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THE ARIZONA. REPUBLICAN
AN INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE JOURNAL
TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR
12 PAGES
PHOEXIX, ARIZONA, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 25. 1914
12 PAGES
VOL. XXV. NO. 7
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MEDIATORS LOOK FOR
RIOTS AND ANARCHY
AS REBELS ADVANCE
Pan-American Peace En
voys Working Rapidly to
Secure New Provisional
Government AVhile Huer
ta Still Remains.
NEW REVOLUTION
IS NOW FEARED
Mexican Delegates
Government Set
Constitutionalists
Last Without
E. S. Recognition.
Believe
Up by
Cannot
United
fASPOCIATEr. PRESS DISPATCH!
XIAGKA FALLS. May 24. In the
hope nf seeing a provisional govern
ment that the I'nited State's can re
cognize established in Mexico City
before the constitutionalists seize
control, the pan-American mediators
;irc preparing for a crisis in the de
liberations which they expect this
week.
Should the Huerta government col-
lapse, as the constitutionalist army
approaches, it is realized a condition
of chiins and anarchy will result
The mediators are working rapidly
therefore, in the hope of seeing a
new provisional government estab
lished that will he given prompt re
cognition and support !y the I'nit
ed States.
The Mexican delegates believe a
government set up hy the constitu
tionalists cannot last is unre
cognized hy the I'nited States and
the world powers. They declare that
a new revolution would he inevitable.
It is in the hope of averting such
a contingency that they are relying
the Tnited States to enforce a I
strict embargo on the exportion of
arms to all factions in Mexico.
The mediators, it is understood,
expect that even if the constitution
alists do reach Mexico City before
an agreement is reached, the Ameri
can government will not recognize
them until the principles for the pa
cification of the country are agreed
to.
The Mexican delegates. however.
lo not believe the constitutionalists
can reach the capital in less than
two months as the retreating fed
eral army is tearing up the railways.
From the, conference here is ex
pected to come a declaration of prin
ciples on which the provisional gov
ernment will be based. This the
T'nited States anil the world powers
will be expected to recognize.
The mediators consider that tin
international and internal phases of
the Mexican problem are inseparable.
They believe that the United States
will find sufficient reparation for tn
Tampico incident and other offenses
of the Huerta administration in the
f stablishment of an entirely new
government in Mexico City.
The mediators also hope that the
persons identified with the new pro
visional government will represent
the ideals and wishes of all factions
r.nd will immediately order a new
election. They consider that unless
their efforts are successful. Ameri
can military occupation of Mexico
may be the alternative. On the other
hand, tlley do not believe that with
Huerta eliminated the constitution
alists could long continue to oppose
the newly established provisioned.
There was no formal meeting of
the delegates today. The Mexi
can delegates came over for a shor'
talk just before midnight hut outside
of this the Mexican imbroglio was
scarcely considered. The mediator,-:
And delegates. Mexican and Ameri
can, attended church services. ii
was Victorio Day but the celebra
tion was postponed until tomorrow. 1
The mediators disclaim any inten- I
tion of dictating the. choice of the '
provisional president. Suggestions
will be made hy the Mexican dele
gates hut the final change will h
lift to the rnited States.
The proceedings already have
I. -ached the stage were seven I nams
have been advanced.
Quiet in Washington
WASHINGTON', May 24. After a
morning conference at the U'hie
House between the president and
Secretary T'.ryan, those officials
Dr. Aureliana
Hustled
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH!
VERA ClU'Z, .May 24. After five
days virtual imprisonment in a hotel,
where he was held under guard
against his personal enemies. Dr. Au
reliano I'rrutia, who was minister of
the interior in Huertiis cabinet and
recently fled from the capital to es
cape Huerta's wrath, was quietly tak
en aboard the United States trans
port Hancock by American authorities
to he taken to Galveston. With him
went his wife, six children and their
personal belongings.
Early in the afternoon Lieutenant
Moreno of Judge Advocate Porter's
staff called at the hotel with two
army autejmobiles and whisked the
unwelcome guests to the sanitary pier
v
John K. Silliman.
n '11' IKFur'li
OlUliilCl )l IVlllCll
Better But Makes
No Statement
ASSOCIATED press DISPATCH 1
MEXICO CITY, .May 24. The condi
tion of Vice-Consul John Silliman,
who was suffering from a heavy cold
on his arrival here yesterday from
Saltillo, was considerably improved to
day. Silliman will make, no detailed
statement regarding his experiences
at least until after he reports to the
consul at Vera Cn;z.
He will leave for Vera Cruz on
.Monday and expects to proceed at
the first possible moment for the
United States. II. J. Degenar. who
accompanied Silliman from Saltillo, is
ill and threatened with pneumonia.
FIRE NEAR JAP LAUNCH
New International Element Enters
Into Mexican Situation
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
OX ROAItl) THE CALIFORNIA,
I Seattle. Saturday, Via. San Diego,
Sunday.) May 24. A new interna
tional element entered into the situ
ation here when constitutionalists'
bullets fired at launches bearing pro
visions to beleaguered federals, fell
dangerously near a launch belonging
to :l Japanese
cruiser stationed here.
The
once
commander of the warship at
forwareled a protest to Ceneral
( ibregon.
the
constitutionalist enm-
niander.
So far no concerted movement of
the constitutionalists to take Mazat
lan has been attempted. Desultory
artillery fire is being kepi up by both
armies.
abandoned considerat ion of the Mex
ican problem for the clay. The
president went antomohiling after
luncheon, and l'.rean with his son
drove into the country. Xo state
ment regarding the details of the
mediation was issued, and it was
made dear that none would be made
I ng as the negotiations coniinue in
e nresent
state.
Vlla May Return
AMARIGOSA, Coahuila, May 23rd
(Delayed by Censor) General Villa
piobably will return within a few days
from Saltillo to Hipolito, leaving a
strong force for the repairing of the
railroad from Parcdon to this city.
Some groups of federals have sur
rendered on account of lack of food
and the belief is expressed here that
owing to recent defeats the federal of
ficers have become demoralized com
pletely. o
WEATHER TODAY
WASHINGTON"
Arizona: Fair.
D. C., May 24. For
Urrutia
Out of Mexico
where Admiral Harger's barge was
waiting. Hefore the trip to the water
front began, marine guards wee post
ed inconspiculously along the route to
be traversed, with squads covering
the cross streets and watching win
dows. Marines in automobiles and
mounted marines followed closely.
Even the guests of the hotel and
loungers around the cafe tables under
the portals, which command a view
of the whole proceedings, were not
aware that the much hated Mexican
had been slipped away until hours
'after his departure. Dr. I'rrutia was
much relieved when Lieutenant Mo
reno informed him that Admiral
Ilaelger had consented' to his passage
to the t'nited States on the Han-
I cock.
HOMAGE PAID
DEAD EMPRESS
BY JAPANESE
Million Ton-lies and Lan
terns lllmninate Tokio
When Body Is Dome
Through Streets in Beau
tiful Funeral Car.
PAG KANT ONE
OF GRANDEUR
Ceremonies Are Culmination
of Series of Services Held
Daily Since Official Death
of Dowager on April 11.
ASSOCIATED PRKSS DISl-ATVHl
TOKIO, May 24 A million torches
and lar. erns illuminated Tukio to
night when the body of the empress
dowager, Haruko. was borne through
the streets in a beautiful funeral car
drawn hy white oxen. There huel
been no pageant of such solemn i
grandeur here since the funeral of
Emperor Muts.uhito, a year and a
half ago.
Practically the entire American
colony viewed Ihe procession from
various points of vantage. It is a
rule that no Japanese subjects may!
look down upon a royal personage
from elevated points, whether the
royalties be dead or alive. In strict
observance of this, every door and
w indow above the first floors along
the funeral route was closed, anil
dark.
The ceremonies tonight were the
culmination of a series of services
held daily since the official death of
the empress ilowager on April 11.
Her actual death occurred two days
earlier at Numaeizu, but tradition
prescribes that no member of the
Imperial family can die1 outside the
capital, so the body of the Empress
was conveyed to Tokio, and driven
smartly to the Aayama palace in a
closed private carriage. At the jal
i ce she "officially" died a few hours
later.
In the six weeks since then, a
special temple was erected on the!
Yoyogi military field, southwest of
the city, where the main funeral
service was held. In the morning the
scr.ici- of "installation of the spirit"
was performed with great ceremony.
The emperor, Ihe empress, princes
and princesses of the blood were
present to pray before the shrine.
I-!y noon crowds, augmented by
thousands from the country, filled
the streets. The people stood for
hours waiting for the cortege.
At dusk when the illumination of
the route had been completed the
imperial coffin was placed in the
funeral car at Oayama palace a in.'
the procession formed with a large
military force at its hear. Amid dull
yellow and white banners and
torches, came the funeral commis
sioners, accompanied by their secre
taries and court servants dressed in
ancient rohes. Interspersed were men
bearing evergreen trees.
The advance, of the cortege was
almost noiseless, the streets having
been covered with a thick layer of
sand. The funeral flutes were heard
as the funeral car itself approached.
It was led by lidron llatauo. minis
ter of the imperial household, a
striking figure m white, whose vvav
was emblazoned by torc hes.
Three while oxen ill reserve
plodded ahead of the two which were
yoked to the funeral car. The car
was of cubic form, with its interior
exquisitely iaoquen-d, partly in black
and partly in chestnut. Ramhoo
blinds hung from the square open
ings, and brass curtains from the
side. The oxen were covered with
a rare white, cloth and their horns
were wound with material of the
same texture. The people bowed and
wept as the imperial hearse ad-
anced.
Later came hundreds of priests,
and .hearers of the court gongs and
the tambours, and of many colored
streamers and banners. The princes
of the blood, each with his retinue,
ladders of high imperial orders,
lords-in-waiting, members of the diet
and several regiments of military
and bodies of marines swelled the
line.
A sacred gateway marked the en
trance to the temple ground. The
emperor and empress had already
arrived and were seated on a throne
near the principal shrine, while the
diplomatic corps, incluelinc Georire
W. Guthrie, the American ambassa-
dor, had also taken
their places in
a resened section.
Standing watch fires, in imitation
of those used in the imperial court
ards in ancient days, made up or
pine faggots, were ablaze in various
parts of the temple in iron baskets
set on tripods.
When the funeral car had been
c'rawn up before the chief shrine the
t'.irge was chanted and food offer
ings were given. Other offerings in
dmled gold brocade, damasks, silks
and silk thread, all placed in a box
made of willow branches.
The emperor paid his homage by
reading an address. He was follow
ed by others representing the court
and the empire. These over, the
curtains were drawn before the
shrine and the imperial coffin was
borne tA a. special train conveying it
(Continued on Page Eleven.)
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T0Tm siisSgsiPLACETOFl i
USE OF GUn
National Board for Promo
tion of Bifle Practice ofj
the War Department Calls (
Attention to Unprepared-)
ness for Service. J
(Special to The Republican)
WASHINGTON". D. C. May 24. The
Rifle Practieo today made public a
stirring appeal for the training of the
youth of America in the care and effec- j
tivo use of the army rifle. The appeal j
is as follows:
With the call for volunteers hanging '
in the balance, again we are faced j
with the alternative of sending un- j
trained youth from their homes to the
batt!c field. All experiences of the '
past, however bitter, have been disre
garded by our law makers when it
comes to providing for partial training
of those young men who will consti
tute the major portion of our army in
case of war. Recruits can be taught to
march, drill and take care of them
selves in the field in a comparatively
short period, but such is not the case
with the care and effective use of the
service arm.
A long step in the right direction has
been taken hy the present congress
when it enacted into law, through a
paragraph in the army appropriation
bill, authority for the war department
to issue rifles and ammunition free to
civilian rifle clubs and school cadet
corps. When tiie regular army was re
armed in with the so-called new
Springfield rifle, the government had
on hand, in addition to those turned in
hy the troops, about 3a.'i0ft of the arm
then in use by the army, popularly
called the "Krag". Although the new
arm in some respects is supe rior to the
old one, nevertheless the "Krag" has
proven its ability as an arm of dur
ability and accuracy and held Ihe
world's record for long range team
shooting up to 1!U2. It is this rifle
that the war department proposer to
issue to chilis and cadet corps under
this act.
The enactment of this legislation
marks the beginning of a revival of the
noble sport of marksmanship in this
country, as it will enable many thou
sands of our young men, w ho eoald ill
afford to dig down in their pockets and
purchase rifles and ammunition, to de
vote some portion of their time to
training in marksmanship. Kvery
American boy with red blood in his
veins has an inherited desire to shoot
a rille and the giving to him of this
opportunity w ithout cost to himself will
result In the training of a large body of
youthful reservists in this country,
whose value as an asset to the national
military strength is inestimable.
It Is a fundamental principle nf na-
WASHINGTON. May 24. The
house of representatives in an ef
fort to rush through the second of
the administration's anti-trust
measures, will begin night sessions
this iveek. The .senate is also en
deavoring to sp,-ed up legislature
to insure adjournment in July.
Majority Leader Kern may order
late sessions to end the debate on
the tolls repeal bill before Friday.
Sylvia Chained
T?iftrM rrnc
Not Foil Police
Tassociatko PliFSS dispatch! '
I.oXDoN. m.,v h. Suffragists gave!
the police and church .:T!i.-!a!s a busy ,
Sunday and while they in some cases
leccivid rough treatment from the
crowd which showed resentment at the ;
recent interference with the king and
th damage done to the pictures in the
national gallery. Sylvia Pankhurst and .
her followers provided the biggest ex- j
citement. '
A great -procession was formed in
Canningtown and marched to Victoria
park, on the way women picked up
Sylvia, who was chained and hand
cuffed to fifteen women. j
The police allowed the leader and
those chained to her to enter the park j
and shut the gates against the rest, j
The women put up a stiff fight, but'
the police finally broke the chains and
arrested Sylvia. They allowed the
others to go. j
tional defense that c itizens should be
I trained in the use of the service arm.
Rifle instruction is the keynote of na- :
i tional defense of Switzerland. If we
i were to train our citizens in the same
'proportion as that small republic, we
would have about three million trained
'civilian expert riflemen. Although the
government has before this done little
i to stimulate and promote such training, ;
I we have an organization which was
organized and which exists entirely for
j this purpose the National Rifle Asset- -'elation
of America through whose
! whose patriotic efforts many clubs;
; have been organized, not only among1
civilians hut in colleges and schools
throughout the country.
A serious handicap to the proper do
ve lopment of this movement is the luck
1 of rifle range's. With the growth of
cities and the increasing value of land
I generally, rifle ranges have been swept
! away by the onward inarch of pr-gress
until the-re are very fe-w large ranges
'left in the country, thus bringing about
'.a situation where I'nc-le Sam says to
i his citizens "go take- this rifle and am
' munition ami perfect yourself in its
I use." Hut how can he do so if there
j are no ranges available? Therefore,
unless the issue of rifles and ammuni
i tion is followed by the construction of
i ranges where civilians can practice.
such issue will not accomplish the re
sults desired by the government. Gov-
(Continued on Page Eleven.)
FATTEN EO BEEF
Despite Shipping Argentint
Beef to Coast When Fat!
Cattle Are Needed Salt
River Valley Ts Requisi
tioned. Despite the heavy shipments of Ar
gentine beef to the Pacific coast,
when I.os Angeles wants really fine,
meat for her tables, she makes re
epiisition upon the? Salt River Valley.
The shipment em Friday over the
Santa Fe of sevente-en carloads of
beef cattle-, fattened upon the Uart-lett-Heard
ranch is but one of many
movements of Salt River Valley fed
beef to various points.
In the seventeen-car shipment there
was a total of 44'! head of as fine
beef cattle as have, been se-nt out o
the Salt River Valley this year. Four
teen of the cars carried 373 choice
steers the average weight of which
was 11S3 pounds. They were con
signed to the Cudahy Packing Com
pany in Los Angeles.
It was in October that the cattle
comprising the consignment to Los
Angeles were brought down from the
northern ranges as feeders. Since
then they have been grazing em the
Bart lett -Heard ranch lands. Juicy
alfalfa, milo maize, barley and cotton
seed cake have constituted their eliet
since being brought te the valley
with the result that they were trans
formed from lem and hungry cattle
to as fine specimens of beef as have
been shipped out of Phoenix in many
months.
Throughout all of Arizona there are
extensive movements of cattle from
the ranges to the valleys, and thence
to market, taking place at pres
ent and all indications are that ship
ments for the month of May will be
fully up to. if not above last year's
Home Rule Bill May Pass
And Precipitate Civil War
( ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHl
LONDON. May 24. With the home
.rule bill expected to pass the third
re ading and become a law within the
next forty-eight hours, the threat of
a civil war in Ireland before a par
liament can be set up in Dublin, is
.engrossing the attention of the na
! tion. With the crisis se close at
; hand, I'lstVr has made arrangements
to assemble a provisional government
mobilize well armed volunteers for
resistance.
Arms and ammunition have been
RUSH
ON RAIL ROAD
Officials of Iluerta Govern
ment Are Preparing to
Replace Track Destroyed
by Maas Retreating From
Vera Cruz.
BOTH SIDES
MOVING TROOPS
Constitutionalists Now in
State of Vera Cruz and
Huerta Says His Forces
Are Moving Against
Them.
VF.P.A CRl'Z. May 24. Officials of
J the Huerta government are preparing
to replace the track along the line
of" the Mexican railway, which was
torn up hy General Gustavo Maas in
his retreat from Vera Cruz.
The general purchasing agent of
the Mexican National Railways who
called at Brigadier-General Funston's
headquarters today, said the. work of
replacing the track would probably
l e started at once and may be com
pleted in a week or so.
Shipme-nt of arms and ammunition
into the interior will not be allowed.
The troops passed a quiet day Sun
day. The weather was hot and the
baseball games and other attempts
at sport proved languid exhibitions.
Exchange of mails with Mexico
City begins tomorrow.
Navy hydro-planes were fired upon
by the Mexican outposts, just beyond
the American lines. A dozen shots
were sent after airmen who were
sailing high in the air. The bullets
sing over the heads of the American,
sentries.
WASHINGTON, May 24. Tho
Spanish ambassador informed tho
state department that he hfi'il just re
ceived a message from the foreign
office in Mexico City announcing a
constitutionalist force of 3000 has en
tered the suite of Vera Cruz, and
explaining the movement of the fed
eral troops in that neighborhood was
against the constitutionalists, and not
the American garrison.
The ambassador said the Iluerta
government wanted to guard against
having the activity of this army mis
taken for a violation of the agree
ment to suspend hostilities.
In Northern States
EL PASO. May 24. The situation in
northern Mexico is characterized by
uncertainty due to strict censorship
and inadequate telegraph service. Vil
la's return to Torreon with the major
portion of his army is explained by
telegrams from Saltillo in which it is
stated the federals in retreating de
stroyed entirely the railroad between
Saltillo and San Luis Potosi. This, it
is considered, occasioned tho return of
the insurgent army to take the route
by railroad to the next objective point.
The e xact whereabouts of Carranza is
in doubt.
Only speculative strategy suggested
the next city to be attacked. Tele
grams dated Friday said that Villa on
that day had been in Saltillo. Later
messages predicteil his departure for
the north ami others told of his arrival
at Torreon.
Carranza was last heard from at
Durango.
The censorship of Villa's staff offi
cers on press messages from the front
appeared to have become stricter than
e ver, in soitje instances they appearing
to have altered telegrams. An order
that has been issued that no telegrams,
unless written in Spanish, may pass
over the- national telegraph wires.
record. In addition to the heavy
movement inside the state from 6000
to 10.000 head are being received per
month from south of the border, en
route to Colorado and Wyoming and
Texas no'nts.
The quality of the cattle coming
out of Mexico, it is said, shows a de
cided improvement, and that in spite
of the disturbed conditions in So
nora, the cattle are in much better
condition than formerly.
distributed and plans completed for
calling out the army at a moment's
notice. Londonerry and Tyrone are
in the danger points, for here the
nationalists and Ulster men are even
ly divided, and both are armed.
Nationalists are rejoicing over the
passage of a bill that might easily
lead to a clash. Extra police have
been drafted into service in thoso
districts and if necessary the mili
tary will be ordered to proceed to
the assistance of the civil authori
ties in case of trouble.
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