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Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-23

Baby Chicks Shipped c. o. d.; No
money in advance. R. /. Reds, $11.50'
Rocks $3.50, Selected Leghorns So.
Can supply promptly hundreds or
thousands Fred Lehman, 813 South
Los Angeles St., Los Angeles. Cal. If
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-23
AIfa alta Seed
LEO TURNER, Yuma, Arizona, ss4a &
WANTED-WORk

WANTED-WORk
WANTED-Position On ranch by man
and wife; references given. c..
Press office. 3-27
POOKKEEPER or clerk, young man,
aged %. wants position. Will 60
anywhere in valley. Address T. X
O., Press, 1927
" MANTED-Position by man and wife;
experienced; wife will cook for men.
Box 315, Imperial. 3-2S
WANTED-By two young men, jobs
on ranch as mixers. Inquire 470
Park ST., rear Of lot. 329
WANTGD-posj5ion as automobile
driver by young man, 20 years Old
with no Lad habits; understands car
perfectly. Address II. c., Press Of
flee. 3-24
Arizona republican., 1917-12-26
MESA WOMAN FIGHTS
 FIRE WITH BEDDING

MESA, Dec. 26-At o'clock yester- day morning an alarm of fire was sounded, the occasion being a blaze in the office of the local hotel ex- change. The heater which is fed with crude oil is located just few feet be- hind the operators chair, and when shift saw the flame, crude oil had be- gun burning fiercely on the floor. The plucky young woman refused to be- come panic stricken but stuck to her post and turned in an alIm, then with her bedding, she attempted to smother the flames. There was a chemical fire eXtinguisher in the room but she did not know how to operate it.
 Messers. Myres and Pearce of the ex- change were soon at the office and with them were several hastily dressed citizens, and the police officers who had just returned from putting a few lonesome Christmas trunks to bed. The next eXtinguisher was brought into play and the fire put out There was no damage beyond smoked walls, the destruction of the bed cloth ing used by fighting the flames. The fire was caused by the oil flood ing the stove receptacle and running or the floor.
 There is no question but that the presence of mind of Mrs. POmeroy averted what could easily have beer a disastrous fire, since the telephone office is one of row of buildings o1 | Chandler court and adjoining large business houses on either side.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-26
DOLLAR AN OUNCE
 |S PRICE UT SILVER
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SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 25.-A price of S1 an ounce will be fixed upon silver by the government and no price put on lead, George II. Dern of Salt Lake, member of the committee appointed by the American mining congress to hold a conference with government officials, stated tonight upon his return from Washington. The treasury department is disposed to be liberal in it's rulings in administering the excess profits provisions of the new revenue law. but some of the clauses which are very injurious to miners, operating a wasting indus try" can be remedied only by legisla- ton. he said.
 There is an over production of lead, with a resultant price so low as to be unprofitable under present conditions for most of the western mines though still allowing a profit for the Mis- souri mines, Mir. Dern asserted. The present demand for silver is eXcep- tionally good and if the price were determined by unrestricted supply and demand it would go tQ the historic price of $1.29, and probably higher, he said.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-26
CAME PLANNED
 WITH COASTERS

Although the scheduled game be- tween Phoenix high school and the San Diego team, which was to have been played on New Years day has been cancelled, local gridiron enthus- lasts are engaging in pleasant specula- tions over a contemplated engagement with some other Pacific coast aggre- gation early next month.
 It is not likely that the Phoenix high school eleven will play the game. all though it is possible that some of the members of the team will take part. On account of the fact that training will naturally be discontinued the team in it's entirety, will not be able to play, but some of the individual stars will undoubtedly be called upon to augment the all star eleven which will he picked from the alumni and players. about town.
 That a game of this sort will very probably be arranged, and for an early date. is the assurance of the football enthusiasts attending the high school Awho tried in vain to arrange the game ] with San Diego.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-26
What I Saw in France
Continued from page 5)

beds, we can do a work of inestimable value.
 It may seem to you that I have spoken pessimistically in much that have said. l do not feel pessimistic. What l. saw in France gave me above all the sense that here was a fight which has got to be fought to a fin ish. that any compromise with the Germans as things stand today was worse than useless to consider, that their point of view, that their idea of what the world should be, was hope. lessly different from ours, and that it was useless to talk of any peace which would leave them strong enough to be a danger to the rest of the world. The fight has to go on, and it has got to go on for long, but that in the long run the allies can win, that the spirit that animates France and England and that will animate us when We are fully awake to the reality of this war, is one which in the long run will bring victory, l do not for a moment doubt. I saw many Frenchmen who have suffered keenly. I saw many Frenchmen who felt a deep discouragement as to the future of their country. l did not see d single Frenchman who was even ready to consider the possibility of yielding without ultimate victory. The word with all of them was the same: There is nothing for us but to con- quer or die"
 That is the spirit in which they are fighting this war. That is the spirit in which it behooves us to join them But we must be ready to pay the price that victory demands. That price has got to be paid by every man, by every women, by every child in America, for that is the dominant thing in modern war. It is no longer fought by a handful at the frontiers It Is no longer possible to say, as Frederick the Great once said, that ir well governed state the ordinary citizen would not know whether i was at war or not. Today the army at the front is nothing but the spear point. The strength of the army de. pends on the haft of the spear, o1 the nation which is behind i!. Ever! particle of economic strength, ever! particle of honest effort at home, zoe. to add to the fighting force of tn, men who are at the front. Those mel do the greatest service, and all homo to them, but behind those men ever! one of us must do his or her part Every one of us must be prepared t give. to give generously, of his effort of his money, of that personal sorrow which is the greatest price that mai can pay. We have got to be read, 10 see our nearest and dearest die il the service. We have got to be pre- pared to give to that service the ful measure of our devotion, whether costs us our lives or whether it cost us anything of lesser worth.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-26
Calf for Red Cross

L. V. Guthrie of the Arizona Land company has donated a calf to the Red Cross, which will be sold to the high est bidder. The local branch also has one perfectly beautiful black burro colt which will be sold to any one en- thusiastic over the speed law break ing propensities of the Arizona quad ruped. This burro some days ago strayed into the camp of the regulars at Granite Reef positively refusing to give the countersign, and threatening dire destruction to canned goods and clothing which apeared to appeal to his apetite.
 The soldiers, after poudering deeply over the matter. decided to present him to the Red Cross in the hope that he might be shipped to their lone some comrades in Europe. Loaded into an army wagon, the burro was brought to town and unloaded at the post office. Right here is where there was failure in military tactics, for when a stalwart soldier attempted to lead the present down to headquarters of the Red Cross, he wouldn't lead. The transportation finally was effect ed with one regular at the head and two behind, all pulling and pushing, to the disgust of the burro and the hi larious joy of the Mesaites.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-26
annual Rose Tournament is natural,

annual Rose Tournament is naturally the objective point of everybody who wants to go anywhere at all. The pa rade in the morning, the football game in the afternoon, and the brilliant ball in the evening afford a full days di- version, and offers variety enough to suit anyone.
 Thanks to the warm weather that has prevailed all fall and winter, it is expected there will be an unusually large supply of flowers for use in decorating floats, and the result should be the most beautiful floral pageant ever staged in the long history of these affairs. The one January l will be the twenty-ninth.
 The football game in the afternoon is the big sporting event of the year It will be between the Mare Island ma- rines and the Camp Lewis team. Net proceeds will go to the Red Cross.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-26
NAVAL OFFICERS
 ARE PROMOTED ID
 NEXT HIGHER RANK
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.-One hun- dred and eighty-six officers of the navy are promoted to the next higher grade by President Wilson's approval today of the report of the selection. board, headed by Admiral Mayo, charged with the task of choosing meritorious officers for advancement to keep pace with the expanding navy.
 Twelve captains become rear ad- mirals; 51 commanders become cap- tains and 12S lieutenant commanders become commanders. The new ad- mirals are:
 Robert E. Coonts, commandant of the Puget Sound navy yard. Bremen ton, Wash.
 Thomas W. Kinkaid, commanding engineering experimental station, An napolis, Md.
 William Strother Smith, on duty at navy department with naval con- sulting board.
 Spencer S. Wood, commanding a battleship.
 Joseph Lee Jayne, commanding a battleship.
 Charles W. Dyson, in charge of the designing room of the bureau of steam engineering.
 Clarence Stewart Williams, chie1 of staff to the commander of the first force, battle fleet. | John Daniel Mcdonald, command ing a battleship.
 Hilary P. Jones, commanding a di- vision of the cruiser forces. William R. Shoemaker, member o1 the general board, navy department
 Joseph Strauss, former chief of tho | bureau of ordnance, commanding { battleship
 Edward W. Eberle, superintendent of the naval academy.
 Among the commanders made cap. tains are Walter R. Gherardi anC Stephen V. Graham, naval attache. at Berlin and Vienna, respectively i before the United States broke re lations with the Teutonic powers David Worth Bagley, who commando, the destroyer Jacob Jones when sh was torpedoed and sunk in the wa zone recently, is one of the lieuten ant commanders advanced.
 Following are the new captains fl addition to Gherardi and Graham:
 Clark D. Stearns, Robert K. Crenl Henry B. Price, William P. Scot Joseph M. Reeves. Roscoe c. Moody Frank Lyon, John Nc C. Luby Hutch I. Cone, Robert w. McNeely George E. Gelm, Frank H. Brumb,
 James P. Morton, George L. P. Stone
 Harris Laning, Franklin D. Karn.
 David W. Todd, John V. Klemanl
 Henry V. Butler, James J. Rab! William H. Standley, Kenneth \
 Bennett, Edward H. Watson, Rufu , z. Johnston, Thomas T. Craven, Dan , iel W. Wurtsbaugh, Ralph Earl Gatewood s. Lincoln, Ivan c. Wet D tengel, Charles M. Tozer, Wat ' z Cluverius, Duncan NJ. ood, Leigh { Y Palmer, Albert W. Marshall, Thoms z A. Kearney, Dudley Knox, Edwar McCauley, Jr., William L. Littlefiel
 Earl P. Jessop. Arthur Crenshay q Anon Bronson, Jr., Harry E. Yal nell, Arthur Macarthur, David r Theleen, Arthur J. Hepburn, Thoms e c. Hart, Cyrus R. Miller, Orin : Murfin and Luther M. Overstreet.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-26
NOTEDCOACHES
 FUR NEW YEARS
Special to The Republican,

PASADENA, Dec. 25.-Three of the best known coaches in the entire west are whipping the football teams into shape for the big game at Pasadena on New Years Day, which will be played as an afternoon feature of the annual Tournament of Roses.
 Hugo Bozdek, coach of the Oregon football eleven and with the Pittsburg National league baseball team during the summer is spending several hours daily tolling the Mare Island marines how to win a sure victory. and Coaches Pipal and Stanton, for years rivals in the southern California colleges, are working together on the Camp Lewis aggregation. These two teams will play January l at Pasadena. If good coaching counts for anything, both should win.
 The game comes as the afternoon feature of Rose Tournament day. The wonderful floral pageant will be held in the morning as usual, and it is ex- pected 250,000 persons will gather in the Crown city to witness it.
 Where to go on New Years Day is a problem that never bothers residents of southern California. Pasadena s
Arizona republican., 1917-12-26
OWNERSHIP NOT DISCLOSED
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WASHINGTON. Dec. 25.--ln reply to a statement in Chicago last night by I. ogden Armour, denying that any effort had been made to cover up in formation sought by the federal trade commission in it's investigation of the packers, Francis J. Heney counsel for inc commission, issued a statement to- night declaring the schedule filed with the commission by Armour & Co.,, did not disclose it's ownership of any in- tcrest in the Chicago Stock Yards, and Chat the government did not secure any information to that effect until it's agents seized certain corre- spondence between F. F. Prince and J. ogden Armour in a safe deposit box at Boston a few weeks ago.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-26
AVIATOR MEETS DEATH
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SHREVEPORT. La. Dec. 25-T. c. Jones of Shreveport, an instructor in the aviation corps. was killed in an accident at the army aviation field near Lake Charles at noon today. A brief telegram announcing the accident in which he was injured and that he was dying was received shortly after noon bv his mother here but no details were given His body is expected to reach Shreveport tomorrow. Jones entered the aviation service soon after the United States went into the war. md served a= Instructor at Memphis $. Tenn. and E Neville. III. Two months ago he figured in q long distance lib- erty loan bo:n3irg flight from St. Losis to Springfield, lN
Arizona republican., 1917-12-26
A Quiet Happy Christmas

Christmas passed off in Mesa quietly and yet with merry making sufficient to satisfy the youngsters of the com munity. Despite the fact that Christ mas shoppers were spending freely, and every one seemingly in a cheerful state of mind, expression were heard frequently as to the saddening effect of the great war on the Christmas spir- it. The minds and hearts of the popu- lace were somehow with the boys at the front and the lads in camp who are waiting for the bloody fields of Europe
 Several of the churches held Christmas festivities and they were well attended
Arizona republican., 1917-12-26

citation headquarters that 8 plot was on foot to destroy every flour mill in the state. It was believed that the plot probably extended to mills in Ken lucky and Tennessee also, and that there was a possibility that the plot was almost nation wide. Special pre- cautions against explosions also are being taken in other Indiana cities
Arizona republican., 1917-12-26
GUARDING FLOUR MILLS
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INDIANAPOLIS. Dec. 25.-Police officers in Indianapolis this evening were requested to give special pro- lection tonight and in the future to flour mills in the city, following warning from Miilers National asso-
Arizona republican., 1917-12-26
Red Cross Room Secured

Cross will be closed until January 2nd
 when the Barnett building, next to
Arizona republican., 1917-12-26
Uniforms Hare

The uniforms for the military com- pany of the Mesa high school are here. They came in on Christmas eve and yesterday several score lads were proudly wearing the khaki.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-26
A N;sitinn SiehAr

c. R. Courtney, land owner of the Casa Grande and Imperial valley, Is in Mesa for a Christmas visit with the L. C. Gates family. MT. Courtney is a brother of Mrs. Gates.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-26
FOULGD lN FIRST

LITTLE ROCK. Ark. Dec. 25- Harry Texas" Tate was fouled by Fred Fulton of Rochester Minn., in the first round of scheduled ter round fight here thl. afternoon.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-26
Southside si de: News
MESA OFFICE Chandler Court Phone 1-R-2

the Majestic theater on Main street, will be used. The present quarters have been leased for term of years, which necessitated the removal to the other building
Arizona republican., 1917-12-26
Vulcanizing

TIRE HOSPITAL OF PHOENIX
 Vulcanizing and welding done promptly and guaranteed. Out of town work solicited. Arizona Vulcanizing Works. POT West Washington; Phone 626. If
Arizona republican., 1917-12-26

CALL UP PHONE 177S for prompt delivery of wood, coal. hay and grain. Five Points Wood & Coal Yard. If
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-02

an institution known as the Purdy Pig
Farm, where hogs were fed on the
carcasses of horses that had died
of glanders and other diseases.
1t was circulated among all the
rural newspapers of the State for the
purpose of informing the farmer that
the subject of tubercular cows neec
not frighten him, that there was nc
need for anxiety with regard to the
eating of their flesh, and that no pros.
ecution would follow the feeding Of
dead horses to hogs intended for food
purposes.
Apparently the whole system, upor
the operation of which depended the
ability of a reckless army of traffick.
ers in diseased animals to unload theiI
dangerous wares upon an unsuspect.
ing public, intended to ignore the at.
tacks upon it and by sheer patience
wear out every form of opposition that
might appear against it.
Oct. "a, 1914, an incident occurred
that brought to the attention of the
federal authorities the development o.
new situation which promised, il
not acted upon, to lead to con
gressional investigation.
I escorted Congressman Walter NJ
Chandler of the Nineteenth Congress
sional District to the scene of a mum.
ber of post-mortems. The statement
issued by the congressman followinl
the sights witnessed by him created
panic in the Bureau of Animal In.
dustry. This panic was followed b,
the most extraordinary admission O.
systematic neglect of duty on thu
part of federal officials that has evel
been recorded against them
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-02

/ ations, pigeon-holed the issue and
went no further.
The corruption of city, State, and
federal officials had been revealed
through the condemnation and seiz-
ure of healthy cows, owned by OBJ
scure and defenseless farmers who
had no redress when their healthy
animals were taken from them
through fake condemnations and then
sold at condemnation prices to
friends of the officials in whose own
herds grossly diseased cows were per-
mitted to remain unmolested, and
who, through this form of official
piracy, were able to buy good cows
cheap at the expense of their helpless
farmer victims.
The filing of false reports, the dis
tribution of State money intended for
| the farmer among politically influen-
tial cattle dealers, the plugging OF
diseased animals with tuberculin in
order to conceal the evidence Of their
| true condition, the installation OF
condemned herds in State institu-
tions after they had been taken off
the hands of favored friends of the
officials at public expense, the sale
of milk produced by tuberculous cows
to maternity hospitals, the outright
/ gifts of condemned cows owned by
the State to friends of officials, were
all known in Harrisburg, Trenton
| Albany and Washington.
! I say these things were known, even
by the governor of New York State
carried the proof of them to him
in person and the evidence, including
original documents extracted from
the States files, was reviewed by him
and his attorney.
Yet the only official action pro-
voked by these exposures took the
form of bulletin bearing the seal oil
the State of New York, edited by
Professor c. E. A. Winslow and pub
lished with the approval of State
Health Commissioner DR.. Herman
! Biggs.
This official bulletin was published
Immediately following the exposure OF
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-02

ton, colored only, DR.. c. L. Marshall;
East and West Hanover, DIR. John
Groh; and all of Derry except south
eastern part, DR.. M. l.. Hershey.
Appointed Engineer. - Daniel Esh-
Gilman has been appointed engineer at
the county almshouse to succeed AL
den Runk. The change becomes ef-
fective at once. The salary is $40
per year. All the other former en-
ployes are retained.
Rcfurnishcs Offices. - The suite OF
offices of District Attorney M. E
Stroup in the Russ building has been
elaborately refurnished, renovated and
repainted.
New Machine in Service. - The new
book-typewriting machine which
County Recorder James E. LentZ has
installed to complete the equipment
of his Office on an efficiency economy
scheme, is now in service and the
vast amount of work will now be han.
died by three instead of five clerks
Jacob Alvord, Mr.. Lentz announced
to-day, will be retained as Cupid's
lieutenant-the chief of the marriage
license bureau.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-02

Official Inaction in Connection With
the Traffic in Diseased Animals for
Food Purposes Resulted, October 20,
1914, in the Beginning of Series of
Shocks From Which the Entire Fed
eraI System VIII Continue to Suffer
Until the Truth is Looked Squarely in
the Face.
During the entire year of 1913 and
throughout the first nine months of
1914 l watched the almost daily ship
ment of diseased dairy cows from
Jersey City, n. j., to Brooklyn, y.
Y. the journey through interstate
commerce consisting of a short haul
by way of cattle ferry from Long
Dock, Jersey City, around the Battery
to Brooklyn.
The federal and city officials knew
that most, If not all, of the cows thus
entering upon their last journey were
gathered from Connecticut, New
York, New Jersey, and Pennsyl-
vania.
They knew that the interstate ship
ment of these diseased animals on
the hoof Grregularity No. u was fol-
lowed by the passing of their car
casses for food purposes Grregularity
No. p.
For a period of twenty-one months
had made numerous public charges
not only against the slaughterers but
against the officials. All these charges
were judiciously ignored.
In one instance, DIR. Walter Ben
sci, deputy commissioner of health of
New York City, employed Pinkerton
detectives at the expense of the city
for the purpose of refuting these
charges. Through his probe he dis
covered a fragment of the truth, and
acting upon the evidence before him,
was obliged not only to dismiss from
the Health Department one guilty of
fetal but to discipline another.
The Board of Health, instead of
conducting a quiet but extensive in
vestigation following the disclosures
that resulted from DR.. Bensers oper-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-02
Junk Dealer of This City
Killed at Millersburg

Israel Cohen, aged As, of this city,
was instantly killed late yesterday af-
ternoon. while attempting to cross the
tracks of the Northern Central rail-
road. at Millersburg, in front of the
Buffalo Express.
Cohen, who was junk dealer, was
returning home after a days work
when his team was struck by the
train. One of the horses was killed
and the other injured. Both of Co
hens legs were severed from his body.
He resided at s21 North Sixth street
and is survived by his wife. three sons:
Benjaminc, Naper and Louis, and two
daughters, Rosie and Jennie. The
arrangements for the funeral have not
been completed.