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INSURE
YOUR PROPERTY
Now in the best fire companies on
earth at
E. E. PASCOE'S, 110 N. CenUr St.
FIRE SALE.
On account of fire damage to our
office, we will sell Bargains In houses
and viicant lots this week.
E. E. PASCOE, 110 North Center St.
THE AEIZONA REPUBLICAN
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 30, 1910. -
12 PAGES.
VOL. XXI. NO. 9.
TWENTY-FIRST YEAR.
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If Phoenix Wants
a Sewer
the People
OIL! 160 115 LISTED
Explanation of Qualifica
tions of a Voter and What
He Must Do If He Wants
to Vote City Attorney's
Opinion
Registration for the sewer bond
election, will close next Saturday
night and unless the small household
ers, the rank and file of the citizen
ship of Phoenix, wake up at once and
put their names on the register, the
bonds will be defeated and there will
be no sewer. Out of a population of
fifteen of twenty thousand, most of
whom have at one time or another
kicked as hard as anybody at the
inadequate sewer facilities of Phoe
nix, only about 1C0 had taken enough
interest in the matter to register up
to
Saturday
night. It is quite certain
that those interested in defeating the
bonds are taking the trouble to reg
ister; those who favor them are
"nearly all assuming that the rest of
the people are of the same mind and
each one is leaving the matter of
registering and voting to his neigh
bor. Today being a holiday, there will be
no registering done, leaving the re
maining five days of the week for the
'.closing of the register. Even if the
Vhto'was unanimous in favor of the
bonds, such a small representation as
has thus far been registered would
.reflect no credit on the city, nor
jwould it stimulate a high price in
the later bidding for the bonds by
investors. It is quite clearly the duty
or at least a thousand or fifteenjiun
dred more people in Phoenix to go to
tho city hall and register in the next
five days, whatever their sentiments
on the bond question.
In this connection it is well to make
'a little explanation. The former
called bond election was abandoned
because of an erroneous interpreta
tion of the law, discovered too late
to rectify, as to the qualification or
voters, and through which some quali
fied voters were denied their rights. It
is believed that this time no such
error has been or will be made. The
city "attorney, however, in his desire
to be absolutely correct, has given an
opinion for the guidance of the city
recorder in making registrations that
might at first embarrass some eligi
- ble voters who would not take the
trouble to dig deep enough into the
facts. This opinion is reproduced as
follows:
. . ' "Phoenix. Ariz., May 25, 1910.
"Frank Thomas, City Recorder:
"At your ' requost I will give my
!op1nionof the law relating to the reg
istration of voters for the sewer bond
election to be held June 15 next.
rhis election is held under au
thority an act of congress, appear
ing under chapter 35, fifty-fifth con
egress, second session, March 4. 1S98,
-'amdnding the so-called Harrison act,
and among other things provides that
on the question of the issuance m of
:said bonds no person shall be quali
fied to vote except he be in all re
spects a qualified elector and owner
of real or personal .property subject
tQ taxation within such municipality.
Act No. 4 of the twenty-second leg
islative assembly of the Territory of
Arizona, entitled, 'An act to amend
paragraph 519, section; 1, and para
graph 520. section 2, of chapter 0,
title II, of the revised statutes of
Arizona,' among other things provides
that no person shall be permitted to
vote at any such special election, un
less the real or personal property of
the person offering to vote, which is
' sutject to taxation within sucn'mu
nldriality, shall appear on the 'ast
assessment or tax roll of such mu
nicipal corporation.
"In my .opinion, this act in no wise
conflicts with the. United States law,
but is-merely supplementary and pro
vides a.methpd for determining who
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DIED OF DRUNKENNESS.
End of a Once Famous Violin Player
and Musician.
San Diego. May .29. Herman Cruz,
once a violin player of wide reputa
tion, died at the police station today
after having been locked up for drun
kenness last night. Twenty years ago
Cruz came to this country with a Bo
hemian band. When the band went
back to Europe he remained and mar
ried into a wealthy family in Syra
cuse, New York.
Becoming estranged from his wife,
lie drifted to San Francisco, where
he became dissipated. A stroke of
paralysis ended his career as a musi
cian and for years he subsisted on
charity. v
THE NICARAGUAN AFFAIR.
New Orleans, May 29. General
Zeladon, of the insurgent army in Ni
caragua, has assumed a formidable
position Jn the rear of Bluefields Bluff
and will make an effort to retake the
custom house, according to a dispatch
received tonight.
LATER DEVELOPMENTS
IN GLENDALE FORGERIES
THE ARREST OF A NATIVE OF
JAPAN.
Who Was Always Ready Jo Meet His
Poker Obligations.
There were further developments
yesterday in. the matter. of the un
healthy inflation of the Glendale cir
culating medium which was disclosed
on Saturday when P. B. Smith, a
rancher near town, found through the
Bank of Glendale that his nanjeJiad
Deen lorgea on cnecKS aggregating
more than $200.
These checks had reached the bank
through most of the merchants of
Glendale who had cashed them without
questioning the genuineness of the sig
nature. They had all been made pay
able to "A Mex." It was known that
Mr. Smith had frequently issued
checks according to this formula when
he either did not know the names of
the Mexicans whom he had employed
ofbecause he liked this simpler form.
A Mexican by the name of Padilla
was taken into custody on Saturday
because he had been recognized as a
man who had cashed one of the
checks. He said however that he had
received it from another Mexican and
under questioning he told a story which
the officers believed to be straight.
However, he was detained though no
warrant was issued.
One development of yesterday was
the capture of Clemente Larine from
whom Padilla said he received the
check, y Larine was taken at Glendale
after a shot or two had been fired at
him by a self constituted posse of
citizens who resented the shock which
had been administered to the town's
financial system.
The second development was one
that convinced Mr. Smith that in spite
of all the friendly talk in which Japan
has engaged its motives toward the
United States are really sinister, this
incident following so closely upon the
sinking of the dry clock Dewey under
suspicious circumstances.
The arrest of Larine was followed
by that of Ben Yuchlda, a Japanese
who has been lianging put about Glen
dale for sometime. Larine said that
he had received the "checks in good
faith in the course of the settlement of
poker games which he had with Yu-
chida who was not much of a player.
Larine said that at the close of games
in which Yuchlda was almost invari
ably the loser, the Japanese issued one
of the "A Mex.'.' checks and signed the
name of Mr. Smith to it. Larine ad
mitted that he knew that Yuchlda was
not Mr. Smith.
After this information had been giv
en out by Larine and theJapanese had
been taken into custody, his room was
raided and several checks ready for is
sue were found.
Yuchlda makes a sweeping denial ot
the story of Larine. He said he never
gave.hini any of the checks: he never
played poker with him; he never play
ed poker 'with anybody; he did not
know how to play poker; the game
was not taught at the Sunday school
where he had received his English ed-
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ucation. -
It was stated yesterday that the
amount of the checks supposed to have
been put into circulation altogether is
not less than $500. Though the signa
ture of Mr. Smith had been very well
imitated it was discovered yesterday
that one important feature had .been
omitted., Mr. Smith in writing his
name, after completing the "h," with
out removing the pen from the paper
makes a backward flourish which
crosses the "LI' In the checks-which
have deluged Glendale this flourish
does not appear. c
COAST NEEDS
T
SE
Report of California Com
missioner ot Labor
THE ORIENTAL PRDBLEHI
Its Thorough Discussion in
Report of An Investiga
tion Authorized By Leg
islature Following Agita
tion of Two Years Ago
Sacamento, Calif., May 29. Some
form of unskilled labor, such as . is
now represented by the Japanese, is
essential for the continuance and de
velopment of the specialized agricul
tural industries of California.
This is the broad conclusion of
the report of the state labor commis
sioner just submitted to the governor
on the Japanese in California and
which was prepared after over a
year of careful field work by a
corp3 of special agents among" the
farms employing Japanese. The in
vestigation was authorized by act of
the legislature, just after the anti
Japanese agitation in California in
1908-1909, ' and the report consists
of over 200,000 words exclusive of a
mass of tabulated statistics.
The so-called Oriental problem in
this state is thoroughly discussed
in the report and after searching
inquiry into all economic and social
conditions finds that some form af
unskilled labor, .capable, of independ
ent subsistence, quick mobilization
and entailing no responsibility upon
the employer for a continuous em
ployment, is -absolutely necessary to
California's field, orchard and vine
yard Industries ifthese ast enter
prises are to be perpetuated and de
veloped. Tlie report is of the opin
ion that the Japanese are second
only to the Chinese in meeting re
quirements. As to the complaints heard against
t!y3 Japaneseuin the districts in which
they are employed in great numbers,
the report states that they arise
largely from the attempts of laborers
to secure higher wages. It is pointed
out however, that there are few com
plaints of this character except in
such districts as are dominated by
the Japanese laborers by virtue of
their numbers and the almost abso
lute dependence of-the growers upon
them for the harvesting of crops in
the short time the seasons allow
for this work. The average duration
of employment on farms is less than
two months in the year. In this
connection the report pojnts out
that the Japanese have learned that
they can make much more money
out of contract laboring than work
ing for daily wages. The rough av
erage wage In the fields, orchards
and vineyards is given at approxi
mately $1.50 per day.
Under the contract system the lab
orers are able to make from $4.00' to
$7.00 per day. From this they have
passed to a liberal form of contract.
worklngtogether on shares; to grow
ing crops on ground held by them 'un
der cash rental and In comparatively
isolated instances, to actual ownership
of the land. '
"Japanese ambition," says the re
port, "to progress beyond mere ser
vility to the plane ot the, better class
of American workmen, ,to own a
home, to operate Industries, to be
master and not slave, is of the same
quality as that of tho Italian, the
Swiss, the Portuguese, the Russian,
with whom he competes, and is In
line with the ambition of that type
of American who will not compete
with him. The moment that this
ambition Is exercised, that moment
the Japanese ceases to be an ideal
laborer."
Of the character of the Japanese
laborer and his desire for an Am
erican education, the report speaks
In high terms. Of the responsibility
and reliability of the Japanese, con
tractors, small contractors, sub-bosses
or laborers, the report states that
they do 'not compare unfavorably
with white men in the same stations.
NE
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FATAL GRADE CROSSING.
Three Were Injured, One Perhaps
Fatally.
Santa Barbara, May 29. J. O. Ea
ton, contractor, was seriously injured,
his wife probably fatally, and Mrs.
W. A. Barneti less seriously at a
grade crossing collision tills afternoon,
when a southern Pacific "switch en
gine backed into their buggy. Mrs.
Eaton's left leg was broken in six
places and her left arm had to be
amputated as a result of the acci
dent.' Eaton sufferea a compound
fracture of the left arm.
OFF TO THE NICARAGUA WAR.
Philadelphia, May 29. The U. S.
cruiser. Prairie, loaded with ammuni
tion and other supplies for the ma
rines in Central America, sailed to
day. At Colon a detachment of ma
rines will be taken aboard and con
veyed to- the scene of the .fighting in
Nicaragua.
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OF
He Traveled From Ash Fork to Fresno
to Kill' His Successful Rival in
Love.
Fresno, Calif., May 29. The mur
derer of Harry Black, foreman of the
Santa Fe roundhouse here, has been
positively identlfed s Robert Schiff
r.er, a Bohemian barber, of Ash Fork
and Sellgman, whore Black had been
employed. Schlffner Is said to have
been infatuated with BIack'3 wife,
whorls also a native Bohemian, al
though the latter was not aware of his
passion.
Schiffner came to Fresno on Thurs
day and Inquired for Black. Yester
day he apparently started out deliber
ately to kill his successfufrival In love
and shot Black down without warning.
After firing six shots Into Black's
body, Schiffner turned " the weapon
upon himself and fired the remaining
shot into his bralf.
A HUMAN TARGET
ON A SHOOTING RANGE
The Death of a Private at the Mon
terey Presidio.
Monterey, Calif., May 29. Serving
as an unseen human target for bullets
fired by soldiers during target prac
tice on the range of the Monterey
Presidio, Claude Hetheren, a private of
Company K, Thirteenth Infantry, was
shot many times in swift sequence un
til tumbled down unconscious and
helpless. He died two hours later. .
All facts concerning the strange
tragedy on the shooting range were
kept secret until, today "when Hether
on's body, wrapped In the national
colors was given a military burial. The
shooting occurred early last week and.
an Investigation of the circumstances
delayed his funeral.
THE HARMLESS TAIL
OF HflLLEY'S COMET
The Result of Spectograms by the
Flagstaff Observatory.
Flagstaff, Arlzona 'May 29. Dr.
Percival Lowell, head of Lowell ob
servatory. Issued a .statement tonight
in which he said trjat spectograms
made by him and his assistants of
Halley's comet produced conclusive
evidence againsf previous conceptions
as to the composition of the comet's
tail.
"Cyanogen in the tail is very weak,"
he says, "and extends but a short dis
tance. Hydrocarbons ditto. There is
no hydrocarbon emission visible any
where. The body of the tall is
formed of unidentified constituents;
some reflected light.
HE DISTURBED THE PEACE.
A Los Angeles Clothes Presser, Mule,
Proxy.
Los Angeles, May 29. "While Jacob
Goldstein, a clothes presser, was deliv-
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ering a suit to a patron at a Broadway
hotel today, a mule attached to his
delivery cart broke from traces, drove
an Italian from his popcorn stand, ate
most of his popcorn and then kicked
the stand to pieces.
Goldstein did not have enough
money to pay the damage and he was
arrested on a charge of having dis
turbed the peace.
CREMAT
OF HORSES
Three Burned When Pio
neer Corral Was Burned
NINETEEN BARELY SAVED
All Property in Vicinity of
First, Madison and Jack
son Street Threatened By
Fire a Little Before Mid
, night
Three horses were cremated, an
other so badly burned that It will like
ly haie to be killed, more than a
score of harness sets destroyed, a
vagon or two burned, and over two
tons of loose and baled hay were con
sumed in a fire which was discovered
in the stables of the Pioneer Transfer
company on South First street, shortly
before 11 o'clock last night. Before the
blaze had been got under control the
stables had been completely destroyed
and more than fifty people driven
from their beds in their nlghtclothes
momentarily expecting that the build
ings in which they had been sleeping
would be the next to go.
But for the prompt work of Clinton
Lauver, one of the proprietors of the
Pioneer Transfer company, who rushed
into the burning stables and at im
minent risk of his life, turned out
nineteen of the twenty-two or twenty
three horses kept there, practically the
entire number of horses "would -have
been consumed. As it was Mr. Lauwr
continued at his work pt rescue until
the Jiair was singed from his head and
his eyobrows burned off. Another man
who arrived shortly before the stables
became a seething furnace too hot for
a human being to approach assisted in
the rescue of three horses and received
some minor burns about the hands.
There is no v-jay of determining the
origin. A belated pedestrian passing
along South First street noted flames
issuing from an eastern end of the
stables und raised a cry of fire. He
managed to rouse Mr. Lauver and his
family who live just in front of the
stables. The flames were already
mounting high in the air sending a
ruddy glow into the night that could
be seen for miles- A mihute later Mr.
Lauver, without waiting to send in an
alarm, rushed to the stables and be
gan cutting the ropes with which the
horses were tethered. He had man
aged to turn out the most of the ani
mals, when those that were loose
started to stampede In an effort to run
back into the burning stables. Had it
not been for this, Mr. Lauver is con
fident he might have saved the entire
number of horses.
By the time an alarm was sent in
and the fire department had made one
of the quickest runs in its history, the
flanes had completely enveloped the
stables-' and were threatening the
rooming house of Arthur Diehl on
South Center street Here the depart
ment, for a time concentrated its ef
fort and by heroic work saved the
building in its entirety. Many of the
roomers fled from the house in their
nlghtclothes, taking only such of their
belongings as they could carry In their
arms.
Men from the street rushed into the
house and in a few minutes had re
moved practically all the trunks and
furniture. Several women with babies
and small children w,ere panic strick
en. 'One mother having become sep
arated from her little daughter tried
to make her way back into the house
but was restrained. Her daughter was
found a minute later inthe care of
neighbors.
As the fire progressed it made its
way round the end of the stables and
up to the brick warehouse of the
Pioneer company facing upon Jackson
street. By massing themselves at this
point the members of the department
were enabled to save this building and
its contents without the structure hav
ing been damaged.
It was in the shadow of the ware
house that the harness rooms were lo
cated and although water was poured
into the building it was impossible to
check the flames until the harness
house there had been destroyed or j
rertdered unfit for use. There v-ere a
number of freight cars standing just:
In front of the warehouse and a switch J
engine was quickly at hand to pull
these out of the fire in case it appear
ed that they were in danger.
The fire was discovered just at the
time the theaters were emptying peo
ple Into the streets by the scores and
in consequence a large crowd was
quickly upon the scene. Those who
arrived early saw three large hand
some horses dashing madly abojut their
stalls and then fall, writhing in pain
and fear.
Guests of the new Madison rooming
house, the southern end ot which
comes up close to the alley along
which the stables stood, were roused
from their slumbers and. While there
seemed to be no particular danger,
prepared to vacate the premises ipon
short notice.
The crowd which was attracted to
the blaze gathered at points which
gave the best view of the burning
building, and seeing but one stream
playing upon the eastern end, decided
that the fire department was not mak
ing an effective stand. Those who
made their way round to the west and
south would have seen brave men
risking their lives to save surrounding
property and covering the escape of
women and children from -what for a
time seemed to be a doomed building.
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EXPECTS LIVELY WEEK
WHEN THE GRAFTERS
GATHERED TOGETHER,
ARE
It Will Be Like Reconvening of the
Illinois Legislature. .
Springfield, III.. May 29. Startling
developments are expected this week,
following yesterday's confession" of D
W. Holstlaw of Iuka to the Sanga
mon county grand jury that he was
promised and later received $2,500
from State Senator John Broderick,
democrat, of Chiogo, for his vote for
Lorimer for United States senator.
and $700 from Broderick as his share
in the jackpot.
Six legislators, three members of
the senate and three members of the
house, are schedulec to appear. They
are: Senator Broderick of Chicago,
democrat, under indictment for alleged
bribery; Senator Stanton Pemberton,
republican, of Oakland, under indict
ment for conspiracy to commit a fel
ony in connection with a furniture
deal; Senator D. W. Holstlaw, demo
crat, of Iuka, who was indicted and
confessed and was granted immunity;
Representative Joseph Clark of Van
dalia, democrat, under indictment for
conspiracy in furniture deal; Repre
sentatlve McMackin, republican, Sa
lem, who voted for. Lorimer, and Rep
resentative Harvey McComb, demo
crat, who voted for Lonmer.
One other witness will be examined,
A. B, Johnson of the Johnson-Hatcher
company of Springfield, who acted as
local agent for the Ford-Johnson
company In the ' furniture deal and
whom Holstlaw and Otto Freier of the
JDerby Desk company implicated by
corroborative testimony. They allege
that Johnston agreed that Holstlaw
should receive $1,500 when the fur
niture was installed in the capitol.
The grand jury will not reconvene
until Tuesday, but State's Attorney
Burke will proceed tomorrow with the
examination of witnesses. He has
received assurances mat Pemberton
and Clark will be on hand. Bench
warrants have been issued making
their immediate appearance manda
tors'. Johnston also will be examined to
morrow. He declared that Holstlaw
Is a liar.- "I've told the truth," de
clared Johnston. "I know of no cor
ruption in connection with the furni
ture deal, and if summoned by the
grand jury I will repeat my declara
tion to that effect."
The county prosecutor's anxiety
was undisguised today, when he re
ceived no word from Deputy Sheriff
Long of Springfield, who went to
Chicago with a bencli warrant for the
arrest of Broderick, who Is wanted as
a witness. Intimation was received
durJng the day that Broderick was
being withheld from Sangamon counr.
ty. Word was received last night
that he was under surveillance and
that his arrest might be made at any
time, but today, when the prosecutor
communicated with Lieutenant Sullivan
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FOR THE GRADUATE
When school is closed it means an appropriate
present for some one, so we reduce twenty Dia
mond Tiffany Eings from $27.50 each f o $2.0 for this
occasion. High grade Watches and Diamond
J ewelry.
Af eoieniUfA A 33 wes t washing ton s t.
V. r nl cuiviMiv , phoenix, Arizona -
AEROPLANIST'S
BIGGEST FEAT
iojit ot Curliss From Al
bany To New York
WINNER OF $10,000 PRIZE
Trip Was Made At Rate of
54.06 Miles An Hour Over
a Route Where Death
Followed Constantly Be-
New York, May 29. Glenn Curtiss
flew from Albany to New York in
his aeroplane today, . winning the
$10,000 prize offered by the New
York "World. He covered the dis
tance of 137 miles in two hours and
thirty-two minutes and came to earth
as calmly and as lightly as a pigeon.
The average speed for the distance,
54.06 miles per. our, surpasses any
other record made by aeroplanes in
long distance' flights and in its en
tirety anything man has ever at
tempted in a heavier-than-air ma
chine. Paulhan's flight from London to
Manchester, 186 miles, exceeded Cur
tiss' feat today in distance, but not
in speed and danger. The French
man's average was 44.3 miles an hour?
and below him lay English meadow
land. Curtiss followed the winding
course of the Hudson, with jutting
headlands, wooded slopes and the
treacherous Palisades. He swung over
the great bridce at Poughk,eepsIe.
dipped at times within fifty feet of
the river's surface, and jockeyed like
a falcon at the turns.
Only once did his craft show signs
of rebellion. This was off Storm
King, near "West Point, when at a
height of nearly a thousand m feet a
treacehrous gust struck his plane.
The machine dropped forty feet and
tilted perilously, but Curtiss kept his
head and by adroit manipulation re
stored the equilibrium of the ma
chine. As he crossed Spuyten Duyvil tho
aviator noted a stretch of greensward,
shut down his engine and glided light
ly to the earth, the $10,000 his. Jump
ing lightly from his machine, the avia
tor inspected the motor and. finding
everything intact, he sought a tele
phone and informed the-World that he
had arrived and claimed the prize.
Although he had won, he was feeling
so gratified that Curtiss decided to
give the city another view of the ma
chine and at 11:37 he shot away again
to Governor's Island. It was during
this part of the trip that he received
the merriest greeting. He came down
the river at an elevation of 200 feet
while the craft screeched a greeting.
The news of his coming spread rapidly .
throughout the city, in the police
courts, the magistrates heard quickly
and disposed of the cases by hundreds
and rushed to the water front and the
tops of buildings became black with
humanity. The greatest jam was at
the Battery.
Down the river and up the bay Curr
tiss sailed lightly and steadily as a
swallow. Nearing Governor's Island,
he began to descend while cheers
floated up from those, who watched his
approach. He landed easily on a
stretch of new-made land within forty
yards of the shed in which his aero
planes were housed during the recent
aviation meet.
Mrs. Curtiss, who arrived In New
York on a special train. Joined her
husband as Curtiss was preparing to
take the ferry for New York. He kissed
her while the crowd cheered. Half
an hour later, Curtiss was in the World
office where a check for $10,000 was
handed him.
In winning the World prize today.
Curtiss incidentally captured" tho
Scientific American cup for the long
est flight In America for a heavier-than-air
machine. He had previously
won two legs on the trophy and today's
performance makes it his. Curtiss is
thirty-two years old and was born In
Hammondsport, New York.
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