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Weekly journal-miner., 1917-07-04
WALL IS INSANE BUT CASE IS
 A PUZZLE
MYSTERIOUS MAN SENT TO PHOENIX HILL E TINY FILIPINO WIZ E WEEPS; CURIOUS ACTS AT JEROME RECORDED.
(From Fridays Daily.)

Jordan William Walls-McDowel
 is the name signed to a printed poem
 In Aeternum," produced in the in
 sanity hearing of John w. Wall
 yesterday. Walls told Judge Lyman
 and Drs. Looney and Finn, the ex- amining physicians, at different times
 that both appcllations were his.
 Walls case is still a puzzle, al though the court consigned him to the State hospital for the insane at
 Phoenix It is not established beyond shadow of a doubt that the man IS of inhrm mind, although it is pretty certain that he is not now of entirely sound intellect.
 A tiny Filipino wife, who cried the same sort of tears that might have been expected from a civilized woman, when she was told her man would have to be sent away, added not little to the interest in this case. She is employed at the Prescott Steam Laundry.
 Walls has been working as an ac- countant at Jerome and Clarkdale for some time. He came to Arizona from Dinuba, Cal, where, his letter heads showed him to have been en- gagged in distributing magazines and newspapers. Before that, he was a soldier in the Philippines, and has his discharges both from the army and from the California National Guard.
 During the recent strike at Jerome, Wall was made company guard but his ability to walk among the strikers and hold intimate converse with great crowds of them, when deputy sheriEs hardly dared to walk the streets after dark, caused his dismissal. Wall wore his old regimentals while on duty, and used to ride a buckskin pony about the streets of Clarkdalc, impressing the bystanders nightly.
 Moody spells, during which he was alternately silent as the grave and talkative as child, caused him to be brought here under guard, and ac- cused as an insane person.
 Officers who worked during the strike are responsible for the theory that Wall is one of the mysterious agents of the German government, working among the strikers, and they relate incidents that tend to prove this. He is surely of German par entage, and speaks with a definite accent They believe that he has sim ulatcd insanity in order to escape the of an investigation into his alleged double dealing between the strikers and the authorities.
 When examined before Judge Ly- man yesterday, Wall was very quiet. The number of things he didn't know about himself, his life during the past few weeks, his present whereabouts and other rather vital matters, was certainly astonishing. Asked what his full name was, he replied: John Wall, I believe" Asked | later if the name signed to the rather exotic poem on love that lastcth | through the ages, he admitted owner ship of the longer and hyphcnated |
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-07-04
ROUSE MINE FIELD
 ENJOYS PROSPERITY
(From Saturdays Daily)

Dennis A. Burke, former resident of Prescott, when he was prominently known in business and political cir cles, was an arrival yesterday from Bouse. which section he reports as enjoying exceptional prosperity through its mining advancement. He states that country is now passing through an era in which not single mine operating IS not making good. and warm weather is not interfering with maintaining camps in an active state, nor is capital lessening in in vcstmcnt.
 The key to the situation has been the big success made at Swansea, and from that zone scattered camps have arisen, until at present over 20 prop critics are firmly established as com ing producers, with large capital be- ing willingly outlayed for each. Mir. Burke predicts that the A. & (. min cral belt will be the heaviest mineral producing division of Arizona inside of two years. Bousc. he says, is growing and quite a boom in realty is going on. The visitor is proprietor of the hotel which bears his name, and is preparing to add another unit to double up accommodations. He comes on business to remain for few days.
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-07-04
RESERVE DWINDLES

COPENHAGEN, June 29.-For the hrst time during the war the weekly report of the Imperial Bank of Ger many shows 2 decrease in its gold reserve which this week is 7o,000000 marks below the preceding week.
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-07-04
May 9. lol6.'

since May 9, 1916"
 There were many women present.
 most of them active members of the
 Red Cross. Particular interest was displayed in the address of Captain
 Edwin NJ. LeBaron, of Mesa, who has been here in connection with the re- cruiting for the First Arizona infan- try, and who leaves tomorrow night for Phoenix. Captain LeBaron said |: My Good Friends:
 Efficiency is the greatest word to- day in the language of the worldl
 Arizona stands today one of the sovereign political subdivisions of a great nation which, in the name of humanity, has challenged the right of might to rule the world.
 As nation we have accepted a task which can never be complete and which will never be laid aside until its object-the making of the world free and a safe place in which to live-has been accomplished by the overthrow and destruction of the governments of the Central Powers.
 "We are agreed in the dangerous character of our foe. We know of his accomplishments and preparations for human destruction during the years in which the world has been hoping and striving for peace. We have been forced to a realization of his falsity. We have seen his base ness and treachery in our own land We do not underestimate his des- perateness, his cunning or his skill
 We are determined to outwit him in the laboratory: to outman him up- on the battlefield; to overcome and crush him with a confidence and power born of the knowledge of our greatness and the righteousness of our cause.
 Our determination then and our obligation must be met by sending men of courage and character; men of brain and brawn and proven abil- ity; "by sending our best"
 After the war the men who return from the great armies we will send to the aid of our Allies, will rightfully control the political and social des- tiny of this nation. Therefore Ari- zona's part should be we'll done in sending the class of men in whose hands the future of our State and Nation will be safe. It can only be done by sending our best
 "The men now in the First Arizona infantry, many of whom arc your friends and neighbors, are men of an exceptionally high class. A large of them have left places of honor and distinction in their com. All of them have placed | upon the altar of their country the greatest offering within their power
 "The Master has said: "No greater love has any man than that he lay down his life for his friend"
 This is our regiment and this is ,ur duty: May we meet it with lonor to our State and our country. May we have deeper feeling of de- Sotion and loyalty to our beloved country and fuller appreciation of ,ur individual duties in this hour and nay it, in this instance be clearly and distinctly exemplified in your support .o the unit of our great military orces which is to bear our name to he First Arizona infantry"
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-07-04
FRIENDS TREAT GETS
 A. LOBOY IN TROUBLE
(Fom Fridays Daily.l

Andrew Loboy, son of deSolate Poland, had something of the sltruism that got his fellow countryrnan So- bieski into difficulties. The great patriot cared enough for his country
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-07-04
Sheep.

Receipts of sheep and lambs were 7,S0O, with market slow at 5 to 5 lower prices, top native lambs zt Sl675. Feeding and breeding stock was quoted lower, goats were scarce.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-24
Refusal to Call Special
Election to Name u. S.
Senator Is Expected
Boom for La Toilette
Lutheran Head Says Three
Counties Favor Senator as
Anti-War President
Especial Correspondence

MILWAUKEE, Nov. 23.-While the
entire state is clamoring for special
election 10 replace the late Senator
Husting, il is believed by those near
est the Governor at Madison that he
will refuse TO call it, thus leaving the
sinister question as TO Wisconsin's 10y
atty unanswered.
Governor Philip to-day issued call
for special election TO fill the position
of State Senator left vacant by the re-
call Of Frank Raguse, Socialist, for
making unpatriotic remarks in the
State Senate. This is taken to mean
that the special session or the Legis-
lature which he proposes to call will
not be held until after the special
election, January 2. If that session re-
fuses to give the Governor appointive
powers TO FIJI Senator Hastings place
il is certain the Governor will refuse
to call another special election, and
will leave Wisconsin represented sole
ly by La Toilette.
Meanwhile resolutions are being
passed by county boards and various
organizations in the state asking that
a special election be held
The Lutheran Aid Association will
support either a La Toilette non-parti-
san ticket or straight Socialist ticket.
if G. D. Ziegler, It's president, expresses
correctly the sentiment Of its IL 900
members. Dir. Ziegler has written the
manager of the anti-war candidate for
Governor, Judge Becker, that the senti-
ment Of three of the largest counties
in Northern Wisconsin is strongly
against war, and that in his belief an
overwhelming majority would support
Senator La Toilette for President and
an anti-war candidate for Senator. He
predicted that the farmers would vote
any kind of ticket before they would
again vote either Democratic or Repub-
lican.
Coalition Is Planned
According to letters written By Lieu
tenant Governor Dithmar. coalition
is to be formed between the Becker-for-
Governor pacfst crowd and himself.
Dithmar thus becoming a candidate for
Senator in Hastings place on an anti
war La Toilette ticket.
1t is for the purpoca Of giving the
people of Wisconsin a chance to dem
onstrate their loyalty and live down
the reputation the state has gained in
the outside world that those opposed to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-24
Hoboken Aliens Held
N. Y. Zone Permits
Many Caught in Raid Will Be
Interned for Espionage
Violation

Federal officials who examined at
Ellis Island the enemy aliens taken
in the Hoboken waterfront raid Mon
day night found among the number
several Germans from New York who
had zone permits from United States
Marshal Mccarthy. By being in Ho-
boken they violated the terms of these
permits, and for that reason, il was
said Yesterday, they will be informed
for the duration of the war.
Thirty-fve cases were referred to
the government authorities at Wash
incton as result of the exami-
nation. In some instances it was
recommended that the aliens he
Permitted to return TO their homes
in Hoboken, provided American citi-
zens OF unquestioned loyalty vouch
for their future conduct. Among these,
il was said, are a number of Germans
who have been in the United States for
many years and have dependent fami-
lies.
Herman CLAUDE and Edward Pranze,
the aliens taken into custody in Ho-
boken Wednesday with a United States
soldier. who said he visited them TO
get drink, are among the prisoners at
Ellis Island, it was said.
Several more enemy aliens were
taken into custody at Hoboken yester-
day. Among them was Frank Klein
who was charged with saying:
81 hope the Kaiser knocks hell out
of Wilson"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-24
Teuton Bomb Found
On Scow in Brooklyn

A hSsinesslike- looking bomb with
fuse attached and full instructions in
its use written in German, was found
yesterday in a pile of rubbish on
scow at the foot Of South Sixth Street,
Brooklyn. Frederick Knoll, OF the
Street Cleaning Department. who
picked up the contrivance, turned IL
over to the police.
The bomb itself was brown ooX
about four inches long and two and
half inches wide. A long fuse hung
from the centre. Pasted on the, box
was a label, written in German, which
when translated at the Bedford Ave
nue. station, read: Light this. Hold
for a few moments and place carefully
down"
In the package with the bomb we're
two bare lights. one red and the other
white. Instructions as 10 their use.
also in German. read: Light this II
the coast is clear" on the white light;
and on the red, eight this If there Is
danger" -
The police think that whoever had
intended TO make use of the bomo had
become frightened and had thrown. II
into 8 waste paper collector from wnlcn
il eventually found its way to the scow.
The bomb was turned over TO the
Bureau of Combustibles, which VIII eN-
anime il thoroughly to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-24
Six More Teachers
drilled on Loyalty
Pupils Are Also Examined for
Influence of Pacifist
Instructors

Six more teachers in the De Witt
Clinton High School were examined by
Associate Superintendent Of Schools
John l.. Tildsley yesterday in further
ance Of the Board Of Education's pur.
pose "to rid the schools of disloyalty.
DR.. Tildsley declined to reveal the
Identities of the teachers under FIRE or
10 say what were the results Of his
examination.
Half a dozen pupils were questioned
with a view to learning what influence
supposedly pacifst teachers have had
on their classes. DR.. Tildsley said he
was convinced that there were many
pacifsts among the teachers. some OF
whom worked in groups, and that. even
if a pacifist teacher endeavored TO con-
ceal his or her opinions, the pupils m
evitably learned they were being taught
by an opponent of the war.
mo further suspensions or transfers
on charges Of disloyalty or fol, the
good Of the service are contemplated
by the board until after the hearing on
December 8 of the teachers already
suspended" said DR.. Tildsley. This
does not mean that we shall stop the
questioning Of teachers with view to
action. -Four or five of the twenty-fourI
high school principals have reported
that there are no teachers under their
supervision whose loyalty Is not above
suspicion. On the other hand, we have
been given the names of teachers VINO
certainly will be vigorously ques-
toned"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-24
NINE Workers Plan to
Appeal 100000 Verdict

., IokT SMITH, Arr, Nov. 23.-The
t.ng'VO verdict awarded the Baehe-
paMSn Syndicate against the United
~, WORKERS oi America in the
~ ~o histes District Court Thursday
g.. appealed direct 20 the United
e.. :. Circuit Court Of Appeals with
I.shs 'ormalty Of asking a new trial
ron the lower court.
n s'shsel for the defendants are Of
g. yp'nion that II The verdict IL AZ
Go By The United states Supreme
,,,. 70 which tribunal IL will be
$3.50 " hsesrSary, IL will mean the
ts,'ien and reorganization Of every
rr.hsht labor organization in the
ss,sss Sis'ss owing 70 It's fsr-reaehing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-24
Women Forge Soldiers Letters
To Aid German Propaganda
Missives Purportng to Come From Pershngs Men Are
Dropped in Public Places Tend to Show Dis
content in American Army

day that may return TO you again.
| close with kisses.
Your Brother,
up. Sam in Chemin des Danes
Hospital, left arm shot of to
shoulder. Don't tell mother. Tear
off this part
Letters Apparently Written by Women
The tone Of other letters which have
fallen into the hands OF the Secret Ser
vice is the same. All are written in a
stiff. angular feminine hand, which
smacks of German instruction. Re
cent unsubstsntiaced accusations
trought against soldiers in canton
ments on this side of the Atlantic seem
20 have inspired some of the writers,
for their letters contain tales of Ameri-
can soldiers being shot in patches of
half dozen for attacks on young girls
and about the brutal soldiers" who
have betrayed the affections of thou
sands" OF girls whose homes are near
environments.
Local Federal officials assert that
women subjects of the Kaiser here
should be registered as well as the
men.
ne ponce continued tnelr mouse u
house and Office TO Office canvass along
the water front yesterday, informing
landlords and employers of enemy
aliens OF the prohibition against enemy
aliens being within 100 yards of q
dock or pier capable of berthing ships
of 500 tons burden.
Employers Seek Information
As result fifty employers besieged
John {. Knox, assistant United States
Attorney, and Thomas d. Mccarthy
United States marshal, for permission
to keep some of their employees. They
were told that if they wanted to dc
this they would have to move out OF
the barred zone.
More than a score OF high salaried
clerks in downtown skyscrapers, who
are affected by the proposed inhibition
against enemy aliens working IN sky
scrapers commanding a view Of the
harbor, also visited Marshal Mccarthy
to learn if such an order was to be
issued. They were told it would be
and that the best thing for them to
90 would be 20 90 inland.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-24

large measure. Plants relax their
tandards Of fire prevention. They are
forced to employ green help, whose
lack Of training frequently leads 70
fires. Then, too, there is an unusual
congestion of materials. Moreover, the
operating costs Of fire insurance COM
panies have increased like those Of all
other businesses.
"The extent to which incendiary fires
have caused the multiplied losses is in
doubt, as, II IS pointed out by insurance
men, II IS difficult to determine the
origin Of fires. However, Louis Wieden
hold, jr., secretary of the Underwriters
Association of the Middle Department:
says in his notification Of raised rates,
Large losses Of incendiary origin are
occurring with greater frequency and
have played an important part in pro-
ducing IN increase of S30,000,000 for
the first ten months Of 1917, as COM
pared with the same period Of 1916"
Those states affected by the 10 per
cent rise are all the New England
states, New York, except New York
City; Pennsylvania, Maryland, Della
ware, Virginia, West Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Ala
bama and Florida, and in New Jersey
the increase is per cent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-24

Letters purporting TO come from
members Of the American expedition
airy forces, but which really were writ
ten by women engaged in German
propaganda work in this country, con-
stitute the newest weapon Of the
enemy aliens discovered by the United
States Secret Service.
The missives are artfully designed
to dishearten, TO plant suspicion OF
government frarkness and TO SOW dis
cord between the United States and
Great Britain.
These letters are invariably pencilled
IN a stiff feminine hand and are
dropped in theatre lobbies and other
public places. 1t is the latest form
Of German propaganda, the obvious
aim CT which is to destroy the morale
Of American soldiers. Cne of these
forged letters, found Thursday night
in the lobby of a Broadway theatre,
and turned over to the Secret Service
yesterday, reads:
Scissors. France, Oct. %, 1871.
Dear Sister Lille: hardly know
if this will ever reach you, but as
Joe Rs ship will leave soon for
tho L. S. A., he promised to sneak
a few lines to you. | am all right
and tell mother, too; but this war
is Il, and we had one tough bat
tie last Friday, about 1S3 soldiers,
U. s., killed and nearly 500 in hos
pital, and don't doubt if hundred
amt killed every day. We put up
a game fight, but those English
chaps are d towards. The French
are dandy fellows, so kind, too.
Must not get caught writing this,
so don't expect long letter.
slope you and mother are both
we'll and pray for me night and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-24
Fire Risk Rate Up
Ten Per Cent East
Of the Ohio River
New York City Not Yet At
fected, but Likely To Be
Included Next Week

The cost Of 'insuring property
against fire hazards is following the
upward trend of other commodities
and services. A war increase OF 10 per
cent has been made in every state east
of the Ohio River within q week. The
Suburban Fire Insurance Exchange
yesterday declared the new rate IN ef-
feet for Long Island and Rockland,
Putnam and Westchester counties, and
a committee of rate fixing bureau for
New York City has been appointed to
consider the ACCESSIBILITY Of the change
in this city.
This rise, which insurance men pre-
dict will become countrywide by jan
nary /. is a special war measure, and
is in addition TO all other speciai IN
c1eases which are normally MADE IN
special classes, where the insurance
companies believe conditions warrant
boost
In the districts covered by the
Underwriters Association OF the Mld-
die Department, which includes Penn
sylvania, Maryland anu Dela"]le' oe
sides the war increase. rates on re
tail stores yesterday went up from ~
70 Is per cent
Increase Expected Here Soon
Willis o. Robb. manager Of the New
York Fire Insurance Exchange, said
Yesterday afternoon that the two most
general rises were the 10 per cent war
increase and a Is per cent rise IN the
rate Of insuring retail stores. New
York. he added, was virtually the only
large city on the Atlantic coast which
has thus far escaped both adjustments.
The war change, he said, is the only
one under consideration in this city.
Fire insurance officials were frank to
admit that they expected the 10 per
cent increase to be made here within
few days.
"The general abnormality OF indus
trial conditions, due to war pressure,
accounts for the increased losses in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-24
Manufacturers to Fight
ROYALTY on Service Flag

PHILADELPHIA, Nov 23.-Philadel
phia manufacturers of service flags
plan 20 fight the alleged effort Of a
Cleveland man TO get rich quick" by
monopolizing patriotism.
L. Queisser, designer OF the service
flag. II is asserted, has demanded 10
per cent royalty from manufacturers
The manufacturers have decided that
they will hght what they call "the ex-
ploitation Of mothers" II they fail
In the courts, they say. they will de-
sign a new banner, patent it and pre-
sent il 20 the American public free
Of royalty charges.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-24
Porto Rican, Charged With
Sedition, Freed on Bail

SAN JUAN. Porto Rico, Nov. "a
Vincente Balbas editor of "Heraldo de
las Antillas." who was arrested for
alleged violation Of the espionage act
and the trading with the enemy act,
has been released under $4,000 bond.
The charges against him grew out of
articles published in the newspaper
tending to interfere with and obstruct
the operation Of the military forces OF
the United States
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-24
Virginia Professor
Called Policeman

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Nov. %
Members Of the faculty OF the Cnlver,,
sity ~ Virginia presented a slgheu
to President Alderman
to-day. recommending that professor
Leonidas Whipple, director OF the
school of Journalism, be notihed tha'
they considered such teachings as e@-
pressed by him in recent speech as
ioval and deserving Of condemnation py
all patriotic citizens. x.,...
President Alderman said the facuIty
as a governing body and the board OF
visitors would be called upon promptly
20 take action.
Professor Whipple in statement de
MED that he voiced pro-German utter
ances. He said the essence OF ms pled
was that America use her noblest WIS,
ion. intellect, courage and spirit 10 ma
and try new ways TO the lasting peace
which will serve all humanity"
RICHMOND, Nov. %. -- Professor
Whipple last Tuesday night delivered
an address at Sweetbrier College that
has created widespread discussion
throughout the state. He was quoted
as saying that democracy was not safe
in America and that he had contributed
20 the campaign expenses Of Morris
Hillquit, Socialist candidate for Mayor
Of New York, rather than buy Liberty
Bonds. Senator Martin and others have
made public statements TO the effect
that he should be forced TO resign from
the faculty Of the university.