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Arizona republican., 1915-02-25
|Onlv Those in Close Touch With Affairs Realize Dan
 ger and Anxiety, Says the
 State Department Coun- sellOr
WOULD NOT REFORM
 DIPLOMATIC SERVICE
Problems Corps is Now Fac ing Require Men of EX- ecutive Ability = Presi- dents Stand for Neutral ity is EXtolIed
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NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-Robert Lansing. counsellor of the state de- partment in speech before the alumni of the Amherst College, at a banquet, declared these are criti- cal days for the United States. How critical" he said, 'only those who are in intimate touch with affairs can realize. The European war he said had raised a series of problems which have never before been solved, and the liability of error, danger of un- intentional partialty, and the con- stant complaint of one or another of the belligerents makes the path of neutrality rough and uncertain.
 These are critical day for our country" sad Lansing. Tt is time for serious thought, time of anX- iety. Today when nations are sway ed with unreasonable passions, when prejudice blinds them, when they
 see red when they misjudge their friends as. well as their foes, is time for use to avoid harsh judg ment. to preserve calmness in deal
 ing with them, and to curb the natural resentment which arises when our acts are misinterpreted or we are charged with wrong motives, and purposes"
 Lansing expressed his disapproval of the question that diplomatic of ficers be placed under civil service rules, and defended the president, and Bryan against the criticism that they failed to retain diplomats who had been named by former admins trations.
 "I must say that the emphatic opinions of some of our former rep resentatives ar rather amusing. when one considers that they would never have been appointed under civil service rules" said Lansing.
 ''The trouble is they as well as other advocates of the system start out on wrong premises. Chief of these, I think is that an ambassa : dor or minister never acts inde- pendently, that his only duty is to repeat words put into his mouth by the department of state, and that he has no more initiative than a sconsular officer. Successful diplo- macy requires today individual ini- tiative, and sound judgment, as it always has.
 When it comes to the principal posts abroad, I strongly oppose ty- ing the hands of the president in any way. If we had obtained all our ambassadors and ministers by promotion, we would have had such men in London as F. J. Phelps, Jos eph H. Choate or men like Myron T. Herrick and Brand Whitlock. Such men were inexperienced in diplo- matic practices, but equipped with qualities which command respect achieve success, and are among those who brought lustre to American di- plomacy.
 i Diplomacy is wrestling with novel (Continued on Page Two)
Arizona republican., 1915-02-25
IMPOSITION 0F SPECIAL TAXES ACT 0F F0BREG0N
 
State Department Receives Report That Millions of Dollars Have Been De manded. of Business Men and Property Owners
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.-The i'm position of special taxes amounting to millions of dollars upon the busi- ness houses and property owners of Mexico City by Obregon is reported to the state department. Under the generals decree payments must be made before six o'clock Friday eve ming on pain of imprisonment and confiscation of property. The Car ranza agency announced that they were informed that Yaqui Indians mutinied against Maytorena in Son. ora and killed thirty-four men. in cluding four officers The agency made public a dispatch saying Juan Cabral, a Villa commander who re- tired has left Nogales for San Fran cisco.
 The Obregon tax amounts to three fourths of one per cent on all banks business concerns, stock companies mortgage holders and individual operators in the federal district. For eign companies are subject to tax or the amount of capital invested ir the republic and private tax payers must pay additional amounts on a basis of a third of their annual pay ments. Ambassador De Cana o Brazil whose government is caring for American diplomatic interests 1T Mexico City conferred with Bryan It is reiterated the United States contemplated no general move in tho Mexican situation.
Arizona republican., 1915-02-25
Explains Why Operation of Police Department Cost More After He Assumed Position of Manager Than Before
ALSO DEPENDS
 LIGHTING REPORT
Says if It A Accomplished
 Nothing Else It Resulted
 in City Securing Rate of One-half That Previously Paid

City Manager w. A. Parish took the stand in his own behalf when the hear ing of the charge filed against him, was resumed yesterday afternoon be- fore the city commission. When ad- journment was taken to this afternoon, he had made verbal answers to less than one-half of the specified charges and in addition there had been read his written answers. He showed no nervousness, answering the questions promptly, clearly and definitely.
 On the charge that the cost of the operation of the police department had been increased since he took office without benefit to the city. the manager stated there was good cause for in creasing the police department owing to conditions that prevailed at the time additional men were placed upon the department. First of all he said, that
 it was one of the wishes of the then chief that he be given additional men
 to combat that condition.
 We had great many hard charac-
 ters drifting in from Ray, said the manager, and also a conspiracy was
 discovered among some of the Mexi-
 can population. They were planning tc
 secure Indians on the reservation tC
 aid them and come into Phoenix, sack
 the town, secure arms and go into
 Mexico to join the revolutionists. We
 notified the governor. the adjutant
 general and the sheriff of the county ap1 tho Na+iopa1 cuard Ivac in rea Iii e ness to go on duty, in fact detail of
 the guard was on duty night and day
 for several weeks The police force
 was almost doubled. The United States authorities took a hand and arrests were made. several of the conspirators
 were convicted and finally sent to the federal prison.
 About four men were discharged when the trouble blew over, but the financial slump came, many mines closed down and many people, good bad and indifferent, came into town There were many robberies, many fires set These men were also needed dur ing the fair"
 Asked upon whose advice the force was iiNItdStts fdi iSi Stlih tiitA i'ii bois had urged that he be given the ad- ditional men. There were twenty-foul men on the force during November The men on the force he said, for tho most part were appointed by Brisbois All applications for positions on tho police force were referred to Brisbois for investigation and recommendation No man was ever appointed and sworr in without Brisbois having first beer notified.
 The discharge of Policeman F'eath- erhoff, after he had assaulted a young man and his father was reviewed, as was also the cause leading up to the discharge of Policemen Pruitt anC Barnum. Parish denied that Brisboi. had ever told him the men held thu orders of the chief in contempt because fContinued on Page Seven)
Arizona republican., 1915-02-25
WARDEN SIMS
 UNDER LIGHT 0F INQUIRY
House Public Institution Committee Last Night Asked Why Diego Villa lobo Was Not Hanged on January s

Anticipating the movement of the senate which had proposed a joint
 resolution for an investigation of Warden Robert Sims of the state pri-
 son for his neglect to execute Diego Villalobo, who was sentenced to be
 hanged on January s, the house com
 mittee' on public institutions held an
 investigation of the warden in the
 house chamber last night. The joint
 resolution of the senate providing for committee composed of two mem the house, was transmitted to the house last week. It was expected that action would be taken on it on Tues
 day but no action was taken at all but the standing committee investiga-
 tion was decided upon.
 The members of the senate late in
 the afternoon had not been informed
 that an investigation was to be held
 and no member of that body was present.
 It began at eight o'colck. Chairman
 Pinkley presiding. Several members of the house not members of the com
 mittee occupied the floor. There were perhaps a dozen occupants of the gall lery The warden was accompanied by Governor Hunt. The investigation
 was conducted by Representative John Christy who read from the penal
 code. the paragraph prescribing the course of events when the sentence
 of death has been pronounced. From another he read the direction to the
 warden in case he has reason to be-
 lieve the doomed man insane, in which case he must notify the coun- ty attorney. He read from other sec tions dwelling upon the word, must,
 must, must" which appears in all,
 describing the duties of the warden. MT. Christy then recited that the people on November last had de-
 clared that they did not want capital punishment abolished Villalobo. he said, had been sentenced by the court (COntinued on Page SeVen)
Arizona republican., 1915-02-25
LEGISLATURE RELAXES
 THERE'S GOOD HUlMOR
 M THE TWO BRANCHES
ALLEGE TWO OBTAINED
 FRAUDULENT TRANSPORTS

NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-Rich- ard Peter Spegler, retired German sea captain. and reser- vist of the German navy, was arrested by agents of the de- partment of justice charged with fraudulently obtaining an Amer ican passport. Vincent Cook of Hoboken, N. J.. was also taken into custody. Additional arrests are expected Spegler is alleged to have obtained a passport un- der the new regulations adopted after the discovery of the recent alleged conspiracy to furnish German reservists with American passports. Six arrests were made at that time and the defendants are now awaiting trial Spegler and Cook were sent to jail in de- fault of $15.00O bail.
Arizona republican., 1915-02-25
AMERICAN NOTE
 |S SUBMITTED
 ID THE ALLIES
Britain Informs France and Russia of the Proposals of the United States De- signed to End Menace to Neutral Shipping
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.-Great Britain has submitted to her allies, France and Russia, the proposals of the United States designed to end the menace to neutral commerce from the retaliatcry measures of the belligerents toward each other Briefly the Ameri- can proposals seek the elimination by Germany of the recently prescribed war zone around Great Britain and ireland with it's dangers to neutral shipping and the adoption by all the belligerents of a definite policy with regard to the shipment. of foodstuffs destined to the civilian population of their enemies"
 Upon the attitude of Great Britain depends the next move in the situation.
 It became known that the latest com tial memorandum, was sent on Sunday munication. described as a confiden- to Ambassadors Page and Gerard after a conference with the president, Sec retary Bryan and Counsellor Lansing The American government asked that the document he regarded for the pres ent as strictly confidential.
 It is not expected that a reply will be received here for at least two days From such preliminary obser- vations as American diplomatic off cers abroad have already made, there is said to be some encouragement 1T the manner of the reception of the proposals at London. Germany is inclined toward the acceptance of tht suggestions. it is understood. The strong opposition which the Scandin- avian countries, Italy, Holland ant other neutrals have assumed toward the retaliatory measures adopted bN the belligerents is playing a consid- erable part in the situation. Official. while reticent about what was sait to Germany and Great Britain in the latest communication, did not den! that the gravity of the whole situa- tion had been made unmistakeabl, clear. In some quarters the sugges- ton was made but without confir D.,
Arizona republican., 1915-02-25
W|CKENBURC ROAD MEETING
 ENDORSES APPROPRIATION

inspection of the road in question this morning.
 After 2 rousing meeting and banquet last night, the representatives of the various organizations gathered here to discuss one special piece of road, turn ed their attention to the states road situation and in a powerful set of res olutions, endorsed the bill now before the state legislature calling for an ap- propriation of $4OO0OO for good road work and for an additional appropria tion of 5000 a month with which to maintain bodies of convicts on the highway maintenance work.
 Manifesting a very strong spirit of cooperating. the representatives of Phoenix, Prescott and other towns got together Tuesday evening at banquet and listened to some interesting speeches on roads.
 Hon. R. F.. Morrison of Prescott described the differences in travel be- tween the early days and now. '1 can remember" he said, ''how we used to
 take thirty-six hours by stage to go from Prescott to Phoenix. Last sum-
 mer a boy on a motorcycle did it in a | little over four hours. That is due to
 the building of good roads," Some of l MT. Morrison's comparisons were very l humorous but his talk centered about | the serious work of improving the road. | Harry Welch, secretary of the Ari- zona Good Roads association responded | (Continued on Page Seven)
Arizona republican., 1915-02-25
Priests at Vera Cruz

FL PASO, Feb. 24.-The Roman Catholic priests whose detention in Mexico City by Carranza officials has occasioned diplomatic solicita- tions by the American state depart ment, have arrived in Vera Cruz, ac- cording to official CarranZa advices. A news bulletin conveyed the follow ing version of the affair." The priests were expelled from Mexico City for failure to contribute five hundred thousand pesos for the relief of the poor. They were being criticized for not making such contribution though they gave Huerta forty mill lion pesos:
 Official CarranZa reports also told of a Villa loss on the railroad south
Arizona republican., 1915-02-25
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BERLIN, Feb. 24.-The American note on marine warfare sent to Great Britain and Germany is now in the hands of pr. VOn Bethmann- HollWeg, the imperial German chancellor and Gottlieb Won Jagow, the German for eign minister The German government is not ready to make a statement but said the note may be regarded as the basis for further negotiations.
 Certain of the proposals as for example the removal of mine fields around Eng land, probably will not be acceptable to Germany, but it is thought that Ger many possibly may make concessions on other points. It cannot be said however, that there is any great op-
Arizona republican., 1915-02-25
ONLOOKERS SEE
 EXTRA SESSION
House Amends Senate Bill Providing for Care of In- digcnts Not Eligible to Relief Under the New Pension Law
HOUSE MADE A SPURT
 IN LATE AFTERNOON

At q late hour in the afternoon, the house concluded it's labors by the introduction of several unex
 pected bills. One of them was a mine taxing bill brought in by Mir. Cook. It does not differ in any essential particular so far as the body of it is concerned from the Graham Bacon bill or the pending Mahoney bill. It would allow little less deduction from the gross to determine the net but it uses the same factors for computation. It contains the emergency clause and in that probably lies the req son for it's introduction. MT. Cook was among those who vigorously opposed the Graham Bacon bill. There is no reason to believe that he has changed his mind. It is therefore believer that his bill was introduced in the interest of the tax commission.
 Another prohibition bill was brought in, this time by Mr Rich ardson of Pima. It is little more than reiteration of tn prohibi
 ton amendment It defines that act as an exercise of the police powers of the state and specifically exempts pure grain alcohol for edu- cational and scientific institutions and for the use of licensed physi- clans, from the prohibitions of the amendment.
 A bill was introduced by MT Pinkley relating to the handling of
 the state road tax fund. A bill was introduced by Mir. Cook pre- scribing qualifications for miners or those operating power drills in
 mines.
Arizona republican., 1915-02-25
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPArcHl

FORT WORTH. Feb. 24.-What Is said here to be the most drastic quar- antine ever placed by the state of Texas was drafted on Wednesday morning by the state live stock sani- tary commission and sent to Austin for the signature of the governor. The measure prohibits the importation of any form of livestock by any means or for any purpose.
 All railway companies are warned not to accept shipments destined to Texas. The continued prevalence of foot and mouth disease is stated as the cause of the proclamation.
 The governors signature is all that
Arizona republican., 1915-02-25
GERMANS BLOCKADE M EFFECT ONE WEEK AND
 EIGHT SHIPS ARE TOLL
CAPTURE OF HEIGHTS
 REPORTED BY AUSTRIANS

WASHINGTON, Feb 24.-The capture of the heights along the San river by Austrians. and the repulse of the Russian advance in the Volovecz pass with the cap ture of 300 prisoners was reported to the embassy in an official dis patch from Vienna. The dispatch duplicated tonights official an nouncement and added: "On the occasion of Washington's birth day, the American ambassador and consort gave a breakfast which was attended by the Ger man ambassador and consort, the Spanish ambassador and many diplomats and dignitaries."
Arizona republican., 1915-02-25
SOUTH DAKOTA SOLONS
 FOR PROHIBITION

PIERRE, Feb. 24.-The senate of the South Dakota legislature passed a resolution for state wide prohibition The resolution calls for the submission of the question to vote of the people at the next general election. The house is conceded to be in favor of the amendment The house passed the resolution for constitutional equal suffrage by a vote of 57 to 30. It the senate acquiescec the question will go to vote at the next election.
Arizona republican., 1915-02-25
DENIES ANY COMMISSION
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 VICTORIA, Feb. 24-Sir Richard Me- Bride, premier of British Columbia, made a statement in parliament re- garding the purchase of two subma- rines for the dominion government, just prior to the outbreak of the war. He denied that any one, as has been charged, received any commission from the transaction.
Arizona republican., 1915-02-25
LITTLE HOPE FOR PASSAGE 0F
 ANY BUT THE SUPPLY BILLS

also an increase of from $25,000 to s100,000 for the city of Panama. The suggestion that the president endea- . vor to obtain reimbursement from Cuba of six and a half millions .ex- pended in justification from 1907 to
 1909 was reinserted by the senate committee
Arizona republican., 1915-02-25
(Special to The Republican,

WICKENBURG. Feb. 24.-Maricopa and Yavapai counties will cooperate to fix the Morristown-W -Wickenburg sec ton of the north and south state high way. This was determined upon at a series of meetings of members of the boards of supervisors of the two cOun- ties. representatives of the commercial organizations and of the Arizona Good Roads association, which ended with an
Arizona republican., 1915-02-25
German Chancellor H0S Note
 Fyom U. s. OmMayime WaYaye

timism in either German or diplomatic quarters that Great Britain will accept any of the proposals permitting the inn portation of foodstuffs into Germany. The German government, it is said, is not counting on such concessions.
Arizona republican., 1915-02-25
Melczer's Hotel
 is Destroyed

OCEAN PARK, Feb. 24.-The Savoy Hotel was entirely destroyed by fire today. The loss is estimated at $25,O00. partly covered by msur- ance. The owner of the building was Louis Melc- ger of Phoenix, Ariz.
Arizona republican., 1915-02-25
HONOR FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
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 LONDON, Feb. PA statue of Florence Nightingale was unveiled. It was the first time the statue of wo- man. aside from the royalty. has been erected publicly in London. On ac- count of the war there were no cere- monies,
Arizona republican., 1915-02-25

The legislature in both houses was bare of developments yesterday. There has not been a tanner period throughout the whole session. The only event out of the ordinary was the reappearance of Representative Briscoe of Cochise county who had been interned in a small pox hospital for the last four weeks or more. His return was greeted with cheers.
 It was expected that the senate would resume the consideration of the public lands question but it was decided not to resume that subject until Sentate Bill 127 has been print ed. That bill will probably be receiv- ed from the printer today.
 There were multiplying evidences of an extraordinary session yesterday in the abandonment of the feverish hurry with which members had been pushing measures along to crowd them within the sixty day limit. It seemed to have appeared to the mem bers that the effort was useless and that there was more time to pass laws than there had seemed to be. The sessions were distinguished by good humor and jollity.
Arizona republican., 1915-02-25
Texas to Quarantine AgalmSt
 The Foot amd Mouth Disease

is necessary to make the measure ef-
 fective.
Arizona republican., 1915-02-25
The House Session

When the house assembled in the morning there were lying on the clerks desk a variety of communi- cations. There was one from the chambers of commerce and mines of Douglas urging the passage of the Mahoney mine taxing bill. There was one from the same body to Rep resentative Francis urging con- tinuance of the state fair and there letters from Private Secretary Tu- multy Speager Champ Clark and Senator Henry F. Ashurst, relative to the legislative memorial concern ing the preservation of the Tucum- cari Mission. It was the consensus of opinion that it was too late in the session of congress to hope for any action on this or any other mat ter with which congress had not all ready charged itself.
 The fish hatcheries bill is now
 /Coptiuued oD paga FOur)
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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1915-06-16
Iron MOUNTAIN
PAYS RATE CASE
MONEY TO STATE
States Creditors on Hand.
and $48,75O Withdrawn in
Thirty Minutes.

Little Rock, June 1.-the $G5, OaO
which the state had expended in fight
ing the freight rate cases, on behalf
of the shippers of the state, has been
refunded to the state treasury, $16.250
paid week ago by the Cotton Belt,
and s4S,730 paid yesterday by the
Iron Mountain through Judge ]. NJ.
Hill of Fort Smith, special counsel
for the state.
The Iron Mountains contribution
was paid in early this morning. but
there was long line of warrant-hold-
ers awaiting it, and in about half an
hour there wasn't dime left. An
unofficial statement had gone out that
the money was not to be paid in until
Wednesday or Thursday, or there
would have been much larger army
of the states creditors present to
have had a chance at the first real
money seen in the general revenue
fund in many day.
Judge Hill himself drew a balance
of $4,000 having received $4,000
from the Cotton Belt payment; then
Judge Kirby and the estate Of Judge
Harrod, as special counsel in the rate
cases, drew $1,000 each. The rail-
road commission got $4,000 to pay
for past services by Haskins e Sells
in the rate cases, and $4,000. appro-
priated by the legislature, for tight
ing the Frisco rate cases. The TIL
berculosis santarium got $4,000 on its
warrants, and the rest of all went in
smaller sums till it had dwindled to
the vanishing point.