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THE ARIZOMA REPUBLICAN
AN INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE JOURNAL
TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR
26 PAGES
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 24, 1014
26 PAGES
VOL. XXV. NO. G
NIA GARA WAS SCENE
OF GREAT ACTIVITY
AMONG MEDIATORS
Representatives and Media
tors Hold Informal Con
ference and Discuss De
velopments of Situation
in Mexico
INFORMAL MEETINGS
WILL BE CONTINUED
Both Sides ' Show Disposi
tion to Drop Trivial
Points and Come Together
Squarely on Main Issue
Mexicans Lead
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
NIAGARA FALLS. May 23 Con
trary to general expectations this
proved to have been a day of intense
activity. The mediators had expected
to take a rest, and begin work again
on Monday, when suddenly they were
advised by the Mexican delegates that
the situation called for prompt and de
cisive action. The American delegates
were notified to appear and repeated
conferences followed. From a moment,
shortly after noon, when it was offici
ally announced that the first full
meeting of the delegates of both sides
would be held later in the day until
after the American delegates had gone
back to the American side of the river
shortly before midnight, there was an
atmosphere of suppressed excitement
about every move made both by the
mediators and by the representatives of
the T'nited States and Mexico. Spec
ulation and rumors of all sorts were
rife, but were virtually set at rest
when known that the moving cause for
the precipitated step was conditions in
Mexico, the taking of Saltillo and the
threatened advance upon the capital by
the rebels.
It is said while the situation in Mex
ico can hardly he called critical, it is
grave. It is said the desire of the
Mexican delegates is to see some form of
provisional government established in
Mexico City before events have brought
about a crisis in the capital. There is
evident disposition to waive all the im
material points at issue and come to
gether squarely, at once in an effort
to compose all difficidties and reach a
conclusion. The meeting was held early
this afternoon. At its close a bulletin
was issued announcing that the con
ference hadjieen, Jiejd "at the request
of The "XTexiean representatives for the
purpose of informing the mediators and
American delegates of the ideas o!'
their government concerning several
interesting points for the best solution
of the present difficulty." It was de
cided to maintain secrecy in regard to
these points until a concrete solution
shall have been reached, to which end
the informal conferences will continue.
The favorable outlook has been em
phasized by the results of the after
noon conference. Before they went
into the session the American delegates
had no idea which of the several phas
es of the situation was to he reached.
No Statement From Bryan
WASHINGTON, May 23. The Ni
agar Falls conference and its devel
opments received close attention from
officials here today. While neither
the White House or state depart
ment officials discuss the progress of
negotiations, it is evident the ab
sence of tension as a general aid to
hopefulness prevailed among the of
ficials. Secretary Bryan received a long
report from the American commis
sioners at Niagara Falls and after
wards visited the White House and
went over the report with the presi
dent. He refused to discuss the
situation in any way, scrupulously
adhering to his policy not to em
barrass the negotiations by White
House comment.
Among Mr. Bryan's callers were
John Lind, one of the legal advisors
of the constitutionalists, with whom
the question of the constitutionalists
repi esontation at the mediation con
ference was discussed. There was
Perez Says Emissaries
Here Not Constitutionalists
Denial that the eight Mexicans who
came to Phoenix one week ago, reglst- .
ered at the Commercial Hotel, confer- ;
red with Governor Hunt relative to the
lifting of the embargo on the shipment
of arms across the Mexican border and j
announced they were here to purchase
arms and ammunition for the constitu-
tionalists, are in any way connected
with the constitutionalists, but that to
the contrary they are Huerta sympa
thizers trying to recruit soldiers and
secure arms to be used in Sonora
"against the cause of justice and le
gality", is the substance of a telegram
sent to Governor Hunt yesterday by J.
L. Perez, constitutionalist consul at
Naco, Arizona. A copy of the telegram
was wired to the Republican by Consul
Perez. It is as follows :
Naco, Arl2.. May 23, 1914.
The Arizona 'Republican:
Phoenix, Arizona.
1 have this date sent the following
telegram to Governor Hunt. It has come
to my knowledge that some prominent
Mexicans, amongst them M. G. Bringas,
M. L. Cubillas, etc., arbitrality calling
themselves constitutionalists obtained a
THREE ESCAPING
CONVICTS SHOT j
I BOISE. M:iy -13. Three prison-
ers were shot by guards at the
! state penitentiary when they at-
I tempted to escape. One is expect-
ei to die. The wounded convicts
j are 1'. G. ISereup, .serving a. life
! sentence for murder, shot in the
spine; C. A. Allers. shot in the
arm. and Lyman James, shot in
i the left leg. The hi-ak for liberty
! was made while half the guards on
; the wall were at lunch.
Agricultural Bill
Passes Carrying
About $19,700,000
ASSOCIATED PP.ES8 DISPATCH!
WASHINGTON, May 2:!. The sen
ate tonight passed the agricultural
appropriation bill which it received
from the committee nearly a month
ago. It carries about $19,700,non, a
little more than the house provided.
Before its passage, Senator Smoot
took occasion to criticise it as a
particularly bad measure. He said
if some of the 'amendments in the bill
had come before the senate in sep
arate form not ten senators would
have voted for them.
The bill will go to conference at
once and on Monday the senate, after
its usual tolls debate, will take up
the naval appropriation bill. Al
though democratic leaders expect
some debate on the two battleship
provision and on other features they
believe it will not take more than
ten days to reach a vote.
An attempt was made by Senator
West of Georgia, before the final
vote to reverse the agricultural com
mittee and previous actions of the
senate and permit co-operation of
the general board of education estab
lished by John D. Rockefeller, with
the department of agriculture in
farm demonstration work in the ef
fort to eliminate the boll weevil. It
led to more attacks on Rockefeller
by several senators. West answered
by saying that nobody criticised the
church for receiving mono' from rob
bers and blacklegs, yet undoubtedly
such men had contributed ti reli
gious purposes.
"Does the senator mean-, that the
church would accept the money of a
robber or blackleg if they knew who
it was?" Senator Reed asked.
"No, I did not," Senator West said.
Senator Gallinger ended the dis
cussion by reminding the senators
that the controversy between capital
and labor in the country had been
sufficiently acute without a lurid de
bate in the senate to accentuate it.
Senator West withdrew his amend
ment to allow co-operation between
the government and the education
board.
no definite development on this sub
ject, however, at least none so far as
was made public.
Consul Silliman remained in Mexi
co City today, recuperating. He ex
pects to depart for Vera Cruz on
Monday.
One of Silliman's fellow prisoners
t the Saltillo jail, Ir. J. Franklin
Moore, called at the state depart
ment today and told his experiences.
Moore was a practicing physician of
twenty years standing in Saltillo. He
said tranquility prevailed there all
through the earlier phases of the
revolutionary movement, until on
April 22, when a telegram signed
"Victori.mo Huerta" was received
from the capital stating that Ameri
can warships were bombarding Vera
Cruz. Immediately following the sig
nature were the words, "Hang all
Americans," presumably added by
the telegraph operator.
Messengers from the civil governor
summoned all Americans in Saltillo
(Continued on Page Twelve.)
conference with you short time ago. For
your information I wish to state that we
have not as yet appointed any repre
sentatives or sent any commission to
that city before your excellency for
your knowledge. I must say that I am
well informed about said Mexicans try'
ing to recruit soldiers and purchase
arms and ammunitions lo be used In
Sonora against the cause of justice and
legality, respectfully.
v J. L. PEREZ,
Constitutional Consul.
Six of the eight men reached Phoenix
last Sunday. Bringas and Cubillas
came to Phoenix two or three days
previous to that time. The six traveled
overland in automobiles and upon their
arrival here registered at the Commer
cial Hotel. They made no secret of
being here in the hope of securing anus
and ammunition and of securing the
assistance of Governor Hunt in the
lifting of the embargo, hut it is claimed
: they represented themselves as emis
', saries from the Carranza government.
I The message of Consul Perez to the
I governor and to The Republican is a
refutation of this claim.
RODSEVELTNOW
S
To All Appearances He Has
Fullv liecovered from the
Effects of His Trip in the
.Jungles of South Amer
ican Countries
HOLDS CONFERENCE
WITH LEADERS
Will Be Particularly Active
in Approaching Campaign
in New York State in
Test of Strength of New
Partv
r associated press dispatch!
OYSTKR BAY, May 23. To all ap
pearances, Colcnol Theodore Roosevelt
has recovered entirely from the effects
of his trip into the South American
jungles. Four days at Sagamore Hill
have brought back. his full measure of
strength and chased away the lines
which furrowed his face when lie re
turned. As he sat on the broad veranda of
his home on Crown Hill looking over
the tops of the trees below the bay, he
appeared to be as fit physically as be
fore he went away. .There are a few
more gray hairs in his moustache and
his weight has been reduced consider
ably, but otherwise there are no signs
of .change in his appearance from the
day he set forth for the southern re
public. When Roosevelt returned to this
country some concern was felt as to
his condition, and a period of rest
was prescribed. He protested today
that he wanted to obey the instruc
tions, but the fact was that he sel
dom had been so busy as at the
present time. He found time today
to take, a long walk across the coun
try with Mrs. Roosevelt. The re
mainder of the day was given to a
long council of war with a few po
litic;:! associates, and work with his
stenographer.
The political outlook in New York
and Ohio was taken up today. Plans
for a vigorous campaign in New
York Mate wen outlined. Mm-h of
Colonel Roose ell's time and energies
ire li' be directed to the fight in this
state, which is expected to give one
of the severest tests of the strength
r the new party. Theodore Douglas
Robinson, chairman of the state com
mittee, and H. H. Post, former gov
ernor of Porto Rico, who was one of
the pioneers in this state in the
lormation of the party, spent sev
eral hours at Sagamore Hill. With
them were James 1!. Garfield, of
Cleveland, secretary of the interior
under President Roosevelt, and Ar
thur Garford, of Elyria, both active
in partv affairs in . Ohio.
So far as could be learned the pro
posal that Roosevelt accept the
progressive nomination for governor
of New York was not brought up.
Although the former president had
been urged by some of his associates
to consider the proposal, it is stated
authoritatively that he can foresej
no contingency in which he would
give the matter serious thought.
Roosevelt would say nothing to
indicate that the state ticket had
been drSt-ussed today. It is under
stood, however, that Oscar S. Straus
has been brought forward as a pos
sible candidate this year for I'nited
States senator.
For the candidate for governor
several names have been mentioned.
They include Frederick M. Daven
port, frrmer state senator and can
didate in 1912 for lieutenant gover
nor with Oscar S. Straus, William H.
Hojtehkiss, former superintendent of
insurance, and Bainbridge Colby, a
New York lawyer and one of the
most active progressive campaigners
in 1912.
o
TREATY WITH FRANCE
Convention Will Prohibit War for at
Least One Year
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH J
WASHINGTON, May 23. Secretary
Bryan and Ambassador Juserand vir
tually reached an agreement upon
the terms of the peace treaty which
shortly will be signed by the I'nited
States and France. This convention
will provide that all questions which
cannot be settled by diplomacy be
submitted to an international com
mission' for investigation during the
period of at least one year, during
which hostilities may not be entered
into. A similar treaty is in pro
cess of negotiation with Great Bri
tain. FIGHTING FOREST FIRES
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
SEATTLE, May 23 Fifty state
rangers and fire fighters of the Wash
ington Forest Fire association tire
fighting a big forest fire near Twin, a
little town west of Port Angeles on the
Strait of Juan de Fuea, according to
reports. Another big fire in western
Callam county, near Soldue, burned
over more than five sections before it
was controlled. Prospects of a heavy
rain are causing fighters to take a
hopeful view of the cituation.
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READY FOR FRAY
THEY HADN'T HEARD OF THE COMET, BUT THEY
KNOW THE COLONEL IS COMING HOME.
I 1111 1 ' I - - ,
CLAIM CALHOUN fzEE, I IGHTSHIP II
LOOTED 'FRISCO
WED LINES
State Railroad Commission
is Accused of Securing
1,()(;!),(K)() for Which He
(lave Note Credited at
One Dollar
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
SAN FRANCISCO, May 23. Pat
rick Calhoun, former president of the
t'nited Railroads of San Francisco,
is accused by the state railroad com
mission of "looting" that corporation
out of ?1.0B9,0fi0 and being forced to
give for that amount a promissory
note of equal sum, made payable one
day after date, which his successor.
Jesse Lilicnthal, credited on the
oinpany's books with the value of
one lo'Iar. Calhoun's action was en
dorsed bv the directors and stock
holders in a resolution, but the com
mission declared "the whole trans
action is a fraud, not only upon the
public, but also upon the bond- and
note-holders."
Commissioner Edwin Edgerton,
who wrote the decision embodying
the criticism of Calhoun and his as
sociates, recommended "immediate
and serious consideration" by the
commission looking toward the "re
adjustment of the affairs of this
'orporation," but it was given out
today that the possibility of criminal
attion because pf Calhoun's high
finance has been considered by the
commission and no decision has been
reached so far.
While the commission expressed
confidence in the integrity of Lilien
thal, and he reciprocated with a
like declaration of faith in the com
mission, the I'nited Railroads presi
dent took issue with the state or
ganization in a published statement
over the wisdom and fairness ot i
tn .l-inn ,.t,Uii ('..etc -liieVi hnd hecn I
cleaned throuch what he had con-
sidered merely a confidential peru
sal of the books.
The Calhoun deal, which was put
through apparently with the idea of
aiding the finances of the Solanc Ir
rigated Farms, Incorporated, a land
scheme in which Calhoun was heav
ilv Interested, came to the attention
of the commission through the ap
plication for authority to borrow
monev to add to the railroad's rolling
stock. Although the methods of flte
United Railroads were deplored by
the commission, it granted this mi-
thority on the grounds that the pro-
posed loan was aside from the other
i
Judge William II. Sawtelk: this
morning sentenced lirakeman Allen
K. Yute and Conductor Charles
. Harrison to one year and one
day each in the Atlanta federal
penitentiary for robbing South
ern Pacific box cars engaged in
interstate couimeree. Harrison
was calm, but t'rute broke down
when taken to jail. The judge
said it was the most painful duty
of his life lo pass this sentence.
He appeared greatly agitated.
Railroad officials say I his will
have a salutary effect In break
ing up a practice which costs the
road thousands of dollars.
Senator Bradley
Of Kentucky Is
Called By Death
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
WASHINGTON, May 2:',. William
fi. Bradley, I'nited States senator
from Kentucky, died here after a.
lingering illness aggravated by a fail.
Bradley was the most ditsinguished
republican leader of Kentucky in his
J generation and an orator of unusual
! ability.
Born in 1S47. he was only fourteen
years old when the civil war broke
out. Twice he ran away from home
to joint the union army, only to be
I taken from the ranks by his father
because of his youth.
As a page in the lower house of
the Kentucky legislature he attracted
such attention at the age of is that
u special act was passed by the leg
islature enabling him to practice law
if he proved his qualifications before
an examining committee consisting
of two circuit, judges. He satisfied
the committee and made law his pro
fession throughout life.
GOURMANDS' PILGRIMAGE
Hunting Candidates for Cooks' Hall
of Fame
PARIS, May 23. A dozen English
I epicures.
ictive members of the
Gourmands' League, have deeide'd to
organize a series of pilgrimages to
all the towns and villages of France
renowned for their cookery or whose
names are enrolled on the stroll of
fame by reason of some famous deli--eacy
that is theirs exclusively.
Tho first pilgrimage undertaken by
tithe gourmands will occur in a few
weeks to the" ancient town of
Troyes. the home of the "andouil-
lette (a small sausage!.
matter, and the needs of the people
of San Francisco called for move
street cars.
LOST AND CDEW
PROBABLY DEAD
Battered Hulk is Found on
I.iscomli island and Six
Bodies Are Recovered
Searchiii'
Survivors
for Possible
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
HALIFAX, N. S.. May 23. The bat
tered hulk of the new lightship Hali
fax No. 19. was found among the
breakers on Lisconib Island, five miles
from the mainland. She had struck
during the dense fog which has en
shrouded the coast for several days.
It is believed her crow of 2". Scotchmen
is lost.
Six bodies bearing lifebelts have been
recovered by the steamer Duffering.
Colli lifeboats which the vessel carried
were also found.
Search of little rocky islands in the
vicinity Here made with the hope that
some of the crew have been able to get
through the surf alive. Word reached
the Canadian marine department to
night that the hull of the lightship is
broken in two.
Four bodies bearing life belts from
the Halifax. No. 19 were found with a
quantity of wreckage oft Liscomb
Island, on the western coast of Nova
Scotia, by the Duffering. The lightship
was on it's way from the yards of her
builders at Paisle Scotland, to Hali
fax to take up her station off the Sam
bro ledges.
The government steamers Stanley
Insists Carranza Not
To Have Representation
f ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
WASHINGTON, May 2:i. Another
exchange ot telegrams tonigiii neiween
, Carranza and Emilie Zubaran, minis
, ter of the interior in the constitution
alist cabinet, left the question of rep-
resentation of Carranza at the Niagara,
j Falls conference undetermined. Jose
i Vasconeelos, prominently mentioned in
diplomatic circles as a. likely selection
should Carranza decide to have a rep
resentative at Niagara meeting, if for
( no more than to give information ar
: rived here and conferred with Zubaran
; who in turn conferred w ith Bryan. Ex
! changes with the constitutionalist first
chief followed.
ANGELS RUSH
IN WHERE THE
WISE RESIDE
Phoenix Entertains Two
Hundred Live Boosters
from Los Angeles, and
Send Them on Their Way
Glad-handing
AUTO RIDES AND
A BIG SMOKER
Commercial Bodies, News
paper Men, Bankers,
M e r e h a n t s, Rotarians
Dine and Swap Compli
ments at Arizona Club
"Gee!
"We know you're here!"
To Angelenos to whom Arizona
was-
a mere combination of letters
mie the first hand automobile eye.
view yesterday, of what the Salt
River Valley possesses farms.
Nearly two hundred shirt sleeved
i 'alifornians were bungled into auto
mobiles at the Southern Pacific de
pot yesterday, and shown what
proved- to them to be the biggest
sight on all their chamber of com
merce glad mitt excursion. Tho
green, the husky impressive green of
th
alfalfa, of the orange orcnarus.
the. olive groves, of the valley's
wonderful waysides, was ' what im
pressed them, after days and days
of riding over what they call desert.
"Between the Imperial Valley- and
God knows where to the east, there
is no spot so totally growingly
green as the Salt River Valley," in
toned one valient scribe last evening
over the coffee at Col. Jim Mc
Clintoeks dinner. And from what
can be learned by inquiry, the samo
compliment was paid at the tables
where the Phoenix bankers were en
tertaining the Los Angeles bankers
and where the directors of the Phoe
nix board of trade were feasting
with those of the Los Angeles Cham
ber of Commerce.
It was the scribe's turn yesterday.
They were 'the "t-hampion observers
thev observed and were observed
even more than the mere memhrs
of the expedition. For Special Ari
zona Correspondent McClintock, after
having caught the Maricopa train at
the "Y." found his conferes at tho
junction, brought them to Tempe,
snaked them off the cars and put
them in automobiles. Then began
the realest sightseeing tour of the
program. Every place there were
things to see. Mack took those news
papermen. He filled them up, with
"stuff."
Then he caught the main hunch at
the Country Club, and kept on fill
ing, filling everybody.
The things he stuffed them with,
were no hazy, immaterial things; but
when it came to his dinner Ah, that
dinner. 'Twas at the Arizona club,
and there were chaps from tho
Phoenix papers there as well as
those of some of the large coast
dailies. For instance:
K. A. Dickson, Evening Express:
Stewart V. McGillivray, Evening Her
ald: .1. Simmons, Los Angeles Ex
aminer: Henry Christine Warwick,
and mine host of the Los Angeles
(Continued on Page Eight.)
and Lady Laurier, were ordered to
search for possible survivors or more
bodies.
Little hope is felt by the Canadian
marine department that anyone on
Board escaped. Thn long rollers from
the North Atlantic break over the
jagged rocks with' terrific force in the.
calmest weather. All vessels give the
spot as w ide a berth as possible.
The first intimation of a disaster was
brought by the Duffering when she ar
rived with three bodies. She went
back to Lisconib Island later In the
day to continue search and found tho
other bodies.
i Last at St. Johns
i ST. JOHNS, May 23 The lightship
Halifax, No. 19, reported WTecked off
the Nova Scotia coast, sailed from here
j for Halifax on Many 19, after calling
! for coal. The officers and crew were
I residents of Glasgow and were shipped
! by the builders to deliver the vessel to
: the Canadian government.
Vasconeelos reiterated that he had
no intimation that the constitutional
ists might participate in the mediation
or that he was to be selected. He said
he stopped over at Washington while
on his way to San Antonio, from whero
he expects to join Carranza in Mexico.
However, Zubaran's conference with
the secretary of state, following a. pro
longed conference between Bryan and
Lind and Charles Douglas, attorney for
the constitutionalists, after which Bry
an went to the White House, gave rise
in some circles to a feeling of optimism
that the process of mediation might be
facilitated by some sort of participa
tion by the constitutionalists.