Arizona republican., 1920-10-24
LOCAL BRIEFS
luRRIEs TO MOTHER S BEDslI

n 2 HURRIEs TO MOTHER BEDSIDE Mrs. Silhanek. wife of Fred J. Sil- iI hanek, cashier of the Union Oil com pany. left last night for Miles City, Il Mont, on a rushed trip to the bedside of her mother who IS seriously i'll. Mrs. Silhanek had just returned from a | visit in California when a telegram informed her of her mothers critical condition.
 CHARGED AS sLAcKER-charged with being a stacker, Gonzales Perez | pleaded not guilty yesterday when ar raigned on the charge before U. S. | Commissioner Henke. He was com mitted to the county jail. It is alleged | that Perez failed to file his questionable | in Cochise county. Perez registered | for the draft at Tombstone.
 DISCUSS ELECTION MEASURES l Discussions of initiative and refer endum measures to be voted upon in | the general election will make, up the | program of the Sunday Evening clubs meeting at 7:30 o'clock tonight at K. F. hall. Dwight B. Heard will speak in favor of the highway commission bill, and State Engineer Thomas Maddock against it. B. E. Marks will take up the measure providing preliminary ex aminations in courts of records in
 
 talk on the proposed bill increasing the salaries of teachers and officials, and there will be other speakers for other measures.
 HALLOWEEN PARTY-Next Sat urday, October 30. the Capital Parent Teacher association will give an old fashioned Halloween party in the kin dergarten of Capital school There will be a famous fortune teller there whose ability is unexcelled. There will be many booths of unusual interest, one of especial interest to men. There will be all the old-fashioned Hallo- we'en games and some new-fashioned ones and a program by some of the best talent in Arizona. A cafeteria lunch will be served. The party will begin at 7:30 o'clock. A special invi- tation is issued to all lovers of fun.
 SURPRISE PARTY Mrs. G. G. Morgan gave surprise supper Friday evening with her husband as guest of honor The event was in celebration of Mir. Morgan's birthday. the affair taking place at the Morgan residence, S37 North Eighth avenue. Those there included Ray Hubbard. S. Mosley, H. D. Wilson. Ed Doran, K. c. Spratlen and l.. Lowry.
 POSTPONE RATE HEARING The graded rate case which was set for oral argument before the interstate commerce commission in Washington, D. c. on November has been post poned until December, according to a telegram received yesterday by F. A. Jones of the corporation commission from R. E. Quirk. chief examiner of the l. C. C. The postponement of the arguments in the case may result in MT. Jones not taking part in the final discussion, although he has been one of the most active advocates of lower freight rates to the intermountain states. MT. Jones will in all probability go to Washington for the convention of the National Association of State Railroad commissions. the first con- vention since the railroads were turned back to private ownership from gov ernment control.
 TO RETURN TO TUCSON HOME Miss Katheryn Mackay, secretary of ! the State Nurses Association, will re- turn this evening to her home in Tue | son. After the close of the nurses convention which held a three-day session here last week, Miss Mackay
 visited friends at St. Joseph's hos
 D. R. JOHNSON RETuRNs-D. R
 Johnson of the rate department oi
 the corporation commission, returned yesterday from Clifton, where he was called to testify in a case in the su
 perior court of Greenlee county.
 HOME FROM UNIVERSITY -
 Laurence l.. Howe. a freshman at thu
 state university at Tucson. is spending
 the weekend with his parents, State
 Tax Commissioner ana Mrs. Charles R Howe. Young Howe completed his higl
 school course last spring, graduatinl from the Phoenix school with honors. GRANTS WIFE DIV ORC E-Ol grounds of cruelty. Matilda A. Boere yesterday was granted a decree of di vorce from Albert O. Boeres by Judg Stanford. The question of the al vision of tho property and alimon, which she asked in her suit was takel under advisement by Judge Stanford PRIOR ESTATE IN CoURT-Peti ton for letters of administration wa filed yesterday in the estate of Joh ". Prior The estate is valued a q s2,000.
 POLITICS AND TEA-The Repub N lican Women's League will give a te Z from to o'clock Wednesday after a noon at K. P. hall. An interestin social time is expected by member q while several speakers also will ap pear on the program, among them F B. Wilkinson, candidate for state sena z tor. and B. E. Marks. Refreshmeni z will be served by a committee com ! posed of Mrs. E. Ruby McGrath, chair :. man: Mrs. I. T. Stoddard. Mrs. Celor M. Stoddard, Mrs. Henry l.. Fade
 Mrs. Ethel Smith, Mrs. E. D. Ellis. Mir f Fred w. Smith and Mrs. H. w. Colsol \ All members of the league and wome interested are invited to attend. CALL FOR CLOTHING-Au pei sons having clothing. mems, women or children's, win please call Mrs. ] D. Detweiler. telephone S4S7. or Mir \ T. D. Blizzard, telephone 2S41.
 \ CALL TO COMMITTEES-Judge I
 Souza. first vice-chairman of tf
 Phoenix Community Committee c
 Americanization, has called a speci \ meeting of the executive board inclu6
 ing all officers, and the chairmen of a
 the subcommittee of that organizs
 ton for Monday evening. October 2 \ at 8 o'clock, in the West Precin,
 court room, 17 North Second avenu
 Every officer and head of commit.
 is earnestly urged to attend this mee
 ing as many important matters WI
 be brought up. among them ways ar \ means of financing the work.
 APPEAL IS ARGUED-The appe \ of W. J. Davies and M. P Davies fro
 the order of the superior court el \ joining them from irrigating, cultiva
 ing and blowing certain land und lease from F. C. Johnson, was argu, E before the supreme court yesterda \ Counsel for Johnson held that an al peal could not be taken from a ten \ porary injunction such as granted