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T AKIZONA HEPU1B1L AN H AN INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE JOURNAL THIRTY-FIRST YEAR 24 PAGES VOL. XXXI., NO.. 211 21 PAGES PHOENIX, ARIZONA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 24, 1920 Eight American Relief Organizations Combine TcAid European Hungry Three and One-Half Million Starving Children Will Be Provided With Food by New Organization Hoover Says Old World Faces Greatest Famine in Three Hun dred Years Relief Agencies Need $23,000,000. Republican A. P. Leased Wlrel , CHICAGO, Nov. 23. Formal an- rp q . nouncement of the organliatlon of a 1 Ul KG V OllUr Sends Up Price in Middle West European Relief Council, composed of eight American organizations was made, by Herbert "Hoover at a dinner tonight. Continuation of American support In feeding tho under-nourished pop1e.i of Europe was urged by Mr. Hoover, who will act as chairman of the. council. The dinner, tendered by Howard B. Jackson, formerly vice president of the United States Grain corporation, was attended by 300 Chicagoans. ' The council consists of tho American P.elicf Federation, American Ked Cross, Friends Service corporation (Quakers), Jewish Joint Distribution Council, Fed erated Council 6f the Churches of Chrtf'-n America, Knights of Colum bus. y M. C. A. and T. W. C. A. "Hus council, after full investiga tion, has decided that complete priority should be given J.o American relief In Europe to support 8,500.000 childrn who .have, since the armistice have been (dependent upon American charity V until the children are secure over the winter." said .Mr. Hoover. "Here Is an issue In our foreign relations which (a neither race, politics or religion. It la just the preservation of the lives of children. 'The war has collapsed, among Dotn allies and enemy, In the face of the greatest famine in 300 years. J.n the first stage of famine the human ani mals eat the food, of their cattle and thus und?rmine the production of milk. In the second stage they consume the cattle themselves. The children of the white races are dependent upon cattle for their, very existence. "Today there are 3,500,000 waifs who live by virtue of the 2000 asylums, hospitals, clinics and canteens whose doors would close but for American charity. At the time of the armistice, Americans were carrying the burden of 200,000 children in Belgium and 600, 00 in northern France. This system was spread over Finland, Esthonla, Letvtt, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, luBtrla, Czecho-Slovakia, Serbia, Ru mania, Hungary and Armenia. Harvests Relieve Suffering "With the harvests of 1919 and 1920 and the gradual economic recuperation 'the burden has grown less and the harvest of next summer will greatly lighten the burden. It is not a per petual charge on American charity. It is an emergency demand. It will cost $:3,000.000 about $1 permonth per child until the next harvest. For every American dolar, another dollar of loal unnort s Drovlded in equipment and food, together with a vast amount of voluntary service. We have but to sunr.lv them with their deficient milk, fats, clothing and In soYne countries bread, and they will succeed; without lt'thev fall. "T me It is p. slory to the United Btates that 3 lv ,000 hungry waifs hould sit every day at our table. would rather have the American flat; Implanted In the hearts of the chil dren of Europe than flying over any 1 citadel of victory. Twenty years from now they will form the basis of I civilization of Europe. If we are to preserve tne xounaauora ui nutieiy iu the east, if we are to keep open the love of humanity In the west our duty is clear before us. "This la the largest co-ooeratlve be novelent organization ever attempted in the United States. TV5 organiza tion represented nave come to tne unanimously, though Independently, formed conclusion that nothing but prompt and united action by the whole American people can avert lncreasable tragedy for the helpless children in volved. The organizations forming I the council will organize their repre eentatives In every , town and com munity of the nation for the raising of necessary funds." o Kentucky Farmer Is Held Under Mann Act VOLN, Nev.. Nov. 23. Obie C. n Mayfield. Ky, farmer and to biAoraiser, was brought to Lincoln tonight by a deputy United States mar shal. He is wanted in iveniucKy on an information charging him with a violation of tho Mann white slave act. ; o : ' Germans Divert Huge Coal Payments From Humanitarian Purpose Republican A. P. Leased Wire PARIS; Nov. 23 Most of the 200, 000,000 francs in gold paid monthly to Germany by France, under the Spa coal agreement since last July has been diverted to propaganda purposes and to pay British creditors, according to Information received today in French official circles. These payments, made in return for delivery of promised coal, it was agreed by Germany, would be used to buy food to ameliorate the conditions of the coal miners so that they would be physically able to maintain the output and also trt buy raw materials. CHICAGO. Nov. 23. A shortage of turkeys has increased the price five to ten cents a pound in middle western Mates over the 1919 prices and as a result many housewives will substi tute chickens, gees and ducks in the Thanksgiving menu, reports indicated tonight. Chicago's supply was many car loads short of the number needed, ac cording to dealers, with the retail prices ranging from ui to 60 cents a pound. 1 Springfield, 111., dealers quoted 62 cents a pound and prices at Waterloo, Iowa, were 43 to 45 cents. Chickens, ducks and gees were re ported plentiful everywhere. . , o Legion Protests Pardoning of 16 Mexican Bandits Republican A. P. Leased Wire ALBUQUERQUE. N M- Nov. 23 Hugh a Carlisle post of the American Legion tonight adopted resolutions pro testing against the action of Governor O. A. Larrazolo, In pardoning, 16 Vlllis- tas from the state penitentiary at San ta Fe, where they were serving -sentences for murder In connection with Villa's raid on Columbus, N. M, March 9, 1916. The pardons were granted yesterday. The resolutions brand the pardons as an "Insult, to every soldier who ever wore a uniform in organized warfare, and are especially insulting to Ameri can troops who suffered untold hard ships, and some whom laid down their lives to protect the honor and dnignity of this country, Involved .as a direct result of this so-cailea raia." The resolutions also assert that the governor acted without authority in that the pardons were not submitted to and passen upon by the board of penitentiary commissioners, as provided by law. While not included in the resolutions. it was stated by Dr. Henry Rolfe Brown, an officer of the post, that the post would at once start a legal fight to have the pardons revoked. o , Bank President Is Missing $50,000 Alleged Shortage - Republican A. P. Leased WtreJ. OLEAN. N. Y.. Nov. 23. Three Buf falo bank examiners are today on the books of the State Bank of Fillmore, following the disappearance. Saturday, of C. J. Ilowden, president of tne in stitution and the discovery of an al leged shortage of $50,0000. Iast night the directors elected C. . E. Haines president. The cashier stated today that the surplus apparently had been wiped out but that the capital was Intact and that the bank would continue to operate. o Thirty-Two Army. Death Sentences, None Carried Out Republican A. P. Leased Wire WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 Thirty-two persons in the army were sentenced to death by courts martial during the last fiscal year, but in no case was tho sentence carried into effect, says Major General E. H. 'Crowder, advocate gen eral, in his annual report, made public today. Twelve of the death sentences were disapproved, nineteen reduced to improsonment ranging from life terms to five years, and one case was pending on review when the report was filed. Trials for desertions were slightly loss numerous than the preceding years but the comparative number was larg er. Confinement for life was imposed i in 42 cases, 31 of the sentences being approved, 2 disapproved, 8 terms were ' shortened, and 1 pending awaits final action. In all 326 officers were sentenced to dismissal after court martial. Of these, 134 sentences were approved. The to tal number of general courts for the more serious offenses was 6,769 and 87.8 per cent convictions were -Obtained. o Uin AnnninRfiniTPi m illUUiU i u TOlIEilT OF) i rRniir n ii n i m n LtAbUt UUMNb ASSEMBLY MEET Balfour Says It Is Too Early to Form Ideas As to How Covenant Can Be Im proved by Amendments SCANDINAVIANS NOT PLEASED WITH VOTE HAYS APPEALS FOR PUIS TO MEET DEFICIT OF CAMPAIGN Just Imagine trying to li.e one week with r"t your newspaper. No news the world, no news of what is going on in your own com munity, nothing to think about, nothing to talk about, living in darkness. It Can't Be Done Vou wouldn't last the. week out. About the second day you would gladly give a dollar for a paper, yes, probably more than that. N ow- turn to page I'"' section one and read our offer. The Arizona Republican The .-.tales greatest newspaper Negro Taken From Court and Dragged Behind Automobile Republican A. P. Leased Wire TYLERTOWN, Mlss Nov. 23. Harry Jacobs, negro, while on trial to day for an assault on a white woman, was taken from the court room and lynched by a mob which gained access by breaking down two doors. Despite efforts of court officials and others. The negro was seized, a rope placed about his neck and he was dragged two blocks through the main etreet after which the rope was tied to the axle of an automobile which dragged him to a bridge where the lifeless body swung to a limb of a tree and was riddled with bullets. One man was accidentally shot. Unsuccessful appeals were made by the judge and the husband of the woman assaulted to permit the court to proceed in an orderly manner. $800,000 Loaned Evening Mail to Support Germans Republican A. P. Leased Wire NEW YORK, Nov. 23. Loans ag gregating more than $800,000, fur nished by Hermann Slelcken, "Amer ican coffee king," were advanced through the German fiscal agent In 19:.5 to Dr. Edward A. Rumely. then publisher of the Evening Mail, Walter S. Kaufmann, attorney, testified today at the trial in which he, his law part ner and Dr. Rumely are charged with concealing true ownership of the pa ntr from the alien property custodian. Sieicken at that time was a resident of Gerntan, Kaufmann testified, and the loan was made in the interest of the German government's desire to acquire in the United States a news-, paper with which to ''expound the true German viewpoint." Dr. Rumely obtained the first loan, $750,000, when be was heavily In debt, the witness said, and later was ad vanced $75,000. Dr. Rumely, he continued, save hi;i note for the loans with an understand ing that they would be canceled when ever he saw fit. Kaufmann said he arranged all the business details of the transaction in which the Evening Mail was to be turned over to Mr. Sielcken. The German fiscal ugent. Ir. Heln rich Albert, he said, was being so closely watched by agents of the other foreign powers that they decided to employ a "silent worker" to carry out Kubse'i'ient transactions. At. Dr. Al bert's suggestion, he added, he pro cured tho services of Walter Lyons, member of the banking firm of Renns Worff & Lyons. Lyons' was paid $'000 : for his services as "so between," he as;-ertcd. Republican A. P. Leased Wire . NEW YORK, Nov. 23 An appeal for contributions to make up a deficit of approximately $1,500,000 in the cam paign fun dof the Republican national committee was sent out tonight by Will II. Hays, its .chairman. The appeal, addressed to the "Re publicans of the country and all those who aided them," called attention to the report of the treasurer filed yes terday in Washington, pointing out that although the buying power .of the dol lar was materially less than In 1916, the 1920 campaign had actually been con ducted at less exper se than the Hughes campaign of four years ago. Mr. Hays accompanied his plea for further fund -by an expression of the highest praise for the spirit of the Re publicans during the campaign. More than 50,000 individuals contributed about $2,000,000 to the fund, he said The presidential campaign of this year cost approximately $3,400,000, ex clusive of pre-convention expenditures. he wrote, leaving a net deficit of near ly a million and a half Hollars. Addressing the editors of Republl can newspapers, the statement declared that the national committee "would have been gratified naturally had it ; been possible to raise all the money necessary by the small gift methods. This, however, was hardly expected, as this has been the first real effort in tnat direction. I know the method is right," Mr. Hays added, "and I am convinced that you and every other Republican want us to distribute the expense of the campaigning in this manner If it can be done at all. To this end we are going to make a public appeal for funds and In this effort I want your help. The success of tne appeal will be of Inestimable benefit to party financ ing and will go far In our eforts to place the business of politics on the highest possible plane." Contributions, ho said, should be sent to Fred W. Upham, treasurer, or J. G. Blaine, Jr., eastern manager of the Re publican rational, committee at the committee's office 13 West 44th street, New York. o South African Delegates Prefer Waiting United States Proposition Before Making Changes Republican A. P. Leased Wire GENEVA, Nov. 23. There will be no amendments to the covenant of the league of nations at this sessiomof the assembly if the decision of Commit tee No. 1, that of general organization, which has been considering amend ments, is approved in full session. Arthur J. Balfour, chairman of the committee, suggested to the committee that it wa stoo early to draw conclu sions as to the working of the league or to form an idea as to how the cov enant may be improved. He proposed that the committee recommend the appointment of a special committee to consider amendments ana report to the next meeting of the assembly. The Scandinavian delegates on the committee insisted upon the consid eration immediately of amendments they proposed, but they were out voted. The South American delegates accepted Mr. Balfour's suggestion all the more readily because they are of the opinion that any amendment of the covenant should await proposi tions that are expected from the Unit ed States after President-elect Hard ing's consultations upon the subject. They declared it would be entirely out of order to revise the covenant in the absence of one of the most important nations of the world. The committee on international court decided to send a letter of thanks and congratulations to Elihu Rpot and other delegates to The Hague conference. This is as far as they have got in their work. Antonio Huneus, head of the Chilean delegation and chairman of the com mittee on admission of new members, told the Associated Press todya that his committee already was hard at work and hoped to make an early report. News of the application - of Monte negro for membership in tho league of nations leaked out today. No infor mation whatever was given on the subject by the secretariat of the league. This eleventh Jiour applica tion necessarily will come un on the floor of the assembly before being re ferred to committee. The council of the lea-gne of nations has decided to invite the Scandinavian countries to participate in policing the plebiscite territory of Vilna to the extent of a hnndred men each. It is announced from a semi-offi cial source that it.is nearly certain that Bulgaria, Austria, Albania, Fin land and Luxemburg wjn be admitted to the league. On the other hand, it is said the commission deems It bet ter at present not to admit states for merly forming a part of Russia and which have not yet been officially recognized. o French Premier Against Return of Constantine Republican A. P. Leased Wire PARIS, Nov. 23 Premier Leygues, when he appeared tonight in the cham ber in the Vatican debate, announced the government's intention to Issue a warning to Greece against the return pf former King Constantine. The de bate was adjourned until Thursday and it is understood that the premier will not go to London until a settle ment is reached respecting France's representation at the Vatican. M Leygues, in asking for a post ponement of further interpellations so that he might be free to act, said: "France docs not wish to intervene In Greece's foreign affairs, but after a war which imperilled civilization, if a power put at its head a sovereign who showed marked and constant hostility towar dthe allies and had been an ac complice of our enemies, that power ought to be warned that she can no longer have our co-operation, nor ex pect the same feeling from us as for merly." , The premier said that he wished to consider a definite course in the mat ter in complete accord . with that of Great Britain. o ; ' M United of Road Mill M AT J HQ IN PORTLAND AFTER E SE DIRECTOR SAYSPAGKEHS BONUS SYSTEM T PRACTICAL i 1 in Republican A. P. Leased Wire PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 23. John Doughty, former private secretary to Ambrose J. Small, millionaire theater owner of Toronto, Canada, who dis appeared last December, was under ar- jtrrst here tonight and will start tomor- K a . . , T. . r ., TOW HI tusiuuy iui iuc vuatfi u dlan city. Officers who arcrsted Doughty said ,he confessed to the theft of $100,000 in ICanadian Victory bonds, which were missine after his disappearance. The prisoner, they said, would not discuss the disappearance of Small beyond saying that he last saw his partner in a Toronto theater the night of Small's disappearance. Doughty was arrested yesterday in Oregon City, near here, where he was Employed in a paper mill and ' where he had risen from a taoorer to an as sistant formership in a department. A" world wide search has been made for Doughty, Toronto advices said today. o Dr. Emerson Named War Risk Director Republican A. P. Leased Wire WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. Appoint ment ot Dr. Haven Emerson, former health comisisoner of New York city, as medical adviser and assistant di rector of the war risk insurance bu reau was announced tonight. o Fifteen Thousand Dollar Robbery in Los Angeles Hotel Republican A. P. Leased Wire LOS ANGELES. Nov. 23 The theft of diamonds an furs valued at $15,000 and $500 cash from her apartments in a hotel here was reported to the police today by Mrs. G. H. Egstromer. ! o Weegkam Bankruptcy Proceeding Dismissed CHICAGO, Nov. 23. Federal Judqe Carpenter today dismissed bankruptcy proceedings broueht some timr ago against Charles Weeghman. owner of a chain of restaurants. Mr. Weegh man deposited $150,000 with the court clerk to cover all claims. Secretary Baker Revokes Permit To Lay W.U. Cable WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 Secretary Baker announced tonight that he had I revoked permision granted the West jern Union Telegraph company last May to lay certain cables at Biscayne bay. Miami, Fla. The permit was issued by the district engineer at Jacksonville, Ha, and Mr. Baker directed its with drawal by telegraph tonight. Mr. Baker made no explanation of his action. He merely authorized through 5iis secretary the statement that the permit had been rescinded. The announcement followed, however, the statement in New York tonight by Newcomb Carlton, president of the Western Union company, that his com pany had not only rights granted by act of congress, but special permission, of the war department to do certain cable work in the vicinity of Miami with which "the navy department has for months arbitrarily interfered," at the request of the state department. Republican A. P. Leased Wire CHICAGO, Nov. 23. The effect a bonus system would have if put into operation by the pacVIng industries, was taken up today at the hearing be fore Federal Judge Samuel Alschuler lntot he demands of more than 200,000 packing employes for a wage increase of $1 a day. S. Marquis, director of the educa tional department of the Ford Motor company, Detroit, detailed the bonus system used by that company, but said tfiat "on the-basis of figures for ex penditures and receipts -. presented at the hearing by the packers, such a system could not be put into effect without first increasing the cost of meat or decreasing the price paid for cattle" Mr. Marquis, using the packers' fig ures as a basis for computation, said that if they paid a minimum bonus of $C0 annually, as did the Ford company, there would be a deficit at the end of tho year. He said he thought the Ford system impracticable for packing com panies, " because In the case of an automobile man, one man could raise or lower the price of his commodity, to meet the bonus, which Is taken from the profits, while In the packing indus try competition made this inadvisable." C. L. Harla, Chicago representative of the Iowa Farm bureau and Corn Belt Meat Production association, asked Judge Alschuler not to grant the increase ori the grounds that 1t would be be passed along to the produces and place an extra burden on the farmer and livestock grower." The packers presented as evidence a quantity of food marked with the prices at which it was purchased to day. These prices, they said, were an average of 38 per cent lower than the government fair price list for Oct. 1. Corn meal, tea, sugar, condensed milk, cheese, bread, tomatoes and corn were included. The wage hearing was reopened yes terday at the request of the packers, who maintained that reductions In liv ing costs, which they said had become effective since the original hearing, should be considered. The employes' tttorneys will make their rebuttal to morrow. o aricopa County or Completion Program As Contracted . At Representative Meeting Yesterday of Taxpayers, Judges and Members Board of Supervisors Vigorous Force Is Organized for Fulfillment of Present Highway Bond Contract Prompt Submission to People of Addi tional Bond Issue to Fully Complete 278-Mile Road Building Project Is Favored Discussion Makes Evident Asphalt Interests Back of Suit to Delay Delivery of Bonds. ' ' The most important good roads meeting ever held in Maricopa 'county was that which gathered yesterday at the mess room of the road construction camp near the Fowler schoolhouse. Seventy-eight represntatiye tax payers, invited, by the' county highway commisison, listened to a discussion which made it evident that asphalt or black roads interests are back of the law suit instituted in Ghicago by John Dunbar which has temporarily tied up the Maricopa county road funds. , S. S. Saxton of Chicago, representing the S. S. Saxton company, asphalt chemists, admitted that he represented the asphalt interests and assured the meeting that there was no question that if he could make a satisfactory ar rangement with Twohy Brothers, who have the contract to build a county system of cement concrete roads, to sub stitute a reasonable proportion of asphaltic or black roads; that the bond money now neia up Dy court proceedings would be promptly available and he intimated that ar rangements could undoubtedly be ma'de to dismiss the Dunbar suit. E nil 1 HOnllED 1 s 111 0 ss Republican A. P. Leased WIr.j - DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 23. Police here today arrested a man they Bald they believed to be George L. Martin wanted in Louisville, Ky., in connection with alleged embezzlement involving about $700,000. Martin has been miss ing from Louisville since January, 1915, local authorities were advised. Martin had been operating a reai estate business In Dallas for more than a year under an assumed name, ac cording to the sheriff. COMPANY WILL FIGHT NEW YORK, Nov. 23. Newcomb Carlton, president of the Western Un icn Telegraph company, declared to night that his company has general authority under an act of congress to lay cables in all navigable waters in the United States and a specific permit from tho secretary of war. Mr. Carlton made this assertion in a statement which he issued in connec tion with his company's application in the courts of the District of Columbia for an injunction to restrain the secre tary of the navy from interfering with its "plans to extend its telegraoh lines from Miami to Miami Beach. o Du Ponts After Durant Stock in General Motors Republican A. P. Leased Wire NEW YORK, Nov. 23. The DuPont Securities conrpany was incorporated today in Delaware with an authorized capital of $7,000,000 on cumulative pre ferred stock and . 100, 000 phares of no par value common Ptock for the pur pose of acquiring shares of General Motors corporation common stocl from W. C. Durant. This was announced here tonight by Pierre S. DirPont following an an nouncement of 'sale of Mr. Durant's stock yesterday. Tho officers and di rectors of the new company are: Mr. DuPont, president; George H. Gard ner, vice president; and John J. Ras Uob, secretary-treasurer. Wanted in Louisville ' LOUISVILLE, Ky, Nov. 23. nwirire L. Martin is under indictment here charged with embezzling approxi mately $250,000 funds of tne uerman Savings Fund ana uuuaing associa tion of which he was secretary and about $40,000 from other institutions which which' he was connected. He was a widely known citizen or Louisville and enjoyed the confidence of its business world. o Dublin Prisons Filled Officers v Utilize Castle Republican A. P, Leaed Wire DUBLIN, Nov. 23. The vigorous activities of the authorities le&re little doubt that determined and concerted effforts are being made to round up every republican suspected of being active In outrages. The military forces are tightening the cordon about Dub lin and gradually working in toward the center, as was done during the Easter rebellion of 1316. It is be lieved a number of republican leaders in the provinces, finding the pursuit too hot, have taken refuge in Dublin. The total arrests to date are under stood to be huge, but the government refuses to divulge the arrests. The Dublin castle authorities, however, admit the prisons are so full that it has become necessary o utilize the castle itself and that it was in a lum ber room in the castle that Peter Clancy and two others were shot yes-terdav. Six Men Burn to Death in Coal Mine Disaster Republican A. P. Leased Wire .. JASPER, Ala., Nov. 23. Six men were burned to death in a fire at the Parish mine of the Railway Fuel com pany, nine miles south of here, follow ing a gas explosion. Ten others were injured, six seriously, and three of them died tonight. According to miners, 26 men went Into, the mine this morning when op erations were resumed following a shutdown of more than a week and when the first squad ot workmen had progressed about half a mile within the drift a terrific blast occurrea. ttes culnSr -parties were Immediately or ganized and fought their way Into the wrecked mine, removing the oeaa ana injured. . . . Marines Tired Of Occupation i Duty-In Haiti .'- Republican A. P. Leated Wire , PORT AU PRINCE, Nov. 23 There Is no doubt of the fact that many of the. 1300 marines on occupation duty in Haiti are sick of the Job. They want to ko home or sOmo place else. It ia a hard life for youngsters who. are sent into mountain regions in the north, along peaks as high as Denver. Often they are away from posts for weeks, and they declare they undergo many hardships, the least of which is j lack of Ice in a climate where it is absolutely essential. . . Since the first session of the naval board of inquiry at Washington the men have been hearing from the home folk asking if they are taking part in "indiscriminate killings." This charge, first made by -Major Gen. George Barnett. former commandant of the marine corps, and then corrected by him, has gone everywhere, marines assert, dclaring that the first state ment has never been overtaken by the correction." This week's steamer brought hundreds of letters, all seek in gthe truth about conditions.. The marines contend 'that liey are upon rough duty and then are held up at home as rough men with the gun. Major General Neville, a "member of the naval board of inquiry, inspected every part of the fight plant here and found many things to commend, but declared It was not properly equipped. This, he found, was particularly true as to hospital facilities. There is not an X-ray machine on the island and naval doctors in charge assert they can not provide adequate service for the sick. Appeals for help are said to have brought the answer that there were no funds. Haiti is not a health resort and there Is much disease. General Neville inspected kitchens built of bits of board from packing boxes. The brigadier commander and his staff have made every effort to keep intoxicating liquor away from the ma rines, but with almost very shop sell ing it the task is difficult. Marines who have tested the native drink say It is uowerful enough to drive a motor cycle. o ' Chicago Police Take 100 More in Vice Raids . Republican A. P. Leased Wire CHICAGO, Nov. 23. Tho round-up of alleged criminals, started Sunday by Chief Fitzmorris, chief of police, for the announced purpose pf "rid ding Chicago of crooks," continued to day when grJecial details raided dozens of gambling, places, saloons, 'billiard halls, bowling alleys and cigar stores, making more than 100 arrests. The police also questioned several hundred persons living in neighbor hoods where vice was said to prevail. Chief Fitzmorris said the drive "would not end until every crook had been run out of the city." o Archbishop's Valet Arrested in Ireland LONDON, Nov. 23. Soldiers today at Drumcondra raided the residence of Archbishop Walsh and arrested the archbishop's valet, William Keliy, sasy a dispatch to the Central News from Dublin. , IAs the full force of this proposition dawned upon those present a uplrit of determined resistance tmlted all Into a compact iignung lorce, not only tw tand firmly by Maricopa county's contract with Twohy Bros., but to fight to the limit any effort to hold up the county; and also by every legal method possible, force the compliance by' the syndicate of bohdhouses which purchased the first Issue of the $4, 000,000 road bonds to live up to their contract to the letter. Inspect Road Building The visiting taxpayers gathered at the office of the highway commission about 10:15 yesterday morning and went in a body to the road work under way o nthe Yuma road near Green- wood ' cemetery. The remarkable thoroughness of this work has already been described in The Republican. The Industrial narrow guage con struction train was then boarded, and conveyed the'erowd six miles west tu v. Tr , . : ; i . -i i . ii - urc juwirr iui.iug pmui uiu uusu tDUi- ing station where the exceptionally modern methods employed were shown the visitors. The next order Of the day was a fine mulligan luncheon which was greatly enjoyed by all the guests after which the real business of the day Was begun in the order of events about as follows: Chairman Hackett In the following address outlined the con st ruction problems confronting thij commission and the need of knowing promptly whether a new bond issue tu complete the project was to be voted, that the commission might make its Plans intelligently and treat Twohy, Bros, justly: Hackstt'c Address Gentlemen: The primary object ot calling together thla body of citizens is for the purpose of discussing the con struction of highways within our coun ty, as well as a bond issue to procure funds to complete the entire program of highways as laid out by the high wary- commission and submitted to the elect-. orate, upon which bonds to the extent of $4,000,000 were voted May 17, 1915. The highway commission was ap pointed on March 31, 1919, and gave bond as by statute required. Soou aft-; er the voting of the bonds the high way commission met on th$ advice of ; the board of supervisors, to proceed with the preliminary work until usch time as money derived from the sale of the bonds was available, at which time we would be in authority to call; for bids for actual work on the high ways. We immediately appointed Mr. R. C. Perkins as our engineer and turned over to him the engineering features of the entire project, approv ing a scale of wages for the engineer ing' corps. Mr. Perkins surrounded himself with capable field parties and early in July had three parities doini? field work and an office corps work ing up field notes preparatory to get ting out plans and profiles. Our next step was to determine the possibility of securing freight rates on material that might enter Into tho various types of roadways. To our mind we were confronted with an ex cessive rate on stoiie aggregate, which we decided must be transported by railway to the various groups of proj-. ects to be constructed. The firsfc. money became available. Sept. 22. 1919, at which time we did not have a sufficient mileage of road-." ways to attract a contractor of the ca-1 pacity we had in mind, to bid on our, roads. We recontnended a $4,000,000 bond issue upon the estimate of cost; of California roads, the construction ot' which proved inadequate later as well, as advanced cost; and further, that this amount of work would be of a volume sufficient to attract contractors who were seeking1 a large volume of busi ness that, would enable them to equip themselves to do the work economical ly. Road b,uilding is not unlike any acter of business is to meet with sue-' cess, the business, must be carried on in great volume wnich will permit of a minimum percentage of proft being added to the selling price, the volume reducing tne overneaa expense to very low cost in proportion to the amount of work done or goods sold. We advertised lor bids to be sub mitted on January 6, 1920, but notwith standing the fact that we advertised in technical journals throughout the country, we received r.o bid that we j could legally consider, the only one be- Ing a cost plus bid submitted by the bhattuck-Ldinger Co. of California. This bid meant nothing more in net re sult than employing the organization of Shattuck-Edinger Co. to spend the proceeds of the bond issue on force ac count, and while we were advised by our attorneys that we could not legally accept this proposition, we all recall the insistence oi many or our citizens in.