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THE ARIZONA. BE PUBLICAN,
AIM INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE JOURNAL
TWENTY-FIFTH YEAE
18 PAGES
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, FRIDAY 'MORNING SEPTEMBER 25, 1914
18 PAGES
.VOL. XXV. NO. 129
GERMANS IKE !
SUPREME TRY
AT RECOVERY
Offensive of the Kaiser's
Troops is Extremely Vig
orous, But Allies Thrust
Back Masses of Troops
Thrown Against Them
PERONNE FALLS
TO THE ALLIES
Victims of Deadly German
Machine Gun Fire Were
Counted by Hundreds
French and German in
One Grave
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH j
AT BATTLE FRONT, via Paris, !
Sept. 24. The German offensive was '
extremely vigorous today at the west
ern end of the long line stretching !
along the Rivers Oise, Aisne and Woe- I
vre. The allied troops whoso gaps j
have been filled with freshly arrived j
reinforcements, not only repeated ',
thrust back the masses of Germans
thrown against them, but eventually
carried out a successful counter attack
which resulted in gaining considerable
ground and the definite capture of Pe
ronne, about which town the fiercest
engagement occurred.
At one place victims of the deadly
German machine guns were counted in
hundreds, especially where the advance
was across open wheat fields that had
recently been harvested. ,
Some men of the French regiment
which was making a dash toward the
German position were found dead in a
kneeling posture they had taken be
hind sheaves of wheat, from where
they had emptied their magazines, in
tending to start a final rush and bay
onet charge. After the fight 900 dead
were burried in a single trench six feet
deep, the Germans being placed at one
end and the French at the other. Fur
ther toward the east, near Berry-Au-Bneonaisne,
north of Rheims there ap
pears to be concentrated a large Ger
man force which has stolidly occupied
the btrong entrenchments from which
it is most difficult to dislodge them.
Hereabouts fighting has been of a
desultory character with, however, a
slight advantage in favor of the allies.
Men of both armies in this vicinity
seem to be enjoying their rest. On the
eastern wing the Germans are throw
ing anormous masses of men against
the French troops, protecting the line
of defensive forts about Verdun, but
up to the present time their efforts,
although costing immense sacrifices,
have been in vain, and the French line
remains intact
Heavy Artillery Play. Part' th"e need'"r, ll" ,
LONDON, Sept. 24.-Heavy artillery Secretary McAdoo elegraphed su
continues to play a leading part in Pntendents of banking in each
the battle of the Aisne. which has state rev.ew.ng the conditions and
now been in progress for nearly a j' ppeU"B J" "'t'n regard g
fortnight. With the greatest stub-
bornness the, opposing forces eon-
tinue to hammer away at each other
from well entrenched, and strongly
fortified positions, but up to the
present without reaching a decision.
Almost without a lull the great shells .
o a VtAtnflr V ii r1ai ft nrou t Vi a rivard
valleys and plain, stretching from the 1
river Oise in the west to the Meuse
in the east and thence southward
along the whole Franco-German bor
der, while the lighter guns play on
the infantry lying in
the trenches ;
1
awaiting an opportunity to aeuver j
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attacks, with, as a
French official
communication says, "alternate re
tirement on certain points and ad
vancement on others."
The battle line has been stretched
out further to the westward, the
French left wing having made some '
1 he riiroettnn c,t Vnl. ,
which lies northwest of Noyon. The 1
latter place a few days ago was the
allies' extreme left. A detachment
has occupied Peronne, which is still
further north. A report from Ger
man headquarters dated yesterday
says, however, that the efforts of the
French to encircle the German right
had no result. The French also
claim to have advanced to the north
west of Berry-Au-Bac, which is about
the point where the German
line
crosses the Aisne, and continuing
southeast to, Brimont, which has
heen the center of many vigorous
attacks.
Along the rest of the line, although
there have been fierce engagements
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President Displeased At
Words Of Some Diplomats
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24. The
president manifested to callers his
llspleasure over the recent utter
ances of some: diplomats accredited
to the United States from the belli
gerent governments. The Turkish
ambassador, ' who refused to with
draw his remarks ' criticising this
government, announced he would
le?.vc the United States soon on his
own intiativo on leave of absence.
President mentioned no names and
tola inquiring newspaper men he
FIRST REAL
AGAINST CARRANZA
GENERAL VILLA
ANTI-MONEY HOARDING
CAMPAIGN EXTENDED
Secretary McAdoo Broad
ens His Fight Against
National Banks So as to
Include Various State
Financial Institutions
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
WASHINGTON. Sept. 24. The
anti-mone' hoarding compaign launch
ed by Secretary McAdoo against na
tional banks, particularly those which
have received federal crop-moving
funds or have taken out emergency
currency, has been broadened to take
in state institutions. He made pub
lic a statement, announcing that if
the state of Tennessee continues to
find bankers unwilling to renew the
SI, 100.000 loan, he will take up the
task of finding banks who will make
the loan. It is understood a list of
banks hoarding money will be pub
lished tomorrow, and that this prac
tice will be continued so long as
' c """ '"i"""
In the message he said
"Reports from national banks by
the comptroller of th6 currency indi
cate a money scarcity occasioned
largely by- the hoarding of funds by
many national banks which are car
rying reserves,, in some cases two to
Jhree , feat ived by
law. and also that credits are re
stricted and excessive rates of inter
est charged to customers.
"Th,ere is more .currency in the
...
n t-i .1 thorn haa hauTi ieniorl thrniitrh
the treasury department since Au-
! gust 4 over $300,000,000 additional na
tional bank currency which, with the
relaxation in business, should create
an abundance of loanable funds. The
department will withdraw deposits
from banns touno. noarumg money or
ClliUBUlS .aim . ....n,
4 redeposit them witn banks whose
funds are loaned at reasonable rates
to meet legitimate demands of busi
ness and for moving crops."
Brisk Demand for Note
. NEW YORK, Sept. 24 A brisk de
r.iant1. for New York six per cent
notes was reported, a three year is
sue selling at a premium of two per
cent, with fractional premiums for
shorter issues. Managers o? the
JiOO.000,000 gold pool announced the
success of that project, local banks
virtually depositing thr-lr share
forty-five per cent of the whola. '
In connection with . the proposed
operation of the pool, whose' chief
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would make no comment, preferring
that the discussion be conducted
thrcugh the regular channel of t'le
state department.
Three published interviews in par
ticular have given the American gov
ernment offense: one by A. Rustom
Bey, the Turkish ambassador; : an
other by Sir Lionel Carden, britlsh
ambassador to Mexico, and a. third
attributed to Baron von Schoer., for
mer secretary of the German embassy
at Tokio, but formally repudiated by
CLASH OF GENERAL VILLA'S OUTBREAK
THREE AUSTRIAN
BOATS ARE SUNK
BUMPING HIES
Report Comes That Two
Torpedo Boats and One
Destroyer Go Down Fol
lowing Contact Witli
Fl oa t i n g E xplos i ves
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
PARIS, Sept. 24. The correspondent
of the Italian newspaper Corrier Del
la Zerra telegraphs from Trieste that
two Austrian torpedo boats and one
torpedo boat destroyer were sunk by
floating mines on Friday on the coast
of IJalmatia, according to a Rome dis
patch to the Havas agency. '
Bombarding Cattro
BARI, Italy, Sept. 24. The bombard
ment of C'attaro by French ships and
the guns on Mount Iovchen has be
gun according to vessels arriving from
the Dalmatian coast.
Austrian Await Attack
LONDON, Sept. 24. An official.
German dispatch received tonight by
Marconi wireless from Berlin says:
"It is officially reported from Vienne
that Austrian forces have now been
concentrated on their new oosition for
several days, but have wt ed in vain
for anv serious Russian !' tnck."
An Austrian Report
MANCHESTER, Mass., Sept. Dr.
Constantin Dumba, Austro-Hungariaft
ambassador, announced tonight he had
received the following wireless mes
sage by the way of Sayville:
"There have been no fights in the
northern war theater during the last
few days, except some unimportant
cannonades. Despite unfavorable
weather, our troops are in excellent
condition. In the Balkan war theater
the important Servian position of West
Krupaiy (Kroupani) was taken after
several days of hard fighting. The rc
sibtance of the Servians there was
broken, and Servian guns captured.
The French fleet once more bombarded
the fortification at the entrance 'of
Boche Dilattaro (Cattaro) without any
success. Two lighthouses on the small
island were destroyed; then the squad
ron left the Adriatic again."
Dumba added the following com
ment: "It results from the above communi
cation that the reports sent out from
St. Petersburg, Rome and London
about the desperate position or cutting
off General Dankl's army near Prze
mysl is again pure fictition and meant
to impress the public opinion in the
neutral countries. The same applies
to the Servian lies about the success
in Sorvla and Bosnia.
GEN. VON BUSSE KILLED
TASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
BERLIN, via the Hague to London,
Sent. 24. Announcement was made
here that Lieutenant General von
Busse was killed in nction on Sept
ember 8. Thus far 38.000 persons
have been decorated with the iron
cross.
MAY OCCUR
Pancho is Hurrying Chihua
hua Fighting Men South
to M eet Oncoming Federal
Troops from Zacatecas
and Aguas Calientes
HAS RECALLED MEN .
FROM MAYTOREXA
Attitude of United States
Will Have Largely to Do
With Success of Revolt
If Embargo is Absolute
Villa Mav Fail
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
EL PASO, Sept. 24 If Villa's revolt
against the Carranza government re
sults in armed revolution, the first bat
tle will probably occur at the old bat
tle grounds of either Torreon or Zaca
tecas. Villa was forced to abandon his
expedition in assistance of the Mayto
ren.a revolt and rushed his forces south
to meet what is reported to be a strong
force of Carranza soldiers moving
north from Aguas Calientes and Zaca
tecas. All is astir in Chihuahua, the
state In which for four years and in
almost as many revolutions has fur
nished the greatest and most efficient
force of fighting men.
It is declared that through the in
fluence of General Filipe Angeles
Carrar.za's deposed secretary of war,
who early in the Carranza-Villa es
trangement attached himself with tlfc
northern chieftain that financial
backing of the old political party Is
being allied with the new Villa revolt.
General Alvaro Obregon, commander
of the northwestern military zone, did
not arrive here today as had been an
nounced in a telegram from General
Vilia. It is declared that Obregon re
mained a prisoner at Chihuahua City,
where Villa has established his head
quarters. The arrest by Villa of Ob
regon precipitated Villa's denunciation
of Carranza although local officials be
lieve the actual issue is Villa's support
of the Maytorena revolt in Sonora.
All telegraphic and railroad tratl'ic
was suspended today south of Juarez
and the movements of Villa's troops are
unknown. From all sides in the latest
controversy of Mexican affairs came
expressions of anticipation of what of
ficial Washington's move will be in
view of the sudden development in
Mexico. It is pointed out by officials
here that Villa's success at arms
against Carranza depends largely upon
the action of Washington in replacing
the emliargo on arms which was lifted
at Carranza's ascension to power at the
national capital. The Orozco revolt
against the Madero government was
defeated, it is declared, by the strict
embargo imposed by the United States
government, and Villa's agents here
have asserted that the success of the
new movement depends largely upon
the altitude of the Washington gov
ernment more than on the internal
conditions. I
Hope for Adjustment
WASHINGTON. Sept. 24. The hoie
that Carranza and Villa would adjust
their differences and avoid another
revolution was expressed by high ad
ministration officials tonight. The
l.reaMent hnu mini, nlnin hnlh mun
through his personal representative,
Paul Fuller, that the United States
would look with disfavor on a con
tinuance of fighting in Mexico. There
is confidence among the officials that
the advice recently given will not
go unheeded.
In the meantime, the Washington
government will take no steps to in
terfere in the quarrel, but will pa
tiently await the course or develop
ments. For the present no change
will be made in the plan of evacuat
ing Vera Cruz, though no date has
been fixed.
During the day an official dispatch
revealed that the Brazilian minister
and American Consul Silliman were
in conference with Carranza, while
George C. Camthers, the American
consular agent, is awaiting the ar
rival at Juarez of General Obregon,
with whom he expected to discuss the
situation, and inter to confer with
Villa.
Carranza informed the American
consular representatives he would not
attack Villa, but would instruct his
forces to remain on the defensive.
It was not learned that Villa will
take the offensive for the present,
and many officials thought the ef
forts of General Gonzales, com
mander of the division of the east,
to act as peacemaker might not be
fruitless. General Gonzales was a
principal factor in drawing Carranza
and Villa together after their first
break, which was adjusted by an
agreement at Torreon.
Sonora Loyal to Villa
NOG ALES, Sept. 21. Governor
Matorena proclaimed the allegiance
of Sonora to Villa in his defiance of
Carranza, and refused to recognize
Carranza as the first chief of the
constitutionalist army or in any other
capacity.
To Confer With Villa
EL PASO, Sept. 24. Francisco Car
bajal and Felix Diaz are on their way
to El Paso to confer w;tfi officials of
Villa, who yesterday announced his
independence of the Carranza central
government. This was announced by
Carranza officials here on advices
from agents at New Orleans and 8an!maB; jonn Clancy, secretary-treas-
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AT TOWN
W VJ '"frl
G ENERAL
TEDDY URGES LOYALTY
TO LINCOLN PRINCIPLES"
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TO GREET
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Tl,.v T i i i.
Jin .LKiitsi ami JIOM
tentive Crowd in Local
Annals Met the Mi ssrs.
Young, Nelson and. Alex
ander Last Niyht
TUCSON, Sept. 24. Five hundred
citizens of Tucson and vicinity as
sembled in the new armory building
tonight to greet the progressive can
didates. Dr. J. Bernard Nelson for
United States senator, George U.
loung for governor, and .1. L. B.
Alexander for attorney- general. One-
third of the audience was ladies. It
was the best political meeting held
TUCSONTURN
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here in years, both in point of at-ito surrender his soul into the keeping
tendance and in the interest shown!"1' unscrupulous, conscienceless ma-I
! Ih
the remarks
of the speakers.
Throughout not a member of the
audience left the armory until the last
speaker had finished.
The first speaker wis Dr. Nelson,
who addressed himself chiefly to na
tional affairs. He urged the building
of a strong navy and the conserva
tion of the waters of the Colorado.
He advocated, also, the establishment
of a national tubercular home. He
also favored a system of industrial
insurance similar to that provided by
the statutes of New York.
Mr. Young, created laughter in his
opening statement that Governor
Hunt was opposed to capital punish
ment, though he had encouraged
throughout his administration the
punishment of capital. His general
discourse was on the subject of pro
gressivism, which he said had nw
quarrel with the rank and file of the
republican party. He paid a tribute
to such members of it as Judge Kib
bey and others. But- he said that
the objection othe progressives was
the management of the party and the
control -of it by such men as J. C.
Adams, Hugh Daggs and Ned Creigh
ton. The mention of the name of
Mr. Creighton reminded Mr. Young
that that astute politician had boasted
on the streets of Phoenix the after
noon before, that the republican party
had $60,000 to spend in the campaign.
Captain Alexander spoke of the ex
travagance and incompetency of the
state administration. The rooms of
the spacious capitol building had been
subdivided into stalls io make room
for the horde of clerks and commis
sioners which under this wasteful ad
ministration were necessary for the
transaction of the state's business.
He urged the passage of a work
men's compensation and employer's
liability act which should he more
effective and which should be given
operation without the employment of
expensive attorneys and the tedious
processes of the courts.
.Local progressives, already confi
dent, were stili further encouraged by
the temper of the people at the meet
ing tonight. The presiding officer
was Thomas K. Marshal, president of
the local progressive club.
The county committee met today
a .l .1 Dniil X? W.vn q 1 1 1 f hnir.
1 urer, and J. C. Compton, delegate to
OF TORREON
CARRANZA
For First Time Since Cam
paign of 1912 Former
President Visits Illinois
in Interest of Progressive
Senatorial Campaign
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
GALESBl'RG, Sept. 24. Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt began a two
days' campaign in Illinois today in
behalf of Raymond Robins, the sen
atorial candidate of the progressive
party
in Ti)inii. Thi4 was his first
political visit to the state since the
.... mnjiifrn rf 1QT Rci(1JS his
dress here today he is to speak at!th(f thr fays can be described in
Springfield, Marion, and East St.
Louis, before entering Indiana in the
interests of former Senator Albert J.
Beveridge, who is striving to return
to the upper house at Washington as
a progresisve.
I In his address here, Colonel Roose
i volt deplored blind adherence to
names rather than to principles. He
said the talk of the progressives re
turning to either of the old parties is
absurd.
"One of the most mischievous
nianifestations of this habit of ours
n,a' be seen when an extraordinary
citizen a good decent citizen tends
chine politicians on the theory that I
thereby he is being 'loyal' to party
ties." asserted the sneaker
"Slavery to names," he continued. I
"is often the most lamentably ef
ficient obstacle in the way of fealtv
t., ideals. The ma,.hin0 ,ntiin",
himself usually has not the smallest
scruple concerning party regularity,
and not a sentiment of any kind in
connection with allegiance to his
party. But he trades on the fact
that' his dupe, the good average ck:
zen, does
possess this scruple, and
feels this sentiment
"In this state, for instance, Lori
merism has been almost non-partisan,
most certainly a bi-partisan pheno
menon. Most prominent among the
machine supporters of Mr. Roger
Sullivan, now running for the sen
ate or. the democratic; ticket has been
in the past the very man who made
legislative and other combinations
with the Lorimer wing of the Repub
lican party.
"Our opponents ask you to be true
to the party of Abraham Lincoln. I
ask you to be true to the principles
of Abraham Lincoln."
In Illinois, the colonel said, the
worst scandals in connection with
such matters as the election of Lor
imer to the senate or to the organ
ization of the legislature in the in-
the state committee, which will meet
at Phoenix next Tuesday.
War Revenue Bill May
Pass The House Today
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24. Debate
on the administration war revenue
bill was in full swing when the house,
adjourned tonight with its pass
age tomorrow by an overwhelming
majority assured.
The measure was taken up under
a special rule limiting debate to sev
en hours, barring amendment, and
over vigorous opposition from repub
licans and progressives and support
ed by-thirty democrats. Democratic
Leader Underwood and Represent."! -
TROOP IRALi
UNIMPAIRED BY
TERRIFIC Fl
Field Marshal Sir John
French, Commanding the
Splendid British Army,
(iives Graphic Report of
Last Few Davs
HAVE FEELING
VICTORY IS THEIRS
Advance Slow, But Contin
uous G erman Aeroplanes
Brought to Ground Teu
tonic Losses in Officers is
Frightful
J LONDON, September 24. The of
ifieial press bureau tonight is
sued a report from Field Marshal
i.
Sir John French's headquarters, sup
plementing -the dispatch of Septem-
her 22 on British operations in
! Krance. The text in part follows:
"The enemy is still maintaining
! itself along the whole front and in
j order to do so is throwing into the
fight detachments composed of units
I from very different formations, the
I active army, the reserve, and Land-
wehr, as shown by uniforms of pri
' soners recently captured. Our pro-
gress, although slow on account of
jthe strength of the defensive posi
I tions against which we are pressing1,
has in certain directions been con-
uous, but the present battle may
ell last some days more before a
decision is reached since it now ap
proximates somewhat to a siege of
warfare. Germans are making use
of searchlights, and this fact, cou
pled with their great strength in
hunt'., n i 1 1 orr laoHc trt tha DtiTtmci.
j tion they are employing material
i wnich ' may have been coIIecte1 for
Lilts siege
The nature of the general situa
tion after the operations of 18, 19
and 20 is not better summarized
than as expressed recently by a
neighboring French commander to
his corps: "Having repulsed the re
lated, and violent counter attacks
made by the enemy, we have a feel-
I lus
we have been victorious.
! "So far as the British are con
icerned, the course of events during
a few words. During Friday, tne
18th, the artillery fire was kept up
intermittently by both sides during
daylight. At night the Germans
counter attacked certain portions of
our line, supporting the advance of
their infantry as always, by a heavy
bombardment. But the strokes were
not delivered with great vigor and
ceased about 2 a. m. During the
day's fighting an aircraft gun of
the third army corps succeeded in
bringing down one of the German
aeroplanes.
"News was received also that a
body of French cavalry had demol
ished part of the railway to the
north, stopping at least temporarily,
one line of communication which was
of particular importance to the
rnemj
"On Saturday the 19th the bom
bardment was resumed by the Ger-
mans ,y ......u.
I intermittently under reply from our
iown Suns.
Some of their infantry
dvanced from cover, apparently with
the intention of attacking, but on
coming under fire, they retired.
Otherwise the day was uneventful,
except for the activity of the ar-
""y. wnicn is u Umit m ..u. ......
routine miner tutu, eve....
"Another hostile aeroplane was
brought down by us and one of our
aviators succeeded in dropping sev
eral bombs over the German line, one
incendiary bomb falling with con
siderable effect on the transport
park near Fafere. A buried store of
the enemy's munitions of war was -also
found, not far from the river
Aisne, and ten wagonloads of live
shells and two wagon loads of cable
were being dug out. Traces were
discovered of large quantities of
stores having been burned, all tend
ing to show that as far back as the
(Continued on Page Six
terests of both machines, a!, have
been scandals in which mern crs of
both parties who now support , Roer
C. Sullivan, democrat, and iiJT.
Sherman, republican, worked .and in
hand to the same evil end."
tive Payne of New York, ranking re
publican members of the ways aii'-i
means committee, opened the discus
sion after a fight over the rule.
Underwood said the coun -y is fac
ing a world-wide disturbam of busi
ness conditions, "suffering a busl-
! ness way more than ever it has suf
fered since the war be ween thu
states." He said the pen ing bill is
necessary to meet an ex jency over
which the government had no control
the European war.
Payne said the democratic tariff is
! responsible for the financial troubles.
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