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THE ARIZONA. REPUBLICAN, AN INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE JOURNAL TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR 10 PAGES PnOENIX, ARIZONA, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 12, 1913 10 PAGES VOL. XXV. NO. 232 SECOND STATE LEGISLATURE CONVENES A T STA TE HOUSE Sims Is Elected President and Irooks Chairman, All According to the Schedule Laid Out in Caucuses; Com mittee Appointments in Senate Filled ly Midnight, Rut House Committees Are Delayed by Fact Most of Legislators Are New; House's First Vote Is to Down Smoking. The gentle, humanizing and refining influence of woman upon public life in Arizona was early manifested after the assembling of the house of the second state legislature yesterday, when Mrs. Rachael Berry of Apache county, off ered a resolution against smoking on the floor of the house during "all" ses sions of the legislature, and the resolu tion further instructed the sergeant at arms to see that the same rule should be enforced in the lobby, whatever or whever that may be. With the consent of Mrs. Perry, the clause relating to the lobby was stricken out and then the resolution was passed by a majority of more than two to one. As the reso lution stands, smok'r.y is not forbidden at some sessions of lb" house" only members may not smoke at all o lou At the other end o'. the capitoi, Mrs. Frances L- Mund. the only wtma, member of the senate said that see h id no objection to indulgence by hrr col leagues in the weed which was sn''h a:', annoying vegetable ti little R.ibr. Reed. The Beginning In compliance with custom and the statutes, the legislature assembled at noon. An hour before that time all the members were in their respective hous es and the galleries were bright with all the flashing hues of the rainbow. The members presented a fine appearance. To the casual observer the legislature in both branches was an improvement upon any of its predecessors. There was an air of business and seriousness that has not usually receded the open ing of legislative sessions in Arizona. To none of them did it appear that the session was to be a junketing occasion. What happened at the organization of each house caused no surprise to the readers of The Republican for the whole proceedings had been accurately outlined in the stories of Sunday and Monday morning. Everything was done that it had been announced would be done and nothing else was done. The House The house was called to order by Hon. W. L. Cook of Cochise county and Hon. John Christy of Greenlee moved that L. F. Sweeting of his county be made acting chief clerk. That was done and on a motion by John J. Swee ney of Yavapai, a committee on cre dentials was appointed, composed of Mr. Sweeney, Richard Farrell of Santa Cruz. A. G. Austin of Maricopa, S. F. I.angford of Greenlee and Mrs. Rachael Kerry of Apache. It was an hour and a quarter later that the committee re ported the list of members entitled to seats, that appeared in The Republican yesterday morning to which was ad ded the name of Hon. J. S. Merrill of Cochise which had meen omitted from The Republican's list. When the report had been approved. Messrs Mahoney of Mohave and J. B. Flannigan of Yuma, were appoipnted a committee to wait upon Chief Justice Ross and ask him to administer the oath to the members. Meanwhile Hon. William K. Brooks of Gila was unani mously elected speaker. When the oath had been administered, Mr. Ed wards of Yuma moved a vote of thar.ks to the chief Justice who replied in a felicitous address. The nomination tor speaker was called for and here. Chair man Cook suffered some embarrass ment when he addressed the house as "gentlemen" adding as an afterthought "and Honorable Lady". William E. Brooks of Gila was nominated for speakr and elected without a dissent ing vote and with ananimous applause from the floor and the gallery. The appointment of Mr. Sweeting as chief clerk was made permament and R. E. Leach of Pima was made ser geant at arms. Committees were then appointed to notify the senate and the governor that the house was organized. It was resolved that the rules of the first session be continued In the pres ent one. It was then that Mrs. Berry's anti smoking resolution was offered and was opposed by- Mr. Christy of Green lee who said that its enforcement would deprive his constituents of his best ef forts in their behalf. Mr. Lee of Gra ham defended the resolution, saying that if the atmcsphere of the house were vitiated by tobacco smoke his constituents would be deprived of his best efforts. James C. Goodwin also Would Create Naval Titles For Panama Canal Cruise associated prebb dispatch WASHINGTON, Jun. 11 The Cre ation of the grades of admiral of the fleet and vice admiral to be he'd temporarily by the commander-in-chief, and second in rank, respecti vely, of the Atlantic, Pacific and , Asiatic fleets was proposed in anj amendment to the naval appropria tion bill adopted by the house naval ; committee. The navy department wanted these titles held permanently' by the' men gaining them, but the committee decided that the rank and pay above the grade of rear-admiral, should be granted only for the period an officer serves as commander or second in e'ommand of the fleet. I The department has urged prompt defended the resolution which was fin ally adopted. Organization of the Senate Long before this the senate was ready lor business and had adjourned pending the completion of the organi zation in the house. The senate had been called to order by George H. Chase of Greenlee and Oscar Cole of Pima was made temporary secretary. A. DoSaulos "was made acting sergeant at arms and a credentials committee was appointed, consisting of Messrs Kinney, Goldwater and McMilleri. It was resolved to retain the rules of the former legislature, pending the intro duction of new rules by a committed consisting of Messrs. Webb, Bacon and President Sims who had just been unanimously elected. After the admin istration of the oath of office and the permanent appointment of Mr. Cole as secretary and Con F. Cronin as assist ant secretary a resolution was adopted fixing the hour of adjournment to ten o'clock in the morning. Presiih-nt Sims was presented with a gavel made from the wood of the first stale capitoi building and a handsome carved vase of the same wood was pre sented to Mrs. Munds. Senator Goldwater introduced the following resolution: "Resolved, that as a particular mark of respect to the memory of Michael G. Cunniff, president of the senate of the first state legislature of Arizona, and in recognition of his eminent abilities and of his services to the state, the senate, at the close of any remarks may desire to make, shall stand ad journed. "Resolved, that the secretary send a copy of this resolution to the house and to the family of the deceased." Mr. Goldwater spoke feelingly of the high qualities of Mr. Cuniff and trib ute was paid his memory by Messrs. Webb, Colter and Lovin. An adjourn ment was then taken to three o'clock, awaiting the completion of organiza tion in the house. The legislature had not entered upon its work without spiritual preparation. In he ho,ise. Divine blessing had been invoiced by "Rev. Seaborn Crutorifitdd, who had performed that office for the senate of the first legislature and pre viously for the constitutional conven tion. In the house. Rev. H. M. Camp bell of the Presbyterian church offi ciated. The Joint Session Roth houses re-assembled, each in its own chamber at three o'clock to arrange for the joint session for the reception of the message of the gov ernor who it had been announced would read it in person. After the dis charge of their duties by the various notification committees the members of the senate took their places in the house and the governor escorted by a committee, soon after appeared and be gan the reading of his message. The Message The governor's message was a vol uminous document of. ninety-six type written pages, containing more than 30,01)0 words, and dealing with the de partments of government, the indus tries of the state and various proposi tions for reform. It advised economy in the conduct of the government and at the same time warned the legislature against parsimony, and directed atten tion to the growing institutions of the state and their increasing needs. The message describes the improved situStion along the border and the URGES EARLY RATIFI0AT1 OF ASEOC'IATED press dispatch WASHINGTON", Jan. II. Urging in open senate today the early rati fication of the pending treaty wi'n Colombia under which the United States would pay $25,000,000 for the Panama, canal strip. Senator Ransdell declared that the United States couid not afford to reject the treaty from provision for the promotion of fleet commanders so the American officers will not be outranked by visiting foreigners when the international fleet gathers for the Panama canal cruise. The committee also adopted an amendment to abolish the naval "plucking board," and to authorize the president to restore officers re tired by the board to active duty. The naval reserve plan, under which Secretary Daniels hopes to build up a reserve of twenty-five thousand men was adopted as report ed by the sub-committee, as were amendments to add officers to the marine corps. All amendments to increase the number of enlisted men in the navy were voted down. Chairmen of Senate Committees Finance: .Bacon of Gila. Labor: Chase of Greenlee. Mines: .McMillen of Pinal. Appropriations: Stapley of Mari copa. Banking and Insurance: Drach- man of Pima. Corporations: Martin of Pima. Constitutional Mandates: Kinney of Gila. Constitutional Amendments: Cla- ridge of Graham. Suffrage and Elections: Garvin of Yuma. Education and Public Institu tions: Munds of Yavapai. Agriculture and Irrigation: Karns of Santa. Cruz. Live Stock: Coulter of Apache. County .and .County .Affairs: Campbell of Coconino. Militia and Public Defense: Lovin of Mohave. Public Health and Statistics: Bacon of Gila. State Accounting: Stapley of Maricopa. Enrolling and Engrossing: Uracil -mar. of Pima. Style, Revision and Compilation: Sims of Cochise. Printing and Clerks: Webb of Maricopa. Public Lands: Probably Iliggs of Cochise. Judiciary: Morris Goldwater of Ydva pai. I House Committees Delayed I Speaker Wm. E. Brooks of the house announced at midnight that almost continuous conferences I I during the evening had failed to ' line up the bouse committees. I They will be announced today. growth of the live stock industry and agricultural development. The bank ing situation affords a fine reflection of the prosperity-of the state. Many new and promising industries have been instituted. The labor problem is dealt with in several sections and the message rec ommends the creation of a state em ployment bureau and the creation of a i public works fund. . ' Though the eighty per cent law is not mentioned by name, the governor al ludes, with a touch of bitterness, to the decision by a United States tribunal declaring it to be invalid; He criticis es, the large employers of labor for having created the condition in this state that drove the voters to endeavor to protect themselves against alien la bor. Regarding the public lands, though no definite land policy is outlined in the message, the governor issues warn ing against the dissipation of the lands and recommends the retention of the land commission until the selections under the enabling act have been made. The governor speaks of the excellent work clone by the state historian under an insufficient appropriation. The message argues against any pro posal to abolish the system of direct legislation because certain defects ITave been disclosed. What is needed is to arouse the greater interest of the peo ple in public questions and that In the opinion of the governor may best be done by a system of publicity, not through newspapers controlled by self ish interests but through the agency of the government. A legislative refer ence bureau is recommended. Reverting to the subject of nwspap ers, the message advises publicity of facts relating to their ownership in order that the people may be apprised of the interests behind them. Among the recommendations are a unicameral legislative body and public defenders. The message devotes a great (Continued on Page Six) the standpoint of either justice or business. When the Louisiana senator began the discussion in open session Sen ator Jones suggested that treaties usually were considered executively. "Until Colombia's grievance is re moved,'" said Senator Ransdell, "there can be no cordial relation and peace with the Latin-American world." He insisted that the paramount matter to be considered was not what the people of the United States thought about the treaty, but what the Latin Americans thought of it. Most of the nations of South and Central America, in his opinion, sym pathized with Colombia and were in clined to look upon the United States with ill feeling as long as the treaty negotiated at Bogota remained un raitfied. To further delay ratification of the pending trpaty. he declared, "would put a barrier across the path of the movement to win for the United States that part of the trade of Latin-American countries which Eu rope is losing because of the war." "Colombia is weak," the senator continued, "and believes we have grievously wronged her. Can we af ford to reject this treaty even if the justice of Colombia's claim be de nied? Kvery principle of justice, of sound business and wise stalesniMii ship demands Unit this treaty lie ratified at once." COLUMBIAN FRENCH AIR FLEET " f : T V These photos, which have just reached America, were taken within the French lines. Upper picture shows French officers behind their snow-covered barbed-wire barricades, following the movements of an advance party of Germans in the Argonne district. Lower photo shows a French dirigible flying over a fleet of French planes in Alsace before the latter started cn their recent visit to Metz, where they dropped bombs. WEATHER STILL KEEPS TROOPS Fl Unless Rouuianin and Italv Enter War Little Likeli-j hood of Change in Situa tion I'nitl Weather Con-, ditious Improve. j ASSOCIATED PRiSS DESPATCH) LONDON, Jan. 11. Only a change in the weather or the entrance of Roumunia and Itaiy or both into the war, is likely to accomplish any marked change for some time. The weather is uncertain, but the belief is growing among .the allies that Roumania, with her well trained army of 40otoo0 nv-n, will enter the conflict soon. This would link the Roumanian army with the Russian extreme left now forcing its way through liukowina into Hungary. Along with the Servians and Monte negrins this would form a line men acing Austria-Hungary from Russia to the Adriatic'. Meanwhile the field armies in the east and west are virtually do;id -locked. In Alsace the French con tinue attempts to force nearer the Rhine, but there is snow in the Yo.--ges and neither side claims progress. Desperate fighting continues in the center northeast of Soissons," around Perthes and Beausejour. The bom bardment of Soissons threatens to make it another Rheims. From Beausejour the allies are trying to reach the railway cutting an impor tant line of (ierman communication. The Hermans and allies disagree cm the outcome of this fighting. Neither Fast Prussia or Poland furnishes a change in the gener.'d situation. The Russians are appar ently stationary in the expected in vasion of Hungary through I'.uko wina. It is conceded the Russians hold practically the whole of Ruko wina, and it is reported that thous ands of refugees are crossing the Rumanian bolder. Interest centers in the developments of the occupation of Bukowina as it is believed to be influencing the Rumanian situation. There is little information about the Turkish army in the Cauea.su.-, which Russia battered. Italy is reported sending troops to her islands in the Aegean Sea off Asia Minor preparing for eventualities. Turkey is reported to have abandoned the proposed camel invasion of Fgypt fearing dis embarkation of troops in Syria threatening her line of communica tion. Aeroplanes Head for Paris PARIS. Jan. 11. Two German aeroplanes heading for Paris were sighted yesterday by the French nlr patrols who now cruise over the re gion considerably to the north of Paris. One German machine , was rear Pontoise and the other was (Continued on Page Seven) BALLOON BOMB MARS OHIO INAUGURATION I I I COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 11. The inaugural ceremonies of Gov. i Frank B. Willis were marred this afternoon by the explosion of a balloon bomb which caused pro- bable fatal injury to Col. Geo. P. Zwerner, state arsenal keeper. The bomb exploded prematurely. I one side of Col. Kwerner's face ! was mutilated. 1.1 BUSY IN ALSACE; SNOW TEST WHISKEY CASE ! HEARD IN TUCSON TUCSON, Jan. 11. The trial of Louie Gherna, the test case of I the saloonkeeper charged with i selling a pint of whiskey on Jan- uary 1, was held here in the su l perior court today. E. s. Ives i and John R. Wright appeared for ; , the defendant, and George Hil- i zinger. county attorney, and Wil- i cv Jones, attorney general, for ! I the prosecution. Judge Cooper ! will give his decision on Tuesday ! morning. Wiley Junes made an j I urgent plea for a decision today j I so that he could return to the , i legislature, but Judge Cooper re- I ! fused. : ; Merry Fight For ' Seats In The Utah Legislature ASSOCIATKD PHKSS CISPATCIi SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 11. When ihe republican members were in final oiucus just before noon today, the progressive, democratic and socialist members of the lower house of the legislature took their oaths of office before the county clerk, entered their chamber at noon and organized the house. When the republicans appeared the opposition chairman, I). R. Shields, of Salt Lake, declined to recognize them as they had not taken the oatb of office. The attorney gen eral of the state has been summoned ljy the republicans to advise then:. The opposition announces that the seat of W. L. Alarnick, republican or Utah county, will be challenger! on the ground that he was a mem ber of the Idaho legislature two years ago and the Utah law requires that a representative must have been a citizen of the state three years prior to his election. The house is evenly divided be tween the republicans and the op position. CIVIL ARMY TO ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH LONDON, Jan. 11. "The civil Srmy we have to feed is greater tfian the Rritish and French armies combined. Yet we can scrape through on about 86.230,000 worth of food each month." This was declared by Emil Franqui, a prominent B elgian banker, on a brief visit -to London in connection with the relief work of Belgium. "In all the history of the world," he said, "here is no parallel for a com munity of seven million souls being faced with starvation and denied by the belligerents of every possible means of self-preservation. We, indeed, are the Ishmael of Europe. "You in England say you cannot trade with us because to do so would be to trade with the enemy. You say you cannot open the port of Antwerp, our door of relief, because it would be an advantage to the Germans. You say you cannot even send us money because it might reach your enemy. "Thus the Germans. French, and I'ritish have a ring of steel around our territory through which none may en ter and none may depart without per mission from the belligerents." Franqui said Belgium is at the mer cy of, the world and if mercy is not ac corded, Belgium cannot longer exist. While the belligerents are arguing over Belgium, Franqui added, wven million persons are confronted 'with THAN FRENCH BRITISH ARMIES IN THE ARGNE : SCOn SECURES I! SIGNATURES TO THE PEACE PACT Chief of. Stuff Siu-cessfnlly Concludes Negotiations for Agreement Elimina ting Factional Warfare . Along. S.onora Barder. - ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH NACO. Jan. 11. Gen. Scott tonight successfully concluded negotiations for peace along the border. Both Mayto reno and Calles, who succeeded Hill, signed tne agreement eliminating fac tional warfare along the Sonora bor der. The only change of importance in the terms 's the added provision that May torena will move his Villa troops now before Agua Prieta south of Fronteras until the occupation of Agua Prieta by Calles. The Maytorena troops outside of Na. co will retire to Cananea. Calles will than take his troops overland to Agua Prieta. sending his wounded and his women and baggage through the Unit ed States in bond. Carranza Forces Defeated EL PASO, Jan. 11. Confirmation of the reported defeat of Carranza forces ;n the fighting about Saitillo, capita! of the state of Coahuila. has been received from Villa, now at Chihuahua. He stated that millions of cartridges, much ammunition and fourteen military trains with ample provisions were cap tured. General Dozal Captured ON BOARD U. S. S. SAN DIEGO at FEED 6REATER actual starvation. Only by the forma tion of the American relief commission were obstacles in the way of minister ing to the wants of the Belgians being overcome, shipments of food being per mitted to enter Belgium by the way of Rotterdam." This relief could not be i given, he said, except under the auspic t es of a neutral commission. Lines Drawn For Suffrage Fight In The House Today j ASSOCIATED PRITSS DISPATCH I WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 Lines ! were drawn for a battle in the house ! tomorrow on the .Mondell resolution ! proposing an amendment to the fede ral constitution guaranteeing the rights to vote to all citizens regard less of sex. The resolution will be voted upon before the house adjourns tomorrow. Anti-suffragettes claim the resolution will not fail to re ceive a two-thirds vote of heiuse nec essary for its submission . to the states, but that it would get only about one-third of the votes in the body. The suffragists, however, nlqim trt hnva nlinnt o mainrilv nf the house behind the measure. ECONOMY SHQtVH III REPORT OF CITY UACER - Comparison Is Made Be tween Six Months Under Managerial Form and Six Months Under City Coun: cil Regime. WOULD LOWER WATER. RATES Twenty Per Cent Reduction in City Water Rates Is Recommended and Desire Expressed It Become Ef fective Forthwith. Not since the- commission-managerial form of government became ef fective nearly a yaer ago has a more comprehensive report been made by Manager W. A. Farish than that pre sented to the commission at its meet ting yesterday mornning. Not only does the report indicate decided eco nomies and that the city for tho first time in its history is upon a strictly cash basis, but it also carries the recommendation that the city water rates be reduced twenty per cent forthwith. Comparison is made for the first six months of the fiscal year begin ning July 1. 1914, with the closing six months of 1913. It is shown that w-ith the exception, of December, w hen heavy interest payments became due. there had been a reduction in monthly expenses. If the interest payments made in December were deducted, there would have been a saving in that month of about J5.000 instead of an increased expenditure of $19,411.31!. This Interest was upon bonds is sued by the old city council, of which bonds, the amount of J125.O00 is rep resented in the funding bonds issued to take care of outstanding warrants and other debts contracted previous to the commission taking office and to meet which there were no funds. The report is herewith reproduced in full: To te Honorable Mayor and Commis sion of the City of Phoenix Gentlemen: At the meeting of the Commission held December 31, 1914, I was asked if I could make a statement of the condi tion of the City of Phoenix in reference to its receipts and expenditures under the present Commission-Manager form of government in comparison with the receipts and expenditures under the old form of government. In compliance with that request. I have prepared the following report, which I now submit. The limited time which the Commission-Manager form of government has been in operation in this city makes any extended comparison impractic able: and, moreover, the records of the administration of the affairs of the city under the old form of government are in such confusion as to detail that I have been unable to collect them, as yet, under proper heads for comparison (Continued on Page Four) SAN DIEGO, Jan. 11. General Juan Dozal, Carranza governor for the stale of Tepic, was overhauled at sea while , fleeing to San Diego, taken back to Ma zatlan and there courtmartialed last Saturday. Wireless reports today car rying this news to Rear-Admiral How ard in command of the Pacific fleet, said that the sentence of the court had been withheld from, publication. Carranza Holds Monterey LAREDO, Jan. 11. Monterey is held by Carranza troops, according to re ports tonight. These said that Gen. Herrera arrived there with a large force. When Herrera's troops appeared at Monterey the citizens mistook them for Villa troops and for a while pan demonium reigned. Banks and busi ness houses were closed, telegraph of fices were deserted and there was a genral flight from th city. Herrera hur riedly informed the fleeing populace by I scouts of their mistake. Tonight the j conditions are nearly normal. Reports j of Villa's capture of Victoria are con firmed. WEATHER TODAY WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 11. Arizona: Fair. -For Under an agreement reached today the house will meet at eleven to morrow instead of at noon. There will be six hours discussion of the resolution. Large delegations of both supporters and opponents of the suf frage are in Washington. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, president of the National American Woman's Suffrage association; Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the International Woman's Suffrage Alliance, and the Congressional Committee of the Na tional association are preparing to night for the suffrage side of the fight. They conferred also with sup porters of the amendment among (Continued on Page Five.)