Arizona republican., 1921-05-31
FIND YOUNG MAN DEAD IN BED AT
 HOME NEAR MESA

MESA. May 3o.-Francisco Torrez. 23 years of age. was found dead m bed at his home in the northwest part of Mesa Monday morning. A coro- .ner's jury empaneled by Judge R. A Kingsbury investigated the death and following an autopsy performed by local physicians, rendered verdict that death came as result of acute dilation of the heart.
 Torrez attended Mexican dance Sunday night, according to his father and sister with whom he lived. but returned home shortly after mid night and was apparently in good health when he retired His. sister discovered him dead when she went to call him Monday morning
 The coroner's jury investigating the case sought closely after marks of foul play but could find no inoi- cations of the cause of death. An autopsy was finally ordered and Drs. J. B. Nelson. J. E. Drane and Greer. who performed the operation, found death due to heart failure
 Mess Goes Over Top for Boy Scouts More than the quota of $1.225 re- quired in the Mesa district was raised 1 by the three teams soliciting fhe last three days of last week for the Apache Council of Boy Scouts. One l thousand and twenty dollars was raised on the first day of the drive and. continuing their efforts through Friday and Saturday, the goal of S1.225 was slightly exceeded Team
 No. 1, composed of G. c. Salisbury Dan Hilbert and D. L. Stapley. raised approximately half Of the quota. Re ports from other districts in the Apache council where the drive was on indicate that their respective quotas were not reached and the campaign dates there have been ex-
 tended until Tuesday night in an eff fort to put all of them over the top. l.. Many Attend Memor;=! Services A congregation of over 800 peopl' attended the memorial services con, ducted in the L.. D. s. auditorium Sunday night under the auspices O the Mesa post of the American Le zion. All Mesa churches suspended their evening meetings in favor O i the service and each of the minister of Mesa participated in the orogram !. W. Lesueur, president of the Lat.
 ter Day Saints church, presided ant opened tho meeting by reading thu 1 governors proclamation setting asid' Memorial day as holiday Mis- Ruby Golden and Harold Clark eacl I favored the congregation with a voca solo. H. D. Ross. Jr.. commander O
 the Mesa post, introduced A. A Dl Worsley of Tucson. who delivered tn
 principal address of the eveni%g. Nil 2 Worsley recounted the wars of his
 tory in which Americans have die l that freedom might live and pail
 high tribute to those who died ol the field of battle.
 Attend u. s. c. This Summer T Miss Siegfried Soder and Mrs. Ethe
 Saunders. teachers in the Mes
 schools. departed Monday evenin
 for Los Angeles, where tkr- will at
 tend the University of Southern Cali fornia during the summer term The
 will return to resume their work i
 the local schools this fall.
 | Decorate Graves of Veterans l Graves of practically all veteran of the civil war. Spanish h-America i. war. and the world war in the Mes
 cemetery were decorated on Memo
 rial day. At the time of the buria of Milan C. Edson. a civil war vet
 eran. fin the Mesa cemetery about , month ago a statement was made i , these columns that he was the onl
 civil war veteran laid to rest tHar.
 II was brought to the attention C ! the correspondent on Monday. how , ever. that another veteran. Merri . tSidrk, was burleu tnere duout ! years ago Mir. Clark served fo'l years fin the civil war as a menbe Iof the s3d Illinois volunteers and wa , a resident of this section for a mum 2 Der of years prior to his death Fl is survived here by his daughtel !, Mrs Geor~e Garner. who lives ju. ' north of Gilbert
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