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f"' I! THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN, AN INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE JOURNAL TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR 20 PAGES PHOENIX, ARIZONA, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 4, 1913 20 PAGES VOL. XXV. NO. 311 ?'f' if PRIIIZ EITEL ramus aj NEWPORT IBS German Sea Raider Prinz Eitel Frederick Does Not Take Advantage of Op portunity Storm Affords to Escape NO INDICATIONS OF LEAVING No Confirmation Could Be Received of Report That the Vessel Had Interned. "Warships Reported in Distress. associated press dispatch NORFOLK, April 3. The German auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitrl Fried -erich is still at her mooring at Now nort News at 11 o'clock tonight, ac cording to late reports. Many of the Eitle's crew enjoyed a shore leao. Accompanied by non-commissioned officers from Fortress Monroe, 'hey witnessed a motion picture perfor mance at Newport News. There ".re no indications of the Eitel prepaiing to leave tonight. There was practically no communi cation between Norfolk and Newport News during the day and it was im possible to obtain any news of th Eitel's situation until late tonight. No British merchant vessels had cleared this port since Friday after noon so far as official records show. There is considerable speculation us to whether the Eitel will take ad vantage of this and make a dash for t lie sea. No confirmation could be received regarding the reports that the German commerce raider had in terned. Unverified reports reached here tonight that several British warships off Cape Henry had oeen damaged by a storm during last night and were preparing to go to Halifax for repairs. DIVING TUBE LEAKS f ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHl HONOLULU, April 3. Tested at a depth of 3:'f feet, the improvised div ing tube to be used in the work of raining the submarine F-4, was found to be leaking slightly. Salvaging operations are being held up until the tube is perfected. It had been planned to lower Diver Agraz in the tube today at the spot where the F-4 is believed to have been located but officials would .not permit him to descend to the suppos ed level of the submarine until the apparatus was further tested. After being submerged an hour several inches of water were found to have been forced into the tube as a result of the terrific pressure. U. S. OFFICERS ORDERED HOME WASHINGTON, April 3. Five army officers on duty as military observers with the German armies have been.""1"" "" ordered home and their places will not be taken by other officers. The rea- unn vclcnorl v ooro n rr tla tii ann was that their mission is fulfilled. It is known, however, other reasons, iaigely of a personal character, help ed to determine their withdrawal. Some Sensible Advice To The Voters Of Phoenix BY J. A. R. IRVINE I am a property owner in the city of Phoenix, and have been actively iden tified with its growth and development since 1877. Therefore, is stands to reason that I am deeply interested and concerned in the problems of our city government. I wae in favor and worked for our city charter, providing for a city man ager, believing that the business of the city should be conducted on business principles, and I have yet to change my mind on the question. The managerial plan has been a suc cess so far as it has been tried. The removal of Manager Farish was a mis take, to take the most charitable view of it. I have yet to hear any one hint at any suspicion of dishonesty or graft in his administration. The charge of incompetence was alleged, but by whom? He was prosecuted by two of the highest priced lawyers in the state, and it is commonly reported that a certain paving company assisted in paying for them. I am only repeating the common gossip of the street, and hope for the good name of our city that it is not true. But, who was the party? But enough of that. It Is proposed to amend our city charter, giving three, fifths of the commission the right to discharge the city manager. If that is right, then let us abolish the whole thing and go back to the old way. That is one proposed amendment, designated as number "2" on the official ballot under the heading, "Proposed Amend ments to City Chnrter." Vote no on No. 2. Then they propose to take away all the powers of the cltj manager as such, and make him "subject to the control of the commission" in the "ad ministrative operation of the city gov POUR REINFORCEMENTS INTO HUNGARY TO AID THE AUSTRIAN ARMIES Support Austrians, AVho Are Hard Pressed by the Russians in Passes of the Carpathians STRENGTHENING EASTERN FRONT According to Dispatches from Holland Germans Are Again Sending Men from Belgium to the East ern Front t ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH! LONDON, April 3. The Germans are pouring reinforcements into Hun gary to support the Austrian armies which are being hard pressed by the Rumians in the passes of the Carpa thians, also according to dispatches from Holland they are again sending men from Belgium to strengthen the eastern front, where the Russians have taken the offensive. The battle in the Carpathians continues day and night. The Russians, continually reinforced, are making desperate efforts to force through Uzsok and Lupkow passes. upon the success of these operations their army, which is on the Hungarian side of Dulka, is waiting before con tinuing its advance. German subma rines continue their activities, today's score being one British steamer, the Lockvvood and a French fishing smack bound for New Foundland. With the return of calmer weather it ie expected the airmen will soon become more ac tive, reports of proposed Zeppelin raids on England are being revived. Seemingly the Russians had consid erable for official reports announce the repulse of Austrian attacks near Me zolaboiez, due south of the Lupkow pat-H and west of the Uzsok pass. There is continued progress in the region of the latter pass and west of the Uzsok pass, despite the stubborn resistance of the Austrians. On Thursday the Russians claim to have taken prisoner 100 officers, 7000 men and to have cap tured ten machine gune. Austrian correspondents view this onslaught with misgiving and in their dispatches give it precedence over the battle of Bukowina, where the Aus trians a few days ago took the offen sive, penetrating into Bessarabia, but since, according to Russian reports, have been defeated. There is no change in Poland, hut the movement of German troops from Belgium eastward indicates their gen eral staff is uneasy over the activity of the Russians along the East Prussian frontier and in the central portion of the old kingdom. Having fortified the whole of Belgium and recently opened the sluices extending the floods in Flanders, it is possible they feel secure or do not anticipate the allies will make their effort for some weeks yet. Austria Makes Denial AMSTERDAM, April 3. It is of ficially denied at Vienna that Aus tria has opened negotiations with Greenbrier Founders BREMEN, April 3. A telegram to the Weser Zeltung says the American steamer Greenbrier from Charleston, S. C, for Bremen, has foundered in (Continued on Page Four) ernment." This is number "9" on the official bullot under the heading "Pro posed Amendments to City Charter." Vote No on No. 9. This is a well laid plan to overturn the expressed will of the people and revert back t the old way, without any remunerative benefit. For if these amendments carry the office of the city manager will be reduced to the level of city foreman working under the commission, and worth about $1800 or $2000 per year at a cost to the people of $000 per year, a bright idea truly. Someone has said that some of the minor amendments are good ones and ought to carry, but to be sure you get the right oneg I would advise you to vote no on all of them. One word as to the charge of incom petency preferred against Manager Farish. To my mind it appears to have been sustained on one point, and I followed this farce called a trial very closely, and that was, he either did not know how to play politics or he would not do so. But we do not want a city manager to play politics, especially on a salary of $5000 per year. We can get plenty of perfectly good politicians much cheaper than that. We want a manager to give us a business administration free from graft or politics, and that is just what Man ager did until he was fired. If it was put up to the citizens of Phoenix on a straight proposition of sustaining his administration or the action of the city commission, he would win out by a vote of at least three to one. If you want a business administra tion of the city government, adminis tered for the benefit of all the people, nd not for the benifit of any political or corporate interest, then vote against the proposed charter amendments. MARYLAND !S TO SAIL ON TUESDAY WASHINGTON, April 3 The j cruier Maryland with expert div- ers and equipment dispatched to help raise the submarine F-4 will probably leave San Francisco on j Tuesday for Honolulu. Divers are enroute to San Francisco from New York. No report from- Hono- j I lulu had been received up to a late hour today. I British Cruiser Bombards Mowilah and Attempts to Land Troops, But is Re pulsed Bombardment is Repeated and Repulse ASSOCIATED PRFSS DISPATCH CONSTANTINOPLE, April 3 Offi cial statements declare the situation in the Dardanelles is unchanged. A British cruiser attempted to land troops on Wednesday and Thursday hut was repulsed. There was little activity today. A communication issued this after noon stated: "No change has taken place in the Dardanelles or the other theaters of war. On Wednesday a British cruiser bombarded the borough of Mowilah, at the head of the sea on the Had Jas coast, and attempted to land troops. After being repulsed the cruiser returned next day and renew ed the bombardment for five hours, damaging some houses. The enemy again attempted to land troops but was repulsed by our troops and volun teers. The cruiser then retired. There was no loss of life on our side." An additional statement tonight sav : "Some hostile mine sweepers made an attempt to approach the straits to day, but retired before our fire. Two warhhi;s which protected them un successfully bombarded the straits from afar and then retreated." nr CROPS OF U.S. Vice-President Shows Par allel Between Ideas of Nation's Economists and the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce America has become preeminently a manufaeturinr; country, and the trail of the young men is from the country toward the city. This condition makes for the neglect of the farm, and is a cause of serious thought by the econ omists of the age." Upon this idea, Vice President Thomas R. Marshall devoted consider able time during his remarks at a luncheon with members of the direc torate of the chamber of commerce and others yesterday at the Arizona club. The vice-president, Mrs. Marshall, and Wallace Bertholf, an aide arrived dur ing the morning, and were instantly whirled away on their several errands by some hospitable committees of the Rotary club and chamber of commerce. A. A. Betts, president of the club, W. A. Horrell, George Barrows, Postmaster C. B. Wood and Power Conway accom panied the visitors to their hotel, whe're Mrs. Marshall remained for some shop ping, while the vice president went out to prepare their Scottsdale cottage. In discussing the financial conditions Mr. Marshall took an extremely broad view of present affairs. In no way did he refer to politics, but confined him self to. ideas on the effect of the War upon American business. Finally, he came around to a topic that won him instant approval by the directors of the chamber of commerce. He took up the problem of marketing that has occu pied so much attention in Phoenix rec ently. "He who helps make smooth the ave nues of trade is aiding two classes of people, is doing a double favor. For he not only makes things easy and pros perous for the producer, but he lessens prices for the consumer. In my home county in Indiana, I know of many acres of crops that were abandoned and allowed to waste because no profitable method could be devised to market (Continued on Page Three) SMAIII III HUES 18 UIICHAHD Minimim HEW YORK III BLIZZARD GRIP ON EASIER EVE Manhattan and Virtually the Entire Atlantic Sea board is Visited by Snow Storm and Wind of High Velocity FIFTH AVENUE PARADE IS OFF Center of Storm Reported to Be Off Cape Hatteras, Where Steamship Prinz Maurita is Sendinsr Wire less S. O. S. Calls ASSOCIATED PRF38 DISPATCH NEW YORK, April 3. New York and virtually the entire Atlantic sea board is in the grip of a miniature blizzard on this, the day before Eas ter. Snow, thick, wet and sticky, driven by a northeast gale which at times attained a velocity of sixty miles an hour, held up trans-Atlantic sailings, caused craft off the coast to scurry to shelter, damaged telephone and telegraph wires, delayed inter urban and suburban trains and crip pled transportation on the surface and elevated lines. Tonight the flakes are falling as fast as ever but local weather offi cials believed the storm would blow itself out before morning. The condition of the streets tonight made remote the possibility of hold ing the usual Easter parade on Fifth avenue tomorrow. The center of the storm is reported to le off Cape Hat teras, where the steamship Prinz Mau rita of the Royal Dutch West Indian line is in distress and sending wire less calls for help. High tides banked up by the gale inflicted considerable damage along the New Jersey and Long Island coasts. Down the New York bay and in the East and North rivers traffic is at a standstill. In Greater New York scores of per sons were injured by slipping on snow covered sidewalks and streets. Hardly street car moved on lower Broad way for several hours this atternoon. All over town automobiles, trucks and wagons were lined up unable to move. Fifteen thousand men were called out to aid in clearing away the snow. Eighteen coastwise and trans-Atlantic steamships including the big liner Lusitania tonight were awaiting some let up so they might slip out to sea. On Virginia Coast NORFOLK, Va, April 3. A north east gale which swept up the Virginia coast caused serious damage here, al though no loss of life has been reported. High tides indicated many of the prin cipal steamers in which water stood three feet deep. Telephone and tele graph, railroad, ferry and street car services were put out of commission. Reports of a number of vessels in distress off the Virginia and North Carolina coast were received tonight. A vessel suposed to be the Dutch steamer Prinz Mauritz was reportci in distress. An unidentified schoon er is said to be calling for assistance off the Diamond shoals, and anotuer schooner is displaying distress sig nals off the Gull shoals. Reports that a British warship bad displayed distress signals were re ceived, but were not verified. The coast guard cutter Onandaga lias gone to the assistance of unidenti fied vessels reported in distress be low the ca pes. Cold in Mobile MOBILE, Ala., April 3. Today with a temperature of 40 was the coldest April 3 on record in the local weather bureau. The former recoi l was 41 degrees in 1875. Also in New England BOSTON, April 3. An Easter snowstorm, driven before a northeast gale that at times reached a velocity of nearly 70 miles an hour, swept the New England coast tonight crippling wire communication and (Continued on Page Four) o Fifty Seven Are Indicted In Wet And Dry Fight ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH FAIRFIELD Ills., April 3. Indict ments against fifty-seven residents of Sims, Ills., were returned by the Wayne county grand jury after a weeks in vestigation of dynamiting a church and other acts of vandalism commonly attributed to a -controversy between wet and dry factions. The grand jury experienced much difficulty in obtain ing witnesses and later inducing them to testify freely. Many expressed fear of retaliatory measures by the vandal gangs. The names of the persons indicated will not be made public until after their arrest. Sims and several surrounding townships voted dry several years ago, Since then secret gambling and liquor sefling places have sprung into exist enee. CARRANZA i?ARNED MUST RESPECi' FLAGS OF FOREIGN CO UNTRIES 1 1 PLANNING FOR THE CANAL TRIP WASHINGTON, April 3. Sec- retary of the Navy Daniels is still hopeful that the president will be j able to accompany him in July I through the Panama canal to San Francisco. The president has said he is unable to make any definite plans for the summer, pending set- tlement of various international I questions. I Weather Bureau Says Eas ter Finerv Will Not Suf- WEATHER lil SAYS RELIEF COMES TODAY for from Unusual Stonn? i "1C of Yesterday on the At lantic Seaboard ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHl WASHINGTON, April 3. The weither bureau promised tonight re lief for tomorrow's Easter finery from the unusual storm which held the entire Atlantic seaboard in a intry grip for 24 hours. fair eather in the South and Central At lantic states and clearing weather in astern New York and New Eng land was the forecast after a day of snow, rain and wind. Weather bureau officials said that hile the Easter snow storm was not nprecedented, so general a fall of snow in April was unusual. The dis turbance placed the entire Atlantic oast from Northern Florida to Maine n winter habit, and brought with it winds that at times approached cy clone velocity. About nineteen incnes of snow were reported at philadel- liia, breaking all records in the h's- tory of the weather bureau there. The forecaster predicted tonight hat the storm would be entirely passed in the South and Central At- .ntic states by tomorrow, but said that blustry winds and the aft?r ef fects of the disturbance would put a amper on Easter parades in New York and Now England. E M. G. RACE Barney Oldfield t Drive Car Starting Big Pace gest Field of Single Track Speeders at Venice To dav ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH VENICE, April 3 Barney Oldfield is to officiate as starter of the Venice in ternational motorcycle grand prix. fhere are to -be 37 machines in line at the start and Referee Charles Fuller Gates, has selected Oldfield to assist Starter Geo. Adair. It will be necessary to pace the field once around the course with a fast au tomobile, from which the starter Ian keep the riders lined up for the dash across the line. As the riders wear head helmets which deafen them to the popping of their machines and could not hear the motorcycles behind them it would be almost impossible to keep the rows of riders in position. With Oldfield driving, Adair will sig nal the men in their positions on the pace lap and at the line, drop the red flag, giving the machines the getaway, At the pits ahead of the motorcycles, Oldl'ield will drive the automobile out of the ways of the riders, giving the machines the right of way in battle for the purse. Today's practice at Venice was full of thrills for larger fields and closer brushes than at any time previous. "Dutch" Myers and Glen Stokes had a couple of scraps while going seventy miles an hour, negotiating for positions and both Tobey and Sexton had falls while going at high speed. Harry Sexton, one of the very few pure amateurs in the big race, was lin ing it out yesterday on his fast Flying Merkel and struck the lumberyard turn too fast, so that he spun around like a top and gathered a choice assortment of slivers before coming to a stsop. THE OFFICIAL LIST OF ENTRIES Number Machine 'Rider 1 Indian K. G. Baker 2 Indian J. A. Fletcher 3 Excelsior Carl Goudy 4 Excelsior Boh Terry (Continued on Page Four) RS United States Government Renews Representations and Asks Protection Af forded to Foreigners and Their Interests FIRING ON THE OIL TANKS Conditions in Tampico Dis trict Give Much Concern and the Food Situation is Said to Be Growing Worst; ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH WASHINGTON, April 3. The United States government has re newed its representations to Carran za to obtain respect for foreign flags recently violated at Manzanillo.ask ing that he instruct his officers there to afford protection to foreigners and their interests. A separate com munication was sent to Carran;:a calling his attention to the indiscrim inate firing of his troops on the oil tanks in the vicinity of Tampico. over 150,000 barrels of oil already ing the tanks. Conditions in the Tampico district gave the officials much concern. State department dispatches saii "the food situation at Tampico is growing worse and about 300 Ameri cans are desirous of returning to the United States." Fighting still con tinues at Ebano. Dispatches add that "oil operator. are organizing for the purpose of buying corn in the United States for local distribution which will be dis posed of at cost in order to relieve the situation. From Manzanillo and the city of Colima came reports of further lawlessness. In the first note sent to Carranza's consular repre sentative there was transmitted the statement that British and American flags have been violated by lawless Caranza troops at Manzanillo. The facts were denied by Carranza, and additional facts now have been laid before him at Vera Cru: with refer ence to the request nude in the first communication. To this no re ply has been received.'' Conditions at other points on the west coast of Mexico were descriLed as under date of yesterday: "The column of Carranzistas has been routed while on its way to Guadalajara. Seven hundred troops trom Hermosillo have arrived at Guaymas. Many stores of Guaymns are closed on account of existing po litical conditions. Acapulco and Ma zatlan are quiet.' The state department received to day a dispatch from Zacatecas con firming the report that General Ro bles, secretary of war to Gen. Etilaiio Gutierrez, had "surrendered on April 1 all of his command, machine gi.ns, ammunition and equipment to Gen eral Villa's forces near Camacho." Rifle Fire at Matamoras BROWNSVILLE, April 3. Inter mittent rifle firing from the Carran za trenches at Matamoras at the Villa outposts continued all day. Ma jor General Funston and a party of American army officers witnessed (Continued on Page Four) Let The Charter Stand As The People Ratified It By G. W. BARROWS A little more than a year ago the ' city of Phoenix shed its antiquated hobble skirts and put on the up-to-oate garments of progress. The tax payers fondly dreamed and hoped that they were coming into their own and now would get some real bene ficial return for the vast sums of money they are called upon to con tribute every year and have been so contributing for a quarter of a cen tury, aside from the graft and politi cal machinery which has cursed the city for years. Vain hope! "The last condition is worse than the first." Today we are asked to take our charter to pieces by removing the keystone. No army ever fought a successful battle with two leaders of equal authority and rank. Two gen eral managers of any commercial or manufacturing business would put it on the rocks in a year, and every business man of any experience and judgment knows this is true. I have no desire to question or criticise the right of the commission ers and mayor to condemn the char ter, but no public officers has any right to abrogate or amend any law which the people enact for his guid ance and their protection. If he finds, after he has sworn to uphold and enforce the laws, that he is out of harmony with the prescribed rules of his employment his remedy is to resign and give some one else, who believes in carrying out the wishes ( f the people, have the place. It is urged that the city manager system is a failure, in phoenix. Who knows this and how does he know it? The present administration was scarce a month old when a runture occurred between the commission and i E SESSION CALLED TO MEET PR DAY. A . 23 Governor Hunt Summons Solons to Capital to Fin ish Work Left Undone at Regular Session of Leg islature ONLY TWO SUBJECTS MENTIONED IN CALL General Appropriations and Tax Levy Must Be Pro vided for No Chance for Legislation Along Other Lines u The governor's proclamation, calling the legislature to convene in special session on Friday, April 23, was issued yesterday afternoon. Only two sub jects are mentioned in the call, the passage of a general appropriation bill, and fixing the rates and pro viding for the levy of taxes for thu next two years. Under the definition of the constitution, the general appro priation bill is only to provide money for the different departments of the state, for state institutions, for public schools and for the interest en the public debt. This, it is pointed out, would include the state land commis sion, or of the need of a state land policy, of which no special mention is made in the governor's call. Gov ernor Hunt also refrained from an reference to the law providing for the semi-annual payment of taxes, indi cating that he did not intend to leave a single loophole by which the legis lature might return to the subject ot mine-tax legislation. The governor's proclamation fol lows: A PROCLAMATION Executive Department , State of Arizona Whereas, the second state legisla ture, in regular session convened on January 11th, 1915, took final ad journment, at the expiration of the sixty days' period allowed by law, without having passed a general ap propriations bill providing money for the different state departments, in stitutions, public schools, and for the interest on the public debt; Whereas, the funds set aside by the first state legislature for the use of state departments and institutions will be virtually depleted on June 30th, 1!U5, the date of the expiration of the current fiscal year: Whereas, the lack of departmental, institutional and school appropriations, in conjunction with certain existing defects in the statutes governing the levy of taxes, create a serious emerg ency rendering early legislative action absolutely imperative: Now therefore, I, Geo. W. P. Hunt, irovernor of Arizona, by virtue of the authority in me vested bj' the consti tution, do hereby convene ihe second slate legislature in special session, in Phoenix, the capital of Arizona, at 10 o'clock on the morning of Friday, April 2rd, A. D. 1915, for the pur pose of providing legislation on the subjects hereinafter following: 1. To enact a general appropriation bill, providing apropriations of money (Continued on Page Three) manager, which bred discoid an hatred and spite until it culminated in the farce which h;is been running on the public stage during the past tew weeks. To throw up the full control sys tem now would be at par with the greenhorn who bought a half grown shoat and asked how much corn it would take to fatten him. The far mer replied that by the time he had' fed the pig five bushels of corn he would be fat enough to kill, so he fed him five bushels tnat night ani killed him the next forenoon. So far as Mr. Farish is concerned I have nothing to offer but this that after reading all the evidence in the case I think a great deal more of him than when the trial began. Perhaps it is true that he made some mistakes, but who doesn't make mistakes? I have grave doubts of the ability of any man on eartlt to manage this, or any other city for a year to suit all tha people all the time, or any great majority of the people at any time. Certainly a manager whose every ac tion is subject to review by the commission, and whose job depends upon how well he pleases the mem bers of the board, would be the sor riest figurehead on earth and about as useful to the city as a looking glass is to a blind man. Now is a good time to show a lit tle patriotism and common horse sense. Select a commission, tho members of which are in harmony with the charter, and who feel that they are in duty . bound to follow I the provisions of the same as the I people made it instead of enforcing i (Continued on Page Three) 1 f .' k V (