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Arizona republican., 1915-04-26
ORDEAL FOR MISS sERKIN
Accuser of Chief Sebastian to Take
 Stand Again Today
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LOS ANGELES. April 25.-Another ordeal is in store for Edith Serkin, the 17-year-old half-sister of Mrs Lillie Pratt, when she resumes tht witness stand tomorrow for further cross examination by counsel for Mrs. Pratt and Charles F. Sebastian. suspended chief of police, charged with contributing to the girls de- tendency. All of the day will be occupied with the examination of the young witness. who materially changed her direct testimony under the crossfire of the defense
 Night sessions probably will be the rule for the primary where Sebastian is candidate for mayor comes on May f and the police are eager for a verdict His friends. anticipating an acquittal, are arranging to make the most of such verdict for cleo tioneering purposes
Arizona republican., 1915-04-26
Prisoners HaUe
 Been RemOUed
 From PyzemySl
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 PETROGRAD. April 25.-The reno val of prisoners from PrzemYsl was completed today. and the official Rus san statement of the numbers is as follows: Nine generals, 2.307 officers, 113,S90 meIi. 6,SOO sick and wounded.
 The number of sick and wounded in cludes only those who were regard distributed among the various hospi- tals Of Przemysl in charge of Russian physicians. aided by 129 Austrian doc tors and 10C hospital Orderlies who were captured when the fortress fell
 The captured stores and munitions have not yet been completely inven toried. Much of the booty in the fort ress was concealed or buried and is only gradually coming to light. The quantity. however is said to be enor- nous over nine hundred guns. many of them still in good condition, have been inventoried. Thousands of Aus trian bavonets. which are highly priz- ed by the Russian soldiers as knives. have been distributed among the vic torioUs troops.
 Tine river San is being dredged for quantities of arms and ammunition which were thrown into it before the citH capituiated. Hundreds of sol dicrs spend their idle hours fishing for this booty with hook and line or with a small gra rappling hook dra gged through the water from a row boat.
Arizona republican., 1915-04-26
lsnecial to The Renublican1

fSptcidl lt inc kGpub1GdDJ
 TUCSON, April 25.-FoHowing discussion: qf. the menace to border towns in the event of a campaign in Mexico, before the. Luneheon club of this city recently. the organization of "a third .-company of the national guard has been undertaken here. This IS in line with the efforts of Colonel Chas W. Harris, adjutant general of the state. to strengthen the regiment.
 One of the speakers before the club declared that it is possible for q body of cavalry, 400 or more in number, to ride from the Mexican border to Tucson. capture the city. force the banks to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars and get back to 1 the border unmolested.
 The new company will consist partly of students of the University Of Arizona Lieutenant Charles A. ] MeserVe is doing the recruiting.
 | Another speaker declared that in eleven days. troops from Japan could | be landed on the soil of Continental | America and once, there. could sub sst indefinitely on the resources of that rich region. Provisions for many
Arizona republican., 1915-04-26
MANY OVERSTEP
 IN EFFORT ID CONTROLMARKET.
Manufacturers and Dealers in Farm Implements Are Given to Practices o1. Doubtful Legality, Says Bureau Report
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WASHINGTON. April 25.-Some of the practices of nation wide associa- tions of manufacturers and dealers of farm machinery are characterized as being of doubtful legality, tending to limit competition and increase prices. while d large part of them are held to be proper for protection of legitimate interests. Fin d report by the old bureau of corporations submitted today to President Wilson. The report was drawn before the bureau was merged with the new federal trade commission
 Almost every important manufac turer of farm machinery, the report says. is a member of the National Implement and Vehicle association, while the dealers have organized the National Federation of Implement and Vehicle Dealers Associations, which is composed of numerous state ard interstate associations The two organizations are national in scope and work ;n close cooperation.
 Efforts of manufacturers to fix wholesale prices. control of retail prices concentrated control of pat ents. opposition of dea CTS to direct transactions between manufacturers and consumers. as well as efforts to reduce costs of manufacture and dis tribution, are reviewed at some length The fight of organized deal CTS against competition of mail order houses, the report says, has been carried to the extent of efforts to have postal rates revised to increase,
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Arizona republican., 1915-04-26
Under Severe Handicaps the Women's Congress at The Hague Will Be Open ed Wednesday With Miss Jane Addams Presiding
TO SHARE HONORS
 WITH WILHELMINA
Incidentally It is Expected That the Queen of Hol- land Will Attend the Ses- sions and Address the Congress
Special to The Republican,

LONDON, April 25.-Under severe
 handicaps. in which motives were questioned, the propriety of their
 work was questioned. and the shadow
 of race prejudice was allowed to fall
 on their negotiations the Women's
 Congress at The Hague will be op-
 cned Wednesday. The American con tingent which has assumed the lead
 ership in welding the women dele
 gates into unity in the face of bitter
 criticism. is hopeful that the congress will be able to register the united
 protest of the women of the world against war. The difficulties en- countered were not unexpected. Long ago it was apparent that the women of Russia, England and France be-
 lieved the suggestion was part of
 the pro German propaganda. While this belief is not altogether overcome and may curtail the effectiveness of
 the first womens peace conference,
 the sincerity of the American women who have come in force to aid in the congress has had great influence in clearing away suspicious and estab- fishing the possibility that Mother Eve may vet save Abel from Brother Cain
 Miss Jane Addams of Chicago will share honors with Queen Wilhelmina
 of Holland at the opening session of the congress Miss Addams. whose
 work is fully as well known in Eur ! ope as in her home city. will pre-
 side It is expected that the queen will attend and address the congress. The program for the congress is as i follows:
 l l. A resolution with a view to 1 bringing about an armistice in order ! TO discuss terms of peace in the present European war.
 | , The formation of an interna- tional court of arbitration will be urged, for the discussion of question arising between nations before they proceed to hostilities
 l 3 An international rule will bc drafted compelling all nations to come before this court. and providing ! for international action against any country taking up arms without ap- i plying to the court
 i 4 Control of foreign politics by i the people of nation instead of by groups or parties, Will he advocated. 1 ;. X resolution will be introduced l (COp+inuad n, pa Ero1Ir)
Arizona republican., 1915-04-26
AUaatOy Makps
 BraUe Effort To
 Save Fishermen

SAN FRANCISCO. April 25.-Vasi- ant elfor-s by Harry Christofferson, an aviator. who ciIcled above their overturned boat and dropped a dozen or more life preservers to four men struggling in the breakers. to save their lives. Four are known to have drowned, and spectators say they saw six CT eigh, men i'll the water
 The boat has no name, and 1t is be- lieved the drowned men were Italian crab fishers Christofferson and his mechanician. Harvey Crawford. heard or the accident and rushed to the scene, but although life preservers were dropped. and the aeroplane got within ten feet of the water at one time. the fishermen disappeared. one of them waving his hands to the avia tors before he became submerged.
Arizona republican., 1915-04-26
EsKIMos BUCK BEEF TRUST
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WASHINGTON. April 2s.- Unser the wing of the Department of the m terior. the Alaskan Eskimos are be- coming serious cOntenders for the meat business of the United States Rem deer. which are thriving with less care than cattle in Alaska. are being put against the steer by the natives of the far north. The government is aiding in the education of the Alaskans Tn the raising of reindeer, and the herd has increased rapidly in the past two years There are now 65 known herds, totaIling nearly 6O,000 reindeer. and increase of 22 per cent in one year.
Arizona republican., 1915-04-26
ISSUE OF GUNS STIMULATES
 FORMATION OF RIFLE CLUBS

the training of the civilians in the use of the military arm as recom- nIended by the president in his last message to congress. This approval or disapproval Twill come about through the efforts of the national board for pronfotion of rifle practice to organize rifle shooting associations in all the government departments in Washington, such organizations nec- essarily requiring the approval of the chiefs of the departments.
 The movement to issue Krag rifles for training citizens in rifle shooting explains what is being done with the krag rifles in storage in government arsenals, which has been matter of a great deal of newspaper specula tion as to the disposal of the same since the outbreak of the European war It was the effort of spectators, influen- tial and otherwise, who were making the life of the Chief of Ordnance miserable in their efforts to purchase the Krag rifles, which caused the president to have issued the order of January forbidding the sale of arms to rifle clubs. It was not thought
Arizona republican., 1915-04-26
CLOTHES FIR MILLIONS
 OF BELGIAN REFUGEES

ROTTERDAM. April 25.-The Rockefeller Foundation. from it's Dutch headquarters here has pro- videG necessitous Belgians in their own country with no fewer than l,41S.z12 garments. Among the Bolgian refugees it has distribut- ed ever 300.000 pieces. The foun- dation has also looked after the welfare Of the Belgian refugees in the Dutch camps by providing them with employment. Sewing classes have been formed in g. camps and 415 sewing machines have been placed at the disposal of women. 5000 of whom are en- gagged in making clothing for their fellow sufferers from the war
Arizona republican., 1915-04-26
P0YdOM Board To Decide
 Fate Of HUe Men Friday

Whether the five men sentenced to hang at the state penitentiary who were reprieved to May 2S. will be exc cuted on that date or will be recom- mended for executive clemency is the question to be decided at the meeting of the new pardon board at Florence this week.
 All five of the men have made ap- plication for pardon and their cases have come up at several meetings of the board. but no final action has yet been taken it being the desire of
Arizona republican., 1915-04-26
British Newspapers i'll Open Forum Columns Urge NOn-PrOhibitiOn of Drinks Containing Low Percent ages of Alcohol
EXETER RECTOR
 AN ADVOCATE
Saws if Drinking Dimin- ishes War Efficiency, is for Total Prohibition, But Says Cider Drinking is an Innocent Habit
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LONDON, April 25-Pleas for cider, small beer and drinks of low per centags of alcohol are filling the open forum columns of the news papers The rector of Exeter col lege advocates the cause of cider. He says:
 If the government determines that total prohibition of the manufacture and sale of alcohol is possible and is the only means of dealing with the drink trouble that diminishes our wal efficiency. every patriotic citizen will support it. But such a measure. which would bar DevonShire for in stance from its innocent and imme morial habit of drinking cider might produce grave discontent and law breaking"
 Another writer in the Times says:
 My frieds in Scotland have often told me that there was little or no drunkenness in Scotland in the 1Stn century. before the taxation of the Napoleonic wars had extinguished the custom of drinking small beer. There is surely no reason why the blunder should be repeated as regards this country in these days"
 Have the teetoalers." asks a cor responedent, "ever heard of extract of malt as a tonic for nvalids? Or of stout to restore health and vigor? Malt and hops are a good tonic for the stomach taken in moderation in the shape of beer. and have been used by our working men for 600 years or more. Let Lloyd George reduce the tax on beer to reasonable limits and then call the brewers to- gether and put them on their honor to brew good beer with Only malt and hops. and also appoint trust worthy men to see that it is done any brewer breaking his word to be heavily fined"
 All sorts of temperance drinks are being served on the tables at Wind sor Castle. now that King George has put into effect his decision that no wines spirits or beer shall be con- sumed in any of his houses. The kings favorite drink. it is said. is barley water. made in the ordinary way by pouring boiling water on the barley, letting il boil for short time. and then straining it and add ing little lemon. The king is also fond of home made lemonade.
 Many applications have been re ceived at Lldyds for insurance to cover the risk of the total prohibi- ton of spirituous liquors, but as a rule, the applicants have been un- willing to pay the high rates asked. Such insurance as has been written has been at the rates of from 90 to 9 per cent
 Fifty per cent has been paid to cover the risk of an increase in the duty on spirits in the forthcoming budget and insurance has also been taken against the risk of increased duties on a number of other com modities including tobacco. cocoa, tea and sugar.
Arizona republican., 1915-04-26

members of the rew pardoning board to wait until all the cases could be gone over fully and decided on their merits This decision was made after the opinion of the supreme court in the Laird cases, which sustained the board as holding the pardoning power. Prior to that time the board acted on only relatively unimportant cases
 The five men, with the exception of Vinalobo. have already been reprieved three times. and are x. R. Chavez, Eduardo Perez. F. Rodriguez M. Pe- ralta and Ramon NilalObo,
Arizona republican., 1915-04-26
FREDERICK SEWARD DIES
Was Assistant Secretary of State in
 Cabinets of Three Presidents.
TAssocrArEp PRESS DIsRATcHl

MONTROSE. N. Y. April 25.- Frederick w. Seward. assistant secre- tary of state in the cabinets of Presi- dents Lincoln. Johnson and Hayes. a son of William H. Seward, secretary of state during the civil war. died here. aged S5 years. He was at his fathers bedside after the assassina - tion of Lincoln. when Payne, one of Booths accomplices, pretending to be a messenger with medicine for Secre- tarv Seward. suddenly drew a revol- yer and beat Frederick Seward into unconsciousness. and then dashing to the sick room slashed the elder Seward many times. Payne was executed with others involved in the plot.
Arizona republican., 1915-04-26
OF .BR|TONS SHOWS
 INCONSISTENCY
The London Daily "Nevs" Points Out What Appears to Be Discrimination by Censor Between Journal and Journal
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH

LONDON, April 25.-The inconsist- cncics Of the British censorship causes the Daily News to remark editorially:
 As every newspaper knows to it's sorrow, the Censor has the stranges; notions of what should be suppressed {: even quotations from Sir John French 's dispatches. or from standard works and political discussions, which can by no stretch of fancy reveal military or naval secrets. have been known to fall under his ban.
 After saying that the papers are ali more than willing to assist in keeping useful information away from the Ger mans the editorial continues:
 What the press does find hard to
Arizona republican., 1915-04-26
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can people, but only grievous circum- stances such as those under which we now live could make more certain the full extent of a friendship which nothing can ever terminate. We hope this humble testimony will be a guar antee of gratitude without bounds. until the moment when we may attest upon our liberated soil that the Bel gian people do not forget"
Arizona republican., 1915-04-26
Heavy Movement of Ger man Troops to Flanders First Step i'll Offensive They Hope Will Carry Them to Calais
START ON FRENCH
 TURN TO BRITISH
Canadians Are Made Object
 of Attack and for Two I Days Men from the Do / minion Engage in Deadly
 Contest With Germans
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 LONDON. April 25-German ruShes iu Flanders and the Woevre district where they claim to have had con siderable success. are believed to be forerunhers of another big effort to break through the allied lines in the west. Bringing possibly half d million new men to Flanders. many of them from the eastern front where the spring floods have practically stopped all operations. the Germans have be- gun an offensive which they hope will carry them to Calais and possibly break the allies resistance.
 The attack. originally leveled at the French was transferred to the British lines held by the Canadians on the immediate right of the French. and for two days men from the Dominion were engaged in deadly conflict with the Germans. The latter claim they made further progress toward Ypres and re pulsed a British cOunter-attack, while the French account says that counter attacks continue with success. that the British hold all their positions. and repeats the charge that the Germans are using asphyXiating gas bombs.
 The Belgians say the French Belgian troops have recaptured Lizerne The German attack in Woevre. according to Berlin statement resulted in a heavy defeat for the French. but a Paris statement says the Germans are completely driven out of the French first line. which they had pushed back.
 The eastern front is enjoying a period of comparative calm except in the mid -Carpathians where the Rus Sians- continue their attack on the Austrians in the Csoz Pass and east ward. where the Austrians and Ger mans are trying to crush the Russian flank Both sides report successes.
Arizona republican., 1915-04-26
RUSHING HALF MILLION MEN TO FLANDERS TO
 BREAK ALLIES FRONT
ARIZONA TRANSFER
 SHOT BY VIlllSTAS

MORALES. April 25.-Ray Gri- jalba, a teamster, said to be an American citizen. was shot and fla tally wounded by a Mexican po- liceman in Nogales. Sonora. four feet from the American boundary. The Mexican authorities had for bidden him to cross into the Mex ican town where the Nillistas are in control because he was sus- pected of being a Carranza sYmpa thizer Grijalba. is said to have been born in Ameirca.
Arizona republican., 1915-04-26
FLOOD CLAIMS NEW VICTIMS
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HOUSTON. April 25-F'lood condi- tions in South Texas appeared in creasingly serious tonight and with reports of spreading rivers came news of three additional deaths near Cameron. From the Brazos Valley the death of a negro was the only new casualty, despite the fact that the waters of the Big and Little Brazos rivers overflowed until they united to form an inland sea
Arizona republican., 1915-04-26
OPPOSE ITALYs PARTICIPATION

MILAN. Italy. April 25.-OppOsition to Italy's participation in the war. ex- pressed by Deputy Filippo Turati. is believed to reflect the attitude of the Italian socialists Saying that, ai- though the Italian sympathy is un- doubtedly with the allies. that is not enough reason for participation, 1t is reported that one section of the socialists is planning to bring about al general strike should mobilization of the army be ordered.
Arizona republican., 1915-04-26
Especial to The Republican.)

tSpeclaI 10 The RepubIican.)
 Following the action of Congress at the last session authorizing the chief of ordnance to issue free to rifle clubs the Krag rifles stored in the government arsenals and 7 120 cart ridges to. be used in the same for each member of the rifle club. the president and his cabinet are confront ed with the proposition to put the seal of approval of the administration on
Arizona republican., 1915-04-26
CHINA AND JAPAN TO FIGHT

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 SAN FRANCISCO, April 25.-Wa between China and Japan is a cer- tainty. unless China complies with the demands of Japan. said Choys Goto editor of Miyako Shinbun, a Tokio newspaper in an interview here.
Arizona republican., 1915-04-26
MENACE IF INVASION STARTS
 MOVE FOR NEW TUCSON C0.

armies would be found in the stores of the coast cities and money to pay the troops and buy munitions in their banks.
 Let no one count on the financial unpreparedness of Japan he warned
Arizona republican., 1915-04-26
To Help the Valley Gy0W

of a a O
  Valley with in subjects in comp nia of fifteen of co-operatins
Arizona republican., 1915-04-26
THE WEATHER

WASHINGTON, April 25. - Fo. ! riZnIIa. Fair
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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-18
STEELToN NOTES

The Croatian Sokol will hold a busi
ness meeting this evening in Croatiar
Hall, Second and Washington streets
At this meeting NJ. Matusevie, who
represented the Sokol at the meeting OF
the Eastern Croatian Sokol League
held in Philadelphia Sunday, will make
his report
More than sixty conversions have
been reported as result of the evan
gehstie services held, in the Main
Street Church of God during the last
five weeks. Forty-three of this number
have joined the church. These serv'
ices, discontinued this week, will he re
sumed next Sunday evening.
Publication has been suspended OF
the Frog Shop Digest, weekly mag
azine, printed in the frog and switch
department of the local steel plant
1t is presumed that the Digest viii be
put in circulation again when busi.
ness conditions improve.
Borough. Secretary Feidt yester.
day morning issued a permit to Con.
tractor H. c. Wright for the erection
of double frame dwelling on Spruce
street in the Eleventh extension. Per.
mits were also issued for the erection
of two frame dwellings on Myer street
The st. James male choir will re.
hearse in the hall of the Benton Clut1
tonight. This rehearsal was erron.
eously announced for Tuesday night.
Superintendent L. E. McGinnes yes.
terday announced that the public
schools will not be closed on Wash
ington's Birthday, but that an addi-
tional holiday will be allowed at Easter
The schools will be closed on Good
Friday and Easter Montiay.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-18
SIANkO KRzMONIC KILLS
BEST FRIEND Accidentally
Tragedy Occurred in Bed Room of
Boarding House Occupied by the
Two Men Yesterday About 3 30
O'clock in the Afternoon

Meko Plemeneie was shot and al.
most instantly killed Yesterday after.
noon about $50 o'clock at his board.
mg house on Highland street near
Third. Just outside the borough limits
According to testimony offered at a
preliminary examination held by Coro-
ner Eekinger at >Wilt's undertaking
rooms last evening, the bullet which
Killed Plemencic was fired from a 3S-
calibre revolver which was accidentally
discharged by Stanko Krzmonie while
the latter was examining the weapon.
1t was alleged that these two men,
In company with other Servians. had
repaired to the bed room of the slain
men. where they were drinking liquors
which We're kept in the trunk owned
by Plemencie. In the same trunk was
kept a loaded revolver, which was
picked up by the latter and shown to
Stanko. who took it in both hands and
broke 1t at the breech. Seeing it was
loaded, Stanko forced the weapon to-
gether, when in some manner cart
ridge was exploded and the leaden pei
let was lodged in Plemencic's heart
and the latter fell across the bed with
a groan. Medical aid. which was sum-
moned at once, did not arrive until
after the death occurred.
Instead of running off, Stanko took
advice from his boarding boss, boarded
a street car and went to the office of
Squire Gardner, where he surrendered
himself and was committed to Jail
pending the outcome of the Coroner S
investigation. 1t is said the dead man
was aged 90 years, while Stanko was
not quite Fl years old; that both were
great friends and came to this country
together.