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Arizona republican., 1918-01-11
Suffrage In Sight

If will now be up to the states to determine whether woman suffrage shall be national The house by a majority of two votes has adopted the suffrage resolution and the advocates of the Susan B. Anthony amendment were long ago assured of fav- orabe action it in the senate. The house was re- garded as the sticking point Various polls taken as late as last Monday indicated that there would be from 40 to 57 votes required. If the whole member ship had been present and voting 29O votes would have been necessary but only two-thirds of the votes of those present necessary.
 The most reliable recent poll gave for the amend ment 2S3; against the amendment, 124 waverng, 13; non -committal 65. Of the 233 members favorable to the amendment S1 democrats and 147 republi cans and independent. Of the PA opposed, 91 republicans 92 democrats and independent. Of the 65 -committal members, fl were democrats and 24 republicans.
 Whether a sufficient number of the democrats in opposition to the amendment could be changed by the presidents attitude to carry the amendment was problematical There was the fact that not long the president himself was favorable the amend ment and the opposing democrats it feared would suspect his conversion was not one that carried great deal of conviction with it. Those members were mostly from the south where suffrage has made headway, and they would probably be guided by the wishes of their constituents rather than by the example of the president.
 AS late as last week, the president told John Spargo that he would like to the resolution dis posed off at this session. he expressed doubt as 10 his ability to influence as many would be needed for it's adoption.
 Something stronger though than any declaration by the president probably appealed to congressman and that the place which the war has given 10 women, and the alacrity with which they have }aken it. Their noble work in war preparation and assistance and the burdens self support should entitle them to full citizenship.
 We believe that the amendment will be ratified There twelve states including New York; which alrady have full suffrage. There nineteen which have partial woman suffrage and there are a half dozen others in which there is strong almost conquering, suffrage sentiment In these states it may be reasonably expected that the sentiment for national suffrage will prevail.
Arizona republican., 1918-01-11
ENGLISH LACES FORWARDED HERE

Appealing to the women of Phoenix to aid her in disposing of handmade lace, the work of women of England too old and feeble to make living in the factories and farms, Mrs. H. Arm strong has forwarded an interesting collection of lace to this city.
 She has made her appeal through Mrs. Henry D. Ross, asking her as prominent club woman, to interest her friends in the struggling English lace makers. Mrs. Ross has placed the fine bit of laces which she received yester- day on display in the Municipal Rest next few weeks.
 In her letter to Mrs. Ross, Mrs Armstrong says:
 Pardon me taking the liberty of sending you this packet of handmade lace on approval, but I am trying to keep employed a number of very old women in Buckinghamshire, England, who are too old and feeble to work in the factories or on the farms, and this Is the only work they can do for a living, and they surely do it well. brought a large shipment of this lace over with me two years ago, and have consignments shipped over whenever possible.
 NOW lHdL the Cnlleu states mas en- tered this terrible conflict with the al lies, we must work together. To buy this lace is to encourage an ancient and very worthy industry, also you will have the satisfaction of knowing that every purchase is a boon to one of these poor struggling English lace makers.
 Perhaps if you were to show it around to a few of your friends you 1 might be able to dispose of some. No | doubt you will think me very bold 1 but my whole heart is with these old women whom I have known so long | and I do so want to create a demand | for this handmade lace in America. 1 therefore giving my workers continual employment. I trust I am causing you no inconvenience.
 Will you pleace return any unsolG pieces within (20) days upon receipt. | Thanking you in anticipation, 1 Your truly,
 Mrs H. Armstrong;"
Arizona republican., 1918-01-11
A Story in Two Parts

"One That Got Away" is the title of a story by James B. Connolly in the Saturday Evening Post of last week. If the story had appeared later the title of it wouH probably have been different though no other change would have been necessary It describes the escape of a merchant vessel from a submarine. It is told Ky member of the of an American destroyer which conveying several merchant Early in the morning wireless was received already severely damaged The location of the vessel saying that she being shelled by sub and was already seVerly damaged The location of the vessel eighty miles distant. The destroyer was dis patched to the the arriving in less than three hours The sub standing off beyond the of the Lukenbachs guns still smelling her. did it desist immediately when the destroyer came into view It put in shell and then sub- merged. Though badly damaged the Lukenbach got away under her steam to become the subject of another possible article which might be appropriately captioned One That Did Not Get Away.
 The Lfzenbach was sunk by torpedo just one week ago yesterday.
Arizona republican., 1918-01-11
Public Employees and Strikes

The strike of the firemen at Dallas, Texas and the threatened strike the of East St Louis should engage the serious attention of the country. The trouble Dallas precpitated by the discharge of certain firemen who had joined the American Fed eration of Labor There also a demand for a minimum wage of $5 This strike raises question whether men engaged in the public service should be allowed to affiliate with organization of composed of those who in private employment One of the instruments of organized labor is the strike It is the chief instrument Without it union- ism would be unable to enforce it's demands, reason able unreasonable. But for the power strike unionism would be nothing but association formed for mutual betterment which could be secured only by moral cooperation.
 The right to strike has been upheld by the courts but it is thing strike against private employer and another strike against the government federal state or municipal We do not think the latter right be upheld We easily what might result a strike of firemen. It is unthinkabe that a city should be left without fire protection
 The salaries of firemen are fixed by city govern ments whose members have no financial interest in the matter They held in check by what they conceive to be their official duty salary less than $5 day may be too small In these times of the high cost of living we may say it is too small, but strike is dangerous way to raise it. If it can be raised to $5 in this way it can be raised to $50 If that demand should be denied the striking firemen could leave the city unprotected. It is enough to say that the firemen would be unreasonable No organization of in the public service should be invested with power to determine what is reason able and what is not. Such organization becomes a dangerous one Praetorian Band
 The danger of strike of the reasons given by Postmaster General Bureson in his opposi- ton to the utilization of postal clerks with the can Federation of Labor, though organizations of clerks have given the country that strikes not contemplated
 There other advantages, it is true held out by organized labor to its members than the power of securing betterment through strikes. There can be- think reasonable objection to permitting ern- poyes in any branch of the public service to secure these advantages, but they should denied the use of the strike and any organized obstruction of the public service should be regarded as a conspiracy against the government.
 Legislators for years have been endeavor- ing to eliminate strikes from the settlement of dis putes between labor and private employers engaged in public utility service and that will undoubtedly be
Arizona republican., 1918-01-11
MEN AT CAPITAL
 MAKE DRESSINGS

That leading men in the national capital have come to realize the great need for hospital supplies across the seas is being practically demonstrated by surgical dressings classes that are being conducted in the agricultural de- partment at Washington.
 News to this effect was received in Phoenix yesterday from Mrs. W. C. Barnes who, in a letter to her sister, Mrs. Ancil Martin, stated that she and her husband, who is in the forestry ser- vice, attend the evening class. Mrs. Barnes said that many notable figures after a hard day in congress turned their attention to adding to the SUD- plies needed beyond all others in France today.
 That other cities in the country fol- low the example of the national capi- | tai has been suggested. Many men who | have desired to give aid during this
 crisis will welcome the opportunity tc do their bit and it is hoped that Phoe- | nix will be among the first to follow the Washington plan.
Arizona republican., 1918-01-11
NOTICE OF ERECTION

Pursuant to resolution of the Board of Trustees of School District No. fl, of Maricopa County. State of Arizona, duly passed and adopted on Ithe 3rd day of January, 1918, calling lthe election hereinafter mentioned, notice is hereby given that an election Twill be held in the main school build ling in the Town of Gilbert, in said School District, on Saturday, the End Iday of February, 1918, from the hour
 of l0:00 o'clock in the forenoon, to the Ihour of 6:00 o'clock in the afternoon lof said day, during which time the
 polls will be open; that Charles Pe-
 terson. H. W. Sawyer, and c. M. Hoff-
 man, are the judges appointed and
 named to conduct said election at said
 time and place.
 That the purposes of said election
 are: fa) To submit to the taxpayers
 who are otherwise qualified electors oi said School District No. fl, the ques- tion of whether or not the bonds of said School District No. 41, shall be
 issued and sold in the aggregate sum of Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars s7,500.00), in the denomina tions of Five Hundred Dollars | (S5O0OO) each, bearing interest at the
 payable semi annually, and to run fol | twenty (20) years arJer date of is-
 suance thereof; the proceeds of sait 1 proposed bonds to be used and eX- pended as follows: tv-wit:
 l. The first Two Hundred Sventy. five Dollars (s275.00) thereof, to b,
 used for the purchase of one CD acr'
 of land, being a part of the S15 of tn, | NEA of the NEH of the NEK. O
 Section B, Township 1. South. Rang
Arizona republican., 1918-01-11
Growing Colony of "Lifers'

Tvto sentenced at Tucson the other day to- life Imprisonment in the penitentiary for a murder committed the night of December 22 A Tucson policeman who assisted in planning the mur- der and tried afterwards with others to establish alib for the murderers jail but it said may secure immunity, why, is not quite clear from such accounts of the have read We presume that he will not be reinstated in official position
 The principal murderer having pleaded guilty felt thaa there mitigating circumstances. He desired to have brought in certain witnesses who would ttstify that they had heard him say that he was soF'y that he had committed the murder; that he had even gone so far in his repentance to say that he 3had notion to commit suicide. Who these witnesses is not stated, but we suppose they the framers of the abortive alibi prisoner further said, T am only 2S years old. There may be something good I can do yet"
 Judge Pattee of the superior court of Pima county in passing sentence said:
 have no doubt that you along with other crimi- nals feeB penitent for crime guilty as cold blopded and brutal murder as has disgraced the criminal annals of this state Every citizen realiz and the law recognizes that one who goes out to commit a crime such you were bent on perpetrat- ing is reaady $p do anything and guilty highest offense Under the law.
 am sorry that the people of this state have seen fit to abolish the death penalty and that the punish ment which l empowered to nflict is wholly inadequate considering the arocious character of the crime to which you have entered a plea of guilty The judgment of the court is that you be confined for the test of your natural life in the state peniten tiary at Florence.
 AccoEding to the figures compiled few days ago by J. J. Sanders parole clerk the prison there were then nine men in prison under life sentence having been brought there during the one year of anti-captll punishment. This number of the saved if not redeemed, will be increased by the accretion from Pima county to eleven. Maricopa, which wax also quite prolific in the production of murderers last year has one more, Ca December murderer,) making an even dozen. How many more there through out the state awaiting trial and commitment we do not know. But the figures at hand show an increase of just 10t per cent the number (6) committed the prison in 1916 for cold blooded murder according sto the figures of the parole clerk
Arizona republican., 1918-01-11
NOTICE OF ELECTION

Pursuant to resolution of the Board of Education of the Gilbert High School District, of Maricopa County, State of Arizona, duly passed and adopted on the 3rd day of Janu- ary, 1918, calling the election herein after mentioned notice is hereby given that an election, will be held in the main school building of the Town of Gilbert, in said High School District, on Saturday, the End day of February. 1918, from the hour of 10:00 o'clock in the forenoon, to the hour of 6:00 o'clock in the afternoon of said day during which time the polls will be open; that Charles Peterson, H. w Sawyer, and c. M. Hoffman, are the l judges appointed and named to con- duct said election at said time ana | place.
 That the purposes of said election are:
 (a) To submit to the taxpayers whe are otherwise qualified electors of sait Gilbert High School District, the ques. tion of whether or not the bonds o said Gilbert High School District shal be issued and sold in the aggregate sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50, 100000. in denominations of One Thou sand Dollars ($1,000.00) each, bearing (6ee) per annum. payable semi-an nually, and to run for twenty (20 years after date of issuance thereof the proceeds of said proposed bonds t be used and expenced as follows to-wit:
 1. The first Eleven Hundred Dol lars ($110000) thereof. to be used fo the purchase of four (4) acres of land being a part of the S1a of the NEA 0 the NE. A of the NE. 14. of Sectio 1S. Township 1 South, Range Easi GiIa and Salt River Base and Meridian
Arizona republican., 1918-01-11
THE OPEN LAND

We of the open country,
 Men of the ranch and range, Bronzed of skin and out to win, Men of the landscape strange. Hail you and bid you hither, Brother SD far away, City-beguiled and greed -defied Into the air of the day! Here visions splendid,
 Girded wth space and light; Ride where you will, there is beauty still, Breath and the body's might. The silver gray of the mesa,
 The alkali blotch below, The waters pool where the grass grows green,
 And the. far peaks tipped with snow The great gaunt of the chasms, Where the pines writhen things Small of gisth and stunted from birth, Where nothing flies sings. Yellow the sands dapple,
 Up where the foothills wind And the white stream leaps down the canyon deeps With the of the beast behind Myriad changes, myriad moods,
 Oh the glad gamut of life! Deserts ablOom bare doom,
 Places for sleep strife. All of it splendid, all of it ours! Brother by brother standi Ho, for thes West, where to breathe is best Hail, for the open land Richard Burton in Poems of the Earth's Meaning (Hot)
Arizona republican., 1918-01-11

?. Forty eight Thousand, Nine Hun dred Dollars (s4S,900.00) thereof. to be used to erect building or buildings, and equip the same, and to improve the grounds thereof. and to liquidate already incurred for 
 (b) To submit to the qualified electors of said Gilbert High School District, the question of whether or hot the Board of Education of said Gilbert High School District shall pur- chase four tD acres of land. being a bart of the Sk of the NEA of the INEL of the NEA, of Section 13 1 South, Range East, Gila land Salt River Base and Meridian.
 Dated, this 3rd day of January i191S.
 Board of Education of Gilbert Higl
 School District, By G. W. LINES, President, F. D. HOWELL, Secretary. W. NJ. SCOTT. ! Member.
Arizona republican., 1918-01-11
East, Gila and Salt River Base and

) East, Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian
 ?. Seven Thousand Two Hundred and Twenty Dollars ($7,325.0e thereof, to be used to liquidate the indebtedness already incurred in erecting and equipping school build inSs and improving the grounds there Of, and to further equip and improve ! the buildings and grounds of said ! School District No. Al, of Maricopa, { Arizona.
 1 tb) To submit to the qualified electors of said School District No. 4, the question of whether or not the 1 Board of Trustees of said School Dis trict No. 41, shall purchase one acre of land. being a part of the SE Of the NEh of the NEH of the NEi. of Section 13. Township l South. Range , East. Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian. DATED, this 3rd day of January 1918.
 Board of Trustees of School District No. Il, Maricopa County. Arizona,
 By G. W. LINES.
 Chairman.
 F. D. HOWELL
 Clerk.
 ". NJ. SCOTT. Member.
Arizona republican., 1918-01-11
NOTICE OF ELECTION

Notice is hereby given to the duali- field school electors of Phoenix School District No. 1, that an election will be held at the Administration School Building, 331 North First Avenue. Phoenix. Arizona, in School District
 No. l, County of Maricopa, State of Arizona, on the 26th day of January,
 1918. for the purpose of voting upon
 the question of the purchase Of ground
 for site for the use of said school
 district The site which will be voted
 upon at said election for the purpose
 of determining whether or not such
 site shall be selected and purchased by the Board of Trustees of said School
 District. together with the price at which said site may be purchased, is as follows: Block z, Wentworth Ad-
 dition to the City of Phoenix. Maricopa County, Arizona. The purchase price of said site is Twelve Thousand (s12.-
 000.00) Dollars. The polls will be open for voting at said election at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon and re-
 main open until the hour of six o'clock | in the afternoon of sa'd day.
 It is proposed by the Board Of | Trustees of said School District if the purchase of said site is authorized to use said site upon which to build 3 school building.
 SIMS ELY,
 l L. D. DAA1ERON. l H. J. McCLUNG. Board of Trustees. School District No | l, Maricopa County. Arizona.
Arizona republican., 1918-01-11
STACKER |S TAKEN ID FORT HUACHUCA

GLENDALE, Jan. 11.-Officer Booth went to Fort Huachuaca yesterday with the stacker he arrested a few days ago. Officer Marks is taking his place as night watchman during his absence.
 The Royal Neighbors' are arranging an elaborate affair for tonight at their lodge room. They will have joint pub lie installation and a banquet with the Woodmen.
 The two new bungalows being built Tor MT. Ludden, are nearing comple- ton and will be ready for occupancy in a few days.
 G. G. Englehart will start the build- ing of another house on his lots in East Glendale the first of the week.
Arizona republican., 1918-01-11
A JEWISH FATHERIL

The British declaration was an eX- cellent diplomatic stroke, winning the enthusiastic approval of the mass of the Russian Jews, who are the largest body of that race under a single flag in the world. The Jews of Germany and Austria are also said to be more favorably inclined toward the entente in consequence. American Jews, or the whole, hailed the declaration with enthusiasm. The Jewish dream of a homeland is the oldest dream in his- tory. Beside it, the nationalistic am- bitions of Poland, Jugo- o-Slavia and Bo- hemia are very young. The Jews have been wanderers for twenty centuries. With the return of peace they will have their home again, almost cer- tainly. whether as colony, protectorate, or independent state.
Arizona republican., 1918-01-11

brought about. Any arrangement under which a strike would be possible against the government itself would be a long step backward
 Public employment Is not the best employment It Is sought usually because of its supposed soft ness If at any time it does not suit the employe he should be permitted to leave it with little incon venience as possible to the public
Arizona republican., 1918-01-11

A Republican news story informs that did not exactly get rain Wednesday. That informa- tion not surprising to those of readers who kept sober Neither visited exactly by an earthquake or German bombardment. No we did not get wan but the gentlemen connected with the weather bureau, notice, still drawing their salaries, just the if they delivering the goods
Arizona republican., 1918-01-11
HER SECRET CHOICE

Porter Emerson Browne's little girl home from Sunday school morning and said to her mother: Mamma, in Sunday school today they asked all the children whom they wanted to be like"
 And whom did you tell them you wanted to be lke?" asked Mrs BrowneA
 T told lem the Lord-but meant Mary Pickford."
Arizona republican., 1918-01-11

There should of be no suspicion that the presidents motive in coming out for the national suffrage amendment so sordid as a purpose to clear the White House grounds of the militant pick eters.
Arizona republican., 1918-01-11

French heels doomed" says fashion note Are going to throw drown ally at this critical stage at the dictates of the Tyrant Fashion?
New Britain herald., 1918-12-13

Have Nour dollars ready.-advt.
New Britain herald., 1918-12-13
CITY ITEMS

Dress gloves, fur-lined gloves wool en gloves make very useful Xmas gifts The Farrell Clothing Co., Adv.
 We are still selling our Stetson hats for $5-elsewhere $6. Conn. Hat Co. IA dTt
 New Britain Nat. Bank Christmas Club open for bership.--Advt
 The Mems Brotherhood of the South church will meet this evening and will be addressed by Harrison Smith. of Hartford. supper will be served at 6:3O o'clock
 Rig values in coats Raphael's Spc- ciaity ShOp.-AdVt
 Leather goods. wool goods and silks. Wilson s.--AdNt.
 Have SOur dollars readv v--adyt