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Arizona republican., 1915-12-17
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BERLIN. Dec. 16. tVia London. Dec. 17)-The TagIische Rundschau says President Wilson zvilI pe unde- ceived if he had hoped to intimi- date Austria Hungary through a note, rhc tone of which. it says. would have excited remark even if addressed to a South American coun- try. The newspaper finds Baron Bur ian's answer, which it says is couchcd in the most polite phrases of Euro pean diplomacy. was the only pos sible one which could have been given to the note and that il main tains the prestige and interests of Austria Hungary cleVerly and ener- .eticaly.
 If it receives an Unfriendly rc- cepuon in America, says the news paper Baron Buian may console himself with the fact that all the conciliation of the Gerg-. govern . ment has met only w1Sl unfriendli- ness, even hostility
 The TaSIische Rundschau recites a long list If alleged American of lenses against the Teutonic powers. including the demand for the recall of Captains Boy-E Ed and won Papen and of Dr. Dumba, and points 10
Arizona republican., 1915-12-17
Also Encouraged By Re port That Anglo-French Force Has Been Strongly Reinforced With Men and Guns at SalOniki
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LONDON, Dec. 16.-There is a more hopeful feeling in London with regard to the Balkan operations now that it is definitely announced that the Italians have effected landing on the Albanian coast and that the Anglo French force, which has fallen back toward SaloniEi has been strongly reinforced with men and guns including some heavy naval weapons.
 It is not stated how large q force the Italians will send to the assist ance of the Serbians and Montene- grins. but from the ract that the official account intimates that land ines have been made at more than one port il is taken for granted that an army ot considerable proportions is to he sent across the Adriatic. This with the MontenegrinS and Ser hians who escaped from Albania will be q serious threat to the central powers right flank. while they can never look on in idleuess to the con centration of an army at Saloniki, which at a chosen moment would
Arizona republican., 1915-12-17
DU PONT PLANT EXPLOSIONS
 RESULT IN SQ0D0BA'S ARREST

against Szodoba was the larceny of goods valued at about s. but Maeis- trate Harris D. Smith. who held the prisoner under S1.000 bail for further hearing, declared tonight that he con- sidered the arrest "a very important one"
 Szodoba was take ninto custody at his Penn Grove building house near one of Du Fonts largest plants In his room the officials say they found q large quantity of gun cotton, nitro slycerine, dynamite black powder and d number oi letters written in French and German. The explosives. the prisoner told Magistrate Smith. had been left in his room by fellow board CTS The letters are now being trans lated.
 Szodoba admitted. according to the officials, that he had served terms in various state penitentiaries both in the east and west.
 The prisoner. who is well educated and who speaks both French and Ger man, had been under suspicion for two weeks, Magistrate Smith said He was employed in the Number l plant of the Dd Pont Company's plant at Penn Grove, having secured work there about September l. A few weeks ago an order was issued by the company ! that all employees would have to he Photographed and when this order be- came effective, Szodoba gave up his position This. the officials say. was what at first aroused their suspicious
Arizona republican., 1915-12-17
WILSON WILL BE UNDECE|vED + HAD HOPED ID INTIM|DATE
 AUSTRIA THROUGH HIS NOTE

President Wilson's recent mcssag" -- congress as a sign that the British in the United States are tryine To bring about breach In ,nc relations between that country and the leu tonic powers. and the open particl- patton in the war of tho United States on the side of Great Britain.
 Tn conclusion tie newspaper sue- ecstS that the best and perhaps last. method of improving Go,man-Ameri- can relations would Dc to dispatch an extraordinary mission to the United States to lay the situation clearly before the American people ir an endeavor to clarify it.
 Die Post calls the Austrian answer 2 diplomatic masterpiece. II says that Baron Burian touched the prop CT chord by not losing himself in discussion o1 gencralities and the principles which the United States refused to recognize and to which the rest of the world pays little at- tentiOn bu; pinned the discussion down 10 individual cases in Wlich proofs and counterproofs may he sharply arrayed and the slender foundations of the American testi- mony hewn away by the sharp axe of logic
Arizona republican., 1915-12-17
EMERGENCY REVENUE TAX
 EXTENDED FOR ANOTHER YEAR

rtreascry at the ratc O. S>e.ooo.oo a
 Ncar.
 The republicans. voting soliGy Ihe five progrcssives and five demo- cr=JtS-Calloway Texas. Huliard anJ keating. Colorado. Buchanan. Illinois. and Wingo, Arkansas. Several proposed amendments tp | shorten the period of extension veIs voted down
 Representative KitChin of North Carolina. in his first speech as major fly leader. told the house that unless the law was extended the treasury i would face a deficit of more than SSH t'".ooo At the end of the next fiscal year
 ! We democrats know that no tax is uopular in time of peace" he said. 'bur i We would he unworthy Of the record ! of the democrats under this admsnis- ! tration and this congress if We did not | have the courage and patriotism to ar i range sufficient revenues to meet the ! governments absolute necessities" l Minority leader Mann urged that aN-
 : tension for 1 shorter period was pre-
 ferrabIe and former Speaker Cannon ! suggested an issue of Panama canal
 bonds to meet the deficit.
 It is expected that general program
 i Cf revenue legislation. which may in
 Volve revision Of the emergency tax
 law. ill he worked out by democratic
 leaders soon after the holiday recess.
 which probably win begin Saturday.
Arizona republican., 1915-12-17
Sims Bill for Lawyers
 Fees i'll Contempt Case Only S3O0.W; Insanity Dodge Dug Deep Into State, County Trcasuiics

The StHte beard of control veSter- day approved bilI of Ssuo. pre- Sented by Warden Sims of the state prison, for attorneys fees The ouI presented by Sims was am outcrosvth th of the contempt proccediu-s nSti- tmcd in the state supreme court by Attorney General Wiley Jones when Sims refused to hang William Faltin, in spite of the orders of the court.
 In approving the biH presented hy Sims. the board took the stand. that it was entirely justified ir paying it. as Sims, a state ,mrloye, incurred the expense in the conduct of his office. In the b"ard's opinion. Sims acted legally. as the jury at Flor encc "Wednesday upheld sims and found the man insane
 The S5"U p1id yesterday. j. ruly ,, small part "f the expense incurred hy the state aud m" two counties in the Fal,iu ease. The -rial aJ Florence was cycced5ng;y expensive X mum ocr of witnesses from this county. We're present, and au drew down mileage and au the other eNrcnSe of Ju" trip. tIv. doctors We're present receiving nt addition to their cN- l'''''-''f if.f4lhI+f l'tl 't-f+l.f.F ttfi lt4t-L services as specialists The fuly- also came in for their share ot ti.c spells The .ncn serving in this capacity were members of a spcci.l panel and did not serve at the regular No tcmber session
 The statement made uv Parole Cl"ri, Sandcr- on the witness stand Nodnc~daE that No man who had 55Qo was ever convicted of crime is strangely upheld in this case. FaItin though he WJS not supplied with ready cash had an equity in his small ranch on Seventh street. This was sold for S>"" and the proceeds turned over tu his attorneys at the time or the first trial. Who has been put ting up the moHev for the insanity proceedings. Was g question frequent iy asked at Florence. during the uial. but never answered to anyore's satisfaction
 h is Irobahl, that a.. entire prucecdin"s cost the state in tir vi- cIHit, uf $200o. The entire cost may bc repeated i1 case the question of faitin~ insanity k ever brought uu ags.in. that k if am effort i- ever made to gel him out of the insane asylum and hang him
 Sims attorneys were NessrS Geo. r. Stoneman of Phoenix. and p'Con- Her and Conmv of Florence.
Arizona republican., 1915-12-17
INSANITY PLEA
 SAVES FALTIN
 UP IN ALASKA
Former Army Officer Tells How Murderer. In Pris- on. Was Cured of His Insanity By Applica- ton of Hard Work

Prom 2 orazy" murderer. who has been eNhau~ting the patience "I Ari- zorian~ for many weeks. [, the great dramatic story ar the uoltE. -Tn, Spolcrs" ur Rex Beach i> g far ery. Eut the two have tHcir iuterreIatiou- ships. in the previouS 1tickcdnas= Of William F'altin. tle dire strights ue 5n Alaska judge. the United States army. and similar other apparently unailied details. William Faltin has murdered before and has escaped the "ail0Us Hy he insanity dodge not once. tut twice That third murder may be laid [" ai~ door is the rrm belaf of persons '' ho knew of him m Mayer. Arizona some wears ago.
 n 1901. William Faltiu returned to Nome Alaska from a prospecting uriu minus partner ..hu had accompanied him. He claimed the goods and chat rels or that partner. His p4I. he sJjd had been lost in -he mountains. far iu fine interior. Eut when the battered hocv pf th" partner was found in the flood oI tEaviug stream. F-1ltjn was arrested. charged with murder. There being mo .ivil laN in Alaska ar thar time he WAS turned over to the United States troops. who placed him Ir guard house. The sergeant oG the guard Uh" had Faltiu in charae. at that time. iS now 9 resident of Phoenix. has become a well known local DuSi- ness man. and is a memhcr ot the army reserve. For tbe~- reasons. re has not cone forward with his stony heforc. nd at this time. asks that The Gerub- hcau keep his name a secret In the event any of tho statements in -nis article arc questioned. however the source Of the information has promised to come forth and make himself known.
 As soon as he found G.msyIr in the tolls, Fultiu began manifeStinl much displeasUre. He srowIed and screancd and acted like a mIn without wits. The senlries warned him to keep quiet or they would kick his face off and he rcsorted to the ncrve-racking practice of rhc patty. tapping with his foot on the floor of his cell Nhiie the sol- Giers nearby tried to sleep. r-naolt to ouvH hjm. 'he sergeant detailed him to clean outhouscs 1 duty that white prisoners in the army resented wltb extreme wrath. BisguSt,d raltir be- san to evidence signs nf cNtr-me san
Arizona republican., 1915-12-17
BREACH IS NOT CLOSED BY
 AUSTR|A-HUNCARy'S REPLY
ITALIANS LAND ON THE ALBANIAN COAST AND
 ALLIES ARE HOPEFUL

undertake an offensive. and to the gathering of Russians in Bes~arabia. II is anticipated therefore that the Germans win strike 9t Saloniki be- fore the Anglo-F'rencE forces grow that end in view. they are now ne gotiating with the Greek government. l. their plans include the partici- patton of Bulgarians in the attack. they are likely to meet with opposi- ton from Greece Us Greece is strongly adverse to any BulearIans crossing her frontier This applies also to some extent to the Austrians, whose ambitions always have been for port on the Aegean preferably SalonikL
 on the whole. therefore it is thought there that the Creeks might prefer to see the entente allies re- main there until the end of the war. In fact Lord Robert Cecil. under sec retary of foreign affairs sad in the house of commons today that the Anglo French plan was to keep the central powers from that city in ac- cordancc with the wishes of Greece.
 Reports that the Germans are pre- pairing for 'an offensive in the west. but thus far there has been little but artillery engagements and aerial fighting and raids.
 General ToWnshend. commanding the British forces in Mesopotmuia reports tho repulee of another attack at Kut- -El-Amara. since which the Turks have been quiet
Arizona republican., 1915-12-17
UNION AGENT IS
 SHOT AND KILLED
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CHICAGO, Dee 16.-Albert Alex. business agent for the L.afhers' Iu- ternational Union. was shot and killed today by Robert =. Johnson union lather, in front of new building in the southern suburb of Kensington. Alex Was one of the fifty-fivc labor union representatives indicted last month "n charges of conspiracy. ma licious mischief. eNtortion and slug ginG
 Johson fled. but was afterward cap turod.
 Johnson said. according to the po- lice. that he had shot Alex because the latter had shot and seriously wounded his brother in labor quar- reI several months Hcn
Arizona republican., 1915-12-17
STARTING WAR
 AGAINST COYOTES
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SACRAMENTO. Cal. Dec. l6.-For the purpose of arrancin= an interstate campaign against coyotes tho Califor- mia state board of health has called q meeting to be held in San Fran cisco December 30 tu Toe participated in by the state health boards of ore gou. Nevada and Idaho as well us representatives of the United States public health service. United States biological survey. the Cnited states forest service and stock owners of the states to be affected rv th- move mcnt
 The California health authorities have been engaged in coyote war ware in the counties If Modoe and I.assen for several weeks. IL is be- ieved that the only effective means of stamping out rabes is through co- operation with the adjoining states.
Arizona republican., 1915-12-17
IMMIGRATION
 PROBE CLOSES

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 SAN FRANCISCO. Dec l6-ATtcr five weeks investigation of the local immigration service the special board of inquiry, composed of John F. Dens- more. solicitor of the department of la- hor: Henry Sissou. in charge of the Chinese depa-tment. New York. and w. F. Hughes. assistant commissioner of immigration at Philadelphia con- cluded its Worl, today and left for Sc attle, Wash.
 Mir. Dcnsmore. Vlo was in charge of the investieatiou, will report the result to the secretary of labor with recommendations for the improvement of the service. the nature of which has not been made public
 The investigation was ordered after the discovery of N6 contrahand Chi nese on the liner Mongolia. which was followed by intimation~ that AsiatirS had been smugglcd into this port on g large scale and that steamship and federal officers Were .nNolvod in the illicit traffic
Arizona republican., 1915-12-17
PRESIDENT NUDGE
 IN DERAILMENT
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SALIDA. Colo. Dec. l6.- Four per sons were injured late today when 9 special train cn route to Salt Lake City carrying President Il. '. Nudge of the Denver tl Rio Grandc Railroad company and party of railroad of ficials was dercaled near the summit of Marshall pass 70 miles west of here. on the narrow gauge branch. w
 L. Farrar secretary tu President Nudge sustained scalp wounds, and three members of the train crew were also slightly injured. The train. con sisting of one engine and two coaches, plunged into 9 snow bank. President Nudge and his companions walked two miles to the station. through snow foot deep, to report the accident.
Arizona republican., 1915-12-17
Pressure Is Being Brought to Bear Upon General Villa to Abandon TfIs Fight Against De FactO Government
.IS GATHERING
 HIS TROOPS
Unless Decision to Quit IS Reached. It Is Believed Villa Now Contcmplates Ni9"rous Campaign In State of JaliSco
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 FL PASp. Texas. Dee. I6-I'Eo question Of terminating Villa oppusi- lion to thc Carrauz1 de factG govern Tncut today became a live issue at s- council of war now sn progress at Chihuahua. =t which Niiia and his staff arc in attendance. This iufor- nation was given out tonight by Americans arriving from the south.
 Pressure is being brought tu bear upon General N5la tu abandon the fight iJ iS said. Meanwhile sup plies Of alI sorts were being com maudeered from Chihuahua Citv merchants. # was said. to provision am expedition Southw5rC.
 Troops are being. concentrated at tJle capitol from Juarez. AIadcra. Pearson ana Casas Grande- and it was asserted the southern expedition fl decided upon. would ne directed toward tine state Of Jaiisco.
 The arrivals reported that but three or the thirty American employees or the Madera Company. L-d- of Ma dera. Chihuahua. had been taken prisoners Lv Villa as hostages for the Prepayment uf wages of silver to the Mexican employees. Villa. lt was said.
 
 headquarters of the AIadera district.
 It vas said Villa was not fortifyin- chihuahua City and had de-Iared nc would not defend Juaraz. but that if Carranza troops were permitted to cross 1hc aorjer within fiftv miles of Juarcz hr would return hitherto to take r~priSaIs upon Il Pasc. Taxae
 A Mexican crossing the border at Columbus. N. M today reported ,. custom line rider there that one hundred caNalrymen of General Jose FoIriguez's villa force now retiring from sonora. booted the ranch of N. A. N Rovby am American. and re- moved Roxbv to be burned alive. under orders Jhey' We're alleged to have said of General Villa The re- port lacked confirmation
 Several hundred head of cattle If the Santo Domingo ranch at Villa Ahumada. were slaughtered there for inc Villa army. when the owner r.. P Fuller refused to pav tax Of S1o. per head. should they be delivered at the border for hlm to export Fuller reported the matter to the state department today.
 Reports to Mormon Bishop P H. Hurst from his co-reIigionists colony at Casa GrandeS, today. were that soldiers of Eodriguaz's division wer- footing and bmetinc themselves upon inc colouist
Arizona republican., 1915-12-17
MOVIE FIRE IS
 NEAR DEATH TRAP

SAN RAFAEL Cal. Dee. l6.-A fire. staged for film purposes. got beyond bounds here today and .Bcatriz Mi- chelcna. a moving pi-ture actress, and William Pike a : Rafael fireman, who rescued her. ! ere both said to have suffered painful burns.
 A rescue from the burning front of an old barn was intended. but too much kerosene was used and the actress was imprisoned behind a roar ing furnace.
 She was carried ont through q hole cut in the rear of the building. When Pike reached her she is said to have been unconscious. Both were burned about the face and arms and Miss AIichelcua's hair and eyebrows were sineCd
Arizona republican., 1915-12-17
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SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. lG.-That America is awakening to the consei- ousneS~ of its responsibilitie, and op- rortunities as a world power in the true sense" was the declaration made here tonight by Baron Eiich Shinu- sawa. of Japan in an address before the Japan Society Of America Baron Shi- Eusawa expects (" leave for Japan on tn" next availabla steamer
 "It was a pleasant surprise to me fe said, speaking of observations made during a recent trip through the east ito find great financiers. manufactur- CTS and business men eager to learn about needs and conditions of all fay- eien countries. It seemed tu me that
Arizona republican., 1915-12-17
IS CHARGED WITH
 ATTEMPTED ARSON
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LOS ANGELES. Cal. Dee. I6.- Complaints charging attempted arson were issued today against Frank F. Hartman. proprietor. and Michael 'roWe. an empIoye of liquor store m which approximately 15 gallons of gasoline and other inflammablc ma terial were found early yesterday by the police. The alleged plot was dis covered when an officer believed Grove was attempting to rob the store
 Hartman Was arraiencd in justice court late today and his preliminary examination set for Saturday morning Bail was placed at S3.o00 Grove was removed to the county hospital today. suffering from alcoholism. His candi- tion Was said to be serious.
Arizona republican., 1915-12-17
COST TAXPA YERS BIC
 SUM TO FIND FALTTN
 UNFIT FOR EXECUTION
WINSTON CHURCHILL
 HAS NARROW ESCAPE

LONDON. Dee. l6.-Winston Spencer ChurchiH. who resigned his portfolio of chancellor of the DurLr ur Lancaster in order to join his regiment a. the front. had marrow escape -a few days ago. according to wounded men who have arrived at home These men say that Mr ChurchHTs dug
Arizona republican., 1915-12-17
FIVE YEARS FOR
 BRECKENRIDGE
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 SAN JOSE. Cal. Dec l6.--Joc Ne- trauo. found guilty of writing a 'blackhand" letter. was sentenced by Superior Judge w. \. Beasly here to- day to serve five years in Folsom. A eW hours before sentence was imposed on Vetrauo his partner Tony Difran- co. found guilty of q similar offense. started for san Quentin to serve a like term. DifrIuCo has given up the fight but Vetrano's attorney am uounccd his intention of appealing from the verdict. With the disposal If the two cases. District Attorney Arthur NJ. Free believes he has broken up .blackhand" gang which has been operating in the San Francisco haN district several Ncars.
Arizona republican., 1915-12-17
ORIGINAL "UNCLE TOM
 DIES IN SOLDIERS HOME

BENNINGTON, Vt. Dec. l6.- Daniel Worcester who was known 1s the original Uncle Tom of the dramatiZation of Uncle Toms Cabin" died at the Yer mont soldiers home tonight. aged S2 years Mir. Worcester was said to he the last survivor of company which produced the drama for the first time in Lowell, Mass, in 1851. He served in the Civil War in the Twenty Seventh Connecticut regiment.
Arizona republican., 1915-12-17
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TFFVDuDIIUaH FE' F' Ltas5u VVFTtI
 SALEM, \. J., Dec. 16.-Detectives of the Du Pont Powder company today arrested John Szodoba, alias Dr. Jacob Swoboda, alias Louis Hartman, a for mer employe of the powder company, who according to the detectives and Salem officials. has recently been act ing in suspicuous manner and who, they believe knows more about the recent explosions at the Du Pont plants tran he will admit. The charge lodged
Arizona republican., 1915-12-17
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VIENNA, Dec. 15. CVia London. Dee. 16)-The Austro- Hungarian governments reply to the American note on the Ancona was transmitted at noon today to the American Am hassadOr, Frederick C. Penfield
 The American note as published in the Vienna morning papers resulted in high state of public indignation and while the text of the Austrian reply has not been made public, it IS understood that common ground Is indicated on which the United states and Austria might come to an understanding.
Arizona republican., 1915-12-17
Austrian s Reply Is Handed
 To Ambassador PenfeId

Those who are conv ersant with the contents of the reply express the conviction that the American govern ment cannot fan to realize the jus tice and moderation~ of the Austrian governments attitude and they viewed the reply as a fair and open minded document showing the imperial gov ernments willingness to do whatever is right.
Arizona republican., 1915-12-17
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NASHINGToN. Dee l6.-The hauzo late today. by a vote of 4o5 to 1So passed the joint resolution cxtcndinc the emergency revenue tax until De- ccmher 31. 1916. Ire senate is expected to take like action in a day or two.
 The law is expected by aImiuiSt Fa tian leaders to bring revenues into 7u,
Arizona republican., 1915-12-17
Vienna Papers Comment

VIENNA. Dec. 16 CVia London Dec. 1O-Various newspapers today comment on the American govern = ment's note concerning the Ancona
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Arizona republican., 1915-12-17
Is NearIv Assassinated

DOUGLAS. Ariz.. Dec. 1G.-VitE bullet wound across hi~ scalp as proof of the statement that a -ol6ier -lid Co he connected with the forces
 (Continnad On Pare Nine)
Arizona republican., 1915-12-17

Buy Red Cross Seals and help eliminate the Great White Plague.
Arizona republican., 1915-12-17
America Is Awakening To
 S0me Of Hey Obb0rtunitleS

the very atmosphere was alive with a new spirit and a new consciousness
 l know from personal experience" he sGd. "-hat cooperation between Jaran and American capital Is not only feasible. but mutually profitable l am interested in 8 mining concern in Ko- req with some Americans and our joint venture is mutually satisfactory know of joint American-JapaneSe un- dertakings in japan which are a SIc- cess in every Way"
Arizona republican., 1915-12-17

3O,O0O Red Cross Seals for Phoenix and every seal a bullet in the fight.
Arizona republican., 1915-12-17

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