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rly Journal -Miner
PIONEER PAPER OF ARIZONA
PRESCOTT JOURNAL-MINER, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 20, 1917.
FIFTY-FOURTH YEAR
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AGITATION OVER
NOTE TO CHINA
IS SUBSIDING !
n Jttrfln
FOREIGN MINISTER EX
PLAINS TO PARLIA
MENT WHY THE U. S.
MADE REPRESENTA
TIONS TO CELESTIALS.
By Associated Press.
TOKIO, June 18. Explaining to
the leading members of parliament
the action of the United States in dis
patching the note to China regarding
the restoration of domestic tranquility
Viscount Motono, foreign minister,
said the United States consulted
Japan, June 6tli, suggesting that iden
tical representations he made to
China. Japan deemed it proper to
consult her allies before responding.
The foreign minister understood that
Great Britain took the same view as
Japan that it was undesirable to make
representations which might prove
untimely. The intervention agitation
in Japan over the action of the United!
States has subsided. It was due to
the fact that Washington acted inde
pendently without consultation with
Japan. The entire Chinese question
is likely to be discussed during the
stay of the Japanese mission in the
United States. It will leave, prob
ably, July 3rd.
Law Moves With
Unusual Celerity
By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 18.-Efforts to
expedite justice in the case of 18-ycar-old
Ruth Crugcr, the murdered
High school student, progressed rap
idly after Alfredo Cocchis was in
dicted for the crime. The body was
found Saturday buried in a cellar ol
Cocchis' bicycle repair shop. Two
days after the girl's disappearance,
Cocchis fled to Italy where he is now
under surveillance.
Drug
uayian Bark
A U-Boat Victim
By Associated Press.
XEW YORK, June IS. The report
that the Uruguayian bark Rosario,
1,500 tons, was sunk by a German
submarine off the French coast, was
continued by officers of a British
trans-Atlantic ship, which picked tip
the chief officer and eight of the men.
SLAVS DUE TODAY
WASHINGTON. June IS. The
Russian commission arrives tomor
row. RESTORATION OF
THEIR NATION
SEO
WORDS OF GOOD CHEER
EXPRESSED TO BEL
GIAN MISSION BY THE
PRESIDENT IN EXTEND-j
ING FORMAL WELCOM E. '
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WASHINGTON, June IS Greet-,
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dctermination that on the day of vie-
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tory Belgium shall be restored to the '
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place she has so richly won among
the self-respecting nations of the ,
earth. The commissioners spent their j
first day in Washington paying ofii-;
cial calls. Lan? ing accompanied the j
president. A personal letter from j
King Albert expressed in a short ad-
dress Belgium's gratitude for Amcr- j
ica's aid.
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PRICE ON STEEUFOOD BILL
IS TIXED By
IT
COAL AND OIL PRODUCERS
ARE ORDERED TO FUR
NISH SUPPLIES AT
FIGURE LATER TO BE
DETERMINED UPON.
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON', June IS A basic
price of $56.20 a ton was fixed for
steel plates in contracts for ten steel
ships signed today by Chairman Den-
man of the shipping board. Future
contracts will be let at that price in
stead of $95, paid for steel in some
earlier contracts.
The contracts were let to the Dow
ney Construction Company of New
York. Dcnman refused to sign them
calling for steel at $95 and sent them
back to Major General Goethals, ask
ing that the price be reduced. Today
they were returned to Dcnman, pro
viding steel at a lower price.
A final price will be determined by
the shipping board and the fleet cor
poration, with the advice of the raw
materials committee of the Council
of National Defensei
If the steel mills refuse their pro
duct at the price decided on, the presi
dent will be asked to exercise his
power to commandeer their output.
If a price higher than today's base is
fixed, the government will pay the
difference: if lower, the steel mills
will refund. j
Secretary Daniels has ordered coal
and oil producers to supply the enor
mous quantities needed by the navy
at prices to be fixed later by the presi
dent when the Federal trade commis
sion has determined a fair rate. The ;
navy will use 1,750,000 tons of coal ;
and 50,000,000 barrels of oil purchased
under this application of the author
ity granted by congress.
Similarly, steel for the entire navy
building program is being bought at
a rate lixcd when secretary Daniels
rejected the proposals of the steel
makers as too high.
Secretary Daniels said today coal
operators proposed to furnish navy
coal at a rate of $2.95 a ton at the
mine. The navy has been paying
$2.S8 a ton delivered. The secretary
directed the companies to ship im
mediately, the orders being pro-rated
among the producers, agreeing to pay
a tentative price of $2.33 at the mines
pending a report from the Federal
trade commission.
Oil quotations submitted, Daniels
said, ranged from $I.5S to $!.S6 a
barrel, delivered at Port Arthur, al
though the present rate is 89 cents a
barrel at that point. The department
directed the producers to fill its orders
for 50,000,000 barrels, leaving the
question of price to be determined by
the trade commission.
The arrangement regarding orders,
the secretary said, leaves a "hand
some profit" for the producers.
Sinn Feiners Are
; Released From Jail
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By Associated Press.
! DUBLIN, June 18 .Count Plunkett
i and other members of the Sinn Fein,
! arrested June 9th while attempting to
hold a prohibited meeting in protest
against the imprisonment of Irish
rebels, were released.
MEMORABLE OCCASION
BOSTON, June 18 The union jack
was taken up Bunker Hill for the first
time today in a military and civic
parade commemorating the historic
battle between the American minute
men and the English red coats, 1-42
years ago. It fluttered at the head of
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the bagpipe band of the New Bruns-
,wick Kih;cs. ,,nttal;on( 236th Canadian!
overseas regiment, on its farewell ap-
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pcarancc before returning home after
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a two weeks recruiting campaign
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PRISONERS WELCOMED
LONDON, June 18. Large crowds
gathered in Dublin this morning to
welcome the released Irish prisoners,
all of whom, with the exception of
Countess Markicxiez, arrived at 8
o'clock.
NI
LIKELY TO
RUN
! COUNTER TO
GROUP OF SENATORS
SEEM DETERMINED TO
BLOCK LEGISLATION IF
MEANS TO DO SO IS IN
THEIR POWER.
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, June 18. The
opening debate in both houses of con
gress on the second administration
food bill for governmental control of
foodstuffs and other necessaries, dis
closed a determined opposition, par
ticularly by a group of senators, which
threatened to prevent its enactment
by July 1st, as urgently requested by
the president.
The passage of the bill by the house
late this week is confidently expected
by administration leaders. "Advocates
as well as opponents in the senate say
the debate should be protracted there.
Unless the president adopts some ex
traordinary steps to hasten action, the !
law hardly can be enacted in time to
act upon the food question before
harvesting begins. Administration
leaders privately express the fear of
a senate filibuster and arc prepared
to invoke the senate's anti-filibuster
act. In an effort to allay senate op
position, however, there is to be an
informal conference of senators to
morrow. tly Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, June IS. The
full extent of the nation's response
to the Liberty Loan is still in the
realm of conjecture although the in
dications arc that the estimates in
the neighborhood of $2,800,000,000
will be substantially correct. Only
four of the districts (Philadelphia,
Cleveland, Chicago and St. Louis
had reported official tabulations to
the treasury department. These were
not disclosed.
SILVER
NEW YORK, June IS. Silver,
77s cents.
SALAZAR TIRES
OF
0
ihnai firiirfs
ON LOAN NOT
COMPLETE
BEING AN
OUTLAW
i head near the river, thereby strength
Ry Associated Press. cning the Entente right flank for dc-
JUAREZ, June 18. Jose Ynez Sal-' fensivc nurnoses ,,.h!Ic the offensive
azar. Villa's former chief of staff and strokc wa"s delivercd by the center
a general in the Orozca revolution,. An aggressive move, it would seem,
has made formal application for am-(Iias nou. becn madc possible bv tbc
nesty and has offered to surrender , rcn,oval of ti,c nlcnacc to the Allies
with Rodrigo Qucvada and other from thc rear which cx;stcd as ,ong
chiefs with their SO followers. Hisas Constantino was on thc Greek
written offer was transmitted to Prcs-1 thronc an(, h;s pro.Gcrman political
ident Carrauza today through Andres adv;sors ; conlroi of ,IC Greek mili
Garcia, inspector general of Mexican tarv situation,
consulates. Salazar is now at Pear- , , ,
son with his followers.
A message was received here today
from military headquarters in Chihua
hua City telling of a fight between
government troops and a Villa band
at Ortiz, south of Chihuahua City, yes-1
tcrday. The Villa band was driven j
away from the big Ortiz bridge over ,
the Conchos river, according to the ;
message.
FIRE AT PEORIA
PEORIA, Ariz., June 18. Fire
tonight caused $10,000 damage to thc
business section of the city.
ISjOne Hundred
Millions In
8 Days, Red
Cross , Goal
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, June 18.
America turned today to the task
of raising $100,000,000 for the
Red Cross in an eight-days' cam
paign. With the campaign only
one day old, telegrams pouring
into the office of the Red Cross
war council told stories of gener
ous donations in almost every
section. The campaign committees
in many cities wired they had
already raised the sum tentatively
allotted them, or exceeded the
amount, but were planning an
active canvass until the campaign
closes next Monday at midnight.
A hundred public meetings were
held today and tonight with some
of the country's foremost men
among the speakers., Some of the
corporations withheld their divi
dends until today to aid the move
ment with the recommendation
that they be donated to the Red
Cross. The campaign committee
at Denver decided that the city's
apportionment of $200,000 was too
small and set a new goal of $500,
000. A telegram said the pros
pects were bright for raising this.
BRITISH CHOOSE NEW
'ROUTE TO CUT LINES IN
BALKANS. MENACE OF
CONSTANTINE IN GREECE
BEING GONE.
By Associated Pres.-
Important developments arc fore
shadowed on the Macedonian front
following the abdication of King Con
stantinc by reports today of a with
drawal by the British, without pres
sure, of their advanced positions east
of the Struma river on the extreme
easterly end of the front and pro-
i nounccd rcconnoitcring activity by
I the Entente forces along the Vardar.
.It has been frequently pointed out
by military observers that virtually
the only practicable route for a suc
cessful advance to cut the lines of the
Central powers in the Balkans and
reclaim Serbia, is up the Vardar val
ley, along the railway line there. The
present activities seem to point to the
probability of an offensive by Gen
eral Sarrail in the only likely sector
that embracing the -Vardar area is
imminent.
Had this been decided upon it
would be a natural move for the Brit
ish to relinquish the advanced ground
they held along the Struma and with
draw as they have done, to the bridgc-
Zeppelin Z-48 Is
Destroyed In Raid
By Associated Piess.
BERLIN, June 18. Zeppelin Z-48
was ,ost with all aboard in Saturday
"iglu's raid on Southern England, thc
admiralty announced.
COMMISSIONER DIES
WASHINGTON. June 18. Com
missioner Judson C. Clements of the
interstate commerce commission died
here today.
CHANGE TACTICS
! MACEDONIA
WILSON'S FLAG DAY SPEECH B1HERLY
SAILED
OF
IS
AMENDMENTS TO FEDER.
AL RESERVE ACT DE
SIGNED
SYSTEM
BANK! SYSTEM
COUNTRY
STRENGTHENED
TO BRING IM e 0 7 p Q lne,
. tAMvo,'Nrd Deutsche Allgemelne Zeitung
ANU iKUbl UUM-AIM
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, June IS Amend-
mcnts to thc Inderal reserve act,,
designed to strengthen the financial
system of the country by contraction
of gold reserves in Federal reserve
banks and open wide thc doors of!
thc Federal reserve system to State
banks and trust companies was sent
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ference report previously approvedj I nUl IUU UlUUIllllLLU UI III
by the house. The tirst effect will be j
the shifting of over $300,000,000 from
thc banks of thc country to the Fed- j
eral reserve. Officials believe this ,
addition will make the financial sys-:
tern of thc country as nearly imprcg-
liable as human ingenuity can make it. i
By Associated Press.
BUTTE, June 18. More men re
frained from work in thc mines to
day. A statement by thc Metal Mine
Worker's Union claimed that 12,000
of thc 15,000 miners in the district hail i
quit work. The employing compa
mcs rciuscu to give me numucr oi
r ... .1 r i
men at work-, a statement was mauc
at one office that the properties were
running short-handed and thc mine
management was not discounting thc
fact that thc labor situation is serious.
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bv the Montana Power Comoanv bc -
gan quietly. The men want a dollai
a day increase to $6.
THREE ACCUSED
OF MURDER IN
KEET CASE
SPRINGFIELD, Mo., June IS.
Claude J. Picrsol and Cyctus Adams,
both in jail in Kansas City, are charg
ed with first degree murder for alleged 1
complicity in the deatli of the baby, j
Lloyd Kcct, in informations filed by
local officials today.
Three men now stand charged with
murder of the baby. They are Pier
sol, Adams and Dick Carter. Thc
warrant for Carter's arrest was issued
a few hours after the recovery of the
baby's body from thc well on thc
Renshaw farm. A reward of $1,300
will be offered for the arrest and con
viction of the kidnappers.
WOMAN MINISTER
PETROGRAD, June 18. In a
workman's blouse and leather skirt.
Countess Sophie Panin yesterday ap
peared to take up the post of assist
ant minister of social tutelage.
LEAD
NEW YORK, June 18. Lead firm,
spot IPs to 12'sc.
BIG MATORITY OF
MINERS ODT
AT BUTTE
BY THE PRESS
Papers Print Lengthy Summary Of Ad
dress And Seek To Impugn Gpod
I Faith Of The President.
By Associated Press. isay President Wilson's Flag day ad-
j AMSTERDAM, June 18. Under jdress had created a profound impres-
the headings "Wilson Without a s;on throughout Italy. "The news
'Mask," "Answer of Hypocrite Wil-papers the djspatches state, "are
json," "Wilson In Delirium," the Ber-1 commenting on the speech declaring
.lin and German provincial papers !;t puts an end to the maneuvers of
'print lengthy summaries of President j the Teutonic powers maneuvers of
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Kussia.
The comment on the note to Russia
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jkicuuy icuciis mc muciu uciu c
' Germany to make peace with her
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proffered hand is not accepted.
ITALY IMPRESSED
WASHINGTON, June 18. Official
disPach reJve oday frm Rm
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TO
BY
BUILDING 16 CANTON-
MENTS FOR TROOPS
CALLED TO COLORS UN -
DER DRAFT PROVES AN
ENORMOUS JOB.
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON, June 18. Simul-
tancous construction of 16 war army
cantonments each to house 40,000
troops, has proved such an enormous
task that officials do not believe it
can be completed in time to permit
thc mobilization of thc first full quota
FINISH
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Oi wu.uiaj uy scptemucr isi. wncin-, sunn ott tne Italian coast, .May torn,
cr any men selected under the draft i The submarine torpedoed an un
t ...:n t... .ti..t t. n...n.... :-lr.t i:.:.t. ...t.,
wu ut 1..1111.U unlit mi. 13
, rcady ,Q bcgjn thc train;nft of thc cn
tire first quota has not been revealed.
DOWN TO REAL WORK
j
PARIS, June 18. Major General
Pershing was hard at work at his
:oftTce todav
He has completed the
'rountI of social functions and has a;
busy week ahead in dealing with im-
i portant questions regarding the ar
rival of thc American troops.
COPPER
NEW YORK, June 18.
unchanged; firm.
Copper
'To Probe Cattle
And Meat Problem
By Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 18. Thc Federal
trade commission's investigation of
thc cattle and meat problem will be
gin here July 2nd, it was said. West
ern stock raisers will be the first wit-
nesscs'
BONDS AT PREMIUM
CHICAGO, June 18. Advertise
ments by Chicago merchants appear
ed in morning papers today offering
as high as $105 for Liberty Bonds,
this value being offered when the sale
was madc in exchange for merchan
dise. An even purchase of $100 worth
of merchandise could be paid for with
a $100 bond, the purchaser receiving
$5 in cash in change. The same offer
was extended to affect larger and
smaller bonds.
BIG MORTGAGE
GLOBE, June 18. Over $30,000,000
is involved in the first mortgage filed
by representatives of thc American
Smelting &Rcfining Company. Ari
zona property included is the Hayden J
smelter.
OF GE
IAN
which Russia has been a victim and
lr6m wh;ch we hope Russia be
; duic iu ucc ucxacu.
0f special importance, from the
j Italian point of view is President
t i r:i . . .t . r .
uij yuiuui siaicuraji uui nmuu ib m-
evitably a vassal of Germany and that
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I cinilitic of Aiictna frnm nrmariw"
, on,. ;c,t, ,!,. ;f "
1 dent the Austrian high command has
not lost hope of starting a great of-
; fensive, especially on the Trentino
fron-
SENDS SUB TO
MEMBERS OF THE CREW
OF THE HILONIAN GIVE
j GRAPHIC ACCOUNT OF
BATTLE BETWEEN TI-
TANS OF THE DEEP.
By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 18. In a battle
between a crippled stranded British
1 steamship and a German submarine
off thc Italian coast in May, both
, craft were destroyed, according to
members of the crew of the American
steamship Ililonian, herself reported
i luciilimu Diiiiaii aicauiii, iiu.t 111-
; ta; beached her.
Two days later the
submarine returned and again torpe
doed the steamer. I he steamer s deck
guns were brought to bear when thc
i submarine rose and a six-inch shell
struck her. The submarine turned
ovcr twlcc' tllcn "t 111 l"
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DRAW COLOR LINE
SCHENECTADY, N. Y., June 18.
Two thousand machinists at thc
plant of thc General Electric Com
pany, struck today as a protest against
thc employment of a negro.
DESIRES TO ALIGN HER
SELF WITH INTERNA
IONAL PROGRAM AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE
SAYS TSERSTELLI.
By Associated Press.
PETROGRAD, June IS, (June 17,
via London). A desire to align Rus
sia's international program with tlutt
of her allies as quickly as possible
was expressed at a session of the Pan
Russian congress and council of
workmen, soldiers and deputies by
jTscrstelli, minister of posts and tele
graphs, who coupled his expression
with a sharp repudiation of any idea
of separate peace for Russia. He
urged renewed activity by the army.
Kcrcnsky, the war minister, gave
an account of his visit to thc front.
BOTTOM
RIJSSIA IS READY
TO STAND BY
HER ALLIES