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THE 'ARIZONA REPUBLICAN"
AN INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE JOURNAL
TWENTY-FOURTH TEAR
28 PAGES
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 22, V.)U
28 PAGES
.VOL. XXIV. NO. 308
HOME RULE
LIKELY TO
AN IRISH
Council of War is Held at;
Oraighaven Between Sir'
Edward Carson, Ulster
Unionist, and General!
Richardson
TTEMPT TO COWE
ULSTER WILL FAIL
King George Assumes Rolei
of Peacemaker in an Ef-i
fort to P r e v e n t
Threatened Trouble
Ulster
the!
in K
j ALDERS HOT,
, 21. The London
England. March
and Soullmest-
I ern railway . today received no- j
I tlee from the war office to have
rolling- stock in readiness to
move any number of troops up to j
j ten thousand with horses,
1 wagons and supplies at short no- j
I tice. j
.;.
TASSOCIATRn PRESS DlSPATCUl
BEL PA ST, March 21. Details of
disaffection among the troops at
Ciirragh, which were published fully
in the evening papers here created
no demonstration or exeitment. Bel
fast tonight is wearing a normal
aspect, except that the Saturday
shopping crowds increased. A coun
cil of war was held this afternoon at
Craigaven between Sir Edward Car
son, the Ulster unionist leader; Gen
eral Sir George Richardson, commander-in-chief
of the Ulster troops
and forty officers comprising the re
gimental commanders' forces at
which mobilization details were per
fected. Carson said:
"The government is attempting to
oowe Ulster by intimidation and pro
vocation, but both will fail."
The headquarters at Oraigaven are
maintaining constant communication
with the mobilization centers by mo
torcycle dispatch carriers. A dispatch
from Dublin announces the swearing
in of special magistrates for Ulster,
and this and the forwarding of de
tachments of special constables from
DiiMTtrttr Belfast are TOgarded here
as an attempt to incite riots, as it
is urged, no constables would ac
cept such a commission, except na
tionalists. All the regular troops in Relfast
were confined to barracks today,
causing great discontent among the
men. Thirty-five hundred volunteers,
comprising six battalions of the
North Belfast regiment, spent the
afternoon in drilling and maneuver
ing on the estate of Lord Shafter
bury which is called Belfast Castle.
Other volunteers spent the day at
target practice. Marquis' London
derry said he thought the wholesale
resignations of officers to be the first
instance of this kind in the British
army since the crisis of the preceding
war against the American colonies.
King as Peacemaker
LONDON, March 21. King George
nssumed the role of peacemaker in an
effort to prevent the threatened
trouble in Ulster. Just what will be
the result of his Majesty's conciliatory
move, will be a matter of conjecture,
but it is known the King is using every
influence to avert, bloodshed in the the.
Ulster controversy. He had a long
conference with Prime Minister As
qnilh, Secretary of State for War, Col
Zcly and several other high officers.
Afterward he summoned Field Marshal
Lord Roberts. The latter had been
criticised by the Liberals for utter
ances they construed as encouragement
to officers who resigned from the regi
ments. From the Palace Field Marshal
drove to the war office where he had
a long talk with the Secretary of War.
The army council held an extended
conference in the war office, with gen
erals and lesser officers of the staff
coming and going throughout the day.
The government's military precautions
to preserve order in Ulster precipitated
(Continued on Page Ten.)
Certain Benton Stabbed, Not
Shot, By Major Fierro
associated press dispatchI i tion reaching here.
WASHINGTON, March 21. William J Roberto Pesquiera, confidential agenl
Benton, a British subject, was not shot of the Constitutionalists in Washing
by Villa, but was stabbed to death in ton. has started for Juarez to meet
Villa's office In Juarez by Major Ru- Carranza in connection w ith the Ben
delfo Fierro, according to persons be- ton case. He knows the general feel
lieved to be conversant with the find- ing of the American go-ernment over
ings thus far of the special Mexican the incident, and its desire for a clari
commission appointed by Carranza, to fieatinn of it's mystery,
investigate Benton's death. British That Major Ftp rro may be charged
Consul Perce'al, who left Kl Paso for . with the crime and punished. Is the ex
his post at Galveston, has forwarded pectation of mny Mexicans here Thev
a report to the British Embassy here.
It is expected here Monday.
It is understood the report corrobor
ates the findings of the Mexican com
mission to the extent that Benton was
stabbed, but it is not clearly estab
lished, it is said, by whom the act was
committed.
The British; government, as well as
the State Department here, is awaiting '
the report of the Mexican commission, J
which it is thought may be made early
next week, as Carranza is due in Jua- j
rez on Monday, according to informa-'
AGITATION
BRING ON
CIVIL WAR
CHICAGO NOW HAS
WOMEN ASSESSORS
1 CHICAGO, March 21. The fem-
ini.se movement in Chicago prog
i reused another step when eight
i club women were appointed deputy
j assessors. They will be assigned
! to districts where their work will
j he most effective and most pleus
j ant. They seek especially to lo-
cate and assess property of women
! who at present compose less than
one-half per cent of the tax pay
! ers of the eniinty.
Gorky Likely To
' Be Sentenced To
Exile In Siberia
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
ST J 'KTKKSB I " KG, March 21.
i Court ptoceetiings are to be brought
, immediately against. Maxim Gorky,
j the Russian novelist, on a. ciuirge of
blaphemy, according to a statement
iasucd by tbe public prosecutor of
, t!ie district court of St. Petersburg.
Gorky, now suffering from tubercu
losis, declared by his trie-ids to have
been contracted during his incarcera
tion in the fortress of St. Peter and
Paul, lecently returned to Russia
from the Island of Capri, after an
! exile lasting eight years.
, The charge of blasphemy was pre
. ferred against Gorky in 190,9 in con
nection witii bis novel entitled
i "Mother," in which he is alleged to
have
insulted the national faith. If
found guilty,
according to
be exile in
present state
is equivalent
the novelist's sentence,
the Russian law, will
Siberia, which in his
of health, friends sav,
to a sentence of death.
-n-
Paris Prefect
Starts Reform
In Dance Halls
r ASSOCIATED PRKSg DISPATCH
PARIS, March 21. The police be
gan the introduction of a scheme of
moral reform in the public resorts of
this city.
Celestin Rennion, prefect of police,
summoned the proprietors of all
music and dance halls and concert
cafes to the prefecture, where he in
t'crmed them that exhibitions of tin
craped performers will no longer be
tolerated. . - I
It is understood the regulation does
not apply to theatres on the ground
that what' otherwise might be re
garded as indecency is counteracted
by the artistic value of the produc
tions. ARE GIVEN TEN PER CENT
f ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
BOSTON, March 21. Unsecured
creditors of Henry Siegel company,
in this city, were granted a ten per
cnt. dividend by Referee Olmstead,
in the bankruptcy court. The un
secured creditors number 2000. The
trustees have on hand approximately
JluO.ono from the sale of assets and
other sources, and it is expected
this amount will be considerably in
creased when tbe accounts receivable
have been collected.
SOME SIMPLIFIED SPELLING
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH 1
LINCOLN. March 21. A uniform
system of simplified spelling is to be
used in all the university publica
tions at the University of Nebraska.
This was the decision of the uni
versity. The senate style book to be
drafted by committee professors will
be used next fall for the first time.
The faculty members desiring more
radical changes than those adopted
were given permission to do so in
departmental work.
explain Villa's story of the courtmar
tial as an effort to shield Fierro, who
is said to he a distant relative? The
Carranza commission, however, it is
reported has declared its purpose of
punishing Fierro despite Villa's efforts
to protect him. The arrest of Fierro
j was reported from Chihuahua, but
confirmation is lacking. Bryan said
that while he had heard numerous
versions of the Benton killing, com
ment Yvould be withheld until the Car
ranza commission has finished its
work.
REBELS WIN IN
SiRT BAlTLf
NEAR TOHREON
Fight Over Possession of
irrigation Ditch and Kuc-j
ceed in Routing Federals!
Killing i0( and Wound
ing Many Others
DECISIVE FIGHT
IS COMING SOON
Washington Officials Re
lieve Outcome of Impend
ing Engagement Will Re
Turning Point in the
Present Revolution
f ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
CONSTITUTIONALISTS' HOSPI-
TAI. Li ASH, BF.I.MKJILI.O, Dl'RAN- j
GO, MEXICO, March 21. Rebels un
der General Hcrrera today fought
tile first important engagement in
the advance on Torreon near H;U'i
rnda Santa Clara, 22 miles north of
Toueon. It is reported that Kill fed
erals were killed. The federals re
tleated. The rebel loss is reported
as slight. Three were killed and
seven were wounded.
The fight occurred over the posses
sion of a spot over an irrigation
ditch where Herrera wished to throw
a bridge. He began the construction
after the enemy, estimated at 4oii,
had retired.
Federals Routed
EL PASO, March 21 A special
from Berrnejillo, a few miles north
of Torreon, states the rebels entered
the former city this afternoon after
an hour of hard fighting. In the
streets the rebels found KM. dead and
three wounded. The special gives
the constitutionalists' loss as one
captain anil two privates wounded.
Most of the federal wounded, it U
I clieved, were removed by their com
rades. Communication Interrupted
MEXICO CITY, March 21. Tele-
grapmr- communication with Torrent.
was interrupted at noon. Although ii
was understood generally there was
liring in the neighborhood of Tor
rton, there was little interest ill the
outcome. Two thousand troops have
been rushed to the aid of Torreon.
John Lind may make a trip of ob
servation over that portion of Mexico
i out rolled by the federals, as a re
sult of a conference at Vera Cruz
with Mexican Foreign Minister Rojas
The recommendation was made by
the minister, who said that Lind was
favorably impressed.
To Be Turning Point
WASHINGTON, March 21. The
battle of Torreon will be the tutn-
i ing point in the revolution in Mexico,
is the opinion of high administration
offici-.ls. Kittle inl'otmation is at
hand concerning the preliminary
skirmishes, but it is believed that
within a few days a battle will have
been fought which will clearly indi
cate the relative strength of the con
stitutionalist and federal forces.
The outcome is expected t influ
ence the American policy to a con
siderable extfnt. The officials arc
not disposed to commit themselves
concerning pmposals purported to
have been made to Lind at Vera
Cruz by Mexican Minister of Foreign !
Affairs Roias. Washincton ia willing
to listen to any new peace plans, but
has no definite information of Huer
ta's obiect in sending Rojas to see
lind.
Want Mormon Lands
DOUGLAS, March 21. General
Carranza caused considerable dis
satisfaction among Mexican residents
of Colonia Morales, Sonora, last
week, through his absolute refusal
to grant the petition of a delegation
that he apportion among them the
farms, houses and other property of
American Mormons among them, ac
cording to reports.
It is said that Carranza lebuked
them strongly. The Mexicans al
ready have possession of most of the
property as the result of the flight
of the Mormons last year during the
"red flugsers' " raids, but wanted to
complete their title from the gov
ernment. The Carranza party, it is
reported, has pressed into sen-ice all
the. available teams belonging to the
Mormons remaining in the colony,
stating they will not be taken fur
ther than Colonia Oaxaca, near the
Chihuahua border. It is reported
they were forced to go Into Chihua
hua, however.
Colquitt Demand Refused
EAGLE PASS, March 21. Gen
Guadjardo, commander of the feder
als at Piedras Negras, refused the
demand of Governor Colquitt, of
Texas, for the surrender to the Tex
as authorities of the five federal sol
diers accused of implication in th-
killing of Clemente Vergara, the
American ranchman. The refusal
was made to Adjutant Hutching, of
Texas, who presented the demand.
To Defend Negro
EL PASO, March 21. The T'nited
States government came to the aid
of James Logan, a negro, hehl at
Juarez, charged Yvith being a spy.
Consul Edwards was instructed to
engage the best lawyer available to
defend the negro.
EVEIO REFUTABLE BUSINESS HOUSE SHOULD
By John T. McCutcheon.
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KAMILY
NEW ERA IS
THE T. M. C. A.
Coming of Secretaries Mc
Dill and Bilheimcr Starts
Things Finances to Be
Strengthened Campaign
Opens Tomorrow
i i
Y. M. C. A. SECRETARIES
TO OCCUPY PULPITS
I I
George D. McUill speaks at the.
First Methodist Episcopal church
at 11 o'clock this morning on the
subject of "The Y. M. C A.. Its
Effect in Pudding Character."
G. S. Bilheimer occupies the
pulpit at the Central Methodist
Episcopal Church. South, at the
same hour with an address on I !
' The Y. M.
Young Men.'
C. A., Evangelizer of
I
?
Epoch-making is the way General
Secretary Harry M. Blair describes
the parlor conference held at the
home of President Lloyd B. Christy
of the Phoenix Y. M. C. A. last night
with the international secretaries.
George D. McDill, of Chicago; G. S.
Lilheimer, of Denver, and J. D. Hall
of the Indian work. Epoch-making
because it will mark the start of a
new energy in the Phoenix institu
tion. The travelers are going over
the new "beat" of Mr. Bilheimer, who
is assuming control of the western
states. They are really coming on an
inspection visit. Rut the effect of
their stay in Phoenix will be to in
tuse new life into the work. The
fiist crack out of the box tomorrow
will be the announcement of a finan
cial campaign, to put the Y. M. C.
A on its feet and paying its way in
si far as any association is capable of
being self-sustaining. '
Before about thirty of Phoenix's
most prominent business men last
night, the visitors spoke on their
ideals of Y. M. C. A. work. McDill
declared the association is the logical
force to keep the young men in the
church, because It builds character
and adjusts it to the needs and re
quirements of the church. Bilheimer
spoke on the subject of co-operation
and efficiency, with special reference
to lay workers. He said that the
layman is one of the best assistants
in Y. M. C. A. work, when he de-
votes his time
to its suuport.
Mrs. Cliristy
toss.
Shortly after
nix yesterday,
were taken to
as well as his means
was a charming hos-
their arrival in Phoe
thc two secretaries
lunch by members of
Mi fTI' " "l i' T7- "$vfflmm FAMILY Ih'F
. r;-a r! rs ----. .
OPENED
;Co:iriiilil: IU14: 1! .Inlnl T. Mi-CuUlieon.l
Have it$ family entrance in front, and-
NoJ?Putable buxinett ihoald require tcreeni.
NEW YORK TIMES
MANAGER IS DEAD
NEW YORK, -March 21. John
Norris, a widely known newspaper
man, for a long time the business
manager of the New York Times,
and leader of the American News
paper Publishers' Association in
the campaign for free paper and
wood pulp, died at his home in
nrooKiyn. He had been in
health for several months.
poor
Stockton Man Is I
To Die Despite j
Clemency Pleai
I f ASSOCIATED PRESS PISPATCH
i ROSTON. March 21. Governor
I Walsh refused to commute the sen-
tence of death of William A. Dorr, of
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the murder of George E. Marsh of
Lynn, will occur next week.
Walsh had considered for a week.
Dorr's plea for a pardon. The major
ity of the advisory board of pardons
reported against the commutation and
it whs unofficially announced that ev
ery member of the legislature and
counsel opposed any respite.
The gov-
ernor was expected to make his de
cision known at noon, but at the elev
enth hour, Fletcher Plummer of Bos
ton, presented some alleged new evi- j
dence as to Dorrl's sanity. It was I
after consideration of this matter the i
governor made his decision. I
FAVOR WOMAN SUFFRAGE
I ASSOCIATED PKKSS DISPATCH 1
POTTSTOWN. Pa., March 21. The
Philadelphia conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal church unanimously
adopted
suffrage
resolutions favoring woman
and recommending that i
churches make a special study of the j
question. The Laymen's Association
of the conference adopted similar re
solutions yesterday.
the church brotherhoods. Y. M. C. A.
officers and workers, the pastors of
all the churches and many business
men. With them was Dan Crawford,
the missioner who held forth with
the revivalists at the tabernacle last
night.
At last night's conference, the fol
lowing business men were present.
Walter Bennett, Lloyd B. Christy.
U W. Coggins, Geo. Day, H. P. lje
Mund, Dr. Jno. Dennett, C. D. Dorris.
J. W. Dorris, C. W. Goodman, Jno. I..
Gust. H A. Diehl. C. T. Hirst, I)r
H. A. Hughes. J. L. Irvin, J. A. R.
Irvine. Franklin D. Lane. Dr. W. G.
Lentz, J. D. Loper, H. J. MeClnng,
Judge J. C. Phillips, J. M. Stewart,
Dr. J. Wix Thomas, Albert G. Ft ley,
Levi Young, Dwight B. Heard, C. A.
Donofrio and J. M. Oimsby.
At noon Monday, the secretaries
will lunch with inn business men on
the Y. M. C. .V. roof garden. At this
time the campaign will be lined up,
workers will be organized ami tthe
project launched with all the vim
and energy at the combined com
mand of those present.
DEMOLITION IS
MOTTO OF ARMY
OF PADADERS
Thousands of Men and
W olllen, Unemployed An- tides which state that President Wil
ai'cllistS and I. W. W, I son. sought to influence the house to
March Through (iotham's
Streets Defying Police
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHI
NEW YORK, March 21 Under a
silken, black banner bearing in blood
red letters the inscription "Demolition",
thousands of men, women, anarchists,
unemployed and I. W. W.'s. marched
Fifth Avenue for miles without wait
ing to ask the city authorities for the
permission required by ordinance.
The marchers chanted hysterically
and shouted epithets at the constituted-
government as they paraded, without j
intcrfeienee. to a mass meeting, where
Emma Goldman and others addressed i
them. J
Clouds obscured the sun. and made
the thoroughfare a canyon of gloom as
the "army" led bv Alexander Rorkmnn
j swept northward unrestrained. It was
j not a symmetrical line formation, but
i a boisterous and noisy crowd that
I jostled fashionably dad women and
; men from the sidewalks,
j There was no enforcing of traffic
rules. Automobiles and trollev ears
tni't tried to pass through the ranks
were held up and chauffeurs and nio-
tormen intimidated. One woman in an
luiomooiie wno got away, was spat i
upon by a man in the parade. 1
ine demonstration is regarded as the ,
most
extraordinary in the history of
the city and was subsequent to speak
ing in the streets near I'nion Square,
where the throng had been denied per
mission to gather.
Ministerial
Caused Trial
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH 1
PARIS. March 21. The committee of
the Chamber of Deputies inquiring into; "I affirm on my honor that Vaillaujr.
the allegations of ministerial influence 'never directly nor indirectly asked me
brought to bear to secure a postpone
ment of the trial of Henri Pochette,
charged with extensive swindling,
heard several witnesses today. Among
them Were magistrates, who confirmed
the statement of Victor Fabre. chief
public prosecutor, that pressure had
been exerted on him bv Ernest Monis
and Joseph Caillaux, while they were j
ministers in order to have the case '
postponed.
COHGRESS WILL
START BATTLE
ON TOLLS ACT
'Opening of Aggressive Fight
for Repeal of tho Ex
empt ion Provi s i o n is
Scheduled to Begin in
Dav or Two
! n
: LIMIT DEBATE
TO FEW HOURS
Unlikely Bill Will Be Taken
Up Before Tuesday, But
the Vote is Expected
Before the End of the
Week
ASSOCIATED press dispatch.
WASHINGTON, March 21. The
opening of an aggressive battle for
the repeal of tho tolls exemption
provision in the Panama canal act
has been delayed until next week by
prolonged consideration In the house
of the rivers and harbors appropria
tion bill. Renewed skirmishing in the
senate served to reveal, however, the
intensity of feeling in the , contro
versy. Administration leaders of the house
planned to call up the Sims repeal
bill in the house and present a rule
to limit general debate to fifteen
hours. It is unlikely now the bill
will be taken up before Tuesday or
that a vote will be had until Into n.f
week.
Senator O'Gorman, chairman of the
Tnter-Oceanic canals committee, who
opposed the repeal, announced to the
senate he could not call a meeting
of, this committee to take up the re
peal controversy until several absent
members had returned. He had no
wish to delay a settlement of the is
sue, but could not force it in justice
to members of the committee who
wished to have a voice in the pre
liminary action on the subject.
Senator Owen, member of the com
mittee who earnestly supports the
president's request for exemption, re
peal, said he would not seek to
hasten consideration of the matter
unduly.
Senator Jones' resolution, calling
upon the president for information
as to what foreign governments pro
tested against the American tolls
exemption was referred by the sen
ate to the committee on foreigv. re
lations, O'Gorman asserting that he
did not wish it referred to the canol
committee. Senator Bristow, who
previously urged reference to the
canal committee, agreed to let it go
to the foreign relations, "nrnvided
j that committee would act."
I Senator Jones called out a lively
comment ry reading newspaper ar-
limit debate on the repeal bill. Sena
tor Thompson urged that Jones con
sult the president oftener, maintain
ing that by so doing, he "would he
a better man and better informed."
Jones denied that in the recent
conference with the president relating
to his speech on the repeal contro
versy the president told him he "was
skating oi thin ice." Asked by Sen
ator Pomerene "if the ice seems any
thicker this morning." Jones denied
that his motives were political, add
ing that he. was opposed to the ex
emption of the repeal "on its
merits."
CASTRO IN TRINIDAD
I ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH!
PORT AU SPAIN, Trinidad, March
21. Castro, the deposed president of
Venezuela has been residing here
since last July. He was discovered
today by the police while searching
a house which had been occupied by
a brother. General Carmelo Castro.
He said he would remain here if
permitted and would be joined by
his wife, now in Porto Rico.
o
TREATY FINALLY SIGNED
WASHINGTON. March 21. Secre-
tary Bryan and Senor Riano, the
Spanish ambassador, signed the final
ratification of the general arbitration
treaty between the two countries
agreed to recently by the senate. The
exchange today was merely a formal
acknowledgment of the acceptance by
Spain and the Fnited States.
Influence
Postponement
Maurice Bernard, a lawyer for Ro
chette said:
to demand a postponement of the case.
I was visited by a man who is neither
a politician nor a journalist who sug
gested that I ask the prosecuting at
torney to delay the case. He said that
everything had been arranged in ad
vance." Bernard refused to give the man's
name. A member of the committee,
Maurice Barres then asked:
"Are we to infer that the man was
jRochette?" Bernard declined to reply.