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THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN
AN INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE JOURNAL
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TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR
10 PAGES
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, 1914
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VOL. XXV. NO. 91
FIGHTING EVERY WHERE
ON 200 MILE FRONT BY
GERMANS AND ALLIES
It is Only Known That the
Former Are Slowly Push
ing Westward and Are
in the Vicinity of Ant-
werp
JAPAN'S ULTIMATUM
WILL RE REJECTED
It is Said to Be Berlin's
Opinion That One More
War Among So Many
Nations Will Not Se
riously Matter
r ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
LONtON, August 20 (Thursday)
The advance of German troops around
an J abc.ve Brussels even into what is
practically the suburbs of Antwerp,
is indicatsd in Reuter dispatches
fr.m Antwerp, which repo.'t that the
German cavalry was encountered
,nar Hcrenthals, fifteen miles east of
Antwerp, and also near Turnhut,
which is twenty-four miles northeast
of Antwerp, close to the Dutch fron
tier. Germans Sweep Farther West
LONDON, August 1!0 (Thu.-sday).
A Brussels dispatch to the Havas
agency says that according to the
people the Germans again attacked
Diest Wednesday afternoon. They
1 1 pear to have come back in force
and bombarded the town, whose In
habitants fled in terror. The German
irtillery is also reported to have
lomb.r.'ded Tirlemont.
.-mu:er na-vas uispaicn irom Brus
sels, sent in very vague form, leads
to the belief that the Germans made
a surprise advance close to the Bel
gian positions defending Brussels.
They had encamped for the night,
but a Belgian aviator discovered their
1 ositinn and revealed it to head
quarters in time. Cavalry hurried
foe-ward and after some marching
rrd counteimarching, the Germans
retired.
Fighting Along 200 Mile Front
LONDON. August 19. A Brussels
1 lavas dispatch gives an official
statement regarding the war situa
tion: "Fighting is proceeding along
- the entire front extending from Basle,
Switzerland, to Diest. Belgium. In
these, numerous conflicts, the more
the opposing armies approach each
othev, the nearer will come deciding
tattles and the more one must ex
pect to hear of an advantage on this
side and of yielding, on that."
DIPLOMATS ON GROUND
Do Not Know What Is Happening
In War Zone
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. Officials
of the United States government are
as Ignorant of what is happening on
European battlefields as the general
public. Not a single message has
come in the last five days giving
the slightest hint of developments by
military operations, although Amer
ican diplomats are in hourly com
munication with all European capi
tals. In only one dispatch was there any
reference to the pending hostilities.
Minister W'hitlock at Belgium re
ported that although the seat of gov
ernment was removed to Antwerp,
he saw no necessity for leaving
Brussels. From this it is inferred
that the German forces are not yet
close to the capital. Ambassador
Merrick spoke of the fact that even
diplomats are unable to learn what
Is happening In the war zone, other
than by announcements of the offi
cial press bureaus, so strict was the
censorship everywhere.
The absence of information about
the movements of the ' ' armies Is
accounted for by officios as due to
the fact that the American diplo
matic officers are so thoroughly ab
sorbed in caring for stranded Amer
icans that they are unable to make
any calls at the different embassies
or legations where news might be
obtained.
From the far east the American
government had no dispatches,
though there were messages from
Ambassador Gerard telling of the
welfare of Americans, but nothing
was said by him as to the probable
attitude of Germany toward the Jap
anese ultimatum commanding her to
withdraw from Kiau Chau.
During the 3ay Baron Chinda. the
Japanese ambassador, had a brief
conference with Secretary Bryan, but
he said he had brought nothing of
Importance. Kai Fu Shih, the Chin
ese minister, later talked at length
with Bryan, but he declined to dis
cuss the object of his visit.
American Expert's Review
LONDON, Aug. 19. An American
military expert, reviewing the situa
tion in Belgium, said tonight: "I
left Brussels today. There was a
good deal of agitation there, as the
people thought the Germans were
very near. A good many refugees
were coming from Tirkemont and Lou
vain. The neoDle keot verv aulet. though
they were filled with suspense, owing
to numerous rumors. The Impression
M-a that the Germans, after making
reconnoissances in force and scouting
.thp countrv to the north of Brussels
with cavalry, were about to advance in
force on Brussels. The population had
been told by the burgomaster that if
the Germans came they should remain
indoors and go on as far as possible
with their usual vocations.
"Brussels is an undefended city, but
within the last three or four days every
important street leading out of the
town has been barricaded. Trenches
have been dug in the outskirts and
barbed wire entanglements have been
placed in front of them. These de
fenses, however, are intended only for
protection against a cavalry raid. They
would be futile against any attack in
force."
Russians Suffer Defeat
LONDON, Aug. 19. A Berlin dis
patch to the Marconi wireless press
bureau says that in an encounter near
Stallupohnen, in East Prussia, on Aug
ust IT. a division of the German first
army corps defeated a Russian force,
capturing a thousand prisoners, six
machine guns and destroying as many
guns as it was unable to take away.
Another Engagement in the East
LONDON, (Thursday) Aug. 20.
Telegraphing from St. Petersburg, the
correspondent of the Daily Telegraph
sends a communication issued by the
Russian general staff reporting a pro
longed engagement about 30 miles
northwest of Kamenez, the capital of
Podolia. It asserts that the Austrians
were beaten back with heavy casual
ties. Spies Shot
LOUVAIN, Belgium, Aug. 19 Three
spies, a German, a Belgium, a man and
a woman, were tried by courtmartial
and shot for warning the Germans after
the battle of Diest of the prospect
which awaited them at Haelen.
German Girls Suspected ,
BRUSSELS. Aug. 19. Four German
girls have been arrested here on a
charge of spying. Three persons, ex
cited by war news, have gone insane.
Monoplane Brought Down
BRUSSELS, Aug. 19. A German
monoplane was brought down by rifle
men at Saarebeck. a few miles east of
Brussels. A German officer and pilot
had three revolvers, bombs and inter
esting military notes. Both legs of the
officer were broken by the fall but
despite the injuries he endeavored to
discharge his weapons.
TO DEFENSE OF MOTHER
All Parties in Canada United for
War
OTTAWA. August 19. England's
participation in the European con
flict was endorsed by the Canadian
parliament today. In the house and
senate, the government and opposi
tion leaders were in complete ac
cord. In both houses the address
Irom the thione was adopted in rec
ord time!
Sir Wilf.'ed Laurier, the opposition
kader in the lower house, was the
first to rise after the formalities were
completed and he opened with a
declaration that for the present ses
sion party lines are abolished.
"So long as there is danger at the
front," he said, "it is our duty, more
pressing than all other duties, to let
Great Britain know, to let the friends
and foes of Great Britain know that
there is in Canada but one mind and
one heart, and that all Canadians
stand together behind the mothev
countrv, conscious and proud tht
she did not engage in war from self
ish motives or for aggrandizement,
but to maintain the untarnished hon
or of her name, fulfil her obligations
to her allies, maintain her treaty
obligations and save civilization from
the ur.bridled lust of conquest and
power."
Servians via Canada
NEW YORK, August 19. Approx
imately 10,000 Servian reservists in
Arizona and California expect to go
to Canada and seek co-operation
of the British government in land
ing them on their native shores, ac
cording to the Servian consulate.
Sub-Lieutenant Caillaux
PARIS, August 19. Joseph Cail
laux, former premier and minister of
finance, who had the rank of ser
geant in the reserves, has been pro
moted to be a subaltern lieutenant.
He is serving in the financial in
spection department of the army.
Munitions of War
QUEBEC, August 19. The Quebec
provisional cabinet has decided to
offer to the imperial military au
thorities '4,000,000 pounds of Canadian
cheese for the armies.
PUNISHED FOR NEUTRALITY
Experience of Italian Emigrants at
Magdeburg, Germany
ROME, August 19. Despite Ger
man official denials, Italian emi
grants returning here confirm the re
port that they were deliberately fired
upon by German soldiers at Magde
burg. They declare that about 6,000
Italians were taken on cattle trucks
to Cologne, being thirty-eight hours
without food. When they appealed
for food, they were told that Italy
had declared her neutrality, and they
might die of hunger.
They were kept two days and
nights in the rain and afterward tak
en to Magdeburg where they were
housed in stables, with flour and
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GOVERNMENT IN
THE BUSINESS
OF
The Administration Decides
to Meet Emergency by
Establishing at Once a
Government Owned Mer
chant Marine
IT'S IN MARKET
TO BUY VESSELS
After Crisis lias Passed
Ships Will Probably Be
Used as Auxiliaries Which
the Navy Now So Much
Needs
Tassociated press dispatch!
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. Compre
hensive plans hae been mapped out by
the administration for building up a
merchant marine with government
money for the immediate purpose of
transporting United States products to
the warring nations of Europe and to
Central and South America. The pres
ident in consultation with the demo
cratic leaders, approved a project con
templating the expenditure of approx
imately $25,000,000 for the purchase of
ocean going vessels to be operated un
der the direction of a government ship
ping board in carrying on the foreign
trade of the United States. The plans
agp-eed upon for the purchase of ships
include the creation of a shipping board
composed of the president, the secre
tary of the treasury, the secretary of
commerce and the postmaster general,
to have charge of securing the needed
ships and their outfitting. It is pro
posed to use ships principally in for
eign trade, and it is the hope of the
administration that through this medi
um a great impetus will be given the
trade between the United States and
South and Central America. The pres
ent plan to secure the needed money is
by sale of Panama canal bonds. It is
expected that the venture will prove
profitable although that plays no part
in the matter.
Secretary McAdoo, gave figures on
the grain in port alcng the Gulf roast
and the Atlantic seaboard, showing
nearly 50.000,000 bushels in transit or
in terminal elevators. Before ttra house
naval affairs committee, Ra Admiral
R. M. Watt, chief of the bureau of
construction of the navy department,
discussed the type and size of vessels
which would be useful as trading ships
and at the same time available after
wards as auxiliaries to the navy. He
said they should be from ten to twelve
thousand tons displacement and have
a speed of from fourteen to sixteen
knots. He said the navy needed
twenty or thirty such ships.
It was decided that it might take
some time for sufficient ships to take
advantage of the recently signed
amendment to the Panama canal act
allowing foreign-built ships to regis
ter under the American flag and the
necessity for moving the crops of the
United States was so pressing that ex
traordinary steps were decided on.
It is planned to organize a company
similar to the Panama Railway com
pany, controlled by the government,
for the actual operation of the ships
after they have been purchased.
The president was in conference for
several hours with Secretary McAdoo,
Senators Clarke and Simmons and
Representatives Underwood and Alex
ander, discussing the entire shipping
question. The war risk insurance bill
was approved at the meeting. The
president was told that it would be
almost impossible to move the exports
of the United States unless the govern
ment stepped in and he finally gave his
consent to the scheme.
The question, how long the govern
ment will keep the purchased vessels
after the present crisis passes has not
been taken up. It has been suggested,
however, that some of them may be
retained for use as transports.
Up to the present no offers to sell
ships to the government. have been re
ceived, but it was the general under
standing in administration circles that
the owners of many vessels now tied
up in American ports would be glad to
dispose of them.
o
DIVISION OF SENTIMENT
ON LABOR EXEMPTION
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 A diver
sity of views on the exemption of la
bor and agricultural organizations
from the operation of the anti-trust
laws' has blocked the progress of the
Clayton bill in the senate. The only
vote taken resulted in striking out by
a vote of 38 to 14 the provision ex
empting consumers' organizations.
Senator Cummins announced that as
drawn under the paragraph exempting
labor and agricultural organizations,
the Chicago beef packers could organ
ize as agricultural organizations. He
will offer a substitute.
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HOKE SMITH PROBABLY WON
ATLANTA, Aug. 19. Scattering re
turns early tonight indicate that Sen
ator Hoke Smith has defeated former
Governor Joseph' M. Brown for the long
term democratic nomination for sena
tor on Georgia's state-wide primary.
His Holiness, Pius
The Pope Overcome by the
Weight of Years and Dis
ease to Which Was Added
Burden of Grief at Calam
ities of Europe
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH!
ROME, Aug. 20. Pope Pius X died
at 1:20 o'clock this morning. He had
been ill for several days, hut alarm-
ng symptoms did not develop until
Wednesday morning. Throughout the
day Doctors Marchiafava and Amid
devoted their utmost energies to
stimulating the patient, and keeping
him alive.
The cardinals were notified of the
pope's grave condition, and some of
them who entered the sick room de
scribed the impressive, heartrending
scenes, especially when the pontiff,
rousing himself, spoke.
Once he said: "In ancient times,
the pope by a word might have
stayed slaughter, but now he is im
potent." Prayers were said by thousands,
and bells of churches sounded when
the sacrament was exposed on all al
tars. When the court learned of the
pope's condition there was the deep
esa concern. King Victor Emmanuel
personally informed Queen Helena,
and the news was communicated to
the queen mother. Extreme unction
was administered by Mgr. Zampini,
sacristan to His Holiness, amid a
most touching scene. The sisters of
the pope and his niece, overcome
with grief, and Cardinal Merry Del
Val knelt by the side of his bed,
where the other cardinals joined him,
and members of the household in in
toning prayers. The dying pope in
a moment of lucidity said:
"Now I begin to think as the end
approaches that the Almighty in his
inexhaustible goodness wishes to
spare me the horrors of what Europe
is undergoing."
Grief over the war in Europe had
caused the pope much depression
since its outbreak. Several days ago
symptoms appeared of the old bron
chial affection from which the pontiff
suffered in times past. On Tuesday
Dr. Marchiafava announced that the
pope was suffering from . a simple
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American Committee Acted
With Promptness That
Surprised English At
tention to Americans in
Other European Countries
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
LONDON. Aug. 19 The American
citizens' relief committee, organized
during the financial and shipping panic
in the first days of war, ended its ex
istence today after accomplishments
which greatly impressed English ob
servers. At the final meeting it wasi
announced that 20,000 Americans would
sail home this week compared with
35,000 last week. The committee's
work was turned over to a residents'
committee which will work in connec
tion with the American embassy.
Americans who straggle into London
from Copenhagen. Rotterdam and
Cherbourg are equally helpless. Most
of them are provided with travelers
checks and letters of credit which were
of little use to them in Berlin, Geneva
and Rome. From Austria, Switzerland,
Germany and France, the Americans
made their way to England as best
they could. Few of them were able to
get sleeping car accommodations and
nearly all of them lost their baggage.
Many wealthy travelers who were
touring the continent in automobiles,
lost their cars and thankfully received
such humble accommodations as they
could get on the trip to London.
The transportation committee, head
ed by Joseph H. Day, is the center of
the greatest attraction in the ballroom
at the Savoy. This committee gets the
first informaticrn concerning additional
sailings of steamships and supplies
berths to Americans as rapidly as they
are allotted by the steamship company.
With the announcement of the English
lines that theif sailings will soon be
come virtually normal, a cheerful air
prevailed at relief headquarters.
In a single day as many as 8,000
Americans have been cared for on
ships sailing from Glasgow and Liver
pool. Eighteen steamers, scheduled to
sail within a single week, have booked
about 20,000 American passengers.
Thousands of Americans gather
daily at the Savoy hotel, where the
great ball room and score of tea rooms
and private dining rooms have been
given over to the American citizens and
American residents committees, which
are providing for the wants of resi
dents of the United States stranded in
Europe. Every morning when the
doors of relief headquarters are thrown
open at ten o'clock an army of Amer-
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HON WORK
FOB STRANDED
IS ALL DONE
Yields ThyKeys He Held
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Tope
HUERTA TIED UP
BY EUROPEAN WAR
LONDON, Aug. 19. Marooned
I in London because of the wai's
interruption of traffic, Victori-
j ano Huerta, former president of
I Mexico, made a brief sightseeing
I tour, with his family. He will
leave for Santander, Spain, Au-
gust 24.
I Leading his party into two
automobiles. General Huerta in-
I structed the driver to go to Tra-
! falgnr Square and Buckingham
palace. Suggestions that he
might also caie to see Westmin-
ster Abtxn- and St. Paul's ('a- !
thedral were dismissed by Hu-
erta with the impatient words,
"Only Trafalgar Square and
Buckingham palace." The Hu-
I evta family slipped into London j
unannounced, and took apart-
ments in an obscure hotel, where I
j they rested quietly for two days.
j He was worn out by his trip !
from Jamaica.
Ignorant of War
Prizes Wandering
On The High Seas
ASSOCIATED press dispatch
NEW YORK, Aug. 19. The German
bark Matador, on the seas since July
29, a war prize worth nearly $4u0,O0ll,
eluded all warships, and tied up at dock
here late today. For a week or more
after the declaration of war, her offi
cers knew nothing of it and were steer
ing their craft for Bremen unconscious
of their risk of capture.
The Matador sailed from New Or
leans July 29 for Bremen with a cargo
of lumber and staves. Two weeks
thereafter, on August 12, her captain
spoke to the Mallory liner Alamo. The
Matador was then well on her way to
Bremen. Learning for the first time
of the war from the captain of the Ala
mo, the Matador's captain made for
this port. The same evening the tank
steamer Nelson, of the Standard Oil
fleet confirmed the Alamo's informa
tion.
Hadn't Heard of War
ORAN, Algeria, Aug. 10. The Aus
trian steamer Emilia bound for Trieste,
was stopped by a gun from Fort St.
Gregoire and brought in a prisoner by
a tug. The Emilia's captain was un
aware that w ar had been declared.
In Swedish Disguise
HONOLULU, Aug. IS. Toyo Kisen
Kaisha liner Seiyo Maru, which left
this port for Yokohama at 10 p. m. yes
terday, has informed officials of the
steamship line that the vessel is re
turning to Honolulu. The North Ger
man Lloyd steamer Pommern, seeking
refuge from hostile warships, arrivetl
here todav disguised as a Swedish
vessel.
Vessel Without Flag
MARSHFIELD, Aug. 19. What
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X,
11 us
Sends Word That lie Will
" Shortly Enter State of
Sonora to Establish Quiet.
Northern Chief Was Pre
pared for Eventualities
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
NOGALF.S. August 19 Tangible
proof of the Villa-Carranza split, and
danger of a new revolt in North
western Mexico has been received
here. Villa, the northern divisional
commander, telegraphed the Carran-
! za military officials in Sonora that if
I thev combntted Governor Maytorena,
Villa would invade the state with
his forces, which were recently re
cruited and munitioned to war
strength in spite of the pe' eful ur
render of the former luerta gi.rn-
ment at Mexico (il
The state of Sonora is in the mili
t;;ry zone commanded by General
Obregon, who headed the constitu
tionalist fo'.cos which recently en
tered Mexico City, apart from Villa's
division. Maytorena is already in
open revolt against the central Car
ranza government. Colonel Calles,
military commander in North Sonora,
received a telegram from Villa which,
refer.-ing to the threatened armed
contract between Maytorena and the
Carranza forces, said in part as fol
lows: "I, as chief of the forces under
arms closest to your state, should
be obliged to enter your state and
arrange matters as they ought to
be and establish authorities which
shall be respected so that peace may
be vestored in your state for the
good of the nation."
Villa said he took this stand
lew of the fact that Maytorena is
"constitutional governor of the state
of Sonora. and in that capacity rep
resentative of the people of that
state."
American Consul Jailed
KL PASO, August 19. Louis Hos
tetter, American consul at Hermo
sillo, Sonora, has been placed in jail
bv the Mexican authorities, according
to Carranza officials along the bor
der. It is not known if he vet has
been released.
Responsibility for the consul's a."
rest is the subject of dispute be
tween the Carranza and Villa fac
tions. Villa, commander-in-chief of
Chihuahua, whose war-like prepara
tions recently occasioned so much
misgiving, telegraphed Calles, blam
ing him for Hostetter's arrest.
Rodclfo de la Huerta. a Carranza
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f VILLA'S HEVOLT
i TAKING SHAPE,
i IN THE NORTH
i
i i -
HAY MEXICANS
AND P05SI IN
BLOODY FRAY
Wood Cutters Steal Horse
and Carry Out Drunken
Threat, Killing Constable
Brown Citizen Peace
Officers' Awful Revenge
A LIFE FOR A LIFE;
EIGHT ARE KILLED
Bandits Ambush Posse and
Pitched Battle Occurs in
Devil's Canyon Four
Mexicans Pav Lives for
Those of White Men
n
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I HAYDEN, August 19 Two
more Americans, Earl Miller and j
j Frank Miller, were killed in an-
other fight with horse thieves,
I who earlier killed Deputy Sheriff
Brown near Ray. Two more j
I Mexican outlaws in the pursued j
band were also killed, bringing
; the total number of deaths, in- j
eluding eight killed in the race j
riot in Ray caused by the news
i of Brown's killing, up to sixteen: j
four Americans and twelve Mexi-
cans. The Miller brothers are j
members of one of several posses i
I sent out to run down the band j
j of thieves in the hills just out- I
j side of Ray. I
I i
"
Four Americans and four Mexicans
lie desd on the Pinal hills north of
Ray, shot in the bloody gun fight
resulting from the murder of Con
stable Phin Brown and his boy depu
ty early yesterday morning. At mid
night, when communication with Ray
closed, every white man, capable of
carrying a rifle and riding a horse,
was in Devil's Canyon, facing a force
of armed Mexicans, entrenched about
the camp of the woodcutters, who
had started the trouble by stealing a
horse.
Earl Miller and Frank Miller,
brothers of Mrs. M. A. Fuso, of 605
South Seventh avenue, Phoenix, and
employes of the Ray Consolidated,
were shot to death in the after
night attempt to dislodge the Mexi
cans from their position in the can
yon. Beside Pete Smith, the half breed,
whose theft of Mose Lutfy's horse
caused all the trouble, three of hie
companions have been accounted for
by the officers. Four more of th
original band are at large, and are
said to have been joined by a num
ber of idlers and other wood-haulers
from the camps in the nearby moun
tains. Business in Ray was at a stand
still and the streets were absolutely
deserted last nighti .Those men who
were able to fight, were summoned
to the canyon, in a desperate effort
to bring the slayers of Brown to
justice. Those who were left, were
guards against a possible conflict
with the inhabitants of the Mexican
suburb of Sonora, across the river.
Confusion and excitement reigned. It
was almost impossible to learn the
details of the trouble until the assis
tant wire chief at Hayden succeeded
in routing long distance calls to the
Western Union office.
Via Florence came meager reports
of the hot pursuit of the Mexicans,
who, after losing one member of
their band in an attempt to elude
the posse and gain the shelter of So
nora, doubled back to their camp
in Devil's Canyon, the scene of the
killing of Brown and the ambuscade
in which Curley Henderson slew Pete
Smith.
The bodies of Brown and his boy
companion whose name was appar
ently unknown to any of The Repub
lican's informants were found near
the camp, and one hundred and fifty
yards apart. Both had been robbed
of all valuables by their slayers.
(Special to The Republican)
RAY, August 19. "You will bo
killed," was the warning given Con
stable "Phin" Brown, as he started
up Devil's Canyon to arrest the
drunken Mexican woodcutters, who
hud stolen Mose Lutfy's horse.
"I don't care; I'm not afraid," re
turned Brown, and they were nearly
the Inst words he said on this ea'.th.
For before he had ridden five miles,
he was ambushed and shot, together
with an unknown boy. an employe of
Bob Jackson, who was taken along
to Identify the horse.
Tonight, two of the Mexicans ar
dead, at the hands of the posse of
citizens, and the others are fleeing
over the Pinal mountains, closely
r.ursued by volunteer officers.
The first tragedy occurred beforo
noon. The young man he was em
ployed by Bob Jackson and his name
could rot be learned saw Pete
Smith. half b'eed Mexican and
Ubaldo, companion, with a black
mare .ich he knew belonged to
Mose Lutfy. Although only a young
ster being 17 years of age he ap
proached the men and demanded tho
mare. They said they would not
give her up. and that they would kill
anyone who tried to interfere. The
I
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