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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-28
WOMEN WILL HOLD
CONFERENCE SEPT. 16

Stockholm, Aug. 2S-An interna-
tional conference of women from both
bel1igerent and neutral countries will
be held here Sept 1918.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-28

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is
to receive s1,09S. $50 in cash from the
estate of Harris B. Dick. The value
Of the estate is SCI, 532,19S.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-28
TIME is SHORT FOR
PAYING STATE TAXES
ON NOTES AND BONDS

Have you paid your taxes to the
state treasurer on notes and bonds? If
ret. attend to it at once and escape
penalty. The time is short.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-28

Harold Barnwell, pioneer airplane
builder, was killed while testing .na-
chine for the Vickers company in
London.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-28

The Public Service Commission or
dered the Interborough to I'LL its
bunkers with 1000 tons es rsserve
coal.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-28

Four of the more prominent figures
in the Houston CTex.) shooting cases,
in which troopers of the Twenty
fourth United States infantry shot up
theS city, are shown here. The sol
Jdiers accused are negroes, and the af-
fair has caused a tremendous sensa-
ton, seventeen persons being killed
and more than, a score wounded. No.
is Governor ferguson of Texas, who
has declared the city and county I'M
der martial law; No. is Senator
Sheppard of Texas, who wants the
government to withdraw tall negro
troops from Texas; No. 8 is General
James Parker, in command of the
southern department; No. 4 is General
George Bell, Jr., who assumed charge
of the situation in Houston.
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: CITY TO CARRY BURDEN

1t was the dehnte understanding Of tina
eitixens Of Philadelphia when they voted
for the construction Of the. high-speed lines
embodied In the Taylor plan OF transit de-
yeiQpmept for the city that these ineyita ble
npuntetpal dehcits during the early years OF
opegetien Of the eity's high-speed system
rGonla not BE- saddled upon the car riders.
0ut that they should be assumed BY the city
QDd - oasst by the increase in tax returns
@4s}fant frons not an increased tax rate.
- Hon the abnormal increases In as
~ 2n9tH hezpadted by the oonstruc.
G1xArfpe&1 sysf<n qlee.
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"a ,odlvlduAl cItlsens wIll 3 s,vsn .S,,r

- i,,6ivjduAl citfsene VIII % sv1
Won, srsrv opportunity to fully express '"e''
views. ,,.., %, o,terwise, will
de,er the full performance OF tnls ,ns
,,,,,'iic duty Of going to the bottom oi u
,,ronosed lease and having al "s 'e"'
n,aarIy and definitely set forth.
apnIitIcs pure and simple !"
c,,oh was Mayor Smiths FIRST ans"e,
Isar,,sr Director Taylor's criticism oi
tho new transit lease ,,.., ~.
u" ,,ayor smith said that he believed Mr.
,r,,is, was making political capital OUT
~ mic attack on the lease. -.
"nf course, any criticism OF tne ne"
80 uiIl he given respectfuN consideGa
,e. an matter from what source 1t comes
.,o"' ,ia,.or said There is no doubt that
VIC ,na,ions from competent persons might
,,a,, ne In making the lease better, fnaliy'
than II Is now .,,,o,,,,oo,,,.,, ~ b;s
,,,ontion 10 carry on an active campaign IN
,po wards looks IKE politics to me. can
see nothing else in IL -.,...- E. ri.
-, rould understand his motives If his
.i.ioisn,s were advanced in the regular
NOV but IL Mr.. Taylor intends to go out
before the people he must have other
motives in view. .. -. al. oh,rso
that the new lease was grad mayor
smith smiled. He said, however
"If the new lease is grab. then whoever
is rcsponsible should go to JAIL
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LEASE CALLED
TNTOLERABLE AFFRONT TO CITY"


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hs. been temporarily rejected BY City Coun-
els at the behest OF Mayor Smith


ellis at the behest Of Mayor Smith
LATER STATEMENTS COMING
shall proceed with my analysis OF
numerous other provisions Of the smith
lease and later on l shall give the pubic
more interesting information ~ necessary
When I went into nearly every ward IN
Philadelphia and appealed TO the citizens to
uphold my hand as Director OF the Depart
rnent OF city Transit In the earnest en-
deavor I was then making to secure Tor
them adequate rapid transit facilities and
free transfers in Philadelphia. ] promised
them. in return for their cooperation, that
I would stick by them and fight for them
10 the finish That promise stands and VIII
be carried out.
earnestly appeal TO every individual
citizen and TO every organization of every
kind within this city TO take Immediately
some public action which will help scotch
the Smith lease.
individual citizens should Immediately
publish their views through the newspapers
In positive terms.
Organizations should Immediately assem-
Bile and pass strong resolutions setting forth
their positions and send the same TO the
newspa pers for publication.
We must win the fight. viii YOU help?
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I;s,,enant Charles Appointed Adjutant

LANCASTER, Pa, Aug. 2o.-Colonel H.
g shannon. Fourth Pennsylvania Regiment
has appointed First Lieutenant b.. r.
Charles, OF Lancaster lately detacheu from
,o,rnanv X. as adjutant OF the second bat
talon. Lieutenant Charles entered the
National Guards as a private seventeen
years ago became second lieutenant in 1919
and first lieutenant four months later.
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way at city Hall station by failing to
make the stations on the two lines COM
nnunicatinQ" sfations

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nak. ~. ststtans ~, sba two lines sem
| n,,,nics,,,,s,. s,a,,oos
\ r,,,.,. ,r,-- - A.. -.
| r'l,n. ine poMe' " re.oi'nne"u , " VIZ c''i a.
nisn honh ,H,e 70 tli'e e"sses ~
| ra'es VI ,re anu c"a' ses ioI .,Is
,,n on w.. "I'i'eu % systen'' " a"s pai .e.s,
| hciuoins sucn chsrses as may "e neoea-
| e"is !" cohpls WIN 'ie la'. ies"i
| n,tn's' WHICH, u VIII pe renie'noeieu' w
| cIuue iuii interest anu sink,ne ,unu I
uuHe"eHts on the totai comprneu ih'eS'-
"'e'' VI 'ne city anu 'he COMPANY
| SURRENDER TO SMITH AND MITTEN
| Tho noonto -, phu,aoiDht, az ,,o. soi,y
| ,o ,b,ts s,,.ra,,,. a. s,..,,ata. "a ,hn,.
| ,rsnsi, do,ata,,,,,,, g., ,fass,. s,,i,h and
Mitten through a board which they would
pick and control through the power OF re-
uoyal
Tho ,osnor,,,,t,,.,. 49,, 49, .,i,,.. ,,.si, Il.
yelopnent has been axsd and those charged
with this resnon.ibility mns, not nc per-
mtted TO dodge il. or surrender II.
Tho ,i,,o 49,. 49,, 90, a,r,,..a ,,.h., ,h..
o,izs,s ns t,sG,ano,,,,,, ho 80, ,ho
daa,t,,io ,i'a .,, ,, ,,. , ,,d
tne ns' Iec"'i,'nehuat'oi oi rates OF iare 10 pe
dent ,J,,,a,, '.n .nH - 1T. ,,,r,,,, -
resertatiyns rtoSoS M -, 49,, a,i,or s,n,,
hoard WV " NY
i. r. 7. MAY REPUDIATE LEASE
As the Smith Mitten negotiations have
resulted in the bringing out Of this out
rageous Smith lease. or proposal which is
repugnant TO every decent and Intelligent
citizen. and as II would give TO the =. Il. T.
company vast sums OF money and vast
concessions beyond what the +. r. r. Com
psny agreed 90 accept, under the terms of
the Taylor lease as just and equitable
only last December, am constrained TO
"''IeNc HrhlE that the terms OF lhis Sinlth
edSe anu me erect thefeoi upon tle city
anu anu upon thc citizehs nave not Vet been
IIahh'N presented TO- or ahaIFhed by. either
lH' hoard or directors of the y y T. COM
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FIRST TRANSIT HEARING
TO BE HELD SEPTEMBER Z

The first public hearing on the proposed
| new transit lease will be held IN Friday,
September I. at y. IN. in the Finance COM
| mittee room in city Hall
| Announcement to that effect was made to-
| day BY Joseph =. Gaffney. cha airman of the
| Councils Finance committee, following a
conference with Charles SeCer, chairman of
the street Railways Committee.
The hearings vii! be held before "A Joint
| meeting Of the two committees. Those in
favor Of the lease will be heard first.
Mr.. Gaffney. in announcing the date. is
sued statement which was interpreted in
city IIall as direct slap at A. Merritt
Taylor former transit director
The statement follows:
I'm announcing the date for this FIRST
hearing | deem il both timely and meet to
call public attention TO the fact that the
proper solution of the transit problem is
the concern Of every man, woman and child
Of the city.
"lt is the business as wei as the civic
duty of every one to become intimately
familiar with the terms of the proposed
lease. To arrive at a fair and honest con-
cusion, the proposed lease should he read
and examined, the printed and verbal
arguments Of its proponents and opponents
sunderland in this connection il is we'll
also 10 determine whether the particular
advocate or objector has personal or pr-
vate rather than a public. interest to serve
also, whether under the guise of pub
lie friend or benefactor he is in fact using
the citizens of Philadelphia TO pull his
Chestnuts out of the fire.
CITIZENS SHOULD ATTEND
And lastly. the public hearings should
be attended so that the citizens may get
al first hand the arguments pro and con.
"To these public hearings organizations
and citizens are invited. Public advocates
and opponents, representatives of organiza-
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EGAN's OPERATION sERIoS5

COPENHAGEN, Aug 20.--The o,,1S,, Z. N
performed on DR.. Maurice r. Essn to1
american Minister to Denmark. wss ms
tell removal of one kidney. involved
Doctor Egan. according to the rs,.
sued by the attending physician na" port is-
satisfactory night and his condi,in,as aSsed q
ported as good as could be expectsd u re-
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speed and eConomy-eaCh Autocar has
dumped, on an average, forty yards of
dirt day at the ball field.
You will see in one of the pic
lures pair of horses - that one pair
has ploughed up much of the dirt
has helped pull down some of the old
buildings that were on the site and
have also hitched them on the trucks
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ing the trucks down in the cellar did
away with my steam shovel, which was
fifteen miles from Ardmore "a four.
days round trip.
Handling this job with Autocars I
was able to excavate at the rear first and
the foundations for the new build;no
,,e were i oeing Del laid there before the digging
The Arizona copper camp., 1917-03-31
Arizona Guardsn1en
Not Coming Home

The Ray Hayden district as we'll as
the members of the 1st Arizona infan-
try was disappointed this week when,
the word was received that the Ari-
zona guardsmen, who were to have
been mustered out at Naco were OF
coming home. Instead, just as the
lists were all made out and they were
on the point Of being mustered out
the order came from Washington re-
tanning the regiment in federal SER
vice. 1t is hard to imagine a keener
disappointment than was felt by the
men, who had their hearts set on COM
ing home at this time, but they are
not by any means the only ones and
like true soldiers took the new order
philosophicallly Over $4,000 guards
men are now under arms prepared to
do police duty or serve in any way
they may be needed in the approach
ing war with Germany. Just what
disposition will be made of the troops
will not be known for some time
and in view Of the strict censorship
on military movements, may not be
known. One thing is sure, the Ray
Hayden district is proud of the boys
of Company H and have the full as
surance that they will do their duty,
wherever Old Glory calls them.
The Arizona copper camp., 1917-03-31
FRISCO OPERATORS COMING SOON
TO INSPECT THE LITTLE BOBB|E

joining properties are not being over
looked by the mining world. Tale and
oxides are still coming into the tun-
mel, which will attain depth Of 525
feet at distance of $50 feet. Gold
values running as high as $40 per
cent are to be found in the iron blow
out on the surface, up above the Little
Bobbie tunnel and there is every in
dication that the large body of rich
ore will be encountered at the distance.
The announcement this week that a
limited amount of stock of the Little
Bobbie will be placed locally has oc-
&casioned no end of favorable comment
among Ray investors, many of whom
have been anxiously waiting an op-
portunity to show their faith in the
Little Bobbie. Owing to the fact that
the Little Bobbie has one of the low
est capitalizations Of any company in
the state 450,Oe-s shares, it is apparent
that it was organized with no view
to stock selling on the part of the
management.
The Arizona copper camp., 1917-03-31
o. D. OUTPUT
REACHES HIGH MARK

GLOBE, March 3O.-The Old Domin-
ion Copper company is producing cop
per at the rate of somewhat over g.
100000 per month, including the cop
per from flotation concentrates which
is shipped to the International smelt-
er.
The mine department is hoisting
HOO tons Of ore per day. The princi-
pal ore producing levels are the 18th,
18th and 10th levels on the east side
Of the mine, and the 18th, 18th, and
14th and 18th levels on the west side
of the mine. Most of the oxide ore
continues to come from the west side
while the sulphide concentrating ore
is largely produced on the east side.
In the Grey mine, stoping and de-
veloping is being done on small
scale and recent developments in this
country has been very satisfactory
The vein on the 14th level between
the Grey shaft and the Copper Hill
shaft is being prosecuted, but to date
no commercial ore has been found at
this point.
The Arizona copper camp., 1917-03-31
RAY CALUMET
STARTING WORK

A new mining company, the Ray
Calumet, has started active develop
ment work on the r. H. Boxall claims
which are about 5000 feet northwest
of the Ray and Gila valley railroad
depot. Boxall has owned the claims
for the last twelve years and only re-
Gently Engineer VIM. Jones of Phoenix
reported favorably on them. The
claims join the Ray Con. ground
A tunnel has been driven 100 feet
in length and a winze started where
ore assaying 4 percent was encount-
cred. No stock has been sold except
locally but it is understood that an
Eastern brokerage house is negotiat-
ing for the entire block Of stock to be
put on the market
The Arizona copper camp., 1917-03-31
LIKE POURING
SAND INTO A
RAT HOLE
Phoenix Messenger Says Money OF
Working Men and Women Being
Wasted

PHOENIX, Ariz., March 30.-The
Messenger published here weekly by
A. S. Mills, and which has been a
strong supporter of former Governor
Hunt and his administration under the
caption Throwing Out Precincts"
prints the following editorial:
"On Saturday afternoon Judge Stan
ford threw out Douglas precinct No.
which gave 123 majority to Hunt on
official count. He then stated and on
Monday following repeated that the
Campbell people failed to prove their
case but that the testimony of the
defense had decided the matter.
"In 1876 by throwing out certain
precicincts in Louisiana, Florida, South
Carolina and Oregon, the politics of
the nation was changed and Hays
served as president although Tilden
was elected. Since that date but few
precincts have been thrown out al
though many election officers have
been punished by courts of various
states Now other precincts in the
state of Arizona are attacked and in
Mesa No. the affidavit filed is
stronger than the charge against Doug
las No. 1. Inspection of ballots show
ed Hunt had clear majority of 165
votes. These have been lost in the
shuttle and there is slight chance to
win the contest.
Money is being collected from the
working man and women of the state
to help the contestant. Thousands
have been so spent to no avail. 1t is
like pouring sand in rate hole.
"Gov. Hunt cannot afford to win by
disfranchising voters. Let Gov. Camp
bell retain the place secured by throw
ing out ballots of the people. Demo
cracy must come before the people
with clean hands.
"'Then PLATE said to the chief
priests and to the people, find no
fault in this man'.'+Luke 22:4.
The Arizona copper camp., 1917-03-31
SHELTER
TO HAVE
TEAM

HAYDEN, MARCH 30.-lT is Of
FIcIALLY ANNOUNCED THAT THE
SHELTER WILL HAVE A TEAM IN
THE TRI-coPPER LEAGUE FOR
THE SEASON OF 1917.
ALL TEAM AFFAIRS HAVE BEEN
PLACED IN THE HANDS OF AN
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE coMPoS-
ED OF JACK STEELE, HARVEY
ERICKSON AND BEN ANDERSON.
THE TEAM MANAGER WILL BE
SPOT M'MURDO, WHO WAS MAN.
AGER OF THE SHELTER AGGRE-
CATION LAST YEAR. THE MAN.
AGEMENT OF THE SMELTER
TEAM is NOW SENDING FOR
PLAYERS, BUT PROBABLY WILL
NOT BE READY TO PLAY BEFORE
THE LAST OF APRIL, IT is STAT
ED.
The Arizona copper camp., 1917-03-31

A party Of San Francisco mining
opere tors, representing, it is UNDER
stood, large interests, will be in Ray
in the near future to visit the Little
Bobbie mine, where two shifts of men
are rapidly driving the tunnel in to
where the big ore body undoubtedly
exists. The tunnel is now in 155 feet,
and is going forward into the hill
speedily with every shift.
In the trinity of the Ray Silver Lead,
Broken Hill and Little Bobbie min
ing men who have looked carefully
into the geological formations believe
there will be developed three of the
big paying mines Of the district. The
ground in all respects constitutes the
same formation, highly mineralized,
and in the two first mentioned there
are hundreds of thousands of tons of
ore already blocked out for shipping.
The fact that San Francisco opera
tors are taking an interest in the
Little Bobbie, the youngest of the trio,
indicates that developments at the ad-
The Arizona copper camp., 1917-03-31
FEELING RUNS
HIGH OVER CUBS
HAYDEN F|ASC(

HAYDEN, Ariz., March 30.-A good
deal of feeling (some of it bitter) was
aroused here by the news that the
game with the Cubs had been called
off, after all. On Thursday of last
week a telegram was received by the
local freight agent from Mr.. Il. C.
Hallmark, reading as follows:
Tucson, Ariz., Mar %, 1917.
H. Kerlinger,
Agent, A. E. R. R., Hayden.
Inform Mr.. Wilkinson just received
advice from Chicago Cubs that game
at Hayden will have to be cancelled.
They expect to play Miami 9th, Santa
Rita 28th, and FL Paso 29th.
H. C. HALLMARK.
The news was not at first credited,
and a wire was sent -oehalf of the
Hayden club to the Cubs manager
asking whether not the game was
really to be cancelled. Mr.. O'Neills
reply stated that the information was
correct-that the game would have to
be called off because other clubs had
made arrangements with the Cubs
prior to our getting in touch with
them, and that they were unable to
make any date with us.
The receipt of this advice aroused a
storm Of adverse comment, blame be-
ing distributed about equally between
the Cubs, Mr.. Hallmark, and our own
club management. It is pointed out
that Mr.. Hallmark offered us an en-
gagement, which we accepted in good
faith, but which he really did not
know would be filled or not, and that
when the time came he not only failed
to deliver the goods, but did nothing
to make good for loss and disappoint-
ment. Furthermore, that if the Cubs
allowed him to make the date with US,
and then cody cancelled it to suit
some later convenience, their course
was thoroughly selfish and unsports-
manlike. Our share of the blame is
said to come from the fact that our
club never, from first to last, did busi-
ness with the Cubs direct, but de-
pended on Mr.. Hallmark to secure the
game for US; that if we had dealt with
them direct we might have stood some
chance of knowing their state of mind,
and meeting any objection they might
have had to playing our team, or Sc
curing a larger guaranty, while if Mr..
Hallmark was acting without authority
we would have found it out at once.
However, there is no use in crying over
spilled milk, and this may prove use
full lesson in conducting similar af-
fair another time. Certainly, from
every point of view, this one seems to
have been singularly mismanaged
The Arizona copper camp., 1917-03-31
TO BUILD NEW
RAILROAD IN
CENTRAL NEVADA

RENO. New, March 30.-By an act
which was passed during the closing
days of the session, the Nevada leg
islature granted to Walter E. Trent,
of Reno, and New York City, Mans
field, Ohio, and Fall River, Massachu-
setts, capitalists who are associated
with him, a franchise for the con-
struction of railroad through tho
central part of the state, which will
tap section of great mineral and
agricultural resources at present with
out transportation facilities.
The new road, which will be ap
proximately IT'S miles in length, will
have either Ely or Eureka for it's
northern terminus and will run via
pah, on the Tonopah & Goldfield rail-
road. A smelter, having a daily ca
pacity of 500 tons, is to be erected at
Tybo and the railroad will not only
provide economical transportation for
the smelling ores of Eureka Hamilton,
and other camps in the northern part
of the state, but will furnish a more
economical outlet for the base ores OF
the southern section.
In addition to it's local significance
the railroad will attract special atten-
ton from the fact that it will become
link in a transcontinental line con-
Meeting the Southern Pacific and the
Western Pacific on the north with the
Tonopah & Goldfield, Tonopah &
Tidewater, Santa Fe, and Owens VAL
ley railroad on the south. Operating
over the new road the time and dis
tance between Salt Lake City and Los
Angeles will be approximately the
same ais over the Clark road, while a
saving of about IL hours will be made
between the two points mentioned
over that made by the Southern Pa
cific via San Francisco 1t will also
save about 18 hours in the shipment
of Southern California fruit products
to the east as against that Of the
Southern Pacific via Sacramento.
The Arizona copper camp., 1917-03-31
RAY BUSINESS MEN
INVADE TOWNSHIP

Miller Brothers Mercantile company,
proprietor, Walter Barham, billiards
and pool, and Fred Tribolet's meat
market have opened branches at the
new Hercules toWnsite mile east of
Kelvin, where a new town is spring.
ing up. Most Of the above mentioned
are arranging to build substantial
buildings at the townsite.
The Arizona copper camp., 1917-03-31
ASK FEDERAL AID
FOR FLORENCE BRIDGE

PHOENIX Ariz., March 3O.-Fed-
eral aid in the amount of 100000 has
been requested by the state BOARD OIL
control to hasten the repair of the
bridge over the Gila river at Florence.
The legislature recently appropriated
$4,000 for extending the bridge over
the river, and with 100000 from the
government it is believed a sufficient
sum will be available to insure the
completion of a bridge twice as long
as the present structure. The bridge
has been rendered useless by reason
Of the river washing a new channel
during the floods of 1916.
The Arizona copper camp., 1917-03-31
BASEBALL TRAINING
STARTS IN EARNEST

Well folks, it's here, the 1917 base
ball training season and up on the hill
Al and Tony and Nick and the rest
of the bunch are working out the
kinks in the soup bones.
It's practically the same old bunch
that won the pennant for Ray last
year. There is Manager AL Beaumill-
er, on Second base. Harry Scanlon, on
first, Franny Hosp, shortstop and
Wallie Smith at third base Wacob
and Tonneman receivers and Delhi
and Bromley, pitchers. In the outer
garden, Tobin, Baerwald and Demag-
gio look good.
Frank Metz who played several
games at the beginning Of the 1915
season has wired Beaumiller to know
if there is a chance for him, Metz is
one >of the best first baseman in the
American Association for six years
bated .317 with Sioux City in the
Western League after leaving Ray last
year. If he signs a contract, Scanlon
will be utility man as he plays any
position except to pitch or catch.
Tom Downey third baseman who
left the Miners last year and signed
with Salt Lake club in the Coast
League also desires to play in the Tri-
Copper League this season. Beaumill-
er referred him to the Smelter club at
Hayden.
Opening April IS
It is stated that the first game of
the seasons series is to be played
April 18th, the season beginning earlier
this year than last.