Arizona republican. [volume], April 16, 1915, Image 1

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FHE ARIZONA. REPUBLIC
AM
TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR
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AS TO MECCA, THE
HOLY, ARIZONIANS
ARE DRAWN TO DAM
First Full Reservoir Mlessedi
in Fervent Prayers byj
Men Who Planned and!
' .Men Who Built the (licat
Storai Project
THREE THOUSAND
1 1 1 l L 11 h I li 1 1
01' Speakers as Ever-Growing
Flood Spills Back into
Bed of I liver from Which
It Has Ivaised hv Mie'!it'
Work . . ' '
By ROBER1 PAUL HOLtlDAY
KOOSEVKLT 0AM, April 15. Men
who dreamed the reclamation f the
arid valleys of "the west, and who
went -forth and built those dreams
into maNxive structures of stone,
cement and metal, and men who have
worked shoulder to shoulder with tlu
enBineers and masons, smoothing
Hieir paths that they misht construct
unhindered, the artificial atlas that
lMars up the prosperity of Salt River
valley, andjnen, who have, taken no
active- part in ,Uii. work, but who
have helped by their faith and good
will all these were 'speaking today
on the solemncst occasion of all the
ceremony of the dedication of. a full
reservoir.
Nearly three thousand people -were
massed about the speakers' stand at
the south end vof the dam, when
('huirman Akers started the program.
The crowd . was estimated, by those
who had been at the dedication in
1911 to be at least twice as big, as
on that first occasion
T'nf n .tl,' i
I nioriunaiei,
LMr....,, o.o. iniiiiiiumru
the in voction at the. dedicatory exer-,lno
cises was not able to be present.
Romnine Fielding, whose personality
shows the most amazing phases,
added another title to the long list
,f his capabilities when he offered j
up the formal prayer that opened
the ceremony. He usked the blessing !
, l"' "1" i" grcftt
work, and prayed that the rewards 1
of heaven might come to the faithful ;
workers who had built the project.
JUDGE KIBBEY SAID:
"This dant is the regional reserve
hank- of Arinonn. nnnn tt-hteh (hi.
whole Mate mav drn. . The history '
"of this work includes four epochs, of
which this occasion marks the begin- .
ning of the last-successful, everlast- I
ing. ,noven true and rtble-it wiu 1
.tiniiH to, t. i ,.i,. i
lands .with irrigation water.''
if.. ..,. i .. ,,!,.. 4i .,
nnd then concluded by' saying:
"Prosnoritv is assured lhe 'unit
River, vulley and through the valley , rnv jiurporting to .-how men get
to Hh, entire state." Whereupon 1 tin wa't-r J"st the first wat"
cheers burst forth.' - .' ' j wcut uver t 8:30 "'c'"'k Wednesday
"lllighted fields in Salt River Val-! niBht arp ,'llkf,s' N, ,"" "1 to lhe
lev are forever .avert Ther.. will I... Mil way. at that time.
no more parched acres where we
live!" And he finished amid pro
longed cheers. . . t ?
f EORGE H. MAXWELL '
Next, (leorge If. Maxwell, theil'int of water that is the only real
"father-; rf the reclamation act"
spoke nn the .undivided anil earnest
efforts of the workers to get the pro -
ject built. When he mentioned .the
name Of Hon. JJ. A. Kowler, as one
of the foremost of , these workers,
there was a burst of enthusiastic and
appreciative- applause.
"Our faces are towrml the rising
The Hotel
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10 PAGES
F7RST PffOTO PUBLISHED SHOWING
LOOKING UP SALT RIVER NOW
Water Supply Facts
i
Wsf.er Service Report for April i
15 by Special Phone to - '
The Republican
- i
Elpvation of water in re- j
pervoir. 6 p. m..., 225.fi! i
1 Cain nwdlnK 54 h()urs
itrrp feet I...
lO.SSfl
Intake reailinx '.
Flow over .sftillways at f
p. m., second feet
Flow from sates at I! p
ni., "second feet
l,2n0
RISKED LIVES
TO GET FIRST
E
-UC.HUUc;ill JlCponcr ailU U.trty thousand acres, of an itriga-('imt'1-t
M-in Hi, TT'iiut Jt'"'tt I""1 the exigency of dry
vamtia mau i.io I laim . f:irminK until m.w .,mH HTe I(llilt-
Ovei'-Haild Along IVriloUS Weakened . bj burrowing gophers, the
Ed'e to Obtain' Christen-f,lxty foot earth,n iUm Ht Lmn-
i-ut lit MllMtll ( twelve miles south of St. Johns, first
lllg Fluid 'gave way. Here five Mexicans and
(three grand children of Mrs. Rachel
'Uerry, u member of the state legisla
t'linging with their hands to the't1;rei lost their lives,
edge of the dam. HoUiday of The Re- ;,,i'p. anJ Mrs. KuiH iaimer, parents
pubjienn, Robert Turnbull, Guy Wilky ; o thp children, were at a dance at
and Jack Lawton. three fit Itomnlne c tv..... -in .i.... i. pi
j,'ieldinit's men. worked their mv out
aong tne pKp of tnp ,lan, , Werp
firi,t ater that edged its ivav
. over lhe ppIw.av oould ,je caU(;ht arld
m-eserved to solash over the bow' of
lh(, liaUIes(llil) AHi!ona On the other
sifle of 1h(l (,.lm KnB,neer ,,rmun ot '
the ROVCTnment pw,.rhouse was i
al.,rt nf j, .,:, whpr hp haA ,t
a groove in the spillway, and caught
t)p fjr(,t ,lroW Uat w.(.nt ovrJi Je,
p,e -
Regarding gathering the water and
the pictures, floHidtiy, The- Repub- i
lican's staff jetsirter on the spot, had I
this to say:
"I had about half a puil of that 'first '
water-' bl,t- l"Ht 11 wiu'" lhe strins!
slip)ed off lhe e,ul ot t,,p fi!,nin
,,n wl,ich t'"" ',uil waM '"" Mr i
Fltlh obtni"ed a hiS uiilr of authen- j
water for the pun.se of christen-j
itiff the battlestiip, but we could not
get a picture of him on the spillway
'Hint nient, as it was tnen too nan-i
l feruits to get down to where the
1 wter '"uu' ,,p 'T'I'1P1. All photo-1
"Porman, the engineer at the pow
erhouse, had cut a little groove in
the spillway"; so that the first wate
flowed through it into a bucket.
as a imt'Ious job getting the
stuff. W had to hang by our hands
1 right out over the edge of the dam,
J and go hand-over-hand to where we
i could swing the pole. To Romaine.
I'ielding goes tne honor of having
j made the only picture of the first
water. He was the only man who
iJiad any flashlight powder, and came-
! rns1 and flash-sticks were passed ut
-n " I -c r: r:
7.-. -. i--.' V ."2s" I T-v sjL- t pJf 0-'"C2iStV S"?Ci-jirjJ ' V i I5V'-
AW INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE JOURNAL.
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, FRIDAY MORNING,
II RESERVOIR j;
ninn nn out 1
in nn 1
UM3 w uu :
EIGHT DROWNED
orrents
Snows
from t!ie Melting
of White Moun
tains Overwhelm Earthen;
Hiinis Near.' St. Johns and
rause Death and Ruin
(I UA X DC 1 1 1 LD R EN OF
Mi's, bkrry mxwSeven Indicted
Had Been f-ft With Mrs.
Violet Ray, Who With
Her Son . and Daughter
Also Perished Da ma ace
Half a Million
ASSOCIATKD PRESS DISPATCH
HOL,FR M iK, April 1.1. Torrents
from the melting snows of the White
Mountains overwhelmed two reset-
voir d ams on the Little Colorado i
river near St. Johns last night and;
today drowned eight persons, damag- I
led property to the extent of at least j
nair a nullum, ana lett
more mmi
uwioin mini nil' uniu niirnr. , ury
i.rt th. t ..
(Continued on Page Three)
THE
LOOKING UP
; - '
- -
VOLUME OF WATER IMPOUNDED
CHARGES DECEPTION
IN SECURING CONTROL
SKATTLF. April 1... The case
of I.ucy V. S. Ames against the .
CoUlfield Merger .Mines company
is in tri.-il liere. Mrs. Ames whit 1 I
! holds :;,75rt shares in the defend-
:int companies, cliurges that the. I
i mining company, one of the larg- j j
! est i'l Nevada, obtained' control !
!of Merger company, a Washing- I
i ton corporation by deception, and I
fraud practiced by the President ! j
j of the i Viusopdated conipaui'. tleo. ! I
Winfield, n millionaire mining j
i man. .1. Ross Clark, a brother nf i I
j.fornur l'nite Slates Senator W. i j
A. (.'lark, is one of tile defend- I
ants, (leneral denial .f all allega- : j
tions is made by defendants. A :
mass of controverting affidavits " j
i were filed. j
By U. S. Grand Jury
For Night Riding
I ASSOCIATED PBESS DISPATCH ,!
I'APK CIRARDKAt', Mo., "April' IT., j
Seven men were indicted in con-
nection with the recent activities ofi
tile night rulers in Missouri by ;)ei
federal grand jury. Judge 1). p. Over. !
of St. Louis, under whose instruc-
tUms the jury investigHted, .announced
that heavy sentences would he im-
posed on all convicted in his court
,,f ninht i-iiling.. - .
Recently letters were sentt to la
i.ind owners, and merchants in this
vicinity, threatening their lives and s"-v ol ' ntoago. He r.tso saut ne na
proprrtv unless whrcs were raised, lkvpd M' rich men and corporations
rents lowered, and negroes driven ' contribute to charities, settlements and
from the district. ! other so-called welfare propositions to
j divert public attention from the real
IS GIVEN FOUR YEARS ; evils ot icty.
- ISOWIJVC cpffv Vv lorit i '. i Uefore coming to Chicago the wit-
P. C. Jenkins was found guilty and j (Continued on Page Two)
sentenced to four years and one day r 1
in the penitentiary on a charge con- i Mil. Webster was seized and rom
nected with night riding operation:! ! peiled to witness the flogging of his
in Western Kentucky. The indict-J wife, daughter and son. Mrs. Webster
ment charged that Jenkins recently is sixty years old. No reason for
led a band of masked men to the i their action of the band was disclosed
home of W. A. Webster, at "South1 by the testimonv.
ROOSEVELT- DAM'S BEST PORTRAIT
SALT RIVER BEFORE DAM WAS BUILT
APRIL 10, 1915.
A LITTLE OF DAM SHOWS ABOVE THE WATER
IS
OF
FAR AHEAD
Majority of Tea-'hers of So
eiolory . Fnfit, S.iys Rrof.
Kennedy, Because They
Are liackiu' in Practical
Experience
SAYS CHARITIES
COVER REAL EVILS
Charges Rich Men and Cor
porations Coiitrihute to
Divert Bui die Attention
frttm ti:e Real Evils of
Societv
f ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
CH1CAOO, April 13. The majority
"r leathers oi sociology in tlie scnoois
j iinl colleges are unfit for the reason
,nat their knowledge comes through
M ooks rather than practical experience
according to t!ie testimony before the
j Fnited States Commission on Indus-
j trial Relatioiis by Prof. J. ( . Kennedy
j teacher of economics at the I'rrivera
Old
1
10 PAGES
BY ROOSEVELT DAM
ALL HOLLAND ROUSED
THROUGH SINKING OF
STEAMER BYGERMANS
CONGRATULATIONS
Kl I'aso, April 1.1.
P. I'. Ilettins,
Plioenis. Arizona.
Please convey to the Phoenix
f'h.imber of Commerce my con
gratulations uiion the filling and
overflowing of the Roosevelt lake.
This ought to spell great pros
perity for the Salt River Valley.
May ever.v foot of water be
worth its weight in gold.
C. E. STRATTON.
Divison Gen'l Mgr.
FOR SINKING
OF THE DRESDEN
British Government Dfies
Not Qualify Ajiology Al
though Asserting Vessel
Was Not Interned
md
Had Her Colors Flying
(ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
LONDON. April 15. The British
government has offered "full and
ample apology," to the Chilean gov
ernment for the sinking on March 14.
In Chilean territorial waters, of the
Herman cruiser Dresden, the intern
ment of which had already been
ordered by the maritime Governor of
('flmberland Bay when the British
suuadron attacked and sank her. This
was made public tonight in a white
paper giving the texts of the Chilean
note protesting against the sinking
of the Dresden and the British reply.
The note, delivered by the Chilean
minister to Great Britain says t!.e
Dresden anchored in Cumberland
Kay, on March , and asked permis
sion to remain eight days for the
purpose of repairing her engines,
were said to be out of order. The
governor refused the request, as he
considered it unfounded and ordered
the captain to leave the bay within
4 hours. As the order was not com
plied with, the captain of the Dresden
was informed the ship- was interned.
When the British squadron ap
peared on March 14, the governor
was proceeding to the cruiser Glas
gow to inform the British officers of
the steps he had taken, but had to
turn hack as the British ships opened
fire on the Dresden, on which a flag
of truce . had already been hoisted
The captain of the Dresden then gav
orders to blow up the magazine of
the snip.
"This act of hostility committed in
v iniean territorial waters by a
British naval squadron," says the
Chilean minister, "has painfully sur
prised my government.-'
Continuing, the minister says that
had the off U er in command of the
British squadron received the gov
ernor and been informed that the
Dresden was interned he was con
vinced "the British commander would
not have opened fire on her and
brought about a situation which c.on-
POO
Town of Roosevelt, now under water The cement mill.
.VOL. XXV. NO. 32G
liiii
Phnin y ramuhar studio, ciob.
Although Not Certain (Jer
, man Submarine Respon
sible for Sending Katwyk
to Bottom, Sinking Causes
Indignation
CARRYING CARGO
FOR GOVERNMENT
Dutch Papers Say if Act
ually Torpedoed, German
Government Must With
out Loss of Time Be Made
Responsible for, Violation
LONDON, (Friday) April 15.
It is reported a big Zeppelin
raided the east coast of Eng
land toay.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
LONDON, April 15. Although not
yet "certain that a German submarine
waa responsible for sending to the)
bottom the Dutch steamer Katwyli
off the North Hinder light ship last
night, the sinking of the vessel has
aroused the indignation of the Dutch
people, as evidenced by editorials in
newspapers in Holland. The Katwyk,
loaded with ffrain from Baltimore,
consigned to the Dutch government,
was reported to have been laying at
anchor and at the time of the ex
plosion, was flying the Dutch flag.
Dutch newspapers insist, . therefore,
that no mistake could hate been
made and if a German submarine
actually torpedoed the steamer, "wa
must expect that the Gorman gov
ernment, without loss of time, be
made responsible for this severe vio
lation of the rights of neutral pow
ers."
The fact that the Dutch govern
ment was directly involved in the
Katwyk's cargo and that news of tho
sinking of the steamer came imme
diately on top of the announcement
that four Dutch trawlers had been
seized by the Germans and taken to
Zeebmgge, apparently heightened tho
feeling of the Hollanders.
The Katwyk incident and many
rumors of diplomatic movement in
Italy and the near east seemingly
trade the people of England almost
forget last night's Zeppelin raid over
Northumberland county and the fight
ing on the continent. Next in in
terest to the sinking of the Katwyk
I'M the publication of the "white pa
per" showing that Great Britain
acknowledged that British cruisers
sunk the Dresden in Chilean terri
torial water and had offered an
apology. As far as fighting was con
cerned the battles in the Carpathians
and in the Doevre district, were tha
only ones of any importance.
The Russians, although now faced
by very much larger forces than they
were at the beginning Of the battle)
three months ago. are said to be con
tinuing their efforts to force tln
Austro-German armies out of the Car
pathians and open the way to Hun
gary. Having successfully taken the
western passes they are bending their
energies to an attempt to capture tho
L'zsok pass and the heights to the
northeast of that break in the moun
tains. Petrograd claims the Russians ari
making steady progress despite tho
eiforts of the Austro-Germans to out
flank them: but the Austrians insist
the recent fighting has been in their
favor and that they captured another
ft-
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