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J mi ARIZOJNA BEI "ENDENT PROGRESSIVE JOURHi TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR 8 PAGES PHOENIX, ARIZONA, MONDAY .MORNING, M A V :J1, V.ilo 8 PAGES VOL. XX VL NO. 13 ELE s BUTTLE ABBEY IS OPENED FOR GREY VETERANS r.-npedcrate Memorial In stitute at Uiclnnond to lit! Kept Open for Inspection I hiring Reunion of Sol diers of South IX MEMOliY OF THE PAUT SOUTH PLAYED Oieat Kvents of War to Be VnnmciMoratetl in Carv inirs and Paintings in P.cautifnl Buildings (iicat Historic Col lection (ASSOCIATE" PRESS DISPATCH RICHMOND, Va. May 30. The Confedeiate Memorial Institute, Known as the Battle Abbey, has been petned for inspection, in connection with the I'nited "or.feiler.ite Vete rans" reunion, which is to be held here June 1 to 3. The institute f..rms an interesting i.art of the col lection of permanent memorials of the civil war. -ts promoters having l.a-.l in mind the monv.rializins of the part played by the south in the great war events of fifty years ago. The building, completion of which awaits the return of the artist. Charles ilofflxiner, from the European v.ar. vtandi. in the western part of Richmond, in tie center of a five-:.-re iark, a gift from the state of Virginia. Ground for the structure was broken January 1. 1912. and the cornerstone was laid the following A;ay. The building is Iocp.td on a lai-wtl terrace, a broac' fpghl of stone steps flanked on either side by a Uil-jstrade, leading from the entrance to the lower levels of the terrace. The structure, whi'h is froee' thrughojt with Indiana limestone, consisis of a central pavilion, with a iig on each side, the total length I eing 150 feet and the height lrom the terrace level : the ton of the 1-arajKt Uing 44 feet. At the tnair. t-ntranoe is a portico of four strong columns of Roman-Ionic eiesign, 2- f.ft in height. The two wir.gs on the outside- are divided into panels I y means of pilasters of a slight projection and below the eorn'ce are lirce stones, which, it is planned, vil be trans-formed into carved panels to serve as memorials of some of the treat events which the building is tl-sieneU to commemorate. The hall in the south win? will I known as the Memorial room, for the decoration of which Tliomns F. Ryan of New York and Virginia con iCbuted a large sum. Mr. Holfbaiier lias be -en engaged to decra.e the walls of this room with paintings illustrative, of the civil war. but has not completed lis work. The north wire of the institute will lie usel as k library. On one Bide will bans a larire ainting of Thomas Jefferson :n.l his cabinet, as well as the por traits of all the war governeirs. The sissooiatlon intends to m.-ke the col lection of pictures and books in the library of great historic value. Treatment of the park surround ing the institute to make the grounds as essentially a part or the memorial n the building itslf. is planned by those in charge of the work. The c.esicn of the court of honor includes a central panel of turf with recesses f.T atafies at the sides and ends, they being outlined by a box Ixinler iM-tween which will be a. ground tiver of i'-y. leading to double rows .f magnolias, the foliage of which will make the great frame for the tone of the court. To Charles Broadway Rouss Is at tributed the credit for having con ceived the Hlea of the Confederate Memorial Institute. At the veterans reunion in Houston. Tex., in 195. Mr. Kouss offered to give $100,000 for the erection of a memorial hall ff the southern people would con tribute an efnial amount. The offer was accepted, a committee appointed and the committee made its report at the reunion in Richmond in lS9f.. The charter obtained from the state ..f Mississippi in AifMist. 191",. pro vided that the ln-stitute snoiild le under the a ispices of the United Con federate Veterans. Richmond was se lected as the location for the memo rial in 1S97. Lassen On Its Anniversary Celebrates With Eruption ASSOCIATED PHB8 dispatch 1 REDDING. Mav 80. Mount Lassen Fignalized its first anniversary as an active volcano with a viole-nt eruption late today, the first time since tbe de-t-triutive outbreak on May 22. This was of iess magnitude and not as spec tacular. A smoke column appeareel heavy la ilen with ashes and spread fanlike but not to a great height. Fears are ex pressed here that loss of life occurred as many investigators we&re in the danger zone and on the peak itself. The LUSITANIA CASE IS GIVEN AS HOLDING WHITE STAR LINER EVADES SUBMARINE. QFEENSTOW'N. May 30 The White Star liner Megantie, with a large number of passengers from Liverpool to Montreal, was chased by a submarine ol f the south coast of ii eland this morning but man aged to escape. Considerable alarm wa.i caused here early today when a S. O. S. call was received reporting that a submarine haei been sighted. A se-cond message followed soon stating the boat had outdistanced the submarine and that the ship was then sixty miles southeast of Cork harbor. In a third nic; sat;c. the captain reported he had evaded the submarine, that the ship was well to the westward and was proceeding on its voyage with all aboard well. I i T BATTLE IS STILL RAGING ABOUT PEBL Austro-Gernian Armies Are Alakinir Supreme Effort to Cut Off Stronghold and Free Troops fJr the Other Fields ASSOCIATED TRESS DISPATCHl LONDON, May 30. Around the fortress of Pre-.emysl a mighty bat tle is still raging. The Austro Ucrman armies are making a sup reme effort to cut off the stronghold and free these armies for opera -tions against Italy and the allies in the west. Although great saf rifices in the west. Although graet-r sacrifices are being made. The prog ress latterly has been extremely slow as the Russians have had time to bring large reinforcements . of men and artillery. North of the fortress the Russians appear to be more than holding their own, but to the southeast the Austrians and Hermans claim to have made headway and are now in command with artillery and the rail way b.-twe-cn Przcmysl and Lemberg. From the latter town the Russians draw a large portion of their rein forcements and supplies. The battle is still undecided, but hopes run higl: in the allied camps that the Russians will be able to hold the lines until the advance of the Italians, and the strengthening of the Anglo-French army compels the Germans to with draw a part of their armies in Galicia. In the west there is considerable fighting along the yser canal where the French report the occupation of the German trenches and in the vic inity of Neuville St. Vaast where the French have made an advance of about a quarter of a mile. German official ' statements say (Continued on Page Four) TO FILM VISIT OF OF CONGRESS Members of the nppropritions com mittee of the national house of rep resentatives will not only see the great Salt River project and the 'Roosevelt dam with their own eyes, but their visit to Phoenix tlii? weel. via also be recorded in films and preserved in Washington, according to word receised at the chamber of commerce from C. J. lilanchard, chief statistician of the reclamation service. The official photographer will arrive in I'hoenix a few days '' ahead of the party, and w ill rer lain here curing its visit, catching char acteristic scenes of the varied activi- j ties of tile valley and the road to the ' reservoir. I The party, which will arrive Satur emissions took the direction of Ist I Hat Creeks where devaluations had been wrought previously. It is believed that greater damage was done today than before. Forest Supervisor Rushing tele phoned that eriptior.n hail broken out in several places on the north side and I had finally united in one. He says j that another flood has ensued because J of the new flow of boiling mud over I the fresh snejw. The present is the ; ninety-ninth eruption, an average of I two a week for the past year. IflfflT CA USE FOR UP DECISION Wants Reply of the United States to 'New Note De livered to Ambassador Gerard by German Gov ernment, May 15 jNEETRAL SHIPS NOT I SUBJECT TO ATTACK jnvestiiratin" Attacks on American Steamers Cash ing and Gull'Huht and Promises 1 ndemnii'ication Where Germanv at Fault I associate pukss dispatch ; RKRL1N. May .".o.-- Germany is with holding its fin i! decision on the de- nii'.rala advanced by the I'nited States I in connection with the sinking of the I.usitnnia until the receipt ot an an swer fr.mi the T'niled State. to the note which Herr Von Jagow. foreign minister, has delivered to Ambassador Gerard, in reply te the American note received by the German government on May la. In reply the German government de clares t is not its intention to submit neutral ships in the war zone, which are guilty of no lvisiile acts, to an at tack by submarines or aeroplanes. It also states that it is investigating the circumstances in connection with the attacks on the American steamers Gushing and Culflight and that in all cases whore neutral vessels through no fault of their own, have been damaged. Germany will pay .'in indemnification. The reply urges that in the ease of the I.nsitania, Germany was justified ".s a self-defense in seeking with all the means of warfare at its disposition to protect the lives of its soldier by de stroying ammuniTTon intended for the enemy. The German government re calls the proposals submitted by the I'nited States to I'erlin and Itndon, designed V"- end submarine warfaie by shutting out food suppli'-w from Ger many which it declares failed in their purpose because of the refusal of the Rritish government to agree to them. Following is the text of the Ger man note: "The imperial German government has subjected the communieat iem e;f the American government to a thor ough investigation. It entertains also a keen wish to cooperate in a frank and friendly way in clearing up any possible misunderstanding which may have arisen in relations hctttei n the two governments through the events mentioned by the. Ameri can government. "Regarding, firstly, the cases of the American steamers Gushing and GulfHght: "'The American embassy has been informed that Germany's government has no intention of submitting neut ral ships in the war zone which are guilty of no hostile acts to attacks by submarine or submarines or avi ators. On the contrary, the German forct s repeatedly have been instruc ted to most specifically avoid at tacks on such ships. "If neutral ships in recent months have suffered through German sub marine warfare, owing to mistakes in identification, it is a question only of quite isolated and exceptional abuse of flags together with sus picious or culpable behavior of the masters of the ships." "The German government, in all (Continued on I'age Four) HERS TO THIS VALLEY day morning from Fl I'aso, will be composed of the twelve members of the house committee on appropriati'ms, lour clerks and four members of the reclamation commission, and will be attended by the supervising engineer, representatives of the railroad com- (Continued on I'age Seven) HEADS COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS John J. Fitzgerald. Ten East -Machines hY:tdv to Compete in 2D()-lil'e Race at Fair Grounds for Moose Tubercular Sani tarium ELITE- OF FA( TOIiV RIDERS ENTERED ( 'ompct it ion Keen Toda vs Time Will Constitute the "World Record as This is .First 200-Milci- on aIU Track I'hoenix is today the battle scene of a mighty conflict among the four leading motorcycle makes. In pro moting the Moose linO-mile race on the state fair mile track, the "local lodge, No. THS. wisely enough chose i;i distance which has never heen con tested on such a course, so that what ever time is made this afternoon will automatically become a world record, and that is the secret of the intense livalry that has been established among thes.- lour leading manufac turers. Always strong supporters of racing, the Indian factory has sent three- machines here for one foreign and two local cracks, uhile the- local agency has entered a fourth man. The" F.xeelsior makers, who always compete rtrongly in such events, have sent their very best rid.-r. Rob 1'e-rry. champion dirt track rider of the world, and a special ported racer, entered on his own hook. Rut the one who started all this competition Was Joe Wolte-rs. the veteran of the 1 larley-Iiavidson rac ing team, whose e-ntry led the other fae-tories to send down their men. Two Merkels are entered by the local agency, and both are- being rid den by I'hoenix boys. Final Preparations Following yesterday's elimination trials, which weren't because every entry qualified, all the ten speedsters were placed under guard in their several homes, while expe rt me-e hanie-s attended to the final tuning. Py the time this re-aches its readers .every piece of mechanism will have bee-n adj .-steel as human ingenuity can make it, and every one of the- ten meetors will be ready to revolve in a rapid and inspiring manner, tee bear te-n veiling men two hundred times around the mile oval. Last night, Manager L. Coido called the riders together with Referee John Hold anil other officials of the rue for a conference, at which final instriutions were issue-el, and all plans discussed. It was decide-d to per mit the ricle-rs to take- em supplie-s of fuel at any point on the track, and te make repairs emtside the pits. in case s.te-h work c:in be handled in such a manner as not i ii t e rfere- with the- moving racers. Alter the- riders met. Or. Hoido called till the pitman together, to elaborate upon . the highly detailed instructions that will be necessary to observe so closely tAday. Safety First is the slogan of the race -printeel on the offie-ials' badges, and ingrained in the minds of all the workers. It was to further this idea that the special instructions were given to the pitmen. In the hands of these, silent partners lies the success of every race-r in a long grind, and in this event, at least, so will the safety of the riders rest in a good measure with the-ir aiels. The Good Old Dope Absolutely no prediction can be made as to today's winner, riders cannot even be divided classes foreign and local and broad comparison be drawn. The into ri n y For nmeing the I'hoenix riders are tluise who have shown big league class. Linel also, there are machines ridden by Phoenix boys today, which are every bit as durable Tis those import eel. e if course. Pob T'erry, star of all stars, must reign as favorite even if he had not turne-el his mile fast- (Continueei on I'age Seven) Seattle Shaken When Dynamite On Scow Lets Go associated press dispatch ij'KATTI.K. May 3H. Fifteen tons of dynamite, stored on a scow anchored in the west waterway of the harbor and said to have been awaiting shipment to Russia explode-d at two o'clock this morning wrecking the wow. The damage- t'i plate glass windows here is es timated at $111,11(1(1. An unknown watch man guarding the scow is missing and is believed to have been killed. The cause, is unknown but A. A. I'eysee, port warden, 1s of the opinion that it was not accidental. The explosive was brought from San Francisco on the nteamer F. S. Loop on May 13 and transferred te the scow'. Roy I.illico. manager of the launch company who had supervision, says the explosive was awaiting the arrival of a steamer to take it to Russia. He told the police the shipment was ti have he-en sent a week ago on the Japanese steamer Shansi Maru but it refused to take it. The explosion was felt over a radius of 35 miles. VETERANS AND PUBLIC HONOR HEROES TODA Y Tinge-! with the closer shadows ejf Hie great struggle- in Curope-, and a sense of what the war fifty years ago meant to this nation, e-itizc-n and soi :iier alike unite today in paying the tribute due those who, on a hundred battle fields, of fere el their lives in the e'ivil war. In city and country alike the day will be obse rved as ene? of reverent memory, w-heu the! deje-ds of heroes will be recalled and the principles they died for re-em phasii'.ed. In Phoenix military and civic or ganizations will unite in observance of the day. Public office-s and busi ness houses will close for tie? day, and public exercises will be held at (he city hall plaza, where the mem bers of the . A. R., i!n!ted Con federate Veterans, Spanish War Vet erans. National (iuard companies and affilktteei organisations and citize-ns will nice t in the- morning. The var ious military organizations will as semble at the armory, at First and Polk streets, and promptly at 9:30 will march to the city hall plaza, v here the spe aking program will lie carried out. The program for today follows: DORIAL ILLOBSERVEO BI TE1PE1S Following Sj)eci;d Services in Clmr.-h.'S. the People (lather for lii'j; Exercises at City Hall Graves Are 1 )eeoiat( d eSpe-eial to The lie-publican) TKMPK, -May 30. A large- c rowd of Tempecite-s atte-ndc-il the annual me morial exercises this afte rnoon on the( city plaza, when a splendid program appropriate to the day was re-ndereel. Following seveial excellent numbers by the Tempe band, praye-r ftwas of-fere-d by Rev. Wilber I'isk after wtie-h Ray Mains read the Oettys b.irn address of President Lincoln. This was followed by the reading of! the roll of honor by Prof. Ira 1 ). I Payne of the Normal facidty. Our-i ing :be reading of the- roll, young I laclies marched forward and pre-sented j w reatlis of flowers for eK-ceiration of j tl e crave:-- of the dead. Following, 'Ne-rere-r My fb-d to Thee" by the band, Presicb-nt Matthews of the Nor mal -.va.: introduced and made an in- teresting address of "Keminiseene-es i of Decoration Day" in which he dis cussed the history of the observance and some of his personal recollections (Continued, on Page Four) m FREE EMPLOYMENT BUREAU DOES ICR GOOD DURING YEAR One of the most interesting reports that has been submitted to City Man ager Robert A. Craig since he took of fice, is that handed to him on Saturday from Manager K. I Manning, of the municipal free employment bureau. The report covens a period of slightly more than one year antl indicates that in a epiiet way the bureau has been op erating most successfully and has been the means of accomplishing an untold amount of good among the laboring pe-nple of Phoeuiix. The report in full follows: Roht. A. Craig, City Mgr., of the City of Phoenix, Arizona. Dear .Sir: On March 4th, 1915, the city free em ployment bureau had been established one year. We teel that a summary ot the work and be-nefits of the office should be given to the public to show whether it is a success or not. Mr. J. R. Wolf was appointee! man ager by the city council on March 4, 1!U4, serving to May . Miss R. F. Mc Causland then served to august 10, at which time I took e barge of the office. During Mr. Wolf's te-rm 111S people were registered and 747 secured posi tions, or 67 per cent; during Miss Mc Causland's term XI.':! people were reg istered and 34H secured positions, or 41 per cent: during my term 2ii72 were registered and 2140 secured positions, eir S3 per cent; or, a total of 4 r. J :? per sons re-gistered and 3227 positions se cured, er .71a per cent, an average of about 15 new registrations ami 10ti positions secured per Working day. The proportion of married persons a to single weie 33 per cent married and 67 per cent single. Of the married peo 9:.?0 a. m. W. Owen Post, No. r. Woman s R.iel f Corps, ex-Confederate Veter ans, the- Arizona National tiuarel, Caebts and Roy Scouts meet at the iirmory. Parade to city hall plaza, under the direction ot Colonel Chas. W. Harris, adjutant general. 9:45 a. m. n Captain P. P. Parker in charge e-f the- exercises. In venation . .A. M'MoIe, Dept. Chaplain I Music Lincoln's Oe-ttysburg Address Forrest Hetts Re marks . . . . Fx-Confe-de-rate Veteran Original poe-m Comrade Andrew Downing Solo, "Tenting on the Old Camp C.r.iimd" Walter Hayt Address ...Comrade V. E. I.ejckhard Dee-or.tt ion of Cenotaph Iuli M usic l.f w. R. 10:3C Phoenix Pa b- Allniepi- at Ri -r.side. 2:G(1 i iJ00 mile Moose Fair Orounds. Water Snorts and Riverside- Park. Motorcycle Race, Rand Concert, at PYTHIANS PAY TRIBUTES TO THE DEPARTED Peautifully Impressive Are ; the Annual Memoiial; Services Held Fudei- the ; -Auspices ol rnocnix Lod-je Xo. 12 IN MEMORIAM E. h. SINE. J. B. PEERS HANS HERLICK Beaut if ully impressive we-c trio an nual memoriul sei'viee-s held yesterday afternoon by Fhoe-ni: I.odie, No. 2, Knights of Pythias. Ac 3 o'clock the hour set for the beginning of the exercises, the Pythian Cas'lc was well fille-el with members an I fri- n o' tic order. The docor.it ions which e-onsisteel of the eoiors of Pv : jiia n :r-m mingling with a. profusion of 1 lowers and gre-ens, made etf the inte-rior a veritable bower. Those wlu died during the past twelve months were I.' II.- Sine, J. R. Peer and Hans II. j'c! He The services were charge of (Continued on Page Four) ple, 40.2 per cent have no children or reported none. 22.6 per cent had one child, 17.3 per cent have 2 children, 8.7 per cent have 3, 4.9 per cent have 4, 2..r per cent have a, 2.0 per cent have 6, 1.2 per cent have 7 or more children, total 100. fine man registering with 26 chil di en. As to ages: .0S" pe-r cent were under 21 years. .229 .219 .147 .109 .1 16 .1.-.:! por per tier per per cent cent cent cent cent were were were were were 21 26 31 35 41 inclusive, inclusive, inclusive, inclusive, inclusive. 30 pe r cent were over 60 years. .16 per c-nt of those registered are (Continued on Page Fight) They're Off, Roosevelt The Goal Of Young 'Y' Hikers "Vo ho, Skinnay!" C'mon big hlic to Roosevelt! Hurry, run like ever' thing! Ask yer mother if vein can fo." Conside-rable apologies ;1re due- t o the inventor of "Skinnay," but that best illustrates the enthusiasm that has been aroused in the hearts of about fourtce n youngsters, who v.ave lersuu-dcd feind parents to allow them to accompany Rob Roardman boys' secretary of the Y. M. C. A., on the biggest event in boydom for this season. Immediately after the parade today, LESSOR FROM STRUGGLE THAT Veterans of Great Civil War and Men Who Fought in '08 Hear Memorial' Day Sermon ly Rev. W. J. Sims DAY OF MEMORIES NOT OF MOURNING Spirit oi Hroal Patriotism That Marked Years of Reconstruction Needed to Successfully Ward Off Present-da v Dangers Reverent memories of the men who laid down their lives in the; great struggle in the sixties, and lessons from that war out ejf which came a united nation marked the annual Memorial day service yester day at the Central M. E. church. Almost 100 members of the G. A. R., I'nited Confederate Veterans, Span ish War Veterans and the Woman's Re-lief Corps attended the se-rvice-, and listened to the address by Rev. W. J. Sims, himself the son of a Confedi rate- ve teran. Taking as his text the? message of David to the men who recovered and gave fitting burial to the body eif Saul, the pastor drew many les sons from the words, "And now the Lord show loving kindness and truth unto you, and I will also requite you this kindness, because you have done this thing." David, he pejinteel out, had consistently shown the spirit of a true man, refusing time and again to injure Saul when he had him in his power, and at the time when he learned of his death, instead of re joicing over the downfall of his ene my, blessed those who had performed the rites of burial. So it was in the years that have elapsed since the Civil war, for the wounds that once rent th nation were healed by the. spirit of those who had, for four weary years, faced each other on many a battlefield. Just as nature hail been epiick to repair and cover ov.r the ravages of war, so had the true American spirit removed all traces of the bitterness that once existed. The day, the pa-stor said, was not one for mourning, but for memory. The men who had sacrificed their lives for the cause they believed right were not to be mourned, for were not their bodies sleeping in the soil they loved more than life? Rather were their deeds, their devotion to be remembered, with that pride which every patriotic American must feel, anil their example in the hour if danger to be emulated. Ameri cans, loving their country with the greatest love of any people, had shown themselves men in the past, when that country was threatened. The greatest dangers to America, as in th past, saie' the speaker, lurk ed within, not from some foreign feie. Creed. which makes its victin. thoughtless of the needs or rights or others, was essentially un-American. Indolence, of the sort that leads to the denunciation of all government, and rebellion against authority, the indolence of the man who will not work, was a growing danger, aiming directly at the foundations of the republic. Extravagance, which at times seemed to be running away with the American people, was an other potent soutce of danger, while ignorance constantly threatened to overthrow- the bulwarks of the con stitution. All of these, said Dr. Sims, are to be guarded against, to be re sisted and to be stamped out if this nation is to endure. The struggle against them is one which calls for the very qualities shown by the men whom the nation is honoring today unselfish devotion and love of country. A feature of the service was the singing of "Tenting on the Old Camp Ground" by the choir. The church was appropriately decorated for the occasion with American flags. o WEATHER TODAY r t ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHl WASHINGTON, D. C May 30. For Arizona: Fair on Monday with show ers at night or Tuesday in the north. Fair in the south. m which the little caravan will have a prominent plaee, Secretary Robert and part of his hikers will start over the road, to make the first stop the other side of Mesa. There they will j be joined by the rest of the outnt. Tuesday, making the journey that ; far in machines. This method l j used to avoid the long tedious walk I over the valley roads. In addition to the efficient services ! of Boardman. the caravan will have jthe services of William Turner, for- i ' (Continued on Tago Eight) NATION T