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TILE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN, TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 9, 1917
"One
Meal
Meatless
is a
good food slogan for war
time, or any time better
make it two meatless meals
a day it would mean
health and strength for the
nation. But be "sure and
get the right substitute for
meat in a digestible form.
Shredded Wheat Biscuit is
the ideal substitute for meat.
It is 100 per cent whole
wheat prepared in a digesti
ble form. Two or three of
these little loaves of baked
whole wheat make a nour
ishing, satisfying meal at a
cost of a few pennies. Deli
cious with milk or cream or
fruits of any kind. Made in
Oakland, California.
HO! S SECOND
Si
PLEASES
HOUSE AT THE ELKS
San Francisco: October 13 to 15 in
cluded, San Diego; October 16, Los
Angeles; October 18, Salt Lake City;
October 19, Colorado Springs; October
20, Wichita; October 21, Muskogee,
Okla, (morning).
Mr. McAdoo will reach Dallas the
night of October 21. He will remain
away from Washington until about Oc
tober 26 and probably will make a tour
of the south before returning to the
capital.
"HIT COURSE
TO IE. OPENED
THIS EVENING
In "Hi-Y" lecture course tonight at
high school auditorium appear the Ben
Greet players the first number of the
scries. They will appear in the play
' The Palace of Truth" a comedy writ
ten by Sir W. S. Gilbert of Gilbert and
Sjllivan.
In the company are 12 players car
rying 17 trunks of baggage. These 12
players have been personally coached
by Ben Greet. Mr. Greet is considered
one of the greatest living authorities
on the English drama, and is world
famous for his remarkable production
of Shakesperean plays and old English
c 'im-dies. He has been connected with
the stage for 30 years and has taught
liuiny actors; perhaps more than any
other man living today. For 20 years
Mr. Greet has been prominent in Eng
land for the performances which his
splendid, companies have acted each
year in London, Oxford, Cambridge,
Stratford, and in other places of
"Shakesperean England." Mr. Greet
became well known in America several
years ago through his presentation of
the morality play, "Everyman," under
the management of Charles Krohman.
'J'lie Hen Greet players gave a season
at the Garden theater New York, cov
ering nearly 200 performances, followed
by appearances in other cities through
out the United States. Mr. Greet's
company was the first to be invited 10
appear at the White House grounds.
The great success of Mr. Greet's pro
ductions is largely due to his ability to
choose capable players and train them
to properly delineate the characters in
classical plays. -
The people of Phoenix are especially
favored by having this great company
on the lecture course at popular prices.
Many places the price of admission to
this one play is the same as the entire
season ticket for this winter's lecture
course.
Next week Miss Elsie Baker appears
on the lecture course in one of her
famous programs. These two numbers
give the people of Phoenix some idea
of the high class entertainment the
"Hi-Y" lecture, course has in store for
them this winter.
The sale of tickets has been excep
tionally tine but the management is
very anxious to sell every seat of the
house. There are a number of good
sents left.
Ed Redmond and the members of his
company have not a complaint to make
about their reception in Phoenix, for
it is only too evident that the people
of this city like them and like their
good, clean musical comedies. Last
night the premier of "A Trip to the
Moon" was every whit as successful as
was the opening for "Dazzling Dora."
It was a capacity house; in fact out
of seven nights played so far six have
been capacity houses.
All the way through it was as good
or a better show than the first pro
duction and it went with astonishing
smoothness. Mr. Redmond's unctious
humor was never more evident and his
surprise exit and more surprising re
turn to the stage in the climax tothe
show made a tremendous hit with' the
audience.
Eddie Mitchell, the living skeleton.
has a better part than he did the first
week and this is as it should be. Hats
are off to Joe Kemper for both his own
and company dancing, trained by him,
while the late member of the Chin
Chin company has not had a better
chance in a long time in songs than he
is given in this production.
Just a word for "Bobbie" Deane. As
a dancer she is the equal of anything
seen in Phoenix in many a day and she
repeated her success of the first week
last evening.
Minor Reed has a character part this
time which he does very well and the
unusual voice of Miss Hammond was
again heard to advantage last even
ing For the last is left praise of the best
voice in the company, that of Miss
Dingwall. She has three numbers this
time and a more important role. It
would be far from displeasing if she
could be tempted to sing even more
than she does, while her finished act
ing is far above the average of a com
pany at popular prices.
Taken all the way through there are
many $2 shows which fail to put over
better specialties than Miss Deane's
dancing, Miss Hammond's song, "From
Here to Shanghai," and Mr. Kemper's
"Joan of Arc" in the first act, and Mr.
Cochran's "Some Sweet Day" and Miss
Dingwall's two numbers in the second.
PROBE IS SENT
DEEP AT GLOBE
BY COMMISSION
(Continued From Page One)
which they explained their side of the
strike controversy and their grievances
against the company. Tomorrow will be
devoted to the mine operators and the
nubile. The commission will leave
Wednesday morning for Bisbee.
Chailes H. Mover, former head of
the Western Federation of Miners and
now provident f the International
Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Work
ers, arrived here tonight to participate
hi the conferences over the labor situ
ation with the federal labor commis
sinn. Late tonight Secretary of Labor
Wilson announced that the commission
would remain here longer than the two
days planned and that other cities in
the state woe Id have to wait until the
-commission had received a full presen
tation of the rnse Involving the local
strike from both sides.
ESCAPED CONVICT
FOUND IN UNIFORM
OF AMERICAN ARMY
Continued from Page One)
AUTOCRACY MUST BE
OVERTHROWN BEFORE
WAR AIM ATTAINED
(Continued From Page One)
which also stated that Major General
Bell, in command of Camp Upton at
Yaphank will send 100 soldiers of the
national army to this citv Wednesday
to sell liberty bonds under the direc
tion of the advisory trades committee
McAdoo's Itinerary
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. Secretary
McAdoo'a itinerary from Portland, Ore.,
to Dallas, Texas, was announced to
night at follows:
October 10, Portland; October 11,
"The records are very incomplete,
particularly with respect to sales of
supplies and cash transactions. Noth
ing could be found touching on the
original charges for supplies to guards
and officers and others not inmates of
the institution. No attempt had ever
been made to keep a check on sup
plies drawn from the storeroom. It
would be an endless job to attempt to
prove out the supplies for the past two
to five years, or any period in the past
five years in which such a procedure
might be attempted. '
"Novinventory has ever been taken,
so the stock on hand would have to be
guessed at as a starting point. Am
therefore not attempting to show any
discrepancy excepting in a compara
tive way, particularly .covering the
period between September, 1915, and
June IS, 1S17, when the methods used
seem to have been more lax than at
any other time during the past five
years.
"For lack of proper system, which is
a handicap to most of our state insti
tutions, a few minor errors could be
overlooked, but the conditions as they
have existed at the Arizona state
prison previous to June 15, 1917, as far
as accounting records are concerned,
show an utter disregard for economy
and efficiency in the conduct of its af
fairs, and unpardonable neglect in the
performance of duty.
"It lias been whispered around that
supply charges were made on slips,
placed on spindles on top of desks
around the office, and that collections
were made for those which did not
blow away. A comparison of the
monthly averages would indicate con
siderable windy weather, at least in
spots.
"Brinkley had charge of the books
and access to the cash for most of the
period from July 15, 1916, to April 7.
1917. The prisoner escaped from
prison just before the change of administration."
The report includes a page showing t
Brinkley's own account, which is short
$19.11. Concerning this the report
says:
"Information for this amount was
secured from the book of original
entry, the ledger sheet covering the
above period having been destroyed."
Concerning the sum of $311 taken
from a prisoner brought from San
Diego, Cal., to the Arizona peniten
tiary, the prison books account for the
sum as follows:
"Rec'd from No. 3774, $311. For ex
pense return from escape, $311.
"Cannot locate any claim," the re
port adds, "covering the expenses of
Guard Simmons in bringing back the
prisoner from San Diego, but it is ab
solutely unreasonable to suppose that
the amount of such expense would be
anywhere in the neighborhood of $311."
The report closes with a capitula
tion of the receipts and expenditures
at the state prison during the time
stated and finds a deficit to date of
$14,258.42.
As soon as the new administration
took charge at the state prison fther
iruxues empioyeu in me omces at
the time that Brinkley was there and
still confined in prison, were quite free
in their statements that Brinkley's dis
appearance would undoubtedly hide
the truth of the condition and that his
return to that institution would un
doubtedly cause the blame to be lad
where it belongs.
o .
DEFENSE COUNCIL
-BRINGS NATION'S
BEST MEN TO FORE
(Continued from Page one)
YOU MOTHERS OF
TEN MILLION SONS
You can't carry a gun you can't go "over there" with your
boys -you can't layin the trenches filled with water with shells
bursting overhead, shells filled with poisonous gases. You can't
go over "the top" with bayonets fixed and charge across "No
"Man's Land" and fight hand to hand with an enemy that knows
no mercy, but you can
Invest in Liberty Bonds
v and you can influence your daughter, your sister and your friends
to buy Liberty Bonds. It w ill help to bring the boys back sooner.
It will help to give us peace peace to all the world.
Our government wants you to buy these bonds and buy them
quickly only 19 days to raise seven million dollars in Arizona.
Will you do it?
Buy A Bond At Any Bank
And Help Weld World Democracy
The investor is offered in the second Liberty Loan campaign a bond bearing interest at
the rate of 4 per annum, which cannot be retired by the government in less than ten .
years, which is convertible into any higher rate bond issued during file course of the
war and which is exempt from normal federal taxes and all sjate and local taxes.
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We were snowed under with business Friday and
Saturday and our delivery orders were so heavy
that we were compelled to disappoint many of our
customers on account of. not being able to deliver
promptly. We are trying to improve our service'as
fast as we can and will try and do better next time.
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start on the immense airplane con
struction. What has been done has
been accomplished through hard work
and the mobilization of American in
ventive and business genius. The
speaker declared there was no doubt
that America was next on the German
program and said, "We must win this
war or admit democracy a failure."
In making a plea for co-ordination
of financial resources such as there
has been of business Mr. Baker said
the country must buy of liberty bonds
until u nuns."
TEAM PLAY NEEDED
IN MOVEMENT FOR
UNITY DURING WAR
(Continued from Page One)
cation of the principles for which we
have taken arms.
"The war we are waging tH a war
against war and its sacrifices must not
e nullified by any truce or armistice
that means no more than a breathing
spell for the enemy.
"Whil this war lasts, the cause of
tne allies is. our cause, their defeat our
defeat and concert of action and unity
in spirit between them and us is essen
tial to final victory. We, therefore, dep
recate the exaggeration of old national
prejudices often stimulated by Ger
man propaganda and nothing is more
important than the clear understand
ing that those who in this crisis attack
our present allies, attack America
"We believe that this is the critical
and fateful hour for America and civ
ilization. To lose now is to lose for
many generations. The peril is great
and requires our highest endeavors.
"We not only accept but heartily ap
prove the decision reached by the'
president and congress of the United
States to declare war against the com
mon enemy of the free nations and as
loyal citizens of the United States we
pledge to the president and the gov
ernment our undivided support to the
very end."
PLOT HATCHED IN
AMERICA EXPOSED
BY GREAT WRITER
but with the betrayal of Russia to Ger
man agents in this country.
Before I left fur Petrograd in May,
I had occasion to acquaint myself with
a series of charges made against cer
tain members of the Russian officials
that revealed astounding facts aid ac
counted jor many of Russia's reverses.
Upon my arrival in Russia, I dis
cussed this subject with Vladimir
uourtseff, who has been styled the
Sherlock Holmes of the Russian revo
lution. He familiarized me with addi
tional facts, which he subsequently
piesented to Boris Suvinkoff, head of
the war department, and to the depart
ment of justice. The government im
mediately started an investigation and
witnesses were examined by a special
cf ' 's;"n appointed for that purpose.
From the documents in Bourtseff s
poooioii it appears that German and
Austrian espionage had built itself a
nest among some of the members of
the Russian commission in America
which was supervising the purchase of
war materials for the Russian govern
ment. Several members of the Russian
commission, sent by the old govern
ment, are charged with graft and trea
son, with the betrayal of Russia upon
in unprecedented scale.
According to the witnesses. German
and Austrian agents worked as secre
taries, of certain members of the com
mission and Russian military secrets
were betrayed, information concerning
munition orders was sold, the dates of
shipment were divulged and wireless
notification was given concerning the
start of steamships carrying war ma
terials for Russia. The testimony pre
sented by Vladimir Bourtseff to the
government showed that German
agents organized explosions in muni
tion factories here, that with the aid of
perspns connected with the Russian
commission Russian war "materials
were spoiled, that unfit and worthless
supplies were shipped and that some
of the members of the Russian com
mission worked together with German
representatives in this country for a
separate peace between Germany and
Russia.
The revelations contained in the
materials submitted by Bourtseff to
the Russian government expose the
machinations of the former czar's
servants, who worked hand in hand
with German agents for Russia's
destruction, and which probably cost
Russia countless thousands of lives.
One of the chief offenders, accord
ing to the charges made by witnesses
now in Russia, was Colonel Vladimir
Nekrasoff, a member of the Russian
commission, who returned to Russia
some time ago. Nekrasoff lived at
the Belleclaire hotel here and occu
pied two other apartments in New
York. One of the witnesses testified
that one of his apartments was kept
in the name of Rosika Schwimmer,
where Colonel Nekrasoff and Count
von Bernstorff. then German am
bassador to the United States met
several times.
It will be remembered thnt Ttosikn
Schwimmer, an Austrian pacifist ad
vocate, was the oiiglnator of the
Ford peace expedition. It was Mme.
Schwimmer who induced Henry Kord,
the idealist with millions of dollars,
to finance the expedition. She mis
led and deceived him by assuring
him that she had documents from
the neutral governments to the effect
that they were eager for the calling
of a conference and that they would
participate in such a conference.
a guest of Mr. Ford, and within the
fiist few days, I realized that Henry
hord was the victim nf a hold :ui-
I venture, that Mme. Schwimmer had
no such documents as she described
to Mr. Ford and that she was work
ing for German and Austrian inter
ests, rather than in the interest of
durable peace.
It was pathetic to see Mr. Ford,
whom I regard as one of - the noblest
idealists of our age, when it dawned
upon him that something was wrong
with the expedition. I was the first
to declare to Mr. Kord that 1 would
leave the expedition upon reaching
Stockholm. I felt that I could not be
identified with an expedition whose
moving spirit, Rosika Schwimmer was
disguising behnd the noble ideals of
Mr. Ford and his purest motives a
scheme which was intended to servr
not only her own selfish interests but
perhaps also one of the groups of bel
ligerents against another. Henry Ford
was the first m:in to leave the ex
pedition in Christiania. 1 was his
first guest to leiive it.
(Continued from "Page One)
Is making heroic efforts to liquidate the
sins of the old regime and to liberate
Russia now from the grip of Kaiserism
in different disguises.
Russia was betrayed during the war
by the old regime. The new regime is
fighting the effects of German espion
age, which lias fortified itself and
spread its activities everywhere. The
betrayal of Russia took place not only
in Russia but also on American soil.
The Russian government is now inves
tigating the activities of a number of
Russian officials who were in America
during the war for the old Russian
government and who are charged not
only with colossal graft and corruption
A WISE
PART OF
ANY MEAL
r
Nekrasoff to the effect that von
Bernstorff, then German ambassador
to the I'nited States, and Colonel
Nekrasoff, a member of the Russian
commission in America, met several
times with Mme. Schwimmer in 1915,
casts a very strong suspicion on Mme.
Schwimmer's activities in this coun
try and her peace propaganda. The
bringing together of representatives of
enemy governments is more than
strange, but, in the light of the dis
closures brought out in the charges
against Colonel Nekrasoff, that he
had betrayed Russian military secrets
to the German and" Austrian authori
ties, the incident assumes serious
proportions.
A shadow is thus cast on the Ford
peace expedition, which was en
gineered by Rosika Schwimmer, per
haps to serve both German and
Russo-German interests.
George I.urick, an Esthonian, who
lived in New York and is at present
in Petrograd, is one of the numerous
witnesses against several members ol
the Russian commission.
Mr. Lurick declared that Colone'
Nekrasoff one day sent his assistant,
an honest, decent and reliable man,
to one of the munitions factories in
Baltimore working for Russia. He
gave to him the following instruc
tions: "I know that you are a Russian
pat not, out you must reject the entire
order, even if it meets with every re
quirement in accordance with speci
fications." When his assistant endeavored to
mtvA nhioctions. Uolonel Nekrasoff in-
' terrupted him.
j " hat is the use of arguing, my
'friend'.' Reject the entire order and
i that will settle the matter. It makes
'; no difference anyway these munitions
I will never reach the Russian front.
jThe war is unpopular in Russian gov
i ernmental spheres. We must lose it.
Our Kmpress Alexandra Feodoruvna
wants us to lose it. Rasputin is also
in favor of Russia's defeat. He is
also for the Germans."
, Bourtseff has information that
Colonel Nekrasoff received large sums
of money for depriving the Russian
army of war supplies at a time when
it was retreating from Galicia because
of lack of munitions. It is understood
lhat many explosions in munitions
Russian commission and agents of the
factories took place as a result of ar
rangements between members of the
German government in this country
and that ships carrying ammunition
for Russia were thus blown up, that
orders for munitions were given to
factories directed by Austrians, Ger
mans and Hungarians. The result of
arrangements is easily surmised.
How Nekrasoff and others worked
hand in hand with agents of the Ger
man and Austrian governments, how a
oung woman named Alexandra
Mirolubskaya, now in Petrograd, came
to this country at the request of
Nekrasoff. posed as his sister and
then acted as intermediary between
Nekrasoff and the German agents wno
bought Russian military secrets and
organized plots against Russia, will be
told in the next instalment.
End of First Instalment.)
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