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The Winslow mail., 1923-09-14
NEWSPAPER MEN TO MEET
SEPT. II AT FLAGSTAFF

Newspaper men from all over this
state will gather in Flagstaff on
Monday, Sept II, to attend the semi
annual meeting of the Arizona Daily
Newspaper association to be held
there next week Col. Breen of the
Coconino Sun is cooperating with the
officials of tF~ association to make
the meeting as successful as possible.
President J. H. Westover of the
Yuma Sun has charge of the program
and he is making arrangements to
give the newspaper men something
pleasurable and interesting, as well
as being decidedly worthwhile. The
program will probably include, a
visit to some of the scenic points of
interest in the vicinity of Flagstaff.
At the last meeting of the Daily
Newspaper association it was voted
that publishers and editors of week
ly newspapers in the state should be
eligible to membership. A large
number of Representatives from
weekly newspapers in the state will
undoubtedly be present at Flagstaff
The men in control of the news
papers of Arizona are constant in
their loyalty and constructive work
to assist in the growth Of all indus
tries and enterprises in the state
and they are all deserving of more
patronage than they receive as com
pensatiOn for their efforts. Sine
the organization of the Arizona Daily
Newspaper association, il has es
cheWed politics and directs its efforts
to the consideration of question which
promise to be of benefit to the bust
ness operation of these enterprises
which are so necessary to the pro
greSS of Arizona
The Winslow mail., 1923-09-14
BRINKERHOFF INJURED
IN RACING CAR SPILL

w. Brinkerhoff was painfully in
jured last Saturday when the Haynes
racing car in which he was riding
turned over at the curve on the high
way near the Taylor Service station
at the edge of the city. BrinkerhOff
received four fractured ribs and pain
full bruises on his head and body. j.
E. Flanagan, who was driving the
racing car, escaped with minor
bruises and scratches.
Flanagan and BrinkerhOff were
driving over from HOlbroOk to run
in the American Legion auto race on
Sunday Four cars were ahead of
them A woman and a little boy cut
across the road near the curve in
front of the first automobile. 1t stop
ped to avoid hitting her; the three
other cars also stopped. The racing
car, however, in which Flanagan
and Brinkerhoff were riding, had no
brakes, and as they were travelling
at a good rate of speed, they went
into the ditch rather than hit the
machines ahead of them.
The big Haynes turned over pinning
the two men under it in a mud pud-
die Hugo Jenson and a man by the
name of Smith, who were riding in
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The Winslow mail., 1923-09-14
AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE
ASSOCIATION SCOUT CAR
ON SEMI ANNUAL TRIP

Mrs. Stella NJ. Lewiston of the Ma
tional Park service and Dan Nee
representing the American Automo-
bile Association were in Winslow
Friday evening in the official scout
car. Mr.. Nee is on his semi-annual
trip checking roads and reporting on
them for the American Automobile
Association
When asked how the roads were,
Mr.. Nee said that this was his eight
eenth trip through Winslow and that
the highways are about as poor now
as they have ever been. He stated
that eastern California, eastern Ari-
zona and western New Mexico have
some of the poorest roads in the
United States. He added that the
highway from Flagstaff to the Cali
tornia state line is in very good con-
d1tion, but from Wfnslow to the
Wlona station it is just the opposite.
Mr.. Nee declared that unless the
bad stretches of roads in Arizona
and New Mexico are improved tour
lists will go over the Lincoln highway.
which will be completed in a short
time, giving an excellent road to the
coast by this route The represent
ative said that tourists, when thew
travel the southern route, spend their
money in Arizona and New Mexico
and that it is disadvantage to the
people of these two states for them
to go the northern route
The motor car which Mr.. Nee is
using in his work attracted a good
deal of attention on the street here
Friday evening. 1t is one of the
greatest equipted cars in the world.
Mrs. Lewiston furnished it for the
American Automobile Association
scout work and for the National Park
service. The automobile is a special
built White and is called "Wayfarer
W.. 1t is eQuipted with special
cameras for taking pictures of the
highways, with a map-making ma
chine, with apparatus for obtaining
altitude and weather conditions, and
with built in adding machine, and
also is equipted with numerous COM
forts including an electric fan.
The official American Automobile
Association Good Roads Scout Car
IS on its way east to Washington
D. c.
The Winslow mail., 1923-09-14
POLICE ARREST TWO IN
QUICK MOONSHINE RAID

Police raided the old Demarest
home at the corner of Third and Win
slow avenues Sunday night and ar
rested Bob Phillips and his wife for
having ''mOoshine" in their posses
sion.
When the police entered the house
the Phillips broke a quart bottle and
a pitcher of liquor in the sink The
officers found a quart fruit jar of the
quenching fluid in a breadbox, and
this they confiscated as evidence.
The Phillips were admitted to
$4,000 bail each Wednesday morn
ing to await trial in the Superior
court. Officers Walker, Harp, Will
liams and Divelbess made the raid.
1t is said that the old Demarest
home is rented to Wesly Reynolds,
who is away on his vacation and that
the Phillips were taking care of it
while he was gone.
The Winslow mail., 1923-09-14
PRICE OF GASOLINE
TAKES ANOTHER DROP

Gasoline dropped from 2S cents to
70 cents, including the road tax, at
all the retailers last Friday at noon.
This is the second decrease in the
retail price within the past three
weeks.
Relatively speaking gasoline is
cheaper now in Winslow than it is
on the coast, according to represent
atives of the Standard Oil Company.
The recent downward trend of gas
In the east and the large production
OF crude oil is given as the cause of
the lower prices. When asked wheth-
er he thought the product would go
any lower here, one dealer said that
he did not see how it could, as the
cost of production, freight. road tax
and handling charges would preclude
a lower price.
The Winslow mail., 1923-09-14
BROOKS SERVICE STATION
ROBBED OF 5000 IN GOODS

One man who is alleged to have
robbed the Brooks Service station at
the corner of Third and Williamson
avenues Saturday morning between
two and three o'clock and stole ap-
proximately 100000 worth of tires,
tubes and cold patch was arrested
at Kingman, Arizona, Sunday morn
ing. The thief also rif1ed Mr. Brooks
desk and cash drawer taking SO
cents.
At the time of his arrest the man,
whose name is unknown here, had II
castings and six inner tubes in the
car he was driving 1t is reported
that he sold the other tires and tubes
taken from the Brooks Service sta
ton to station at Williams, Ari-
zona. The police of that town are
investigating to see whether they
can find the stolen goods Deputy
Sheriff Walker has received word
that the large touring car, which the
arrested man was driving, is a stolen
one and that it belongs in Chicago
The apprehended man is being held
at Kingman and will be turned over
to the Federal officers.
The thief gained entrance to the
Brooks Service station by breaking
the glass of the window on the east
side and unfastening the catch. He
passed the loot through this window,
carried it through the new addition
that Mr.. Brooks is putting up and
loaded it onto the car which he had
driven up to the rear door of the un-
finished building. 1t is though that
the person who stole the supplies
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The Winslow mail., 1923-09-14
MEXICAN WITH CUNSHOT
WOUND FOUND NEAR STORE

4 Officers Walker and Harp are in
vestigating the case of Juan Lucero.
a Mexican of Flagstaff, who was
found Sunday night ON the Southside
near the Rubi store with bullet
wound in his left side by DR.. Samp-
son, who was called to treat the man
The bullet struck one of Lucero's
ribs and deflected along it for a cou-
pie of inches, making a minor flesh
wound.
The Mexican told DR.. Sampson that
he was shot while he and several
other men were drunk. Lucero,
however, refused to confirm his state
ment or to talk, in fact, when Officers
Walker and Harp questioned him
about the shooting. The officers
have been unable to gain any more
information On the case.
The Winslow mail., 1923-09-14
ROTARlANS WILL PICNIC
AT ST. JOSEPH SEPT. Is

At st. Joseph, Arizona, on Satur-
day Sept. 18th the Rotary Club will
hold its big picnic and ball game
The ball game will be played between
picked teams from Winslow and HoI-
brook and is expected to furnish
much amusement and great fun.
There will also be other amusements
for which prizes will be offered Be
sides the ball game there will be a
Bean Contest for men and women. a
Horse Shoe Pitching Contest for men
and women, a Tug-of- War for wom-
en-, Ladies Foot Race, a Mems
Potato Race, and A Ball Throwing
Contest for Ladies only
The Winslow mail., 1923-09-14
Last Monday California staged


Last Monday California staged
the wonders of a total eclipse of
the sun. The following day Will
liams. Arizona staged one of the
most vivid electrical storms ever
witnessed in the Southwest. The
lighting played from horizon to
horizon in single bolts and in
marvellous sheets of intricate pat
tern: Steinmetz, the electrical
wizard, he who created artificial
lighting, ON his return trip from
the Grand Canyon to Williams.
was treated to a demonstration by
Old Mother Nature of electrical
energy which made his masterfuI
efforts seem weak and puny by
comparison.
The Winslow mail., 1923-09-14
CITY SCHOOLS SHOW
GAIN IN ENROLMENT

According to official information
the Winslow city schools are getting
we'll under way and settling down
to real work The attendance this
year shows an increase of forty to
fifty scholars over that of last year,
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The Winslow mail., 1923-09-14

Don't make excuses to your wife
She feels better after handing you
piece of her mind.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-16

testified that Gray, on the day be-
fore the Staying, told him to get an
iron he could use for weight. and
that he was going to stop talk about
him tGray) in bank robbery case.
Ballard was states witness in the
bank case, tried few days after Bal
lard's death, in which Gray was given
a sentence of ten years.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-16

who was apprehended in Mexico.
passed through st. Louis last night
in the custody of two deputy sheriffs
who are escorting him to New York.
Lamar, a broker, was convicted OF
conspiracy to restrain foreign trade
and commerce during the war and
was sentenced to serve year in the
Trenton, n. j., penitentiary.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-16
INDIANA GOVERNOR
DEFENDANT IN SUIT
TO RECOVER $4,000
Moray Accused Of Forging
Name of Firm to Note
for $500.

Indianapolis, Ind, Oct. 16.-The
tangled financial affairs Of Governor
McCray, which are being made the
subject Of federal and state action
were further complicated with the fiji
ing of a suit in the circuit court here
yesterday, by the Brownstown (Ind.i
Loan and Trust Company in which 1t
is charged the executive forged note
for $500 and used larger amount
of money of the state Of Indiana "and
of the discount and deposit Bank Of
Nentland, Ind.," which recently closed
its doors.
The note. which the Brownstown
bank charges was forged. was pledge ]
as collateral security for another
$500 note signed by Governor McCray
and sold by the Meyer-kiser bank to
the Brownstown institution.
The note given as security was pur
ported to have been signed by A.
Messman & Company. firm in which
Governor McCray is partner.
The charge is made that the sigma,
ture was Fictitious and forged and
that the governor was without au-
thority to sign the name of the firm:
The complaint asks judgment OF
$1,000 alleging the Meyer-kiser bank
at the time of selling the note, was
aware that the governor was insolvert
and of his use Of the states apd
Kentland banks money while repre-
sentlng to the complainant that tn,
Messmann note was valid and that
the executive was in sound financial
condition.
Summons in the suit will be served
October 81.
Hearing of the various civil and
federal actions instituted against the
governor are set for later In the
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-16
DETAILS OF Staying
Negro Witness Says Defendant Said
He Was Going to Stop Talk.

Mount Pleasant. Tex, Oct. TO-
Alleged details Of the killing Septem-
Der %, of Otis Ballard, Mount Pleas
ant youth, were given on the witness
stand here today by Burrell Kemp, ne
gro, in the trial of Glenn Gray, charged
with the staying of Ballard.
The witness. who also is under in
dictment for murder in the same case,
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-16
New Wiley Cafeteria

Serves coffee with real cream and
home made pies. Downstairs, Moore
Bldg. Broadway. (Adv.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-16

Lamar Still En- Route.
st. Louis, Oct. 16-David Lamar:
known as 'the Wolf of Wall Street,
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-16

One bottle Imperial Eczema Remedy
is guaranteed to be eenough for any
case. All druggists are authorized to
refund your money II it fails. (Adv.I
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-04
FEATHERS HEAD
RAILWAY EVENT
TWenty-Six Rounds of Box
ing at Union County Show
Tonight

Carl Morris of Carteret, claimant
of the featherweight championship
of Middlesex county, will engage
Chris Middleton, colored, of Railway,
in the feature six-round bout on the
program for a benefit show in Rah-
way tonight. This show is being
staged by the Railway Athletic AS
ISOLATION for the benefit Of the Ma
tional Disabled Soldiers League at
Railway.
Once before these two boys met.
1t vas a slashing contest staged in
the local auditorium and Middleton's
seconds threw in the towel with ten
minutes to go in the final round.
Both boys have trained faithfully for
today's contest and an interesting
battle is anticipated.
The semi-final six-round bout will
bring together Lester Applebaum of
Railway and joey Mundell of Eliza
beth, and there will be a third six
featuring Billy Lewis, Westfield fly
weight, and Johnny Grant Of Eliza
beth. In addition to these three
bouts there will be two tours, one
between Young Hobby of Railway
and Bill Tate of Linden, and the
opening engagement will bring to-
gether Freddy Harris of Roselle and
Kid Mitchell of this city.
The show tonight is believed to be
the first of a series to be staged IN
Railway during the summer. A num-
Der of open air shows were staged
in the Union county town last season.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-04
HIGH SCHOOL
ATHLETES BUSY
Track Meet at Wonderland
Park and Baseball Game
at Report Today

Perth Amboy high school athletes
will be engaged at home and away
this afternoon in two lines of sport.
One a return baseball game with
Keyport high school, and the other
a field meet with South River high
at Wonderland Park.
At Keyport the Amboy diamond
representatives will endeavor to take
the second contest from that combi-
nation. The first game played be-
tween these two teams resulted in
Perth Amboy swapping the Keyport
team by a large margin. 1t was in
this contest that Nuns Nedswicki
won the name of mo hit Neds."
Westcott will do the twirling in to-
days encounter, while either Wilmer
or Fennessey will d. the receiving.
The local athletic attraction be-
tween South River and the local har-
riers at Wonderland Park will be the
most important of the two. as it will
be remembered that on Friday last
the South River track representa-
tives lost a meet to Asbury Park
high by a two point margin. Man
ager Cohen announces that his team
is in tip-top shape, and as a great
deal has been heard of the maroon
and gray team of late interest is be-
ing displayed in this afternoons
meet.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-04
CHARLEY HUGHES
WINS HONORS
In Big Track Meet at New
Brunswick on Saturday A.
ternoon-Broad Jump

Charley Hughes Of this city, q
student at st. Benedicts prep school
IN Newark, won the state prep school
broad jumping championship in the
big state meet at New Brunswick on
Saturday afternoon. Peddie Prep
Of Hightstown carried off the honors
in this meet, nosing out ST. Bene-
dict by four points.
Hughes jumped twenty feet, eight
inches, and the winner Of second
place, Stark Of Lawrenceville Prep,
made twenty feet, two and a half
inches. The popular local boy did
not place in the 4%40-yard run, an ac-
cident resulting in his losing a real
chance to also win honors in this
event.
St. Benedict's lost it's chance TO
beat Peddie out due to the fact that
the crack mile runner of the Newark
institution failed to make a train to
get him at New Brunswick in time
for this event. The meet was feat
ured throughout by the bitter battle
between the Newark and Hightstown
schools for first honors.
Hughes has made a name for him
self in football, basketball and track
doings at the Newark institution. In
his days at the local high school he
also was q big aid TO the Crimson
and White in basketball and track
doings.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-04
GLEE CLUB 70ssERs STOP AQUEH0NGA OUTFIT
SAND SHOWERS STOP
LOCAL BALL CONTEST.
BL00MFIELDS BEATEN

Sand showers which started early
IN the return contest between the
Perth Amboy and Bloomfield base
ball mines on the Raritan Copper
Works field yesterday afternoon.
resulted in the calling OF OF the
game while the first half Of the
sixth inning was in progress. The
only runs Of the game were made BY
the locals in the first inning and
therefore the final score was 20.
Mickey 500. local southpaw. was
n good form. allowing only one
man to reach first base in FIVE in
nings and this player on a pass. He
Was Immediately nipped off the
initial sack, Lidgate to Smith. In the
hrst half Of the sixth inning the first
batter doubled along the right field
line and the next batter flied out to
McAuli1e. The third batter hit 20
Field Manager Burnett who fumbled
and then threw low to first base.
the initial batter going to third.
The third batter then stole second.
500 famed the fourth batter and
with the next batter at the plate.
the storm was so bad that Umpire
in-Chiet Joe Kelly decided TO call 81
a DAY.
Inasmuch as the first half Of the
sixth inning does not count. 500 IS
credited with eight strikeouts and
he also issued one pass. Courier.
the Bloomfield pitching ace. was
touched for three safeties. Burnett's
homer. Lidgate's hard drive to the
short1eld and McAuliffe's blow
which fell safe in right center dur
ing one of the showers. Courier
struck out three walked one and hit
n batter.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-04
INGOTS & SHELTERS
WIN LEAGUE CONTESTS.
HARD FOUGHT GAMES

Superb pitching by Fimiani n
Geneski for the New Jersey Terra
Gotta company baseball team, made
the Raritan Copper works nine step
Z on Saturday afternoon in order to
vregister an 81 victory over n
katherine street plant employees. Inc
Atlantic Terra Gotta company ball
tossers dropped a hard fought game
n7-S to the American Smelling d
Refining company nine on the
1Maurer field, the other game was
played on the Raritan Copper dia
nond.
Warner did the pitching for the
Ingots and his offerings were toucn-
ed for ten safeties, five errors by
his teammates also aided in the new
Jersey scoring. Geneski and flam-
iani allowed the league leaders SIX
hits and The New Jerseys made -FOUR
miscues. j. Pellegrine and col
lected five hits between them 1or
the vanuuished club while Ballo was
the batting star for the victors'
The Ingots scored twice in the sec
ond and added three more IN the
sixth, The New Jerseys tailed tnree
Vines in the seventh and anotner
sily by the Catherine street employ
Ss in the last of the eighth gave
them a two run lead. Three tailies
in the eighth by the 1ngots decideo
the game.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-04
BRIEF BITS OF SPORTS
IN ALL E L

I Two high school trackmen failed
to qualify for events in the meet
staged at New Brunswick on Satur-
day. The qualifying contests were
staged in the morning.
Sporting activities of the local
Police Social Club during the next
several months will be discussed at
the banquet of the organization to
be held in Frem hall on Monday
afternoon.
Perth Amboy probably will be en-.
tered in the Middlesex County
Bowling League next season. For
two seasons this league has run
without Perth Amboy being repre-
sented,
The Center Athletic Club of the
Holy Name Society will be in charge
of the boxing game in this city again
next fall and winter, it has been
practically decided.
The water meet of the American
Legion Post of this city which IS
scheduled for July Fourth should be
equally as successful as the track
meet of last week.
Unless Lapochick. the great New
York state basketball star. is signed
by the Original Celtics he will ca
wort with a local team next seasoa.
ii has been rumored here.
In the nea future twilight games
will be played by the Aduehonea
Club OF Tottenville. From present
indications there will be no twilight
games in this city this season.
A real schedule of track doings
will be prepared for the local high
school barriers next term. Track
doings at the local school are about
completed for this term.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-04
Nine HAS
EASY Time WINNING
FROM AQUEHONGAS

and Paugh's triple gave the Aque-
hongas two runs in the second in
ming and the home players never
threatened to score after this round.
The Dublins hit safely in every ses-
sion except the third and ninth.
Their biggest batting innings were
the first, fifth and sixth.
While it was believed that Bill
Sheehan's Dublins would beat the
Tottenville diamond performers, the
result was never expected to be SO
large. The Dublins by their perfor-
nance this season have establish
ed themselves as one of the leading
sem pro mines in this section Of the
state.
Harry Robedee. of Elizabeth, did
the umpiring in yesterdays tilt.
The box score:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-04

One of the greatest of boxing
champions, Johnny Kilbane of the
fe~atherweight class, gave up his title
! on Saturday. Eugene Criqui oil
| France kayoed Kilbane in the sixth
round of a scheduled fifteen round
encounter.
Charles Hughes of this city, a
student at st. Benedict's prep. school
of Newark, won the state prep.
broad jumping championship in a
meet at New Brunswick on Satur-
day.
The two contests in the local In
dustrial baseball league on Saturday
were more interesting than was ex-
pected. The two terra Gotta teams
showed UP we'll in these games al
though defeated.
Three perfect scores were made
on the ranges of the Perth Amboy
Rifle Club on Saturday afternoon,
H. Mundy, G.. Petersen and j. M
Sorensen being credited with COM
piling the scores.
weather conditions over the week
end were excellent for the various
Yacht clubs in this section to prac-
lice up for the coming C under
the auspices of the Raritan Bay
Yacht Racing Association.
An all star boxing show has been
scheduled under the auspices of the
halfway Boxing Association for the
bereft of the National Disabled
Soldiers League. This show Will
be staged at Railway tonight.
For the first time this year a
double header was staged on the
Raritan Copper Works field yester-
day. Keasbey and Fords battled IN
the opening contest.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-04
KEASBEY JUNIORS WINNERS
IN FIVE INNING GAME

KEASBEY. June An a five in
ming game here Yesterday afternoon
the Keasbey Juniors completely
outclassed the Hopelawn Juniors TO
the tune of lis. All eleven runs
were scored in one inning by the To-
Gals. The storm broke UP the game
in the fifth inning.
The teams lined up as follows:
Keasbey. Fee. first base; 500, pitch
err: Hatarick. catcher: Koperwhats,
shortstop: Sabo. center field; Wag-
erhoffer. right field: Stark second
base: Romer. third base; Rogan. left
field
Hopelawn. A. Larson, second
base; Sitnisky. catcher; kovaes.
third base; l.. Larson, left field;
Fedor. first base; Gutwein. center
field; H. Larson. stortstop; Remhers,
pitcher; Mum. right field.