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THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN
AN INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE JOURNAL
TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR
14 PAGES
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, THURSDAY. MORNING, FK' -;'r:' cv v
14 PAGES
VOL. XXIV. NO. 2f9
GOOD GOVEIffl
HE
George U. Young Lends Judge Lewis by a Small Plural
ity at the End of a Day of Surprises in the Mayoralty
Campaign When Election of Young Was Confidently
Predicted bv His Friends
THE LEAGUE TICKET'S STRENGTH
IN THE TWO NORTHERN WARDS
Out of Total Registration There Was a Vote of 3772,
Somewhat lielow the Estimate A Heavy Vote Cast
by the Women of the First and Second Wards Pri-
. marv Resulted in No Final Choice of Anv Candidate
I
THE NOMINEES
I The primary election has re-
suited in the following selec-
tions of the men who now have j
I to go before the people for final
choice on March 11 next: j
For Mayor Judge E. W. Lewis,
George U. Young. j
For Commissioners Joseph
j Cope, Peter Corpstein, M. J. I
Foley, George N. ' MacBean, Dr.
' L. D. Dameron, H. A. Diehl,
Frank Woods, Victor R. Norris. j
The first primary under the com
mission form of government resulted
iii no final choice for mayor or for
membership of the commission so
that the contest is carried to the
gmeral election on March 11. Young
has a bare lead over Lewis for
mayor. The candidates who quali
fied for the election for commis
sioners are Joseph t'ope, Peter Corp- j
stein, M. J. Foley, George N. M'Hean,
Lr. L. D. Dameron, Hurry A. Diehl,
Frank Woods and V. R. Norris.
There was an unexpected develop
ment in the strength of George U. I
Young for mayor early in the day I
and by the middle of the afternoon
his supporters Were claiming that the ,
count would result in a declaration
of his election. Before the polls
closed many of the friends of Judge '
Lewis were disposed to concede that
claim. The early count in the even
ing seemed to fasten it. But at 11:00
o'clock, with complete returns from
tile third and fourth wards and es
timates of the total vote in the first
and second wards, it appeared that
Young would have only a small
plurality over Lewis with a vote for
Hegelund. socialist, and O'Neill, in- '
dependent, amounting to 33S votes.
It was expected also that Lewis
would make at least slight gains in
the uncompleted wards. At 2:00
o'clock this morning, with the first
complete and 200 uncounted votes in
the second, the foregoing estimate
seemed not far wrong.
Estimates made in the same man
ner indicated that the vote for com
mission candidates would stand as
follows: t'ope, 1519; Corpstein, 1307;
Foley, 1275; Diehl, 1219; Dameron,
K'13; MacBean, 11S1; Wood, 9S0;
Norris, 923; Goodrich, 8C1. The fig
ures as to Goodiich, a ninth in the
list, were included on the theory of
.expected gains in the first and sec
ond wards.
The vote though fairly heavy, 3772,
fell somewhat below general expecta
tions. It had been estimated at 4500
of the total registration of 5772. The j
vote for Hegelund, socialist, was not
as large as was expected. Also the i
socialist commission candidates fell I
below expectations. I
The Good Government League I
ticket fared very well, nominating
three of its four candidates. It was
ir.ost strongly supported in the north
side wards, the first anil second. In
the early voting in the third it was
supposed to be making a good show
ing but it was overwhelmed by a late
heavy vote there. The fourth ward
received comparatively little atten
tion from the Good Government
workers, who devoted themselves
mainly to the first and second wards.
Joseph Cope, who headed the Good
Government League ticket, led the
ntire list of commission candidates.
A feature of the primary election
was the large vote cast by women
in the north side wards, a majority
of it probably going to the support
of the Good Government League
candidates. The election was an or
derly one.. No reports were received
from any polling place of any con
flict. Few i challenges were inter
posed, each side employing its en
ergy in getting out its vote.
In spite of the announcements
made by Frank T. Alkire and W. B.
Leeeraft several days ago and their
request to friends not to vote for
them, several' ballots were cast for
each.
The First Ward
Considering the activity of the
campaign the primary itself was
rather tame except for the scurry
ing of automobiles into different
parts of the town returning with
their loads of voters. It was evident
from the opening of the polls of the
first ward that the vote would be
a heavy one. The first ballot was
cast by a woman, Mrs. Pauline I.
Colodny, who . was ready to vote be
fore the election board was organ-
ENI CANDIDATES
SED AI THE
MEMBER OF
Final Returns
For Mayor
Young 1729
Lewis 1594
Hegelund 193
O'Neill .' 135
For Commissioners
Cope 142S
Corpstein i3r,G
I'"h'y . 1333
Mc I.Sean 1240
Dameron J128
I'iehl 1120
Woods 994
Norris 942
Goodrich fli4
McElroy 743
Sparks 59s
Mrs. Williams 54s
Cook 4.-4
Kersting
432
264
200
Davis
Mrs. Johnson
Alkire
165
iIl"t 1G!
Simons jgr,
s,:u 121
Leeeraft 03
ized and ready for business. In fact
Mrs. Colodyr.y was at the polling
place five minutes before the polls
were opened. Her precipitateness
was accounted for by the fact that
file was to leave for Tucson on the
six o'clock Southern Pacific train
and she went on that train but it
did not go at six o'clock. It was
held that Mrs. Colodny might .cast
her vote.
The voters of the first ward had
been impressed with the necessity of
prompt and steady action if all, or
even a considerable part of the vote
was to he cast and almost from the
beginning there was a steady stream
of voters reaching out into the
street, sometimes across the middle
of it.
The form of the register made the
voting slow. It was a time consum
ing task to find the names and
numbers of the voters. The names
were under the proper first initial
but after that all attempts at alpha
betical arrangement had been aban
doned. Often as much as a minute
was consumed in looking for a name.
Though there had been no lull in the
voting up to ten o'clock, only about
300 votes had been cast. Then a
double shift was put on, two lines
of voters were formed and business
proceeded with greater expedition.
Two-thirds of the vote was cast in
the afternoon.
The good government league work
ers were the more active in this
ward with the result that the earlier
vote favored its candidates. There
was not the slightest disorder about
the polls. There was much earnest
ness but no expression of ill humor
because of differences of opinion re
rarding the qualifications of can
didates. The automobiles which were sent
out to bring in the women voters
generally found them ready to come
but now and then household duties
or the task of getting ready were
snccessfullv urged as a reason from
foregoing the privileee of citizenship.
Second Ward
Tt was early seen by the voters
and officials in the second ward
that so great was the influx of
voters at the polls, and so wide
snread the interest there, that a great
difficulty was about to be experienc
ed in getting all the willing voterR
In. The condition was put up with
until shortly before noon, when City
Attorney Prescott was sent for to
see if some arrangement could not
be made whereby more than one
person could be voted at a time.
Then it was decided to open the
two doors wide into the board of
trade rooms and to run two linen bv
the clerks up to the inspector. This
was done and the names divided as
to letters of the alphabet. Quicker
progress was made thiR way so that
bv the time the polls dosed, although
the count stood 744 at 2 o'clock in
the net four hours it had been near
ly doubled so that the final figure
stood 1313.
There were a number of women
workers and voters in this ward.
Apnarently the vote, male' and fe
male, was about evenly divided. The
(Continued on Page Eight.)
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TICKET FALLS
Vote By Wards
FIRST WARD.
For Mayor
George II. Young
Ernest W. Lewis
August Hegelund
W. D. O'Neill
For Commissioners,
Cope
Foley
Corpstein
Diehl 401
Dameron 399
McBean 392
Norris 351
McElroy ......,. 332
Goodrich 310
Woods 301
Sparks 231 1
Mrs. Williams 201
Cook 181 i
Kersting 169 '
Davis 99 i
Mrs. Johnson 76
Alkire 65
Simons 65
Mott 55
Stacy 33
Leeeraft 23
Total votes for all candidates. .1371
SECOND WARD
For Mayor
Lewis 600
Young 589
Hegelund 53
O'Neill 51
For Commissioners '
Cope 641
Diehl 53(!
Dameron 527
Corpstein . 447
McBean , 3S7
Foley 3S0
Goodrich 373
Woods 2S3
Norris 25S
Mrs. Williams 223
McElroy 215
Sparks 156
Cook 155
Kersting 106
Davis 75
Alkire 59
Mrs. Johnson 49
Stacy 42
Simons 40
Mott 32
Leeeraft 23
Total vote for all candidates ..1313
THIRD WARD
For Mayor
George IT. Young 315
Ernest W. Lewis 254
W. D. O'Neill 55
August Hegelund 3S
For Commissioners
Woods 315
Foley 315
Corpstein .257
McBean 231
Norris 212
Cope 194
Dameron 129
Diehl ' 119
Sparks 115
McElroy '. 110
Mrs. Williams 85
Goodrich 79
Cook 78
Kersting 71
Davis 51
Mrs. Johnson 48
Mott "9
Simons 37
Stacy 26
Alkire . . 20
Leeeraft 13
Total vote for all candidates 6S6
FOURTH WARD
For Mayor
George IT. Young
Ernest W. Lewis
August Hegelund
W. D. O'Neill
For Commissioners
Corpstein
Foley
MacBean
Norris
.171
.158
. 29
. 16
.160
.139
.130
.121
Sparks
Kersting
Woods
McElroy
Cope
Dameron
Diehl
Goodrich
Cook
Davis
Mrs. Williams
Mrs. Johnson
Simons
Alkire
Stacy
Leeeraft
. 56
. 96
. 9
. 91
. 85
. 64
. 64
. 40
. 39
. 39
Total vote for. all candidates 402
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DIDN'T HELP JOHNSON. ESCAPE
CHICAGO, Feb. 11. The federal
grand Jury investigating charges
connecting government officials with
the flight of Jack Johnson, the
pugilist to France, was concluded to
day with announcement from As
sistant district attorney in the charge
that charges had not been sustained.
THE M E X i C A J. v ' TMET rNG BEAN.
By John T. McCutiLeon. j
Copyright: 1014: By John T. MtCutciii-on.
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House Investigation Com
mittee IiHuii'ing into the
(Question of Priority of
Arming in the Troubled
Las Animas Coal Field
ASSOCIATED l'KKSS niSCATCItl
DEW Kit, Feb. 11. "I told Sheriff
Grisham, of Las Animas county that
we diifu't want any of his kind or
protection; that we had made up our
minds to protect ourselves, and we
did it."
This was the statement of John It.
I.awson, lender of the Colorado min
ers' strike, when on cros-s-examina-tion
late todny before the bouse in
vestigation committee. Tie was de
seribins the stormy events in south
ern coal camps before the arrival
of the state troops. The labor lead
er told of an instance in which he
said he asked the sheriff for protec
tion for the strikers' tent colonies, but
in vain. Finally, he said, after one
of the battles between the guards
and the strikers, protection was of
fered and rejected.
Lawson told of ordering tent.!
from West Virginia and buying bed
ding, clothing and fuel.
"Did you . buy any guns?" asked
Judge J. G. Nortlicutt, counsel for
the operators.
"Not at that time. Rome guns
were bought later for the protection
of lives and property."
Then the labor leader appealed to
the commit tee. "The grand jur y now
in session in Las Animas county, is
very desirous of indicting us. For
'that reason, unless the committee in
sists, I would rather not go very far
into the gun business. I will say
there were guns bought but not until
after the operators bought machine
guns."
Chairman Foster was not ready to
drop the inouiry into the purchase
of arms. "The witness can refuse to
answer any cpiestion that would in
criminate him," he nded, " but the
committee wants the facts.
"When did you buy the first
gfins?" persisted Judge Nprthcutt.
"Not until after the second battle
at I udlow."
The labor chief then was question
ed regarding the disarmament at the
Ludlow tent colony.
"How many guns did you collect
for the state troops?"
"I collected eleven guns and one
popgun."
"That is not all the guns the
strikers had. was it?"
"I don't know that there were any
other guns in the colony at that
time." '
"More were brought in later?"
"Your organization is defending ten
men now in jail on charges of mur-
AFTER FACTS li - t HAHNA DRAWS
blhirk WAh
in pninoAnn i
Ml UULUIIHUU
(Continued on Page Eight.)
NEW YORK, Feh. 11. The
I Adams Express company reduced
il.s u:irterly dividend from ' to
! $1.5" per share. The company
has been paying dividends at the
rate of $12 a year since 1909 It
is assumed, in the financial dis- j
I trict, that the decreased earnings
! was dire to the establishment of
I the parcels post.
Who's To Blame
For The Norfolk
Sea Disaster
fASSOCTATFO PP.KSS PrSPATCHl
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 11. Captain
Osmun Perry, commander of the u- im
ship Nantucket, charged with negli
gence, in the recent collision of the
steamship Monroe in which forty-one
lives were lost, today listened to Cap
tain Edward E. Johnson of the Mon
roe, testify and the local inspectors of
steam vessels who will jdaee the re
sponsibility for the accident. Captain
Johnson was on the stand all day.
Captain Perry pleaded not guilty to
ilay to charges brought by the govern
ment inspectors at Norfolk. He was
charged with failing to reduce the
speed of the ship to avoid collision, fail
ing to ascertain whether the wireless
operator was on luty, being careless in
not ascertaining by wireless whether
any other vessels were close by in the
fog.
It was brought out by the examina
tion of Captain Johnson, that he nav
igated the Monroe with a steering com-
Tinss that deviated as much as two df
grees from the standard magnetic
compass. He said the instrument was I months, the board will be busy here
sufficiently -true and that it was the j worjking out the final details pre
custom of masters . of the coastwise j patatory to a complete report,
service to use such compasses. His j Mr, Hanna is an engineer of wide
compass, he testified, had never been j experience in reclamation work. He
adjusted one year he had been captain ! has been on several commissions and
of the Monroe. 1 i boards-similar to .the one on which
The Monroe's pnnlnin testified that ' he is now occupied. His name, oc-
the collision occured in a fog. The first
knowledge he had that the Nantucket
was near was - when . he heard the
whistle throe points orf the starboard
bow. He was running '.at half speed
and stonned his engine1 and to locate!
the other ship he blew his whistle twice
i r. vc.,i i-nn, ho -ivna steorins
to "port. . .
jV moment later he saw a. faint light
about 340 feet away, the witness said.
He believed the other vessel was going
ini the opposite direction to him on a
parellel line, but almost immedrately
tho. ship came out of the fog almost at
right angles and struck tire Monroe on
the starboard side.
After lie had discovered the prox
imity of the Nantucket, Captain John
son said, he signalled , for full steaip
ahead and turned the vessel to port in
the hope of receiving only a glancing
blow, as he realized that ft collision
could not be averted. 1 He eaid there
was ,a lainse of only two mtnutes be
tween thai time he heard the Nantuck
et's first whistle until the collision.
To the cprestion as to what .-Wtion he
took to Tmd out by wireless tlw prox
imity cif other vessels. Captain John
son saVd Tie had instructed the opera
tor to ascertain the location 01" (he
t Continued on Page Seven.J
GREAT PLACE
IN II S. R. 8.
Supervising Engineer L. C.
Dill (let's Consulting En
gineer's Position Under
Davis llanna Recognized
as Cm tod Man
Frank W. llanna, the "handy man
01" the reclamation service," arrived
ill Phoenix yesterday to take up once
more the duties of chairman of the
survey baard, and brought with him
the information that he. had been
named by the reclamation commis
sion as successor to Louis C. Hill
as supervising engineer of the south
on reclamation district, which com
prises Arizona, New Mexico. Califor
nia. Nevada, Texas ami Ptah.
It has 'been with project business
I hat Mr. Hanna has been occupied
for the past six months. He is
chairman of the board of survey
that is now working on the problem
of prescribing limits for the Salt
I liver irrigation system, with Frank
H. Parker as the Water Users' mem
ber and W. A. Farish as the reclam
ation engineer. The last two months,
Mr. Hanna has been in Washington
submitting a preliminary report to
the department. This report was re
ceived and a lot of additional in
structions given on further portions
j of the work. JCnw for the next few
curs very frequently In project an
nals. His last regular job was as
project manager at Poise, Idaho, of
j one
of the big constructions up
there.
Louis C. Hill, whom Hanna sue
i reeds, is to become a consulting en
fincor in private practice. His sta
tion will be co-ordinate with that of
Mr. D. C. Henny.c and these two,
with other consulting engineers, will
be responsible only to the chief en-
j Bincer of the V. S. R. S.. Arthur P.
Davis. Hill was the constructmg
engineer on the Salt River project.
For forrr years he has been super
vising engineer of the southern dis
trict with headquarters at Los An
geles.
"I cannot state just how long it
will take us to complete the investi
gation of water rights and duties,"
said Mr. Hanna soon after his ar
rival yesterday morning. "I have
just rolled into Phoenix for the sec
ond time since I took this job, and
I cannot be responsible for any
statements about my future actions.
You see. I may be here only inter
mittently." Mr. Hanna chuckled as Ire re
sumed :
"I am 'unable' to state a lot of
things, right now. But I can make
PROGRESSIVES
ARE GROWING
IN NUMBERS
Determination to Make a
Fiht All Along the Line
in the Congressional Cam
paign This Year is Offi
cially Announced
DOUBTINC, THOMASES
INVITED TO PERUSE
There Will Be Straight
Party Contests in at Least
Twenty-four Northern
States and Three in the
South
(Special To The Republican)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. State
ment of W. H. Hinebaugh, chairman
I of the progressive congressional com
mittee, Washington, D. C.
I "Two years ago the progressives
j mustered 4,200,000 strong. We did
izithis under the impulse of resistance
i to a common danger and at a time
when every external circumstance
was against us. The battle was
made in the face of a. thoroughly
disciplined, proud and pampered ene
my, with unlimited money and a
strong political machine. After the
: smoke of the battle cleared away we
iiounu, noiwunsianurng, tne lact that
J 1 we had but ninetv rinvn to nprfwr
' our organization, that twenty men
; representing the progressive party
! had been sent to . congress, repre
( senting California, Kansas, Illinois,
. Minnesota, Michigan, Pennsylvania,
, New York and Washington.
"These twenty congressmen per
fected an organization and voted for
Victor Murdock of Kansas for speak
er of the house, since which time
they have introduced bills, which, if
enacted into law, would cover every
pledge in the platform of the pro
gressive party of 1912.
"These men have worked in sea
son and out of season with an eye
single to the future success in the
nation of the party -which they have
the horror to represent.
"Early in November we organized
the progressive congressional com
mittee, and on the second day of
January opened headquarters in the
city of Washington, since which time
we have received reports from nearly
every state in the north, and also
from a number of southern states.
" "Our committee has been urging
that the various state organizations
be strengthened and that progressive
nominations be made for congres
sional, state and legislative tickets
throughout the nation.
"Reports at hand indicate a won
derful growth in the ranks of tho
progressive party and a determina
tion to make a straight-out fight all
along the line in the congressional
campaign this year. At the present
time we are assured that congres
sional, state and legislative nomina
tions will be made by our party In
at least twenty-four states north of
the Mason and Dixon line, and three
southern states have already prepar
ed to make a straight progressive
fight for members of congress and
the state legislatures and the work
of organization of our congressional
committee is but barely started.
"If any doubting Thomas In the
country , could but read the letters
which we receive from all parts of
the country, which show a splendid
spirit of enthusiasm, he surely could
no longer doubt that the near fu
ture will see but two parties in this
nation, and that in 1916 the only lo
gical party of opposition to the de
mocratic pfirty will be the progres
sive party."
Nebraska Progressives.
LINCOLN. Nebr., Feb. 11 No amal
gamation with any other political party,
no srrrrender of principles was the key
note of the declarations in today's con
ference of Nebraska progressives. Just
at the conclusion of business, a resolu
tion adopted committing the party in
the state independent action. Not a
voice was raised in favor of fusion.
SENATOR GORE, DEFENDANT.
Sensational Damage Suit Against Him
Under Way.
fAPSOCTATEn PRfSS nTSPATCKl
OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. 11. Seven
farmers, two salesmen, a broker, and a
groceryman were accepted today : as
members of the jury to determine the
$50,000 damage suit instituted by Mrs.
Minnie E. Bond against United States
Senator T. P. Gore, who charges that
the Oklahoma senator attacked her
while she was his guest at a Washing
ton hotel.
The taking of testimony will begin
tomorrow. Judge G. W. Clark, describ
ing the scope of evidence be submitted,"
held that the past life of neither was
vital to the case.
the positive statement that there is
going to be a great mass of work
for rrs "
He turned to Frank II. Parker, -another
member of the board:
'Hand me those papers, will you
please?" to the interviewer, "I have
got to get busy, if We want to get
this project limited inside the next
six months. It's a long job."
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