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VOL 18. NO. 218.

BISBEE, ARIZONA, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 8, 1916.

PRICE FIVE CENTS.

V

APPROVAL OF

WILSON IS

NOT YET

GIVEN

'

NAUGHTY! NAUGHTY! I

Strong Effort Expected to De

feat Reduction of Indemnity

to Colombia from $25,000,-

0C0 to $15,000,000.

i

SENATOR SMITH AD

VOCATES REDUCTION

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 7.

Immoral carvings on a Burmese

totem pole brought here by the

Rev. John Cope, as a present for

the Rev. E. J. East of Oakland,

both missionaries, were freed of

sinfulness by means of a chisel

handled by customs officials.

Rev. George Burlingame, rep

resenting Cope, and now return

ing to his home in Portland,

Oregon, quickly agreed to the

censorship when he Raw the

pole. When pruned to propriety

the pole will be delivered to its

missionary owner who has not

yet seen it.

Senator Eorah Seeks to Over

throw Precedent and Con

sider Nicaraguan Treaty in

Open Senate.

WASHINGTON', Feb. 7. Approval

has not been Riven by President and

the Democratic Senate is by no means

in favor of amendments to the Col

ombian treaty reported last week by

the Senate Foreign Relations Com

mittee. It ' developed hat a strong

effort probably will be made in the

Senate to defeat changes which will

reduce the proposed indemnity to the

Colombia for the partition of the

Panama from $25,000,000 to $15,000,

000 and to revise the wording of the

expression of regret.

Minister Eetancourt, of Colombia

called on Secretary Lansing during

the day and was assured that the

President had not given his approval

to either of the amendments. Later

It became known that many Demo

crats on the Foreign Relations Com

mittee had passed on the changes.

Republican Senator Smith of Michi

' gan by changing his .vote on the tie

in the committee carried the amend

ment reducing thj indemnity by $10.

000,000. Tomarrow Senator Stone,

chairman of the Foreign Relations

Committee plans to call ip the Nica

raguan three .million bill providing

acquirement of an option on the

Nicaraguan canal route 'and naval

base on Fonseca Bay.

"I voted against the Colombian

amendment first," said Smith, "be

cause I was opposed to the treaty. I

opposed the United States paying a

dollar to Colombia. When I saw bow

close the committee stood on the

issue, I concluded that $15,000,000 was

$10,000,000 less than $25,000,000 and

changed my vote. I am glad because

I see It started a row." Senator Borah

proposed to move that the Nicaraguan

treaty be considered in open Senate.)

Administration leaders are opposed to

the precedent of discussing treaties in

executive session.

IS

10 LEE THE

CAB NET

London Newspaper Authority

for the Statement that Pre

sent Secretary of War will

Take more Important Post

CIVILIAN WOULD THEN

BECOME HEAD OF ARMY!

GEN. PEREZ EXECUTED.

PRESIDIO, Feb. 7. General Perez,

a de facto government officer, charged

with deserting the Ojinaga garrison

and endeavoring to join a1 Villa band,

was executed at Mesquite by the de

facto government soldiers, according

to advices here.

Perei escaped with five soldiers.

One of the soldiers was ordered back

by Perez to cut the wires and reported

the desertions The capture of Perei

followed.-

$64 PER ACRE.

PHOENIX, Feb. 7. Farmers living

on tracts ambraced in the Salt River

Valley Irrigation Project will be re

quired to pay $64 an acre toward the

project's cost, according to estimates

of the central cost review board ap

pointed by Secretary Lane. One hun

dred and seventy two thousand acres

are subject to the payments.

CHINESE CAPTURED.

LOS ANGELES. Feb. 7. After an

automobile chase of 100 miles the Im

migration officials apprehended two

white men and four Chinese. The

latter are said to have been smuggled

into the United States from Mexico.

The chase exended from Chula Vista,

fifteen miles south of San Diego, to

Temacula. The sextet was captured

when their auto mired in the roads.

CALIFORNIA FILES SUIT.

SANTA BARBARA, Feb. 7. The

state of California filed suit In the

superior court under the antialien

land law to nullify the title of Gin

Fook Bin. a subject of the Chinese

republic, to property In the local

China-town valued at $18,000. Thts

is the first action. by the state under

the law that caused an international

discussion when before the legisla

ture and threatened to lead to a mis

understanding between the United

States and Japan.

I Ar;fff wJrk Ft.!

ception of French Artillery

Bombardments. Kiel Fears

Attack by Aeroplanes.

LONDON, Feb. 7. Except in

France and Belgium little fighting

is reported in the war zone. Par.

is tells of the bombardment of

German positions In Belgium and

the destruction of a German block

house between Oise and Aisne and

effective work by French batteries

in the Aatois and Champaign re

gions. The French shell at Artois

caused powerful explosion north

east of Arras and a great fire near

Challergane. German artillery has

been busy against the British a

round Loos, and the British bomb

arded the German trenches near

the Ypres-Roulers railway.

Vienna report the situation un

changed on the Austrian front.

There are no development con

cerning the reported concentration

of the Teutons in the region of he

Greek border. The Copenhagen

dispatch Indicated the authorities

?t Kiel were fearful of an air raid

Thepopulace has been notified

that a steamer siren would give an

abundance of notice.

A London newspaper is authority

for the statement that Secretary

of War Kjtchener will probabl

leave the War Office to Undertake '

work of a more important charac

ter. Should Kitchener leave, the ,

newspaper adds, Sir William Rob-'

ertson, chief of staff, wlil actively

. direct the war. Thus a civilian

would become secretary of war.

Prince Oscar, the fifth son of

the Kaiser, has been wounded a.

second time. ' ' '

SLINGSBY SUIT. ARGUMENTS.

LONDON. Feb.. 7. The hearing in

the Slingsby elgitimacy suit were con

cluded in the Court of Appeals. Judg

ment was reserved. ..The Arguments

have been in progress since January

17. The case involves the question

of whether the infant born in ' San

Francisco and declared to be the faw

ful son of Charles Klingsby and' bis

wife, is the rightful successor .to the

Slingsby estates in England. A California-court

held, the child to be the

legitimate heir.

OFF VIRGINIA CAPES.

NEWPORT NEWS. Feb. 7. British

shipmasters reported that two of the

allies cruisers, one British and the

other French, are patrolling off the

Virginia Capes. Since there Is- no

probability of the German prize

Appam would put to sea in the near

future marine men take the presence

of the warships to mean that the al

lied governments expect other prizes,

captured by the mysterious German

raider, to be brought to Hampton

Roads. Collector Hamilton said he

had received no word from Washing

ton concerning the status of the Appam.

Hopis and Navajo Indians Threatening to Go On

Warpath and Massacre Whites at Tuba

Many Americans in Northeastern Arizona Fear a General Uprising Among Indians. Trouble

Fomented by the Killing of An Indian at Lees Ferry When He Resisted a Peace

Officer. United Stat es Marshals May Go to the Res ervation to 'Investi

gate the Trouble. Few Details to be Had.

FLAGSTAFF, Feb. 7. In-Wans of lha Navajo Reservation in Arizona- are Threatening to kill all the

white inhabitants of Tuba and burn the goveiiimeut buildings, according to William Dubree, superintend

ent of construction of the Indian school at Tuba.

Dubree said the whites ar Tuba have a small amount of guns and ammunition. The Indians began to

foment trouble January 26 when one of their number was killed by a police officer, alter the Indian resist

ed the police. Some of the Piutes who went on the warpath at BlufT, I'tah, a year ago also began agl- ,

tating a disturbance among the Piutes. ( ;

PHOENIX. Feb. 7. Five thousand residents of the northeastern portion of Arizona are alarmed over

( the Hopis tribe of the Navajo Indians threatening to go on the'war path." according to information re

" ceived tonight. Approximately twenty five thousand Indians are living on the reservation but it is not known

what proportion i them is involved in the threatened uprising.

The Hopis became angered, it Is said, when one of them was killed several days ago by the police. The.

Indian opened fire when the officers attempted to arrest him and was killed by one of the officers a mom

ent later, according to 'Information received by Thonia3 Flynn, United States district attorney.

The shooting occured near Lees Ferry, a crossing on the Grand Canyon, about fifty miles south of the

Arizona-Utah boundary. Word of the threatened trouble- was first brought to Flagstaff by an Indian runner.

Although instructions from United States authorities at Washington are being awaited by local " officials,

before taking any action, a number of deputy United States marshals are preparing to make the journey to

the reservation to investigate the reports. Efforts ane being made to have a troop of cavalry from El Paso

accompany the marshals, it is said. - .

ESCAPES TO ARIZONA.

NACO, Arizona, Feb. 7. Ci

ccnio I-ares, rbout noon today.

sht and killed mother Mexican

on the Sonora side of the Inter-'

national side l the boundary.

Instead of attempting to escape

by going into the San Jo

mountains the i:iuu jumped upon

a horse ami crossed the boun

dary and his present where

abouts' are unknown. ' '

The American officers nV

along the border have been no

tified to look out for the Mexi

can. It is said Lares has rela

tives in Douglas and may have

attempted to reach that place.

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OPPONEHT

niiti

House Sees Speaker and Mi

nority Leader Side by Side

in Effort to Secure Adequate

National Defense.

MAJORITY LEADER

KITCHIN OPPOSED

"Time for All to Join Hands

for that Which May Come,"

Mann Declares; Uncle Joe

Cannon Creates a Stir.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 7. Speaker

Clark and Republican Leader Mann

i fought side by side in the House for

t)-li.A.

m t r r 1 "-'i" '

many on OOara, Rams ana were obliterated and most members

Sinks Steam Schooner, Ex-'followed their leaders. The tw0 navy

celaior ' in Fop ' ' measures passed without a dissenting

' v . rt : .1 . v. .

vote.

Of

-it7 tt?t t-tji To tit" ' three hundred midshipmen to the en

ONE 21 IS2.VSHI I taring clas, at Annapolis in July. The

I U I1AV L. UKUVYlLU

Heavy Mist Hinders the Work !

other is to equip navy yards for con

struction of battleships forty-three and

forty-four. Mann tried to put anti-

of Rescue Launches. Pas-: -reparedna x1 n Tori

p . . .. I j calling for a decision on the naval bill.

T. . .V f lav"to"Jr There mere no negative responses.

The appearance of Clark on the floor

championing preparedness measures

aroused interest. Rumors persisted

I that Clark would take charge of the

I fight to increase the army and nary,

majority leader Kitchin having joined

j the opposition. The unusual sight of

,the Speaker and minority leader bat

: tling together for Administration

Uninjured in Mishap.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7. The

Steamer Harvard, with many pas

sengers aboard, rammed the steam

schooner Excelsior inside of San

Francisco Bay. Twenty-one of her

a crew were landed when it sank.

One of the crew is said to be miss

ing. The Harvard was standing

by, not seriously damaged.

The Excelsior sank. The steel '

, prow of the Harvard cut into the

Excelsior's engine room. The

chief engineer' of the Excelsior

was painfully burned by escaping

steam. The fireman and night

watchman were also scalded.

The submerged Excelsior, with

only its smokestack and masts

visible, floated off on the tide.

Tugs were sent to find the dere

' lict and it is expected they will

have a long search as a heavy fog

blanketed the bay. The Excelsior

wss a wooden vessel. It was built

in 1893.

Top, General Carranza and the Holy Metropolitan church, Mexico City; bottom. Quints Carolina at Cnihuahaa.

The Catholic church was bitterly opposed to the recognition of Carranza, because it claimed that he had

persecuted priests and nuns and confiscated its property. The question now arises: Will Carranza continue

hostile and carry out his repeated threats to drive the Catholic clergy from Mexico? His attitude toward

other church has been friendly.

FOUR RELEASED

FftDM FEDERAL i

: PRISON ji

: NO ULTIMATUM. j J

I jiWonutarth Doors Ocen I Jn-

'6n Those Convicted of Elec-:

tion Frauds in Indiana City!

Elections. '

LONDON, Feb. 7. The gov

ernment1 received definite Infor

mation that there was no foun

dation to the report that the

Central Powers had delivered an

ultimatum, to Rumania.

BUTTLE TO SAVE

LEAVENWORTH. Feb. 7. Edwards

Holler, Alexander Aczell, Charles j

Hougnton, Joseph O'Mara, Geo. Sov-j

ern, former city officials of Terre

Haute and Indianapolis, convicted in

the election conspiracy cases, were re-1

leased from the United Slates penilen-' Hundreds Work to Save Bank

tiary having served their full sentence

and earned "good behavior allowanc

es." LEAVENWORTH. Kan.. Feb. 7.

ARKANSAS

, LEVEES

LUSH

AFFAIR

j iiiea.'-ures while the majority leader

sat tsilently. attracted crowds to tba

; galleries and members rushed to the

floor from their offices and committee

I rooms. , '

j The debate went far afield extending

j to the general subject or preparedness

the immediate improvement of f he na

jvy by designing battleships along the

lines of the best now in use. doubling

tbe membership of Annapolis and

jWest Point, and creation df many ad

ditional regiments for the army and

short term enlistments to produce a

'reserve, were among Clark's sugges

tions. Clark said he expected to dls

tcuss soon the subject of preparedness

'generally. Mann reiterated bis previ

ous pleas for a large army and navy

land aided in maneuvering the bills to

WINTERSET, Iowa, Feb. 7. Mrs. passage.

Ida Meyer, aged sixty, and reputed to i "This is not tbe time for crimination

;be wealthy, was placed on trial charg- or recrimination, Mann said. "It is

ied with complicity in the murder of, not the time to find fault with that

her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Fred Meyer, ' which has been. It is the time for all

in July, U15. It is expected the jury to join bands for that which may

will b completed tomorrow. The re-' come." Clark urged haste in getting

port, was circulated that Fred Meyer the new battleships Into commission.

'the defendant's son, wilf be called to Cannon created a stir by asking if the

! testify against his mother. Meyer was talk of preparedness was a sham per-

convlcted last December of second de- formance for campaign purposes. Lat

gree murder in connection with the;er he said he had not intended the

case. ' remark as a criticism of the President.

Meyer was sentenced to serve fifteen I

years. He Is at liberty on bail pend-1

Ing an appeal. The tentative jurymen j

the

WOMAN ON TRIAL

GORGAS SPEAKS

were asked whether they heard

reports that Mrs. Meyer was murdered i

by her husband and whether they had

heard reports concerning her past, j

Tbe woman's busband was found dead ;

in a cornfield ten years ago. Mrs. 1

Fred Meyer was found dead In ber '

home with a bullet wound in her head

President and the Cabinet will nt a revolver at her side. The bus-1

CHICAGO. Feb. 7. The United

Stares, in a few years, will have an

army of a million ready to take the

field. To meet the requirements of this

vast body of men at least ten thousand

surgeons will be required, asserted Dr.

W. C. Gorsas, Surgeon General of the

United States Army, before tbe annu-

1 r-nnwAd nt faHiiftl Vftilrat inn Th

Take Under Consideration j b,nd a"d mf r law c,ain,ed thrt congress closes tomorrow.

.1- r . o. . ! woman killed herslef. 4 i ,.... -.i.

tne x resent ot&ius or une ; vorga ws mim ma wtruuii ui

I s proposal, offered earlier in the day.

for a national conference of medical

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u.-iilil.iuiv.', 1 a -- J r All A (njllf-C UII I III: I1 UUSi.l II IIU M M II'

dent will discuss with the cabinet to-1 battan bridges yeerday wnen tne

n,nrrn. tho pnmn.,,ni,.lin with I cruiser Washington passed under was

German-American Spat.

PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE

WASHINGTON. Feb.The placing of 1 '

which Germany hopes to bring the ne-1

gotiations over the Lusitanla to a ter

mination satisfactory to the United

States. Confidential advices from high

official quarters are to the effect that

the expressions of optimism regarding

of representa

tives of state medical examining

boards, which would prepare examina

tion MiiAutirtna ftr- utatA hnmPft thrmiph

explained by Daniels as a precaution-! 7" ' ... .

, . v j . out th ecountry. The candidates who

ntt.uH thu .Htninl lAn wnilld be ell-

usher, compiandant of the New ork "... .. ,

' ... . . . Igible to the United States Medical Re-

Navy Wrd because of the receipt of . ,. . .

, . ... ,. . . serve Corps and would not have 10

inu iriirin tailing lur i i uirni b.

of River and Preveit the De- omrml ,uarter8 re 10 Ine enecl ,nal attention to the fact that it would beip" "ny mar

uctionf Arkansas Gtv I !r" ? a V"!' -1 "

, nitir. ' "lUer tbe bride by dropping bombs on 1

by Great Hood Waters. inot without foundation. Chairman ,neln The Secretary said no intinm-' PRISONERS IN GERMANY

! Stone of .the Foreign Relations Com-!ton of pTot isled for tne dp.

LITTLE ROCK, Feb. 7. Hundreds mlttee declared, after conferring with I .,. nf ,ho vhlnrfnn nr n! BERLIN. Feb. 7. A total of 1,429.171

With the release from the United

States penitentiary here today, of Al-I

exander Aczell. former street inspec-! continued to battle to save the Missis- Administration officials, his belief In

tor of Terre Haute. Indiana: Edward sippl !evee8 to preVent the destruc tion

Holler, former chief of police; Charles'

LUXURIES FORBIDDEN?

BERLIN, Feb. 7. The Tageblatt

announces it is informed from semi

official sources that ban oo the im

portation of luxuries of every descrip-jber 21. Twelve remain in prison,

tion is impending. (Continued on Tage Six.)

of Arkansa Csity and Lake Village.

the case as "practically settled.'

It is authoritatively said at the State

Houghton, city hall custodian; Joseph " .Department that the position of tbe

O'Mara and George Sovern, nine of Bo,n are 'r'Ray Partly sunmergea in .government In recurd to the Lusitania

the men convicted in the election con-' Arkansas River flood waters. I was identical with tbe position taken

spiracy cases have satisfied the gov-! It is believed the Arkansas City lc'at the time the last note was dispatcb-

Istruction of the Washington or any j

: other vessel.

ernmcnt for their offenses. Four of.vee will withstand Mississippi stage ed t0 Germany. Lansinf denied tb

the offenders were paroled on Decenvjat 57.5 feet. The prediction is for fit- truth of tbe statement attributed (o

1 ty-?ven feet. It registered 55.9 to- the press dispatches to Dr. Alfred Ziui

(Continued on Page 6) merman, the German Under Secretary

cf the enemy soldiers to date are pri-

I soners ef war in Cerrasny. the Over-

of Foreign Affairs, to the effect that j seas Agency announced. "This does

the "new demands" bad been made at j not include the prisoners made by tbe

the time when Germany considered the; German troops and left in Austria-Hun

negotiations virtually at an end. The'gary in order to shorten transporta

German view, as represented here, is! tion. In addition 19.700 cannon. 7,700

military carriages and 3.000 machine

guns were conveyed to Germany. The

that the acreenient now offered joes

as far as German officials consider poe

stbl oward meeting the views of the

United States.

number of rifles taken which are still

fit t0 use is 1.300,000.