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Arizona republican., 1912-06-02
TARIFF ON TAP
ASSOCIATED PRESS p1spArcHl

ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATCHI
 WASHINGTON, June 1.-The dem ocratic senators in caucus today fruitlessly tried to adopt a program in regard to the revision of the tar if on sugar. The chemical tariff bill will be brought up i'll the senate next week and the sugar tariff debate will follow
Arizona republican., 1912-06-02
NEW COTTON TARIFF BILL.
ASSOCIATED PRESS D1sPATcHl

WASHINGTON, June 1-Represen- tative Underwood at the direction of the ways and means committee rein troduced the cotton tariff revision bill which had been vetoed by President Taft The committe will report the bill faVOrably early next week
Arizona republican., 1912-06-02
READING MAGNATE BANKRUPT
w. A. Witman Owes Players, But
 Has Big Ball Park as Asset.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATCH1

PHILADELPHIA, June 1.-William Abbott Witman. ST, of Reading, head of the United states baseball league, filed q petition in voluntary bank ruptcy in the United States court. His liabilities and assets are slightly more than $5O,OOO, the latter includ- ing the Reading baseball park, valued at $500 Among the liabilities is $97O salaries due players on the Reading team.
Arizona republican., 1912-06-02
LONDON STRIKE.
Authority for Making Addition to
 Ranks of Idle.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATCHl

LONDON, June 1.-Building indus tries federation adopted a resolution tonight authorizing all it's members employed at the port of London to stop work forthwith, and also at the Thames shops and on ships where strikers places have been filled with non-union men. This will add seV- eral thousand to the ranks of the strikers
Arizona republican., 1912-06-02
HORINE'S EXHIBITION.
Stanford Phenom is Some Bounder
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH

NEW YORK, June 1,-George Hor- inc, the phenomenal high jumper of San Francisco, made his first ap- pearance in the east today in track and field games at the New York Athletic club, although Horine fin ished only second from the scratch in the high jump handicap. he cleared six feet four inches in an exhibition afterwards.
Arizona republican., 1912-06-02
ALL CLAIMS INVALID.
Secretary Fisher Says no Danger ot
 Losing Alaskan Mineral Lands.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATCHJ

WASHINGTON, Junt 1.-Secretary Fisher testified this afternoon before the public lands committee that not a single existing claim to mineral lands in Alaska could under the present showing of facts be allowed by the in terior department. He favored the Smoot bill to lease the coal lands Of Alaska and to provide a permanent coal supply for the navy.
Arizona republican., 1912-06-02
BROWNS NEW BOSS.

ASSOCIATED PRESS LIsPATCHl
 ST LOUIS. June 1.-GeOrge Stovall, formerly manager of the Cleveland team was appointed man ager of the St Louis Americans to- night. succeeding Roderick Wallace.
Arizona republican., 1912-06-02
THREE YEAR HOMESTEAD
It Is Believed the Ell Eill Soon
 Become Law
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATCH1

WASHINGTON, June IA confer ence report on the three year home stead bill was agreed to in the house today and it is believed the president will soon sign the measure
Arizona republican., 1912-06-02
FRENCH AVIATOR KILLED
ASSOCIATED PRESS DrsPArcHl

SVIGNY, Sur Orgre France, June 1.-An aeroplane with two aviators, Collardeau and Robi, aboard, cap sized in a squall today Robi was killed and Collardeau suffered a fractured leg.
Arizona republican., 1912-06-02
THE WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, June Flair to- day
Arizona republican., 1912-06-02
THE WEATHER

Arizona-Fair today and tomorrow.
Arizona republican., 1912-06-02

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The Washington herald., 1912-08-27
Red Tape Outrage.

The United States on many occasions
has been made the butt for ridicule
for its endless red tape where any gov
eminent regulation is concerned, and
in many cases deservedly so. We have
laughed-sometimes rather scornfully-
at those countries demanding passports
from foreigners. Yet, here in America,
according to Geographic advices from
New York, a refined woman, rich and
titled, is held at Ellis Island with the
toughest of immigrants, simply be-
cause she brought her nine-year-old
niece with her so the little one can
visit an uncle in the West They have
been held there since last Wednesday.
And this is hospitable America, a
country that refuses to allow a little
stranger to visit a blood relation. The
customs officials give as a reason a
rule that no child unaccompanied by
parent or a guardian can enter the
United States.
America, the home of the oppressed,
the home of the free! What ira
vesty on common sense. Why not the
home of the autocrat?
The Washington herald., 1912-08-27
Ex-senator Chambers Plan.

Former Senator Chandler, of New
Hampshire, favors an appeal to Theo-
dore Roosevelt to withdraw from his
contest in order that the Republican
party may not die. To man of Mr..
Roosevelt's disposition such an appeal
would be futile, and we are surprised
to see the proposition advocated by a
man of the experience in the field po-
litical of Mr. Chandler. Perhaps he
is of the opinion that the present crisis
is as important as that of 1864, when
the preservation of the national honor
was an issue in the Presidential cam
paign.
Mr. Chandler's concern for the in
tegrity of his party is natural at this
extraordinary period. He considers
the basic principles of our government
threatened in the third term candidacy,
against which danger the entire ma
ton needs to be thoroughly aroused.
Selfseeking disregard for the condi-
tons of the Constitution are the mo-
tives that have inspired it and are
pushing it onward
An appeal to Roosevelt would be of
no avail, but let the spirit of protest
against this selfish disregard be 50
thoroughly aroused that there can be
no question of its downfall and its
consigning to oblivion.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-27

Gasoline is a clear. nervous liquid,
which is composed OF speed. noise, and
trouble in equal parts. 1t is made Of
and Is kindly supplied to the restless por-
ton of mankind by the fragments Of the
late Standard Oil Company.
Gasoline to be made useful must first
be mixed with air, then squeezed until
It is In a frantic condition and then
ignIted with a spark When let Into
motor a little at a time and touched on
in this manner It produces a mechanical
Fourth OF July which IS just as fatal
as the original and even more exciting.
Gasoline was originally used only for
cleaning gloves and ejecting hired girls
through the kitchen roof. but has now
been taught a great variety OF interest,"
ing tricks. such as running automobiles,
aeroplanes. motor boats, windmills,
street cars, hearses, corn shelters. and
bicycles BY the aid Of gasoline We can
travel so miles an hour through the
water, 100 miles an hour through the
air. $50 miles an hour over the land, and
s feet into the ground with the greatest
ease. A gallon OF gasoline can do as
much work as a horse can do in day
and II doesn't have to be fed and bedded
down at night It can drive an auto
mobile 20 miles and while doing this can
cause three runaways, a collision, go
fine for speeding. divorce suit and
an inquest. A gallon Of whisky at
Saturday night dance can cause q great
deal Of trouble, but it Is tame and kit
tenish beside a gallon OF Whitewater
which Is conducting joy ride.
Gasoline burns with the greatest will
ingness and pleasure when lighted with
a match. and one OF the easiest ways to
avoid discussing politics during the next
The Washington herald., 1912-08-27
The London Fires.

Something appears to be wrong with
the famous London Fire Department,
but what? Where does the fault
shall we say the incapacity-lie? Is
it lack of preventive measures which
caused the fire in the Central Telegraph
Office, cutting the worlds metropolis
virtually of from the rest of the globe,
and that so soon after the fatal fire
which showed clearly that the storing
of celluloid must be supervised and
restricted?
Difficult as it is to believe. there is
no record kept of factories using eel
luloid in London. One of the largest
of these shops in Great Britain was
designated as Christmas Cards" and
not one of the factory inspectors knew,
despite a number of official visits, that
there was celluloid on the premises.
This is a serious lack of precau-
ton on the part of the responsible
authorities and ought to be investi-
gated and the negligent parties severely
punished. Statistics show that within
the past decade the coroner of London
has held no fewer than twenty-five in
quests on celluloid fire victims. Be
sides, there were number of such fires
where there have been no fatalities.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-27
ORIENTAL AND EUROPEAN
GOSSIP OF COURT CIRCLES

Chaions library. Many antiquarians and
historians are visiting Chalons az the
discovery, Of course, has aroused the
ksenest interest all over Europe.
The enormous growth OF the gambling
craze at Paris once more is the leading
topic in club circles. after the sensa-
tional sricide Of Berlin lawyer upon
losing his entire fortune at the Enghein
Casino, Just outside OF Paris. The man
arrived at Enghien the latter part OF
last month with 5000 In cash. The day
after he lost the whole amount. On the
following evening $500. raised on his jew
elry. went the same way. Every morn
ing he wired to Berlin for remittances.
croupiers rake. Last week, after writ
ing a farewell letter to his wife. he left
the hotel and drowned himself in the
Seine, the body being found two days
afterward by workmen walking along
the banks.
The incident has made a deep impress
sion. and the public is awakening to the
fact that the increase in gambling and
betting at resorts near the capital are
becoming more marked -Four years ago
the takings of French casinos from
''petits chevaux" and cards amounted to
IS. 75o. 900 during twelve months. Statistics
for the last year show an increase OF
nearly A,e00000. The exact amount raked
In by the croupiers In gaming rooms
during the season of BILE was S. SOS, lib.
Against the outcry for the restriction
Of gambling. 1t Is urged that the state
cannot afford to dispense with the 10
per cent 1t gets from the gross takings.
and which II devotes TO charity endow-
ments. hygiene and other works Of pub
lie utility. This revenue last year reach
ed Sl.440.00o.
A similar upward movement in race
course betting has also attracted atten-
ton. Last month alone, according to the
Official figures, the money staked at the
Paris pari-mutuels totaled over $3.50 900.
being an increase OF s53o,00o over July OF
last year. During the first seven months
of this year the amount taken In at pari-
mutuels was s4s.s5o,oOo. The proportion
of the pari-mutuels takings deducted last
year by the Treasury for public insti-
tutions amounted to sS,oo0.O00 The
scarcity of money and the increased cost
OF living. so much complained of. seem
to have no effect on the increasing river
OF gold which flows into betting booths
and gambling casinos. FLANEUR-
The Washington herald., 1912-08-27
SULZER TO GUN
FOR BULL MOOSE
Gotham Representative May Bag a
Few Tammany Tigers in New
York Before Going to Canada.

Bill Sulzer is out after Bull Moose.
He left town yesterday afternoon ana
from now until Congress meets again In
December he will spend the greater part
Of his time hunting bull moose-no lady
moose need apply. When he left for
New York yesterday afternoon. with
Congress still paving the air in an eff
fort 10 get away. Mr.. Sulzer promised
to bring back a bull moose head to
adorn the rooms OF the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House. But before
he gets the head he expects to lay low
a bull moose that won't stand stuning
In fact, Mr.. SulZer has mapped out
a big game campaign which will COM
mence in New York State and conclude
in Canada. He will pay some little at
tention 10 other big game besides moose
He may lay low a tiger or two before
he gets through with the New York
State campaign. for Sulzer wants to be
Governor OF New York and Charley
Murphy says No" Now Sulzer has
heard the dictum OF the boss before and
has the reputation for being the
only man in the New York city deiega,
ton who can defy Charley Murphy and
get away with it. Sulzer is so strong
in his own district that mis- constituents
have commissions every time Bill starts
to paw the air and throw brickbats at
Murphy.
Murphy has been able to keep Sulzer
from the Governorship for the last few
campaigns, but after each defeat Bill
comes up with his Henry Clay counte-
nance and asks for more. This time
he is going into the fight again. He
probably will lose out. but he'll get q
few Tammany tigers before he takes
the count.
When he finishes cunning for big bull
moose and Tammany tigers in New
York State-that is. after the election
Sulzer Is going out for some real recre-
alton. He is going to take an Indian
guide and plunge into the heart of the
Canadian Rockies.
My guide has written me that II ]
will come up in November he will take
me where can get the biggest bull
moose that ever ran in that part OF the
country. AS soon as the campaign is
over I'm off to Canada. I expect to
bring back as fine a specimen of a bull
moose head as ever adorned a wall,
said the Foreign Affairs chairman. as he
rushed for a taxi. closely followed by
his secretary and another taxi loaded to
the gunwales with packages OF "Sulzer's
Short Speeches"
The Washington herald., 1912-08-27
Annex st. Thomas.

We do not belong to the "We-told-
you-so" brigade, but our readers will
remember what we had to say on the
occasion of the sudden death of King
Frederick of Denmark Cable adj
vices now confirm our prophecy that
the Germans are the most probable
future owners of the St. Thomas con-
cession in the West Indies. This is
being brought about by the transfer
of the harbor of St. Thomas to a
powerful Copenhagen syndicate, f.
nanced by Berlin capital. The COM
pany to which the harbor now belongs,
with all its recently built and finished
great modern docking facilities, already
is in a position to transfer its shares
by the simple process of internal re-
organization to a syndicate of any ma
tionality.
The passage of the Lodge amplifi-
cation of the Monroe doctrine makes
the St. Thomas case of timely and pc
culiar interest We believe that the
only thing to save Denmark from the
schening of the Danish Money Trust,
inspired by Herr Balm, the Kaiser's
friend, and the director of the Ham,
burg-American Line, for tine use of
whom the mammoth docks at St
Thomas allegedly have been built is
for the United States to take over the
Danish West Indies.
Issues vital to the permanent control
of the Panama Canal are at stake. 1t
is intended by the new concessionaires
to convert St. Thomas into the prin-
cipal harbor on the Atlantic for the
trsnsshipping of traffic passing through
the canal, of which the Hamburg
American Line expects to reap the
lions share.
Ninety-seven out of the los menu
bers of the Danish Diet in 1902 voted
to let the United States have the Dan.
ish West Indies. The people of Den
mark to-day are of the same mind.
The islanders themselves are for an
nexation We saw no necessity then
to take the islands.
Is there none now? Why not act
and prevent unnecessary trouble?
The Washington herald., 1912-08-27
Parcel Post at Last.

The Parcel Post bill finally has been
passed by Congress in the form advo-
Gated by Senators Bristow and Bourne,
that is, zone system, and Postmaster
General Hitchcock is to confer imme-
diately with the Interstate Commerce
Board respecting the rates for the va
rious zones. That these rates will aver
age rather high in a country more
that 5000 miles in width, there can
be no doubt when compared with
European countries, but it is a step
in the right direction
The first zone distance covers fifty
miles, and over this an II-pound
package can be sent for IS cents; $50
miles for 46 cents, or from here to
San Francisco for Sligo, the same rate
as charged in the International Parcel
Post Service We have a parcel post,
but we are far behind other nations
as to progress in rates. In Germany
II pounds of unsealed merchandise is
carried 10 miles Tor cents, and ITO
pounds for 70 cents, with cheap insur-
ance facilities. France carries a r.
pound parcel for IS cents. Even Rus
STA takes sc pounds overland from St.
Petersburg all the way to Pekin for
10 cents a pound. Africa's system is
even further advanced.
The act does not go far enough, but
no one will deny that it is a boon.
The zone system, though in use in
some other (smaller) countries, ulti-
mately will have to be abandoned. The
weight limit will have to be raised to
make the service of real use. The
rates are too high. But for all that
it is fair beginning
The Washington herald., 1912-08-27
LITTLE BULL MOOSE
STRENGTH IN SOUTH
Charles P. Johnston, Of New Orleans,
Gives Views on Political
Situation in Dixie.

In Louisiana the Democrats are
jubilant over the prospects Of victory
in November and all through the South
there is a feeling that this is a Demo-
cratic year. according to Charles p.
Johnston, son Of the late Gen. George
d Johnston, of New Orleans, La, who
is at the Metropolitan.
THE chief of the Bull Moose party
will receive but few votes in the Peli-
can State" said Mr.. Johnston last night.
Our people know him as well as does
Senator Penrose, Mr.. Archbold and
Editor Hearst. Besides, the law OF
Louisiana requires every voter TO pro-
claim the utilization of his party when
he registers He must say he Is
Democrat, a Republican, Socialist or an
Down South We look upon the Bull
Moose aggregation as an independent
party. In order that Teddys friends
can be placed upon the electoral ticKet
they must first get the signatures OF
!, coo independent voters to petition
before the Secretary of State Will place
same on the ticket
Before I left New Orleans, seven
days ago, I heard unofficially that only
e3s citizens in the State had registered
as independents. II the names Of Dem
ocrats, Republicans, or Socialists are
signed to the petition. they will be
erased by the Secretary of State, who
has a copy of the registration of the
entire State.
TT locks as though the South will
market an average crop Of cotton, al
though much depends upon late frost.
Louisiana will raise very much more
of the staple this year than she has In
the .last FIVE years. The corn crop Is
poot in the northern section of the
State. but in other parts an abundant
supply will be harvested for the needs
OF the farmers.
There is just one word want to say
about our new Governor. Luther E
Hall. He is one Of the greatest men OF
modern times. a great jurist, diplomat,
organizer. and sounder of the souls OF
men. He is big enough to fill any po-
sition in the nation requiring legal and
administrative ability. He is a great
commander Of men. and in the course
of a few years will be known from
one end of this nation to the other
The Washington herald., 1912-08-27
q LITTLE NONSENSE.
WE WOULDN'T 40 BACK.

VIZ WOULDN'T 40 BACK.
Il costs you more to Inc than it did
your reat-srandfather.-c Item.
But then he had no asphalt streets.
No gay sextettes;
No ornate bars. no trolley cars;
No cigarettes.
He never ran a touring car.
He never new;
OF turkey trot as>like a. not.
He. nothing knew.
He had no pleading pennant race
Or sunset hose:
No auction whist upon his list
No picture shows
He never used fountain pen,
Or kept score.
It costs you more to live. but then
It is worth more.
Uncle Pennywise Says,
Never marry a man to reform him.
girls, IL you object to taking In washing
for living.
would Never Have Guessed.
MET a man named wombat today.
Says he was a friend Of yours when you
were poor"
He was a consummate actor then
He never let me suspect that he was
a friend"
To-day in History.
August q. Iss1-Battle of Alicant in
three films
August q, I5s4-Henry VIII. introduces
the starched shirt front for men.
POSING for Wife.
Look pleasant. please"
Take me looking sad and gloomy
'But why?'
This photograph is for my wife. who
is away. II I looked too gay, she'd
hustle right back"
Obstructing Navigation.
This drowning dogs in New York Bay
Has caused some sharp remarks.
There's always danger. sailors say
Because Of sunken barks.
The Latest.
Ever hear wallaby tell about his re-
markable descentT'
Descended from hundred earls' !
s'pose?"
monoplane."
still Being Staged.
what do you think Of the war;"
What war;
The war In Tripoli."
~ really can't say. 1 haven't seen any
of the films"
squelched.
He was trying to make an impression
on a pretty nursemaid who had little
boy out in the park.
II wish you were my soverness' ne
simpered.
so do l." said the girl
What would you do?"
.Td take those cigarettes away from
you and get your hair cut"
Then he passed on.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-27

'portant enactments, namely: Home
rule, Welsh church disestablishment.
and ballot reform. These are backed by
thoroughly united party, and the OPP
position to them has lost good deal OF
its original force.
The work of the British Parliament
after what they call over there the "re-
cess that is, when it reconvenes in
two months, is clearly mapped out We
predict for If strenuous time, es-
|pecialiy when the more serious work
will begin on the aforesaid three great
bills.
With the end Of the session the chief
whip" of the Liberals, the Master of
Elibanks," has vacated his Office and
has been raised to the peerage as Lord
Murray, an honor which, according
to British ideas of political rewards.
he has well earned His going has been
regretted on both sides of the House,
for his devotion to his cause has won
universal admiration in all quarters. he
is man whom his party can i'll spare.
The strenuous pace of political life
nowadays has made the Office of chief
whip" an exceedingly onerous one, but
Lord Murray proved himself equal to
all demands made upon him. 1t will
be no easy task to follow in his foot
steps, and he leaves no light load to
his successor in Office, Mr.. Percy Hing
ton, son and heir of the Earl of Rose
berry, who brings character, ability, and
experience to the work. Since 1910, so
to speak, he has been in training for
the Sob" We are convinced that he,
too, will make his mark as floor leader
of the Liberal party.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-27
GASOLINE
BY GEORGE FITCH.
Author OF CAT Good Old siwash."

two months would be to light cigar
cite while sitting on a leaky gasoline
can in a boat. Even when 1t Is not
lighted with a match gasoline can be
used to excess. II Is easy to detect the
victim by the tense lines In his face and
his worried way Of looking behind him
to see II the bicycle cop has caught up.
There are still a great many poor peo-
Pile who have never known the smell OF
gasoline, but within a few years all the
world will be accompanying large cans
The Washington herald., 1912-08-27
PERTINENT AND IMPERTINENT.

From the Ohio State Journal.
Another interesting question raised
by this little controversy between
Messrs. Penrose and Finn is which Ii
the pot and which is the kettle.
From the Indianapolis News
There is every evidence that this
year will show the largest growth of
any the Ananias Club has experienced
since its foundation.
From the New Orleans Piayuns.
How It must jolt a mother when the
son she thought was tied to her apron
strings gets tangled up in some girls
shoestrings.
From the Charleston News and Courier.
Naturalists just now are engaged In
an exhaustive study to explain the
metamorphosis OF lame ducks into bull
moose.
From the Chicago Inter OCEAN
Whatever may be the differences Of
opinion concerning where that Harfi-
man $4,000. came from and how Il
came. there is no doubt that IL de-
livered the goods.
ION the Loulsslut Fuot-
II Mulai Hafid Is willing to exchange
the lot of Sultan OF Morocco for a life
of pleasure in Paris at the expense Of
the French government, he is not with
out a certain judgment, which, IL eS-
ercised earlier, might not have put
the choice up to him.
From the Proyideuce Journal
1t is easy to laugh at the Populists
for meeting in convention In a hotel
parlor, but they perhaps merit praise
for not gathering In the barroom.
From the Boston Herald.
A rate war between the Suez and the
Panama Canals would be about the
summit of International trade competi-
ton. World commerce feeling the
pinch of the high cost of living. In
fact.
From the Boston Transcript.
supreme dictator" is the title borne
by the head of the Loyal Order of
Moose. How anticipatorily appro-
pirate