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Arizona republican., 1916-03-20

succeeded SO far in avoiding any fric-
zion, there Is one serious question which
may arise At any time to threaten the
entire situation As the lines of com
municat:on Of The American forces
lengthen the problem of bringing up
supplies becomes increasingly more
pressing
To grant the United States permt.-
sion to usc the Mexican railroads for
shipping supplies. il is thought here
may be miecCnstrued by many MeXi-
cans. on the other hand. a refusal
v ould scarcely harmonic with the pro-
fcssed desire OF the Carranza govern
mcnt to cooperate in every way with
the American authorities. The arrival
Of this crisis is being anNiously await
Cd on both sides Of the border.
Villa today reached Bahricora. near
the lake of that name, IN the Guerrero
region, after having abandoned thirty
If his wounded AT ii Vale. according
to Il telegram received toGay by Gen
eral GaVira at Juarez from Colonel
Nicto Macias. the commander at Pear
son.
This placed Villa q little beyond Las
Cruces, where the Carranza officials
reported him yesterday
Villa fled TO avoid a conflict with
the Carranzista troops under Colonel
Cano. Among the thirty wounded, who
had been shot in the Columbus raic
and carried along in wagons only to be
abandoned at FL Vale. was said to be
the Nillista leader Pablo Lopez. Lopez
is the leader whose death was report
ed as a positive fact at the Columbus
raid. Later reports east some doubt
upon his death, and indicated that an
ether chief carrying his papers might
have been the real victim. Lopez, in
these later reports. was said to be bad
~ wounded. The telegram said that
Arizona republican., 1916-03-20
BETHLEHEM STEEL NEARLY
TREBLES EARNINGS IN 1915

lower price, your officers have sub
mitted the following preparation to the
federal government:
We win agree to permit any We'll
known firm of chartered public ac-
countantS to inventory our plant and
make careful estimates of the cost Of
manufacture, with that date III hand
we viii meet with the secretary Of the
navy and agree TO manufacture armOr
at a price which Will be entirely sat
iSfactory to the secretary Of the navy
as being quite as low as the price at
which the government could possibly
manufacture armor on its own account,
after taking into account all proper
charges AS a concrete working basis
for such negotiations, Bethlehem Steel
Company has offered to manufacture
onc-third Of the armor plate required for
the contemplated five year naval pro-
gram ESTIMATED at approximately l20,-
zoe tOns) for a price of $685. per ton
for side armor, as compared with the
price of $425 per ton now obtaining.
II may be added that while all
other steel prices have greatly in
crensed, the foregoing figure at which
We now offer To make arnor for the
United States is not only a lower price
than has been paid by the government
for more than ten years, but ii is
also a substantially lower price than
is paid for armor by Japan, Austria.
Germany, France or England.
In view of the earnings Of the
past year" the report continues. div
idends Were declared Of seven per cent
| on the preferred stock and 80 per cent
on the common stock of your c0rpor-
alton, payable in quarterly installments
! during 1916.
! With the recent extraordinary mar
i ket for all classes Of steel products
and for ships, the various plants IF
your corporation enter the year 1916
with all departments, with one eXcep-
ton running al full capacity
That exception is the armor plate
department. Bethlehem Steel Company
has practically completed deliveries to
! the government on all pending armor
contracts. Contracts for the current
year have not been awarded
Arizona republican., 1916-03-20
MASKED BANDIT
HOLDS UP STAGE
AND RObS SEVEN


San DIEGO. March 19-An auto
mobile stage CARRYING six passengers
was held M at o'clock tonight a
halt mile his side OF the interna tionai
linz lev masked bandit. believed To
fe Al American. who took all of the
money and Vdluahles from his victims
and ESCAPED y second stage which
appea"ed az the scene during the
holdup was not molested, although the
bienWaymau ordered the driver 10
y oceed at fun speed Posses hur-
richly summoned are searching The
hills in the vicinity but it is believed
the rohbcr crossed the border and is
hiding near the NeNican town Of Ii
iuana
the Nie1jtns Of the holdup included
five men. in addition to the driver Of
TIT machine James Geer, and one
woman, Who all but collapsed when
the bandit thrust his revolver into her
face The names Of none could he
ascortH:ned, TWO iea9ine the autonu-
! ile 1t National City. Il few miles
moth O.. the scene. and the others
.etting away before the sheriff could
q informed
Tho bandit had thrown d log across
tn road and wner the automobile.
filled With sightscers rom Tijuana.
! sloNe0 down 1T the obstruction he
stepped from The darkness nj Tho
roadside and or'iered the occupants
t. ali@ht and lineup besite the ma
chine. Each person lost cvervthing
"a
Arizona republican., 1916-03-20
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PORTLAND, Ore, Wash, March 10.
"A high wind accompanying an eiec-
trlcal storm which swept over Port
land aud the environs late today.
caused the death Of William Marks,
a suburban resident, who was crushed
to death when . tree Tell across his
house a number Of barns and Othel'
outbuildincs in the district southeast
IF the city were destroyed or dam
aged.
Z, thunderbolt struck n spire Of St.
Francis catholic church and travelled
to the main roof. where shingles We're
Arizona republican., 1916-03-20
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NEW YORK, March l9.-The annual
report Of the Bethlehem Steel corpo-
ration for 1915 issued here today dis
closed that the net earnings of the
corporation and its subsidiary COM
panics, after deducting expenditures,
amounted To S24, S3l, 40S. as compared
with S9.649. 667 in 1914, an increase of
nearly $50 per cent Orders on hand
December 81, 1919, aggregated $lI3,
4S2,S as against $46,313 1873, on the
corresponding date Of the previous
year.
The statement by Charles N.
SchWab chairman Of the board Of di-
rectors. ana f. q. Grace, the president.
referring to the remarkable recovery
of the steel industry from its low ehb
pTIor to the outbreak of the European
war, declared that today there exists
an actual shortage of steel making ca
pacity in this country
An interesting feature of The report
was the statement that the average
number of employees Of the company in
the United States had increased from
ia,5S6 in 1914, to 22,064 in 1915. and
that wages paid in 1915 amounted tc
ST., 500, 664 as against Sl4,312.94$ The
previous year.
Calling attention to the bill pending
in congress for the building by the
government Of an arnor plant, Messrs
SchWab and Grace declared that ii
such q bill is passed the value of eX-
listing armor plants in this country viii
be virtually destroyed" The Bethle-
hem Steel Corporation, il was pointeC
out. now has more than 100000 in-
vested in its plant devoted TO this use
recognizing that through the IN
terests Of Your property should be
carefully conserved by your officers
on a matter of this kind said the
report. your corporation also has n
important obligation To the nation O
which it is q citizen, your officers have
appeared before the senate COmmitte,
on naval affairs and urged the defca
Of the pending measure As il is
frankly declared that the sole purpose
Of the proposed enterprise is that the
government may secure its armor a
Arizona republican., 1916-03-20
By ROBERT F. WILSON

WASHINGTON, March lJ.-When
q departmental employe recently told
house appropriation committee that
the postoffice department maintains
the biggest payroll on earth, some
of the members OF the committee
looked surprised. The employe then
Went on To tell about the l4e.0oo
postoffice employees who draw their
regular ray checks from Uncle Sam,
the total payroll amounting to some
thing like $200,000,o00 a year
| went through the postoffice de-
partmcnt trying TO find the paymas-
ter who takes care Of this vast roll.
| had a visionary idea of blank
checks spread out in great sheets,
While ,he raymaster signed them per
haps several hundred at a time by
means of the telautograph instru-
ment used in certain other govern
ment offices where many checks nave
to be signed
Hut the biggest payroll on earth is
not naid off in this fashion. Instead
Of a single paymaster there are 5e,l1l
paymasters. that being the number OF
postmasterS holding commissions on
March s, 1916 Each postmaster is
practically an independent business
man, meeting the expenses of his
own office out Of its receipts and re-
turning the profits, if any, to the de
Eartment, together with his accounts
for auditing.
1t is in the auditing that Wash
ington here handles the gigantic
nostoffice payroll but II is the treas
ury department which handles it.
Three whole floors and part Of q
fourth in the story poStofflce de-
partment building are given over to
the auditors. who are direct employees
Of the treasury DEPARTMENT. The
postoffice department has about 800
employees il. Washington. but it takes
$50 treasury employees to audit the
books of the postoffice department.
Each postmaster is virtually his
own boss n managing the finances
Arizona republican., 1916-03-20

of his own office except that he can
employ only authorized help and that
he must submit his accounts for
auditing every month The postmas-
ter pays his office clerks and mail
clerks and mail carriers. Thus in
several Of the largest cities the post
office payroll ranks with those of the
largest local industries There are
39,792 office clerks and mail clerks in
our postoffices all being paid by their
local postmasters. In addition there
are $4,000 city carriers. making the
total postoffice payroll fer the local
mail delivery number about $1,000
names.
Then there is another large branch
Of the service-the railway mail ser
vice. The railway mail clerks. too,
are paid by poStmastcrs. For the
railway mail service The country is
divided into districts. and the clerks
are assigned to certain large post
Arizona republican., 1916-03-20
TEXT Of LETTER
Of THE KAISER
To V0N T|RP|Tz
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LONDON, March 19-Reuter's AM
sterdam correspondent forwards a dis
patch from Berlin giving the text Of
Emperor Williams letter to Admiral
Won Tirpitz, as follows;
My Dear Grand Admiral Won Tir-
pitt: After | have, to my greatest
regret seen from your report of your
illness and Your letter of resignation
presented To me on March 13 that
you are unable further to conduct the
business of the ministry OF marine.
comply herewith with your request,
releasing YOU from your office of min
lister Of state and secretary of the
state ministry of marine, and 1 place
a. your disposal the legal pension.
Il feel myself obliged also on this
occasion 10 express - you my i'm
perial thanks for the excellent ser
vices YOu have rendered the Father
land in your long career as builder
and organizer of the navy. Especially,
wish to point out what YOU accom-
plished during the war itself by pre-
pairing new means Of fighting in all
departments of naval warfare by ma
rinc formations. Herewith, yon
added 10 your successful work in
peace time n page of honor in the
severe times Of war. This is gladly
acknowledged by me and by the Ger
man nation. ! myself viii express my
appreciation by comforting upon you
the Star of the Grand Commanders,
with swords of my Royal order OF
the House of Hohenzollern, and by
ordering that Your name further re-
main on the naval list.
With the sinccrest wishes for your
further welfare, remain.
Yours affectlonately,
(Signcd1 ''WILLiAAI H.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-20

Lopez is in Il pad way, having been
shot through the abdomen and both
legs, which were broken. The Villista
chief, Cerkantes, is reported with :,
number of bandits in Las Cruces
General Bertani, commanding the
CarranZa forces at Casas GrandeS.
came 70 JuareZ today to talk over
tie military situation with his supe-
rior, General Gayira. He said that Gen
eral Pershine's force is divided. with
part near Casas Grandes and q part
near Galeana, some distance southwest
# Casas GrandeS. The Americans en-
camp in the country. but has permits
sion to go to the towns to bug food
fodder and other goods. An order to
this effect came from War Minister
Oregon.
No word has Vet been received by
tiayra regarding the use of the Ma
tional railways for the transport OF
PersfinS's supplies. and Gavira added
NJ shipments of this kind have Yet
| been made by the trains ont of Juarez
/ This is 4 matter to be settled between
| Washington and the Carranza govern
ment.
! Villa spent last Wednesday aud
| Thursday in Fl Vale. according to re-
ports at the Juarez headquarters. but
fled without giving battle when he saw
the troops of Colonel Cano from Santa
Ana. escaping up a steep canyon from
! Laseruces.
Villa is now in a very difficult sec
I ton for us" said General Gavira and
very favorable for mis- purposes. He is
now in broken rocky. pine clad, noun
famous country. fun of places of con-
cealment. Only cavalry can operate IN
ii to advantage.
! From the boundary down as far as
/ Pearson, the country is flat and sandy.
with roads. But south of there horses
must be used as transports instead of
! wagons and motor cars. There are high
ridges and many obstacles. While |
/ have never campaigned in that section.
! understand good water is obtainable
from springs and also the pasture is
tair. which is to Villas advantage
! But the people in that part have almost
| given up the cultivation of the soil
/ because the country has been so long
overrun ny bandits. who took every
thing they wanted. Villa won't find
! food there
I car say l have every confidence
in the situation. for the net drawn by
the American and Mexican forces is
, closing up
Villas turn to the west was rather
a surprise to Gavira, who said tina:
! General Gutierrez thought he would try
to escape eastward-an event Cutter
req was prepared for.
| The town Of Juarcz spent Sunday in
the usual Mexican fashion, with a line
OF refreshmen: stands along its main
/ street and orchestras playing in the
] amusement resorts
Arizona republican., 1916-03-20
$4,000 ATTEND
EXPO OPENING


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SAN DIEGO. cal, March l9.-At-
tendance At the Panama California In
ternational Exposition Saturday. dedi-
I oalion day. exceeded $1,000. according
to announcement today By exposition
officials of this number several tholi-
/ sand came from Los Angeles ana near
by cities, d large number of the out
of-town visitors coming by automobiles
over the recently opened state high
way, now known as the Exposition
Trail"
Governor Hiram Johnson. who was
one of the principal speakers at the
dedication, left this afternoon for the
! north. Franklin X. Lane. secretary OF
| ,tle interior, who represented Presi-
dent Wilson nj the ceremonies. viii
. leave tomorrow.
! Festivities began N ten o'clock
with military ana naval parade
reviewed from a stand in the Plaza
dc Panama by Secretary of the m
terror the orator Of The day. the
governors Of all Western states, or
their representatives. and statc and
, city officials from al parts Of the
i Pacific coast
An hour LATER, President David
son lifted glass of orange juice in
4 toast 10 peace" ami at noon most
OF the formal procram had been dis
posed Of and the visitors gave them
selves over to the ereal carnival
! which viii last through the year.
Among the lesser of the days
GDRefHElfr-
new exposition flag on the Plaza
de Panama ~ Miss San Diego-191
and the unfuriing Of ,hc flags Of
the score of nations participa ting,
while salutss doomed from the YES
, sells of the Pacific fleet in the bar-
Dor. Among these flags was the
! standard Of Spain sent for the occa-
sion by King Alfonso and hoistcd
aloft by count Del Vile de Salazar
San Diego. San Francisco and Los
Angeles hf.chelors combined in II merry
dedicatioI Of the eXpositinn's Court
Of Leap! Wear
! Concerts on the open air pipe organ.
said To- he the largest in the world.
j dancirss exhibitions by troupes of
Swedish dancers and an aerial parade
Of Il dozen military aeroplanes we're
other features which punctuated the
days program.
In the evening, the exposition ban
qIet was to be held At the Christie
bal cafe. Among those TO lie present
wer' Secretary Of the Interior Frank
/ lin X. Lane. who representented Pres
ident Woodrow Wilson, officers of
the army and navy. exposition off
Arizona republican., 1916-03-20
U S POsTOFFICE BIGGEST PAYROLL
EARTH 100000 EMPLOYEES RECEIVE s2oooooooo ANNUALLY

offices in each district for their pay.
There are 1900 railway mail clerks.
The largest division Of postoffice
employees is made up Of the rural
mail carriers, $4,000 of them, or q
third more rural carriers than city
carriers. Their paychecks, too, come
from pOstmaSters. but not from their
local postmasters. In each state one
city is designated as the paying sta
ton for the rural carriers To this
office all the other postoffices Of the
state send their excess receipts. and
from these funds the postmaster in
the designated city pays all the rural
carriers of the state with his official
checks The New York postmaster
pays all the rural letter carriers in
New York state; Philadelphia for
Pennsylvania; Cincinnati for Ohio.
Wisconsin, and so on.
Thus large share of the post
office receipts never reach Washing
ton but are paid out locally in salaries
to The postcffice employees. The prin-
cipal work here is auditing the pay
roll For this purpose the auditors
maintain i card index system. with
, a card for each of the 10000 en-
plnyes. giving his name, late of ap-
pointment and rate Of pay. Each
month the total payroll is checked
over name by name, and every three
months the auditors strike the hal-
anCe sheet
The postoffice has no topheavy sal
aries nor any very small ones. Fer
! hans no business institution on earth
has its payroll so evenly balanced in
: this respect. Exclusive of watchmen
and scrnhWomen, the smallest salary
paid is $500 q year The postmaster
general draws the largest salary
/ $4,000. If the postoffice were a pri-
Vate corporation its president would
, easily draw S50,G00 a year, while his
: assistants and divisional managers
j would get salaries ranging from SO :
GOO to $4,000. On the other hand, the
I clerks in this private institution would
/ probably not average $500 year. let
alone having as the minimum salary.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-20

other bands Of insurrectionists, viii
not have their operations curtailed By
lack of ammunition. They assert that
a generous share Of the vast tide of
cartridges and other munitions that
flowed into Mexico from the United
States. Japan, Germany and other
sources during the last five years has
been cached in various parts Of the
country. under the control of one or
other of the various factional chiefs.
That large quantities Of rifles, am
munition and even i few machine
guns are hidden in or around III Paso
is a report that has many believers
here although it is secuted by the
police and military officials. There
is, however, no question that uneasi-
ness is growing here over the attl-
tIde ana temper of the MeXicans.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-20
INSISTS is NOT THE MAN

SEATTLE, March l9.-James Mar
lano, the fruit-stand clerk who was
arrested yesterday on suspicion of be-
ing Petro Tortorici, wanted by the San
Francisco police for the murder of Il.
Nilardo April ), 1905, was thoroughly
questioned by detectives today. but
stoutly denie'- that he was the man
sought. ~ 'ooks me, but It Is not my
photograph said Mariana when shown
the photograph OF Tortorici sent out
by the San Francisco authorities soon
after the murder. Mariana said he
would return to San Francisco with
out securing eXtraditiOn.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-20
EMBARGO ON MEXICAN FREIGHT


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PANAMA. March l9.-The Pacific
Mail Steamship Company and other
lines whose vessels fly the American
flag and call at Mexican West Coast
ports. have placed an embargo on
fsthman local freight destined for
these ports. The measure is under
stood to he of self-protection, on ac-
count of the action Of the United
States in regard to Mexico According
to the best information here, the lines
will not call ut the ports in question.
American canal officials say they have
received no orders relative to possible
arms shipments across the Isthmus.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-20
PORTLAND VISITED BY DEATH ,
DEALING ELECTRICAL STORM

ripped off over an area Of fifty square
feet.
Within the space Of fifteen minutes
in the downtown district, 80 of an
inch Of rain fell. The detonations OF
thunder and flashes Of lightning Were
unusually violent. At the time when
st. Francis church was struck no ser
vices We're in progress, but the Rev.
Father Black, tho pastor, experienced
: severe snocll in his study, 100 feet
from the main building.
At one point in the city a trolley
car vas struck by lightning. No one
was injured. but the car was totally
disabled. cars throughout the city
operated on interrupted schedules.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-20
Z. M. c. A. CONVENTION CLOSES
TRerublicsa a. p. Leased Wrel.

SAN JOSE. cal March 19.--The
California Y. NJ. c. y. convention
closed here tonight. This morning
special services were held at which
culogics Tor the dead during the wear
wee read. During the afternoon q
Uomane meeting and a big mass
meeting for men Were held and in
the evening two mems mass meetings
v-ole held, Lieutenant Colonel Hal
fora ana LYMAN Pierce being the
speakers. This evening a grand fare
well service was held
Arizona republican., 1916-03-20
MAY SELL ORC COMPANY

ORONILLE, Cal, March 19.--The
sale of the ORC Electric Corporation
of this city to the Pacific Gas and
Electric Company was announced to-
day as a probability Of the near flu
ture. The announcement followed d
conference between officials of the two
concerns. The transfer of ownership,
said the officials who attended the con-
ference, was expected to he made with
in six weeks if the plans carried.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-20
CARDINAL GOTTi DEAD
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ROME. March la.-(Nia Paris
Cardinal Jerome Mary Gotti, project
Of the Propaganda. died today
Cardinal Gotti was born in 1884 ut
Genoa and was made a cardinal in
1895. He had been i'll for some time.
The office of project of the propaganda
is one OF the most Influential in the
Catholic church
Arizona republican., 1916-03-20
FOR RIPE OLIVE DAY


OROVILLt, Cal. March l9.-Tues-
DAY. May lG, VIII he designated Of
ficidl} a. California Ripe Olive Day"
~ Governor Hiram W, Johnson who
coupled with this announcement TO-
day promise Of co-operation If
himself ana state officials in 4 state
vide festival in RECOGNITION Of the
advances made il the olive industry.
I'll. announcement was made at a
meeting of olive growers and pack
crs who convened t" perfect plans for
the LIBERATION. .s.S
Arizona republican., 1916-03-20
NURSE UNDER ARREST

SAN JOSE. March 19.--Ida Belle
Soto, n professional nurse, wanted in
san Lenadro for passing a fictitious
check and fer spiriting from home
Ethel Oaks, a 16-year-old high Schoo,
giil, was taken into custody here to-
day and held pending the arrival Of
officers from the northern town. The
woman has been living in Mountain
View for the past two weeks in COM
pany with her young companion.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-20
WAS NOT SUBMARINE
German Admiralty Says no German
Craft Sank Tubantia
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EERLIN, March IA By wireless 10
SayVille} No German submarine could
have been in the vicinity of the spot
where the Dutch liner Tubantia was
sunk and no German mines had been
laid in this region, the German admir-
atty announced yesterday. The official
statement said.
~ German submarine is out If the
question in connection with the sinking
of the Tuhantia as the place where
the accident took place is less than 80
miles from the Dutch coast, which
means that this place is within the
territory declared t. be not dangerous
for shippiue 10y the manifesto az Feb
rGary +, 1915. 1t is further stated that
no German mines were laid there