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Arizona republican., 1919-12-30
ARREST WATCHMAN
 IF HARDWARE STORE
 AND RECOVER GOODS

William Weast, night watchrnan for the Arizona Hardware Supply com pany at Third avenue and Jackson street was arrested at his home on Christy Road yesterday afternoon in connection with the disappearance from the company's building on Sun day night of two rifles, two automatic pistols, 1000 rounds Of mixed ammuni- ton. 12 pocket knives, four safety razors and other articles. Walter Weast. his cousin, has also been ar rested.
 The Yeast cousins are alleged to have made a full confession of the af- fair to R. A. Jarrott. assistant county attorney. According to the statement it is alleged they made. William Weast assisted Walter at 10 o'clock Sunday evening, to obtain the rifles and ammunition in view of an ap- preaching hunt in the vicinity of Winslow, where Walter is employed by the state highway department Walter Weast was arrested in the vicinity of the wholesale house Sum- day evening by Officer Graham of the city police. The sheriffs office was notified and this afternoon Deputies Dewitt and Smith, with Charles De- Mund, vice president of the company went to Williams home three miles west of the city and arrested William.
 According to Deputy Dewitt. who worked on the case Sunday night two trips were made to Third avenue and Jackson street, the first in a side car, after which load of the articles were taken to room 50 of the Madison hotel. and the second on foot.
 Search made by Patrolman Graham and himself at the hotel room, De- Witt says. yielded the greater portion of the articles taken.
 Rosa Hernandez. a Mexican girl was arrested at the hotel in connec- ton with the affair, and is beihg held by the police for investigation. along with two other persons.
Arizona republican., 1919-12-30
PIANO AND VOICE
 PUPILS IN RECITAL

The piano pupils of Mrs Arthur Gibbons Hulett gave a recital at her home. SIS West Roosevelt street, Mon day afternoon at o'clock They were assisted by some of her voice pupils and Wilma Day, violiniste. Christmas carol records were played on the vic trola- The following well-rendered program was given: Piano-"Lightly Dance" ....... Anon
 Lewis Standage. Piano -"Ding- Dong Belr'-"Sing Robin, Sing .Spaulding
 May Roach. Piano-"Turtle Dove" polka. - .Behr
 Evelyn Clark. Piano-'-The Little Rogue" Hoffman
 Dorothy Cover. Voice-'-The Crying Waters. -.............. Campbell -Tipton
 Alice Knight Piano-~Christmas Eve" Helms
 James GenneT. Piano-"Cradle Song" ......B .Barili
 Florence Elliott Piano-Mazourka ..Gustav Schumann
 Lucille Dester. Violin-F1ower song .Lange
 Wilma Day.
 Georgia Lee Day at the piano. Piano-"The Grandmother's Song. ..... .-............-.. Bacnman
 Methel Ingraham. Piano-'Bird as Prohphet". Schumann Nocturne Op- ....-....-.C Chopin
 Dorothy Barr. Piano-Scherzo in E flat -. .Liebling
 Florence Hanny. Voice - One Fine Day." from Madam Butterfly" .Puccini
 Mrs. Harold Singer. Piano-Barcaro1le ........... Jensen Valse Op. 2 .............Ch Chopin
 Georgie Lee Day. Piano-"La Rose," variations bril- 
 Phyllis Pedeski. Piano 70 Thou Sublime Sweet Evening Star" Wagner Liszt
 Evelyn Hayes. Bridal Process SiOn Crelg Mary Bernice Buchanan. ....... .Oley Speaks l Damon .-....-.... Max Stange 1
 Hazel Soule.
Arizona republican., 1919-12-30
Fittings
 will be made as promptly as possible. Charge purchases will appear on your February First statement.
HOLD TAXI DRIVER
 ID SUPERIOR COURT
 0V SERIOUS CHARGE

Raising the bond from $20O0 to $4000, Judge Nat Mckee of the West Phoenix precinct justice court bound over Fl. $. Schaulis of Tempe to the superior court yesterday afternoon on a charge of attempted criminal at tack preferfed by Miss Dora Ramirez. Judge J. H. Cummings of Tempe, in whose court Schaulfs appeared De- cember 20 on the same charge, and was released, was witness yesterday. The Tempe justice has stated that he dismissed the Schaulis case because of insufficient evidence.
 Dora Ramirez, the complaining witness. testified that she is 26 years old. and that she came to Tempe on the night of December 23 from Cali patria, California. Hiring a taxi driven by Schaulis at the station, she said she asked him to drive her to Mesa. As they passed C. F. Pines ranch on the north road she was forced. she said. to leap from the car to escape his improper advances. He stopped the car and followed. she add ed. After scuffle he left her. Miss Ramirez testified. and she spent the night on the ditch bank.
 Schaulis denied the story entirely, declaring that, frightened because he was taking the north road to Mesa, the young woman jumped from the machine. He attempted to persuade her to come back, he said, but she wouldn't so he turned his car around and returned to Tempe.
 c. F. Pine testified to finding Miss Ramirez the following morning. He said she hired him to take her to Mesa in his car. Frank J. Freedman of Tempe said he found q green hand bag, identified as the property of the plaintiff. along the road. Paul B. Bur- rell of Mesa testified to finding her suitcase in the road at o'clock in the morning. James M. Piersoll, who rode in the taxi with Schaulis and Miss Ramirez from the depot to Tempe. said hers suitcase was in the back seat, this statement being at variance with the testimony of Schau Ifs, who had previously declared that she kept it in the front seat and that she took it with her when. she left the car
Arizona republican., 1919-12-30
UTILITY FIGURES
 SHOK KGROWTH OF. AND STATE.
Revenues Of Gas Compan- ies More Than Doubled In Four Years - Electric Com p an i e s Increased Nearly AS Much

Tremendous advances made in the operating revenues and expenses of the gas. electricity. and water companies or the state during the four-year pe- riod from 1914 to 1918 indicate in a startling manner the wonderful growth made by Phoenix and the state of Arf- zona during that period, according to Engineer Ben Ferguson of the state corporation commission The figures for 1919 will be announced later.
 The gas companies revenues more than doubled. the revenues for the elec- tric companies nearly doubled, and the water company revenues increased about 50 per cent
 The following paragraphs detail the total operating revenues and total operating expenses for the three prime utilities:
 Gas-1s14. s21s.2s5.ss revenue. s1ss,- .2S-39 expense; 1915, S2S2, 2,579.02, $230.- 2521a: 1916. so5.o25.oS. s251.s47.47; o74.27. s456.s72.24
 Electric-ls14. s1,4o1 .s4so7. ss36.- 09S-30: 1916. $1.405.53427. $925.539.21; 1916. s1.674.951.45. s1.127. .519.90; 1917, s2:215.235.5s. s1.5o2.29s.o4; 1918. $2.513.- Ss7.74. $1.s67. .37I.53.
 water-1e14. s44s.7ss.7e. sso4. .s57.eo: 1915. $422.s76.ss. $30s.s55.33; s1916. s515,476-17, $35S. S.S76.53; 1917. S559,521 69 s3S3.574.49: 1918, s6s273s.97. s532. .42s.15.
 The gas company expenses increased
 
 over the preceding year. In 1916 the expenses increased 9:3S per cent, in 1917 the increase was 3S.53, and in 1918 the increase was 30.96.
 The electric company expense in creases were III per cent in 1915, 21.S2 per cent in 1916. 33.23 per cent in 1917, and 24-30 per cent in 1918.
 The water company expense fncreas- es were 1.s3 per cent in 1915, 15.70 per cent in 1916, 6.S1 per cent in 1917, and 3S-S1 per cent in 1918
 The big mining companies usually make their own power and do not have to report under the public service | rules, Engineer Ferguson says, so he | has no data about the electricity used | by them. The Salt River Valley Water | UseTs' association. he says, does not re- l port. so no figures are available from | that source excepting the indirect re- | ports from the local gas and electric | company for energy secured by that | concern from the water users. Many water companies throughout | the state are owned by municipalities | that do not have to report The cor poratton engineer has a mass of statis- tics detailing further the reports on the public utilities concerns. All of | his figures. he says bear out the show ing for a phenomenal growth made by this state during the four years from 1914 to 1918.
Arizona republican., 1919-12-30
BRILL CAR LINE |S
 ABBREVIATED, CLAIM
 0F RURAL JEWELLERS

Utterly exasperated about the con-
 tinued necessity for dish-pan manifes .
 tations by day and lurid messages by
 night in order to coax the Brill street constituting the last four blocks of that line. Attorney Spencer B. Pugh and 25 other residents who live near the lines end have appealed to the state corporation commission for re- lief. and official action of some sort is promised within 10 days
 They allege that the Brill cars usu- ally and most always end their run at a point just four blocks from the end of the track and that it is neces- sary usually and most always for would-be be-Jounced travellers wait ing at the terminal to signal the car to f1ivver over to them. They allege further that in response to their sig nals the car comes sometimes. but that usually and most always it does not. By day, they say, they endeavor to at tract the motorman by fanciful gy- rations of the human form, or by dish pan rhapsodies, and by night they do things with lanterns that would have brought secret service agents on their trail when the war was on.
 It Is apparent. from their complaint to the corporation commission, that they do not object so much to the nec- essity for dishpan solos or lantern as to the fact that the car is so blamed unresponsive to the best that they can do. Attorney Pugh says they get the maddest in rainy weather.
 The first complaint was filed with the commission on November 25, and the commission attempted to settle diff ferences informally by communicating with Manager s. H. Mitchell of the Phoenix Railway company The att tempt failed, according to the commits sion, so a formal notice was sent Man ager Mitchell late yesterday. to answer within ten days unless he desires to have the argument come to formal hearing.
 Manager Mitchell was out of the city last night, but a representative at his office stated that the company had nothing to say at this time.
Arizona republican., 1919-12-30

chamber of commerce, do hereby re- solve that a request be and is hereby made for the construction of a union depot to be used by the roads now entering the city. to include provision for use by other railroads which will enter the city in the future: and
 We further make this request with a friendly spirit of cooperation, as- surfing the railroads and their officials that the citizens of Phoenx. through the city officials and the commercial bodies of the city. will render every plans which may be agreed upon as adequate to the needs not only of the city / of Phoenix of today. 1919, but sufficient to the needs of a city of 100000 in 1925, which we have every reason to believe will be the city of Phoenix by that date. We further
 Resolve, That this resolution be submitted to the officials of the city of Phoenix for approval by the city commission, to the county of Mari copa for approval by the board of su- pervfsors. to the chamber of commerce for approval by it's board of directors. to the Merchants and Manufacturers association for approval by its board of directors, to the Woman's club for approval by its officers. the Real Es- state board for approval by it's of ficers, and to the Rotary and Kiwanis clubs for their approval. After ap- proval. copies of the resolution shall be submitted to the railroad and Arf- zona corporation commission.
 Approved this z9th day of Decem- Der, 1919.
 THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, By 1T. W. ASBURY.
 Chairman. Phoenix. Arizona
Arizona republican., 1919-12-30
HOLIDAY DRUNK Is
 FOLLOWED BY DEATH

Guadalupe Gomez. 3s years old, died at the city jail yesterday morning at l o'clock from the effects of alcoholic poisoning, according to a verdict by a coroner's jury in Judge Wheelef-s court yesterday afternoon.
 Unable to speak or stand erect, Go- meg was arrested on Washington street Saturday afternoon by Officers John Duncan and J. w. Mccormick and booked at the police station for drunkenness. Late Sunday evening. Officers Graham and Cutler, Gomez had recovered sufficiently to complain that his stomach was on fire. Medi- cines were administered in vain, and two hours later he was dead. Whether or not death was the result of wood alcohol was not established at the in quest.
Arizona republican., 1919-12-30
SHOWS RA|LROADSW WHY UNION DEPOT HERE
 |S IMPERATIVE NEED

Immediate construction of a union depot for Phoenix sufficinetly large to adequately provide station facilities for city of 100000 population, is re- quested of railroads entering this city in resolution adopted by the cham Der of commerce depot committee yes terday.
 Such an improvement. the resolution points out. is ir harmony with the progress made in every line of en- deavor in the Salt River valley; that the increase in passenger traffice and railroad business of every description fully warrants and 5ustifies a new depot
 Prior to its presentation to the rail- road companies and the Arizona cor portation commission, the resolution is to be submitted to city and county officials as we'll as civic organizations for their approval The resolution follows:
 Whereas. The growth and develop ment of the city of Phoenix and the surrounding agricultural area during the past ten years has been remark able as shown by the following fig ures:-
 Tn 1910 the census gave Phoenix a population of 11.134 and today, De- cember IS. 1919. the population is eetf- mated to be approximately 10000, that of the county has grown in the same period from 34.4sS to 75.000. In 1910- II the assessed valuation of the city 1sis-19 it is s31.534.402. while the val nation in Marfcopa county has grown from ST. 7.SO0, ,5446s in 1910 to s100.- c5O.6s7.31 in 1919: and
 Whereas. Phoenix is the capital city of the state of Arizona and the center of an agricultural empire. em- bracing at this time 295,000 acres un- der irrigation and cultivation. which area. within the next year, with the present development plans completed as outlined. will make the total of land under irrigation and cultivation over 4OO, 900 acres. and on which land there are at present 6588 farmers and their families with this number increasing to ssss farmers and families in 12 months: and
 Whereas, The agricultural crop of Maricopa county has now grown to an enormous amount, for example that of 1919 totaling s4o'-
 aWhereas. This growth and develop ment is in harmony with the progress made in every line of endeavor, in the increase in passenger traffice and rail road business of every description, which has resulted in added revenue for railroad companies entering Phoe- nix: and
 whereas, The time has long since arrived when the station or depot fa- -ilfties provided for the city of Phoe- nix have been inadequate to care for the volume of passenger business which is computed to reach the total of over TOO passengers day; and
 Whereas The citizens of Phoenix and the commercial bodies of the city | and county made few requests on the railroads for betterments of any na- fure during the period of the great l war. now happily brought to con- elusive peace: and
 "Whereas, The war now over. the citizens of Phoenix and the commer rial organizations of the city and county believe the time has arrived for | extensive improvements and better nents to be carried out by the railroads entering Phoenix: now therefore.
 ~we. The depot committee of tho
Arizona republican., 1919-12-30
GOVERNMENT STORES AVAILABLE FUR HIGH
 SCHOOLS 0F STATE

Military equipment valued at ap- proximately $11,000 per school is avail able from the government stores for all high schools having 100 or more students acceptable for military train ing provided certain mild conditions are observed, according to Adjutanr General Walter $. Ingalls,. The Phoe- nix high school to date has not given notice of it's intention to secure the equipment
 The Tucson high school, he says, has applied for it's $11.000 equipment, has met the conditions imposed and has been recommended therefor. The Douglas high school has made it's ap- plication, and is awaiting the adju- tant generals examination. Other high schools which General Ingalls, believes can qualify are those at Globe, Yuma, Mesa, Glendale and Prescott.
 The state law provides that all high schools having 30 or more youths of 14 years or over must have military training for at least 30 minutes daily. The adJutant generals department has about $10,000 worth of state military equipment at hand and about $10OOO available for purchasing more, the de- partment's limit of $20,000 worth of equipment for all the high schools in the state being less than the govern ment will give to any two qualifying schools.
 The equipment which the govern ment will furnish includes, guns. belts. ammunition. targets, haversacks, chow tools and other items, besides some ar- engagement about uniforms. The au- Jutant general is considering the word ing of the specifications about uni forms. An allowance of $6 per year per student Is made for ammunition.
Arizona republican., 1919-12-30

land in the 50-mile race. has . new machine. The car on which he now bestows his affections Is the Essex Special.
 The Overland bunch are out after Johnny's scalp and they feel confident that they will get it. It was nip and tuck in the race two years ago, for at no time until the finish were the two cars moro than 10 seconds apart. They are so evenly matched that 1t is bound to be pretty race. and fight to the finish between the two slxilfu1 drivers.
 This is only one of many highly ex- citing events that are scheduled for the aero-auto stunts of next Thursday. The crowning achievement of all, 1t Is predicted, win be the mid -air change from one airplAne to another by the mystery man. whose name has not been made public.
Arizona republican., 1919-12-30
WiH YOu I1pest stigdte These Values 7Oddy?

The Fact that Women KNOW that this unusual Cloak and Suit Shop never carries anything over into new sea son--makes OUT Semi-Annual Sales REAL CLEARANCE SALES.
Arizona republican., 1919-12-30
COPPER

NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-Copper steady 1sA @19. Bar silver 1-S1.
Arizona republican., 1919-12-30
SERIOUSLY INJURED
 BY DELIVERY TRUCK

Appateteo Laviniv was seriously injured when he was struck by an auto delivery truck as he was crossing the street at the corner of Jefferson and Fourth streets about o'clock last night.
 Van Ortez, who was driving the truck. said he was going east on Jef- ferson street at . moderate rate of speed when he saw Laviniv in the cen- ter of the street. He said Laviniv started toward the curbing, then sud- denly turned and ran back directly in front of the oncoming truck. AL though insisting that he was driving the truck slowly. Ortex admitted that he collided with q tree with sufficient impact to throw him from the truck. Laviniv was given emergency treat ment at the city jail.
Arizona republican., 1919-12-30
TICKET SALE TODAY
 FOR HELEN STANLEY

Ticket sale for the Helen Stanley concert continues until Saturday night at Kerr and Smalley's music store, corner of Second avenue and Wash ington street. Single tickets are priced at g each.
 Madame Stanley will sing at the High school auditorium next Satur- day night, with Ellmer Zoller as her accompanist. She will arrive by motor from Tucson in the course of the afternoon.
 Her concert is the third number of the series given by the Musical Events club which has already included the Duncan dancers with George Cope land and the joint recital by Merle Aicock and Lambert Murphy.
 COPPER
 NEW YORK. Dec. 2s.-Copper steady 1894 @19 Bar silver l31
Arizona republican., 1919-12-30
RIVALRY IN 50-M|LE
 RACE NEW YEAR'SD DAY

There will undoubtedly be a keen rivalry developed at the automobile races New Years day owing to the fact that Johnny Mais. who piloted the s'MilIer Special two years ago ana barely nosed out the little Over
Arizona republican., 1919-12-30
GRAIN

CHICAGO. H., Dec 29-C1ose: Corn-Dec, s1.3sA; Jan, $130N; May, $129ss.
 Oats-May, s21zc; July, 7sc. Pork-Jan.. s37.15; May, s36.4o. Lard-Jan., $23.22: May. $24.22.
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-17
WONDER v At FORESTS QUIET
Travellers Have. Frequently Com.
mentsd on Apparent Deficiency 81 4
Y .s. Animal Life In the Woods.

European travellers frequently alluds
to the American forest as remarkable
for its solitude and deficiency Of AMI.
NAL life. A foreigner Is struck with
surprise. when rambling through the
bush, at the scarcity Of BIRDS rabbits.
and hares, and astonished when In the
deepest recesses of the Wild country
he sees no increase of their numbers.
When padding his canoe through lake
and river he will startle but Few palrs
Of exceedingly timid waterfowl, where
in Europe they swan In multitudes.
This scarcity Of animals, would re-
mark, Is not peculiar to the American
wilderness. The same fact has been
observed In extensive forests both In
europe and Asia and Ii proportion 40
the traveller penetrates into their In
tcrfors he finds q smaller number Of
animals Of almost every species. Birds,
Insects and quadrupeds will multiply
in certain ratio with the progress Of
agriculture. 90 long AZ there remains q
sunlciency Of wild wood to afford them
b refuge and q home. They use the
forest chiefly for shelter, and the open
grounds for fornge: the woods are
their house, the meadows their farm
Wilson Flagg, in "Woods and By.WayS
Of New England" ...ss ts,s.g
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-17
Wlrelese ". wire,

=. . ~ 4, - .
Will all the telegraph ana telephone
poles. wires and instruments connect.
ed with these methods Of communities.
ton be simply 80 much "scrap" In .
year or so1 Representative Steener.
son Of Minnesota. ranking Republican
member Of the house post ONCE COM
rhittee, predicted "Yes," II the progress
now being made In wireless communi-
cation continues. Mr.. Steensrson, ~
quoted in The Wireless Age says:
Radio communication IL the coming
thing. It is making such rapid strides
that before the end Of the year. the
average American viii not be bother.
ing much about the transmission Of IN
ordinary message over nm ordinary
telegraph or telephone wire or ~ to
whether the ordinary telephone or tel
egraph wire is owned or controlled By
government or private interests"
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-17
Tore shows his hand and
makes threats. Stairway
defies him and makes coun-
terthreats.
He Wears I Necklaces.
Gro BE coNT1NUED.)

Did you ever hear Of man wear
Ing q necklace? Well, that il what
the male Canadian warbler does, while
on the female Of this attractive bird
there Is only the slightest indication
ct a necklace. says the American For
estry association, Washington, which
is conducting the nation wide bird
house building contest among school
children The warbler's necklace Of
black spots shows up very strlkingly
on his olive green and yellowish throat
and breast. On the back the bird 10
Of slate gray color with the tail more
Of an olive brown tone. This is very
lively bird. It Is very seldom still
for more than q few seconds before It
dashes out at some tempting bit to
eat. It is partial to the wooded
banks Of streams. It usually keeps
In underbrush near the ground.