Arizona republican., 1922-03-09


marIhuana Sometimes Talks
otork Had Two Way Ticket
lomnstone Gets Into Court
msscns Honor Dead Comedian
HERE is such a thing as CARRYING
a Joke too far. especially when It
ZONES to matters matrimonial. THAT
- lne opinion conveyed by y. c..
ISroWn IN a suit filed in the superior
court yesterday against villa e.
broWn, his daughter
Mr. Brown asserts that his son.
alter nj. Brown, a minor, married
villa z. Lyon at Tempe last July
without the consent of his parents.
ne alleges that the affair was carried
out In spirit OF fun and that Mrs.
Wiila %. Lyon Brown is now living in
n0Ine 70, distant state, probably Vermont.
ne plalntiff asks for an anuullment
OF the marriage.
+ you haven't a clear conscience do
not cross the path OF a policeman.
Inns little lesson was learned by Es-
nesto Alverez yesterday when he was
sentenced by Municipal Judge George
Alrkland to serve 80 days in Jail for
carrying a concealed weapon and
havlng marihuana in his possession.
Detective Jack McGrath and Po.
liceman Ray Morrall were searching
Tor Jose Perez yesterday morning
when Ernesto Alverez crossed their
path His quick look of terror when
no met the policemen and his effort
to quickly eliminate himself from the
scene Immediately aroused the Sus-
picion of the officers. A search dis
closed the unlawful goods. Later the
TWO officers located Perez and placed
him under arrest. They found him
in possession OF a, revolver and watch
which was identified as having been
stolen. Perez viii be turned over to
the county for prosecution. During
the past year most OF his time has
been spent behind prison bars serv-
ing sentences for petit larceny.
ONE good Wallace deserves an
other. Such seemed to be the
theory OF the storl1 which hovered
over Mesa last week and delivered a
lusty baby boy to Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
S. Wallace last Sunday. The young
ster weighed eight pounds and proved
such g. success that the pleased stork
hunted out Mr.. and Mrs. James Q.
Wallace for q visit the following day.
The second boy to capture a Wallace
cognomen in Mesa last week weighed
l2 pounds.
A TOMBSTONE belonging to w. II. |
Church was removed from the old |
cemetery at Fourteenth avenue and |
Madison street recently. Constable |
Haze Burch began a search for it |
and found one answering the de- |
scription of the missing headpiece in
the monument works conducted by |
George Brock.
II didn't know how It happened to
be OH my premises" Brock told Just
ice Henry J. sullivan during his pre-
liminary hearing yesterday. Some
one must have planted It,"
The tombstone was INTRODUCED into
court and proved to be evidence Of
FER OF the case to the superior court
The defendant was held to answer to
the higher court under $500 bond
which he furnished,
TRepubican A. p. Leased Wire1
NEW YORK, Mar. 8---A throng
which filled the Masonic temple
OF st. Cecile lodge and overf1owed
into the street, today attended fun
eral services for Egbert Austin,
(Bertl Williams, famous negro COM
edian. who died here last Saturday.
Scores of his former associates. Of
ficers OF the lodge and prominent
members OF Williams own race who
had come from southern and western
states, accompanied the body to
cemetery.
This was the first time that a negro
had been buried with the Masonic
ritual in this state, according to Of
ficers OF the order. Williams was a
member Of Waverly Lodge No. 597 of
Scotland, and il was at the cabled
request Of the grand lodge of Scot
land that the services were held at
ST. Cecile's. known as the theatrical
lodge of the city. Williams Masonic
sheepssSin apron. received from the
lodge in Scotland, was placed in the
coffin. An orchestra from the
Broadway musical show played the
funeral march. Soloists from some
of New York's most exclusive church
IS chanted the Lords prayer. Among
The prominent negroes present were
charles w. Anderson. supervisory
aren't OF the department of agricul-
lure and Henry r. Burleigh, baritone
of st. Georges Protestant Episcopal
church, whom the late J. Pierpont
Morgan designated to sing his fav-
o,-ite hvrnn at his funeral.