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Duncan Arizonian., 1912-05-01
BY the Governor of Arizona
A Proclamation

The Minute book of the Unions
daily record of events discloses a
situation so appalling as to draw
from the President of the United
States this appeal, directed to
the Governor of Arizona:
Conditions of distress result
ing from the flood in the Lower
Mississippi Valley have assumed
intensity and magnitude that it
has become my duty as President
of the American Red Cross to
make known the facts, in order
that the people of the United
States may express their SYM
pathy in a substantial form. Full
ly twenty-five thousand persons
are now homeless and dependent
on the generosity of the country
for food and shelter to meet the
immediate emergency, butt the
equally important task of con-
Quoting the relief camp maintain
ing health restoring the flood re-
fugees to their homes under con-
ditions which will enable them
to return to normal conditions of
life, rests upon the local authoriti-
es and the Red Cross. Many
thousands of people will return
to their homes to find their houses
and furniture and farm equip
ment, and food supplies for them
selves and their animals, almost
or wholly destroyed. Questions
of health which inevitably arise
from the gathering of great num-
bers In camps are already becom-
ing acute and to these will be ad-
ded others even more serious
when the waters subside. Typ
hold, dysentery, smallpox, NAL
aria and other diseases threaten.
and must if possible, be prevent
ed by prompt and vigorous mea-
SureS. For this task resourses
far in excess of those now at
command will be essential. If
you, as President of your State
Red Cross Board, see fit to sup
plement disqualification by pro-
cfamatien te-the people. of your
state, the force Of the appeal will
be greatly strengthened. Con-
tributions received by your State
Board should be duly credited by
your board treasurer and trans
mitted to the National treasurer
in Washington"
NOW, THEREFORE, l, Geo.
w. P. Hunt, Governor of Ari-
zona, in recognition of the appeal
OF the head of the Nation and of
the Red Cross, and mindful of
the need which exists for prompt
and substantial help to the affiict-
ed of the Mississippi Valley, do
hereby call upon the great-heart-
ed, liberal people of Arizona to
give OF their means, in such sums
as their worldly goods may .iusti-
fy and their sympathies may die
tate.
Contributions to this worthy
cause may be deposited with or
sent to Miss G. C. Gilchrist, Sup
erintendent of Charities, Phoe-
nix, Arizona, who will receipt
therefore, and will transmit the
same to the national treasurer of
the Red Cross in Washington.
Done at Phoenix, the Capital,
this Goth day of April, 1912.
GEO. w. P. HUNT,
Governor of Arizona.
Attest: SIDNEY P. OSBORN.
Secretary of State.
Duncan Arizonian., 1912-05-01
Will Recommend Confrma.
ton of Sloan For Judge

The senate judiciary COM
mitee, 8 to 6, voted to recommend
the Confirmation of President
Taft's domination of Richard E.
Sloan 70 be United States district
Judge 5f Arizona.
Duncan Arizonian., 1912-05-01
Local and Personal

Walter Foster and Ray Sexton
returned from Ell Paso, Thursday,
where they had been on business.
See the Red Rock Poultry
ad for chicks and eggs: 4Otf.
On Saturday Johnny Clay re-
turned to Duncan, from Hurley,
N. M. after being absent for
time.
GARDEN SEED-Fine assort-
ment of garden and flower seed,
both package and bulk, at E. w.
Taylor's.
r. P. johnson of Ell Paso was
in town Sunday remaining over
until Monday, leaving here that
evening for Clifton.
Mrs. E. E. Morris is over from
the home of her son, L. B. Ste
| phens, to visit this week with
Mrs. L. F. Vaughn.
Last week A. E. Hobbs opened
up skating rink in his hall much
to the delight of the many young
sters of Duncan.
FOR SALE-Two Residences,
Hall and old Saloon a bargain.
A. E. HOBBS.
j. E. Cosper was in town from
his ranch up the river last Thurs
day and gave this office a plea
SAINT call.
Duncan employment office; all
kinds of help furnished. Call or
phone. w. H. Harrison & Co.
Irwin and Orris Phillips and
Fred Sloan left last Friday morn
ing for Apache Box where they
will remain some time.
The Gila Ranch Co. has just
had some large cards printed for
advertising the Percheron Stall
lion, Admiral" which they re-
Gently bought from D. G. Nc
Lehman.
A car of wire has just been re-
ceived at E. w. Taylor's. this
consists of barb, baling, hog and
chicken wire. So if you are in
need of wire call and see E. w.
Taylor.
FOR SALE: E:-16-inch John
Deere riding plow, good as new,
at Bargain. L. B. Stephens. 37tf
Miss Grace Cauthen has re-
turned from the Mogollon noun
tains where she spent the winter
teaching in the home of her
uncle, j. I. Cauthen.
Mrs. B. F. Billingsley was
agreeably surprised last week by
her brother, Harry Hilton of
California who arrived in Duncan
to make visit with her.
Manuel Reyes, who has been
with the ARIzoNIAN for the past
eighteen months, has resigned his
position and gone to the Apache
Box where he will make his home
in the future with his grand
mother who is running board
ing house at that place.
On Thursday J. C. Gatti pas
sed through Duncan enroute to
Clifton on a return trip from Ell
Paso where he had bought 1000
head of cattle for his Clifton
meat market.
w. K. Gardner, section fore
man on the Morenci Southern,
resigned his position last week,
coming with his daughter, Miss
Nina, to Duncan where the family
will take up their permanent
residence.
A group of claims, belonging
to Orris Phillips and Fred Sloan
and located in the vicinity of
Apache Box were purchased last
week by Mrs. Dora Rowley and
Rev. Rosal K. Acuff. The cosid-
GRAFTON was $500. i
The school clerk of the Chiffon
Duncan Arizonian., 1912-05-01
Apache Box Mine is Be-
coming a Gigantic
Gold Ore Producer
Produces so Tons Ore Per
Day-COntract Let For
25O-Stamp Mill
(By L. H. Davis. }

(By L. H. Davis.
The Apache Box gold mine is
simply titanic. To the visitor it
looks as if it could only be explor-
ed and mined by eagles.
Grand, awe inspiring. tre-
mendous, cyclopean," are the
words uttered by the visitor as
he, for the first time, peers down
from the dizzy heights on the
new trail into the abysmal depths
of the yawning chasm of Apache
Box. When told that the verti-
cal western wall opposite him,
towering nearly 1000 feet above
the bottom of the canyon bed,
and hundreds of feet wide is
gold bearing rhyolite porphyry,
with pay streaks whose width
are not measured by inches nor
by feet, but by rods and chains,
the visitor, at first skeptical and
incredulous, exclaims, 'Impossi-
BILE, improbable" and then he
soons becomes convinced and as
founded.
My first trip was made there
last Monday. Leaving Lordsburg.
N. M, at about one o'clock p. m.
over the Arizona & New Mexico
railroad, the route to Clifton, we
passed through the beautiful val
ley of the Gila, going through
the fourishing town of Duncan,
and arrived at Sheldon, Ariz.,
about three o'clock, and thence
made by stage eastward to Clear
Lake camp, about Is miles, ar
riysng there at half past six the
same evening. Clear Lake is
about two and one half miles
from the Box.
Sheldon is a pretty little settle
nent, with a store or two and a
postofice. w. w. Holder is the
postmaster and merchant. Bud
Bush is the stage driver and
charges SIS to carry the passen-
ger to Clear Lake. The GiEa is a
limpid stream, about 100 feet
wide at low water and furnishes
abundant water to irrigate the
valley, which is from one-half
to three miles wide and very fer
tile.
Seventy-five men are now en-
ployed in the Apache Box enter
prise. John w. Knifin, the min
ing engineer, has general charge
Of operations. Associated with
him is his brother, L. M. Knifin.
mining engineer, superintendent
Of the Batopilas mines of Mexico.
4he superintendent in charge of
the mine and exploration work.
in the Apache Box is John j Sui
livan. mining engineer of Ell
Paso.
All these men are college,
graduate engineers: John W..
Knifin, of Lehigh; L. NJ. Knifim
of Columbia, and John J. Sulli-
van, of Harvard.
All of them have been in charge
{ of large mines in Mexico and are
not only thoroughly up to date i'm
technical knowledge, but have
practical experience that is still
more valuable. The mill superin-
tendent at the Clear Lake mill is
Edmond Shaw, of Ell Paso, who
was formerly at the San Ramon
mine, in Durango, Mexico.
The rs men working are dis
tributed as follows: Thirty at.
work in the Box, 80 on grading
the road and Is at the mill and
camp at Clear Lake. Plows and
scrapers are employed on the new
wagon road. This road will be a
fine oneA 1t is nearing compile
ton. Beginning at the saddle,
near the entrance of the Box, it
runs at light grade two and a
half miles down to the Clear Lake
: 10 stamp mill.
Fifty mules are packing sacks
Duncan Arizonian., 1912-05-01

of ore about 60 tons a day
from the Box canyon to the mill.
This ore runs from SIS to 500 per
ton. The main ore bodies in the
Box run from SIS to $12 per ton,
mine run" (unsorted).
The contract has already been
let for the erection of a new and
large plant of the same pattern
at the mouth of Apache Box, the
first unit of which will be of 25O
tons daily capacity. w. S. Small,
of the Ell Paso foundry, has con-
tracted to furnish the machinery,
and Mr.. Kniffin will have charge
of construction. Crude oil en-
gines of the newest type, the
same as are used in the Dead
wood mine at Mogollon, will fur
nish the power.
Crude oil costs only three or
four cents gallon, while distil-
lates and gasoline costs Is cents
a gallon and give no better re-
suits. They will use 1850 pound
! stamps. The present flow cf
| water in Apache creek Cat Il.
water) is so gallons a minute,
abundant for all purposes. Dur
ing the torrential rainy season it
is greatly increased.
The millsite selected is just
above the new camp, which is
rapidly growing in the. gulch be-
low the mouth of the Box. This
camp is in a beautiful spot with
plenty of cedars and oak trees
along Apache creek. The eleva-
tion is nearly $500 feet and the
climate is delightful.
Almost a year ago, T. Ollie
Phillips, prospector of Bisbee,
Arizona, who had been prospect
ling for gold several miles down
| the creek below the Box, accom-
panied as guide, a photograph
er whose mission was to get
views of the Box canyon.
But how did you come to
make this discovery" Mr.. Phil
lips, ] asked.
His reply was: while was
waiting for the return of the
photographer, | happened to no.
tice some gold in a boulder. Then
| prospected and found more and
more boulders with gold. Re-
turning again, soon after this, /
prospected awhile and found it
was from the wall of the canyon
and then located several claims
on it,"
When Mr.. Kniffin came to
Clear Lake last fall he soon heard
of the discovery, visited it, be-
came convinced on it, associating
w. M. Small with him. The op-
tion price was 5000, 900, Knifin
and Small have just closed a deal
and sold the property to Smith
Bros, wealthy capitalists of Bos-
ton and Springfield, Mass, for
the price of $5OO.OOO, who will
Il rm new company to operate
and erect the big $50 ton mill.
Thus T. Ollie Phillips, the pros.
pector, jumped from comparative
poverty to a fortune by his lucky
discovery. Mr.. Phillips partners
are O.. H. Bean, J. A. Campbell
and W. P. Craig. The deal was
closed in El Paso last week, and
the first payment on the purchase
was deposited in a bank in Bis
bee.
Two miles southwest of Apache
Box, at the, base of the Twin
Peak mountain, are the mines of
the Twin Peaks Mining company.
These consist of % claims. On
one, called the Golden Eagle, a
double compartment shaft, called
the free gold shaft, has been
sunk 265 feet deep on continu-
GUS vein averaging six feet of
pay streak running $12 gold and
silver per ton. At the 100 foot
level is a drift southeast 225 feet
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-12
MILLIONS CARRIED
FROM BIG BUILDING
Work of Removing Securities From
Vaults in Burned Equitable
Building Has Commenced.
I [ASSOcidted Press DiSbdfchl

NEW YORK, Jan. 11.-More than
fifty millions in stocks and bonds
have been recovered from one of the
smaller vaults in the burned Equitable
Life building. but probably it will
he week before the great vaults of
the building, those of the Mercantile
Safe Deposit company, give up their
half billion or more securities. They
are intact, but buried in ice and de-
bris
The vaults of the Mercantile Trust
were the ones reached this afternoon.
and fifty clerks from the Bankers
Trust company, few blocks away.
transferred the securities Between
50.O0O,00O and S70.OO0,O00 in stocks
and bonds were removed. The Bank
ers' Trust owns the Mercantile Trust
No trace had been found tonight of
the body of Battalion Chief William
Walsh, nor had the body Of William
Campion, chief of the Mercantile
guards, been recovered, although il is
partly in sight Alexander Millar sec
retary of the Hartman lines, viewed
the ruins today to ascertain if pos
sible whether the vaults and safes Of
the lines are intact Millar thought
they were. including the big vault
containing a list of the railroads Sc
curity holders, which had been re-
ported lost
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-12
NOVELIST WILL
VISIT PHOENIX
Sir Gilbert Parker, Known
All Over the World as
Writer and Statesman,
Will be the Guest of The
Republican.

When Sir Gilbert Parker comes to
Phoenix he will be a guest of The
Arizona Republican.
The English statesman and novel
ist is now at Castle Hot Springs. He
reached there Wednesday Just after
his arrival he received the following
telegram:
Phoenix. Jan. 10. 1912
"Sir Gilbert Parker. Castle Hot
Springs, Hot Springs. AriZ.:
Mr. F. NJ Murphy informs us you
are planning to spend some days in
Arizona You will. of course. visit
Phoenix, the capital city and me-
tropolis The Republican extends YOU
n cordial invitation to make that visit
as the guest of this paper Please
wire at our expense.
IS. w. HIGLEY."
Sir Gilbert Immediately answered
as follows:
IS. W. Higley. Phoenix, AriZ.:
Most grateful to YOU for kind
courtesy and hOspitable invitation,
which | shall he happy to accept Ny
date for reaching Phoenix not yet
fixed. but probably ten days hence.
In any case, will give good notice.
Am looking forward to seeing Phoe-
nix and shall be delighted to meet
you. GILBERT PARKER.
The coming of this Englishman will
be an event He is a big power in
his own country politically and his
ideas have been scattered broadcast
i'm this country by means of his sue
cessful novels The knowledge that
he is now acquiring of the great
southwest is brand new. Although
he was educated in Canada, hunted
and explored through the great for
ests of the north. besides penetrating
most of the corners of the old world,
ne has never before seen enough of
Arizona to form an impression of the
territory His stay in Prescott was
most interesting to him: he was
greeted cordially by those now al
Castle Hot Springs. and preparations
are being made to show him what
brand of hospitality is made in Phoe-
nix
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-12
RADICALS ARE
BADLY BEATEN
insurgency Overwhelming
ly Defeated in a Test of
Strength in House Yes
terday on Question of an
appointment.
IASSOcidted Press Dispatch

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11-Repub-
l'can insurgents met defeat in the
hOues today in an attempt to upset
Republican Leader Mann's power to
rame all the republican can6r--tes
for places on the house committees.
Led by Representative Norris. of Ne
braska, who waged the great rules
fight in the previous congress. the
insurgents tried to set aside Mann's
domination of Philip B. Campbell. a
Kansas regular to succeed the late
T. H. Madison, an insurgent. on the
committee IF rules. and nominate in
his place Victor MurdOck. insurgent.
Opposed by both democratic and re-
publican leaders the insurgents were
beaten. 167 to 107.
The nomination of Murdoch by
Norris came after the nomination of
Campbell by Democratic Leader I'm
derwOOd. who informed the house
that Campbell's name was presented
to him by Mann. Underwood eX-
hOrted the democrats to uphold the
republican leader whom the repub-
lican caucus had empowered to select
party to prevent an open nomination
en- the floor Underwood declared
nominations from the floor would
completely destroy the balance of
committees and that the authority of
someone TO pass on appointments
must be recognized
Notwithstanding this attitude of the
leader. many democrats voted with
the insurgents. Following the defeat
of Murdocll for the committee place.
the house elected Campbell. lnsur-
gent representation on the rules COM
mttee is thus reduced to one, Len
root. of Wisconsin. Norris followed
his first defeat with n resolution for
the appointment of Representative
WarburtOn. of Washington. insurgent.
as member of the special sugar in
vestigating committee. of which the
late Representative Madison also was
a member The resolution was ta-
bled on motion of Underwood. 167
II 2f The insurgents couldn't mus
ter enough votes to force a roll call
on the question.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-12
William J. Burns is Given
Thanks of Court for Ser
vice Rendered His Coun-
try in Unearthing Dyna-
mite Plot.
JUDGE ORDERS
CASE DROPPED
Court Further Says Detec-
tive Should Receive an
Apology for His Arrest
on Charge of kidnapping
Mcnamara.
T.4SSOcidted Press Dispatch !

| -1SSOCtdtCd IFCSS DtSFdiCHl
INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 11.-Compl-
mented by the federal court for having
rendered great service 10 his country,
William J. Burns, the detective, was
today released of the charge of having
Kidnapped John ]. Mcnamara the con-
fcSsed dynamiter. All the charges in
The Indictment against Burns for hay
ing captured the labor leader in Indi-
annapolis in April and taken him Il
California for trial We're held nun and
void.
If l and this court had anything to
do with the arrest of Mr.. Burns in
this instance. il should certainly now
tender him an apology" said Federal
Judge A B. Anderson, in iismissilg
the Indictment brought by the county
grand jury under which the detective
was held in $4,000 bail. The court
held when Burns and James Hosick.
the Los Angeles detective. arrested
Mcnamara on a requiSitiOn from the
governor of California. they acted leg
ally under the federal statu-es: and
any conflict in the state law, with the
federal law, which made il possible To
bring the indictment, is not cOnstitu-
tiOnal The federal constitution, the
court said, delegated TO the governors
Of states the power Of h0noring requi-
sitions for fugitives from justice anj
the Indiana legislature had no legal
right 10 take this power from the gov
ernor and add it to the duties OF county
judge. The Indictment against Burns
and Hosick had alleged that McNa-
mara was denied the right to resist
eXtraditiOn in the county court An
derson Indicated that if Hosick is also
indicted and petitioned for release the
petition will be granted. Burns, in a
statement said:
Ever since my arrest. l have can
tended the court had no jurisdiction in
prosecuting me. Then. | repeatedly
askei for a prompt trial. but this was
denied BY the county authorities. At
that time / regarded it as an attempt
10 hamper mv activities in Los Ange-
les. / am still working on this iyna-
mite conspiracy and am constantly
turning up more evidence | am assert
ing everywhere that organized labor
viii not be injured by the present pro-
ceedings. for it will be a benefit 10
labor TO have it purged Of corrupt p1-
litical leaders,
1t is understood If any prosecutions
result from the present federal granl
jury investigation of the dynamite con-
spiracy, they will be heard before
Judge Anderson. About dozen wit
nesses. some from Chicago. were be-
fore the grand jury today, including
Alloys Silverman, a former saloOnkeep-
er at whose place McManigal Is said
to have met others with reference to
places that were to be blown up.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-12
TRAINS ARE HELD
BY SNOW BLOCKADE
Efforts to Operate Transcontinental
Have Been Abandoned Until
the Weather Improves.
T associated Press DiSbatch1

[ASSOcidted Press Dispatch
KANSAS CITY. Jan. 11.-With tem-
peratures the lowest of the winter.
snow falling. and a mild wind blow
ing from the northwest. Kansas.
southern Missouri and northern Okla
homa are suffering severely tonight.
Temperature range ten TO four be-
low Trains from all directions are
many hours late. At eight tonight
the mercury was eight below. Snow
fell heaviest in Kansas. Announce
ment was made that the University
Of Kansas will be closed till the
weather moderated. Topeka reported
both the Rock Island and Santa Fe
lave stopped their overland trains
from the west at terminals and have
abandoned attempts To bring the
trains through until conditions i'm
prove. The Union Pacific has been
forced to abandon all schedules. APP
peals for aid are pouring in from all
towns without railroad service. Short
age of fuel is reported in many
places. The Beaver. oklahoma coun-
t. offices are closed and their supply
OF coal has been distributed among
the citizens. Five thousand are in
need here. The commissioners today
decided to draw on the city's emer-
gency fund to supply the poor.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-12
DECLARES ROOSEVELT
DIDN'T KEEP PROMISE
Corpers Saws Former President Prom
ised Help But That Was the
End oF Il.
| Associated Press Disbdfch1

'SSS
WASHINGTON. Jan 11-SamueI
Gompers. president of the American
Federation of Labor in making a de-
nand that the sherman antitrust law
be so amended as to exempt labor or
sanizations from its provisions quoted
an interview with Theodore Roosevelt
in 1908.
Roosevelt, Gompers declared. said
the law should be so constructed that
II would state that which is unlawful
and omit references to labor organi-
cations. He said he would take il up
With the cabinet but that was all that
came of it, except he frequently made
reference on his swings around the
western states to the fact that the law
should be so amended. Gompers said
he had been given assurance the Sher-
man law would not affect labor or
GaniZatiOns. but never took them seri-
cusly. Referring to the court decree
regarding the right of laborers TO
strike Gompers said:
1T is nothing more than the estab-
iishment of slavery to attempt to sup-
press strikes by court decree AMI force
n'Sn to work"
mo man in this country should be
compelled by a court to go to work. =
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-12
BACON RESIGNS.
United States Minister 20 France Has
O"it His Job.
ASSOCIATED Press DiSbGfchl

PARIS. Jan. 11.-American Ambas-
sador Bacon. representing this country
at the capitol of France, resigned to-
day. Bcaon Tefrained from making his
resignation public as he desired the
announcement 70 come first from Har-
ward University. which yesterday chose
him to be a Fellow in place of the late
Judge Lowell He said. however. he
wished his friends to know there is
no ulterior motive for the resignation.
My relations with the president are
most cordial ard friendly" he said.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-12
TRAINS ARE BLOCKED.
Traffic Stopped and Towns Are Suf-
fering from Coal Famine.
I Associated Press DiSbdtchl

SPOKANE, Jan. 1l.-COmpletely
isolated from the rest of the world,
several towns along the Camas
Prairie railroad between Lewiston and
Grargeville, Idaho. are reported to
have been suffering from a fuel fam
inc for four days. The road became
blocked with snow Monday. Officials
in Lewiston have three coal trains
ready to rush into the sections as
soon as the road is opened. AT Cot
torwood, Idaho. Monday, blizzard
closed the road. A freight train with
its crew is marooned several miles
from that town. More than 100 men
with two plows are trying to open
tho line
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-12
HAS A NEW FLAG.
Associated Press DiSbdtchl

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 11.--A dis
Patch to a Chinese daily paper here,
says the Chinese republic has adopted
new flag. white and yellow stripes
had been added to the red, white and
blue of the former emblem. The for
rner flag will be retained as the Off
cal emblem of the navy.