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A girl and boy, unusually bright
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Arizona republican., 1917-07-03
EMPLOYERS LIABILITY LAW 0F
ARIZONA SUSTAINED BY COURT

Supreme Court Makes Most Important Ruling upon Two
Cases Which Sustains the Consttutonality of
Measure the Court Holding that Legislature of the
State Had Not Gone Beyond Its Power in the Act
Arizona republican., 1917-07-03

Upholdng the cOnstitutiOnality of
the employers liability law two YER
diets for damages awarded against two
Arizona mining corporations for IN
juries received by employees, yesterday
We're affirmed by the supreme court.
The mining companies are the Inspira-
ton Consolidated Copper company of
ella county and the Superior and
Pittsburg Copper company of Cochise
county.
In the latter case, Frank Tomich,
few hours after he first had COM
menced his labOrs for the mining COM
pany was injured and commenced
action against the company, basing it
on the employers liability law He
was awarded $4,000. The company
demurred to the action on the ground
that obedience to the liability law Vio-
lated the Fourteenth Amendment by
depriving the defendant of it's property
without due process of law in imposing
unlimited liability on it as an employ
er for personal injuries sustained by
an employee while in its employ in cases
where defendant has been guilty of no
fault, want of care or neglect of duty
and because the statute attempts to
give plaintiff the right to recover
judgment for personal injuries not
withstanding the injuries for which
said judgment is sought were contrib
uted to by plaintiffs negligence.
Justice Cunningham in his opinion
affirming the judgment of the lower
court says in part as follows:
Appellant contends that Chapter
VI of Title IA is void for the reason
its terms conflict with Sections and
7 of Article XVIII of the state consti-
tuition.
Section V is that:
The defense of contributory negli-
gence or of assumption of risk shall,
in all cases whatsoever be a question
of fact and shall, at all times, be left
TO the jury
This section does not restrict the
power of the legislature to modify or
abolish the defense of contributory
negligence. The restriction contained
in the section is clear that no law shall
be enacted which attempts to make
the defense of contributors negligence
or assumption of risk when inter-
posed, determinable by the courts as
matters of law. but, such defense are
made to depend upon facts when they
are properly interposable. and inter
posed they are required to be estab-
lished by a preponderance of the evI-
dence to the satisfaction of the jury.
Whether the plaintiffs negligence con-
tributed to the wrong, or whether the
plaintiff assumed the risk and danger
from which the wrong arose, must be
determined as a fact from the evidence
by the jury
Section commands the legislature
to enact an employers liability law
by the terms of which any employer
shall be liable for the death or injury
of workmen employed in all hazardous
occupations named, and any other in
dustry designated by the legislature
whenever such death or injury is
caused by any accident due to a con-
dition or conditions of such occupation
except when such death or injury has
been caused by the negligence of the
employe killed or injured"
The opinion recites a single restric-
ton placed upon the legislature il
carrying out this constitutional man
date, That restriction is found in the
foregoing words, except when such
etc A careful examination, said the
court of the act, discloses no violation
Arizona republican., 1917-07-03

the valuation, to be placed by the state
corporation commission.
The town will then connect the
transmission lines with the power plant
of the Saginaw and Manistee Lumber
company and thus secure lighting SER
vice for the town. Before the eXplra-
ton of three months the town will hold
an election to determine whether the
people desire to issue bonds to pur-
chase the transmission system at
price also to be determined by the COM
mission.
The water system of the company
was not damaged by the fire and still
I is in commission
Among the many remarkable things
| brought out at the hearing is the fact
that for a year the company conducted
! business without books of any sort
whatever. When the company learned
that the corporation commission was
about to make an investigation of the
concern, the officers hurriedly sent for
Milwaukee man to fix up a set of
| books.
/ These books could not be found at
| first demand of the commission, but
after a while there We're produced a
! ledger and journal which showed a
| book value of the electric light and
water company in the astonishing
amount of s324,000 The corporation
| commissions engineer made valua-
] ton of the plant and fixed the figure
! at about $4,000, reduction of s244,0O0
over that of the company.
BY reason of the situation developed
at the hearing of many acts contrary
| to law, the town was enabled to secure
an agreement with the company for
present service and possible future
ownership at figures very liberal.
The members of the corporation
j commission returned yesterday from
Williams
Arizona republican., 1917-07-03
REMARKABLE SITUATION FOUND
At WILLIAMS INVESTIGATION
mpromptu Set of Books Pulled to Pieces by Expert OF
State Corporation Commission and Agreement OF
Much Advantage to People of Northern City Is
Reached After Hearing of Most Unusual Actor

Astounding facts were brought to
poration commission in Williams last
Saturday when the affairs of the Will
liams Electric Light and Water COM
pany were investigated.
Book entries of money expenditures
of $4,000 of $4,000 and of $4,000 for
improvements which never were made
were some of the things divulged in
the conduct of the business of cor
poration which had paid not the slight
est heed to the laws of the state in
which it was operating.
That bonds of the company in the
amount of $4,000 had been issued
contrary to law and for which some
$SS,000 in cash had been received, also
was ascertained. What had become of
this money could not be learned. The
local manager declared it had not been
used in making improvements despite
the fact that s31, 900 was so charged
on the sO-called books of the con-
Germ B. NJ Farson of Chicago, who
said he owned majority of the stock
of the company. admitted he had no
knowledge of where this $500 had
gone.
The hearing was held in the town
hall and was largely attended by Will
liams people who were astounded at
the revelation of affairs. 1t was be-
fore the full membership of the cor
poration commission. Williams people
were much interested in the matter, as
the power house of the plant had been
destroyed by fire recently and the
town was without electric light.
In the face of the revelations brought
out at a hearing, the owners of the
company declared their willingness for
the people of Williams to take over the
transmission lines of the company on
a three months lease al s per cent of
Arizona republican., 1917-07-03

of that limitation on the power of the
legislature.
Concerning the allegation of contrib
utory negligence set forth in the de-
PENDANTS answer, the court says: THE
defendant having in its answer adj
mitted that its negligence in part was
the cause of the damage by setting
forth a charge of contributory negli-
gence against the plaintiff authorized
verdict against the defendant in any
event. The matters left open for in
quiry were the amount of the damage
the plaintiff was entitled to recover as
measured by the allegations of the
complaint and the evidence, and,
whether the accident was due to a
condition or conditions of employment
and such as is unavoidable"
Replying to allegations of irregular
ity' in the trial court, the opinion pro-
ceeds: while the record dscloses
many departures from the ideal trial
of a lawsuit, these departures were
consented to, acquiesced in, submitted
to or INDUCED by appellant without
objection, and do not appear affirma-
lively upon the record to have worked
prejudice to appellants rights The
verdict returned is large in amount,
but that matter lay with the jury No
question is made that the verdict is
not sustained by substantial evidence.
Much of the same ground was gone
over in the case of the Inspiration
company but in that case contributory
negligence on the part of the appellee
was alleged that that damage he suf-
fered, an injury to his eyes, was the
result of his failing to have proper
treatment in time. The judgment of
the lower court in this case was also
affirmed. This opinion, too, was writ
ten by Justice Cunningham and was
cOncurred in by Justice Franklin
Justice Ross dissented and announced
that he would later file his opinion.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-03
DAMAGE ACTION
HEARD IN CITY

AS the result of felony proceedings
brought against Paul B. McCracken.
formerly a rancher of this valley and
more recently connected with the Par
deem corporation of Los Angeles Fl. B.
Wilkinson and the Phoenix Title and
Trust company are being sued for
damages in the sum of $15,250. The
case is being tried before Judge Lyman
and will probably go to the jury late
this afternoon.
McCracken gained not a little public
ity because of his arrest and immedi-
ately after the case was dismissed
brought suit against Wilkinson and the
company he heads. In the opening
statement of his counsel the complaint
that had been filed against him was
read and review of the subsequent
proceedings followed On November =.
Wilkinson appeared before Justice
Parker and charged McCracken with
having wilfully, unlawfully and felon-
ously robbed him of certain certificates
of stock Of the Garden of Allah, the
personal property of Mary McCrackei,
his mother and for whom he has power
of attorney and he in trust by and in
the possession of the Phoenix Title anc
Trust company. AS McCracken was
about to step on the train for California
he was arrested by the sheriff, held
in custody until he gave $500 bail 10
obtain his release. The case was
dismissed against McCracken without
argument, having been submitted ny
his counsel, Billiard and Jacobs who
represent him in the present court ac-
ton.
Mr.. Billiard stated that he would
prove that there was deal pending
whereby McCracken intended to sell the
capital stock of the Garden of Lab.
The papers We're placed in escrow with
the Phoenix Title and Trust company
and, according to the agreement, were
to be delivered with the payment of a
s. escrow fee. McCracken, called at
the companys office and saw both Mr.
Wilkinson and his stenographer. He
was told to return two hours later fol-
the papers. He did so, He paid the
required S. fee and Wilkinson wrote the
receipt which he signed. He picked UP
the papers and was told by Miss David
1 son that there was still due IS from,
/ Sanger, also party to the escrow. Nc
! Cracker considered that Sangers affair
and said so. Mr.. Billiard said that Nc
| Cracker then went to Wilkinson at the
request of Miss Davidson who demand
ed that he pay an additional fee. He
was told he could not have the paper.
already in his possession. until he re
ceived an additional money considera
ton Wilkinson is said to have re-
sorted to force and grabbed McCracker
by the coat. The latter shook him of
and made an effort to leave Withou
further scene, when Wilkinson mad
another attempt to seize him at tn
same time ordering his stenographer +
| rba nd
happenings, kept McCracken away from
business and he claims to have lost al
important mining deal as result. o.
the witness stand yesterday he told o
the disgrace he felt at being taken int
custody. He was still on the stan
when the case was continued until 9:5
this morning, when he will be cross
examined by John L. Gust for the de
Tense.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-03
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS AN,
NUAL MEETING OF JUMBO EX-
TENSION MINING COMPANY
To the Stockholders of Jumbo Exten-

To the Stockholders of Jumbo Extern
sion Mining Company:
The annual stockholders meeting of
the Jumbo Extension Mining Company
will be held in the office of the cons
pany, the office of Roy S. Goodrich,
Goodrich Building, Phoenix, Arizona.
on July IS, 1917, at 10 o'clock a. m, for
the purpose of electing board of direc-
tors for the ensuing year and for the
transaction of such other business as
ruay properly come before the meeting
Stockholders may vote at the annual
meeting, either in person or by proxy.
Only stockholders who are of record OH
the books of the company at the close
of business twenty days prior to the
date of meeting will be entitled to vote.
The transfer books for the annual meet
ing will close on Thursday, June 20,
1917, and reopen Immediately thereafter
for general transfers.
BEN GILL,
Secretary.
Goldfield, Nevada. June Is. 1917.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-03
ADJUSTMENTS
Cool Columbia

One of the most timely pictures
shown is row at the Columbia theater.
This is a short subject entitled Our
Presidents" and it shows photographs
of every president of the United States
from Washington down and including
Wilson. 1t also shows the evolution of
the American flag. starting with a
cross and how it has improved until
today it is stars and stripes or Star
Spangled Banner"
Then comes the famous Flora Finch
comedy 1t is a burlesque on the
Common Law" 1t is clever and has
many funny spots in it. Flora Finch
was the famous John Bunnys side
partner who made millions of people
laugh. The big feature on the pro-
gram is the winsome little star, Vialo
Dana in "Rosey O'Grady." This is a
story of the eastside of New York and
very impressing one. The feature is
somewhat different from the regular
shows at the Columbia theater and it
is a big change from the heavy society
dramas. There is lots of comedy
throughout the picture.
The program being so different from
all the others make it an attraction
worth seeing and no doubt will be wit
messed by large crowd for it is now
known that the Columbia theater is
absolutely cool
Arizona republican., 1917-07-03
F.S. INGALLS,
WILL. MANAGE
STATE SCHOOL

Frank S. Ingalls, of Yuma. former
surveyor general, and one of the most
prominent men in the state, yesterday
was appointed by Governor Campbell
as superintendent of the state indus
trial school at Fort Grant to succeed
Thomas E. Pulliam who has held the
office for the past two and one half
years. The appointment will become
effective on July 10.
Mr.. ingalls, came to Arizona in 1888
from Salinas. Cal, and at 6nce became
identified with the business and polit-
zeal life of the state. Aside from hav-
ing held practically all the political of
fees in the county of Yuma as well as
mayor of Yuma, Mr.. Ingalls, has been a
member of the territorial legislature,
assistant secretary of the territory
superintendent of the penitentiary in
territorial days and for several years
was surveyor general. He is a thirty
third degree Mason and is prominent
in other organizations
Fhor'aS T. Pulliarn the retiring SUD-
Arizona republican., 1917-07-03

haen filmed than in this production.
There will also be a two-part Foxfilm
comedy entitled a Six Cylinder Love
featuring the noted cowboy, Tom Mix
who portrays some of the most Won
derful stunts ever caught before a
camera. 1t is one of those fast and
furious comedies that has not tire
some minute in it.
AS a special Fourth of July attrac-
ton the management has been for
tunate in securing the noted Japanese
actor, Sessue Hayakawa, in his great
est picture, THE Bottle Imp patri-
otto reel entitled "A Day at West
Point" and the Burton Holmes travel
picture completes an exceptional pro-
gram.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-03
MaqdaIen of the Hills at Hin

Mabel Taliaferro in "a Magdalen Of
the Hills" opens today at the Hip. The
creator of Polly of the Circus" is to
be seen as ragged girl of the noun
tains, a girl who cannot read or
write, but who knows as much about
handling a squirrel rifle as her father
and brothers, who are all wanted for
moonshining. The girl opens the pic
ture by covering the occupants of a
Ford car with her "punkin' Singer
when the explosion of tire leads her
to think she is being shot at by some
new kind of gun. 1t takes lot of
talk for her to be convinced that the
Ford is harmless. This uncouth girl
of the mountains can love and suffer
and make sacrifices just like her pow
dered sisters of a higher social strata
and the story of "Magdalen of the
Hills is a Metro wonder picture of
the kind that has everything that APP
peals. The Great Secret" is in its
sixteenth episode and finishes with
the eighteenth chapter. Chaplin is a
feature of this same bill tomorrow in
| THE Vagabond"
Arizona republican., 1917-07-03
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Arizona republican., 1917-07-03

"The Alibi" is the attraction at the
Plaza and it gives promise of being a
very thrilling one. 1t is a mystery.
detective story which holds strong in
terest throughout and is one of the
famous V. L. S. E. products. With it
are Betty Howe and James Morrison
The click of a gun, flash of pow
der and body falls into the darkness.
Twice accused of murders which he
did not standing aghast in
the very shadow of the electric chair,
Arthur Mansfield, worthy young
bank clerk. after battering down all
the lines of evidence against him. is
saved from most gruesome fate
through the courage and devotion of
the girl whom he loves
Fast moving. punchful, 'The Albi'
plays the music of the heart
Arizona republican., 1917-07-03

erintendent of the industrial school,
has given an excellent management of
that institution for nearly three years
Mr.. Pulliam's home is in Flagstaff. and
he also has held many political offices,
all of which he has administered with
credit. Previous to going to the indus
trial school he was deputy sheriff of
CocOnino county,
Arizona republican., 1917-07-03
"SiIent Lie" at lamara

The Lamara will offer today for the
last time THE Silent Lie" the excep-
tional William Fox picture taken in
the great northwest among the snow
covered mountains. The dominating
theme of this wonderful story is a
mans struggle against woman's
past, not in the history of pictures
have more wonderful snow scenes
Arizona republican., 1917-07-03
KINGDOM GOULD MARRIED
Republican A. P. Leased Wire

NEW YORK, July 2. - Kingdom
Gould, eldest son of George Jay Gould,
and Miss Annunziata Camilla Maria
Lucci, an Italian art student, were
married this afternoon in the rectory
of St. Patricks cathedral. George
Gould, Jr the bridegroom's brother
who acted as best man, was the only
other member of the Gould family at
the wedding.