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The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1916-08-05
Advertised Letters

The following is list of letters remaining on
hand unclaimed for the week ending July
30th, 1916:
Ellis L. j. Powell, S. r.
FERNANDEZ. Miss Primes Chemical Co.
Robes, Reliano
Persons calling for unclaimed matter will
please say advertised" A charge OF one cent
viii be made for each piece Of unclaimed mat
ter delivered, as required by Section $50, Postal
Laws and Regulations.
L. D. REDFIELD, Postmaster
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1916-08-05
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

U2Oll6
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
United States Land Office at Phoenix, Arizona.
July 81, 1916.
NOTICE is hereby given that Sarah G. Mar
tineau, of Benson Arizona. who, on Nov 81,
1912, made Homestead Entry No. 020ll6. for
tx, Section 9; Township II S., Range 10 f.,
&. & S. r. Meridian, has filed notice Of inten-
ton to make final Three Year Proof, to estab-
lish claim to the land above described, before
H. G Brown, Z. S. Commissioner, at Benson,
Arizona, on the 1st day of September, 1916.
Claimant names as Witnesses: r. L. Mccall,
d. G. Maggie. Leo MartineDu and Verne Mar
tineau, all of Benson, Arizona.
y THOMAS F. WEEDIN, Register.
First pub. July 20.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1916-08-05
FOR SUPERVISOR

l hereby announce myself as a
candidate for the Office of Super
visor, subject to the will of the
voters at the Democratic primaries,
SeptemO Der I2th.
DAVE ADAMS.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1916-08-05
H. O. ROBERTSON, Secretary

The Benson Lumber and Com
merciaI Company carry full stock
of paints and oils. and Can supply
your wants in this line.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1916-08-05

day for Tucson 10 visit friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Eaker, of
i una, formerly Of Benson, are in
town on visit.
Miss Carrie Clarke has returned
from a pleasant visit of several
weeks in California.
For Rent-Good Groom adobe
house with bath. Partly furnihhed.
Apply at Signal office.
Mrs M. J Treio and family, of
the Cottage Rooming House, are
visiting at ST. David,
Mrs. VIM. Murry left Tuesday
morning for Kiny6sher, Oklahoma,
to visit an uncle who is danger
ously Ill. N
A business meeting of the Ladies
Aid Society will be held at til
M. E. Church next Thursday after
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. e. Walker, of
Dragon, were visitors in town for
two or three daya this week, stop
ping at the Mansion.
Mrs. L E /Weigand spent last
Thurs day at Pomerene delivering
orders for toilet articles for which
she has been canyassing.
Skrene dores and wire screens
to protect you against flies, mos
quitos and flying insects. Benson
Lumber & Commercial Co.
Preaching at the M. e. Church
tomorrow, morning and evening,
by the pastor, Rev j E. Ferris.
A cordial invitation is extended
to all to attend the services,s
Messrs. Bert and Harry Macia,
mining men of Tombstone, accom-
panied by Attorney J. S. Williams,
of Bisbee. have been stopping in
town for two or three days.
A refined Spanish and American
social dance will be given at Ben
son Auditorium Saturday, Auguit
18th, 9 p. m. to a. m. The best
of band music. Admission 500,
Raymond B. Krebs, we'll known
citizen and garage proprietor Of
Tombstone, was in town Thurs
day and dropped in On the Signal
He is candidate for Recorder in
the Democratic primary.
Messrs Geo Etz and John Cas-
tleman are giving farewell dance
tonight at the Auditorium in hon
or of Miss Alleen Robertson, who
leaves Wednesday for the Flagstaff
Normal School.
Bisbee Ore: S, B. Moss and w,
w. Potts, who CANA in from Ben
son yesterday returned to their
home this morning In new Stude
baker Six. Mr.. Moss is the agent
for Studebakers in his home town
in connection with his garage bust
ness.
The Ladies Aid Society met at
the home of Mrs. E. B. Thompson
yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Thomp
son, Sr., gave splendid talk Oh
the church work that is being done
in her home town Of Nashville,
Tenn, an inspiration to the ladies
Of our community.
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LOCAL ITEMS
Announcement

! hereby announce myself can
didate for re election 70 the Office
Of Justice OF the Peace, subject to
the action lof the Republican pri-
maries.
Respectfully,
WIN. f. SH1LLIAM.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1916-08-05
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

First publication July 20
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-27
The Flag at Night.

One interesting request of the Mayors
Fourth Of July Committee is That citi-
zens shall display the flag at night. This
is a new wrinkle in patriotic display, the
consequence of cheap and omnlpresent
electricity. For the set piece, an American
flag constructed of red, white and blue
lights, it is hard to feel much enthusiasm
1t is too reminiscent of Broadway and
Forty-second Street and scintillating
siphons fixing into the latest brand Of
highball.
But the flag its ELF. of real bunting, at
night, waving high aloft in the rays OF
searchlight is another matter. Various
buildings have used this method, and 1t
holds real thrill. Perhaps it is the
reminiscent chord of "The Star-Spangled
Banner; perhaps it is merely the novelty
of any flag at night. At any rate It shows
the banner at its richest and best, and the
illumination committee does well to rec
ommend it.
Altogether. the night of the Fourth of
July will be impressive and beautiful II
householders do their share. A general illu-
mination of the whole town is the plan pro-
posed. Every one is urged to hang out
japanese lantern at the least; and in ad-
dition over one hundred civic centres will
be deliberately decorated and ablaze. New
York takes kindly TO light by night; it is
good local material, typical of our ways
and doings, and an Independence Day in
volving a general illumination ought to be
a real success.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-27
Mr.. HUGHES MUST SPEAK


To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The letter from Mr.. George Haven
Putnam in your paper this morning seems
to me- another independent in politics, to be
more interesting than convincing.
| believe (and in this | think agree with
Mr.. Putnam that the most important mat
ter that the present Administration has had
TO deal with is the controversy with Ger
many growing out OF the sinking Of the Lu-
sitania | know how Mr.. Wilson dealt with
this matter, and am ready to judge him on
his record / know how Mr.. Roosevelt or Mr..
Root or Mr. Bryan or Mr.. Viereck or Mr..
Putnam would have dealt with it. for they
have all made their views perfectly clear.
know how Rudolph Osterhaus, the grocer
down the street, or Peter Lacey, the black
smith on the corner. would have dealt with
it, for they have told me.
do not know how Mr.. Hughes would have
dealt with it, for the platform on which he
stands is silent and his own lips are sealed.
And it is the views of Mr.. Hughes that !
want to know. Interesting as the views Of
Mr. Roosevelt or Mr.. Putnam or Mr. Viereck
may be. they are not relevant to the main
question, because am not asked to vote for
any one OF lHOsc HcHlltHtH iof L itNlhtHts
do not want vague statement from Mr..
Hughes that will find favor with both Mr..
Putnam and Mr.. Viereck. | do not want TO
be informed that he is an American, because
guessed as much as that before he was
nominated / want him to state, without
equivocation or ambiguity, what he would
have done if he had been President in May,
1915. ! will then place his statement along
side Of Mr.. Wilson's record and decide how
shall vote.
If Mr.. Hughes cannot state his position
want to know why he cannot. Is he afraid
of driving from him the hyphenates who arc
now supporting him? II may be that IN CIV
ing him their support they are actuated by
the fantastic motives that Mr.. Putnam with
what authority know mott ascribes to them
II seems to me, however, much more likely
that they arc supporting Hughes because
they find him and his platform more salts
factory than Wilson and his platform.
II is not for Mr.. Hughes to tell me that his
policy would be American through and
through. want him to tell me what his
policy would be, and let me, as voter decide
whether it is more or less American thah
Mr.. wilson's. He who does less than this
while asking me to vote for him for President
impugns my manhood and insults my lntelli-
pence HOWARD PAGE WILKINSON.
Jersey City, y. j., June 81, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-27
Our Presidents.

DGirard in The Philadelphia Ledgcr)
II Charles Evans Hughes is elected Presi-
dent he will be the first Baptist to hold that
Office.
There have been eight Episcopaian Presi-
dents. seven Presbyterans, four Methodsts
two Dutch Reformed and four Unitarsns.
Jefferson labelled himself q liberal in re-
ligiOn, but his enemies said he was an atheist.
The Episcopalians made their big Presiden-
tidl record in the early days of the republic,
while the hold Of the Church of England was
still strong
Garfield was ordained as preacher in the
Church of the Disciples.
Hughes would make the twentieth lawyer
tc occupy the White House. Only eight
Presidents so far have not been members OF
the bar.
Eighteen OF our Presidents out of the
tv enty-seven were college men, and as
Hughes went to two colleges ne will
strengthen the forces of the sheepskin hold
eTs
Hughes is a member of the Delta Epsilon
Creek letter fraternity, as was Garfield.
The average age at which men have been
elected President was ffty-eight. Hughes is
only ffty-four Roosevelt was forty-three
when he succeeded Mckinley, and he was our
youngest lTcSlucnl. lppeCdhoe harrlsoA
was siXty-scven.
Hughes is just ten years younger than his
running mate, Charles ". Fairbanks.
All our Presidents except two-Nan Buren,
and Roosevelt of British extraction
Jefferson, however, was the only Welshmsn
and Hughes's ancestry also goes back to
Wales.
The father of Justice Hughes was a clergy
man Three other Presidents - Wilson
Cleveland and Arthur-were sons of preach
ers
II you want your son to be President you
Lad better buy farm. An even dozen Presi-
dents we're sons Of farmers, and farmer boys
beat all others in the race 20 the White
House
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-27
Progress Toward Track Removal.

1t was inevitable that the plans for the
removal of the New York Central Rail
roads surface tracks would be severely
criticised, and it was eminently desirable
that they be scrutinized carefully. Some
of the points made against them by the
City Club and the Citizens Union, notably
the charge that while theoretically giving
opportunity for another railroad to use
the marginal way, actually they give a
to the Central, deserve further
close study by the Board Of Estimate and
Apportionment. Manhattan Borough can
not afford to have its West Side water
front decided to one corporation, to the
exclusion of others which may be able in
future to contribute to the growth Of the
city and the development of its port facili-
ties.
Nevertheless, the fact that stands out
in this situation is that the criticism OF
these plans is criticism rather of details
than of the whole scheme. At last the
railroad and the city authorities are in
agreement on a plan which by modlfica-
tons here and there, not impossible TO ar
range ought to become generally accept
able. That is a great step beyond any
previous stage Of the long-drawn out fight
to get the tracks off the streets and begin
something like a present-day handling .of
the West Side freight problem. Perfec-
ton in handling this troublesome situation
is little too much to expect. The fact
that the plans in their present state are
recognized by the City Club as superior
to anything yet proposed is ground for
hope that when finally adopted they will
guard the public's interests and meet the
public's needs-including the ever-present
need of getting the work started which will
get the tracks removed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-27
"A True American"

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: just finished reading a letter in
your paper of this date signed "A True
American" | agree with every word and let
ter in his communication. remember well
when Justice Hughes was nominated for
President by the Republican National Con-
vention at Chicago, he at once discarded his
silk robe and jumped into the political arena.
from the dignity OF the Supreme Court of the
United States, implying 10 my mind that away
down deep in his heart he was a candidate for
the nomination and that his reticence during
the sessions of the convention was a studied
effort 10 msead and deceive the people. |
often wonder what thoughtful men and there
must be thousands of them think regarding
this incident, surely they must agree with
"A True American"
As TO the German movement against the
government at Washington. Let Mr.. Hughes.
j. he stands for true Americanism and has
got any sand in his composition come out
with letter repudiating the Germans anc
their vicious threats.
Just one word more if you please-our
country is much disturbed at present. and
as a Republican will stand by it and vote for
Woodrow Wilson for President M.
New York, June %, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-27
A Battalion of Marksmeu.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In the event that the MeIiesns are
U rise and begin operations against our
troops war is certain to result. Additional
troops will be needed as the present can
will take practically all our national guafos'
Probably half million men will be needed 70
do our work effectively in Mexico.
Steps should be taken now 20 Organize
troops for this second call. There are man!
m i in the country who have had military
training who are not connected with the ma
tional guard. There are many men OF 'hs
description who will want to go II war re-
suits, but who do not care 70 enlist mere"
70 patrol the southern border
propose to raise battalion 500 o.
men who have had military training and nave
qualified as msrksmen. want men "n'
know how 70 shoot. have had nearly yen
years OF service In the national guard sno
during every year OF the term | eUsliheo -
expert marksman highest possible grace
and, therefore, know something about tne Us,
of the military rife. A battalion such as
want 70 raise will be worth ten times a.
muck as the average battalion. IL wool'
undoubtedly be accepted promptly by the su'
thorities
Every man in good physical condition mes'.
ing the above qualification as TO skill WITH ''e
rife is invited to send me his name az
dress and military record
Arrangements will be MAIDS for drilling ,ns
men promptly. Z. W. ESIES'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-27
Infantile Paralysis.

The prevalence of infantile paralysis
in this city, and especially in Brooklyn, has
been spoken of as a proper occasion for
urgent action on the part of the Health
Department" but unfortunately it il not
so easy TO define the course Of action to be
pursued The department has already
given warning to parents in these terms;
III the child wakes up feverish and weak
in the legs send for the doctor and follow his
advice.
Keep the children away from houses where
the disease is present.
Keep the children scrupulously clean.
Keep flies out Of the house"
If more were known about this singular
malady it would be well enough to call on
the Health Department for energetic ef-
forts toward suppressing it, but so far
investigation has been relatively barren
as far as practical results go.
The advice given by the Health Depart
ment is obviously sound as far as it goes
The disease does, without doubt, occur in
epidemic form, and it is accordingly de-
sirablc to avoid contact with those who
are i'll. though little is known for certain
of the means Of transmission. 1t is no
established that it is transmitted as n gen
eral rule directly from one person to an
other. and there is experimental evidence
for suspecting that the fly may sometime!
be a carrier; hence it is we'll to publish {
warning against flies. Scrupulous clean
illness is clearly an important precaution
and it is, above all, important that skilled
advice should be sought in all suspectec
cases. If little can be done as yet to pre-
vent the spread of the disease, much may
be done in individual cases to prevent evi
consequences that may be permanent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-27
The Bryan Mystery at St. Louis.
CFrom The Detroit JournoD


From St. Louis came early assurances that
Rryan was an utter nonentity in his party,
that he was pathetically lonely figure, not
only in the convention, but also in the streets
and at his hotel. Then came assertions that
Bryan was the one popular idol at st. Louis,
that the delegates applauded him much more
genuinely than they did the name of Wilson,
that they importuned him TO speak twice.
though he was not even a delegate, and that
on the streets and in the hotels he had Dem
ocracy as we'll as democracy with him. and
that in 1920 ne will be the biggest man in his
party with the South and the West. and the
women and the Irish and the Germans and
the pacifsts and the prohibtionists and the
radicals and the farmers and the church peo-
pie with him. Now who is prevsricating7 Is
Bryan cipher or has ne a considerable fol-
lowing? Kidding ones self" is about the
poorest possible occupation. II Organism is
70 be slain il can only be dispatched after
one has correctly measured its social stature.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-27
The Humorist.

The British are not the only people who
this year may celebrate the tercentenary
of a great writer. Madrid is erecting a
monument to the author of Don QuiXote."
Cervantes was more than a man of let
tiers; he was more than a great humorst
he was an epoch. Master of ridicule, he
laughed the defunct age Of chivalry out Of
existence
People often forget the social function
of the humorist He restores sanity. He
clears the atmosphere Of extravaganza and
humbug. Bergson says that laughter has
Survival value" as a corrective Of social
abuses. Certainly, some of the worlds
most effective reformers have been its
masters Of ridicule and satire. There are
humorists. like Mark Twain. in whose
laughter there is no sting, and there have
been bitter satiristS like Jonathan Swift
and La Rochefoucauld, who have simply
Knocked the "all TOO humanness" of man
kind at its noblest. But in almost every
>sge there has been some bold non-con-
formist spirit whose laughter in the face
of some traditional scarecrow has ended
the tyranny Of a truth which had outlived
its usefulness and become lie. Knight
hood in the days of Chaucer had still its
noble aspects, but knighthood after Ger
vantes wrote Don QuiXote' could never
quite escape touch of the burlesque.
Therefore, men turned to less antiquated
and more real avenues of human service.
Similarly, the laughter Of Aristophanes
wrought confusion among the ancient
Greek sophists. Lucian's mockery cor.
rected much Of the sentimcntalism Of the
effete Graco-Roman society. The sound
laughter of Erasmus, the Humanist, spread
the influence of the Renaissance in North
ern Europe. Buffers "Hudibras' helped
correct the extravagances of early Eng
lish Puritanism. Voltaire laughed the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-27
Ireland's Hope.

One Of Sir Roger Easements acquaint-
ance, lately returned from Berlin, reports
his last conversation with him in THE
New York American" where it is made
abundantly clear that that fantastic
patriot entered upon the Irish adventure
with little or no hope of success. "The
situation that existed in Napoleon's time
is unchanged to-day" said Sir Roger.
Without Ireland England can no longer
dominate the seas, and it is the same Irish
spirit that invited Napoleon to Ireland as
now seeks in Germany a British foe ca
pable of coming to Ireland's aid" But
while he reasoned thus, he apparently suf-
fered under no delusion about actual con-
ditions. do not misunderstood me" he
said IL do not believe this war will bring
the opportunity for Ireland to win her
freedom
What does this signify but that Sir
Roger Easement is the very type Of com
mon Irish leader, the well-wisher who has
brought untold suffering to his creduous
countrymen by persistent refusal to face
facts or to allow his followers to see them
as they really are? None of the insti-
gators of the late rebellion imagined that
the independence Of Ireland could be
achieved at such a moment; none of the
more intelligent among them dreamed of it
as a possibility as long as the British En-
pirc existed For this is matter that con-
Germs not only England but all of the col
onies. As the late Admiral Mahan put it
years ago: The legislative supremacy Of
the British Parliament, against the asser-
ton of which the American colonists re.
volted. and which to-day would be found
intolerable in Canada and Australia, can
not be yielded in the case of an island
where Independent action might very well
be attended with fatal consequences to its
partner. The instrument for such action,
in the shape of an independent Parliament,
could not safely be trusted, even to avowed
friends"
These truths are obvious to any one who
considers the geographical position of Ire
land. They are obvious to many professed
patriots who, however, are afraid or un
willing to let their followers know what
they know The insincerity and untrust-
worthiness Of those so-caled leaders appear
everywhere in their public utterances, so
carefully measured and adapted to the ex-
pectations and demands of their several
audiences, whether in Ireland, in England,
in the colonies or in this country. The So
Der demands for self-government which
appeal TO the democracies of England and
the colonies would be too modest here
where clowns who care nothing about Ire
land, but are willing enough to let Irish
men suffer, are the accepted leaders Of
Irish opinion. And so in this country they
adapt their speeches TO the taste of the
Devoys, the Vierecks and the Victor Her
berts. So, too, their demands and prom
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-27
Fighting Fires with Brains.

One reason for the present high estate
of the city's Fire Department is shown
by Commissioner Adamson's statement
that hundreds of practical ideas for i'm
provement of the service have come from
members Of all ranks. There is nothing
particularly new in the fact that the prac-
tical fire fighters have had such ideas; the
new feature is that the department eXecu-
tives have encouraged the submission of
suggestions have had them tested by eX-
perts and, wherever they have proved of
value, have had them put into effect. The
net result is teamwork and a department
spirit such as has never before existed.
The city has a better department-one
better prepared TO face any emergency in
telligently-than it has ever possessed.
And the plain. practical proof Of that is
that the fire loss for 1915, figured accord
ing to population or according to the aver
age loss a fire, was the lowest in the city's
history.
New York has always been proud, and
has always had reason to be proud, of the
bravery and ability Of her fire fighters.
The city has even more reason now to be
proud Of the technical attachments Of these
guardians Of life and property. They are
trained TO fight fires with brains as well
as water, and they are proving the efficacy
of the gray matter by the improvements
they are bringing into the service.