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ARIZOMA STATE FAIR NOVEMBER IS TO 2 The Arizona Republican, Only Newspaper in the State Receiving Full Associated Press Report The Sun Always Shines At Phoenix, Arizona The Finest Winter Climate in the World THE AONA REPUBLICAN Ai''ENDENT PROGRESSIVE JOURNAL -is. TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR 10 PAGES PHOENIX, ARIZONA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 10, 1915 10 PAGES VOL. XXVI. NO. 17C Vm HUNDRED SEEK TOLL INTOnOSElOFAHM Italian Liner Is Sunk By a Submarine Flying Aus trian Colors and Some of the Survivors Landed at Bizerta 122 PASSENGERS; SIXTY IN CREW When She Sailed From New York For Naples, October 17, Had on Board Italian Reservists and a General Cargo Republican A. P. Leased Wire ROME (Via Paris), Nov. 9- The Italian liner An eona has been sunk by a large submarine flying the -vusirian colors, fcne car ried 422 passengers and sixty in the crew. Two hun dred and seventy survivors, some of them wounded, have been landed at Bizerta. En Route to New York NEW YORK. Nov. 9. The Ancona railed from New York for Naples on October 17. She had on board 1,245 Italians, reservists, and a general cargo. She arrived at Naples on Oc tober 29 and was due to sail from Naples for New York today. The Ancona was built at Belfast in 19o8. She had a gross tonnage of 8.110. was 4S2 feet in length and 58 feet beam. When the' Ancona left New York on her last voyage, October 1", she was in command of Captain Pietro All of her officers, engineroom force and members of . the crew were aliens who shipped from Italy. For several months before Italy's entrance in the war the Ancona was engaged in carrying home, Italian re servists from thin country and sup plies for the Italian government. n one of her trips from New York to Naples late in August last year, the Ancona was stopped by the Brit ish at Gibraltar and twenty-one Ger mans and one Austrian were taken off the ship. Late last summer the Ancona left here with 75.000 bushels of wheat, 2.000 tons of hay and 500 horses for the Italian government. n the same voyage she carried three hundred Italians in the steerage, who went back because it was said at the time they could not get work in the New York subway. William Hartfield, general manager of the Italian linos, tonight charac terized the sinking of the Ancona as ""unnecessary crime" and "absolute murder. He immediately cabled Naples- asking from his firm all infor mation regarding' the disaster. Although he had no list of her passengers, Mr. Hartfield said the Ancona on her last voyages to this country had carried to this country 3"0 to 400 passengers, among them a number of American citizens in the first cabin and in the steerage. Most of her passenger list, Mr. Hartfield said, had been made up of women and children on her present voyage. The Ancona, he added, carried a crew of 160 men. At no time, said Sir. Hjrtfield, did the Ancona carry (Continued on Page Five) n- l IRENE IS SUNK; 35 ARE MISSING i ! LONDON, Nov. 10. I j The steamer Irene, em- I j ployed by the Trinity j i House Corporation in I 1 connection with light- I house and pilotage work I ! lias been sunk. Thirty- 1 five of - the crew are T missing. I i Slayer Gives Himself Up After Thirty-three Years Republican A. P. Leased Wire SPRINGFIELD, 111- Nov. 9. In 1879. James Kirlin was shot and killed at Rivorton. near here. Benjamin A. Mil iar, the town marshal, was indicted for murder, but fie dand never was ap prehended. Today the authorities re ceived rrom T. J. De Witt, sheriff of Jrna. Louisiana, the following tele srram: -An aged man giving the name ot SINKING OF ANCONA MA Y FORESHADO W NEW TROUBLE WITH A USTRIA - i REPORTED ON CAVELL CASE, IS REMOVED j LONDON',. Nov. 9. Reuter's I Amsterdam correspondent says: that M,. Deleval. councillor of the American legation at Brussels, who made a report to Brand I Whitlock, the American minister, concerning the efforts that were i made to save Miss Edith Cavell from being- executed by the Ger- j mans in Brussels, has been re- I moved from his office." I i n- SHIP AFIRE AT SEA Si CREW IS TAKEN OFF Italian Ship Loaded With Oil From Port Arthur, Texas, Abandoned When Fire Aboard Becomes Be vond Control Republican A. P. Leased Wire GALVESTON, Tex., Nov. 9. An Italian ship, loaded with case oil from Port Arthur, Texas, Is on fire at sea, 6j miles east of Sabine Bar, and has been' abandoned, according to wireless advices received here today from the steamer Gulfstream, which is standing by. The crew of the burning vessel has been taken off by the tug Russell. The fire was re ported in No. 3 hold, and the name of the ship was not given The Gulfstream reported that she was unable to get close enough to the burnine vessel to make out her name, but snipping men nere utune that the abandoned steamer was the Levietta, bound for Buenos Ayres, basing their surmise on the departure of the Levietta and the Gulfstream from Port Arthur at about the same time today. " Tfie Russell has headed for port with the rescued men, and will not arrive before tomorrow. The Levietta carried a crew of 26. . . . m iv. Captain R. Rico is masier ol uh vessel. The Levietta is a steamer of l,o tons, owned by Darrozo Brothers of Genoa, Italy. She was built in at Sestri, Italy. Her cargo toda, consisted of 81,400 cases of oil and 40,000 cases of gasoline. Later reports received by wireless from the Gulfstream stated that flames from the'burning ship were shooting twenty-five feet Into the air and that all hope of saving her had been abandoned. Probably the Levietta. PORT ARTHUR, Tex, Nov. 9. While no word has been received here tonight from the steamer re ported burning at sea, it was sug gested bv persons in touch with local maritime affairs that possibly she was the steamer Levietta which sailed from here today- for Genoa at the same time the Gulfstream de parted for Bayonne. The Levietta was listed as a steamer of l.09 tons and sailed from Genoa. LONDON. Nov. 10. 1:45 a. m. The German steamer Cordelia. 1,046 tons owned at Hamburg and laden with "000 tons of coal, has been missing since Sunday, according to a Copen- hagen dispatch to me wu ... ---- It is believed that graph company. the vessel has been torpedoed by a British submarine. Benjamin Miller surrendered to me to day, saying he is wanted for the mur der of James Kirlin in Rivorton. S3 years ago. He tells me that he Is .near death and for years has been a hunted animal, fleeing the justice that would overtake him for the killing of Kirlin if he should be arrested. He says he can stand the strain no longer and I am holding him until I hear from you." Miller, who is nearly 80 years old, will be brought back to stand triaL If Sent Down Without Any Warning May Precipitate Controversy Similar to That Following Sinking of the Lusitania Republican A. P. Leased Wire WASHINGTON, Nov. 9. News of the sinking of the Ancona caused a sensation here tonight, as it was re garded as foreshadowing a new con troversy between the L'nited States and Austria similar to the critical dispute with Germany that followed the torpe doing of the Lusitania. Before making any comment, however, officials await ed information on two points whether the vessel was torpedoed without warn ing and whether any Americans were among the victims. Should it develop that the Ancona was warned and ignored it and at- ( tempted to escape, the rules of naval warfare, according to the Washington government's view, justified the u.se of force. If she was attacked without warning and a case parelleling the Lusitania develops, the attitude of the United States probably will be along the lines already followed with Ger many the discuss of a note demanding disavowal of the act, reparation and assurances that such incidents will not occur in the future. Officially Austria has never given the. United States notice that she re garded the waters of the Mediterranean surrounding Italy as blockaded or that I her submarines would torpedo mer- chantmen without warning. This fact j raises in the minds of some officials the point as to how far the negotiations and the exchange of notes between the United States and Germany morally bound the Teutonic allies. It was re called tonight that Dr.'Dumba, then the Austrian-Hungarian ambassador here, participated in some of the informal conversations with Secretary Bryan, subsequent to the sinking of the Lusi- tan'a and became thoroughly familiarJ with the American position. Just how far such notificn.tion as Mr. Dumba may have given his foreign officers in the negotiations between the United States and Germany may affect the present situation is conjectural. In its negotiations thus far with the beligger ents the American government has dealt principally with Great " Britain for the interne nations, and with Ger many in regard to some matters at least for the Teutonic allies. Should later dispatches indicate that the Ancona was torpedoed without warning, and that Americans aboard her lost their lives, the first step would be a note of inquiry to Ambassador Penfield at Vienna, to learn the facts from the Austrian government. Am bassador Page at Rome also would be similarly directed to send such Infor mation as he could obtain from Italy and for affidavits from the survivors of the circumstances under which the vessel was sunk. Probably no formal action would be taken pending receipt of this data. -o- BOOKER WASHINGTON ILL Republican A. P. Leased Wire NEW YORK. Nov. 9. Dr. Booker T. Washington, principal of Tuskegee In stitute, Is confined to a local hospital suffering from a nervous breakdown, 'it became known today. While his condi tion is said to be serious, physicians said that it was not necessarily critical. Congratulations From Mr. Stone , ...... 51 Chambers St., New .York City, " November-3, 1915. Dwight R. Heard, Esq., General Manager, 'Arizona Republican, , ... 1 Phoenix, Arizona. My Dear Mr. Heard: ' I am very glad that you have taken on the leased wire service for The Republican. I appreciate that it is a pretty large undertaking and an expen sive one by reason of the fact that it takes a good many miles of wire to reach you. Phoenix, from the Associated Press point of view, is badly isolated. There are no cities near you that have thus far felt .justified in bearing the ex pense of a leased wire service. If there were, a material reduction could be made in vour assessment. ' I congratulate you heartily on the enterprise, you are displaying, and hope the service will prove sufficiently valuable to justify it. As ever, sincerely yours, EVERY NT ADDS TO TROUBLES OF SERBIANS Are Now Fighting .Des perately to Hold Back Austro-Germans Pressing From the North and Bul garians From the East BULGARIANS HAVE OCCUPIED LESKOVAC Austro-G ermans Are Ad vancing Southward and Making Progress Except in West, Where Are Held By Montenegrins. Republican A. P. Leased Wire LONDON, Eng., Nov. 9. Every day,' every hour, adds to the peril of the Serbian armies which are fighting desperately to hold back the Austro Germans, pressing them from the north, and the Bulgarians, invading their country from the east, until the assistance their allies are sending can reach them. The Bulgarians have extended their grip on the Belgrade-Saloniki rail way north and south of Nish and have occupied Leskovac, south or the captured capitol, and Aleksinao to the north. At the latter point they are in close touch with the Ger man army, which, after occupying Krusevac, extended its left wing as far as Djunis, on the left bank of the Bulgar Morava. ' The Austro-Germans, advancing southward are making progress, ex cept in the west, where they are be ing held by the Montenegrins. The invading forces now are reaching tn most desperate part of the Servia, the mountainous region where the natives, knowing every hill and gully. can offer the strongest resistance. The Austrians and Germans, however, are plentifully suppli! with moun- tain guns, with which they expect to drive the defenders from their fast nesses. ' 4 In the south the ever-growing strength of the French and British forces is beginning to tell. They are carrying on an energetic offensive against the Bulgars; have managed to keep the railway clear as far as Veles, and are barring the Bulgars' route to Monastir. While it will be some time before the Germans can repair the northern end of the railway for the transport of troops and munitions, their suc cesses have enabled them to send supplies to the Bulgarians and Turks by the Danube, as far as Nikopolla, from which point they can be sent by rail to Sofia, and Constantinople. There is no change in the attitude of Greece, although it is considered significant that at the moment that Bulgaria has again protested against the hospitality accorded the allied troops at Saloniki, the Greek govern ment has applied to the allies for financial assistance an application which is receiving favorable consid eration. The Greeks have also renewed to the allies an expression of its firm determination to remain neutral, and of its sincere good will toward the entente powers. The campaigns on the other fronts continue without any important changes. The Russians are still at tacking in the north and south and are commencing to harass the Ger man forces in the center, which it is believed, has been weakened for the purpose of strengthening the two wings. No big movement is expected until the condition of the ground im proves. On both the west and the Italian (Continued on Page Two) (Signed) MELVILLE E. STONE, - General Manaerer. VILLA'S ARMY ON WAY BACK TO AGUA PRIETA AND BATTLE EXPECTED Advices State That Column of Troops Sevei'al Miles Long Peach Anavacachi Pass and Start Toward the East . CARRANZA MEN IN THE TRENCHES Seven Thousand Villa Men Late Yesterday Were En gaged With Scouting Par ties Sent From Agua Prieta By General Calles Republican A. P. Leased Wire DOUGLAS. Ariz., Nov. 9. General Francisco Villa's army tonight is marching eastward from Naco and Villa. Verde, Sonora, toward Agua Prieta, the scene of Villa's recent un successful attack on the forces of Gen. P. Elias Calles, the Carranza defender, according to advices here tonight from American farmers oh the border west of here. These ad vices stated that just before dark, a column of troops, estimated at sev eral miles in length, passed through Anavacachi Pass, twelve miles south west of Agua Prieta and started eastward. Advices from Naco, Arizona, stated that 7,000 Villa troops between there and Anavavaehi Pass late today were engaged with scouting parties sent out from Agua Prieta by Genera! Calles. The Carranza defenders of Agua Prieta tonight went into the trenches in anticipation of a night ctack by Villa. Carranza o?JZ?i5 Tiere stated they were informed of Villa's inten sions to attack by deserters, five hundred of whom were said to have accepted amnesty from Carranza of ficials since Villa's retirement last week. General Villa himself was expected tonight to arrive at Nogales, Sonora. wjiere yesterday a small body of his troops were said to have deserted. Major Gen. Frederick Funston, commander of the southern depart ment of tie United States army who arrived on the border last week when international - complications seemed not unlikely, today departed for his headquarters at San Antonio, considering remote the possibility of another attack on the border. Col. Cadenas, at the head of two thousand Carranza troops, returned tonight from a scouting expedition toward Naco. lie said that the re port of an advancing Villa column probably was circulated when his army was seen returning. He de clared that when - his troops were sightfd, the Villi army retreated into Naco. Cardenas' brought back a cannon and a machine gun, which he found in Anavacachi Pass. Not a shot was fired by his men ho said. Eigthy-six former Villa officers who recently accepted amnesty from General Obregon tonight left for Piedras Negras through United States territory. Manifestos calling upon Villa ad (Continued on Page Two) CONDITIONS ARE Republican A. P. Leased Wire WASHINGTON, Nov. 9. Conditions in Mexico are improving and tnere are signs that give hope for a grad ual return to order and prosperity there, according to a summary of ad- i I I SEVERAL ARE INJURED IN STRIKERS RIOTING WILKESBARRE, Pa., Nov. 9. i Several persons were injured in a j I new outbreak of rioting resulting j from the street car strike here j j today. Strikebreakers were driven I inside their cars by mobs armed with stones and some of their j number and several by-standers are among the injured. Six strike- breakers 'nave been jailed on i charges of carrying concealed j weapons. D D OF GEN. VILLA. IS MYSTERY It Was Reported He Was at Molina, Half Way Be tween Nogales and Naco, But the Report Was Not Confirmed TRepublican A. P. Leaseii Wire NOGALES, Nov. 9. The location and intentions of General Francisco Villa was somewhat of a mystery here tonight. It was reported that he was at Molina, about half way between Nogales and Naco, Sonora, at noon, but this report was not con firmed, and the Mexican leader had failed to make his expected appear ance here early tonight. One rumor from sources hereto fore well informed was to the effect that Villa had received an offer of peace terms from secret agents of General Carranza. An answer, it was said, was to be made by Villa at Nogales, Sonora, opposite here, on November 15. During the interim, according to this report, there was to be no fight ing between the two factions. Battle in Progress. P.ISBEE, Arz., Nov. 9. Gc-n. Juan Medina, one ot, the Villa soldiers who passed through here late today, en route to Agua Prieta, Sonora. to join the Carranza garrison, stated that fighting between a detachment of Villa troops and Carranza soldiers from Agua Prieta was in progress nine miles southeast of Naco, Sonora. This could not be confirmed here. The whereabouts of Gen. Villa, sup posedly en route to Nogales, Sonora, was not known here late today. J. Loranzo Perez, who has been acting as Villa consulate at Naco, announced today that he had dis continued his relations with the Villa faction. Perez said that he could not continue to support General Villa be cause of the latter's action in not (Continued on Page Two) IMPROVING vices received from various parts of the republic, made public tonight by the state department. "The famine in Mexico City is said to be over. Every service is said to be re-established in many directions. The Carranza government is distribut ing food to the destitute and, while business is dull compared to peaceful years, it is pictured as better than at any time since the revolt against Diaz began." Advices reached the department to day that Hermosillo was taken by the de facto government forces on No vember 7 with but little resistance. AVest Coast posts were reported quiet, Another dispatch said that, it was estimated that 69 Americans still were in Villa territory in the Nogales district and that more were returning there on account of the unsettled conditions. W IN MEXICO, SAY REPORTS Giant Meteor Causes Alarm In The Imperial Valley Republican A. P. Leased Wire EL CENTRO, Cal., Nov. 9. Followed by a long trail of bluish-white smoke, a giant meteor fell in the mountain dis trict of Imperial county late today, causing a shock similar to an earth quake. Immediately afterward a vio lent explosion was heard here and in nearby towns. . Many residents of EI Centro and the surrounding country, who experienced 111 AND SUFFERING LOT OF SERBS R u m a n i a n Correspondent Describes Flight of Serb ian Refugees Along the Rumanian Border, a Tale of Desolation SOME VILLAGES ARE WIPED OUT Some Towns in the Interior, Says the Correspondent, Were Entirely Wiped Out and Every Inhabitant Alassacred Republican A. P. Leased Wire MILAN, Nov. 9. Via London The Corriere Delia Serra's Rumanian cor respondent in a dispatch describes the flight of the Serbian refugees along the Rumanian frontier. Their story, he re marks, is one of sorrow, suffering, misery and desolation, such as is only found in the Balkan countries. "Some villages in the interior", the coi respondent says, "were wiped out by the Bulgarians and everv inhabitant massacred. Meanwhile the Germans bad cleared the mines from the Danube :;nd long lines of barges began drifting down the river.. Then it was too late for the refugees to cross. "At certain points terrified crowds of people lined the banks opposite the Rumanian shore praying to be saved. The villages were burned and the blaz os lighted the whole frontier by night." The correspondent calls attention to the great activity of the Germans on the Danube. "Lines of boats with black and yellow lags carry troops, ammunition and provisions," he says. "Other troops march constantly along the old Roman roads i past the iron gates. Steam barges explore nooks and crannies of the river in search of any remaining Serbian mines. Great Austrian tugs puff as they tow along strings of barges filled with captured Serbia booty back to bo overhauled. The way is now free from Budapest for barges loaded with all sorts of material, even submarines in sections for assembling." RULES AGAINST KIVIAT Board of Managers Holds Ail-Around Man to Be a Professional .Republican A. P. Leased Wire NEW YORK, Nov. 9. The ruling of the registration committee of the Amateur Athletic Union. Metropoli tan division, in declaring Abel K. Kiviat and Harry J. Smith, Olympic runners, ineligible for amateur com petition, was upheld by the board of managers of the division tonight. Kiviat and Smith appealed from the ruling of the registration committee in declaring them professionals. The managers, who heard arguments by counsel for the athletes, decided bv a vote of 5 to 6 to deny the appeal. The runners had been accused of having demanded excessive expenses for their appearance at games at Schenectady, N. Y., last September. Kiviat, who is probably one of the best known athletes in America, is a middle distance runner and Smith has held the national ten-mile and, indoor two-mile championship records. TO RECALL MAYOR (Republican A. P. Leased Wire SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., Nov. 9. The city council called tonight a spe cial election for December 14, at which time the electors will vote on the recall of Mayor George H. Wixom. partor of the Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints. Mayor Wixom, in the recall pe titions, was charged with inefficiency and extravagance in administering public affairs. J. W. Catick, former mayor, who was defeated by Rev. Wixom last April in the municipal elec tion, was expected to be a recall can didate. NOT ON ANCONA Republican A. P. Leased Wire CHICAGO. Nov. 9. Reports that Harold McCormick of the Interna tional Harvester Company and son-in-law "of' John D. Rockefeller, was a passenger on the Steamship An cona were discredited by officials of the company today. the earth shocks that damaged the Im perial valley several months ago, were alarmed by the shock caused by the meteor striking the earth. A smoke or haze was visible for nearly an hour after the meteor fell. ' Many searching parties tonight were trying to locate the spot where the me teor, struck, but as it was believed to have been in an uninhabited section near or in the mountains, the search is proving difficult. SHI