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Arizona republican., 1909-11-30
WOlGAsT TOO SWIFT
 FOR THE CALIFORNIAN
He Was Given the Decision After a
 Limit Fight.

San Francisco. Nov. 29-Ad Vol gsst of Milwaukee was given the deci- sion over Lew Powell at the end of twenty furious rounds of bloody fight ing tonight Wolgast had the better of the contest from start to finish. His whiriwind rushes' and aggressive in- fighting proved combination the local lighted was unable to meet. The decision received unanimous approval.
 Powell. the favorite at 10 to s. was backed for thousands It is conceded that Wolgast is the opponent for Nel- son.
 The fight was remarkable for it's terrific clip and the fighters maintain ed a disinclination to shirk punish ment. Wolgast opened as if he intend ed to make runaway fight of it. He fairly dazzled Powell by his speed and aggressiveness. The men fought al- most constantly at close range throughout and Wolgast sent smash after smash to the Californians jaw and face and soon blood was spouting in streams from his mouth and nose.
 One round was a repetition of the others. Wolgast invariably holding the upper hand. Tn the twelfth Powell made the only showing. It was the most vicious round of the fight and for moment it looked as if Powell might turn the tables. He forced the eastern CT to stall most of the round. Powell. although beaten. is not disgraced. He fought a stubborn. game fight, but lost to a better man.
Arizona republican., 1909-11-30
THE UNITED STATES NAVY
 10 BE Bus|NEss.-LlkE
SWEEPING REFORMS PROPOSED
 BY SECRETARY MEYER.
The Bureau System To Be Reduced
 to Nothing.

Washington. Nov. 29.-Heeding the cry for reform in naval affairs. Sec retary Myer on Wednesday will in augurate the most sweeping changes in the navy department since the establishment of the bureau system in 1S41.
 Himself former director of banks and manufacturing companies, he hopes to put the department on q business basis beyond the dreams of his predecessors. The keynote of his reforms is subordination of the bu- reau chiefs.
 Summarized. the essential changes in Mir. Myers plan are: The selec- tion of four responsible advisers on subjects within the four groups into which the duties of the department fall. to be known as aide for mate rial, aide for personnel. aide for op- erations of fleet. and aide for in- spections: the grouping of the bu- reaus into two divisions. material and personnel. according to the nature of their duties: the establishment of a division of operations of fleet: the establishment of comprehensive inspection system; the establishment of a modern. efficient bookkeeping system in every department at the navy yards: the separation of the navy yard work into two divisions, hulls and machinery: the abolition Of the bureau of construction.
Arizona republican., 1909-11-30
MATTER 0f JOINT RATES
 WITH ELECTRIC LINES
A Question Presented to the Inter
 state Commerce Commission.

San Francisco. Nov. 39.-Before Referee James Brown of the inter- state commerce commission Seth Mann, attorney for the traffic bu- reau of the local merchants ex- change, argued today that the rail- roads of this state. railing to give a through rate on freight carried for part of the distance on electric lines. were guilty of unjust discrimination. The specific case before the referee was that of the Southern California Sugar company against the Southern Pacific. the Salt Lake and Santa Fe companies.
 The company ships tits products over an electric line to the main line of the railroads. and thus far these lines have refused to grant through rate on sugar. Attorney Dubrow, for the Southern Pacific maintained that his line was charg- ing an extra rate until a spur track could be installed to the sugar fac- tory. This is the first of several cases which will be brought before the commission to determine wheth- CT or not railroads will be com pelled to make joint rates with electric lines.
Arizona republican., 1909-11-30
4 LOS ANGELES MAN
 BROUGHT BACK BY WIFE
He Has No Recollection of Mysterious
 Departure a Month Ago

Los Angeles. Cal, Nov. 29.-W. w. Dennis. the. deputy sheriff who dis appeared mysteriously on October 2S. was brought back by his wife today from Nevada, where she said she found hum dazed and unable to rec ollect any of the circumstances incl dent to his sudden departure. After his disappearance the police drag ged the harbor on the theory that he had been accidentally drowned or been robbed of a considerable sum he had with him at the time and then murdered and the body thrown into the water.
 A short time later his wife re- ceived a letter saying that something in his past life had recurred. and fore ed him to seclusion. and advised her not to search for him. He said he had no recollection of this letter. Den his was candidate for the board of education
Arizona republican., 1909-11-30
NOTICE GIVEN OF APPEAL
MT. Belcher, One of De-
 fendants, Makes State ment in Which He Hopes Legislature Will Make
 Law Less Discriminatory

Prescott. Ariz., Nov. 29.-( Special)- Judge Doe this morning imposed fine of s30O each, on Ben Belehor and Bar ney Smith for having dealt faro. A simialr fin was imposed upon Sidney Birch, whose case did not go to trial. he having pleaded guilty of permitting a game of blackjack to be run in his saloon. w. R. Stone who also pleaded guilty to dealing faro was fined $50.
 Notice was immediately given by Attorney LeROy Anderson for the de- fendants that the cases would be ap- peeled to the supreme court In re- spOnse to the courts question whether or not he had anything to offer why judgment should not be passed upon him, Belcher said: Smith and I have been heavy taxpayers and law-abiding citizens in this county for thirty-two years. IL is the first time either of us have appeared in court or have been arrested. We have paid into the school fund of Yavapai county a hundred times more than those men who made the complaint against us in the matter.
 When the law first went into effect we discontinued all games and our places of business were the most order ly in the territory. But we could not see our customers leave our own house and go to places where the law per mitted certain forms of gambling and we opened up one or two games again this summer. When we found public sentiment against us we immediately closed the games.
 T hope the next legislature in it's wisdom will pass a law prohibiting other forms of gambling now allowed in places other than saloons and that there will be no discrimination whatso- eVer''
 In response to an inquiry Belcher stated this evening. T have nothing further to say than that the cases have been appealed and will be vigorously fought upon the grounds of the uncon- stitutiOnality of the act"
 As was stated in court this morning by the district attorney. the remaining cases against Smith. Belcher and Rob ert Birch. the latter having already paid his fine in the Justices court. for permitting gambling in their respective resorts. will probably be dismissed if there are no future violations.
Arizona republican., 1909-11-30
THE WHOLE TRAIN PILED
 0A TOP Of BOX CAR
In Which Twenty seven Japanese
 Were Smothercd.

New Westminster. E. C.. Nov. 29- Twenty Japanese were killed and fifteen injured in yesterdays smashup of a work train on the Great Northern near this city.
 The ill-fatcd train left Vancouver with fifty-two Japanese. to repair a washout on the line to Cloverd5le. carly on Sunday morning The train consisted of an engine. box car. two flats and q caboose
 While crossing a tributary of the Brunette liver the bridge gave way after the engine had passed over. the timbers having been undermined by the flood. The box car with it's occupants fell into the stream, drop of forty feet. the flat cars being precipitated on top of it. The en- zine also rolled back on top Of the wrecked cars Many of the Japanese were smothered tO death in the mud At noon today four bodies were still under the wreck.
Arizona republican., 1909-11-30
Against Making Prohibition
 Part of Organic Law AN OVERWHELMING DEFEAT.
Of Proposed Amendment
 to Constitution-Election Complicated However By Other Issues-Expression in Small Cities and Towns

Birmingham. Ala. Nov. 29-.Hl in dications point to d majority Of be- tween 15.000 and 20,OO0 in Alabama against the prohibition constitutional amendment today.
 Chairman J. Lee Long. who has been in charge of the fight against the amendment. claims that the majority against the amendment will be fully 2O.00O
 Early returns indicating a landslide against the prohibition amendment were fully borne out by the suc- ceeding bulletins. Jefferson county. in which is Birmingham. the largest city in the state. in spite of the fact that the fight had been concentrated there, gave a majority of more than a thousand against the amendment Apparently the amendment carried in only three counties.
 Today'e election cannot be regarded as straight prohibition victory because personal politics were inject ed into the issues. On account of his association with the administra- ton of Governor Conner and his re- ported ability to name the successor Np tiit SoNtiHoiSiip. JuuSt hlcN. the author or the prohibition bills. figured prominently in the result. A signifi- cant sentiment against the amend ment was widespread in the rural pre- cincts- Small towns and cities for the most part returned substantial uajorities on the winning side. The fact is of especial interest that it was the first time an expression of the whole electorate of the state has been obtained on prohibition. Hun dreds of people worked around the polling places. Women and children sang and brass bands stationed by ahe anti amendment forces played patriotic airs. There were so many fist fights it was impossible to keep track of them. The feeling was intense.
 oscar Hall. tax commissioner or Baldwin county. fell dead a few min- utes after voting for the amendment Physicians said his death was due to heart failure due induced by excite ment.
Arizona republican., 1909-11-30
AN OHIO LUNAT|C
 TOOK COMPANY ALONG
WHEN HE SET OUT ACROSS THE
 STYx
sibiy Two Neighbors

Greenville. Ohio. Nov 29-After having murdered his mother and a deputy sheriff who had attempted to arrest him and possibly fatally in jured another woman and her hus- band. Cloide Weaver. A years old. committed suicide this afternoon. Weaver was declared by physicians to have been afflicted with the '-exag- gerated ego" and was under suspend ed sentence from the probate court. At 2:30 o'clock this afternoon Sheriff John F. Haber and Deputy Sheriff William H. Farra went to Weavers house to arrest him. The appearance of the officers seemed to drive the man violently insane. He opened fire upon them from an upper window and Farra fell wounded. A moment later Viewers mother ran from the house crying, I'm shot and fell dead at the sheriffs feet While Haber was trying to remove the wo- man, Weaver walked from the house carrying revolver. He went to the woodshed where Farra had crswled ficer, killing him.
 He then jumped into the buggy in which the officers had come to the house and drove to the home of Levi Minnich. a neighbor, from whom he demanded protection. When Min nich hesitated to allow him to en- ter the house.. Weaver drew his re- volver and shot Minnich through the back Weaver then turned on Mrs. Minnich and shot her twice.
 A large posse quickly surrounded the house and two deputy sheriffs broke through the door. They dis covered the body of Weaver under the bed. He had used his last bull let to blow out his brains. The condition of MT. and Mrs. Minnich is critical
Arizona republican., 1909-11-30
DESTRUCTION OF BRIDGES
By the Floods Which Are Continuing
 in Washington.

Bellingham. Wash, Nov 29-Two steel railway and three wagon bridges across the Noosacok river have been carried away in the past twenty-four hours. entailing s1o0.O0O loss. In Bel lingham bay and British Columbia bridge at Everson is said to be under mined and swaying in the current A jam is forming against the Great Northern bridge at Ferndale.
 During the past twenty-four hours the rainfall has been .S7 inches Rail road traffic is almost completely blocked by slides and washouts
 There is no hope that the Skagit river dykes will hold. If they break the Great Northern main line will be covere and the whole Skagit delta un- der water.
Arizona republican., 1909-11-30
THE OPEN HEARINGS
 OF CHERRY INQUIRY
The Investigation Will Be Begun On
 Thursday.

Springfield. III, Nov. 29.-Arrange- ments for the investigation of the Cherry mine disaster was the object of conference today between the committee of the Illinois mine in vestigating commission and the state mine inspectors. They will go to Cherry on Thursday
 The hearing will be open to the public.
 Changes of mining laws. to be em- bodied in the recommendations of the governor in his call for a spe- cial session 7Of the legislature, were discussed. The proposed legislation will probably embody fire-fighting apparatus and water in tunnels and stables of every mine in the state.
Arizona republican., 1909-11-30
cooLIE CREWS DENOUNCED.
International Seamen's Union Would
 Have Them Lesislated Against.

New York Nov. 29-Coolie crews on the Pacific mail steamships con- trolled by the Hartman system and on the steamships running from Pu- get Sound to China controlled by James J. Hill. were denounced at the fourth annual convention Of the h. ternational Seamen's Union of Amer ica, which opened at New York to- day
 Andrew Furuseth of<San Francisco. the president. said the union was making great effort to foster leg islation to prevent the hiring of cheap and inexperienced labor. par ticularly coolie labor, in the Amer ican merchant marine.
 Under existing conditions" he said American sailors on the Pacific coast have to compete with the cheapest and lowest type of sailors, Chinese and coolie laborers. who receive from $5 to s15 per month";
Arizona republican., 1909-11-30
THE WARM WORDS
 0F MR. BALu|MGER AN ALLUSION TO AMATEUR CON.
 SERVATIoNIsTS." He Expresses Disregard of Muck
 Rakers Generally.

Chicago, Nov. 29.-Secretary Ballin- ger of the interior department. who ar rived here today. said: '1 don't care a fig what the muck-rakers' say or be- ueve about me. I've lived in the west nearly all my life, and may be pardoned if l harbor the conviction that I know something about the nations resources.
 Too much has already been said about the Pinchot controversy Pinchot has nothing to do with my department. If there must be a controversy it can only arise because my views about the way my office ought to be run are not to be modified by amateur conserva- tionists. who deal more with fiction than facts"
Arizona republican., 1909-11-30
MR. TAFT WILL NOT URGE
Changes in the Anti Trust Law But He Will Espec- tally Recommend An Ex- tensive Revision of Inter state Commerce Act

Washington. Nov. 29.-Following a lengthy conference at the White House today. it was announced to- night that the administration will exert all it's influence toward secur- ing comprehensive revision of the interstate commerce law by the in coming congress. A rough draft of the proposed amendments to the law was submitted by Attorney General Wickersham.
 The president had as his advisers the attorney general. Commissioner Lane Of the interstate commerce com mission and Senators EIkins and Cummins. Frank B. Kellogg. special
 trust buster" of the departmNut Of justice. and Secretaries Wilson and Dickinson also gave their views
 While the president has not yet made selection of the men in con- gress who will be entrusted with the task of pulling through the proposed legislation. there is said to be . large number of candidates anxious for the honor of appearing as the champions of the White House
 Recommendations looking to the improvement of the condition of the laboring man which it is desired the president shall incorporate in his message was urged upon President Taft today by the labor leaders head ed by Messrs. Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison. O'Connell accompanied them
 One is the matter of injunctions. Another is the exempting Of labor organizations from the operations of the Sherman antitrust law. It Is understood that Mir Taft will make man act.
Arizona republican., 1909-11-30
TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 30, 1909
FRENCH CHAMPION
Defeated By All the American Bill
 Hard Players.

New York. Nov. 2s.-Sutton defeat ed Cassignol at the afternoon game by score of 500 to 467. The French champion began his game brilliantly. gaining heavy lead on Sutton in the fourth inning by run of 125, which was followed up in the fifth by a run of 75. Sutton added only seven points to his score in the next five innings. but began series of two-figure tallies in the eleventh. taking the lead from Cassignol in the fifteenth.
 Sutton held his advantage until the twentieth. when Cassignol made a run of s4 and took the front for a single inning. until Sutton regained his place. with tally of 47
Arizona republican., 1909-11-30
MURDERER PATRICK
 MAKES NOVEL PLEA
Having Theoretically Suffered Death Sentence, He Owes the State
 Nothing.

New York. Nov. 29-Albert T. Pat rick. whose sentence to death for the. murder of William Marsh Rice. was commuted to life imprisonment appeared today before the appellate division of the supreme court and ar gued that within the law. he had already suffered tfrs> death penalty. and thus paid his debt to the state in full and should he freed.
 Patrick served solitary confinement preceding electrocution, and he claims that the supreme court has held this to be a part of the sentence
Arizona republican., 1909-11-30
A JEALOUS LOVER.

Port Costa. Cal, Nov. 29-Frank Duval. railroad switchman. early today shot Lena Edrnuns. a waitress m a local hotel and turned the pistol on himself an hour later Two bullet wounds were inflicted on the woman and a possible fracture of the skull. She may recover. He beat the woman over the head with the revolver. Jealousy was the motive
Arizona republican., 1909-11-30
THE MOTIVE REVENGE.
Possible Solution of a Late Kansas
 Murder Mystery.

Frontenac. Nov. 29-Poliee officers said, tonight that an arrest for the murder of William Bork and his wife and child last Friday night might be made at any time
 Until late today it was feared that the mystery would never be solved. Then word reached the po- lice that two men. known to have been bitter enemies of Bork. had suddenly reappeared in the neighbour hood before the murders. Detectives are shadOwing them
Arizona republican., 1909-11-30
PUT UP TO EDWARD
To Adjudicate the American Chilean
 Dispute.

London, Nov. 29-The request that King Edward mediate the Alsop claim dispute between the United States and Chile was made by the United States through the foreign office today. His majesty had been communicated with informally but he had made a non- committal reply. Later in the day a similar request was received from the Chilean government It is understood that the foreign office has advised King Edward to accept
Arizona republican., 1909-11-30
NO BATTLE GROUND
For Jack Johnson Down in Dixie
 Land.

Savannah. Ga. Nov 29.-That he would not fight James J. Jeffries south of Mason and Dixon's line was state
 ment made today in telegram to M9nager Nick Apeca of the Savannah Athletic club by Jack Johnson. the heavyweight pugilist. in answer to the latter's offer of a purse for the battle
Arizona republican., 1909-11-30
DYNAMITE WAS FROZEN.
Therefore Female Dynamiter Should
 Not Have Been Convicted.

Denver. Nov. 29.-That the temper ature on Nov. g. 1908. made the dyna- mite held by Mrs. Allen F. Read in an Genevieve Chandler Phipps as harm less as sponge, was one of the argu- ments made by Attorney C. w Water man today in a petition for a new trial for Mrs. Read.
Arizona republican., 1909-11-30
THE RAINFALL RECORD
An Entirely New One Established in
 the Sound Country,

Tacoma. W5aA,i.. Nov 29.-Railroad traffic and business in general are suf- fering from the railstorms that before morning. it is probable. will have made total rainfall for this month greater than in any month of TacOma's his tory. having already surpassed any November.
 Puyallup river is rising and threat ening damage. Grays harbor is cut off from the world by raging rivers and railroad tracks are under several feet of water in places.
Arizona republican., 1909-11-30
HORSE STOOD TWO DAYS.
His Dead Driver Still Clutching the
 Lines.

Chico. Cal. Nov. 29.-After he had stood for two days harnessed to a buggy. in which his masters body lay dead. the actions of a horse in a lonely field attracted the atten- tion of passersby today. The body of Silas StockweII. an aged farmer of Butte county. was found on the seat. his hands still clutching the lines.
Arizona republican., 1909-11-30
ALL WERE LOST
Of the Crew of Schooner Along the
 Newfoundland Coast.

North Sydney. N S. Nov 29.-Four- teen persons are believed to have per ished in the wreck of the schooner Little Jap. which sailed from Deer Isl- and. N. F.. Nov. 9 for the New F'ound- land coast. Nothing was heard of the vessel until today when the dismasted hull was washed ashore at Red Cliffe, N F.
Arizona republican., 1909-11-30
MISSING MARINES FOUND.
But One BoatIoad From the Marietta
 Still Missing.

Washington. Nov. 29.-F1ve mem bers of the deck crew of the gunboat Marietta. who were adrift in gig off Port Limon, osta Rico, were picked up by rescue party from the Des Moines today. according to despatch receiv- ed at the navy department.
 Five men adrift in whale boat Of the Marietta were not heard of. but it is thought their rescue will be report ed soon
Arizona republican., 1909-11-30
A POST GOES BEGGING
Nobody Wants to Be Minister to
 Chi.s.

Washington. Nov. 2s.-Following the fleeting visit here of Frederick A. De- lano. president of the the Wabash railroad, in report spread In dlplo- matic circles today that the railroad man had been asked to reconsider his refusal Of the post of minister to Chi na. said to have, been offered him just before it was offered to John Hays Hammond. who also declined it.
Arizona republican., 1909-11-30
MIR. BRYAN GOING SOUTH

Fl Paso. Texas. Now 29.-W. J. Bryan is preparing to tour South and Central America and visit the Panama canal. He passed through this city last night. He will hunt ducks in the vicinity of Galveston. visit his ranch at Mission. Texas. go to Flor ida, and will then sail for Panama.
Arizona republican., 1909-11-30
SWITcHMEN MAY STRIKE

St Paul. Nov. 29.-Unless the rail- roads of the northwest make satis- factory proposition. the switchmen make strike tomorrow night. affecting all the railroad yards between here and the coast.
Arizona republican., 1909-11-30
ILLINOIS MINE DIS.
 ASTER

Marion. Ills. Nov 2s.-A man was killed in a mine explosion here to- day and a hundred or more narrow ly escaped. These were rescued with great difficulty.
Arizona republican., 1909-11-30
AUSTRALIAN TENNIS CHAMPIONS

Sydney, Nov. 29.-Brooks and Wild ing. of Australia defeated McLOugh- lin and Long. of California in the worlds doubles tennis championship series in straight sets.
Arizona republican., 1909-11-30
ETHEL BARRYMORE A MOTHER

New York. Nov. 29-Ethe! Barry more. who is Mrs Russell Colt. in of-stage life. became the mother Of a son today. at the home of August Belmont. where the Colts are staying.
Arizona republican., 1909-11-30

BUILDING AND LOAN MONEY TO loAN-Repayable s1300 per month on each 5000 borrowed. Interest ceases on each payment made. Entire loan can be paid any time. without notice or extra expense. E. E. PAScOE, Agent.