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Arizona republican., 1919-12-19
IRRIGATION PROJECTS
 ARE ID BE SURVEYED

Three Arizona reclamation projects will be subjected to government survey in the near future for the purpose Of determining their feasibility for stor- age and irrigation purposes. according to announcement just made by Gov ernor Thomas E. Campbell.
 contract was made yesterday be- tween the state and the United States government whereby the two parties will advance s10,000 each for the pur- pose and whereby the state will ad- vance on a dollar for dollar basis as much more than s10.000 as the govern ment engineers see fit to use, up to a s30,000 limit.
 One project is that of damming a canyon of the Colorado river below the confluence of the Virgin river, within the Arizona boundaries for storage and power purposes. Another project is for the storage and diversion of Gila river water below San Carlos and the irri- gation of land contiguous.
 The third project is for the storage and diversion of water from the Gila and San Francisco rivers, near Red Rock and Alma, New Mexico, for irri- gation use in Arizona.
Arizona republican., 1919-12-19
CAMP AND OTHERS
 LEAVE YALE BOARD
[RepubIIcan A. p. Leased wreI

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, Dec. IT, Noted figures of Yale's football history passed out of active participation in grfdiron activities at the university to- night when the executive committee of the board of control approved the football committee for 1920 as appoint ed by Captain John T. Callahan of the football team.
 Three members of the committee were not reappointed. They are: Wal ter Camp, 80, regarded for years as Yale's leading advisory football coach and himself a gridiron star in 1S7S-79; Vance G. Mccormick, '93, Shelf, former chairman of the democratic national committee, and one of Americas eco- homie delegates at the peace confer ence, and Joseph R. Swan. '02.
 s. B. (Brink) Thorne, '96, of New York. is chairman of the new commit tee. He had been acting as chairman during the absence of Mccormick in Europe. T. R. Fitzpatrick. II, of New York, is also renamed to the board. The new members of the committee are: Louis E. Stoddard. '99, of New Haven; Lucius H. Bigelow, '0s, of New York, and Theodore Lilley, 10, Shelf, of Waterbury. Conn.
Arizona republican., 1919-12-19
TUCSON JAIL BREAK
 |S NEAR ID SUCCESS

Knocking the jailer over the head with a sack or rocks when given the privilege of the corridor, John Reed, a federal prisoner in the Pima county jail. all but affected his own escape and that of 75 other prisoners. accord ing to word that reached the federal authorities in this city from Tucson yesterday.
 Reed, who has served three of the five years given him when convicted of manslaughter of an Indian, asked for the corridor privilege, which was granted. As he stepped from his cell he struck the jailer on the head, seizing the keys. He was fitting the key in the lock when the jailer recovered sufficiently to frustrate his plans. Staggering to the side of the prisoner he pinned him to the door, taking the keys from him.
 Reed is now in the strictest confine- .nent.
Arizona republican., 1919-12-19
NEW BOOKS AT THE
 PUBLIC LIBRARY

The following books have been added to the Phoenix Public library during the past week:
 Adult
 Aiken. C., Millinery Department: Bacon. J. D., "On Our Hill;" Barr, A. F.. Paper Cap;" Bronson, H. G. Birds of Prey" Bruce, w. Benjamin Franklin, Self revealed" Davis. A. w., Kaiser. As I Know Him." Dench, E. A., Motion Picture Education;" Diver, M-. "Desmonds Daughter" Gibbs. G., Golden Bought" Irwin, w, Venus in the East" Kennard. B. E., "Educa- tional Director:' Kennard, B. E., Jewelry Department; Lehman. M., Leather Goods Department; Nicoll. w., Reunion in Eternity Seltzer. c. A. "tFfrebrand Trevison;" Souder, M. A., Notion Department" Steele, w. Lands End and Other Stories;" Tol- man, A. w. "Jim spurling Fisherman" Williams, ", Man With the CIubfoot."
 Juvenile
 Aitsheieer, J. A.. Lost Hunters;" Ballantyne, R.. "Gorrilla Hunters" Burnham. M, Girl Aviator's Motor Butterfly" Cobb. B. B.. "Clematis:" Duggan, J., Little Cuba Libre;" Hale, B.. Little Allies." Hearn. L.. Jap- anese Fairy Tales" Johnson. A. F., Story of the Red Cross:" Perkins. L.. F., French T-wins:' Ryder. A. w, 'Twenty-two Goblins.''
Arizona republican., 1919-12-19
GENTLEMEN MEET
 IN TUCSON FEB. 17-19

Tucson is due for some big stuff on February IT, IS and 19, according to Secretary r. Fl. Schneider of the Ari- zona Cattle Growers association, the association being scheduled to meet there in annual convention on those dates. Approximately l .000 members of the association are expected to be present.
 In addition to the gathering of Ari- zona men, the convention of the Pan handle and Southwestern association is expected to meet at the same time and place.
Arizona republican., 1919-12-19
BUSINESS WOMEN ID
 DO THEIR XMAS BIT

The Business and Professional Wo- mans club of this city will be its bit for the Salvation Army Christmas, ac- cording to an announcement made at the club meeting last evening when a silver offering was taken.
 The club has each year furnished gifts of toys and clothing to the chill dren of the city through the medium of the Salvation Army. It is not known as yet what form the gift will take, but the collection met with many dimes and dollars.
Arizona republican., 1919-12-19
DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY REDUCED

CHARLOTTE, N. C., Dec. 17-Re- vised returns tonight of the Ninth Carolina congressional district reduced to less than 1,500 the majority of Clyde R. Hoey, democrat and league of na- tions advocate. elected yesterday over John M. Morehead, republican, and Webb, resigned. The democrat ma jority in the district last year was 4152
Arizona republican., 1919-12-19
WITHDRAWAL DELAYED

TRIESTE, Tuesday. Dec. -~ The withdrawal from Plume of Gabrielle d'Annunzio and his troops, set for this morning, d1d not take place, the women of the town having implored d Annunzio to retain the present garri- son there. D'Annunzio announces that he will not leave Fium until the plebiscite, which he has ordered for Thursday, approves of his departure.
Arizona republican., 1919-12-19

Joseph Percente. veteran Milwaukee "newsboy," who began selling papers in 1884, figures that he has sold on an average 1900 papers a day, 300 days in a year, for 35 years, and that if those papers were stacked on top of each other and folded one-half they would make a pile 26 miles high.
The sun., 1919-07-13

curious beasts of the Bronx Zoo. Over
in the primatc house Keeper Dick
Spicer presides over one of the finest
collections OF monkeys. orang-outangs
and chimpanzees In the United states
a gang that can and does eat more
prunes than were ever fed to the
American doughboy in France. Offef
one OF Spicer's monkey pets a prune
and he will follow you half a mile for
it and wind up by snatching 1t out OF
your pocket and then throwing the
stone in your face-that Is. unless he
Is rather hungry. Then he will eat
the stone.
Looks Like q Real Boxer.
Some of these monkeys and other
primates have curious habits. There
Is Nutty Bill. for instance, n fair sized
Rhesus monkey from India, which
has been examined by several alienists
who sat in solemn conclave to deter
mine whether Bill is crazy or whe her
he Is trying to get his sentence OF
captivity committed. The consensus of
opinion seems TO be that Bill is really
insane: either that or he is suffering
from some sort of eye trouble. This
monk has the habit of sitting straight
up. holding his paw out in front OF
him, staring at 1t for a moment, then
shrieking like mad and striking him
self In the face as hard as he can
Sometimes he stands up on his hind
legs and fights like a pugilist shadow
boxing. lodging his head this way
and that and striking out with both
hands. But he always winds up his
prize fighting exhibition by staring a
one Of his paws and then hitting him
self in the face. He always goe;
| through this performance when 1
The sun., 1919-07-13

abandoned by her crew. but she was
ahoat when the Seneca reached her
side, and Commander Wheeler deter
mined. in view OF the imperative need
OF ships, TO bring her safely into port
II such a thing was possible.
He sent Lieut. F. w. Brown and
ten OF the crew aboard the transport.
her engines were started under the
direction of Boyce and she began to
move stern first toward Brest. But a
terrific storm swept down out of the
English Channel and caught the YES
sci before the men OF the Seneca
could leave her. Her bulkheads gave
way and she went down with oil
hands. with the exception OF Lieut..
Brown, who was rescued and /nost
died from pneumonia. Commander
Wheeler returned to the United States
a few weeks after the rescue OF the
British crew of the Cowsllp, and the
cutter was brought back TO her home
port by Capt NJ. S. Hay.
Before the war the Seneca figured
largely in the news because of her
work, and the romance and thrill of It
as a derelict destroyer, She was also
the vessel which. saved the crew OF
The sun., 1919-07-13

to strike 1t spreads its hood by means
OF movable ribs,
But few OF the animals in the reptile
house attract more attention from Zoo
visitors than the waltzing mice, which
have been one OF the attractions OF the
park for several years. They are do
nestle mice. OF species which is
fairly common In tho United States, al
though of course their curious habits
of keeping forever on the move sets
them apart from other rodents. The
story OF these mice is that several
years ago experimenting scientists OPP
Grated on two living mice, male and
female, removing that part of the
brain which controls their sense of
balance. or equilibrium. This made it
impossible for them to keep still when
they were awake, and when these mice
! were bred their children or pups or
whatever 1t is young mice are called
had the same peculiarities.
Since then all the mice descended
from these original two unbalanced
mice have been about the fastest
walters In New York, probably the
original shimmy dancers. They sleep
during the day and dance all night
They are never quiet during their
waking hours, except perhaps during
the few seconds II takes them tc
snatch bite to eat. They have a
little turntable in their cage and sew
eral places for them to leap and iur
about. Because OF their peculiar
mental state they never live long. al
though they propagate readily enough
In captivity and the Zoo never hal
been without several specimens.
| But the reptile house does not b,
| any means have q monopoly of IN,
The sun., 1919-07-13

THE United States Coast Guard
cutter Seneca, which recently
reached the Port OF New York
after more than two years absence in
the war zones of the North Sea and
tho Mediterranean and the waters be-
tween those seas, probably had a more
adventuresome career during the con-
fict with Germany than any other
American warship. And even before
the war the Seneca was a marine ad-
venturer, for she was In service as a
derelict destroyer and also she usually
had the good fortune TO be around
somewhere in the vicinity when there
was need to rescue the passengers OF
a sinking or stranded vessel.
But the service of the Seneca in the
war was full of thrills. In her two
years of lodging submarines In all
the seas of Europe she rescued 5l1
persons from torpedoed merchant and
war ships. she engaged in fifteen bat
ties with submarines. sinking several
of the undersea boats and escaping
from the rest. she had forty-sevel
German torpedoes discharged at her
and eleven members OF her crew were
killed. One OF them was Billy Boyce
for many years engineer OF the old
revenue cutter Calumet and one OF
the best known marine men along the
waterfront OF New York.
The Seneca was commanded By
Commander ]. w. Wheeler while she
was overseas, who, together with al
the officers and men Of the crew. wa,
commended by King George for bray
cry and skill In rescuing the crew Of
the British destroyer Cowslip, which
was torpedoed by a German submarine
| OF the Rock OF Gibraltar. This ha!
been called one of the bravest feat
OF the war, and one that taxed TO tn
] utmost the seamanship and nautlca
The sun., 1919-07-13

skill OF Commander Wheeler and his
crew. When the torpedo boat began
to sink the Seneaca was nearby and
steamed toward the Britisher. The
commander of the Cowslip, however
signalled TO the cutter that there were
four or five submarines in the vicinity
and warned Commander Wheeler to
turn about and look out for his own
safety.
ChRracteristlcally Comm an err
Wheeler ignored the warning, and In
stead ordered his sun crews TO their
stations. Then, firing at everything
that poked out OF the water and looked
anything at all like poriscope, and
dropping depth bombs where they
might do the most good, the Seneca
steamed at top speed toward the de-
stroyer and took Off the entire crew.
Several torpedoes We're sent after the
cutter by the Germsns, but the
Seneca managed to dodge them.
Engineer Boyce and ten Of the other
men Of the crew lost their lives during
the hard winter OF 1918 while trying
TO salvage British transport the bow
of which had been blown OF by a
torpedo. The transport had been
The sun., 1919-07-13

crowd gathers and somebody leases
him or rattles the grating Of his cage.
At other times he is comparatively
he Is excited.
In the cage with Nutty Bill is a
little Rhesus monkey that used to be-
long to Billie Burke. the actress. who
turned the animal over 10 the Zoo
some months ago. This monkey was
a pet OF Miss Burke's for several
years and Is one OF the most docile
creatures there are in the entire park.
II never gives any trouble, its only I'M
usual characteristic being that 1t is
very bashful, II anybody in the crowd
laughs at It, particularly woman. II
sneaks into n corner and covers its
face with its hands and cries. And
II the laughter is repeated the monkey
gets so upset. that It buries its face
In the straw on the bottom OF the cage.
A big white faced Gibbon that has n
big cage all to himself in the centre
OF the primate house is great
favorite with the younger generation
o. Zoo visitors because of his uncanny
resemblance to Charlie Chaplin. Not
that tho facial characteristics of the
world famous custard pie thrower are
| like those OF the Gibhon monk-they
could hardly be less alike. in fact. But
| the monkey walks like Chaplin, or
Charlie walks like the monkey, as you
prefer At any rate, when the Gibbon
sees some one holding out a prune he
rises on his hind legs and shambles
| across the cage at gait that is re-
! markably like the shuffiing walk of the
comedian, and he also turns corner
like Chaplin, slSidding around with one
foot in the air. Keepers at the Zoo
say they don't know whether Chaplin
learned his unusual walk from the
monkey or whether the comedian came
TO the Zoo and taught the monkey how
70 do II.
Hard on Charlie Chaplin.
But the fact remains that every
time youngster sees the monkey
shambling across the cage he says:
"Oh. mamma, is that Charlie Chap
linz"
The comedians of the primate
house. with the exception OF the
Chaplinized monkey. which Is uncon-
scious OF the fact that he is a come
dian, or at least an imitator OF a
comedian, are the pig tailed monkey
from India and a long armed baboor
from Africa which is really the priz'
clown of the collection. This anima
does all sorts OF tricks, although h,
has never been trained. and he doe!
them only when there is a crowd gath
The sun., 1919-07-13

the White Star liner Republic when
that vessel went down off the coast OF
Newfoundland after collision with
the steamship Florida. One of her
duties each year was to act as an ice
patrol off the Grand Banks OF New
foundland, sometimes In company with
other cutters and sometimes alone.
She made Halifax her headquarters
and from that port steamed out to sea
in search of the great ice foes which
drift down from the coast OF Labra-
dor and constitute n great menace to
shipping. Her work was to determine
the exact course OF the big bergs and
the probable extent of their drift, keep
ing them In sight constantly and each
night sending out radio messages tell
ing ships the location OF the masses
Of ice, Her greatest danger during
this work was protecting herself from
sudden shift in the course OF the
bergs crashing against her sides, and
watching for gales which might have
driven her toward them.
The Seneca was assigned 20 the duty
OF destroying derellcts in 1908. At
that time her cruising ground took in
nearly all of the water between Ber-
muda and Sable Island. off the Amer
lean coast. The first time she came to
New York after this assignment sht
presented brave appearance, with a
smokestaek tipped with black and
striped with red, white and blue verti-
cal markings, Her hull was a dark
green, with red stripe running from
stem to stern. Mariners and news
papers OF that time made much OF her
gala appearance. which was quite diff
fersnt from the somhre dress she wore
while on duty in the Mediterranean
and the North seas.
The sun., 1919-07-13

out eating. SO that during all that time
It cost the Zoo very little.
The python prefers its food served
alive, so that it can wrap itself about
Its prey and crush its bones to a
pulp, and perhaps enjoy the death
agony of its victims. But the Society
for the Prevention OF Cruelty to AMI
mails will not allow the Zoo keepers to
serve live foods 10 the animals with
the exception OF toads and frogs and
similar low forms Of life. But with a
dead pig the python proceeds exactly
as if the pig were alive. The pig
makes a big bulge in the body OF the
python, which Immediately drops into
a stupor during the processes of di-
gestion. During this time the bulge
in its body can be seen to be grad
rally diminishing, and finally disap-
pears altogether.
Most yenomous Of Snakes.
The cobra Is the one snake which
will not stand the company Of other
snakes. This serpent. the most VEN
omous and the most dangerous OF all
snakes, Is in a cage by itself. and Is
the one snake OF the Zoo which none
of the keepers want to have any deal
ings with. Cases have been known
where the bite OF a cobra caused death
within ten minutes, and even the most
highly developed snake bite antidotes
Rave been found unavailing against its
| venom, which sets up a complete
paralyZation OF the nervous system
1t has been estimated that in India.
where the snakes are found and where
they are never killed by tho natives,
10000 persons die every year from
their bite. When angered or about
The sun., 1919-07-13
Islands That Are in Pawn

toned that Denmark shall have the
right 10 redeem them at any future
time by paying the original amount
of the dowry with interest to date.
There Is no likelihood, however, that
Denmark will ever attempt to exercise
her right OF redemption. because 10000
forms, the original amount OF the
doWry, would amount to perhaps a
trillion OF pounds sterling. and that Is
a bit more than the islands are worth
The sun., 1919-07-13

THE orkney Islands do not really
belong to Great Britain in the
sense that they were ever ceded
by treaty or acquired by conquest.
They were simply transferred by Den
mark TO Scotland In 1868 In pledge for
the payment OF the dowry OF the
Princess Of Denmark, who was mar
ried TO James III, King OF Scotland.
In the deed OF transfer which IL
stu In existence, Il is specially mem
The Benson signal., 1919-07-05

Try the Benson Garage for ex-
pert repairing. Fourth street.
The Benson signal., 1919-07-05
Vocational Education

The State of Arizona leads all
the states in the union for enroll
ment in vocational home econon-
les. In the Vocational Summary
the organ of the Federal Board for
Vocational Educational Educ. ton.
for the month of May, appeared
diagrams showing the standing of
the various states in the union in
enrolment per population in voca-
tional agriculture, vocational home
economics, and the trades and in
dustries for the year ending June
80, 1918. Utah leads the country
in agriculture, and Arizona is the
eighth ahead of agricultural states
such as Nebraska, Kansas, Indiana
and Wisconsin. In the trades and
industries Arizona is sixteenth on
the list, leading thirtytWo other
states, including California, and
such industrial states as New York,
New Hampshire and Maryland. 1t
is in the matter of home economies
that Arizona outd1d herself, for in
this particular branch she lead all
the states in the union.
1t is a matter of particular pride
to Prof. [. Colodny, State Director
of Vocational Education, that he
has managed to win for Arizona
first place in this great work. 1t
was not even expected that Arizo-
ma would rank anywhere with Cal
ifornia or Massachusetts, or New
York, but actually she has had en-
rol1ment in her class rooms per
population a greater number than
these states.
This year which is just closing
there were enrolled 1908 students
in vocational work. This is more
than double the number that was
enrolled last year.
The Benson signal., 1919-07-05
HANDS, ARMS,
Limbs ASLEEP
And Was Rundown, Weak and
Nervous, Says Florida Lady.
Five Bottles of Cardui
Made Her We'll.

Kathleen, Fla.-Mrs. Dallas Prime.
Of this place, says: "After the birth
Of my last child. II got very much
rundown and weakened, so much
that I could hardly do anything at
all. was so aWfully nervous that
I could scarcely endure the least
noise. My condition was getting
worse all the time...
knew I must have some relief or
I would soon be in the bed and in a.
serious condition for I felt so badly
and was so nervous and weak 1 could
hardly live. My husband asked DR..
---about my taking Cardui. He
said, It's a good medicine, and good
for that trouble, SO he got me 5 bot
ties. After about the second bottle
felt greatly improved. before taking
it my limbs and hands and arms
would go to sleep. After taking it,
however, this poor circulation disap-
peared. My strength came back to
me and I was soon on the road to
health. After the use of about 5 bot
ties, I could do all my house-work
and attend to my six children be-
Sides"
You can feel safe in giving Carduf
a thorough trial for your troubles. 1t
contains no harmful or habit-forming
drugs, but is composed of mild, tege-
table, medicinal Ingredients with no
bad after-effects. Thousands of women
have voluntarily written, telling Of
the good Cardui has done them. 1t
should help you, too. Try it. e u
The Benson signal., 1919-07-05
The keystone Copper Company
Will Erect 1OO-Ton Mill

The Keystone Copper Mining
Company of Newton, Kan, with
six claims east of Johnson, in the
Johnson-Dragoon district, has its
properties we'll developed up to the
producing stage and plans are be-
ing made for a 10Oton mill using
the concentration and fotation pro-
cesses. II is said that work will be
commenced on the construction of
this plant, the first in the district,
as soon as the plans are received
from the engineers.
The main shaft of two compart-
ments and perpendicular is 635 feet
deep. Beginning at the third level
stations and ore pockets have been
cut; one hvndred feet apart, all
timbered and ready for the taking
out of ore.
In a northeast drift from the
third level ore was struck on the
hanging wall of the vein, where it
was crossed by another vein which
has not been followed. On the first
vein a raise of rs feet was run, a
winze was sunk so feet and a cross
cut was run 26 feet without strik-
ing the foot wall. All the ore in
this development, and also OH the
fourth level, is sulphide averaging
31-2 per cent copper. The ore
struck on the sixth level is red OK
ide running 1Oper cent copper, the
only place where this class of ore
in the entire district
The company is working only
one shift in development, and is
hosting no ore except that which
is necessary to working.
Mr.. H. w. Miller is president
and general manager of the com
pany.