Arizona republican., 1920-07-23
WHEELER ON CAMPAIGN TRIP

-ffhaTleE De sales w nGGlcIr CeAltA4AAtAAN for the office of secretary of state, subject to the action of the Demo cratic party, left Phoenix last night for a campaign trip through Yuma and Pima counties. Stops will be made at Yuma, Ajo, SomeTton and tucson and the trip will occupy several naSs-
 POWELL EXONERATED - Jack Powell, former boxing promoter al Miami, was exonerated of charge or embezzlemeut following preliminary hearing in Justice Charles DeSaleS Wfreeler's East Phoenix precinct court yesterday. Powell was brought bach to Phoenix several days aEo from cas- per Wyo. where he Is playing base ball. on complaint of Joe Iavin, a
 ROSS. TO cAMPAIGN-H s. Ross, state treasurer. will leave this morn ing for Thatcher and Stafford, where he will campaign for nomination or secretary of state on the Democratic ticket MT. Ross spent the first weeks of his statewide campaign tour in the northern part of the state, returning to Phoenix for the regular meeting of the state land board which was in session from Tuesday until last evening.
 MISSIONARY CIRCLE MEET-The missionary circles of the First Baptist church will meet this afternoon at o'clock Circle number one will meet at the home of Mrs J. c. Reed, 357 North Fourth avenue; circle number two at the home of Mrs. c. H. Thayer, $40 Monte Vista road; circle number three at ahe home of Mrs. H. ". Spang- Ter 314f West Madison street. All members are requested to be present.
 SENTENCED TO PRlSON-Pablo Romero, a Mexican, yesterday pleaded guilty in the superior court on a charge of burglary and was sentenced by Judge A. G. McAlister to serve from two to three years in the state peniten- tiary Romero was charged with talk ing about $40 worth of things from the room of Russell Woods in the Olive Hotel in Tempe recently. He was ar rested by Constable Woods shortly after the room was entered and con- fessed.
 APPROVES SAN CARLOS BRIDGE headquaFters at Albuquerque, has rec commended for approval the construc- tion of the bridge across the Gila river at San Carlos, subject to the ultimate approval of the chief engineer of the department. If the construction is ap- proved it will mean $22, ,0O0 will be available for read construction in Gra, ham county where, it is reported, funds are badly needed, since the county has been unable to sell it's bond issue.
 FINED $100 EACH-B. A. F'reeney and w M. Tidwell, who pleaded guilty
 
 ceny, yesterday were fined S10o each and given a suspended jail sentence of six months in the county jail by Justice Wheeler. FFeeney and Tidwel are charged with stealing 14 by 16 foot tent last Monday night from the ranch of l.. E. Thomas on the Thomas road.
 FIND HISKY AND STILL Charged with having two barrels of mash and a, quantity of whisky in their possession, Maria Garcia and Adela AFtas yesterday were hel dto answer to the federal court by United States Commissioners Henke. The women were returned to the county jail in lieu of bonds of $260 each. They were ar rested several days ago in a, tent near the Washington school after the off CTS had found the mash and whisky and a still
 TEAM CAPTAIN NAMEO-Harry c. Almy of Tombstone, has been named as captain of the civilian rifle team which will leave the end of the month for the national matches which will be held at Camp Perry, Ohio, next month. Amy was a member of the team headed by Lyman La Tourette, resigned. The vacancy caused by the resignation of La TouFette has been filled by c. Christofferson, named by Adjutant General Ingalls as a member of the team.
 DIDN'T KNOW HIS BRIDES NAME-A Mexican yesterday applied at the marriage license bureau for a permit to wed and. after giving his name to the clerk. could not recall the name of his bride -to-be. He said he thought her name was Maria but said he could not remember her last name. He told the clerk to wait, and after an hour he returned with the girls name written on a piece of paper Her first name was Adelaida instead of Maria, though.
 cLOuDBuRsT AT ROOSEVELT l Word of several small cloudbursts in the gorge. below the Roosevelt dam or Wednesday afternoon was brought to Phoenix yesterday A number of campers were forced to spend a few hours after the downpours in digging | their automobiles out of the mud. but aside from this, no damage is reported The roads remain in good condition | although one or two small washouts
 WATCH FOR coUNTERFEITS-A number of new counterfeit s5 bills arc ! in circulation in the twelfth fedora reserve district, which includes Ari- l zona, it is announced by the treasury department which describes the bil as being a poor imitation on cheaI | paper of an issue on the Federal Re
 serve Bank of Richmond. Virginia. The chief error in the reproduction is thu
 omission of the check letter "A" anC
 plate number in the lower right hanC
 corner. The portrait of Lincoln in tn, tcounterfeit bears no resemblance to thu
 original
 "BEARsFooT" IS HELD-A. c. Will
 liamson. better known as Uncle Mac O
 'Bearsfoot" an aged Arizona pioneer
 yesterday was held 10 answer to tn
 superior court by Justice Mckee on charge of assault with a, deadly weapon
 Uncle Mac was released on his ow,
 reeogniaanee. It is alleged by A. Fl
 Parker that Uncle Mac, who is abou
 so years old and almost blind. cut hin on the arm with a pocket knife follow ingr a quarrel over politics. Although
 admitting to the officers when arreste,
 that he had acted in self defense, Uncl
 Mac offered no testimony yesterday il
 his defense.
 RUN AWAY FROM FIT. GRANT
 Gilbert J. Horn and Jose Xavier, tn 1, latter an Indian boy, escaped on Jul
 Is from the jail at Wilcox while await
 ing transfer to the industrial schoo
 at Fort Grant, according to letter re ceived by Sheriff Montgomery fror
 that institution. The escape was mad i. by spreading the bars in the jail Bot
 boys were committed tO the school frOr