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liMlntti(iiiiaiH1i' THE ARIZ DMA REPUBLIC AN INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE JOURNAL TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR 10 PAGES PHOENIX, ARIZONA, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 12, 1914 10 PAGES .VOL. XXV. NO. 117 AN '.1 A f 1 "a I I y il n f 5 j 'i GREAT STRUGGLE MARNE PROCEEDS t BUT Rattle "Which Has Been in Progress for Week Near Paris is Reported as Q uite Lacking in Suc cess GERMAN RIGHT - IS IN RETREAT German Left, However, Composed of Sections of Prince's Armv is Still Fighting With "Varied Success ASSOCIATED PRK9B DISPATCH I LONDON, Sept. 11. The battle of ! tl:e Marne. as the French have chris- j I tened the great struggle which now j I ).as been In progress to? a week in j i tlm turritnrv hatu-PPTI "P;iri8 and Yel"- I lun. with allied armies of Frame ami England on one side and the C.ei- mans on the other, has not yet j 1 cached a decisive result. The Or- j man right, nowever, in the face ni superior forces, threatened) with an j outflanking movement, continues to j retire to the north along the route over which General von Kluck made his famous dash toward Paris l'rein the Belgian border after having de feated the allies at Mons, and again at Cambrai .and St. Quentin. With Kluck also, according to the French official repo'.-ts, the right wing of von Buelow's army is falling back toward the rivers Aisne and Aise. On Buelow's left, the army of the Prince of "Wurtemburg, which has been trying for weeks to break through the Frerlch line, has also stopped fighting and retired north. The German left wing, however, composed of other sections of the prince's army and the army com manded by the German crown prince, !s still fighting with varying success. The armies however appear to have passed Verdun, as Berlin reports say they have been bombarding fortified l.ositions south of that fortress, and a comprehensive French official re port issued tonight . indicates . that General von Kluck was further south and east of Paris than hitherto has been disclosed, Tso his advance was even faster than he was given credit for making. It seems that had the German ar mies on his left moved anywhere nearly us quickly as he did, the bat tle of the Marne might never have I een fought. However, faced by the strong British and French force, with another French force advancing from Paris, and threatening his flank and his communication, von Kluck was compelled to withdraw northward and then fight the French on the river Ourcq. In this fighting, ac cording to British-French reports, a number of German guns, hundreds of prisoners and part of a German transport wei taken. The German report, on 'the other hand, says: "The war booty was represented ly fifty guns and some thousands of prisoners." As at first received, this report said the Germans admitted defeat i-nd the loss of men and guns, but it later was explained this was a tele graphic error. Englsh newspapers c'.ecline to . accept this explanation and insist that the admission really was made to be withdrawn later by some superior officer. In their retirement, Generals von Kluck and von Buelow had at their heels the French army they went south to fight, which when the Ger mans started to fall back, they quickly advanced and took the of fensive. While this fighting must 4i.':ve been severe, the really hard blows of the battle appear to haye bfen struek tetween Vitry le Fran cois and Sezanne. Here the French were drawn up on the road over which they could move rapidly. They were repeatedly attacked by Von Buelow's right Sax on army and Prince of Wurtemberg's right. These attacks, which continu ed until Thursday night, were of a most violent character, according to the French report, and wgre stopped only when Gen. Pau got possession of the hills north of Sezanne, from which his artillery had commanded the valley down which the Germans necessarily an their way from Cha lons. It was for the possession of these hills the .French fought hatd early in the battle and was here daily a fight occurred which first went in favor of one side and then the other. It is believed here this retirement Half Million To Promote associated press dispatch SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 11. Tes timony before the state railroad com mission today developed the fact that Marcus Samuels qf London, repre sentative of the Rothschilds interests was to be paid half a million of dol lars to promote the Valley Pipe Line Company of California. "And what services were to be ren dered by Mr. Samuels for this stu pendous fee?" . was asked by Paul NO DECISION POINCARE DENIES USES DUM DUM BULLETS BORDEAUX, Midnight, Sept. ! 11. President Poincare cabled President Wilson the following: "Mr. President: I am informed the German government has j sought to surprise your excellen- j cy's good faith by alleging that j dura dum balls manufactured in j j the French state factory, are , j used by our soldiers. This cal- j rnnny is but an audacious at- ' tempt to reverse the rules. Ger- many has since the beginning of the war used dum dum bullets j i and violated daily the law of na- j ; tions. On August 18 and several j times since we have had occasion ' to. bring these acts to the notice') ; of your excellency and the powers ! signatory to The Hague con- vent ion." j I , Troops From New Zealand Holding South Sea Island associated press dispatch HONOLULU. Sept. 11. The South Sea Island Upolu. on which is situated Apia, the capital of German Samoa, was occupied without firing a shot on August 29 by 1500 New Zealand troops transported by the liners Tahiti and Willochre, and conveyed by the crui ser Australia, the battleship Camper down and two British torpedo boats. Governor Sehultz and 110 other govern ment officials were made prisoners and taken to the Fiji Islands. Frederick Heintz, wireless operator. refused an offer of $10,000 to reveal the hiding place of powerful aparatus stripped from the new wireless plant when the news of war reached here. The Upola population is 20,000 of which 310 are whites. Robert Louis Steven son died and was buried there at Vail ima. into the hills of Vitry Le Francois was made to enable Gen. Von Moltke, the German general and staff to plan some other means or way of break ing through the. French line. Although the Germans had to send some of their best troops back to Prussia to meet the Russian force, it is not for a moment thought here that there will be any long pause in their efforts to beat the French. Crown Prince Frederick William, with his portion of Prince of Wurt emberg's army is still fighting. A French report says of this battle that there is no great change in the situation, there being alternate ad vances and retreats. The Germans have brought up some siege guns against Nancy, here, as in the Vosges, and it is reported there is no change in the situation. The British public seems well sat isfied with the result of the battle so far as it has gone, but military experts warn them it is not over yet. It was suggested by some military men as being possible the French are only holding the line of Marne on sufferance, while the Germans are making some change in their line of communications. Among exrerts it is considered there is no r.-ason to suppose the German army has fought to a standstill. The distress of the German right wing, however, has given the little Belgian army another opportunity to do something and it is taking advan tage of it by harassing the German reinforcements which are hurrying south to Gen. Von Kluck's assistance also to attack the German's left in Belgium. As only a few troops of the German line are left there the Belgians are able only to cope with Landsturm. It is reported that Germany is withdrawing troops from Alsace, hut whether they are for the Prussian frontier or are. to support armies which are facing the allies in western France was not disclosed. It is con sidered likely however, - the general staff will gather all the forces it can to get through the French force, east of Paris, either by the route they were trying during the past week or through Luneville. In Galicia. Austrians who have been supported by the Germans, are still putting up a fight against the Russians although it has been pre dicted for days their surrender or annihilation was imminent. The Rus (Continued on Page Three) Standard Oil Rival Sincheimer, stock and bond expert of the commission. "Oh, he is giving his personal at tention to work," replied one of the attorneys for the company. The Valley Pipe Line Company, a subsidiary of the Shell Royal Dutch Petroleum Company, the chief world competitor of the Standard Oil, open ed its, plea before the commission to day fon, a stock issue of $5,28S,0OO for the construction of a pipe line 170 miles long from Coallnga to Martinez. WASHINGTON IS UIIHEOFTHE TURKS' STAND State Department is With out Official Advice of lie ported Action' of Diplo mats Refusing to Accept Treaty Abrogation MORGEXTIIAU IS SILENT United States Has Studied the Treaties of 1830 and 1862 Between United States and Turkey, But Attitude is Not Decided associated prkss dispatch WASHRINGTON, Sept. 11. The state department was without official advice at a late hour as to the re ported action of the foreign diplomats in Constantinople in communicating to, the Turkish government yesterday the decision of their respective gov ernments not to accept an abolition of foreign extra-territorial rights by the Porte. No message from Ambas sador Morgenthau at Constantinople has been received for severat days, and if he is participating in the action of the other ambassadors, it is without instructions from the department. The president asked Secretary Bryan to call the attention of Turkish Am bassador A. Rustem Bey to the re cent statements attributed to him, and inquire if they were authorized. The Turkish ambassador explained to Sec .Qo. rirvnn that Turkey's abroga tion of her conventions and capitula tions granting special privileges to tne ,.-r, u a ii xten taken merely to re cover her national rights. The am bassador points out tnat tie."11"1 )b nrtion was not to terminate the treaties of 1830 and 1862 between the United States and Turkey, uui o remove those ext-a-territorial rights which the American government en joyed under the most favored nation clauses. The state department of ficials studied the treaties and the Turkish laws carefully, but it was not determined what the attitude of the United States would be. It is thought the American government will await the initiative oi omer R,n before entering into diplo matic negotiations on the subject. Discussing informally questions nt of the abrogation of the conventions, the Turkish ambassador liter suggested an interesting nua in thnt micht arise with reference to Egypt. Here, he thought, Great Britain probably would welcome me removal of the capitulations as it left the British control of Egypt unin cumbered by special privileges to other foreigners. He declined to dis cuss the effect of Turkey's action Ion the European war but emphaticrfly denied it was a pretext lor war. i The ambassador pointea out ina. while capitulations were interwolen in most of Turkey's treaties, tlipre were many commercial treaties 'not affected by this action. As to the American missions he made it clear flint thev would be protected as for merly under the Ottoman law. T.iite tonleht the ambassador au thorized the following statement: "In the presence of the imio'-tance given to the statement made by me fip riiva hnek- arisimr out of ru mors sedulously disseminated in the United States that a general massa cre of Christians is in preparation in Turkey, it may serve a good purpose to explain that, according to me, great responsibility rests at the pres ttit ' moment on the nress of the United States, where the situation is raturally a very strained one. "For past years the newspapers or this country Indulged in blind hos tility toward Turkey. This has been comparatively unimportant so far But today the unfairness or tnis at titude may cause serious mischief. In the absence of all restrictive c'.auses in the press laws of the United States in regard to the treat ment of foreign countries I adopted the only course available to induce the United States press to take a more serious view of its relationship to Turkey that of a straightforward appeal to it in which l pointedly mentioned sonle of the things that have happened in the United States which ehould not have happened, in view of inducing it to deal more charitably witii Turkey. "I am firmly convinced morally if not conventionally of the right in adopting this course. There are times, and this is one of them, when con ventions can and must be set aside. The interests of humanity should not he sacrificed to them." Refuse to Accept " PARIS, Sept. 11. The .Rome cor respondent , of the Havas agency says that Constantinople dispatches an nounce that foreign ambassadors, in cluding , that of Germany, yesterday informed the Turkish government that the powers will not accept the abolition of the treaty rights accord ed foreigners. The Figaro says there are 20,000 priests serving in the French army. NURSES WHO'LL MINISTER TO BRITISH SOLDIERS AT THE FRONT SMITH'S LEAD IN MARICOPA IS 3376 VOTES Hunt Defeats Hughes Here ' V,m Votes Hayden's Vote Does Not Equal the Full Voting Strength of Ticket This Year The unofficial returns completed on the recent primarj- hKl in Maricopa county show that Senator Mark A. Smith's majority in Maricopa alone runs into the thousands. To be cor rect the aged senator from the south put it over the candidate from the north i:pon the proposition before the democrats to be nominated for sena tor, in Maricopa county alone. 337K votes or better than two to one. None the less surprising was the vote on the governorship. It was expected that since this is Dr. Hughes' home 1 county, his vote here would he pro- ! portionately heavier than elsewhere, yet the present incumbent of the of- j fice obtained 1568 votes from the , democrats more than did the doctor. In some few of the precincts Dr. Hughes led Governor Hunt but not in many. The leading Maricopan to obtain votes before his countymen, when opposed by another democrat was Lin B. Oime who led Auditor Cal laghan 129 votes. However, he fail ed to keep this sort of a lead in the other counties and hence is defeated for the nomination. There was a great deal of interest in the vote for corporation commissioner in this county since there were two candi dates from Maricopa for that office, Don C. Babbitt and V. A. Jones. In the county canvass Mr. Jones led the ticket and beat Mr. Babbitt a little more than one hundred votes. How ever, Mr. Babbitt did not pole the same proportionate vote in other counties hence the general conces sion that he will not be one of the commissioners. Probably as much interest was ex pressed over the vote for mine in spector in Maricopa county as on any other candidacy in the primary. In Maricopa Bolin led Hanson all the way coming through the final count by a lead of 89 votes. The full figures on the state ticket are: Complete returns for Maricopa county on the state ticket are. as follows : Ling 2951 Smith 6327 Hayden 3S Cunningham ."3669 Franklin 3ni Hawkins 3r'61 Ross ..." ' 36r'6 Hughes '-870 Hunt 4-'3i Oshorne 'M Callaghan 2595 Orme 3- Parr 213 Simms 327f Hardy ' 1337 Jones 3-,4 Linney Case J!,u Robertson 23 Babbitt 3545 Bradner Cole ' : 2204 Geary 2" Jones :.. '''' 7 Weatherford 2270 Bolin 30S1 Hanson --135 Miller, P. J 44S7 Zander 3fi"s Graham's Count (Special to The Republican.) SAFFORD, Sept. 11. Twelve pre- . fife. wm Say Conditions Among Women Workers Is Good associated press MSPATCH LOS ANGELES, Sept. 11. Despite the fact that the local market is badly overcrowded, conditions among women workers in the department stores are above those in many other cities, the federal industrial relations commis sion heard today from various wit nesses. A minimum wage, Mrs. Kathe rine P.'Kdson, state industrial welfare commissioner; Arthur Letts, presi dent of the National Dry Goods asso ciation, and VV. E. Chamberlain, man ager of a local department store, te?-, tified, was about that paid in states where it had been fixed by law. As yet no minimum wage law has been passed in California, but one is to be introduced at the coming session of the legislature. It is thought the scale will be between $S and $10 per week. Both Chamberlain and Letts ex plained that lack of efficiency caused salaries to remain low for many work ers. "The greatest trouble among women workers in this country is lack of efficiency," Mr. Letts testified. "A great many employes regard the years between the age of IS and 22 as mere ly a carrying-over period, and have marriage as their ultimate aim. If they can earn money in my store, the skv is the limit." Neither of the witnesses are em ployers of organized labor, but Letts has a grievance committee among the employes that present the case .of an employe. Both men strongly endorsed the workmen's compensation act. Mrs. Edson testified the contribut ing cause of social evils here has been working married women whose husbands do not earn a sufficient wage to pay for their homes. Thus, she testified, many children are forced into the streets. ' "The result of the open shop in Los Angeles has been to produce moral, intellectual and phys.Val cowards." Mrs. Francis Noel of the Women's Trade I'nion League testified, "and the Merchants &. Manufacturers' asso ciation has cowed not only the worker, but the small merchant." The witness also testified that the local police force, is used to carry out the commands of employers. She cited an instance where, she said, two policemen and la detective were sent forth to guard a laundry where it was feared five girls might resort to "violence." cincts out of fifteen in Graham coun ty gives Smith, 1007; Ling, 220: Hay den, 1054; Ross, 753; Hawkins, G6S; Cunningham, 772; Franklin. 795; Hunt, 704: Hughes, 560; Osborn, 1028; Orme, 219; Callaghan, 853: Simms. 1092; Parr, 145: Jones, 59S; Linney, 323; Hardy, 179; Robertson, 378; Case, 716; Hansen, 568; Bolin, 459; Bradner, 304; Cole, 513; Geary, 538; Jones, 634; Weatherford, 425; Bab bitt 622: Zander, 709; Miller, S02. The Legislature Returns The Senate Davis 2271 Irvine 2234 Johnson 2049 Staple- 2480 Webb 2444 The House Acuff 31G7 Austin 2931 Conners 2435 Erdmans .1459 Frazier 2448 Goodman 33S1 Powers ' 35S7 McLain 2893 Vaughn. Loren 3588 Watkins 2446 Whipple 1348 The Supervisors Brooks 2195 Corrigan " ...... '. 1253 Jack 5G (Continued on Page Three) SAY SALVATION ARMY STORES NOTTOSOLICIT Four Managers of Stores in Los Angeles Are Arrested Following Order Prohib iting Soliciting Funds or Merchandise associated peess dispatch LOS ANGELES. Sept." 11. Four managers of the Salvation Army stores here were arrested late today on a charge filed by the municipal charities commission, in the enforce ment of its order prohibiting the organization from longer soliciting funds or merchandise in the city. These arrests followed the decision of Commissioner Thomas Estill of Chicago in charge of the western half of the I'nited Slates for the Salvation Army, to fight for the con tinuance of the nine stores operated here and the institutions and char ity work dependent upon them. De fying the commission's order. Pro vincial Secretary Wood ordered the stores and soliciting continued, mean while preparipg to show in court the Salvation Army's contentions that the commission's own figures prove untrue its charge that one-third of the funds collected are sent to other cities. Commissioner Estill claims that about six per cent of the separate religious fund is sent out for over head, part of which returns in the form of grants and this fund is 'not under the jurisdiction of the com mission. . The Salvation Army officials de clare this is the first time a city in the United States has forbidden their institutional work. Under the order, only three of the present institutions which are self-supporting can con tinue. Persecution is charged by the Sal vation Arm'y. They cite to prove it that the commission made public those who have not solicited, hut are selling goods collected before the ban was put on svn H. work and al leged distortion of the commission's own figures. WANT WAR INSURANCE associated press dispatch WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 Applica tions for more than $5,000,000 war risk insurance have reached the fed eral bureau. The rates and regula tions will be announced in a few days and policies then issued. Cannot Aid Cotton Men In Meeting Unusual Conditions associated press dispatch WASHINGTON, Sept. 11. After long consideration federal officials here are convinced that the federal government can take no further steps to aid cotton producers to meet unusual conditions caused by the European war. The treasury de partment announced its determina tion to accept warehouse receipts as a basis for additional national bank currency, but friends of the plan for valorization of the cotton crop have not succeeded in convincing govern ment officials of its desirability. Officials who Studied the situation feel that any remedy to be taken lies in the cotton men themselves, and in the ' state- legislatures. The idea Is Stilt PASSES All EMERGENCY CURRENCY BILL Measure Growing Out of European "VVar is Now Up to House and "Would In crease Per Cent of Com mercial Paper TO BE CALLED UP ON WEDNESDAY, Efforts Made to Exempt from Freight Tax Farm Products En Route to Mraket Meet With Imme diate Rejection ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH WASHINGTON, Sept. 11. An emer gency currency bill, amending the Vreeland-Aldrich act to make 75 per ent instead of 30 per ent, the amount of commercial paper to be accepted from banks as security for emergency currency, passed the senate without a roll call and now goes to the house. The measure is one of those growing out of the European war. The bill will be called up on Tuesday for debate, when a special rule to ex pedite its passage probably will be pre sented. Efforts were made to exempt from the freight tax, farm products enroute to market but the proposal was rejected on the ground that it would kill the effect of the tax entirely and open it to amendments of all sorts. "No one wants this bill." said Under wood. "We don't want any kind of a tax, but we cannot help it. We didn't want war in Europe. We will push the bill through as rapidjy as possible." Representative Rucker of Missouri, introduced a bill to increase the in come tax rate one half per cent, and to reduce the exemption to $2000 from $3000. This had been originally pro vided by the ways and means com mittee in the revenue bill but was withdrawn at the request of the presi dent. New York City Loan NEW YORK. Sept.. 11. Progress on the new- $100,000,000 city loan over shadowed all other domestic financial developments. A broad demand from out of town indicated a very small amount will be left for public offering. Moreover, it is believed that many for eign holders of maturing Tiotes, attract ed by the higher interest yield, are like ly to take their share of the new Issue instead of cash for the old notes. This week's shipments of foodBtuffs, while considerably under the preceed ing weeks, is fully one-third larger than that of the corresponding week in 1913. That the cotton situation is assuming a more acute phase is judged from the fact that legislatures in some southern states are to hold special sessions to meet conditions in "that commodity growing out of the European war. It is known the movements of money point to a material cash gain by the clearing houses banks this week, an increase estimated from $5,000,000 to $7,000,000. In the meantime the par alysis of the financial markets is re flected in further decrease of local bank dlearings, the decline aggregating 17 per cent. Mercantile buyers con tinue of cautious nature with an under tone of moderate optimism. There was better inquiry after commercial paper and few loans, some extending into 1915, were reported, but as a rule the banks were increasingly wary on long time accomodations. The London discount rate was un changed, but money was said to be W greater supply. Private advices to the effect that exchange there may resumn business' soon and that the bear fac tion in the markets has begun to cover committments, was received with skep ticism, here. : ' NO BUBONIC PLAGUE NEW ORLEANS, Sept. il. For the first time since the outbreak of bu bonic plague here on June 27, there is not a case under treatment, according to an announcement today by Dr. W. C. Rucker, assistant surgeon general in charge of the plague fight, Three per sons at the isolation hospital have been pronounced "cilnically cured" and will be released within a dnv or so. 1 held here among government experts that the state, legislatures, where necessary,' should pass . legislation to limit the crop next year afld for succeeding years if . desired. Those familiar with conditions in the cotton growing states say that it has been demonstrated for years that reduction in the amount of the crop would be to the advantage of the producer. From past efforts to insure such reduction, however, it has found, it is said that a reduc tion in cotton growing means that thousands of acres of productivw land in the south will be turned over to other and more profitable crops which would insure a market for the cotton produced. . . s- il- r