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AWARD IS. LEBAROIM
THREE CHILDREN 10
SHARE IN PROPERTY
In the ta?e of Edith LeBaron against
Edwin M. LeBaron, which has been on
'.rial before Judge Ingram of Yuma in
Fudge Stanford's division of the supe
rior court of this county for nearly
three weeks, the jury yesterday by its
answers to some 60 interrogatories, in
A-hich every issue raised in the case
W;a3 presented, practically gave a vc-r-iet
to the plaintiff, awarding: her cus
tody of the three children of the par
ties, awarding her a share of the com
munity property and ordering the pay
ment by the defendant of $100 a month
Tor the support of the children. This
finding was reached after the jury had
had the case under consideration for
four hours. Judge Ingram, announced
that his judgment on these findings
would be entered on July 3.
The defendant had been granted a
divorce from the plaintiff and the cus
tody of the children in a proceeding
two years ago. The divorce was grant
ed by default, it being claimed that
there was held over Mrs. LeBaron the
threat of the publication of an act of
moral delinquency which resulted in
her arrest at Los Angeles, this act, it
being further alleged, having been in
duced by the agents of the husband.
The jury in its answers to the inter
rogatories on these points found this
to have been the case, and that find
ing no doubt influenced the Jury in
making answers to all the interrogato
ries rn the list.
Ic found, among other things, that
I he mother was a fit person to have
the custody of the children; that the
father was not a fit person, though it
also found that in the two years they
had been under his control he had
cored for them properly and had seen
to their proper education.
The Jury also found that the Mc
Joods had boon employed by Attorney
'"J. J. Cox of Phoenix to go to Los An
geles to secure information to be used
by LeBaron in securing a'divorce and
the custody of the children, and that
the McLeods did secure this informa
tion. They also suggested to Mrs. Le
Baron that she get a male friend, the
jury found, and at the suggestion of
the McLeods she invited Boucek to
visit Los Angeles, the McLeods fur
nishing the money. The jury also
found that the McLeods left Mrs. Le
Baron alone in thjs apartment with
Boucek in order that she might be ar
rested, for the purpose of securing
"vidence of moral deficiency on her
part. LeBaron and Cox both knew of
the arrest, the jury found, before the
3ivorce suit was filed.
It is understood from a conversation
had by a representative of The Repub
lican with the foreman of the jury
that two errors were made in answer
ing the questions by the Jury. One of
these errors was an answer of "'Tea'
to a question which in substance
asked if Mrs. LeBaron did register at
the Lansing apartments as the wife of
Boucek. The answer to this question,
the juror said, should have been "No."
In the course of the trial acts of im
morality had been testified to against
both parties. The jury found that
these charges 'were untrue and exon
erated both parties of such acts. It
filso found that no such acts were
committed by Mrs. LeBaron in Mesa
before going to Los Angeles.
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"With the departure of more than
200,000 German prisoners. France is in
need of four to five hundred thousand
laborers to clean up the devastated
egions.
Eat 'em for
Breakfast
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'em for
lunch
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A. A. Betts to Preside j
At Hearing; Monday j
After Long Illness
Amos A. Betts. chairman ot the cor
poration commission, will preside at a
hearing before the commission on Mon
day morning, his first official act since i
eirly in April when ho was stricken
with typhoid fever. While Mr. Belts
has made informal calls at the state
house din ing t lie past week he has not
given attention So business on advice
of his physician who has ordered him
to the coast for a several weeks" rest.
While he is greatly improved in health
he shows the strain of long illness
and it will be several weeks before he
regains his normal condition.
Mr. Belts spent a few hours at the
-siate house yesterday when the an
rnunecmcut was made that he was
leaving for California Monday even
ing. Tho hearing in which he will par
ticipate before his departure will be
the Burt Barr-Burt Nabors contro
versy relative to returning certain pre
miums to the insured.
LOCAL POSTOFFICE
A
STEADY INCREASE
Business at the Phoenix poatoffice
is on the increase every month, ac
cording to Postmaster S. J. Michelson,
who states that the receipts at this
office show a gain of fully 23 per cent
over last year's business. During the
present year 10 clerks have been add
ed to the working force of the mail
ing and distributing rooms and it will
be necessary to add six carriers to the
force to successfully cope with the
Large increase in business. '
In late weeks the parcel post has
been so heavy that it was found neces
sary to add another automobile to han
dle this branch of the business and
the. postmaster has requested that an
other be allotted to this department in
order to keep up the standard of work
which has been established by efficient
and rapid deliveries of parcel ' post
packages. The C. O. D. parcel post
branch of the business is getting to
be a department that has assumed
large proportions and is growing in
volume daily. -
Rural routes are being extended into
the outlying districts of Phoenix,
which will bring additional territory
under the jurisdiction of this post
office, changes in these routes being
responsible, in a way, for the general
increase. The money order depart
ment shows a consistent gain over
previous years and it is impossible to
keep up with the demand for letter
boxes, the number of boxes in the nost-
poffice being far short of the demand.
Ross Takes His Name
From Letter Asking
W. A. Mouer to Resign
Requesting that his name be with
drawn from the letter asking his resig
nation as state land commissioner,
Harry S. Ross, state treasurer, has
written W. A. Moeur assuring him of
his co-operation.
"I want to extend to you my vote
of confidence," the treasurer stated in
the note which was received by Mr.
Moeur yesterday.
Mr. Iloss was one of the three mem
bers of the land board who started the
'"trouble" early in May when they
wrote a letter to Mr. Moeur demand
ing his resignation because of the con
dition of his health. There were three
copies of the letter sent Moeur, one be
ing retained by each of the signers.
State Treasurer Ross. Attorney Gen
eral Jones, and State Auditor Jesse
Boyce.
Later Mr. Ross changed his views,
having been convinced by Secretary of
State Simms that the "right and just
thing" was to investigate before oust
ing a man from office. The Barrow
letter furnished the basis for the open
hearing, and when it was declared a
forgery the meetings terminated be
fore the return of Governor Campbell,
the remaining member of the board.
The only echo of the matter heard
yesterday was the Ross letter, which
follows:
W. A. Moeur, State Land Commis
sioner. Dear Mr. Moeur: The investiga
tion of the land department failing
to reveal any cause why you should
resign and as the Carlson report
on the Barrow letter shows con
clusively same to be a forgery, I
would respectfully request that my
name be withdrawn from the let
ter asking your resignation.
Further, I want to extend to you
my vote of confidence and assure
BUSINESS
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.HE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN. SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 19, 1920
TELLS ROTARlAi 1
THEY RECOIMDED!
MORE HIGHWAY BONDS
Pccause they believed the entire i
building program should be planned i
now for the best roads that could be j
built and that delay would be very ex- i
pensive and later regrette by the j
people, Ouy P. Xevitt, a memoer of tho j
civic affairs committee of the Rotary
club, told the Kotaiians yesterday why
a majority of that committee recom
mended the voting of the additional
$4,F00.0'0 bonds, the calling of an elec
tion for which has-been asked of the
board of supervisors in a resolution
by the highway commission.
"If we desire IC-foot roads with six
inch bane we must have more money;
they cannot be built with the $4.t0,00
already voted," said Air. .Nevitt. ""If
we build narrow roads now we will see
the time of regret and will have to
widen them and otherwise improve
them later. The question is, are we in
favor of the best roads now? One ar
gument against the voting of more
bonds is that we build some roads now,
and i they are satisfactory, to vote
more money. I do not believe it is
advisable to do that. The highway
commission desires to plan lor tho en
tire road program now, and for that
purpose the voting of more bonds is
necessary. If some roads are built
first, with the money already voted,
those -who live on those roads will lose
interest in voting money for roads re
mote from them. It is human nature.
They will have their roads and will let
the oilier fellow wait. Then the peo
ple who get the poorer roads will be
dissatisfied.
Let's start right. I have seen cor
respondence from California, to the
highway commission asking us how we
managed to get the low bid we did
from Twohy Brothers. The cost of
$8,000,000 worth of roads will amount
to J4 cents lor every $100 assessed
valuation. For actual valuation it will
amount to about 17 cents on each $100.
We have many things to be done in
Phoenix for the betterment of the city
and counrly, but I can't think of any
thing so important as good roads. So
why wait a year or two. Let's do it
now." -
George W. Barrows, Warren Mc
Arthur, Wallace Button and others
spoke in favor of the voting of the
bonds. . -
P. W. Litchfield, vice president of
the Goodyear Tire and Rubber com
pany of. Akron, Ohio, who was a guest
of tho club, spoke of the relation of
good roads with the wonderful increase
in the motor car industry, the need for
many tires and the cotton of which
they are made. This, he said, was
greatly instrumental in bringing the
Goodyear company into the Salt River
valley. "I was pleased last year "when
you voted $4,000,000 for good roads,"
he said, "and I hope you will not stop
now, but will go ahead and complete
the program."
Sam Mitchell, member of. the civic
affairs committee, who voted against
recommending .the bonds, told why he
did so. '
Clarence Boynton, vice president of
the club, presided at the meeting yes
terday, and Ralph Murphy was chair
man of the day.
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The bureau of navigation of the navy
department has eliminated from the
new recruiting pamphlet the name of
Admiral William S. Sims. t
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As an aid to veterans in the world
war, Oklahoma gave $25 a month to
her former service men. with a maxi
mum of $200, for educational expenses.
you that ! will co-operate with you
in the administration of the land
department henceforth.
With best wishes for your future
success, I remain,
Yours truly.
HARRY S. ROSS,
State Treasurer.
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Gas Range Cooking
Keeps Food Costs Down
7ITH the cost of foodstuffs constantly advancing,
" v month by month, it becomes more necessary
than ever, that the strictest care be exercised by the
housewife in the purchase and preparation of foods.
A modem Cabinet Gas Range will prove a dis
tinct aid in keeping food costs at a minimum
It enables you to prepare the cheaper cuts as deliciously
as tho more expensive.
It aids you in serving a varied menu with least labor.
It makes goods go farther.
It eliminates waste and spoilage by abolishing uncer
tainty of results.
A small payment down places a new
Cabinet Gas Range in your home.
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lSTABLISH ! FAILURE TO M
WAREHOUSES IN
THIS DISTRICT
Meeting Paves the Way For
Bonded Warehouses Here
To Store Cotton and Grain
Government Man Explains
Plan.
Bonded warehouses in Phoenix for
the storing of cotton, grain and wool
may be established as the result of
conferences held in this city yester
day which were attended by men in
terest d in those industries, by bank
ers and by 11. K. Holman, Jr., of the
United States department of agricul
ture who is in this part of the coun
try investigating the establishment of
such warehouses.
The meetings, which were held at
the Water Users' building, were more
or less preliminary in scope, serving
chiefly to pave the way for 'such ware
houses, investigating their need and
securing a thorough explanation by the
government's representative of the
manner of their establishment.
The meeting of cotton warehouse
men and bankers was held at 2 o'clock,
and was attended by 30 local men, in
cluding a representative of the Arizona
American Kgyptian Cotton company.
The chief question which came up at
this meeting was whether it would be
possible to open a yard enclosed by a
strong barbed wire fence and kept un
der tho constant surveilance of a watch
man ns a substitute for the regular
warehouses as prescribed under the
buink'1 warehouse act.
Explains Warehouse Act
Realizing that the refusal of this re
quest would curtail the financial aid
badly needed by local cotton men. and
that the granting of it would discour
age the building of more substantial
warehouses, Mr. Holman will give a
great deal of thought to the problem
ncfore giving a definite reply. He stat
ed, however, that he would settle the
question definitely before returning to
Washington. Meanwhile he will attend
to the applications of any warehouse
men who are able to meet the govern
ment requirements for having their
houses bonded.
The grain men conferred with Mr.
Holman at 3 o'clock, and were in turn
told of the purposes of the act, which
Ins been deemed one . of the greatest
pieces of constructive legislation ever
passed by congress, and which has
been given the stamp of approval bf
the American Warehouse association,
the American Bar and the American
Bankers' associations.
Those who are eligible to obtain
bonded warehouses must be of good
reputation, solvent and have a suit
abre house, after which bond money
must be filed with Jhe United States
government.. Government inspectors,
which will be organized in districts to
correspond with the government force
of bank examiners, will see that tho
houses are conducted according to the
regulations of the government by ex
amining them at frequent intervals.
A receipt from such a warehouse would
serre as negotiable paper in securing
loans from banks, and would be of in
valuable help to .the local cotton
growers.
Mr. Holman will remain in Phoenix
for several days in order to clear up all
business connected with the matter
and to get acquainted with the local
cotton men and grain dealers here.
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. One thousand former Canadian avi
ators have made applications to the
Dominion government for jobs in the
Canadian air service.
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The war department is in need of
2437 recruits for army service in the
Panama Canal zone. 165 in the Philip
pines and 1410 in Hawaii.
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ROAO COSTS 5801
Failure to prove that the Arizona j
Eastern and the Southern Pacific are
one railroad or under one manage
ment cost R. C. Larrimore of Nogales
half a judgment that ha(J been ren
dered against those two roads in tho
superior court of Santa Cruz county,
Thp Southern Pacific appealed from
the judgment against it for $300 on
account of damages to a shipment of
6!) mules shipped by the appellee from
Nogales to Buckeye. A similar judg
ment had been rendered ag'ainst the
Arizona Eastern, which took no appeal.
It was on the line of the litter that
the damage occurred.
Justice Baker, in the majority opin
ion, reversed the judgment without re
manding the cause. The opinion states:
"It was error to enter judgment
against each of the companies, but
since the Arizona Eastern does not :ip
peal and remains satisfied with tho
judgment against it, we make no fur
ther mention of that error, only to say
that certainly the appellee has no
cause to complain of the result. He is
lucky."
In the case of the state of Arizona,
appellant, against Joseph M. Craw--ford
and Frank Nelson, respondents,
the case was reversed and the cause
remanded with directions that further
proceedings be had not inconsistent
with the opinion. The r.ppeal was
taken from an order of the superior
court of Pinal county sustaining a
demurrer to the information in which
the respondents were charged with an
attempt to manufacture intoxicating
liquor. It was held that the manu
facture "of liquor in this state is a
crime, and it was further held that
under the statutes one who attempts to
commit a crime and is prevented or
intercepted in the perpetration of it is
punishable for such attempt.
Judgment of. the superior court of
Coehise was affirmed in the case. oL
D. J. Genardini et al, appellants,
against Mose Kline, appelloe.
In the case of Mesa city, appellant,
against J. W. LeSeuer et al, appellee,
this county, judgment was affirmed.
This was an action for damages
against the, municipality of Meta for
damages' suffered by the appellees
from a flood, the damages being at
tributable to a defective irrigating
ditch and drainage system.
NEW COiflKES
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The Arizona Shope Concrete Prick
company is a new concern in this city.
It Is a manufacturing concern com
posed of Phoenix men and capital to
produce under the "Shope patent proc
ess" a building material. Scarcity of"
building material has retg.rded to some
extent the wonderful advancement of
Phoenix and the Salt River valley and
for that reason this 'new company un
doubtedly has a great field and an as
sured success.
Brick manufactured under this proc
ess are said to have a crushing
strength of 3000 pounds to the square
inch or 40 tons to the brick. It can
be produced in unlimited colors, it is
stated, from snow white to regulation
brick colcr. Buildings constructed of
this material are said to have stood
the test for 14 years.
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Refused Diploma
To This Boy Also
Melba Merill. the pretty Graham
county girl whose yout i may prevent
MATER
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Army Planes Would
Come Here If Given j
Safe Landing Field
Declaring that if a landing field is
MuvioVd at the S,:tc Fair grounds
army airmen will make frequent trips
to Phoenix. Adjutant General Walter S.
Ingalls on his return from Douglas
jestcrday advocated that the neces
sary improvements be made.
For some time past army officers
stationed at Douglas have urged that
the field at the fair grounds be made
safe for the landing of big army planes.
Flagstaff has prepared a landing field
and aviators arc ready to fly north if
a landing can be made at Phoenix en
route.
"With planes of the type now in use
in Douglas, the distance from the bor
der town to Flagstaff is too great for
a non-stop flight," said Colonel In
galls. Colonel" Ingalls expects to see the big
army planes flying over Phoenix fre
quently if thf State Fair grounds is
placed in readiness to receive the ma
chinos. IT SIMMS TO GO
ON CAMPAIGN TOUR
With the opening of headquarters
of the "Mit Simms for Governor club"
at the American theater yesterday,
campaign plans of the candidate for
nomination on the Democratic ticket
were made public.
Mr. Simms stated that he intended
leaving town early in the week, prob
ably on Wednesday, for a 30-day cam
paign tour-of the state. He is using
his month's vacation to further his
chances for governor, which he be
lieves excellent. The secretary ot
state will be. accompanied on his trip
by Mrs. Simms, who will drive their
car on the route scheduled by Mr.
Simms. They will go first to Cochise
county, which Mr. Simms is claiming,
and from there through Greenlee, Gila,
Graham, Pinal ami Pima counties,
back to Phoenix. Prcscott's Frontier
Days, July 2, 3. 4 and 0, will find the
secretary in the Mile High city, while
the Flagstaff celebration on July 6 and
7 will attract him to the northern part
of the state. He will then return to
Phoenix, from which point the cam
paign will be directed.
While Mr. Simms was giving out his
plans in his office yesterday, Mulford
Winsor was making a call in the at-
torney general's office, where he ex
pressed his gratification at the recep
tion accorded his candidacy for gov
ernor. He is on his way to Yuma
from Jerome, where he made the flag
day uddress. Mr. Winsor stated he
! had nothing to say in regard to his
j campaign policy other than that he
would make an active campaign and
i" present the issues in the different
j counties of the state.
her from being awarded a teacher's
certificate, although she made excel
lent grades, recalled to Col. James H.
McClintock that in 1890 Russell White
was not granted a diploma when he
completed his course at the Tempe
Normal school because he was not
of age.
Although he was too young to re
ceive his certificate. White was not
denied entrance to Annapolis, where
he made a fine record. In lSt-O the son
of old "Doc" White of Tempe distin
guished himself in command of a loat
party on the Pasi- river in the Philip
pines. In the world war Captain White
also rendered valuable services to the
government.
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Thanks to the cans in which
Ghirardelli's Ground Chocolat
is packed the characteristic
chocolaty"
drink holds to the end.
Say "Gear-ar-dcllf;
D. GHIRARDELLI CO.
Since 1SS2 San Francitr
RARDELLI'
CITY ITSELF TO 00
UMCDMTR ACTED WORK "
01 VERDE SYSTEM
Tlie city itself will do all the work
now uneonlraeted for on the new Verde
gravity water system for I 'hoe nix.
This was determined at a special
meeting of the city commission yes
terday afternoon, the commission de
ciding that, since no bids had been re
ceived on the uncontracted part of th
work, though advertised for twice, tt:"
city should go ahead with the worK
itself.
In the construction of the new Vcrrt-j
waterworks system for Phoenix. th)
only part of the work contracted for
has been the installation of the pipe
line. This leaves the installation of
the intake galleries on the Vcrd th
excavating for the pipe line and the
hauling of materials and the like to b)
done by the city, under the decision
reached yesterday. The work which
the city will do on the system will
amount to about $400,000.
The city will lose no time fn going
ahead with the work as rapidly as.
possible, City Manager V. A. Thompson
said last night. There will be no de
lay, he added, in the hope that the price
of materials will come down, or for
other reasons, as the value of the new
water system to Phoenix will be so
great that a delay in building It ,ln the
hope of obtaining better prices by de
laying, would not be Justified.
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A registration is made of 73,301
graves of American dead distributed
over eight countries in Europe.
A man we know says:
"It's easy enough to make
up my mind in the morn-::
ing; but it's awfully harcf;
to make up my body."
A cup of good coffee . .
starts you right body and.
mind and all oer. First,.;;
you get its delightful fra-""
grance; then you taste the
full rich flavor. A general
warmth and sense of things
being "just right" steals
over you; and finally comes 3
that wholesome invigora-'
tion that sets you up for v.
the day.
Schilling's is one of the. - ,
good coffees. It is your
coffee if you like it. Your
grocer pays your money
back if you don't.
A Schilling & Company
San Francisco
flavor of this food-