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Arizona republican., 1922-04-27
Swollen Stream
Again Threatens
Pueblo District

PUEBLO, April 2s.-The Saint
Charles river, a small stream running
seven miles east OF Pueblo reached
flood proportions today, overflowing
its banks and inundating several
hundred acres of farm land. washing
out several bridges and flooding
highways along its course. according
20 reports received here tonight.
Heavy rains have fallen in this sec
ton during the last two days.
The stream which normally is
about thirty feet wide tonight had
reached a width OF more than five
hundred feet, and is a regular torrent,
reports received here said.
A large temporary bridge over the
saint charles on the Pueblo South
yineIand road was carried away by
the waters late today. Four small
road bridges also were reported out.
The water overGowed several
ranches and hundreds OF chickens
were drowned.
The Fountain and Arkansas rivers,
both of which touch residence sec
tions in pueblo, were reported TO be.
rising tonight. The Arkansas runs
through the heart of the down town
business district. A few down town
merchants with stores near the river
today moved their stock, in fear OF a
repetition of the floods which hit this
city last June. City officials stated.
however, there was no danger of the
river reaching flood proportions.
Olney Springs a small towrt about
90 miles east OF here was struck by @
cloudburst last night and parts of the
town were reported under water al
though the tide was receding today.
Several buildings also were flooded at
Ordway. Colorado. fifteen miles from
Olney Springs.
Damage to farm lands between the
two towns was reported. Several
bridges were washed out near Ord
way and most highways are impass-
able in that section tonight, accord
ing to telephone reports from Ord
way.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-27
Today's Program

REGISTRATION 800 A. M. TO 500 P. M. EVERY DAY
visitors the Hotel Adams
will be held in the srandstand each day.
THURSDAY, APRIL n, 800 A. NJ.
Invocation.
practical Road Buidns,' engineers hour
Phoenix
Ane Association of Engineers followed by
James highway commissioner Nevada;
L. L. highway commissioner Colorado;
Thomas Maddox state highway Arizona;
MaddocIS state highway engineer Arizona;
M. Hubbard highway commissioner Texas;
W. Borden highway engineer Nevadaj
Ben c Gillette state highway engineer NeE Mexico;
A. county highway engineer of Texas;
Lama Cobb, highway engineer;
W. w patch. division engineer highway
w. Whittemore, New Jersey;
j. L. L. Gaines, Colorado;
Wheeler Howard HnkIey, Wilson, Crook and Hanna also will speak
HANKHEAD NATIONAL HIGHWAY ASSOCIATION
THURSDAY, APRIL AZ, ff:Oo A. M. TO 100 P. M
Banhead National Hihyay association
called by Hon. Hennehan Cameron president
who will deliver his annual address,
Rankhead National Highway association
by ]. A. Rounee director general
Appointment committees
Report Of CardweI chairman.
Report Of standing and special committees
Wcmans Commission
Highway association the Message OF the
National Highway Association
Travey Holt New Mexico, J.
Heating g. Richardson OF
c. Duckworth OF South Carolina,
johnson Oklahoma r. h. Small
WOO of Mississippi T. l. Kirkpatrick pf North Carolina
Adjournment.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-27
Jury Completed For
Trial OF Miss Knox
On Murder Charge
Republican A. p. Leased Wire]

HepupllGan n. =. Leased WiTeJ
MONTROSS. Va, April 26.-The
jury was completed and taking tes-
timony begun today in the trial here
Of Miss Sarah r. Knox, Baltimore
nurse, on a charge Of numbering
Mrs. Margaret l.. Eastlake at Colon
ial Beach last fall.
William c. Carrouthers OF Colonial
Beach, one of the chief witnesses in
the trial of Roger d. Eastlake, a
navy petty officer, and husband of
the dead woman, who was indicted
with Miss Knox, and acquitted at a
separate trial, was the first witness
called. He testified that Miss Knox
aroused him at sos o'clock the
morning of the murder and told
him and his wife that Mrs. Eastlake
had been. shot lie related con-
versations he held that morning with
the defendant and with Eastlake and
identified the stained hatchet and
rajncoat found in the yard OF the
Eastlake residence shortly after the
murder
Arizona republican., 1922-04-27
HE|RESS AND HUBBY
DENY PARIS REPORT
OF PRIOR WEDDING
TRepubIIean a. P. Leased WIrel

NEW YORK, April 26-"Untrue, Z
was the reply which counsel for Mr..
and Mrs. Anastase Andreivitch Von-
siatskoy- Vonsiatsky today made to
the claim OF woman living in Paris
that the Russian employe of the
Baldwin Locomotive works was mar
ried to her at the time that he wed
Mrs. Marion b, Reams- Stephens,
Chicago heiress, in the Russian ca
thedral here last February.
The statement was issued after
the 23-year- old Russian and 45-year-
old bride had come here from a sub
urb of Philadelphia to confer with
their lawyer, Clarence Blair Mitchell.
The bridal pair denied themselves to
reporters on their arrival, but de-
ciled finally to issue a statement
through their attorney.
"Vonsiatskoy- Eonsiatsky wishes to
emphatically deny that he has any
wife other than the lady who was
Mrs. stephens and whom ne married
in New York recently" read the
statement.
"The woman calling herself Mrs.
NOnS1atSKOy-N v OnSlaJSky mas pecll
registered and living in Paris for
some years past. an unmarried wofn-
an under the name of Mile. Mou-
romsky. She is Russian and has
lived in Mourom. Her right name is
Gouryitch. He met her in the Crimea
and they have never lived together
as husband and wife. nor until now
has she claimed to be married. She
knew of the intended marriage OF sAlr.
Vonsiatskoy Nonsiatsky to Mrs.
Stephens before it took place.
Grossly exaggerated and mislead-
ing press reports as to Mrs. Nonsiats-
koy- -yonsiastky's wealth are respon-
sible for the recent notoriety TO winch
she and Mr.. Vonsiatskoy- Nonsiatsky
have been subjected The civil ana
ecclesiastical courts are open to the
Gouryitch woman if she has been
wIonged.
.sNo further statement will be mace
in behalf of them or the Ream fam
ily.'' Press dispatches quoted the
Partisan claimant as stating that she
had been married to Mr.. Vonsiatskoy !.
yonsiatsky in the Crimea in 1870
and that this bond never had been
broken, although it had been claimed
that the ceremony was illegal as the
bride had not been baptized.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-27
Havana Paper Says
Cuba May Need Us.
Financial Support
rRenuhIican "a. p. Leased Wirel

HAVANA, April &c voluntary
economic readjustnlent or financial
intervention by the United States is.
according to La Presna, the basis of
a report which has been submitted
to the Cuban government by Carlos
Manuel de Cespedes, Cuban minister
to the United States
The above tatement Is contained
in a new article published in La
Presna, which declares that Presi-
dena Zayas is fully alive to the eco
nonlic and International Situation of
Cuba and that it is this knowledge
that has prompted his numerous at
tempts during the first year OF his
administration to secure congress
sionaI action toward a reduction of
government expenses where point
will be reached giving Cuba sur
plus for paying off her overdue obli-
cations.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-27
George w. Harden
Passes Away At
Flagstaff Home

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz, April 26--
George w. Harben. assistant
county attorney Of Coconino coun-
ty and former deputy state at
torney general under Wiley Jones
died suddenly today, supposedly
of heart disease. A coroner's jury
was impaneled tonight and the
inquest was postponed.
Mr.. Harben, a Spanish war vet
eran and formerly a member of
the general staff Of the Arizona
National Guard. is survived BY
wiow and young son. The lat
ter two left Phoenix tonight for
flagstaff, accompanied by Coun-
tw Attorney Frank Gold Of CO.
conino county.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-27
Broken War Romance
Ends In Suicide OF
Young Chicago Girl
Republican A. p. Leased Wire

CHICAGO. April 26 A shattered
war romance was said to have been
the impelling motive which prompted
Mrs. Mildred Lawson Cornell. 20, to
take her own life in a fashionable
Evanston hotel yesterday. She shot
herself just below the heart. She
had been married six years.
Divorce proceedings filed by her
were pending, in court. Mrs. Cornell
met her husband at a dance and was
married after a courtship OF a few
days
Arizona republican., 1922-04-27
Bryan May Address
Kansas City Sunday
School Convention,
Republican a. p. Leased Wire1

COLUMBUS, Ohio. April 26.-Re-
issuance of an invitation to w. j.
Bryan to speak at the International
Sunday School convention at Kansas
City next June was decided upon here
today at a meeting of the convention
program committee. Withdrawal of
an invitation to Mr.. Bryan last De-
cember brought forth numerous pro-
tests and today's action was taken
after consideration had been given to
these protests and representations
had been made by a delegation from
Kansas City.
IN announcing that MIR Bryan
again would be asked to address the
convention, the committee in a state
ment, reiterated former denials that
Withdrawal of the previous invita-
tion had been caused by Mr.. Bryan's
religious or theological beliefs.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-27
GiOerl Customs
Office After Thirty
Years In Department
TRepubiican A. r. Leased Wire1

WASHINGTON April 20. - APP
pointment of Edward Dawkins. q
negro, as a customs agents assigned
to the appraisers warehouse at Phila-
delpllia was announced today by AS
sistant Secretary of the Treasury
Dover He is the first negro in the
United States to be appointed Gus
toms agent in the government ser
vice, Mr.. Dover said, and has reached
the station in the Oldest bureau Of
the government organization after 30
years Of service.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-27
President Harding
To DeLiUer Address
At Grant Centennial
Republican A. p. Leased Wire1

WASHINGTON, April 26.-Presi-
dent Harding. accompanied by Mrs.
Harding and a number of friends. left
Washington late today for Point
Pleasant, Ohio, where he will deliver
the address tomorrow at exercises
commemorative the centennial of the
birth of General Grant.
The presidential train is due in
Cincinnati tomorrow morning, where
the party Will proceed to Point Plea
sant by boat. The President intends
TO return to Cincinnati immediately
after delivering his address and is ex-
pected back in Washington Friday.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-27
TELL STORY Of Linking
.OF EAST AND WEST BY
SYSTEM Of HIGHWAYS
What Has Been Accomplished In Past In
Great Nation Building Through Road
Construction And What Is Hoped For
Future Is Voiced In Addresses AT Good
Roads Convention

The East and the West, bonded together already by
great highway system that stretches from the Atlantic
to the su-kissed lands of southern California
joined yesterday in another in the third days
session of the conventions of the Bankhead National
Highway association and the United States Good Roads
Arizona republican., 1922-04-27
Don QuixOte Picked
Them Out

THE horses to be
L used in the Junior
Chamber of Com
merce parade tonight
are a fair example of
what other states pro-
duce. But when you
want good Arizona
horses for any other
purpose the firms in
T h e Republicans
Business Directory
will trot them out for
YOUR use.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-27

When You're Looking For Anything Refer To
The Arizona Republicans Business
Directory
Arizona republican., 1922-04-27

SADDLE HORSES
SADDLE horses for rent. Second
Ave. and Madison Phone Abb.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-27

1t would be more satisfactory to sub
nit his evidence in a mass rather
Arizona republican., 1922-04-27

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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-02-23
u S. MANUFACTURERS LOSE CUSTOMERS
AND U. S. WORKMEN LOSE THEIR JOBS
BUT THE CONSUMER PAYS PROFITEERs

HAIRMAN FOhDNEY of the Ways and Means Committee of tho
gphed above Congress- One cost nine cents srman tho
other five dollars in Chicago e<tf - sHtTS q"
few days later Chicago importing arm stated that the tne No
Chicago firm bought the knife which b A. Henckes
the The Chicago
paid So for according to their Testimony gvgthe Chicago
but the
sixteenth
cleaned s2 the DEAL The according Fordny,
paid the bill
before the u and House Representatives.
selling here high scut costing
selling
tariff law provides that articles shall be subject
value
that the government losing millions OF dollars and
the public Is paying proftecring prices.
Chairman PoTdny declares that the remedy In the tariff bill
on their value in this country This called American valuation"
this bill that importers and mall
than million dollars TO defeat because
huge profits
These aderens
such fight been wagd Washington against
being wagcd against the Fordny tariff
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-02-23
COMPETENT" SPELLS SUCCESS

financial periodical remarks that George B. Coreyou got
his big chance because he senographr Note
that because he tenogapher but because he
senogIaphe He president of the Con-
sodated Gas Company, of New York Corteyou
ographer the Departments Washington during the
Cleveland administration when day there
call for take dictaon the White House. Because
he competent Corteou sent He stayed because Ceve
land liked his work He worked private secretary Nc
Kney, held similar position under Roosevelt and made
Secretary Commerce. Postmaster General and Secretary the
Treasury His record by isolated Jay Gould
competent peanut vendor. jim Hill competent
laboring Warren c. Harding competent typeseter
Senator Cums competent railroad Congress-
Madden competent water boy in stone quarry John
T. Adams competent apprentice in planning MILL Charles
H. Markham competent section hand the raidroad
Howard Elliott competent chain carrier in surveying
Each and all of them competent for the work they
doing and something little difficult with the result
that whenever of the hgherups called for in
emergency of these sent and kept They
called higher and higher always keeping themselves
Being stenographer peanut vendor typeseer
boy is of little unless the word Competent
necessary describing the qualifications The competent
the incompetent doomed failure Being
competent the result of hard work combined with clear think
ing.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-02-23
NORTHWEST SEVILLE

A. Decker and G. Nonemacher were
in Alma Saturday on business.
Howard Kennedy's team Of horses
was sold at auction Monday afternoon.
T. Parker spent Sunday at w. Ty-
mans
Carl Hill was in Riverdale Satur-
day
DR.. Highfied was called to see Mrs.
f. Freed Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. W Vancleve who live
near Riverdale visited at +. Freed's
Saturday.
Word was received in this neighbor-
hood Tuesday Of the death of Hub
bard Biggs, which occurred at the
home Of his nephew at West Branch.
The body was taken to Detroit for
burial Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. T.. Loomis also V.
Dickinson and wife attended the fun
eral of Mrs. Fred Greenman Tuesday
afternoon.
Lee Loomis and wife visited at the
home OF Raymond LOOMS of Mont
calm county Sunday.
G. Nonemacher and wife and child
rem took dinner with V. Dickinson on
Sunday.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-02-23

death was caused by pneumonia. He
is survived by his father and mother
and baby brother, Rex, and grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. V. ID. Throop,
and family. and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Platt and family of Vestaburg be-
side numerous other relatives and
friends. Rev. j. ID. Tanner Of Vesta-
burg conducted the funeral services
which were held at the home on Wed
nesday forenoon, February 10, at two
o'clock. Interment in Richland town
ship cemetery near Vestaburg
VIM. White and son, Mark White,
and wife and daughter, Mrs. Frank
Corder, and her husband were called
to Vickeryville to attend the funeral
on Thursday, February 16, of Doug
las Worthy.
Mrs. Mark White entertained the
Union Aid Society at her farm home
northeast of Vestaburg on Wcdnes-
day 10, at an all day meeting. Forty
six partook of the bounteous dinner
served at noon, the Aid members
assisting the hostess in furnishing
and serving according to the custom
of this aid society.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Carts entertained
the formers cousin, Tom Hemmingcr
and other friends Of Cedar Springs
Monday.
Mrs. Dexter of Cedar Springs,
former Vestaburg resident, was here
Monday.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-02-23
VESTABURG

Miss ANY Barger. daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. NJ. S. Barger of Lake City,
and Frank Hamlin, son Of Mrs. Anna
Hamlin Of Vestaburg, sprang sur
prise on their friends by going to
Stanton, Michigan, Tuesday, Febru-
airy Ia, and being quietly married by
John Nickerson, Justice of the Peace
The happy couple were accompanied
to Stanton by Charles Marlin. The
bride has made several friends dur
ing her short time in Vestaburg while
the bridegroom who is a long and
highly respected citizen of Vestaburg
has large circle of friends, about
10 of whom gathered together and
gave them a very pleasant surprise
reception upon their return to Vesta-
burg where they will make their
home.
Rev. +. Hendricks who has been Sc
cured as pastor to take charge Of the
pastorate duties of the Church of
Christ of Vestaburg, will hold his
first services here Sunday, March 5.
There will be preaching services both
morning and evening as Rev. Hen
bricks has been secured to preach in
this church for at least a year, which
will be pleasing news to the commun-
ity. Rev. and Mrs. Hendricks and
son will reside in the residence owned
by DR.. Hubbard at the west of his
drug store.
Mrs. Conley Stauffer and daughter
spent Saturday in Stanton with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. M. Mel.
Little Jack Plat Throop, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry B. Throop, passed
away on Monday, February 13, at the
farm home of his parents south of
Vestaburg. He was born at vesta-
burg on January IL, 1918, and lived
to be four years and q days old. His
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-02-23
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our heartfelt
thanks to our many friends and neigh
bors for their kindly assistance dur
ing the sickness and death Of our be-
loved husband and father, also to
thank Rev. Shoufer for his kind
words, Mrs. J. Mckenzie for her beau
tiful solos, and those who sent the
floral offerings.
Mrs. Eli Agersinger and family.
When is The Foolish Age ?-adver-
tisement
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-02-23
SUMNER

DR.. f. M. Highfield of Riverdale
was professional caller in town on
Monday.
Mrs. William Price was a Riverdale
caller Monday.
Bert Forquer was on the sick list
last week.
w. |. Miller of Riverdale was in
Sumner Monday and Tuesday tuning
pianos and giving lessons.
Mr.. Stone and son, Stanton, were
in Mt. Pleasant on business Tuesday.
Mrs. Samuel Cleverdon and Lyle
Black transacted business in Alma
and st. Louis Tuesday.
Mrs. r. c. Holcolmb and son, Ken
meth, were Ithaca callers Tuesday af-
ternoon.
Stanton Stone and friend from Sag
nav came Tuesday to spend few
days with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Stone.
VIM. Devall delivered a load of po-
tatoes to Forest Hill Tuesday.
Mrs. Cleve Hawkins who has been
living in Cedar Springs for the past
year has returned to make her home
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lou Slime and children
were in Alma on business Tuesday.
Fred Cook transacted business in
Saginaw Tuesday.
Frank Hicks of Alma and Elmer
McClellen Of Carson City called on
friends here Wednesday.
howard Parker was an Alma caller
Tuesday afternoon.
F. J. Tucker Of Alma called at the
home Of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
|. F. Tucker, Wednesday.
Mrs. l.. c. Woodland and Mrs. Thos.
Lang were guests of Mrs. Ackley
Ward Of Elm Hall Thursday, the oc-
casion being the meeting Of Elm Hall,
Riverdale and Sumner aid societies at
her home.
Mrs. VIM. Phillips, who has been
quite i'll for some time, is slowly i'm
proving.
The two children of Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Stafford are i'll with scarlet
fever
Mrs. Emily Wolford is quite i'll at
her home east of town.
Mr. Broadwater left for Ann Arbor
Friday where he will undergo an OPP
Grafton for cancer.
Allen Holman Of New Haven was
Sumner caller Wednesday.
tended. After supper dnacing was in
dulged in and all enjoyed fine time.
Mrs. |. F. Tucker is confined to her
home with a severe case Of eczema.
Little Agnes Rexford was sick last
week.
George Glow Of Alma came Friday
to spend few days with his father,
II. A. Glow.
John Seaman, Henry Lang and Roy
Brecht took in the auto show at De-
troit this week.
Miss Loretta Stone left Saturday
to visit friends in Grand Rapids.
Mrs. Ernest Conner went to Elm
Hall Saturday to help care for |
Grandma Conner" who is very i'll at |
the home of her son, VIM. Conner. |
There will be warm sugar" So
cial given by the Lady Maccabees at |
The K. Q. T. NJ. hall Saturday evening,
Feb. 25, at which time the sofa pillow |
will be given away.
Earl Shuttleworth and Will Seifert
If New Haven were Sumner callers
Wednesday.
A farewell party was given to the
Lawrence Donahue family Friday
evening they soon move to their new
nome near Buttcrnut. Refreshments |
we're served and a good time enjoyed
by all.
Mrs. F. f. McClenathan and sons,
Melvin and Howard, were in Alma
On business Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Lang enter
.ained Mrs. Chas. Green Of Riverdale
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Lang Of Car
son City called on friends here Satur-
lay.
Chas. Reid and Alfred Stearns of
Ferris are hauling ice from the pond
his week. The ice is the second cut
ing and is seventeen inches thick.
Chas. Jolly and Ben Pugsley attend
I'd sale north of Elwell Friday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-11-02

DIR. William C. Rives was reelected
president of the Citizens Relief AS
ISOLATION at the annual meeting of
Social Service House yesterday aft
ernoon. Other officers reelected
were: Mrs. II. B. F. mcfarland and
Evan H. Tucker, vice presidents; Will
liam ]. Flather. treasurer, and Wal
ter S. Ufford. secretary.
BY order of the District Commits
sioners, the following members were
appointed to the board for a period
Of three years: Milton T.. Allies, Mrs.
John +. Costello. Rudolph Kaufman,
John 3. I.arner Mrs. Charles y. Spald-
ing, Evan H. Tucker. Rev. John Van
Schaick. jr.. Simon Wolf. William B.
Westlake and Col. II. J. Slocum.
Report Of Treasurer.
The report of the treasurer. Will
liam J. Flather, showed total receipts
for the year of $16,OS5.S7 and dis
bursements of S15,962.s6. The items
of expenditure were as follows: For
food. including sick diet, s11,49o.5O;
clothing. s1.659.1s. Total for relief.
$14,S76.2s. The association spent in
the collection Of funds and other OPP
Grating expenses, $1.0S6.6S, or Z per
cent of it's total.
1t was explained that the funds Of
the association were distributed. with
out charge. by the visitors of the AS
ISOLATED Charities, who, in addition
to the use of these funds for
emergent and temporary relief pur-
poses had at their disposal the spe-
cial relief funds of the Associated
Charities collected for designated
families, amounting last year to s26,-
1858, or a total of S41,592.47, as
against similar expenditures of 1921
of $34.194.94. an increase of p per
cent and the heaviest in the expert
ence of these charities.
sol Families Aided.
Tho report of Secretary Ufford
sho wed that SCI different families
had been assisted through the as
ISOLATION, as compared with sos the
previous year. A report was pre-
sented from a firm of certified public
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-11-02
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