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. J'. PA OF, FOUK 1 THE AJUZONA REPUBLICAN, SA TUT? DAY MOT.XIXO, MAY 1. 1915 1 j Arizona Republican's Editorial Page I if The Arizona Republican Published bv ARIZONA PCBI.ISHINO COMPANY. The only Morning paper Published in Phoenlx. 4wiglit H. Heard President and Manager Chariea A. Stauffer.. Business Manager Garth W. Cate Assistant Busineaa Manager J. W. Spoar FVt 1 t- fejcrluaive Morning Associated Press OiMpatetiea. Office. CorniT Second and Adams Streets. Kntered at tiie Postofiiee at Phoenix. Arizona, aa Mail Matter of the Second Class. Robt. E. Ward, Representative, New York Office, ltrunswi.lt Building. Chicago Office, Advertising Building. Address all communications to Till-: ARIZONA Kfcl PCRLIOAN. Phoenix. Arizona. Business Office Cttv Kdltor JKlJiPllONliS: .421 .4.13 SCBSCRIPTION BATES: Pally, one month, in advance t ."ft Daily, three months, in advance 2.0 I wily, aiz months, in advance 4.00 ally. one yeafc in advance 800 Buti.iays only, by mail 2.R0 STI LDAY iloKMMl, MAY 1, IM May Day So sweet, so sweet the roses in their Mo v. i i iir. So sweet the daffodils, so fair to see; So hlithe and ra the Inmiinhiir-hird a-'oin'.1: From flower to flower, a-hunliiiir. with the iee. Xurah IVrrv. Trie Future of Copper Copper mining men ale ret agreed, or, rut her, I In y are not ye; of tiie same opinion regarding the . . glee of I'l l m.inem y of the present high pile; of topper. Scim of tlicm have statjd that they sus pect that ilit- pt i. cs ale affected in some degree by Hi inipiilaUon, and others, remember Hint several .wars ago when in rcspt use in a genuine demand i l ''" prices lose lo fin I a height that they itli back siM b iip , Willi the result that t'le copper pi otlticing industry was badly demoralized. Many nun. eg nun felt at that time that lliey would pre fir moderate, steady prices to figures, subject m xi-.lcnt fluctuations. Tin- Ann.. list rl New i in k lias sin interest ins ankle by Adolpu Levvisohn, an authority on top pi r. The present high prices, he. says, are, of course, the result, of the tremendous demand caused by the European war for that metal, and of the do mestic demand lu till contracts for iiuinilioiis and ilur military supplies. The demand for copper fol io lustiiul uses is :.lso improving. So long as the v.ar i o minxes, ilia dciiand is apt to remain very logent. .Mr. Lewisoim bele-ves that the prit e is likely to advance and at the present lime, lie s.iv s, linn- is nothing in sight to bring about a decline. 'It is true." says .Mr. Lewisuhn. "the general . pel ien e has been th.it w hen prices so very high. it in! it looks as it t'.cy will g" higher, something has happened to make prices decline, but it looks this m time as if prices wiii hold and go higher, and it is quite possible that tl.de may be a runaway maiket, though I hop. that will not be the case." In one resect, says Mr. Lewisohn. tiie copper situation is different Irum any that had previously develop-.1. "Heretofore'' he says, " rising prices have s. iiib'il to cin-. k consumption because a certain pro portion of industry finds it unprofitable to use cop per at higher prices, and. as a corset; ueiice. the sub stitution of some other meti.1 in certain of the in ilustrii-s w-mlii occur. This doi s not ho!d true now, however. The advance in prices has had no effei t vhaiever upon the demand for war puroses. The belligerent nations must have the mct.il regardless, of prices." And then, then- is the aftermath. When peace is restored general business will p.'obably be good ami prosK'rity will graiUially follow, llovv far the tessation of war orders will be counter-balanced by I he improvement in general business which is likely lo take place on account of the rebuilding att-i u storation that vv il! be m - essary when the war ends and the greater corfibence that vill naturilly pre vail, it is impossible to say. Iiiit it may be assumed I hat one wil! offset the other. The Eritish and the Liquor Problem The peopde of this country who have been en gaged for many years in living to solve the problem of I he lepior iraffie must look uiion the British who are now undertaking it. as tottering youngstcis. The pt ople of more than half the area of the Tnited States are now of the opinion that prohibition is tin only solution. Kvery form of minor restriction had leeit tried and dismissed. The liritish, w hose attention to the liquor problem was provoked by its interference with war opera tions, werccxpcctcd to take some radical and sud den step for the paralysis of the rum power. We who have had more experience are. therefore, amazed at the futility of the plan the British have adopted to restrict the use of li-iuor by doubling the duty on spirits. There was a lime in this country when we thought we could keep the consumption of liquor v. ithin proper ImhiihIs. . Previous to the Imposition or an internal revenue tax on whisky, thut li-iuor was sold at Jl cents a gallon. It was obtainable every where, at the cross-roads store ind the corner gro cery. The saloon was not thtn an institution. There wi re, of course, bar-rooms, but they were not pre tentious affairs, were not held in repute and were not regarded as sources of great piol'it. ' M mv families kept whisky in their homes, ac cessible to all members. It was comoarat ively sel dom used to exees-s. Drunkenness, thai is liestial drunkenness, was much rarer man it became Liter. The unfortunate who made a beast of himself was regarded as a more desoieable creature than his counterpart of the present day. Then came the internal revenue tax. a war measure, adopted by us. Ix-c.-iu.se we needed the rioney. and not. as in the case of our British friends, l ocalise w e needed increased ef fi. ienev . The com paratively few total abstinence advm ates of that period rejoiced. They saw the early doom of the liipior traffic. People wh-j had been buying whisky for -." cents a gallon would certainly not pay the added levenue tax of $1.10 a gallon. liut that is precisely what they did. The saioon business began at once to flourish. Saloon tax licenses were imposed by the nation, state, county and municiiialilv. The cross-roads store and the corner grocery went out of the liouor business. The process of dispensing it had become too expensive. The business was centered, in the saloons which were made as inviting as possible, lien who had been taking, and had been satisfied with, two drinks u day of liiiuor that had cost them ii."i ctnts a gallon, readily took to drinking several drinks a day of liouor that cost from lu to la cents a clink. The internal revenue tax on liquor became the founda tion of many a private fortune. Our liritish friends will, doubtless, learn that strong drink is one of the commodities whose use is not affected by the high cost ot it. It may be. however, that the British in adopting iliis maimer of dealing with the liquor traffic are not the victims of an illusion, but of necessity. They not only lack the support of tin- church, which has been th" j-hief force behind tiie prohibition move ment in this country, but they have encountered in the church a strong -obstacle to prohibition. Ac cording to Ibe dispatches describing the proposed legislation, the clergy have discouraged total absti nence, have spoken against it as to themselves and a high prelate confessed that swearing off in his case was a physical impossibility. An election of a Queen o" the May was con cludcd at Mesa last night. We suppose, of course, the municipality will furnish ear-muffs for the queen during the ceremonies today. Two appropriation bills in two weeks for the maintenance of legislative machinery is not a bad it cord for activity. Yt t there are some who accuse the solor.s of idling away their time. Whoever invieglert Mr. Barnes of Albany into that liln-I suit hits done more to injure his reputation than all the colonel ever said or wrote ag.-inst him If lleimy Kauff can slide to bases with the same facility1 with which he slides from one league to an other, his services ought to be in demand. "Seven Days" sho.ild have had a longer run. It was manifestly impossible to ciowd nil the funny events into two brief nights. Any member of the legislature would be war ranted in rising to a question of personal privilege concerning this weathtr. The old-timers who contend that the climate of ihe valley is (hanging, have rather the best of the argument at this writing.- 0 A question of veracity h:is b.-en raised by the liritish and Tuikish aciouuts of the proceedings a'ong the Hellespont. RADIO STATIONS BELT IN GERMANY Before the outbreak of the win the :;-rniaiis wre engaged in (he .ointruct.n of a series of wireless stations, which have si. ue probably been completed, forming a ring entirely around the Her man frontier. These stations are thought to have been planned pari ieularly with the id.-a .if increasing the effi ciency and safety of operati-m of the Zeppeline :.!id other military aircraft, as with the aid of t!ip stations an airship is not only einnled to keep in (instant touch with a Cirman bate during on expe dition, but can determir.e its own location when the land is obscured by clouds or mist. In addition to these wireless stations, nil tin large aerodromes in tiermany are equipped with powerful wireless, so that no aircraft, apparently, need be beyord th- ranie of wireless eoinmcnioa -lion with the military authorities when fixing over any part of innanv. All the newer military anc naval aircraft are equipped with wireless apparatus having a minimum n-nge of Il'u miles and cap-i.b'o of encompassing wave lengths of "from three hun dred lo twelve hundred meter.:. The apparatus weighs only 7" pounds with its dynamo, and is designed, according to reports, thai all danger from sparks is eliminated. Popular Me chanics Magazine. THREE GREAT WATERWAYS Now, the historic relation among these water ways is this: That it whs the seizure of the Dar danelles and P.osporus by the Turks that sent t'o- lumbus in quest of the Panama canal tnat is, in quest of a water highway from Kurope to Asia across the Atlantic and !t was as the sut l essor of the obsolete Iiyzantine route to India that the Suez canal v.cs planned and constructed. The epochal coincidence in the history of the thiee convincingly emphasizes the satisfaction which is to be lelt it the American control of the Panama canal. We can realize how .leploroblc and, indeed, intolerable, - it would be for that highway to be placed under amh bigoted, selfisll and exclusive rule, as that which for centuries lias controlled the Dardanelles; or to be subject to the menaces and ilislurbiMiccs which have at times assailed the Suez canal, and which would frequently prevail there were it not for the asser tion of British authority. Yet the former history of the Isthmus of Panama suggests that if left m local control the faie of the canal there would be comparable in evil with that of the Dardanelles under Ottoman rule and that or the Hues, under na tive Kgv'ptian rule. These latter have only now, after many years, and as a result of inestimably we have peacefully assured to our canal from its very inception. TAX REFORM SUBJECT IN MICHIGAN I,ANSINO. A conference on tax reform will In held here, for a full and free discussion of pl.-tis for relieving the general public of the growing burdens placed upon It. by the present system. Not only are prominent Michigan reformers here in numbers, but many guests from outside states will aid the con vention in the discussions. A sentiment was freely expressed as the conference oiK-ned that some sys tem must soon he devised by which enterprise and industry shall not be discouraged by taxation. Tin attendance of prominent civic and business leaders from Detroit and other Michigan cities gives promise of a permanent organization w hich w-ill vvoi k for definite methods of tax relief. The sessions will be made interesting by prominent speakers on tax ation (piesl iiiiis. MYSTERY IB DEJIfH OF LOS ANGELES CLERGYMAN mm RAGING Dr. George Jenks Takes Poison Hints at Blackmailing and ON IHE PACIFIC f.VSSOCIA TKIl I'llliSS DISPATCH DOS AN'IKl.KS, April :ui. Dr. Ccorge Jenks. an aged clergyman and physician, who took poison after an experience at the hands of alii ged blackmailers, died at a hospital here tonight. Jenks declared he was the victim of a woman whom he tried to help and died without revealing her name. The aged man also refused before death to reveal the identity of a man alleged to have mulcted iiim of 70. James Jenks, a broker of San Francisco, an only son, arrived here tonight, and reached the hospital just before his father died. Stilting his aged mother believed his "father died of a stroke of apoplexy, Jenks said le would pr.ibably ask the police to diop the investigation rather than to have his mother learn the facts of the case. Hi Tore he died. Dr. Jenks sti a.l fastly refused to reveal the nair.e of the woman lie lief rit'nded. e oressing the belief that she was innocent of mysteriol man ap- Jenks Aliich Damage is je)oitcd Alonu- the ('oast and Scv- era I Vessels Are m Dis- i tress as Jesuit of Ili'h ! AY hid j rASSOi'IATKll VKESS IHSPATCHl I DOS AXGKLIiS, April .'in. Struck 'by 'it giant wave when three hours 'out from San P-dro harbor on her 'way to San l"ia icisco, the steamer Harvj-rd was fore, d to return at ten o'clock tonight and discharged her ::w passengers. A thirty foot parti tion on the second deck was broken by the forte of tile heavy sea and tons of water ran through the vessel. Consider;! bio excitement prevailed among tiie passengers, many of whom were drenched to the skin. Damage at Rcdondo wrong doiin peared at the apartment of yesterday, and they va'ke, to a nearby drug store together. There Jenks broke away from the man, swallowed poison and rushed to a telephone, called an attorney and told him what he had done. AWARD MADE IN nut nifi from Pao One) h.id iikhIc mitrrssions hi onlr t'i:;i tln v;iril !tm;!it l;o ina-t', t'o'iud much i .i ho iff ul iiatisrc in l he ;ard KssiitiM -tiirt ssiniis tu til' men in rltid1)' th st:in(!;irtiz;it ion of r;1s of pay i.n til uiiiTbt of locomotive drive 'i '!?: o -rt im p;i y for I'-isscnpt r firemen ;md engineers; eiigiiieineii of irreKu!;i r '-urvire to receive the .s;ime late nrctirded nn through frv'Us men to he p.tid for de't;iv while ill c."'li-: at terminals; and firemen r.ot to ho re Miiircrl to rlca n engine's. Amontr the retjuests not granted were for the an l"matic release, time tinl : half fir overtime in freight and switcliin;: ser vices and a four-hour day in pa:;;en.T servit e. h. tries Xiim I of St. T..iiiis, former secretary of commerce and labor, whn viti Jndse Prhchard. reoresenied the hoard of mediation and conciliation on t he a i hit ration loa rd, w;i the onl v memher who issued no statement. He : M Iliol.vn lo hue heen deeil of "ended by the recent attack nia:le on 1 im as : arhitra.tor hy officers of the I'.roTher hood who itointefl ,,ut that he was a trast-e of the est He ,f the late Adol i ph'ts :nsch. an, I that railroad securi ties form a part of the asset h of the ! estate. KKDXiio i:i:AH. April 31. A liO mile ale whipped Sa nta -Monica to -nis'ht into ,i rainy: sea, which tossed MQUESTS HELD IN PIMA HANGING CASES I Three Witnesses Are Sworn But Not Questioned by Defendants' j Attorney j forty-foot high beach, causing a to $'i,oiin breakers on the damage amounting' j Northern Pacific Disabled SAX KI!..i 'ISi '( i. April 3a.- Tin passenger steamer Northern Pacific enroiite from Astoria Oregon, to San Francisco, is hove-to off Point Are- , na vviili both steam and hand steel ing gear disabled, according to infor- ' million received by radio. Tugs are standing by to give aid necessary. I The trouble occurred during the . Notheru Pacific's mattel with th" hiii winds and seas for the past two i d.iys. Other vessels wire buffeted anu delayed. . j Frost Kills Apple Crop SAN DKiiNAlilNO. April :;u. The : ople crop along the San tlernardino mouiita ins, pas been destroyed by tros!. Six inches of snow fell. Cam pers in the mountains suffered from e-; i osiu e. Victoria in Distress : SAX DIKIi'i. April :p. The sttam ' or Victoria was reported tonight in j .listless and leaking badly off Coro nado Islands, south of San Diego. ccor.ling to radiograms the American-Hawaiian steamship American is .standing by and taking off her p;is--engers. P raving the gab- that lash ed the sra into a frenzy a boatload of sal'ors Irom the American made one of the most spectacular and haz- Special to The Republican.) Tl'i'S'iN, April 30. The inquest on Thursday afternoon in Greater ville on the deaths of Hilario and Jo e y, riii Leon resulted in coroner's jiuir:- before Coroner Lincoln Robin son returning verdicts that they came to their deaths from strangulation "supposed" to be at the hands of Hubert Fenter and F. Moore. The witnesses were Bertram Hitch, clerk of the board of supervisors, who took the deputies to the Kmpirc ranch and who led the searching party which found the bodies. Fran cisco Acutia, the fourth man who was arrested and then released by the de puties and Dr. C. A. Thomas, whose testimony was technical. Attorney Kdvvin I". Jones was present as personal attorney for Sheriff A. W. Forbes. County torne.v Ceorge Hilzinger, John Wright of Tucson, and James Mack of New York appeared for deputies. The defendants' attorney examine witnesses but this permitted by the coroner. Francisco Leon, the third brother, who said he was also strung up, was not questioned. The jury on the Hilario Leon case was composed of William Macbeth. b. K. Powell. Thomas Deering, C J. Coyne and F. S. Mendoza. The jury on the Jose Maria Leon case was made up of J. Lander Young. Sr.. J. Lander Young. Jr.. A. J. Coyne and Wil'iam Macbeth. AYlienever t'ov family or syndicate reasons it 5s de sired to have title to a piece of real estate in the name of an impersonal, non-mdividnal holder, se cure the services of the trust department of the PJIOILMX TITLE AX1) TTfUST CO. This is a safe and certain method, this company heimr ex perienced in all leal phases of transfer and title v.ork. i4lt is the Safe "VYav" i NEW LAW FIRM PART OF PHOENIX CALAXY At- j the I tried was to not Legal Stars Associata in Firm of Lavin, Frazier and Nealon Firm Dates from M?y Day J. K. Fryer -o ANOTHER ATTEMPT (Continued from Tage One) Yesterday a new law firm be anie a. part of Phoenix's busy business life, when Maniard Frazier lames P. Lavin and Thomas W. Nealon associated themselves under the firm mime o? Lavin, Frazier and Nealon. with ol -fices in the F!eming building. All the members of the firm are well known ;n local law circles. Nealon is a brother of the present city attorney of FJ Paso. Frazier has been collected with the legal depart ment of Phoenix, while Lavin wai--for some time an atta- he of the local land office, which he left in order lo take up the practice of land law. ! The firm will practice in slate and i federal courts, as well as before the ! land office. Smyrna or in the (iulf of Saros against . the Bulair line of forts but it is certain ! that these points are being watched to prevent reinforcements from reaching the Turks. Besides the news from the j Dardanelles, the Hritish Viblic was supplied w ith several sensations. In j addition o reports concerning the bombardment of Dunkirk, another re port had it that the Germans had been , seen off the coast of Belgium but as Ihitish war craft were bombarding Zoebrugge during the greater part of nn again today, tins seems ANOTHER IMPORTANT BATTLE Forces of Villa and Obregon Likely to Come Together in a Few Days last night doubtful. EVIDENCE OF COMPACT (Continued on Pice Fouri ill'o.las rescues shipping. in response to . distress from the St e;i lil,-!'. I 1,1 a I 1 the Ameiican. who pi lied to seek t lu islands, launched a cb-ver seamanship the history of coast illg Cle boat craft. The transferred ti lantie signals of disabled Mexican S h" ni 'i lioi n of himself was coni- shelter of th" lifeboat ami by llceee.le.l in plac- alongside the crippled passengers wire thci the American. Ammunition Works Blown Up PKTPJ iC, HAD. April .1". A number of persons were killed, many others in jured and much material damage was done as ii result of an explosion in an ammunition factory in the suburb of Okiita tonight. Several workshops were ('estroyed and many inhabitants of the neighborhood were hurt by fix ing debris. The number of persons killed has not yet been ascertained. It is assert ed thut the stores of loaded shells were not affected and that work will be r .; sumd in a lew days. ' I ASS-M'IATKD PRESS UISI'ATCUl ! WASHINGTON. April 3. Another important battle is to be fought in it few days in the vicinity of Agnus Ca -lit ntes between the forces of Villa and obregon, according to dispatches of the : state department, obregon, according . to advices from Vera Cruz, is mov ing ; northward rapidly from Celaya toward Agitas Calientes. j While obregon's communications to Vera Cruz are constantly being threat -i ened by Zapata bands, his superior 1 forces have been able to restore com munication whenever they have been . cut. Villa has been mobilizing at Agu- as Calientes all his available forces, 1 estimated at 3.".0a. He has been ob i taining huge quantities of ammunition, i it is claimed by his agents here and lie 'is aimost prepared to give battle again. ! Officials here are keenly interested in the outcome of the military situation, , which may virtually end one way or another the contest between Carrunza ! iind Villa. I ( ol'imittee of the Y. i luii of Krooklv -j. qnt.t bav itm said he was ". primaries, becausi ung Ken iblica n .1 Mr. I James .is "opposed to diie-'t thev gave candi dates could o much publicity, and I bet he .te tiie riffraff of the demo crats in Albany in the republican pri maries and so disgust the people that thev would demand a repeal of the law ." The Poosevelt counsel also got info the record testimony concerning the alleged printing situation in Ibany. Th.- one witpess who testified, Michael Dolan, genera! tuaiiager of the Argus company of Albany, .-rworo that he bad never had any business relatiia-.s with Mr. Fames, and in fhis connection Jus-ti'-c Andrews agreed in the statement or counsel that Mr. Dnrnes was in no .ii v responsible us a stockholder in the Albany Journal ompr.ny. NEW HEAD OF FIRE INSURANCE CO At the late election of officers of the Arizmia Fire Ins-prance company Fugene Itrady O'Neill was ei'.osen pres ident. Mr. O'Neill had been connected with the company since its organiza tion fiv e ears ago. as director and at torney. Within that time its business Pas been mowing rapidly until now its outlay for the expense of conducting il is about $1117. null annually. The greater pin t of its money is loaned on mortg ages in this i--tate though it is handling a great many Canadian and foreign bonds. Mr. O'Neill succeeds George A. olney. i.vho has been president of tbe eomnany for several years but had resigned. Jf the siui shines, drair the roads. COLONEL AND HIS HOST AT SYRACUSE X ;,xXxv I k,-; s3k? h$ yvffl irrtdi-t Colonel Roosevelt and Horace S. Wilkinson. During his stay at Syracuse to defend the $50,000 libel suit brought gainst him by William I' Barnes, Colonel Roosevelt is staying with Jorace S. Wilkinson. Wilkinson is one of the prominent Progressives of Jyracuse and lias been an ardent friend and supporter of Roosevelt fot nany years. . , ' French Cruiser Damaged CONSTANTINOPLK. April SO. A Turkish official regarding the opera tions in tie Dardanelles tonight l.i i ins: the French el uiser Jeanne d'Are was damaged Wednesday and forced to leave for Tenedos in flames. An Knglish destroyer is also said to have heen sunk at the entrance to the straits on Wednesday. The statement says that although sixteen allied cruisers attacked the advance batteries in the Narrows on Tiles, lay, but slight damage resulted. Shots struck the Hritish battleships Maiestic and Triumph, causing them to withdraw from the firing line. Zeppelins Are Sighted j LONDON (Saturday) May 1. A di.sp.Hcii from Wells, on the cons' i of Norfolk, says that four Zeppelins : were sighted this evening off the j i oast, moving southward. Warnings I were given, but they were not sighted elsewhere. -o- TO TAX BACHELOR GIRLS I ASSOCIATKI) PHK.SS MSl'ATCHj SACRA M FNTo. April Lachelor gir.s in California between the' ages of I'I and .HI may be brought within the provisions of assemblyman I'.rowne's proposed amendment and be made to pa v a tax of flO in every year subse quent to ieiip year. The amendment is to the original measure taxing male bachelors of So years in- over and pre sented in the house to incline rill bachelors. "This is entirely too seri ous a matter to discuss at this time." said Assemblyman Bart let t. by corn- consent action on the measure postponed. m on COLON FIRE STRICKEN WINGS OF PEACE DOVE (Continued from Page One) tions tu immediately go on exports of place an embar arms and am- iti u nit ions.. Miss Adtlams said: "t am glad to agree with Miss K vans' indictment, as much of that has happened in America," but she ruled the amendment out of order. T ASSOCIATE) PHKSS lUSPATCHl COLON. April 30. More than half of the city of Colon was swept bv a disastrous fire which started this afternoon. Ten ate known to be dead, including two native policemen and several hundred iniured. while betw een 10.U'1" a nil U.OOu others, mostly negroes, were rendered home less. The loss is estimated at about $, lino. into. was Villa. ADAMS ARRIVALS Edward W. Derry, Los Angeles; J. H. Nighingale, S'an Francisco; Percival Henderson, El Paso: E. Alexander. Los Angeles; K. J. Sebbald. Omaha;. Z. A. Woods Jr.. Ft. Smith, Ark.; R. B. von KleinSmid, Tucson: Geo. G. Smith. San Diego; H. If. .MeKennu. Los Angeles; L. Honigs 'ergcr, San Francisco: Norbert L. Cot ter. Denver: J. B. Flanagan. Parker; T. E. Cottrell, San Francisco; Mr. and Mrs. K. G. Newell, Glen Ridge. N. J.: W. R. Goutlie, Denver; J. M. Hawo.nl, San Francisco; W. A. Davidson, Su perior: Mrs. J. O. Maxfield. Lincoln, Neb.: E. A. Tourea, Bisbee: Harry Leight. C. A. Melin, W. L. Evans. Den ver: Sylvester Nathan. X. Y. ; C. C. Be rault, Clifton: J. C. Schute and wife, N. y.; C. II. James, Chicago; D. B. Wyant. San Francisco; O. W. Essel man. Li Angeles; Mrs. W. M. Batch - elder. Lowell. Mass.; Franklin ton Smith. Bisbee: J. B. Cooper. El Paso; E. S. Wolff, St. Louis: Burt Sha piro, Kansas City; Fred Donason, Ma guon. 111. BATTLE IS REPORTED f ASSOC1ATKII PKKSS tllSI-ATl'lll EL PASO. April "0. A battli foucht vesteidav between two brigades, which met the obregon ad vance at Trinidad according to an of ficial Villa statement tonight. It is sail the Carranza troops were defeated and are retreating to'Siloa. It Is stat ed the enemy lost liuu dead and Hie Villa losses are placed al 140 killed. WILSON AS UMPIRE rASSOClATED PRESS DISPATCH 1 WASHINGTON. April :i". The president let it lie known he was willing to serve as umpire in accord ance with the arbitration treaty now being negotiated between the Nether lands and China. DROPS NO BOMBS 1 ASSOCIATED Pr.CSS DISPATCH 1 LONDON. April 30. The Exchange Telegraph says a German Taube aeroplane visited Suffolk county this afternoon but dropped no bombs. Two British airmen are said tu have Yhea i sued the hostile air craft. pitr- Dratr the road. WEATHER TODAY WA lASSoClATRU PUKSS DISPATCH 1 SIHNGTON. April 3u. For Ari zona : Showers in south the ninth. and snow In v