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Arizona republican., 1916-08-16

Republicans-Anderson. Campbell. Cramton. Davis of Minnesota: Dillon. Ellsworth, Haugen. Helgesen. HoU- ingsworth. Klnkaid. Lenroot. Monden. Morgan of Oklahoma; Nelson and Young of North Dakota.
 Socialist-London.
 During debate on the building pro- gram, the republicans insisted that they had led the way toward increa ses and that the administration was not entitled to all of the credit. The time allotted opponents of the big pro- gram was controlled by Democratic Leader Kitchin, who charged the oemocrats with a sharp change of front
 Two months ago the democrats urged by the administration. were i asked to vote against the wild. reck- less, extravagant appropriations pro- posed by the republicans" said MT. kitchin. T denounced the republican program as reckless criminalitv. Yet now the chairman of the committee. the secretary of the navy, the presi- dent and fellow democrats ask me to get up here and eat my words"
 When this program passes the congress and is signed by the presi- dent, this nation will be the greatest military nation the world has ever seen. And vet they say We are sane and patriotic"
 | Republican Leader Mann. advocat- ing the increase. declared it was or l dinary wisdom to prepare for what We hope will never come"
 'I want to keep out of war" he said, but we should be prepared ta protect our rights at home and abroad. The credit will belong to the republican side for the votes that will pass this larger program"
 Senate amendments to which the house disagreed and which will be referred again to conference included these appropriations: s6.00O. GOO for equipment of the Puget Sound, Phila delphia, Norfolk. Boston. Portsmouth | Charleston and New Orleans navy yards for construction of warships with immediate equipment of the Pu- get Sound, Philadelphia, Boston and Norfolk wards to build capital ships
 One million, two hundred and fiftN thousand dollars for improvements al the Charleston navy yard, including [ dry dock to cost s1 1,0S0.000: S3,000. 00( to enlarge facilities of the Portsmouth navy yard; S100000 for new wharr at the New Orleans navy yard; $500. 900 for investigation of submarine anc aviation bases and plans for defense. of harbors and canals
 Secretary Daniels statement said
 "The navy bill carries the larges appropriation for the navy ever car ried in a single appropriation bill bS any country The last naval bill O Great Britain before the wa~ wal under S250,000.000 while the bill tha passed the house carried an appropri' ation of S315.e00.0 900. Naval author ities abroad state that this authori zation will make our navy the secon' largest in the world in every uni that goes 60 make a powerful fight ing force.
 The defense program which approv- al of the naval bill by the house vir' tually completed, has been the mos ! important achievement of the sessioi and has involved appropriations az rregatlng Se61, 14S00o. In addition t the navy bill, it included reorganiza
Arizona republican., 1916-08-16
SCENES BEHIND
 BATTLE FRONT
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AT THE GERMAN FIELD BASE ON THE SOMME FRONT. CVia Der lin and London, Aug. Is, delayed)- Behind the battle front the Germans are following their professions and business pursuits, the same as at home. There are little restaurants where officers and men may eat things not obtaiuable in their messes: bookstores. a dentist. a watchmaker. occulists and opticians and all classes of workshops required by the army.
 The occulists and opticians have as customers men whose chief duty is to watch the sky all day for enemy aviators-a severe strain on their eyes
 The correspondent of the Associated Press found that beyond using the French soil for crops and French wood. coal and iron. the German army has no economic connection of any sort with the French population.
 Of interest as an incident behind the lines was the recent burial of a German aviator The German officers who arranged the funeral were sur rrised when a delegation of French asked permission to attend the sec- vices This incident is considered b. some of the Germans as an Indication that the bitterness of the first mouths of the war are gradually disappear ing
Arizona republican., 1916-08-16

ton of the regular army and national guard bringing the enlisted peace strength to 1S7. 900 men capable of ex pansion to 220,00o men in time of stress and providing a federalized na tional guard which at full strength will number 45O,000 men.
 For maintaining reorganized army and militia supplies and equipment congress appropriated s267. .57s, ,O00. More than s1S,000, ,OO0 of this is for development of aeronautics, and ST. 000,000 is for government plants for the manufacture of armor plate The army bill also carried an, appropria- tion of s20.000.0 900 for a government plant to produce nitrate for use in
 manufacture of munitions.
 Provision was made for extension and improvement of the coast de- lenses with appropriations aggregat- ing s25,74S,050 To furnish needed offenses in the army and the navy the personnel of the naval and mili- tary academies were enlarged. the former to 7,760 and the latter to 1,152 For the military academy a special appropriation of s1225.000 was made the funds for Annapolis being carried in the navy appropriation bill
 Congress also provided for the ere ation of a council for national do fense. composed of cabinet officials and citizen experts to coordinate tte 1 military, industrial and natural re- sources of the country in time of war
Arizona republican., 1916-08-16
CHRIS. FITCH RUNS
 DOWN NERN THIEF

Mary Sanchez is a much wiser young woman this morning. She atttained that degree of wiseness only after a series of narrowing events, which led up to the arrest of one Andrew Rosas by Special Officer Chris Fitch, in the employ of the Arizona Eastern.
 Mary came to Phoenix late last evening on her way from Nogales to Florence. She had to stop over in Phoenix. and selected the Star Lodging house as the logical place to go She forgot to lock her door, and after she had retired. was just dozing off into slumber, when strange man entered Ter room grabbed her pocketbook hanging on the bedpost and made a dash for liberty, carrying the purse and it's precious contents with him. The contents reached the approximate value of s14.60.
 Special Officer Fitch, who, in the discharge of his duty, happened to be passing near the Star, saw the man emerge from the house in somewhat of a hurry, and heard the screams of the woman who had been robbed Fitch started in to catch the fugitive He chased him several blocks, but the unknown proved to be as fleet a run ner as he was. He managed to corner him finally, but not winded by his long run, the Mexican put up fight Fitch was forced to connect with the jaw of the purse snatcher in no slight manner. After he had laid his mar out, he brought him to, and escorted him to the police station.
 As Fitch caught up with his man he was just stuffing s4.60 in silvel into the pocket Of his shirt Th' rest of the contents of the pocketbool had disappeared. Upon a search beinl made at the police station. ten dolla gold piece dropped from the man
 pant leg. This made up the entir sum
 Rosas is said to have a bad record It Is thought, though as yet it ha
 not been definitely established, tha at one time he served time in Flor ence. He will have the opportunit ! to explain his escapade to Judg | Thomas in police court this afternoon
Arizona republican., 1916-08-16
ZEPPELIN RAIDS ARE PROMISED {.
 AS REPR|sALs.
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 BERLIN, August IS (via wireless to- Threats of more destructive Zeppelin raids against England in re- prisal for crimes committed by British seamen" are contained in White Book regarding the Baralong case transmitted by the government to the Reichstag.
 Members of the crew of the Bara- long, British patrol boat, were re- ported to have killed Germans from a submarine sunk by British vessel Q year ago. The governments purpose is quoted as follows by the Overseas News Agency:
 "Reprisals will be used against Eng land within the limits of the Law of nations, but without any other regard. Every airship, which throws destruc- tive bombs on London or other defend ed towns or on towns which contain establishments of military character, shall cause England to remember the Baralong case"
 The White Book contains official German and British documents The final report, according to a statement given out today by the Overseas News Agency, says:
 The German government, replying to the declarations of the British gov ernment in regard to the German mem orandum of January 10, 1916, on the Baralong case Gin which Germany re- jected the British proposal to submit the case to d neutral board), said il had decided, on account of the British governments attitude, that 1t was i'm possible to continue negotiations. Al the same time the government an nounced it would take reprisals of 8 nature corresponding with the provo. cation adding:
 l Of course the government has de 1 clined to respond to the crimes com. mitted by the British seamen by carry. 1 ing out similar reprisals: for in
 stance. the shooting of British prison
 CTS of war. But German airships vii
 convince the English people that Ger
 many has the means of preventing from going unatoned the cruelties 0 the officers and crew of the Bara long" {"
Arizona republican., 1916-08-16

did not permit them to tell the roy alty to move on. hut they suggested it politely. Royalty. however. per sisted in remaining in the square un- til curiosity was satisfied.
 When the king visited the men of he Scottish division. which had seen such desperate fighting at Belville or Devils Wood" the survivors of the South Africans gave him the Zulu war cry. He managed to see something of all kinds of the soldiers fighting under the British flag. from the Scotch. English and Irish, to the troops from overseas. A machine cnmnanv of the Larshires. in rest quarters on a French farm. was most surprised of all by his visit. Leading the way he walked into barn with it's crooked beams and plaster walls and litter of straw on which the men were lying after their turr on the firing line. The most amazed of the company was one soldier with fealthr snore who was the last of those asleep to awaken. Blinking and rubbing his eyes he looked ap to sec the face of the king At first he re- fused to believe that some trick was not being played on him. then con- vinced, he scrambled to his feet,
 
 More than once the kings car had 10 draw or one side of the road as battery of guns swept close to its panels or marching battalion passed by. Then Private Proctor. of the Liverpool regiment. was told the king himself was going to pin q Vic toria cross on his breast Proctor confessed to being scared. But you
 were not scared when you fought the a
 No, l know how to act when meet Germans. but not when in the i presence of kings
 ! q believe I have found my young est soldier" exclaimed the king when i he saw d 12-year-o boy among the 1 Northamptons. But little Joseph Ie- | fevre was not English He Is the i son of a dead Belgian soldier and was ! found wandering about under shell i fire at Ypres. adopted by the bat 1 talion and placed On its rolls. He l told hig story in French 10 the king and said
 fight. but keep me back with the i transport"
 The king said. AS I was going to suggest. and being q good soldier, you will have to obey. orders"
 Wien the king went to call on Cen cral BirdwoOd he met q battalion of 1 Australians who were just coming out of the trenches after taking Po- zieres ridge. With their steel hel- nets back on their heads. their shirts open at the neck, their skins tanned as Indians. their clothes rent and utreaked with earth -stains. they lined Inc road and gave him an Australian cheer.
 ! General Jnffre came oyer from his headquarters and President Poincaire
 from Paris to take lunch with King
 George and Sir Douglas Haig.
 Throughout the week moving
 picture man was doing bis best tC
 keep up with the king. while the diff
 fident Prince of Wales was notably
 proficient in slipping out of the pic.
 ture just as the operator began turn
 ing the crank
Arizona republican., 1916-08-16

pectcd to make a long stay. but you gave them a surprise and they are not so comfortable now"
 X dramatic moment occurred as the king was walking across the field swept by a British charge. He came to a grave at the bottom of a shell crater with a cross hearing the in- scrirtion: Unknown British sol dier." Both the king and the Prince of Wales halted and saluted the crcss.
 Tt was sporting of the king to come here said one of the soldiers. and if Fritz orly knew it wouldn' | he begin a strafe with his guns? As 1t is, WhistIing Percy might let loose any minute" Whistling Percy is the name fol a noisy shell from the Ger nan guns,
 Sir Douglas Halg, as the kings hest. told him what was worth see ing during his visit and then the king laid nut his own program each day, This led him to have a look at q town which had been shelled recently Ev guns of big calibre. As he and the prince went about leisurely ex- amining the enormous craters in the square and the ruins of the old town hall his attendants were considering what might happen if a crater was made where the occupant and heir oi the throne were standing. Etiquette
Arizona republican., 1916-08-16
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NEW YORK. Aug. 15.-The Ameri- can Institute of Mining Engineers makes announcement here of its ab- sorption of the Mexican Institute of Mining and Metallurgy which will hereafter be known as the Mexican section of the American organization The Mexican institute was founded in 1909 by its present president, Victor NJ. Braschi. of Mexico City It's de- cision to merge with the American or ganization is due to difficulty in fi- nancing its affairs, owing to national troubles in Mexico and as a result of the merger. the Mexican institute will now be financed by the combined or ganizations. The American institute thus gains to its membership more than two hundred of the mining eX- perts of Mexico. increasing its total membership to $500.
 Announcement is also made of plans for holding the next annual conVen- ton of the American Institute of Min ing Engineers next month in Arizona the first time in the forty-five years history of the organization that it has met in that state.
 The meeting will extend over the
Arizona republican., 1916-08-16
M|N|NG ENG|NEERS' INSTITUTE
 TOHOLDCONVE NT|ON IN ARIZONA

entire week of September 18th and will be held in the principal mining cen ters of the state, the members travel ing between the various points by special train and automobile A spec ial train has been arranged for, to carry eastern members from New York City on September l4th Other members and their guests will join the party at various points en route.
 The principal towns in which the institute sessions or visits of inspec- tion will be held, are Santa Rita and Hurley. N. M. and Douglas, Bisbee, Globe and Phoenix, AriZ. The in spection will include the Roosevelt dam and the mines and works of prac- tically all the leading metal producing companies of the state. At Douglas, in the technical sessions, the institute will discuss the special subject of "Smelting.' At Bisbee, papers will be
 read on Mining and Geology and at Globe, the first day will be given over ] to Mining and Smelling" and "Leaching." During a second day at ! Globe. time has been set aside for what is regarded as an important dis
 cussion of Concentration and F1ota-
 tion"
Arizona republican., 1916-08-16
CHILD LABOR
 WILL bE AF TER
 WAR PROBLEM
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 LONDON, August 15.-Child labor is one of the subjects touched upon in the annual report of the General Fed eration of Trade Unions dealing with problems to be solved after the war. The report says:
 "The management committee has never ceased to emphasize the gravity of the industrial problems with which the country will be faced at the end of the war. and the presence of children in agriculture and industry creates one of the first difficulties which will re- quire attention. It will be monstrous if the trade unionist soldier returns to find his children placed as barrier between him and opportunities of em- ployment. To prevent such catas- trophe it may be necessary to provide measures for returning employed chill dren to school. for raising the leaving age. and for making this age uniform throughout the country. Such a pol icy will meet violent opposition from employers who seek juvenile labor be- cause 1t is cheap to them although it may be dear to the child and to the state Trade unionists are In this mat ter custodians of vital interests. and they should immediately seek an edu- cational program which will relieve in- dustrial congestion. provide the chill dren with a liberal education and give the state largely increased aggregate of general knowledge and intelligence
 Tt is frequently said that matters concerning the education of children are outside the consideration of the trade unionist; that his concern lies only with wages and working condi- tions. Fortunately the trade unionisi is wise enough to know that the child competing against him injuriously af- i fleets both these, while the child ill., 1 trained and growing into the thought | less and inefficient adult is a potent i factor in the hands of those who would | keep down wages and debase working l conditions"
Arizona republican., 1916-08-16
British Capture Trenches

BERLIN, Aug. 15.--After attacks of the greatest violence on the Somme front, continuing until late last night, the British obtained a footing in first line German trenches on the Thiepval Pozieres front, the war office an- nounced today.
 The announcement says:
 Yesterday afternoon the British repeated their attacks from tho Ovii- lars -Bazentin- Le- Petit line, and con- tinued them with the greatest vio- lence far into the night.
 They again obtained a foothold in the same section of our first line trenches on the Thiepval- Pozieres front from which they were repulsed yesterday morning. Otherwise all their numerous assaults broke down completely with very sanguinary losses.
 "The French twice repeated their fruitless efforts between Maurepas and Hem
 Between the Ancre brook and the Somme and beyond this sector. the artillery battles have not yet ended.
 Front of Field Marshal von Hin- denburg: All Russian attacks against the Luh and Graberka sectors south of Rrodv failed.
 Front of the archduke: The army of General von Bothmer completely repulsed strong attacks, some Of which were repeated frequently in the Zborow- Koninchy sector, on the high road leading from Brzzanv and Po- tnory to Kozowa. and to the west of Monasterzyska, with very heavy loss es to the Russians"
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the administration changed it's mind, he continued, and an appeal was made not to congress. but by the executive directly to the people. A program was formally presented" by the admins tration.
 Tt was almost as formally aban- doned. The secretary of war had spent some time in formulating that plan. When it was abandoned he took it so seriously that he abandoned the administration"
 MT Hughes repeated the declaration that the country was unprepared when 1t became necessary to send troops to the Mexican border.
 q think we should have a regular army large enough to attend to duties of that description" he said. My point is not so much with respect to numbers as to efficiency. Take our navy for example. That is the great arm of eur service. we should have in our navy department a most effic- tent leadership-men qualified for the great task of adequately representing and dealing with this great arm of defense. We should have leadership capable of efficient organization.
 "I do not like to go into the details
 
 they are far from satisfactory. I am informed and believe that the navy is deficient in the organization it should have.
 We have no lack of men in this country who can properly preside over the navy department and propose, if the American people elect me to the office to which I aspire, to see that in both army and lyavy we have compe- tent, efficient leadership.
 Our preparedness of a military and naval sort is merely preparation from 6 national point of view, similar to that which city has when it is pre- pared to keep the peace within it's broders. The policies of organization demand careful consideration"
 MT. Hughes then declared that pre- paredness also should extend to the commercial phase of American life to cope with European competition after the war. He assailed the administra- tion for its Mexican policy and said that it had failed to protect American citizens in Mexico notwithstanding the democratic platform of 1912 which de- clared for the protection of American rights abroad.
 We said to our citizens in Mexico 1 Come away: come away We did not send them copy of the democratic platform If we ever fall so low that we think it is unnecessary to protect American citizens We might as vel haul down the flag"
 A declaration by the nominee that he wanted to see the great empire ol | Alaska" developed was greeted witt applause. This, he said, could best b, 1 done under protective tariff.
 Mir Hughes left at midnight fol l Portland.
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It is now up to the railroads. The situation has reached that point where it is hanging in a balance and if the railroads will do their part there is no reason why we should not be brought together. The situation may best be summed up by saying. Let us continue praying
 Much of the discussson at the con- ference today revolved about the prin- ciple of the eight-hour day. The managers asserted that putting the eight-hour day into effect would cost them Sl00, 900 a year, but the rep resentatives of the employees reduced this estimate to S20, ,000 900 a year. The employees suggested that the eighthour day already Is in effect on some roads. and that officials on those roads have stated they would not change back to the ten-hour day.
 The president sought to find the basis for the opposition of the rail- roads to the eight-hour day asking whether the managers did not believe it inevitable at some time The man. agers were firm, however, in their op- position to it's adoption unless other collateral issues were vaKen- up.
 Representative of both sides were told by the president that he would continue 10 uo ms utmost 10 ulScOVeI a basis of settlement and that 1t was their duty to the public to cooperate Without minimizing the difficulties in the way of solution, he sought to impress upon them that a break could be avoided only by mutual concessions
 When men close to the managers suggested that way out might be found by the railroads accepting the principle of the eight-hour day and then having an investigation by an i'm partial body of collateral questions. the employees said they had heard of the plan before but that they would not commit themselves on it unless it was put in definite form.
 Both managers and employees were tagged out by the long conferences, but
Arizona republican., 1916-08-16
CHARGES UNDUE INFLUENCE
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BOULDER, Aug. 15.-A motion was filed In district court here today ask ing a new trial tor Rienzi c. Dickens. convicted recently of murder in con nection with the killing of his father Vim. H. Dickens. at Longmont, No- vember 30, last. Counsel for Dickens alleged undue influence was exertei on the jury setting up the conte6tion that certain newspapers passed notes 10 :he jury during the trial.
Arizona republican., 1916-08-16
Expresses His Appreciation

LONDON. Aug. 15-After a visit to the front, King George today issued a general order to the army in France, expressing his appreciation of the splendid condition and cheerful confi- dence of all ranks.
 T realize not only the splendid work done in immediate touch with the army" says the general order. but also the vast organization behind the fighting line, honorable and courag- eous. doing all possible and to the hearts and hands of the workers. Ev- anywhere there is proof that all men and women are playing their part. and l rejoice to think that their noble ef- forts are being heartily seconded by all classes at home