4 SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL SESSION AMERICAN ' MINING CONGRESS, PHOENIX, DEC. -7-8-9-1 0-ll . THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN, AN INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE JOURNAL TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR 10 PAGES PHOENIX, ARIZONA, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 1, 19U. 10 PAGES VOL. XXV. NO. 100 V PROGRESSIVE AMALGAMATION IS PROPOSED Executive Committeeman is ( Yedited With Saying Uniting of Democratic and Progressive Parties Will Be Considered THREE QUESTIONS ! FOR DISCUSSION" i Maintenance of National Or ganization for Cam paign and Amalgamation With Either Democrats or Republicans ASSOCIATED PRESS DISrATClll ! I HU.ACd, Nov. 3II.-An ama!';; lion of the progressive party wit! democratic partv has been :tuit:i u - i , the., "1 iy democrats of national prominence, ac cording to information brought here by one of those whu will .sit in the execu tive committee of the progressive party here, on Wednesday. The same man admitted that the question of amalga mation was to he discussed in the meeting, although his own opinions were thai the committee will decide to continue this national organization for the time being. Three propositions, it is understood, are to lie taken up by the committee: Maintenance of the national organiza tion for the purpose of entering a pres. idetuial candidate in l!IHi: amalgama tion of the progressive party with Ihe democratic party, and amalgamation of tile progressives with the republicans. George W. Perkins of New York is I chairman of the committee. Halbert Has Plan ST. PAUL, Nov. 3". Hugh T. Hal bert. progressive candidate for gover nor in the November election, will go to Chicago tomorrow" to attend the nieetinv of ihe executive ci.ii aiUee of the progressive party Wednesday, and it is expected, to outline the plan usidi he recently proposed at the meeting of the progressives in Minneapolis, which caused considerable discussion in po litical circles. The proposal which Halbert believes would bring about the co-operation of progressives of all parties follows: To maintain party organization; to rail a mass meeting of the progressives of all parties; to adopt platform prin ciples: atal io endorse candidates who indorse the.se principles. If after the primary candidates, put fort it i gressive partv ticket. there are no straight pro- BRITISH CAPTURE NORWEGIAN SHIP Cotton Steamer Bound from New York to Copenhagen Taken Into Halifax as War Prize (ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH HALIFAX, Nov. 311. The Norwegian steamer Sandefjord, which sailed from New York for Copenhagen with a cargo of cotton, was brought in here as a prize of war. She is suspected of hav ing contraband of war on board, and it is reported she has balloon sflk and copper stored beneath the cotton. Tins will be investigated after she has ilnckei, probably tomorrow. The ship tonight anchored in the har bor. The fact that she was so heavily laden, it is said, first directed suspicion toward her. A few days out from New York she was halted by a British cruis er patrolling the North Atlantic steam ship lanes and an officer examined her papers. Following the examination a prize crew was placed on board and t?!e steamer was ordered to put in at Hali fax. So far ns could be learned tonight, the Norwegian captain made no pro test against instructions to alter the course. SALUTE ENDS FATALLY. ASSOCIATED PRLSS DISPATCH VERA CRl'Z, Nov. 3ft. Sergea nt Manuel liridiln and Gunner Vicente Plla, of the Cuban flagship Cuba, wore injured in an explosion of one of the guns on board the cruiac, ps she was firing a salute when en tering the harbor. The accident oc curred as the vessel was firing the last shot of the salute. MAKE CHRISTMAS w I I horror instead of a day of joy. That's because you M. I and I and other selfish, thoughtless persons oost- pone our' Christmas carriers and clerks work to the verv last of endurance by not SHOPPING EARLY. Besides, we keep ourselves from getting the best selection of gifts, and we make hopping a task instead of a joy. CRUCIAL BATTLE GOES ON IN POLAND WITHOUT ANY DECISIVE RESULT Berlin Official Statement Says Nothing of Import ance to Report, While Russia Renews Warning Against Over-Optimism titt171." mo n AT'rn.'u i A I E IN PROGRESS oth Combatants Achieve Local Successes Without Distinct Victory to Either Arms Renew Bombard ment' of Zeebrugtrc I.0XD0X. . Nov. 311. King 1 tlcute went to France last night ! to visit the headquarters of the ! . Hritlsh evpeditionary force, it ! is announced officially. The king was accompanied by his private ; secretary. Baron Stamfordham ' ' and his equerry. Major Wigram. ! ASSOCIATE T'U-SS DISPATCH LONIHIN, Nov. 30. Another lav of t'.e crucial battle between the Russians and the Hermans and allies in Poland passed without news of a decisive result. A Berlin official to night says there is nothing iniKr lant to report from Poland, while the Russian government rests upon its warning against over-outimlsm. The facts, as gleaned from various messages of the correspondents, ap pear to be that there are three semi independent engagmnts progrssin-j between Thorn 011 the ' north and Cracow on the south, in which both ( ombatants have achieved local suc cesses, without distinct victory l""1 either arms, and only development in the western theater was a renewal if tlie Hritish naval bombardment of the German base at Zeebrugge. Advices from Holland report '.hat tailway traffic, the newspaper .atv.l posts in the P.russels region are en titely taspende-!, it presumed for the purpose of suppressing news of t!K movement of Gorman troop to the eastward. Some British military experts io licve that Field Marshal vim I linden burg's forces have been split into three units, one -of which certainly is almost completely enveloped, while the Vtussians have driven a. wedge between the Orman army and its Austrian ally in the region of Cra cow. They declare that the Ger mans have consistently under-estimated the qualities of their oppon ents, and have opposed them with a body composed almost wholly of sec ond line troops, hut are now rush ing heavy reinforcements from tnv western line to avert a Polish Sedan. They express the opinion that the issue depends on whether these will arrive in time. Berlin reports failure of the Rus sian attack on the fortifications of Fast Darkehmen, Fast Prussia, with heavy losses, while unofficial mes sages from Petrograd describe im portant Russian gains, and. the cap ture of ten miles of trenches lo the northeast of Idz. Kngland was surprised at the an nouncement that King Gwirgc ha.1 left last night on a visit to head quarters of the British forces in France, where he is certain of n:i enthusiastic reception from the sol- (Continued on Page Three CAUSES OF THE PARIS, Nov. 30. The French min ister of foreign yflairs today made public a yellow book bearing on the cause of the present war. The book i.s much more complete than previous similar diplomatic publications by the other governments. The report has two hundred and sixteen pages and comprises a hundred and sixty docu ments. It is devoted principally to a recital of the negotiations follow ing the Austrian note to Servia fjuly 23) which preceded the declaration of war by (iertnany on Ruswia (August 1) and on France (August 3). It closes with a reproduction of the declaration by the triple entente powers that Great Brit ain, France and Russia would not con clude peace separately. An official extract says: "It was first EVERYBODY'S DAY! shopping. We compel letter and deliverymen and boys to minute and the very last ounce 1 MINISTER REVIEWS S' QUITS WHEN "HOTEL" GUESTS' WON'T WORK ; SEATTLE. Nov. 30. Henry i Pauly. manager of the Hotel lab ; etty, tiie city's refuge for uneni- ployed, rescued because he had ; riot found among the S3:! men a! ! the institution enough help to op erule die hotel. The men re- j fused even to carry in wood or i potatoes. Last year Pauly was j manage Hotel He Gink, nob di- ; directly under city control, ex- I eluding all men unwilling to work. The new hotel receives j till -comers. II in; IHE ARE PROPOSED 111 ARMY BILL Appropriation of Approx imately S Kit,! I0O.OIH) for Army the Coining Year is Proposed in War .De partment Kstimates associated rr.r.ss dispatch WASIIIN'OTi N, Nov. "0 All a: jtopriation of approximately $1'M. cOn.tNici for the army this coming year was propos d in the war depar' ment estimates prepared for con piess. This is three millions nio:v than the current year. A few items of il.'iO.nOii for the purchase of automatic machine tif.es is asked.' Altogetlur $::,:ili0,iMI is sought for ammunition, compared with 011(1, ofiu V'irries in the curr n law. For field artillery for organized militia $2,"!'0,n0 is asked, $:,1U0 ileo having been appropriated last year. For the manufacture, repair and is-suancea-t the national at mories $-".0.-Ot'ft is askeil as against $4:.(t.fl"H l-.si yea r. The signal service would get ?7"0. CO'l, of which Jlrtl'.'HMP would be He ine purchase, maintenance, opera'io:i end repair of airships. Provision would he made for giving one year's additional pay to beneficiaries if men killed in the army aviation ser vice. Other items in the estimate on which congress will be asked to base the armv bill includes: Subsistence of the army, JIO.J'.O, 81:!; regular supplies for quarter master department, s.00i,O00 ; new barracks, quarters in the Fnited States proper, $ j,ino,0(K : transpor tation of the army. $10.0(l0.tiii0: bar tacks m the Philippines $400,000; clothing and camp equipment $f..!ia0, Ofld, an increase of JtuO.noO; medical department. $70, 000, an increase if 2.".0,000. . o CALLAHAN GETS DECISION. MEMPHIS, Nov. .Hi Frankie Cal lahan, of New York, was given the decision over Jack White, of Chicago, after eight rounds. They are light weights. EUROPEAN WAR 'in the spring of (hat we noted this colossal and expensive military effort which alone explains the desire to im pose Germanic superiority and hege mony upon the triple entente powers. When France responded to this menace by drafting the three year compulsory military service law the defense meas ure was denounced in Rerlin official circles as provocation which should not be tolerated. In April of 1913 a Ger man official in a secret report defined the objective and means of the national policy as follows: 'Convince the people of the necessity of an offensive war against France; prepare for uprisings in Russia and North Africa; provide for, In case of hostilities immediate ab sorption of Belgium and Holland.' Such is tht program the Germans shortly af ter endeavored to put in operation. We declare that Emperor William, who previously posed as a champion of peace, admitted in conversation with the king of Belgium that he had fin ally come to share the ideas of his mil itary advisers. He placed himself among the partisans of war which he thought would not be long delayed and the overpoweringsuccess which seemed certain." The yellow book recites in detail each step in diplomacy and action through negotiations, concluding with placing the responsibility for the war upon Austria who actually provoked the con flict and Germany who sustained Aus trie, precipitated matters. IB SFI7F AMERICAN BOATS TO LAND TROOPS I j 1 Mysterious Expedition of I ilia rorces to Lowei California .Menaces Amer ican Shipping in Pacific Xear .Toronado Islands EXCLUSION LAUNCH ' IS ORDERED AWAY! No Explanation Given Coin-! mander of Cruiser Chat tanooga, Who Arrives at Ensenada to Investigate Confiscation of Property ASSOCIATED press dispatchI SAN DIF.GO, Nov. 30 That 380 Vil la soldiers were landed at Knsenada this morning Horn the Jlexican troop ship Manuel Herrerias, Was the word brought to San Diego this afternoon by the l'nited States cruiser Chattanooga which followed the steamer into the Lower California port to investigate the threats made against the commander of an American excursion launch off the Coronado Islands yesterday. According t' the story told by the of ficers of the Chattanooga, the cruiser's wireless operator intercepted radio mes.sages last night from the Point I.o 111a station here to Admiral Howard on the I', s. v San Uiego. This mes sage told of the peculiar behavior of the Mexican troopship, which threat ened to fire on the ocean-going launch Golden West off the Coronado Islands on Sunday. At the- time this message was picked up the Chattanooga was only a few miles south of Knsenada and Comman der Senn decided to visit tbe Lower California capita! to investigate af fairs. On arriving there, Senn found the Manuel Herrerias already in port and discharging troops. The teamer had on board two small cxeurs'ui launches which had been kept ai th-Cor-niaiio Islands by American firms, (in inquiry, the American commander was told the Manuel Herrerias had gone north lor the purpose of landing troops on the shore. of Lower Califor nia between F.nsenada and Tia Juana and that the .small excursion launches were confiscated in order to laciinate the landing of the soldiers. The plan was given up. said the Mexican author ities on accoant of the high sett which was running at the time. Short ftf coal ; nd provisions, the Mexicans told Commander Seen they uere compelled to put into Knsenada. The Mexican; did not offer to explain why one trooper on board the ship aimed his rifle at the commander of the Golden West and ordered him to take his ship from Mexican territorial waters, nor was it learned why the troops had planned to land at a de serted point along the coast rather than at Knsenada. The Manuel Herrerias first came to the attention of the American steamship men when she stopped tlie steamer Carolyn off the Lower California coast Friday morning and asked if nn American warship was in the vicinity. (Continued on Tage Three) Five More Added To Casualty List Along The Border ASSOCIATED PRKSS DISPATCH XACO, Nov. 30. Five more persons were added to tlie casualties on the American side in the siege of Xaco. Sonora, w hen Private Caine of B troop. Ninth CniteJ States Cavalry "was shot in the head and fatally wounded and four Mexican children were wounded. one seriously. This makes a total of 4t injured on the American side by stray bullets. Of these four are dead, one blind and two are reported near death. The siege is being spasmodically continued. Ma) torena's men are sapping the ground before Gil's trenches and grad ually drawing nearer. One shell ent ered the l'nited fUates custom house which was vacated two weeks ago be cause of the danger from stray bullets. The shell is said by artillerists to have been timed for an explosion at six hint dred metres, indicating that to be the distance bet.veen the two lines of trenches. Although Maytorena evidently has the intention of continuing the siege it is reported he will make no assault on the town until reinforcements and suf ficient officers to properly command the men, arrive. I RESIGNS RATHER THAN I ELECTROCUTE TEN MEN LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Nov. 30. Rather than electrocute ten men sentenced to death, Luther Cast- ling, electrician of the state jieni- tentiary, has resigned. The prison commission would not accept the j resignation because they are tin- able to fill thep lace. j BOOST FOR PHOENIX AND WINTER AMONG ROSES UNDER SMILING SKIES PROTEST AGAINST. THE EIGHTY PER CENT LAW BISRKK. Nov. ;;o. British Con sul Paxton announced he would ask Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, Brit ish ambassador at Washington, to formally protest against the operation of Arizona's "eighty per cent" initiative measure, car ried at the recent election. Pax ton presided at a meefiilg of British subjects called here, to discuss and protest jigainst the measure which provides no busi ness nouse in Arizona employing more than Jive persons shall have less than eighty per cent of them American citizens. 0. S. REVENUE LAW 60ES INTO EFFECT TODAY Collector' Carpenter of the Internal Revenue Depart ment Will Handle New Stamp Tax Law for Ari zona and New Mexico American citizens will commence re imbursing ' the government today for the losses of revenue entailed by the Kuropean war. For the first time since ISM, the Fnited States of America will be taxing itself for war, although in this case, it is nut for war purposes. In Arizona and New Mexico, Lewis T. Carpenter, the collector of internal-revenue, and the only official representa tive of the treasury department with a definiie headiuurters, will tlie ttgent hrough which ih j-evenue tat. funds will' be turned .into the general treas- u ry; There will be two classes of stamps for the payment of the stamp taxes whiih go into effect today, one class will be for use on proprietory articles ind wines, the other for documents. The proprietory stamps range from ld cent to 20 cents, and the documentary stamps from '4 cents to JlolMi. The adhesive stump taxes are file ones which in most cases will fall di rectly on the average citizen. Follow ing is tlie official schedule of the stamp tax which goes into effect today: Bonds, debentures, certificates of in debtedness by any association, com pany or corporation, new issues, $leil par value. 5 "(alts each. Sales or agreements to sell, stock, $100 par value, 2 cents each. Agreement of sale of products or merchandise on exchanges, each $10', 1 icnt. Promissory notes, except banknotes for circulation and renewals, each cents. Bundles shipped by freight or ex press, 1 cent. Telegraph and telephone companies, on each message over lo cents, 1 cent. Senders of telephone and telegraph messages, on each over IT, cents. 1 cent. Certificates of profits of corpora- (Continued on Page Three! LARGEST REAL ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH LOS ANGELES. Nov. 30 John G. Wendell, said to have been one of the largest owners of real estate on Broadway, New York, died today at the home of his nephew, M. C. Holwedel, at Santa Monica. Wendell, who was 75, was stricken with paralysis two weeks ago after a trip west in his private car. Valuable Broadway Holdings. NK Wl'lIRK, Nov. 30 With the. possilile exception of the Astor es tate, John G. Wendell, who died in Santa 'Mmica, was reputed to nvn more real estate on Broadway than any other person, and his property holdings in the city are said to have been greater than those of any oth er individual. Wendell inherited the property. The Wendell fortune, es timated at upward of $.-,0,000,000, ac crues from investments in New York real estate, "and it was one of Wen dell's policies never to sell any land. Another of Wendell's characteristics was that no hotel, or amusement place of any kind was allowed to ex ist on his prorty. "Call it senti ment if you like." he is reported to have said. "Perhaps it is, but I want to keep my little buildings as they were, when they came to nn. There are also moral and legal rea sons. In '.he first place I will not PARALYSIS GU MS BROADWAY S Join Phoenix Prosperity Club and Let Folks Pack Home Know Alioiit It Twill Benefit Both Town and ( 'ountrv PROSPERITY IS AT THE DOOR NOW (lood Crops. Market Open ing. Railroad to Be Built, Sugar .Mill to Be Run ning, Future Holds Orcat . Thin i;s for This Section Boost for Phoenix. It is a good place to live. In fact one of the best places under the shining sun. and the stin shines here more than anywhere else in America. Here" the winter is remarkable for ! its roses, and 11 the benetits ot mis j wonderful climate were better known j in the murky east, and the possi bilities of life in the open fully un derstood by the folks back in the section of rain, cold, sleet, hail nnd snow, there would be thousands of them come to Phoenix this very winter instead of going somewhere else to spend the winter. Smile awhile with Tile Republi can under the pleasant skies of the Salt Iliver valley, send word to the friends back home what a fine place this is to be in. and draw for proof on the fait that you are here and satisfied to remain here, and taking the good advice thus offered some one else will come to Phoenix and returning to the east afterward carry back the gospel of the great out of doors Uk others who will In their turrvvlsit the garden spot of all the southwest and enjoy the fresh air and sunshine that is here. Prosperity is at the door The farmers of the valley have' good crops, the couon is good and a mar- It. . is being found for the long and (Short staple. Five hundred bales were shipped from the Tempe gin alone only a short while ago. Fat cattle there have gained weight un der the impetus of good pasture in the Salt River Valley are being ship ped to market. Five carloads were shipped out to the coast only last week and five more carloads are to follow soon. The sugar cane crop i.s to be handled soon with the mill run ning and the return from the first year's venture into this new and profitable industry promises to be of such a mtttire as to remove all doubt but that the Salt River Valley is a sugar growing country. More and better crops can be grown on the same sized piece of land 'in the Salt River Valley than anywhere else. There will be lettuce and cabbages, and beans and aspara gus, and other needed vegetables from the gardens of the valley reaJy for market in a short while. Chickens and poultry can be raised here easily and profitably. This is one ot the greatest dairying communities in the I entire country. Smile awhile under the smiling sky. Boost for prosperity. New markets will be opened for Phoenix products in a short while. A new railroad giving Phoenix di rect connection with another rich mining camp is about to be started and with that in there will be addi- (Continued on Page Three) ESTATE OWNER bo responsible for the machinal ions of the evil one, I have plenty to do without being responsible for im mortal souls." The vacant lot next to Wendell's Brownstone house on Fifth avenue at Thirty-Ninth street, always re fused to sell or build upon. "My dog must have a place to romp.'' he explained. His home and lot have been valued at $300,000. METAL MARKET. tASSOCIATKD PRESS DISPATCHl NE WVOIIK, Nov. 30. Silver 4-114; Electrolytic firm, 12.73. Statement On Valley Bank By Auditor . C Callaghan It seems advisable, at this time to make a statement to the public with reference to the affairs ot the Val ley bank: An examination of the assets is be ing made by responsible parties for the purpose of arriving, if possible, at a basis whereby the re-opening of the bank may be effected. This necessarily takes time, and even if these negotiations prove successful, I READ Y FOR OPENING OE CONGRESS lAftei the Campaign-Holiday acation, M embers ol Poth Houses Are Begin ning to Flock Back to the National Capital STARTING OX SUPPLY MEASURES As to Definite Legislative Program Xo Decision Has Been Reached, But Sev eral Conservative Meas ures Will Be Pressed ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHI WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. Witli the opening of the final session of the sixiy-third congress but a week away, members of both houses be gan to flock to Washington today fiom the campaign-holiday recess. On' the house side the committeo on appropriations and the naval af fairs committee spent a busy day getting a flying start on the supply measuies fo session. Evidences of activity are apparent everywhere throughout the capital, and the demo cratic members generally sounded fs the keynote of the session th" hope that all necessary business will le concluded by March 4 so that an extra session to usher in th newly elected sixty-fourth Congrfss before December would be unneces sary. The appropriations of the bureau of navigation were considered by the naval affairs committee, mem bers committee expressing the opin ion that it will be some time before the fight over increasing the naval program will he reached. Estimates from the departments are eagerly awaited by the other ap propriating committees, everybody being anxious to get the supply biiK i-efore congress as speedily as pos sible. As to a definite legislative pro gram there has been no decision as yet, but it is certain that several con servative measures, including the general water power and land bas ing bills are to be pressed. Hear ings of these bills before senate pub lie lands committee have alrcacv been set for December 9 and lfi. re spectively. Senator Myers, chairman of the committee, said he expectel the hearings would be concluded within two weeks and that bills, with amendments would be reported to the senate early in Januar). "? Senator Kern, the rcujorry "leader, said he hoped tflalte with ,PTesitei:t Wilson during ithe i''?n concern- a ir.g the legislative pre!!";' He ex pected considerable! light on the sub ject would be gleaned from the pres ident's annual message to be deliv ered in joint session next Tuesday. A sub-committee of the house ap propriations committee concluded th hearing on the. legislative executive judicial appropriation bill, the first of ithe big supply measures. Diree ter ' of Census Harris, Postmaster General Burleson and Secretary of Labor Wilson discussed estimates for rppropriations to be carried in the bill.' The hearings on th measures have developed a general policy among cabinet officers against asking for increased salaries to government employes this year. FRANCE PROTESTS CUSTOMS LAWS ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH! WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. Ambas sador Jusserand of France lodged an informal protest with the treasury department against the new regula tions for declarations and invoices on exporters shipping goods to the l'nited States. They were designed to prevent customs under-valuations. Jusserand said" the war had taken most of the men into the army anil their places were filled by women, who were unfamiliar with such work NOBLE PRIZE TO REFUGEES ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH COPENHAGEN, Nov. 30. The Scandinavian press favors giving the : Noble peace prize to tho Belgian re fugees. They sny this would be ac j cording to the ideas of Dr. Alfred B. I Noble and devoted to neutral objects. considerable additional time will ba required to complete the re-organization. Just as soon as a definite decision is reached, the public will be offi cially advised through the press. (Signed) J. C. CALLAGHAN. Bank Comptroller. G. P. Bl'LLARn. f Attorney General i 1' JL