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The Coconino sun., 1919-01-03
Ne0s of Interest Gathered Here and There m the State
MINER IS BITTEN
 BY CHA MONSTER

Hiram Wordell, miner of the Har- qua Hala range, is on board train rushing toward San Antonio, Texas, where he will undergo treatment at a sub-station of the Pasteur institute for the bite of Gila monster.
 When Wordell left Wenden his right hand and arm were swollen to enor- mouse proportions and he complained of severe pains, especially in the head. Hydrophobia was feared.
 Wordell and a companion were sit ting on hillside in the Harqua Halas when Wordell idly laid his right hand on slanting rock. Soon thereafter he felt something gripping his hand. He jerked the hand away and with it came 'Gila monster about seven inches long, hanging on like grim death. Efforts to pry it's jaws apart were fruitless until Wordell's compan- ion cut the big lizard in two with a butcher knife. Even then it required effort to break the vise-like hold of of the reptiles jaws.
The Coconino sun., 1919-01-03
OBSERVERS IN BAD PLIGHT
 IN THEIR HIDING PLACES

Pima county's deserters from the national army will find that every avenue of egress into the land which they fled to escape military service is effectively closed to them. In com pliance with instructions from Provost Marshal General Crowder, the local draft board has placed list of aIl men from this county who have earn ed this onerous distinction in the hands of the department of justice for this purpose.
 The compilation of the list shows there are a number of former resi- dents of this county who now are ex- iles from their native land from this cause. Most are Mexican registrants, Never again will these men be per- mitted to return to this country, it is declared. If they should elude the vigilance of the border officials they will have but small chance of es- caping the system which has been built up for the express purpose of experimenting those who fled during the nations peril.
 Classified as deserters are those who failed to register; those who reg istered and neglected or refused to respond to calls to appear before the local board, and those who disappear ed after qualifying for service. These men who failed to return question naires or neglected to appear for physical examinations on dates spe- cified are also defined as deserters in the instructions of the provost mar shal and will be dealt with accord ingly.
 Many are already regretting their rash move. They are finding that even the inhabitants of the favorite haven of refuge, Mexico, are disposed to treat them with scorn and con- tempt. In letter to a friend here, a member of the "slacker" colony at Chihuahua gives an idea of the condi- tions there
 Appealing for assistance, he writes: "If you have any old clothes to spare, please send them to me. Most any thing will do. Shoes cost $25 per pair. Hats, coats, pants, etc., are just as high and I am in rags and have to go hungry lots of times. Work is awful scarce and wages are poor Anything you can do for me will be appreciated"-Tucson Star.
The Coconino sun., 1919-01-03

Friday nights snow storm invaded the Wickenburg country with fall of the beautiful for the first time known in many years, and the occas- ion was enjoyed by many as a nov city seldom experienced. Further south of that point rain prevailed and the whole section of the desert for winter feeding is now reported as the best for the approaching winter that has been known in over ten years Snow also was reported east and west of Wickenburg, the storm being gen. eral throughout this county.
The Coconino sun., 1919-01-03
I. W. w. LOOKING FOR
 NEWS OF HIMSELF

Discovered by her husband, a de partment of justice operative sta toned in Bisbee, in their home with ropes tied around her wrists and an kles and rubber ball in her mouth as gag, Mrs. R. C. Singer said she had been held a prisoner for more than an hour by a stranger, who, af- ter ransacking her husbands trunk for papers, had escaped.
 Mrs. Singer said she was in the rear of the house when stranger, a dark man of medium height, wearing a large hat pulled down over his eyes and what appeared to be a false mus tache, appeared in the doorway lead ing to the front of the house and de- manded to see her husband. Learn ing that Singer was not in, he said the department of justice man had taken some of his private papers and demanded to know where Singer kept his correspondence.
The Coconino sun., 1919-01-03
SCHOOL LEGISLATION.

Phoenix-Addressing a meeting of business men, Principal Loper of the city schools, announced there were two bills to be introduced in the com ing legislature as a result of the school survey and analyzation, one a constitutional amendment, giving mod ern economical and effective laws for the handling and supervision of the schools of the state. The other bill is plained I'll I'll I'll I'll I'll T I'll I'll the county unit plan. These, explain ed the chairman, were two fundamen- tai factors for helping the schools of the state at the present time.
The Coconino sun., 1919-01-03
COL. GREENwAY'S CONDITION.

Bisbee-Col. John c. Greenway was severely gassed, but his condition did not become as serious as at first re- ported, according to letter received from Thomas A. Cowan by his father, J. A. Cowan, superintendent of the Warren Street Railway company. MT. Cowan, Jr., called on Colonel Green way November 2S at the hospital, spending three hours with him, dur ing which they talked over a wide range of subjects of mutual interest from the mines of the Warren district to the trenches, in which they both saw service. The letter left the good inference that Colonel Greenway was making satisfactory recovery.
The Coconino sun., 1919-01-03
CONVICT KIDNAPERS
 CAPTURED AT BORDER

After evading pursuing posses of four counties for more than four days, two escaped convicts from the state penitentiary at Florence were taken into custody at Douglas Saturday night by the military authorities in the act of attempting to cross the in ternational line into Mexico in an au- tomobile with another man and two women.
 According to the officials, one of the women in the automobile fired at border guard when he commanded them to halt, but the party was over powered by a cavalryman, who single handed, lined up his prisoners to await the coming of assistance.
 The captured men are J. c. Wun- der, alias Frank Warden, and Emmett McDaniels, escaped convicts, and Pat McDaniels, brother of the last named. The women in the party are. Laura Foreman, aged IT, of Florence, and Grace Barns of Scottsdale, Ariz.
The Coconino sun., 1919-01-03
Laborers can no longer be brought

Laborers can no longer be brought qualification for the admission of for ricultural and other work as provided in a war emergency measure enacted a year ago following the declaration of war. At that time it was decided to waive the literacy test and other qualifications for the admissionof for eigners in order to fill the gap caused by the departure of soldiers from the mines and agricultural fields of the southwest. Many thousands of Mexi- cans came to this country under this ruling in order to get the high wages offered. This special ruling has now been abrogated.
The Coconino sun., 1919-01-03
MILITARY FUNERAL FOR
 LIEUT.. BERT LYONS

The funeral for Lieutenant Albert Lyon was held Tuesday afternoon and interment was made in Hill Crest cemetery. The funeral was conducted with the impressive military ceremo- nies of the U. s. army in which Lieut.. Lyon was an officer when an attack of illness proved fatal.
 Officers from Ft. Wingate attended and a detail of six privates acted as pail bearers and eight non-commis- stoned officers made up firing squad, which was under command of Second Lieutenant William G. Keynes. formerly of the 18th cavalry, now of tht quartermaster's corps. Lieuten- ant Sawyer was in charge of the cer- emonies. The casket, when brought from the Page hotel by the soldier pail bearers was covered with the American flag and was saluted by of- ficers and men before it was placed in the hearse.-Gallup Herald.
The Coconino sun., 1919-01-03

Dr. c. w. Suit, after two years and three months active practice of his profession in Clarkdale and vicinity is making arrangements to leave soon after the first of January. He and Mrs. Suit will go directly to New Or leans, Louisiana, where he will spend the winter taking a post graduate course. They will leave their child ren in the convent at Prescott during their absence. He has not fully decid- ed where he will locate after finishing at New Orleans, but states that it will be somewhere in Arizona.--Jerome News.
The Coconino sun., 1919-01-03
WINS INSTANCE.

Phoenix-Nine jurors, to whom the case of Sanderson versus the Arizona Fire Insurance company was finally submitted, returned unanimous yer dict of $24,941.50 in favor of the plaintiff. Sanderson, who had insur- ed his 1917 bean crop with the Ari. zona Fire Insurance company for $28,- 900, asked to recover the full amount of the policy when the entire cror was destroyed in the fall of 1917. The company refused to make the pay. ment, contending that the crop was insured for an amount more than the actual value of the same.
The Coconino sun., 1919-01-03
AND NO LEGISLATURE, EITHER

Phoenix-An epidemic of petty thieving has broken out in the down. town district. Hotel and restaurant men are indignant, not because of competition, but by reason of annoy ance from complaints filed by GUS toners alleging packages missing. Stores have the same complaint. Parked automobiles have been special ized prey during the week, every thing loose within machines being counted to the good by the thieves. The police have been unable to get in touch with the gang that is evidently carrying on the operations.
The Coconino sun., 1919-01-03
MEXICAN BOOTLEGGERS.

Ash Fork-Five Mexicans, hiding under the seats of an empty passen- ger coach that was being dead-headed Through to Winslow over the Santa Fe, were arrested and 22 cases of whiskey, valued at about $3000, were confiscated by United States deputy marshals at Seligman. The Mexicans gave the names of Juan Boronegea, Domingo Bilboa, Juan Cabarles, Fil- berto Rosales and Santos Agrebano. The prisoners were taken to Prescott, where they are still in custody.
The Coconino sun., 1919-01-03
SUICIDE AT PHOENIX.

Phoenix-Kissing her husband goodbye as he left the house for the grocery store where he is employed, Mrs. Helen R. Sager went to the rear enclosed porch of her home on East First avenue in Mesa, adjusted a leather strap about her neck, climbed on chair, tied the end of the strap to a nail and then kicked the chair from under her feet.
 Her dead body was not discovered until several hours later when at noon her husband, Thomas Sagers, returning home for luncheon, went through the house and to the rear porch in search of his wife.
The Coconino sun., 1919-01-03
CHANGE TO SQUARE.

J. K. Finley, who procured $152 from the Southwest Cotton company of Phoenix by criminal transactions and forged the name of the company in the sum of $1,505.99, was given an eight-year suspended sentence on the condition that he forthwith pay the company $1,521 and the amount of the forged check in the installments of $50 a month. After the check is cleared Finley must return to his rel atives the amount advanced that he might clear his first debt to the cor poration.
The Coconino sun., 1919-01-03
HOMER WOOD QUITS
 COUNCIL OF DEFENSE

Homer R. Wood, of Prescott, Yav- apai county's member of the state council of defense, has rendered his resignation to take effect January 1. It is understood that Woods rela- tions with other members of the coun- cil have been anything but harmon ious. He is understood to have been the origination of the cost marking order, which made about as much of a hit as a German in Belgium.
The Coconino sun., 1919-01-03
ALLEGED EMBEZZLER.

Wilson Van Dusen of the Akron Tire company of Phoenix was taken into custody by Special Officer Bled- soc of the federal service in relation to an alleged shortage in war savings stamps which are said to have been committed to his charge as one of the workers in the recent campaign to bring this county up to its quota.
The Coconino sun., 1919-01-03
REGIMENT 10 DRIVE RABBITS.

Douglas-What will probably be the greatest rabbit drive in the history of the southwest probably will be held in the Sulphur Springs valley in the vicinity of McNeal within week or two. Col. George B. Rodney of the seventeenth cavalry is arranging to take out the whole regiment to take part in the days sport.
The Coconino sun., 1919-01-03
OIL DISTRICT OFFICERS.

Holbrook--Over 100 people inter ested in exploration for oil in this sec tion have joined in forming the Hol- brook oil district. Officers elected in formal gathering were President, Judge Sidney Sapp, Holbrook; Vice President, L. L. Mckay, Kingman; Secretary, George M. Braxton, Hol- brook.
The Coconino sun., 1919-01-03
HONORED BY BELGIUM.

Phoenix-First Lieut.. Marshall s. Broadway, son of Dr. and Mrs. G. M. Broadway of Phoenix, is among those honored by receiving the Belgian croix de guerre. Lieut.. Broadway is a graduate of the Phoenix union high school of the class of '12 and before leaving for France was married to Miss Alice Drew of Tacoma, Wash, who is spending the winter at the Brockway home in Phoenix.
The Coconino sun., 1919-01-03
TO PROTEST FREIGHT RATES.

Phoenix-To protest the raising of freight rates under the proposed zone system in Arizona, meeting of per sons interested, to be held under the auspices of the traffic committee of the chamber of commerce, has been called for Friday evening at 8 o'clock. Attendance from all parts of the state is hoped for.
The Coconino sun., 1919-01-03

Forty-six persons were arrested in one day in Tucson by officers detailed for the purpose of arresting those who did not comply with the city or dinance regarding the wearing of the influenza masks in public places. Of this number 26 were fined.
The Coconino sun., 1919-01-03

Five soldiers from Douglas, who with a leave of absence from Camp Harry J. Jones have been in the vii cinity of Fucker canyon, were ar rested for killing deer recently and taken before justice of the peace at Webb and fined $15 each.
The Coconino sun., 1919-01-03
DOUGLAS LIFTS QUARANTINE.

Douglas-Material decline in the flu epidemic has resulted in the quaran- tine regulation extant at Camp Harry Jones being lifted by the commander of the military district. Flu regula- tions in the city are at the same time lifted, except that theatre attendants are still required to wear masks while witnessing performances.
The Coconino sun., 1919-01-03
ESTATE T0 FRIENDS.

Bequeathing to his friends his estate: valued at several thousand dollars, Thomas N. Lowell, mining man of Swansea, who died recently, directed that his entire property go to Phoe- nicians. According to the petition for probate of will, Lowell had no rela- tiyes.
The Lamar register., 1919-12-17

dazed manner as though he had been
hit on the head and was seeing stars,
he said, "Well, I'll be --. I've
run up against all kinds of nerve late
ly, but this certainly takes not only
the cake, but the entire bakery as well.
What do you think, over in depart
ment A, one of our men lies stretched
out on table fast asleep and he has
a printed card on his breast which
reads, If you wake me up, III quit
What shall | do ?" The boss was
thoughtful for minute and then he
said, How much are you paying
him ?" Eight dollars a day." said
the superintendent. "What will hap
pen if you wake him up?" "Well, you
know what will happen as well as /
men and the chances are a hundred
to one that he will stir up trouble" /"
The boss sighed and said, "Well let
him sleep"
The neighbor on our right dropped
in for a chat few evenings since and
in the course of conversation he said
that he was not receiving his evening
paper until it was almost time to go
to bed and that when he spoke to the
newsboy about it, he simply gave him
the laugh. He said he went over to
the newspaper office to enter a COM
plant and they told him they We're
sorry, but really could do nothing
about it, They said the boy was max
ing fifteen dollars week after school
hours, that very few boys wanted to
work and that they had to handle them
very carefully, otherwise they would
not be able to get their papers deliver
ed at all
If it were not tragic, it would be
laughable, but be of good cheer We
are simply passing through stage of
existence when many people have gone
nutty. One of these days the pendu-
lum will swing back; one of these days,
they will come to their senses.-Mak-
ing Tracks.
The Lamar register., 1919-12-17
Russian Bison Esterminated.

What has happened. during the war,
to the bison herds Of Central Europei
Protected by a ukase Of the Car
Alexander. bisons still existed in some
private parks OF Poland and Lithuania.
the last of their kind In Europe. Count
Potocki's herd was kept In an immense
park. and for some time was protected
by the Cossacks Of the Don. But ac-
cording to a French writer. NJ Grand
idier. there is no doubt as to their
ultimate fac. In 1917 the bolshevlki
thought fitting to include the herd in
their policy of determination. Bisons
could not be owned by everybody.
therefore they must be owned by no
body, and so, in the general cataclysm.
the famous herd disappeared.
The Lamar register., 1919-12-17
HAVE DRIFTED INTO A TANGLE
Democratic Statesmen Give Over At.
tempt to Defend Administra-
tiOn Acts.

Washington, Dec. 15.-The lament
able condition of things that obtains
with respect to Mexico. though it hard
ly has needed emphasis, was brought
more than ever into the limelight by
the statements of Secretary Lansing
before the Senate foreign relations
committee.
Mr.. Lansing criticised the course of
the government in the past toward
Mexico. He described il as "supine. /"
He said among other things that the
only excuse that could be offered was
that n war with Germany was i'm
pending and it was not considered ad-
visable to take on too much at once.
The reflection of the Secretary on
this governments Mexican policy, to-
gether with his relation that the Pres
ident had not been consulted about il
since his illness, have served, if pos
sible, to deepen the general impression
here that the relations of this nation
to Mexico have drifted into about as
bad a tangle as could be conceived of.
Heretofore, democratic Senators and
democratic officials have, with little
exception, defended or glossed over
what has been done or not done by
this government in reference to Mex
leo. They evidently perceive that it
is useless or unwise to do this longer
The criticism of the Mexican policy
by Secretary Lansing. however, has
caused surprise here. 1t seems to in
dicate he has been out of sympathy
with the administration course. II
is recalled that he was out of sym
pathy with much the President did re-
garding the peace negotiations. I'm
der the circumstances there is more
wonderment than ever that Mr.. Ian
sing has kept on holding to his office
when he would have been able, by re-
signing and speaking out the facts
as he saw them, to have performed 9
real public service.
The Lamar register., 1919-12-17
Whalers In the Sky.

The shooting Of q whale with a ma
chine gun from his airplnne by an
American aviator or he Pacific coast.
near San Diego. Cal. a few days ago
opens up new field Of possibility In
the whaling industry. 1t, suggests
whaling ships of the future cruising
forth with an equipment Of airplanes
and complement OF aviators and
skilled gunners TO scout for and bag
these monsters Of the deep. II 1t seems
fantastic, one has only to remember
ttAt other Industries have been more
startiingly revolutionized in the last
40 or so years by the Invention Of new
appliances or the discovery Of new
processes.
The Lamar register., 1919-12-17
Maqpie Pet Of Public.

The magpie in Kensington gardens
has many friends who attend his daily
levee. One OF so tender a heart that
she conceals chicken bones In her
nun for his delight was told that an
offering OF meal-worms would prove
Irresistible.
She sought this delicacy. but only
to learn that It is now unobtainable
For meal-worms. as an article OF bird.
fare, came from Germany.
Most of us will bear with equanimity
the disappearance Of this strangest Of
Hunnish trades. To the authorities
of the Geological gardens however.
the problem ~ msftl-woru production
is said tn he 90 t"'"hfN -r 'Hi Un
solved. l.cHduu f't ir
The Lamar register., 1919-12-17
Soup Carts VS.. Dinner Pals

Ham Lewis says the Democratic
party has done away with the work
ingman's dinner pail. Yes, and also
with the workingman's ''growler" "
What the Democratic party is now try
ing to do is to get the worlSingman
to support communist soup cart with
no work and plenty of provender at
taxpayers expense. And if that soup
cart is trundled around by the league
Of nations, so much the better for Ham
Lewis and his fellow ame-ducks. They
will get a job ladling out ambrosial
slush.
The Lamar register., 1919-12-17
Their Guns Are Our Guns

American troops may soon have an
opportunity to get first hand informa-
ton as to the efficiency of those rifles
and ammunition which the Wilson adj
ministration has been permitting to 90
to Mexico during the past year The
American soldier shot trough the lungs
with a rifle placed in the hands Of a
Mexican sniper by Wilson's order
ought to give a good testimonial.
The Lamar register., 1919-12-17
Two Old Lame Ducks

Sam Gompers, president of the A..
F. Of L. and William Wilson, Secre-
tary Of Labor, have both been good
men in their day. and have rendered
good service to the cause Of labor.
But old age has sapped their courage
and today they are but masks behind
which the evil forces of labor busy
themselves in Vaccinations to destroy
this Republic.
The Lamar register., 1919-12-17
If 1t Wasn't Tragical, 1t Would BE
Laughable.

We may have told you this story
before, but even so, due to the fact
that it is true and due also to the
further fact that silimar events are
happening in nearly every business
every day-although perhaps not in
quite so exaggerated form-it will
bear repeating.
We have a friend operating biz.
manufacturing plant, employing near
ly or quite one thousand men. A few
weeks since while seated in his office,
his superintendent came in and in a
The Lamar register., 1919-12-17
WASHINGTON NOTES
Doc" Grayson-onicial Pill Dispense

DOC" Grayson-Officia Pill Dispenser
Bulletins are published from the
White House by the Admiral of the
presidential fleet of pill boxes, each
one announcing that the President is
better" And the question arises,
How many "betters" does it require
TO make a sick man well Meanwhile
the cabinet, without a head flops
around like decapitated chicken, and
the responsibility for the Federal Gov
crnment has been assumed by the
United States Senate where it finds
safe guidance.
The Lamar register., 1919-12-17
"MOurners VIII Furnish
Their Own Rnrpics

The fact that the advice Of Colonel
House has not been sought by the
White House with respect to the Mex
lean situation lends color to the report
that he has been dropped by the All
Highest He will probably devote his
remaining days to writing a sequel to
Philip Drew, Administrator" in which
the hero passes into oblivion via the
hackstairs of the league of nations
temple.
The Lamar register., 1919-12-17
Piano For Sale

We have in Lamar a strictly high
grade piano which if sold at once can
be purchased at positive bargain.
Liberal terms to responsible party.
Particulars will be supplied by writ
ing,
THE DENVER MUSIC COMPANY
Denver, Colo.
The Lamar register., 1919-12-17
The Ayes Have 1t!

A White House report states that
President Wilson was recently trundl-
ed out to his sheep barn in a wheel
chair. This is harsh treatment of a
patient such as Woodrow Wilson. Why
take him where he is confronted with
so much eve and so little "1"?
The Lamar register., 1919-12-17
Strayed

One sorrel mare, 8 years old. VT.
about 1150. no brand or blemishes.
One sorrel horse, smooth mouth, VT
about 1150. Branded with open o on
jaw. Both have foretops clipped.
Liberal reward for information.
II. L. SIMS, Lamar.