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Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1921-06-23

Believe Mystery Ships Captured By Russian.
Mexican Paymaster
Is Shot To Death
By Army Officer

NOGALES, Ariz., June 22.-Ma-
jor Talamante. a paymaster in the
Mexican army, was shot and in
stantly killed last night on
Southern Pacific de Mexico pas
senger train which arrived at No
gales, Sonora, today. according 70
story told by passengers on the
train.
They said that a lieutenant in
the Mexican army who was being
taken to Hermosillo as a prisoner
under three guards, suddenly
grabbed a revolver from one of
his three guards and started
shooting. The major. was killed
and another man was wounded,
the passengers said. They declar-
ed the lieutenant was taken off
the train at Ortiz and executed by
a firing squad.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1921-06-23
BRAYING OF BURRO is
UNLUCKY FOR MEXICAN

Ell. PASO. June 22.-Their attention
attracted by the braying of mule in
a lonely mountain pass east of FL
Paso. customs officers investigated
and found a Mexican leading pack
animal heavily loaded with a Mexican
liquor of high alcoholic content. The
Mexican. who gave his name as Jose
Valenzuela was brought to FL Paso
and remanded to Jail in default of
81 .000 bond
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1921-06-23
Seek information

WASHINGTON, June 22.-Depart-
ment of justice officials said tonight
they would communicate with their
New York office and with ,Derecv-ve
Sergeant J. J. Gegan, chief of the
New York bomb squad, to obtain all
available information on the reported
seizure of documents containing plans
for capture of American ships and
their diversion to Russian ports. The
raids. officials added had netted doc
uments revealing many r@iical plans
but there were no schemes for seiz-
ure of American ships so far as they
could recall.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1921-06-23
Oil Strike On Ranch South Of
Milestone Mountains, Near
Patagonia, Claimed Yesterday

NOGALES. Ariz., June 22.-(By
the Associated Press)-Drillers at
work on the Wolferton ranch, on the
east side of the Milestone noun
tains in Santa Cruz county, struck
oil today. according to reports
brought here. Some of the men re-
turning from the well brought SAM
pies of the product of the well. The
OIL was struck at depth of $50 feet.
This is believed to be the first oil
ever struck in Arizona.
Patagonia, a small town near
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1921-06-23

ly excited over the strike. A num-
ber of residents of that town left for
the well as soon as word of its sue
cess was received Several COM
panies are being formed here to To-
cate lands for drilling in the vicin-
ity of the Wolferton ranch.
Biologists here and at Patagonia.
who have visited the new well. say
that the oil shale is of the same char
acter as that encountered in the oil
Mexico.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1921-06-23
GoMPERs DEFENDS SELF

DENVER, June 22.-For the first
time during the convention President
Samuel Gompers today took an active
part in the debate of the American
Federation of Labor convention and
in doing so replied to what he said
We're criticisms of him because of his
foreign birth.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1921-06-23
GRAND JURY REPORTS

PHOENIN, Juno 22.-Thc tederaI
grand jury returned its report To
Judge William H. Sawtelle in the
United States district court here to
day The report was written one
and Judge Sawtelle did not divulge its
contents The grand jury was recess
ed until September ~.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1921-06-23
VISIT HARDING

WASHINGTON, June ga delega-
tion of oil men, including E. l.. Do
heny and Harold Walker, conferred
with President Harding today Most
of those present were interested in
Mexican oil holdings
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1921-06-23
MERCHANTS WARNED

GALVESTON, Texas, June EAU
p. m. the weather bureau advised
merchants whose stores are in the
lower part of the business district to
move their goods TO higher level
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1921-06-23
THE WEATHER

ARIZONA: Generally fair
Thursday: cooler west and
south portions: Friday fair.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-09-07
: OH;ETHE TAXES!

Talking with man who travels all
the time among farmers. Says ne,
"they all complain bitterly OF the hlgE
taxes" And no wonder! Yet it seems
foolish to expect lower taxes when We
constantly increase appropr1atlons'
Our State legislatures never meet VIII.
out creating new bureaus, commits
sions, and officials. Congress dips q
big fist into the U. S. strong box at
every daily session. The public interest
charge grows. The bodybuilding pro
gram increases. A multitude OF lndl-
viduals and organizations clamor at
the gates of every public treasury.
The result of all this, in nearly every
county in the United States, is a bur-
densome increase in local taxes when
seems to fall more heavily on the
farmer than on business men or salar-
led men. -,
Now Secretary of the Treasury Mel
lon is proposing Scent letter, a
stamp tax on bank checks, and tax
of $40 OH automobiles, with, perhaps,
a scaling down of the surtaX for eX-
cess incomes. Lie ldlliiCi VIII t4S~
benefit by reduction of the surtaX;
He would be annoyed, but not ruined
bv the $40 automobile tax, or 3-cent
letter postage. The stamp on bank
checks would probably prove more OF
a nuisance to him than any of thu
other proposed measures. 1t is neithe,
safe nor convenient to carry consider
able sums in cash through the coun-
try, and large percentage of farm
crs have acquired the checking hah''
They cannot pay frequent visits to the
savings bank for deposits and with.
lrawals, as the city wage Garner may;
and they cannot run across the street
to the bank for change and accommo-
dation as the county town business
man would find it possible to do. II
the farmer uses the bank at all he
will want to write checks. And he will
not want to bother with pasting a
two-cent stamp on every check
Farm Life.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-09-07

Entered Of .he Poskofhce at Alexandria,
Virginiu, us second Gloss mutter
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-09-07
A FRANCHISE TAX

The bus and "jitney" are undoubt-
eddy regarded as public conveyances
and should come under the rules ana
regulations of the Virginia State Cor
poration Commission. But inasmuch
as legislative act is required in
order for the State to handle this
matter, there is no law to prevent
the Board of Supervisors from draft
ing an ordinance regulating the bus
and jitney~ traffic, together with the
levying of tax for the purpose OF
assisting in the maintenance OF
good roads. The heavy caliber of the
bus and loaded jitney is recognized as
unquestionably hardship upon any
roads, and the roads of Arlington
County have cost and will continue
to cost the taxpayers of the State
and the county a eoodly sum each
year. Clarendon Chronicle.)
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-09-07
$4,000 CASES OF WHISKY SEIZED

New York, Sept. About $4,000
cases of whisky, valued at more than
$1,000,n00 and shipped here from
disti!ler:es and bonded warehouses in
Kentucky and Maryland by use of
forged permits We're seized by Fed
eral p"ohibit:tn agents yesterday on
several piers along the North River
This IS the largest seizure made in
this cry since the Voistead act went
into effect.
A few weeks ago it was discovered
that 800 blank permits had been
sto!cn rom the office of Harold L.
Hart, director of prohibition for
New York State, and an investigation
disclosed that many of the stolen
permits had appeared at distilleries
and bonded warehouses filled out in
an apDarentl" bona tlde manner.
The permits called for the release
of between $4,000 and 10000 cases of
whisky, with New York city as the
only objective point. Washington
author tics were consulted, and it
wac tceided to allow the liquor to
be shipped in order to lay trap for
another gigantic bootlegging ring.
Fifty enforcement agents for the
last week have been scattered along
the plars night and day watching the
arrival Of the whisky, which had
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-09-07

tion OF the, drought gives cause for
keen uneasiness."
in England the drought continues
with undated severity.
'In Denmark the. agricultural pros
poets are nearly as discouraging as
those in France.
Similar climatic conditions are also
affecting the harvest prospects in
Belgium and Holland.
"irhe drought has spread over a
good part of Germany, but the cerea!
crops are too forward to suffer.
THE disastrous failure of the Rus
sian crops is now generally known,
The famine embraces the whole Folga
region, the kuban district, the rich
province of Ekaterinoslav, and the six
central provinces"
. And SO the report goes, with fair
or good prospects in Spain and Italy
and South America but with "dis-
quoting reports" and Gears of famine
in India.
We can only hope that conditions
have by this time improved in the
drought-stricken sections of the world
and be ready to extend help where
help is needed. Most of these countries
will be able to buy food stuffs, al
whatever sacrifice, and if the final re-
ports are as unfavorable as those
given above, we may expect increas-
ing prices for our won surplus grain
and livestock.-Farm Life.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-09-07

kettle with the white giant inside but
emphasizes the fact that keen obser-
vation and dreaming may be two en-
tirely different things. | can name
two or three conspicuous examples
right here in the county of farmers
who, late in life, discovered that work
ing the muscles overtime is a poor
substitute for undeveloped brain cells.
Hail to the man who can, in his old
age, change his ways of thinking One
man OF 90 has completely reversed his
financial outlook and he didn't have
a barrel OF money to start with eithe
THE County Agent" in Farm Life.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-09-07
POOR EUROPE

"De furder you go, de worser ii
gifts" says the old colored philosopher
speaking about war-plagued Europe
Now, it is the drouth. We had a touch
of it here and there in this country
during a long, hot July, but conditions
are unprecedented across the ocean, II
official reports from the Bureau OF
Markets may be depended upon.
an France" says the latest report
on our desk, "the rainfall during The
first half of the crop season was tn
lowest for many years. The prolonga-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-09-07

Sousas pet riding horse tried to
climb uu into the saddle and ride tan
dem with the : famous bandmaster
here yesterday afternoon as they
were passing the Huntington Valley
Country Club, whereupon sousa re-
signed his seat with precipitancy.
Slightly bruised but laughing over
teh affair. Sousa was carried into the
club where it was ascsrtained that
his Injuries are only rival. He did
not lead MS Land yesterday afternoon
or evening, his place being taken by
John Dolan, well known Italian
cornetist.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-09-07

been n progress for more than "a
wees. Several persons appeared in
large automobile trucks, with trans
portaticn permits, but were not al
lowed to remove any eff the wet
goods.
Beginning early yesterday morn
ing aid continr:ng throughout the
day, large trucks, guarded by en-
forcemant agents, transported the
seized liquid from the piers to the
Knickerbocker warehouses, which are
leased by the government.
FALL FROM HORSE INJURIES
SOUSA
Philadelphia, Sept. John Phi,i1
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-09-07
Valuable Ideas From Dreams

| often think that many of the most
valuable things we know are learned
by chance or by men the the world
supposed to be dreamers. 1t took lazy
old Ike Newton sprawled luxuriously
under the apple tree to discover the
laws of motion as the apples dropped
from the winshaken boughs. And the
story of the boy watching the tea
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-09-07
that never again will a wal
be fought except as a Further
means to end all wars.
IMMIGRATION
Cor The Gazette)


The greatest number of alien i'm
migrants to enter this country in any
year came in 1914 (1,218,480.)
The next greatest number came in
1913 (1,197,570.)
These are the only years in which
more than a million have been aa-
mitted. ~:
The smallest number since the Civil
War ended was admitted in 1918
(110,618.)
In 1919 there were al, 1872.
In 1920 there were 100000.
immigration sank to the low ebb OF
1913 in 1862, during the Civil War.
immigration almost doubled i'm
mediately after the Civil War.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-09-07
WAR OBSOLEScENT!

Norman Angel, a pub
licist of some repute, has
written a book on the thesis
that modern war is not prof.
table. His contention is
borne out by the results OF
the last war. War is no
longer profitable, even to the
victors, in a material sense.
But from another viewpoint,
and by all means a higher
one, war has often a more
important end than mere ag-
grandizement, commercial
advantage, or expansion OF
territory. The world-War
was begun by Germany I'm,
doubtedly with all three of
these ends in view. But
there were causes, deep
rooted in the centuries, that
had been slowly growing
in the sub-consciousness Of
humanity. Nor did they be-
come sentient to the world
till midway Of the mighty
struggle. The United States
entered the war from none
of the reasons with which
Germany began it. In 1917
civilization was trembling
in the balance. At each
fresh victory of the Teuton
the world shuddered lest he
triumph finally. The Ameri-
can people felt that if the
Allies were defeated man.
kind was lost. They threw
their millions into the battle
line, with no idea of material
gain Or advantage, but sole
ly to save humanity from
German supremacy with it's
perverted ideals.
This is the first time in all
history that a mighty nation
has flung itself into war with
such high-minded motives;
where the moving cause was
altruism and not selfshness.
But it thus has a signifi-
canoe that is almost start
ling. For it means that the
world has at last risen to a
common height hitherto at
tanned only by the individ-
ual. The cessation of duel
ing is comparatively recent.
Its folly and uselessness
have sunken into the human
mind but a scant fifty years
or so. And war is but a
duel between nation and ma
ton instead of man and man.
AS we had occasion to re-
mark only a few days ago,
in these columns, the Dis
armament Conference to be
held in November, at Wash
lngton, is in response to a
cry from the heart of civil
cation itself. And this cry |
is but the inarticulate ut
terance of the anguished
peoples of the world who
suffered almost beyond hui
man endurance for four long
years. Inarticulate-it is
true; but,fast shaping itself
into speech, and Selling hold
of the mind of humanity as
never before!
Warts becoming obsolete.
There may vet be other wars
even more terrible than the
last. But we venture to say
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-09-07
THE LUCKY MAN

No man ought to sleep sounder or
have swceter dreams than he who
owns MS own farm and has his
debts az paid.--Farm Life.
The public ledger., 1921-02-01

clined to take bulllsh view of the sit
uation and good advances were scored
all along the line, cash wheat leading
with an advance for the day of from 2
to'4 cents, and for the week of from
to cents higher.
On Friday there w"F IN active Go.
mand for all good milling grades. but
ordinary and low grades were dull.
No. Red said on Friday 1T $500 to
S2,O2, or from 3 to cents higher than
1T sold on the preceding FRIDAY. Hard
Winter showed less strength than soft.
rs a well known Kansas City elevator
man was offering that kind freely, and
No. 2 Hard sold at $1.72 to $1.73, or
from l to 2 cents lower r1r the week.
No. hard sold at $1.75 to s1.76, or
from . to cents lower fer the week
May wheat slcsed on F'ida, u, Slh7
after selling up to $1.62M on Tuesday,
and down to $L54is on Wednesday,
March wheat closed en- Friday at
$780, bid, 23s cents higher for the
week and cents rp from the lev
point.
Corn - Argentine 2rr cont "cs f..
be offered in Eurcpe al so much lower
than the prices On this S dc n.0l Or
! trade is inclined to be decidedly bar
sh on corn, althorgh t'r -gii-r' -.
lies frequently in svmrathy VITA
wheat. The movement from the ccrn-
try continued liberal, but there is some
export demand, which keens the sur
plus offerings well cleaned IN. VIII '"
corn and yellow are relatively weak y
than mixed but all kinds are sellng
on lower basis than futures.
| May corn closed On Friday at S7E
cents, net decline of lis cents for
the week
July corn closed at 695s cents, OF
only q cents lower than week ago.
September corn sold at II cents
was offered at 69& cents. and closeC
7O% cents asked.
Oats-May OTIS closed on Friday al
4S cents, Just cent lower for the
week.
The public ledger., 1921-02-01
NewYork
Letter. :
MLucyla,vzeR1Ce

New York. - Straw hats appeared
here just as the first winter weather
Of the season struck the city. FeTi-
nine New York has improved consnd-
erably in the nast III ee seasons In he
direction of wearing its hats durnS
the months in Y'hich they belong. 'i''c
donning of snrins hts at the Christ
mas holidays and winter ones in July
has practically died real death. But
there are few ambitious souls who
still long to nut on things for Suth-
ern wear" as the ads have it, in honor
of those who have really started
South. And they blossomed forth last
week for the first time in straw arS
flowers atop their furs. own plunk2'
the mercury, instantum, rs though to
prove without delay that it was not to
be trifled with.
The public ledger., 1921-02-01

No longer is the Great White Way
waiting TO rthe shades of night to fall
before 1t blazes forth. Earlies and
earlies in the evening, enterprising
theater and restaurant managers turn
ed on the current that blazoned their
attractions to the passing world.
Brighter and more intense grew the
lights they used. Until finally last
week, hesitancy was thrown to the
winds and the light began to come out
all up and down the street at in the
afternoon. And so brilliant have they
finally been made that they can make
a winning fight against the daylight.
Even the cigarettes ads have followed
suit.
Armpd fo thp tppth with q oOmnlptp
The public ledger., 1921-02-01

was suffering was removed immedi-
ately to his home, his family was
quarantined, and the room where the
disease had developed was disinfect-
ed. Swabs, made Of all the children's S
throats nthe same room, were sent
to the Laboratory of the State Board
of Health for examination and when
IL was found that none Of the children
had the disease they all were given a
Schick test to see which would de-
velop diphtheria if exposed to it.
Those who were not found to be i'm
mune Immediately weer given an in
oculation to prevent their acquiring it
AS result fthese energetic meas
ures only one case of the disease de-
veloped in Scott county and there
were no deaths.
The public ledger., 1921-02-01

In neighboring county child
also developed diphtheria in school
in the county seat. There the similar
ity ends. This county had no full
time health department. only a physi-
clan receiving 5000 year, and the alb
sence of someone whose sole business
it was to stamp out diphtheria imme-
diately already has led to the closing
of the school in the county's county
seat for sixty days, to the development
of 1873 cases of the disease in the
county, and to eleven deaths.
Apart from the saving of human life
and suffering in Scott scounty, and its
woeful waste in the neighboring coun-
ty the effective preventive measures
in Scott did not cost the taxpayers of
that county a cent outside of its reg
The public ledger., 1921-02-01

A newspaper woman stopped at tho
Western Union Office in the Crane
Central the other day to write tele
gram. Next to her stood courteouf
man, whom she describes as havinr
been mot really overcheered, but hav-
ing achieved a sort of flicker-the sort
that grape juice seldom produces.
The woman made futile efforts to
write a telegram with the snub-nc9c'
pencil chained to the desk. The oy'
liberated maH watched her solemly
Then he drew from his pocket what
seemed to be a foundtain pen. "Try to
write with that" he urged, 81 been
doing it all day." But he didn't smile
when she unscrewed the top and
found-a clinical thermometer. "Told
you I'd been trying to write with that
all day. he announced in triumph at
his vindication.
The public ledger., 1921-02-01
'RPHiN BRIGADE
VETERAN n DEAD.

Frankfort, Ky, Jan 81. &C., The Rev
lanes X, Polk South, II years old
veteran Of the Orphan Brigade, col
'ege roommate of Champ Clark, min
ster and educator. died at his home in
this county yesterday after lingering
illness He b-!.lgod to a pioneer
American and Kentucky family, and
was a descendant of General James
South, of the Revolution; grandson OF
State Treasurer Samuel South and son
of Jerry South, one of the first war
dens of the Frankfort Penitentiary.
The public ledger., 1921-02-01

The married women of the country
who have no children of their own to
. care for are going to be put to work
helping othe rwomen do their house
work. If the petition to Congress of a
group of New York women is needed.
Believing that the butterfly existense
of the childless wife should cease, "
the petition states, 1--WE believe Con-
,gress should compel wives under six
ty years of age who have no children
to do housework three days week
for those who have children" The
petitioners also ask for a 44-hour
week for wives.
The public ledger., 1921-02-01

Nine-inch bronze statuettes of one
self are one of the new enthusiasms of
the city Ivie Mccarthy, young wo-
man from Missouri has come to show
the New Workers how they really look
They are not formal statues lat all
nor "dressy" ones. The subject is
studied for several days, at work, at
play, about the home, in all the daily
round of activities. Then the figurine
ual pose. Several prominent men and
women of the stage and society are
having themselves done to give away
to their friends.
The public ledger., 1921-02-01
PROMPT MEASURES
SAVE MANY LIVES
THROUGHOUT THE STATE
Scott County, With Full.Timc Health
Department., Ayerts Diph.
Theria Epidemic.

Striking evidence of the value of a
full-time county health department is
furnished by the experiences two
neighboring Blue Grass counties have
had with diphtheria this winter
In Scott county, where there is a
such full-time County Health De-
partment, a case of the disease was
discovered in a school. The child VINO
The public ledger., 1921-02-01

ular expenditure for health work. The
neighboring county, by actual figures.
already has spent $4,000 in combating
iihthcria, and there is no way of cal
culating how much has been spent by
ate l7u'lie- for physicians, nurses
undertakers and the other expenses
incident to sickness and death.
The public ledger., 1921-02-01

Armed to the teeth with a complete