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THE ARIZONA-. REPUBLICAN,
INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE JOURNAL
TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR
10 PAGES
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 26, 1914
10 PAGES
kVOL.XXV. NO. 100
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FORCES OF THE
BRITONS WILL
BE STRAINED
Lord Kitchener in Speech
in the House of Lords
Says Present War Will
Entail Big Sacrifices by
the Empire
SAYS PARTY ; '
LINES EXTINCT
Points Out That His Term
of Office Extends Oyer
Buration of the "War or
at Least for the Next
. Three Years
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ASSOCIATED PRE88 DISPATCH .,
LONDON, Aug. 25. Lovd Kitch
ener made his first speech- as. min
ister of war in the house of lords to
day. He told his hearers that this
war undoubtedly would, strain the
fcrces of the empire, and entail big
sacrifices. He laid emphasis on the
fact that his position in the cabinet
involved adherence to neither party.
He said: -
"The terms under which I am
serving are the same as those unde."
which some of the finest portions
of our manhood, now so willingly
stepping forward to join the ' colors,
are engaging. That is to say, my
term of office is for the duration of
the war, or for three years should
the war last longer than that. It has
reen asked why this pe.-lod has been
limited. It is because, if this disas
trous way be prolonged, and no one
can foretell with certainty Its dura
tion, that after three years' war oth
ers will take our places, and see this
matter through. There will be seri
ous conflicts which Yindoubtedly will
strain the forces of our empire, and
undoubtedly considerable sacrifices to
our people will be entailed. These
will be willingly borne for our honor,
and for the preservation of our po
sition in the world; they will be
shared by our dominions, who are
now sending contingents and giving
assistance of every kind to the
mother county. Our expeditionary
forces have taken the field on the
French northwest frontier, and ad
vanced in the neighborhood of Moris
(in Belgium). Our troops ave , al
ready been for thirty-six hours in
contact -with superior forces of Ger
mans. During that time they have
maintained the best traditions of the
British soldier, and behaved with the
utmotft gallantry." .
"We heard this morning from Sir
John French, commander of the
British forces on the continent," Pre
mier Asqulth announced to the house
of commons this afternoon, "that the
withdrawal of his troops to a new
position was successfully effected. It
was not accomplished without con
siderable loss. . They weve hard
pressed by the enemy, who were
shaken off.' It is hot desirable to say
anything more at present, except
that the field marshal reports that
In spite of hard marching and hard
fighting, the British forces are In
the best of spirits. He estimates the
casualties at something over 2000,
but we have not yet received any
names."
Chancellor of the Exchequer David
Lloyd George introduced a bill in
the house of commons enabling him
instead of actually issuing notes to
bankers to issue certificates" so as to
give bankers " the benefit, of . state
credit without actually taking notes.
The chancellor ' considers , that this
will undoubtedly.be of great advan
tage in assisting them to - finance
trade.
Prince Arthur to Front
Prince Arthur of Connaught Is go
ing Into active service Immediately.
Owing to this fact, his infant son
was christened this evening, receiv
ing the name of Alastair Arthur..
War Secretary Kitchener an
nounces that no presents, of wine or
spirits can be accepted for troops at
the front. No consignments -of this
nature will be forwarded to them.
Who Is Really
For Stockton Labor Fuss?
ASSOCIATED PRE88 DISPATCH , .
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 25. Em
phatic affirmations and denials of
the charges that union labor has
been responsible for violence In
Stockton were recentty made before
the federal industrial relations com
mission. Speaking as president of '' the
Merchants, Manufacturers and Em
ployers' Association, C. O. Bird de
clared property had been destroyed,
dynamiting resorted, to, teams injur
ed and the lives of non-union work
men threatened.
The organization which Bird heads
has taken the field openly for open
shop - conditions, , but ha no differ
ences with the unions over hours of
labor or wages. Approximately : 95
per cent of the employers of Stock
ton . belong to organization. It was
testified.
"I know of no violence being com-
ARRANGE HEARINGS
ON SHIPPING BILL
WASHINGTON, Aug 25. Ar
rangements have been made for
hearings on the administration
bill to authorize the organization
of a government-controlled ship
ping company to engage in for
eign trade.
Chairman Alexander of the
house merchant marine commit
tee announced that the commit
tee would meet Thursday. A
general Invitation has been . ex
tended to all interested to appear
and discuss the bill.
Senator Clarke, chairman of
the senate commerce committee,
is preparing to introduce the
measure in the senate without
awaiting action in the house.
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Washington Hears
Of Victory Of The
Army Of Germany
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25. News of
the victory of the German army at Na
mur and other points on the Belgian
border, where it had met the allies
army, reached Washington through
various official sources today.
Jules Jusserand, the French ambas
sador, who paid his visit to the state
department after his visit to France,
thus summarized the fighting in Bel
gium based on his dispatches:
"We did not succeed that is true,
but many of the reports as to our los
ses are exaggerated. Two of our di
visions suffered but the Germans suff
ered also, especially the Prussian
guards. Our movement was an of
fensive one. In view of possible fail
ure we chose a certain line of defense
and on that line of defense we now
stand. It was the offensive which
failed but we knew it might fail and
provided our line of occupation. Our
army is practically intact."
The German embassy made public a
dispatch said to have been received by
wireless via Sayville, L. I., saying that
the greater part of the Belgian-French
frontier is in German hands and pre
dicting a general advance converging
toward Paris. -
Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, British am
bassador and Viscount Chinda, Jap
anese ambassador, called at the state
department just as Mr. Jusserand was
leaving. The, three diplomats chatted
in the diplomatic ante-room about the
general situation. . The British ambas
sador said he had no news beyond what
had been given out in London. Am
bassador Chinda was without advices
as to operations around Kiau Chau.
FOR NEUTRAL SHIPS,' ;
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH , "
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25. The pro
posal of the United States that the
nations at war shall regard as neu
tral the ship's owned by the belliger
ents chartered exclusively to bring
Americans, home, has now been
abandoned. The subject is still be
ing discussed through diplomatic
channels, but chiefly to establish the
position of the . powers on Article
Four of the second Hague convention.
JAPAN C0I1ES CAMPAIGN
AGAINST GERMAN LEASED LAUD
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
TOKIO, Aug.' 25. There are many
indications in Tokio that Japan is con
ducting her hostilities against Kiau
Chau, the German leased territory In
China with the greatest deliberation
and circumspection. She desires to
avoid any needless sacrifice of life and
will not risk her warships unnecessar
ily. It is reported that a number of
mines have been seen floating in the
waters around Kiau Chau.
A number of Japanese sailors and
soldiers have written a petition to their
superiors,, signing the document with
their own blood, in which they asked
to be selected to go to the front.
The navy department said it had no
knowledge of the reported attack on
Tsing Tau by a British torpdo boat
destroyer.. The Japan peace associa
tion has resolved to send a commission
Responsible
Imitted by union men and I would not
I tell it if I did," testified Anton Jo-
hannsen, who has been directing the
union fight in Stockton during the
last two weeks.
. Instruction cards which Johannsen
issued and union tickets were intro
duced to show he did not sanction
violence. Bird termed the cards a
"farce."
I Claudius Stewart, a master painter.
frankly admitted on the witness
.-stand, however,, that he used some
what violent methods in dealing with
L. S. Calkins, who organized the em
ployers' association. According to
Stewart, he joined the organization
on promise of work being furnished
him, but after three months' idle
ness, when he decided to withdraw
and again affiliate himself .with un
ion men. Calkins called him a "cow
ard" with the result that he attacked
Calkins knocking him down.
BELGIANS SEND
GtRMANS BACK
Force of 2000 of Kaiser's
Troops Meet Spirited Op
position in . Counter At
tack and Are Forced to
Retire
LOSSES ON BOTH .
SIDES CONSIDERABLE
Germans in the North Ap
pear to Be Resuming the
Offensive, With French
Troops Maintaining a
Strong Barrier
ASSOCIATED PRESS DItfPATCH
LONDON. Aug. 25. An Antwerp
dispatch to Reuter's Telegram company
says that this morning, an early force
of 2,000 Germans bombarded Malines
(Mechlin), 14 miles southeast of Ant
werp. Two hundred houses were part
ly destroyed and church towers dam
aged. The Belgians made an energetic
counter attack and drove the Germans
back as far as Vilverde to the south.
The losses on both sides were consid
erable. The Germans in the north appear to
be resuming the offensive, according to
an official statement from Paris by the
Reuter correspondent. The statement
adds, however, that this movement was
stopped by, the French army in con
junction with the British yesterday.
Belgian troops, making a surprise at
tack from Antwerp, drove the German
advance guard beyond Malines.
The official news bureau says:
"German papers of August 22 and
24 published orders that boys Xrom
sixteen to nineteeen years of age shall
be put through a course of mucketry
and military training. Retired offi
cers are to be engaged as instructors."
The information bureau has made an
announcement confirming previous re
ports of destruction wrought at Ant
werp by a Zeppelin airship throwing
bombs, into the city.
The bureau's announcement follows:
"A telegram has been received from
Sir Francis H. Villiere, British minister
to Belgium, which confirms the report
that a Zeppelin airship passed over
Antwerp last night - and dropped six
shrapnel bombs into the city. One
landed' very near the palace but happily
did no injury to the inmates. Much
damage was done to property and
twelve lives lost. .
The message from Sir Francis de
clares that this act has intensified the
indignation which the brutality of the
Germans has aroused.
A dispatch to the -Reuter Telegram
company, from "Nish, says:
"Latest information received here is
that the bombardment of Belgrade is
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to the International Peace association
whose headquarters are at Berne,
Switzerland, asking this association to
labor with the belligerent powers for
the speedy restoration of peace.
LONDON, Aug. 25. The Exchange
Telegraph company's Rome correspon
dent says that as a result of the Aus
trian government having ordered the
cruiser Kalserin Elizabeth to join the
German fleet at Tsing Tau, the Aus
trian government is momentarily ex
pecting a declaration of war by Japan.
A dispatch from Vienna to .the Reu
ter Telegram company via Amsterdam,
gives official announcement that the
Austrian government on Tuesday
handed passports to the Japanese am
bassador. The Austrian ambasador to
Toklo, -it is also announced, has been
recalled.
BERNSTORFF IN NEW YORK
German Ambassador to Delay Ar-
vr. rival in Washington
associated press dispatch i
NEW YORK, Aug. 25 Count Jo-
hann von Bernstorff, German am
bassador, who arrived here yesterday
from. Europe, said he planned to ve
main in New York until Thursday,
before proceeding to Washington.
The ambassador declared he wanted
to get first hand Information con
cerning the censorship the -United
States government is exercising over
the -German owned wireless station
at Sayville, -N. Y., and its refusal to
gvant the one at Tuckerton, N. J., a
license.
- He pointed out that with cables
to - England uncensored representa
tives of Great Britain In. this coun
try are ,at liberty to forward to their
government Information concerning
movements of German warships or
any other information that might.be
deemed advisable. Count von Bern
storff said he had formed no opinion
as yet .upon the subject, and wanted
to be fully informed before even con
templating taking up the censorship
question with the . state, department
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Twice Taken City Abandoned
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VILLA EN ROUTE
TQSONORAWILL
CROSS ARIZONA
Accompanied by Obregon,
Military Chief or Consti
tutionalists, Now on Way
to .Settle Calles-Mayto-rena
Dispute
associated press dispatch
ri-HWTT AHTTA. Anir. 25. Generals
Villa , and Obregon will leave late to
night for El Paso, to go through the
United States to Sonora to settle the
trouble in thaf state.
Following a long conference be
iwwn thA twn eenerals it was an
nounced that a perfect understanding
had been reached.
Generals Villa, and Obregon, lead
ers of the - constitutionalist forces,
will pass through Arizona this weelc
enroutte to Sonora to settle disturb
ances in that state. Permission for
their passage was granted yesterday
by Governor Hunt in response to a
formal request from Secretary Bryan.
Orders to Villa and Obvegon to
proceed at once from Chihuahua to
Sonora and restore peace between
the Calles and Maytorena factions
followed close on the transfer of
Gen. Benjamin Gil from Porfirio
Diaz to Naco, where he. was. directed
to assume charge of the government
and relieve Col. Elias P. Calles as
military commander. , General Gil
rassed through Arizona laBt night,
on a special train,--accompanied by
his staff.' He wired Governor May
torena from Douglas, urging him to
remain at Nogales until , the arrival
of Villa and Obregon, who are now
on the way to assist in the settle
ment of the dispute. . -
The movement of the twt big gen
erals to the latest seat of disturb
ances in Sonora is the most import
ant development in the Mexican sit
uation since the occupation of Mexi
co City by Carranza last week, and
is regarded as an indication of the
Importance of the crisis in the north
western province. While the request
for, their, passage .stated that they
would . return to Chihuahua within
the week, the question of. how soon
mattes may be adjusted, and order
restoredr renders it improbable that
any date can be fixed for their re
turn. Carranza's triumphal entrance in
to the capital, and the first days of
the new constitutional government
were marred by the news that the
fiscal difficulties between Calles and
Maytorena had reached alarming
proportions, and that the two fac
tions were on the verge of hostili
ties. Reports of a split between Villa
ond Carranza indicated that Mayto
rena, the civil governor of Sonora,
would join with Villa in a counter
revolution against the newly estab
lished constitutional regime, and that
Colonel Calles would remain loyal
to the Carranza government. Since
that time all reported differences
between Villa and the constitution
alists' first chief have been denied,
but skirmishing between the Sonora
factions has been unchecked. Just
what steps the two generals will take
to restore peace between Calles and
Maytorena have not yet been given
out.
This is Villa's first visit to Ari
zona since he was employed in the
mines at Clifton, several years ago.
At that time he was a fugitive from
Justice; now he is recognized every
where as one-of the leading military
commanders of the world. When the
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-'hausen.
NATIONAL WEALTH
I IN 1913, ESTIMATED
Total wealth of
I' Germany $ 60,500,000,000
United States 130,000,000,000
j Great Britain 80,000,000)000
j France 65,000,000,000
Russia 40.000.000.000
j Austria-Hungary .. 25,000,000,000
I Italy 20,000,000,000
Belgium 9,000,000,000
Won't Recognize
Anaya As Envoy
From Carranza
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
EL PASO, Aug. 25. Agents of the
constitutionalists here said that what
they believed to be a slight hitch
has occurred in the occupation of
Mexicali, a border town in lower Cal
ifornia. They received reports that
the federal commanders refused1 to
evacuate their positions in favor, of
E. V. Anaya, a self-styled constitu
tionalist, without authorization from
Carranza.
This, they said, could not be fur
nished by Anaya, who from the Cal
ifornia side of the boundary had de
manded that the towns surrender. It
is intimated that Anaya represented
an element in northern Mexico not
friendly with the present central
government.
This incident is coupled with the
recent invasion by Villa's troops of
the state of Durango and the still
menacing possibility of a revolution
in Sonora. Carranza officials here
insisted that Villa would journey to
Sohora with Obregon to confer there
with Maytorena, who is in arms
against Carranza's authority.
Obregon arrived- at Chihuahua City
for a conference with Villa at which
it is reported conditions at the na
tional capital as well as the Sonora
situation will be discussed.
' General Felipe Angeles, Carranza's
deposed secretary of the war, now
acting as Villa's artillery chief, has
arrived at Juarez. His visit to the
border is not explained.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25. While
the president and the administration
officials are confident that the Car-ranza-Villa
differences will be set
tled without recourse to arms, de
tails of the position assumed by
Villa according to official reports,
show that Villa plans to insist on
the elimination of Carranza from
permanent power in the Mexican ad
ministration. Carranza has sent Obregon, one of
his three division commanders to
Sonora not only to smooth out the
local troubles in that state, but to
confer with Villa in an endeavor to
bring Villa into complete harmony
with the Carranza government. Villa's
position, outlined to the Washington
government, contains the following
two proposals, either of which he will
accept:
First, a conference of military
chiefs, and one delegate from each
thousand soldiers, the convention to
designate the provisional' president,
who will not succeed himself, but will
call a general election.
Second, Carranza to be provisional
president, but must agree not to
succeed himself. Villa will not ob
ject to Carranza retiring and be
coming a candidate at the general
election.
Villa Supports' Maytorena
NOGALES, Aug. 25. Governor May
torena of Sonora, announced tonight
that he will come here with troops to
dislodge "the enemies of honest government."-
Maytorena Is supported by
Villa. Those he proposes to war against
have the support of Carranza.
"I have no political ambition" May
torena concluded. "My only wish is to
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FATE OF FffMIE
By The French
Governor Johnson is Again
the Nominee of His Party
and Eshleman is Likehr
His Running Mate in the
Golden State
'. ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 25. Cali
fornia today made a choice of candi
dates for which her voters will ballot
next November in the state and con
gressional elections. For the first time
in history state,nominations of United
States senator were made at the polls.
Four years ago the primary results
were advisors-. Today they were final.
The returns were slow , and late.
Early scattered returns from all parts
of the state indicated that Eshleman
had captured the republican as well as
the progressive nomination for lieuten
ant governor. Governor Johnson had
no opposition. Fredericks, the man
ager ciaims a plurality of 45,000. Phe
lan is the apparent democratic nominee
for United States senator. Knowland
and Shortridge are running close for
the republican choice. Heney will
capture the progressive nomination.
Except for uncontested nominations,
all the results are in doubt.
Harmony in Kansas
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 25. The only
break in the harmony which prevailed
at the progressive state convention
came when an attempt was made to
defeat L. A. Ellis of Kansas, City, as
secretary of the state convention.
Charges were made that Ellis was
disloyal to the party because he sup
ported the non-partisan movement in
the KansA City local election last
spring. Finally, however, he was
elected. George Schwer, of Windsor
was made state chairman.
The platform ?dopted is largely a re
afirmation of the platform r tate
and national. A movement to include
a plank pledging the party to national
prohibition failed.
PROGRESSIVES
ARE UNOPPOSED
IN CALIFORNIA
Relaxing Embargo On The
Shipment
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
NEW YORK. Aug. 25. A further
relaxation of the embargo against the
shipments of foodstuffs was one of few
Interesting developments of the finan
cial situation and from many import
ant points along the Atlantic seaboard
freer clearances of grain and other ce
reals was reported, indicating that the
railroads are earnestly cooperating In
the movement. Impovement in this
direction, it is generally recognized
will go far toward disentangling the
many knotty problems which have
grown out of the deranged state of the
foreign exchange market and another
conference of the exchange interests
will be held today, but lifee most of the
previous meetings, the outcome left the
conditions virtually unchanged.
There is a growing impression, how
ever, that our bankers will yet agree
to export a moderate amount of gold to
meet the impending foreign obligations.
Gold bars amounting to half a mil
lion dollars were taken from the assay
office for the government account to
day, It Is said, and another small ship
New Engagement is in
Progress Between Mau
beuge and Donon and
This, It is Believed, Will
Be Decisive Battle
NEED ALL THE
AVAILABLE TROOPS
Operations in Alsace Along
the Rhine Would Take
Away Soldiers Necessary,
to Success of the Present
Movement
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BERLIN, Aug. 25.
(By Wireless to Asso
ciated Press, via Nauen,
Germany, and Sayville,
L. I.) .Official an
nouncement made pub
lie says the city of
Namur and five of its
forts have been captur
ed by the Germans. The
bombardment of four
other forts continues and
their fall is imminent:
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(Associated Press Dispatch)
' PARIS, Wednesday, Aug.'
26. The war office issued
the following official an
nouncement: "The commander in chief
in requesting all available
forces in Meuse has ordered
the progressive abandon
ment of all occupied terri
tory. Muelhausen has again
been evacuated.
"A new battle is in prog
ress between Maubeuge, de
partment of the Nord, and
Donon, department of
Doubs. On it hanes the fate
of France, arid operations in
Alsace along the Rhine
would take away troops
upon which might depend
victory. It is necessary that
they all withdraw from Al
sace temporarily in order to
assure its tinai deliverance.
It is a niatter of hard neces
sity. '
"West of Meuse, as a re
sult of orders issued Sun
day by the commander in
chief, troops which are to
remain on the covering line,
to take up the defensive, are
massed as follows:.
"French- and English
troops occupy the front
passing near Givet, which
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Of Foodstuffs
ment of gold to Canada was reported.
, Contrary to expectations. It is re
ported the German successes in the
field failed to exert an influence either
way in the narrow market for foreign
exchange. There was again a small
amount of business for London and
Paris, but most of It was of a special
character. In the domestic money
market, conditions were dulled with no
change in the quoted rate of eight per
cent Another indication of abnormal
conditions prevailing abroad was found
in a London cable which stated that
dealers in British consols had decided
to postpone quotations for another
week. Along with this announcement
was another that the $10,000,000 sub
scription to the last Canadian loan felt
due today. In view of the effect which
the war is already having upon this
country's foreign commerce, - the July
statement of the United States im
ports and exports was noteworthy and
total figures show an increase of $14,
208,000 over July 1813, due largely to
the excess of imports. Gold exports
for July aggregated $117,644,000 against
$72,389,000 in July 1913.
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