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The daily morning oasis., 1920-07-06
AN HISTORIC LAST
Will AND TESTA-
MENT

WASHINGTON, July s. In the
Insurance Division OF the Bureau OF
Nar Risk locked up in a stec.
,albinSt, is now treasured the original
raper, gri,ny with the soil of the
"enches, but bearing the names of
hoys VINO "sig1ed up" on it for in
urance OF varying amounts IT,.
night before they went out at day
break into No Mans Land, some
never to yetWn. Across tthe names
OF these is written simply the word i:
Dead" But these applications col
j. cted by insu. ance officers who had
gone into the trench during a stiff
German offensive, have been treated
rs the last Will and testament of
these soldiers. end the beneficiaries
mentioned ar. receiving Government
INSURANCE up<'a as valid a contract
IS if it had been formally made and
lahGn in triplirate as was the custom
And seventy-Ave of the first hun
ned who made their last will and
:estamen' on chat Srimy paper gaw
heir mother* fame as the bene-
f'ciary OF this protection which was
II thGy had to leave.
4nols ~ sven .l.e .e.se where L4.v
- A~Aer w M4Iphi t4.S LI.vus AL Vi nIaA-
i'.g pAvVE on 1Ur .nvS> d. I.vlae ulus,
.'..,@ come as =. polglIa.IlL vlsAvu mne..
lppal enlI, LIS last opportunity w
uG~aa4e LAS M.IenLion lvr insuranc,
'..u passca, in desperation wrotA: on
ne Gay side OF has trencR with
happened Sti-x an application for
government Insurance as a last act
,:tore his heroic death, and a photo
GRAPH o. this scrawl, secured at per-
tllal hazard oy an insurance officer,
'as presented in Washington ana
ionoreo as claim, and on this too,
Aigures alone tbs mothers name.
A summary of this phase of the
sport is as folIows:
Policies in which the soldiers
,'lotner Is named as sole beneficiary,
1886, covering insurance to the
AMOUNT OF SAL, ,421, ,787.O0, and pro-
'iding TO- a monthly payment OF
'2,535,034.41; policies drawn in fa-
or of wife alone, 1851 represent
'ng insurance to the amount of
'94,359S7IW and claims met by a
monthly payment of $511, ,92O.42.
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uilt rests. This doubtless be- done,
- soon as the world realizes the sit
lation. But along with such SYM
.'athy comes an overpowering sense
nat this is Germany's supreme pun
'hment fol her sins.
Pursuing a deliberate course that
would have made life harder for the
children OF other nations, Germany
las made life unimaginably hard for
;'er ow. Processing to claim "place
in the sun" by stealing the sunshine
f others when she already had pl.,n
~ herself. she has given a whole
generation Of her own offspring q
;'iace in the shadow.
The daily morning oasis., 1920-07-06
LEONARD-WH HITE
BOUT

BENTON HARBoR Mich, July 8.
Benny Leonard, worlds ch.st lion
Lightweight boxer, was to meet Char
ley White of Chicago in ten round
tcut here today. 1t is their fourth
leeting and is attracting interest
throughout the West today becau
ii is an attempt by White to "come
lack"
The fight will be at 1876 pounds
cighingin. taking place at 1000 u. IN.
No decision VIII be given.
With White in proper condition a
ood fight is expected. The Chi
agoan has rad jolt packed away
in his left and is almost as good with
tis right. H has put men to sleep
with both harris.
Whites last big fight was when
nc fought Freddie Walsh for the
championship at Colorado Springs
our years ago. He lost the deis.e
after 20 ROUNDS. He came close to
rabbing the championship from Will
lie Richie whe he floored the late.
IN bout in Milwaukee, but lost when
lie failed to follow up his advantage.
The daily morning oasis., 1920-07-06
UNION CHURCH SERVICES

The urlon' services which were
ed Sunday ,Ight at the Montezuma
'ance pavilion, were well attended
!. large crowd, which listened at
ntlvely to the various musical
ambers and The talks by the diff
rent pastors
The offering, which amounted to
i2.44 is 10 q equally divided be-
seen the Ar iona Orphans Home,
ld the Armenian Relief Fund, both
which are eing liberally donated
by the Nogales people.
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ne International line; and after the
'arade nat, pa ,sed was introduced to
ne crowG by Frank j. Barry, and
.ade a short ut telling speech to
,;eople of the two nations.
In as speetn General Obregon
aid that the great nations of the
uture would pe the nations that build
q their agricultural and Industrial
esources, and cultivate friendly re-
.atlons wish tee other nations rather
Ian the ones which build large
..rmieS ano navies.
Inc genera then repaired to the
plaza in Nogales, Sonora where he
..iade a speech to his own people,
,yhiie the peoLle of this side of the
IN: went to ~"e Lyric theatre, where
hey listened to appropriate music
and speeches, Including the reading
ol the Declaration of independence
by Judge Duffy, and speeches by
Frank Barry and Colonel Hardy.
The afternoon was devoted to the
oall game begtween Nogales Dodge
l'rothers team, and ]. D. Halstead
Lumber Company team, which ended
With a score H. to in favor of No
.,ales; amt thu prize fight at the
sfontezuma figit pavilion, an account
e1 which viii he found ir another
;olunnn Of the paper.
More people visited Nogales dur
ng the past three days from all
arts of the southwest than in months.
previous, and that can mean only
hat that many more boosters have
been added to the list of live ones
talking about he Key City.
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.eased his Delegates, and the conven-
tion then took a 20 minute recess.
Thirty-n nth ballot: Cox 46S;
l almer IL; McAdoo 440; Davis I'M;
owen 80; Cummings 2; Clark 2;
Colby /.
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Three Day NogaIes
Celebration Ended
Elaborate Program

Nog.es big three day celebration
ended ali :. blaze of glory shortly
Liter nndnigh- last night when the
last strains of music at the big free
dance al tre Montezuma dance
Savilion died away.
Yesterday, ::ne last day OF the big
celebration commenced with the mon
ter paraGe az $3.50 A. NJ, being de-
layed on account OF the late arrival
o1 the special train bearing General
Obregon from the south.
The parade was very good, es-
recially the part taken by the 25th
infantry, whica consisted of an en-
tire battalion with full field equip
lent, machine guns, field kitchens,
two FNEch 75s, transport wagons,
mbulances. rapid firers, and tanks,
Mith a couple of army aeroplanes
lowering overhead.
Next came the business floats and
decorated private cars and the Fire
department boys. Mrs. A. NJ. Gil
'.spie WOE firsr prize for the best
decorated pleasure car, but the judges
had . hard line deciding between
Der car a, d s.sat Of Nathan Leeker.
The Amy & navy Union float won
he prize for .hc best fraternal or
:, ,anization float, and the old olds-
mobile belonging to Ed Rose got the
money as the oldest automobile ablC
70 run under its own power. The
Standard Oil Company truck got the
money as the best decorated busi-
ness float.
General Obregon viewed the
,arade from : stand of honor erect
cd for him on the railroad tracks at
The daily morning oasis., 1920-07-06

F. c Manjarmz, editor of La
Democratic, ore of the principal
''ailies of Mexico City, is in Nogales
for a time, having come on the
pecial train with Gcferal Obregon.
Mr.. Manjarrez is a native Sonoran
and is candidate for the office of
National senator from the first So
''ora district. He is looking sfter
his polslcal fences while here.
The daily morning oasis., 1920-07-06
G { R N A n Y :
PUNISHMENT

An appalling picture of the present
plight vi children in Germany is
tainted BY A. G. Gardiner, former
eoltor OF the london Daily News
!. conditions are as he represents
nem, it is certainly tragic thing
today TO be born a German child
"ln cveiy manifestation Of the
: ommon life," he says "there is the
.ense of a people who have sunk to
sie level Of an impoverished exist
Snce. In this general dead level Of
II poverty itSis the children who ara
T.ost to be pit;ed. The German child
s. born into hungry World and to
hard life" =
tuberculosis he explains, has
swept the country like a plague"
Rickets has claimed its hundreds
If thousands.
"As yop 81 through the schools
sand in the class-rooms. watch the
ehilGMn a. work, you have the sense
of a whcle generation stricken by
blight. II is revealed in the Y,SH-
cred brows, tia, lusterless, uns4rNRin
Eyes, the anernic faces, the handy
legs, the DRY, cracked, f1abby skins.
ne swollen abdomens. the universal
air of exhaustion. 1t is a generation
nat has never known what a suf-
f:ciency OF food means. For five
ears-thst. is, for almost the whole
f the life, they remember-they have
reen starved.
And these, the writer concludes, are
hopeless. Their need is too great,
md they have been starved too long.
Against such sea of misery the
utmost that could be done would be
ike dro~ in the bucket" He thiks
L may be best to "let the present
school generation go, and concentrate
on the infants and expsctant moth
ers."
The first thought inspired by euch
tale of Distress Is that outside ma
.ions, however much they have suf-
tered from Gsrmany's criminal war,
should do all In their power to help
fhe3 children, of whom none Of the
The daily morning oasis., 1920-07-06
GAMBLING JOINT
RAIDED BY THE
SONORA MILITARY

When the llay was at its height
n the gambling joint which has been
running in lie building adjoining
he Cave Ciuo, shortly before two
clock yesterday, the place was sud-
"enly entered by the military au-
,noritles, guard of soldiers placed
1t the doors and everyone in the
rIace was for time under arrest,
Pandemoniu'1 reigned supreme in
The place for :. time. and it is rumor-
ed thai many attempts were made
bribe the entries by the various
1enbers of Re crowd who did not
vlsh their names known in a raid of
ne kind.
Nearly five hundred Americans
're said. 10 save been in the place
1t the time he raid was made, and
all OF them v.re released and per-
ltted to 60 tr a short time.
The 1oul o u'lers of the joint, AL
uelt Lichofski, Lon Sanders, Geo.
I lhapareli and Manuel Llantada were
ED under arro st for some time, but
ere later released.
Cash on. hand amounting to about
$500 was colfiscated, as were the
Various articles of pariphanalia, in
>li- ng roU cite wheel and table,
th'ee tweilty-one or black jack
ts:!t., and cards, one poker table
an" one crap table.
Tie raid which closed the place
"as conducted by Capt. Francisco
Elgueroa. who octed under orders of
Ten. Francisco Manzo. commander
o. all the M itary iorces OF the
ate.
Ire joint has been running for
:buot zen uays and during that time
'as enjoyed an enormous play from
eli coicrs anu nationalities; women
>owding men to get place at the
arious gaming tables.
he owners OF the place last
iLgnt, eXpi essed considerable feeling
over the treatment accorded them,
{ aiming That they had paid the
tate government $1,000 for thirty
lay concession and should under NO
iheans have been closed up before
heir concession expired.
On behalf { the state authorities.
however, it is stated, that the con-
eession WIS granted with the under
landing hat The place should not
be run conspl uously, but rather as
sort OF select club, to which all
dexica'ls would be denied admit
ance, thus limiting their victims to
americans and other aliens.
BE that as it may, the place is
Low closed, and is not likely to re-
rpen for business again soon. The
ahlfty bunch who ran it, undoubted-
" made big thing out of it while
It lasted, clearing up, it is stated,
several thousand dollars per day.
This incident is only another proof
OF the "honor of that class of
arasi'es. They would promise any,
hing rom thu Sonora authorities in
rider 60 get their concession, and the
nfte sale concession had been
gained, promptly forget their pro-
misses ana Or ,ceed to gather in the
money from every source within
heir reach, ard then complain that
me Mexican government had not
2lven hem square deal.
The daily morning oasis., 1920-07-06

L. M. Ford, Of the Halstead ;.um-
CT Company, received a telegram
estcrday informing him of the
cath IN New Orleans of Mrs. F. M
urry, mothef of Mrs. Ford. Mrs.
ord and her sister Miss Marguerite
urry lef: Las. Saturday for New
rlcans on being advised of the dan-
erous illness of their mother, but
ad not yet reached the city when
ieir 'noth.r passed away.
The daily morning oasis., 1920-07-06
COUNCIL MEETING

Ths regular monthly meeting of
lie city council will be held tonight
at the council chambers. A large
;nnount Of ro1tine and special busi-
ness is schedu ed TO come up at the
meeting.
The daily morning oasis., 1920-07-06

The city appears to be consider
ably richer on account of large
aumbe- o. visitors having put up
cash bonds to appear before the
police Judge for their appearance be-
ore his tribunal to answer to
harges Of arriving automobiles
while ntoxica ed, and thefi failing
70 make the appearance. Quite a
rumber of such cases have been re-
srted during the past few days.
The daily morning oasis., 1920-07-06
i.JAYM4iS MADE FREE
PORT OF ENTRY
(Spe Cial To t'The Oasis")

(Spe cial To "The Oasis")
MEXICO CITY, July St has
cen announced here that Gen Sal
..dor Alvarad. minister Oh finance,
IS designated three ports OF the ma
IN as free k.orts of entry. The
rec ports named are Guaymas, So
ora, Sal ia Cruz, OaXaca and
uerta Mexico, Vera Cruz.
People III position to know, pre-
II that this uling will nave a Won
erfully simu ating effect on the
ruwtn o. tore,gn commerce through
ese ports.
The daily morning oasis., 1920-07-06
CHILD GETS DUCKING

The Eth, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
ARGUS Reddock while playing in the
city park Sunday night during the
land concert, in some manner fell
nto the pond. She was quickly pull
3d out by two soldiers who went in
after her, and aside from a good
'iicking suffered no injuries.
The daily morning oasis., 1920-07-06
'COXACAIN LEADS IN the
FINAL VOTING hSPALM.
Err RELEASES VOTERS

twenty thim Ballot: Cox 429;
anner 1o1; McAdoo 36412; Davis
4u1z; Gumhlings Gwen "a; Clark
funs Larder l IL; Irving S. Cobb
Ia.
4MeLty fourth Ballot: Cox 429;
anne IIt; McAdoo 36442; Davis
Az; CulhIulri.s S ., owen "a; Glass
y; Ozark L; Underwood. Absent 1.
twenty y-1ltth ballot: Cox 424;
amer loy; McAdoo 3o4 y; Davis
o1a; CummlngS 5; Owe "a; Glass
.; CLARK Z; underwood 3; Pershing
Hobson /.
Iwen.y-slxta ballot: Cox 424h;
aImer 167; McAdoo 317; Davis
j 12; Cummings 3; Owen 33; Glass
.; Clalhc 3; Underwood 8; Senator
;ones1.
Iwenty-seventh ballot: Coy 423h;
amer 166 12; McAdoo 37l IL; Davis
VIZ; Cumming 3; Owen "a; Mar
-.all /; Glass l5; Clark 2; Robinson
Underwood 4; absent 2.
Twe1tyeighth ballot: Cox 423;
alme' 165 12, McAdoo 36812 Davis
212; Cummings a; Owen 351a;
.lass "a; Jones 1; Clark 2; Under
Jood s; absent 2.
Twnety ninth ballot: Cox 4O41a;
almer 16h; &cAdoo 394h; Davis
3; Cummings 4; Owen 33; Glass
4; Clark Fl; Underwood l.
Despite the landslide of twenty
me Indiana votes to McAdoo on the
.velty-ninth ballot, the Cox lines
eld fast, and he slide of IA WASH
lgton votes 10 McAdoo came too
tie to have my more effect than to
4use demonstration.
On jie thirtieth ballot McAdoo
,assed Cox. Indiana had desired
le Co.: standard on the twenty
NTH taIlot and was followed by
.ashirgton both going to McAdoo.
The thrtiet'' ballot stood: Cox,
UOK; Palmer 165; McAdoo 40S1a;
avis 58, Owen 33; Cummings a:
lass "a; Underwood 2; Clark 2;
ibsent e.
Thirty-first ballot: Cox 391k:
almer 174; McAdoo 415k; Davis
Il; Cummings 8; Owen 81; Mar
Aall l: GLASS l212; Clark 2; Daniels
absent 2.
Ihlrty-seconl ballot: Cox 391;
alner 175; McAdoo 421; Davis
ola; Cummings 3; Owen 81: Mar
'iall 2; Glass 91A; Clark 2; absent
Thirty-third ballot: Cox 3SOh:
almer 18G; McAdoo 421; Davis Sc:
ummings 3; Owen "a; Clark 21k:
lass l3; absent 4.
Thirty-fourth ballot: Cox 38OB.
almer 1S0; McAdoo 421; Davis 56:
cummings 8; Owen "a; Clark 2A:
lass Is.
Ihirty-1'fth ballot: Cox 375k:
almer 2G2; McAdoo 4O2A; Davis
4; Cummings 3; Owen 3SA; Glass
4; Clark <, aoient four.
Thirty-sxth ballot: Cox 3SOH.
'almer 241; llcAdoo 999; Davis %.
.ummings 3; Owen 36; Glass d:
lark 2, Flora Stewart. Conven-
on a''JoLrnei / until eight tonight
Thirty seventh ballot: Cox 386.
almer zO272: McAdoo 4O5: Davis
|1a; Owen 81; Glass / Cummings
Clark 2; Annette Adams 1:
'onlweil L, j. Hamilton Lewis 6.
Thirty eigh+n ballot: Cox 383k:
'almer 2l1; NcAdoo 405A; Davis
0; Owen 33; Glass /; Cummings4:
lark 3; absent 3.
After the 18th ballot. Palmar re-
The daily morning oasis., 1920-07-06

FIRE DESTROYS AUTO

Fire destroyed a large WHY'S
knight aulom bile belonging to the
!" watkins Overland Company, Sunday
Il ght. NJ ona seems to know how
le fire started but the best inform
atlon pro, urable is that some one
struck match while the gasoline
tank was being filled.
Prompt work by the fire depart
ment saved the~car from total de-
: f.luction end prevented its spread to
urroundi'.g r:1ldings.
The daily morning oasis., 1920-07-06

r. L. Butler, cashier of the Tue
son Consolidated Bank, and formerly
City councilman of Nogales and
,ashier OF the Nogales National
Bank, was a visitor in the city yes
terday, taking in the festivities.
The daily morning oasis., 1920-07-06
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Mr.. and Mr.. F. L. Cullin, n. r.
Fedrbukh and Walt Wyman oil of
Tucson were gUssts last night at the
Ietd EvahA
The daily morning oasis., 1920-07-06

In Japs n the peanut crop is re-
ported as norr.al. In America it Is
exceptionally good. especially in poll
tical circles.
The daily morning oasis., 1920-07-06
jUR PAPER NAPKIN
.......... 80. SOON MAY DEPART
UNITED Press Service)

(Unlted Press Service)
MILWAUKEE, Wis, July o.
'ong ago mos restaurants stopped
furnishing pa1aons with lifen-or
ather-cioth napkins. Now we may
lose the pape napkin that was sub
stituted.
A serious dearth in paper napkins
facing the country, according to
&. H.. Saliendcr, manager of the
American Lace Paper Company. He
eclared that production at present
j. only one-quarter of the demand
nd that within the next few months,
l. conditions 20 not change, paper
napkins will be but a memory. Un-
reproduction of pulp is blamed.
E. D. Farley of Patagonia was in
yesterday to Take part in the fes-
'lvities of the day.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-05-21
DON'T BE A FooLl"

Synopsis Richard Searles, sue
cessful American playwright. con-
AIDES to his friend. Bob Singleton,
the fact that. inspired by the
genius of young actress whom
he had seen in London, he has
written a play, Lady LRrkspur,"
solely with the thought that she
should interpret the leading char
acter. This girl. Violet Dewing.
has disappeared and Searles re-
fuses TO allow the play to be pro-
duced with anyone else in the part.
Singleton has just returned lin
valided) from France, where he
had been serving In the aviation
corps. His uncle. Raymond Bash
ford, wealthy man, had contract
ed q marriage a short time before
his DEATH while on a visit to Japan.
He left Singleton a comparatively
small amount OF money and the
privilege OF residence in the ga
rage" of his summer home. Bar
ton-on-the- Sound, Connecticut Mrs.
Bashford Is believed to be travel
ing In the Orient. The household
at Barton is made up of elderly
employees OF the birmingham, a
New York hotel, where Bashford
made his home. BY, the terms Of
his will these people are to have
home at Barton for the rest Of
their lives, Singleton goes to Bar
ton. taking with him the manu-
script of Lady Larkspur." There
he finds the household strangely
upset, some Of its members being
suspected by their comrades of pro-
Germanlsm. Antoine, head of the
establishment, informs him that he
has been perplexed by the some
what mysterious visits Of
stranger. apparently a foreigner,
seeking Mrs, Bashford. Antoine
has formed the male members OF
the household into a guard for pro-
lection. Singleton reads Lady
Larkspur" with approval. Aunt
Alice" arrives Unexpectedly. meets
with lively reception and turns
out to be young and charming.
MRS. Farnsworth is her travelling
companion.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-05-21

By MEREDITH NICHOLSON

OOpyright b. Charles scribner's sons

income and like matters to woman
like Alice Bashfordl
They continued their conference for
some time, but got nothing out of
Mrs. FarnswOrth that shed any light
on my aunt's history beyond what she
had told me herself, which was pre-
ciOus little. Mrs. Farnsworth's talk
was that of cultivated woman. Her
voice interested me unaccountably (;
the tones had all manner Of shadlngs
aud infections; 1t was curiously mu-
steal, but In speaking of the great war
passionate note crept into it that
stirred me deeply.
This has been a dark year for
Alice" she remarked. "Mr. Bashfords
death, followed quickly by that of her
brother-an only son-plled a cruel
bun2en of grief upon the dear child.
She wants to go back to England to
nurse the wounded, to do anything for
our dear country, but | want to keep
her here little while until she can
readjust herself. 1t is my task to en-
courage her in frivolity and the make
believe she l0ves-hence our absurd
tiles at the table. She's the drollest
child, but with wonderful understand
ing. And at times it's not easy to
keep the divine spark Of play alive in
her heart"
The light of one of the porch lamps
fell upon Alices face as she patiently
gave heed to Torrence's account Of bis
stewardship. One Of her hands gently
stroked the terrier that lay quietly in
chair beside her. I was sure that
his painstaking description Of assets
and market values was boring her.
Once her voice rose in expostulaticn.
Terrence, | judged, was suggesting
that legal means could be found to ex-
pei the old birmingham employees
from the Barton property.
"Oh, never In the world 1t was
quite like Mr.. Bashford to want to
care for these people in their old age.
And-"she laughed and turned toward
me-"they can't be dislodged while
Bob lives; and we don't want to part
with him just yet"
was glad to have him hear her adj
dress me I'm this intimate fashion. Tor
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-05-21

ry always inspired in me desire to
shock him.
II shall help Alice to break them in,
TORY" l said, lingering upon her
name for his special edifcation.
"Of course, Singleton" he replied. Il
wasn't sure you meant to stay on. Par
don me, but dldn't-"
"0h. 1t isn't that Bob hasn't a right
to stay" said Alice quickly; Mrs.
Farnsworth and I are hoping that he
will like us well enough to share our
exile on other accounts"
Il am engaging MFR. Singleton to ex-
plain American jokes to me-" an
nounced Mrs. Farnsworth. "Alice
seems to get them, but I'm never sure"
1t is a part of Torrences business to
counsel widows, which he does like the
honorable man he is, but as he rose 10
go presently. remarking that his wife
would motor down to call shortly. l
caught glimpse of his face that Indi-
Gated deep perplexity. / left when he
did.
Il want to talk to you" he said nerv-
ously when we we're outside. "Fll send
the car ahead to the gate"
When the shrubbery cut Us or from
the house be stopped abruptly and
seized my arm. ~What do you make Of
1T" he demanded.
MAKE of whatT" ! asked.
THAT girl" he exclaimed testify.
IF you insist, / must ayow that she's
adorable. nothing else"
Don't be a fool You knew Ray
mond Bashferd much better than did,
and you know perfectly well he never
married s young girl Of that sortl
Those women are playing trick, and
I'm surprised that you don't see
through it"
NY uncle was a man Of taste and 4
renflemzn,H answered deliberately.
There's nothing in TIE least improba-
BE In ais being infatuated with q