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Arizona republican., 1915-02-17
Declaration of War Zone Measure to Compel Eng land to Stop Food-Block : ade. Declares Not to L. $. Embassy
Is THE CIEARESW
 OF EXPLANATIONS
Admiral Behnckc Claims Germany Will Starve England by Use of Sub marine. if British Policy Is Not Altered
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 BERLIN. Feb l6-Admiral Behncke of the marine department made d statement to Lieut. Commander Gherardi. naval attache to the American Embassy at Berlin. which has been given out officially as the best exposition of the situation with respect to Germany's declaration of Ia war zone in the waters around the British Isles
 The statement declares that Ger many up to the present has followed all the rules of war but that England has been rndeavoring to obtain the subjusati"n o' Germany hy starva- tion
 Germany. the statement says, has tried in every way to bring the att tention of neutr powers to the nee essity of feeding her civil population but without result. As result Ger many has not suff cient food to feed her people. and it has become neces- sary Ito bring England to terms by the exercise of force The state- mcnt says that Germany is capable of carrying out the threat to cut off England's food supplies Not the slightest harm is meant for neutrals. but Germany is in q position where her life depends upon her putting into effect the only means she has of saving herself. She must and will use this means
 Behncke declared Germany is pre- pared to suggest that the United st tes send warships to the war zone to act as conveys for American ships.
 Germany knows by the use of the submarine" continues the statement. that England can be placed lin a position where food will be lacking She has the submarine force with which to do it. her life as a nation. .the lives of Ter people, depend upon putting this campaign into action, land she must do it. Difficulties ly- ling in the way of this campaign have been largely connected with the care lit k desired to give neutral ships. land to the lives of those on board all commercial ship whether neutral Ior belonging to the enemy
 In arming her merchant ships with guns for self defense England has adopted policy against which the Germans strongly protest. The United States took the irish point of view It is not possible for the submarines to approach British mer- chant ships and make examinations without exposing themselves to gun fire or a bomb attack. against which Ia submarine would be helpless. Eng land advised her merchant fleet to fly neutral flags, to cover up the names, to change the stacks. and to escape the consequences of their nationality This plan was designed to bring Germany into conflict with other nations.
 The commanding officers of sub marines have been given orders to (Continued on Page Seven)
Arizona republican., 1915-02-17
COST
 CHARGED 0fF
 MINES BOOKS
Mine Tax Bill Amended to This End; Measure Gains Strength, But Not Enough to Lift 1t Out of TrOu- bic

4 renewal of the mine tax bill fight in the house yesterday left it evident that the advocates of the bill had gained strength. though not quite enough yet to take it out of the unfavorable position in which il had heen placed, in the enrolling and expressing committee, whose chairman and probably a majority of the members are unfriendly of it. The advocates did not realize until il was too late what predicament the bill had been placed after they drew it out of the jaws of death in the committee of the whole on Sat urday evening.
 The first contest over the bill as soon as the house convened yes terday morning was over another matter which only resulted in a sort of line up. While the committee of the whole on Saturday had the bill under consideration. Mr Mahoney offered an amendment providing that the cost of suppressing a strike shall be kept in the books of the company in a separate account and shall not be deducted from the gross in de- termining the net" This am&.dment was adopted.
 Later. after the bill had been re = ported to the house without recom- mendation. AIr Mahonev made some inquiry concerning his amendment. asking whether it was now part of the bill He was assured that it was
 No record appeared in the journal and it was th"t absence that pro- voked the first contest. A motion to correct the journal was offered and was defeated by a vote of r. to 1G. Messrs M'Clain and Marian who had opposed the bill were of the opinion that the record should show the Ma honey amendment but on the roll call they passed The friends of the bill here had a chance to secure a ma jority by adopting q resolution to excuse them for that would have been adopted. But they did not and when the gentlemen were forced to vote they voted in the negative.
  one. came in the afternoon when a motion was made by Mr. Johns to instruct the committee on enrolled and engrossed bills 3o strike out the emergency clause That is essential for though the friends of the bill may muster a major'tY tY. they cannot pos sibly find q two thirds vote. MT Powers angrily denounced the proceedings as irregular and unusual denying that the house had no con trol of the bill. MT. Graham dug up a rule by which the instruction could be given. Mr. Lines characterized the proceedings as high handed but he was gently rebuked by the speaker who finally ruled that house is al- ways in control of it's committees and may give them any instruction il pleases with reference to any bill that may be in their possession.
 That ended the Tot debate and the motion of AIr. Johns went to q vote / (Continued on Page Three)
Arizona republican., 1915-02-17
P01Uexs Prohibition BiU Beatem;
 MlWe Tax Measure GQiWS Sty4WgtN
SMALL FARM OUGHT
 TO PAY 25 PER CENT

Utilizing the things that are called waste" on most farms and deriving an income of about seven dollars an acre from them in addition to pulling down a matter of ten thousand |; year clear profit on GAO acres of Montana land. is one of the reasons why l. D. O'Donnell, supervisor ol irrigation of the United States reclamation commission is called America's most famous farmer. Under a fire of interested questions. hurled at him by dozens of water users. who at tended the open meeting at the water rsers building yesterday afternoon. O'Donnell confessed to all these things, and-more remarkable still, stood there from two o'clock until five. talking hogs and mutten and alfalfa and vegetables with the visitors.
 "Business farming is just about the right title for the discussion that
Arizona republican., 1915-02-17
SHIP PURCHASE BILL PASSES
 HOUSE AFTER STORMY SESSION

ing by vote of 215 to 12l. The passage of the bill followed q four teen hour parliamentary struggle, which. until long after midnight, threatened to extend intterminably because of the determined fiibuster by Minority Leader Mann. who yield ed only after administration leaders decided to apply the second special rule to bring the fight to an end The bill will go to the senate at noon today
 When Minority Leader Mann saw the Democratic leaders were deter mined to stop the filibuster, several conferences were held, and it was agreed not to keep up the dilatory fight. A few minutes after one o'clock the vote on the final passage of the bill began Nineteen demo- crate voted against the bill. They were Bathrick, Borchers, Galloway, Dies, Donohoe. Fitzgerald, Gerry, Cor don, Jones, Kindel. Kitchen, Morrison, Moss of Indiana, Page of North Carolina. Saunders, Slayden, Whit acre, White and Witherspoon. All republicans present voted against the bill, and five progressives joined with the democratic majority for if. as
 follows: Bryan and Kelly of Pen i lnsylvania. Mcdonald, Lafferty and Murdock
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 16-Demo-
 cratic leaders of the houses of con ] (COntinued on Page SeNen)
Arizona republican., 1915-02-17
Kinney-Claypool and Mine Tax Measures on Oppo- site Sides of Combat in House Which Resulted in "Dry" Bills Death
SOME LAWMAKERS l.
 CHANGED OPINIONS
Mrs. Berry Switches fol. Measure. and Francis, Merrill and Buchanan Against: Result is Defeat at l6 to IS

The Powers prohibition bill was ground hopelessly between the upper and the neither millstones yesterday afternoon-the mine tax bill and the Kinney -Claypool bill. between which il ought to have occurred to is friends was very dangerous place. The bill was defeated on third rc-tl ing hy a vote of 16 to Is. Il had lost three votes since it= corsioera- : tion i'll the committee of the whole last Thursday and the opponents or the bin made gain of tw" Th~ vote by which the bill was defeated follows:
 Aye-Acuff, Austin, Berry. Clay pool Cook. Edwards. Farrell, Good win, Lee. Lines, McClain. Pinkley, Powers, Proctor, Richardson. Swee- ney Naughn-l6.
 Nays-Baker, Buchanan, Chrsty, Doyle Flanagan. Francis, Graham. Johns. Lanford Leeper Marian, Mer- Till, Mahoney, Newbury Orthel, Reed Richardson, the speaker-1S
 The bill had been recommended for passage by the committee of the whole by a vote of l9 to H. Since then Mrs. Berry had changed sides and voted for the bill yesterday. while Messrs. Francis, Merrill and Buchanan. who had supported il in the committee voted aga.nst 1t yes tcrday.
 As soon as the vote was announced Mir Powers in charge of the bill gave notice that hc would move for a re consideration. But the record dis closed that he was ineligible to offer
Arizona republican., 1915-02-17
Colorado Control Plans
 Threaten AvizOM0 Acyes

Attempting to divert the Colorado river to its old channel. and protect their lands against it's depredatiOns. farmers on the California side have started what threatens to become a serious dispute over tampering with the boundary between that state and Arizona. For, not content with con- structing banks and jetties on their own side of the stream. they have, II is stated, crossed over into this state, and begun work which if carried out will not only deprive Arizona of several sections of land, but will result in hundreds of acres being swept away
 Since the year 1895. when the shift ing Colorado moved it's main channel to the westward, Arizona has been
Arizona republican., 1915-02-17
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH

ROME, Feb. 16,-Another earth quake in the province of Aquila dam aged many houses, rendering a number of them dangerous for habitation. The population, greatly alarmed, has been abandoned the undamaged houses, fearing another catastrophe.
 Fresh earthquake shocks were felt also at AveZzano. The situation in the province of AbruZZi is extremely bad. Melting snow, and incessant rains have flooded the valleys. The people are still encamped in the open or sleeping in huts.
 Automobiles bringing supplies into the earthquake zone are frequently pursued by packs of wolves.
 With q decrease in the rainfall, flood conditions resulting from the Fiber
Arizona republican., 1915-02-17
Earthquake M Aqmlla Amd
 Floods Fy0m The RlveY 11bey

overfloWing it's banks were somewhat better today than yesterday, although the river still booming along out of it's course, inundating various sections of the city and country.
 Reports from the village of F'iumici- no, fifteen miles southwest of Rome, said that about one thousand inhabi- tants are in distress. The entire vil- lage IS isolated.
 Rescue work is still proceeding by means of boats in which persons in the inundated houses are being removed, and food taken to those whose situa- ton is not regarded as alarming. A mCrgue boat while transporting bodies to a point from which they could be conveyed to cemetery cap sized and caskets containing the bodies , floated away. All the men on the boat escaped.
Arizona republican., 1915-02-17

richer by several square miles in the valley south of Ehrenburg. But now that the river is encroaching more and more on the California side, ranchers and land owners there have been trying to turn the l0am- eating current against the eastern bank. and have to a certain extent succeeded. But aside from the loss of territory occasioned hy a return of the stream to its old haunts, Arizona stands to lose several rich sec ions of school land in the Cibola valley. The mat ter has hoen called 10 the attention of the state land commission. and that body has asked Attorney General Wiley F.. Jones to take steps to re- strain the farmers of the state on the west from conti uing their treat ment of the Colorado.
Arizona republican., 1915-02-17

oDonnell led. He reheaIsed good old homelY farm -proverbs-upon which many generations of agriculturists have made their fortunes-and added those new and ever more complex ad- vices that come with d new age fall of new problems. Irrigation farming. of course. was the basis of the talk
 That's all very well. for you to talk about making ten per cent on your in- vestment with Sin acres-but how about us who have only forty acres. or a hundred and. sixty" was the ques- ton of one of the farmers
 When a man invests in a section of land and organizes 1t for farming. he doesn't look for much better than ten Der cent" replied the commissioners "Hut if had a forty acre farm. would make it pay me 25 per cent. If you
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Arizona republican., 1915-02-17
UNDER OPEN SHOP I ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATCH1

CLEVELAND. Feb 16.-Eastern Ohio coa! operators decided to reopen the mines under the open shop sys- tem. Committees have been assigned to arrange details. A committee was sent to tell Secretary of Labor Will son the operators have exhausted every means to make a settlement with the strikers
Arizona republican., 1915-02-17
GERMANS CONTINUE TO
 DRIVE RUSSIANS FROM
 PRUSSIAN POSITIONS
BRITISH STEAMER IS
 REPORTED BLOWN UP

LONDON, Feb. 16-The British steamer Dulwich was reported blown up last night twenty-five miles off cape Antiter by two eX- plosions, in dispatch to Lloyds from Fccamp, France. The Dul- wich, Captain Dudley was bound from Huh for Rouen The dis patch says seven men of the crew of the steamer arrived at Fe- camp last night. They reported none of the steamers crew were injured and that all could have made their escape in lifeboats.
Arizona republican., 1915-02-17
Cabral Joining Troops.
CURES STOMACH TROUBLE
 DIES OF STARVATION

PALO ALTO, Feb 16.-Louis Roth. q tailor, died of starva- ton self-infIicted. In an effort to dissipate stomach trouble of long standing. he abstained from food for fifty nine days. Last Sunday Roth announced his ap- petite had returned, and he felt himself a victor of his complaint. Since that time he took small quantities of orange juice hourly, but his weakened digestive or gans were unable to retain nour- ishment.
Arizona republican., 1915-02-17
ROOSEVELT ID TESTIFY AS ID
 APPOINTMENT OF JUDGE ALST0N

the existence of a flashlight photo graph of the late John J. Jackson. Judge Dayton's predecessor. taken in Atlantic City. was known to Judge Dayton. He testified Judge ackson resigned only after he saw the bic turp
Arizona republican., 1915-02-17
MINISTER NOW ON SHIP MAKING
 WAY ID HAVANA
Representative to Mexico Leaves Country and Has German Minis ter to Mexico for Fellow Passenger
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VERA CRUZ. Feb. 1.-The Spanish Minister. who left Mexico City several days ago by order of Carranza. was transferred from the United States battleship Deleware to the steamer Maria Christine. Soon afterwards he departed for Havana The trans fer was made outside the harbor.
 The new German minister was also a passenger on the steamer He was bound for Washington. He arrived recently from Germany, and went to Mexico City, but he spent only three days there.
 Concentrate Near Guaymas.
 DOUGLAS, Feb. 16-Convention- alist troops south of Guaymas are being concentrated at Fundicion to repel the expected invasion of the Carranzistas under Gen. lturbe Itur- be's troops are in Northern Sinola. where they were delayed by breaks in the railroad.
 Recent floods from the Yadui river destroyed the Southern Pacific bridge The recent embargo on foodstuffs by the Guaymas authorities has forced all troops to live on a country al ready short of supplies.
 Cabral Joining Troops.
 DOUGLAS. Feb 1G-Gen. Juan. c Cabra1 left to repon his two bous- land troops reported yesterday to have occupied Cananea after the evacuation b the Maytorenistas.
Arizona republican., 1915-02-17
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH

WASHINGTON. CWednesday) Feb. 1.-The government ship purchase bill, as an amendment to the Weeks naval auxiliary bill was passed by the house at 1:20 o'clock this morn-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-03-20

Dan Salt and LonnIe Austin,
promoters Of the boxing con-
test here on January Q, which
resulted In the death Of Ludwig
Anderson from a blow struck by
Ike Cohen, San Francisco pvsii-
ist. were acquitted by a Jury In
Judge Mseklntosh's department
OF the superior court last night
after the Jury had eonsloered
the evidence sls hours. Eight
women were on the Jury.
Austin and Salt were charged
with manslaughter. and tho effort
OF the prosecution was TO prove
they were conducting an Illegal
prize fight. The defense claimed
the contest was mere boxing e1-
hibltion, entirely within the law.
A brother OF the dead pugiiist
claimed on the stand that Cohen
struck Anderson foul blow, which
caused the fatality. but this Was de-
MED by Anderson's seconds and
others.
Expert testimony was introduced
By the defense TO show that Ander-
son had been the victim Of serious
blood disease. which left his blood
vessels In a hardened condition, and
that a blow such as was struck by
Cohen might have ruptured a blood
vessel in man In his condition,
when II would not have been a Sc
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-03-20

whole line. The field OF Waterloo
was as a children's garden in size,
compared with Gen. French's battle
ground.
Back at Ypres Gen. French stnd'
led the battle by means OF maps.
Telephones and couriers brought
him news almost every moment
As the day advanced toward
noon. the fighting on the wings
grew less. In the center 10 grow
fiercer and fiercer. the burden OF
the day was falling on tho First
army corps.
Almost every minute some Eng.
llsh regiment was either suffering
some catastrophe or achieving some
feat that would 20 down In history
forever.
English history and all military
history will say that no general In
the annals OF great battles ever had
greater cause for giving up hope
than Gen. French had at noon on
this great day.
A little later the automobile oil
Gen. French whirled into the little
town OF Hooge.
A short distance from the Menin
road was the very heart and core
OF the battle.
To see French come into the
heart OF the battle, amid the
shells, 10 know that he had not
given up hope, was an lnsplra-
ton TO the officers and men.
New life came Into the Eng
lIsh.
French was spending that IA.
NOUS little hour at Hooge. be-
tween 2 and o'clock.
French and Sir Douglas Haig and
their soldiers hustled from point to
point.
AZ their coming. majors. colonies,
captains. we're all fired with the
greatness OF the moment. they be
came priyates; they seized rifles
and fought with their men.
There was no longer need for OF.
ficers. the battle had become a
fight TO the death.
n was shortly before 1880 that
Gen. French got his first chance 10
hit the Germans on their flank
The side attack flustered them
With cold steel alone the Wor-
cestershires rotook Gheluyelt and
closed the Menin road.
From that moment the tide OF
battle turned.
BY 3 o'clock, when the historic
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-03-20
TO
SAVE SISTERS
FROM PERJURY

To save his brothers and sis
tiers from perjury charges, Sam
uel Levikow, at the conclusion
OF a erilling cross-esaminatlon
by Chief Deputy Prosecutor
Caldwell, pleaded guilty to sec.
ond degree burglary Friday az
ternoon, and was sentenced by
Judge Frater to 20 is years In
the penltentlary.
Levikow's two brothers and two
sisters and two other relatives were
brought here from Kansas City
Mo-, to testify that at the time OF
the burglary he was I'm Missouri.
and not In Seattle.
Levikow was charged with having
stolen $4,000 worth OF merchandise
from ID. Il. Mcbride & Co, $40
Third ave, on November % last.
He was defended by Harry Sig.
mond. The trial lasted two days,
when the dramatic end came.
Levikow's alibl was rudely shaken
by Caldwell, and he decided to plead
guilty. rather than demand further
sacrifice from his relatives.
Caldwell had prepared warrants
for arrests on perjury charges. He
intended 10 have the witnesses for
the defense arrested as soon as they
left the witness stand.
Besides his conviction here. Levi.
kow stands convicted also in Mis-
souri, on a forgery charge, His case
J on appeal there.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-03-20
BY William G.. Shepherd

United Press STAFF Correspondent.
LONDON. March 9-(By
Mail TO New York.l--''l was
present at Hooge. between 2
and o'clock on this day"
These thirteen words will
ring down through tho ages In
English history. They were
written by Sir John French In
his official report Of the battle
Of Ypres, on October I.
II has taken the English people
five months to learn why gigan-
tice crisis In the history OF the en-
plre lies behind this phrase.
There were so short. terrible min
utes that climared 20 days OF terri
Bile fighting.
Each day had seen a battle that
was historic in It's intensity.
The Germans had taken Antwerp
and were swinging down toward
the English channel and Calais. SIR
John French and his men had been
intrusted with the duty Of stopping
the gap in the allies lines between
and Ypres.
For 20 days French had been
strengthening his line. until he had
10000 men, but during tho same
space OF time the Germans had
been piling up their forces. until, on
the morning OF October 81, there
were nearly four German army
corps facing the center OF the Eng.
lish generals line.
This center was held by French's
First army corps, under Sir Doug.
las Haig.
-Four Germans to one English
man were the odds.
Gen. French realized that after 20
days Of spsrring the Germans had
decided where TO strike.
The battle began early in the
morning, with contests along the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-03-20
CUE LEADERS
ARE IN BUNCH

CHICAGO. March 2o.-f W.
tIuey Of Chicago 10 defeated In
his match with J. cspron Of ST.
Paul In the worlds champion
threc-eushion billiard tourna-
ment here, he will be thrown
Into tie for first place with J.
DAILY OF New York and Charles
Morris OF Chicago. Other
matches on the program for TO.
day were Eames Va. Jevne:
Ellis W.. Lean; Deoro W.
Jesne.
During las, nights play Jesne
won two games, defeating
klekhelfer, so 20 ~. and Cap
ron. so 90 40. Games lost two
games. the first 10 NORM. 80 10
so. and the second TO Daily, 46
20 so.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-03-20

Il FFORTS get Joe Bayley. who is the latest holder OF
IL the Canadian lightweight title into the ring with Rough
house Charley Burns from whom he took the title for
championship bout Good Friday futile. Bayey,
through his manager Maurice Condon is little inclined 10 risk
such fleeing thing the Canadian title. and will listen TO
reasonable proposition.
At recent conference between Burns and Condor,
Burns offered scrap winnertakea basis and sub
stantia side bet split any way that locked good 20
Condor The latter said he would have debate the
ter with Bayey and any Good Friday would be too
soon
Bavley would leg off make l3S pounds the
weight they supposed make for their Fraser Mills
bout where Burns nomnaly lost the title.
Condor made proposition TO box Burns at catch
weights and bet $500 and when Burns snapped at IT, provd
inc that Baycy first him for the title at lS5 pounds
Condor started hedge and the affair settle
ment now than