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THE ARIZONA
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PHOENIX, A IJI ZONA, MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 19. 3915
8 PAGES
VOL. XXV. NO. 329
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ENGLISH BATTLESHIP
IS STRUCK THREE TIMES
BOMBARDING SAROS BA Y
lietires Under Turkish Fire
AftorHeing Struck Three
Times and is K enlaced
by Another Which Con
tinues Uonibardnient
TORPEDO BOATS
ALSO REPULSED
German A Viatel's Droj
ISonibs That Explode on
j Allies' Coal Steamers and
Enemy Aeroplanes Are
Easilv Brought Down
Iassociated press dispatch
' CONSTANTINOPLE. April is
ccofficiU) The English battleship
Majestic bombarded a land position
on Saros Ray. but was forced to re
tire under the Turkish fire. The
next afternoon the Majestic was
struck three times when attacking
nr advanced batteries and the war
sdiip retired, and was replaced by
the British battlesihp Swiftsure which
continued the bombardment without
result.
The enemy torpedo boats trying to
1-ctietrate the Dardanelles by night
v ere easily repulsed. German avi
sitors dropped bombs, which exploded
n the enemy coal steamers. An
fnemy aeroplane damaged by Turk
ish fire fell into the sea. and a sec
ond aeroplane attempting to effect a
rescue was sunk by our fire. An
Knglis.i armored cruiser winch tugged
away at the damaged machine was
swuck by our shells.
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LONDON. April IS. The P.ritish
submarine E-lj ran aground at
Krphez Point while making a difficult
reconnaissance of the Dardanelles
mine field and the Turks captured
lier crew, seven of whom are missing
off-setting the British success in de
stroying the Turkish torpedo boat
which attacked the transport Mani
Tou. A French cruiser, directed by
a seaplane, has been throwing shells
tm the Turks near El Arish. where
the army for the invasion of Egypt
lias headquarters.
British airmen are dropping bombs
on the Turkish encampment near
Egyptian border. These operations
are apparently meant to harrass the
Turks, who have not shown an in
tention of attacking the British since
the last repulse along the Suez canal.
Winston Churchill, first lord of
the admiralty, denying recent rumors,
said that there has been no naval
action in the XitVth Sea the past
month, and no action in the Dardan
elles except local bombardments and
reconnaissances by single ships. Since
March IS. only two or three men
have been hit in the Dardanelles and
there has been no loss or injury to
the allies' ships.
Continuous Fighting
PA KIS. April 18. There is con
tinuous fighting in the western war
tehater in Lorraine, Alsace and the
Vosgcs mountains. The Krench a
tiviiy in the Vosges resulted in the
capture of important heights near
Metzeral. British infantrymen at
tacked the German trenches south
east of Ypres, after exploding sev
eral mines as preliminary.
Russians Take Mountains I
l'ETROGRAI), April 1,3. The Bus- j
sian war office issued a review of
the Carpathian situation, stating that .
that principal chain of the C'arpath- I
ian mountains, comprising a front
of about seventy-five miles, has fallen j
into Russian hands, since their of-;
fensive began a month ago. Up to j
April 12 opposing forces between the
Lupkow and I'zsok passes suffered j
enormous losses, the enemy losing I
70,000 prisoners. The resistence of
the .100.000 Teutonic allies was most
deserate. The Austrians are at- I
tacking" in order to prevent the Rus
sian advance in the direction of
Rostoki, northwest of the Uzsok
!a ss.
WEATHER TODAY
WASHIXOTON". D.
l"or Arizona: Fair.
C, April
More Water More Crops
More Population
Is the Slogan for the Fortheonumr Special Edition of
The Repuhliean As Usual It Will : a Great
News iaper
Keplete with a galaxy of brilliant features, timely statistics, a com
prehensive handling of the big things accomplished in Phoenix and the
tireat Valley throughout the past year, as well as an insight into the
greater things that lie liefore us. THB REi'CBLlCAX'S special issue to
advertise the valley the greatest newspaper edition in the history of
Phoenix will be issued during the early part of May.
The Republican needs no flamboyant heralding of this valuable and
complete edition. Jt will be awaited with more than ordinary interest
by newspaper readers throughout the entire western country. This edi
tion will be devoted largely to those things that tend to make for a
better Phoenix and Salt Kiver Valley. Hence the paper will be par
ticularly valuable to points outside of the state.
Mr. Business man if you are interested in the future welfare of
Phoenix and the Valley co-operate with The Republican in making
this edition the greatest which has ever gone forth to the outside world
tt tell a true story of our possibilities.
COUNTRY LIVING
OFF THE ARMY
LNDN. .
the army is
ing off the
the country
on the army,
the front,
evidence of
tins of bully
ter seen in
tVpril IS. "Officially
supposed to be liv
country, but really
appears to subsist
" says a letter from
There is plenty of
this in the empty
beef, jam and but
the backyards of
houses innoc
ent of troops."
FAMOUS UID
E
(Failure of Oregon and Cali-
fornia Railroad to Sell
Lands as Required by
Grant Leads to Forfeiture
Order Now Annealed
(Special to The Republican.)
WASHINGTON. April IK Hearing
has been set for tomorrow in the
I'nited States Supreme Court of the
appeal from the finding of the I'. S.
District Court at Portland, ore.,
which forfeited to the government
..."73.000 acres of land, because of
the alleged failure of the Oregon and
California Railroad company to sell
the lands in tracts of 1U0 acres to
settlers at $2.50 per acre, as required
by the government grant. In sup
port of their appeal, the attorneys
for the railroad have filed briefs con
taining nearly l.i pages of printed
matter.
Nearly fi.ooo persons, who had ap
plied to purchase the land from the
railroad company, and, who had in
tervened in the suit to compel the
railroad company to convey to them
the lands according to the terms of
the government grant, anil whose pe
tition was denied by the district
court of Oregon have joined with the
railroad in the present appeal, and
have also appealed separately from
the judgment entered.
The case was recently threshed
out in the circuit court of appeals
at San Francisco, but the whole mat
ter was put up to the supreme court,
with the volumes of evidence, argu
ments and appeals.
The Oregon land case has been in
the courts for nearly seven years.
The attorney general maintained an
issistant at Portland, Ore., to ton
luet the litigation against holders
f timber lands alleged to have been
obtained by fraud. A similar case
to the ore to be argued tomorrow
is that of the I'nited States against
the Southern Oregon company, in
which the recovery of 9B.00O acres is
sought, the land lying in Coos and
Douglas counties, Oregon. This case
w.is heard in the I'. S. district court
at Portland a few months ago. and,
whatever the decision, it is said it
will be taken to the supreme court
on appeal.
The case now before the supreme
court involves what were known as
"innocent purchasers." The claim
ants of the lands allege they bought
their holdings from the Oregon &
GOMES
TODAY
TO HASTEN 80 PER CENT LAW
BEFORE II. S. SUPREME COURT
On the ground that public necessity
demands an early decision in the case,
motion to advance the eighty per cent
raw case on the calendar of the su-
I prenie court of the United States will
DUTCH PREPARE
TO REAP BENEFIT
FROM THE WAR
Ear-Seeing Men in Dutch
industrial and Commer
cial "War Are Laying
Plans for Future Busi
ness
1 E DISTRIBUTION
OF TRADE COMING
These Men Take Future
Position of Holland into
First Consideration and
Look Toward the
'Colonies as Well
Dutch
(ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
THE JI AGl'E. Netherlands. April
IS. Far-seeing men in the Dutch in
dustrial and commercial world are
already making preparations to bene
fit from the results of the war from
an economical point of view.
Among the leaders of industry and
commerce here the opinion is almost
unanimous that a redistribution of
the avenues of trade is certain to be
brought about. These men, of course,
take the future position of Holland
first into consideration, in this con
nection they look toward the Dutch
colonies, which form an empire many
times larger than the home country
itself and whose requirements have
been hitherto been supplied to a
great extent by German and Great
Britain.
The Dutch Hast Indies, for in
stance, have depended almost entire
ly upon foreigners for their imports.
Now. however, it is intended to make
great efforts to push purely Dutch
products there and to create an in
terest on the part of the colonies
themselves in plating on a firmer
footing relntions with the mother
country. With this end in view one
su p already has been taken in grant
ing a small beginning of self-government
to the Indies, which for the
first time in their history this year
have issued" a big government loan,
the responsibility for which falls up
on the colonies themselves.
The Netherlands t'nion for the
Promotion of National Industries,
formed, as Its name implies, for the
purpose of furthering Dutch trade,
is a part of, the movement of Dutch
industrial development arising out of
present conditions. It binds its mem
bers, who are manufacturers, merch
ants, storekeepers and private indi
viduals, to purchase or sell only
Dutch-made productions.
. The members argue that much
Dutch money now going to America
and other countries for the purchase
of articles of ordinary everv-day con
sumption could be kept in the
country, while instead of Dutch in
vestors as now seeking to place"he:r
fortunes or savings in mortgage se
curities in the Cirited States and
Canada they should be induced to
1 Be them in the development of
Dutch trade in the mother-country
and its colonies. It is contended
that the capital of the Royal Nether-
Continued on Page Four)
California railway company, or its
successor in interest, the Southern
Pacific, without knowledge that there
was a cloud on the title. When the
lands were declared forfeited to the
government, the land claimants were
iriven the privilege of re-buying from
the government at S2.r0 per acre.
be filed this week L
Wiley E. Jones.
Attorney General
'Tnless the case is advanced on the
calendar, it may not come up for hear
ing for two years," said the attorney
general last evening. "Another case,
involving the employment of alien labor
on public works in Xew York City which
was set just ahead of the Arizona case,
has been advanced on the calendar, and
will be heard next October. if course
it is impossible to say when the Ari
zona case wrll come up, even if placed
ahead of its regular position on the
calendar."
The action was brought by
Max Riach, a chef in a ISisbee restau
rant to restrain his employer, Truax.
from discharging him under the provis
ions of the eighty per cent law adopted
at the November election. The case
came up for argument in San Krancis
I" before Judges Sawtelle and Van
Pleet of the I'nited States district
court and Judge Morrow of the I'nited
Stntert circuit court, who decided that
the statute was repugnant to the con
stitution of the I'nited States, and de
clared it void.
Vigorous protests against the law,
which prohibited the employment of
more than I'll per cent alien labor by
any employer hiring five men or more
were filed with the state department
last fall by the PrUish and Italian em
bassies. Kmployers of foreign labor in
this state were active in opposing the
new law.
ALLIED AVARS III PS
In the bombardment of the Dardanelles the allies are making use of all available vessels. Merchantmen
have been pressed into the service and armed with smaller puns for the purpose of liKhting close to the shore
and dislodging the Turks from their temporary earth defenses. Under the protection of the guns from the big
ships they have been able to do this work very effectively and with small danger to themselves. The picture
shows one of these converted merchantmen sending over a broadside at the Turkish defenses on the shore. . .
OBSERVANCE OF
MEMORIAL DAY
OF WOODMEN
Beautiful
Services
Strew in;
and
Are
Impressive
ol lowed liv
Grav?
Mein.e
s of He
rs With
parte'
Profusion of Flowers
Ileaiitiful and impressiv e w ere the
memorial services of phoenix I.odge,
Wnoilnif.n of tiie World, held vester-
ibtv itfr.-rnnoli in The Ivliil'bts of I
Pythias hall. It was the annual .Mem
orial Day o the order and no pains
were spared by the members of the
order to make of the occasion ail that
the opportunities afforded.
The spacious hall presented a
truly beautiful appearance, a pro- i
fusion of flowers having b-n donated i
by the sovereigns of the Woodmen I
.....1 t.a i-..?.. .,f thr. ,-w.i1r..ii I
circle. promptly at 2
services wer
clusion th
taken to
where rest
their graves
begun and at the con-
floral offerings were i
the various cemeteries
departed Woodm-n and
strewn with the annual
f'oral remembrances,
was excellent, being
memorial day in the
the (rider.
Consul Commander
called the meting to
duced Sow Senator
The attendance I
the best of unv I
local history of;
C. R. Bernctzki
order and intro- j
11. A. Davis
. t
the master of ecrnionies. After a I
brief address. Sen. Davis called upon
Sovereign Thomsa. W. Xealon, who
made the chief address of the day.
The sovereigns and ladies were
than taken to tre cemeteries -where
they proceeded to decorate the graves
of all deceased Woodmen of the;
World, whether they had ben mem
bers of this or some olher camp, it
is a well known fact that the Wood
men of the World erect a monument
over the mortal remains of each
sovereign whose spirit has ben called
up higher. Yesterday the beautiful
monument erected by Sovereign V.
10. Lindsay, tinder the direction of
the Sovereign Commander at Omaha,
over the last resting place of
Sovereign Morton S. - Alice was un
veiled with impressive eerefmonies.
Sow Senator Davis conducted the
service which was very beautiful and
inspiring. The monument to be
erected soon over the remains of
the late K. 11. Sine, will be unveiled
early in the fall.
SEBASTIAN TRIAL TODAY
t ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHl
LOS ANGICLKS. April IS. Charles
K. Selastian. candidate for Mayo",
and cilief -f police until suspended
at his own reouost ten days ago.
will he placed on trial tomrorow on
a charge of contributing to the de
pendency of Kduh Serkin, a minor.
He is joint defendant with MM.
I.illie PratK a half sister and guard
ian of Serkin girl. The indictment
accuses the defendants of subjecting
her indignitic-s and scenes tending to
subvert her morals.
MULES ESCAPE WAR
LONDON". April IS. A Huge con
signment of mules intended foi
service drawing German ammunition
wagons has just reached London and
is following a more peaceful occupa
tion in London street, haressed to
the delivery carts of the Army and
Navy stores. The animals were
i'eken from a German steamer on
her way home from the Pacific.
BOMBARDING THE DARDANELLES FORTS
POLICEWOMEN AT
NINE DOLLARS
PER
LciXD-iN. April IS. The chief
of police at Southampton is ad
vertising i'ir policewomen at a
salary of from $7 to per
week.
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Neutrality Of
Switzerland Is
Kept By Fenced
STKASSKl ' KG. April I. The -most
t risid steps have been taken to sep
arate neutral Switzerland from I'pper
Alsace. Along the border between
thw two. two lines of barbed-wire
fence have b.-en built, constantly
patrolled by soldiers with orders to
sho.it persons attempting to get past.
The two fences, both of which of
course are on Alsatian territory, en
close a so-called -neutral" strip of
land, into which only a limited num
ber
f persons with the proper passes
j are allowed to enter at specified times
i of the day. The soldiers are ordered
j to shoot anyone who comes within
j I'fi yards of the barbed wire.
.' Nothing may pass from north to
Woodmen j so::th, that is from Alsace to Switzer
clock the I land. Prom Sa. m. to .". p. ni.. how-
ever, food from Switzerland may be
admitted into Alsace. The senders
must deposit it with the guards at
the barbed-wire nearest the Swiss
border, who in turn send it on be-
yond the
hute it t'
i:irnl!fil feni-e mid distri
the consigners. Attempts
to smuggle
ishable w ith
letters across
death.
are pun-
JUICE GOES UP
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
LONDON. April IS. All the
panics supplying electricity in
don announced an increase in
com -
boil-
the i
price of current beginning
todav.
Similar increases in gas were
no'ir.ced recently.
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LOVE YOUR ENEMIES"
OF A "JELLYFISH
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
LONDON, April IX. Canon Simp
son of St. Paul's Cathedral aroused
the ire of the press by delivering
what one of the papers calls a
"jellyfish sermon'' on the text, "Love
your enemies." along the same lines
as one recently preached by Dr.
Lvttleton. headmaster of Kton.
"It is not enough to defend our
shores." said
ISelgium. to
give peace to
the Canon, "to liberate
succor France
and
to
Kurope
w lie rco-isi maise. i
an effort' to love Germany us Una
loves us. Rarely in this imperfect
world does punishment stop short of
Ihe pound of flesh, nor can one
country crush another. however
righteous its cause, without inflicting
what it is difficult to describe other
wise than as horrible wrongs."'
The Canon granted that Christian
men in Great F.ritian might pray for
victory, but they must pray for their
enemies also.
In commenting on the sermon, the
Dailv Express speaks of the Canon
as one of the "misguided but doubt
less well-meaning people" who nre
trying to start a "Don't-Hurt-Ger-many"
campaign.
There is a movement in Kngland.
however, to hold the diplomatists ac
countable to the people in making the
peace terms. This view is set
forth
by s. Roden Buxton as follows:
"T do not think honestly that we
L COLONIZE
THE ATLANTIC
SAN BLAS COAST
I'lie Panama
( Jovernnienl
ti a !
r oi ce Jiat i
Has Put in
is Described as Monopo
listic Scheme to
Indian Retiion
Ii
'iXJMOll
ASHOCIATKD PRKSS DISPATCH I
PANAMA. April IS The Panama
government has put in force what is
described as a monopolistic scheme
I for the c olonization anil exploitation
I of the San Rlas coast on the Atlantic I
i ocean to which the American govern-
I ment has interposed objections. The
j I'nited states pointed out that the i
scheme would greatly interfere with!
a profitable trade in coconuts ami I
! other products which tile aSn Bias
Indian conduct with the Xew Ens - j
: land states. !
: I'nder the presidential decree, re- I
Icently promulgated, President portasl
set aside a large section of the San I
! Hlas Indian region, lying between j
! Colon on the west and Cape Tiburon
! on the east, for colonization purposes.
I The decree stated that all of the:
I'aoing witn tne section snouia ne
through the port of Colon only In
craft flying the Panaman flag. Thij
would in effect close out many small
vessels of other nationalities which
i now enter Ihe little San P.las ports.
! It is a question here whether the
I si heme of the Panaman administra
tion will met with success because
of the very hostile nature of the San
L'ils Indians. The tribe is a very
tir-ro ..,.,i-avf,.l .,...1
nas
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IS TEXT
S
can thrust those in authority in
Europe. In our own country or any
other, to make
believe that a
however good
many of their
can be trusted
which will be
a settlement. I do not
small section of men,
their intentions and
intentions are good
to make a settlement
just, fair and perma-
nent.
AVe might have a settlement
would impose terms bound to
which
lend to another war.
It is futile to
if at the end
' nave lougnt this war
I we so humilate and crush any nation
...... ......4,,. mat vi n v an
ward to build up for a second war.'
Dearth Of Physicians Is
Serious Scottish Problem
associated peess DISPATCH ( sixteen hours a day if patients wilt
GLASGOW. Scotland, April IS. The, send for the doctor curly as possible
serious situation which has arisen ow-iand so allow him to arrange hie dally
ing to the dearth of physicians is cm-' round with a view of economy of time,
phasized by a notice issued by the When the cfise is not. an urgent one
Scottish Emergency Medical Service inil a visit, the next day would suffice,
Committee appealing to the public to this should be stated.
refrain from calling upon doctors uu-j Retired doctors are invited to offer
necessarily. The appeal says: j their services, and the younger lectur-
"It will help materially to relieve the. ers and assistants in the medical
great strain now imposed on
medical
1 practioners remaining at, their posts
j throughout the country many of
1 whom are at present working fifteen or
ENGLAND SEES
NECESSITY OF
Nation Seems to Be Rapidly
Coming Around to the
Lloyd-George View of
Prohibition as Necessary
War Measure
RKADY TO SUBMIT
TO DISCIPLINE
Vess Makes Clear That if
Aiiv Prohibition at All is
Established It Must I5e
Total if It is to lie Made
j Effeetive
ASSOCIATED PRFS9 DISPATCH
l LONDON April IS. Kngland seems
j to be rapidly coming around to the
j Lloyd -George view of prohibition as a
I necessary war measure, according to
' the British press.
I "We believe that the country is q"dte
j prepared to submit to any discipline
that the needs of the war may cle
! mand." sa's the Manchester Guardian.
in an editorial typical of the British
! newspaper comment, but the more im
i portant as coming from the kingdom's
greatest manufacturing city.
1 ' ft is clear that if you ale to have
prohibition at all. it must be total pro
hibition," the writer states afte- re
viewing the various schemes for re
stricting the sale In laboring districts'.
"We do not wish to press the ordin
ary temperance arguments, for what
ever is done w;l! be a measure of Tem
perance in a secondary degree atvl pri
marily a measure for increasing na
tional efficiency in war-time. If !run
kenness increased efficiency, it migh1
at a time like this be accepted as i na
tional necessity and even a ciltue.
i There leing no doubt that abstinance,
' whatever else may he said for or
against it. doe help a man to work
steadily
Tr the ti
and hard, abstinence is a duty.
If the thing is worth tiring at all, It is
worth doing well."
ine ijriiaruiuii ys inu prm .-
j vestigators to rey-vt en the effect o"
shortening the hours in which liquor
! houses may now remain open. Ko-m-
; erly the houses opened in the morning
j at six o'clock in the working district,
i although there was not much business
I until about 9 o'clock, when the. women
j would appear. Now The doors ore
I closed until 10:30 a. m. which pre
j vents an early start in drinking and
I gets some of the idlers to work. But
I the change in the night closing liO'ir
from 11 to 10 p. m. seems only tJ con
centrate The ,i mount of drinkinsr an l
to encourage the sale of bottled goods.
Great Britain's brewing and distil
ling trade represents an outlay of near
ly a billion and a quarter dollars In
capital. U psivs to the government in
licenses about IJO.OCiO.OrtO yearly. This
loss in revenue would be serious, an.cl
causes Considerable apprehension
among the wealthy tax payers, who
fear they may have to trnikc tip the
difference.
The Economist, in its issue for April
", devotes a considerable portion of its
srace to Chancellor Lloyd George's as
sertions that drunkenness In the large
shipping and mbinufacttuinjf towns in
holding back the supply of war muni
tions. The Economist passes lightly
over the possible effects of throwing
out of work the large number of per
sons employed in connection with the
manufacture and sale of intoxicants.
j and urges that the government at once
proceed to enact laws absolutely pro-
hibiting the sale of nil alcoholic drinks.
I "The Government", says this journal,
"after saying so much, will not deserve
the confidence of the country, or be
worthy of the awful responsibilities
which it has assumed, if U does not
take strong measures. The matter , is
or urgent importance, and parliament
could be summoned a week earlier in
order to give effect to the policy. We
say this without withdrawing the criti
cisms we have passed over and over
again upon many of the autocratic
measures taken by the government
since the war began. We believe that
the suppression of news and views, and
Hie attempt to intimidate opinion by
abrogating Magna Chnrta, were most
unwarranted and mischievous.
"Put temperance is a curse, the sup
pression of which the strongest dem
ocrats and the most fervent upholders
of parliamentary government have ad
vocated in times of peace. It is ;i
measure that has heeit adopted, not M
vvays with success, by various states
(-Continued on Page Fourl
! schools and hospitals are asked to fore-
go their ufutal Easter holidays or to
substitute for them a
j work."
"change of