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1 I FUBILIC'AM hp JBMBbWbb ARIZONA AN INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE JOURNAL THIRTIETH YEAR 14 PAGES PHOENIX, ARIZONA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 31, 1919 N 14 PAGES VOL. XXX., NO. 24S CLIP DOWN HO ON Hi TONICS, PERFU1S, ET I Federal Agents Inaugurate Campaign Against Fa mous Substitutes For Whiskey Guard Against Recurrence of Christmas 4 Wood Alcohol Tragedies ssbsssssbsbnsi v Republican A. P. Leased Wire NEW YORK, Ixc 30. Two score of federal agents were dispatched tonight on a hunt through greater New York and other sections of this internal rev enue district for poison liquor. Manu facturers of perfumes, hair tonics, fla voring extracts and furniture jolish were investigated on a wholesale basis to "nail down" non-beverage alcohol, in an effort to prevent recurrence of Christmas wood alcohol tragedies. Hotel and restaurant men through out New York tonight predicted the biggest New Year's eve celebration e-er witnessed in this city, and "pri vate stock" whiskey, brandy, rum and wine openly were announced as wel romers for 1920 despite the dry law nd its enforcement. High prices are being paid for tables along the Great W hite Way, and prospective celebrat ors defiantly have declared that John i;arleycorn is to be their guest, "once more." Wood Alcohol Continues Toll More deaths were reported here and throughout the country today, although in far less volume than the day after t'hristmas. Indicated tha-t wood alcohol drinks continued to levy their toll. Chemical analysis of the brains of five men who died after drinking illicit liquor, showed today that wood alcohol caused their deaths. Louis Di Vitto, Joseph Gluseppl and itele Cello, who were arrested last night when officers discovered 1,500 gallons of wines on their premises,1 were arraigned in court today charged with violation of the wartime-prohibition act and held in $500 bail each fori bearings January 7. I New ork. New Jersey and New England officials were in conference on the wood alcohol situation late in the clay a-nd a wider investigation has been planned into the traffic of poison, U was announced at the internal reve lue offices. Truck Drivers Held CHICOPEE, Mass.. Dec. 30. Ham -Jarlmg and Max Saunders. Hartford -ruck men, Were arrested by Marskal Alfred T. Carron of the Chicopee police nlght on charges of manslaughter, Towrfiff out of the large number of leaths In the Connecticut valley. as a esult of drinking whiskey containing mTaa f 0h0,K The' were htlJ unde? 10.000 bonds each, which they had -en unable to furnish eau-Jy tonight md will be arraigned in police court omorrow. According to Marshal Carron Dar angand Saunders came to Chicopee to settle up ome business affairs" - nd were met with warrants. The two men are also facing charges lu Con necticut In connection with the poison liquor cases. Plan Laws to Cover Poisons WASHINGTON. Dec. 30. Legisla tion subjecting the manufacture and sale of wood alcohol to the same re strictions of grain alcohol will be rec ommended to congress, as a result of the many fatalities from the use of wood alcohol as a beverage. Commis sioner Roper, of the bureau of internal revenue announced tonight. Faces Manslaughter Charge CHICAGO. Dec. 30. Matthew Zim merman, a druggist, was recommended held to face a. manslaughter charge today by a coroner's Jury investigating' thfl death of three men resulting from drinking wood alcohol. The fourteenth death from wood al cohol poisoning since Christmas was reported to the police todav. 4 Dead at Passaic PASSAIC, N.. J, Dec. 30. Wood al cohol's toll In Passaic today Is four men dead, ohe totally blind, who prob ably will die. and four others danger- ously ill. John Preechniecz. a taior. told his wife Just before he died that he had taken two drinks In a saloon and vhen the police investigated they found the proprietor, Joseph Sudol. and his brother, in St. Mary's hospital, both ;oisoned and the saloonkeeper blind. Four Dead in Single Room PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 30. Three women and a man were found in one room of a rooming house tonight dead from alcoholic poisoning. The police believe the four have been 'lead since Saturday when they were last seen. Andrew Wuczewski was found dead early today from drinking a concoction believed to have contained wood al cohol and Dominick McDonnel died at Chester, after drinking wood acohol. Are You Going To Have Some Building Done? WHEN you start in having some building work done, the first, and most important is to have a reliable party in superintending the work. To locate such a party, let The Republican's Business Direc tory be your guide, for there you will find the ad of one of the , leading building engin eers of the city. No matter what you may be in the market for the Repub lican Classified Business Di rectory can be of service to you. v The Republican's Classified Business Direc tory saves you time and money. - Mad Sea Loses Fight To Claim Last Three Survivors Of Wrecked Steamer ST. JOHNS, N. P., Dec. 30. Three exhausted and half frozen men, sole survivors of the crew of 29 of the Belgian steamer Anton Van Driel, were brought here today on the steamer Ingraham. For two days and two nights the three men had clung to the wreck of their steamer as it lay in the jagged rocks that barred the entrance to St. Mary's bay. The rescue was accomplished by the Ingraham against tremendous odds. The spot where the Anton Van Driel was wrecked is regarded by sailors as inaccessible to any craft except in the calmest weather and the great storm which brought doom to the Belgian ship was still raging when the Ingraham arrived. It was only after hours of effort and at the imminent peril of their lives that the men of the Ingraham brought the survivors to safety. Shortly after the Anton Van Driel was hurled on the rooks on Saturday evening, the life boats were launched in an attempt to make the shore. Almost instantly the boats were swept away and dashed to pieces against the cliffs. Four men had preferred to stick to the wrecks and a fifth was swept back to the deck of the steamer after the lifeboat in which he had, embarked was smashed. The remaining sailors were drowned. Throughout Saturday night and Sunday the five clung desperately to the bridge of the wreck. Overhead the fisher folk on the mainland watched their battle for life from the tops of the cliffs, powerless to aid. On Monday two of the survivors lost consciousness and were swept to their deaths. Escaped Convict Hails Autoist" Meets Sheriff Republican A. P. Leased Wire . ATLANTA, Ga Dec. 30. Dick Jester, one cf three prisoners who made a daring escape from the the county chain gang today hailed a passing automobile tonight on a country road near here and asked for a ride. The men in the cat stopped and the convict got in. "Sure, glad to have you, Dick," said Deputy Sheriff Gordon Hardy as ho twisted his hand in the col lar of Jester's sweater. . o SHORTSTAYAS G. B. Republican A. P. Leased Wire WASHINGTON. Dec. 30. Complet ing three months service in Washing ton as British ambassador to the United States, Viscount Kdward Grey left tonight for New York from, which port he will sail Saturday on the Aquitania for Liverpool. On reaching London,-. Viscount Grey will report to his government on ' his work in the United States. Arriving in New York last Septem ber 26. Viscount Grey announced that because of the partial failure of his sight it would be Impossible, for him to undertake the duties of a perma nent ambassador and his mission therefore would be "comparatively short." A few days later he presented his credentials to Secretary Lansing at the state department. President Wilson's health being such, at the time, that a call at the White House was deemed inadvisable. It has been thought possible that the ambassador might see the president before his de parture, but in view of Viscount Grey's continued insistence that no special steps be taken to arrange such a visit no appointment was arranged. While no official announcement has been made here or in London, it is ex pected that after Viscount Grey has re ported on the work yet to be done by the British representative here a suc cessor will be promptly named. Pend ing the arrival here of an accredited ambassador, Ronald C. Lindsey. coun selor, will be in charge of the embassy. O S.1I. ATTRAGTS MnrJY Republican A. P. Leased Wire DKS MOINBS, Iowa, Dec 30. By noon tomorrow 5,000 students from colleges and universities in all parts of the United States and Canada will have gotten off trains at the Des Moines railroad stations, registered as delegates to the Student Volunteer con vention and been assigned to quarters for the next five days of meetings. This afternoon and tonight special end scheduled trains from all corners of North America were pulling into the Rock Island, Northwestern and Union stations with loads of delegates. The convention will be opened to morrow at 2 o'clock by John R. Mott, who will preside at all the general sessions. VISCOUNT m ffl AMBASSADDH TO U.S mm Building Engineers J. L. CRISMAN Structural engineer and building su perintendent. Estimates given on all classes of construction. Will superin tend all classes of construction. 723 W. Madison. DENES RELATIONS WITH Republican A. P. Leased Wire NKW YORK, Dec. 30. Norman Hapsood issued a statement here to night in explanation of his resignation as minister to Denmark, in which he categorically" denied having expressed sympathy for, or having had relations with the soviet government of Russia. He declared ' his views have not changed regarding the maintenance of the blockade and that he still believes bolshevism is strenghtened by it, not only in Russia, but elsewhere, "in pro portion as Kurope suffers from the in ability to get raw material and food from Russia aid to sciitt her manu factured articles in return;" -Charges that Mr. Hapstood has been in friendly relations with Lenine and Trotzky, were originally made In Har vey's Weekly. The former minister said that one of his reasons for asking to be released from the diplomatic ser vice ''wan the necessity of answering Colonel George Harvey's' falsehoods.' His attack was "foolish and vindictive'' he asserted. Mr. Hapgood said he has been op posed to communism all his life and denounced the charge that he was a plenipotentiary, of Lenine and Trotzky as a "grotesque falsehood." , He char acterized an accusation that he had used the American legation at 'Copen hagen as a "trading post'- or the soviet government as "despicable." Mr. Hapgood explained that Alex ander Uerkenheim, representing 17. 000,000 cc-operatives ot Russia, came to America with a letter from Prince Kropotkin and they met. He said he agreed with the Russian that the best way to overcome bolshevism was to re store trade and he gave Uerkenheim letters to government officials here, urging to be permitted to ship out piled up stores of flax and hemp val ued at $300,000,000 awaiting export in possession of the co-operatives and to import machinery, shoes and medicine. Out of this, Mr. Hapgood said, grew the false charge that he had made're peated overtures" jn Wall street, to finance the ' bolslieviki, Herkenheim being so anli-bolshevist, he stated, as to have been arrested five times. . o E Republican A. P. Leased Wire PUEBLO, Colo.. Dec. 30. No search of the residences in the foreign quarter of the steel works district has been ordered by Colonel Dennis McCunnlft who is in charge of the two companies of Colorado national guard troops sta tioned in Pueblo, to obtain firearms, said to be in possession of the resi dents. Promiscuous shooting of firearms was heard in the foreign quarter last night but the soldiers are of the opin ion that it was caused by celebrators of Christmas and New Year's and paid little attention to the shots. How ever, as a precautionary measure, Colonel McCunniff announced today that unless such firing ceased Imme diately he would be obliged to make a thorough search of the district and confiscate all firearms and ammunition found. It Is feported that he will com pel all dealers In firearms to keep a record of the parties to whom said firearms are sold. With the arrival of additional troops early this morning, the troops will be able to put out stronger patrols both night and day. No disorders of any sort occurred in connection with the steel strike today. More men than ever were at work in Minnequa steel mills today and a large crowd of men was turned away from the gates because of the fact that the company was as yet unable to put them on. No additional evidence of the alleged murder plot in which seven prominent Pueblo business men were to be as sassinated came to light today but the matter has been turned' over to the federal secret service operators' foi investigation. o . PERMIT FOOD- EXPORTS KL PASO. Tex, Dec. 30. Because of the abundant crops reported in Mex ico, Luis Cabrera, secretary of the treasury, has issued an order permit ting the exportation of corn, beans and other staple products, according to ad vices received here tonight. It wat feared that if the farmers of Mexico wero forced to keep their food stocks at home, either quantities of the comestibles would spoil or prices would tumble when next year's harvest was gathered. The foodstuffs that may be exported will still be subject to the usual export tax. it is reporte- UN T w. son HOMES N FORM SECT On H W BETTER ABiDON LEAGUE BEFORE ENTERING, SAYS NOTED TEACHER Quotes Roosevelt, Wood and Wilson to Support View That a Acceptance Wouid;T'rig Forth Many Storms r w- . . Republican A. P. Leased Wire ST. LOUIS.; Des. SO. Quoting frooi President Wilson, General Wood and Theodore Roosevelt, Professor William H. Hobbs of the University of Michi gan told the American Association for the Advancement of Science to c.ay, that it was time to determine "whether we had not better abandon the idea of the league of nations be fore it was entered upon." "President Wilson has admitted, as to tlie scheme for i which he stands spoufor before the world that, with its adoption, we would embark upon an uncharted sea," said Professor Hobbs. "We need then, the advice of tliose best qualified to forecast tne storms' we are likely to encounter and to determine whether we had not bet ter abandon tha adventure before it ;s entered upon. The real question before the American people has from the start been one of the reliability of judgment of It political prophets." - Quotes Presidents In quoting President Wilson. Pro fessor Hobbs said: "Standing in the presence of the as sembled delegates to the peace confer ence at the formal presentation of the covenant of the league-of nations. Woodrow Wilson declared of this in strument: "It is definite as a guarantee of peace. ' It is definite as a guarantee against aggression.' "On the other hand, General Leon ard Wood has made the statement that the claim that any covenant will protect the world from future wars is idle twaddle and a dream of mollv coddles. The pacifists, more over, tell you lies when they say war as an institution is dead. Don't, listen to the molly coddles. 1 Be a citizen of common sense. Which guide are we to follow? Each has been a leader in the recent pa?t when the issue was, as now, both national security and . world idealism. Woodrow Wilson declared we could not . become involved in the war and that affairs of Europe were not our concern, so he advocated non--preparedness as. the remedy. Leonard Wood declared that we were very like ly to become involved in the war, that our only safety was In making prep arations for rxr contingency. that tJr world struggle was our war and he ripked all that he had to save the country and his country's honor. Treaty Has Little Chance for Success "The pacifists' solution did not then avail to keep us out of war, despite Mr. Wilson's consoling: promises, and the internationalists solution, whicn he now no less confidently offers to charm awa future wars, has an equai chance of success. "Theodore Roosevelt tells us: 'it is well st this time for sober ana resolute ' men and women to apply that excellent variety of wisdom col loquially known as "horse sense" t6 the problems of nationalism and In ternationalism.' "'Nations are made, defended and preserved, not by the illusionists but hy the men and women who practice the homely virtues in time of peace and who in time of righteous war are ready to die, or to send those they love best to die, for a shining ideal.'" , o OF COLLEGE DEAN VIOLATES PAROLE - JAILED Republican A. P. Leased Wire NEW YORK, Dec. 30. Charged with violating his parole by forging checks, committing thefts tnd getting drunk, Donald Hammond, 24 years old, son of William Hammond, dean of Cornell universlt y, was sentenced today to a term of 3l to 7 years in state prison. Hammond was placed on probation un der a suspended sentence last August after he had pleaded guilty to forging: a check for $2,000 in the name of Nor man Bradford, jr., a wealthy Newport, It. I., club man. Hammond's escapades since being on probation took him to Atlantic City, Maine and New Hampshire. Finally his friends virtually deported him to Canada in an effort to make him "go straight." The life in Manitoba proved too tame for him. however, and he went to Boston, where he stole $15,000 worth of bonds, pleaded guilty in the name of an alleged murderer he met in the Tombs prison, and succeeded in obtaining a. suspended sentence under that name. Hammond has a long war record. He enlisted in the Canadian army in 1914 and was wounded at Ypres. He came back to this country without being dis- j charged and later returned to England where he joined the Royal air force! and was again wounded. ! His fraud victims are said to include a number of society people in New York, Newport, and Atlantic City. . 1 COME TO STUDY0 "BIG BUSINESS" NEW YORK, Dec. 30. A number of young French officers who will study "big business" and efficiency methods j in America, were among the passengers i who arrived here today on the French line steamship La Savoie. j o INTRODUCE LOVE LETTER SAN FRANCISCO, Califs . Dec. 30. A love letter written by Harry F. Heine, a San Francisco artist, to Miss j Carmelita F. Cadogan, his fiancee, two j weeks before he fell in action in j France, was- admitted to probate j as a holograph will here today." In the letter Heine expressed the wish that all he owned go to Miss Cadogan. : . . - . . ---..: I Asks Leader In Economy Campaign To Show Grocery Bills For Year Fair Price Meet Ends In Confusion CHICAGO, Dec. 30. A mass meeting arranged by Mrs. Joseph T. Bowen, chairman of the woman's division of the Illinois fair price com mittee, ended In confusion today. Professor Irving Fisher of the department of economics at Yale Uni versity and Royal Meeker, of the bureau of vital statistics of the depart ment of agriculture, had talked on the inflation of currency and the neces sity of economy. " W. H. Dunn, a manufacturer, then spoke from the rear of the house. He declared Mrs. Bowen "tells the common people every day that they , must economize," and added, "I challenge her to show her grocery bills for the last year." - Shouts of "hire your own hall" and "let him talk" were heard, and when the babble could not be stopped, Miss Jane Addams, who presided, hastily- declared the meeting " adjourned.. Mrs. Bowen said later that retailers had not opposed her economic campaign, but that she had been opposed by Dunn in previous crusades. PACT OPPONENTS REACH CONCRETE BASIS. IS REPORT Republican A. P. Leased Wire WASHINGTON. Dec. 30. Peace treaty talk compromise reached a more formal stage today when Senator Mc Nary of Oregon, a leader of the mild reservation republicans, discussed var ious compromise suggestions with Sen ator Hitchcock of Nebraska, the act ing democratic leader. Afterward the senators agreed that a middle ground could be found that would insure ratification early in the year. Modifications of the reservations are proved by the senate majority at the last session so that- affirmative ac ceptance by the other powers would not be required. Is understood to have been the principal subject sonsidered. A new preamble, which would de clare the reservations effective, unless other nations objected within a limited time, is said to have been outlined. each senator indicating hat he might accept it. ' The reservations in the majority pro gram dealing with article ten, Khlsi tung, and voting power in the League of Nations, it was said, also were dis cussed. -.-'-. Senator Hitchcock also saw a num ber of other senators and Senator Swanson of Virginia, a democrat of the foreign relations committee, was pres-1 ent during a part of the talk with sen ator McNary; Later McNary conferred with . several on the republican side. The compromise negotiations are expected to become more active as sen ators return late, this week for the rc-J convening of congress next; Monday1 In some quarters, however, it is oe lieved that definite action may be post- poged-.uTitll'-arfter the -democratic sen -, ate caucus on January la, wnicn win decide the contest between Senator Hitchcock and Senator Underwood, of Alabama, for the democratic leader ship. heingScIl START 12 Republican A. P. Leased Wire WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. Hearings relating to wages and prices in the bituminous coal industry win 02 started January 12 in Washington by the commission of three, representa tive of the miners, operators and pub lic, appointed by President Wilson un- j aer tne coat strute seiueiuem. The commission, in announcing to night its decision to conduct hearing-, said that telegrams had been sent to Thomas T. .Brewster pf St. Loul.-? chairman of the scale commitwe o the central competitive field opera tors, and to John L. Lewis, acung president of the United Mine Workers of America, advising them that tne first hearing was "for the purpose cf having the miners' and operators' scale committees of the central competitive field present their respective posi tions." - , Openings of (he hearings, the com mission said, was delayed in order to 3ermlt the miners to conclude work of the special convention- whicn has been called to meet In Columbus, Ohio, beginning January r. Prior to the hearing of the opera tors and miners, ths commission will devote itself to obtaining: all available data from the various governmental departments which have inquired into cial prices and production and wage and living conditions among th; miners. The commission announced that it expected to make public the prerson nel of its staff of assistants Friday or Saturday. Work of the commission, which held its first session yesterday, " centered today about the mapping out of its program and in arranging details of its work. There was no information as to whether the committee planned to visit the coal fields following the hearings or as to the plans for ex tending the inquiry beyond the cen tral competitive fields. . - o " PALMER SCORES TECHNICAL KNOCKOUT OVER "HAP" WOOD TUCSON. Dec. 80. Kid Palmer ot Douglas -as given a decision over Happy Woods" of Tucson tonight when Woods' seconds threw a towel in "the ring in the sixth round. Woods was completely, outclassed from the first tap of the gong land hung on to his opponent during almost the entire fight. Palmer landed blows almost at will to Woods' head and body and led in the fighting from start to finish. Woods' hitherto famous knockout punch was conspicuous by its absence. After trying to knock out Palmer sev eral times without being able to even hit the soldier. Woods ; appeared to lose interest in his own blows and de voted his time to keeping close to Palmer. The bout was witnessed by the largest crowd that ever attended a boxing match in this city. WAGE CON ROVFRSY JANUARY Thirsty Ones Drain Alcohol From Compass Republican A. P. Leased Wire SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 30. San Francisco police tonight ad mitted their bewilderment at what they called a "new one." It was the request by Lieutenant Com mander Wadeil, executive officer of the U. S. S. Nebraska at Mare Island navy yard, that the police locate thieves who broke into the vessel's $5,000 main steering com pass and drained it of four gallons of alcohol soma time Christ mas eve. FIND GIRL USED OF DROWN S MURDER TO SURRENDER SELF P.epubMcan A.P. Leased Wire MOUNT CLE!SfcXS. Mich.. Dec 30. Mrs. Ruth Prevbsr" Brown, the young widow of J. Stanley Brown, who was shot to death in his automobile on a country road near here a week ago, refused to testify at the inquest which opened here tonight. Lloyd Prevost, Mrs. Brown's cousin and a' close friend to the slain man, also claimed constitutional immunity and the. two witnesses were excused. Mrs.- Brown and Prevost had been detained as ; material witnesses but were released yesterday. . ; . Several , physicians who performed jafjSisqst mortem upon Brown's body, ag?eed that ' the shots which caused his death were fired from within the automobile, - not more thair-six Inches from the head. . The inquest was adjourned until next Friday. In the. meantime officials ex pect to have in custody here Cecile Beatrice Vestor, for whom a warrant has been issued, charging murder. Have Located Girl in Case CHICAGO," Dec. 30. Cecile Beatrice Vestor, charged in a warrant with the murder of J. Stanley Brown probably will be turned over to the Mount Clemens police tomorrow, it was an nounce! by the Chicago Ho -aid and Examiner, whose reporters found her. "The girl is neither in Kalamazoo, Battle Creek nor Mount Clemens, the paper, said. "She is comfortably housed with her grandmother at a point not far from Detroit awaiting the checkup on her original statement." The Herald and Examiner said the girl had submitted to a detailed exam ination by reporters and had "made admissions which, in the interest of justice," can not be made public at this time. The paper says the girl sticks to the denial that she shot Brown. It quotes her as baying that every day from De cember 15 until last Saturday she was THIS IS THE LAST WEEK OF OFFER That Check Today 18 The ARIZONA REPUBLICAN FOR ONE XEAR Daily and Sunday --Seven Days a Week Every Morning The Republican is the only newspaper in . Arizona publishing seven days in the week 52 issues more than any other paper In the state. You are entitled to the to The Republican today Ninth Annual Bargain Offer Good Once Each Year Only Peace To Come On January Terms For Signature Agreed Upon at Conference Yesterday To Reduce Tonnage Volume of Materials May Be Lessened if Huns Grayely Menaced PARIS, Dec. 30. Ex change of ratifications of the treaty of Versailles will take place January 6 at the Quai d'Orsay. Baron von Lersner, head of the Ger man delegation, and Paul Dutasta, secretary of the peace conference, tonight settled all points in connec tion with the signature, ex cept that relating to naval material, which, it is expect ed, will be solved shortly. The Germans will sign the protocol, and at the same time the allies will hand a letter to them agreeing to re duce their demands to four hundred thousand tons if the total available tonnage has been over-estimated, or Germany is gravely menaced economically. In any case, after the signature, the al lies will get 242,000 tons of material, and the balance based on reports of experts who are now checking up at Danzig, Hamburg and Bre men. w i nraume iixomtie Relations Premier Lloyd George will be pres ent at the ceremony, which wii! i. carried out without any display. Diplo matic relations with Germany will b, resumed the followng day when the French chauge d'affaires will go to Ber lin and French consuls will resum. their posts. Allied troops will proceed on Janu ary -12 to the territories which must. i)e evacuated by the Germans or where plebicites are to be held. It is esti mated that the trains will be neded for this purpose. Ellis Lorlng Dresel. an American member of the peace otmference as expert on German affairs, it is under stood, will go to Berlin as soon as ratifications are exchanged. He wii be accompanied by a staff. This is pre sumed here to le a temporary expedi ent until diplomatic relations with tin United States are resumed. He wa appointed acting commissioner ail charge d'affaires in October. POLICE CH?EF KILLED PORT ARTHUR. Tex Dec. 20, Roy Grimes, chief of police of Port Arthur, was shot and killed today just after ht left the police station, by Jack Hide, a former policeman. Hide was arrested. best, Mail that $6.50 Final