does the man. if he is the right Fall and the bird faces the possi- bilities of starvation ofsudden death from of
 it's enemies and the faces the increasing possi. bilities of pneumonia apopleXy. Next spring and finds another robin and another man, the only thing remaining unchanged being the land. Both the robin and the man dream that they possess it and yet after all it acquires themHartford Courant
Arizona republican., 1916-05-20
FABLE OF THE O. F. B. M. AND THE UNDER
 TAkER

Once there Old Fashioned Business Man whose Business got Sick. He Fretted and Worried, but that did not help His Son, who interested in the Business Slightly, wanted call in Dr. Ads but the O. F. E. M said no, he wasn't much for New Tangled Things
 So. the Business got Scker and Sicker and the O. F. B. M Worried more and more but he would not Listen Reason.
 One day, tall anky Fellow came into the office of the O. F. B. 8 with a Paper.
 I'm the Business Undertaken" he said. and he seemed real Good Natured about it, too
 You're the what?" gasped the o. F. B. M, but he looked little closer and there the Coat of the Pleasant Person of Sad Words he Badge and upon the Badge the Word Sheriff. f.'-Asso cated Advertising.
Arizona republican., 1916-05-20
OH YES SIR! SEND A FEW CANS

Charles F. Howard, of Lake Odessa. Mich, was 9 salesman on the road un- il he lost his hearing two or three years ago, nov he is taking up a sys- temauc study of advertising as the best means for cashinG in on his sell ing experience. Hes sure he will make 90 of it, for he has the prescription m the form of a motto on the wall of his office and here it is:
 Success comes in cans Failures come in cants. So please send me d few cars" s."-Associated Advertising.
Arizona republican., 1916-05-20

of certain newspapers of their superior service, when in the last well in the first analysis their qua- ity is determined by claims but by the character of the service, their printed pages which are open all to read and judge.
 When either France or Germany oonquers, it will be unnecessary for the conqueror to waste any ink inform the world of that event. It will be matter concerning which there be no dispute or mis- understanding unless the should end in adraw or dog fall' and then neither shall have won, whatever either may assert the contrary.
Arizona republican., 1916-05-20

 or on or across any sidewalk of said City Of Phoenix.
 Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemearor mad upon conviction thereof shall be fined in the sum of rot more than $25.00. and in default thereof shall be confined at the City Jail at the rate of one day for each dollar of such fine
 Passed by the Commission of the tCitv of Phoenix this 17th day of May, A. D.. 191G Approved this 17th day Of May. A D., 1916. GEO. N MACBEAN. Vice.
 FRANK THOMAS, City Clerk.
Arizona republican., 1916-05-20

Now appears scientist with secret for taking the from gasoline. We should be more interested in a discovery that would take several cents from the prevailing price of the stuff We can stand the smell.
Arizona republican., 1916-05-20
The War on Paner

The Germans and French fighting their bat ties in the press dispatches Each trying to prove that the other is already whipped Better proof would be afforded by prisoners taken and stronghods or territory occupied Their claims remind one of those
Arizona republican., 1916-05-20

Conservatism, observes exchange, will persist in spite radical progress. The latest anachronisc performers were three old fashioned men in Pennsy vania who managed to get themselves more or less damaged the other day by the skidding of horse drawn vehicle.
Arizona republican., 1916-05-20

The statement Wednesday by MT. Bryan that he would attend the national democratic conven- ton as delegate rather confirmatory of reports we had heard of the results of the late democratic primaries in Nebraska.
Arizona republican., 1916-05-20

Dr. Henry Souther has just been appointed by Secretary of War Baker as consulting engineer to handle the increasing aeronautical problems of the government, field that admits of great possibilities of expansion and development. He is cooperating actively with the work of the committee on industrial pre- paredness of the U. s. naval consult ing board.
Arizona republican., 1916-05-20
LINES TO BE REMEMBERED

If you invite peoples opinion. you've right to sheer at them because they don't say what you wanted.-David Graham Phillips
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-12
M|DSH|PMEN ARE BEING DISMISSED
|Eighty.Two Have Been Dismissed from Naval Academy and More.
 to Follow-Lack of Study

ANNAPOLIS. Feb, 12.-Nghty-two |of the midshipmen who failed to pasz lin tho annual examinations have been dismissed from the naval acad- |emy here. It is also reported that more than two hundred of the young men have failed in their examina- tions and will be asked to resign. The failure of the students to reach the required standard is declared to have been due to lack of study and too much society.
 This is the first instance in years when those who failed to pass have heen dismissed after the first test and is believed to be the beginning of a new regime to increase the efficiency of the navy department of the na- tion's defenses.
 Many of the students dismissed from the academy are sons of promi- nent politicians and it is predicted that the matter will not close with their dismissal. The names of the men who failed in their examinations will be published later.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-12
ARMED VESSELS ARE W|AI|RsA|lPS ]
Austrian Admiralty reports that Sev' s !t-,- ii .si
 eral Submarines are missing
 ''''' and May be Lost.

VIENNA, Feb. s.-The Austrian government has issued an official statement regards@s the controversy between the Ann .rican and Aus!' ian |governments concerning the sinking of British liners in the Mediter:an- can sea.
 The statement ia made that the British admiralty has placed guns on the British merchantmen and that the vessels :.:e really waraaIps instead of commerce carriers, and that tile commanders of the Austrian submarines have been forced to treat them as enemy ships. '''
 The admiralty has admitted that several submarines operating in the Mediterranean have failed to report and it is believed they have fallen victims to the guns of the armed merchantmen which they have at tempted to capture.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-12

WASHINGTON, D. c. Feb. 12.- President Wilson has issued an ex- ecutive order making General Hugh Scott, commander of the United States army, acting secretary of war for thirty days and it is reported that the president will consider the selec- tion of a successor to Secretary Gar rison while on a weekend trip with Mrs. Wilson on the Mayflower on the Potomac river, President and Mrs. Wilson left the capital last night after the chief executive had been en- tertained at dinner by Postmaster General Burleson.
 Much speculation is being made in congressional and official circles d.; to the probable succession of Secretary Garrison but it appears to be the unanimous opinion that Southern Ter will not De the choice of Presi- dent Wilson. ~
 Many of Secretary Garrison'a friends are severely criticising Presi- dent Wllson and assert that his ha- bit, mind and thought we're one oi the main reasons for the 'secretry,' 's |resignins. They also assert that the
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-12
PORTLAND FEARS
 DESTRUCTIVE FLOOD
Hee Jam on Columbia Has Broken and Vessels and Launches De-
 sert Waterfront at Portland.

PORTLAND, .Ore., Feb. 12.-An lice jam which formed on the Colum- bia YiNef above this city has broken and ia increased the danger of food The water has been rapidly rising and fAe waterfront has been aban- Aoned by all vessels and launches to escape from the ice which is being earrled down by the flood.
 .. Adsices from points ap the co!um- bia say that the river has overflow d its banks at several places and has flooded a eonstdeiabie area of az tieultural land tn the valley. Many of the residents, Of the, valley have lsft their homes and taken their live stock to the hills. ''"
 The weather bureau predicts heav- fer rains during the next few days a.a reports from all points aleng the river are, to the effect that prepara- tons are being made to escape from tho rayages of a flood. Where the ioe 1ammsd on tho upper river 1t is reported that the water was backed up to a, depth of ten feet, and caused 1t to spread over a wide area of val Ky,
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-12

WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 12.- It is admitted by the Republican gen. ators that President Wilson has prac- tieally won his fight for the ratifica- tion of the Niea-auguan treaty and that the necessary votes have been promised to pass the measure appro- priating three milton odliars as in demnity to Nicarak ua for the canal concession. It Is believed, however, that strong fight will be made in the House against the measure.
 The debate on the postoffice appro- priation bill was resumed in the House yesterday afternoon. The an- nual report of Postmaster General Burleson shows that the deficit for the past year was more than twenty million dollars. The shortage is de- clared by Secretary Burselon to have been caused by the European war.
 It was announced yesterday by the sub-judiciary committee of the Sen ate. which is Investigating the fitness of Louis D. Brandeis to succeed the late Justice Lamar on the bench of the Supreme court of the United States, that Charles Mellen, former president of the New Haven Pail road company, had been summoned to give testimony in the Branaeis case before the senate next Wednes-
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-12
PLEADS GUILTY
 0F NEGLIGENCE
 -- .,l4 -t.a~ J. ; Ensign Kirkpatrick, who Lost U. s. Navy Code Book, Being Tried
 by Court Martial.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 12.-En. sign Kirkpatrick, of the United States
 navy, who was arrested with Lieut.
 Herbert Jones, in connection with the loss of a U. 8. secret signal code book
 has entered | plea of guilty of the charge of negligence of duty. The men were officers on the Oregon. The code book has been missing for several weeks and although offi- cers in the secret service have ex- hausted every possible means of To- eating it. no trace of the book has been found. The officers comprising the court martial do not believe the men were guilty of any more serious charge than negligence and have been unable to discover any evidence tend ling to indicate that either of them had any connection with agents oi
 foreign governments.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-12
NEW RECORD IN
 AVIATION ]. MADE ! I||
Machine Ascends to Height of Nine thousand Feet Carrying Two
 Passengers and 5000 Lbs.

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 12.--Floyd l.. Smith, who is Q graduate of the Uni ted States Aviation school here. es- tablighed a new worlds record yes terday afternoon when he asceuded to height of nine thousand feet. Smith carried two passengers and one and one-half tons of freight.
 Aviator Smith has also announced that he will seek to establish long distance record and is planning a flight from the Pacific to the Atlantic against time: He reports that his machine, which is fitted with a new type of motor, worked to perfection. . He was given an ovation by the crowd of guests at the Coronado Ho- tel, who witnessed the record-break- ing flight. .it
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-12
FIRE DESTROYS WAGON FACTORY
 
 Plant at Dubuque Destroyed with Thousands of Wagons Intended
 for Use of the Allies.

DUBUQUE, Iowa, Feb. 12.-A fire which it is believed was of incendiary origin, destroyed d wagon factory and warehouses here last night, causing a loss pf more than five hundred thousand dollars worth of proper.v.
 e The warehouses destfUyed by the flames contained wagons valued at more than one hundred thousand dol lars which were ready forrshipment to Europe for the Allies. 's. S The flames spread with remarkable rapidity and although the entire fire fighting force of the city was sent to the scene the flames destroyed the en- tire plant. The officials of the com pany believe the fire was of incen- diary origin and have asked the
 ernment to send secret service .fl- cials to investigate conditions. The loss was partly covered by insur ance
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-12

pres.u~... was 4. ...& habit of ignor- ing the advice of the members of his cabinet in reaching conclusions.
 Secretary Garrison Is reported to have u.nered with President Wilson regarding the Mexican policy as he believed 1t weak and ineffective. It is understood that break was nar- rowly averted between the president and secretary of war when the for mer decided agai lst intervention in Mexico following the murders of the American miners at Santa Ysobel canyon last montt.
 Tho House committee of Mil ,ry Affairs yesterday afternoon passed a resolution expressing confidence in in President Wilson's attitude in leaving the question of national de. fense to congress. Chairman Hay. Of the House com mittee of Military Affairs. in a state. mont yesterday afternoon declared that the resignation of Secretary Garrison from President wilson Z cabinet would have. no material snect on preparedness legislation. He be lievas the admin: tration's national defense program will be carried thru
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-12

day. It is believed that the former railroad man will testify in favor of President Wilson's choice for the DO s.Llon.
 Tho measure which was introduced into the House to create new stan dard Qf tolts on ships passing thru the Panama Canal after the close of the present mont l, has been report ed back to the House by the commit tee, with the recommenu-..on that 1t become law, but it is believed that should both the oecate and the House favorably consider the measure that President Wilson will use his execu- tive powers to kill the measure by vetoing it.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-12
MORTGAGE FOR SEVEN
 MILLION FO{sGCI4OStD

| UNIONTOWN, Pa, Feb. I2.--The Isabella Connellsvillc Coke company, |one of the largest coke companies in the United States, has been tempo rarily closed down owing to the cred itors having foreclosed mortgage ot seven million dollars against the property It is reported that the plant will rasune operations imme- diately. as tho financial difficulties of tho big company are being arranged through the banks.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-12

BERLIN, Feb. 1.-The German war office has received confirmation of the news that three British cruis- CTS we're sunk during the raid of the English coast y German zeppeffns lasf Monday. The British govern inent has eexerted every effort to keep the loss of the warships from reach ing the people of England or the out xide world, but the German officials Nsve learned that the cruisers Carra- line. Euen and Nish were sunk. The Carraline is reported to have been pierced by the bomb which caused
 her magazine to explode and few if any of her crew escaped. The Eden and ...sn attempted to reach shallow water but sank before reaching shore.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-12
GRAND JURY
 HAS MURDER CASE

FAIRBANKS, Feb. 12.-The case of Julius Miller and William O'Con- nor, who were bound over to the grand jury for the murder of Mrs. Rowe, of Olness, last fall, will be brought before the grand jury which Is now in session here. The murder was one of the most cOId-blooded killings ever reported in Alaska as the aged woman was clubbed to death. It is reported that one of the men has signed a written confes- sion giving details of the murder and robbery, '' 's
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-12
Czernowitz Has Fallen.

PETROGRAD, Feb. 12.-The Of fensive movement inaugurated by General Kholob, the Czar's new com mander of the northern army, is making progress along the entire front from Riga to Galicia. Dis, patches from the southern front state that the Russian troops have cap. tured the Galician city of Czerno' witz and have taken thousands ot prisoners and hundreds of guns.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-12
FLOODS ARE> RA6IN6
 EAST 0F CASCADES
to Depth of Six Feet and Far mers Have Stock Upstairs.

PORTLAND, Ore, Feb. 12.-Ad~
 vices from east of the Cascades, statA
 that Johnson creek, tributary of
 John river, swollen by heavy rainx and melting snows, have overflowed
 the banks and covers a vast area of its valley. Hundreds of farm houses are flooded and the water Is said ta be running six feet deep in the high
 ways. ,. Many of the farmers escaped to the high lands with their stock be- fore the water prevented travel but hundreds femained and have attempt ed to save their live stock by placing them in the upper stories of their homes and barns. .'. / l Advices from the flooded districts state that many families have been taken from the roofs of their homes |by rescue parties operating rudaly constructed boats and rafts. ThA water where 1t has overflowed thu valley has little current and the far mers are using ratts in attempting to
 save their property from floating
 away.
 Reports received here late lask
 night say that heavy rains have been
 falling in Malheur district and that
 the floods are threatening the damn
 which are under construction by the
 government.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-12
hUssIA WILL SEEK 9s bAHLAoN DoAiAAh AA)AN

LONDON, Feb. 12.--Advices from Petrograd say that the Russian news papers have announced that the Rus sian government is soon to issue an other billion dollar loan. It is. re- ported that the Czar's, government win seek to place the entire loan with the Russian bankers.
 The issue has been approved by tha Russian duma and the bonds will Ia unsecured but Wa be regarded by foreign financiers as merely promises of the Russian govt rnment to redeem them when due.
 IL is rumored here in nnancial cir c'cs that tho visit of Banlier Morgan cf New York, to Lindon, is in conpec- ton with the Russian loan as the Czar's government has been placing onCromus orders With American Tan- Afacturers for war munitions and failroad materials.
 
 1>~s,
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-12
WOULD PROVIDE
 OFFICERS FOR ARMY

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.--Assis- tant Secretary of Agriculture Vroo- man, i'll statement before the House Committee on Military affairs yesterday, said that the Land Grant college would be able to prodUce five thousand second lieutenants for the army each year if Congress would provide equipment and instructors for training the young men who at tend the college.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-12
HEBRON IS SERVED
 WITH LABOR IAENa

While Chas. F.. Heron, the Rerub- lican committeeman, was in Seward attending the meeting last Monday. he was served with notice of lah:r liens i'll connection with ties cut for the Alaskan Engineering commission last summer. Tho Seward Post says that Heron has been paid for most of the ties delivered, but the 1aborers who filed liens are still without their money.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-12
FOUR MORE HOMES .. SLIDE OVER || BLUFF
Property Owners on Alki Avenue are Moving their Buildings Away
 from Danger Zone.

SEATTLE, Feb. l2.--Despite the efforts of a score Of wtrnmen the mud slides at Alki avenue ia West &c., attle continue and four more homes were swept over the face of the blu if yesterday afternoon and pied in a heap of wreckage.
 .Many of the property owners are moving their buildings from thu dan ger zone as the heavy rains continue, and it is feared that a large are ! of the hill may slide towards the lay, as it is rumored that cracks Ina ye opened in the earth nearly one hur- dred yards from the face of the bluff
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-12
MAY BECOME
 FRESH FISH CENTER

The Booth Fisheries comDary. which is one of the largest dealers fir fresh fish in North America, Is in. vestigating the possibilities of Sew ard as a fishing center and may po'' sibly decide to establish a cold-stor- age plant there.
 The company operates It's own boats out of Seattle and has cold storage plant at Sitka and is build ing another at Prince Rupert to care for the catch of fish in Southeastern Alaska.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-12
SalOniki Forts Strengthened.

l4,..iS, Feb. 11.-Advices from SaIoniki state that the forts guard ing the British and French positions have been strengthened and 1t is be- fieved that they will resist the com bined attack. of the central European powers. The dispatches state that the Allies troops are constantly receiv- ing reinforcements and that heavy artillery is being landed from trans
 ports daily It is also believed that
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-12
NEW PRESIDENT FOR II. s.
 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

NEW YORK, Fob. 12.--R. C.. Rhett, ex-mayor of Charleston: West Virginia, has been elected president of the United States Chamber of Commerce, which has been in annual session here during the past week. All the other officers of the organization were reelected by exclamation.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-12
Makes Official Denial

BERLIN, Feb. 12.-The press ot Berlin yesterday printed a story pur- porting to come from Amsterdam stating that British cruisef had been sunk in the North Sea bS Ger. man submarine. The German admir- alty has issued an official denial oi the report and has cautioned the press against giving publicity to un- founded rumors.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-12
N|CARAGUAN MEASURE WILL
 BE PASSED BY THE SENATE

SENATORS ADMIT THAT COUNT SHOWS THAT PRESIDENT WILSON OWN FIGHT TO APpRoPRIATE MONEY SETTLE NICARAUGuAN CONTROVERSY OFFICE APPROPRIATION DEBATED IN TERDAY-BRANDEIs DEBATED SENATE WEDNESDAY WITNESSES HAVE BEEN CALLED.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-02-12

the Allies are planning to begin their campaign against the Bulgarian frontier, and that they will shortly be joined by an Italian force az the italian government is preparing to
 make a formal declaration of war |against Germany.