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Weekly journal-miner., 1916-12-13
Proclamation Puts
 All Liquor Under
 The Ban oftheLaw
HEREAFTER NO INTOXI- GIANTS OF ANY KIND CAN BE BROUGHT INTO THE STATE WITHOUT VIOLATING DRY ONE AMENDMENT.

PHOENIX, Dec S-"Sixteen men on dead mans chest; Yo, Ho. Ho, and bottle of rum"
 As Stevenson said and this after noon Governor Hunt said the same thing only in a different way, when he signed the warrant of execution for John Barleycorn. The governor issued his proclamation late today not only as concerning the prohibit tion amendment voted by the people last month but also as concerning the fish and game law and the abolition of the death penalty.
 The proclamation is lengthy doc ument, covering nine pages of fools cap paper It sets forth that the people voted on l4 proposed amend mcnts to the constitution, mentioning those that were defeated and those which carried.
 The prohibition amendment and the death penalty abolition amendment are considered of the most Import ance. Life sentence instead of the death penalty will be capital punish ment hereafter in Arizona. And with the prohibition law in effect Arizona will have put an end to the liquor traffic in the State. John Barleycorn is dead and the dry wake is now be- ing held
 There will be absolutely no liquor delivered in Phoenix or any other office of the Wells Fargo Express Company in Arizona after closing time tonight What is left at the Phoenix office at that hour will be shipped back to the liquor dealers on the first train out tomorrow. the ex- press company announced this after noon when informed that the Gov ernor had issued his proclamation. sI
 But practically all shipments of liquor into Phoenix have been de- livered. The Wells Fargo will have not over 20 packages to send back and perhaps not over Is. What has been known in jest as the Phoenix liquor store, will go out of business at 6 o'clock tonight when the Wells Fargo writes fnis to its liquor dc livery business here.
 There has been handled thousands | upon thousands of pounds of liquor ! the past several months by the ex- press people into Phoenix. The busi- | ness reached high tide shortly after election when it was known that the State had voted against liquor for personal use. It gradually subsided until yesterday when the last package | of liquor was received. None was re- ccived today.
Weekly journal-miner., 1916-12-13
BIOLOGIST SAYS
 OUTLOOK IS FAVORABLE
(From Sundays Daily.)

Formal organization of the Jerome Prescott Copper Company, which has taken over the Sanders property in Copper Basin district, near the Loma Prieta and Phelps-Dodge mines, has been completed with the following officers and directors:
 President, w. A. Cline; vice-presi- dent, A. J. Matthews of the Tempe State Normal school; secretary-treas- urer, F. R. Dyas, of r. R. Dyas & Company. These with Judge Frank O. Smith. H. w. Heap. Henry Brink meyer and w. E. Sanders, constitute the directorate
 The company engaged Walter Harvey Weed, the well known East crn geologist to examine and report on the property, which consists of 30 claims. Engineer Weed found condi- tions very favorable to the develop mcnt of big gold mine as well as copper indications, stating in his re- port:
 The principal development has been on the gold ledge at Sanders camp. where a sample taken across a two-foot face gave returns of SlS.52 per ton. This vein IS promising, though carrying less values than the Star, where the orc occurs in a strong quartz vein in granite rock, carrying much chloritc. A fvc-ton dump was carefully grab-samplcd with the fol- lowing result: Gold, 3S ounces, or N6; silver. 0.4, or 24c, total of S76.24 per ton. This orc also carries 8 per cent copper. A new location shows stringer of white quartz carrying chalcopyritc of high grade assaying 70 per cent copper, $500 gold and ? ounces silver to the ton.'
 The property is equipped with d three-stamp mill, which Engineer Weed reported as inadequate to pres ent needs, and 1t is the intention of the company to improve this plant at an carly date and begin the extrac- ton of gold ore while carrying on de. velopment work to ascertain the value of the property as a copper mine. Several offers for a block of the con- panys treasury stock have been re- ccived from Eastern investment houses which arc now being consid- cred by the company's fiscal agents, and fl is probable that the entire issue will be thus placed, without offering any for local consumption.
Weekly journal-miner., 1916-12-13
BIGGER EMPHASIZES

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. - The preliminary work of the 1918 nation al defense program was advanced as both the naval and military commit tees of the house with Admirals Bad ger and Fletcher, before the former, Ouartermaster General Sharpe before the latter. The two admirals told O. the boards recommendation for an enormous increase of size and powei for battlcships, because of the tend cncy of European navics to build even larger ships and guns and because it has reason to believe that Japan all ready has under construction more powerful ships than yet planned by the United States. General Sharpe stated that the army recruiting was far behing the 1917 increment of in crease in strength as authorized.
Weekly journal-miner., 1916-12-13
ORE IS STRUCK BY ARIZONA
 RAY COMPANY
DRILL NUMBER ONE AC- CORDING TO DISPATCH, IN DIABASE, SHOWING GOOD COPPER.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9.-The Ari-
 zona Ray Copper Company has struck
 the ore. Dispatches received here to-
 day from w. A. Stuart, president of
 the company, who has been on the
 ground for some time, brings the
 much looked-for announcement of a
 big copper strike in the Ray district.
 Mir. Stuart's early wires state that
 drill No. l at depth of APO feet is
 now in diabase, showing a good per centage of copper. Drill No. 2 is now in action, working close to drill No.
 1. A experiencing schist forma- ton was struck by the Arizona Ray, according to the wires, identical to the experiencing blanket formation opened in Ray Consolidated and Ray
 Hercules. Ore bodies of both Ray Consolidated and Ray-Hercules have been originally proved up by churn drilling and the strike of ore by the Arizona Ray adds third big copper mine to the district On all three sides of Arizona Ray ore bodies have been developed and ore is being ex- tracted in the same blanket forma- ton that has just been exposed in the Arizona Ray. The theories of Engineer Hyatt, who was chief engineer for the Ray Consolidated during six years of its development, and En- gineer Frederick E. Young, that Ari- zona Ray with the expenditure of proper sums of money for develop ment would prove a big mine, are correct. Mir. Hyatt has been very confident that ore bodies of the Ray Consolidated and Ray-Hercules ought to extend underneath and to Arizona Ray ground and that drilling opera tions would prove Arizona Ray ground as equal in value to its aris- tocratic neighbor The ore shoot of the Ray Consolidated has been traced for more than 1000 feet on its strike and it is the opinion that 1t extends into the central holdings of the Ari zona Ray ground. In view of this fact a working shaft is now being sunk by the Arizona Ray near the ex- posed edge of the blanket with the view of tapping the ore at shallow depth. Ray-Hercules is steadily add ing to its orc reserve and has four churn drills continuously in operation with two drills in action on Arizona | Ray ground and third ordered Op- | erations of this company will be rushed with all possible speed.
Weekly journal-miner., 1916-12-13
LOOKOUT MINE
 DEAL CLOSED ON FRIDAY
(From Sundays Dsily.)

A first payment Friday through the Prescott State Bank, of satis- factory sum resulted in the formal closing of the deal for the Lookout gold-copper group near Senator, owned by Alex Ratcliff and J. w. Hobbs.
 The purchasers are James B. Joyce & Co.,, of New York City, who are associated with E. s. Garsgon & Co.,, and J. w. Riley, probably among the largest operators in the country, hay ing properties producing in Central America, Australia, Placer county, Cal, and in Nevada. The deal was promoted by Colonel Fred Bowler, who IS retained as general manager.
 Colonel Bowler before coming to Arizona last year had been with the syndicate and previously had present. ed properties to his firm for invest ment, which proved remunerative. It is stated that the consideration will reach to S40,000.
 Speaking of what development would be carried out and outlining plans for the future of the property, Colonel Bowler stated yesterday that material and supplies would begin moving to the camp at once, and that before January l, development would be in full swing with crosscut tun- nel to tap the main shoot under the old shaft that had been sunk to a depth of 20 feet. In the aggregate there has been over 1000 feet of ex- ploration given the group. The deal just closed is considered one of the most important mining transactions in this county in very many years, in which the property is classed as de sirable and is placed in the hands of one of the strongest mining syndi- cates in the country.
Weekly journal-miner., 1916-12-13
FRIGHTFUL DEED OF
 EARLY DAYS RECALLED
(From ThursGay's Dailvl


 Passing away on November 26 last, at his home near Sacramento, Cal, Berton L. Shipp left request that relics which he had carried since 1872, be forwarded to the family of man named Loring, a victim of the fright ful Wickenburg Indian massacre of that year.
 The property consisted of a watch fob made of silver, bearing the single letter "L." The address given was Somerville, Mass, with a message from the dying man of how and where it came into his possession.
 Mir. Shipp stated that he had secur- ed the emblem from a Mexican wom. an of Wickenburg about three months after the massacre occurred. At that time he was with detachment of cay airy, out of Camp Date Creek, SCOUT ing the country for Apache Indians. Mir. Shipp was an enlisted soldier. and gave as his reason for charishing the silver piece that ii served to idcn- tify him by his name, which was moro familiarly known 10 comrades as Lou" The newspaper account clos cs with the following statement made by Mir Shipp:
 From that day to the present time I will never believe the Indian had a hand in the Wickcnburg massacre, and when on duty with my command, to ranking officers, including General George Crook, l showed them the silver piece, and told them how ii came into my hands, as bit of cir cumstantial evidence to base that be- lief. The woman who sold me the piece soon left for Southern Arizona, and further investigation of from what source she received 1t could not be made. The following year my troop was ordered to Fort Apache, where l was mustered out, returning to San Jose, Cal. I have carried the mute evidence Of a horrible crime committed in Arizona in the long ago and during these A years it has never been out of my possession a single minute. l trust there arc some mem- bcrs of the family who survive, and that they will not treat my action in retaining the sad emblem, too harsh ly."
Weekly journal-miner., 1916-12-13
BREAKING AWAY

WASHINGTON, Dec. S-Matthew Hale, acting chairman of the Pro gressive national committee has call ed a Progressive meeting in New York, December 18th to arrange for a conference in St. Louis later with Progressives not in sympathy with the former leaders of the party "in asking the Republican old guard to give us places in the Republican ex- ecutive committee"
 The action follows overtures made at a meeting in Chicago this week by Raymond Robbins and others. Hale says the Liberals of the nation must organize, regardless of their past par ty affiliations and regardless of their choice for president this Fall" and that it is to form nucleus for new and broader liberal organization, the conference in St. Louis is called.
Weekly journal-miner., 1916-12-13
PROHIBITION MEASURE

WASHINGTON, Dec. S. Prohi- bition legislation was forced into point of vantage today when the sem ate. on motion of Senator Shephard of Texas, began consideration of the bill to prevent the manufacture and sale of liquor in the national capital.
 The prohibition bills advantage, however. turned out to be brief and when the senate adjourned out of re- spect to the memory of the late Rep resentativc Tribble of Georgia 1t had not been made unfinished business, as was expected. Senator Shephard announced he would press it at every opportunity.
Weekly journal-miner., 1916-12-13

This morning shortly after the opening of court, counsel for both sides appeared before Judge Stanford and what is expected to be a long drawn out legal battle began. The proceedings were brief, but they are regarded as merely preliminary, and those familiar with court procedure and the handling of election contests are freely predicting that this contest will be drawn out for several months.
 To the onlooker, it is apparent at this stage of the game that it is fight for time Counsel for Governor Hunt are very anxious for quick de- cisions on all contested points. Coun- sel for Campbell are not so anxious. Counsel, of course, IS not restoring to obstructive tactics to delay the court, but it is pointed out that they are entitled to due time in presenting answers to action on the part of the contestant, who has for some time been planning his contest, while Campbell and his counsel could have no means of knowing what their course would be.
 Sparring For Points.
 The advantage to be gained in thi fight for time is apparent. If coun- sel for Campbell can prevent any def mite action prior to the time for the new governor to take office, then au- tomatically Governor Hunt will retire and Campbell will take the office. On the other hand, should Governor Hum secure an early injunction, it might serve to prevent Campbell from talk ing over the office and would leave Governor Hunt in the chair, pending a settlement of the contest.
 Upon this fight for time depends the occupancy of the gubernatorial chair during the contest. which, as stated, is expected to last for several months.
Weekly journal-miner., 1916-12-13
No Allegations Of Fraud or Improper
 Conduct Are Made
JUDGE SLOAN SAYS IT IS THE INTENTION OF HIM SELF AND ASSOCIATES TO SEE THAT THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE IS NOT THWARTED.

PHOENIX, Dec. Swallowing the tlllng of contest by attorneys for Governor Hunt and the service of
 the summons on Governor-elect
 Campbell, the attorneys representing Mir. Campbell held a conference rel
 ative to the case. After the confer
 ence Judge Sloan was asked as to
 what the attitude of the governor elect towards the contest proceedings would be. He said:
 MT. Campbell, it appears from the
 votes as canvassed in the various counties. has been elected governor of Arizona The present incumbent, 1t seems, IS unwilling to accept the result of the election as ascertained in the manner designated by law. He, through his attorneys, has disclaimed the existence of any fraud or inn proper conduct upon the part of the election officials. In his petition for contest he makes no specific allega- tions of irregularities. His allega- tions are all in general terms. His aim seems to be to embark upon what Is sometimes termed a fishing expedition,' in the hope that technical objections may be urged to a suffi- cient number of ballots to thwart the will of the people as ascertained by the election officials. If his proceed ings shall be found as a matter of law to be open to him he. of course, is within his lawful rights.
 Representing Mir Campbell, I, and .hose associated with me, intend, as far as we are able, to see that the will of the people is not thwarted. We feel that in representing Mir. Campbell we are also representing. not only those who voted for Mir. Campbell, but the entire electorate oS Arizona. who are interested in seeing that the legally elected candidatev serve as their next governor.
 "We propose to treat the case just the same as any other case in which important issues are involved. We do not intend unduly to delay de- termination of the case Upon the other hand, we do propose that the contestant and those interested in having him remain as governor, shall not unduly hurry us.
 "We have right to demand such time as is reasonably necessary to enable us to protect the rights of our client and upon this we shall insist We believe that the pleadings hled by Governor Hunt are wholly made auate. in failing to state any ground for contest, and we shall, at the prop CT time, present the question to the court"
Weekly journal-miner., 1916-12-13
NCGLE CONVICTED
(From Saturdays Dailv.O

John Noglc was found guilty of murder in the second degree by the jury which reached an agreement carly yesterday morning and reported at the 9 o'clock session of the Su- perior court The jury announced its verdict as: We find the defendant guilty of murder in the second degree and recommend the mercy of the court"
 Judge Smith will pass sentence Tuesday, December l2th. The pun ishment for second degree murder k in the State pcnitcnti- ary from 10 years to life.
Weekly journal-miner., 1916-12-13
RESCUE EXPEDITION

LONDON. Dec. 8. - Sir Ernest Ernest Shaclleton will sail from Dunedin, New Zealand. for Ross sea on December l6, to rescue the men- bers of his Antarctic expedition ma rooned there, according to Reuters dispatch from Wellington.
 The ten men whose rescue Sir Ernest will attempt are Captain Macintosh and nine members of the crew of the Aurora, who were ma rooned in the neighborhood of the Ross barrier when the ship broke away in a blizzard 2l months ago. They had only a scanty supply ot provisions at that time and nothing has been heard from them since
Weekly journal-miner., 1916-12-13
MANY CITIES SEEK SITE

WASHINGTON, Dec g. - The special naval board appointed to con slider the military aspects of the pro posed sites for a government armor plant, submitted report summarizing the arguments of l25 cities seeking the site but did not attempt to desig- nate a site.
 It is virtually certain that some Middle Western point having a good connection with mineral supply sources, transportation facilities to the coast points, but remote from danger of destruction by hostile in vading forces will be selected.
Weekly journal-miner., 1916-12-13
REAL FIGHT-HOUR DAY

NEW YORK. Dec. S-Sessions Of the arbitration board hearing the tes- timony in the controversy between the switchmen's union and 13 railroads, r1o~ed today and a decision IS ex- pcctcd next week. $. E. Heberlng orr-;dert of the Switchmen's Union of North America. closed the argu- ment, saving: We are asking time and a half for overtime because we do not want the basic cight-hour day, but the real eight-hour day.
Weekly journal-miner., 1916-12-13
PLEADS GUILTY TO A
 HOUSE THEFT CHARGE
(From Sundays Daily)

Fred Turner pleaded guilty to a charge of grand larceny when he ap- peared for trial in the Superior court yesterday. Turner was captured by the sheriff's deputies after thrce-day and night ride to Holbrook whence he had fled after the theft of three horses and an automobile. The court named Tuesday, December l2th as the date for passing sentence.
Weekly journal-miner., 1916-12-13
MAY SEND NEW NOTE

WASHINGTON, Dec. s. - More definite information regarding the facts involved in the recent activities of German submarines, brought the situation to a point where a new note to Germany, designed to clear any doubts regarding the interpretation of Germany's submarine pledges to the United States, appears among the possibilities in the near future
 The president has given careful at tcutiou 10 the evidence in cases of several vessels recently attacked, but has not indicated his decision.
Weekly journal-miner., 1916-12-13
FOUND GUILTY OF
 WRONGING GIRL
(From Sundays DailyJ

NTIOm SuHCNN , l(dlJJ
 Jose Gutierrez was found not guilty of rape and the charge changed to contributing to the delinquency of Maura Rodriguez, a minor, by Judge Smith in the Superior court yester- day. Gutierrez was sentenced to serve one year in the county jail. The court suspended the sentence provid- ed the defendant placed sufficient amount for the maintenance of the wronged girl in the sheriff's hands the 10th day of each month, for one year. Upon Gutierrez failure to do this the sentence will become effective i'm
Weekly journal-miner., 1916-12-13
ENGINEER RETURNS
(From Sundays DaIIy)

Howard L. Ferguson, formerly a commissioned officer of the United States army, in the engineering de- partment while in the service, return ed a few days ago from Great Falls, Mont, to make an inspection of mines in the copper country east of Mayer, this being his second trip since last April. Mir. Ferguson resigned after serving four years to take up mining as a profession, and was for two years superintendent of a Creedc, Colo, gold mine He states Arizona coppers are the main topic of discus sion in big mining centers of Mon tana. and anticipates some heavy in vestments in this field during the coming year.
Weekly journal-miner., 1916-12-13
CUPS WON AT FAIR
 ARE ON EXHIBITION

The beautiful silver trophy cup, which was won by Yavapai county at the Arizona State fair is now on dis play in the windows of Biles-Lock- harts, as is also the Fred Harvey silver trophy cup, which was awarded to E. c. Well for the purcst milk and cream produced in the entire State of Arizona. This cup now becomes the permanent property of Mir. Well, he having won it for two consecutive years.
Weekly journal-miner., 1916-12-13
BOUGHT WILD HORSES

OMAHA, Dec. s. - Rev. s. l.. Flowers, pastor of the Nazarcn church in Burns, Ore, testified that he bought 144e wild horses in Coco nino county, Ariz., giving land and merchandise to the value of S9,S00 in the United States District court trial of the United States Livestock Company and the Omaha Land In vestment Company. charged with misuse of the mails in making sales of imaginary wild horses from Ari- ZO0s
Weekly journal-miner., 1916-12-13
SUES FOR DIVORCE
(From Sundays Dailyl

NIAOIi SulANoJ DdAiJ
 Rosa Benson filed suit in the Su- perior court yesterday for divorce from Charles B. Benson. She alleged in the complaint that her husband de- serted her in June, 1915, and since that time has not supported her.
Weekly journal-miner., 1916-12-13
TROOPS REVIEWED

FL PASO, Dec S-GeneraI Bell, commanding the border patrol dis trict, reviewed the Eleventh division near Fort Bliss today. The division included the First Ohio infantry bri- gade, commanded by General Me Macken; the Second Ohio infantry brigade, commanded by General Speaks: the First Michigan infantry brigade and provisional cavalry regiment.
Weekly journal-miner., 1916-12-13
AWARD S4,280 TO
 MAN INJURED IN MINE
(From Sundays Daily)

Frank Bernal was awarded S4,2SO damages against the Consolidated Arizona Smelling Company by a jury in the Superior court yesterday. Der nal brought suit for Sl0,OOO for in jurics he sustained to his right hand while working in one of the com pany's mines near Mayer.
 The case went to the jury late Fri day night and ai agreement was reached by the opening session of the court yesterday morning.