Arizona republican., 1920-07-10
BRINGS DOWN STORM. IF INDIGNATION BY. TREATMENT OF WOMAN.

That Attorney General Wiley F. Jones did not leave any too soon when he went to Flagstaff Wednesday is the consensus of opinion about the state house, where everyone was dis cussing the dismissal from service of Mrs. Edna Corbett, known to be the most efficient stenographer in the capitol.
 It was shortly after Mrs. Corbett in formed the states legal advisor that she intended leaving his employ the first of the month to become secretary to Justice Baker that Attorney Gen eral Jones informed Mrs Corbett that there was room for only two stenog- raphers in his office. In the meantime the week that she had worked would be disregarded by him as far as her claim check was concerned, he let 1t be understood. Q
 This conversation followed a heated argument in which Mrs. Corbett un- dertook to let the attorney general know just how he appeared in her eyes. That she has worked overtime, nights and Sundays has been dis regarded by Mrs. Corbett in her long service with the attorney general who, it is alleged, first became indignant when she asked and secured a two weeks vacation, despite the fact that MT. Jones holds that vacations" are unlawful. He does believe the state gives vacations. and never takes one himself his trips to the coast being entirely on business, he says.
 Not only did Mrs. Corbett take a vacation, but she had the temerity to allow an item to appear in The Re publican to the effect that a stenog-. rapher of the attorney generals office was off on a two weeks trip of rest and recreation.
 Not only has MT Jones been on the war path" as far as his stenog- rapher is concerned, but it is under stood he has made statements to the effect that all the work of the office is left to him, despite the fact that he has four assistants. It is believed that had MT. Jones remained in town Thursday resignations would have been forthcoming, but the fact that he is north will give all interested parties time to cool off.
 c. M. Candy is attorney for the cor poration commission and has little to do in connection with the attorney general although he is an assistant; Alexander Baker, son of Justice Baker of the supreme court. is counsel for the tax commission: Louis B. Whitney
 does practically all the court room work while F. J. K. Mcbride is eX aminer of abstracts and has special legal work relative to the school code, military code and inheritance tax. Each of the assistants has a political following of different wings of the many winged Democratic party in this state, it is said, that have been help full in the past in securing Mir. Jones the nomination of attorney general to which office he again aspires. When it became known that Mrs Corbett was no longer with the office. there were repeated calls for her ser vice. She entered the employ of the state corporation commission yester- day, and on the first of August will begin her work in Justice Bakers of flee.
 Mrs. Corbett refused to discuss the affair Thursday evening and would say only that in the many years she has acted as stenographer with large corporations and with state officials this was her first difficulty.
 Those who heard the argument be- tween the attorney general and Mrs. Corbett. and 1t could be heard pretty generally throughout the building, are of the opinion that it will have its eff fects in votes at the primary election | in September.