Arizona republican., 1920-04-13
MEXICAN BOY HURT IN ACCIDENT DIES;
 DRIVER EXONERATED

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 MESA, April l3.-Suffering a frac- ture of the skull and numerous other bodily injuries, Fidencio Varquez. 12 year-old Mexican youth, was fatally injured when struck by an automobile driven by John R. Jeffers of Phoenix last Saturday evening on the base line three miles west of Mesa The lad, though given the best Of medical care, died at the Southside hospital here Sunday night
 At a coroners inquest held at the Gibbons undertaking parlors yesterday forenoon, Jeffers was exonerated from any charge in connection with the death, a verdict being rendered that it was accidental and unavoidable. Ac cording to Jeffers' testimony at the in quest he was proceeding on the base line, en route from Florence to Phoe- nix, and at a point a short distance east of the Tempe canals noticed two Mexican lads in the road. Hearing the honk of the automobile horn, the youths became excited and E'idSncio attempted 1 to cross the road just the machine came abreast of him. He was struck ! and sustained fatal injuries. Jeffers | and his two companions, occupants of the car, cared for the lad to the best of 1 their ability, and later brought him 10 ! the hospital here in Mesa, where he died on Sunday, just 24 hours after the ! accident
 The lad was a member of a Mexican | family employed on the old C. NJ. Null | len ranch. now being farmed by the l Southwest Cotton company. Funeral | services were conducted yesterday aft | ernoon and the remains laid to rest In | the Mesa cemetery
 Hundreds Hear Report
 More than 60e people were present | Sunday evening at the L. D. s. audi | torium to hear the reports of Presidents J. w. IeSueur and O. s. Stapley, who returned that morning from Salt Lake City, where they had passed the week in attendance at the general conference of the Latter Day Saints church. In speaking of the new temple for Mesa, the presidents stated that sketches of the edifice had already been drawn up and that three different firms of archi- tects were now busy drawing up plans. These are to be submitted within the next 30 days and one plan will be select ed. A financing and building committee, organized Sunday night, and comprised Of J. T. Lesueur, J. w. LeSueur. O. s. StapIey. John Cummard and Andrew will have direct charge of the building of the temple and plan to start the work just as soon as possible An n nouncement was also made Sunday evening that the Maricopa stake quar- terly conference will be held in Mesa on the 24th and 25th of this month-
 Church Supper Tonight
 Members of the Methodist Episcopal church will gather at the banquet table his evening to partake of real Meth 1dist dinner and to further the cam Dafsn for the s50.000 building cam 1 ( ,aign which was inaugurated on Sun lay.
 Wall Caves In Construction work to the basement I addition being made -o the main store ,f the o. $. Stapley company suffered : | serious setback yesterday morning / when a foundation sustaining an ad- oining wall and the roof over the base nent gave way, permitting the entire structure to collapse. Fortunately the accident occurred early. before work nen were on the job, so no one was njured The caving in of the wall djoining the Staplay store. to close for ome hours. while hurried repairs to he damaged section were made.
 At the Movies Today . ''Everywoman" will run it's second ( lay today at the Majestic with an all , tar cast. A Pathe News film is also on he bill. At the Orpheum Charles Ray . vill appear in Bill Henry.
 Family Left Destitute I As a result of a fire which visited C heir home in the north part of town : sunday morning and destroyed it in it's l
  i've little daughters arg left destitute l or the present, without any home to | i've in and no means of support. friends of the widow have cared for ' er since the fire, and there was some : ak yesterday of raising d few hundred ! ollars about the town to give her a [ tart in the world again, that the chil ren may be cared for and continue rith their schoolingS f
 "BIoomers" Man Here ' Final arrangements were made yes 2 erday for the appearance here on the r oming Saturday afternoon of the Bos { on Bloomer Girls in a contest with a he Mesa club. The Bloomer girls play q ix women and man battery and q hortstop. the best that money can buy, l nd promise a game that will make the | peal boys hustle. The park, where a q lade playing hard, was yesterday r thoroughly irrigated, and as soon as ' dries will be dragged and rolled, so A nat it will be in good shape for the n contest. C
 Legion to Hold Smoker h A gct-together meeting of the mem ership of the American legion of Mesa nd other eX-service men is ts be held lis coming Thursday evening in the Iasonic hall Committees yesterday ltlined a program of entertainment addition to the smoker and several nportant items of business will he rought up for action by the club as hole.
 Stake Priesthood
 The members of the stake priesthood the Latter Day Saints church will IT eet tomorrow evening at the First tn ard chapel at 7:30. C. c. Salisbury us i'll be the principal speaker Of the of -ening. At a meeting of the stake and " ard officers held on Sunday afternoon tn Ter 200 were in attendance and A ,tened to an instructive and interest be z address by F. T. Pomeroy on the cl bjcct. How q Stake. Officer Should in ve-'' De
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