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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-12
CHRISTIANS IN TURKEY
\ FACING A GRAVE PERIL
Returning Americans Say That
Never Before Was the Danger
So Great.

LONDON. July 1.-THE peril of the
Christian population in Turkey is dis
.eussAd by the Morning Post Athens
correspondent, on information derived
from Americans returning from vari-
Gus parts of Turkey.
"'Christians have never been in such
peril" says the correspondent, par
ticularly Armenians and Greeks. who
are being Systematically uprooted from
their homes and driven into distant
provinces, where they are scattered in
small groups among Turkish villages.
For example. $4,000 have thus been
evicted from the Dardanelles district,
$4,000 from the Prinkipo Island Gone
of the Princes group in the Sea of Mar
Moral, 10000 from Ismid province
ksR Mnor) and 10000 from Brusa.
HThe Correspondent adds that the able
Todied men are drafted into the army;
that their families are thus broken up.
and that the representatives of the for
eign powers have been unable to in
okerfere. because all steps have been
taken on the plea of military neces-
sjty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-12
AIR WAR LOSSES HEAVY.
Allies Have Lost 1856 Machines Since
the Conflict Began.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
BERLIN, June 2S.-Occasionally an
nouncement is made that IAN aviator
of the enemy has been shot down." but
such reports do not give an adequate
idea of the extent of aerial casualties in
the war.
According to the German official fig-
ures. supplemented to some extent by
foreign newspaper reports, the Ger
mans, Austrians and Turks had brought
down not fewer than 1876 hostile air
craft up to June %. OF these the larg-
est number. namely 81. were lost by
the French. The English lost AZ. The
Russians have fewer aeroplanes than
their allies. and their losses reached
only 26.
While most of the aeroplanes were
brought to earth by artillery or ma
chine gun fire from the ground almost
one-fifth of the French losses resulted
from battles in the air.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-12
Extreme Watchfulness Necessary.

Extreme watchfulnesS Is exercised
on both sides of the line. German ar
tiIlerists shell even one man sighted
walking within three or four miles OF
their front. Powerful glasses are used
by the French. graduated lines on the
lenses showing within fifty yards the
location of an object or an individual
While the members of the party
were waiting at the rendezvous at the
time agreed upon. four automobiles
came within German range at dust
rising speed. German six-inch shells
began dropping in the roadway so ac-
curately that five holes were torn in
the concrete after the machine had
passed. The Smelling of the roads con-
tinued with extreme precision for some
time One of the French officers re-
marked that II 1t were not cloudy
day it would be impossible for the
party to move about with safety even
a considerable distance behind the line
because in q brilliant light individuals
can be seen miles away and are prac-
ticed upon by the gunners. 1t is esti-
every ton OF metal thrown the average
is good.
The party of which the correspondent
was being questioned by his captors.
He was blue-eyed. blond. weak
looking youth, who said he was TWEEN
ty-one and a-half years old. but who
looked not more than seventeen. He
had been in the trenches six months,
and said he had not had enough to eat.
The reason why was not quite clear.
but he told IN ofhcer he had seen no
food for two days. He and twenty-five
others. MISLEADING the location of their
man was supplied by his captors with
a loaf Of brad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-12
TURKS HARD PRESSED
BY RUSSIANS IN ASIA
Fighting in Transcaucasia Reported
Accompanied by Massacre
of Armenians.

T1FLIS, Transcaucasia, Monday. July
S, via Petrograd, July IL, and London,
1:15 p.m.-Reports from the various
fronts in the Russo Turkish campaign
indicate that lively fighting has occur
red recently north and south of Van
lake, Turkish Armenia, and south of
Olti. in Transcaucasia, flfty-five miles
west of Kars. All of these encounters
are said to have resulted favorably for
the Russians.
Hard Pressed by Russians.
According to these reports a Turkish
force of 10000 men, which was concen-
trated to the east of Bitlis. near Van
lake. is being hard pressed by the Rus
slams.
Organized massacre of Armenia ns-fn
Bitlis is taken as an indication that the
Tuks intend to retreat from that point
The Turks distributed 10000 rifles
among Kurds in Mush valley for use
against Armenians. notwithstanding
massacres and epidemics the Arme-
mans are resisting bravely. They have
been Joined recently by $50 Armenian
volunteers from America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-12
SAY RUSSIA WILL SEND
TROOPS TO DARDANELLES
Manila Arrivals Declare French
Ships Are Being Altered and
Sent to Vladivostok.

MANILA, July 12.-Persons who have
arrived here from Saigon, capital of
French Cochin-China, report that all
vessels belonging to the Messageries
Maritimes which have been engaged IN
far eastern traffic are being trans
formed into transports to carry Rus
sian troops to the Dardanelles. When
ever a vessel of the Messageries fleet
reaches Saigon, it is said. the passen-
gers are transferred and the freight
unloaded, after which a large force of
carpenters work at top speed to make
the necessary alterations. The ships
are then sent to Vladivostok to take on
troops.
Russia probably would benefit more
than any other nation from the forcing
of the DarCianelles and the fall of Con-
stantinople. but there have been no
previous reports of an authoritative
nature to the effect that Russian troops
would be sent to the Gallipoli peninsula
to assist the allies in the operations
there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-12
Juvenile Criminality in Japan.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
OSAKA, Japan. June 15.-As a result
of visit of Judge T. Kakihara to the
United States, a Juvenile criminal court
has been opened in Osaka. Juvenile
criminality, according to statistics. is
on the increase in Japan. Judge Sato
of the Osaka court of appeals. at
tributes this to moving picture shows
and fall in the standard OF life in the
household.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-12
Notion Sale

Wire Collar Supports; &c kinds:
six strips in set. all heights. e.
. sets for. Neutrality-suspicious..
Women.x Sanitary Napkins. fun
size: well made. Regularly 1Se
SC each Six in carton for.
IOc Hairpin Cabinets: imported
metal cabinets, containing good
assortment of Kirby Beard r.
English Hairpins.
Good Quality White Pearl But
tons: dozen on card: assorted
sizes: Il to % liEne; values &
up to SC. 3 cards for.
Bin. Seam Tape, 12yard pieces.
Regularly 10c and lee. &
Darning Eggs. with handle;
black japanned finish; Dr.
sc kind.
Good Quality Nickel Snfety Pins;
dozen on card; assorted sizes. d
Regularly &c; . cards for. ~
II. b. Hooks and Eyes. Regular
&c kind. 2 dozen on card: D.
white or black. Card. ......
Misses and Children's Pin-On
Hose Supporters; extra quality
Isle elastic: strongly made:
all sizes; 12c and 15c values. II
Mercerixed Cable Elastic: black
and colors: s4-yard lengths. K
Regularly 1Oc strip. ....... ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-12
Only a Thousand Civilians Re-
main Out of Former $1,000
Inhabitants.
GRASS GROWS IN STREETS
ONCE BUSY WITH TRAFFIC
One Jagged Corner All That Is Left
of Imposing Belfry on
Great Square.

ARRAS. France. July 9. via Paris,
July 12.-Shells have been dropping
into Arras at intervals today, as they
have been for twenty-five days. Each
twenty-four hours few more buildings
crumple or burn, although the fire de-
partment still is efficient in extinguish
ing flames.
One thousand civilians out of a for
mer population of $4,000 are still here.
There were 1000 in December when the
Associated Press correspondent visited
the town. A few scores of the inhabit-
ants have been killed or wounded
while the others have been persuaded
by the military authorities to go away.
None of those remaining thinks of
sleeping anywhere except in a cellar.
The rest of their time they spend out of
doors. when no shells are falling.
Streets Are Grassgrown.
The streets. formerly filled with traf
fic. now are grass-grown. Two post
men deliver the mail, which comes reg
ularly once day by military post. Sew
eral shops, located underground, are
open for business. Displayed on cellar
doors are baskets of fresh vegeta bles
which can be bought at about the same
prices as in Paris. Inside the principal
grocery are many standard brands of
American, French and British canned
goods.
About half the outer walls of the
beautiful city hall still are standing.
but there remains only one jagged cor
ner of the imposing belfry which once
adorned the great square of Arras.
$50 Shells Shatter Belfry.
citizen occupying cellar on the
other side of the square counted the
shells which struck the belfry and says
it took $50 to shatter the beautiful bit
of Spanish architecture.
An advance angle of the French
works is located in a little suburb just
outside of Arras. Visitors there talk
in whispers and take hasty glances
through loopholes at the German
trenches. forty yards away. The French
trenches pass through the gardens of
ruined chateau. Rose bushes and
other Towering plants droop over the
sides of these military works. Every
house in what was once an interesting
suburb has been wrecked by shell fire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-12
FRENCH ADVANCE
IN TODAY FIGHT
Take Possession of All Emil
nences Looking Out Upon
Plain of Flanders.
FORMIDABLE ARTILLERY
is USED BY EACH ARMY
Correspondent of Associated Press,
Accompanied by Others, Goes
Through Miles of Trenches.

ON THE HEIGHTS OF NOTRE
DAME DE LORETTE. near Arras,
France, July 10. via Paris.-After bat
Ting 120 days for the hill country be-
tween Bethune and Arras, the French
forces are in possession of all the
eminences looking out upon the plain
of Flanders. Lille. Douai and Cambria
all are visible from here.
Every position along the broad ma
tional road between Arras and Bethune
mas been won except Souchez, and last
night another quarter mile of trenches
IN the Souchez web was torn away
The attack was made under parachute
rocket lights, the French burning blu
lsh white and the Germans greenish
white. covering the scene of the des-
perate conflict with a CHASTITY glow.
The most desperate fighting has been
along the short ten-mile front from
Arras to AK Noulette. which began
March with the taking of a few
hundred yards of trenches on the wa
tershed of Notre Dame de Lorette.
where there are the ruins of an old
Nerovingian military road. Every day
since then some section of the German
have been taken, lost or re-
aiken.
Each side has been employing for
midable artillery. both of small and
heavy caliber. the French guns being
the more numerous and
served with unlimited quantities of
high explosive shells
Arizona republican., 1915-06-13
The County Division Bill

are locally interested in county division law. We do suppose ;he people of many counties the slightest local interest in the subject: vet be admitted that county divs- ion is sometimes necessary. and there ought to be a by which the wish a majority of the voters any county could be carried into effect If there Lad been such law since the organization of the territory Arizona would have only two counties There have since been divisions of counties. always against the stern opposition of the parent counties. though now all the people affected satisfied that division the best for all
 Several lines of argument directed in the hole committee the house yesterday against rhe Newbury county division bill, and tiInk that any of them quite the point. It certainly not to the point to say that there should be of coGny division account of the expense involved. That would be a denial of the right the majority rule. division is purely matter of home rule with which outsiders have possible concern
 It was still less the point say there should be legislative enactment the subject county division peop.e fall rejected a county division bill in almost the terms as the Newbury bill place. only a lit- tie than half the voters who the oils voted this question. place. bill handicapped by the Gila county division bill which had become exceedingly unpopular the campaign proceeded and the general county division bili made partake of it's unpopularty.
 The only county which the proposed county division law would likely be applied at least. the olly which it is desired to apply il. is Cdchise and it would be applied there until Risbee and Douglas nave concluded their quarrel the location of the county seat Under the present county division would be impossible divide that county if voter in tEe county desired county division, and we suppose a majority them do desire it.
 The county is large and un"ie ieldly and is suf- ficienty wealthy to stand division It is. under stand especially desirable people the north part of the county for when the differences Bisbee and Douglas regarding the location of the county have beer adjusted. the capital of the county will be removed the extreme southern end of a county larger than some of the states of
 
 We would not be understood to be advocating tfe division of any county, brt believe the majority of the people of every county should be given oppOrtnnity to decide such matters for themselves. A workable of this kind would remove the temptation submit by the initiative county division projects the people of the whole state
Arizona republican., 1915-06-13
Arizona Republicans Editorial Page

batteries drawn by tractor. from the cradle which had been used for forty centuries When the Scien- tific American started the experimental tele graph line between Washington and Baltimore had been opened year There dreams of light and electric railway but genera ton pass before those dreams would be realized Two years later Elias Howe received patent his crude sewing machine. There were typewrers. but they only curious toys. The Cunarder Aquitania of today. could the entire Cunard fleet her boat decks when the Scientific American launched.
 The seventy years have been period of inven ton unprecedented the history of the world; rather. We should say they have been a period of development. for then and years before, the great achievements which have been compassed were . a held by their fellows 60 be visonaries
 Whether the next seventy years will be so full Of invention is doubtful. There do appear to be many great things dreamed of now as there then. but may believe that the next seventy will be full of things achieved through realization the visions of the last three and years.
Arizona republican., 1915-06-13
IS North First Ave.

and indexed so that it is easy to refer to any particular division. The first subject consists of nine sections and deals with the creation of the State Land Department. In this re- spect it is a compromise between the original house bill, which provided for the retenticE of the State Land | Commission an1 the senate bill, which 1 provided that the secretary of state l should be the head of the department. ! The department is to consist of the governor, attorney general and state l engineer and this board shall appoint 1 a commissioner. who is given power | to appoint a deputy, chief clerk, chief ! draughtsman and other assistants, and subject to the direction and con- | trol Of the State Land Department and is charged with the duty of | carrying out the provisions of the act. i The selection of public lands that i have not yet been made, is placed 1 in charge of the governor, the com
 missioner, acting as surveyor gen | eral and the attorney general of the state, but It is provided that this
 board shall act upon the recom-
 mendation of the commissioner In | this respect the bill is the same as
 the original house bill and also the final revision of the original senate bill.
 The appraisement of lands and i'm
 movements as it now stands, is more | favorable to the lessees of school
 lands than was provided by either the
 original house bill, or the final re- 1 vision of the senate bill in the first ! session. In the house bill it was pro ! vided that the commission should make all appraisements of lands and ! improvements and in the final revi- sion of the senate bill two appraisers
 were 10 be appointed by the commis-
 sioner and one by the board of su- | pervisors in the proper county. The | provisions in the present bill are that | state lands shall be appraised by ap praisers, of whom two shall be ap- pointed by the commissioner and one i by the board of supervisors of the county in which the land is located,
 but that the improvements shall be appraised by one appraiser appointed 1 by the commissioner and ~one ap- pointed by the board of supervisors of the county and those two shall select a third The composition of
 the board of appraisers for improve
 ments. shows the spirit of fairness 1 in the bill, for the reason that it gives one appraiser to the state, one
 to the board of supervisors, who may : be looked upon as the representative of the school land leSseeS, and third who represents neither side.
 1 In both the original house bill and 1 the final revision of the senate bill, ] it was attempted to define the inn movements that should be appraised. i This is eliminated in the substitute ! bill and no definition of what con
 stitutes improvements is attempted.
 but Section 9. Article 10 of the Con-
 stitution and Title 65, of Civil Code
 of Arizona, 1901, are referred to, for a
 definition of. the term improvements. l This is absolutely fair to both the (Continued on Next Page)
Arizona republican., 1915-06-13
A sepislative Diet

The putocrats of the senate are not aware to what straits the members of the house had been reduced by the delay in passing appropriation bill the and contingent expenses of legislature While the opulent senators have markets afford; while much their time has been spent in conjuring up temptations for cloyed and We may say, blase appetites. the members of the house have been subsisting apricots large which Representative Goodwin has been bringing almost daily the opening of the extra June l.
 At first the house members doubtless felt that menu was sufficient The first Salt River Val ley apricots of such juicness and flavor that gourmand that there is nothing else to be desired.At that they plus ultra, but he gains impression that aprcots. however juicy and finely favored not sine qua non He could get along without them well. His mind beefsteak He remembers that it is writ live by apricots alone." but that foods containing other elements though less tooth some necessary the perpetuation of existence
 Lawmakng ons apricots is apt to be carelessly listlessy carried We easily conceive that shipwrecked with nothing but apricots eat. awhile their devotion to one another would indifference, then irrita ton, length O hate may be. finally to can nbalism
 An exclusive apricot diet may have been chiefly cOnributory the acerbity of the debate the past week. the appropriati0n bill has been passed and the apricot thralldom is at an end
Arizona republican., 1915-06-13

Ie Good Points None M Bad of the Stationary olTe Wild
 Contmo Adventu1 of FnmegM
Finnegan's Joy Ride

Ocht there's slathers woondherful sights in the loike a obstructin the strate, It's mpty sinse as a piece av piled mate, Tho it spakes all yit it has the lasht Be, gittn' me pinched wd big foine to pay It sthands be the crossin-wid a boord fer faace.  foine day I'm sthandin' Washington strate along comes Tim Mugan roidn' in sthate In q ottermobubble all painted in green, Ye kin bet me swate lofe twas scrumptious
 machine!
 An sez Tim to meslf he sez "Dinny" sez he Will fer spin in the coOnthry wid me?' Ochone! I "Yis." and nopped into plaace Wid niver thought that wooden poaace sez. Tim, he sez, "Dnny, if yell sthay be the Till I gifts dhrink from the Hassayamp I'll be back in two shakes av a billy goats tail An we'll sthart fer a jaunt be the overland trail" Wd that he jumps out thus bestiIrin the trouble Twix an that onery ottermobubble It merely be chanst not expectin' to touched button-och the wooden polaace Riff, ping, bang. flew that car loike a Kansas
 cyclone.
 wid a splinter an snort an, a screech an groan Foorst it stharted to climbin' tillegraft pole, Thin it jigged fer a whoile in big sewer hole, An 10 make matthers an me anguish com
 plate,
 Initiated a broncho all over the strate It ignored traffic rules till it framed up That has put in jai-drat the wooden polaace Now the way sthop it I've niver showed But I thwisted the wheel kept the road. The knobs l pulled all the it wint
 
 Lavin nuthn' behint wreck an disasther. Loike mutt l chasin' mesilf round the block, An the way turned shurely shock To the paypul who thought givin thm
 chase
 As they fled fer their loives-och the wooden
 polaace
 Thin overturned trolleys an jneys an sich, An scattered the passengers into the ditch. Whn the traffic cleared there little to do But to circle that block fer hour more two, Fer spoite av yells be sthOppin the car Not gossoon wud hilp us-sich cowyards they Och! the words they said dis
 ghrace
 the ear mesilf he wooden polaace! Shure that niver quit till the used Whin it sthopped in it's thracks loike an ossfied
 
 An jist thin fat cop an fetched clout On the top till sinses wint An the mkt thing knowed I landed in jail Wild money frinds that wud go bail WirTa, wrrai 'tis sad I'm in hook an dsghrace For neglectin the rules thim wooden poaace,
 His
 DENNIS x FINNEGAN
 Mark
Arizona republican., 1915-06-13
BRYAN'S RETIREMENT
(Chicago Herald)


 Probably first time in his public career William Jennings Bryan will find the people of America practically unanimous in favor of something he has forward-his resignation from the cabinet
 When this government solen.ny told Germany could "omt any wcrd act neces- sary the performance of it's sacred duty of main taininG the rights of the United States and It's cltl zens and of safeguarding their free exercise and William Jennings Bryan, ssne1 that note And that document also called on Germany to cease it's submarine warfare against merchant ships Ger many's evasion.
 For nine days reply been in preparations The country understands that this document is to be a polite firm request a definite answer to original demands-notting And yester- five days of delay, inexplicabe until sun down-1dr Bryan threw up his job because he didn't like the position taken President Wilson.
 No questions MT. Bryan's right to abandon portfolio state department if he disagrees foreign policy of the government. But the self marked yesterday than on May 13, put his to the historic docu- 
 The violation" of Mr. Bryan's obligation his country" occurred then, less than twenty-four hours ago His patriotic boundaries invaded at that moment, not yesterday. MT. Bryan would have soldier if he had mobilized himself his principles assaulted, raised the standard of revolt and retired then and tnere
 will the country forgive him the insinuation farewell to the president that if war he, Woodrow Wilson. will be responsible for because he is pursuing policy differing irrecon- cilably' from MT Bryan's The responsibility will be elsewhere and very largely the heads Of those by their actions and words lead Germany 10 entertain the hope that this country will not stand officially and privately-shoulder to shoulder with the president exactng strict accountability" for offenses against people and humanity.
 MT. Bryan a private citizen will be less menace peace of the nation than he has been secretary of state Therein the country and Pres Wilson be congratulated