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THE AHIZOMA REPUBLICAH
AN INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE JOURNAL
TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR
20 PAGES
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, M AY l7, 1914
20 PAGES
VOL. XXV. NO. 9
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MEDIATORS DISCUSS
ACTUAL TERMS OF THE
PACIFICA TION PLANS
Early Agreement is Now
Anticipated and Plan of
Pacification, So Far as
Developed Known to lie
Simple
PROVISIONAL
GOVERNMENT
There Will lie a Declaration
of Principles on the Agra
rian and Other Reforms
and on Fair Elections in
Mexico
associated press dispatch!
NIAGARA FALLS. May 26. Actual
tonus ami details of the plan for the
pacification of Mexico arc now under
discussion by the mediators, accord
inn to an announcement liy Justice
Jjamar. All early agreement is now
anticipated and the plan for pacifica
tion, so far as developed, is known
to be simple. Its object is to estab
lish a provisional government. As
the program for it chcre will be a
declaration of principles on the
librarian anil other reforms and on the
conduct of a fair election. After
much discussion a satisfactory meth
od of considering the land question
has practically been reached. While
the Mexicans have not yielded liicir
original convictions that the land
problem is purely internal and that
definite and binding recommendations
concerning it should not he included
in any agreement made here, the
Americans view that some expression
is desirable to point the way for its
eventual settlement by Mexico her
self has been sustained The Mexi
cans have no objections to this, for
while they duj.not admit that the land
problem has been the chief cause of
their revolutions, as Wilson insists,
they say all political parties in Mex
ico have pledged themselves to land
reform anil that the proclamation can
not embarrass any future congress.
It will create no surprise if one re
sult of tile mediation should be the
recognition by the government of the
legality of some important financial
transactions of the present Mexican
congress, which were made the sub
ject of a formal condemnation no-V-
rri the "poWrs of Kurope. Con
tinued hostility by the Wilson ad
ministration against these acts, the
Mexicans argue, would seriously en
tangle financial relations of their
country. They point to the fact that
the leading Kuropean powers recog
nized their acts as legal. That the
l'nited States might waive this point,
to make smooth the road to peace is
the confident expectation of the Mex
ican delegates. The turn in the pro
ceedings, from tile point where it
seemed as if the land problem might
cause serious embarrassment, to an
understanding ns to the treatment of
some of .the delicate issues involved
came la.fter a conference between the
mediators and the American delegates.
From the mediators themselves it was
learned that some vital points have
been readied today. These it is un
derstood include the manner in which
the present regime in Mexico City
would give way to provisional gov
ernment. Cabinet is Optimistic
WASHINGTON, May 26. Members
of the cabinet were optimistic after an
exhaustive review of all communica
tions that passed between the presi
dent and the American commissioners
to the Mexican mediation conference
at Niagara Falls. It is asserted from
an official source that negotiations
have so far progressed that the pre
liminary basis for a peaceful solution
of international difficulties hatr been
leached. This it is said, will soon
take the form of a protocol when will
probably be signed by the agents of
Huerta's government and the I'nited
States.
When the cabinet met, tho presi
dent laid before it all the developments
and stipulations thus far proposed to
the South American envoys by the
Huerta representatives for I Inert a.
Among the messages received from Un
seat of the peace confernce was one
confirmatory of press dispatches that
one of Huerta's representatives de
clared that the agrarian question
would not be permitted to disrupt the
international effort to avert war be
Sillman At Vera Cruz
Won't Di$cuss His Arrest
r ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHl
VKRA ORL'Z, May 26 -Consul John
Stlliman arrived here today from
Mexico City. He refused to discuss his
arrest or detention by federals. Later
he issued a statement explaining his
unwillingness to recite the details of
bis adventure until the state depart
ment had received his report.
In his statement Siliiman paidi a
tribute to H. L. Lecener, who escorted
him from Saltilio as representative of
the liritish vice consul there. He also
thanked the Brazilian minister for his
efforts which eventually brought about
.Siliiman's release. Describing briefly
the trip from Saltilio to Mexico City,
the vice consul said:
"The journey from Saltilio to San
1 Xjm -v J
U. S. Representatives snapped at
Niagara Falls. Frederick W.
Lehman (top) and Joseph R.
Lamar.
tween tlu: l'nited States and Mexico,
and to insure the iritimate restoration
of peace in all Mexico. The presi
dent's advisors were in a happy mood
when the meeting adjourned., While
none would talk of tile details that
have been disclosed concerning the
progress of mediation, they all con
veyed the impression that nothing had
occurred to cloud the horizon of peace.
Secretary Pryan was in an unus
ually optimistic frame of mind. Sec
retary Daniels, too, was the personi
fication of hopefulness.
Failure thus far of the Mexican con
stitutionalists to indicate their wil
lingness to partepat.- formally in the
conference was again the subject of
discussion in official circles, but the
fact that no assurances had come that
they would be a party to the present
negotiations was again declared to be
no cause for disparagement '.s to the
outcome.
Some of the Carranza agents in
Washington regarded as probable that
some, representatives of tin.' rwolution
ary movement eventually would be
sent to Niagara Falls.
The purpose of the constitutional
ists, it was made plain, was to keep
out of the preliminary negotiations
which would in any way check trie on
ward march, of their forces toward the
capital of Mexico.
There, was no development in the
military situation today so tar as the
Fnilod States is concerned, and no fur
ther reports were heard from I he
movements of federal or constitution
alist troops in the vicinity of Vera
Cruz.
FOR NATIONAL PROHIBITION
I ASSOCIATED FKJfiSS DISPATCHl
CHICACr'i, May 26. Members of
the general assembly of the Preshy
terian church of the l'nited States
of America went on record as favor
ing national prohibition, endorsed the
nation administration, the state de
partment, and the navy department
for their action in support of the
temperance movement, urged minis
ters and church members to with
draw from clubs and social organiza
tions which dispensed alcoholic be
verages and condemned cigarette
smoking.
WHITE OUTFIGHTS RITCHIE
ASSOCIATRD PRESS DISPATCH 1
MILWAIKEE. May 26. Charlie
White of Chicago, outfought and out
boxed Willie Ritchie, lightweight
champion, in a viciously fought ton
rounds.
Luis Potosi which ordinarily requires
twelve hours, took .seven days on ac
count of frequent interruptions by
constitutionalists. Railroad and tele
graph lines were badly damaged and
there were three engagements in
which a number on both sides were
killed and wounded. The intention of
the constitutionalists seemed to lie iso
late Saltilio by cnting the only line of
communication, forcing the evacuation
of the city. When I left Saltilio May
14 it was reported that General Maas
had from ten to twelve thousand men
in and near tbe city. The constitution
alists did not then seem prepared for
attack. I was kept in confinement by
Maas in the penitentiary at Saltilio 21
days."
NOT
10 SEND MORE
Report (Jains Circulation
Through Mexican Papers
That Two More ('misers
Are on Wav to the West
Coast
MINISTER SAYS
ARE FRIENDS
Constitutionalists Have Lit
tle How of Cutting Off
Pttreat of General More
los Zaraffoy.il from Tam-
)ico Garrison
ASSOCIATE!. PRESS DISPATCH
MEXICO CITY. May 26 The Jap
anese minister denied n report pub
lished in Mexico City papers this
morning to the effect that Japan Is
sending two more cruisers to Mexico
with the object of taking ofr the Jap
anese from the west coast.
The minister said the ldzunio now in
Mexico waters will not be reinforced,
but she will be met at Manzanillo by
the merchant steamer Sciyou Marti,
which will provision and coal her. The
minister further stated the Japanese
had no desire to leave Mexico because
they are friends of the Mexican peiple
and not afraid of hostile acts. the
departure of Americans for Vera Cruz
has virtually ceased.
The minister of agriculture and col
onization in Huerta's cabinet, Eduard
Tamuriz, a member of the Catholic
party, hay resigned. No official state
ment has been given out, but it is
known his resignation was caused by
failure to agree on affairs of the ad
ministration. Can't Stop Retreat
TAMT'ICO, May 26. ( Monday, de
layed in transmission) All hope of the
constitutionalists cutting off the retreat
of General Morelos Zaragoza disap
peared with the return of Col. Ttafar
rate. who hail been dispatched with
Hum men in pursuit of the former Com
mander of the federal garrison at
Tampion. The federals. numbering ap
proximately 30it0. it is reported are
moving in a southwesterly direction to
ward the interior about 70 miles from
Tampico. Advice from Tuxpan are
that women and children are being
placed aboard the barge San Hduardo,
gave rise to a report the federals are
planning an attack on the constitution
alists there, but there is no confirma
tion of his. So far as known here the
coiLstitutioniltsls are in absolute con
trol of the coast and of the region
many miles inland.
To Occupy Alvarado
VERA CRl'Z, May 26. The consti
tutionalist agent here announced tbe
constitutionalists are about, to occupy
Alvarado and' Tlacotalpan, a short
distance south of Vera Cruz. The con
centration of the constitutionalists at
Alvarado would menace the rear of the
federal forces holding the outposts
against the American line at Tejara.
nine miles south of the city.
Benton and Bauch Again
EL I'ASO, May 26. Joint inquiries
regarding the deaths of Ilenton, the
Hritish subject and liatrch, the Amer
ican, have been revived recently by the
state department, according to a report
from apparently reliable sources cur
rent tonight.
It is understood that C'arranzn, ap
pealed for delay of the issue on the
ground that the matter is of too deli
cate a nature to take up at this time.
Constitutionalists, in whose territory
the deaths occurred, never made a re
tort of either case, although a special
Mexican commission was appointed to
investigate tho matter.
o
QUIET IN IRELAND
'ASSOCIATED PRE8S DISPATCH
LONDON, May I'll. The passing of
the home lule bill has not led to
the breaking of a single head in Ire
land. Predictions made by certain
unionists that the final passage of
the bill by the house of commons
would be followed by fierce outbursts
in Ulster and sanguinary conflicts
between orangemen and nationalists
have proved to be untrue thus far.
GRAPE JUICERS WIN
T ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
KANSAS CITY, May 26. The ques
tion o( the use of fermented and uti
fermented wine in the communion
service today provoked the commis
sioners attending the general assem
bly of the Presbyterian church in the
Cnited States (Southern Presbyter
ian church) into a lively discussion.
The advocates of unfermented wine,
or grape juice apparently were vic
torious. PATMONT BREAKING DOWN
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
DANVILLE, III., May 26. Rev.
Louis Patrnont, the "dry" leader who
alleges he was held a piisoner for 50
days, did not resume his story before
the grand jury. It was announced
he is on the verge of a nervous
breakdown.
COLONEL ROOSEVELT HAS
f ASSOCIATED PRKSS DISPATCH)
WASHINGTON, May 26. Former
President Roosevelt came hack to
the national capitol, where he spent
seven years as chief executive. Into
nine hours the colonel crowded a
speech on his South American expe
dition, a call on President Wilson, ft
visit to the Smithsonian institute to
see the trophies of his African hunt
four years ago, a meeting with a few'
members of the diplomatic corps, and
a. dinner with old friends. llesides
there were a few cVzcn impromptu
receptions, crowds at the railway sta
tion and his hotel and in tin- streets
or wherever he chanced to stop for a
moment. It was such a hot ami busy
day that the colonel's collar rapidly
melted away, but he went through
it all without showing evidence of
fatigue.
Crowds cheeied and struggled, to
shake his hand, photographers and
all the rest were there, like in the
old campaign days. The colonel
smiled, waved bis hat continually
and fired out "bully," and "by
George, that's fine," at everything.
Progressive members of congress
were at party hcadquaTtcrs to meet
him after the lecture tonight and go
ovei the political situation with him.
It is understood thai Roosevelt was
desirous of sounding the sentiment
here, particularly with reference to
the advisability of making an early
attack on the policies of the Wilson
administration. Congressmen wished
to go over the whole field with him,
learn his ideas regarding questions
before congress and if possible, map
out a, tentative plan for the corn
ing campaign. Roosevelt protested,
however, that politics was not the
main object of his visit to Wash
ington. "It is for science, not poli
tics," he said.
With the exception of his confer
ence with the progressive congress
men, politics played little part in his
day here. He was too busy for that.
Reports that he might meet republi
can leaders came to naught, for th"
donel saw none of them.
"Not a republican showed his
head," he said laughingly.
It was learned that before Colonel
I'.oosevelt left "yster Pay republican
members of congress telegraphed him.
asking for an appointment. Roose
velt declined to discuss the subject
but it was understood that iie felt
too much already had been crowded
into the day to permit such a meet
ing.
Colonel Roosevelt's visit with Pres
ident Wilson was perhaps nf greater
interest to the public than any other
event of the day. The president an l
bis predecessor spout more than a
COLONEL ROOSEVELT PROMISES
TO AID JOHNSON'S CAMPAIGN
m DRAINAGE
IRRIGATION
RECLAMATION
Stoekholdei-s of the Buekcve,
Irrigation Company De
termine to Extend That!
Enterprise, T a k i n g in
40IX) Acres More
At one of the most important meet
ings in the history of the company.
tljo stockholders of the Buckeye jr- j
rigation company at an aliday session
Monday adopted plans for improve
ments that will ultimately result in
the reclamation of at least 4000 acres
of land, and arranged for the financ
ing of the work, which is to begin im
mediately. The plans adopted call for
tho enlargement of the Buckeye can
al, tho installation of a lateral sys
tem, and a system of waste ditches,
and provide for the sub-drainage nec
essary to reclaim a large body of
land which under the present ar
rangement has been submerged. Bonds
to the amount of $3", 000 are to be
issued at once to provide for the im
provements. Practically ninety per cent of the
stock was represented at the. ml'eting,
and the report of the special com
mittee was adopted by an almost
unanimous vote of the I'M stockhold
ers present. After two yearn of in
vestigation the. committee appointed
for tho purpose recommended that the
main canal be enlarged, that the com
pany install a system of lateral and
waste ditches thus doing away with
the private ditches, and that the lat
erals be lowered by the farmers to
drain the land lying next the river,
more and more of which has been
submerged every year. Heretofore no
provision has been made for tbe re
moval of wiiste water and it has been
allowed to flood the land along the
river, where the accumulations of al
kali have destroyed the fertility of
hundreds of acres of lowland. In ad
dition to the large area thus to be
reclaimed, it is stated that the en
largement of the main canal and the
(Continued on Page Six.)
BUSY DAY IN WASHINGTON
Jim
111 Wn
Theodore Roosevelt (snapped in New
York since his return from I5ra
zild "
half hour together and talked almost
everything o.o pi i-ilitics. A good
deal of the time was put in at tell
ing stories. Colonel Roosevelt went
to the White Mouse d.essed in a
gray suit and white felt hut. Me had
Intended to go to his hotel to don
more formal attite, but tin re was s
much else to do that he iiad to give
up tile plan.
When the colonel arrived at the
executive nrinsioff The president was
waiting to receive him in the red
room. The former president greeted
warmly, "Jimmie" Sloan, secret ser-
Not Only Will 11c Jonnicy
to California if Xecessarv,
Mut Will Hclj. Party in
Kverv Other Wav Possi-
ASSOCIATED rtlESS DISPATCHl
WASHINGTON. May li. "1 will be
taking my part in the campaign this
year." This was the promise of
Theodore Roosevelt in a formal state
ment made at progressive headquart
ers in the presence of most of the
progressives of congress. The col
onel announced thai he lias told Gov
ernor Johnson he will go to Califor
nia if necessary to help the pro
gressive ticket. He would do all
else he could for ihe party.
"I am going to have any interview
tonight, but there is a statement 1
want to make regarding progressive
senators ami representatives in con
gress, because I feel that a peculiar
debt or obligation is owing them for
what they have done and for the
way in which they borne themselves
under the most trying circum
stances. "Men who face a crisis are either
overwhelmed by it or grow in stature
because of passing through it. You
men have faced a real crisis. You
have .been there and as no other
body in cither house of congress
have been tried for sixty years past.
You have been exposed to every form
of attack from both sides and you
have borne them so as to force the
respect of your enemies.
"So I so speak from my heart when
I say that my original feeling of In
dignant sympathy with you has
changed to a feeling of admiration,
respect and in a small degree, envy.
"I have written to Governor Hiram
Johnson that if my presence is de
sired in California, of course 1 will
go out there to fight for the ticket.
Of course, I will do all else I can,
but it is impossible to particularize
now. Il is impossible to make more,
than a certain number of speeches,
and I want to distribute them over
as large an extent of territory as
possible to. meet as many different
interests ns I can."
Col. Roosevelt made his address
while the newspaper men were pres
ent. Afterwards the doors were
closed and an informal discussion
held.
CHIP KNOCKS OUT PETROSKEY
associatkh itmss dispatchI
LOS ANGELES, May -i. George
Chili of Pittsburg, knocked out Sailor
retroskey of San Francisco, in the
twelfth round of a twenty round mid
dleweight fight.
CASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
WASHINGTON. May 18. Pro
claimed before a great audience of
scientists from many cities as the "dis
coverer" of it river in South America,
10"0 miles long. Colonel Roosevelt as
sured the National Geographical socie
ty that he put this river on the map
and challenged all the cartographers in
the world to disprove his achievement.
The colonel had appeared before a
Washington audience on a previous
occasion as an explorer, hut never as
a discoverer, and be was cheered to
tlie echo as he declared cartographers
and geographers of all nations are
wrong in their maps of the wilds of
Brazil, wherein he found and traced the
"Duvida River-' or, as it is now more
familiarly known, "The River of
Doubt."
Scientists, the colonel asserted had
attempted to dispute his discovery.
Tracing on a blackboard with a piece
of chalk the river of his finding, he
declared emphatically:
"1 say uc put it on the map and 1
mean what 1 say. No map has ever
et shown this river. Scientists have
sain we might have traversed the River
Tapejoso or River Madeira, but the
fact is that some of our party went
down one river and some went down
the other, while we went down a river
in between Ihi-m which no map maker
ever saw. I can direct any man where
to find this river and rivers stay put,
so that the discovery we have made
can he verified. "
viee man and other White House at
taches who served during his ad
ministration. "I'm v r glad to see you," said
the president as he shook hands with
.Mr. 'Roosevelt. Miss llolle Iiagner,
social s -i Tot.iry at the White House,
wii -cupied a similar position dur
ing the Roosevelt administration, and
Secretary Tumulty were also present.
After exchange of greetings the
president b 1 the way to the south
portico of the White House, where
cool bieezes from the Potomac made
more bearable the extreme heat. There
lemonade was served by Miss Has
tier, and the two men sat down for a
talk.
Speaking of travel, books and tell
ing stories, the two men seemed to
enjoy their meeting greatly. All con
tioversial subjects were avoided, but
the colonel himself mentioned the
"River of Doubt" which he discover
ed in itrazil, and joked over the
controversy about it. A crowd of
several hundred persons gathered in
side the White House grounds, and
as Colonel Roosevelt appeared there
was a burst of hand-clapping.
"It was a very pleasant social vis
it." said Col. Roosevelt.
RUG
FOR TRINITY'S
E
L
Fifteen Committees Under
take City-wide Three-day
Campaign to Secure $45,
000 Xeeded for Modem
Church
Determined to carry to complete
success the movement authorized a
few days ago to secure $4.'i,000 Of the
.S!iii,00ii fund with which to erect a
new Trinity Cathedral, Cathedral
House and Bishop's House, fifteen
committees, each under the direction
of a captain, yesterday morning in-'
augurated a three days' campaign.
Prom early morning until evening
automobiles were sent hurrying about
the city on well laid routes which
embraced every section where a
member or friend of the diocese re
sided or had a place of business. The
r suit w as not announced last even
ing, but at a luncheon to lie held
at the Y. M. C A. today at noon
I Continued on Page Six.i
NEW CATHEDRA
.Mayor Urges All Business
Houses Close
Advancing the fact that Memorial
day is mor; a holy day than a holi
day and as such should voluntarily,
upon the part of all good citizens.
be observed in the same manner as j
Sundays and other religious occa
sions. Mayor George V. Young and
the city commission last evening ap
proved a resolution urging the clos
ing of all business houses in Phoe
nix on Saturday, either all day or at
least from 10 o'clock in the morning
until 5 o'clock in the afternoon. As
tin example for others to follow, the
commission and the mayor then di
rected that ail departments of the
city, with the exception of the public
JACOB A. mis
"GUCIIIZEN"
ISCALLEOHOHE
Famous Author and Social
Worker Dies at His Sum
mer Home in Barre, Mas
sachusetts, After Loug
Illness
WAS FRIEND OF
COL. ROOSEVELT
Former President Upon
Reaching Washington is
Shocked to Learn of the
Passing of Such -"Useful
Citizen"
BARRE, Mass., May 26. Jacob A.
Riis, author and social worker, died
at bis summer home hero today after
a long illness.
Of Jacob August Riis, Theodoro
Roosevelt once said he became,
through his work in behalf of the
poorer people of New York, "tho
most useful citizen" of the metropo
lis. As an almost penniless immigrant
I he obtained knowledge of the slums
at first hand and found conditions
there so repellant that ho conse
crated his whole life to warfare
against wretchedness.
Riis was the thirteenth child sof a
Iatin teacher in Ribe, Jutland, Den
mark. Ho was born in IS49. When
Riis va.s 21 year old, having learned
las trade, he embarked for New
York with only $40 In his pocket. He
spent half the sum for a heavy
navy pistol as soon as he landed "to
fight Indians and desperadoes."
Riis led a varied career during the
following six years. At 27 he spent
his last cent in reaching New York,
hoping to enlist through the French
consul in tho French army against
Germany for tho Franco -Prussian
i war, hut his services were refused.
::nd Riis was forced to accept a be
ginner's place as a reporter for a
New Y'ork news bureau. At the very
first he made his most conspicuous
success in the study of conditions
on the East Side of New York.
As a reporter on tho New York
Tribune and later on the New York
Sun, Riis took up his real work in
slum fighting. While attending to
routine, duty as a police reporter, he.
worked night and day to arouse the
people to the need of improved living
conditions. Ono of tho first of his
campaigns was against the impurity
of the city water, and it was his
fight which finally led to the pur
chase of the Croton watershed to
assure, safe drinking water for New
York. Riis drove bakeshops out of tho ten
ement basements; he fought for laws
abolishing child labor, and was large
ly instrumental in getting the pass
age of "the briefest, wisest and best
staute on the books of New Y'ork,
laying down the principle that here
after "no school shall be built with
out adequate playground."
After twenty-seven years as a re
porter, Riis resigned to continue his
fight by writing and lecturing.
Among the products of his pen are
"How the Other Half Lives," "The
Children of the Poor," "The Making
of an American" (his autobiography),
"The Rattle With the Slum," "Chil
dren of the Tenements," "The Old
Town," "Theodore Roosevelt, the Cit
izen," and "Hero Tales From the
Far North."
WASHINGTON. May 26. Theodore
Roosevelt, for many years an inti
mate friend of Jacob Riis and his
associate when the former president
was police commissioner of New York,
was shocked upon his arrival today to
learn of Riis's death. The colonel dic
tated the following telegram to Mrs.
Riis:
"I am grieved more than I can ex
press. I feel as if I had lost my own
brother. Jake's friendship meant more
for me than I can ever say.
I mourn with you and wish I could
say anything that would be any com
fort to you.
(Signed) THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
"When I was police commissioner
of New York", Roosevelt aded, "I felt
that Jacob Riis was the most useful
citizen in New York. In all the Unit
ed States I never knew a more useful
man nor a stauncher citizen."
Memorial Day
safety branches, be closed all day
and no city business of any sort
transacted.
The movement for a more general
observance of Memorial day is rapid
ly crystallizing and with the action
of the city officials last evening it is
believed that marry of the larger
business establishments will not open
during the day with the exception,
perhaps, of a few hours in the even
ing. Tho exercises during the day
will he unusually impressive and the
action of the commission last even
ing should result in a larger atten
dance at the services at Carnegie
park than has marked Memorial ser
vices in Phoenix in other years.