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THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN
AN INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE JOURNAL
.
TWENTY-FOURTH YEA It
14 PAGES
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 9, 1914
14 PAGES
VOL. XXIV. NO.
REFUGEES ARRIVING
AND CARE PUZZLES
STATE DEPARTMENT
Over Eight Hundred Span
iards, Driven Out of Tor-
1 reon, Reach El Paso and
Officials Have a Hard
Problem to Solve
TAMPICO NEXT
BATTLE-GROUND
Understood Villa Will Soon
Move on the Gulf Port
. nnrl TTinirli Prl nf fMtiymts
Already Are Preparing to
Leave
t ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH 1
AVASHINGTON, April 8. Official
interest in the Mexican situation
was divided today between the grave
problem presented by the arrival o;'
. u ., f ,
800 Spanish exiles at El Paso, and
the outcome of the struggle between.
the constitutionalists and federals for !
supremacy in the important gulf port
of Tampico. Strategists expect the
battle of Tampico to be the next ;
ilniau'A atfiicra-ln ct tho rVfl 11 1 inn i
ID Umi.nl inalnha. nnlifioil t Vl O
... , , tribes, has seen much active service,
navy department that refugees are .,,,.. ...
..... , m Zach L. Cobb, collector of customs, a
going aboard the warships in Tarn-, ' . '.
... .. . , . ... .' close personal friend of the general, in
pico harbor, the rebels holding two; ....... ,,. , j . .u
suburbs, sharp fighting and no ap. a tr.bute to the soldier, referred to the
parent advantage to either side. The ' sl campaign which the then Ma
United States ha three battleships Sc"u ma(,e aKainst the Moros in
and three cruisers there. The state 9 '4-
department is reticent in discussing! As tne t0Ty "ent on. pver' eye in
.v.,. it,,io- aA .uo nn,.iinn nf ' 1 he house whs turned on the hands of
the Spaniards. Now that the Tor
reon refugees are on American soil,
steps must be taken to care for them.
The war department probably will
be called on to direct measures for,"' l,,e w sn,J aa y me
the care of the 800 international vis- j tribesmen. Poison got into the wound
llors at El Paso, although at the and lle major's hands swelled. Al
state department it is said that phase I 'hough suffering such agony that he
of the question has not yet been i co,lld not 'ouh his brrdle. the Amerl
censidered. It is pointed out that if,can continued the campaign with a
the constitutionalists refuse to al- ld'er leading his horse. He defeated
low the exiles to return, the immi- j tne Moros, then with his horse still led.
Eration authorities are sure to meet ! returned to the hospital camp where
with perplexity in dealing with such 1 he was given adequate attention.
as are classified as 'undesirable.
are classified as
and it has been suggested that ne
gotiations might be entered into
with Spain, to look after unfortun
ates in another country.
The gravity of the situation will
be increased if the constitutionalists
carry out their threat to drive the Principles of the revolution. General
Spaniards out of all the territory , yfl,a Is perfectly Justified in his ac
they conquer. Concerning the refu- j ,ion ln driving out these obnoxious
gees, the slate department issued a Persons, and his act is in accordance
statement saying the government de- with our laws,, as article 33 of the
partments are facilitating their en-1 constitution says that all pernicious
trance. Many of them are said to
be in need, and some are almost des
titute.
Officials are non-committal, wheth-
r further representations regarding
the Spaniards will be made to Gen- ,
cral Villa as a result of his failure
to acquiesce with the desires of the
United States. While officials agree i
that in the international law these
Spaniards have the right to seek
an asylum on American soil, the
problem . of their ultimate disposition
is likely to bring up many questions.
Rebels have burned the oil tanks
ot the Pierce Refinery, according to !
Admiral Chester. The government
warehouse was destroyed by fire and
also fifty loaded freight cars. The
battleship Utah has been ordered
from Vera Cruz to Tampico, and the
Minnesota and Connecticut already
are there. Great Britain. Germany
and Spain have cruisers there.
Carranza Makes Statement
JUAREZ, April 8. General Carran
za tonight cave a statement dealing
with the subject of the expulsion of,
foreigners, Justifying Villa's action, i
stating that Spanish property mus"
not be confiscated. A similar state-
ment on the subject of confiscation
was given out by Isidor Fabela,
Carranza's minister of foreign rela
tions. Carranza stated the Spaniards have
been deported because of their activ
ities in aiding Huerta, and that ex
pulsion was a favor to them as their
presence inflamed the soldiers, and
might lead to bodily harm to them.
Carranza's statement is as follows:
"The Spaniards have been deported
from Mexico on account of their
active participation in the movement
in favor of Huerta. This exportation
of the Spaniards has been done as
a favor to them in order to save
them from troubles of a serious na
tiire. Their presence in Mexico tend-
Bread And Sausage For
"Artny," Then Move on Order
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
GRAND JUNCTION. Colo., April 8.
One hundred and forty-four mem
bers of "General" Kelly's late "army"
jumped off a train this morning, held
a convention and delivered an ulti
matum to Sheriff Charles Schrader,
demanding that they be fed and al
lowed to stay. The sheriff, backed
by Chief of Police Charles Wallis,
Mayor C. E. Cherrington, railroad
detectives and 75 citizens, told them
to hop back on the cars and receive
rations or stay, here and starve.
After a parley they entered the
cars, received one hundred loaves of
bread and fifty pounds of bologna
sausage, and departed for Glenwood
Springs, the next stop,
l AUTO CRASH IS
FATAL TO ONE
I STOCKTON, April 8. Mrs. AY.
A. Sneed of Kansas City, was
killed, her husband bruised and
Mrs. W. B. Blakeiy, also of Kansas
I City, was injured when their auto j
! turned turtle. In passing the state i
j farm. Sneed steered to the edge of j
the pavement to permit a heavy j
team to pass and lost control.
niMJArnl Qrnif Tq
jtnTUi OLUll lb
Honor Guest At
El Paso Canquet
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
EL PASO, April 8. A banquet with
01 '
by citizens of El Paso to General Hugh
3
L. Scott, commander at Fort Bliss, who
leaves on Saturday for Washington to
assume his new duties as assistant
cnief ot staf of tne armr.
Ceneral Scott, one of the greatest
authorities in the country on Indian
the guest of the evening, who quickly
slid them beneath the table.
Early in that campaign, Cobb related,
two fingers of one hand and the fingers
ed to inflame our soldiers. In the
case of Mexicans who assisted
Huertaistas the penalty is death.
"So far as Spanish property is
concerned it will not be molested, as
to do so would be contrary to the
foreigners should be deported from
me country, because we required ab
solute neutrality of foreigners in the
affairs of the country. Later, after
an investigation, if it is found that
anv of these Spaniards have never
meddled in political affairs, they
De allowed to return to Mexico.
"II is known all over the republic
that the Spaniards have taken an
active part in the politics of Mexico.
They conspired in the overthrow of
Madero and after that they held a
rublic manifestation and a banquet
at Vera Cruz in celebration of the
event. Hundreds of them have come
uui openiy and taken part with
Huerta, One of the principal ones
who might be named is General Rin-con-Gallarde,
commander of the Ru
rales, who is a Spanish subject and
retains his title of Marquis."
Villa took over the four nrincinal
banks in Torreon, according to a
report he telegraphed with the re
quest that it be given to the press
of the United States. His prize, did
not include money and negotiable
oles- nowever, as the bankers took
tho Precaution of shipping these out
when Velasco evacuated.
General Guiterrez and General Na-
tera- who have been here for aeveral
uays conierring with General Carran
za, left for Chihuahua today. In that
city they will exchange Ideas and
Plans with Manuel Chao. the mili
tary governor, and then rejoin their
commands. While it is reported that
"t.v omempiate an Immediate cam
paign against the important ,city of
Zaeatecas, 200 miles south of Torre
on, the next Important city south, it
is generally considered rather early
to state definitely just what direc
tion the next campaign will take.
There are federal garrisons at Mon
terey and Saltillo, and according to
reports. General Refugio Velasco,
who evacuated Torreon with 5,000 or
fContlnued on Page Five.)
The men are riding in four box
tars contributed by the railroad.
! Enter Pleas of Guihv
I LOS ANGELES, April 8 Sixty-one
members of the "army of the unem
ployed," driven last week from the
river bed. ' withdrew their nlmi
not guilty in police court, and asked
for immediate sentence. On ai
agreement to seek employment a
;once, they were given suspended sen
.tences of thirtv dav in tail, it
is
' said a local minister has found em
ployment for all.
! Their action followed the convic
! tion of Frank Kelly, their captain
who was the first to be tried,
BOGOTA TREATY
E
Representative Newspapers
Declare Agreement Gives
$25,000,000 Indemnity and
Certain Panama Canal
Privileges for Colombia
AVASHINGTON IS
ALSO GRATIFIED
Administration Officials Do
Not Conceal Satisfaction
at Prospect of Finally
Healing 'Wide 1 reach
With Colombia
BOGOTA, April 8 Rcpresenta- j
tives of the newspupeis declare J
that the treaty with the United
States contains the following pro-
I visions: Restoration of friendly '
I relations between United States
) and Colombia: an indemnity of j
$25,000,000 to be paid to Colom- j
bia six months after the treaty
is ratified; certain privileges for
! Colombia by way of the Panama )
canal; the United States to lend
its good offices for settlement of (
"the pending questions between j
I Colombia and Panama.
.5.
WASHINGTON', April 8 Undis
guised gratification is felt by admin
istration officials at the prospect of
healing the breach between the
United States and Colombia through
treaty signed at Bogota. If the
convention is ratified by the senates
of both countries as the officials con-
fidentally expect, it will close ami
cably the bitter controversy brought
bout by the secession of Panama in
1903, granting to the United States
the canal zone.
Colombia is granted the right to
ship coal, salt and petroleum from
her Atlantic to her Pacific ports,
either through the canal or across
the Panama railroad, without charge
other than the cost of the freight,
no duty being assessed. These. ar-
ticles are not produced along the
Pacific slope, and as there is
no easy communication overland
through Colombia because of the
high Andes. The third article of the
treat- fixes the boundary between
Colombia and Panama and restores
to the former the strip of land that
has been claimed by Panama.
Should Be Commiserated
WASHINGTON, April 8. "I think
the president deserves to be com
miserated for taking on himself this
terrible responsibility of prescribing
tolls for American vessels," declared
Senator Works of California, in dis
cussing the Panama tolls repeal.
"If we are to make this sacrifice
and surrender our rights and our
sovereignty over the canal, the
president alone will be responsible.
Without him the repeal would never
be passed by congress."
Works declared to impose tolls
upon coastwise snipping passing
through the Panama canal will be a
violation of the constitution.
Senate Doesn't Confirm
WASHINGTON. April 8. Presi
dent Wilson's nomination of James C.
McNsllv of Pennsylvania to become
consul at Nuremberg, Bavaria, was
refused confirmation by the senate.
!S to 24. McNally was formerly in
the consular service in China, sev
eral years ago, and charges were
made against him in connection with
a real estate deal promoted by an.
American. The case was twice in
vestigated by the state department,
but Senator Williams objected on the
ground that these inquiries had not
served to clear him entiry.
Debate Over Reserve Cities
WASHINGTON. April 8 A hot
riehnto over the selection of the
twelve regional reserve cities for the
new federal banking system marked
he sessions of both houses of con
gress today. The argument in the
senate, which centered upon choice
of Dallas and Atlanta over New Or
leans, was followed by the introduc
tion of a resolution by Hitchcock
calling upon the organization com
mittee for its data and reasons upon
which the fixing of the reserve dis
tricts was based. An objection by
Swanson forced the consideration of
the resolution over until tomorrow,
In the house,' the advantages of Rich
mond, Baltimore, Atlanta and New
Orleans were discussed.
Rate Increase Debate
WASHINGTON. April 8. Taking
testimony by the Interstate Commerce
Commission on the application of
eastern railroads for a five per cent
increase of freight rates was con
cluded so far as the present phase
of the proceeding is concerned. The
arguments upon the question as to
the need of the carriers for more
income been set for April 27, and
the commission expects the briefs to
be in the hands by that time.' If the
commission should hold the added in
come tiot necessary, the case will ter
minate automatically.
Revenues Exceed Estimates
WASHINGTON, April 8, Figures
WILL
SHE WOULD SETTLE THE TROUBLE MIGHTY QUICK.
By John T. McCutcheon.
Hi
GLYNN HEARS ' --Z.. D tMW
LAST PLEA TO
With Tears in His Eyes,
Governor of New York
Says He Must Decide on
Side of Justice and Not
Upon Sentiment
(associated press dispatch
ALBANY, April 8. Governor Glynn
declined to grant the request of five
Jewish clergymen that he interfere
with ttie execution of the four New
York. gunmen, convicted of the mur
der of Herman Rosenthal. They must
die on Monday.
The plea was based on the possi
bility of new evidence developing in
the second trial of former Police
Lieutenant Becker. It so completely
unnerved the executive that he had
to retire to his private office for a
time before he could continue his
duties.
"That was the most difficult ex
perience in my life," he said.
"It was originally planned that the
mother, a brother and sister of
"Whitey Lewis" Seidenshner and the
sister and mother of "Dago Frank"
Cireficl should accompany the clergy
men, and piead for eexcutive inter
ference. The clergymen are all officers or
members of the Union of Orthodox
Jewish . Congregations of America.
Each was permitted to make his plea
The governor, meanwhile, stood ner
vously twitching his watch chain.
His face was drawn and white, his
lips quivered and tears were in his
eyes.
At times he interrupted the speak
ers to say that the evidence before
him would not warrant a change of
his decision not to grant the prison
ers', plea for executive clemncy.
"If it was my heart alone that was
considering this case." he said, "you
know what I would do. I have spent
many sleepless nights because I re
alize that I alone stand between the
boys and death. But I have made
up my mind. It was a choice be
tween the boys and death. But I
have made up my mind. It was a
choice between sentiment and justice
and I had to side with justice. I
would have given every cent I pos
sess not to have had to pass upon
this case finally."
made public by the treasury depart
ment show the revenues' from the
customs during the fiscal year end
ing June 30, almost certainly will
meet, if not probably exceed the esti
mates made when congress passed
the new tariff law. It is estimated
the receipts for the year, including
the three months under the old
schedules, to be two hundred and
seventy millions,
1
OopTrtgbt: 1914: By John T.
' I VE HM; ENOUGH
of This nonsense.
NOW, GET
IOWA PROGRESSIVES
HAVE CANDIDATES
I DES MOINES. April 8. Pro-
j gressive leaders of Iowa succeeded
in bringing out candidates for
I practically every state office and j
I for a number of congressional and
I county places at the state confer-
! ence. George White, "of Nevada, is
I the nominee for governor. The
1 naming of a date and meeting place j
! for the state convention was left j
I in the hands of a committee. 1
Thieves Syndicate
Seems Unearthed
By Portland Cops
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHl
PORTLAND, Ore., April 8. With
merchandise appraised at upwards of
$5000 recovered, seven young women
under arrest, another held as a ma
terial witness, and several under sur
veillance, the police and district at
torney announced the investigation
of an alleged thieves' syndicate
among women store clerks indicate
still further ramifications and that
further arrests are probable tomor
row. Among the goods recovered from
the prisoners' apartments and iden
tified by persons connected- with va
rious stores as stolen property are
women's apparel, silverware, china
and fancy goods of ail kinds.
The statements of fifteen women
were taken by Deputy District Attor
ney Robinson. Some of them, he de
clared, indicated co-operation among
women employed in various stores ln
the exchange and disposal of goods.
One jeweler said that 120,000 worth
of jewels and silverware had disap
peared from his store.
j o
I UNDERWOOD WINS EASILY
Latest Returns Indicate He Has Beaten
Hobson by 30,000
t ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
BIRMINGHAM, April 8. Latest re
turns indicated that Oscar Cnderwood's
majority over Congressman Richmond
Hobson for the nomination of United
States senator probably will reach 30,
000. B. B. Comer has a decided lead
over Charles Henderson, with whom
he will contest for the nomination of
governor next month. Frank S. White
won the short term in the United
States senate.
o
TO RELEASE MOTHER JONES
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHl
DENVER, April 8. The supreme
court issued a writ of habeas corpus
for the release of "Mother" Mary Jones,
now held as a military prisoner in the
coal strike zone at Walsenburg. It is
returnable in ten days. The action is
the result of a petition by tttorney for
the striking coal miners.
CARTER HARRISON COMING
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHl
CHICAGO, April 8. Mayor Carter H.
Harrison left tonight on a two weeks
trip to Arizona and the southwest. He
was accompanied by his son. Carter
Harrison, Jr.
Sk Y to your
BACK
BARRACKS.
CURTAIL SOUTH
AMERICAN
Unless Department of Jus
tice Agents Receive New
Evidence of Alleged Con
trol There Will Be No
Prosecutions
Tassociated press dispatch
WASHINGTON, April 8. Unless
the department of justice agents re
ceive new evidence in connection
with the alleged control by the so
called American beef trust of beef
imported into the United States
from the Argentine Republic, it is
not probable the action will be taken
under the Sherman anti-trust act
against the packers to curtail South
America activities.
Investigation of contracts Ameri
can packers have for refrigerating
space in steamships plying between
Argentine and the United States, it
was said tonight, however, failed to
show anything unusual or in contra
vention of the anti-trust act. So far
as the department agents discovered,
American packers exercised only the
ordinary business caution in making
contracts for refrigerating space in
steamships and have not laid them
selves liable to prosecution. It was
first idea of the department that the
American companies had monopolized
the steamship refrigerating space and
that an anti-trust suit could be
hinged upon this.
It seems unlikely that the depart
ment would find any grounds for at
tacking the packers on the score of
their interest in Argentine beef, al
though the investigation is not com
plete. Recent reports to the depart
ment of justice showed that about
nine million pounds of beef are im
ported monthly from Argentine, a
small part of which is British-owned.
According to these reports, there
are nine slaughtering and refrigerat
ing establishments in Argentine, of
which the Chicago packers control
Dynamite Misses Fire, Then
Lets Go Killing Seven
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
THE DALLES. Ore., April 8. Sev
en men were killed outright, one is
dying, and a half dozen others were
injured on the Dalles-Calilo govern
ment canal works near Big Eddy,
when a heavy charge of dynamite
that had missed fire was struck by
a steam shovel. Engineer Kyler, who
was working the shovel that struck
the dynamite, was blown into the
cogs of his machinery and ground to
death.
It was thought at first that only
three were killed, but soon after it
EMPTIES PISTOL
llltl SLEEPING
WHIG FOE
Tall Texan Kelies on Un
written Law as Defense
for Shooting Tap Booth
Near Tempe in Early
Morning Hours
FOLLOWED ENEMY
THOUSAND MILES
Coolly Conies to Town and
Voluntary Surrenders to
Sheriff's Officers, Admit
ting Killing, Saying De
ceased Wrecked Home
Offering the unwritten law as his
only reason for deliberately shooting
to death Tap Booth, near Tempe yes
terday morning. Dr. L. E. Wiggins,
age 3 1, physician of Joaquin. Texas.
is in the county jail prepared to
carry his case before a jury in the
hope of winning his freedom.
Asked whether he believed a hus
band had the right to take the life
of the man who had destroyed the
sanctity of his home. Dr. Wiggins, a
tall man of good appearance, smiled
through the bars of the county jail
last night.
"Well, I dunno," he replied. "Guess
the people hereabouts can Infer that
much."
Dr. Wiggins declared that Booth
broke up his home last October and
then fled to Arizona.
"I had a young wife and a 4-year-old
boy," said the physician. "I am
separated from my wife now and the
boy is with her. Practice? No I
haven't practised my profession since
this trouble started."
The killing of Tap Booth, foreman
on a sugar beet ranch near Tempe,
occurred at 5:10 o'clock yesterday
morning. Booth, lying in his tent,
asleep, was shot five times. It Is
believed the first shot proved fatal,
yet after the victim had dropped
from the bed to the floor on the side
farthest from his slayer. Dr. Wig
gins leaned over and fired three
more bullets into the body.
Employes of the camp, aroused
from their sleep by the sound of re
volver shots, hastened towards
Booth's tent. They found a calm
and unruffled man 1 standing about
ten paces from the tent. He was re
loading his revolver.
"I got the man I wanted," said Dr.
Wiggins. "The rest of you fellows
needn't be afraid of anything." Dr.
Wiggins went back to the horse and
rig with which he had driven from
Phoenix. While officers were hasten
ing to Tempe he drove back to the
office of Sheriff Adams, laid his re
volver on the table and asked to be
placed under arrest after telling what
he had done.
Dr. Wiggins came to Phoenix about
ten days ago. He rented a rig Tues
day evening and left for Tempe. He
was seen about the city late in tlie
evening. When he went to the camp
in the morning, he inquired of
Booth's tent mate as to where his
intended victim was sleeping. After
entering the tent, he lit a match to
make sure that he had found his
man. Three times the physician call
ed Booth's name, but the man was
fast asleep and did not answer. After
calling the third time, Dr. Wiggins
began to fire.
Booth and Wiggins were born In
Timpson, Texas, and were at one
time friends. Booth was the son of
a former sheriff of Shelby County.
Texas.
Wiggins has practiced medlcjne in
Texas five years. He is a member
of the Odd Fellows. He graduated
from the Memphis Hospital College
in, 1907.
Immediately after the shooting, the
body was removed to the Carr un
dertaking parlors where It was
viewed by the coroner's jury at ten
o'clock. The jury found that death
Continued on Page Six.)
five. The department, however.
would not be apt to disturb this
ownership.
The anti-trust act could not reach
the ownership of packing plants in
another country, although it could
prevent a combination to monopolize
the space on carriers engaged in
foreign commerce.
was discovered that four more were
buried beneath tons of rock. Work
men Immediately began digging for
the bodies.
Employes were considerably arous
ed over the accident; for some time,
it is said they have been complain
ing about "missed holes," contending
that the engineer In charge of the
blasting was trying to fire too many
holes for the number of batteries
used, and that he carelessly failed
to test the batteries, with the result
that dangerous charges are left un
protected in the way of workers.