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Arizona republican., 1915-03-09
LQiyd Case Is
 Delayed-- WiN
 Be Heard Today
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Special to The Republican,
 FLOEEN CE, March S.-Pending the presentation of arguments in the case. court action on the application of Knox Laird for release from the state prison here was delayed one more day. The papers in the case were filed with Judge Baughn of the su perior court this afternoon by County Attorney Richardson and the case will be argued tomorrow.
 Lard's fight for freedom, based on an unconditional pardon from Governor Hunt, carries with it set tlement by the court of the status of the new board of pardons and pa roles Laird was granted q writ Of habeas corpus by Judge Cunningham of the supreme court the papers be- ing made returnable in the superior court of this county. Return has been made by Warden Sims of the prison, and it is expected that the prisoner will be brought into court when the case is argued. In the ab- sence of $. l.. Patee attorney for the applicant, Judge J. F.. OConnor will appear for Laird and County Attor- nev Richardson for the state.
Arizona republican., 1915-03-09
AUS7R|ANS SAY
 WIN VICTORIES
 FROM RUSSIANS
In Russian Poland. West Galicia, the Carpathians and Southwest Galicia Vi cnna Report Indicates Successes.
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 VIENNA. March S-The following official Austrian statement was issued here tonight:
 Tn Russian Poland We have obtain ed several successes in battle which still continue The enemy was dis lodged from several trenches sustain ing heavy losses.
 "On the west Galicia front we gained similar successes in q brief attack by our troops
 In the district near LnpkoW Pass Gin the Carpathians) the Russians, whose thinned ranks strongly rein forced, made desperate attacks yester- day. thrice pushing forward to the vi cinity of our positions. only to be shat tered ill the last rush.
 Tn another section of the battle front our troops after repelling Rus sian attacks, surprised them by coun- ter attacks. capturing a strongly for tifled height and taking prisoners ten officers and seven hundred men on neighboring heights, one thousand cap- tured.
 In southeast Galicia a strong hos tile cavalry force, which Was making an isolated advance against the wing of our positions suffered a serious re- verse
Arizona republican., 1915-03-09
DIPLOMATS ARE BUSY OVER THE
 MEXICAN FUSS
Many Representatives in Washington Cable Their Governments of the I'm portant Steps Taken by the United States.
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WASHINGTON March S.-In the diplomatic corps here, there is ac- tivity over the Mexican situation. Tho Brazilian and Spanish ministers are in constant touch with the state department and the British ambassa- dor also made inquiries concerning the situation transmitting such dis patches as reached him from the Bl itish legation in Mexico City.
 Many diplomatic representatives here cabled their government that steps of a most important character had been taken by the United States which probably would cause Car ranZa to change his attitude toward foreigners. Many ambassadors said they thought the note sent by the
 nited States to CarranZa clearly i:nplied that the use of force might be the next development if there is not a favorable change in conditions. Specifically the United States has been making separate representations to obtain the following things from Carranza:
 Permission for the international re- 'ie' committee. composed of wealthy residents of Mexico City, to use the funds they have collected for sup plies to succor the starving and des- t'tute and placing at their disposal transportation facilities to bring food into the capital and guarantee of line of communication between Mex ico City and Vera Cruz, so that for eigners might have access to the sea and communication be kept open for foreign governments; the order ing of sufficient garrison to stay in Mexico City in case of an evacuation
 so that riots, and demonstrations of
 the mobs might be prevented and i foreigners protected.
 l According to information given out 1 at the state department the number | of foreigners in Mexico is estimated
 at 26,40o of whom there are: Ameri- Cans. 2500; Germans, 1900: French, 1 1sa0: English. 1000: Italians. TOO: | Spaniards. 12,000: Turks. a000: Chi
 nese, 2000: Cubans. l200; Japanese, 1 goo. and other nationalities. so. Enrique c. Llorente. Washington representative of Villa. gave out a telegram from the latter saying: If Ohregon abandons Mexico City
 Wc have enough troops in the vicin-
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Arizona republican., 1915-03-09
ABILITY 0F THE l. RAILROADS ID PAY |S POINT
Reports of Various Roads Analysed in Order to De- telnine Whether Can Stand Wage Increase Men Are Seeking.
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CHICAGO, March Stability of the railroads to pay occupied the today's session of the board of arbitration in the western railroad wage hearing here today.
 w. J. Lauck, a statistician employed by the engineers and firemen. who are seeking higher wages on the western railroads involved, analysed reports ol the railroads since 1890 and drew the conclusion that abundant returns had been paid on investments and saved for improvements, besides leaving sur plus from which wage advances might be paid without materially affecting returns to stockholders.
 James Sheean. attorney for the rail roads: w. l.. Park. vie-president ot the Illinois Central, and H. F. Byranl. vice president of the Chicago, Burling- ton x Quincy. both members of the board. questioned Mir. Lauck's analysis throughout his testimony. They said vital factors had been omitted from his calculations and that besides he took into consideration conditions which assumeGly had been disposed Of in the award of 1910
Arizona republican., 1915-03-09
BUSINESS GOOD
 SAY CITY BANKS
 IN STATEMENTS

Elsewhere iG The Republican today, appear the statements of the banks of phaeniX. These are issued in re- sponse to the call of the comptroller of the currency. The call was made public yesterday morning, and indi eating the cXactness of the system by which the financial institutions of Phoenix keep track of their af- fairs. these statements were forth coming early last evening" and in riude the standing up to the close of business yesterday.
 \ careful pcrusal Of the statements as they appear in The Republican today, will convince the most skept cal that business is good in Phoe nix and that the financial institu- tions of the city are in excellent condition Without going into the figures, which speak for themselves, il will be seen that there is grati flying number of deposits and that the several banks are keeping wei: within the required limits as pre- scii0ed by the national banking laws.
 All this ties in nicely with The Republicans Buy Now" Build Now" and Pave Now" campaigns. It k said that one of the banks in the past few weeks has been so well supplied with ready money, it las been able to loan many thous- ands of dollars on appfoved Salt River Valley securities. This means that there is field for legitimate
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Arizona republican., 1915-03-09
MILLION ACRE FEET IN LAKE
 TODAY HITCH

Perfectly amazing amounts of snow are on the watershed accord ing to the latest reports of the weather bureaus special observers in the mountains.
 Eph Penrod, daddy of Elmer. who reads the depth of the snow in the Pinetop district allows as how his boy must be showed in, as he left on his new skis for the heights on February 21 and hasn't been heard from since. Eph's letter came to the hands of Section Director R. R. Briggs yesterday, along with a re- port from the Cooleys' Ranch sta ton. Penrod says in his quaint way:
 ''I been in these parts 3j year, and there never has been so much snow. You better warn the people in the lowlands that if the snow goes out with a warm rain they is liable to he terrible floods. Elmer and his helper went out ten miles the
Arizona republican., 1915-03-09
ESbee Asked To Exblalm
 Violation Of Quarantine

ignore the foot and mouth quaran- tine rather than risk being hauled hefore the nations rate making body.
 The company ought not to start moving shipments across the state, unless it could get them through within the time limit, said secre- tary Sam F. Bradner of the Live Stock Sanitary board yesterday.
 Cattle should be unloaded and given rest. just before they are brought into the state, so that it would not be necessary for them to De taken out and quartered in the pens used by Arizona stock, thus running the risk of infection. The only place where this could be done in the state without danger to stock is at the quarantine pens at Yuma.
 Pending an explanation by the company. it is stated, no action will be taken in the courts.
Arizona republican., 1915-03-09
British and French Boats Step Near Constantinople. Not. However. Without Damage to Vessels En- gagged in Undertaking.
BATTLE ROYAL
 FOR DARDANEILES
More Forts on Asiatic Side Side Silenccd. but Turks
 Make Terrible Resistance and Their Shells Find More than One Walship.
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LONDON. March S.-The British and French fleets have battered .oeir way step by step nearer to , onstantinople not. however, without damage to the ships engaged. pat tle royal for the Dardanelles con times More Turkish forts on the Asiatic side were silenced. according +o the statement of the British ad- miralty. but the Turks are making 2 terrific resistance, and shells rom their German made guns found more than one mark on the besiesing craft.
 This struggle for the gateway of tie Ottoman capital is at present the big lecture If the war news, and closely linked with this the sustain ed excitement in Greece, incident tn the resignation of the cabinet and M. Venizelos who deeming Greece $ entry into the hostilities on the side Of the Tr:pie-entente imperative, conld rot agree with the king ami resign. Of the fighting on land there is litt!e change.
 From the number of ships en saged and the size and range of the guns, the battle of the Dardene'- les is unlike anything in history. ac- carding to naval experts. At twen- ty-one thousand yards. the huge bat t,eship Queen Elizabeth of the Br1t- ish squadron. assisted by smaller ships is still hurling shells across Gallipoli peninula into the Turkish stroneholds OF the Asiatic shores. An admiralty statement carries the op- erations through Sunday. and ad- mits the Turks not only scored three minor hits on the Queen Elizabeth but that the majority of the ships
 inside the straits. both French and British. were struck. None were sunk and there are no casualties The Turkish forts Rumil Medjidieh and Hamidieh Ltabia, ringing the Asiatic shore line. which previously withstood the bombardment, were silenced, as was the Mount Dardanus battery further south.
 The Turkish casualties are un-
Arizona republican., 1915-03-09
Supreme Court Says Is Be- vOnd Power of a State to Require Railroads to Car ry Any One Commodity at d Loss.
JUSTICE HUGHES
 ANNOUNCES DECISION
AnnuIs North Dakota Lig- nite Coal Rate Law and also the West Virginia TwO-Cent Passenger Rate Regulation.
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WASHINGTON, March S.-The su that 1t is beyond the power ol q state to require Q railroad to carry one commodity or class of traffic at . loss or only nominal profit. even though an adequate profit is obtained from it's business as 2 whole within the state. Under this principle the court annulled the North Dakota liz nite coal rate law as 70 the Northern Pacific, Minneapolis X St Paul, Sault Ste Marie roads. and the West Nir- gina tWo-cent passenger rate lay as to the Norfolk X Western.
 Justice Hughes announced the de- Cisions. Justice Pitner alone dissented. In arriving at the decision the court held that when state defects one commodity or class for traffic regula . ton, it must appor;ion to it a proper part of all general expenses and then allow a substantial compensation.
 The state cannot estimate the cost of carrying coal" said Justice Hughes in the North Dakota case by throw ing the expense incident to maintain = ane of the roadbed and general ex- penses upon the arriage of wheat. or the cost of carrying wheat by throw ing the burden of the upkeep of the property upon .coal or other commodi- ties
 In the West Virginia case he sad: Tt wcuid appear outside of the field of reasonable readjUstment that the state should demand the carriage of passengers at a rate so low that if could he justified only bN placing upon shippers of goods burden of excessive charge in order to supply an adequate return for entire service.
Arizona republican., 1915-03-09
4 THIRD OF LAND SELECTED
 BY ARIZONA tAPSES ID J. 5.

it is estimated that the cost to the state of this work is close to $60000
 Yesterdays order means that about s20,000 worth of this work has gone for nothing.
 Failure to get publication of the le- gal notices covering the 714.240 acres is thought to be the reason for the se
 lection being turned back In his let ter to the land office. the bureau chief says that Governor Hunts intention was evidently to permit the general
 land office to view his failure to re- new his request for the withdrawal of
 the said lands as equivalent to a re- quest for the elimination of the with
 draWal of said lands. An order for the
 survey Of the lands in question has
 been issued to Surveyor General In gals, but he has not yet put his men
 to work on the job. Ills is expecting
 an order resembling the previous order
 for the survey.
 Giving as an excuse the statement that sixty five hundred acres of Gila river bottom land in Yuma county is not good soil. the land commission last week reiinquished part of the selec- tion already made over to the state, and it is understood that other relin- quishments will follow on similar or | on the same grounds.
 Thirty-one townships are embraced in the tracts the state has just per
 mitted to go back into the public do- 1 main. By description, this land is: l Ts. and ?. x. Rs. 6. :. &, Sand 10, W Ts. 3. N.. Rs. 10 and Il w. T. 4 N.. R. II W.
 Ts. 1 N, Rs. 10. II. F and IA w. 1 Ts, N.. Rs. 6. :, s. 9. 10 .12 w. Ts. &, Rs. 6. :. &. 9. 10. w. l Is |, $ and 9S., R. 15 F..
Arizona republican., 1915-03-09
ONLY SEVEN SHIPS
 HAVE BEEN TORPEDOED

LONDON. March S.-The British Admiralty announces that out of 1,513 ships arriving. and 1,342 leaV- ing Great Britain during the period from February Is to March }, a total of 2,S55 ships, only seven were torpedoed by hostile submar- ines.
Arizona republican., 1915-03-09

other day, and looked over the coun- try, and had to come back The last fall is soft and under it is the crust of the old falls and they couldn't use their skis. You can't get horse a hundred rods off the main roads, ana we have been getting the mail by pack animals.
 Snow is seven foot deep on Baldy and ord peaks
 Fitch's Prediction.
 Project Manager C. II. Fitch ven tured little prediction that the res ervoir would contain the million acre feet requisite for the dam celebration oy tomorrow. There remains but q small little gap that about nine thousand acre feet would fill, in or der to complete the supply. Yester oay's gain alone, exceeded the nee sary amount by ten thousand acre feet. so ii is highly probable that the prediction will be amply fulfilled.
Arizona republican., 1915-03-09
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WASHINGTON, March S-General Carranza has been informed in note from the United States that un- less there are improvements in the conditions with respect to foreign CTS, and their interests in Mexican territory under his control. such steps as may be necessary will be taken by the United States to ob- tain the desired protection. The note was the strongest and most em- phatic document that has been sent by the Washington government to Mexico since the correspondenca with Hueria one year ago.
 Carranza was warned that the United States had viewed with deep concern the growing complaints made by foreigners in general. against his administration and now. in effect demands an early change. The con tents If the communication was re- Nealed to several ambassadors and ministers here who expressed satis- faction at it's urgent language Some regard it as an entire change of policy toward Mexico on the part of the United States.
 With the sending of the note. some movements of American war ships have been ordered. the effect of which will be naval demon- stration such as it is hoped by Of
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Arizona republican., 1915-03-09
Belief Grows Senate Has
 Loaded House with Work Toward Last of Session. Land, Budget and Bank Bills Still on Calendar.
STAND IN w AY OF
 EARLY COMPLETION
Even Big Four Among Important Bills Cannot Be Reached by Thursday Night-Thc Days Work in Both Houses.

The legislative house is hopelessly snowed under and is sore with the ef- fort of trying to dig out. Members yesterday and last night felt that the senate had so arranged matters as to load the lower house at the eleventh hour. There are three measures alone that will occupy its entire time to the last minute before adjournment. to the exclusion of anything else So des- pairing was the house that it was felt that night sessions would not afford adequate or dny relief.
 The general appropriation bill which has been read to the firty sixth of the lJi sections with the most difficult part of it yet to come cannot be fin ished before tomorrow afternoon at the earliest and it is probable that it will not be ready for the senate before Thursday morning. the last day of the session.
 But the worst was vet to come The senate late yesterday dumped the banking code upon the helpless house. and the reading of that will require at least five hours. Then. there is the long land bin to come
 In addition to all this and other measures of the house in committees or at various stages of progress, yes terday at noon there were fifty five senate bills in the possession of the house beside several that were sent in later.
 The senate on the other hand is pre- pared to play the last three days of the session. It's decks will be cleared today; not bill will be lying on the sccretary's desk or in any of the com mittees. The upper house will have
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Arizona republican., 1915-03-09

Following up resolution ot pro test passed at the last meeting Of the Arizona Cattle Growers associa- iion, the Live Stock Sanitary board has requested Superintendent T. H. Williams of the Southern Pacific of flee at Tucson, to appear at the meeting tomorrow and explain why the railroad company has been un- loading shipments of cattle in Ari zcna in violation of the state quar- antine against the foot and mouth disease.
 The company. it is stated, was forced to unload cattle at Tucson and other points. in order to com ply with the regulation of the inter state commerce commission, which stipulates that shipments must he unloaded for rest at intervals of not more than 36 hours. and preferred to
Arizona republican., 1915-03-09
NEW WIRELESS
 PLANTS SOON ID GARRY WAR NEWS
Direct Wireless Communica- tion Between the United States and Various Ma tions Will Soon Be Made Possible.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH,

CHATHAM, Mass March S.-Direct wireless communication between the United States and the neutral nations of Europe will soon he possible for the first time since the war was be- gun, through stations virtually com pleted on Cape Cod and Norway. by the Marcori Wireless Telegraph com rany. The plants were erected to meet the situation due to the war.
 There has been no direct wireless to the great neutrals. All wireless mat ter from Europe has been censored by the beligerents.
 An early act of the war was the cutting of direct cable communica ton between Germany and this ooun- try However, wireless service to Say vile, Long Island has brought war news from Germany. Two stations were built on the Cape. one here and one at Marion, fifty miles west. The work was begun in July and has cost s1 300 GOO
Arizona republican., 1915-03-09

over one third of the land selected for the state by the land commission, went back into the hands of the United States yesterday, when an order from the department was noted at the local land office, putting 714,240 acres back into the public domain. This land IS not yet open to settlement and entry.
 Since it's organization, the land com mission has selected in the neighbor- hood of two million acres of land, and
Arizona republican., 1915-03-09
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPArcHl

NEW YORK. March >.-The 5000 fine imposed on Frank Tannenbaum, in addition to years Imprisonment, for leading 191 unemployed men into St. Alphonsus' church last year, was remitted today by the court of gen. eral sessions. Tannenbaum prison sentence expires tomorrow.
 Judge Wadham. in remitting the fine, called attention to the fact that money to pay the penalty had been collected from sympathiZers among the poor, in sums ranging from five cents up.
 T do not think" he said, that the ends of justice now require that the pennies of the poor should be accept ed to pay the fine.
Arizona republican., 1915-03-09
Trade With Philippines
 Is Practically Paralyzed

matter Private and corporate inter- ests are in control of the situation, and we can do nothing.
 Reports of congested conditions in :he islands said that freight rates have been doubled the last ten days, and that ships are not to be had to move products awaiting shipment at Man ila. Prices are reported as falling on account of short tonnage, and increas- ed rates. Redfield said he investigated the request of Harrison that naval col Hers be used to transport goods to the United States, but found there was no power under the existing laws to uti- lize the ships for such a purpose. He also doubted any authority to draft the Panama Steamship line for Phil ippine service. and consequently the government is helpless.
Arizona republican., 1915-03-09
ZEPPELIN IS DESTROYED
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AMSTERDAM, March S.-The Telegrafs Tirlemont correspondent in dispatch confirms the destruc- ton there on Thursday of Zeppelin which was forced to make d hurried descent owing to a Arrangement o1 motors. The correspondent says the airship collided with trees and smashed the cars. and seventeen of the crew of forty-one were killed.
Arizona republican., 1915-03-09
ENDS 0F JUSTICE m N0T
 REQUIRE PENNIES 0F THE POOR

Adding that in his opinion the inn position of a fine rarely, if ever. was conducive to the end of protecting society from the commission of a crime, he said:
 The rich pay and can afford to do so. and the poor, who cannot pay. suffer, not fer the offense, but for their poverty"
 Judge Wadham also laid stress on Tannenbaum' claim that his motive had been good one, namely. to call the attention Of the public to d condi- ton of unemployment.
Arizona republican., 1915-03-09
PROMINENT MEN AS
GAMBLING WITNESSES

PALM BEACH, Florida. March S.-Grand jury subpoenas have been issued for number of prom inent men in various parts of the United States as a result of the movement to end gambling at this resort. Among those subpoenaed already are John H. Fitzgerald, for mer mayor of Boston: James M. Shoemaker. of Pittsburg, vice. president of the Pittsburg and Lake Erie railroad. and Thos. D. SheVlin of Minneapolis, former Yale foot ball star Fashionable beach clubs : are being investigated.
Arizona republican., 1915-03-09
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lASSpClATEp PRESS DlSPATCHJ
 WASHINGTON, March S-Trade be- tween the United States and the Phil ippine Islands has been practically par alyZed and business conditions in the islands seriously depressed by the lack of ships to handle commerce since the European war began.
 This is revealed in q letter from Sec retary of Commerce Redfield to Sec retary Garrison, to whom. Governor General Harrison had appealed for re- lief for the island shippers
 After reciting the conditions ascribed by the governor general, the letter says:
 So long as there is no law giving us any power over any shipping, the government is powerless to act in the