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THE ARIZONA. REPUBLICAN
AN INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE JOURNAL
TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR
8 PAGES
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 11,
8 PAGES
VOL. XXV. NO. 231
VETERANS CHASE AND COOK TO
CALL SOLONS TO ORDER TODA Y
Two Branches of Second
State Legislature Will Be
Called to Order Simul
taneously at Noon All
Members Are Here;
(iOY KRNOli WILL
READ MESSAOI
Peeause (Caucuses
oped No Real Fights for
Commanding Offices, tin;
Work on Committees is
Nearly Complete
Duly anJ with no little ceremony,
the second state legislature of Ari
zona will convene at the cupitol on
the specified hour of noon today.
Every member of both house and
senate will be present in their chairs
when George V. Chase of Greenlee
calls the senate, and William L Cook
of Cochise calls the house to order.
Oldest in years are these two tem
porary presiding officers, and hon
ored by law with the positions thov
v- ill occupy in the organization of
the two branches of the law-making
body.
Nearly all preparations for a swift
organization were completed last
night, for although the day was with
out formal caucusing, meetings and
conferences occupied all of the busy
Sunday. Dr. Sims, who is to be
president of the senate, and Mr.
lirooks, slated for the speakership of
the house ,were chosen unanimously
ut the Sunday caucuses so that the
ways were cleared for an immense
amount of detail, not usually done
before the opening of the session. Be
fore the first legislature fights de
veloped over the offices, and the line
up was not completed until later in
the first week. Early last evening,
however. Air. Brooks had what was
practically a complete list of his
appointments on the twenty-five
committees, which are to do the
work of examining the bills presented
to the house this session. Although
the senate contains but nineteen men
from whom to select committee ma
terial, the senate list was not near
ly so complete and it is understood
will not be ready for announcement
until after the session today.
In each ease the presiding offi
cer is getting a pretty good line-up
of the desires of the members before
making final decisions on the make
up of the committees.
According to law, the houses both
open at noon. In the lower body W.
I,. Cook, the new 70-year-old solon
from Cochise, will occupy the chair.
The first thing on the program will
be the invocation by Chaplain Sea
born Crutchfield.
I F. Sweeting will be selected as
clerk pro-tern, and Mr. Cook will
then proceed at once with the selec
tion of a committee of five on cre
dentials. Comes next a short recess,
a report on who is entitled to sit.
and then the administration of the
oath of office by Chief Justice Henry
I). Koss of the Arizona supreme
court.
The next thing called will be the
election of a sneaker, which will be
a right rapid procedure, as will be
the naming of the various appoint-!
ments as outlined in The Republican
yesterday. A more nearly complete
list Is given here, however:
Chief clerk, L. F. Sweeting, Green
lee; assistant chief clerk, Peter
Munch, Santa Cruz; Chaplain, S.
Crutchfield, Maricopa; sergeant-at-j
arms. Roy Leach, Pima; Doorkeeper,
J. Kennedy, Coconino; assistant door
keeper, Joe Lezure, Yavajai. Follow
ing are tentative appointments for
clerkships and other officers:
Kelly Moeur, page, Maricopa;
reading clerk, W. B. Lanier, Gila; for
minor clerkships, Oscar Zapf, Co
chise; M. J. Sullivan, Cochise; Mrs.
Alice Patterson, Apache: Miss Amy
Greenlea, Yuma; Mrs. M. J. Burns,
Yavapai; Mrs. I. N. Hart, Mohave.
Leroy Scarlett has been confirmed
as watchman and J. Williams as
janitor.
Mr. Brooks' first official act will
be to appoint committees to Inform
Governor Hunt and the senate that
the house Is organized and ready for
business.
In the meanwhile matters will be
very similarly conducted In the sen
ate. As soon as both houses are or
ganized the senate will file into the
Gadsden, Arizona, Will
Be On The Map Tomorrow
A new name wdll be added to the
map of Arizona tomorrow lots in the
townsite of Gadsden, Yuma county,
will be sold at auction. The new
town Is located in the lower Colorado
valley, twenty miles south of Yuma,
on the government line of railroad.
Five hundred lots have been staked
off and marked with flags, and ar
rangements have been made to run
special trains over the IT. S. R. 8.
railroad during the dify,, bringing
crowds from Yuma and points n the
Southern Pacific. Promoters of the
new town have also laid off a num
ber of one, five and ten-acre tracts,
v. hich will be disposed of at the
opening.
Personnel of the
Second State Legislature.
I Apache County. I
SENATE Fred Colter.
HOUSE Mrs. Rachael Berry.
Cochise County.
SENATE William Kiggs, Dr. 1
I W. 1". Sims. !
HOUSE W. J. Graham, Oscar j
Doyle, Sam P. Briscoe, John E.
Newberry, William L. Cook, Chas.
L. Francis. j
Coconino County. I
SENATE Hugh Campbell. i
HOUSE William Mariar.
Gila County.
SENATE Alfred Kinney, Dr. i
John Bacon. I
HOUSE William Brooks,, R. j
I F. Baker, W. D. Claypool.
Graham County.
SENATE D. H. Claridge.
I HOUSE J. H. Lines. J. I). Lee
Greenlee County I
SENATE George Chase I
j HOUSE John Christy, D. F. I
Langford.
Maricopa County.
I SENATE Sam F. Webb, O. S. I
I Stapley.
j HOUSE T. T. Powers, A. G.
! Austin. J. E. McClain. J. C. !
Goodwin, Guy D. Acuff. Loren I
Vaughn.
Mohave County. I
SENATE Henry Lovin. j
I HOUSE W. P. Mahoney. j
I Navajo County. I
I SENATE Del Crabb. !
I HOUSE S. W. Proctor.
I Pima County.
I SENATE Andrew P. Martin. I
I Mose Drachman.
I HOUSE John W. Buchanan,!
I J. B. Richardsan, Sheldon A Reed j
I Pinal County. I
SENATE Charles E. McMillan, j
I HOUSE Frank Pinkley.
I Santa Cruz County. !
I SENATE Harry J. Karns.
! HOUSE Richard Farreil. I
I Yavapai County. I
I SENATE .Mrs. Frances W. I
.Viands. Morris Coldwater. I
I HOUSE A. A. Johns, O. F. I
I Orthel. John J. Sweeney, J. L. I
I Lee per.
I Yuma County. I
! SENATE J. s. Garvin. I
I HOUSE J. B. Flannagan
I L. Edwards.
Jas.
! I
house, and Governor Hunt will read
his message, it is said, in person.
Of the fifty-four members of the
second state legislature but six of
them were in the first body. Tiny
are Senators Alfred Kinney of Gil l,
George II. Chose of Greenlee and
Henry Lovin of Mohave, and Repre
sentatives Wm. E. Brooks of Gila,
Wm. H. Graham of Cochise, and J.
W. Buchanan of Pima.
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Baltimore Places
Embargo On Grain
Exports To Europe
f ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
BALTIMORE, Jan. 10 Railroads
entering this city sent out notices to
day that they were obliged to place
a temporary embargo on grain for
European export from Baltimore, ef
fective tomorrow. This action was
taken because of the tremendous
movement and insufficiency of vessel
tonnage engaged in the export trade.
The largest grain business in the
history- of this port has been handled
during the last few months, there
having been an average monthly
movement of between 8,500,000 and
9,000,000 bushels.
Elevators here have a large supply
of grain in storage and several large
shipments for export are in transit.
MARSHALL WILDER DEAD.
f ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
ST. PAUL, Jan. 10. Marshall B.
Wilder, humorist and author, died at
a hotel early today of trouble com
plicated by light pneumonia. He
was born in Geneva, New York, in
lSfii. "The Sunny Side of the Street"
and "Smiling Around the .World,"
are his best known books. The body
was sent to relatives.
CORONADO TEAM VICTORIOUS.
f ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 10. The Coron
ado polo team defeated the All Stars
by a'score of 9 goals to 4.
Gadsden, being the only railroad
town below Yuma, is expected to be
ccme an important shipping point in
the near future. The surrounding
country is being rapidly settled, and
with the restoration of peace in
Mexico, boosters of the new town
say it will become the logical outlet
tor much of the trade of northern
Sonora, as well as the lower Colorado
valley. A new bank and hotel, as
well lis several stores, will be estab
lished at once.
The new town is named in honor
of James Gadsden, who, as minister
to Mexico, negotiated the Gadsden
' purchase in 1853.
FLOODS STILL
KEEP T
From Coast to the
Oise the Country is
Water and the
Have Overtopped
River
Under
Rivers
Their
Ranks, Say Reports
FRENCH ACTIVE
IN A1SNE VALLEY
British Eye-witness Empha
sizes. Importance of Ar
tillerv, Claiming Superior
ity for Allies Who Are
Utilizing It to Utmost
f ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
LONDON, Jan. 10 The. British re
jly to the American note occupies
the attention of the press and the
public in the absence of important
news from the battlefields. What lit
tle news is published is mainly repe
titions of previous reports. Exten
sive action on the western front is
prevented by flooded conditions. From
the coast to the river oise the coun
irv is under water and rivers have
overtopped their banks,
rr.ud keep the infantry
tion, but the big guns ;
Along tiie Aisne valU
the champagne district,
Rain
and
out of uc
ire active,
y, through
the French j
are pushing
ganiziftg on
their offensive and or- i
ground recently gained. ;
These advances were mane at neay
cost. A British eye witness who has
been the official historian of events
at the front, emphasizes the import
ance of the artillery and high ex
plosives, and claims artillery super
iority for the allies, who are utilisi
ng it fo' the -utmost."
In Western Argonne the Germans
claim gains and to have repulsed thr-
French attempts to carry ineir
trenches in Woevre, Alsace. J ne
Germans furnish the only news from
the east, saying the Russian offen
sive towarn Mlawa was unsuccess
ful and their forces were driven bade.
In the Caucuses the Turks made a
stand on the frontier near Kara
Urgan, fiercely attacking the Russian
lines. Seemingly the Russians be
lieve the . report that the Turkish
cruiser Goeben has been damaged,
for their Black Sea fleet, which is
superior to the Turkish without the
Goeben, has been attacking Turkish
ports and destroying shipping.
The only development near the
east is the departure ot .M. Giien.i-
lieff, former Bulgarian minister of
foreign affairs, for Rome, on a semi
official mission to ascertain the at
titude of Italy toward possible fu
ture co-ordination of Italo-Bulgariau
interests in the European war.
A Zeppelin airship and three Ger
man monoplanes passed over Furnes,
Dunkirk and Calais Saturday night,
according to the Daily Chronicle's
frontier correspondent. It is believed
the aircraft was bound for I )ov r,
nut attacked nowhere. No airships
were sighted on the English coast,
although a vigilant aeroplane and
automobile patrol was maintained on
the report that they were
headed
for England.
The German evacuation of I.ille
and its virtual possession by the
British, is said to have been con
firmed in a Boulogne dispatch ti
the Daily Express.
Planes Attack Dunkirk.
PARIS, Jan. 10. (Midnight A
dozen German aeroplanes bombarded
Dunkirk and environs Sunday, ac
cording to a Havre dispatch, throw
ing thirty bombs. There were few
victims, owing to the defensive pre
cautions and but little property dam
age. Water in Trenches
GENEVA, Jan. 10. Despite the fact
there is more than a foot of water in
the trenches, fighting in Alsace con
tinues. Steinbach has been taken and
re-taken six times which accounts for
conflicting reports. The Germans
have already lost in killed and
wounded 6000, according to reliable
reports. The French now occupy
Steinbach.
With the latest German official
statement claiming Steinbach, the
above makes the reports more con
flicting than ever.
Belfort, a great French fortress, is
filled with prisoners men mostly for
ty years old or more. At Basel and
Delle (eleven miles southeast of Bel
fort) firing of heavy guns is heard
night and day. Fighting around Ccr
nay is becoming more desperate daily,
the Germans having constructed miles
of trenches in the terraces along the
meadows and forest.
Independence for Egypt
ROME, Jan. 10. The Turks are
hastening the construction of three
railway lines across the Sinai pen
insula, according to a dispatch to
Giornale d'ltlia from the Cairo cor
respondent. The report says the
Turks expect to be ready to invade
MPS
FROM FIGHTING
BELGIAN CHILDREN IN DESPERATE STRAITS r 5 UIC AN
HELP SAVES MANY FROM DEATH; ILLNESS THE INCREASE
Top, French soldiers distributing part of their rations to Belgian children; bottom, German soldiers riving food
to starving children in Antwerp.
The children in Belgium are in desperate straits. Conditions in that unhappy land'are prowing worse daily,
and the hardships fall heaviest on the widows and children. While the Germans have fed a few children in
Antwerp, and French soldiers in Flanders have shared their rations with the starving little ones, upon America
rests practically all of the tremendous burden of keeping alive the thousands of unfortunates who are starving
and sick and will die unless Americans continue their charity.
RRAUMPR TH RF
UlinilllLI! !U UL
CHIEF OF POLICE
VICE BRISBOISN
Well Known
.rick ( 'outrae-
tor Tendered
City Manager
is to Assume
Fehruarv 1
Ol'fice hv
Farish ami i
Position on
Walter Brawner
chief of police of
poititmwit will her
ruary 1. the day s
to
the not
Phoenix. His ap-
me effect ive Feii
flei'ted for the re
tirement of George O. Hn-bois as;
head of the police deparlmmt. That I
Brawner is the choice of Citv Maim- I
i
,er Farish to succeed the incumbent I
has neither been otficially announced
by the manager nor acknowledged)
I by vl'.!'awnor. Nevertheless The Re-j
publican is in a position to stale (
I definitely that he has been tendered
i the position and has given His ac
ceptance. For some time it has been nppnr-
that
make n
i chief of
Manager Farish intended to
'hange in the office of the
police. As long ago as
September 1 the position was ten
dered to Brawner. but lie derlined to
j accept it at that time. Now that
Manager Farish has determined to
i make the
i , ,
change, and realizing that
a vacancy is to be created, Brawner
has accepted the
him. Just when
position tendered
official announce-
ment of the appointment of Brawner
will be made is not definitely known,
but it liliely will not he much be
fore the closing days of January.
Walter Brawner is one of the most
prominent brick contractors in the
r.outhwest and one of the most in
fluential citizens in l'hocnix. He is
Kentuckian by birth and was ser-grant-at-arms
of the Kentucky legis
lature at the time of the shooting of
Governor William Goebel, of whom lit
was ;i close friend.
In the ten years or more that
Brawner has lived in Arizona he has
made scores of friends. He is a
1 striking
character, for he has com-
billed unfailing courtesy with abso
lute integrity in all of his business
dealings It is the general opinion
of those who know him best that he
possesses those qualifications which
should make for success in bis new
office.
MENTAL GYMNASTICS DROPPED
TASSOClATno PRRSS DISPATCn
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 10 Time hon
ored mental gymnastics, cube root,
fractions with a denominator over six
teen, anil little used tables will be bar
red from the county schools next fall
in the manual of the hoard of educa
tion. Modern methods with emphasis
on accuracy in simple arithmetic and
speed mental calculation are ordered.
Problems like: ""Merchants made half
cost when selling a suit at thirty dol
lars: find cost." are declared a waste
of time.
Egypt hy the second fortnight in Feb
ruary. It is stated Turkish and Ger
man emissaries are promising Egypt
complete independence.
'7
WHAT IS HAPPENING
IN PHOENIX TODAY
1C a. m. Supreme Court Calen
dar called, Supreme
Court Chambers, State
House.
Superior Judges Of the
slate meeting itt Judge
R. C. Stanford's cham
bers lo adopt uniform
rules of procedure.
j County Attorneys meet
to organize at Arizona
Club.
11 a.m. City Commission meet
ing. City Hail.
12 noon Senate and House of
Second Arizona Slate
i Legislature convene at
State House.
Luncheon of captains of
"Y" teams, Y. XI. C. A.
l.p. m. Y. M. C. A. Right of
Way Membership Cam
paign starts.
2 p. m, Arizona Bar Association
meets in superior court
room for election of of
ficers. Scott Is On Way
'To Maytorena
For Signature
(ASSOCIATED tHESS
EL PASO, Jan. 10 -Scott,
army chief of
DISI'ATCH
-Gen. Hugh L.
staff left for
Naco where he expects to secure the
signature of Maytorena to the peace
pact eliminating future Mexican bor-
j der warfare endangering American
lives and property. Gen. Hill has al-
! ready signed. '
j Villa left Juarez supposedly for
jTampico where he plans a concen-
trateel attack on the Carranza forces
holding that port. The force was re
i ported at soiio but is actually 2auo.
Villa troops left for Casas Grandes en
'route to Nogales thence down the
west coast.
Villa forces are credited with a
liecisive victory over the troops of
Generals Antonio I. Villareal and
(Maclovio Herrera in a three day bat
jtie at Saltillo, according to advices
'received here. The battle, began on
j Friday morning. The const itntion
jalist defeat is said to have been duo
to demoralization when the cry was
raised that the Villa troops ha 1
scattered themselves among the con
stitutionalists. The defeated forces.
it is reported, were driven to Rm
coiiada, where they mad,; a. stand,
but are now retreating to Monterey.
There is no estimate of the number
of troops engaged.
Villa Takes Victoria
BROWNSVILLE. Jan. 10. A report
from usually reliable sources said
Victoria, capital of Tamaulipas, has
been taken by a Villa force. Rumor
had it that after their retreat in Wed
nesday's battle. Villa troops returned
with a large force
o
TIT FOR TAT.
associated press dispatch
PARIS, Jan. in France will treat
her prisoners . as Germany treats
hors, it is announced. German sur
geons and nurses will be expatriated
only as Germany returns French sur
geons and nurses which she is hold
ing as prisoners.
REPLY TO N01E
Exphiins It is But Prelim-
inarv. But is Considered
Generally Satisfactory
Grants Justice of Princi
ples Set Forth
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
WASHINGTON, J:in. io. Great
Britain's preliminary reply to the Am
erican note vcque.sting better treat-
I nient ot American shipping was made
public simultaneously here and in !n
d"n by mutual agreement. It grants
1
the justice of the principles set forth J nostages win De snot,
in the American note, but defensively A letr sent to the burgomaster of
cites statistics proving American ship- tne town of Wavre by Lieutenant
pine in certain instances has greatly j General Von Nieber on August 27th
increased instead of being hampered, i reminds the burgomaster that a fine
and that Great Britain is not respon- j of 3.000.0(10 francs (about $600,000) has
sible for much interference even where j been laid upon Wavre, on account of
there is suspicious shipping. (alleged attack upon the German
Particular stress is laid upon cop- i troops, and demand that two-thirds
per .shipments to Italy since the be- of the amount be sent him by the
ginning of the war which show more i bearer of the letter, the remainder to
lhan double for the corresponding pe- 'be paid by Septembert 1st. The let
riod last year. The copper sent to j ter adds: "The city of Wavre will
Europe other than to belligerents, Hoi- I be burned and destroyed if the levy
land and Italy iK shown to have been j is not paid in due time, without re
almost live times that of the previous gard for anyone: the innocent will
year. suffer with the guilty."
"With such figures," the British note An order issued at Grivegnee by the
says, "the presumption is very strong German Major Dieckmann, commands
that (hi- bu k of the copper consigned the citizens to turn over all arms at
to these countries recently is intended a designated time and place: "Those
not for their own use. but to a belliger- who do not obey will render them
ent who cannot import direct. selves liable to the death penalty.
"There were four' consignments of They will be shot on the spot or
copper and aluminum for Sweden de- given military execution unless they
tained, wUieh positive evidence shows can prove their innocence." The same
was definitely destined for Germany." j order provides for taking hostages
The note says only forty-five shipments from among the priests and civic of
wcre seized out of 773 vessels, and only ficials who should serve as hostages
eight vessels taken to the prize court, in twenty-four hour shifts and then
one of w hich was released, l ne note i oe reueveu uy men- buusuiu l
which w as addressed to the American I the substitutes do not arrive in time.
Ambassador at London promises a the hostages will remain another
more elaborate answer, and suggests twenty-four hours. After this second
that further instances of British5 inter- period of twenty-four hours, the
fen nee will be furnished. It calls at- hostages incur the penalty of deatl. if
tcntion to the report that copper may the substitution is not made." Major
be shipped in bales of cotton because Dieckmann's order is long and com
cotton is not contraband. It cites the I prehensive. It provides for failure to
fact that cotton trade was demoral- 1 salute a German officer and also for
ized to prove that the state of war j failure to report any known store of
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HEADQUARTERS RIGHT-OF-WAY CAMPAIGN
Association Building
Phoenix, Ariz.
SPECIAL ORDER
All Captains, with their full quota of men, report
at. Association Building, corner Second avenue and
Monroe street, today at 12 m. Lunch will be served.
Severe penalties will be imposed upon those absent
ing themselves from this meeting.
. (Signed) JOHN DENNETT, JR. ,
Commanding Officer.
HARRY M. BLAIR,
Adjutant.
USAGES OF W
ARE VIOLATED
BY THE GERMANS
Belgian Commission of In
quiry Reports Belgian
Civilians Have Been Wan
tonly Shot and Towns
Ruthlessly Destroyed
FINDINGS SENT
TO MR. BRYAN
Report Reproduces Text of
a Number of German
Proclamations Issued in
Belgium by High Ger
man Officers
(Special to The Republican.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 10.
That Belgian civilians have been
wantonly shot and Belgian, towns
ruthlessly destroyed systematically
and by order of German commanding
officers, is asserted by the Belgian
commission of inquiry which has been
investigating the alleged violation of
the usages of war by the German
army.
The most recent finding of the Bel
gian commission of inquiry have just
been sent to the United States and
have been presented to Secretary
Bryan by the Belgian minister at
Washington, Emmanuel Havenith.
This most recent report of the com
mission reproduces the text of a
number of German proclamations is
sued in Belgium and signed by high
officers such as General von Bulow,
General von Emmich and General von
der Goltz.
.One of the proclamations issued in
Liege, on August 22, by General von
Bulow reads as follows:
"The inhabitants of the town of
Andenne, after having declared their
peaceful intentions, have made a sur
prise attack on our troops
"It is with my consent that the
commander-in-chief has ordered the
whole town to be burned and that
about one hundred people have been
shot.
"I bring this fact to the knowledge
of the city of Liege so that the citi
zens may realize the fate with which
they are menaced if they adopt a
similar attitude."
The same general, in a proclamation
issued August 25th, orders the Citi-
zens of Nam,ir t0 turn over t0 hlm
as prisoners, all French and Belgian
soldiers, and adds: "Citizens who do
not obey will be condemned to en
forced labor for life in Germany. A
rigorous inspection of houses will be
gin at 4 o'clock. Every soldier found
will be immediately shot,"
Another portion of the same proc
lamation says: "Each street will be
occupied by a German guard who will
take ten hostages in each street whom
they will keep in custody. If any out
rage is committed in the street, the
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