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Arizona republican., 1917-02-25

have individual clubs and societies
undertake to enter this field.
At the meeting just held here
committees on finance, hospital gar
ments and surgical dressing, packing
and shipping, publicity. motor service,
co -operation with outside organiza-
tions, first aid and membership, were
named
In his message to the local chapter,
Acting Chairman Wadsworth said:
i AT this time Of national trial, when
everyone is keyed to a spirit OF par
ticular sacrifice and desire 10 help,
! cannot insist too strongly nor too
often chat the Red cross is the only
volunteer relief organization recog-
nzed hy the United States govern
ment. Now is time when we must
unity our national effort, and guard
above all against duplication of work
in any vital field.
Numbers Of lf-sacrificjng per-
sons during the last two years have
given all their time and enthusiasm
10 specialized relief. We have had
to he neutral, to lessen suffering
wherever we have found it. We
could do nothing else if we were
true othe spirit of our founders.
Others have preferred. through keen
sympathy 10 work for special ma =
tionai relief funds, and TO make spec
ial forms Of dressings and bandages
for the surgeons of this or that par
ticular country The work of these
persons has been one of the sustain
ing inspiration of American life
"Rut now the conditions are all
changed. 1t is the United States il
self that may need our organized as
sistance. We do not know at what
minute this country may demand our
uttermost resources. There is no pos
sibilty OF divided sympathy. And our
government has made it plain beyond
the chance Of doubt that where Amer
lea is suffering or in danger Of suf-
fering, the American Red Cross must
bear the burden Of national relief and
command the loyal and devoted help
Of the entire country.
We are ready now to provide per-
sonnet to care for the sick and wound
ed Of an army Of 100000 men. and
to bring instant relief to the depend
ent families of volunteers. our surgical
dressings we have standardized to meet
the special needs Of the United States
army In one year we have added to
our rolls more than q quarter of a
million members Today we need a
million new members at once. The
time has come when we must ask and
obtain the undivided support of pa
triotic Americans everywhere"
The committees named are as fol-
lows:
Finance Bishop Atwood chairman:
j. r. Whitney. II. J. McClung and
d. = Heard
Garments and Dressing Mrs. Edith
Knowles, chairman; Afesdames w K
James. Gordon Tweed Sue Starr z. L
Arizona republican., 1917-02-25
REIMBURSEMENT DR. OWNERSHIP Of
SCHOOL LANDS QUESTION RAISED
IN MANDAMUS ACTION IN COURT

the ella and Salt river base and
meridian. He secured his lease for land
from the board of supervisors in 1907
for term of five years. From that
time until statehood Belknap occupied
and cultivated the property. BY the
enabling act the land became public
land of the state and at the time of
the admission of Arizona, Belknap had
improved his lands to the value of
$3,375.73 He claims he is entitled to
he reimbursed for his improvements
upon his surrender of the property
either to the state or to any person
whom the state might direct.
After the appointment OF a land com
missioner Belknap alleges he the COM
missioner. notified him. (Beiknap), he
no longer wished to lease the prem
ises and requested that an appraise-
ment be made and that he be REIN
bursed. This was refused, and he was
forced to remain to protect his i'm
provements.
Had he given up possession of the
premises he claims the improvements
would have greatly deprecated in
value and Furthermore he was en-
titled to remain in possession from
the time lie refused TO again lease
the land until appraisement of the
l.
The second special session OF the
Second State Legislature enacted u
.aw governing and prescribing the sale
and lease of public lands of the state
and the appraisement of improve
ments
The defendants then duly appraised
the plaintiffs school land at $l,622.50
and the improvements $3.775.73. Sub
sequent to the appraisement the de-
PENDANT offered the land occupied by
the plaintiff at sale at public auction
and i was sold to Belknap He then
demanded that they execute and deliy-
er a certificate of purchase. which
they refused and continued TO refuse
To do unless he pays SlS8.90, which
the defendants claim due the state for
rental from the admission Of Arizona
to statehood until August 10. 1916.
when the property was purchased at
auction.
In his action Beiknap claimed that
The demand of payment for the rentals
of land or any law authorizing the de-
mand Of the same or any other sum
for rental therefor. or directing the
payment Of the same is illegal.and I'M
lawful and in contravention OF the con-
stiritiOn Of the state of Arizona in
view of the fact that ever since ad-
MISSION the plaihtlil mas refused ana
declined 10 lease said land from the
state. but has constantly and continu-
ously demanded that said improve
ments be appraised and he be com
pensated therefor and has constantly
and continuously offered to surrender
the possession Of said land upon pay
ment to him of compensation for said
improvements. and has only remained
Ia occupation OF the same In order To
protect said improvements from loss
and waste and to preserve the plain
Ilfr's rights and ownership in and the
preservation Of the value Of the same. .
Arizona republican., 1917-02-25

Whether not the state land depart
ment has the right to withhold certifl-
Gates Of purchase from a school land
lessee. who has bid in his land. until
he has paid rent on the premises from
the admission of Arizona To the date
OF sale. was the question raised in what
the attorney generals office terms the
most important case in the superior
court since statehood, yesterday. The
mandamus proceeding against the land
department was instituted by Edward
g. Belknap. through his attorneys,
BuHard and Jacobs. two months ago
and the action not only effects the
plaintiff but the occupants of every
section 10 and sc of every township IN
the state.
Judge Frank o. Smith of Yavapai
who sat in the case, heard arguments
on the motion to quash the complaint
and alternative writ yesterday morning
and took the matter under advisement
until the afternoon session when he
denied the motion and the case went to
trial After hearing the evidence and
arguments. Judge Smith requested that
attorneys for the plaintiff and Attorney
General Jones and Assistant Attorney
General Kramer for the state, submit
authorities and briefs. He stated. before
leaving for Prescott last evening. that
lie did not expect 10 reach a decision
for several weeks.
The constitution of Arizona ore
Scribed that all school land lessees
should receive compensation for their
improvements and directed the legis-
lature to provide a method of arriving
at the value of improvements. From
the date OF admission to statehood until
1915 no provision was made for ap-
praisement and compensation Of the
lessee. and the lessee was compelled to
remain on the land To protect his in
terests because Of the failure of the
legislature to act as directed by the
constitution.
School land lessees now refuse to
take out new leases from the state, re-
lying on constitutional and statutory
rights for reimbursements for improve
ments on land when the land should
be sold, and claim they have stayed on
the land only as protection of their i'm
provements and their right to reim-
bursement on the aisle OF the land by the
state. That the state by reason of neg
lect in providing ways and means for
reimbursement have made school lane
lessees remain ON land for treir pro-
lection and have attempted To force
school land leSsees to take a lease and
failing To do SO. now attempt to col
lect rent by Withholding certificates OF
purchase Until the purported rent IS
paid
The men Interested were in the court
room throughout the proceedings yes
terday and followed with interest ev-
cry point made.
BelBnap was on the witness stand
two hours His property is situated
in the east half of the northwest quar-
ter OF the northwest quarter and the
northeast quarter of the southwest
quarter of the northwest half OF sec
tim Is TOW nshin . ranne nnsf ii
Arizona republican., 1917-02-25
COMPRESSOR To
Be BUILT HERE
BEING PLANNED
Cotton Association Will
Not Accept Out Of Town
Proposition but Prefers
HOMEGROWN Suggestions

At a meeting of the Salt River Val
ley Cotton Growers association held
yesterday at the chamber Of commerce,
the question of building a cotton com
pressor in or near Phoenix was brought
before the members, and the subject
thoroughly threshed out
the first proposition put to the mem
bers came from Oklahoma from an eX-
perienced cotton man, who desired to
put up the compressor, at a cost or
$4,000, the money to be raised by sell
ing stock to ranchers the valley who
are growing cotton at the present time.
This did not appeal to the members,
and some conversation was held re-
gaTding giving support to other parties
who desired to erect the compressor at
their own expense.
Another matter of importance which
came up before the cotton gorwers. re
lated TO the expenditure Of money al
loted to the cotton industry of the val
ley. by the county immigration depart
ment. There is $4,000 in the fund 40
steps We're taken definitely toward the
expenditure of the money.
The matter of county aid for the
cotton growers was also discussed by
the directors of the valleys various
chambers of commerce yesterday after
noon at their regular meeting. It was
deemed that it would be fair to the
cotton association for the county to aid
the movement To the extent of $50 u
month and in the lump sum Of $500
This would be an aid to the association
in maintaining headquarters and an in
direct aid in solving the problem Of
securing labor to pick the 1917 cotton
crop.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-25
PERsHING IN OFFICE

INtpupTIcdH n P Ledseu WIrtf
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. Feb. 24.-Ma =
ior General John J. Pershing, succeed
ing the late Major General Frederick
Funston as commander of the southern
department. arrived here tonight from
FL Faso to assume active charge.
A major generals salute Of thirteen
guns will be fired at the fort III Gen
eral Pershing's honor tomorrow. In the
afternoon General Pershing is expected
TO speak at a public memorial service
honoring General Funston which has
been arranged BY citizens.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-25

Shaw, Ellen Conway, William Hart
ranft, J. H.. Kibby, Walter Bennett
and Thomas f. Campbell
Packing and Shipping Gordon
Tweed, chairman; Henry George. a. r.
Cater, W. $. Goldsworthy and J. d.
Lopez
Publicity-Charles A. Stauffer, chair
man; Chaplin Hall and Art Rick
Motor Service-Warren Macarthur,
chairman; Ed. Rudolph.
Cooperation with Outside Organiza-
lions - William Scarlet, chairman;
Father Novatus. J. o. Sexson. Mrs.
Dave Goldberg, Mrs. L. B. Carr. Mrs.
John bennett Jr., Mrs. f. B. O'Nen,
Adjutant- General Harris and Col J II.
McClntock.
First Aid-Dr a. H. Williams. chair
man; DR.. H. T. Bailey, Dr. H J.
James DR.. G. +. Goodrich, DR.. f. Payne
Palmer and Dr. Roy f. Thomas.
Membership-H. D. McVay, John F.
Barker. Hannah C.-Eggleston. c. d.
Doris J. z. Balslev and Vic r. Hannv.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-25
ADMIT PLOT


Republican A. p. Leased Wirel
LONDON, Feb. 24.-An Exchange
Telegraph report from rotterdam says
that the persons who were arrested in
connection with an alleged plot against
the British consulate at Groningen ad-
mitted that they tried several times to
blow up the consulate. for which they
received 1000 florins.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-25
COMM TTEES NAMED TOPUT RED
CROSS CHAPTER IN STATE WHICH
WILL INSURE ITS PREPAREDNESS

Committees have been named to
take up at once the work OF the Red
Cross in Arizona in the face of in
ternationai conditions which may
bring the need of such al organiza-
ton prominently to the fore at any
tine |, is the desire thu this state
shall not lag behind thu others in
his essential work of preparedness
llI" w dsworth actias chairman
OF Tie AneI can Red Cfuus, has ie-
cchtlY sent cut an appeal for rene &
ed activity. He has also wired tho
governors Of the states asking them
to aid in the work of concentrating
Red Cross endeavor in the Red
Cross organization rather than IL
Phoenix during the show week They
declare however, that shipments are
noW en- route to this city, and that
several pleasant surprises will be
afforded Phoenix motor enthusiasts
on their arrival and display.
The following are the assignments
of space. position. names OF cars and
dealers, as reported after the draw
ing:
racing Central avenue. right side
of tabernacle. from east to west:
Pullman motor car. S. II. Black
burn. agent
- Oldsmoble. W f. Ferguson
agent
3-Kissel Kar. Reuben & Smith
agents. ana.
Packard, Jeffrey and Dodge. Nc
Arthur Brothers. agents.
Facing Central avenue, left side OF
tabernacle, from east 20 west:
Ford. Ed Rudolph, agent
n.
Cadillac company, agents.
~ Overland. Hunstman-II otchkiss
Overland company IF Arizona agents
4-Buick, Jordan. Haynes and Max
WELL Babbit-Polson company. agents
Facing Central avenue, center OF
tabernacle. from east to west
-Stueebaker, Harmon Motor com
pany. agents.
- Chevrolet. Brown Dryer com
pany. agents.
paige, Mckinney Cord company
agents
- Chalmers, o'Nenl automobile
company agents. and,
Hudson and Saxon. Hudson Sales
company. agents
Following are the accessory dealers
insurance agents and specialists il
motor togsery and their assigned
booths:
t-Niv Hanny auto toys aad neces-
sites Of the motorists in dress.
Payne * Sauffley. Goodrich Sill
vertown cord, Diamond and United
States tires.
Burt NJ. Majors. automobile in
surance.
&C. d. Messner. automobile ae-
cessories.
s-@Auto Supply company, antonio
bile accessories.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-04-03
mWait and seen in French.

The phrase "Wait and see' has
bothered the French newspaper CORE
spondents in London lately. No ac-
count of the crisis, of course, would
have been complete without it, yet only
one correspondent, NJ. Coudurier, Of
the Journal de Geneve, has attempted
to translate it. His version is: AT
tendez, ct vous verrez ce qui arrivera."
Thirteen syllables against three! 1t is
a curious fact, always brought out, for
instance, by the polyglot versions of
the resolutions of international So
cieties, that English is the tersest Ian
guage in Europe. The English version
on such occasions Is always much
shorter than the French or Italian. At
the beginning Of the war, when all
cables had to be in English or French,
the Italian and Russian correspond
ents in London chose English, and
found their cabling expenses much re-
Observation-Disclosures Guardian.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-04-03
NOW DANCE IN BIG HOTELS
"society" No Longer Bothers to Take
Trouble Which the Giving Of
Ball Entails on Hostess.

Where social pleasure reigns and
day after day Is given to entertain
ment, in such surroundings "Only the
trouble of living" is left to disturb the
equanimity OF the pleasure-seekers.
The social correspondent of Il newspa-
per In large American city, writing
of balls and ball-glving, says: ut is
most convenient way to give ball
ut an hotel, now that so many people
live In the country the greater part of
the winter. The guests can defy the
elements, billiards. and cyclones alike.
They motor to town In the morning
and take their time to get their hair
dressed, their face massaged and their
hands manicured. Their dainty per-
son once thoroughly attended to, after
lunching at friends and getting in
full dancing trim they give dinner
party at the hotel. go to the opera or
hear 'Siegfred' soothing music
of which induces, cat-naps of beauty
sleep while the lights are down-the
acts are long you know, and there are
four of them in 'Siegfried = So they
arrive freshened-up for the ball about
midnight. 1t is~ah so easy. No hust-
ling about anything only the trouble
of living. No anxiety as to everything
being in good shape. If it is not
sometimes it is not, you knOw-well,
ii is not your affair Your guests
blame it on the house, and you do,
too"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-04-03
DO YOU MAKE ST, 500 A YEAR?
II Not, II Will Be Quite Useless to
Ask One OF These Girls to.
Marry You.

III any of our gay young Lotharios
or Romeos Of this bustling and enter
prlsing village have designs on the
charming co-eds at the University of
Omaha, they are warned to look to
their checkbooks. Big. black eyes,
pompadoured locks, glistenlng white
teeth and neatly manicured nails don't
cut any ice with the Omaha co-eds.
An income of at least 81. 500 annual
~ is the first inducement bachelors
with an inclination to leap into the
matrimonial sea with an Omaha coed
must make. SO the goods answered
Prof. Harry De Lamatre, instructor in
economics, when he asked them what
they considered suitable salary for
man who is going to be married.
When De Lamatre said he believed
an income of 81 900 year was quite
sufficient from an economical stand
point, the fair young things burst
forth with simultaneous shout of pro-
test and incredibly: "Who would
want 10 live on that?' they demanded.
The Omaha co-eds don't demand lux
urious llmousines, birds of paradise
for their hats, ermine coats or bejew-
eled shoes, but they insist it takes ST.
500 year to keep home going.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-04-03
The Gate, otAFr,
E,8yptazi.,<&l||:..:.,.

mantle, rock-hewn city of the Naba.
teams, also indicates the varying for
tunes Of this country. Petra was stu
ated at the junction Of several import
ant roads to Egypt from the north.
1t owed its existence entirely TO COM
merce which passed through II. II
was a great warehouse-an emporium
supported by a numerous shifting
population. The size Of the city at
tests it's ancient wealth and import
ance, while its celebrity Gs capital
shows that 1t was not off the track,
but directly on one of the most inn
portant lines of communication OF It's
day. Yet, where is the glory Of
Petra? No ancient city has so thor
oughly verified the curse passed upon
1t; it Is forsaken by man and has be-
come the abode of the owl and the
fox.
Ruins and Sterile Sand.
All the region to the south OF Petra
Is marked with ruins which stage the
great road to Akaba. Akaba itself,
where Solomon established naval
base and maintained a busy port,
which Egyptian, Roman and Greek
struggled for and held in turn is now
reduced to group of mud houses and
the remains of fort. GAIA. on the
Mediterranean side Of the desert, used
to be considered the key to the APP
proach to Palestine. 1t was much In
evidence in early days. GAIA had the
presumption to hold out against the
invincible hosts of Alexander and ac-
tually withstood two-months' siege.
Nowadays, the sterility Of the coun-
try forbids ordinary intercourse be-
tween Egypt and Palestine. Caravans
of pilgrims make organized crossings
of the desert, and occasional camel
dealers come this way. But the great
roads have fallen into oblivion. Only
two recognized tracks remain in use,
namely, the pilgrim route between
Akaba and Suez and the coastal road
which runs from GAIA. through Rata
and El Arish, to Ell Kantara on the
Suez. The area between these roads
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-04-03

TT is significant to note how, when
the world is at war, history re-
peats itself. A trenchant example
Of this occurred in the threatened
Invasion Of Egypt. Once again, in the
course of history, the landward gate,
the Asiatic approach to the Nile val
ley, was about to be forced by invad-
ers. Once more the Oldest road
listened to the tramp Of armed hosts
and watched nations Mt death-grips for
the mastery of that fertile strip of
land. Throughout the ages, at period
ical times, this same drama has been
enacted. That attractive delta where
the earliest civilizations matured-
that "land of peculiar felicity"-has
been the goal Of every conqueror who
has set out to win the world; 1t has
been the desire of every merchant and
the envy of all nations. In such war
as this, it would have been strange had
the worlds oldest warpath been left
untrod. The road used by Assyrian,
Persian, Israelite, Greek and Roman.
the desert difficulties surmounted sue
cessfully by Alexander the Great and
by Napoleon were essayed by Turk and
Teuton.
Separating Africa from Asia, Egypt
from Palestine, Is the peninsula of
Sinai and the desert Of Eft Tih. In
the south 1t is a rugged region of
sandstone crags; northwards 1t
shelves into featureless limestone
desert. finally melting into the low
lying sand dunes that border the Medi-
terranean, says Douglas Carruthers,
writing in Country Life. This is the
barrier that has stood throughout time
as Egypt's eastern frontier and is so
full Of "reminiscences. In early days
all who "went down to Egypt" used
this desert route. The nowdeserted
track was once the scene of busy
traffic and great enterprise. An i'm
mense trade passed and repassed
across the desert. Constant inter-
course, both political and commercial,
must have been kept up between those
two great centers of the then known
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-04-03
OLD FAvORITES TURNED DOWN
Boys No Longer Make Heroes Of Cow
boys, and Girls Are Abandoning \
Their Paper Dolls.

In his love of romance Prof. Thomas
Stockton Baker finds the American boy
has discarded his old heroes and
turned away from his favorite pirates
and Indian fighters. The kingdom OF
ooyhood is ruled by the adventures
who navigate the sea In submarines
and sweep through the clouds In air
planes. Under the influence of the
war in Europe the workings of the
Juvenile Imagination have undergone
a swift and dangerous change.
After all, II Is not surprising thar
the healthy, alert youngster should in
vest with fancy events that he hears
his elders daily discuss and should
live them over in his hours of play.
If the ideals Of piracy are essential
to the moral training of the young.
some day another popular play may
help to safeguard the future welfare
Of the race.
1t Is not yet time to despair because
high power motorcars and undersea
boats and flying machines occupy the
attention of the normal boy in his idle
hours. 1t would be really painful ie
he We're devoting his time to unravcl-
ing the tangled skein Of old world
diplomacy and determining the 6xacr
terms of peace on which the belliger-
ents shall agree.
AS for the American girl, have any
of our eminent psychologists expert
enced a sinking of the heart at the
thought that she may abandon her pa
per dolls and amuse herself by play
ing at Red Cross nursing and muni-
tion making? If she does, will she re-
cover or head straight for eternal per-
dition, like her little brother whose
mind runs to the mechanics of war;
New York World,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-04-03
BRIDE OF AN AUSTRIAN PRINCE
Popular Washington Belle Is the Lat
est to Figure in an lnterna-
tional Romance.

The latest international romance at
Washington, which eliminated recent
ly by the marriage of Miss Catherine
Britton of that city to Prince Alfred
IN Hohenlohe-S chillingfuerst of the
Austro-Hungarian embassy, has had
sufficient element of mystery to de-
light capital gossips. From no less a
source than the august imperial head
of the united kingdoms, 1t appears,
came the opposition TO the marriage
of the young prince, bearer of one OF
the proudest names of the Viennese
court, to the American girl who was
mot born" The recent death of
Francis Joseph, and the accession 10
the throne of the young archduke, who
had not so very long ago made love
match himself. changed the tide Of for
tune for the young pair in America.
The prince is twenty-seven and his
bride is twenty-four. Immediately
upon his arrival in Washington year
or two ago he began to pay her atten-
ton. There We're rumors Of mar
riage, then the young prince was sud
denly detached from the embassy at
Washington and assigned to San Fran
cisco for the compilation Of consular
report there. There was reason, and
this was said to be imperial displeas-
ure at Vienna. The new American
princess shortly after the outbreak of
the war went 10 Paris as war nurse
with Miss Mona McAdoo, daughter of
the secretary Of the treasury. She
has been a very popular belle in Wash
ington society.