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Arizona republican., 1915-10-16
Five Men Reach Fl Paso from Clifton and Are EX- pected to Communicate With Managers Some time Today
NOT AUTHORIZED
 TO ACT FINALLY
If Terms Are Known to Be Acceptable May Make Agreement, But Compro- mise Must Be Submitted to Miners
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! FL PASO, Oct 15.-The peace com mittee of the striking copper miners arrived here today and will communi- cate with the managers tomorrow. ] They will arrange an immediate i conference. The terms to be proposed were not divulged.
 It is estimated that the committee is authorized to act finally upon the peace agreement. if the terms known to be acceptable are obtained from the managers. In the event of a doubtful compromise, the proposed agreement will be submitted to a referendum vote of the miners. Sheriff Cash and Adiu- tant General Harris did not accompany the committee here
 The subject of wages will receive the major attention of the conference. The strikers demanded increases ranging from a small per cent in the case of skilled mechanics to a larger propor- tion in the case of the miners Prac- tcally all the work in the mines is on day and hour basis. although there is q small amount of call work
 Members of the committee stated that the question of recognition of the Western Federation had been waived and would not be brought up at the conference. The committee men are themselves union men, although q ma 1orlty belong to organizations other than the Western Federation. Only one man is q mine operator the others WorklnS at the different craft con nected with mining and smelting.
 The mine owners tonight ina9ss public 35 statements. nearly all of them sworn affidavits relating to conditions as alleged to have ex- lsted in the Clifton district. Mos. of them were from employees of the copper companies who claimed to have left the district under orders from the Western Federation. or through fear of violence. The af- fidavits have been collected during the last few days by Attorney Ellin- wood, counsel for the Phelps Dodge interests.
 One of them by J. L Watson. a pump repairer. declares that on Oc- tober ,. four men representing the Western Federation of Miners" came to his house. One of the men, he swears, "came rushing at me. say ing. I thought you had left town long ago While he was saying that he smashed my face with his fist
 'I asked: What have I done?' HeI said, you went to the mill this morning. when we told you the mill was shut down. with that he smashed my face again, breaking my nose"
 Watson declares he was ordered out of camp.
 The affidavit of Santiago Martinez reoites that he was compelled to
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Arizona republican., 1915-10-16
LONDON BOARD
 DIRECTS ALLIES
 FOREIGN BUYING
International War Supplies Committee in England Passes on All Purchases of War Munitions Made by Agents of the Allies
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NEW YORK. oct. 15-Of the millions spent daily in this country by the allies
 for war supplies, not a dollar, it was learned authoritatively. will be spent without the sanction of the British gov ernment, which is obtained through a committee sitting in Londan. Its eX- istence was not generally known here tofore outside Of government circles only once, so far as can be learned, and then in the case of Russia, has the mandate of this committee been dls- regarded The committee consists of representatives of each of the allied nations, absolutely controls the pur- chase of war supplies in any foreign country Acts as a financial check, as supervisors on the war chests of the allies and seeks to eliminate all com petitive bidding.
 The committee does not supervise purchases ir the home markets. it's sphere being limited strictly to pur- chascs outside the boundary lines of the nations at war and their colonies. The committee is designated by a French title the translation of which is the international war supplies com mittee''. Under it's guidance, the allies can refrain from competition, which if permitted, would send prices to pro- hibitiVe levels and consequently swell the cost of conducting the war Instead of coming to the American market when supplies are needed and Waging q financial contest, the allies have adopted the system of placing one big order at a time in the United States. When the contract is signed, the next nations needs are taken up and this is maintained until all are cared for. England as banker for the allies. dom mates the committee British pur- chases. where convenient are made in this country without consulting the committee. Only a perfunctOry way does the committee keep track of Brit ish purchases. Another department of the government attends to this.
 One of the chief functions of the British members is to act as mouth piece for the British treasury in allot- ting to the other allied nations the advanced by Great Britain for the purchase of war supplies in this country Each country is financed to a certain extent as in the case of Rus sia almost wholly, by Great Britain.
 The British members of the commit tee advise the representative of the other nations as to how much Great Britain will permit them to spend at Gtated intervals, and how much they will he permitted to contract for in the United States, with the British guaran-
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Arizona republican., 1915-10-16
SECRETARY OF LABOR URGED
 ID INVESTIGATE
Petitions Are Being Circu- lated i'll Strike District Asking That Secretary Wilson Make Personal Inquiry into Conditions
By Ernest Douglas Special Representative of The Ks
 publican)

CLIFTON. Oct. 15.-Clifton passed it's quietest day since the strike be- gan. The possible result of the El Paso conference was the sole topic of conversat tion. The general feeling is slightly more optimistic than it was yesterday The Mexican strikers held a mass meeting in a hall on Chase Creek this morning, but did nothing but discuss the situation.
 Petitions asking the Secretary of Labor to make a personal investlga- tion of tho wage and working cond- tions in the Clifton Morenci district were placed in circulation by the strikers executive committee tonight They will be sent to Governor Hunt by Sunday mornings mail for trans mission to Washington. This move had been talked of for some time.
 There are two forms of the peti- tion, one for former employees of the three big companies and one for the The petition follows:
 We tFe undersigned. being the former employees of the Arizona Cop Company and the Detroit Copper Company. in part, and wishing to set public opinion alright in regard to the wage and working conditions in the Clifton. Morenci and MetcaIf mining and smelling districts, and to cause such influence that we may be able to bring to bear on the mine managers on whom the responsibil- ity for said conditions rests. to cause them to improve said conditions
 We believe that the occasion war rants a federal examination and pc tition you to come to this district and investigate the matter person. ally"
Arizona republican., 1915-10-16
Continued Fighting is Re ported from All Fronts No Indications of Vic tories or Material Change in Situation
SERBIA'S INVASION
 COSTS MANY LIVES
Hardened Veterans in Ser bia Are Taking Every Op- portunity to Inflict Great est Possible Loss on the Invading Troops
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l LONDON Oct. 15.-Great Britain
 has declared war on Bulgaria
 Continued fighting is reported along all fronts, There are no indications of victories or reVerses which would ! materially change the general situa- tion. The Teutons and Bulgarlals arc proceeding methodically in the invasion of Serbia, which is costing d heavy price in lives. The hardened veterans are taking every opportunl- tY to inflict the greatest possible loss on the invaders. The Germans have occupied POZarevaO southeast of Semendria and claim that the cam paign is proceeding according tC their plans The entente is perfect ing preparations to assist the Ser bians by landing additional troops at
 SalCnlki, where. the French general
 Sarrail has arrived to take command.
 The steps which Russia and Italy
 will take to assist have not devei-
 oped. The Russians have turned the
 offensive at Dvinsk, but the Germans
 are claimed to have repulsed most
 attacks. The Russians penetrated
 the line at one point England has
 sunk one and probably two German
 torpedo craft in the Baltic and is
 also active in the North Sea. Rec ords show that twenty five German
 traWlers have been captured and
 taken to Grimsby during the past month.
 The political situation is unchanged Greece having announced that she
 will not intervene in favor of Serbis,
 at present" Rumania, although be- ing urged by Germany to definitely define her position, has not made a move. Along the western front there has been heavy fighting at Artois Champagne and Nosges, both sides being attacked. The gains and loss es are described as being of little importance. Except for the hostili- ties at Dvinsk. things are calmer in the east Lieutenant General Ivan off, the Russian commander. after the victory in Galicia, and the sub seGuent check by Germans, having slown himself for a moment to be satisfied with his achievement The Italians are again on the offensive. and are claimed to have gained sue cesses against the Austrians This the Austrians deny. Outside of the Balkans, England is watching with the most interest the operations of her submarines in the Baltic where they have driven German merchant men from the sea
Arizona republican., 1915-10-16
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WASHINGTON. Oct. 15.-The triaI by court martial of Rear Admiral William Little, retired begins on October IS at the Boston navy yard Rear Admirals Fiske Helm, Parks Warrington. Cleaves, Dunn and Paymaster General Cowie will com pose the court. Lieutenant Com mander Johnson is the judge advo- cate. The trial was ordered by Sec = retary Daniels, who charges neglect and careless methods in the conduct of his duties while inspector of the machinery at the Fore River Ship building Company, at Quincy, Mass in connection with the construction of submarine K-2.
 The action of the department in this case continues Secretary Daniels statement. of ordering a trial by court martial of an officer who retired after having attained the highest of naval ranks, on charges relating to duties performed prior to his retirement, is somewhat radical and will arrest attention. This can be accounted for only as evidence of the departments determination that the inspection of ships, now under
Arizona republican., 1915-10-16
RECOGNITION
 FORM DECIDED UPON NEXT WEEK
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WASHINGTON. Oct. 1j.-Secretarv Lansing will call conference next week of the Pan-American diplomats to arrange for the form in which the recognition will he extended to the defactor government, led by Carranza. No formal responses have been re- ceiYed by the Brazilian and Chilean ambassadors here. to the reports sent to their governments last week after the decision to recognize Carranza. As soon as this is received the con- ference will be called.
 The Argentine minister and the Uruguayan minister saw Secretary Lansing today. Both had received instructions to adopt the same form of recognition as the United States does. The Bolivian and Guatemalan ministers. the remaining members of the conference. had similar instruc- ti0ns.
 The formal act of recognition will probably occur next week with the reception of E.lisZio Arredondo as the authorized representative of Carranza. A note will very likely be presented to him notifying him of the reccgni- tion of Carranza as head of the de- factO government.
 Reports of the activity of the Car ranza adherents in fomenting a. re- volution in Guatemala met with prompt denial from the CarranZa agency. It was announced after con ferences between Arredondo and the minister here. that the subject had been brought to the at
Arizona republican., 1915-10-16
SEED SELECTION
 IS ONE SECRET
Assistance of Tempe Cotton Exchange Makes Possi- ble Greater Acreage and Increased Planting is Pre- dicted for Next Year

Exceeding by IL cents per pound the best price of 201s cents obtained for the first carload of Egyptian long staple cotton shipped out last year. the Tempe Cotton Exchange is this morning sending out over the South ern Pacific railroad the seasons in- itiaI carload of high grade cotton from the Tempe district. Already contracted for al the handsome fig ure of 21& cents per pound. f. O. b. Tempe, ana with a good market as- sured for the additional carloads that will represent the seasons crop In the Tempe district. the first carload out this year is billed to McFaddeu Brothers. Providence. R. L, one of the worlds largest cotton commIs- sion houses. That no other cotton raised in the United States or else where will bring as satisfactory d price or prove of higher quality is the confident belief of those waC are sending this carload forward.
 Far more important than the mere fact that an exceptionally good price has been obtained for a carload Of Salt River Valley cotton. is the ef- feet it is likely to have upon the cotton industry as a whole with par ticular reference to the acreage and quality of the 1916 yield. II is now predicted that as compared witt about 800 0acres planted to cotton this year in the Salt River valley. against about 5000 planted last year. there will be at least 15.000 acres m cotton in 1916. Compared with the about 5000 acres planted to cotton the figure obtained for the first car load this year from the Tempe dis trict is about three cents per pound better
 The Tempe Cotton Exchange is promoting the growing of cotton .n it's district financing the venture
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Arizona republican., 1915-10-16
Determination Faces Remnant

CHICAGO, Oct 15.-James Me Naughton, q returned missionary, told the delegates of the Lawmen's mis- siOnary movement, something of the condition in Turkey during war times. He pleaded that aid be sent to Christian Armenia, where eXter- imitation faced the remnants of a race centuries old.
 He said it is not believed that peo- pie of any other nation engaged in war have been called upon to make such unusual sacrifices. All Ottoman subjects were called upon to con tribute twenty-five per cent of the movable possessions. except furniture Today what is left of a mighty king dom, is fighting for it's life Wherever
Arizona republican., 1915-10-16
Hotel-keeper Plants Off cers to Watch for Black handlers, Plants Letters and Then Rides Right into Trap
LIVELY GUN-FIGHT
 BUT NO ONE HURT
Adams Thinks Police Are Criminals and Officers Believe Same Thing of Adams ''G am blin g Grudge," Says Letter

Nearly the victim of his own plant" J. C. Adams proprietor of the ! Hotel Adams, who received a black hand letter yesterday, ended a days exciting adventures with a wild ride i in a jitney, pursued by the vicious revolver fusillade 1f the very police men he had stationed on a lonely bridge in the west end. to intercept the blackmailers. The merry sound of the uncorked siX-shcoter in the stiffness of the early evening startled residents of the capitol district out of their wonted calm. and many were the fears that the strike zone had oveilapped Greenlee and stopped into Maricopa county.
 That he and his pals had been trimmed out of $3OOO in a gambling game run by the hotel was the com plaint made by the writer of the blackhand letter Adams was in structed to place that sum under bridge where Sixteenth avenue crosses the Salt River canal before s o'clock last evening, under penalty if he failed, of having his hotel blown up before midnight.
 An exact copy of the letter fol- lows:
 Phoenix, 10-15-15.
 We are three unlucky devils that .YQu have robbed of everything we Drought to Arizona, and we make this proposition that will get LIS out of the state. We have put mines of dynamite and glycerine under 3 sides of your hotel and got them connected with electric wires and will set them of friday night at s or 10 o'clock if You don't leave $3OOO on the bridge at 16 ave and Yuma road at o'clock friday night. No monkey bussness goes. if you put some one there to watch the other one will watch him and tell the one a the battry and the explosion will De just the same. and don't send no marked money to get out on.
 Don't have no officer snealling round"
 The missive was unsigned. and written with pencil on cheap paper. It was postmarked Phoenix at am. October 15.
 Far from frightened at the threat, MT. Adams tied up a lot of papers in a flat bundle tipped off the police, the correct bridge, ,and carefully de- posted the blood money(?). This occurred at : o'clock.
 At o'clock. desiring to see whether or not the coin or the gang had been taken. the well known inn
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Arizona republican., 1915-10-16
COMMITTEE ON HAND READY TO
 CONFER WITH MGRS.
DR. WILBUR NAMED
 STANFORD PRESIDENT

STANFORD. University. oct. 15. The appointment of Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur as president of the Stanford University has been an nOunced. He will succeed President John Casper Branner, on January first. He has been head of the medical department.
Arizona republican., 1915-10-16
German Count, Wanted in New York on Charge of Espionage, EIudes Off cers in English Port and Also ill Rotterdam
MADE PLANS OF
 NEW YORK FORTS
Chauffeur Garbed as Ma tional Guardsman Alleged to Have Stolen Secrets Regarding Eastern Forti- 1ications for Spy
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NEW YORK. Oct. 15.-With tie indictment of Max Lvnar also known as Count Max Lynar Loudon. on a charge of bigamy the United States secret service agents began an in- vestiEation of the recent alleged ac- l.iticS Of the man, who under the lsame of Lunar is said to have done confidential work in this country last June and July on behalf of the Ger . nah and Austrian governments. The investigation embraced a report that detailed plans and sketches of cer- tain Notifications around New York h5rbor had been sent to Berlin by two secret messengers aboard d steamship which sailed from here for Rotterdam during July.
 The investigation will be conduct cd with a view of determining just what plans. if any. were carried to Berlin by the alleged messengers and through what agencies they were obtained
 The steamship was searched at Falmouth. England. it is reported, for messengers. whose presence on the vessel had been cabled to the British admiralty, bat they were not found. The ship then proceeded to Rotterdam, II is said, where she Was aeoiD searched by the British consul there. The messengers are reported 70 have eluded the British consul and 60 have landed in Rotterdam with The papers and the plans of the forts n their nCssession. and to nave pro cocdcd thence to the German capital. The name of one of the alleged mes sonCers and the steamer upon which they are said to have made the trip. and the date of it's departure from
Arizona republican., 1915-10-16
ExbIOSiOn Al Wireless
 Station Mjmyes Three

ratus being put out of commission.
 The fire spread to the plant buildings but was brought under control. The repair ship. Prometheus had left Cor dova only yesterday. The men injured were Gunner Arthur Holton, David Barry and Fred FzwajkOwski. machin ist mate. They were sent from here last summer to install the new ap- paratus. The accident occurred at 9:4O last night. The three men were taken to the government hospital at Cordova
Arizona republican., 1915-10-16
GREAT BRITAIN HAS
 DECLARED WAR ON
 BULGARIA. IS REPORT
TO LIFT EMBARGO
 FOR GEN. CARRANZA

DOUGLAS, Oct. 15.-Carranza Agent Gardene stated that he has been informed by the Carranza agency at Washington that the United States would lift immedi- ately the embargo on the eXporta- tion of arms and ammunition into Mexico, as far as it applied to the CarranZa forces.
Arizona republican., 1915-10-16
UNIVERSITY GUARDSMEN ASK
 LEAVE ID QUIT STRIKE ZONE

With the strikers committee and Adjutant General Harris en route to Fl Paso for the meeting with the mine managers. and conditions at Clifton reported quiet. yesterday was a day of waiting at the state house, where every means of obtaining in formation concerning the situation. IS
Arizona republican., 1915-10-16
TAssocIATzo PRESS p1srArcHl

SAN FRANCISCO. oct. 15.-Mare Island navy yard officials have been advised that three men were injured by an explosion of an alcohol tank at the United States government wireless station al Cordova. Alaska The men were burned about the hands and face. hut probably will recover. The damG ge % thc wireless plant where the burned men were installing new apparatus was quite serious. the entire sending appa-
Arizona republican., 1915-10-16

being used. Save for the receipt of a request of some University of Ari- zona men, among the members of t1s National Guard at Clifton. that they be permitted to return to Tucson and their studies. there were prac- ticalIy no developments here during the day.
 The application of the undergradr- ates to be allowed to go back to school, was taken to indicate that affairs at Clifton were indeed dull. There are eight university men and three Tucson high school students in the militia company from Pima 1t is probable that they will be allowed to return at the expiration of their first two weeks of guard duty.
 Charles F. Mover, president of the Western Federation of Miners. wis ited the state house yesterday in company with Frank Brown. Mover did not call at the governors office and his visit to the capitol building lasted less than fifteen minutes.
Arizona republican., 1915-10-16
REAR ADMIRAL LITTLE |S n
 FACE TRIAL BY COURT MARTIAL

construction for the navy. be con- ducted with the greatest thorough ne6s."
 The K-2 was accepted in January. 1914, and troubles in the storage batteries have developed since. Navy officials said that defective installa- tion caused short circuiting. The boat was contracted for by the Elec- tric Boat Company and was con structed by the Fore River nlant
Arizona republican., 1915-10-16
Clements Against Federal
 Ownership Of Railroads

made while explaining the work of the commission in determing the valuation of railroads, as ordered by the federal valuation act He said congress had not intimated whether the final valuation was to be used in rate making. or preceded steps toward the purchase of the roads. The convention decided to establish a bureau in Washington.
Arizona republican., 1915-10-16
SENDS TROOPS TO BALKANS
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PARIS. Oct. 15.-Italy will send 150,OoO troops to the Balkans. ac- cording to a reliable source
 The government maintains the strictest secrecy as to where the troops will be landed, but if inter vention does take place it will be at point where it will have a de- cisive effect on the whole Balkan campaign.
Arizona republican., 1915-10-16
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPArcH7

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 15.-HoId- ing that politics figure too largely in government ownership, Judson CIem- ents, member of the Interstate Com merce Commission, in speaking at the final session of the National Asso- citation of Railroad Commissioners, declared against government owner ship. Clements statements were
Arizona republican., 1915-10-16
CARRANZA ENTERS MONTEREY
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LAREDO. oct. 15.-Carranza made triumphal entry into Monterey with thousands cheering. He will leave to-
Arizona republican., 1915-10-16
VILLAS CHIEF DROWNS
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ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATCHJ FL PASO. Oct. 15.-The chief of the Villa generals. Fierro, fell from his horse while fOrding a river and was drowned
Arizona republican., 1915-10-16

our sympathes may be centered we cannot but admire the bravery of the Armenians that are guarding what remains of the national inheritance"
Arizona republican., 1915-10-16
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATcHl

TAssOCIATED FKEsS DIsFAICHJ
 LONDON, oct. 15.-"The only power that can stop the Armenian atrocities is Germany" declared Wis
Arizona republican., 1915-10-16

WEATHER TODAY ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATCHl WASHINGTON, D. C., oct. 15.-For Arizona: Fair.
Arizona republican., 1915-10-16
VALLEY COTTON
 BRINGS RECORD
 PRICE IN EAST.

Third Carload of Season Goes Forward This Morn ing, Being First From the
 Tempe District, Bringing Better Price Than in 1914
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