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Arizona republican., 1916-06-27
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 DOUGLAS. Ariz., June 26.-Military officers of the Arizona border district spent much of their time today in vestigating rumors of fighting and contemplated raids from the Mexican side of the boundary but when the results of these investigations were 5laced before General T. F. Davis, the commanding officer all proved to be .he results of the imaginations and of uneasineSs because of the possi- Lility of international trouble.
 Actual events consisted of the ar rival of 20o recruits. who immediately were placed in training; activity on the part of the border patrol in pre- venting supplies from reaching the Mexican army of General P. Elias Gales, and continued preparation and repair ct army equipment for any evcntuality."
 One of the most persistent rumors of the day was that Sheriff Harry C. Wheeler and deputy had been Filled while Investigating conditions along the border near Naco. As the sheriff was 2n trip through thf county, this report could not be re- futed definitely for several hours when the official himself denied be- ing implicated in any shooting affair Another alarm resulted on the streets when reports were circulated that United States troops were en. gagged with q Mexican detachment q l Forest station. ten miles west O here One man reported he had see' another man who had seen a machin- gun platoon hurrying to the aid o | the United States soldiers.
 | Still another resident. who wa
 working on a building, declared h.
Arizona republican., 1916-06-27
RUMORS OF F|CH TING AND
 RAIDS PROVE |MAC|NARY

had heard shots fired Investigation showed several boys several blocks away having a battle with fire crack CTS which would not keep until the Fourth of July.
 Fort EIuaChuca was attacked and captured. according to Dame Rumor, and the residents of San Pedro val ley. west of Naco, were driven from their ranches.
 However, messages from all these settlements said there was no excite meDt. except that caused by reports of raids on Douglas. Nogales and other points several miles distant from their districts.
Arizona republican., 1916-06-27
MAKING READY FUR THOUSANDS
 IF GUARDSMEN
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 FL PASO, June 26-Hurried prep arations for the reception of thousands of national guardsmen were under way in Fl Paso tonight Military au- thorities expressed the opinion that approximately 20,O00 guardsmen will arrive here before the end of the week and with the five thousand reg ular troops now on station here, will make Fl Paso the largest military con- centration camp in the Cnited States with the entire Strength of the Massa- chusetts, New Jersey and Connecticut organizations, approximately ,0o0 men under orders to entrain for Fl Paso, Gen. George Bell. Jr.. command ing the local district said that he was making preparations for housing and rationing of twenty-five thousand men,
 It is planned that about 1000 of the state troops. now on their way here will be stationed at Fort Bliss, on the outskirts of the town, while camp sites were laid in the corporate limits of the city for the remaining 5000. General Bell said that water mains had been laid, sewer connections made and the ground leveled.
 Arrangements have been made also for the drilling of recruits by non- commissioned officers of the regular | .,Vo gs...
 Maj. NJ. Elliott in charge of the ar my quartermaster depot here said he i had begun a heavy concentration oi supplies preparatory to the arrival Of the guardsmen. It was estimated that a million dollars worth of supplies equipment. food and forage is in tram sit to the depot
 Military authorities today compiled ! lists of motor ears and motor trucks 1T Fl Paso available for army uses 1T emergencies and arrangements were made with four local hospitals tC care for overflow patients from the base hospital at Fort Bliss.
 The cities on the international iron tier were calm tonight. Some little ex- citement was caused by rumors that American and Mexican troops hat again clashed between CarriZal ana Villa Ahumada but was allayed wher both American and Mexican outhori ties denied the reports
 Discussion on both sides of the rive centered upon President Wilson's de, mands upon Carranza. Mexican off cials and Mexicans of the better edu cated classes said they did not beliey' there would be any objection to sur rendering the American prisoners talk en at Carrizal. This concession, the. said, ought to satisfy American prid but they expressed fear it would not In the Mexican view the Carrizal figh is' simply an object lesson as to tn danger of letting the American troop come into contact with the MeXicans.
 Andres Garcia, Mexican consul to Paso, said today that "On Captain Morey's own statement the American were the aggressors at Carrizal a they not only disregarded the warn ing to turn back but afterward ad vanced in battle formation
 Messages from the capital to tn Mexican consulate today said tha friendly relations between the govern ment of Guatemala and the de fact government of Mexico had been re stored as the result of the America crisis
 The CarranZa authorities also an nounced that safe conduct papers wei being issued to Americans who desor to remain in the country.
Arizona republican., 1916-06-27
Make Reciprocal Plans Foy
 Shibments Ovey The Border

State Lansing, in which plans for the exchange were completed
 General Gales stated he previously had filed a protest against the embargo placed by American authorities on eX- portation of anything which could be considered as supplies for the Mexican army He called attention to the con centration of Mexican refugees at Fronteras. it was said, and pointed out the manner in which authorities of Sonora had protected American refu- gees.
 If we cannot get food across the line thousands of families who have re- turned to Mexico will face starvation, one Mexican official declared. There are no food supplies now in the From teras concentration camp
Arizona republican., 1916-06-27
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FL PASO, June 26.-A telegram urg- ing that intervention in Mexico, if un- dertaken, be done lon it's own merits" and not upon the pretext of an obscure clash of irresponsible troops, in which each side planes the other. was sent to President Wilson tonight by David Starr Jordan, delegated by the Ameri- can Union Against Militarism, to at tempt to prevent hostilities between the United States and Mexico.
 The dispatch pointed out that MeXi- co needs our support, and urged that every alternative be tried before re- sorting to war The text follows;
Arizona republican., 1916-06-27
JORDAN FOR PEACE

If armed intervention is necessary, which I doubt, undertake it on its own merits, not making preteXt of an ob scure clash of irresponsible troops, in which each side planes the other.
 History will blame us most, being strongest. De facto government inn potent, penniless except for our sup port Every other alternative should be tried before declaring war"
 Doctor Jordan was the only one of the delegates, American or Mexican, appointed to confer here in an attempt to arrange a peaceable solution of the Mexican controversy, who had arrived tonight.
Arizona republican., 1916-06-27
SHUT TFROM REAR FATE IF VILLA
 STILL UNKNOWN
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FIELD HEADQUARTERS, Mexico, June 20-tBy Courier to Columbus. x. NJ, June 26).-Pancho Villa was shot from the rear by a Mexican he had impressed into his gang, during the battle with Carranza troops at Guerrero but his fate still is un- known. according to a semi-official account given out here today, ob tained by Major Robert L. Howe who was close on Villas trail last April The officer learned the de- tails of the bandit chief wounding from one of tEe MeXicans Villa draft ed and who afterward deserted.
 The men Villa impressed at Fl Xalle after the Columbus raid, ac- corJing to tn deserter, were behind Villa during the attack on Guerrero and intended to assassinate him in order to give him to the Carrancistas.
 Their plan failed. however, because the town surrendered.
 "Tne day after the Guerrero fight. " the deserter, who said he drove the wagon carrying Villa, continued,
 ,roptiu,,ad on pa0a E,ive1
Arizona republican., 1916-06-27
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 MORALES. Arfz., June 26.-Detach- ments of the Arizona National Guard night. it being the first time. it is said Aere. since the Spanish Ameri can war that any U. s. troops. other than regulars nave been this close to service on foreign soil.
 4 small body of Mexican cavalry appeared today in Nogales, Sonora, and it was reported that 1,500 troops. which reached San Jose, south of Ma leo, Saturday, had moved east toward Cabullona today.
 In spite of protests of citizens here
Arizona republican., 1916-06-27
AWz0na National Guard
 Goes On B0ydey Guayd Duty

to the customs and military author ities, movement of food and other supplies to the Mexican side contin- ued today. Several tons each of oaled hay, flour, and cases labelled soap were carted from local ware house and loaded on cars in the Mex ican 'reight yards.
 The collector of the port refused to stop the transportation of supplies by wagon. saving tEat his orders placed an embargo only on goods in freight cars. Colonel ". II. Sage, command ing officer of the troops, also refused tc interfere. Customs officials made no attempt to search the packages for ammunition.
Arizona republican., 1916-06-27
DON'T BE GUIDED BY
 MEXICAN LIGHTHOUSE

WASHINGTON, June 26. - A wireless message has been sent broadcast to ships at sea, warning them not to be guided by all light houses on the Mexican coasts, the navy department announced to- night A few have been extin- guished and the characteristics of others changed so that dependence cannot be placed on them.
Arizona republican., 1916-06-27
ENDORSEMENT IF HUGHES |S
 FULF|[LNENT 1T PARTY PLEDGE

pursued and preserved intact for fur ther service. To this end the commit tee therefore recommends that the or ganization of the progressive party be preserved so far as possible and that the state committees continue in opera ton. The national committee will maintain it's organization for the same purpose throughout the country"
Arizona republican., 1916-06-27
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 DOUGLAS, June 26.-American and Mexican officials have agreed to d re- ciprocal plan for importation and ex- portation along the Arizona Sonora border, according to an announcement late today by General F. Elias Gales, Mexican commander, at his head quarters in Agua Prieta, opposite here. General Gales said that, under the ar rangement, the United States officers were to allow carload of foodstuffs or other supplies cross to Mexico in exchange for each car of ore or other material received from below the boundary.
 The Mexican general added that he received a telegram from Secretary of
Arizona republican., 1916-06-27
Austrian Transports Sunk

ROME. June 26.-Two Austrian transports have been sunk in the harbor of Durazo ny the Italians. The transports were loaded with troops, arms and ammunitions.
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PERSHING IN CHIHUAHUA.
why His Expedition Is Wrongly Dc.
scr!hed as Punitive.

TIC THE EprroR OF THE SrN-Sr In
view OF the treatment which a de,ach-
ment Of General Pershing's so-cAllei
punitive expedition received at the
hands OF the MeNlcans ia rdrral aUd Ia"
SUBSEQUENT experience Of u snail squad
ron 81 tho 'Gcuth cavalry at tarrizal,
taking into account the fact that Cen
cral rcrshinG and mis- troops, acting uu-
der Firs, Ch,cr carranza's orders that
they look neither to the north no, to
the cast nor Ia the west, but move only
10 the rear. nave been obliged gradually
to retire toward III. border. all tho while
enduring the suftcrings that natural,y
accompany a campaign in this part Of
Mexico during the rainy season. and
having I'm mind the solici,ude of our
wr,chful waiting Administration for the
comfort Of MIR. Cabrera and his fellow
commissioners during their prolonged
stay on our hospitablc shores, would 1t
not be more appropriate were tho War
Department to change the official dcsig-
nation Of this command to General
Pershing's punished expedition? q
ions d DrTM.
RosroS. October :.
The sun., 1916-10-06

a musical theme may be perfectly ar
bitrary, like some Of the Wagnerian
motives, or may be as nameless and
yet as significant as the brief phrase
that opens MENDELssoHN's descrip-
ton Of Fingal's cave.
But this vagueness ofmusical mean
ings has never repealed the music
lover. Experience soon teaches him
to distrust the deliberately labelled
compositions which are so numerOu
in modern music. Too often 1t turns
out that the programme notes are but
an effOrt to convey something that
should have been borne by the COM
position itself. They are an acknowl.
edgment of failure.
Complete failure. The message Of
cheer. the cry of sorrow, the plant OF
bitterness aud the peaceful reveries
Of the spirit have all been sung to us
by music. There II no mood that
cannot be conjured by these sounds,
there is no picture that cannot bc
painted solely with the u of
orchestral color. A good deal Of the
music Of the present futtcrs and falls
to earth simply because the composer
feared tn trust his wings and soar.
The sun., 1916-10-06
Trade Briefs,

Restrictions have been put on the i'm
portation from this country Of viseiinc and
castings in Denmark. rubber and hu,uts
In Holland aud powdered tale IN Swclen
The Calsdlan Department OF Trade and
commerce is rn~deavorine 10 ilterrst the
populucc OF that country In the manufac-
ture OF toy.
Venezuelan merchants are In the market
for American incuhators.
Saskatchewan, Canada. offers an invIt-
Ing market for American clothing, groceries
and machinery,
Cotton goods and hardware are in de-
mand In China,
one hundred and forty two ships passed
through the Panama Canal In the month
OF August. Tolls Amounted to y4l7,0SO,
Exports 81 tobacco and cigars from the
Philippines in july increased by $500. 600
over the corresponding month last year.
A technical school OF merce has been
established by recent Legislation In Lima.
Peru, Scholarships are provided for stu.
dents from every province In the country.
The sun., 1916-10-06
wheat.

The grain men say that wheat may
60 TO 81 n bushel before January I.
Wheat has been much higher than
that. though not In many years.
II was G cents in 1883. nfter our
Revolutionary war. and rose yearly
10. 1876. touching S3. although the
average was So. -. The NapoleOnIc
war; were ended in 1918. Wheat
sold then at SIG. 1t rose tn s2.S5 in
1917. In the American civil war
wheat went from ~ cents In 1881 to
s2.2S In 1864. but reached its highest
mark-Sc.S5-in the spring Of 1857.
This was jus. nifty years after II had
touched the same figure In 1917. Does
That mean that it will again reach
S2.S5 IL bushel when the half century
ecurs in 1917?
The superstitious may think 50. but
II Is only possible TO say that studies
If the relation Of wars and wheat
prices show that In three instances
prices rose higher after the end of
hostilitles than while they were rag
ing. When this occurred Ii followed
long and e%Nhausting conflicts similar
to the present n From this II has
been thought that wheat may reach
new price levels after the close of
the war now in progress.
The sun., 1916-10-06
WHAT BRAINS DO.
Applied 10 Industry. They Reduce u
Cost of An Products.

To IL EDITOR or THE SrN-S. T
letter OF Mr.. Dryer asking '0v
cost 81 products can hc cicapcr,l VT
ont reducing wages Is certain O. ~
singular illustration Of lart of , ,noE
knowledge.
Apart from the fact win ought 20
familiar t. every me that the .f, iVo.
ng of cost throughout the World. H'
tory has been Icy the use ~ N,7I
which has almost Invariably hoe,
c~ompanicd nv an Increase .r v,s
Ny, Dwyer ought to learn that Aa,'
can wages are and always hay" ht'
cheaper to the producer tnan AM n.H'
wages in the world, although Of our
protcctloniSt producers are Gr,cr'' .
norant OF this or pretend To ne
What determines tho a,'uI' US.
cost, however. when II comes 90 s.H
goods is not what You pay . ms. 70
a days work, hut how much wage '
pay out for each pound Or ard "
other unit of product. N"HNFR
NEW YoRE. October 3.
The sun., 1916-10-06
WAR PERIOD FOOD EMBARGO
LessenFd Demand on the Same supply
Would Lower Domestic Prices.

!. To u EDiToR OF THE SuS-SD: The
Farmers Son misunderstood what |
said respecting the prodigai appropria-
tons made by Congress for farmers. I
did not urge the fact of those appropria-
tons as a reason why the farmer Shout
reduce the price 81 the things he sells,
but az a reason why II a var period
embargo on foodstufs should reduce
III" domestic prices Of foodstuns. the
farmer. still receiving fair prices and
haying been relieved b, Congress Of the
cost Of many things which improve hts
economic state. wou,d have no Kick com
ne to him.
Farmer SON secs no easor WHY
the farmer should not be able to sell red
currants as readily and at as favorable
a price as he sells wheat. II he really A
farmers son? Wheat is n staple food
every living civilized human being wants.
Actuated by this tremendous motive,
wheat dealers provide elevators throu .h-
out The wheat growing REGIONS ~ a part
~ \ thorough system Of facilities for
collection IN temporary storage for ship
mcnts To final markets. Every bushcl
NJ wheat any farmer carries 10 his neigh
borhood elevator or other temporary
storage receptacle Is equivalent 10 spot
cash.
There is no universal demand for rel
c~urrants. a pleasant but p~erishahlc and
unnecessary food. therefore the producer
takes the chances Of the unsafe market
for ~perishable non-s,aples.
Farmers Son says that the gam.
hlers in the Chicago wheat pit make the
price OF wheat. This is as II he
should say that a toothache makes the
tooth. The Chicago price Of me il "A
symptom of the worlds demand for
you will. have IN several historical MAJ
kets tried to make the price of wheat
In Chicago. at n loss Of any where FROM
s.. O00, 900 To s9o. 0O0. 000 a trial.
The worlds demand for wheat regi,-
tered in Liverpool makes the price of
wheat all over the world. free shipnents
a>Sume What Liverpool is willing u,
pay FOR wheat Is what makes the Ch;-
rago price Of wheat. modified. az course.
by the factors of transportation. insur.
t"Cc and interest charges. The Chicago
price Of wheat Is a tide gauge +, il not
tie tide.
fut u war period embargo on the eX-
port OF fopdstufs, and tho prices of food.
being fixed by "A lcssened demand, would
hc loss TO the domestic consumer-ths
Americans. SALARiEp MAN.
NEW YORK, October >.
The sun., 1916-10-06
THE AFTERMATH.
Outrases by Hand Follow the Outrages
b. Pen.

To II EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: as
an aftermath Of the vicious sundry civil
bill and the Clayton bill. both Of which
were approved and signed by the high
priest of humanity at the behest Of
Gompers & Co.. whereby our organized
labor enjoys immunity from prosecution
for all sorts Of crimes and outragcs
committed by II against the public. wit
ness the numerous labor disturbances
In this part Of the country alone, to say
nothing Of those In other sections, such
as the cloakmakers'. car and harbor tug
mems strikes In New York. and the
milkmen's strike as the latest contribu-
ton to social betterment.
Presumably all these things have the
Sanction Of Society, and whom the New
Frecdomist sits down and reviews the
accounts In the daily papers, II he ever
does. OF the rioting In New York and
the dumping Of milk into the road. a
direct corollary of hts co%wardly. serviie
trucking TO the organized labor vote.
and for which the labor leaders are now
endeavoring to deliver to him in Novem-
Der the quid pro quo of their deluded
followers. he ought to feel proud OF him
self to think his Service TO Humanity
has resulted 10 successfully In dcprivins
the New York public Of the peaceful
enjoyment Of their transportation facili-
ties and the thousands Of helpless babies
ard invalids of their daily supplies of
milk.
Would that November were here
to-day! iEoRGE y. AfDRiCH.
NEWARK, y. j., October !.
The sun., 1916-10-06
vIscount Bryce Condemns the Plaa
for . Trade War.

We have been waiting to hear a
statesman In the allied countries re-
pudiate the elaborate plans recently
worked out to carry on the war after
peace has been made by means Of
restrictions on ~Germany's trade, and
by trying to destroy German compe-
iition In world markets. At last such
n statesman has spoken 1t Ii II relief
10 hear n rebuke to the project from
the lips of Viscount BRYCE. EXAM
bassador to the Unite,i States and NJ
long the understanding student Of
American institutions.
1t does not detract from the hrce
NJ Viscount BRyCE's words that ile
schemes they condemn are impracti-
cable. The fact that even the will
" nations Is powerless to repeal eco
nomic laws II IN constantly over
looked by those in authority to exer-
else n sufficient influence against the
evil cndeavor to wage II war after
the war.
The sun., 1916-10-06
GARDEN OF THE HEART.
A Place Where the Child Learns the
Ways Of Hug and bee.

To THE EpIToE OF THE SuS--Sy. Tho
letter from "A. c." about the Garden of
The lea In Central Park impels Inc to
write. None realizes more than I the
stern necessity for the strictest economy
in the present state OF the city'S finances
nevertheless TO do away with this gar
den could hardly be called economy. Its
real need from more than one point Of
view is o apparent. There are other
ways for rctrenching in our parks.
where waste and money leakage Is
constant for example. the many ducks
and geese kent In the parks are OF no
value. are not Ornamental but quite tn.
reverse. and IN no wise instructive.
\ very few swans on the lakes are all
that il needed to add grace to tn.
scene anything else. such as the old
wire duck paddock In Central Park.
with its forty or more geese. to say
nothing OF ducks. not only detracts from
but IL a positive injury 10 one OF the
most picturesque spots in the park. be-
sides being "A constant source OF OUTLAY
TO the city.
The garden Is not only a wonder OF
beauty. but so unmatched in conception
as TO mark the man who ORIGINATED II a
genius. Not only Is II a source OF de-
light. but an exceedingly instructive
place az well with its two thousand
plants.
Here a child OF ten years. unable to
leave the city during the summer found
n new world open to her in1uiring eyes
and. forsaking companions and play. be-
came Of the most enthusiastic stu
dents Of insect life I ever saw. Here
she learned hat the mourning cloak
h~ibernatcs and lives to be three years
of age, that the milkweel butterfly mi
crates like the 6irds. that the humming
bird moth flies and feeds on the wins
Ike The bird from which IL derives
It's name. that. going deep down into tho
ground far below frost and remaining
all winter. the grub works It's way up
to tho surface In spring. becoming again
the wonderful moth. Here she learned
that the honey bee does not sip honey,
hut works eagerly all over a flower until
us fuzzy body j. stuck full OF honey. then
sits OF n stalk and rubs all the sweet
on. putting II in It's pockets, then flies
weighed down with the load to It's nest.
Many other curiou things did the child
''e'h ehu tit NouHk VeOIic are al
ways welcomed by the patient scientist
ever ready 10 give Of his great store OF
many years research.
Now IL the time TO And many rare
warblers IN the garden. the instinct Of
the birds leading them to this source OF
food supply among the plants
\ visit TO this spot will convince any
one Of its value, and to do away with it
would he a genuine loss. ! have been
old that II does not conform to the
original plan Of the park. The present
plan is bare rocks and ruined trees. for
the park was never in such a state Of
decay. caused by many years OF mis-
manaeement. as now.
GENEVA GRAHAM,
The Margaret Of tho Y. W. c. A.,
NEW YORK, October 5.