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PAGE FOUR T1IE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN, TUESDAY MORNIXO, MAY 18, 1015 Arizona Republican's Editorial Page Th Arizona Republican Published by ARIZONA PUBLISHING COM PANT. The only Morning paper Published in Phoejilz. lwttrht B. Heard President and Manager Charles A. Stauffer. Business Manager Garth W. Cate Assistant Business Manager J. W. Spear Editor Exclusive Morning Associated Press Dispatches. Office. Corner Second and Adams Streets. Entered at the Postoffice at Phoenix. Arizona, as Mail Matter of the Second Class. Rubt. E. Ward, Representative, New York Office. Brunswick Building. Chicago Office. Advertising Uu tiding. Address all communications to THB ARIZONA RK PL'BUCAN. Phoenix. Arizona. Business Office ... Jlty Editor TELEPHONES: ...421 ...431 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Pally, one month, in advance , (ally, thre months, in advance (ally, six months, in advance ItUly. one year, in advance , kundays only, by mail ...I .75 ... MM ... 4.00 ... 8.00 . .. 2 60 HKSOAY MORNING, MAY 18, 1915 Tin' best that we find in our tra wls is an honest friend. Fie is a fortunate voyager who finds many. Roliert Louis Stevenson. Not the Business Wsy The senate consideration of the house appro-1-ii.Ttion bill in the committee of the whole, indi- ;iii-s a purpose to make cuts in the appropriations w herex er possible. It is the expression of a belief that loo nitii'h money has been spent in the tran :..iioii of the pulilie imsiness. The fixing of the salaries of c!er!:s anil stenographers is found to ! :t difficult business and it is made more and moie plain that our wnole system of providing help for the public offices is wrong and in contra lictinn to the practice employed in private busi ness, a practice whiih is the outgrowth of experi- m -. It is absurd, oi course, ti" try to establish a siiisle standard of salary (jvr stenographers, that i. lo sav (hat all stenographers should receive the (ami salary, regardless ot differences of iiialif'.- ai.on. Kiially absurd is the view that steno graphers and other attaches who work only a pait .! the time should tie paid the same salary as those win. are employ-d all tin time. We think that a better aud easier way could 1 found by the legislature for dealing wiln this oiestioii and that would be to m.ike a careful sur- t-y of the work and needs tif the various offices i'iii b -partmeuts and on the lasb- rf efficient ser- ice, make a lump appropriation to cover those in eds and no more. That world place the respon sibility for the business-like expenditure of ill;; iifiiev on the heads of the departments or ofiiccs w her- it should be. They would then employ sucl; lu lp as would enable t'uem. lo make the lust show ing. If there should be work for a ?75 stenographer a .-tenogruphcr would bt employed and if a S I '.ii -demographer or clerk were needed one of that ? .ii.lf would be ei.ipioyed. There are in many of the offices, v.e under M.r..l. iMisilions for which first class clerks or stenographers are not required and in which one an not be profitably employed just as there art sin b positions ill private business houses. A legislature may ascertain what assistance is necessary lo the conduct of the business of an i.: I i.e. but it cannot tell how many assistants will be n.. ltd unless it knows something of their capa bilities and that the legislature cannot know for a liiod of two years in advance. Worse Than Useless Following our remarks yesterday on the? subject of the senate Frank memorial we would again trti- the house of the legislature not to complicate it by such an amendment as has be n proposed, l-v in let ting the capital punishment question, ad dressing the memorial also to the Arizona board ." : .anions and puroles in the Interest of the men at Florence who are sentenced to be handed. smu an amendment would leave the memorial without force to accomplish the puriose intended. H would convey to the governor of Georgia not the impression that the Arizona legislature believes Frank to le innocent but that whether guilty or innocent, he nor any other n.an ought to be hanged. We -ould not expect the governor of Georgia to revei- sii h a communication at this time, with patience. But tbere is another reason why the memorial should not be so amended. However ell dis H.sed the Arizona liouru of pardons might Lie to ward the wish of the legislature in this respect, the liuard would find itself disinclined lo act for a teuson which has been overli-oked. Of all the votes cast for and against the proposed law tor the aliolition of capital punishment not oiit was in the interest of the men now at Florence. Even if the initiated law promising the aboli tion of capital punishment had lieen adopted by the iK-ople the very terms of it would incline the Uuird not to interfere in these cases for there was in the .imposed law no prayer for he men already under sentence. Section 1 of the proosed law provided: "That the penalty of death fhall never be assessed. ImiMised or inflicted for any crime -ereafter committeed in this stale. "Section 2. That all acts or parts of acts in -.inflict herewith are hereby repealed; existing laws however being continued in force as to all crimes committed before this act takes effect." The main reason why this amendment to the Frank memorial should not be. adopted :s that it would render that memorial utterly futile at a time when from all over the country appeals are being I -ou ted in i!in the governor of Georgia to save that unfortunate young man. It is worse than useless, therefore, to embar rass the board by requesting it to do a thing which even those who favored in principle the abolition of capital punishment reframed from asking it lo do. The Belligerents' Points of View There is a danger of even a great nation losing the perspective or failing to outain the perspective at a time like this. Lather, we should say we are likely not to get the true proportions. We have a grievance against two great nations encased in the Kuropean war uiKin -which may hang the ver existence of the one or the other. To them, there fore agreements among nations are of small im portance in comparison with what is at stake. A few months ago the phrase a "scrap of paper' as applied to a solemn international agreement seemed a scandalous thing. Today we are inclined to look upon it as a very natural thing. Both of these great nations have lately bri ken faith with us. Great Ju-itain was the fiiwt ol lciuler by interfering with our commerce. It de clared a blockade shutting off our commercial in tercourse with Germany though it w.is not pre tended that the blockade was effective. We pro tested as loudly as the sucking dove but Great Britain stood firm. She lurther restricted our for eign commerce by piohibning our dealings with neutral nations through which articles not hitherto defined as contraband might reach Germany, a matter in which we could have no concern. The business of Great Britain in such a case wan t. see that it should not be transshipped to Herniary Again we protested mildly and agSin Groat Britain stood firm. Our rights were subordinated to Great Britain's need and we cannot greatly bline Great liritain from the point of view of a belligerent for employing every instrument for the crippling of the eneniV, Nor yet can wc from Germany's point of iew greatly blame that enemy for trying desperately lo free heiself from the coil:, of tVe "Serpent of the Sea," ei or. though she too infringed upon rights which we had not guarded very zcalt usly, by establishing a war zi.ne a'.iout Great Britain and warning our commerce to remain outside of it Again we protested with a little more vigor, be cause Germany's plan of making her blockade cf lettive necessarily menaced human life. But the German plan was pursued until at last many Americans lost their lives. So far, our rights have been infringed upon only in equal measure by the two belligerents, but in different ways. Horrible as the death of our Countrymen and countrywomen way, the loss of hundreds of lives of non-combatants though neu- ral. is a small matter to Germany and Great Bri tain in comparison wilh ihe result of the war which iMith Iwlieve will bos affected to their advan tages by their various violations of cur v rights. In reply to our note to Germany it is exp"cU! that she will propose that she will abandon her plan of blockade if we can induce Great Britain lo abandon her plan of blockade. Loth being in violation of the agreement among nations. Ger many may not go so lar: .r raihcr, she may not come so far, but if she should do so, it would be rather put up to us to demand as insistently, ot Great Britain as we have demanded of Germany, that all our rights must be respected. It is intimated that such a proHsilion fror. Germany Mould likely be met merely !v a pro mise of a representation on the subject to Great liritain. We can hardly txeci Germany to be sat isfied with a mere promise, even with repre sentations which we are not piepared to nack. It is now evident that we should long ago have demanded with insistence, and with a plain inten tion to back our demand, of both Great Britain and Germany that all the right which have been guaranteed neutrals should be respected. NATIONALISM CAUSE OF WAR This war has been called a conflict of races Pan-Germanism versus Pan-Slavism. ' The funda mental cause of the antagonism between these two peoples is neither racial nor economic; it is psycho logical. We call it nationalism. Nationalism is the struggle of a group to pre serve its own individuality. It is even more ele ihental than religion 'itself, and, as in the case of the early Christian church, its growth to gigantic proportions has been fostered by the blind stupid ity of rulers who could not see that the way to make it grow was to try to crush it. It is akin to patriotism, but draws its lines according to the rroup consciousness for a common language ami traditions. About fifty years ago several Bohemian writers were bold enough to write in their own language instead of German; from that time the Bohemian spirit has grown until now hostility to the .Ger man language has become a passim.. In many o" the restaurants throughout Bohemia, the held waiter passes a collection box regularly for "the Mother of Schools," which supports public schools in the Bo hemian language in all parts of the country where there is a majority of Germans only German schools being provided by the government in such communities. The result of this national spirit is the gradual elimination of the German language. Poland, perhaps offers the most highly devel oped example of nationalism. It was never a con spicuous country, but over a hundred years ago it was free. Germany, Austria and Russia divided it and, completely ignoring sociological laws, have tried to absorb it. Never was there another so persistent and deliberate effort to wipe out na- lional individuality, but if there ever was a case of imperial Indigestion, Poland has caused three chronic attacks. Bismarck's foolish policy of forbidding- the Polish language and forcing German in its place, and Russia's similar policy with Russian can be called a basic cause for the present Eu ropean turmoil, because it has made the preserva tion of language a religion, and martyrdom for it c glorification. North American Review. DELICATE JOB "I understand that you republicans are busy mending fences." "Yes, and it's a delicate job. We've got to keep 'em high enough for protection and yet low enough to permit a Bull Moose to jump info the corral." Washington Star. CONSTANTINOPLE THEATERS CLOSED All the theaters in Constantinople have been closed for some time, for the reason that Italian and French actors, who are practically the only ones who perform there, refuse to go to Turkey now, for fear of risking their lives. SIGHTSEERS CLIMB FIGHTING MASTS OF UNCLE SAM'S BIG BATTLESHIPS I ' ' I HOBOES DIE; WRECK . BURNS AND MOLTEN SILVER ELOWS ODT associated press dispatch NEBRASKA CITY, May 17 A Mis souri Pacific freight train was wreclud two miles south of here. At i least live tramps riding in a lumber j car, were burned to death. I Ten cars of oil, including five of ! ffa s-i t. i r.e. ex-nlnded. Two cars of silver bullion for an Omaha smelter melted and ran like water into a pasture. The screams of the imprisoned men were heard above the roar of the flames, but owing , to the intense 'heat nothing could be done to save them. lis . i . V: Ob? : -' f ti .mm VALLEY TO FORNISK HORSES FOR ALLIES ppii mmm mmmmsa, ll f 'I . MM ARIZONA GAINS (Continued from Page One) GERMAN PRESS (Continued from Page One) siness, but alo will result in a clearly defined jobbing territory in Arizunn. I);'ta compiled by the corporation commission as to existing rates on less than carload lots from Missouri wiver and other points as compared with the rates unlT the new order show the following reductions on dry goodti, in cluding cotton piece goods: Kxisting New Frim Rates Rates Kansas City $2. Till $1.72 Chicago ..." 2.!u Sl.flf Pittsburg $3.U0 $2.12 New York City t?,J,n $2.27 o ABNORMAL COLD WAVE SWEEPS THE COUNTRY WASHINGTON. May 17. Abnor mally cold weather prevailed tonight throughout the entire country except the gulf states, with temperatures twenty degrees below the seasonal average in the Upper Lake region and the Dakotas. Report I : the weather, bureau f two disturbances, one accompanfed by heavy frosts in Nebraska, Minnesota, parts of Iowa and Wilson, and the other attended by rains over the northern states east of the Missis sippi river, which is said to be re sponsible for the unsettled condition, and low temperatures. : o COLLINS STILL IN zona in fic ears will amount to mfl- j mt nt. It is known that he discussed lions of dollars. The commission's ; informally the situation producwd by order not only allows points in the! the sinking of the Busitania. and the backhaul territory to do a jobbing hu- j sending of the American note, and it .s understood also that Secretaiy Bryan apprised President Wilson in New York of the substance of the conversation. 1-ater Dumba confer red with Count von Bernst rff. 1'oth Austrian and German ambas sadors are understood to have tele graphed their governments urging a suspension of submarine attacks on ; passenger ships while the diplomotic discussions Are in progress because of the serious situation that has I'lisen in the United States from the sinking of the Lusitania. They cau- I lioned extreme care lest the sinking I of mother ship with American lives j aboard may ,Had to pn immediate; :reak in the relations of the United t States with Germany. Various suggestions have been dis- j cussed bv the German and Austrian I imbassadors and it is understood that r.iany of them have been cabled I to their" home governments. i The general expectation here is . that Grmany will reiterate her will- ingncss to abandon her present sub marine warfare xin merchant ships' Hid follow the maritime prize laws k neutrals will influence the allies to permit shipments of foodstuffs to civilians in belligerent territory. in this connection there has been some consideration given in official quar ters here to the advisability of sen ding a note of protest lc Great Brit ain against actual operations of its fleet .in enforcing the blockade of ciur.merce with Germany. v o STORM'S HEAVY DAMAGE In spite of the neutrality of the Salt River Yailey, the warring na tions of Europe have called tor a quota of horses to fil! out the fast diminishing ranks of the eouine heroes in Belgium. The Arizona Live Stock Commis sion Co. have receive'! An order for a numoer of cavalry and light ar tillery horses. An inspector, repre senting the allies will be in Piioenix May i.'.th to look over the assemblage that the company will huve gathered. The animals mast bp sound and ot a certain height and weight for both branches of the service. Gray horses will not be taken by the inspector. All animals must be broken enough to be ridden p:st liio inspector. Farther than that, ho will not be particular, leaving the further management and education of the animal to some "Tommy" win has nothing else to .lo. Whenever for family or syndicate reasons it is de sired to have title to a piece of real estate in the name of an impersonal, .non-individual holder, se cure the services of the trust department of the PHOENIX TITLE AND TRUST CO This is a safe and certain method, this company beinp: ex perienced in all legal phases of transfer and title work. "It is the Safe Wav" WILLIAMS IS ATTACKED (Continued from Page One) torney declared, was brought about through the influence of Messrs. Mc Adoo and Williams. 1 "Together," he said, "these men took away from the Riggs bank more than $2,000,000 in deposits, yet they say the bank might not be as solvent as it is today if they had not helped it." The attorney dwelt at length upon demands for information made upon the bank by Comptroller Williams. He said the directors of the bank held a meeting last summer and asked the comptroller just what he desired the bank to do, but no ad vices or suggestions were received. In demanding a penalty of $.",,111111 from the bank for failure to submit a report of the loans of the insti tution for eighteen years, Mr. lb man declared that Williams made an er roneous calculation in order to stipu late that amount, which was due in interest to the bank, and notified he bank that it would be subject to a "further and continuing penalty." "We thought he meant what he said," continued the attorney. "It now appears from Williams' affidavit that he 'was merely attempting to bully the officers of the bank. He now says he had no intention of ex acting a further penalty and he makes no attempt to calculate the amount that has been incurred." Touching upon the statement in Mr. McAdoo's affidavit that the sec ietary did not know but two officers of the National City Bank of New York, and that he had no dealings with that institution to arouse hos tility, Mr. Hogan said the National City bank was in no way connected with the case, and did not own a dollarfs worth of stock in tne Riggs bank, and that the plaintiff had made no accusations in connection with Mr. McAdoo's relations with the Na tional City bank. It was believed tonight that prob ably two more days would be oc cupied by the arguments on legal phases of the proceedings. If the court should overrule the motions to dismiss, the defendant officials then would have to show cause why they should not be permanently enjoined from comitting alleged unlawful in terference with the bank. o CRUISER COMES BACK L ASSOCIATED PKESS DISPATCH SAX DIEGO, May 17 The cruiser Colorado, which abandoned the run to Tabari bay with marines to rescue Americans in Yacjui valley when it was learned that they were in no immediate danger, arrived at San Diego tonight. A radio from the cruiser Raleigh said 100 rifles and a quantity of ammunition have been loaned to the American colony near Cajtme, who are threatened wilh attack. T ASSOCIATED PRESS mSPATCHl WASHINGTON. May 17. The sup reme court dismissed the appeal of George D. Collins, the San Francisco attorney, from the refusal of the federal district court of California to release him on habeas corpus proceedings from the penitentiary where he is serving a term of four teen years for perjury in connection with his marriage. He was origin ally artsted in 1H05 for bigamy and extradited from Canada on a charge of perjury, denying that he had mar- T ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH I SACRAMENTO, May 17. An un- precedent May storm has broken, but , fri'it shippers hold the storm has dam- aged the Sacramento valley crops to the extent of approximately $fi0Q,000. , Practically all the first crop of. strawberries is destroyed, and three-' oi.arterji r the cherry crop wh'pv3 off the trees or badly split. THE LAST WAD The hells were ringing S o'clock, when to the store came Kate. She should have come at 7, but the ried Agnes Newman. He fought j girl did sleep too late: conviction three years from his cell She was a weary salesgirl, before being taken to San Quentin. I she seemed real glum. j Ji HSUAB! n fiiHMiMi J , Get the Gas Range You Want for Less oney Than Ever Before! 3 and as A similar attempt at habeas cor pus failed in 1909. THAW BALKED AGAIN She felt beneath the counter for her working wad of gum. The gum was gone. "Great hevings!" cried the girl. "Oh, Mag! Oh, Maud! ' Some of youse girls came early and has beat me to my wad." The girls denied that they had took the gum and walked away. But they did hang their heads in shame when Kate she then did sn v : I ADVANTAGES OF WAR ASSOCIATED I'KKSB 1HSPATCH NEW YORK, Mav 17. An order issued late today by Presiding Jus tice Ingraham in the appellate divi sion of the supreme court staying all proceedings in the habeas corpus pe tition of Harry K. Thaw, in which Thaw seeks to iiave a jury in the supreme court pass upon his sanity, brought another delay in the long drawn out prweccdings against the 'Please, muvver's sent word to say slayer of Stanford White. The jus- j if yon don't mean to send the frying tice at the time stated that unless ' pan back as you horrered a month some action is taken meantime bv ago. she'd have to send farver the appellate division he wili begin 'round." the hearing tomorrow. j "And you can tell yer mother that The stay granted is part of an ac-'vhe ain't forced to git it hack while tion begun by Frank Cook of the the moritoriyum's on!" London attorney general's office. I Opinion. I For the rest of this month we will sell you any Gas Range in our stock at a Dollar Below the Regular Price and take your hot plate or oil stove in part payment Don't Swelter Over a Hot Fire When You Can Get a Cool, Clean, Labor Saving Gas Range on Such Easy Terms - This offer only good until May 31st Pacific Gas & Electric Company !V i