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THIRTY-FIRST YEAR
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VOL. XXXI, NO. 246 x
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PHOENIX,.ARIZONA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 29, 1920
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HIST HEN
MEHT
Moscow Emissary Addresses
French Socialist Meeting
on Purpose of Third In
ternationale. Republican A. P. Leased Wire
TOURS. France. Dee. 28. Clara Zet
kin .member of the German relchstag
and of the executive committee of the
Third Internationale, whose passport,
It is alleged, the French refused to
Vise, came suddenly into the hall where
tho French Socialist congress was in
progress today and the session became
bedlam. M. Frossard, secretary of the
French Socialist party, who was speak
ing:, was interrupted and the delegates
escorted the woman to the platform.
Clara Zetkin la a white haired worn
an of 60. She was attired in a simple
brown dress and was cheered wildly.
"The French have forbidden men to
come," she said to the delegates, "but
like a good communist I came any
way."
The doprs of the hall were locked and
the telephone and telegraph wires In
the hall disconnected, and no ono was
allowed to leave th building. She then
continued her speech, denouncing "the
Bcheldemanns, Noskcs and Reynaudels
of all nations." She also denounced
the moderates and all those seeking
to form an Internationale in opposition
to Moscow.
"Split your party tr achieve more
precious unity." Madame Zetkin ad
vised the congress. "I urge you to split
from your party all social patriots and
all vacillating Centrists and form a
single revolutionary force capable of
discipline, vigorous action and the
emancipation of the proletariat.
"The barbarians who destroyed the
ancient cathedral at F.hims belong to
the same class, kin and family as those
who destroyed the ancient cathedral at
Kiev," she cried, referring to the Polish
warfare against Moscow, which' was
carried on with allied aid.
Madame Zetkin arrived late in the
afternoon and spoke for half an hour.
She then left with a small escort of
friends. No one else was allowed to
leave for 20 minutes to enable her to
depart secretly as she had come.
Tier visit was unexpected. It is be
lieved she came by motor and it is sup
posed that after leaving the hall she
proceeded to the German frontier.
M. Frossard, who was eclipsed by the
Moscow emissary, followed the argu
ments of the other Communist leaders.
One passage that seemed to meet the
approval of all wings was:
"Not all revolutions are won at the
point of the musket and over barri
cades, barricades in the post have im
peded revolutions as much as they
have aided them. Wo cannot get a
revolution at the point of revolver un
less circumstances are ripe, and it H
not we, but the. capitalists, who make
the circumstances through the rotten
ness of their system."
M. Frossard said that the Commun
ists would continue to participate in
the elections, following Lenine's advice
but would uso parliament as a rostrum
to proclaim Us futility.
PISIBliKOi
CELEBRATES SIXTY
FOURTH B1RTMQAY
WASHINGTON. Dec. 28. President
Wilson, who entered the White House
at the age of 5C, today celebrated the
sixty-fourth anniversary of his birth,
his last birthday before retiring to the
life of a private citizen.
All of the members of the president's
Immediate family with the exception of
William (i. McAdoo, his son -In-law,
fcpent the day with him. Business en
gagements prevented Mr. McAdoo com
ing to Washington, but Mrs. McAdoo,
Mr. and Mrs. Francis 15. Kay re. Mr.
Wilson's son-in-law and daughter, tnd
Miss Margaret Wilson, third daughter,
were Dresent for an informal birthday
Tinrtv eiven by Mrs. Wilson for the
president.
Numerous messages of congratula
flor were received at the White House
rfnrinjr th. dav. including ono from-
iv'intr fieoree nf Great Britain.
Mr. Wilson spent the day quietly and
ith Mrs. Wilson entertained at luncn
eon Miss Marjorie Brown, cousin of his
first wife, and her fiance, Benjamin
Hill of New York, whose wedding took
place tonight at the home of the bride.
Mrs. Wilson, together with Mrs. Mc
Adoo Mrs. Savre !nd Miss Wilson, at
tended the jredding.
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Masked Bandits Rob
Sleeping Passengers
On Illinois Centra
ifAVTTAKEE. 111.. "Dec. 28. Two
masked men boarded a through 111;
nois Central train from New Orleans
at Gilman. III., tonight ana roooea a
r, nf RleeDinir car passengers be-
train arrived here. The value
of the loot obtained Is not known.
REACHES FRANCE
DESPITE ORDERS
DF GOVERN
VOTING MONEY FOR YOURSELF
These road bonds mean money in your pocket, and in
your till. The Work under the first bond issue is making
rapid headway, and will be completed by midsummer.
This first bond issue only takes care of some of the
short-haul roads. You want to finish the job. You
want it to continue after next summer, so that every
farm in the county may have the benefit of the paved
highways, and not only a few.
Consider what it will cost you if the work has to stop
in midsummer cf 1921, and you have to let a new con
tract some years later for the expensive long hauls, and
when you have to pay for a new plant and machinery.
Vote for the bonds now and practice true economy.
Who May Vote At
Friday Election
The Republican has been asked
as to the qualifications of voters at
the road bond election. The quali
fications are a little less rigid than
those required of voters at school
bond elections, in that owners of
community property may vote, re
gardless whether the property
stands in the name of the husband
or wife.
It is not necessary that one should
have been registered if he or she
has paid taxes within the year last
past.
Payment of taxes en either real
or personal property entitles one to
a vote.
Though the property be personal
property, an automobile, for in
stance, if it is community property,
entitles both husband &id wife to
vote.
In addition to these property
qualifications, the voter must
possess the usual qualifications of
voters at other elections.
CAR INTERCHANGE
WITH MEXICO TO
RESUME OH JAI 1
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
NEW YORK, Dec. 28 Free inter
change of traffic between the railroads
of the United States and Mexico which
has been in abeyance for a year, will
b; resumed Jan. 1, the American Rail
road association announced tonight.
Under an agreement negotiated with
Francisco Fexzes, gJeral director of
the national railways of Mexico, cars
belonging to American and Canadian
railroads which were delivered to Mex
ican railways prior to Jan. 1, 1919, are
to be considered as sold to the Mexican
railways at their cost price, less de
preciation. All Mexican cars upon
American railroads are to be returned
to Mexico as soon as possible.'
No transportation charges will be
made during this car movement, it was
stated. The Mexican railroads, how
ever. iare to pay without interest, the
repair bills due to American or Cana
dian railroads or for any necessary re
pairs to enable the cars to return to
Mexico.
Mexican cars destroyed on American
railways prior to July 1, 1919, are to
be paid for, it is agreed, and all per
diem charges are to be mutually a part
Tho per diem rules agreement of the
American Railway association with the
National Railways of Mexico was sus
pended on January 1, 1919, when un
settled conditions in Mexico prevented
the return of cars belonging" to Amer
ican roads. The Mexican railways,
however, filed a bond for th return.
Many cars owned by both American
pnd Canadian roads have been de
stroyed in Mexico, it was stated, and
there are numerous unsettled accounts
for repairs.
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Pays 15 Cents For
Shine-Gives Shiner
to Bootblaclo-Okay
, Republican A. P. Leased Wire
NEW YORK, Dec. 28 A bootblack
who attempted to charge 15 cents for
a shine here today appeared later in
the Tombs court with a black eye
Giovanni Bliosi, who wields the flan
nel rag and a stiff;: drush In-a Green
wich street shop, testified against Har
ry Wolfe, a salesman.
"He hit me like this," muttered Gi
ovanni, making a sweeping gesture
with his arm.
He charged me 13 cents for a shine.
That disconcerted ma, testified Mr.
Wolfe.
The court looked at Wolfe's boots
and then at Bllosi's marred visage.
"You're guilty of disorderly conduct,'
said the court to Wolfe. "But 15 centa
is pretty steep. Sentence Is us-
pended."
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Baseball Players
Will Be Tried In
Next Three Weeks
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
CHICAGO. Dec. 28. The preliminary
hearing of the eight Chicago American
league baseball players and five al
leged gamblers who were indicted by
the Cook county grand jury in connec
tion with the alleged "throwing" of
games in the 1919 world series, will be
held within three week and the trial
will begin shortly after. State Attorney
Robert E. Crowe announced tonight.
Mr. Crowe assigned George E. Gor
man second assistant state's attorney.
to handle the case and ordered him to
prepare for an immediate trial.
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Fuel Problems In
Mexico Near End
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
EAGLE PASS. Tex., Dec. 28 The
Mexican fuel problem is gradually im
proving, 25 to 35 carloads of coal being
produced daily in the Coahuila fields,
according the Mexican consulate offi
cials here today. Meanwhile, 300 car
loads of American coal Is congesting
the Southern Pacific railroad yards
here, waiting motive power to move it
Into interior service. This fuel was
shipped to Mexican industries under
contract, owing to the recent strike
of Coahuila miners.
PIED ROADS IE
BEST INVESTM'NT
INSISTS BUNKER
Chas. F. Solomon, President
National Bank Of Ari
zona, Gives Emphatic En
dorsement Of Good Roads
Bond Issue
The following emphatic endorsement
of the bond issue for the completion
of Maricopa county's highway project.
to be voted on next Friday, was given
yesterday by Charles F. Solomon, pres
ident of the National Bank of Ari-
zona, one or me 6iaie jettum,
"era and best known authorities on eco
nomic questions of the day:
By Charles F. Solomon, President,
National Bank of Arizona.
"I am for this bond issue heart and
soul. Good reads are the best invest
ment which any community can make.
Financially, paved romls are certainly
the best economy that can te prac
ticed by a progressive community.
This Is due in part to the fact tnat
the rsf'Vf" sen.t In the constant up
keep and repair of indifferent roads is
so much money wasted, in mis eiaie
and county such waste has now been
going on for years. A paved highway
svstem will put an end to such waste
The benefit of paved Highways to the
farmers is untold. Paved highways
enable the farmer to carry a larger
tonnage to market and, in addition,
paved highways are a great saving of
ktime. In these days time means money
to tho farmer.
"Maricopa county is known for hav
ing the most miserable roads in the
entire state. That alone should be
a sufficient factor for us to consider
In regard to this bond issue.
"As conditions are now, the tourists
who spend time and money here are
unable to leave the paved roads of
Phoenix on account of the deplorable
condition of our roads throughout the
county. The more tourists we bring
here the more capital is brought to the
community. This, in turn, increases
our wealth. Such increase in wealth
certainly offsets any minor considera
tions of what we might be called upon
for in the way of interest on our road
bonds.
"It also follows logically that the
lands in the vicinity of good roads are
increased in value through the estab
lishment of such good roads. I have
considered this matter from all angles
and I am, therefore, convinced that
paved highways will enhance the
prosperity of the community, and for
the same reason I am in favor of the
road bonds."
The following statement. In enthu
siastic support of the good roads bond
Issue, was made yesterday by John
H. Dodson. John Anderson and A.
Jepson. bankers and land owners of
Chandler:
"We are heartily in favor of the
good roads bonds. These bonds pro-
Tide for the completion of our paved
highway system throughout Maricopa
county. This Bystem will materially
increase the prosperity of our county
and of our people.
"Our idea is that it will bring the
best class of people and settlers Into
the valley people that are looking
for homes, and more people of the
middle class. With good paved high
ways the land will become more valu
able and will be cut up into smaller
sections, and there will be many more
homes then than there are at the pres
ent time. "
"We have studied the matter from
all Its aspects. We are convinced that
the bond issue H an absolute neces
sity for the welfare and prosperitv of
our community now and for the
ruture.
"JOHN H. DODSON. President;
"JOHN ANDERSON Director-
"ANDRACE JEPSON, Director.
"First National Bank,
"Chandler, Ariz."
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DISCUSS Bl BOB
QUESTiOMTDMIBHTAT
OIBiiMEETIi
A a most important meeting at the
Woman's Club building tonight the at
tendance of all is requested and espe
cially of the women voters of thi3 city
and county. There will be a thorough
discussion of the bond proposition to
be voted on next Friday for the comi
pietion of the Maricopa county high
way project. A dinner will be inci
dental to this meeting.
Among the speakers who will ad
dress the meeting are Dell M. Potter
of Clifton, president of the Southern
Highway association who for the last
10 years has given his energy almost
exclusively to movements for perma
nent highway improvement; Dr. R B
von KleinSmid, president of the Uni-t-rsity
of Arizona; former Governor
Richard E. Sloan, Edward F. Parker
of the Southwest Cotton company
County Attorney L. M. Lanev and
ethers. The banquet and meeting will
begin at 6:30 o'clock. There will be
special vaudeville acts. Music and
other entertainment will be provided.
The preparations for the meeting
have been in the hands of a committee
on arrangements consisting of Judge
Guy P. Nevitt, Will Ferguson, Herbert
S. Prince and F. A. Dibble.
Thomas C. McReynolds of the West
ern States Securities company will be
toastmaster.
It is intended that the dust which has
Veen thrown about this question of the
bond issue will be cleared away at to
night's meeting so that those who hear
the discussion may vote intelligently
and without prejudice.
The gentlemen who will talk on the
Subject of good roads will speak from
the point of view of good citizenship
and good business. They are compe
tent so to speak. It is to be hoped that
the attendance will embrace a liberal
representation of the people of the
whole county and especially of the
i farmers who will be the chief benef-
ciarics of a permanent county highway
system.
Over Two Million
Dollar. Fire Loss
In Delaware City
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WILMINGTON, Del., Dec. 23
Fire which broke out in the plant
of the Wilmington Leather com
pany, tonight caused damage es
timated by James I. Ford, treas
urer' of the company, at $2,500,000
and upset plans for employing 800
men and women to relieve the un
employment situation in this city.
The fire was the most destruc
tive in the history of Wilmington
At 10 p. m. the flames were dying
' down after having consumed 11
buildings and valuable stocks of
raw, partly finished and manu
factured leather.
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700 POLICE
EFUSEDBY
RL0FFIGI6LS
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
NEW YORK. Dec. 28. - Two men
charged with being members of the
band that held up and robbed the
First National bank of Milltown, - N.
J., December 20, escaping with $80,000.
and believed to have been implicated
in the murder and robbery December
16 of Edwin M. Andrews. Fifth ave
nue jeweler, were arrested tonight
with their wives.
Liberty bonds valued at $18,000, said
to be part of the Milltown robbery
loot, were found in a suitcase carried
by the women, police said, and added
that all four carried firearms.
Coincident with the arrests came
an announcement that Police Commis
sioner Enright's latest measure to
curb lawlessness the calling out of
more than 700 new policemen for
training had been dealt a knockout
blow when the board of aldermen
failed to vote necessary funds for their
pay.
In denying an appropriation of $1,
360,361 the aldermen promised to re
consider it at a future meeting.
The men taken into custody tonight
said they were Jerome B. Cliaffee, 28,
and Harry Bitzmerger, 30.
Resisting arrest, they fought for sev
eral minutes before being subdued. The
women surrendered.
Fifth avenue was crowded with
Christmas shoppers when two men en
tered the jewelry shop of Andrews on
the eighth floor of a building in the
center-of the fashionable shipping dis
trict. Andrews was alone. He is be
lieved to have been shot in an attempt
to frustrate the robbery. Two jew
elry salesmen who entered while the
safe was being rifled were bound and
gagged. The men escaped with gems
valued at $100,000. ,
The night of December 20 four
oanaits entered the bank at Milltown,
bound and gagged the watchman,
placed the loot in handbags and fled.
Releasing himself, the watchman
sounded an alarm. After a chase
through the Jersey marshes two men
were captured by a posse. During
their trial they are said to have given
information regarding the identity of
uumeueraies.
While operating under various
aliases, the prisoners are accused by
the police of having taken part in
many holdups and robberies through-
country. They have been con
nected, the police asserted, with a re
cent Philadelphia bank robbery and
served five-year sentences in Leaven
worth penitentiary. They are said to
St f!0'1 f"m the prison at New
Bedford, Mass.. where they were serv
ing terms for burglary.
Clara Smith Hamon
And Her Attorneys
In Another Denial
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
ARDMORE, Okla:, Dec. 23 Charles
A, Coakley, one of the attorneys for
Mrs. Clara Smith Hamon, at liberty
under $12,000 bond on a charge of mur-
jder in connection with the death or
i Jake L. Hamon, Republican national
j committeeman, denied here today that
jhe had ever said:
"Clara Smith Hamon was forced to
sign a statement at Fort Worth charg
ing an interview with her given to a
representative of a press association
was an exaggeration."
Mr. Coakley was alleged to have made
this statement in recent press dis
patches o
Year's Moonshine
Evidence Is Stolen
From Virginia Jail
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 28 All
"evidence" seized by federal prohibi
tion agents in Virginia during the last
year has been stolen. The agents ad
mitted today before Federal Jadg
Waddill that the rooms in the federal
building where the contraband liquor
was stored had been twice looted by
thieves.
Read my own ad
today on Page 3,
Sec, 2. Then see
tomorrow's Republican.
annn
Hrri
FOR
NEW 1
BRITfill PLAGES
EMBARGO 01 DIE
STUFF IMPORTS
Protection of Dye Factories
Will Give Britain Prepar
edness for Poison Gas
Warfare.
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 By the
passage of the dye-stuffs import reg
ulations act, Great Britain has defi
nitely accepted the theory- that poison
gas will be the supreme weapon of the
next war and at the eame time has
opened the way for the entry of Ger
man dyes into this country, according
to the views expressed tonight by
chemical experts of the government.
The British act, which became a
law yesterday, prohibits the importa
tion of dyestuffs into Great Britain
for 10 years, vhich government ex
perts declare, will enable England to
built up her dye industry to a point
of complete independence from the
outside world. Poison gas and dye-
stuffs both come from coal tar, it was
explained, and from the manufacture
of the commercial article to the pro
duction of military weapon is but an
other step in a continuous process. By
insuring the development of the dye
industry, chemical experts here said.
Great Britain has laid the ground work
fof possible widespread use of gas in
wariare -as chemical ractories can
turn from the manufacture of dye-
stuffs to the production of poison gas
practically at will.
Direct competition in this country
Deiween Oermany and American-made
dyes also is seen by officials here as
a result of the British dye-stuffs act.
vvnue the act prohibits the imnorta
tion of dye products into the United
Kingdom, the restriction does not an-
ply to goods imported for exportation
alter transit through the United King
dom or by way of trans-shipment.
Lnder the present war trade board
regulations, officials explained, dyes
may trot De imported into this coun
try when It can be shown they are of
uerman origin. But tt would be prac
tically impossible, they added, to de
termine the origin of goods shipped
oy way or England. If the casings were
cnangea Derore consignment to this
.country.
An innux of German dyes would
pronabiy mean, officials frankly stat
ea, tnat the development of the
American industry would be hindered
ana consequently the United States
would fall behind the other nations in
ability to produce poison gas in the
cvfin or a war.
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Moonshine Thrives
In Kentucky Says
Governor of State
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
.-.w . JtJ , iLim,, rwy., Jec. LiOVer-
nor t.awin p. Morrow, addressing
joint session of the Kentucv Jndeei
association and the Kentucky Common
wealth Attorneys' association tori.iv
clared that the illicit manufacture an
saie or wniskey in Kentucky is more
wmespreaa than ever before. ' It has
reached a point, he declared, where its
suppression presents one of the most
serious prooiems confronting: the stato
He asked energetic co-operation in
suppressing the traffic, adding that
-..v- . .ui mtsai ttiaiaiiu(j leaiures was
me spread or intemperance among the
youths of the state.
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Wilson Advised to
Sign Amendment to
Transportation Act
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, Dee. 2S. President
Wilson was advised by the interstate
commerce commission today to sign
the bill recently passed, by congress
amending tho transportation act so a
to defer until Jan. 1, 1922, operation of
section 10 of the Clayton anti-trust act.
The recommendation by the commis
sion, to which the president referred
the bill, was understood to have been
oy a vote of 6 to 4.
The anti-trust act- section which
would be suspended prohibits railroads
purchasing equipment and other sup
plies from concerns in which the roads
are Interested except with approval of
the interstate commerce commission.
W. II. Johnston, president of the
International Association of Machin
ists, recently urged the president to
veto the amendment, declaring it sim
ply "legalizes a great steal from the
American public."
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Enlisted Sailor -Steals
s $72,000
From Navy Yard
BALTIMORE Md., Dec. 28 A
general alarm was sour.cita in po
lice and naval circles tonight for
tie arrest of II. W. J. Meyers, 20,
member of the crew of the United
States destroyer Satterles, alleged
to have absconded from the Nor
folk navy yard late tpd:iy with
$72,000.
Meyers, according to information
in possession of government offi
cials, enlisted a short time ago as a
third class yeoman and was as
signed to the Satterlee.
It was learned that the money
was delivered to the, Norfolk navy
yard from a United States sub
treasury. Republican A. P. Leased Wire
HURLEY, Wis., Dec. 28. Hurley
tonight was quieter and "drier" than
it has been for many weeks following
the "invasion ' here today of federal
prohibition enforcement agents from
Chicago, who raided 38 saloons and ar
rested 57 men. Late today the pris
oners, guarded by federal agents,
were placed aboard two special
coaches at Ironwood, Michigan, across
the river from here, and started for
Ashland,' for arraignment before a
United States commissioner.
The prohibition enforcement agents
numbering 48 under the leadership
of Joseph Callahan, swooped down on
Hurley at 9:30 this morning. Three
hours later 38 saloonkeepers or bar
tenders and 19 patrons had been taken
into custody and liquor of all de
scriptions which filled two bob-sleds.
had been seized.
The "booty" ranged from five-gallon
jugs to half pints but mostly in
quarts and pints. Some of the "moon
shine" was put up in especially fancy
style, designed, it is believed, to at
tract the holiday trade.
The liquor was found In all conceiv
able places. In one instance nothing
was found in the saloon but in the
residence of the proprietor a quantity
of moonshine was found in a bath tub.
In another place one lone quart of
bonded whisky was found locked up in
a safe.
The raids were conducted peacefully,
not a shot being fired and no resist
ance was offered although firearms
were found on several of the persons
taken and in some of the places
raided.
Mayor W. T. Lennon tonight was
confined to his home with pneumonia
and was unable to make a statement
regarding conditions here.
After the Drouth
IRONWOOD, Mich., Dec. 28.-Ac-cordlng
to reports received tonight,
Hurley is laughing over the raid today
by federal prohibition enforcement
agents. Fifty minutes after 48 fed
eral agents with 57 prisoners left for
Ashland. Wis., moonshine liquor was
sold in Hurley. Tonight it was said
any one who knew the ropes could
buy liquor by the quart or caso.
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Jap Found Guilty Of
Trying To Sell Maps
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
TOICIO. Dec. 2S Tsunamori Oyama,
who was charged some time ago with
stealing maps of Siberia and offering
them for sale to the American military
attache in Tokio, was sentenced today
to three years' imprisonment, having
been convicte? of the charge against
him. An accomplice of Oyama re
ceived a sentence of two years. Both
men have taken appeals.
Noted Author Files
Bankruptcy Petition
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
NEW YORK, Dec. 28 Eugene Wal
ter, author and dramatist, filed vol
untary bankruptcy proceedings today,
placing his liabilities at $7,479 and his
asset3 at $100. Among the creditors
named are David Belasco, producer,
$500, for money loaned, and the Friers'
club. $3S8, for dues and house account.
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James Nelson Of Buckeye4
Mortally Wounded, Fath
er Also Shot, By Alva
Gray, Who Holds Former
Responsible For Critical
Condition Of Girl Of 20
To avenge an alleged wrong to his
daughter, Alva Gray of Miami yester-i
day morning on the streets of Phoenix
shot James Nelson, 23 years old, of ,
Buckeye. The young man died at St.
Joseph's hospital three hours later.
In an attempt to protect his son from -the
attack, Erasmus Nelson, also of .
Buckeye, stepped in front of him. The
first shot struck the" elder Nelson in
the fleshy part of the leg. The second
shot struck the young man's arm and
passed through his body.
The shooting took place at 11 o'clock
at the southeast corner of First avenue
and Washington street and was wit
nessed by a number of people. The
Nelsons, father and son, were standing
near the curb at that corner, in con
versation, when Gray, who first was
noticed near the door of the Citrus
Fruits and Produce company a few
feet away, approached, revolver in
hand, and without a word opened fire.
The first shot struck the elder Nel
son, who had stepped in front of his
son to shield him. The sectond shot
btruck the son in the upper part of the
left arm, glanced off the bone and the
bullet entered the left side of the body
about four inches, below the shoulder.
passing entirely through th body.
Asks to Be Arrested
James Nelson, the son, dropped to
the pavement, mortally wounded. Gray
then turned to the nearest spectator
and asked to be taken to the sheriffs
office. The citizen replied he was not
an officer. An acquaintance of Gray
then approached and Gray made the .
came request. But Gus Anderson, desk
sergeant at the sheriffs office, had
heard the shooting and hurried to the
scene. He .conducted Gray to the court
house, where he was placed in the
county jaiL - -
James Nelson was carried Into the
fruit store at the corner while an am
bulance was summoned. Both the fa
ther and son were taken to St. Joseph's
hospital in the same ambulance. The
father's injury is not believed to be
serious.
No charge will be filed against Gray
until after the coroner's inquest which
will be held at 2 o'clock this afternoon
by Coroner Wheeler. ;
According to the story told to the
officers and others by Gray, the shoot
ing of James Nelson was because of ah ,
alleged wrong to his daughter. Ruby
Gray, 20 years of age. The daughter
i? at St. Joseph's hospital in a very
critical condition having become a .
mother prematurely. - ;
Tells Why He Fired Fatal Shot
Ater his arrival at the sheriffs of
fice. Gray made a statement to the of
ficers concerning the shooting. He ap
peared to be calm. Ho said he came to
I'hoenix from Miami on Christmas
night and .after witnessing the suffer
ing of his daughter, he decided to see
young Nelson, whom he declared was
responsible for her condition. At the
sight of him, he said, and having de
cided he had no recourse to law, he
rhot him.
To a representative of The Republi
can Gray told the story in which he
implicated James Nelson, declaring
that through his attentions and having
gained her confidence and through a
promise of marriage, the latter be
trayed Gray's daughter.
According to Judge Carl A. Davis,
assistant county attorney, who has
been investigating the case. Ruby '
Gray came from Miami several months
age, to visit her sister, Mrs. Lee "vvTnteT
in Buckeye. There she met yours:
Nelson, who Is of a prominent family
ir that neighborhood, his father being
a director iv. the Buckeye bank. Altec
a time. Judge Davis said, the couple
became engaged and then Ruby wen'
home to visit her parents in Miami. ,'
Letters passed back and forth be
tween the couple, and the wedding is
said to have been set for about
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