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IK 0" ; 3,' f ON. A Z7 ARIZ VOLUME 47 FOOD RIOTS IN BELGIUM CANADIAN ROYAL COM MISSION EXONERATED RUSSIA WILL DISRE GARD IMMUNITY OF TURKISH HOSPITAL SRIPS -PUNISHMENT. FOR AUSTRIAN U-BOAT COMMANDER-AMERICAN FOOD FOR STARVED POLES WELCH-WHITE GO AT MINNEAPOLIS TO-NIGHT -FOGG!; CLOUDY WEATHER CONTINUES WEST OF YUMA-ROME CLASSES GERMANS AS ENE MIES...32 DIE OF PARALYSIS IN NEW YORK... VILLA AT T8RRE0N...DYNAMITE EXPLOSION AT TRINIDAD, COLO.-J. FRANK HANLEY, FORMER GOVERNOR, P., NOMINATED BY PROHIBS FOR PRESIDENT... TO-DAY'S NEWS HOT OF THE WIRES. Rotterdam. The German military authorities today suppressed numerous food ri ots in Belgium and Northern France, and according to re liable sources there was se vere rioting in seven towns. Washington. Ambassa dor Penfield today communi cated with Austria-Hungary and requests additional de tails of the Austrian subma rine attack on the American tanker Petrolite for which the U. S. demanded an apolo gy and punishment of the submarine commander, also a monetary reparation. Washington. Pres. Wil son sent a personal message to all European rulers urging co-operation in sending Am erican food to the starving Poles. ' Minneapolis. Freddie Welsh and Charlie White are ready for a ten-round no de cision fight tonight, advertis ed as light-weight champion ship. The fight is off. Disagree ment of referee. Rome. A ministerial de- YUMA, ARIZONA, cree today placed Austria's : allies, meaning Germans, on; enemy basis, making persons property liable to sequestra tion. New York. The 82 Ameri can firms blacklisted by Great Britain are invited to meet here today to protest against Britain's drastic action, which is said to be without justifica tion. Ottowa. The Royal Com mission today exonerated Sir Sam Hughes, the Canadian minister of militia, of the re sponsibility of government fuse contracts with American firms at alleged undue profits. London. A Petrograd dis patch today asserts that Rus sia has notified Turkey through American and Span ish ambassadors that Russia will henceforth disregard the immunity of Turkish hospital ships on account of submar ing of the Russian hospital ship Portugal which Turkey 'has avowed. Douglas. Calles today or- (Continued on Page Three) THURSDAY, JULY 9f 1916 The following telegram . was sent this afternoon: Yuma, Ariz., July 21, 1916. Secretary of War, U. S. Reclamation Commission. Arizona Delegation, Washington, D. G. Threatened pile dam across Colora do river,, for which Imperial Irrigation District is seeking permit from War Department, will if constructed con stitute constant menace to ten million dollar government irrigation project, imperil rich Yuma Valley and greatly endanger the city of Yuma. Gen. Mar shall is familiar with situation, and can confirm this statement. We vig orously protest against the imperilling of our town, rich farm3 and magnifi cent project by the giving of a permit for pile or rock dam, and urge prompt denial of Imperial Irrigation District's outrageous application. Please get busy for us. Yuma County Users' Association, by J. M. Thacker, President. The first regular extension, or mov able, schools conducted by the Agri cultural Extension Service of the University of Arizona were held un der the direction of the County Farm Advisors at Wilcox, Cocihse county, June 8 to 10; at Snowflake, Navajo county, June 15 to 17; and at Eagar, Apache county, June 19 to 21. Local arrangements for these schools were in charge of the local or county farm improvement associations and all lo cal expenses connected with the schools were sold, the proceeds from which defrayed the local expenses. While the attendance was not large in any case, .the interest was intense and it was generally agreed that the next extension schools would be more largely attended and teh farmers vot ed them a great success. In each case the 'school lasted three days and a faculty of five farm specialists gave practical, systematic instruction on farming matters. The principal pur pose of the instruction given is to drive home the details of the plans of agricutltureal development which are being adopted by the county farm improvement associations, where there is a farm advisor. On account of lack of funds it has been necessary to discontinue the work of Mrs. EUith C. Salisbury, 10 YUM VALLEY FARMERS NUMBER 33 Yuma Commercial Club, by A. B. Ming, President. . , , Yuma City Council, by J. E. Hightower,' Acting Mayor. " Yuma County Board of Supervisors, by J. A. Donovan, Chairman. (By B. F. FLY) . Project Manager Lawson and Di vision Counsel Dent of El Paso, left Yuma Wednesday night for Los An geles where they will appear before District Judge Bledsoe of th? U. S Court, and ask for an injunction against the Imp'erial Valley Irriga tion Company, to prevent that corpo ration from- constructing its proposed "pile dam" across the Colorauo just below Hanlon heading. In this fight jthey will be joined by U. S. Attorney jSchoonover on behalf of the War De partment. Nothing will bp left iin-, done to prevent the Imperial Vaiiey company from perpetrating this cut-, rage. The permit issued by the War De ( Continued from Page Thre'e). home demonstration agent, and L. O. La Tourrette, county club leader, both of Maricopa county. The U. S. Department of Agriculture ogered to contribute $1,200 to the work of these two efficient workers for the next fiscal year, but there being no local funds available for this purpose it was found necessary to drop those who were carrying on demonstrations. ' It i shoped that the next legislature will provide sufficient funds so that work of this sort can be conducted in many parts of the State. ' I S. Parke the State club leader, spent two weeks in Graham and ? Greenlee counties with Farm Adviror iBallantyne. Many members of the Boys' and Girls' clubs there were visit ed by them, and it is reported that' some striking results with this work will be secured. Farm Advisor Ballantyne of Gra ham and Greenlee counties reports that the four Greenlee County farm improvement associations have de cided to affiliate with the Graham County Farm Improvement Associa tion until such time as they are able, to support a county organization of (Continuel on Page Four) P 1 J' y