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Arizona republican., 1920-08-27
WILD DRIVING CAUSES
 DOUBLE COLLISION

MESA. Aug. 26.-Driving his car carelessly and at fast rate of speed. B. M Clemans, Chandler rancher. crashed into two vehicles on the Chandler road south of Mesa shortly after o'clock Wednesday evening. The first outfit he struck, after upset ting the buggy and dumping out the two Mexican boys who were riding in it, he got away from, but a half mile farther south he crashed into sec ond outfit. scattered it's five occupants and a quantity of household goods broadcast over the highway and was forced to come to a halt himself
 Clemens, it is said, agreed to make good for the damage done to both ve- hicles he stuck, and no charges had yet been brought against him Thurs day in the Mesa precinct.
 Mesa High Faculty Complete
 With the final selection of five in- structors the faculty for the Mesa high school for the coming year is now complete, was the announcement made Wednesday by Superintendent Fl. E. Hendricks. Miss Mildred Rufsvold has been elected to take charge of the work in art. She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin. has taught in the Central high school in Minne- apolis and comes especially prepared ito do the work in high school art.
 Robert Middlebrook, superintendent of schools at Pomona. Kans., takes charge of military training and teaches some science. He is a graduate of 1 Yale university. was wounded overseas | and commissioned a captain in the United States army. He has been pro- lessor of science. in a medical college in St. Louis.
 l Miss Bernice Downing comes from Laconia, N. Y, to teach domestic science. She is 8 graduate of Sim mons college, Boston, and during the past year taught in 8 private school ir Louisville, Ky. s..
 A. D. Miller of the high school h | Miami will be in charge of the indus I ing to Arizona he worked for mum Der of years in Colorado. the last foul
 of which were spent in Trinidad MT Miller did some unique Smith Hughei
 work with group of boys acting a. Il H. S. White of Fort Scott. Kan
 takes charge of the music work in tn
 high school. Mir. White Has had charg
 of a fifty piece municipal band a bo. scout band, a junior and senior orches ,I tra and presented four-day musi festival la st spring. Special opportu , mites will be given students for musi
 work in the high school this year unde
 his directions.
 l Gas Will Cost More
 ? Gas rates for Mesa will raise 5 per cent on oct. l, 1t was decided D
 the Mesa council in session Wednesda . night, as a result of an increase fror r s1.55 to 8 per barrel for fuel oil whic l becomes effective on the same dat. . Fuel oil now costs the city s1.55 a }; barrel but the present contract for it r supply expires in September, and
 was only after a visit to the oil field }; in California and thorough scare d there that City Manager Williams wa t able to secure contract at any pric d for oil to be supplied through tn
 coming year. Three dollars per barr,
 was a tentative contract finally SC ! cured and that rate will change
Arizona republican., 1920-08-27
WAIT BOND ELECTION
 BEFORE MAKING MOVE TO PAVE GRAND AVE.

GLENDALE, Aug. 26.-At meeting of the mayor and town counciimen held to discuss the possibilities for paving Grand avenue within the city limits. A. A. Carrick. councilman and member of the county highway com mission, stated that in the proposed new bond issue to be submitted to the peopIe of the county asking them to vote an additional s4,500.000 with which to complete the county's good roads program, provision has been made for the paving of Grand avenue through Glendale. in order to connect up with the Glendale -Marinette end of Grand avenue.
 In the event that this proposed bond issue carries, the stretch of Grand ave nue from the city limits near tue creamery to the opposite city limits would be paved out of the bond issue funds, and in light of this information the council decided not to take any ac ton looking to the creating Of an as- sessment district within the city to care for this paving, but to wait and see if the proposed bond issue carries. In the event that it does not. in all probability the council will then again take up the matter of paving Grand avenue within the city in order to con- rect up with the Phoenix Glendale end of the road, upon which the state high way department expects to begin work soon.
 Locates in California
 George F. Byers, former manager here of the Ford garage, writes friends in Glendale that he is now located with the Ford agency in Montebello, Cal, just east of Los Angeles, and that he does not feel lonesome. as Arizonans are numerous in all the coast towns.
 Seeking More Clerks
 To care for the increasing business at the local postoffice, a civil service examination for the purpose of secur- ing eligible clerks will be held here Sept. IS. Full information and exami- nation blanks may be obtained from the local secretary of the board of United States civil service examiners.
 Fuller Returns
 R. l.. Fuller, local business man. has returned from a motor tour of the northern counties. which carried him over a distance of 140o miles. He met many Glendale residents, he states, at the various northern resorts. Back Fron, Indiana & w. Burnett and family have re- turned to the Tram ranch, from a trip to Evansville, Ind, accompanied by Mrs. Burnett's brother, Willis smith who will make his future home here.
 improving Steadily Word from the bedside of Mrs. Frank Moore, who was returned to her home
Arizona republican., 1920-08-27

accordance with the fluctuation or the fuel oil market. The one alternative of using electricity for heating and cooking purposes points the only way to a saving on the new gas rates TOT consumers, and the city councilmen hone that some plan to that end may be worked out
 Peddier Is Fined
 Twenty dollars was the fine Imposed l1pon M J. Daou in the Mesa court Thursday morning for the peddling of merchandise in the town without a license.
 Tickets Here for Match
 Tickets for the wrestling match in Phoenix Friday night between Pete Sauer, Phoenix favorite. and Tarro Make. Japanese Jiu-Jitsu wrestler. will be available Friday at the Mesa office of the Union Auto Stage com pany. An even half hundred have been allotted to the Mesa fans and goodly portion of that number are al ready taken with indications that they will all be disposed of by Friday afternoon The usual good stage ac- commodations will be afforded those fans who don't make the trip in their own cars.
 Sevedee Is Located
 J. H. Sevedge. Lehi farmer who has been missing for more than week has been located in Venice. Cal, ac- cording to word received Thursday by Mrs Sevedge. The missing man left his ranch home at Lehi a week ago with a team and a wagon and nothing more was heard from him Details of how and when he arrived in California were not given.
 Picnic at Park Members of the Sunday school oi the Christian church and older mem 1 bers of the church congregation shared in picnic at Riverside park Thursday afternoon and evening. A picnic lunch was taken along and swimming ano other entertainment at the park was 1 enjoyed by the members of the party Mesa's Last Holiday Mesa observed the last Thursday l afternoon holiday of the summer months today, and in accordance witt the agreement entered into fin June vii remain open as usual on Thursdays il 1 the future.
Arizona republican., 1920-08-27

here from St. Joseph's hospital recent ly. after undergoing amputation of her leg following a gunshot wound is to
 the effect that she is improving
Arizona republican., 1920-08-27
c l. E IN ID . A = l. E

steadily. The many friends of the popular young matron are rejoicing at her recovery after undergoing such fearful experience.
Arizona republican., 1920-08-27
PeddIer Is Fined

Twenty dollars was the fine impose' upon NJ. J. Daou in the Mesa cour Th,,rsday morning for the peddling o merchandise in the town without license
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-11-06
ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS 1920
BIDD|E GROWS SPURS
Chicago Surgeon Produces He
Hen With Knife.
Transpianted Glands Cause Hen to
Develop All Characteristics
of Chandelier.

Chicago.-The experiments Of DR.,
Victor D. Lespinasse Of the North
western university in tinkering with
the sex of the common hen and his
demonstrations before medical experts
have aroused the interest of chicken
growers.
1T was a simple enough operation"
explained Doctor Lespinasse; "just
the transplanting of the interstitial
glands of a rooster to a hen. But the
result was surprising and perhaps no
one was more surprised than the hen
herself. Within a few weeks she be-
gan to develop all the characteristics
Of chanticleer.
"She grew comb. and wattles.
Saddle feathers appeared next and
finally a pair Of spurs. She took to
strutting pompously about the barn
yard, lording it over the other fowls.
Instead Of cackling, our near
rooster would essay a feeble kee-a-
kee. A full-sized he-crow is about the
only thing that's lacking to complete
her-or, I might say, his-rooster-
hood"
The he-hen is now on a farm in the
suburbs of Chicago.
In further experiments with ami
mails, Doctor Lespinasse succeeded re-
Gently in producing "Siamese Twin"
dogs. These didn't live long, but were
perfect specimens.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-11-06
SWINGING PILLAR is FOUND
Hunters Uncover Phenomenon In
Green Mountain, Near Canon
City, Col.

Canon City, Colo-Gently swaying
to and fro, a huge granite monolith
forming unique natural monument
has been discovered on Green noun
tain, several miles north Of this city.
It is believed to be the only Swinging
monument" in the world.
The shaft is more than 100 feet
high, and in the course Of many years
has become free from all surrounding
earth formation, except at the base,
which is about IL feet wide. In the
center, the granite column tapers off
to width at the summit practically
the same as at the base.
Lee Hughitt, water commissioner Of
Canon City, and A. v. Hodgin, Ere
mont county commissioner, came
across the phenomenon recently while
on hunting trip.
They report that the entire shaft
moves, probably from two to three
feet at the apex, and the swinging is
constant under the pressure of light
winds. The base Of the shaft, they
said, rests in small hollow about
three feet in depth and the contiguous
granite formation has been entirely
disconnected.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-11-06
FORMER GERMAN
LINERS MARKED
y Crafts Which Once Flew the
Double Eagle Crippled by
Plotters.
|MPERAT0R IS ONE VICTIM
Giant Vessel Develops List at Sea-
Bombs Found on Washington
Moccasin Sunk and CaIIao
Disabled.

New York.-Former German liners
ana cargo ships, now being operated
under the United States flag, appear
to nave become the objects of sabotage
oy Germans or 'reds," who are de-
termlned that the craft that formerly
HeW the double eagle shall not prove
OF great value to a nation that helped
to overthrow Germany. Great Britain
Is said to be following similar clews,
some OF which indicate that the at
lacks on shipping may be the result
OF the spreal of communism and soviet
teachings to the ranks of the Interna-
tlonal Seamen's union, which controls
the men on the ships under the Ameri-
can and other allied flags.
The four most aggravated cases
which are being considered involve
three American vessels and the In
perator, which is flying the flag Of the
Cunard line since she was turned over
to England by the United States. The
United States ships are George Wash
1ngton, on which President Wilson
Travelled to and from the peace con-
ference, and the cargo carriers Moe
casin and Callao.
Attempts to Damage Ships.
The Imperator, while on a trip to
Europe early in March, developed a
mysterious list while at sea, which her
officers and crew were unable to rem
edy. It is held to have been caused
by a deliberate attempt to disable the
giant liner.
The Moccasin turned turtle in the
Erie basin several months ago. When
divers investigated they found her sea-
cocks had been opened and so tam
pered with that it was impossible to
close them. Several bombs were found
on the George Washington several
weeks ago just before she was sched-
uled to sail for Europe. The Callao,
on her recent arrival at Rio de Janeiro,
was found in an unseaworthy condi-
ton as the result Of deliberate tamper-
ing with her machinery,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-11-06
MRS. sPIKER NOW CITIZEN
English Girl Is Made Happy by Ac-
ton Of Bureau of Immigra-
ton,

Baltimore, Md.-Mrs. Emily Knowles
Spiker, the English girl who married
the brother of the father of her baby,
Alfred Ray Spiker, in Fall River,
Mass, was made happy by notification
from the bureau of immigration of the
department Of labor that she had been
officially recognized as an American
citizen and will not be deported.
The bureau also informed her lawyer
that the two Liberty bonds Of $500
each, put up by Mrs. Cora Spiker,
wife of the father of her baby, would
be returned to her by the treasury de-
partment.
The Spiker case has attracted wide
spread attention, owing to the attitude
Of Mrs. Cora Spiker, the wife Of the
returned soldier, who made affidavit
that she had forgiven her husband
and that his confession had caused
no change in the marital happiness,
and to the attitude Of Guy Spiker, her
brother-in-law, who, before he had
seen the girl, expressed his willing
ness to marry her.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-11-06
GERMANY BUYS STATE ROADS
Berlin Regime Pays 100000 100000
Marks for the Federated States
Railways.

Berlin.-Forty billion marks ($1O,-
OOOOOO,OOO prewar value) is involved
in the governments purchase Of the
Federated States railways, which has
been approved by the national assem-
bly,. The annual interest incurred in
the nations huge investment is esti-
mated at 100000 marks ($4,75O,-
600 prewar value).
The government is not oversanguine
with respect to early returns from the
investment, in view Of the dilapidated
condition Of the railways, the delayed
output from repair shops and contin-
ued demands by the men for wage in
creases.
Doctor Bell, minister of transport,
described in the national assembly the
transaction as one of the most g1gan-
tic ever effected by any parliament.
The minister added that more than a
million employees Of the railways will
be on the government pay roll. He ad-
mitted that the government had to pay
heavily for final settlement with the
various states.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-11-06
SAYS LAWSUITS ARE CHEAP
New York Judge Denies Charge That
Poor Do Not Receive
Justice.

New York.-The assertion that the
poor man does not receive Justice in
court, made recently in report of the
Carnegie Foundation for the Advance
ment of Teaching, was contradicted
by Judge Frederick E. Crane of the
court Of appeals. Speaking before the
women members Of the Kings County
Republican club, he declared that "the
chief litigation in our courts is today
conducted by the poor, or persons of
moderate means, and at no time and
in no country have the rights and
remedies of the law been so easily
procured"
"Nowhere in the world is litigation
80 cheap or redress for wrong so read
lily afforded to the poor" Judge Crane
said. ANY law office Of standing can
furnish instances Of litigation conduct
ed without charge for services rem
dered because of the condition of the
parties"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-11-06
ITALY MAKES OYSTERS SAFE
Removes Impurities by Keeping Them
In Sterilized Sea Water for a
Week.

Washington.-An Italian company
has perfected process for removing
impurities from oysters, according to
q report to the bureau Of foreign and
domestic commerce.
On being taken from beds along the
Venetian coast the oysters are shipped
to Rome, the shells carefully washed
and thrown into great tanks filed with
steriliZed sea water. The tanks are
constantly replenished and the flowing
water has been found to wash all i'm
purities from the oysters which, after
a weeks treatment" are shipped to
the retailers.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-11-06
ALASKA OFFERS PULP
Forests Could Relieve Shortage,
Says Governor Riggs.
Billions Of Feet Of Paper Wood Avail
able for Manufacture Into
NeWsprint.

Seattle.-Alaska wants to throw
open her millions Of acres of national
forests so that the billions of feet of
paper wood of the northland can help
relieve the pulp and newsprint famine,
Gov. Thomas Riggs, Jr., of Alaska de-
clared here recently.
Governor Riggs was here on his way
from Juneau, capital of Alaska, to
washington, where he expected to help
press pending legislation intended to
ramoVe restrictions and allow pulp
manufacturers to 60 into the Tongass
and Chugach reservations, the north
ern territory's two great reserves.
Pulp and paper men are anxious to
go to Alaska and establish mills as
great as these operated in British
Columbia not far south Of the Alaska
boundary line, the governor asserted.
Under the present laws the pulp max
ers cannot enter the reservations with
any certainty that they will be allowed
to stay.
Alaska's great forests stretch over
approximately 900 square miles, an
area nearly equal in size to the state
Of Indiana, according to estimates
made by government officials.
Several hundred million feet Of good
pulp wood, including western yellow
pine, hemlock, Sitka spruce, white fir
and lodgepole pine, are on the forest
reserves alone.
The Tongass reserve in southeast
ern Alaska, is especially adapted to
. the manufacture Of pulp and paper,
forestry officials have reported. There
is plenty of water power, ocean hor-
bors open the year around, timber
skirting the water and weather SIM
liar to that Of the Puget sound.
The governor intends to ask Wash
ington to restore the reserves to the
national domain or to open them to
the pulp industry.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-11-06
$1,000 FOR MOSQUITO BITE
Demand Is Made by Sailor in Suit
Brought in Brooklyn Supreme
Court.

New York.-The tale Of ship beset
by swarms Of mosquitoes during a
voyage along the south Atlantic coast
was unfolded in a complaint filed in
the Brooklyn supreme court in a suit
for $4,000 damages brought by Hen
dricus De Raay, a sailor.
De Raay alleges that after he had
been bitten severely, officers Of the
steamship Gulfcoast, belonging to the
Gulf Refining company, refused to
give ointment to him.
The company has asked for a bill of
particulars, denying that the officers
refused the ointment, and declaring
that mosquito bites were part of the
assumed risk Of employment.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-11-06
DATA SHOW RISE
OF FOOD COSTS.
Startling Increases in Prices
Revealed by Bureau of
Labor Statistics,
ONION A STRONG CLIMBER
Potatoes and Sugar Increase consid
erabIy in Price Since January
Corn Flakes Only Article
to Hold Firm.

misunderstanding increases in
prices Of some foodstuffs in the year
Of 1919, from January, 1919, to Janu.
airy; 1920-an increase of 12O per cent
IN onions, for instance-and recorded
In a chart prepared by Royal Meeker,
commissioner Of the bureau Of labor
statistics Of the United States depart.
ment Of labor, which is published in
the Monthly Labor Review, the official
publication Of the department.
The chart, which appears upon cas-
ual observation to be an illustration
OF the suns rays or an optical vision,
IS found upon close inspection to be
hardly so harmless an apparition,
Forty"one articles Of everyday food
were kept track Of for the year, retail
prices for various cities in the country
being recorded. 1t was found that
twenty-five Of these forty-one articles
had increased in price; the others in
the main showed decreases, only one
article, package corn flakes, holding
firm for year.
Onions Strong Climber.
The humble onion-which, despite
It's humbleness is the base of many
foods prepared by the poorer Of the
foreign famlies-sold for Al cents on
Jan. 10. 1919: year later the price
recorded IS cents, an increase Of 12O
per cent.
Cabbage was next in line with SO
per cent ascent, while the other foods
which showed an upward trend with
their percentage of increases, were:
Potatoes, 50; granulated sugar, 65;
raisins, SO; prunes, At; coffee, Al;
rice, 81; flour (wheat), %; rolled oats,
IL; canned salmon, 16; bananas, II !;
oleomargarine and strictly fresh eggs,
10; bread, 8; fresh milk and corn
meal, 6; hens, butter, s.; evaporated
milk, storage eggs, 4; lard, macaroni,
2; lamb, tea, 1.
Hurrah! Beans Are Cheaper.
The articles which showed a de-
crease and the percentage Of de-
creases recorded we're; Navy beans,
10; plate beef, 26; bacon, IA; canned
tomatoes, IL; chuck roast, baked
o>N'' ~ POAN ShOpo3 y Idl1, SuL III
corn, 6; round steak, 5; rib roast, 4
cheese, canned peas, 2; sirloin steak,
oranges, 1.
Potatoes and sugar have increased
: considerably in price, especially in
Chicago, since January, so that the
present comparative figures on those
two items would show appreciably
larger percentages Of increases now
than the federal record shows for
January Of this year.
Another tabulation in the same bull
letin lists percentage of price increases
since 1913 the high lights Of which are
1O1 per cent increase for pork chops,
1O2 for lamb, 107 for hens, 121 for
lard, 1913 for strictly fresh eggs, 143
for storage eggs, 45 for wheat flour,
12O for corn meal, and last, but by no
means least, 23S increase in potatoes
and a POT raise in granulated sugar.
There were no items showing a de-
crease for that period.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-11-06
CURE FOR PLANT DISEASES
1otanists at Cambridge University,
England, Claim to Make vegeta-
ton Immune.

Cambridge, England.-Cambridge
university botanists claim that It is
now possible to breed disease-proof
plants.
A special body Of investigators who
have been devoting themselves to the
practical testing Of the Mendelian he
redity law are engaged In immunizing
wheat, oats, barley, potatoes and roots,
the results Of which will be shown in
the summer to a distinguished assem-
bly, Of medical men.
The 'plant DOCTORS" as they are
called, have already succeeded in
breeding a new wheat known as "yeo-
man" which has yielded II quarters
zee bushels) to the acre-three times
an ordinary crop.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-11-06
German Who Sunk Sussex Dead

Berlin.-A first lieutenant in COM
mand of German submarine torpe-
doed the English channel steamer
Sussex on March "a, 1915, according to
a local newspaper which comments on
the extradition list received from the
allies. It is declared this man has
since died. Captain Steinbrinck is
charged on the extradition list with
being responsible for the attack upon
the Sussex, which caused the death Of
so persons.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-11-06
VIA CRUCIS RITE is Revived
Rome Again Witnesses Ancient cere
nony of the Cross in the
Coliseum.

Rome, 1taly.-After an interval of
fifty years, the Coliseum again has
been the scene Of the picturesque cere.
mony of the Via Crucis. Pope Bene-
dict XIV, who reigned from 174O to
175S, Instituted the ceremony by plac-
ing cross in the center Of the arena
, where martyrs had given their lives
for the faith, and erecting fourteen
stations Of the cross. Each Friday
the ancient amphitheater witnessed
the solemn rite. The practice was
abandoned in 1870, when Rome be-
came the capital Of united Italy.
The celebrants have once more WIS.,
tied the Coliseum, however, and ar.
rayed in their strange gray garments,
which include a cowl covering the
head and face, have revived the cere-
mony Of old time. Princess Barberini
led a column Of women, and among
the men taking part in the rite were
many from patrician families.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-11-06
Vicar on War SIano.

LONDONDERRY, J. Cartmel- Robinson.
vicar Of Bedford Park, favors the use
OF war slang. In his parish magazine
he cites '1ead-swinger," '.funkhole,"
and "skrfmshanker' as good examples.
I'VE church folk, engaged In the
holy war, are more polite than ex-
pressfve," he said. eve prefer archaic
language which has lost It's point by
long use. We cling to responsibility
even If it means nothing, and can
neither curse nor bless"