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Arizona republican., 1915-05-04
REV. RE|NFELS
 AND HIS NURSE AREEXONERATEO
Coroner's Jury In Ten Min utes Relieve Priest and Mrs. Sherrer of Blame for Killing Peter Glennon at Palm Springs
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BANNING. Calif.. May 3.-A cor oner's jury in ten minutes cNonerated Rev. Paul Reinfels and Mrs. Clara Sherrer. nurse, from the blame of killing Peter GlennOn, at d health camp at Palm Springs on Friday night.
 Rev. Reinfels admitted he fired one shot. But his revolver and that with which GleunOn tried to kill him and Mrs. Sherrer were of the same cali Der and the jury was unable to de- eide from which revolver the fatal shot was fired. Mrs. Sherrer. a wi dow with an eight-year-old son, was the principal witness. She declared that Glennon's infatuation for her was responsible for the tragedy. He proposed marriage to her a week be- fore. she said. and when she refused he threatened to kill her.
 This statement was corroborated by Mrs. Margaret Shea, owner Ot the cabin in which the invalid priest and his nurse were installed just a day or two before Glennon attempted to kill them.
 He came to the cabin about nine on Friday night" Mrs. Sherrer testi- fled He burst in the screen door and flourishing a revolver announced he had come to kill Father Reinfels and me. Don't Pete I cried. Re member my little son. It was dark in the cabin at the time. but Father Reinfels, who had been doZing, turn ed an electricl flashight upon Glen non and he began shooting. Three shots were fired by Glennon. | don't know which one struck the priest
 Clennon was a giant, a powerful man, aged about 3j years. But Mrs. Sherrer testified she leaped upon hiT' and in the strength of her fear forced him back through the door "i the cabin. They fought and struggled on
Arizona republican., 1915-05-04
FIVE IF JURY
 READY ID SERVE.
 IN CARAVAN CASE
Second Trial of Woman Charged With Murder of Mrs. Louise Bailey Has Been Begun in Mineola Court
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MINEOLA, N. Y, May 3.-With five of the jury selected, Mrs. Flor ence Conklin Carman, on trial for the second time charged with tfe murder of Mrs. Louise Bailey. in the Office of CT husband, Dr. Edward Carman, at Frceport on June 30, last, was remanded to the sheriff's GUS tody and spent the night in the county jail
 This action was taken on order of Justice Blackmar after the first panel of thirty-two talesmen had been ex- hausted. An extra panel of loo has been ordered to report tomorrow
 T am satisfied with five men chosen,' said Mrs. Carman after the adjournment. T approved of each of them, and I believe I have made no mistake"
 Mrs. Carman who had been out on bail since the jury disagreed at the first trial last November, was ret disturbed by the fact that she is to be locked up during the trial She had come from her home in Freeport prepared for such an order She said she was confident of the outcome of the trial
Arizona republican., 1915-05-04
Official Statements Say the German and Austrian Arms Have Achieved Notable Victory Along Western Galician Front
WON HINDENBURG
 IN LIMELIGHT
The Number of Prisoners He Took in the Northern Rushes Still Stands Rec ord as Against Subse- quent Achievements
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LONDON, May 3.-According to of ficial statements by both Berlin and Vienna, the German and Austrian arms have achieved a notable victory in West Galicia, smashing the entire Russian center along a front of many miles or as Berlin roughly puts it. across the whole western tip of Galicia from nearly at the Hungarian border to the point where the river Dunajec joins the Vistula, which is right at the frontier of Poland
 Though the 5000 prisoners whom the Teutonic allies say they have taken do not compare with the num- Der some of Field Marshal Von Hindenburg's rushes netted him in the north, the achievement, if sub sequent reports bear it out, will mean a temporary check for the Russian forces which have been hammering their way westward since the fall of Przemysl Berlin also claims that the Russian right is threatened So far as claims go, it was Austro- German day A number of vessels, neutral. and otherwise fell victims 10 German submarines, Norway being particularly heavy loser.
 England and France make no claim of any gains in the west. the British contenting themselves with saying that the German attacks on scared hill No. 50 in Flanders, have been beaten back. and the French confirm this. The Germans maintain that they are pushing forward to north west Ypres, toward St. Julien village which they captured after the attack following their first extensive use of gas. but which they were forced to yield under cOunter-atta In fight ing in the Baltic provinces also, Berlin finds cause to rejoice. Re jecting the Russian contention that it was only a sporadic cavalry raid. Berlin wireless comment received to- night says it seriously threatens the Russian right and the fact that troops could be moved so far northeast be- fore they encountered resistence is considered a reflection on the Rus sian intelligence system. If AustrO- German contentious relative to the GaliCian situation are correct, in the opinion of some English military writers, it will mean that the whole Russian campaign in the Carpathians is seriously affected, making extreme Iy precariOus the position of the Russian troops passing down the southern slopes toward the plains of Hungary. The line between the Wis tula ana the Hungarian frontier was about 4G miles east of CraCoU. The Austro- -Germans have been 5efend ing it stubbornly ever since the be- ginning Of the Carpathian fighting.
 General British comment is some what reserved pending the PctrogT2d version, ut the operations.
 VarioUs special dispatches from Mitylene, reaching London via Athens say the allies have occupied Maitos. on the Dardanelles, twenty-five miles south of the town of Gallipoli.
Arizona republican., 1915-05-04
ITEM FOR ITEM
 NO REDUCTION
In It's Consideration by House Committee of the Whole More Raises Than Cuts Were Effected Yes terday

One cannot tell how far a frog can jump by looking at his teeth and still less can one tell how much it will cost to run a state government by hearing the total of a general appropriation bill as was made evident in the house of the legislature yesterday.
 The lonS-lOOlIed for supply bill was presented by Chairman Powers of the appropriations committee and was put through the second and third readings under suspension of the rules. When a motion was made to go into the com mittee of the whole for its considera ton, inquiring members who were not members of the committee manifested curiosity concerning the measure. Just how much the bill carried no one was prepared to say. Further inquiry brought out the information that the bill did not interfere with any of the statutory appropriations; that is, that the statutory appropriations, whatever they might be should be added to the sum of the general appropriation bill whatever ,ts total might be- to ascer- tain the true amount that would be available for the expenses of the state for the next two years. No member was prepared to make a wild guess at the amount Of these statutory appro- priations.
 MT Graham. on this showing moved that the bill he recommitted to the committee on appropriations which should be directed to secure this inter esting information. But the house elected to 90 into the committee of the whole and Mir. Newbury was made chairman.
 Mir Christy at once began an attack upon the bill which threatened to be- come indisctiminate and his first point of attack was a rather unfortunate one. It was the salary of the secretary of the corporation commission whose du- ties he said were largely clerical But Chairman Powers read from the pro ceedings of the committee statement by a member of the commission. show ing the responsibilities of the secre tary. Among other was that of car rNing a gun and making arrests. MT, Christy whether or not aprehensive of gunmen, withdrew his objection.
 In prefacIng his objection, the gentle man from Creenlee said. If we are go- ing into house cleaning, let us get down into the corners" Other house cleaning was suggested by him in the
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Arizona republican., 1915-05-04
Jury Finds John R. Lawson Guilty of Killing John Nimmo, a Deputy Sheriff, In Battle With Strikers In October, 1913
CANNOT DEFEAT
 CAUSE OF LABOR
"Thcy May Get Me- Says Lawson When Verdict Is Announced, But They Cannot Defeat Cause 1 Am Working for
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TRINIDAD May 3.-The jury this afternoon found John R. Lawson guilty of murder in the first degree, fixing the penalty at life imprisonment for the killing of John Nimmo, a deputy sheriff in a battle with strikers in Oc- tober, 1913.
 Commenting on the verdict Lawson said:
 They may get me but they can't de- feat the cause of labor. I am not WOr- rying about myself. I am making a fight for the workingman I am inter ested in. That can go ahead as before. Even for me it is a long ways to the penitentiary My attorneys have not given up everything possible to be done to save me
 Lawson sat immovable as the jury filed into the court room. There was only a sprinkling of spectators. Judge Hillyer had announced a luncheon re cess until two o'clock and it was not quite that hour when the jury reported.
 In the midst of a tense silence the clerk asked:
 Gentlemen, have you reached a yer dict?"
 The foreman replied in the affirma- tive, then handed the written verdict to the clerk, who passed in to the judge.
 Lawson sat beside lis counsel, his eyes fixed on the jury.
 The judge glanced at the verdict, then handed il back to Bowdery Floyd the clerk The clerk read aloud:
 We, the jury, find the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree and fix the penalty at life imprisonment" :"
 A gasp. a sharp intake of breath. ran around the still crowd. Lawson did not move. A slight smile played over his features. There was silence for few clock ticks, then Horace Hawkins chief counsel for the defense. asked that the jury be boiled. As the clerk read the names each man assented to the verdict. Then followed brief legal fOrmalities and the crowd filtered out al the door
 Thirty days were given to file a mo- tion for a new trial and Lawson was released temporarily in the custory of his counsel.
 Early tonight Judge Hillyer had not decided whether or not Lawson should De sent to jail pending a decision on an application for a new trial Law son is still at his hotel. theoretically in the custody of his counsel.
 Lawson tonight sent a message to his wife telling her that he was convicted Mrs. Lawson. an invalid suffering from a nervous breakdown, is in Los Ange- les. During the trial she telegraphed asking that she be permitted to attend Lawson. however, thought her strength would not be sufficient for the strain and urged her to stay in California
 John R. Lawson was charged with the murder of John Nimmo, deputy of Las Animas county who was killed in a battle between deputies and striking coal miners near Lud- low on October 25. 1913. Lawson is the member of the International Ex- ecutive Board of the United Mine Workers of America for District No 15. He was one of the prominent leaders in the recent coal miners strike in Colorado.
 This strike is conceded to have been one of the most notable labor
Arizona republican., 1915-05-04
QMeYetayO T0ken
 Is Report Made
 State Department
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WASHINGTON. May 3.-The re- ported capture of Queretaro by Za- pata forces cooperating with Villa in the campaign in Central Mexico, while unconfirmed in advices to the state department. proved of great interest to officials here. The Villa agency claimed that Queretaro was captured yesterday, cutting Obregon from the base at Vera Cruz.
 Recent reports to the Carranza agency said the Zapata troops had been driven back to within twenty miles of Mexico City. Queretaro con trols both railway lines leading to Vera Cruz from the region about Irapuato. where the Villa, ana Obre- gon forces have been facing each other the last six weeks. Obregon's offensive campaign was launched at that point and reports from Vera Cruz have insisted he is moving northward toward Aguas Calientes, where Villa reorganized his. army af- ter an unsuccessful attempt to cap ture Celaya.
Arizona republican., 1915-05-04
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FORT WORTH, Texas, May 3.-Dr. w. c. Fucker, assistant surgeon gen eraI Of the public health service, before tho State Medical Association here to- day told of the world wide ramifica- aions of bubonic plague and it's menace to the United States The plague, he said, follows main travelled roads, spreads along less beaten paths to the remote enGs of the earth and goes from one country to another more frequently by water than by land.
 Taking the Hawaiian Islands, where plague was found last August, as a central point" pr. Fucker continued, plague exists in Seattle, 2,4O9 miles away: in California, 2,091 miles dis tant: in Yokohoma, 3,445 miles away; in Hengkong, 4,S57 miles away, and in
Arizona republican., 1915-05-04
Accuser of Colonel Roose- welt Is Near-Witness In His Libel Suit Against Former President and Is Due to Testify Today
PRINTING IS
 FRIED INTO
Colonel Will Go On Stand Again Today, But Neither He Nor Barnes Are EX- pected to Testify at Any Length
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SYRACUSE. May 3.-Colonel Theo- dOre Roosevelt will again go on the witness stand in the supreme court to- morrow and the prospects, tonight are that William Barnes will either pre- Cede or follow him. Plans to these ends were made by counsel for the re Spcctive principals in Barnes libel suit. after many witnesses had testified for the defense. It is not considered likely that either will testify for any extend ed period.
 The colonel under a new ruling of the court will be allowed to testify with regard to facts not set forth in the pIeadings in mitigation of the dam ages. He may produce evidence de- signed to show that he held no malice for Barnes at the time he delivered the speeches in which the plaintiff was named.
 MT Barnes was actually called as a witness for the defense today after Franklin Craley, secretary and treas urev of the Albany Journal company had sworn that the books of the corpor- alton which he was asked about were in the possession of the plaintiff. Mir Barnes was to testify in regard to how much stock he owned in the Journal company and possibly other things. He was on his way to the witness chair when Justice Andrews. presiding sug- Eested that it might be a good idea to have MT. Barnes get the books in question. which counsel said were in a local hotel Attorneys for both sides agreed to this, and MT. Barnes was in Structed to bring the books to court with him in the morning.
 More letters that passed between the late Thomas Platt, former United States senator on the one hand. and Barnes and Roosevelt on the other. also will be produced in court tomorrow. The letters were brought in today by Edward Platt son of the former sens- tor
 The testimony given today was of many kinds There was evidence re- EardinE printing in Albany. One wit ness said the plant of the Albany Jour nal company contained a job press. He admitted. however, that it was oper- ated with single kicker. furnishing the motive power. Another witness identified books printed for the city of Albany bearing the line Printed by the Journal Company" and admitted that
  actually struck off the book The same witness told of the Journal com panv being paid 15 per cent commits sion on orders by the Argus company.
 None of the witnesses testified that he had ever had any business dealings with MT. Barnes personally or that Mir Barnes had ever solicited printing
 Walter Arndt. of New York, news paper correspondent. swore that Mir Barnes had told him in 1911 he had received a message from Charles Mur- phy of Tammany Hall that a direct primaries bill then before the legisla- ture was likely to pass unless the re- publicans united with the democrats and that the Tammany leaders had asked the plaintiffs help. MT Barnes was quoted IS saying that the dem ocr-tts were in control at Albany and that Mir Murphy could pull his own chestnuts out of the fire"
Arizona republican., 1915-05-04
TO PROBE SINKING OF THE GULFLIGHT BEFORE
 ANY REPRESENTATION
FRISCO AVIATOR DIES
 FLYING FOR VILLA

FL PASO, May 3.-Jack Waves of San Francisco, was killed yester- day at Aguas Calientes Whiie mak- ing test flight with one of the aeroplanes purchased for the Villa army, according to a telegram from J. s. Berger, manager of the Villa aerial corps. It was stated in the message that Mayes was fly ing at a rate of60 miles an hour when the biplane he was driving struck building, crushing the aviator's head and shoulders. The body is being shipped to the bor- der here. Villa has several air crafts, nearly all of which are manned by Americans.
Arizona republican., 1915-05-04
DR FUCKER SAYS THE BUBON|C
 PLAGUE EVER PRESENT MENACE

Shanghai a little over 5000 miles dis tant Thus our entire Pacific coast is threatened by plague from the orient. The Pacific coast is also menaced by the disease in Ecuador and Peru, lit tie over four thousand miles away from San Francisco.
 The entire Gulf coast is menaced by plague in Havana, 769 miles from Gal weston, 6O1 miles from New Orleans, 324 miles from Tampa, and 92 miles from Key West The disease was found among rats in New Orleans no longer ago than March 9. 1915. On account of the chaos in Mexico. it is impossible to state whether plague exists in her gulf ports.
 The Atlantic coast is not only threatened with importation of plague from the eastern coast of South Amer ica, but from European. African and Asiatic ports. Less than five thousand miles from New York, plague is found in Brazil. at PernambucO, Pahia, and Rio de Jaueiro. In the Mediterranean iitteral, plague is found in Tripoli, Greece, Egypt and at Port Said. one of the worlds gateways. Practically all of the great ports of British India, except Calcutta, are infected, Rangoon, Madras, Colombo. Bombay and Kara chi report its presence and from Ea- rachi it has extended up into the Per sian Gulf Singapore, Sura baya, Mau- ritius Zanzibar. Queenstown in South Africa. and Dakar in Senegal, all have plague. Directly or indirectly our country is in commercial communica- ton with all of the infected places mentioned. It must be admitted that fContinued -on Page TwoN
Arizona republican., 1915-05-04
Pending Official InVestiga- tion of Wrecking of Amer jean Steamer i'll English Channel Diplomatic .Ac- tion Is Held up
NO PREDICTION
 ON PROCEDU RE
Should Inquiry Show Ger man Submarine Made Att tack United States Prob ably Will Make Demand for an Indemnity
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WASHINGTON, May 3.-Pending an official investigation of the cir cumstances of the wreclIng of the American steamer Gulflight in the English Channel. the United States government will defer diplomatic rep resentations as well as any pro- nouncement of policy. Two messages were received from American Consul Stephens at Plymouth reporting that the GuIflight was torpedOed off Scilly Islands saturday, and that the Captain had died of heart failure, and that two members of the crew were drowned.
 Sec'y Bryan called attention to the fact that the source of his author lty was not given by Consul Steph- ems, and that the message read as 1T he were reporting on information he had heard rather than facts learned Sec'y Bryan said he would ask for thorough and complete report from the American consul, and would di- rect Ambassador Gerard at Berlin to make a similar inquiry of the Ger man government for such facts as il might have on the subject. The Sec retary announced that he did not wish to make any predictions as to the course of the American govern ment's policy until all the facts were in his possession. Officials are care ful not to take for granted the truth of reports that a German torpedo struck the Gulflight. Until there is definite proof no statement bearing on the delicate point of responsibility is deemed expedient. Should the in- vestigation bear out dispatches claim ing that a German submarine made the attack, the United States will probably demand an indemnity suf ficient to cover losses incurred by the ship. and compensation to the famil ies of the victims It is thought pI obable that an expression of formal regret will also be requested.
 While the question of the right of submarines to attack belligerent mer- chantlnen without warning or time for non combatants to be transferred to places of safety covered in the Declaration of London, any diplo- matic action of the United States very likely will be based on the treaty of 1928 between Prussia and the United States Early in the war the United States served notice on Germany and other belligerents that in view of the piecemeal adoption of the declaration of London by the bel ligerents, the Washington govern ment would not be bound by the dec laration but by previous existing treaties and rules of international law.
 Already the German government has taken cognizance of the treaty of 1928 as binding at the present day, agreeing to pay for the loss of the American ship Frye under that
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Arizona republican., 1915-05-04
W. ]. s. OFFICES NOT n
 BE FILLED FOR 4 MONTH

What may be an attempt on the part of the board of governors of the Water Users Association, newly organized for it's 1915 term late yes- terday afternoon, to replace George Christy as counsel and George Lut- gerding as treasurer, developed when it was carried to an to vote to defer the appointment of officers for one month. The new board is com posed of the same members as the old one. No reason was given out why the two officials mentioned should not be reappointed, but it is thought that the other officers will be retained
 It was a long day at the water users. Four meetings were scheduled but there was so much business and so much discussion. that most of the sessions were late starting
 The Council
 The council organized in the morn ing by the election of A S Reed the incumbent, over Alma Davis, as chairman The vote was 16 to '.
 Gordon Tweed was re elected clerk Salaries were fixed at the same fig ures as before
 An important item of the councils morning business was the investiga . -tion of Council District ,. with the view of abolishing it. This is the only district that lies on two sides of the river, and it is claimed that Q diversity of interests makes it hard to keep it organized properly. This was shown in the last election. wher the fight between the two sides ot the river for representation in the council was hotly Waged. It may he that the council will recommend di-
Arizona republican., 1915-05-04
PURSER IS ARRESTED
 FOR COMPLICITY

SAN FRANCISCO, May S.-F. V. F. Baker, purser of the steamer Ventura was arrested for alleged cOmplicity with Mrs. B. J. Francis, who is charged with smuggling opals and sapphires, valued at $1S.- 300 from Australia. He confessed according to Special Agent Tide well to having aided her by keep ing the jewels and throwing a pile of rubbish over them when the
 search was made. A black opal weighing 37 carats, valued at $1O,- was sent by Baker to Mrs. Francis which lay unnoticed in the apart mcnts q day and a night, lead to the arrest.
Arizona republican., 1915-05-04

sure of Sebastian's character that he called on him at the police station to tell the chief he would believe him innocent till he was proved guilty.
 Mrs. Pratt never had pink bath robe or a kimona that I know of, Pratt stated on cross examination. T buy all my wife's clothes.''
 This garment, prosecution witnesses testified, Mrs. Pratt exhibited as a present from Sebastian. As for the bracelet which Augustin Olivera nus band of one of Mrs. Pratt's sisters, said the chief had given Mrs. Pratt. the witness declared his wife bought the ornament from a Chicago firm as he had seen the bill for it.
Arizona republican., 1915-05-04
BARkENTlNE IS WATERLoGGEO
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LOS ANGELES. May 3.-Wallow- ing along behind the steamer Yuca- tan, which picked her up off Point Arguello yesterday, the power bark entine Archer reached port tonight battered and waterlogged by the re- cent gale. Her crew of sixteen were exhausted with three days and nights bailing with buckets.