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THE ARIZONA. KEPXTB: AN INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE JOURNAL CAN TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR 12 PAGES PHOENIX, ARIZONA, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 21, 1914 12 PAGES VOL'. XXV. NO. G4 ANTI-TRUST MEASURE IS READY FOR REPORT OUT OF COMMITTEE After Months of Delibera tion the Senate Judiciary Committee Agrees Upon Final Revision of ( 'lav ten Bill TO COME UP ON WEDNESDAY Most Important of Amend ments is That Providing for (Ymrt Review of Or ders Issued by the Com mission (ASSOCIATE PRESS DISPATCH! WASHINGTON'. July 20. After months of deliberation the senate, judiciary committee tonight agreed upon a final revision of the Clayton anti-trust bill to supplement the Sherman law which passed the house last spring. The committee will re port the measure to the senate on Wednesday. Most important of the amendments recommended by the committee is one to provide for court review of orders issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission or the proposed interstate trade com mission against corporations found to have violated the trust statutes. The amendment would provide that in case corporations or individuals neglect or fail to obey the orders, either the commission or the com mission through ks attorney or the district attorneys, may apply for an enforcement order to the United States district court and transmit the original record of proceedings, including all testimony taken and the rulings of the commission shall lie taken as prima facie evidence. Either partv. however, will be per mitted to adduce additional mater ial evidence. The final order any district court and any amendment it would provide, might be reviewed by the supreme court upon appeal. The original bill relating to price discrimination is amended so that discriminations in price made in good faith to meet competition and not intended to create monopoly, could not be penalized. The section of the house bill which would make it unlawful to refuse to sell products of mines, oil, gas wells, or hydro-electric plants to bona fide applicants is stricken from the bill. The provision making it unlawful to lease or make contracts for the sale of goods on condition that purchasers t-hall not use or deal in products of a competitor was retained with the amendment providing that the section shall apply to all products whether patented or unpatent." The exemption section, which in the house bill included fraternal la bor, consumers, agricultural and hor ticultural organizations instituted for mutual help, having no capital stock and not conducted for profit, was amended to eliminate fraternal and consumers' organizations from the list. The provision for prohibiting the holding of companies was re tained with a slight amendment in phraseology. The section of the house bill re lating to interlocking directorates has been almost entirely rewritten by the committee. It would provide after two years from the approval of the act that no common carrier engaged in interstate commerce hav ing on its board any officer who is an officer or has any direct interest in another corporation dealing in supplies and securities shall make "purchases of supplies or have any dealings, in securities" with such corporation to the amount of more than $ri0.000 in any one year, except by competitive bidding tinder regnla- t ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH! CINCINNATI, July 20. An un oualified ultimatum that all members of the baseball players' fraternity may no longer consider themselves under contract after July 22, was re ceived by Chairman August Herr mann, of the National Baseball Com mission late today. The letter was written by David I Fultz, of the fraternity, who gave the ultimatum. If the players live up to the ulti matum, there will be no games in the American or National Leagues on Wednesday, or until the contro versy is settled. Tho trouble arose over the send ii g of Player Kraft to Nashville, after his signing a . contract with Newark. Shortly after receiving the Fultz Utter, Chaiman Herrmann, as presi dent of the Cincinnati baseball club, called the members of the team to gether and recited to them his ver ririn of the controversy. Herrmann Ktid: "Friction between the national committee and the baseball players' fraternity has arisen over a deci sion that sent Player Kraft to Nas,h ville. a Class A club. Kraft was originally drafted from Nashville by I'rooklyn. then transferred to the Histon Nationals, and later signed a contract with the Newark Interna tional League club. Nashville im ORPHAN CONFESSES j KILLING WOMAN HOLLISTER, Cal.. July 20. Edward Walker, a 16-year-old j orphan, arrested here, confessed according to Sheriff Croxen, that j he murdered Mrs. Ida Itng in Bear valley last Monday to obtain her purse containing $16. Since the j murder the coroner's jury returned a verdict of suicide. The hoy told the sheriff he lay in wait for the aged woman. He shot her through the temple with a revolver, found her purse and escaped. Conscience striken, he finally showed the mon- j ey to the family he was living with. I TO SEPARATE Civil Suit is to Be Brought in the Next Few Days by Attorney General Mr Revnolds in United States Court f ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH WASHINGTON. July 20. A civil suit to separate the New Haven rail road from "its subsidiary rail, trolley and steamship lines will be brought by Attorney General McReynolds in the United States district court in New York, within the next few days. A final effort to settle the problem with out litigation ended in failure although McReynolds and T. W. Gregory, special assistant in charge of the case and a committee of New Haven directors werp in conference many hours. The committee came to discuss the sale of Boston and Maine stock owned by the New Haven. It desired that this sale should be made free under the conditions imposed by the state of Massachusetts and is said to have de clared that unconditional sale of stock would insure a price ten million above what the New Haven might otherwise hope to get. The New Haven case will be laid before the president and cabinet tomorrow and a detailed explanation of the course pursued by the department in its long negotiations with the rail road to untangle it out of court prob ably will follow. It is not doubted that the department's course will be ap proved. There is little doubt here that on the heels of the suit will come an effort to have the federal grand jury of New York return an indictment against many of the directors of the New Haven who served in the days when it was building up the system which the attorney general holds is a combination in restraint of trade. Both civil and criminal actions will be taken tinder the Sherman law and the whole case is regarded by the department as the most important undertaken in this administration. Never before has any administration planned to prosecute criminally men of Continued on Page Five.) tions to be prescribed by the inter state commerce commission. Violation of this provision would he made punishable by a fine not to exceed $25,000 and imprisonment not exceeding two years. mediately put in a claim for his ser vices under section nine, of what is known as the Cincinnati agreement. "The Cincinnati agreement pro vides 'that any Class A player draft ed by a major league team can be claimed by the Class A team from which he is drafted, provided he is sent back to the minor leagues," said weeks in the selection of a general "This section is practically a con dition to section IS, which Mr. Fultz claims we have violated. Section IS provides that when a player is sent from a major league to a minor league club he shall first he offered to Class AA teams for a stipulated price, and if he is not wanted there, then to Class A. It has been my contention that this section does not apply to drafted players, and I have ! n. letter from Fultz under date of i January 26, in which he says that ; section IX shall not apply to drafted j players. Herrmann to the players. I is a difference of opinion, but I do not believe, that a case of such minor , importance as this is a justification ! for any such ultimatum as Fultz has issued." j After giving a resume of the situ jalion. Herrmaan asked the players to notify him by tomorrow night if ! thev intended to live im In tho ul timatum, so Wednesday's baseball games can be called off if they do. NEW HAVEN FRQM SUBSIDIARIES TO PROTECTHER HONOR WOMAN SHOOTS EDITOR Mme. Henrietta Caillaux, Wife of Former French Premier, Tells of Killing of Gaston Calmettc in March REFERENCE TO STOLEN LETTERS Says if Parts of Those Let ters Were Published In nermost Secrets of. Her Life Would He Stripped Naked f ASSOCIATED PRESS OISPATCHl PARIS, France, July 20. Mine. Hen rietta Caillaux, wife of Joseph Caillaux, once premier of France, and former minister of finance, from the prisoners' dock in the palac e of justice, told a dramatic story of the shooting of Gaston Calmette, editor of Le Figaro, on March 16 when she was arraigned for trial bofoi-e Judge Louis Albanal. It was to keep the secret of .stolen letters, revealing the story of her liai son with Caillaux before her marriage, she said, that she sought out Calmette in his office. The sight of the man she believed bent on hounding her husband into public disgrace and herself into shame ful notoriety, aroused in her the tiger ish fury that led her to shoot him to death. Jules Hehbaux, procurate-general, is in charge Of the prosecution. Fernand Labon, noted advocate of the Dreyfus case, is chief counsel for the defense. For three hours Mme. Caillaux stood before the court, telling her woman's secrets and her fear of social stigma tism through the publication of the letters. "For three months I mounted Cal vary," she said. "I always have been taught that a woman's honor consisted in having her life as open as possible. My poor father, who last year told tne that the wife who had a lover was a woman without honor, never would set foot in my house had he known of my liasison with M. Caillaux. I did not wish to blush before my daughter: that is one thing a woman must not be asked to do. When the letters were stolen my husband and 1 felt alike: we preferred to renounce our great hap piness rather than see our inner life blazoned to the world. If parts of those letters were published my deep est and innermost secret would be dis played before the world and my wo man's honor would stand stripped naked." Her impassioned peroration was accompanied by eloquent gestures of her slender hands from which she had slipped her gloves. The specta tors hung on every word and move ment, frequently expressing discreet approbation, with which the presid ing judge made no attempt to inter fere. Mme. Caillaux told of the shooting in the Figaro office. Prior to this she had been asked by the judge regarding her interview with Fer nand Monier, president of the Tri bunal Seine, from whom she had sought information as to whether the attacks of M. Calmette against her husband could be stopped. Monier told her, she said, that this would be impossible: that one could only put up with or defend one's self by one's own means. He added, the witness asserted, it was astonishing that with the French temperament there were not more heads broken. Maurice Chenu, attorney for M. Calmette's relatives, arose and said that M. Monier, before the examining magistrate, had denied giving utter ance to anything of the sort. Mme. Caillaux then told of what took place on the day of the tragedy. "I informed M. Caillaux at luuch," she testified, "of what M. Monier said and he was very indignant and exclaimed If that is how things are, then I will smash his ." Mme. Cail laux hesitated a moment and then, added, "face." o SPANISH EMISSARY ARRIVES r ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH EL PASO, July 20 Manuel Walls Medina, who bears credentials as sie cial emissary from Alfonso, XIII, ar rived here today. He came to look after the interests of Spanish subjects in Mexico. His arrival recalls Car ranza's announcement several months ago that any European government having diplomatic dealings with the constitutionalists should take them up directly, not through the American state department. Se.nor Medina, who has been acting as legal advisor to the Spanish embas sy in Washington, received his com mission nt the time Villa expelled the Spanish residents after taking Torreon. Delay In securing his credentials, how ever, caused the emissary's tardy arriv al in Mexico. He conferred with con stitution.'Uist agents here regarding ad justments of Spanish claims. He will proceed to Monterey to attach him self to Carranza's headquarters in a capacity similar to George Carothers, snecial agent of the state department at Washington. The prediction is made that other European governments will soon follow Spain's action. 111 Constitutionalist Chief Not Anxious to Continue Hos tilities if Prospects of Ultimate Peace Are in Sight, MAY ALSO GRANT LIMITED AMNESTY It is Intention to Grant Guarantees Generally, Ringleaders Plot of Hut in Safety Not to Maden ASHOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHl WASHINGTON, July 20. General Carranza informed the Fnited States government that he is ready to de clare a suspension of hostilities against the government of President Carbajal, Huerta's successor, pending negotiations with his representatives for the transfer of authority at Mex- j ico City to the constitutionalists. Carranza is insistent, however, mat the surrender of the Carbujal gov ernment be unconditional. He is willing, it is declared by rep resentaives here, to giant a limited amnesty, not as a condition of sur render, but as a voluntary act of generosity on the part of the con- j stitutionalists after they obtain the reins of government. It is the in tention of the constitutionalists to give guarantees of safety to the peo ple generally, but to prosecute the ring leaders in the plot through which the Madern government was overthrown. Most of the latter, how ever, already have left Mexico. The constitutionalist chief express ed his views of the situation in the most cordial terms to John ft. Silli man. personal representative here of President Wilson, Consul General Hanna and Vice-Consul Robertson, who interviewed him at .Monterey. Not only did he voice a willingness to receive a commission of three ap pointed by Cnrba.ial to discuss peace, but said lie would send an escort to meet them and provide safe conduit through the constitutionalist terri tory. Secretary Bryan announced re ceipt of a message from the Ameri can representative with the comment that the prospects for an agreement between the two factions a e very favorable. Earlier in the day liryan hail been shown by Minister Suarez, of Chile, a copy of the last note from the constitutionalist agency here dat ed several days ago. saying that Car- STATE OFFICIAL Tax Commissioner Miller and Members of Family Kurt When Anto Plunges into Irrigation Ditch on West Adams Street Two persons were hurt, and three others narrowly escaped serious injury last evening, when an automobile con taining Hon. and Mrs. P. J. Miller, of the .state tax commission, George H. Walbv, Mrs. Miller's father and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Standige, of West Washington street plunged head-on into an irrigation ditch containing two feet of water at Sixteenth avenue and Adams street. Mr. Walby was the most seriously injured of the party, sustaining a brok en nose and severe cuts about the face and head. The exact extent of his in juries could not be learned last even ing. Mr. Miller who is just recovering fro n a nervous break-down, received a bad cut on the arm and a number of bruises. Mr. Standage and the ladies of the party escaped with a severe shaking up. The injured members of the party were taken to the home of Dr. S. D. Little, a few doors from the scene of the accident, where they were given surgical attention. The accident occurred shortly after ten-thirty o'clock, as the party, all of whom live west of the capitol, were re turning home after a ride in the Stan dige car. Just as they approached Sixteenth avenue, the lights went out, and before Mr. Standige could stop the car, another machine coming from the west made ' it necessary to turn out, with the result that the car plunged into the irrigation ditch, which at this point extends well toward the center of the street. Mr. Walby. who was sitting on the front seat, was thrown headlong into the wind-shield, which was demolished as the car struck the ditch. Only the fact that the car was being driven slowly saved the members of the party from far more serious in jury. The ditch at Sixteenth avenue where the accident occurred has for some time been one of the most dangerouR places in the city. At this point, Adams street is narrowed from a width of 100 jfeet to sixty by an irrigation ditch AND PARTY HAVE HARROW ESCAPE WaSCa CARBAJAL'S TENURE TO HE VERY BRIEF: WON'T BE RECOGNIZED BY ANY COUNTRY lira 1 Francisco runza. would not t.ilk peace with the Huert... delegates or the representa tives of any government derived from the Huerta .-egime. Huerta Leaves Mexico PI'ERTO MEXICO. July -JO -Huerta left hi country tonight on bis v. ay to Kingston. Jamaica, accom panied by S. nora Huerta. his un married daughters. Sr. Blanquet. Se nura rtlanqtiet and daughter. Huerta. hoarded the cruiser Iiresden shortly after five this evening. Two bons later Captain Kohler gave orders to i FRESH TROUBLE IN STATE OF SONORA ' ! IXX'GI.AS. July 20. Fresh trouble between the military and i civil government in the state of I Sonora are reported, with the ar rest by Governor Maytoieua of Major Carlos Plank. Plank was sent by Francisco Ellias. president of the Sonora I-and and Water Tax commission, as a special mes senger to General ibregon with letters. Says That Calhoun Withdrew Money From 'Frisco Roads SAN FRANCISCO. July 20. Testi fying before the California state rail road commission at the investigation irto the withdrawal by Patrick Cal houn, forme.- president of the United P.ailroads. of Sl.Oii6.Oon ostensibly for investment in a Solano irrigated farms project, L. K. Reynolds, aud itor of the commission, asserted that taking everything into consideration, there actually existed a deficit of S4.SSd.47l at the time of the last annual report of the I'nited Rail toads. Of this amount, said Reynolds, 3,9O6.S0, cannot he accounted . for in the reports, or books of the cor poration, which the commission has been able to examine. The hearing was adjourned until July 2S. Reynolds' testimony followed that of the executive officers, directors and employes of the I'nited Rail roads, whose testimony developed that the entire $l,0!)t,000 was with drawn in cash from the treasury up on the directions of Calhoun by or ders authorized by Tho.-mvell Mullaiy, assistant to the president, and A. M. Dahler. treasurer, and testified that on March 1, 1H13, pursuant to Cal noun's order, $85,000 in gold was carted from the company's office to the Bank of California. This was tho largest of similar withdrawals, he said. which extends from both sides well into the roadway thus mak ing it a difficult place to pass after dark. Neighbors living close to the scene of the accident say that there have been dozens of similar accidents, of less serious nature at the same place during the last few months. There is no light nt the corner. Except for broken lights and wind shield, the car was not damaged.' It was pulled out of the ditch by the po lice patrol. j j Carbajal. get under way. Unless unexpected complications arise, the remainder of Huerta's friends, relatives itnd mili tary officers will also be at sea to morrow. In the interval between Huerta's gi.ing aboard and the sailing of the Cvcsdcn, other members of the par ts' who were left ashore were, pre paring to go aboard the British cruis er Bristol, where they will be cared for until the passenger steamer Mexico arrives to earry them f.-om the country. Huerta referred to (Continued on Page Five) "Knockout Blow" Against Railroads 'of Country is Scored Under Pecent De cision of the Supreme Court Sustaining 1. C. C. (Special to The Republican! SAX BERNARDINO, July 20. That shippers of the western states have scored a "knockout blow" over the rail roads under the recent decision of the supreme court sustaining the action of the interstate commerce commission in abolishing railway terminal rates and placing all towns on an equal freight rate basis, was proven at a conference of the Southern California Interior Counties Freight Bureau today. A special report of the Southern Pa cific and Santa Fe railway authorized President George M. Cooley, of the bu reau, to make public at the conference the contents of a telegram asking for it personal conference between represen tatives of the bureau and the head traf fic officers on the two roads within the next ten days. The local official stated that he was authorized to promise that railroads would make a complete re fund of all "backhaul" charges made since the interstate commerce commis- (Continued on Page Five) Ccfflidlaiii Crai Hnn.(fc; fASSOCIATBD PRESS DISPATCHl VANCOUVER. July 20. With the announcement that the Canadian cruiser Rainbow and a contingent of bluejackets reinforced by details from the cruiser Niobe, is practical lv ready to leave the Esquimalt nav al harbor for Vancoiive.-, the situa tion regarding the Komagata. Marti, and her riotous passengers, became increasingly grave tonight. The Rainbow is expected to reach Vancouver shortly after daylight and she will embark a contingent of Irish fusiliers, and the Sixth, the Duke of Connaught's own -..egiment, who will proceed aboard fully armed. SH PPERS HAVE WON VICTORY OVER RAILWAYS WOODS OPPOSES ORDINANCE OF City Commissioner Says While lie is Opposed to Gambling, Ho Would Not Vote for the Proposed Measure "1"":-V$ SAYS POLITICS AT BOTTOM Attitude of Commissioner on Anti-Gambling Docu ment Reveals Peal Posi tion on Several Other Matters Commissioner Frank Woods would not vote for the proposed antt gambling ordinance introduced at a recent meeting of the city commis sion because it had. been presented at the request of Mayor George C Young. Commissioner Woods is op posed to gambling. Nevertheless he would not approve the proposed measure, almost an exact copy of the state statutes, for no reason oth er than that it was introduced by or at the request of Mayor Young. Commissioner Woods did not open ly in the meeting of the commission state his reasons for opposing the proposed anti-gambling ordinance. He made no public statement of his position until a committee consisting of Harry M. Blair, Dr. W. W. Wil kinson and C. T. Hirst, president, teacher and member respectively of the Winners' Bible Class waited upon him and putting the question squarely up to him, asked him why he had voted to postpone indefinite ly action upon the anti-gambling measure. Harry M. Blair, who besides being president of the Winners' Bible Class, is also secretary of the Phoe nix Y. M. C. A., stated last evening that in company with Dr. Wilkinson and Mr. Hirst, he had called upon Commissioner Woods and as spokes man for the others had asked that city official why he had opposed the. adoption of the proposed anti gambling ordinance. "Commissioner AYoods told us that while he was opposed to gambling he had declined to vote for the pro posed anti-gambling measure because it had been introduced by Mayor Young for political purposes, find to get the commission in bad," said Mr. Blair. "We suggested to Commissioner Woods that the only way to get tho commission in had with tho citizens in this respect would be to defeat such an ordinance. "Commissioner Woods would not obligate himself in any manner, but this committee hopes he will see his' way clear to vote for this ordinance and thus do away with the disgrace of open gambling where the tempta tion is placed directly before the youth of the city, who observing their elders engaging in the practice of participating in dice game or "punching the board' feel no pricks of conscience when they too gamble at cigar stands or in pool rooms." The admission of Commissioner Woods that he opposed the adoption of the proposed anti-gambling or dinance as introduced nt a recent meeting, of the. commission, because it had been fathered by Mayor Young is conceded to be the sur prise of the period since the new commission took office. It reveals a condition existing in tho commis sion that The Republican has been endeavoring to expose to the public without directly involving any of the members of the commission. The best citizens of Phoenix are urging The Republican to insist upon the adoption of the proposed anti-gambling ordinance. Such an ordinance will ultimately be introduced and adopted. If it is not, the county of ficials are prepared to take the mat ter out of the hands of the city com mission, out of the hands of Manager Farish and out of the hands of Chief of Police BrislKiis and enforce the statutes, an accomplishment that is usually attained by the. officials of well regulated cities. . o WEATHER TODAY WASHINGTON, P. C, July 20. For Arizona: Local showers except fair in the southwest portion. MvBB3 It is then intended to train tho Rainbow's guns on the Komagata Maru, and if the Hindus do not r.gree to removal from the harbor, bloodshed is believed to be inevitable. Reports tonight are that the Hin dus are making every .effort to strengthen their defenses on the Komagata. They have erected bar ricades on the decks, have sharpen ed their swords, of which they pos r.ess quite a number, nnd have, fash ioned pikes ' through the agency of a number of blacksmiths . among the passengers. They state they nre de termined to die before surrendering. MAYOR OUIIG rr mi i fr- n