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THE ARIZONA MEPHBt
AN INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE JOURNAL
TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR
32 PAGES
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 5, 1914
32 PAGES
,VOL. XXIV. NO. 322
FEW PRISONERS TAKEN
BY VILLA; FATE OF THE
FEDERALS
Only Thirty Were Captured
Alive and Uninjured, and
Rebel Chief May Have
Held Wholesale Execu
' tions
DEAD LIE IN
TORREON STREETS
Difficult Problem Now Pre
sents Itself in How to
Dispose of Bodies Huge
Pyre Will Probably Be
Built
ASSOCIATSD PBBSB DISPATCH
CHIHUAHUA, April 4. When
Villa took Torreon he took only thir
ty prisoners alive and unwounded,
according to information received.
Whether this means many were exe
cuted or that General Velasco, crip
pled but valiant, succeeded in escap
ng with practically all his army not
dead or disabled, could not be learn
ed. It ia known he made the first
few miles of escape on troop trains
which he abandoned when he came
to the first "place where the rails
were removed. This Is construed in
favor of the reports that got away
with the remnant of his army intact.
Vice Consul Powers of Parral. who
was arrested charged with passing
counterfeit money. Is "till under
charges but at noerty on parole.
Marion Letcher, the United States
consul here, demanded that Powers
be given an immediate hearing, but
Manuel Chao, military governor of
the state, is yet unable to comply,
owing to the press of other duties in
connection with the battle of Tor
reon. A dispatch from an Italian army
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OlliCCr Willi IUH icuri aiwucij " "
received from Torreon, saying:
"Dead horses and dead men are
piled high in the streets. The plaza,
is in ruins and the city spattered
with blood. It is impossible to es
timate the number of federal dead,
but a superficial inspection of pub
lic places . would indicate that not
less than 2000 bodies are scattered
about. It will be a task to get rid
of the dead, but a gigantic funeral
pyre will probably be built and the
bodies of , men and 4 animals incin
erated. Among -the dead- are some
picked rurales who fought against
Zapata in the south and who were
sent north to attempt to check
Villa's victorious march."
Gossip among strategists as to
"Villa's future movements about
agree that, having rested and refit
ted his army, he will proceed sirriul-
. i i . ( 1 : 1 1 A Ifnn.
laneousiy against caumu
terey on the east and Zacatecas on
the south, r Assuming success, it is
. thought the armies will then reunite,
probably at San Luis Potosi, for the
campaign against Mexico City. Villa
is quoted by rebels as saying:
'We will be ready to dictate in
Mexico City. There can be no com
promise with the enemy. Madero
compromised and is government
failed through the treachery of those
who did not appreciate him or took
advantage of his clemeney. The rev
olution must be the last in Mexico,
"Tcontlnued on Pagi"7Flve.)
Court Says "Take Villa Money"
Won't Accept In Paying Fine
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHl
DOUGLAS, April, 4. A Chinese ,
merchant of Agua Prieta," Sonora was
arrested for refusal to accept the so-1
called Villa currency as legal tender
and narrowly escaped rearrest when he j
attempted to pay with bills of the same
,! l ,l .h nrto-inal i
issue me iiuc uuiuocru ivt v.
"offense."
The Chinese was first arrested when
till- t ilia lutv,iatj , ' o "'
der constitutionalist fiat. It has since
been declared Invalid. He avoided in
carceration by quickly paying his fine
Read and See "The Adventures t
Of Kathlyn"
Read the present installment of ''The Adventures
; of Kathlyn" this morning, and at the end of the "week
I go to the movies and see it. See if it has been staged
t according to your conception when you read it.
This is a thrilling novel, the strongest ever written
by Harold McGrath. . This is a new way to read a
novel. .' -Readers
of The Republican will be disappointed by
the failure this morning of "Mr. Dooley" to appear.
We were .yesterday, informed by the syndicate that,
by reason of the illness -of Mr. Dunne, that, feature
had not been prepared. , It will doubtless appear next
week.
- For the little ones, . as well as the older, readers,
there is the "dot" cartoon this morning. Complete it
and see how it looks '
IS MYSTERY
. FELT GETS FIVE
I I YEAR SENTENCE
OMAHA, Neb., April 4. Albert
C. Felt, cashier of the failed First
National Bank of Superior, Neb.,
pleaded guilty in federal court to j
the charge of embezzlement of the j
funds of that institution, and was j
sentenced to five years imprison- j
ment. Felt disappeared last win-
ter before the bank closed, but
gave himself up in San Francisco
some weeks ago.
Hunt Formally
Denies Candidacy
For U: S. Senate
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHl v
GLOBE, April 4. Governor Hunt
formally announced today that he
will not be a candidate for the
United States senate against , Sena
tor Mark A. Smith. He refused to
say whether or not he will run for
re-election, as governor, though he is
understood privately to have told
friends he is a candidate.
Friends of Governor Hunt are not
surprised that he has once and for all
set at rest the rumors that he ' is a
candidate for the United, States sen
ate. To those who are close to the
governor it is known that he expects
to succeed himself as governor on
January 1 next, and that there is all
sorts ot work now going on privately
to bring about that particular con
sumation. There are others of the
governors friends in all sections of
the state who are anxious to have
him publicly -announce his candidacy
for the governorship before July so
that actual public work in his be
half can be done.
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"ARMY" IS GUILTY
Are Accused of Sleeping On Dry
' River Bed
associated press dispatchI
LOS ANGELES, April 4. Four
members of the "army of the unem
ployed," recently arrested on a cha.rge
of sleeping in the dry bed of Los
Angeles River in violation of a city
ordinance, were found guilty by a
jury in Police Judge Williams' court.
Attorneys' for the defense claimed
that the clients believed they slept
on private property 6n the bank.
Sentence will be imposed on Monday,
when the trials of several of the last
squad of 104 members will be begun.
REBELS PURSUE I
FLEEING FEDERALS
JUAREZ, April 4. It is estimat-
ed here that the rebels have a force
j of 4500 men in pursuit of thefed-
eral garrison forced, out of Tor
I reon on Thursday night. Fighting
between two forces at San Pedro
was reported yesterday and the day
j before but nothing new on the
i subject was received today.
the new currency.
' Mormon colonists forced by Carranza
to accompany him as teamsters on his
recent march from Colonia Morelos to
Casas Grandes, are returning to their
homes according to reports. Insurgent
officials declare that Carranza fixed at
$3500 the price to be paid the colonists
for their services and also ordered
them reimbursed for the provisions he
confiscated. Commisario Ramirez of
Colonia Morelos reports friction be
tween the .Mormons and Mexicans in
the Bavipse River district.
FARISH TO BE
FIRST MANAGER
OF THIS CITY
Well Known Reclamation
Service Engineer is Un
official, But Unanimous,
Choice of the New Com
missioners COOPER CHOSEN
FOR AUDITOR
Members of Commission
Hold Conference and
Bring Out Their Candi
dates for the Two High
est Offices ,
W. A. Karlsh, United States recla
mation service construction engineer,
will be the first city tnanager of
Phoenix. . His appointment will be
made at the first meeting of the
new commission on Tuesday. C. F.
Cooper, bookkeeper for the Dorris
Heyman Company will be the first
auditor under the commission form
of government. A well known demo
cratic attorney will be city magis
trate. There are persistent rumors
as to the filling of the various man
agerial appointive offices but none
of these had assumed sufficiently
tangible form last .evening to war
rant a forecast.
" The selection of Farish for the
highest office within the gift of the
commission ami of Cooper for the
head of the city's accounting depart
ment, was mofficially made by the
commissioners at a conference held
yesterday afternoon at which all were
in attendance. Farish was the final
choice out of four possibilities and
the unanimous choice upon the final
advisory vote. His name will be the
only one presented at thet first regu
lar meeting of the commission and
he will probably receive unanimous
support upon the first ballot.
For several days the name of Far
ish has been frequently mentioned in
sidewalk conferences and long before
the conference of yesterday after;
noon it was known that Commis-sioners-elo't
Cope and Foley would
urge his appointment. The attitude
of Maj or-lVct Young, while not ptib-J
licly announced, was supposed to be
for H. M. Lewis as first choice. A.
A. Betts for second choice and Far
ish for third choice. Commissioner
elect Corpstein was also credited
with being of the same frame of
mind as Young. Commissioner-elect
Woods was an uncertain quantity but
it is stated that when it came to
the advisory vote yesterday after
noon he presented the name of Rob
ert A. Craig, former superintendent
of the city water department, and at
one time citizen member of the board
of control, and supported him con
sistently until the final ballotting n
til, no hope remaining of bringing
about his choice he swung into the
Farish ranks. At the same time that
Woods is said to have thrown his
vote from Craig to Farish, Young
and Corpstein are also said to have
abandoned their first and second
choice with the result that upon the
final ballot the commission stood
unanimously in favor of Farish.
Of course there is nothing official
in the action of the commission at
Saturday's conference-, but there is
little reason to believe that anything
can arise between now and Tuesday
to change the choice.
W. A. Farish is probably one of the
best known engineers in the south
west and one of the most prominent
citizens of Phoenix. He has resided
in the Salt River Valley for over a
quarter of a century. Over twenty
years ago he made the survey of the
Horseshoe dam site for the Rio
Verde Canal Company. He built the
Roosevelt road, one of the engineer
ing feats of recent years in this sec
tion. He was a member of the street
paving commission and one of its
most active members. He is at pres
ent construction engineer of the
reclamation service and the senior
engineer of the project. In addition
he is the local reclamation member of
the board of survey.
. Cooper is perhaps not nearly so
widely known, but in his particular
line he enjoys no less an enviable re
putation. As a member of the book
keeping -department of the Dorris
Heymirn Furniture Company, he has
demonstrated his ability as an ac
countant and his particular fitness
for the position of auditor.
It is generally understood that
ihere are to be some other changes
In Kie heads of the various depart
ments of the city. There will be a
new chief of police, a new street
commissioner, perhaps a new city
engineer. There are rumors that no
changes will be made in the water
department, and the fire depart
ment at present. Of course this will
be strictly up to the new city man
ager, although there have been ru
mors for sometime that there would
be several important changes in the
city hall.
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WEATHER TODAY
r ASSOCIATED PRBSS DISPATCH!
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 4. For
Arizona: Fair in the south, and rain
or snow in the north. Colder,
WEYEflHAUSER
rVAY
AT 01 KNOLL
Multi-millionaire Minne
sota Lumberman, Aged
Seventy-nine, Succumbs
to Cold He Caught Week'
Ago
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHl
LOS ANGELES, April 4 The body
of Frederick W. Weyerhatimiiy. ,the
man, who died today at his winter,
home at Oak Knoll, a suburb of Los
Angeles, is on its way tonight to
the old home at Rock Island, 111.,
for interment Weyerhauser, who
was 79. caught cold a week ago Sun
day, while attending church. The
following Wednesday his condition
was so alarming that his children
were summoned from the east. Three
physicians were called and they at
tended him day and night, and man
aged to overcome his sinking spells
until shortly after 5 o'clock this
morning, when the patient sank into
a coma, and died at 8:30.
His sons, John. Charles, Frederick
and Rudolph, and his daughters,
Mrs. Margaret Jewett, Mrs. W. B.
Hill and Mrs. S.-S. Davis, were at
the bedside at the end. His wife
died two years ago.
Weyerhauser, who was one of the
wealthiest men in the world, was
born in a small village on the Rhine,
near Mainz. Germany, in 1834. He
came to America when he was 18.
Once he thought to be a brewer,
and worked for four dollars a
month.
Weyerhauser got his financial start
ty applying thrift and economy to
a business which in the early sixties
was being permitted to run on a
profligate scale.
"Never lose a log," became Weyer
hauser's slogan in the days when
thousands of white pine logs daily
escaped from the rafts being floated
from the woods to the mills. He
picked profits with both hands from
this source when others refused to
bother with "so small a matter."
Weyerhauser next took up the
question of the middlemen. Some
times three and four profits were
taken by cutters, loggers and steam
boat men and others before the tim
ber reached the saw mill. These
middlemen, Weyerhauser believed,
were the principal cause of the
great and costly confusion regarding
the ownership of logs. In doing
away with the middlemen, Weyer
hauser conceived the idea of the
Mississippi Boom River Logging
company, which was a combination
of the biggest men in the lumber
trade in the middle west, which was
consummated in Chicago, December,
1870. Weyerhauser attended the
meeting and at its conclusion he was
one of three members of the execu
tive committee. Within a few years
his associates in the concern dis
covered that Weyerhauser was the
Mississippi Boom Logging company.
He became president one year after
its formation and held the post for
forty years. From this point the
value of his holdings began to run
into the millions rapidly.
Another important landmark in his
career was in 1894, when he ob
tained the co-operation of Edward
Hines. the Chicago lumberman, who
became widely known at the time of
the Lorimer senatorial scandal.
Weyerhauser acquired some of the
largest and most valuable . timber
and mineral holdings in northern
Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
PUSSES
A HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF.
By John T, McCutcheon.
Copyright: 1814: By John T. HcCutcbMO. .
THE ALL THE YEAR HALF
1 HOLIDAY
"Resolved that an all the year
round Saturday half holiday would
promote the material and commer
cial prosperity of our valley" will
be ably debated this afternoon at
three o'clock at the Empress
Theater. The affirmative of the
question will be taken by James
Westervelt and J. L. Gust, the lat
ter having consented to take the
place of R. L. Morgan. George
Purdy Billiard and Walter Burch
offer arguments against the half
holiday.
Mayor-elect George U."Young will
preside. The judges will be C. H.
Pratt, president of the Merchants
and Manufacturers' Association,
Judge Kibbey and Judge Lewis.
Four Convicts Are
Killed Trying To
Break From Jail
f ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
SACRAMENTO, April 4. Three
convicts wera shot and instantly
killed and two otners were wounded,
one fatally, in an attempt to break
from the incorrigible ward at Fol
som prison.
The instantly killed are:
Jose Lucerica, serving . two years
for grand larceny, from Fresno.; Earl
W. Siprell, two years for robbery',
from Los' Angeles, and Raymond Bla
do, two years for burglary, from San
Bernardino.
The fatally wounded are:
Norman C. Hare, two years for
assault, from Los Angeles, shot in
the body, and Percy Barnes, two
years for grand larceny? from Yuba
counts", shot in the body.
Hare died tonight of his wounds,
and the fifth convict is believed to
be d; ing.
The men who figured in the at
tempted break were considered the
most vicious and desperate in the
prison. Not a guard was injured,
and none of the men gained the out
side of the building. Those not shot
dodged back into their cells, beg
ging for mercy. The men plotted the
break on Thursday night. They
were overheard by guards, and the
leaders were warned by Warden
Smith not to attempt an escape.
HASTENING REPEAL BILL
r ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHl
WASHINGTON, April 4. There is
every prospect that the Panama free
tolls repeal bill will be reported in
some form from the senate commit
tee on Inter-Oceanic canals within
a week. So absorbing Is the subject that
it may be formally under considera
tion, the leaders of both sides as
serted that there will be no unneces
sary delay , in passing of the house
repeal bill in committee.
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WANTED BRIDE AT HOME
f ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHl
SAN ANTONIO, April 4. Because
his bride of seven months persisted in
visiting her parents, Alfonso Zuniga
shot and killed her and wounded his
mother-in-law, and then probably fatal
ly "wounded himself.
In the last twenty years his inter
ests increased so rapidly that even
bankers close to him in a business
way were unable to hfep track of
his vast holdings.
He entered the Pacific Coast field,
and the southern lumber field on a
scale that made wealthv men gasp.
The organization of $12,000,000 and
Jl 5.000,000 concerns to handle in
dividual timber and mineral com
panies became commonplace. . Only
the executor's appraisement can ac
curately total his wealth. ' '
E
IS
S1ILL SILENT
Criticism of Their Selec
tion of Reserve'Cities and
Their Division of Country
Banking Districts Brings
No Reply
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHl
WASHINGTON, April 4. Members
of the reserve bank organization
committee " remained silent although
criticism of their selection of reserve
cities and their division of the coun
try banking districts is still heard in
congress.
No official explanation is forth
coming in the defense of the commit
tee, but the unofficial view was that
some of the criticism had a political
tinge. Defenders of the committee
said no matter who had been charged
with the responsibility, they would
have reached fundamentally the same
conclusion.
Apparently the most vigorous criti
ciem has been directed toward the
choice of Richmond in preference to
Baltimore or Washington and of At
lanta instead of New Orleans. It is
I said, however, by those familiar with
the committees deliberations, that
the tend of trade from the south is
north and eastward and not towards
New Orleans. Hence Atlanta is more
strategically located for the bank. In
defense of Richmond, it is argued
that closer business relations with
the south prevail there than at Bal
timore or Washington.
One fact brought out was that a
poll of all national banks which sig
nified their intention of entering the
system was taken into consideration
in naming cities. In each district
but one, a majority of the banks fa
vored the city chosen by the commit
tee as a reserve center;
Some surprise was expressed by
critics who dwelt upon the fact that
the New York district tlld not include
Jersey City and Newark and some
nearby Connecticut points. It is re
called, however, that the fact that
these cities were put in the Phila
delphia -and ' Boson district did not
prevent their having about the same
relations with banks of New York as
present. About the only difference
will be that their reserve funds will
not be kept in N'v York.
In this connection it was said that
under the present system more than
J300.000.000 of reserves from small
banks throughout the country are
usually on "deposit in banks of four
great cities. In times of stress much
of this great sum is out in call loans.
When a crash comes, it was argued,
the small banks will likely find
themselves unable to get reserve
funds from these cities.
It was largely to cure such a con
dition, it was said, that the districts
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Satires On Prince's Order
Sends Editors To Prison
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHl I
BERLIN, April 4. Two further con
victions were pronounced by the crim
inal court for Insults v to the Crown
Prince Frederick William, contained in
satires on his farewell order to the
Death's Head Hussars when he was
transferred to Berlin. Dr. Zepler, the
owner of a weekly publication and Karl
Schmidt, the author of the satire
which appeared in it, were each sent
FIT SENATE
STAR CHAMBER
PROCEEDINGS
Open War is Declared
. Against Time-Honored
Rule of Secrecy Relating
to Executive Sessions at
National Capitol
, v. i iq
ONLY TREATIES
ARE EXEMPTED
Senator Kenyon of Iowa
Introduces Resol u t i o n
for Open Sessions Except
in Case of Diplomatic
Matters , w
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
WASHINGTON. April 4 Open war
was declared in the senate against
the time-honored rule of secrecy re
lating to proceedings in executive
sessions.
Following the defiance expressed
by several senators in the closed ses
sion on Friday against suppressing
debate on the confirmation of Win
throp Daniels, of New Jersey, as a .
member of the interstate commerce
commission, actual hostilities began
when Senator Kenyon of Iowa, after
a conference with those colleagues
who are leading the movement to
lift the ban on publicity, introduced
a resolution that provides for open
sessions on all matters except
treaties unless otherwise directed by
the unanimous consent of the sen
ate. The resolution was referred to
the committee on rules.
The executive sessions resolution
proposing to amend the rules, reads:
"Resolved, That it is the judgment
of the senate that executive sessions
shall hereafter be open to the public,
except when treaties are considered
or when the senate by unanimous
consent orders otherwise, and the
committee on rules is directed to
prepare such amendments as may be
necessary to carry out the terms of
this resolution and present the same
to the senate for action thereon."
It was submitted with the backing
of Senators LaFollette, Cummins.
Gronna, Borah, Clapp, Jones, Bris
tow, Norris and Poindexter, who
propose, as they gave notice on Fri
day, to discuss freely the executive
session debates on qualifications of
nominees for public office whenever
they feel the public should be in
formed regarding them. These sena
tors united today in an anti-secrecy
campaign, and all assert themselves
to be without fear of any attempt
being made to unseat them on the
ground that they are violating their
oath of office.
The confirmation of Winthrop Dan
iels, of New Jersey, as a member
of the interstate commerce commis
sion, after a notable three days'
senate fight, waa followed today by
the revelation that Mr. Daniels had
asked President Wilson to withdraw
his name and thus stop the contest,
which he believed would be embar
rassing to the president, and that
Wilson refused. There was natural
satisfaction at the White House to
day that Daniels had been confirmed.
I The sharp contest was regarded by
officials as of importance in reveal
ing the attitude of senators toward
the physical valuation of railroads.
There was lively speculation and
various attempt at a construction
of the president's support of Daniels
in connection with the railroad situ
ation. Senators to whom the presi
dent had expressed his desire for
Daniels' confirmation found the pres
ident taking the attitude that he ex
pected only that Daniels would be
fair.
Opposition to Daniels arose out
his decisions in certain public utili
ities cases in New Jersey.
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ELIHU FRANCIS HELD
ASSOCIATE) PRK8S DISPATCHl
ARKADELPHIA, Ark., April 4 On
a recommendation of the coroner's
Jury, Elihu Francis was held in jail
charged with the murder of his wife
and three children, whose charred
bodies were found yesterday in the
ruins of their home near here. Fran
cis declared that his wife and
children were murdered with an axe
by an unidentified man who set fire
to the house and fled.
were designed to be as nearly alike
in the capitalization of reserve banks,
as possible, with the idea there would
be no such concentration of reserves
in the future.
enced to six week's detention In a fort
ress.
The farewell address to the Hussars
was written by the crown prince and
concluded as follows:
"If ever the king calls and tha bugle ;
sounds charge, then think of him whoso
fondest wish was to live this moment
of the soldier's highest happiness in
your Company."