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The Newark journal., 1921-12-15
A CHRISTMAS SERMON

TO BE honest, to be kind to earn a little and spend a little less, to make upon the whole a family happier for his presence, to renounee when that shall be necessary and not be embittered, to keep a few friends but those without eapi- tulation-above all, on the same grim condition, to keep friends with himself-hefe is a task for all that man has of fortitude and delicacy. He has an ambitious soul who would ask more; he has a hopeful spirit who should look on such an enterprise to be successful. There is indeed one element in human destiny that not blind  ness itself can convert; what ever else We are intended to do we are not intended to sue ceed; failure is the fate allot- ed. It is so in every art and study, 1t is so above all the con-  tinent art of living well. Here is pleasant thought for the years end or for the end of life. Only self deception will be satisfied, and there need be no despair for the despairer. Robert Louis Stevenson.
The Newark journal., 1921-12-15

new movement, people are in fluenced by their factiional differences.
 All of Us who want to see our home town go ahead should welcome signs of pro- gress whenever they appear, and if anyone takes hold of a good idea, he should get the most hearty encouragement, whether he belongs to our crowd or not. The progress i've country town is too broad minded for cliques and fac tions.
The Newark journal., 1921-12-15
CHRISTMAS DINNER
 IN THE WHITE HOUSE
Something of the First Yule- tide Dinner Tn the
 National Capitol

An exchange says the first Christmas dinner given in the White House was in the year 1900, when John Adams was President and thrifty Abigail, his wife sat at the head of the table as hostess. It was not a comfortable meal, although a splendid haunch of venison, the gift of Mrs. Washington, graced the board, and the country people of what Mrs. Adams called the City in the wilderness had generously contributed gifts of all sorts to make the feast as toothsome as one could well wish.
 The reception after dinner took place in the oval room, which is now the library, and was at that time barely habit able, though furnished, as Mrs. Adams wrote, in warm erim- son, The view from the win doWs on the first Christmas day would have disclosed what John Cotton Smith describes as "a deep morass, covered with bushes. v
 The sidewalks wefe laid with chips from the stones with which the capitol was built A wooden bridge spanned Black Fiber Creek, and low houses, also built of wood were residences of the congressman.
 The only brick dwellings were those that stood in Penn sylvania avenue, between fwenty-first and Twenty-see- ond streets, six in number and built with money derived from the sale of lottery tickets. These were the surroundings of the first Christmsa day of the Chief Executive of the young nation whose policy in gvernmenot has been more Christ-like than any other nation on the face of the earth which keeps the holiday.
The Newark journal., 1921-12-15
CLIQUES AND FACTIONS

Country towns might be di- vided into three types.
 1:-Those that are dead from the ground up.
 2:-Those that are wide awake and which go ahead dc things.
 3:-Those that have bright and wide awake people, but which spend so much time in personal and factional picker ings that they have no energy to push community projects.
 The first class of towns is hopeless, the second will go ahead alright, but the third class represents many regret table instances of possible de- Velopment stopped.
 Sometimes it seems as if a own had too many clever and capable people. Too many of them want to be bosses. They line up into cliques and fact ions, and if one party takes up some idea the others will sit back and criticise. As it takes a union of all resources in a country town to accomplish results the party that takes up the new project can not put it over, owing to the under tone of opposition.
 They become discouraged, and reach the conclusion that the town is dead and t is no use trying to accomplish anything. That puts dampcr on improv- ment projects for some time before anyone has the courage to go ahead and try any thing new.
 There is in most towns some little tendency in that direct ion that needs to be checked. People incline to line up in cliques and factions. Then if some one starts some kind of
The Newark journal., 1921-12-15
=Mutual= Obligations.

Husbands should be frank and te'. their wives everything" says q woman writer. Yes. and wives should be geH. erous and believe it.
Arizona republican., 1921-07-26
 CIRCUMFERENCE URGES ECONOMY IN COUNTY AND CITY, EXPENSES
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MORALES, Ariz., July 25-Charles R. Howe, chairman state tax commits sion. in the opening address at the state tax conference here today. de- clared that every industry in the state would be called upon to bear a heavy burden this year. Hope that county and city budgets could be reduced was expressed by Mir. Howe but he declared that the time had passed for changing the state budget The tax levy at the best, will be large one this year" he said.
 The first subject taken up at the conference was a reduction of 25 per cent in the assessed valuation of ir- rieated lands in Maricopa county that was made recently by the Maricopa county board of supervisors. The delegates who participated in the dis cussion generally favored the reduc- tion
 More than 200 delegates. represent ing every county in the state except Apache. are present at the confer ence. The delegates include members of the state tax commission. members and clerks of county boards of super visors. county assessors. representa- tives of various associations. mining companies. railroads and the Arizona Wool Growers association. - Grand Canyon was selected as the meeting place of the 1922 convention. Flagstaff, Globe, Tombstone Bispee and Jerome also were candidates for the next meeting.
Arizona republican., 1921-07-26
BLACK SOX GRAND JURY CONFESSIONS
 OFFERED AT TRIAL
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CHICAGO, July 25.-If any convic- tions are obtained in. the baseball trial, a new investigation of the scan dal through which it is charged White Sox players agreed to throw the 1919 worlds series will be started immediately and attempss. made to duplicate group of alleged gamblers not on trial. John Tyrrell. assistant states attorney. announced tonight.
 MT. Tyrrell said that the sxtte was convinced it could extradIta Abe At tell, who won an extradition fight in New York, Hal Chase and others, and that it could locate J. J. Sullivan of Boston and Rachel Brown of New York, indicted but never. apprehended.
 There is also one eastern gambler who has been barred from race tracks whose name has been men, tioned frequently by witnesses" Mir Tyrrell said. We thought at first he might be innocent, but in this new investigation we will delve 6ees into his activities. The present trial is merely a test case If we obtain convictions, We will go right ahead and try every man in any way i'm piicated in this affair before N e get through"
 Several men are being watched closely and arrests may be expected the day after the trial ends if con- victions are obtained. Mir. Tyrrell said States Attorney Grove tonight said he would investigate charges made by Ban Johnson of the American league and if they are suostantiated prosecutions will follow"
 Former States Attorney Hoyne. who had charge of the papers when they are said to have disappeared, said today:
 State Scores
 q do not believe any documents were stolen from the states attorneys office or sold by any employe of the office.'
 The state won several victories to- day, Judge Hugo Friend ruling for the prosecution in every legal battle fought during day of repeated sem sations and thus enabling the state to reach home with direct and flank attacks on the former White Sox players and alleged gamblers charged with conspiracy for eight Sox players to throw the 1919 would series.
 The court ordered the confessions of Eddie Cicofte, Joe Jackson and Claude Williams, former White Sox to the grand jury that they were paid from $5o00 to $10.000 to throw games admitted as evidence although the three men, testifying in their own de- fense, swore they had been promised immunity for confessing
 Judge Charles A. Mcdonald, who ordered the baseball scandal investi- gation did some heavy hitting for the state, however, by following the play CTS with testimony that they were never promised anything. that they signed immunity waivers and that they were told that they would be given no consideration by the states attorney.
 Judge Friend then ruled that in place of the original signed confes-
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Arizona republican., 1921-07-26
Poor Market Forces Eastern Brokerage Company Bankrupt
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 PHILADELPHIA, July 25.-Poor business, poor market conditions and tremendous shrinkage in all securi- ties recently, caused the failure of the Chandler Brothers and company, bankers and brokers of this city and New York, Earl Mendenhall, head of the firm, said in statement today
 The company closed it's doors today after Judge Patterson had appointed receivers on the request of Fred T. Chandler, Jr. who set forth in a bill of equity that owing to existing eco homie conditions 1t was found impos- sible to conduct the business without loss.
 Tn an answer the other partners admitted this statement and joined in the application.
 Edwin J. Gilfillan, an engineer, and Cornelius Haggerty, Jr., an attorney. denhalps statement said his firm had more than 1000 accounts, but ex- plained that losses by its clients would depend upon the condition of the stock market when the receivers begin to liquidate whatever securities are held. He could not estimate the firms losses.
 It was estimated in Mir. Chandler's bill of equity that the company's. as sets amounted to about $50.000.
 It was announced there was no con- nection between the closed concern and Chandler and company, Inc.
Arizona republican., 1921-07-26

There were surprises galore during the afternoon, but the biggest sur- prise of the day was given the mem kerx of The Republican staff and ctherx who had charge of the ar r1rkements for the picnic shortly after the crowd began to arrive.
 They had estimated that there would be $500 boys and. girls who would attend the picnic and started 10 make arrangements for that num- h<r- But to be. as they thought, on the safe side. they increased the or ders for ice cream cones. lemonade ana tickets to care for 5000. Surely, thas w1ll be enough. they declared.
 And Still They Game
 But when the tickets to be given at the gate for the coupons ran out shortly after 1 o'clock and the ice cream cones and the lemonade melted aWay before the apparently mex h2rgtible crowd of boys and girls there vas a temporary panic in The Aepuhiiean staff which had charge of sAe affair.
 A hurry call was sent to Donofrios, which was repeated several times, and John Aisop, manager. immedi- a<e1y dispatched several truck loads cf free1ers of ice cream to the park. A sack of sugar and several more noxes of lemons were secured and &oon the work of serving the ice creAm and lemonade was resumed.
 That was the reason there was a 6elAr in serving the ice cream and the lemonade. The Republican wants thRir young guests to know. No one hn6 any idea there were so many noys and girls in the town as swooped down on the park and the picnic yesterday Yes. if you please. 1t was xcme crowd No one who was there can say to the contrary.
 Conservatively estimated. there ~ero S.eoo at The Republicans picnic yesterday. 5000 boys and girls and 1000 adults It had been announced that the gates of the park would be opened at noon. but at 10 o'clock there was a line of boys and girls waiting for admission and it was de- cited to throw open the gates at once. The crowd increa sed in volume until ft hecame a crush.
 I6s hosts of the day smiled. They had expected big crowd and here st was. but they had not expected that the rush would keep up until they were almost swamped. As each boy or girl presented a coupon and penny at the gate they were present. ed with tickets entitling them to ice cream cones. lemonade and balloon.
 Then consternation
 But as the long stream of humanity continued to pour through the gates hour after hour. the smile of assur- znce which the hosts and managers had worn gave way to a look of con- sternstion- 1t was the biggest day
Arizona republican., 1921-07-26
[AST MTNUTE NEVIS!
BISHOP cURLEY NAMED ARCHBISHOP

BISHOP NAMED ARCHBISHOP Bishop Michael Cury ef Angus archbishop of Baltimore
 INJURED MINNEAPOLIS MINNEAPOLIS July 2sFour injured seriously when building tho sbasems The building is being wrecked
 SPEAKER of
  a officers police head detained
 
 ToRTUREs NEBRASKA BYARD Nebr, July 25Tony Tanker, hs Creek hands which tortured him with " accused 14yearod girl of missreatng her.
 SERVE SMALL WARRANT
  Smith 
 hail to enbez erent funds whi he sssst
  BEAUMONT and  been exinsuhed eh-~-z
Arizona republican., 1921-07-26
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LONDON, July 25. - Nothing less than national independence will con- tent the Sim Fein leaders. The Irish Rciletin. official organ of the Dail Fire1nn. makes this declaration from hesdquarters in Dublin.
 While nothing is actually known of the nature of the governments pro- posals beyond the general outline of dominion home rule and fiscal au- tononny. the Bulletin contains an out burst against the assumptions of the British press concerning the. negotia- cicnS which appear to show that the proposals are unsatisfactory so far as southern Ireland is concerned.
 Resentment is expressed at hints in the British newspapers that there would be revival of the military terror unless the so-called con sessions were accepted.
 But" declares the Bulletin, 'the Irish people will agree to nothing which denies the ancient unity of Ireland or seeks to impose on the nation alien dominion of any kind.''
 This outburst. which incidentally repudiates any wish to coerce Ulster, ss taken in certain quarters to be more of an expression of impatience with the patronizing air of some London newspapers than an indica- ton of a breach in the negotiations. T. at least confirms the impression se1craily held here that the path to peace s likely to prove long and difficult
 According to Associated Press dis
Arizona republican., 1921-07-26
NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE LEAST SINN FEN WILL BE CONTENT ID ACCEPT

patches from Ireland the government proposals include plan to reorgan- lze the Irish police on a civil base eliminating the military element and disbanding the auxiliares. This would be an important concession to Irish feelings.
 Eamonn de Valera, Republican leader. took up with the members or his cabinet today details of the British proposals, preparatory it is understood to submitting them to the Dail Eireann.
 The British cabinet council tonight decided to end the session of parlia- ment, August 29, unless an Irish set tlement makes an autumn session necessary"
 This provisional decision is taken to mean. that the government is still hopeful of peace in Ireland. The day was without progress towards a so- lution and the public was left to founder in the realms of conjecture, for the premier could only promise the house of commons future state ment on the situation and to warn the house against reliance on unof- ficial reports. He declared that all the published statements regarding the terms of settlement were inac- curate.
 Complaints received from officer s of the Irish Republican army regard ing violation of the truce conditions by British soldiers have not been fully considered. but they are said to be rather technical
Arizona republican., 1921-07-26
TW0 B|SBEE MINERS KILLED WHEN FLOOD WATERS CAVE SHAFT
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BISBEE. Ariz., July 25. = James Egan and Enrique Fer1an, miners. were killed this afternoon when a small cloudburst. breaking almost di- rectly over the shaft of the Wolver- inc mine, weakened the timbering of one side of the shaft and dislodged several tons of rock and dirt near the top.
 Egan and Ferran, who were being lifted to the surface, were knocked from the bucket" on which they were riding and fell 800 feet to the bottom of the shaft. Water pouring down the main shaft prevented at tempts to immediately recover the bodies. They were found later at the bottom of the shaft by James Malley, foreman at the Wolverine, who crawled down through a .manhole.
 Egan formerly lived at Park City, Utah. His father is said to be living in Tonopah, New.
Arizona republican., 1921-07-26
Elderly Knight Of
 The Key Can Still
 Send Morse Code
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TARRYTOWN, N. r., July 25.- Col. Robert c. Clowrey, s3. former president of the Western Union Tele- graph company. boasted today that he could send Morse code messages as when he used to send telegrams for Abraham Lincoln at Springfield. H., before the Civil war.
 He demonstrated it to the satisfac- ton of the Old Time Telegraphers' association, when he sent message over a direct wire to E. C. Newton. 73. at Little Rock, Ark, who was a telegraph operator with the Confer edate armies.
 This is what he licked off:
 Its a long time from 1881 to 1921. since we were both young fellows and worked the key, you under the bonnie blue flag with a single star and I under the Stars and Stripes. We both did our duty and were spared to see a gloriously united country. Some day the great commander will be calling us to another country. where many of our comrades will be waiting to extend the familiar 13.'
 In telegraph code the figures 73 mean good wishes"
Arizona republican., 1921-07-26
COTTON COMMITTEE TOLD TO BE READY
 FOR QUICK. ACTION

Stotag that the hearings the toiifj bM started yesterday and a0oulds soon be completed, Senator Ashurst i Washington last night sent aOire to the chamber of commerce urging that the local committee staple cotton be ready to eave tor Washington earl nert aCeek.
 Washington, D. C., July 25, 1921. Harry Welch,
 Secretary Chandler of Commerce, Phoenir, Arizona.
 Senate finamce committee began its hearings on taritf biu today and intends to finish the hearings aCithi 20 days. suggest that the dele gates representing cotton aud other agricultural interests be ready to start for here upon tele- graphic notice s0hich aUiU send early nert sveek
 SENATOR ASHURST.
Arizona republican., 1921-07-26
THANK YOU

The Republican dssires to ex- press its thanks to Messrs. Rick ards and Mace in donating the use Of Riverside park and the bathing pool for the ehiIdren's picnic. They also aided in othsr ways to mako the affair . big sueesss by giving the balloons and in furnishing the oretssstra and the use of the dane ing pavilion that 70 many boys and girls could enjoy themselves with dancing.
Arizona republican., 1921-07-26
5000 ATTEND THE REPUBLICANS PICNIC
La Toilette Urge e sI
 Probe Of Shipping Board Labor Policy
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 WASHINGTON. July 25.-Investi- gation to determine if Shipping board policies have been 'molded by Brit tsh influences" and are hostile to or- ganized labor was urged in the senate today by Senator LaFollette, Republican of Wisconsin. The new board. he said, apparently had con- tinued the labor policy of the old board and a congressional inquiry was needed to protect American mer- chantmen.
 If it was the purpose of the new board to change any of the vicious practices of the old board, such pur- pose had not manifested itself in action so far as I have learned" he said. Of the new organizations seven members. he added. mot one ever. had any experience in the management or operation of ships" and an investigation would be helpful to the board. The past policy of hostility to organized labor had driven men away from American ships, He charged that coercion and deception" had been practiced by shipping board agents in recruiting workers.
Arizona republican., 1921-07-26
Chinese Foreign Minister Favors
 Friendly Policy

PEKING, July 24.-Dr. w. w. Yen, foreign minister. outlining in the Peking Leader today China's policy on the proposed Washington confer ence on Far Eastern questions and disarmament, says China does not plan to enter the conference with the primary intention of bringing up questions involving her relations with individual nations, but instead, will seek to have worked out general principles which can be applied to individual problems arising in the future course of development in the Pacific.
 Dr. Yen says he believes a friendly give and take spirit by the interested nations will result in basic principles being applied to the Pacific which will remove international friction, and the consequent danger of war
Arizona republican., 1921-07-26
POSTAGE STAMPS MAY BE
 TO BOOST J. {. TREASURY
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 WASHINGTON, July 25.-Plans TOT building new tax law took more definite form today as preparations were completed for the actual begin ming tomorrow of revision of the rev. enue laws by the house ways and means committee.
 President Harding heard details of what house leaders propose to do from Chairman Fordney of the com mittee, and information leaked out indicating that the three-cent postage stamp might be resorted to as a rev enue producer. The return to the three-cent stamp was understood to hayesbeen discussed at the conference today between Secretary Mellon and Mir. Fordney and other Republican members of the ways and means committee. The suggestion will be taken up with the postoffice depart ment before any further moves are made, it was stated.
 i In the search for methods of rais- ing around 5000, 1000, 900 year, members of the committee were de- clared to have talked also of a stamp tax on bank checks. but that sugges- tion was understood to have been drowned on by the treasury. Other stamp tax proposals may get some consideration in the committee. but members said they feared the re- action from them.
 MT. Mellon, 1t vas said, had told the committee that he was opposed to the use of a sales tax to supplant the excess profits levy, which, it is conceded, will be abandoned. He was represented as being favorable to a flat tax on corporations.
 Committee leaders declared they believed the corporation tax would take the form of a 15 per cent levy on incomes with the exception of $2000, now in effect. abolished.
 The opening session of the hearings tomorrow will include discussion of about all phases of revision accord ing to the calendar posted tonight by the committee.