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Arizona republican., 1917-12-21
American 6oIsheViki"

A correspondent reader of the New York Tribune informs that journal the world that the members fthe Peoples Councir and similar so-caed peace" and defense" societies not the only American Bolshevik' nor they the most harmful They are he believes, not very harmful all. They let off their gas and become self satisfied with their sons. They produce little or no other effect than to inspire contempt for themselves.
 Of the other, the really dangerous, American Bolsheviki" the correspondent says:
 With the other enemies of our country there is grave danger, and most serious impeachment to our unbiased thought and action, viz The profiteers of this period meet behind closed doors-they do not meet the public fairly and squarey like the "Bolshe Viki do with their utterance of intention. They go ahead and do-and they do the public with all the grace and nicety of finished lightfingered gentry. So finished is their work that they have for the part, escaped the fire of of the press. There must be some pretty big men among them, for you have not made any wholesale disclosures of names. In of the petty Peoples Councr you have given chance doubt of it's adherents the public lay it's hands Morris Hillquit Victor Berger or Amos Pinchot at any time it felt these becoming dangerous be permitted at large.
 As for throwing monkey-wrenches into the chinery, newspaper which is silent about the par ticular men who part of the organized system of excessive profit making and who responsible for the low wages shortage of material and a thousand other abusive conditions, is actually removing the bolts from the public machinery and doing more damage than the treason and free speech" of the "Bolsheviki" can ever hope to accomplish.
 We have sometimes thought that if the activities of the government, absorbed in running down foolish and should be left to the local authorities to put them into insane asylums were directed against the who really putting ob- stacles into the way of the would faster and the war would become popular.
 The other day jailed, and very prop erly for expressing wish that the kaiser would win That wish will help the kaiser to any noticea be extent, but every profiteer big and little is really helping the Huns.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-21
The Passing of High Commanders

The fame. rather the ascendancy, of military leaders in the present war has been ephemeral That may be because of disclosure of their lack of ability or their failure up to the specifications of the superman, in which role they have been cast by hystercal magazine and military dispatch writers. Each in turn has been hailed as military genius of the highest order--the hero for whom the world had been waiting lead out of this riot of hloodshcd
 Napoleon himself could not have sustained such name as these enthusiasts of the press and the dis patches have given each new leader before he had time or opportunity show that he possessed military genius of low degree. In consequence we have had on the side of the allies a rapidly moving proces sion from obscurity into the meight and then back to obscurity again.
 This same movement has probably been in progress on the side of the Germans but we have not heard so much about it. Won Kluck, know, failed and passed into the shadow Behind the sacred figure of the prince we do not know what other leaders have risen only to fall As to Won Hindenburg and Ludendorf, we cannot classify them as command ers-in-chicf but directing geniuses.
 or the French, we have had Joffre Foch Petain Nivele, and Petain again Joffre fell victim French politics. Petain for time displaced by politicians Nivele quickly demonstrated that he without qualification for military leadership. The politicians under the necessity of saving France compelled to turn again to Petain
 On the side of the British there have been Sir John French and General Haig The former at first merely ineffective. At Loos he demonstrated at q fearful cost to Great Britain that he utterly unftted by temperament training for high mand in such a this. Sir Douglas Haig q tried soldier, but the Cambrai disaster which is regarded in the circumstances the greatest British defeat in military history country follow ing upon General Byngs victory will probably wreck hls career It is to he determined by parliamentary investigation to wlsIt if any, extent he respon- sbie for the failure to support Byng whether Byng had fallen into German trap, whether he himself sad unwttingly set the trap. The fact though, that 70 many days had elapsed between the surprise the Germans and the of the British looks bad for Has.
 The investigation will be a rigid and the de- cisou will be mercless one against the rcSpon- sibls for the loss of 10000 prisoners and suns
Arizona republican., 1917-12-21
Edgar Robbins, Winifred

Purviance, Edgar Robbins, Winifred Yost.
 Fourth Grade-Miss Alexander: Zena Cummard Cecil Carlow, Wesley Ge- rard. Frank Horne, Daniel Lamb, Ron aid Menhennett, Vesta Nelson, Celia North, Samuel Openshaw, Maxine Phelps. Vera Shill, Laurel Purtyman. Webster Building Miss Hillerlch,
 Principal.
 First srade-Miss Hillerich: AnSf McPherson. Nathalia Murrietta Angus Stein, Carlos Riveros.
 Second grade-Miss Maier: Silyadof Garcia, Carlos Mendoza, Elene Mem doza. Ramona Ortiz, Estella Pacheco. Third grade-Miss Mumford: Faus- tina Ortiz, Chona Ortiz.
 Fourth grade-Miss Mumford: Angel Sonora. Susie McPherson. Franklin Building, o. T. Greer, Prin-
 cipal. Fourth grade-Miss Sanders: Ray mond Altman, Lottie Brimhall, Mary Cerney, Nora Coplan, Dillon Cundiff, Harvie Hastings, Bernal Holcomb, Ernest Huber. lone Stapley. Fifth grade-Miss Davis: James
Arizona republican., 1917-12-21

Brunson. Wallace Clark, Jeck Cum mard, Ida Easton. Iva Hastings, Fern Hemperly, Russell kesterson, Frank Kleinman, Leland Lillywhite, Ruth Monrad, Violet Morse, John Riggs, Wilma Stoddard Frank McElrath.
 Fifth grade-Miss Hayes: Martha Bartson, Margaret Palmer, Ruth New man. Fred Gilbert. Virginia Guthrie Santos Gonzales, Ada Cerny.
 Lincoln Buil5ing. Miss Merriam, Prin
 cipal.
 First grade-Miss Merriam: Richard Allen, Lorna Miller, Roland Pomeroy, Newell Shumway, Leah Solomon.
 Second grade-Miss Earl: Beoms Babbitt Claudine Cannon, Teress DiehI, Arthur Tracer Emma Huber, i Wendell Johnson, Earl Jorgensen, Neda Gerald Heisser. Anna Giiiispie, Max Morse. Wendell Miller. Clarence Meyers. Frances Nichols, Cleo Stapley, lola Sharrar, Chester Shumway, Jane Stew art, Hell Wadsworth, Ray Turner. Third grade-Miss Pomeroy: VerIie Bukey Frank Foley, Joseph Gillespie
 (Continued on Page Eleven)
Arizona republican., 1917-12-21
Community Club Tonioht

From talk on the street. the attend ance at the meeting of the community club tonight, will exceed any ever present at meetings up to the present. The pyrotechnic display of oratory, which was put on at the meeting last week, has been effective as an adver- Using medium and members assert that they are going out tonight. A committee appointed to prepare a pro- gram for tonight's meeting has several resolutions to present that are for the permanent development of Tempe.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-21
U-RoAr WAS RRIToNs' TOMB

captain engaged British admiralty service, discussing the fate of the of the Belgian Prince left to drown when the submarine submerged-told me that the same week the Belgian Prince outrage occurred he in English naval base where a German submarine lowed in, after being caught out at sea in net. On opening it they found not only the German dead. but also six English captains captured when their vessels torpedoed.
 T wonder" he said, If there is any new way left an allied seaman can meet his fate.-George Harding in Harper's Magazine
Arizona republican., 1917-12-21
COTTON GIN WILL
 BE BUILT IN MESA

MESA. Dec, 21.-The announcement by the Southwest Cotton company that it will build cotton gin in Mesa is gently lost it's model gin through fire. The size of the proposed gin is not stated but it is believed a 20-stamp gin will be built.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-21
School Christmas Party

Children of the Irving school will be given a Christmas party today. The first grade will have its good time from 9:30 to 10:30 o'clock; the second grade from 10:30 o'clock to noon; the third grade from l to 2:30 o'clock and the fourth grade from 2:30 o'clock on. There will be no formal program, just games and general Christmas good time.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-21
Enqaaement Announced

Announcement has been made to friends of the engagement of Miss Viola Passey to Joseph Rabbit. Miss Passey is the daughter of MT. and Mrs. J. M. Schuele of Mesa. Mr. Rabbit is the son of MT. David Bab- bitt of Flagstaff, and at present is in service at Camp Kearney, being one of the Arizona volunteers.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-21
Will Give to Red Cross

The Toggery has placed two boxes with the Red Cross emblem painted thereon at the two main entrances for the following purpose. Each customer will be given a duplicate sales slip, and when this duplicate is deposited in the box, one per cent of the sale will go to the Mesa Red Cross. This donation will be continued tomorrow
Arizona republican., 1917-12-21
Teachnrs Go To Caast

Three Mesa teachers will spend their Christmas vacation on the coast. Miss Elizabeth Merriam will go to Long Beach, Miss Elizabeth Parkinson to Glendale California, and Miss Eva Mattoon to Los Angeles.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-21
Back from Las Ano.I..

W. J. Kingsbury, Jr., come in yes terday from Los Angeles, where he has been at school, to spend the holidays with his parents.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-21
Schools to Close

The Tempe schools, both public and normal, will close tomorrow fater- noon for the Christmas holidays and reopen on the second of January, 1918. While many of the young people at tending school here will go home for a while, quite few w1Il remain in the dormitories.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-21
RierIeu

Tate M. Reeser and Miss Eva Brier- ley were joined in holy wedlock We'd nesday evening at seven o'clock by Rev. Wilber Fisk. in the Methodist parson- age. Mir. Reeser is a business man of Tempe and Mrs. Reeser is a young woman who came here from Los An geles. They will make Tempe their home.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-21
DeIineator Representative Here

Mrs. L. C. Ritter. a special repre- sentative of the Deineator, is here at the Brown Mercantile companys store, taking subscriptions for Butteric1' S popular magazine. Brown Mercantile is the local Butterick representative.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-21
Mesa School Honor Roll
 Irving Building, Miss Alexander, Pril 

Irving Building, Miss Alexander, Prin-
 cipal
 First grade-Miss Mattoon. teacher: Shirley Baker, Charles Blackburn, La we'll Blackburn, Ella Eagar, Lawrence Fryer. Inez Guthrie, Osborne Hutchin- son, Katherine Mumford, Martha Nel- son, Max Openshaw, Blanche Robinson. First grade-Miss.- Reeves: Pearl Crismon, Mildred Carlow, Ellsworth Griner, Mildred Massey, Robert Shinn. Iris Vance,
 Second grade-Miss Brack: Maude Cuff, Raymond Jackson, Madeleine Peterson. Clifford Spain.
 Second grade-Miss Parkinson: Dor othy Griffin, Dorothy Herring. Dixie Lee Herring, Upton Hildebrand, Lur- leen Greer, Iris Wolf, Alba McCollum.
 Third grade-Miss Shrine: Eliza beth Bracket, William Berkeorkamp Nellie Brown. Maggie Crabtree, Mildred Cave, Almetta Gill, Willie LeBaron Ruth Mathis. Leola Mortensen. Lee
Arizona republican., 1917-12-21
innne fnr Anlidaus

Miss Marion Cook. who has been attending Oberlin college this fall re- turned yesterday to spend the holidays with her parents, MT. and Mrs J. B. Cook, at their residence east of Tempe.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-21
Help Red Cross Christmas

The Mesa Red Cross needs for the soldier boys Christmas the following articles: Cookies. popcorn balls, home made cakes. They must be delivered at the Red Cross rooms not later than Saturday afternoon.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-21
To Casa Grande

Mrs. w. H. Knox, secretary of the Arizona Cotton Growers associa ton, went to Casa Grande today on business for the company.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-21
w, H, Code Here

". IT. Code, formeIy of Mesa but now of Los Angeles, is in town look ing after his business property located on Main street
Arizona republican., 1917-12-21
Cantata Sunday

The Congregational Church choir is preparing the Sacred cantata, Holy Night for presentation next Sunday evening at the time of the regular church service. Several additional voices have been enrolled and the di- rector, Miss Olive Gerrish is giving the members thorough training for the presentation
Arizona republican., 1917-12-21
Secretary Ev.ps Au,v

Secretary Evans of the Mesa Com mercial club left last evening for the coast to spent the vacation with his family.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-21
Another Resident for Valley

W. l.. Lee of Kelsey, Texas, has pur- chased the Dolphon ranch near Gilbert, and will locate there. The sale was made through the Arizona Land com pany.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-21
Visits in Phoenix

Mrs. C. w. Miller has gone to Phoe- nix to spend three days visiting her sister law, Mrs. Wesley Hill
Arizona republican., 1917-12-21
To Coast Eor HoIid.vs

J. M. Schuele and daughter, Miss Viola Passey, have gone to San Diego for the holidays.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-21
Ships Cattle to Market

John Moore yesterday shipped two carloads of beef cattle from Tempe to eastern markets.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-21
Veal One DaX Only

The managers of the Richmond Cafe Say that they have veal only on Thurs days and will not serve it on order at any other time. The cafe proprie- tors are in sympathy with the food conservation program.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-21
Win Great Games

Tempe high school proved it's mettle Wednesday afternoon by taking two games of basketball from the Phoenix nigh school. The Tempe boys de- feated the Phoenix boys by the score of 2S to A. The girls went the boys one better and defeated Phoenix girls 2s to Is. Johnson. of Mesa, was referee and Cooper, of Normal was umpire.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-21
s. s. Expert Here

| J. Franklin Day Sunday school sec
 retary for the American Baptist Pub 1ication society. will be in Tempe on l Sunday and will preach at both the
 morning and evening services in the l Baptist church.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-21
Estrada in Snow

Ramon Estrada writes his folks that he likes his work in the quartermasters $ department and is located at Water- town, \. Y. The day he wrote there
Arizona republican., 1917-12-21

was heavy snow, which necessitated the men cleaning the streets for traf- fife
Arizona republican., 1917-12-21
Men to Celebrate

The Congregational Mems club will meet at dinner this evening, to cele- nrate Forefather's Day the landing of the Pilgrims on Plymouth Rock. Rev. J. Spencer Noorhees, lately of Adams, Mass, will make the principal after dinner address on the topic, The Call of the Hour" Prof. Felton is to read LoWeps The Present Crisis"
Arizona republican., 1917-12-21

Mrs. Pearl Steele, 619 Mill Ave. Tempe. Dressmaking, Furs Made. Rep. Pelvetoner-Adv It
Arizona republican., 1917-12-21
Likes Army

Bert Minor, who is with Uncle Sam's boys at Camp kearney has written to express his appreciation of the Tempe folks, who were responsible for sending him Christmas packet. He is deeply grateful and happy to know that Tempe has not forgotten him. He likes his work, even though it is hard, and says that the boys have as a mot to Do or die" Minor was with the First Arizona on the border, and says that he prefers Kearney every time.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-21

FrW. VItturlO E. UrIando.
 Vittorio Orlando is the new Ital- ian premier. He also holds the port folio of minister of the interior, post which he held in the Giolitti cabinet. The strongest proof of how Italy is now rallying to the couse of repelling the invader was furnished in the quick formation of the new coalition cabinet.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-21
Postpone Meetino

The regular meeting of the Woman's club, scheduled for this afternoon, has
 been postponed until December 18th, on
 account of the numerous activities now going on in preparation for Christmas. S.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-21
Here on Business

Mir. Wallsworth, of Casa Grande. is here for few days on business MT Wallsworth has large property inter- estS here
Arizona republican., 1917-12-21

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The Washington herald., 1917-01-08
ENTENTE PEACE REPLY
CHANGED, IS BELIEF
Officials Anxious Over Delay in Re-
ceiving Allied Note.

The administration was convinced last
hieht' oy advices received from Eu-
ropean sources, that material changes
have been made in the reply OF the
entente powers to President Wilson 5
peace note since it was originally pre-
pared. The note is expected TO reacl,
Washington during the coming week. L
has been more than a week since the
State Department was notified by the
ambassadors in entente nations that the
reply was ready for transmission.
Administration officials generally were
Inclined to believe that the note as now
prepared, while stronger than the original
document, still leaves a loophole for the
continuance OF peace negotiations on the
initiative OF the President They showed
some anxiety over the continued delay
1t was stated that the recent meeting OF
the entente premiers in Rome may have
had something to do with delaying the
forwarding OF the note, and that it may
have resulted in changes in the text as
result Of a discussion of the funda-
mentals of the peace situation.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-08
WARNS
Says Dire Calamities viii
Scourge Nations This Year.

THE year 1917 viii be the most calama-
tous in the history of mankind Disasters
on land and sea, great fires. strange dis
eases, strikes larger than ever before,
tidal waves and repetitions of the Lusi-
tania disaster win occur" Thus proph-
esied Mrs. Zaida Brown Hates, spiritual
ist. at the Pythian Temple last night.
THE war will stop when We cease
sending munitions to the other side"
said Mrs. Kates land not before. Those
who are engaged in making munitions
are going to regret participating when
we have to face after death the people
that are being killed by our shot and
shell. There wif be many strikes, such
as the world has never before witnessed.
The railroad men were 'buncoed' last
fall, but will not be this year. Hun
dreds OF babies viii die of starvation
when the strikes come.
Lust for money. power. and privilege
will lead our statesmen into disrepute
and there will be such squabbling and
fghting at the Capitol as will disgust
the entire nation.
President Wilson can no more stop
the war than you or l.
There will be great forest fires, tidal
waves. and railroad wrecks, a particular
ly horrible one of the latter.
There will be no peace this year
see only a picture Of despair; nations fac
ing starvation; revolts; heresy: crime;
disease running rampant; and kings will
fall never to rise again.
Aggravated conditions in the diplo-
matte service, and the deaths Of a great
many pioneer labor leaders and states
men the world over will occur.
During the warm months of 1877
strange diseases Of the liver, spleen and
heart. and acute indigestion will kill more
people than the present war
We may imagine the Mexican muddle
nearer solution, but we are. mistaken
There are too many ambitious Mexicans
with presidential bees in their bonnets
and before the Presidents four years are
up he will pray 10 God to let the cup
pass from him.
The Jews will suffer great prosecutions
and the Belgians will have further humili-
atiors
he nation will stand aghast at the
81 at mortality of infants and at the
strange phenomena in the heavens. For
the United States I see only the dark
shadows OF war bloodshed, riots, disease
upheavals In political and social life and
then Will come a period of tranquility
and the greatest development of science,
medicine, art and commerce ever known
Mrs. Hates, II is claimed foretold the
present European war in January, 1914
and predicted many events that have
transpired since that time.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-08
GERMAN U.BOAT CREW
ACCUSED OF murder"
British Survivors Shelled in Open
Boats, Says Admiralty.
Special to Ths Washington Herald.

Special to Ths Washington Herald
London, Jan. 7.-Deliberate murder of
survivors Of the steamship Westminster,
which was torpedoed and sunk without
warning by a German submarine in the
Mediterranean Sea on December Il Is
charged by officials of the British ad-
miralty. Four men were killed by the
two torpedoes which were fired the
Westminster sinking in four minutes.
The vessel was $50 miles from the nearest
land when she was attacked
As the members of the crew tried to
escape in the ships small boats they
were shelled by the submarine, resulting
in the most savage murder yet charged
against the German submarine campaign.
1t was a deliberately purposed massacre
of part of the crew. according to British
officials.
This ruthless disregard for the rules of
international law" said an admiralty Off
cial, was followed by a deliberate at
tempt to murder the survivors. The OFF,
GERS and crew, while making their escape
in boats, were shelled by the submarine
at a range of 1900 yards. The masteI
and the chief engineer were killed out
right Their boat was sunk. The second
and third engineers were not picked up.
1t is presumed they were drowned.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-08
SMALL MURDER CASE
GOES TO JURY TODAY
Three Physicians Testify in Behalf Of
Accused Boston Broker.
Special to The Washington Herald


Ossipee, n. H. Jan. The jury viii
get the case OF Frederick L. Small. Bc-
Cused OF the murder OF his wife, Mrs.
Florence airline Small, some time tomor-
row, il is expected, as the defense rested
its case yesterday afternoon, announcing
that the defendant would not be called
TO the stand.
The defense. to strengthen its case,
tried to show by the evidence produced
yesterday that Mrs. Small was killed
after her husband left their home. in
Mountain View. TO go to Boston. One bit
Of evidence tending to prove this was
that the door was locked on the inside,
Another was that Mrs. Small. who was
shot, beaten and strangled. could not
have lived during the seven hours that
intervened between the time Small left
home TO go to Boston and the time Of
the burning Of the cottage. Testimony
Of three physicians was introduced to
prove this
DIR. Lindsey f. Grant OF Somersworth.
testified that he found a narrow red line
between the burned and unburned parts
CT Mrs. Small's body. indicating IN his
opinion that the burning was before death
or Immediately afterwsrd. He stated that
such a line could not be produced after
Tigor moTtis had set in
The Washington herald., 1917-01-08
Church NOTE CABLED
To EUROPE and JAPAN
Federal Council Asks Harmony Based
on Justice and Good Will"

OBy the International News Service }
New York, Jan. THE Federal Council
of the Churches of Christ of America, of
which many of the larger Protestant
churches of the United States are con-
stituent bodies, sent today an appeal for
cooperation to establish "a peace that
shall be lasting, because based upon JUS
tice and good wilr' to the chief Protestant
church bodies of Europe and Japan.
This is said to be the first move of this
KIND taken by any religious body in this
country, and Is deemed of unusual inter-
national significance at this time.
The peace message was cabled to Rev.
F. B. Meyer, secretary of the Free
Church Council, of Great Britain; H NJ
Gooch. secretary of the British Evangeli-
cal Alliance; the Archbishop of Canter-
bury, Rev. Jules Pfender, of the French
Protestant churches; Rev. Stuart l.
Roussel, French Protestant churches;
Court Preacher Dryander, of Berlin;
Prof. Adolf Deissmann, of the University
OF Berlin; Superintendent Lahusen, Of the
German Protestant churches; Prof. ].
W. Pont, secretary of the Dutch Evan
gelical Alliance; Archbishop Nathan
Soderblom, of the Scandinavian Protest.
ant churches: Archdeacon Carsten Han
steen, Of the Norwegian Protestant
churches; Bishop Ostenfeld, of the Prot
estant churches of Denmark, and to the
representatives of the Protestant churches
in Italy, Russia, Switzerland and Japan