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TELE ARIZONA RE PUBLICAN
AN INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE JOURNAL
TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR
30 PAGES
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, FliTDAY MORXTNfi, MAY 2S, Wlo
30 PAGES
.VOL. XXVI. XO. 30
SHADOW OF THE GALLOWS
THROWN OVER LEGISLATURE
Messages from Secretary of
State Bryan, Villa and
Others Causes (Jovernor
t True Action on Part
of Hoth Houses
ilorsK DECLIXES:
SENATE IS FTRM
Instead of M ('moralizing
Boanl of Pardons foCom
umte Sentences, Renews
Its ( 'oninieiidation of the
Board's Previous Action
The shadow of , the gallows v:;i t
I'.r-'wu ai Tiis both legislative h:m - j
i-m yest?rday aft. rtmon. Tin- house
.H.k no notice of it at .ill and the j
7-.i-.iif declined to ho srampeoe.i.
l"t." in the afternoon' there was j
LiiiMiiitleti t' i.tli houses a mi'- j
-ng- from the governor accompanied
by -oit-s of dispatches the t'mtrn.iri
had re. ivi .l from Secretary 'f j
Si te' Bryan, General Francisco ' i !
ami Governor Maytorenu of Soiiora. '
Th'ii'ith ihi s,' messages seemed to '
.lc.il with nuitters with which the J
- ntiers wtre not familiar, conveying
ihe notion that they hail been in
ite.l from this state. The messages
tr.-tn Villa and Maytorona merely
-l: t. .1 lhat they had been informed
thai five of their countrymen had
I., en condemned to death, though it
net known ihat any of them with
;!ie exception of Villaloln arc Mexi
can ntizns. Some of them, at least,
were not horn in Mexico.
The governor in his message feared
that ti e hanging of these nlarderers
l'-lay would lead to reprisals against
Am-iican citijns in Mexico.
The following 's the governor's
in- s-aae
Mav 1913.
To the Senate.
"Second State Legislature of Ari
zona. :e'itiem-n :
' It be eines lay duty to transmit
I-., r. v. iPi copies of telegrams received
a; ice Execative Office f t m Hon.
.ii. J. ISryan. Secretary of -:tate of
t'n i'niied States, General Frmcisco
V.ll.i of the Republic of Mexico, and
lion. Jose M. Maytorona. "governor
f Sonora. Mexico, relative to the
f.ve condemned men whose execu
C'lis are scheduled: lo wvur :.t the
.r'n:i State prison tomorrow. May
.'. It should, furthermore he added,
with reference to the telegram re--ivl
from the Honorable Secretary
f Sritc of the l.'nited States, that
ii-.- information conveyed by the
i ;nvtTnr's office relative to the ap
proaching executions was furnish, d
' v wire in rr.'poiue 1 j the tcle-"i-aphic
request r-f the State De
partment, copy of whieh is handed
oii herewith.
""These three . telegrams, of course,
are being; transmitted together for
the reason that each bears upon the
smo subject, namely,, the possible
. ffe. t of the imendin hangings on
int. rnational relations involving' the
Itiiiod States and Mexico, and the'
l.s.sihility of subjecting' Americans
resi.ling- in Northern Mexico to an
unnecessary risk through the hold
ine of an execution of the nature
.itlin- d above.
It will be observed, in reading the
telegram attached hereto, that the
Secretary f ftnte of the t'nited
States, fully realizing the precarious
M.sitoii of Americans in Northern
Mexico and the necessity of preser
ving harmonious relations with the
;M--opIe in the southern republic, sug
gests to the State Government of
Ariz .na the advisability of granting
i'iiitations of sentence in the cases
of the five condemned men. and
urges that, in any event, the penal
lies imposed upon the prisoners
flhov.' referred to be suspended for
the punofe of enabling the state
department of the t'nited States to
leal j.rornrly and thoroughly with a
s ibject fraught with such serious
ness and unfortunate possibilities as
is the summary putting to death of
five men of Mexican birth, in whose
w elf-.re their fellow -countrymen have
vince1 the deepest interest.
"As I recognize perfectly that the
memlw-rs of your honorable body will
e M'aa k to discern the great im
portance which attache to the rep-
fContinued on page Three)
Daniels Asks What Is The
Matter With Submarines
(asiociaieo press dispatch
WASHINGTON, May 7. With
unofficiaJ reHrts indii-atlng half of
ttie twelve submarines assigned to
i he war irame with the Atlantic fleet
were al least partially ineffective.
Secretary Daniels announced his de
determination to make a thi-omrh
investigation and find the cause and
if Mssil.le ask for a remedy for the
t.Mi frequent breakdowns of the un
derwater craft.
Ianiels said: ""With the growing:
importance of the submarines I feel
f.wi much attention cannot be paid
( this branch of" the service and
very effort of the department will be
GRAVES DUG, BUT LOOKS
LIKE BE NO HANGING
l Special to The Republican.)
FLORENCE, Ariz... May 27. At this
hour, seven x'clock, there is an im
pression here that there will lie no
hanging at the state prison tomorrow.
Though the graves have been dug
for the five men and everything! is
in readiness for the execution, there
is i.ot that air of gloom that usually
prevails the night before. 1 have
Lcen talking;, with the condemned
nun and found them in good spirits;
they were laughing and chatting and,
altogether, taking: a hopeful view of
tiie case.
Attorney General Jones and Super
Pretty Weil Settled XoW
That Hoard of Pardons'
and Part des Will Adhere j
to Determination Not toj
Recommend Clemencv
Special lo The Uepublican. '
ll.OIiF.NCK, May -7. (la p. m.)
It is pretty well settled now that the
board of pardons and paroles will
adhere to its determination not to
interfere in the eases of l'erez. Cha
vez, Kodriguez. 1'eralta and Villa
lobos sentenced to be hanged at the
state pirson tomorrow between the
hours of lit a. m. and 4 p. m. A
meetins of the board was held to
night and no action was taken.
Messrs. Struckmeyer and Jeiukes in
behalf if the condemned men were
present at the meeting and at the
close of it they asked the members
of the board what action would like
ly be taken with reference to the
condemned men. The members of
the board made no reply. It was an
nounced that a meeting of the board
would be hehl in the morning but it
v.s understood tonight lhat the
members had not been impressed by
the avalanche of telegrams anil pe
titions that have been received and
that they are unmoved by the com
munications from 1'hoenix today
transmitting' the messages from
Bryan, Villa and Maytorena.
Messrs. Struckmeyer and Jenckes,
convinced that no hope was to be
expected from the board left tonight
bv automobile for Tucson, bearing
BOARD
NOT
LOOSEENDS OF BUSINESS KEEP
LEGISLATURE STILL AT WORK
In spite of the belief on Wednesday
night that the extra session of the leg
islature would come to an end yester
day, the loose ends of the business had
not, been . gathered up late yesterday
afternoon when both houses adjourned
to ten o'clock this morning'. The work
of going over the appropriation lulls
for en-ors of typewriting was in prog
ress all day and there was yet the tax
levy bill to pass. That was being- pre
pnred in the office of the auditor and
it was stated lhat it would be finmhed
a little after noon. But it had not been
completed by the middle of the after
noon w hen the house adjourned for the
day. It appeared, also, that despite the
anxiety of the memliers to close the
session, there was an unwillingness to
(piit it until it had been ascertained
what would happen at Florence today.
As to the second extra session, a
proposition has been made to hold it
at I'rescott and the laws and the con
stitution have been searched for a pro
hibition against such a removal of the
legislative branch of the government.
It was stated that a justice of the su
preme court had replied to an inouiry
that thefe was no prohibition. The
directed toward improving the rec
crds of, the submarines in the recent
maneuvers. if the twelve which
came to New York, one was unable
to proceed and various others suffer
ed breakdowns necessitating repairs
of greater or less importance, which
took them out of the game varying
lengths of time. In the meantime
plans for the twenty-six new sub
marines authorized by the last con
press are beings pusheiT" with all pos
sible speed. These include two more
sea going vessels which we w;ill try
to make the last word iii such' craft.
All the submarines in J rouble', were
of the old style desiincd before
1912."
intendent Case of the board of pa
roles have just arr;vcr. flintnboi
frott of the board has been here all
day. A meeting" is to be held fit
eight o'clock. The impression is that
the attitude of the board will remain
unchanged but there is an impression
that some way will be found by the
prison authorities to evade the ex
ecution. Attorneys Allen and Abbey of this
city this afternoon started a move
ment for an appeal in the ease of
Villalobos from the judgment of the
lower court sentencing him to death,
though the time for taking an appeal
had expired.
INTERFERING
SAWTELLE LAST RESORT
a.pplica lions by the five men lor writs
of habeas corpus. An arrangement
has been made by telephone with
Fedral Judge Sawtelle lor the pre
sentation of the application stomrrow
morning at half past eight o'clock.
County Attorney Hilz.iiisrer of I'ima
county will represent Jhe office of
the attorney general at the hearing.
He is well fortified with decisions
all tending to the opinion that the
federal court is without jurisdiction
in this matter. Among them is the
case of Dai-rant, the San Francisco
murderer, in whose behalf an appli
cation was made to the t'nited Slates
court on the eve of the date of his
execution,- on precisely the same
grounds on which the application is
made. If Judge Sawtelle should re
fuse to take jurisdiction that will be
the end of the matter. If hi- should
deny the writ which by the way
would be directed against Warden
Sims an appeal will be taken but in
the opinion of attorneys that would
not carry with it a stay of execution.
If the writs are granted the execu
tion will, "f course, be postponed.
opinion in Florence tonight, as to
what will happen tomorrow is divided.
Hut at the prison there i. an air of
buoyancy among the prisoners who
do not believe there will be a hang
ing. Warden Sims is in a jovial
mood, such as would not sit on one
who expected to semi five souls into
eternity the next day.
The wife of Chavez, the Jerome
murderer, nnd their little boy spent
the day with him. Chavez spnt the
most of the time laughing and joking
with the child.
constitution requires that the legisla
ture shall be held biennially at the cap
ital of the state and the statutes fix
the time w hen the state legislature shall
assemble at the ca ratal. It was point
ed out that both the constitution and
the law have been complied with so
that in the absence of any direct pro
hibition, an extra session may be held
anywhere in the state. Hut the call of
the governor would probably designate
the place of holding the (session.
An incident of the morning session
in the house was the denunciation by
Mr. Mahoney of an article in the
Journal Miner of I'rescott reflecting
"upon Mr. l'inkley and the language
used by the gentleman from Mohave
was plain and easily understood. He
regretted lie said, that there was no
way to keep that paper out of the pre
cincts i f the legislature. Mr. Johns of
Yavapai regretted that such a publi
cation should have been made in a paper
of his county, but he thought that Mr.
Mahoney attached more weight to the
article than it deserved. Mr. Proctor
thought not. Speaking of capital pujh
ishment. he said that though he did not
favor it in any case, when he contem
plated the use that some people of the
press made of their positions his views
in opposition to capital punishment
were greatly modified.
Mr. Lines was not sure that the ar
ticle ilhl not reflect upon many other
members of the legislature as much as
it did on Mr. l'inkley. The article
stated that Mr. l'inkley who had been
custodian of the Casa Grande ruins had
resigned his place to accept a place in
the legislature and had arranged that
his wife should have the place in his
absence, lie was also upoken of in the
article as one of the governor's chat
tels. But whatever injury may have been
done by the article to his feelings must
have been more than mollified by the
high terms in which his colleagues of
the legislature spoke of him. Members
of the faction which had bitterly op
posed him in the various contests since
the beginning of the regular session
vied with one another in expressing
their opinions if his high clijiraeter.
(Continued on Page Five)
WILL EXAmlNE
AT LIVERPOOL
Lieut. Pow ers and 'ou
st ruetor MeBride to In
quire Whether Torpedo
or .Mine Cause of Dnin
age to America.!! Vessel
('APT ATX SAW "
XO SrP.MAPIXE
Commander of Vessel Ex
presses Belief That Dam
age to His Ship Mii-ht
Have Been Due to a
.Mine
C ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
LONIiii.V. May 27. Lieutenant
Powers, a naval attache, and Naval
Constructor AlcHride. attache of the
American embassy lo Great Ih'ilain,
left London frir Liverpool lo examine
the American steamer Nebraska n. re
ported by the British admiralty to
have been struck by a torpedo Tues
day nighl. Tin Ncbraskan is ex
pected to reach Liverpool late to
night. Captain Green of the Nebraska!!
reports lhat he did not see a sub
marine and the belief is expressed
lhat the damage to his ship might
have been due to a mine.
Certain it Was Torpedo
LIVKlil'i L, .May 27. The" Ameri
can steamer Nebraskan, arrived
shortly before midnight. Captain
Greene said: "I saw no submarine,
but am certain it was a torpedo
Which hit us.
"Moreover." continued the captain,
"a submarine could not have failed
to see our name and nationality,
which was outlined in huge letters
on our sides. Members of the crew
of the Nebraskan agreed that the ex
plosion Was undoubtedly caused .by
a lorpedo. The forward part of the
ship was completely wrecked.
Cause Still In Doubt
WASHINGTON. May 27. The
I'nited States government had re
ceived tonight messages from Am
bassador Page ami Consul General
Skinner at Iondon and a statement
from Captain Green of the Nebraskan.
but from all the information thus far
available it is impossible to deter
mine whether the explosion on the
Nebraskan Tuesday was caused by
mine or a torpedo. Many officials
are inclined lo the theory that the
ship was struck by a floating mine.
Naval officers say such an explo
sion as was described by Greene is
of a character more 1:' ely to have
been caused by a mine.
Ambassador Page reported he had
begun an inquiry by sending the
naval constructors attached to the
American embassy to make a com
plete examination on the Nebraskan's
arrival at Liverpool. Any diplomatic
action as a result of the incident
will be deferred until there is de
finite proof of the cause of the ex
plosion. Should it develop that the
vessel was torpedoed, the fact that
her flag had been lowered a. lew
minutes before, at, sundown, would
have no bearing- upon the action of
the American government which has
always has insisted upon the exer
cise of the right of visit and searcn
before attack on any merchantman.
There is no internation convention
in force relative to the laying of
mines. Count Von Bernstorff, the
German ambassador. formally pre
sented a memorandum to the state
department stating that mines laid
by Germany were of such character
as to become innocuous when un
loosened. Previously tne British gov
ernment had given the United States
similar assurances. Laying mines
for the sole purpose of intercepting
commerce is forbidden by the Hague
convention but there has been no
general rule by which the prohibi-,
tion could be interpreted, as it is
claimed that all the mines used in
the present war were laid for an of
fensive or defensive purpose.
The I'nited States ratified the
Hague convention on the subject of
mines. but the convention is in-
(Continued on Page Four)
Terrific Rains
Cause Death
And Crop Injury
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
KANSAS CITY, May 27. A tei
rifie rainstorm which broke over the
greater part of Kansas, Kastern Mis
souri nnd parts of Oklahoma, following-
the heavy rams of yesterday and
last nil.l so inireased the rising
floods that communication over the
district is demoralized. Meagre re
ports iriim isolated sections tell of
several deaths by floods and light
ning. All streams in the district are
overflowing or are Hearing a flood
stare. The Kansas river, the largi-st
in the district, is reported rising
four inches an hour at Manhattan,
' Kansas, and is said to be only three
feet below the danger mark. Thous
ands of acres of growing- crops are
covered with flood waters.
ANOTHER BATTLESHIP
OF THE BRITISH FLEET
SUNK IN DARDANELLES
Torpedoing and Sinkin- of
the V :ish .Battleship
Majestii
Announced
in Statement-'
AdmiraltY
the
7
PRINCESS IRKNK j
ALSO BLOWN" ITpj
Vessel Was at Anchor in
Sheerness Harbor, nnd
So Far as Known But
One Survives of Jler
Crew of 7o(t
associated cress dispatch I
LONDON, May 27. The torpedo-
ing and sinking of the ilriiish bat
tleship Majestic was announced by.
the admiralty. The vessel was sup
plying the army on the Gallipoli (
peninsula and nearly al! the officers!
and men were saved. Lloyd's an- I
nounees the P.ritisj steamer Princess
Irene was suddenly blown up i"
Sheerness harbor. She was in the
government service. Sheerness is llie
naval arsenal or Great Pritain on
the Thame's. The admiralty says f
that seventy-eight workmen must j
have perished. '
The admiralty says the Princess!
Irene was uceidenlly blown up and
so far as known there was only one
survivor out of a crew of 2aU. Seven-tv-eigiu
dockers are also dead.
Th
statement
f the admiralty
says :
"The I M ine
ly blown up
morning. Si
one survivor
ss Irene was aecidental
n Sheerness harbor this
far as .vet known, only
was picked up. Three
men belonging to thj
on board at the time
ship were not
if the disaster.
Several men belonging to a vessel
laying close to the Princess Irene j
were wounded by falling- splinters.'-' j
The battleship Majestic was a ves- ,
sel of 14, '.inn tons and of M.OOli horse- j
power. Her officers and crew on j
peace fooling- aggregated 7."7.
The Majestic, which was built in
lsn'i, carried four 12-inch, twelve 6-J
inch and sixteen "-inch ;uns. and
twelve 'i-pounders. j
In addition the vessel was armed
with live is-inch torpedo tubes.
The sinking of the. Majestic makes
the fifth Ilriiish battleship lust in the
Dardanelles campaign, the second by
a hostile submarine, the Triumph j
having been sent to the bottom in j
the Gulf of Saro.s last Wednesday. I
The French also lost one battleship, i
in the Turkish campaign, the llouvet. I
WOULD CREATE
EXCHANGE BILLS!
associated press dispatch
WASHINGTON. May 27. A definite
plan for the creation of a market for
bills of exchange drawn on hanks u
the t'nited Slates, payable in dollars
was presented at the conference be
tween the representatives of business
and financial interests of the I'nited j
States a ltd the Chilean delegates at
tending the Pan-American financial
confen nee. It was said tonight the
Guggenheim copper interests, the Beth
lehem Steel and the Du Pont powder
company, all of which have large inter
ests in chile, are back of the plan
which involves an exchange aggregat
ing at least twenty millions a year.
Representatives of the I'niied States
in this conference group were told that
Chile exacted an export duty on ni
trates and had provided that HO day
bills of exchange on London, payable
in pounds sterling would be practically
legal tender in payment of these duties
and for other purposes. It was sug
gested that a law be enacted to make
the bids drawn on the banks of the
I'nited States legal tender to the same
extent to facilitate the business of the
interests in the I'nited States; which
spend millions each year in wages and
purchases in Chile. The Chileans
promised to urge their government to
take the steps necessary. Later it was
said the same proposal will be made to
other South American countries where
bills on London are legal tender.
Features of the conference of todays
general session were the luncheon giv
en by Secretary MeAdoo and the trip to
Mount Vernon on the presidential
yacht Mayflower. Tomorrow" theVe
will bo more group conferences and a
general session at which the groups
are expected to make reports.
It became apparent today that sev
eral of the South American nations tn
tend to make vigorous effort to have
some concrete plan for improvements
of steamship facilities submitted to the
conference before the adjournment on
Saturday. Several countries particu
larly interested themselves through
their representatives here are in favor
of the encouragement of ship builders,
either by direct or indirect subsidies.
The Argentine delegation was anxi
ous that at least the I'nited States,
Brazil. Argentina, as governments, or
through private capital, take action to
(Continued on Page Five)
NEWMARKET FOR
i says 460 of the
I !
CREW WERE SAVED
LONDON I Friday), May 2S.
A dispatch to the Times from
the MmlrfiK correspondent, says
that Hii) of the crew of the bat
tleship Triumph, sunk, Wednes
day, in the Gulf of Saros, were
saved. The officers and crew of
the Triumph in Pcac- times
numbered about. 7K'.
!
MAJESTIC NOT
ONLY ACTIVITY
".Middle (Jalieia Remains
Scene of the Createst
Activity With Austrians
and Germans Still Bat
tering Russian Lines
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH J
LONDON, May 27. The British bat
tleship Majestic, another of the ships
supporting- the allied army on the Gal
lipoli peninsula, was torpedoed, and
stmk by a German submarine this
morning. Nearly all the officers and
crew wire saved. About the same
time the steamer Princess Irene, which
was built last year for the Canadian
I'aeilic British Columbia coast service,
which was taken over by the admiralty
at the commencement of the war, was
accidentally destroyed by an explosion
while at anchor at Sheerness, whern
she was undergoing- repairs. All the
crew, numbering 25'i except one sea
man, besides 7s dock yard workmen
w h. were aboard at the t:me lost theNir
lives.
Amidst the activities on tne land and
sea and in the air from the Dardanel
les to the waters around the British
Isles, the middie of Galieia remains the
scene of the greatest and most import
ant fighting. There the Auetriuns and
Germans continue to batter at the Rujj
sian lines to the northeast and south-
(Continued on Page Four)
INDUSTRIAL
ENDS PROBE
Concludes Hearings Which
Have Been in Progress
Over Year and Taken the
. Investigators from Coast
to Coast
Tassociated press dispatch!
WASHINGTON, May 27. The fed
eral industrial relati oils commission
concluded its hearings which have
been in progress for more than a
year, and which touched on every
phase of the country's industrial life,
and which have taken the investi
gators from coast to coast. Chair
man Walsh adjourned the commis
sion sine die. It will meet again in
executive session at Chicago about
June 1 to plan the nrenaration of its
report to congress.
Today's session was devoted to
hearing witnesses who had 'asked the
opportunity to reply to others who
had already testified and to cleaning
up unfinished phases of the investi
gation. A. C. Kills, Jr., commissioner
of labor in Porto Rico and Martin
Traviezo. secretary or Porto Rico,
were the last witnesses in the inquiry
into labor conditions in Porto Rico.
They invited the commission to g-o
to the island and make a. thorough
(Continued on Page Four)
COMMSSION
Lassen Peak Is Scaled
By University Professor
associated press dispatch!
SAN FRANCISCO, May 27. Las
sen Peak was scaled for the first
time since the recent devastating
eruptions by a party of five led by
ft. S. Holvvay, professor of physical
geography in the University of Cali
fornia. In a telegraphic report to
the Associated Press Holway says
the two craters have undergone radi
cal transformations, both being- now
filled. As far as he could judge no
mud was ejected, as had been be
lieved, from the volcano. "The bot
tom of the old crater," the message
says, "was literally shoved upward
ITALY DRAWS
FIRST BLOOD
III AIR WAR
An Austrian Aeroplane is
Brought Down by Sec
ond Shot from Italian
Field Battery When At
tempting to Attack
LICIT IT RESISTANCE
TO TRIESTE ADVANCE
After Making Elaborate
.Preparations, Austrians
Fall Back, Blowing Up
Bridges and Blocking the
Railway Lines
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH J
AT ITALIAN FRONT, Friuli. May
27. Italian gunners brought down an
Austrian aeroplane in the first con
test in th;3 Italian campaign bet-
ween
flying; machines and anti-air
cratt ;uns.
;rom behind
ted over tin
An aeroplane, arising
the Austrian lines, dar
rocky ground in front
of th-j Italian positions,
tery opened fire as it
A field bat
came within
range. The first shot missed. The.
second struck fairly, causing flames
to burst from the motor. The aeroplane-
plunged downward and was
splintered on the. rocks. This was
one of the incidents attending the
opening of the Austro-Italian cam
paigns as witnessed by a correspon
dent of the Associated Press. Along;
this part ot the front where tho
Italians are advancing in the direc
tion of Trieste, there are stirrim;
scenes although as yet there is litth-
heavy fighting.
The first shot of the war was
fired by a frontier guard at Belhio
(iua, who having seen in the semi
darkness a shadowy figrure approach
ing shot dead an Austrian soldier
attempting to fire a mine. With
sunrise artillery fire opened from
the direction of Cividale. Itaiian
troops everywhere sprang to the at
tack, fording the Idria. swarming
across the bridges and climbing tlvj
hills bevond.
The correspondent was permitted
to go close enough to the front t
obtain a panoramic view of a sec
tion of the fighting- line. Visits to
Santandral, Palmanova and oilier
towns near the border furnished a
good idea of the conditions under
which the Italian invasion of Aus
tria is being carried on. At Palma
r.ova it was possible to obtain a,
bird's eye view of the rmrounding'
country, which falls away from that
point. The people of the village
were watching- the spectacle of cav
alry charges and artillery action over
the. nearby front.
It is a picturesque region of green
hills and nualnt - vUmges, amnn,"
which wind dusty white roads.
When the order was given earlier
in the week to advance across the
border, the Italian troops were in
readiness for the move. The com
mand came at 2:l!0 o'clock in the
morning and a half hour later the
soldiers were on the march. The
infantry proceeded in long files,
headed by sharpshooters. From
converging- roads came artillery car
riages, motor trucks and detach
ments of cavalry.
From time to time tremendous ex
plosions were heard above th1 roar
of the art'llery. They marked thn
firing- of mines by which the Aus
trians were blowing up bridges as
they fell back. The Austrians madu
little, attempt to halt the Italians'
advance, although elaborate prepara
tions had been made along the border.
The railway lines were obstructed
with heavy beams laid across tho
track and fastened down with chains.
The roads were blocked by trenches,
trees nd wire entanglements.
Brazsano was the first village on
Austrian soil in which the Italian
flag was flown. It was run up on
the belfry of the village church.
At San Giovanni Mazeno, the cor
respondent saw the first Italian
wounded, and also the first Austrian
prisoner captured, a member of tic)
Landsturm from Friuli. As he was
brought into the Italian lines he kept
repeating: "t am an Italian."
All along1 this section of the front
there were signs of war. The roads
were filled with long linos of trans-
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as a whole, undoubtedly by the lava
pressure underneath."
The vast mud flow that poured
down Hat Creek valley, inundating;
many miles of farm lands, was the
result, Holway thinks, of the melting'
of the snow on the mountain side by
hot ashes.
"On reaching- tho top,"' said tho
message, "the whole aspect of tho
crater was found totally changed. The
bowl of the old crater, formerly threo
to four hundred feet deep, is now
filled and one looks across vacant
and jagged rocks, and escaping steam.
Tho new crater is also practically
filled."