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THE ARIZONA. REPUBLIC
AN INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE JOURNAL
A W
TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR
10 PAGES
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 2,7
10 PAGES
.VOL. XXV. NO. 107
SHEffl THOUSAND RUSSIANS ARE
MEN PRISONERS BY GERMANS
Rorlin Dispatch Says That
Groat Army of Russians
Was Captured at Gilgen
burg and Russian Artil
lorv Is Destroyed.
GERMANS LOSE
IN EAST PRUSSIA
Various Infantry Organiza
tions Reported to HavQ
Suffered Losses Reaching
Several Hundred Soldiers
in Manv Instances.
associated FRKSS DISPATCHl
LONDON, Sept. 1. The Copenhagen
correspondent of Renter's reports the
receipt of a Berlin dispatch to the
effect that the German general staff
has announced that over. 70,000 Ttus
slan prisoners, including 300 officers,
were captured at the battle of Gil
genburg. The Riissiifh artillery is
also reported to have been destroyed.
Gilgenburg is in Kast Prussia, about
thirty-two miles southwest of Allen
stein. A dispatch to the Evening News
from Copenhagen says that the
twelfth German casualty list in
Kast Prussia gives the losses of the
Forty-third Infantry from Koenigs
herg as about S00. The other regi
ments engaged, notably the sixty
fifth Landwehr, from Coblcntz and
the fusilliers from Rostock and Wis
mar lost several hundred men each.
The correspondent adds that Senator
Von Hohenbern has been appointed
to represent the German war minis
ter. Major General Erich Von Falk
enhayn, in Berlin during the minis
ter's absence at the front. General
Kurt Von Manteuffel becomes chief
of the general staff during the ab
sence from the army of General Von
Molike.
Socialist newspaper correspondents
have been granted permission to be
attached to the general German staff
at the front.
A telegram to Reuter's Telegram
company from St. Petersburg, says:
"Lieutenant General Samsonoff,
who commanded the corps in the
Russo-Japanese war and who until
recently was chief of Russian Turk
estan military district, is deeply re
gretted." The above would seem to indicate
that General Samsonoff had died, al
though no report of his death has
been received here.
The first 100,000 recruits who re
sponded to Lord Kitchener's appeal
have gone into training in various
parts of the country and men now
are enrolling at a much Quicker rate
for the second hundred thousand, i
in Lonaon aione i'ifuvu juuieu me
colors in the last two days, while the
response in the provinces' has been
equally gratifying. In Birmingham,
where recruiting was particularly
brisk, the lord mayor. Colonel Ernest
Martineau, has resigned his office
and volunteered for foreign service.
Sir Edward Carson, the Ulster un
ionst leader, called a meeting of lead
ers of the I'lster volunteer force for
Thursday when he will submit a
scheme with the concurrence of the
war office for the utilization of this
force as one body.
A Moscow dispatch to the. Central
News says it is announced that on
account of the existence of war,
Jewish doctors and students will be
admitted to courses of the Russian
Red Cross Society. Their admission
in normal times is forbidden by law.
Lieut. Archer Windsor Olive of the
Coldstream guards, second son of the
Earl of Plymouth, 'died today of
wounds received at Mons.
An Amsterdam dispatch to the Cen
tral News says that the town of
Malines was again bombarded for a
few minutes today.
A dispatch from Bucharest, via
Rome to the Central News, says the
Roumanian general staff considers
the battle on the Austro-Russian
frontier will be decisive. They be
lieve that an Austrian defeat will be
followed by a general Insurrection
and therefore that whatever the sac-
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WHY THE BRITISH HAVE OCCUPIED OSTEND
channel ' i,y nzANfiy c :
A't-ortling to recent dispatches from London, the British have cerumen
Ostcnd, Belgium, in such large force that the Germans will be unable to
!ilure the city. The map explains this action on the part of the British.
Jt is only 66 miles across the English rhannel from Ostend to England.
VhiU the British have made Ostend a favorite disembarking place, (he
Jermans have been anxious to gain control cf the city in orJer to make it
base from which bomb-throwinj airmen tould raid London.
MAP SHOWS ADVANCE
DA,Nri6Jb5 rfe C
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RFI IFF WORKER
TELLS TALE OF
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Wife of Paris Banker Says J Secretary of Treasury Me
lt Is Impossible to Ee-i Adoo Makes Declaration
lieve Tortures and Gruel- Before House Merchant
ties Poor Unfortunates j Marine Committee. Sup
Had Undergone. portinir Marine Bill.
Associated Press Dispatch.
PARIS, Sept. J .Mrs.
Herman H. Harjes, wife of
a Paris hanker, who, with
other American women has
been deeply interested in
relief work, visited the
North railroad station to
dav and was shocked bv the
sights she saV alllOllg the
Belgian refugees.
"The station," said Mrs.
Harjes, "presented the as
pect of a shambles. It was
the saddest sight I ever saw.
It is impossible to believe
the tortures and cruelties
the poor unfortunates had
undergone.
-'"I saw many boys with
both their hands cut off so
that it was impossible for
them to carry a gun. Every
where there was filth and
utter desolation. The help
less little babies, lying on
the cold, wet cement floor
and crying for nourishment,
was enough to bring hot
tears to an mother's eyes.
"Mothers were vainly be
sieging the authorities for
milk or soup. A mother
with twelve children said:
'What is to become of us?
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OF RUSSIA'S ARMIES
i NATION Iff
DEIIY U. S. HI6HT
TO BUY SHIPS
associated pkess dispatch
WASHINGTON. Sept. 1. The right
of the United States to buy any mer
chant ships from any of the nations
for neutral uses, cannot be disputed by
any nation declared Secretary McAdoo
of the treasury department before the
house merchant marine committee,
supporting the administration mer
chant marine bill. McAdoo refused,
however, to discuss the diplomatic
phase of the situation when asked if
protests had not been received from
Great Britain and France against the
possible government purchase of Ger
man vessels.
Hearings on the bill was concluded
today and it will be taken up tomorrow
tor immediate committee action. An
early report to the house is expected
soon.
Secretary McAdoo heartily indorsed
the Alexander bill which provides for
the organization of a $10,000,000 cor
poration with the power to buy, build
and operate ships in foreign trade, with
the government as the majority stock
holder. He said that as some of the
lines to be established would probably
be operated at a ioss, private capital
would not be attracted, the government
probably supplying the entire capital.
"Do you understand," Representative
Saunders asked, ' that there is grave
objection on the part of England and
Franca to the taking over of German
bottoms which have been driven out
of the foreign trade by the war?"
"Of course I cannot discuss the dip
lomatic phases of the question," said
Secretary McAdoo. "That is the busi
ness of the state department. It cannot
be successfully disputed, however that
the government has a right to buy ships
from German companies or any one
else so long as it buys these ships for
neutral uses."
"It is stated the payment for ships
would be in the nature of supplying
funds to a belligerent nation," observed
Representative Saunders.
"The ships would not be owned by
the government. They would be owned
by private citizens and be paid for by
those citizens and not the government,"
answered Mr. McAdoo.
"But it said these lines closely con
nected with government payment
would be practically the government,"
Mr. Saunders persisted.
"I think there is nothing in that ob
jection," said the secretars.
"There is no more punctilious citizen
of the United States with respect to
neutrality," he continued, "than the
president who would be the chief rep
resentative of the government in the
company to be formed under this bill.
We can rest assured of absolute neu
trality." The secretary, asserted the govern
ment would be in exactly the same po
sition as a private stockholder so far
as international conditions are con
cerned and the question of sovereignty
I never would be raised In a prize court,
j A letter from William A. Coates,
president of the Philadelphia board of
trade was read protesting against the
bill and recommending a direct subsidy
to build up the merchant marine.
British Moratorium
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
XEW YORK, Sept. 1. Financial
sentiment was again adversely af
fected today by the extension of the
British moratorium and the slight
hardening of foreign exchange.
Acknowledgment by the chancellor
of exchequer that it would be unwise to
attempt to resume specie payments
at this time, coincided with private
advices received here regarding the
financial conditions in London.
The recurrent rise in exchange is
once more attributed to me report
ed advance of the German army to
wards the French capital. Anent the
exchange market, it was authorita
tively declared that enough exchange
has been accumulated by the city
of New York to meet the obligations
from abroad.
Washington Officials See in
His Threat to Close Port
of Vera Cruz Scheme tr
Increase Customs ' Re
ceipts at once.
associated press dispatch
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. State de
partment officials who today discussed
General Carranza's action in closing
the port of Vera Cruz, pointed out that
his object in all probability was to in
crease the present customs revenues
by diverting commerce to ports under
Mexican control. At Vera Cruz duties
are collected by American officials and
after deducting the costs of adminis
tration, the funds collected will be paid
to the Mexican government at a later
date.
Little embarrassment to American
forces at Vera Cru is expected from
the Carranza order, as there will e no
interruption with shipping destined
exclusively to that port, althougn
coastwise traffic is shut off.
Any decrease in Vera Cruz customs,
due to the new order, will be borne by
the Carranza government, since the
customs are ultimately to be turned
over to the Mexican government. Part
of the Vera Cruz customs receipts are
pledged to redeem the loan advanced to
General Huerta by French bankers.
There is no indication that the Ameri
can forces will be withdrawn from Vera
Cruz in the near future.
It Will Take Time
VERA CRUZ, Sept. 1. John R. Sil
liman, of the American consular ser
vice, who was recently in conference
with General Carranza as personal
agent of President Wilson, came here
today from Mexico City. He expresses
himself as hopeful of the final success
of the new constitutionalist government
in Mexico, hut he is doubtful of early
peace throughout the republic. He
declares no fewer than 1C7 policemen
were killed in the recent rioting in
Mexico City following the entrance of
the constitutionalist forces.
Elections in November
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 1 General
elections have been called for Novem
ber. Until these are held the country
will" continue under military rule. A
cabinet meeting was held at Chapulte
pee Cdstle tonight but neither Carran
za nor any of the ministers would make
known the subjects under discussion.
The government issued a decree pro
hibiting the confiscation of property by
army officers without a signed order
Horn Carranza. The decree also pro
hibits military arrests on mere accusa
tion, two accusers being necesary
The accuser must prove the charges
against the person vi(hin 72 hours or
suffer the penalty which would be tty;,
result were the accused proven guilty.
NO COPPER DIVIDEND
Calumet and Hecla Passes up Regular
Payment
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
'BOSTON, Sept. 1 The passing of
the regular quarterly dividend of the
Calumet and Hecla Mining company
was announced in a circular letter to
the stockholders in which the directors
say:
"In view of the uncertain conditions
of the copper market and the interrup-
tion of the company's business with
foreign customers, the directors have
decided not to declare a dividend at
the present time. The product of the
mine will be curtailed and the salaries
of all officers and employes will be re
duced." The company has not passed a divi
dend since 1884.
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German Aeroplane Over Ostend
LONDON. Sept. 1. A German
j aeroplane flew over Ostend ac-
I cording to the correspondent of
the Reuter Telegram company in I
j that city. The dispatch adds that (
there has been . a considerable i
j movement of troops in Brussels.
inula has
PUN 10 DRAW
MORE Mil
I The German government in Brus-
sels has ordered the expulsion of
I all British subjects within twen-
tvfour hours.
Is Again Extended
On demand sterling was quoted at 5.07
and cables at 5.08. There were some
scattered quotations for exchange on
Paris, but these proved to be merely
nominal while German marks re
mained unquoted. There is reason
to believe that the eastern railroads
will follow the lead of the Pennsyl
vania which increased its inter
changeable mileage from 2 cents to
to 'IVt cents. This is in line with
the recommendation of the Interstate
Commerce Commission made on Au
gust 1, when it handed down its
freight rate decision. It is under
stood that some of the eastern rail
roads are already preparing tariffs
on interstate trips at a rate of 2'-i
cents where this can be done with
out conflicting with the state laws.
MARTIAL Li
DECLARED IN
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Governor Stewart of Mon
tana liushes Ten Compa
nies of Militia to Butte
and -Makes Order Cover
Silver Bow Count v.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
HELENA, Sept. 1. The city of
Butte and Silver Bow county were
placed under martial law in a proc
lamation by Governor Stewart.
In his proclamation the governor
stated that conditions of lawlessness
at Butte and the inability of the civil
authorities there to cope with the
situation was so apparent as to
necessitate this course.
Militia in Butte
Ten companies of the state national
guard, acting under sealed orders
given to Major Donahue by Govern
or Stewart just before he left Hel
ena, arrived today and went into
camp on the hillside overlooking the
city. Although watched by a large
crowd, no resistance was offered.
Shortly Butte will be declared under
martial law.
The militiamen came on a train of
nineteen steel ore cars and two flat
cars on which had been mounted two
machine guns. All the policemen
i had been instructed by Mayor Dun-
can to report at police headquarters
as soon as the troops entered the
heart' of the city and turn over the
entire city to the militia. The Ana
conda Mining company announced
that the Anaconda and the Original
mines would resume work tomorrow
with protection ' for all who wished
to work.
The Butte mine workers' commit
tee, repeating the tactics of this
morning, marched to the Original
mine late today to demand an inspec
tion of all miners and to compel all
Western Federation of Miners' mem
bers to join the new miners' union.
The committee was refused admit
tance and was ousted from the
grounds. The committee hurriedly
repaired to the Mine Workers' head
quarters. It is expected that with the city
under martial law Sheriff Driscoll,
and his deputies will attempt to serve
warrants issued by District Judge
Michael Donlan last Saturday for the
arrest of President "Muckie" Mac
Donald, James A. Chapman, Joseph
Bradley and another, all members of
the Mine Workers' union, on a charge
of kidnapping growing out of the
recent deportation of Western Fed
eration of Miners. Chapman and
Bradley are also officers of the in
surgent miners' organization.
All saloons were ordered closed by
the authorities.
Federal Troops Start
SPOKANE, Sept. 1. A battalion of
the fourteenth infantry 250 strong un
der command of Captain W. J. Jordan
left here this afternoon on two special
trains for Helena, Montana, under ord
ers of the war department. The fedr
eral troops are scheduled to arrive at
Helena about daylight tomorrow and
will proceed to Fort Harrison, there to
await further developments in Butte
in connection with the renewal of fac
tional troubles among the miners. The
battalion of federal soldiers is com
prised of companies I, K. L and M.
ANTWERP CUT OFF
WASHINGTON, ; Sept. 1. A
dis
patch from Consul General Diedrich
at Antwerp received by the state de
partment tonight says:
"It is impossible to get complete
information as to the condition of the
Americans in Belgium. Antwerp is
cut off from all Belgium except
Bruges, Ghent, Ostend and Lierre.
GERMANS ASK ARMISTICE
TO BURY THEIR DEAD
LONDON, Sept. 1. The Even-
ing News published a dispatch
from Paris stating that a French
chauffeur attached to the general
I staff, arrived in Paris from the
I north and made the following
statement:
i "The German advance has been
checked by their terrible losses
of the last few days. They have
even asked an armistice to bury I
their dead."
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RUSSIANS SCORE
BRILLIANT
OVER THE
AMERICAN WOMEN
EQUIP HOSPITAL.
LONDON, Sept. 1.
Lady Paget, wife of
General Sir A. M. Pag
et, chairman of the
American Women's War
Relief Fund, was ad
vised today by the war
office that it is desired
to use next week the old
way. house in Devon,
which has been fully
equipped with two hun
dred beds, surgical ap
pliances and medical
supplies, all provided by
American women as a
testimonial of their ap
preciation of the protec
tion of the British navy
afforded tourists re
turning to the United
States.
Relief Promised
From The Sky
To Brussels
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
LONDON, Sept. 1. The correspon
dent of an Antwerp newspaper says
a French biplane appeared over
Brussels on Saturday, and in a hail
of German bullets twice circled the
town, and dropped hundreds of
pamphlets containing the message:
"Take courage; deliverance soon."
The aviator then made off. after
givinjg the spectators a daring per
formance of loop the loop.
The Antwerp correspondent adds
that all saloons and cafes in Brussels
are compelled to close at 9 o'clock
in the evening. German soldiers
there are behaving properly, but
their officers are accused of arro
gance. Germans have ordered a
Brussels firm to make a German flag
which they say they intend to hoist
over the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
General Jakowski, who succeeded
General Count Von Arnim as com
mander of Brussels, is now living at
the national palace. Grand Duke
Mecklenberg is residing in the city
with half of his military staff. The
headquarters of the Belgian ministers
of state, the royal palace and the
palace of justice are now hospitals
filled with German and Belgian
wounded. Machine guns are in place
at the street corners and in the
squares. Antwerp is reported to be
very hopeful, and every one is trust
ing in the strength of the forts and
the bravery of the garrisons.
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AUSTRALIAN SHIPS READY
Lie in Wait Off Hawaii for German
Cruiser
associated press DtsPATCH j crowd, which destroyed the food In
HONOLULU, Sept 1. The Austral- j her hands. In spite Of the fact that
lan warships Australiana and Warrego i this restaurant was ordered by the
were in communication with the British ! local commandant to supply meals to
collier ;trathadile, which arrived to- j the two Bavarian officers, it has
day, up to the three mile limit. 'The I been boycotted by the people of
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in close proximity. The German crui
ser Nurnberg. which put in here to
coal, will leave port early in the morn
ing stripped for action. Captain
Schoenburg said he was ready to meet
any eventuality and that there would
be no surrender on the part of the
Nurnberg. He said ' he expected his
ship to be the coffin for himself and his
crew.
TO START NEXT MONTH
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHJ
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. Although
confronted by a vast amount of pre
liminary work, the federal reserve
board hopes to open the new banktng
system by October 1, according to Sec
retary of the Treasury McAdoo, ex-
Increase In Price Of
Sugar Is Justified
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
XEW YORK, Sept. 1. The increase
in the price of sugar after the Euro
pean war began was legitimate, ac
cording to the testimony given at
District Attorney Whitman's John
Doe inquiry into the high cost of
food. At four' food markets, which
the city opened today, sugar was
sold more cheaply than the house
wives could buy at the stores and
within, two hours the entire supply
of these markets was exhausted.. .
Edwin F. Atkins, chairman of the
board of directors of the American
Sugar Refining company, said .. the
VICTORY
A USTRIANS
On Galician Side It Is Re
ported the Right Wing of
Austrian Army Has Been
Most Decisively Turned
with Heavy Losses,
VISTULA RESULT
IS UNCERTAIN
Arrival of Reinforcements,
However, enables the Rus
sians to Take Offensive
and Repulse Enemy; and
Capture Artillery.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
PARIS, via London, Sept. 1. A
Rome dispatch says that the Rus
sian victory over the Austrians on
the Galician side was most brilliant.
The right wing of the Austrian army
has been decisively turned and cut
to pieces, leaving 80,000 prisoners.
On the Vistula front, when the
Russians encountered the Austrian
left , wing, the result was somewhat
uncertain, but the arrival of import
ant reinforcements enabled the Rus
sians to take a vigorous offensive
and repulse the enemy. They cap
tured a large number of pieces of
artillery.
A German monoplane dropped two
more bombs in the streets of Paris
about 6:30 o'clock tonight.
An American committee organized
by the American ambassador, includ
ing the most conspicuous members
of the American colony, asked the
minister of war for proof that bombs
had been dropped in Paris from a
German machine. The minister of
war presented proof, which decided
the ambassador to cable his govern
ment a report on war methods whicn
are not only contrary to humanity
but also in violation of the conven
tion of The Hague signed by Ger
many itself. A squadron of armored
aeroplanes has been organized ti
give chase to the German aeroplanes
which have been flying over Paris.
The following official statement
was issued by the war office tonight:
"On our left wing, as a result of
the turning movement of the German
army, and the order not to accept
battle under unfavorable conditions,
our troops retired toward the south
and southwest. In the region of Beth
el our forces arrested the enemy
momentarily. In the center and on
our right the situation Is unchanged."
Retired French army officers on
whom no military obligations rest
are volunteering in large numbers to
drill young men of the 1914 cate
gory, who have just been called to
the colors. They do this for -the rea
son that the young officers are need .
ed for active service.
Colonels and officers of even high
er rank are. acting as drill sergeants.
The young men are very keen to
qualify to go to the front, and they
are obedient and attentive to their
instructors.
The publication in France of stories
of German atrocities in Belgium has
aroused the people to a remarkable
degree. An instance is reported from
Lepuy, in the department of Haute.
Loire, where the indignation of the
local residents against all Germans
was so strong that a young girl, car
rying a dinner from a restaurant to
two Bavarian officers in prison at
Lepuy was intercepted by an angry
- L.enui.
Lieutenant Oampagne of the avia
tion corps, while flying over the Ger
man lines at a height of 1S00 yards,
was subjected to the enemy's fire. A
shell struck his machine and stopped
the motor. The aeroplane oscillated
violently in the. wind, but the lieu
tenant succeeded in righting it, and
volplaned into the French lines. He
landed safely and gave important in
formation concerning the German
position.
officio member of the board. The main
trouble is in the selection of a seer-tary-
The post was offered to Henry
B. Fine, dean of the department of
science at Princeton who declinedjJJ.
Pasker Willis of New York has since
been offered the post.
demand abroad and competition there
for West Indian, Central,.-and South
American raw sugar made the in
crease in price here jiecessary. John
A. Sim, general manager of a, flour
company, said that speculation in
flour in this country Is impossible.
He predicted that if the price of
flour continued to rise many small
bakeries will be forced out of busi
ness because they could not afford
to sell standard loaves of bread for
five cents. Bread at the new munici
pal market sold at four cents, a. loaf
and bakeries in the neighborhood did
little business. The markets were
crowded.
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