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GEN. PERSHING PLEASED WITH NO TANGIBLE EVIDE NGE AGAINST THINGS MILITARY, ftND OTHERS1 ROADS; KICKERS OT TAXPAYERS (By B. F. Fly) Si. I vv- vGen.

John J. Pershing left last night for his headquarters in El Paso, where '-he haB command of the U. S. troops the borders of Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. As stated in these columns yesterday, Gen.

Pershing was here to call on Capt. Murphy, Co. 12th U. S. -infantry.

I met him last night in the Arizona hotel and had a delightful I talk with him for half an hour, natu-' rally on the object of his visit and Mexican affairs. The general was attired in regulati6n fighting uniform, looked every inch the soldier that he is. VI took a run up here to see how Capt. Murphy and Co. part of my command, are getting along," said the general.

I Ynd how did you if ind them?" 1 asked. "In first 'class condition," was the reply. "Did you visit. either of the out- posts?" I asked. "Yes; I went down to the camp at Algodones, and found everything all right no excitement whatever," re-, plied the general.

"Then my friend, Lawson, who used to be project manager at El Paso," he continued, "took me pn the U. S. R. S. speeder to Laguna dam, and it was revelation to me; a' trip I very greatly enjoyed." "What about the Mexican situation? Will there be any Mexican, soldiers sent through here to Lower California?" "Not that I have heard of," said Gen.

Pershing, "and I have" no reason to believe there will be. As for the situation in general, "it is now quieting down at Agua Prieta and Naco. I do not anticipate any further trouble at either of these points." "What do you think of Yuma pro-ject?" "One of the greatest bodies of land. I have ever seen a marvel. Especial ly your system.

It's really too bad Imperial Valley has to depend on such 'a flimsy thing as that dam at Algodones for its water." "Where do you go from here?" "To Douglas, and then, from there my headquarters in El Paso," replied, the general. He left on No. 4, at 7j20 p. m. It will be recalled that last summer, Gen.

Pershing's wife and two little daughters were burned to death in their home on the San Francisco Presidio. He still shows marked traces of great sorrow; but, he's a soldier, and knows how to stand hardships. A good opinion is contagious. The fellow who is always telling how good he is, willeventually get to believe it himself. Chicago Nows.

They a se Gen. Carranza of ob-irittacy, nobody ever did any-thing really worth while without it. SERBS CONTEST WITH DEATH GRIP TENACITY (Associated Press) MILAN, Nov. 12 There is grave reason to fear for the main bQdy of the Serbian army, which is fighting the right wing of the German's. The Bulgarians have been cut off between Kralievo and Nish, says the correspondent at Secola.

BERLIN, Nov. 12. The pursuit of the Serbian army southward continues. The Germans have reached the towns of Kupic, Ribarsk and also THENS, Nov. 12.

A Saloniki telegram says the French cavalry raiders have severely defeated the Bulgarians near Vales, "and the fall of that iown is expected. SALONIKI, Now" thousand Serbians are holding off 18,000 Bulgarians at Babuna Defile. The Serbs hold the heights, making, Bulgarian withdrawal only a question of time, according to military experts. COUNT BERNSTORFF NAMED IN BIG PLOT (Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 12k Published charges, credited to Dr.

Joseph Gori-ciar, former Austro-Hungarian consul at San Francisco, that Austrian con suls in the United States are working under the direction of Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, and were plotting the destruction of munitions plants and were fomenting strikers, were referred by the Department of Stae to the Department of Justice for investigation. mm SHOT FOB THE ALU (Associated Press) AMSTERDAM, Nov. 12. Three Belgians were shot at Brussels today on the charge of furnishing the Allies with information regarding the movements of the German troops. Another Belgian was sentenced to jail for 12 years.

"The Queen of Yuma Project," and the grand ball at the Yuma theatre on Saturday evening. (By B. F. Fly) For two hours and a half yesterday afternoon, Judge Kent held-a crowded courtroom spellbound as he riddled the Caruthers petition from end to end and thence back again, nor did he spare. Mr.

Caruthers for his many hap-hazzard allegations in his petition praying for an injunction in the, good roads case. All during this time, the well known banker sat as if one transfixed. In one breath Judge Kent pictured him as a lawyer, in another as an engineer, then as a contractor, then as a prophet, and finally, as the self-appointed guardian of the supervisors. It was laughable and pathetic at one and the same time. The Phoenix jurist had decisions of the Supreme Court of almost every state in the Union, as well as many from the U.

S. Supreme Court, to back up his contentions. Of the 35 reasons given in the Caruthers petition for asking an injunction, Judge Kent brushed them all aside as though they were so many spider webs save two the charge of fraud on the part of the supervisors" in awarding the contract to the O. C. company, and the charge that the O.

C. company had not been granted a permit to do business in Arizona. He not only didiculed these charges but he' read decision after decision to show that where fraud is Charged the charge must be specifically named and proven, otherwise it was a mere assertion that could have no standing in a court of equitp. If the supervisors had acted contrary to the wishes of the people, the remedy way the recall. The law gave them the Yight to award the contract to' whomsoever they pleased, even without advertising or competition.

Judge Baker admitted this to be true. As to the charge that the O. C. company had not filed its articles of Incorporation and had not been granted a permit to do business in Arizona, Judge Kent read many de cisions to show that this was not necessary until after the contract had been awarded, whereupon it would Dt. the duty of the supervisors and the county attorney to see that this and all other matters of detail were very properly complied with before the contract was actually executed.

All these details are ready" to be etnered of record by the O. C. company. When Judge Kent closed his argument at o'clock, Judge Baker asked that he be given until this morning at 9 o'clock to prepare for his argument. The request was granted and Judge Baxter adjourned court to that hour.

A little side light was thrown ou this interesting legal battle during yesterday's session of the Board bt Supervisors, by the filing of a petition Bigned by 180 ''property owners and taxpayers," asking the board to reject the Warrenlte bid and readvertlse for good roads bldB. I took a copy of the names and went to the tax books to try to check up the names. The task was bigger than I had time to give it. I looked up the first three names. One of these has property valued at a little over The other two are not on tthe tax rolls at all.

If the list 'carries out that ratio it is a mighty poor showing for the opponents of good roads, but such a thing would be in perfect keeping with what I said a few days ago, and that was that the kickers against building the good road from Yuma to Somerton are those who pay the least taxes, while those who favor good roads are those who pay the bulk of the taxes. County Attorney Colman's main reason for asking intervention on behalf of Yuma county was: "That the said 0 C. Construction Company is, and was, at all times herein mentioned, a foreign corporation, and was not, and is not, authorized to transact business in the state of Arizona." His petition was denied by Judge Baxter. The articles of incorporation are printed elsewhere in this issue. ELLIN'S GRANDS TO G1EET OLD RELIC (Associated Press) LOS ANGELES, Nov.

12. C. L. Peebles, G3 years old, a resident of Los Angeles, who claims to be a great-great-great-grandson of William Hurry, "the bellman of the Statehouse," who rang the Liberty Bell when the Declaration of Independence was signed, will be among the thousands who will greet the Liberty Bell on its arrival Monday in Los Angeles. Peebles has two grand-children, who, because of their ancestral relation, are exhibiting more than ordinary interest in the arrival of the famous relic in Los Angeles.

Peebles claims to have a number" of Inteersting documents showing his line of descent from William Hurry, IMPROVE MARKETIN IS (Associated Press) SAN DIEGO, Nov. 12. 'Better mar kets for 'California products," is the subject for discussion at a joint con ference of the California Board and the State Rural Cirfedits commission. The idea that war can be made go terrible that it will be imnnssfhio vailed also before AumiRt. io-iit.

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