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Arizona republican., 1921-08-25
THE MURDER MARKET

ceived a threat of any kind. They cannot imagine who could have done it. If a man is shot down in broad daylight in the center of the Italian business district, not a soul will be found who will admit having wit messed the crime.
 A Valuable Confession
 Yet, once in long while. the police are able to get hold of a gangster like Fontano, who will give them-val- uable information. Usually the man is on the point of death or is under life sentence. One such was an Italian namer Lagaputo, who was picked up half dead from a gunshot wound and made a confession while lowering near death in a city hospi- tai. Another was Ralph the Barber" whose sensational confession impli- cated dozens of influential Italians of the underworld.
 Ralph Daniello, widely known as Ralph the Barber" was a profes- sional murderer, employed to kill by the 'boss'' of his district at the rate of $15 a week. Ralph betrayed this boss and several other leaders of the band because they failed to keep their promise to him. They had promised Ralph to send his wife and children safely back to Italy so that he could elope to Nevada with an other woman. Accordingly, the young murderer eloped, but once in Nevada he learned that his wife and children were right where he had left them. They had not gone back to Italy, In this failure of the boss men" or padrones to keep their promise Ralph read a sinister design. He had been in their service long enough to know what happened to henchman out of favor-he was usually found early some morning with his throat cut. That did not happen to Ralph.- In- stead the mother of the girl with whom he had eloped followed them to Reno and had him arrested. This action, the young man believed, had been taken only with the consent of l the bosses back home, and he swore he would get even. He would take | his vengeance also, he who had for | so long a time made vengeance his ! business. That was in November | 1917. Since then the police have | known a great deal about the men who rule Little Italy.
 They know, for instance, that the | Italian underworld recognizes nc laws against gambling. drug tratfick-
Arizona republican., 1921-08-25
By Frederic J. Haskin

NEW YORK, Aug. 24-The recent confession of the Italian Bertolo, Fontano, held by the New York po- lice, has served once more to remind us that criminal societies among our foreign born are still very real and lively institutions. During the past few years their activities have been kept so quiet that the public rather got the comfortable idea they had ceased to be menace. The we'll known Black Hand" after it was in- troduced into the comic supplements. was regarded as more ridiculous than dangerous. But all along, 1t seems, the Camorra was keeping up its high, deadly batting average.
 The disclosures made by Fontano, the police assert. have shed bril- liant light on more than seventy murders now known to have been committed by the Bonventre band of Good Killers" Seventeen murders seven here and ten in Detroit-are entirely cleared up by the Italians confession, while it is believed others can now be solved as a result of it. At least 1S'murders committed in the neighborhood of Grand and Chrystie streets here (which, by the way, is in the immediate vicinity of the city's police headquarters) during the past year, can be traced to the Good Killers it is thought. This jovial band. according to the police. is con- trolled by a few powerful leaders in this country, who, in turn, receive their orders from the society's head quarters in Sicily.
 Fontano's confession Is most un- usual; indeed, almost unheard of As a rule, the police can obtain ab- solutely no information from Italians taken into custody, even though they have been victims of, instead of CO., operators with the gang. Recently in Chicago, for example. when the authorities sought the murderers of one Joseph Sinacola, the actual wit nesses of the crirne-inoluding the mans wife and children-feared to testify. They knew nothing about it. they maintained stubbornly.
 In New York the police are con- stantly picking up murdered Italians whose murderers are shielded by a shroud of silence. If the man is killed by swift bullet coming through the window, his relatives, who saw il come, will protest that he had nc enemies and that he had never re-
Arizona republican., 1921-08-25
ABOUT THE STATE

to Chief Dallas Ford, who says that the number of vags falling into the police net are diminishing to a marked extent
 ''The reputation of Tucson and it's summer chain gang is spreading all along the railroads and tramps are giving this city a wide berth" said Chief Ford. While there is an un- usually large movement of tramps reported by the railroad police. our chain gang causes them to walk around Tucson just like 1t was a swamp. If it wasn't for putting them to work for 30 to 60-day stretches the city would probably be overrun with floaters at this time.-Arizona Star.
 Boy Injured
 RESCOTT-Injured painfully by the explosion of giant powder cap Wednesday in some manner unknown to his parents or the doctor, little John Rund of the Verde vailey yes terday morning was lying at the Mercy hospital, his left eye injured. the thumb, forefiner and part of the middle finger of his left hand blown off. and his face and chest peppered with hundreds of tiny pow der burns.-J ournal- Miner.
 Havs Narrow Eseape
 NOGALES-Supt. Small of the Cananea division of the Southern Pacific de Mexico. and three other men had a narrow escape from seri- ous injury yesterday when a motor car on which they were riding hit a burro. six miles from Nogales. So- nora.
 They were en route to the border from a trip to Carbo. They were making about 45 miles an hour and were passing through hard storm at the time they struck the burro The animal was killed and Small and companions were thrown several feet. Small landing in a clump oi bushes.
 All had a miraculous escape, the only injuries being bruises and scratches.-Herald.
 To Beautify City OGALES-Nogales is to be made | ''city beautiful"
 Under instructions from Chief oi Police Jay Lowe. Policemen Browr and Renter began work this after noon of instructing all merchants oi l the city who have been hanging pa per, cotton, or canvas signs out ovei l the sidewalk that these signs will bt removed immediately, and will bt strictly prohibited in the future. l There is a city ordinance agains these signs. and it will be enforced declared the police.-Herald.
Arizona republican., 1921-08-25

To the Editor. of The Republican:
 I saw in Monday mornings Repub- lican that Mir. James A. Walton of the Cigarette League of Cali fornia said that no man who smokes can tell the truth. He should have said that man who does not smoke cannot tell lie.
 It is true that we have had laws passed by cowardly lawmakers who are afraid of an aggressive minority. thaN can never be enforced. and we are liable to have more. as long as foolish women who have lost their waist-lines will put up their money to agitate for them.
 Most of them will be here only a short time and cannot see what happens here should worry them. and they will be trying to change con- ditions wherever they may land, wanting to change the color or the length of the feathers or put more fire under the men who smoke or take a drink on earth
 Intolerance has been the curse of the human race since the beginning of history, and while they cannot legally kill any one who does not be- lieve as they do, they are trying to make others give up any pleasure that they cannot enjoy themselves.
 I have known some tea drinkers who could not tell lie when they were asleep. but I would not like to
Arizona republican., 1921-08-25
Delay Installation


 TUCSON-That the huge telescope recently purchased by the university will not be in working order until Christmas, was the information re- ceived by Dean A. E. Douglass from the lens manufacturers yesterday. The delay is caused by the large mirror lens for the instrument being ruined. The mirror which was being made for the Steward instrument had to be abandoned by the makers, as 1t was completely ruined during a recent electrical storm.-Citizen.
 Recover Automobile
 NO0ALES-An automobile belong ing to R. w. Mazon of Phoenix. which was stolen from in front of the Nogales cafe, last night, was found today in a canyon south of the in- ternational line.
 stripped of four new tires, carburetor. windshield, lights. etc.-Herald.
 Shoot Dogs On Sight
 TUCSON-Rigid enforcement of the order of the city council that all dogs found on the street not on leash be shot by the police department was commenced Thursday night when it was finally proved that the rabies situation in Tucson is rapidly grow ing worse rather than improving as was anticipated. Chief of Police Ford announced Thursday night that ef- fective immediately no leniency would be granted in regard to dogs found on the streets and that all though it is not desired to be unjust to dog owners, sufficient notice has been given to allow opportunity for them to save their animals-Citizen
 Prove Crop Value
 YUMA-That the alfalfa seed o1 G. M. Owen which was burned some days ago was not over insured, wa. demonstrated yesterday when part oi the seed crop which had not beer burned was threshed and netted ar average of over 300 pounds to tht acre.
 The Owen alfalfa seed was insured at about 500 pounds to the ecre. I'm. mediately after the fire 1t was rum ored that the seed was over insured and because of such statements set clement had been held up by the in surance companies. After discussing the matter it was decided to thresi some of the seed which had not beer burned to see if the seed had reall, been over insured.-Sun.
 Hoboes Avoid Tucson
 TUCSON-Tucson's chain gang i beginning to have the proper psyche logical effect upon hoboes, accordinl
Arizona republican., 1921-08-25
Cigarettes and Liars


 reader of The Republican takes issue with James A. Walton of the Anti Cigarette League of California, who is reported by Associated Press dispatch Monday morning to have declared that the use of cigarettes makes liars. It is only conceivably so. though, we never knew who had become liar in consetuence of most excessive of cigarettes.
 Lying is attendant upon weakness of mind We have not in mind so-called mental defectives but persons of fibre. the weakness being either natural produced by habit of living. This is so true that according Montesquieu in the Spirit of the Laws" the Chinese recognized lying natural defense of the weak No sort of weakness is normal.
 Drug addicts and habitual drunkards are notor- ious liars. generally without evil intent. They spurred to lying by imagnations that have been dis torted by the of drugs ntoxcants Their lying is not really lying at all apy than the state ment of the asylum inmate that he is Napoleon Bonaparte.
 We do not know whether it Is possible for one to njure his moral fibre by the of cigarettes as become this kind of liar. but we hardly think
 There is general misunderstanding about the cigarette. used to be said that the manufacturers of cigarette wrappers put drug into the paper which had effect upon the user. That of course rdicu lous Whatever harm there may be in the cigarette
 
 of the smoke wfsch most cigarette users practice
 But the average cigarette smoker consumes much less tobacco than the cigar smoker much less than the habitual pipe smoker and smoker takes much nicotine into his system the age tobacco chewer.
 Most professional and business men. whose affairs too important to enable them engage in reform like the suppression the cig- arctic. to attend to anybodys business but their own. of tobacco; majority of them are cigarette smokers. Generally they are active alert and truthful Some them may be liars. but liars with deep and profitable purpose liars because of any breakdown Of the moral fibre
 We believe it is only recently that the question of the effect of tobacco the mind has been raised by reformers and lse. But the question of its effect the human body is old one discussed with diversity of opinion without definite con- clusions That like coffee and certain foods it has effect upon the nerves. has been observed though many excessive habitual users have not been affected. There so-called tobacco heart and there diseases of throat and traceable to tobacco, but these diseases are nfrequent com pared with the large number Of tobacco users much more nfrequent than diseases of the digestive or due to improper eating
 majority of physicians and many clergymen are tobacco users. that the living testimony of these experts in health and morals may be weighed in favor of the weed.
Arizona republican., 1921-08-25
Th. ProIona.d Ab.ene. of MII.. e.naI.n


 We have suffered mental pain because of the absence of late from the front page the sport ing page any other page of Mile Suzanne Lenglen the French tennis conqueress The coming of Mile. Lengen widely hera1ded and her arrival on our shores universally proclaimed. Pictures of her in repose and in action appeared everywhere, and she told us in interviews about tennis that were disposed to yield her the championship with out contest. Mrs. Mallory. however. thought other wise
 In the ensuing match. Mile Lenglen crumbled from the outset. Her this side was briefer than that of her distinguished countryman. Georges Carpenter.
 There is something in the air or the food that does not agree with foreigners who enter into com petition with It is not the lack of tho American sporting spirit for always give our visitors a running start. We want to the best win In that respect the best nernationalists in the world majority of would have preferred to lose the championship belt M. Carpenter and we SUD- pose another majority would have grieved if Mile. Lenglen had carried the tennis cup home with her.
Arizona republican., 1921-08-25
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"Ths Rspubiieen
 Dear Mfr. Editor:
 In today's mail received two let ters from my sons. one in Los An- geles and one at Langley Field. Va It so happened that both of these let- ters paid quite a compliment to the Arizona Republican. and since 1 do not believe in waiting for the funeral to furnish the only opportunity for the flowers, I feel that you and all the other men who help get out .he best paper in the state are entitled to these two little flowers now. Paul wrote us to send him The Republican as he could not get much out of the Los Angeles papers and he was C ite sure that The Republican was a bet ter paper than any of the Los An geles papers He was really ferious about it.
 The other letter. from our oldest son, Ned. referred to the detailed de- scription of tile sinking of the ships by the air craft off the Virginia the write-up. and he said it was one of the best he had read and certainly was evidence that the aircraft was getting somewhere when paper way out in Arizona got the story on the front page
 May I also add a third compliment to you personally relative to the edi- torial this morning on crime not pay ing. It was a good one and l shall use it often. have been making small collection of similar facts for family consumption am trying to prove to my boys that crime does not pay. Boys of certain age will catch this argument better than they will the preachments about it being bad and sinful and wrong. At least some of them will. None of us will neglect the other. but If we can prove to them that it does not pay. it may help. D. D: RALEY-
Arizona republican., 1921-08-25

We to understand that we have settle back into equanmity since the last Cave Creek foo and are merely waiting for the next one, are we?
Arizona republican., 1921-08-25

A woman armed with whip rec ently battled three tigers in circus wagon in Aurora, H., driving the beasts into a corner of the compart- ments and locking them there TWO of the animals were wild anu the third but partly tanned
Arizona republican., 1921-08-25

North-Webster injured in government vice.
 West-Wounded in the war?
 North-No. He worked in the rehabilitation de- partment and fell out of his chair while asleep.- New
Arizona republican., 1921-08-25

With the signature by Germany of the America peace treaty may expect the horrible slaughte of Germans and Americans which has been goin on since Armistce Day will be ended.
Arizona republican., 1921-08-25
The War of the Future

Rather war up to date" is the subject of a letter received by The Republican from MT. Edward Ber- wick of Pacific Grove. California in urging more intense public interest approaching disarma- ment congress to remove the readiness for war for which the whole world is better prepared rbw than ever. He pictures the probabilities of the next conflict:
 Airplanes. directed by wireless are already each competent to spread two tons of this producing material over an area 100 feet wide and miles long. Facilities for producing thousands of tons daily now available; sufficient to any existing metrop oils into necropolis-a city of rottng corpses-in single night Nor will airplanes be the sole distribu- tors. Tanks-tanks of lmitless size-far gigan- tic than those of today which carry but of the Lewiste compound (the deadliest gas dae) and travelling s25 miles hour regardless of any roads, will add to the horrors of the airplanes.
 To complete the work countless billions of germs of such malignant diseases the flu" to be . loosed suburban areas; while our 5o.- 000000 dollar capital ships will be simply expensive ridiculous toys when huge bombs of high explosives raned on them from the skies. One more possi- bty is the killing ray" eagerly sought applica- tion of electricity, radio-aetiyity, competent destroy whole armies in flash.
 We have reached the last phase of war which was precisely the first-the killing of many of the enemy possible. Later there came to be added the glamour, the trappings the "pomp and circumstance" of war; the opportunities for indi- vidual glory the display of individual prowess and courage.
 Now that these are removed. thinks Mr. Ber- wick an agreement not to go should De easy.
 We understand that we have settled back into equanimity since Cave Creek flood and are merely waiting for the next we?
 With the signature by Germany of the American peace treaty may expect the horrible slaughter of Germans and Americans which has been going on since Armistce Day will be ended
 
 North-Webster injured in government vice.
 West-Wounded in the war?
 North-No. He worked in the rehabilitation de- partment and fell out of his chair while asleep New York Sun
Arizona republican., 1921-08-25
Tho E1irt
 ~ HAL COCHRAN

Perhaps it really wasn't right That she should be out late at night, And all alone upon the stree But. even though not quite discreet She left the movie. bound for home, A matter of a three block roam And then, it seems. he came in view; He frightened her-he would have you. And where she went, he trailed behind Perhaps he didn't think she'd mind. She watched him follow her along; He seemed to think that naught was wrong And then she quickened in her pace. He quickened too. and joined the race; And when she stopped beneath tree To hide or watch-well so did he. Perhaps a thrill came OCT the maid, And yet she seemed quite unafraid- And then she ran-a moment more She reached her porch, and at the door She paused and seemed to realize The pleading in the trailer's eyes.
 Yes. he was shabby. old and thin But kind. She let the poor dog in
The Republican journal., 1921-01-20

Firearms are said to have been first
used in European warfare in the Four
teenth century. The first weapon of
this kind that passed into general use
was the hand gun, which was of very
rude construction. 1t consisted of
simple iron or brass tube, fixed in a
straight stock of wood. An improve
ment was made in the reign of Ed
ward ~, when cock was affixed to
the hand gun to hold the match which
was brought down to the printing by
trigger, whence the term matchbox.
Then came the wheel lock and about
1875 the firelock or f1intlock 1t was
the weapon of Marlborough's and
Wellington's armies and became known
as Brown Bess." In 1894 the per-
cussion cap, invented by Rev. Alexan-
der John Forsyth, was successfully
tested at Woolwich. In 1889 the flint
lock muskets were altered to suit the
percussion cap. The percussion mus
ket of 1912 continued in use in the
British army until partially superseded
by the MIME rifle in 1851, and alto
gether by the Enfield rifle in 1855,
and since then the breech-loading,
magazine rifle has been perfected.
The Republican journal., 1921-01-20
Notice of foreclosure

WHEREAS. Carl K. Mathews of Lincoln
w vile. in the County of Waldo and State
of Maine, by his mortgage deed dated the
twentieth day of March. A. D. 1917. and re-
corded in the Waldo Registry of Deeds, Book
326, Page .301, conveyed to S. E. Churchill,
John Wiley, Everett Greer and Henry Heard,
a certain parcel of real estate situate in Lin
vile, in the County of Waldo and State Of
Maine. bounded and described as follows, to
VITA certain lot or parcel of land with the
buildings thereon, situated in said Lincolnville.
bounded and described as follows. to witt
Bounded on the north by land of E, G. Scru
ton; on the east by land of Everett Greer ard
Josiah Miller estate; on the south by town
road leading to Town House and land of W. s..
Mckinney; on the west by land Of George
Lermond
Meaning to convey the same property as
decided tl Jackson Mathews by Gideon r. San
ford by his deed dated Nov. g. 1893. and re-
corded in Waldo Registry of Deeds, Book 23e,
Page 437, to which deed reference is hereby
made fora complete description. and whereas.
the said S. E. Churchill John Wiley, Ev erett
Greer (by the name of Everett A. Greer) and
Henry Heard (by the anne of Henry E. Heard)
by their assignment of mortgage. duly exc
cuted, dated the twelfth day of April. A. D..
1918, and recorded in Waldo County Registry
of Deeds, in Book 297, Page LA, assigned said
mortgage to me, and whereas. the condition of
said mortgage has been broken, now, there
fore, by reason of the breach of the cordition
thereof claim fore closure of said NOR tgage.
Dated November 4, 1920.
ELIZABETH MATHEWS.
D. &M. 3w3
The Republican journal., 1921-01-20

Edmund Burke, the celebrated Brit
ish statesman whom every high school
boy has occasion to know through his
famous speech on Cancellation, was
believer in the hot water theory of
therapeutics. For whenever Burke
found himself indisposed he ordered
a kettle of hot water to be kept boil
ing, of which he drank large quanti-
ties, sometimes as much as four or
FIVE quarts in a morning, without any
mixture or infusion, according to an
old copy Of the Dublin University
Magazine. He would pour out about
a pint as hot as he could bear, and
drink 1t with spoon, as If 1t had
been soup. Warm water, he said,
would relax and nauseate, but hot
water was the finest stimulant and
most powerful restorative In the
world. He not only partook of this
sovereign remedy himself, but pre-
scribed it to every patient that would
listen to him at all.-Kansas City Star.