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Arizona republican., 1922-05-07
NAMESCONM|SS|ON
ON ILL|TERACY To
ATTEND CONVENTION

For the purpose of cooperating
with other organizations in the state
interested in the problem of eradicat-
ing illiteracy from the state, Governor
Thomas E. Campbell on Friday ap-
pointed 81 citizens OF the state as
members Of Arizona's first commits
sion on illiteracy. This commission
will meet for the first time ON May 8
during the first state illiteracy con-
yention which will be held in Phoenix
on that date during the visit of DR..
J. J. Tigert, United States commits
sioner of education to the state.
An extensive program has been
planned by Miss Elsie Toles, state
school superintendent. for the first
illiteracy conference here. The day
sessions of the convention which will
begin at 10 o'clock on Tuesday NOR
ming, May 8. will be held in the audi
torium of the Monroe school building.
The evening meeting will be held in
the high school auditorium. The gen.
eral public is invited to attend all OF
the sessions of the convention. Many
of the civic organizations of the
state have notified Miss Toles of
their intention to send delegates and
many groups of interested citizens
over the state have declared their
intention TO aILeHu.
The principal speakers at the eve
ming session of the convention will
be DR.. Tigert and DIR. Frank G.
Lockwood, acting president OF the
University of Arizona. During the
day, session of the convention several
prominent speakers will deliver ad-
dresses.
On Wednesday, May 10, following
the convention, DR.. Tigert will visit
the Tempe Normal in the morning
and will be the principal speaker at
the dedication of the new Chandler
high school in Chandler Wednesday
afternoon. On Tuesday 1t is probable
that DR.. Tigert will be the guest of
the Rotary and Kiwanis clubs at a
Joint luncheon and on Wednesday he
will be the guest of the Rotary club
of Mesa at luncheon.
The commission on illiteracy is to
be a permanent one, but the mem
bers will receive no remuneraAon.
1t was appointed to represet the
state in the attempt on the part OF
several organizations and groups Of
citizens in tfV state, in their efforts
to lower the rate of illiteracy in the
state, which according to the 1920
government statistics for Arizona is
1873 per cent. Arizona, according to
these records, has the largest per-
centage of illiteracy Of any state in
the union.
It is expected that the illiteracy
commission will meet during the con-
vention here, organize, and make
plans for carrying on the work OF
Arizona republican., 1922-05-07
.ORDAIN STUDENT INTO
EPISCOPAL D|ACONATE

Thomas Rhendda Williams, a
graduate student of the University
of Arizona. will be ordained into the
Episcopal diaconate, preliminary to
receiving orders, this morning at II
o'clock at Trinity cathedral. Bishop
J. w. Atwood will confer the ordi-
nation. assisted in the ceremony by
Archdeacon Jenkins and Canon Cox.
The Iiturgical exercises which will be
followed in this divisio Of ordination
is one OF the most solemn and i'm
pressive in the Episcopal hierarchy.
Mr. Williams will leave the uni
versity at the end of this term with
a masters degree In English and will
then go to the Episcopal theological
school at Cambridge to complete his
studies before being ordained as a
clergyman. Mr.. williams is a native
of England and graduate of Leeds
university. He came to the United
States several years ago, living in
Philadelphia. He acted as principal
of the Williams grammar school dur
ing 1920-21.
Arizona republican., 1922-05-07
Y. F, ". WILL HAVE
CHARGE OF POPPY
SALE IN AMERICA

The beautiful red poppy, seen in
such abundance by thousands of
American soldiers in the summer of
1918 along the road sides and in the
fields of France, will be seen in
equal abundance on Memorial day
adorning the coats of men, women
and children in America, if plans now
being formulated by the Veterans of
Foreign Wars of the United States
for the sale of the flower materialize.
Interallied Poppy day is now being
observed in all Of the allied coun-
tries, the idea having originated with
Madame Guerin, who Is known as
the poppy lady OF France" and has
for its object the sale of the poppy as
a means of raising funds for the
assistance of disabled veterans OF the
war and the care of homeless children
of France.
The selection of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars to handle the sale of
the poppy in this country is in ac-
cordance with the custom Of those In
charge to name a similar organiza-
tion in the allied countries for this
work each year. AS result, local
members of the v. r. w. are now
making arrangements for the distri-
button of the flower in Phoenix and
other cities in the state. They are
being assisted by the Memorial aux
lliary of the post together with the
auxiliary of the American legion.
which will have direct charge of the
sales in the city on May 29
There is little doubt that the sale
of the popular red flower, which has
become the symbol of American sac
rifice on the battle fields of France,
will be greater than it has been in
past years.
Arizona republican., 1922-05-07
MORE THAN ZOO BOY
SCOUTS TAKE PART
IN BIC FIELD MEET

The largest and most comprehen-
sive field meet and weekend camp
ever held by the Boy Scouts of the
Salt River valley took place Friday
and Saturday on the desert east of
Hole in the Rock, with 206 Scouts
present, representing 10 valley troops.
There were 10 Scout leaders in charge
Of the boys.
Immediately after the closing of
school Friday afternoon, the boys
joined their respective troops and
started for the camp site. BY s
o'clock that evening the mobilization
was complete and the troops gath
cred around a large council fire to
listen to stories.
M. E. Musgrave OF the biological
survey told the Scouts of the habits
OF the various animals which make
their homes on the desert and told
many stories Of the desert dwellers.
w. 3. Percival, one of the council
men of the Balsz troop, told the leg
end of Camelback mountain and other
interesting lore.
A feature of the evening was the
receiving of radio messages from the
Pacific coast and Denver on the
portable receiving set which the
Scouts brought to the desert. With
the use Of fusees the Scouts also
derived much fun and good practice
in signaling from hill to hill by
semaphore. Songs and games were
also taken part in and a most en-
joyable time was had by the entire
crowd.
The Scouts prepared their own
meals and beds after being assigned
to positions after the manner of the
regular army.
Saturday morning the boys were
up bright and early TO take Scout
tests and praatice for promotion in
their respective organizations.
The field meet began at o'clock
in the afternoon and was witnessed
by many residents OF the valley who
motored out for the event. The win
ner of the meet was Buckeye Troop
No. 1, with AZ points. Phoenix Troop
No. took second with 19 points;
Phoenix Troop No. 10, third with II
points: Phoenix Troop No. l, fourth
with 10 points. Mesa Troop No. S
won seven points, as also did Baisz
Troop No. /. Mesa Troop No. l won
four points.
The attendance record was made
by Buckeye Troop No. with 100 per
cent
J. d. Sawyer of Phoenix Troop No.
1 won the honor of being the official
bugler at the Boy Scout summer
camp this year and will have half of
his expenses paid on that account.
Arizona republican., 1922-05-07

educating the illiterates, which from
the fact that only 1.3 per cent of the
native born whites are illiterates, Is
rather a problem of Americanization
of the non English speaking popula-
tion.
The members or the commission
are as follows: j. T. Bowles. Bisbee;
J. B. Bristol, Nogales; ]. c. Dolan,
Flagstaff; Miss Elsie Elliott, Phoe-
nix; Mrs. Phil Prudential, Stafford;
Mrs. Monico Garcia, st. Johns; Mrs.
F. C. Green. Phoenix; Mrs. Carl Hull,
Morenci: Rev. James Hunter, Flor
ence; Mrs. John Langdon, president
of the State Parent Teacher associ-
alton. Clemenceau; d. A. Little,
Phoenix; w. G. Mcbride, Globe; DIR.
Frank c. Lockwood, acting president
of the University Of Arizona, Tue
son; A. IL. Mcclure, Yuma; H. S.
McCluskey, Phoenix Prof. A. 0. Neal,
president Of the Arizona State Teach
ers' association, Tucson: w. @. Que
bedeaux, Winslow: Miss Helen Rob-
erts, Tempe: Mrs. G. A. Robinson,
president of the Central District Fed
GRAFTON of Women's Clubs, Glendale;
Prof. c. E. Rose. Tucson, and Mrs
Harriet l.. Ware, Kingman.
Arizona republican., 1922-05-07
BISHOP ATWOOD To
TELL OF ARIZONA

Beginning his annual trip to the
east next Sunday. Bishop J. w. At
wood will lecture on conditions in
Arizona at many large cities. includ-
ing New York. Boston and Philadel-
phia- He will also make it one of
the main objects of his trip to secure
a successor for Dean William Scar
lett. who recently left Trinity cathe-
dral in this city for Christ cathedral
at st. Louis.
Bishop Atwood's first stop will be
at the Navajo Indian mission and
hospital at Fort Defiance, north of
Gallup. N. NJ. where he will preach
and administer baptism. The bishop
will afterward visit Robert w. Bliss.
under secretary of state, at Wash
ington. ID. c.
AS a result of the bishops tours in
past years, thousands of dollars have
been secured for the support of
church work in Arizona, especially in
connection with the sanatoriums at
Phoenix, Prescott and Tucson. Bish-
op Atwood expects 10 return to Phoe-
nix in late August.
Arizona republican., 1922-05-07

side of the river to a point where the
water is deep enough for the opera
tion of the ferry. Before the approach
was built. the ferry was out of SER
vice during times of high water due
to the flooding of the low lands.
The approach was barely completed
when the annual summer rise of the
Colorado river began The floods
were early this year. coming on May
/. 20 days earlier than last year, but
travel is not inpeded and the flow Of
motorists is continuing over the
Blythe route without interruption.
The Blythe route is the shortest
highway to Los Angeles from Phoe-
nix, making almost a straight shoot
between the two cities. The Arizona
and California automobile clubs both
are routing tourists over this road.
The ferry is at Ehrenberg, Arizona;
a distance OF six miles from Blythe,
metropolis Of the Palo Verde valley.
The ferry operates by power fur
nished by the flow of the Colorado
river itself, the boat being at all times
connected with the shores by heavy
steel cables.
Arizona republican., 1922-05-07
INDIAN PAGEANT At
ST. JOHN 'sM|SS|ON
To Be GIVEN TO-DAY

Weird dances OF the desert tribes,
representations of tribal customs and
| ceremonies. games which have come
down to the aboriginies through un-
counted yearss, all these welded into
a pageant, or rather a complete the
atrical presentation in a specially
built Pima village make up the unique
| attraction which st. Johns mission
located on the desert five miles south
of Laveen, mas prepared for the peo-
pie of the Salt river valley this aft
ernoon
The pageant will be in reality a
| dramatic and living picture of the
Indian at t time of the coming Of
the white man. All the details of
his domestic life, all the varied ac-
tivities of the Redman untaned will
be shown with a vividness and truth
fulness which Is rare in this sort OF
pageant even IN the Southwest. the
home of the indian. The sports and
games. the method of cookery, the
preparations for war, the songs, the
smoking OF the pipe of peace, the mu-
sic, everything that entered into the
existence OF the Indian in Arizona
will be featured in today's program,
which has sod already hundreds and
hundreds of tickets and which is ex-
pected TO bring to the mission the
largest crowd ever known in its his
tory.
In addition TO the pageant there
will be military drill by the 800
children OF the mission, flag drill
by the girls athletic contests and
last, but not least, a band concert
by the famous st. Johns band, per-
haps the finest musical organization
of its kind in the state. This band
is also a complete theatrical troupe
and will leave soon for an extended
trip through the east.
Busses viii leave for the Mission
from First avenue and Adams street
every half hour after 8 o'clock in the
morning, the fare being % cents
each way. While the pageant itself
will not start until ! o'clock in the
afternoon the entertainment features
will begin a little after 3 o'clock and
will continue through the day. Those
who come 10 the Mission In the morn
ing may obtain lunch right on the
grounds. The pageant will be con-
cluded about 80 o'clock in the eve-
ming.
Arizona republican., 1922-05-07
BIC DELEGATION To
GO To DEDICATION
Of FLORENCE DAM

On your way 80 Florence on Wed
nesday. May 10!
The people of Pinal county are
counting on a big delegation from
Phoenix to attend the celebration and
dedication of the Ashurst- Hayden
dam, known as the Florence diver
sion dam.
Many will go from here by motor
car. For those who wish to travel
to the celebration by train a specia
has been arranged by the Arizona
Eastern.
A big free barbecue has been pro-
vided by the citizens of Pinal county.
There will be other refreshments
and long list OF sports and fea-
lures to make the day one long to be
remembered.
The committee from Phoenix will
provide a banner for the special train
and there will be a special badge to
be worn by all delegates from this
city. The committee in charge.
with members from all the civic and
commercial bodies in Phoenix will
meet again on Monday morning to
make further plans for the excur-
sion.
Ladies are especially invited to at
tend and a special committee of
ladies is asked to gather a profusion
OF flowers to take to the women of
Florence. Call the chamber OF com
merce and notify the committee that
you will go and state how many will
be in your party.
The general committee will meet at
10 o'clock Monday morning. All in
terested in the trip are invited to be
present whether members OF the
committee or not.
Arizona republican., 1922-05-07
BADLY HURT WHEN
HIT BY MOTOR CAR

Mrs. Emma T. Benson, 757 East
Pierce street, was badly hurt when
she was struck by an automobile
driven by Mrs. NJ. NJ. CHM. North
Central avenue. at Second avenue
and Washington street at Sis o'clock
yesterday afternoon. She was rushed
to the Arizona Deaconess hospital
where she was reported resting easy
at late hour last night.
Mrs. Benson was crossing WASH
ington street. from south to north,
when the automobile. east bound on
Washington street. hit her. She was
Knocked to the pavement but clear
of the machine, which was brought
to a stop within a few feet.
A broken collar bone was the most
serious injury, although the entire
body was badly cut and bruised. DIR.
w. c. Ellis, the attending physician,
said. A deep cash over the left eye
was the most serious OF the cuts.
Mrs. CHM reported the accident to
the sheriff's office and then contin-
ued on her way home.
Mrs. Benson is the wife OF Tully
W. Benson, clerk of the board Of
Supervisors OF Maricopa county.
Arizona republican., 1922-05-07
Notable Financier
Passes AlUoy During
Surgical Operation
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visions eyes as he wheeled and
walked off the gardener said, when
told of the accident today. And there
were tea s in the gardeners eyes.
Until the hour for the operation drew
near the Dawson estate was url-
guarded and open to the public, as 1t
has always been. Shortly before noon
guards began to appear and sta
toned themselves at all entrances.
II was the surgeons orders. they
said, because of the need for absolute
silence for 70 hours after the brain
was operated upon.
Several hours after it was learned
the master Of the house was dead
these guards relaxed vigilance. A
stream of automobiles began to pour
into the driveways bearing messages
of coincidence to the Dawson family.
Hundreds of telegrams were received
during the evening until at the re-
quest of the family physicians, all
but close friends of the Davisons
were denied entrance to the grounds.
Notable Financier
A notable financier, Henry Pomer-
oy Dawson will best be remembered,
perhaps as the man who at Presi-
dent Wilson's request, directed the
work OF the American Red Cross in
allied countries for the two years the
United States was at war with the
central powers. Taken out of the
hurry burly of Wall street, one Of the
most active OF the 10 partners in the
firm of ] P. Morgan and company.
the man who 2S years before had
walked the streets Of New York look
ing for a 1oh. directed the first drive
of the American Red Cross for funds.
raised $4,000. 900 and within a few
weeks had Red Cross workers at
their tasks in Italy. Belgium and
Switzerland, as well as wartorn
France.
H. P. Dawson was one of the most
trusted lieutepants of the elder j.
Pierpont Morgan, who commissioned
him to represent the firm in numer-
Gus financial negotiations abroad. He
made many trips to London, Paris
and Berlin. He made a study Of the
financial system of Germany in 1908,
and three years later in that city
presided at a conference of interna-
tional bankers regarding the Han
kow See Ciuen railway loan in which
the so-called six powers group was
interested. In 1918 he was one of the
negotiators OF the $500, 900 900 Amer
1Cdh tVall " SiS AitASS- Aoh eAiio "A
work abroad he was honored by
many governments and Columbia and
other universities conferred upon him
the honorary degree of doctor of
laws.
Mr.. Dawson was especially interest
ed in the conservation of child life
in Europe after the end of the war,
and with Herbert Hoover and others
MANNED a world wide campaign in
behalf OF the children abroad. He
Arizona republican., 1922-05-07

also directed Red Cross relief work
| in Russia, Poland and other coun-
| tries in Eastern and Central Europe
Shortly after his return from Paris
1 in April of 1920 he emphasized the
4 gravity OF conditions abroad and
| suggested tnat congress appropriate
| S5e0. 000 900 for European relief. Con-
| gress, however. was cold to his ap-
peal.
In 1919, he was one of the advisers
! of President Wilson at the Paris
| peace conference. That same year,
! when the war councils work had
/ ended, he was elected chairman of
| the governing board of the World
League of Red Cross Societies at its
meeting in Paris.
The New York career of the man
who was to figure so prominently in
its financial district began in 1883
when young Dawson, then Fl years
old, went to that city from Troy,
Pa, where he was born on June IL,
1857. Unable to find a position in
New York, he went to Bridgeport,
Conn, where he started work as
bank messenger. Three years later
he was back in the city of his dreams
and was made paying teller of the
Astor Place bank.
One day a stranger came to Mr..
Davisons window with note for
81 900 in one hand and a revolver in
the other. The note read:
"Astor Place Bank. They promise
to pay to the order of Almighty God
the sum of $1,000 when presented by
| Charles Freeman. Penalty If for
feited, death.
Mr.. Dawson, smiling and imper-
turbable, calmly remarked: you will
have to be identified.
Bank detectives pounced upon the
intruder before he could fire shot.
Then the teller resumed his work as
though nothing had happened.
Had Many Connections
Mr.. Dawson soon attracted the at
tention of George F. Baker president
of the First National bank, who. in
1894, made him president of
that bank. He was president of it
when he became a member of the
Morgan firm. At that time also he
was a director of the National Bank
of Commerce and of about 40 other
financial and industrial institutions.
These included the Bankers Trust
company, the First Security COM
pany, the American Foreign Securi-
ties company, the New Jersey & New
York railroad company ana the
Southwestern Development company.
He also was treasurer. as well as
trustee, of the American Museum of
Natural History, and treasurer of the
National Institute of Social Science.
Some persons in Wall Street con-
sidered him to be the most active
man in the House of Morgan. He
had vast responsibilities but he never
seemed hurried and never showed
excitement.
Mr.. Davison's wife was Miss Kate
Trubee of Bridgeport, Conn. They
have four children: f. Turbee,
Henry p. Dawson. Jr., and the
Misses Alice T. and Frances Dawson.
Their home is at $40 Park avenue
New York City. They also have a
summer home at Peacock Point. Lo-
Gust Valley, Long Island.
Arizona republican., 1922-05-07
ANNUAL MAY FETE
BYJUMOR GUILD IS
DELIGHTFUL EVENT

The third annual May fete staged
yesterday by the Trinity guild at the
Dwight B. Heard residence on North
Central avenue proved to be even
more successful than the most san
guine had anticipated More than
900 persons passed through the gates
in the course of the afternoon, every
bridge table was occupied. and the
refreshment booths did such a thriv-
ing business that 1t Kept the women
working overtime to supply all the
demands.
Daintily gowned women, in all the
delicate shades of spring wandered
about the beautiful grounds where
the vines and Towering plants
seemed to have put forth their best
efforts in honor of the event. Roses.
sweet peas and all the garden variety
OF flowers bloomed in sweet profu-
sion, and to crown all the summer
sun hid his bright face behind a
benign haze, which added to the
pleasure OF the occasion.
Pupils of Miss e. Paula Revare ap-
peared in some of the most pleasing
interpretive dancing ever seen In
Phoenix, solo and group dances each
claiming its just share OF the ap-
would have been unable to tell just
which was their favorite. Miss Re-
ware gave a great deal of time and
thought to the preparation OF the
elaborate program which follows,
and her untiring efforts at the re-
hearsals were largely responsible for
the beauty OF the entire performance.
Baby dance--Marjorie Bradley,
June Gregg, Dora Hills, Ruth Haus-
ner, Merilynn Mcclellan. Virginia
Mccoy, Mary McI4oone, Abbie Dee
White, Anna Mary Wilson.
Dance Of the Song Birds--Betty
Brooks.
Indian dande-Virginia Hash.
Dream Waltz-Elizabeth Munger.
Dorothy-Doris Odell Mason.
Galanterie-Mary Lou and Patrick
Twohy.
Springtime-v Virginia Stoddard.
Carnation-June Pinckney.
Valse Bleue-Jane Alexander.
Crickets Serenade-Elizabett Iben
Fascination Waltz-Patricia Jane
Stauffer.
Japanese dance-Martha Vivian,
Dorothy Jean Garrett, Margaret Huff
ford, Mary Louise Maris, Jane Shep-
herd, Helen Louise Waddell.
Marionett--Anna Rosenzweig.
Scarf dance-Nona Kingsbury.
Gayotte-Marion Scott.
At the Brook--Mrs. Marvin Smith
(a) Serenade, (Weherlin); fbl 1t
Was the Time of Lilac, (Jane Hath
away; Mary Virginia and Elaine
Palmer. Song accompaniment, Mrs
e. Payne Palmer.
Dance Orientale--Kermit King.
Dream Yisions-Dorothy Neville.
Sunflowers Jean Dunbar, Lois
Hegele. Doris Mason. Lucille. Penn
berton, Carol Price, Anne Willis.
(a) Brahms Waltz; (b) Juba dance
Mrs. Tom Dunbar.
Chopin c sharp minor Waltz
Dorothy Stauffer.
Sailors Hornpipe-Bernard Funk.
Blue Danube Waltz-Frances and
Dorothy Hamilton.
Hungarian dance--Helen Hanley
Springs Awakening-Hele Bellas
Betty Brooks. Leslie Brown, Cathe-
rine Dresher, Joyhelle Hazelett. jose
phine Kirskey, katherine Maus, Anna
Rosenzweig. Sarah Sditalny, Virginia
Stoddard, Barbara Willis, Gwendoly
Williams.