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FOUR THE BlSBEE DAILY HE VIEW, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 21, 1917. PabLi..ed Eveiy Day tixcep- louoav uy u State Consolidated Publishing Company Business Office Phone No. 39. Branch Connecting All Departments. Advertising Rates on Application. Entered at Second Ziatj Mail Matter it B.alw- Under Act of Marcn s 8 Subscription Rate's. Payablr in Advance: 'j PER MONTH THREE MONTHS 2.2 SIX MONTHS ... TWELVE MONTHS . 7.6(1 SUNDAV "Our Wekly iw v-h ' . 9"D Our Weekly ,.et ..... SubsciDtin- kf' c' ' 'HONE to i" Aev'-W SuDSCTtbera not receiving a copy o The RnUjer lally rtevlev before 8 .rorpti. pec la I Weatern Unior Mmw.j.' h teipho-.. t Circulation Department No ' "r v n alder It a favor if any ir.g..i-.,... . -t. o the Clrcuiatio- o - tpplle to BH-- Saturday Morning, April 21, 1917. COURTHOUSE AND DOUGLAS. "Significant signatures have already been secured to the petitions asking for a vote on the prooosition to remove the county seat frrm Tombstone to Doug las, according to an announcement made this morn ing by Secretary Goll, of the chamber of commerce." Douglas International. My isn't that nice? Just think, 3400 voters have sig nified willingness to vote on the "proposition to remove the county seat from Tombstone to Douglas." Some early birds catch their worms, alright, but we are afraid that in this instance Douglas is before the dawn and will frighten the worm away. The Smelter City is some, little town. It Is flat, smoky and windy and offers other attractions to county seats and county officers. WTiy, Douglas and its chamber of commerce admit that Douglas is the only fit place in Cochise county for the court house. Douglas is very sure of itself. According to Douglas, apparently, there is noth ing to be done in the entire affair except count the votes and bring the cout archives over the hills from old Tombstone. Oscar K. Goll typifies the Douglas spirit. That is, he would typify it if he should spell his last name Gall in stead of with an o. The Douglas chamber of commerce is very certain of enough signatures to call the election but invites more Douglas citizens to sign the petition. This, it would seem, it rather a wise precaution, because when the supervisors get through comparing the great register with the petitions there may be a discrepancy. Now we don't mind Douglas thinking that there is but one step to be taken. We don't mind allowing Dou" las to thing that the people of the Warren District are asleep. We don't suppose that Tombstone objects to obvious oversights and suppositions on the matter of county seat removal. When people or communities gel over confident there is often a chance for a dark horse. Who knows the dark horse in this race? It certainly if not Douglas. Have on. Dear Douglas! It's eood sport, this rame beating the devil around the county seat removal bush Tombstone is likely to resent your ante-bellum declara tions but we enjoy them. We wish you lots of success ii: every kiud of a community effort but when it comes to removing county seats it is proper to consider that a few people outside of the ity limits of Douglas may have something to say about the matter. THE PRESIDENT LEADS. It appears that President Wilson is about to assume the energetic and intelligent leadership the nation needs. His appeal for the co-operation of various elements in the practical questions without timidity.. If he is brave enough to lead, the people must not be reluctant to follow. Mr. Wilson asks for universal service. That is the foundation and the protecting wall of a republic. It is not its major aspetc military service. When a nation such as the United States goes to war, 90 per cent or more of the service its citizens can give it is civilian in character rather than military. There are ten men behind the inun with the bayonet. The man wit'i the bayonet is selected" for bis exceptional and particular fitness to be with it. He has the post of honor and the larger consciousness of obligation assum ed and service rendered. But in a properly organized na tion there is a serious consciousness of service given with self-sacrifice and without any sustaining exaltation or emotional decoration. The men who do the chores are taking over responsibility for the sucess of the uitd who do the fighting. President Wilson indicates a will to organize this na tion properly. If congress were wise enough to be guided by his recommendations we lielieve that the tonic of a great enterprise wisely and courageously under taken would 1m; felt by the nation and that it would be safe in morale and mechanics for many years. The president is leading, but congress may block the road. c IF congress will follow instead of obstructing, the ste and inefficiency of permitting the volunteer sys tem to disorganize tin: nation in food production, trans portation, manufacture, and lighting will he eliminated. The president wants to use the draft, lie is wise and courageous. Congress may proe itself stupid iind cow-ar.l!- C-kae'.. Tribua-.- "EL HERALDO DEL NORTE." The "Yankee Pig" appears to be a favorite topic for editorial comment on the part of the editor of El Ht-raldo del Norte, allegedly a Constitutionalist organ published in Chihuahua, Mexico. A second time has this leader of a Mexian wilderness of thought pounded upon the United States as a subject. Each time he has held the "Yankee" up to scorn, laughed at his desire to work at his wish to earn and, lastly, at his determination to fight. Uncle Sam's decision to fight may be a matter to laugh at on the part of El Heraldo del Norte, but from the point of view of the Yankee it is a fearsome thing. Not desiring to influence the gifted editor of El Heraldo, we might remark that a lot of sensible people have come to the Yankee's view of the entire affair. S'm'iar talk was heard prior to the Spanish-American war by periodicals in Spain and in parts of Latin Amer ica. The following war by the United States taught the doubters several lessons. Cuba, as a result, is today in close alliance with the United States and is berated by El Heraldo for its stand. El Heraldo may be a very worthy newspaper, of sorts. It may have a very gifted editor and staff. It may be the leading Constitutionalist organ in Northern Mexico nd may voice the sentiment of the First Chief and hfs -'me in Mexico. But if it does, the First Chier. cr '-me one who knows and likes the -H man pretty well would center a favor on Mexico by deleting some of the matter which is allowed to appear in the eclumns of El TTeraldo. T""le Sam a trustin? eld ma". Je will stand a lot incrltc, pT,t when he i ar"u-ed to acticn look out. "T.-T1 raMn p.'iarnen t-eir kniv-s srmethini usual'y - -itn- t" re-ei'-e at last a tr'al of the edre !(! QUEtH LL GET THOSE FELLOWS Hv BKINKERHOFF. M IG ' ENTRANCE H Efii win Put On Royal Robes, And All British Dignitaries Dress All Up To Do Homage To America. MAKING MEN FIT. The unfitness for military service of the young men -f the country has been a source of much pessimistic comment and severe criticism. In many localities the per cent of men disqualified for enrollment in army o- navy after physical examination is greater than that of those accepted. K In part this is due to the fact that some of the re quirements are more rigid than necessary. Much of it. of course, it due to serious physical defects. There seenia to be still another cause for the disqualifications. That is the prevalence of minor defects that could easily be remedied. Cleveland hospitals have offered their services free for the restoration of eligibility in such cases. A story it told of a man who was anxious to enlist in the National Guard in an eastern city. He was an inch under height. He insisted that the extra inch was his, that it was there somewhere, but had been lost because he had been em ployed for months carrying heavy loads on his shoulders. He was given the benefit of the doubt. After stiff xer cises under direction for a couple of hours, accompanied y judicious pummeling, the inch was restored to the man's height. And he was enrolled in the National Guard. While not every would-be soldier has lost inches that could be restored so simply, there are numerous physical defects that could be corrected. And that is what the Cleveland hospitals intend to do. It's a mighty sensible and patriotic service. A lot of physical defects that have been neglected simply through carelessness or ignorance will be remedied. It will mean more recruits for Ui" srmy and navy But it will also wean a general improve ment in the physical condition of a number of American citizens. LONDON". April 20. The entry of the United States into the world war on the side of the entente allies was celebrated in St. Paul's cathedral to day. King George and Queen Mary and numerous members of the royal house " o'd the mayors of the twenty-six -.-niij'-s of London, dressed in their fT'r-if roteg of scarlet, peers, cabi- "mis ers, the ambassadors and nin'strrs of the entente countries ith their staffs, hish army and navy officials and many Americans, includ- j - - vif"r Hines Page, the American i rffOT Tiis stpff. were pres " - r f in fp vnst edifice 1 p v?rant. ' t p ,-. v ,-ns rn iinjip ssivc one. - r;on-T "'inced tP deepest -.-mst in it. T-e sermon was - ' e1 by tve Risrht It. v. C. P.; r-,t r-5seopal Bishop of the Phil-j ' -ine Islands The Archbishop of. -t,,-,rv delivered the benediction, j t-. o-iire congregation arose ne;'.r - - n-- -,f t-.o advice when the band "X'-o Sta Snnn'T'"d Banner"' - 1 tjoro ws pudible tvrougho'it the l-ri tve soiled of F;hcli!P l voices i!n"i'iT .the an'hent. Even King ""'"e's lips moved as he followed he lin"s and at the end rf the stanza tuc words "home of the brave" hrnnnht a smile to the monarch's face 'nd he turned and nodded to the """Ml. "God Save the King" was a great ri-il chorus in which everyone par- 'Vinntpd except King George. A large American flag and the Union Jack ! "M the only decorations in the ca-' thedral. London and many other cities and owns throughout the United King- ; 'Mm were bedecked today with Amer-;-ri flpgs in honor of the occasion, vort on fe Victory Tower of West minster Palace, the Stars and Stripes we flynsr to the breeze beside the. British flag. Never before has jmy "ig except the Union Jack or the Royal Standard been flown from the tower. ; After the services in St. TruI's, , King Gporce greeted Ambassador P?ge and Rear Admiral Sims. V. S. N. who is on a mission to England. ; King George later held a few mom ents conversation with the admiral to whom he expressed pleasure that the American and British navies were ! working together in a common cause. I '.,v:' '" ' 'r;rMfl VyyyMM.yf PUTTING SUFFRAGE UP TO WOMEN. There is a new kind of suffrage measure before tl:c Wisconsin legislature. It is a bill providing for a wom an's referendum on the suffrage question. It proposes to make the women of the state, themselves, stand up and be counted, dividing the suffrage sheep from the anti suffrage goats, before proceeding to do anything about giving them the vote. Suffragist leaders will probably condemn this proposi tion as a hostile move, intended as an obstacle to their success in Wisconsin. But it is easily defended as a practical and sensible measure. Present day society i pretty well agreed that women shouldu have the ballot whenever they are ready for it, and that it is of little use to give it to them before they are ready. Bui what is the test of "readiness?" If there is any dependable criticism, it must he tln women's own attitude. They are ready for suffrage when ever they have evolved politically far enough to want it and demand it. Until they have attained that stage, suffrage laws are futile. When they have once attained it. and can demonstrate the fact, no democratic commun ity can challenge their right to full citizenship. Let Wisconsin go ahead. If a majority of its women vote for suffrage, let them all have it. If not. let then wait until the suffragists can win a majority of their own sex. Then let the main voters proceed automatically to make their verdict effective. It is any better way? It will be an interesting experiment, at least. WATCHED IN U.S. (Continued From Page One) denartment of justice officials. Such eoniniunieations. it is explained, will be treated as confidential. Investigation of the recent explo sion at the Eddystone Munitions Plant near Philadelphia "which result ed in the death of more than 100 per sons, and of the recent fire at Minne apolis which resulted in the loss of hundreds of thousands of bushels of grain, is proceeding but has not reach ed a stage, it is aid. where announce ment as to the findings can be made. Thus far. it was said, the strict surveillance maintained over persons known to be of pro-German sympathy has revealed a tendency to observe the law more generally than tin- de partment bad anticipated. VILLA DENIES BEING 11 Bandit Leader Alfo Repudi ates Reports of German Affiliations. In Boston 100 marriage licenses were issued Monday, a new high record. About 00 per cent of men applicant were of conscription age. 4S licenses were obtained at New York and 1100 in Chicago were isbucr. also new records. German investments in Auierieun securities are placed at fully l,llitti.00t.0O0. TJiere is also a large .Mini ol money held by banks here lor Germans. I'urtelir sums are invested in business, such as insurance . and German interests have purchased large amounts id' copper and other goods here, lor delivery alter the war. American invesmeiits within borders of Teutonic nations are sr:- EL PASO. April 1'it. l iancis.o Vil la was not present at the battle of I'ahi.-ota ranch Monday afternoon, ac cording to Villa .partisans here who claim to have received a communica tion from Villa while he was ciicaiiil'- I ed on the (Vnchos river Itf'y miles south of Chihuahua City. They say jSalazar, Martin Lopez and other Villa 'leaders were in command of the force I sent north by Villa to oppose General I M'ttgiiia's advance frmn Casas Gran ules. i The 1 oiiitniiihcalioii was brought t. llie bonier today by H Villa courier iwho b it bete lor the interior ol tin- ! United Slates to deliver iniiMiitatit j papers to Miguel Diaz Loinhal do. wlio ;e pres. tit licr'-atmi't was in. I known to the courier Villa instruct j ed Lombard... the courier said, to deli.- 1L1.it Oi.tUi'.iiv -..iii- in Iji- (.;--( IM SUIIil Steady progress is being made by '. the rYencii troops in recovering the ' regions of Soisson Mid Rhciui.-;. In new o!i"tisive iliey also have enter ed the German pecond line in the Ar gonne f:irest. German :untrr at ..iks on th" Vauclerc plateau, south if I.aon. have bi'.i repulsed. Since the beginning of the French offensive last Monday, more ilian 19. 00 Germans have been taken nrion :r. G'ltis captured exceed one lnui- ' 'red. not including machine grns. ; Northeast of Soissuns the French 1 fin Monday occupied the village of ; Srncy, a r.i;h orst of Nanteuil-Hi-nssp and ronti-nic their advance o vrrd fi-e Chen, in dts Dames, a road paralleling the Airtie. four 'miles ".01th of the river. On the Vauclerc hiteau near .Villi s mid Hurtebis, the v.rmrns are reported by Paris to hnve launched an attack "with large -.wo.-ttvnness." The effort was frus rtri bv artillery and machine gun Tv.p mtillerv tiglitinc in this re--n reported tj be continuing very -' plv. '-Vst of Uheims. near Moronvilliers t-e French have taken several im 'iort nit points of support. In the Ar 7onne forest. French detachments nnetrated the German positions as far as the second lines. A great num-be- of German dead were found. The abandonment of the bank ol the Aisne between Comic and Sotipir is admitted by Berlin, which declares that the action completed the occu nation of Siegfried positions. Betlin says that the French "follow hesitat ingly." Sancy. captur.-d by the French on Fvi-lay. is three miles noith of Coiui '. tter'in says a second French attempt to break t'ro;i':h in the Cha!iipar'ti" was fnistiated and the latest state- "nt adi's f'at new engainuiepts have developed between Sotipir and Aidenett. which district includ' s t 'if region of Moronvilliers. There has teen little activity on the tiorthetn Iroiit in French. a!id Li inloii reports no furtlu r progress for the British. From the eastern front there are 110 repot ts of liuhtitu. Foth in Palestine and in Me-oio-lamia north of Bagdad. I'titi-di lor- s have added to their p cei-l success. -;. North of Wa.li tlhtiz.e (Ca.al in Pal estine, the British in an advance have occupied Turkish positions al ne: a front of six miles. Genetal Maude continues success fully his advance on Samara, forty miles north of Bagdad and his troops have forced a passage of the river Sliatt-el-Adl'etn. Ii' miles osiitlica.-t if Samara. More than 1-"" pii.-on-rs were taken in this operation by the British. hm vH? 5 N YOU NEED MONEY QUICKLY then it is very comforting to know that you have funds at the bank awaiting your call. .Now it the . time to start such a fund with us. 4 Per Cent Paid on Time Deposits. 3 -1 -" " ""-- -tl...! T -i ' The start and development of business enterprise requires a banking connection of Safety and Good Service. A Bunk that can be depended upon for these essentials is this Bank which cordial ly invites your business. Dank with us. ...J' or had any inlhieme with his army. Coxcriuneni a-- nts here announced late today they had into' mat iot; that governor Arii'illo Con 'ah ol the tate ol t 'inhn itoia had i. --i.:neil at'.r haiilg reltned to take oi'.l-ls Horn General fiTialia and had gone to Uu.retaro to cooler with Gem-rait Ol i. goii. to whom In- owd his a pointinelil. ax oidinu to this p poi t Tin sc . .1. ml an. tils ir.siM Ilia! il Ill's topes were Sllnesllll ill the lii-.htiiig in western Chihuahua recent 1. . With Money That's the way wealth has been gained ever since the wcrld started. ' Every collar you deposit at Our Savings Depart ment is making money for you with the four per cent, interest which this bank allows. Get vour savings account started and MAKE IT GROW! ' CITIZENS BANK & TRUST COMPANY .Main Street Bisbee, Ariionj. Will E. McKc, President ( C. A. McDonald, Cashic' O. W. Wolf. Assistant Cashier. . I Ti!r OAilY REVIEW WANT AOS 8PJHS RESULTS