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Arizona republican., 1917-12-30
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.-W. H. Moran, assistant chief of the treasury secret service for the last ten years, will become chief January l, to sue ceed William J. Flynn, resigned. Ills appointment was announced tonight by Secretary McAdoo.
 Mir Moran entered the secret service 35 years ago as an operative and has had experience in all branches of the vork. He was largely responsible for detection of the noted counterfeit of the $100 Monroe head silver certificate in 1897. the result of which was the withdrawal of the entire issue and the discovery of an extensive counterfeit ing plot. MT. Moran had charge of many famous secret service lnvestga- tion, including the cotton leak case.
 Discovery of the Monroe head bill gave MT. Moran the reputation of be- ing one of the most clever counterfeit detectors in the world. The note was under suspicion, but many experts pronounced it genuine. Mir. Moran in sisted it was a fraud, and proved his contention by gathering a pan of hot water from radiator, soaking the bill, and pulling the two faces apart. It was then found that the counterfeit CTS had carefully laid silk threads be-
 
 certificates and had pasted the two engraved pieces together so nicely that the product fooled every expect of the bureau of engraving and printing and every secret service man but one. It took a year to run down the makers but twelve were finally arrested and prosecuted. It became the most famous | counterfeiting case in American his l tory, and the credit went to MT. Moran.
 In many other cases MT. Moran gained the reputation for solving diff
Arizona republican., 1917-12-30
Declare M erac0n
 Policemen K3dnGp Women To EI Pds0
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FL PASO, Dec. 29.-Mrs. Rita Cas- tillo Garcia, a Cuban woman who IS being held in Juarez by the authorities on a charge of espionage, was kid naped from his homein Fl Paso by two Mexican policemen from Juarez who came to the American side yesterday in plain clothes, induced the Cuban woman to go to Juarez on the preteXt of wanting her services as trained nurse and then arrested her as soon as she crossed the international bridge, according to her husbands story to the American officials tonight.
 The Cuban consul for the border, stationed at Galveston, has been asked to intercede in behalf of the woman and telegrams have also been sent to Washington to the Cuban minister pro- testing against the alleged Kidnapping of the woman. American Consul Dow of Juarez has started an investigation of the case.
 Two other Mexican women were also arrested in Juarez today and held on charges of carrying information to the American authorities.
 Late tonight relatives of the Cuban woman were notified that she had been released from jail and had been per- mitted to go to the home of friends for the night but remained under mili- tary guard. She sent an urgent appeal to her husband tonight for him not to cross to Juarez in her behalf for fear he would be arrested.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-30
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.-Govern- ment control of mines and conscription of labor were predicted by L. A. Snead, head of the fuel administrations dis tributing agency, in testifying today before the senate committee investigat- ing the coal situation.
 Co., ordination of effort is necessary to meet present demands, MT. Snead said, and he added that he could sec no possibility of the production of the 50000000 tons the fuel administration estimates the nation is short this year. Restricted use is the only solution, he declared.
 Priority orders for coal shipments might afford some temporary relief from shortages experienced in many parts of the country, MT. Snead said, but the only solution of the whole problem is adequate and efficient transportation.
 MT. Snead was on the stand through out today's hearing and was questioned at great length as to the coal situa- ton here in Washington. The fuel administration he said, believes enough
Arizona republican., 1917-12-30
Cold In New York

NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-With mini mum temperature of 6 degrees below zero at Il o'clock tonight this city eX- perienced the coldest ever officially re- corded for Decembr. Only once before -on December 30. 1890 was that tenn perature reached, according to the records of the local weather bureau.
 From o'clock this morning when the official thermometer registered l de- gree below zero the mercury never rose more than two dgrees above.
 There was much suffering among the poor, many families without coal being obliged to burn wood in kitchen ranges and use the kitchen as a living room.
 The situation in handling the coal shortage here was made extremely diff ficult for coal dealers, bargemen on the river and the railroads which were obliged to thaw out all the coal shipped across the Hudson river from New Jersey
Arizona republican., 1917-12-30
NJ NEED IF GRAND
 JURY IN COLORADO MONTHLY SAYS COURT
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DENVER, Dec. 29.-Over the pro- test of Harry B. Tedrow, United States district attorney, United States Judge Robert E. Lewis, in district court today, excused the special grand jury called to investigate infractions of the espionage act, after it had re- ported F true bills.
 This state is not in such a condi- tion that we need a grand jury here every month"; the judge said.
 The names of six of those indicted were given out, the men being in cus- tody or under bond. They were:
 Orlando Hit Mead, Colo, interfer- ring with operation of the sclective draft law.
 Johann Dreimier, violation of the espionage act. Dreimier is alleged to have made unpatriotic remarks at Ouray, Colo. He is an Austrian. Nicholas CoI,tos and Simon Conan, operation of an illicit still. Both are residents of Denver.
 Andy Anton and Nicholas Stover, Austrian subjects, illegal transportss ton of explosives. The two men are accused of bringing 22 sticks of dyna- mite from Ratoh, N. M., to Trinidad, Colo, where they were arrested.
 After the grand Jury had reported and Judge Lewis had looked over the indictments returned, he inquired of Mir. Tedrow whether that were all the business he had to bring before the inquiry.
 At this time. yes" said the attor- ney. We have several matters that have been held somewhat in abey- ance, as they are not sufficiently ma tured for bringing before grand jury. l would therefore ask that your honor excuse the grand jury subject to call'
 "I warn you," said the judge, that if l excuse them subject to call l shall not recall them under three months" There is no need of grand l jury here every month | T differ with your honor in the premises" Mir. Tedrow commented.
 Unfortunately it makes ho differ ence whether you do or not" the judge interrupted.
 "Should matters now in hand justify it, 1 shall petition your honor to re. call the jury in two or three weeks said MT. Tedrow.
 Your petition will be denied" tht court rejoined. But if you have ahy thing now which you think will b, ready for presentation within two O. three weeks," the judge paused. MT Tedrow had nothing further to say The judge continued: Gentlemen o the jury, you are excused, subject t, call. If you should be called it vii not be until the latter part of Marcl or early iK April'
Arizona republican., 1917-12-30
Incendiary Detected M Act
 Of Firing Hoy; Man Escapes

cation of the flame to the hay.
 Starting on a run towards the man who took fright at his approach, Adams shouted at the firebug and for a short time seemed to be gaining on him. Then the fugitive seemed to get his stride and made a break into d milo maize patch where he disap- peared.
 In the meantime the fire in the hay had attained siZable proportions and Adams bent his lone efforts in ex- tinguishing the blaze. When he had accomplished this, he gave an alarm and systematic search was begun for the man who had started the fire, The sheriffs office sent two deputies to the scene and although the footprints of the man were plainly discernable. they were unable to locate him. Armed guards are constantly at the stack now.
 Mir. Mcdonald said last evening that if the stack had been destroyed, noth- ing could have saved the barn which was such a short distance away that the flames must have quickly com- municated to the structure.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-30

Confirming the belief of the author ities that incendiaries are at work in the Salt River Valley, one has been seen actually applying the flaming brand to large stack of hay. That he made his escape was due to the fact that the man making the discov- cry was unarmed and did not pursue the firebug any great distance, prefer ing to exert his efforts in saving the hay.
 w. H. Mcdonald, occupying the old Pearson ostrich ranch three and one half miles east of Central avenue on the lower Tempe road, has 100-ton stack of alfalfa standing within 50 feet of a large hay barn. This barn is To- cated 300 yards from the travelled road. Early Friday morning, Gordon Adams. a ranch hand, returning from rounding up some horses which had broken from the ranch, was passing within 100 yards of the stack when he saw the form of a man bending over near one end of the big pile of hay. In another instant he SOW the flash of a lighted match and witnessed the appli-
Arizona republican., 1917-12-30
C0LDEST WEATHER
 OF MONTH
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.-Virtually all of the country cast of the Mississip- pi river is shivering in cold wave al most as severe as that experienced early in the month. Actual suffering was expected in many places because of coal shortage.
 Snow fell today in the Atlantic coast states with rain in other sections but fair weather generally is forecast In the east tomorrow and Monday.
 Abatement of the cold is not expected before Monday and Tuesday, higher temperatures being promised Monday in the Ohio valley and upper Lake region and Tuesday in the coast states.
 The blanket of cold has extended over the Missouri valley and Rocky Mountain region for several days but temperatures in that section went up today and rainfall was reported in the north Pacific states.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-30
DENIAL IF FRANCIS |S MADE PUBLIC
 WITHOUT COMMENT
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.-The state department today made public without comment the statement published at Petrograd, December 25. by Ambassa- dor Francis denying. charges of Leon Trotzky, Bolsheviki foreign minister, and of the Bulletin of the Soviets that representatives of the United States in Russia had engaged in revolutionary activities against the BolSheviki
 Charges of the Bulletin of the Soviets that American Red Cross rep resentatives to Russia and Rumania had tried to send several dozen auto mobiles and "otner things to General Kaldines, hetman of the Don Cossacks are refuted by letters and telegrams from the heads of the Red Cross mis- sions and the American minister to Rumania. These stated that the auto mobiles and supplies were for use on the Rumanian front and that such SUD- plies ''on the Russian front were being withdrawn to prevent their falling into the hands of the Teutons
 Tt is ineonceivable,' said the ambas- sador's statement, that further docu- mentary evidence or statements are needed to disprove the incendiary ale gations intended to arouse animosity toward the American government and this embassy of the American people or to attribute to the American gov ernment or it's representatives an act so wholly contrary to its tradiiona policy.
 T trust it will be very difficult fol anyone to convince the Russian people | that America does not feel friendly tC Russia and that her people do no | cherish an earnest and sincere sym. pathy for the people of this country ir the difficulties that confront them Many substantial evidences of sucl sentiment have been given since tn, i revolution of March last. Only yester | day a delegation called at this embass, and presented a floral offering as al expression of the effort I am makin, to have a million seventy-five thous
 and pairs of boots and shoes shippe, from America for the members of tn
 railway union and their wives an, children"
Arizona republican., 1917-12-30
AGAINST GERMAN RED CROSS
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JUAREI, Dec. 29.-President Car ranza prohibited the holding of a ker messe or fair by the German colony of Mexico City recently for the benefit of the German Red Cross. according to Mexico City papers which have just reached here on delayed mail trains. Although the allied nations were per mitted to hold benefits and fairs for the Red Cross fund, the Germans were told not to attempt to hold their ker- messe, the paper stated.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-30
SEVEN ARE KILLED
 WHEN TWO TRAINS
 CRASH HEAD ON
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NORIH VERNON, Ind, Dec. 29.-- Seven are known to be dead and about 20 injured as the result of head-on collision between a westbound and an eastbound Baltimore and Ohio train a mile east of here tonight. All of the dead were members of the crew. The westbound train carried several sol diers, according to reports but it is not known if any were among the injured. All of the dead were railroad employees.
 The cause of the wreck is reported to have been the failure of the auto matic block system to work.
 The trains in collision were B. & O. passenger train No. 2. St. Louis to New York. eastbound and E. & O. passen- ger train No. 2S, Cincinnati to St. Louis, westbound.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-30
Over One Hundred
 Ap0ches Im Globe Red Gross Chapter

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 GLOBE, Dec. 29.-One hundred eleven full blooded Apache Indians walked into an auxiliary of the Globe chapter of the American Red Cross at Rice on the Indian reservation today and their leader handed $222 in bills over to the secretary.
 What's that for?" asked the secretary.
 We want to join the Red Cross" said Arthur Johns, their spokes- man, who is a Carlisle alumnus and whose Indian name is Flying Fox, "We're the first contingent. Two hundred more will be in during the week."
 They asked for the largest Red Cross buttons available, bought a Red Cross rose cash and proudly departed,
Arizona republican., 1917-12-30
MORAN HEAD IT SECRET
 SERVICE AFTER JANUARY 1

ficult criminal cases by close analysis and unique methods. He ran down counterfeiter in Louisville by affixing pins to a city map at every point where a counterfeit was discovered and then searching for a man who did busi- ness in certain streets where the pins were thickest. A huckster was caught and convicted
Arizona republican., 1917-12-30
Say Five Killed

CINCINNATI. Dec 29.-At 11:30 0 clock tonight Baltimore and Ohio of- ficialA in Cincinnati said that the last report they had was that five train men were killed and no one seriously injured. The cause of the accident has not been determined and is being in- vestigatcd. according to E. X o. re- ports
Arizona republican., 1917-12-30

pany alone which has undertaken to turn out 3,000,00 yards of shirts for our soldiers, 3,5OO,0O0 yards of khaki, 100000 yards of cloth to make over coats and 3000,000 yards of blankets
 I cite this case merely for illustration"
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-04
MAKING OF VIOLIN STRINGS
Raw Material Is Obtained From the
Stock Yards and Is Manufactured
by an Interesting Process.

While perhaps most yiolinistS kno"
how the gut strings they use are man
ufactured, there may be those who are
uniformed as to the manufacture OF
such strings This may be explained
In few words.
The gut D, A. and e strings axe
made from the intestineS of the sheep.
In the full grown. mature animal, such
fntestines are from 40 to SO feet IN
length.
The raw material is obtained from
the stock yards, and Is first thoroughly
cleansed Of all fat and flesh fiber, BY
dull knives arranged on drum turned
by q crank, says the Musician. The
white and tough membrane that IL
left is then split by an expert In this
work, by bringing 1t against the blade
OF a safety razor set upright in a table
before the splitter. The material Is
thus split into seven strands. These
strands are then spun together. and
placed on frames where they are thor
Oughly dried.
The e string Of European make re-
quires four strands, and the e string
Of American make six. The strands,
at one end secured to an upright post.
are twisted together while In damp,
pliable condition BY means Of spin
ming wheel. After removal from the
drying frames, the strings are cut In
coiled and boxed In oiled pa
per for shipment. Very fine emery
paper laid on grooved aluminium
block Is used while the strings are still
on tho drying frames, by passing the
covered block over the strings, as
many strings being polished as there
are grooves in the block.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-04
Americas Panorama.

See New York with her skyscrap-
ers tLat lust for the clouds like the
Tower of Babel; Niagara roaring in
exultation and shining in the crisp
winter sunlight through a veil of dia-
mond dust; the Pacific pounding on
the golden sands of California; Pitts
burgh with her furnaces glaring at
night against the April rain clouds;
the Mississippi, mighty as the might
lest Of gods, surginS past sleepy south
ern villages, where Of Sunday morn
ing the church bells stir the heart to
vague, sweet lOngings; New Orleans
aith Canal street gay of Saturday
night and the moonlight shimmering
on the white excursion boats beside
the levee; Mackinacs' white fort on
the hilltop and the whisper Of the
Michigan pine woods; old Charleston.
the clock of st. Michael's Ginning the
hours about the churchyard; Boston
and Lexington and Concord, where at
every turn there is token Of the
pride that cannot die: West Point
when the sunset gun echoes from the
hills and the flag comes down.
Charles Phelps Gushing in Travel.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-04
HOW INDIANS CATCH SALMON
Equipment Consisting Of "Grab-
Hooks" and Long Poles Is Crude
But Very Effective.

The Indians fish for salmon with q
"grabhook," large iron hook fastened
to a pole by loose cord three or four
feet long. A hole at the blunt end of
the hook that slips over the tip Of the
pole keeps it in place until the fish Is
hooked. Then the hook is pulled off the
pole and the cord gives the fisherman
chance to play his fish is necessary be-
fore dragging 1t ashore. The hooks
are made by the blacksmith, but the
poles, about twenty feet in length, the
Indians make themselves of red fir, the
Southern Workman says
Taking rough piece Of dry wood Of
the required length, they patiently
work at it with drawshave and knife
until it is the right size and tapered
to suit the workman. Then it is usu-
ally hardened in the Goals before put
ting on the cord, which they braid
themselves. If a pole breaks, as often
happens, the broken parts are dashed
together with string, pitch Is smeared
over and melted by being rubbed with
strong as before. The Indians general
ly fish from the bank or from plat
forms built over the water. They thrust
the long pole out across the river as
far as they can and let the current
carry it down and into the bank, trust
ing to chance and a quick jerk to hook
the fish if they feel one in the water.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-04
JITN Ely
Day and Night Service
WALLACE DITCH
Office Phone 81. Res. Phone Sc

CARPENTERS TOOLS FOR
SALE: Every article as good as
new. Finest brands and in fine
chest. Tools and chest worth $4,000.
VIII sell quick for cash at $4,000.
Following tools and implements; .
No. II Spring Steel Diston Cross
cut saws: rip, same quality; /
STAN steel jack plane; l Stanley
wood iac., plane; l draw knife;
screw drives; l Yankee RACKET
driver: l tri-square; bevel square:
spirit level; chise,s; 2 rachel
braces; auger bits; 2 cabinet
rasps; rules: 2 soft. tapes: I COM
pass saw: hammers; l Ratchet;
l scout" axe; 2 adjustable alliga-
tors IS" wrench; l small Stilson:
3 prs. pliers; l set 6-inch blocks; 4
gimlet bits; l fine tool chest See
c. (. King at The Review Office r
telephone 278. t..
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-04
TOOK PARROT BY MISTAKE
Country Gentleman Who Had Dtned
and Wined Too Well Couldn't Find
His Lantern in Morning.

A certain gentleman living in the
country. who was something Of bon
viveur, was invited to dinner by q
neighbor The night was very dark,
and in order to guide him on his way
he took with him the stable lantern,
clumsy old thing bound round with
wires. The gentleman reached his
friends house in safety and enjoyed
himsef extremely. The dinner was
good and the wine excellent.
Presently the hour for the return
journey arrived. He forgot to relight
his lantern, but though the moon re-
fused to shine he arrived home all
right. On the following morning he
could not find his precious lantern, so
he sent his gardener with note to his
friend couched in the following terms:
"Dear Jones: VIII you kindly return
to the bearer the stable lantern which
l left at your house last night?
"Yours sincerely,
u. r. ROBINSON"
He received the following reply:
"Dear Robinson: am returning the
lantern, but will you kindly send back
the parrot and its cage you took away
with you last night instead Of your
lantern? Yours sincerely"
"E. P. JONES'"
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-04
EVOLUTION OF THE ALPHABET
II Grew From Pictures BY Which Men
First Wrote and Required Ages
For Its Completion.

No one really knows all about where
the all habet came from. because it
grew very slowly. like children and
every other good thing in the world.
But we know quite well that no In
genious man sat down and made the
alphabet, and we know quite well, too,
that the alphabet began as pictures.
Just as child reads or takes things
in by pictures long before it can read
letters, so men used to read and write
By pictures; and then these pictures
were gradually made simpler and sim
pier until at last they could be used
in every and any way, as our letters
can. We know that the letter 0 was
at first the picture of an eye. and that
gradually men made the picture plain
er, until at last they drew an 0. The
letter I was once a picture Of house;
and very likely capital A may have
been at first the picture Of a pyramid.
Ages and ages ago In Egypt men
used both kinds Of writing. says the
Kansas City Star. The priests used
the oldest kind, which was the pic
lures This was called the sacred
writing, In which the pictures were
turned into letters. Not very many
years ago men tried In vain to read
the old sacred picture writing OF the
Egyptians, but they could not. Then
they found the wonderful Rosetta
stone, and this had written upon 1t
the same thing three times-once In
the pictures and once In the letters.
and also once in other letters, and so
men got the key to picture writing
and now 1t can be read easily.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-04
Great Men Died Learning.

1t is well to remember that the very
greatest men died learning, like Ba-
con and Pasteur. Socrates was enter
ing old age when he drank the hem
lock- but l do not think anyone would
say that his last words We're, there
fore, Of no worth. The greatest bene-
factions to humanity, the greatest
services to human thought have not
all been bestowed or rendered by men
under twenty-five or even under forty
years Of age, a fact sometimes worthy
of remembrance. Do not, then, fall
victims to Over-confldence and close
your mind. The injunction is as i'm
portant for youth as for age; easy of
attainment for the former, difficult for
the latter possibly for both. The past
and the present, youth and age, new
and old, all have their place in the
sun; all are needed for the widest
learning, for the highest achievement,
for the best development of mankind
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge.