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Arizona republican., 1916-10-25
ARGENTINE CORN PETES WITH
 NATION $ CROP
Special to The Republican,

CHICAGO. Oct 24.-Argentine corn IS being shipped to Peoria, H., the cen ter of the cornbelt of the United States. This corn, consigned to the Miller Grain company, is the advance shipment of q vast invasion of Argen- tine corn products which will be sold in the United States in competition with American corn.
 The invasion Of Argentine corn is made possible because of the fact that under the Underwood tariff law the duty on corn has been removed, mak- ing unrestricted competition possible.
 This dumping of Argentine corn upon the Peoria market has had u startling and dramatic effect and is calling attention to the competition which the middle west farmer will have to meet from the South American republic. IL is understood that nearly a million bushels of Argentine corn has already been used in glucose. The fact that corn from the Argentine is being shipped into the United States at this time is the more remarkable be- cause of the absence of shipping fla cilities and the almost prohibitive ocean freight rates required for its transportation.
 Practically all the shipping of the country is being utilized for the trans portation of commerce between the American and the belligerent nations of Europe. The freight rates are so high that ships have been known to pay for themselves in one voyage. In spite of these excessive freight rates, Argentine corn can be placed upon the American market at a price less than that paid for American corn for the reason it has an advantage over American corn because it possesses a lack of moisture of from to 10 cents per bushel over American corn values
 Dealers in the Argentine product are keenly interested in knowing whether or not corn will be continued on the free list.
 It is anticipated Chat if it remains on the free list many millions of bushels of Argentine corn will be used not only in Peoria. but elsewhere. and (Continued on Page Two)
Arizona republican., 1916-10-25
Henry Inspired
 Hires Women to
 Work For Wilson
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LONG BRANCH, N. J.. Oct. 24.- Henry Ford, the automobile manu- facturer announced after q conference with President Wilson today that as the result of an inspiring talk he had with the president two weeks ago, he had established the women work CTS in his plants upon the same pay basis as the men.
 Mir. Ford authorized the following statement:
 T had the pleasure to inform Presi dent Wilson this afternoon that I had established the women workers of my plant at Detroit, and in the brancn factories in other cities, upon a. pay equality with the men workers. took this step following my confer ence with the president more thar two weeks ago. and I did so because 1f the inspiring talk I had had with Mir. Wilson on the forward movement among womankind This principle + now in operation and I look forward with complete confidence to it's vindi- fation."
 Mr. Ford came here late today {, show the president advertisement; supporting the Wilson administration which he plans to have Duhlishe, orior to the election. When he stepped off the train and was asked why n, came to Shadow Lawn, Ia renlied: ITO get on the Wilson band wagon.
Arizona republican., 1916-10-25
Women Cheering
 Foy Hughes As
 WelI As Wilson
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DENVER, Oct. PA silent dem onstration," arranged by democratic women for greeting the members of the Hughes Women special campaign party upon it's arrival here late today from the Pacific Coast, was turned into noisy exchange of cheering be tween supporters of Charles E. Hughes and President Wilson Several hund . red persons had gathered at the sta ton to welcome and witness the ar rival of the thirty women campaign CTS As the Hughes women entere waiting automobiles, delegation of democratic women bearing large Will son banners began cheering. The Hughes women, wearing large Hughes banners returned the cheers Hund- reds of spectators took up the cheer ing and for several minutes an old fashioned yell fest was staged.
 large detail of police did not in terfere with the apparently friendly exchange of greetings.
 The women campaigners at their hotel early tonight listened to a brief speech by Theodore Roosevelt and later marched in the red fire" parade and attended tonight's meeting They expect to spend tomorrow at Colorado Springs and leave later for meetings in Nebraska and Kansas.
Arizona republican., 1916-10-25
OPE[AND CASE |S AT EVIDENCE
 TAKING STAGE
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 GALVESTON. Oct. 24-Taking of evidence began late today in the case of Jotn Copeland bank cashier charged with killing Wm. Black. an anti-Catholic lecturer in Marshall Texas February 9. 1915. Clarence F. Hall. first witness for the state. de- clared iR his direct testimony that Copeland fired the fatal shot Han was Blacks assistant and business agent.
 On cross examination James F. Stubts, chief counsel for the defense read from the records of the exam ming trial at Marshall q statement by Hall ta the effect that he could not see who fired the shot that killed Black, as the lecturer, Copeland, and John Rogers were tangled up to- gether"
 'ls this record correet?" asked Mir. Stubhs
 Hall explained that while he could not see the gun in Copeland's hand, he saw the shot come from Cope lands direction.
 TeStimorv given by Hall indicated that possibly he will be the only ey' witness of the shooting to he sum moned hy the state. He said he had been informed tkat Sadie Black. whom inc lecturer adopted as his daughter. is now in Illinois. No re- turrs of suhpoenas issued for the girl have been made.
 For time today it appeared that testimorv during the trial might not be available for publication. Judge Clay Stone Briggs issued an order soon after the jury was filled that publication of the court proceedings Ia f. .1.i render impossible the selection oi juries in the cases of George Ryan and George Tier. which win follow that of Copeland He based his or der on tho lihel law of Texas. mak- ing the testimony privilege matter. Later. however. the judge ruled that his order would apply only to papers in Galveston county or tc editions of papers sent into Calves ton county
 Han tod his story of the killing without questioning. He said three | men called to see Black in Marshall and, meeting him in the hotel corridor were asked into his room. "A fourth man came up who ad- dressed me and said. with his hant i on his right hip pocket: 'yod stay out here,'' testified the witness. Hall said that later he learned that this man was George Ryan an, | that another man who went in wa. | George Tier.
 Next q fifth man reached the doc | Of the room" Hall continued " learned afterward this man wa | named Vim.
 At the same time Copeland ant | Rogers engaged Black in conversa when one of the men said I under l stand you lectured here last nigh
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LONG BRANCH, N. J., oct. "A James w. Gerard, American ambassa- dor to Germany came to Shadow Lawn today to discuss with President Will son what the ambassador characteriZed later, as every phase of the situa- tion involved in my work at Berlin" He lunched with the president and re mained with him afterwards for more than two hours.
 The ambassador said he planned to remain in this country until after elec- ton, but would take no part in the presidential campaign.
 "I am representing the whole nation and cannot mix in politics" he said Mir. Gerard would not say specifically that he had discussed the submarine issue with the president. but in replies to each direct question, replied: We discussed the entire situation" He did say, however, that it could be taken
Arizona republican., 1916-10-25

Switching the offensive from the Somme region in France-possibly as a counter to the advance of the Teutons in Dobrudia region of Rumania-the French have smashed the German line north and northeast of Verdun over a front of four and one-third miles. pen etrating it along it's entire length in the center, gaining a distance of nearly two miles.
 Preceded bv a violent bombardment. such as marked the great attacks and counter attacks during the days when Nerdun was the focal point in world interest, the offensive was delivered approximately from the eastern bank of the Mouse river near Bras, eastward to the Damloup battery.
 When night fell the village and fort of Douaumont, in the center. were in the hands of the French. while on their left wing the Frenchmen had push ed beyond Thiaumont and captured rhe Haudremont quarry, and taken up po- sitions along the Bras Douaumont road. On their right wing considerable progress also had been made from Douaumont to Danloup More than 3.600 prisoners and quantities of ma terial were captured.
 In the Dobrudja region of Rumania the Germans. BulgarianS. and Turks are giving no rest to the Russians and Rumanians. who continue to retrea along the entire front from the Blacl Sea to the Danube river. although a' some points they are vigorously oppos- ing the advance of the invaders. Continued on Page Two;
Arizona republican., 1916-10-25
Diaz Captures Mexico

DOUGLAS. Oct 24.-Felix Diaz com pleted the conquest of the state of Mexico four days ago. when he enter ed TOluca, the capital according to a message received here today by q Mex ican identified with Felicista move ment Diaz was said to be but a short distance from Mexico City with a force of several thousand men, well armed and amply provisiOned.
 4 letter from General Medina Barron. a partisan of Diaz, received here to- day, said he was in complete control uf the state of Colima, having three thousand men under his command. He said that he had ample funds for the prosecution of his campaign and had sufficient arms and ammunition for sixty thousand men. Barron was
Arizona republican., 1916-10-25
CARRANZA MAY
 LEAVE MEX|CO;
 FAMILY |S GONE
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 WASHINGTON. Oct. 24.-Charges that General Carranza is preparing to leave Mexico are being freely made by his political opponents in Mexico City They are based upon his decision to leave his capital for Queretaro and the fact that Mrs. Carran2a already has crossed the border into the United States. accompanied by the wife of her husbands war minister and chief sup porter. General ObregOn.
 Information to this effect is reaching officials here from various reliable sources. So far nothing tangible tend ing Co support the story has come through official channels. It is known. however. that many officials here be- neve General Carranza has committed a political blunder at least if he is not in fact preparing for flight, by permit ting his family to leave Mexico just at this time The trip they say, was cer- tain to be construed by his followers as a confession of weakness.
 The purpose of the visit of Mrs. Car ranza and Mrs. Obregon, as explained at the Mexican embassy, is for a tCSr Of the United States. Word of the ar rival at the border also of Mrs. Jacinto Trevino wife of the military comman- der of Chihuahua state. had not been received tonight. It was pointed out, however, that Trevino has been among Carranzas staunchest Supporters and that if the first chief believed his hold on the political situation was weaken ing. Trevino very probably would be warned. in order that he might also place his family in safety.
 The state department had not re- ceiyed tonight word that Generals Car ranza and Obregon had left Mexico City for Queretaro. Previous advices. however, said that the first chief would go Co that place in connection with the meeting of the constitutionalist con- Neution This is the only explanation obtainable here for Carrdnza's depar- ture.
 Persistent reports that Carranza was about Co leave Mexico have been in cir culation along the border for some time. 10 is not known that the Ameri- can military authorities have been able Co gather any definite information in this regard. Many war department of- ficials have privately expressed their conviction, however that the de facto or at least General Carranza's personal control of the political situation, was growing steadily weaker. They have another report that the time might come soon when he would be forced tC leave Mexico.
 The main point urged by General Carranza in asking for the withdraw wal of American troops from Mexico was that their presence on Mexican soil was not understood by the Mexican people and hindered his efforts to establish a civil government The Mexican com missioners at Atlantic City. have pre- scented this view tO their American comrades. but SO far have not succeed ed in convincing the Americans of th' ability Of their government to protec American border life and property should the troops be withdrawn.
 lt has become increasingly apparen here that the continuance of disturbe, conditions throughout Mexico is op erating against the commissioners il their effrts to reach a solution of tn, border problem
Arizona republican., 1916-10-25
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 ST. JOSEPH Mo. Oct 24.-Devel- opments that may result according Go Judge Thomas F. Ryan. the trial judge. in a dismissal of the verire- men selected for the trial of Oscar D Mcdaniel, prosecuting attorney of Buchanan county who is charged with the murder of his wife. followed The pChlication of a news story late today purpOrting to quote John T. Parker. attorney general of Missouri, heading the prosecution. as having said.
 | cant get over the idea that the state has been jObbed in this jury" Portions Of the article were read in court by Judge C. F. Strop. senior counsel for the accused prosecutor, wto demanded an investigation or that Attorney General Barker deny the alleged interview. Judge Ryan answered that he had drawn the panel himself and was certain that neither side had been jobbed" but that he feared the effect of the arti- cle on the iury's decision. He will decide tomorrow upon his action in that regard.
 In the event the present panel is dismissed Judge Ryan said he would not attempt to draw a new one until the November term, two weeks from today. lf .his is done, verdict can. not he reached before the Novembel election, when McDansel Is a candi- date for reelection. Much of tht states activities have been directed toward n completing tho trial befor, thai tine. Attorney General Barkei denied intention to criticise the cour in newspapers.
 Mr. Barker questioned the pros pective jurors more closely and nor talesmen were rejected this after noon than at any previous session o the trial His query went fully int ihe Dolitical social and religions af fiiiat'ons sf the veniremen. Tho defense attorneys continued f accept the veniremen with little ques
Arizona republican., 1916-10-25

The purported special dispatch" published in an afternoon paper yes terday in which Theodore Roosevelt was claimed to have conceded Arizona to the democrats was branded as
 malicious lie" by the Colonel in a wire 10 Allan E. Jaynes, national re- publican committeeman, which was re- ceived here last evening" According to the telegram. that came direct from MT. Roosevelt, he never expressed an opinion on the political complexion of Arlzona or New Mexico. And it Is pointed out by local republican leaders,
Arizona republican., 1916-10-25
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 BRITISH FRONT IN FRANCE, Oct. 25. (via London) The British are saying that if Germans had ordered the weather, it could not have suited their purposes better than during these last two days of persistent rain which has turned shell cr2ters into bowls of porridge, made trench sides fall in. kept every stitch of clothing of the men in the front line saturated and the field across which charges have to be made as slippery as glass where there are not mires.
 Sunday and part of Monday. with clear cold weather which let the gun ners see their targets, the soldiers were swinging their arms to keep warm Now the gunners stare out in the walls of mists and the soldiers wbo have been in the trenches look like balls of mud. Artillery prepara ton necessary for attack is impossible without visibility, and, as one gunner said. the visibility is so slow that the tanks will have to use fog horns to prevent a collision if they go wander1 ing across the uncharted shell crat- CTS. The Germans in their machine gun positions need only enough visi- biiity to see a few hundred yards But about Le Transloy. where the l British attacked Monday over a nar- row front and took about thousand wards of trenches, the bloodiest and | fiercest kind of fighting has been pro l ceeding all day fTuesday). The uttet | discomfort and the mud and the we seem only to make both sides more | bitter
 | Against the British here are thu veteran German regiments which tool | Forts NauX and Douamont at Nerdul now as savage in defense as the were in attack last spring Tn
Arizona republican., 1916-10-25
GERARD SAYS CANNOT
 MIX IN POLITICS.

for granted that he would not be away from his post if he believed any inn mediate emergecy was threatening
 The ambassador said he expected to see the president again before leaving for Berlin. He declared he had not be- gun to make definite plans for sailing. and would not do so for two or three weeks. He mentioned one boat sailing the middle of November and another the first of December as one he might take, if conditions were favorable.
 Ambassador Gerard said the German emperor was seldom in Berlin, but spent most of his time on either the western or the eastern front. The ambassador is understod to have gone over details of conditions in Germany with the president He said that Cap tain Carl Boy Ed, former naval attache to the United States, was in the ad- miralty office when the ambassador left for the United States
Arizona republican., 1916-10-25
ROOSEVELT URGES MILITARY TRAINING AND ATTACKS CIVIL
 SERVICE POLICY OF WILSON
DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN
 SUED TWICE FOR LIBEL

OLeary's first suit against the chairman of the democratic national committee was based on a statement Mir. Mccormick was said to have made concerning O'Leary after the latter had sent d telegram to Pres ident Wilson criticising his admin istratioa. The president replied in substance to O'Leary that he would feel deeply mortified" if O'Leary or anybody like you" voted for him
 The democratic national committee issuCd it's third iastailment" of charges involving MT. Hughes and the American Independence confer ence. What purported to be "confi- dential committee reports" were made public and Were declared to ''reVea1 in detail the secret purposes, plans and scope of the racial, political or ganization promoted by Jeremiah 4 O'Leary and his associate propa- gandists"
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 NEW YORK, Oct. 24.-Nance C. Mccormick. chairman of the demo cratic national committee. was served late today with q summons and com plaint in a second suit for libel brought against him by Jeremiah A. O'Leary, one of the heads of the American Independence conference The action which is for Sl00,000, is based on q statement Mir. McCor- mick is said to have given to the newspapers on Monday This state ment, it was asserted, was in conrec- ton with charges Dy the democratic national committee that a secret agreement was made between OLeary and his associates and Charles F. Hughes. republican presidential nom inee. iV which MT Hughes made speeches 10 conform to demands of the American Independence con ference
Arizona republican., 1916-10-25
BRITISH SAY YWEATHERCOULDNOT
 BEBETTERSU|TE ] TO THE|RNEEDS

trenches in this region have names appropriate for the weather and the season such as Misty trench" "HaZy trench" and stormy" Cloudy, " Windy" spectrum" and "Orion trench"
 The Germans have been no at tacks, except counter attacks, aiming to drive the British out when they get ground in any of these trenches.
 The men of both sides. wallowing in the mud, strive to keep up some form of cover from shell fire and against the fire of machine guns which other wallowing men strive to keep from laundering in while trench mortars splash fountains of mud over them.
Arizona republican., 1916-10-25
Hanly Launches New AHack
 On Presidential Candidate

fact that Lincoln in his day, accepted called a million men to his side, put muskets in their hands, and bade them shoot it to death
 Where Lincoln stood and fought, MT. Hughes bows in dumb and silent acquiescence."
 MT. Hughes secretary wrote in re- ply: Tt is we'll to bear in mind that he always speaks for himself. Under these circumstances, these reports are unworthy of credence until publicly corroborated by him. 1 might add, that he is not likely to make any dec- laration on the subject,'
Arizona republican., 1916-10-25
Villa Is Not Defeated

FL PASO, Oct. 24.-Government agents here claim to have received ad- ditional confirmation of Villas re- ported defeat of General Carlos Ozuna's Carranza column at Polomas, IS miles west of Chihuahua City last Friday. The confirmation is said to have come from refugees reaching the border from Chihuahua City who claim that Villa captured General Ozuna's eleven troops and supply trains. carrying ammunition, arms, machine guns and supplies.
 The refugees who brought this re- port to the border claim to have talked with survivors of Ozuna's column, who said Villa led the CarranZa troops into a trap at Palomas, then attacked from the front, flank and rear and cut the railroad line behind the trains. The same source claims 250 Carranza sol diers were killed and an equal number taken prisoner.
 The refugees claim to have seen Villas camp fires six miles west of Chihuahua City Sunday night.
 It is said that Villa had received a large amount of arms and ammunition stolen from the government arsenals by agents serving in the Carranza army. and was well supplied for the repulse of OZuna
Arizona republican., 1916-10-25
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BINGHAMTON, N. r., Oct. 24.- Receipt of a copy of letter Charles E. Hughes secretary recently sent to the Michigan dry federation saying that MT. Hughes probably would make no declaration of his stand on the liquor question during the campaign, caused J. Frank Hanly, the prohibitionist presidential candidate here tonight to launch a fresh attack on the republi- can nominee.
 Hughes said the other day" Hanly declared, that the country needed as never before, an Abraham Lincoln, and left the intimation that it might find a Lincoln in himself. forgetful of the
Arizona republican., 1916-10-25

no sensible person would believe there was a single word of truth in the grapevine dispatch"
 Colonel Roosevelt was highly pleased with the promising indications here and openly predicted the election of Tom Campbell, the republican nom- inee for governor
 Republican headquarters last night declared that the alleged dispatch was but a last feeble effort on the part of the democratic publicity hurean tc stem the rapid advance to victory oi the republican forces.
Arizona republican., 1916-10-25
formerly a federal colonel. stationed a

formerly federal colonel. stationed at Sonora.
 Advices from the same source said that General Aguilar. another former federal commander, at the head of seV- eral thousand men, holds the towns of Sayula and Ameca in Jalisco, as well as the surrounding territory for aconsid- erable distance. The Caranza forces were concentrated chiefly around Guadala iara. 1t said
 The state of Oaxaca, with the eX- ception of the capital city of Oaxaea. has been overrun by the Felicistas, the letter claimed. While not under actual siege the Carrancista forces are sur rounded in such a manner that they cannot leave OaXaca without precipl- tating a general engagement.
 The forces of Zapata, several thou sand strong, were in the suburbs of Mexico City, less than two miles from some of the most densely populated quarters, the letter said.