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Arizona republican., 1916-05-25
FIRST NOTQRCYCLE COMPANY
 IF ARMY |S ORGANIZED

in command with Second Lieutenant Floyd c. HeecoX of the Seventh in fantrv as second officer Eight non- commissioned officers and 39 privates were assigned to the company, which will soon be detailed to active service west of Fl Paso along the New Mex ico and Arizona border. The motorcycle troops will do duty as couriers and be used in emergency when quick endorsements are de- manded.
 | Medical men at Fort Bliss report 1 that since the consolidation of Gen eral Pershings forces at Namiquipa and Colonia Dublan. the percentage of sickness among the eXpeditionary troops has greatly decreased. Com paratively few ailing men are brought in from the front now.
 Climatic conditions and the fact | that service is not now so rigorous are two reasons for the lessening of disease. Officers say. too. that the first few weeks, of the campaign weeded out the unfit among the men. leaving only the strong and rugged ones for duty.
 | A report was brought here today from Columbus, N. NJ. that the Thir- tcenth cavalry was on it's way out of
 Mexico. At Fort Bliss nothing was
 known of such a movement, nor could it be confirmed elsewhere.
 The body of a Mexican shot down
 in an attempt to get by the Ameri- l can na trol at MaInaic N M -vne ! brought to Fort Bliss this morning.
 The shooting took place last night The patrol at Malpais, which is a small town near the border between
 here and Columbus, is composed of a small detachment of the Twelfth
 cavalry.
Arizona republican., 1916-05-25
While No Authoritative
 Forecast of Proposals
 Reaches Officials General Feeling Is That Communi- cation Will be Satisfactory
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 WASHINGTON. May 24-No au- thoritative forecast of the proposals to be made by General Carranza in his new note had reached officials here tonight, and while some appre- hension was apparent that its tenor might not be entirely satisfactory, the general feeling was one of confidence that it would open the way to a definite agreement for continued CO., operation of American and de facto forces in the pursuit of bandits in northern Mexico
 Recent reports from Special Agent Rodgers at Mexico City have indi- cated a growing friendliness toward the United States and have led the state department to hope the new communication would suggest a re- sumption Of negotiations for a proto-
 col covering the operations of the | American eXpeditionary- force. , Mr. Rodgers dispatches have said General Obregons report of the con l ference on the border with General l Scott had made a strong impression on officials of the de facto govern ment and had convinced them that | the United States was acting in good
 faith and had no ulterior motive in i it's operations on Mexican soil. Rumors that General CarranZa in for withdrawal of the expedition
 were given credence, however, by
 some officials. Unofficial advices
 have reflected a grave domestic situa- i ticn in Mexico due to labor and other
 economic differences and to the meth
 cd of new revolutionary activities. It
 has been suggested that under these
 circumstances the de facto govern
 ment might fear the consequences at
 home of a recession from the demand . for withdrawal. There are no indi-
 cations that a renewed demand for i, withdrawal would meet with imme- diate acquiescence or lead to serious
 consequences unless it were backed by m order for hostilities against the Q American forces. This latter possibil- I ity while it has been taken into con- , sideration in all of General Funstons s military plans, is not regarded seri- I ously. Officials were not disturbed r by border reports that the de factC Q troops were moving forthWard il : force, taking it as a probable result
 of the orders for cooperative opera [ ticn issued after the Scott Obregor a | conference.
 t The state departments dispatche. V today from Special Agent Rodgers in e dicated that the new note probabl! was already on it's way. He reporte, q that the communication was comin <. by special messenger and should b n in Washington by Monday He gav o no indication as to its contents. A = General Carranzas embassy here of : ficials professed ignorance as to tn d notes character or the probable dat
 of it's delivery.
 l- Further reports of disturbed econ -o omic conditions in Mexico reached tn l. state department today. Crops wer It said to be in poor condition in man a. sections and spring planting belo' IS normal. The de facto government, a, was reported had crushed the railroa l. strike in most districts by subejctin ns) railroad Workmen to military rule an
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Arizona republican., 1916-05-25
Under Rain of Shot and Shell, Which Inflicts Enormous Losses, Ger mans Recapture Famous Fort at Verdun
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Under a rain of shot and she'll which inflicted enormous losses the Germans have again taken Fort Douaumont, northeast of Verdun, from the French. As though to even the score somewhat, however, the French in spirited coun- ter attacks northwest of Verdun re- captured from the Germans trenches on the southern outskirts of the village of Cumierres, which the Germans had occupied in the late fighting, and also stopped with their artillery several at temps of the Germans to debOuch from the village.
 The fighting around Fort Douau- mont was furious, the Germans launching attack after attack against the fort, employing among others, two fresh divisions of Bavarians. Several times the attacks were put down with heavy losses, but finally the Germans succeeded in re-Occupying the point of vantage which they had held virtu- ally since the commencement of the i Verdun offensive until the Bremen drove them out several days ago The ] French still retain the immediate ap- proach to the fort
 |, On the Austro- Italian front the Aus l trians from the Lake Garda region to 1 the Val Sugana district are keeping up their violent offensive against the Italians. Driven across their border southeast of Trent, the Italians are en- deavoring to hold a fortified line from AsiagO to Arsiero and the heights east of the Val D'Assa. Rome admits that in efecting their retreat across the 1 border the italians destroyed artillery which it was impossible to withdraw
 AS an outgrowth of recent talk of peace, Sir Edward Grey has reiterated in the house of commons that the time is not yet ripe for peace. IL was the duty of diplomacy to maintain the sol idarity of the entente allies, he said until a stage of the war had beer reached where the prospect of main
 taining an enduring peace would bC with the allies.
 The American note 70 Great Britain and France reiterating, though more
 strongly than in the previous note. tn,
 governments protests against the sci
 Zure and detention of legitimate mai
 matter bound to and from the United
 States, has been handed to the Britisl
 and French ambassadors at Washing ton
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 SARAToGo SPRINGS, May 24.-A more systematic supervision of the home mission fields with the control centralized in one head, is provided in a new plan for administration of the activities of the Methodist Episcopal church which was adopted today by the general conference. Department superintendents will be in charge of special work in evangelism in the cit ies, rural communities, the frontiers and church extension.
 In support of the plan it was urged that missionary work among the for eign population of the United States is just as necessary as that in other parts of the world.
 "The soul of a Chinaman in an American laundry is worth saving just as much as that of a man across the sea-" asserted Whitford L. Mcdowell of Washington, D. C., in presenting the report
 Now that the church has decided to retain all the church magazines the elections of editors of the publications probably will be begun tomorrow
 Bishop Earl Cranston of Washing ton, D. C., senior bishop of the church who retires this year under the age limit, presided over the conference fol the last time today. He is S4 years old
 Mir. Taft, addressing the convention
Arizona republican., 1916-05-25
Executive Committee Meets In New York and Selects Officers to Open Conven- tion In Chicago-O. K. Davis for Secretary
 LOOK FOR OVER
 2,000 DELEGATES Reports Indicate Attend ance Will Exceed 1000 Instead of 1,256 As Al lotted In Official Call Some Delegations Split
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NEW YORK, May 24.-Raymond Robins, of Chicago, was selected as temporary chairman of the national convention of the progressive party a: Chicago, at meeting here today of the executive committee of the progressive national committee. Other officers elected were:
 O. K. Davis, of New York, secre- tary, and F. P. Corrick. of Nebraska, sergeant at arms.
 Mir Robins, the choice for tempor- ary chairman, was the progressive candidate for United States senator in Illinois in 1914. He was a coal He was one of the first to go to the gold fields, and was successful in his quest there. Prior to 1912, when he joined the progressive ranks, he was a democrat Aside from naming tenn porary officers and a general discus sion of organization, the greater part of the session of the committee, which lasted most of the day, was given over to making plans for seat ing delegates, alternates and guests at the convention.
 Those present at the meeting in- cluded George W. Perkins, chairman; O.. K. Davis, secretary; Walter Brown, Ohio; Harold L. Ickes, New York; F. A. Van YaIkenburg, Phila . delphia; William Childs, Brooklyn; Raymond Robinson, Chicago; Everett Colby, New Jersey. and Henry L Stoddard, New York Absent mem sented by proxies.
 Reports indicated it was said, tha the attendance of delegates and al ternates would exceed s2 900 instead o 1,265, as allotted in the official call This increase, according to Secre tary Davis, is explained by the fac that many of the states are sendini double delegations. This will no affect their voting strength, how ever, for the votes will be split.
 MT. Davis said the question o nominating speeches and the name of permanent officers was not dis cussed today.
 Progressive leaders said they expec to send twenty four carloads C workers on two convention specials leaving here Saturday afternoon, Jun g. Other convention specials" on of which will consist of fourteen car have been arranged for by the re publicans to leave here Sunday after noon, June 4.
 It was announced today that bot contingents would be accompanied | large delegations of women.
Arizona republican., 1916-05-25
H|CH OFFICER
 ONE WEEK ACO NOW FUGITIVE
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FIELD HEADQUARTERS. May 2O., CBy motor truck to Columbus, N NJ, May 2D-Alamo Antevideos, one week ago a lieutenant in the Carran- ga army, was tonight a lonely fugi- tive, an example of the mushroom ra- piditv with which bandits are spring ing un all about the now inactive ad- vance troops of the Villa punitive eX- redition.
 AnteVideo's career was shorter than nest of them. Except for speedy ter mination. this young mans record, his motives. his adventures and his oprortunitism were characteristic of most of these newly declared bandits.
 The expedtionary forces have been comparatively quiet pending the out come of the conferences between l Washington and Carranza, and this has furnished opportunity to the vici- ous clements to ride the hills by day | and the towns by night with some | impunity Just how strong or how l extensive the fly by night banditry may become is not yet known. 1 Antevideos started out a week ago, with fifteen men of the command of | Colonel Domingues, carrying orders to procure corn and nursing q grudge al reprimand from superior officer 1 When safely out of camp he made 2 speech to his men to the following effect:
 Why should we remain soldiers
 when, by moving into the mountains
 We can become bandits, travelling
 when We like and where we wish. eat
 ing always of the best and taking
 our pick of wives--a wife in ever.
 valley, if We so desire
 There was more of the same orde
 of persuasion but the portions relat
 ing to easily won food. leisure an wives were the leading inducement tc catch the fancy of the rank an file of the incipiert young bad men. ? Eight or ten of Antevideo's follow CTS adopted the bandit career wit their lieutenant Their first eXped von was to lure three girls to ae T company them. After a few day , camping in the mountains. food "a out, Whereupon all except five of u
 lieutenant's men stole out of cam
 after dark. abandoning banditry. U With his handful of followers. Ar u tevidcos searched in vain for hahitf ton so poorly guarded that he cou :, raid them with safely ThereupC '. the bandits conceived and execute
 an idea which in it's daring scene :, to stamp him as possessing the qua ., ifications of real leadership. Wi
 his followers, he rode boldly into ; if American camp, where he was knov .d and where the news of his defecti' ,- as he expected. had not yet been r ceived Here the lieutenant present
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Arizona republican., 1916-05-25
NACOZAR| |S IN FEAR 1T YAQU|
 INDIAN RAIDS
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DOUGLAS, Ariz., May 24.-Reports that Yaqui Indians had appeared in the district around MocteZuma, Son. ora, served to make last night and today periods of grave stress for the people of Nacozari, seventy miles south of Douglas. The garrison and the entire military population of the town are reported to have remained under arms all night, maintaining sharp lookout for the Indians.
 It was rumored today that the In dians had attacked a small force under Colonel Manuel Mesa and driven the soldiers back into the town of Moctezuma, but this is officially denied in Agua Prieta.
 Another report stated that Indians had arrived in the vicinity of the Hacienda Mabl, thirty five miles southwest of Douglas. This is also denied Regardless of denials it was 1 learned tonight that a cavalry patrol had left Cuchuta ranch today for Mabbi to investigate the rumor, while another detachment was sent to rein force the Nacozari garrison.
 i Arrivals from the south state that
 the body of a man, presumably a Mexican, was discovered late last
 week near the Sherman ranch, a few
 miles south of Moctezuma. The corpse was horribly mutilated and had been crucified, the hands and feet being nailed to a large plank The plank had been then placed 1T
 such a conspicuous position that nc
 one passing along the road in day light could avoid seeing it. This out
 rage is typical of Indian warfare anC
 is attributed by many to Yaquis. General Rafael Estrada, com
 mander of the troops of the de fact government in the Yaqui River val ley, arrived in Agua Prieta tonigh i by automobile from Naco, Sonora
 He reported to General P. Ella
 Gales. military governor of Sonora , that the campaign in the Yaqui val
 ley had been completed The Indian . Continued on Page Five)
Arizona republican., 1916-05-25
Fmmstom,s Request Foy More
 Coast Artillery Is Denied

Brownsville district.
 Reports from General Pershing to- day indicated no sharpr developments, but reports from him and from other sources reflected the activity of Mex ican troops. In strong numbers the Mexican forces were reported nov ing to stations nearer the front but there was nothing to indicate that the motive was other than to eStab- fish over northern Mexico an eff fective police force. General Funston and his staff have kept themselves closely informed, however of the Mexican movements.
 Late tonight it was stated at head quarters that General Funston originally asked the war department for the national guards regiments of l Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Louisi- ana, Arkansas and Oklahoma. Later
 the request was renewed and the guard
 troops of three border states was or 1 dered. It is understood the request still stands for the other troops. It is considered possible they will be mo-
 bilized to serve on the border in lier of coast artillery.
Arizona republican., 1916-05-25
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DOUGLAS, Ariz., May 24.-General Elias Gales, commander in chief of the de facto Mexican forces in Son
 ora today appealed through Consul Ives G. Lelevier to Eliseo Arredondo, ambassador designate of Mexico, to request the state department to raise portions of the war munitions em- bargo applying to implements used alike for war and peaceful pursuits.
 Since the embargo has been in eff feet, not bale of barbed wire, no picks, shovels, or other tools which could be classified as entrenching
 implements have been allowed to cross the border. As d result, Sonora .ranchmen, farmers and miners are
Arizona republican., 1916-05-25
Fort Douaumont Retaken

PARIS, May 24.-The Germans have reoceupied Fort Douaumont. while the French hold the immediate approach to that position. This announcement is made in the official communication is sued by the French war office tonight which says two new divisions of Ba- varians effected the recapture after a series of furious attacks.
 1 Driven to desperation by seeing so much of it's work undone, the German command has hurled attack after at tack against Fort Douaumont. At the same time it has kept up it's onslaught | on the left bank of the river to pre- vent the French transferring any forces to the main scene of attack. 1 All day yesterday the tide of war | ebbed and flowed, inches being won and lost at an appalling cost.
 Again and again after reducing trenches to a crumbling heap of ruins by deluge of shells the German in- fantry dashed forfard only to be caught and swept away by a hurri- cane of curtain fire from the French batteries and machine guns. Wher night fell last night the positions or both sides were unchanged.
 A powerful offensive was under taken by the Germans last night to tn east of Dead Mans hill on the Verdul front. The attempt in general was un successful, the war office says, but af ter fierce hand to hand struggle tn attacking forces made their way int
 a portion of the village of Cumiere!
 The text of the statement says: , Tn the Champagne district the Ger mans, by the use of gas, endeavor Q ed to occupy our lines at a point yves Q of the Navarin farm, out were repulse
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Arizona republican., 1916-05-25
BELIEVE NEW CARRANZA NOTE
 OPEN WAY FOR COOPERATION
GALES URGES EMBARGO
 OFF ON FARM SUPPLIES

suffering from a want of these very necessary supplies, General Gales represents.
 In conclusion he says that he can get all of the tools of that nature he needs if he desires to use them, by communicating them from the mines and farms of the state. He represents this attitude as pacific, however.
 General Gales also requests that several thousand uniforms for his army, held by customs officials here, in Naco and Nogales, be allowed to cross the border. Neither officers nor men can renew their clothing and as a result the army is becoming quite ragged.
Arizona republican., 1916-05-25
FORT DOUAUMONT IS
 LN HANDS OF GERMANS
 AFTER HARD FIGHTING
BOOM IS STARTED
 FOR FAIRBANKS

CHICAGO, May 24.-Charles W. Fairbanks presidential boom was brought to Chicago today by James P. Goodrich, national com mitteeman and republican nominee for governor of Indiana. Head quarters will be opened either to- morrow or Friday and an active pre- convention campaign launched for the Indiana candidate.
Arizona republican., 1916-05-25

the sake of obligations to Great Brit aims allies. The speaker said that if the war had to be continued until Con- stantinople was taken and until the unknown obligations to the allies were fulfilled the country ought to be told what those obligations are, and if there was no essential difference between Germany and Great Britain and no such obligations the government ought to take the earliest opportunity to press for a termination of the war.
 Sir Edward Grey in replying point ed out that his interview contained no new declarations. He had no prepared speech or statement to make but he said if he thought the German gov ernment or German opinion had reached the point where the allied governments could bring a peace com patible with their desires nearer bS making speeches about peace, he would make dozens of them. But the for eign minister added, the time has no
 yet arrived and the allies were bound by common obligations not to put for
 ward any terms of peace except by mu
 tual agreement.
 | MT. PonZenonby attacked the gov
 ernment's diplomacy. He said th'
 peace of Europe would depend on tn
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Gales Reports
 BYQC0mOnte lS Slain by Own Mem
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 DOUGLAS, AriZ., May 24.-General r. Elias Gales, military commander of Sonora. received q telegram tonight from General Alvarado Obregon which said:
 "It is with pleasure that I report to you that the so-called Villista General Pedro Rracamonte was killed by his own men in the state of Zacatecas.
 Bracamonte was 2 native of So- nora and was one of the first three men to rise in behalf of Madero in 1910. He, with Generals Obregon and Gales laid siege to Naco, Sonora shortly after the assassination of Ma dero and defeated the federal forces under General Pedro 0jeda there. At the Aguas Calientes convention he followed Villa and during Villas in vasion of Sonora last fall, commanded a cavalry brigade.
Arizona republican., 1916-05-25
HIGH WIND IN COLORADO
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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo, May 24. A high wind today which at times reached velocity of fifty miles an hour unroofed store building, tore down standing brick wall, scattered street signs and blew down a num- Der of trees in this city.
Arizona republican., 1916-05-25
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 FL PASO, Tex, May 24-Organiza- ton of the first motorcycle company in the United States army was be- gun at Fort Bliss here today.
 First Lieutenant Clyde l.. Eastman of the Twentieth infantry was placed
Arizona republican., 1916-05-25
METHOD|STS FUR CLOSER EYE
 ON HON|E MISSION FIELDS

said he favored participation by the United States in any international con- gress summoned after the war for the purpose of devising means to insure permanent peace.
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-08-19
New York Cotton,

New York, Aug. 1S.-Prospects for rain in Texas seemed to offset the influence of q sharp advance in Liver poo, and bulish private crop re- pert in the cotton market this morn ing. The opening was steady at an advance of 4Gt7 points, out this was not full response to the higher cables and prices turned selling right after the call. with Deccmb selling at ll.3o and January to 1l.43c. or about 3Gtl points net lower. RepOrts that the gulf disturbance was head cd toward tho mouth of thc Rio Graude seemed responsible for an cally impr ssion that the storm was liFely to cause beneficial rains in the Southwest and there was probably ra- selling by traders who had bought on tle threatening storm news earlier in the we k. Private crop reports placed the condition at eos, compared witn ta.S two weeks ago, and the govern ment report of 12.3 as of July 9.
 Offerings Increased after the plb lication of the western belt forecast fo' rains in East T Xas and unset tied condition in Oklahoma, with De cemher selling off to li.36c and .lanu- ar. to 1l.4lc, or about l2m13 points net lower. but prices then Steadied on covering and reports that the gulf storm might be working too far south to bring general rains in the South west. Trading was quiet latfr, with thc market ruling steady at midday. The market worked back to pract- cally last nights closing figures during the early afternoon, with De- ccEaber selling up to 1d.i1c, and Janu- ary to 14.54c on covering, with Oc- tCter leading the adyanc on rumors that further shipments were pending from the local stock.
 General business continued quiet. however, and the market was 3 or ! points off from the best around ? o'clock undr realizlnS.
 Cotton closed barely steady. Tne raEge: Previous