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Arizona republican., 1917-08-29
OUR CULTURAL LEVEL LOW

Roughly speaking, I may that the level of the cultural development of the American people does not correspond the height of the lofty buildings that have admired here.
 I can well praise the number of schools which America possesses I praise the elementary schools, the high schools and the universities. All these institutions large, broad, well established, rival one another in their constant attention to these means of education This combination of institutions tends to bring standard of instruction to good average. In the whole land there are few Americans who lack elementary education. But
 Here I begin to fear that I am offending some mind in all candor. This average education of which I spoke and shown by the qualit wand the sum of, information gathered by students, is very low. This is a fact the people should know; they should be told the truth A young who leaves the high school must know that he is only then ready to begin his education One who leaves the university should realize that there are in the world many other uni versailles where the standard of science is much higher
 One of the advantages of industry is to bring out in large quantities standardized products. Millions of pieces turned out all the pattern I have impression that America standardzes not only in her industrial output but also the school educated in the way All nodded exactly alike. All trained the model.-Count Ilya Tolstoy in the Century Magazine.
Arizona republican., 1917-08-29
HE'S TO0 VALUABLE
 ID STOP BULLETS;
 SAYS S0 HIMSELF

In a very insidious way, Stephen Mike Ason of Miami. approached the subject of his exemption from mili- tary service on the ground that he was much more valuable to the United States in some other capacity than that of target for Teutonic bullets MT. Ason is only one step removed from an alien enemy. He is a native of Austria Hungary. But for that step he would be immune; he has taken out his first papers.
 In letter to the governor, by whom it was turned over to Colonel Breen, MT Ason writes: Could have a little of your time in regard to resting matter at hand as being implicated in airship at present which is to be granted in the near meantime ard patent pending at present in Washington attorneys of the well-known firm of Mum & Company as having worked on this Sirship for the last nine months and want to he built the same as also having the government to have the right to build exclusively"
 This appears to be a good place for the reader to stop and ruminate on what he had read, figure it out and get set for a new start, but MT. Ason, without hesitation, turning a hair or punctuation mark proceeds n this wise:
 Also having drawings made at
Arizona republican., 1917-08-29
STATE PRISON LOSES SEVENTEEN INMATES
 BY EXECUTIVE ACT

There will be quite an emptiness at the state prison in consequence or the meeting last Saturday of the board or pardons and paroles which yesterday submitted it's recommendations to the governor. They were acted upon at- firmativelY Pardons or paroles were granted in seventeen cases. In all cases the conduct of the convicts had been exemplary, most. if not all or them. had served the minimum ot an indefinite sentence. and some of them had served well on toward the maximum.
 Anita Lamkin. who had secured cash on money order by false rep resentation and had been sentenced from this county on January l7 Tor term of five years, was the first in the list She is the only woman con- vict; she has been in ill-health since her incarcerat tion and has had several operations She is now sick. She will | be released as soon as her physical condition will permit.
 Others paroled or pardoned were: Henry Melosh, sent from Maricopa county March 15, 1915, for ten years for assault with deadly weepon. He has been the head tailor of the prison
 
 Albert Mack, colored, convicted of burglary and sentenced from this county on December g, 1914, for from 4 to years He had for some time | been working in Florence on his honor. L. R. Galpin, burglary, sentenced from this county. May !, 1916, for from ] one to two years.
 George McDaniels, stenced from Gila | county on May 10 1916, one to two 1 years.
 C. K Crawford, July 22, 1916, one to years for forgery. He has been an exemplary prisoner and had good record as one of Carey's Rough Riders. Antonio Gossu, sent from Pima l county, January 16, 1915, one to 1 years for burglary.
 Albert Schmidt. sentfrom Yuma, one i to 10 years for forgery. Ignacio Samaniego, sent from Santa Cruz August 20 for attempt to escape | from the county jail. 1 Clarence Butler, sentenced June 19. | 1915, from Maricopa county, to ' years for burglary
 Enrique Martinez, sentenced NoVem- 1 Der "A, 1914, from to years for 1 burglary. Martinez has been trying to improve himself by being regular dtteuudIl at the prison ScnOOl. | John Leak, sent from Yuma county November IT, 1915, for robbery. 1 Robert Miller, grand larceny. sen tenced from Santa Cruz, August 26 1916. one to 10 years.
 Emilio Valdez, assault with a deadly weapon, sentenced from Maricopa county, July 31, 1914
 George Hessler. embezzlement, sen- tenced from Gila county, October 19 1916.
 Jose Soto, Hidalgo Delfino Guit- terez, Francisco Martinez, all sent for resisting an officer and sentenced tc | periods. .of from nine months to year
 All the foregoing pardons and pa roles were effective yesterday In the case of Pescacio Carreres, sentenced | from Pinal county on December [
 1916, for having a narcotic on the stat, prison grounds, leniency will begin tc
 take effect on September 30.
Arizona republican., 1917-08-29
Where the People
 May Have Hearing
The Rodriguez Case

August 2S, 1917. To the Arizona Republican:
 In an article appearing this morn- ing under the head Husband re- turns; gossips outdone." in the case of Ernest Rodriguez charged with wife desertiGn. The facts in the matter are that he received s2, 900 from a mining company and offered his wife $1O0 in settlement of all claims He then went to see a former sweetheart, saying that he could not get along with his wife and was going to leave her He stated here a number of times that he was going to San Francisco to have his eye removed. He went to the depot and bought ticket to Maricopa. When asked why he did not save money by getting ticket to San Francisco said, You do as l tell you" He could have his eye treated in Phoenix. He vas going to a Mexican doctor in Fl Paso.
 His wife is one of family of six orphans and is now in delicate con- oition. He was released by deposit ing $600 with the court If 1 know anything about the case he will gel across into Mexico, taking s2,400 witt him and leaving $500 here, leaving hi. wife in Fl Paso.
 Yours very truly, J. w. CANNING, Humane officer
Arizona republican., 1917-08-29

committees and the planning of the campaign for the mid-winter show which will be held in December or January.
 In addition to business there will be a program which will be of special in terest at this season of the year. Prof. C. K. Adamson, poultryman of the State College of Agriculture. will talk on Poultry in Arizona" Others who will speak are Roy Rixby, Phoenix, Does it pay to Hoganize." w. w. Carney Mesa, Care of Fall Pullets" H. B Cate, R. F. D. No. l, Phoenix, Keeping Poultry Healthy" E. Dra- per. Glendale. Grading Eggs Every member of the association and every ore who is raising poultry on a large or small scale is earnestly urged to at tend this meeting.
Arizona republican., 1917-08-29
General Young's Recommendation

At the time the conscription act was pending officials went somewhat of their way to explain for the satisfaction suppose of the pacfists that 1t was not a commitment to military policy. The explanation apologetc A plain inference was to be drawn that when the we would re- turn to the happy go-ucky days of unpreparedness that had found ourselves unexpectedly under the necessity of creating army It had been dem onstrated that it could be done "o~er night" as many of us had supposed it could be easily done. We would therefore have take time to it and raise a properly trained and equipped army in a few weeks. That is, would do in the twnkling of an eye what Germany had been forty years in doing and what France had been engaged in nearly as long,
 We have found it easier to decree an army than to raise it. We have been it pretty steadily for three the most conspicuous result of our efforts is the sorry spectacle four-fths of our registered population trying evade military service on one pretext or another. At the have been making we could instead of raising "a million over night depending upon patriotic impulse create an army of million men in about million years
 We have come to the need of military policy and Eot merely an emergency plan. We say that the emergency plan has broken down. but one thing is absolutely and that that it will fall far short of expectations; further than that the plan itself has fallen short of needs Adequate as it seemed to be it would be inadequate if it could be fully carried out.
 We are printing this morning statement by Lieutenant General S. B. Young. U. S. A.. in which universal military training, military policy is ad- vocated and in which appears a proposed amendment to the existing draft law.
 General Young advocates especially the enroll ment of unmarried men, not that he would excuse married men, but because the operation the present law has demonstrated that they cannot be depended upon to satisfy the countrys urgent needs.
 While General Young proposes universal mili- tarv training it is not universal military service such other countries nearly all other countries, have found necessary and in which married men are required to have their full part. It is now pro- posed by General Young to exempt them. It is pro-
Arizona republican., 1917-08-29
HELD FUR TRIAL ON
 CHARGE IF MURDER

Identity of the man known in Glen dale as John Williams" who was shot and killed in 9 quarrel with H. B. Miner, and on whose arm was tatooed the name of J. W. Radcliffe" was not revealed at the preliminary hearing of Miner, charged with the murder of Williams at the c. F. Turner ranch near Glendale few weeks ago.
 The hearing was held before Justice patterson yesterday following which Miner was held to answer to the su- perlcr court. his bond being fixed in the sum of $7500 which he failed to furnish.
 Turner and Forrest Booth, deputy sheriff, were put on the stand by the state which was represented by Coun- ty Attorney L. M. Laney and Assistant County Attorney Harry Johnson. Leon ;. Jacohs, counsel for Miner. did not introduce any evidence.
 -O--
 Do not wait 'tII! tomorrow-phone that WANT AD to The Republican office now. and get your wish fulfilled
Arizona republican., 1917-08-29

present for submarine devices, exca- vator for trenches and as working hard on same and then want govern nlent to use same, so being extensiv
 ely busy in these devices and'-here Mir. Ason deftly approaches the ntb of the matter-"wish exemption from the registration call being a subject of Austria Hungary and only having first papers. So telling the plain
Arizona republican., 1917-08-29

facts without much literature, I beg to remain" etc.
 Colonel Breen replied that the sua ject was one for the exemption board But the president has the last say and it can hardly be expected that he will waste the life of this airplane and submarine inventor and this de- wiser of patent ways of excavating trenches.
Arizona republican., 1917-08-29

posed to make the country independent of them TO that extent, though he proposes policy, 1t IS Tn itself an emergency policy.
 We think congress will find it necessary to adopt the proposed amendment but that the amendment will be amended and enlarged by extending the age limit in both directions.
Arizona republican., 1917-08-29

Always a leading figure in Rus sian radica, circles, Nicholas Tchai- kowsky looms up today as one of the biggest men in the new Russian republic. Many regard him as the father of the revolution. He is a Socialist, but has always been op- posed to violence and for years has preached the gospel of temperance to that element of the Russian peo- pie that wanted to tear down the banners of despotism.
Arizona republican., 1917-08-29
POULTRY MEN PLAN
 WINTER SHOW

The Maricopa County Poultry asso- ciation will hold it's regular monthly meeting for September the afternoon Of September s, at 2 D. m. at the Wa ter Users building This will be the first of the meetings after the summer vacations and it is a very important meeting. The principal business of the meeting will be the appointment of
Arizona republican., 1917-08-29

The result of the fighting the Izonzo river and Carso plateau ought to be encouraging alike to the Austrians and Italians The more than two years ug-of-war there resulted in nothing but casual ties and communiques
Arizona republican., 1917-08-29

Summer seems somehow to have acquired its sec ond wind when last week thought it was about Tall in"
Arizona republican., 1917-08-29

Banking Buckeye is what John D. Rockefeller once said oil producing was hazardous occupa- tion."
Arizona republican., 1917-08-29

By the way. saloniki. Monastir and other once familiar places still the map?
Arizona republican., 1917-08-29

Ring Lardner is in France, so that we may expect an early decision way or another
Arizona republican., 1917-08-29
ACCOMMODATING HUSBAND

Wife-Can you let me have a little money John? Hub-Certainly, my dear. About how htte?- Boston Transcript
Arizona republican., 1917-08-29

We commend esteemed and usually We'll informed contemporary, the Arizona Star system ac course of reading of the Arizona daily and weekly papers The crop survey whose absence II laineilts' has been for some weeks proceeding satisfactorily In the matter of survey, we believe ArlZoia IS e'u ing all the rest of the states
Arizona republican., 1917-08-29
Trifling With the Law

The great number of crimes, large and small which are brought into courts is not to be won dered at when one of the ridiculous disposition that is made of so many of them in some or the courts The courts have ceased to exercise any de- terrent effect.
 Offenses which ought to land offenders Tn the penitentiary treated light infractions of the law if indeed acquittal dismissal is not ther DOT ton. Too much discretion is exercised Law ottcers take into not the injured law, but theH friendly relations either with the offenders or wt their relatives friends.
 No doubt the law officers well, but good intentions do not constitute administration or the law We think the time has come when the public should be apprised of the in which cases or greater or less seriousness are lightly disposed Of
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-07
ADOPTS SOLDIER
TOBACCO BOY
DURING THE WAR
Doesn't Bother TO Find Out
the Fighting Yankees
Name

Ellis Parker Butler, of The Wig
ilantes, author of pigs Is Pigs" has
solved the problem of steady, con-
scientious contributing to. smokes for
soldiers. He has adopted tobacco
boy" among the United States SOL
diers in France, and though this boy
does not know Mr.. Butler has adopt
ed him, he will soon discover that
Mr.. Butler is some father. In his
narrative of how he came to claim a
new relation, Mr.. Butler first tells
how cranky he himself is when he
cannot smoke, then elaborates on his
keen desire to help the soldiers: then:
'T have tobacco adopted one of the
soldiers. / don't know his name, but
!; he is my tobacco boy, my own per-
sonal nicotine soldier-my smoke son.
IT is like this: 1 wondered what 1
ought to do about this Our Boys in
( France tobacco fund First, thought
I would give up tobacco and send the
money to the fund, but l don't want
to be murdered by meanness. Then
I hit the big idea. Every time
smoke my tobacco boy over there
Ishall smoke. He could not smoke
more than / do, or he would have no
time to be a soldier.
so this is how I am going to give
my tobacco boy his smokes: Every
time / buy tobacco l put an equal
amount into the Our Boys in France
tobacco fund-a dimes worth of to-
bacco for me, dimes worth of to-
bacco for him; a dollars worth of
tobacco for me, a dollars worth of
tobacco for him. And he will have
some left over for his bunkes, be-
cause I pay 90 cents a pound for
smoking tobacco and the fund can
buy good tobacco at less than third
of that. o..
ut is easy. You can do your bit.
I you are a smoker adopt a tobacco
boy and pay for his smokes. Friend,
your old pipe tastes twice as sweet
when you know your tobacco boy
over yonder is having a smoke on
you at the same time"
The following contributions have
been received for the Harrisburg
Telegraph's tobacco fund:
Previously acknowledged, 1850 80
Mrs. William L. Egle, :. 80. l 90
Mrs. Robert Holmes, ...... 8 90
Mary Asenath Harris, ....... so
Cash, .....'.. '.......szz..... W
Total, ......... 1850 81
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-07

ILIOo AAE@N = EAVION.
1t is rumored that Miss Anne Pat
ton, daughter of Frederic S. Patton,
of Los Angeles, is engaged to General
John j. Pershing, commander-in-
chief of the American troops in
France.
Miss Patton belongs to one of the
oldest and most prominent families
of Los Angeles. Since America en-
tered the war she has been actively
engaged in war relief work.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-17
WALTER WILSON LOST
CASE AGAINST EMPRESS
Proprietors Wright and Joslin of En-
press Were Sued For Damage
During Recent Fire

"No cause for action" was the YER
dict the jury brought in in Justice A.
L. Spencer's court Monday following
the civil suit of Walter Wilson
against Wright and Joslin, prophet
ors of the Empress theatre.
About the fifteenth of August the
Empress theatre operating booth
caught fire following the explosion of
some films. A large quantity of film
was burned, in fact, all the managers
had in their building for the nights
show. Wilson alleged that he receiv-
ed burns about the face and on his
clothing that was due to the negli-
gence of the operators and suit was
started to recover damages. Wright
and Joslin employed Foss 0. Eldred
of Ionia as their counsel and Fred l..
Warner was attorney for the COM
plainant. The trial lasted all the af-
ter noon and was of considerable gen.
eral interest.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-17
PARKED AUTOMOBILE
STRUCK BY SPEEDERS
Delivery Truck Belonging to J. De-
Vleiger & Son Damaged
Sunday Night

]. Devlieger & Son, grocers, are
working short handed on local deliv-
cries because of their delivery truck
being wrecked Sunday night. The car
was standing in front of the store,
with lights turned off and in the US
ual position of parking. About eleven
thirty a touring car filled with young
people, supposedly enroute from Green
Vile to Ionia, passed through the
street at high rate of speed. The
driver apparently did not see the de-
livery truck and ran square into it.
The truck was badly bent and broken.
The axles were sprung, the wind
shield broken, tenders twisted and
body smashed. The whole car was
thrown a distance of fifty feet down
the street to the east.
The speeding car did not slack or
wait to ascertain the damage done to
the truck, but hurried out of the city.
The number Of the license was OBJ
tanned by couple of youths, however,
and the owner Of the car will be ascer-
tanned within a few days. DeVlieg-
er asserts that he will attempt to
collect damages from the offender.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-17
Rally Day Exercises

The annual rally day exercises at
the Congregational church on Sunday
morning were unusually interesting
and well carried out. The drilling of
the children under the supervision of
Mrs. Hockstad, assisted Ny Miss Hill
ton, had been so well done that there
was seemingly not a flaw in the pro-
gram. The choir gave fine anthem,
Miss Winnifred Evans sang a solo,
and Mr.. Hockstad, in the absence of
the pastor, gave an illustrated talk
to the children, which the older ones
enjoyed equally as well. The exer-
cises closed with a short, but quite
to the point talk by the superintend-
ent, Miss Clara Moulton.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-17
That Greenvile Meteor

"Some practical jokersg the dross
from an iron melting cupola and took
it up to the fair grounds and left it.
Then a story was started that on a
certain evening the fair grounds were
all lighted up with glow from a red
hot meteor. Sufficient time was CIV
en- for the meteor to cool before the
story was given TO the public, and
then the practical joker sat tight and
watched the suckers bite. The first
took dray and went out and got it
and took it down to Towers foundry,
where the curious souvenir hunters
made their way to get a pisse of the
wonderful curiosity which is said to
have flattened out when it struck the
ground. Hammers failed to dent it
and the sledges were used to break
it so that small pieces of the wonder
of the day might be carried away.
Not the simple alone bit, but some
with quite large pretensions got stung
by the meteor"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-17

In his speech at Ypsilanti last
Thursday ex-President Taft said
sour entry into the war was just at
the right time. We will show Ger
many that we are no tango nation.
We must not be lured by any peace
movement that will not be permanent.
A peace that leaves William Hohen-
zollern in the saddle is a defeat.
Washington advised against en-
tangling relations, but, to use Wash
ington's advice with reference to our
present relations is not treating him
fairly. Mexico is an international
nuisance and is anything but pleas
ant neighbor. That we may expect
difficulties there goes without saying.
The maintenance of the Monroe doc
trine may give us other difficulties at
any time. Our country now is differ
ent than in Washington's time, when
we had no Philippine Islands, Cuba, or
Porto Rico.
''The more clearly our purpose is
set forth in this war the more -patri-
otto we will be. We were only pursu-
ing our just rights in selling ammuni-
ton to the allies. We did not violate
any of the rules of international law.
Germany's conduct in sinking the
Lusitania was gross and brutal and
violated all the rules of international
law in force the past hundred years.
Senator La Toilette says our peo-
pie have technical right on vessels.
A citizen has the same right on the
high seas as on shore, and when a
foreign nation invades that right it is
the same as if Germany had landed
troops in the United States and shot
into our homes.
when we declared war, we did the
only thing we could do. We were
forced into war against our will by
Germany. President Wilson has de-
monstrated that we are no jingo ma
ton.
1.-The Prussian military machine is
willing to talk peace because they
know they have lost. We ought to
exhaust all our resources to prevent
this triumph of military autocracy.
Germany made diplomatic mistakes
and could not understand the moral.
We must fight until the world is made
safe for democracy and Christianity"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-17
FORMER BELDING BOY
WEBS IN CHICAGO

The following announcement has
been received here:
"Mr. and Mrs. William Henry Mer-
rift request the honor of your pres
ence at the marriage of their daugh-
ter, Rose Wright, to Mr.. Hiram Hurl-
burt Bedding, Jr, on Saturday the
thirteenth of October, one thousand
nine hundred and seventeen, at half
after eight o'clock in the evening, st.
Paufs Episcopal church in Riverside,
Illinois,"
Hiram was a former we'll known
Bedding boy and his many friends join
in congratulations and good wishes.
A reception Immediately following
the ceremony was given at the Wright
residence and on Sunday night Mr..
Belding was obliged to leave for the
training camp at Columbus, Ohio, to
again take up the soldiers life and
duties.
Ellis w. Ranney and daughter,
Mary Emily, from here attended the
wedding.