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The Benson signal., 1916-12-02
A Real Bargain in a Daily News
paper for 1917

The Arizona Gazette of Phoenix,
Arizona, holds its Annual Bar
gain Period this month, when you
can secure the paper for whole
year for $4.75. This is a big saw
ing in money to people who are in
terested in a state newspaper. A
whole years reading matter, COM
p1ete with a daily report from the
Associated Press over a leased tele-
graph wire, covering the national
news, stock reports on all listed
items, state and local news. You
cannot go further to get a paper
that will fill your wants. Mail
your check for $4.75 today, or have
the Signal send the order in for
you.
Wanted in every city good live
hustlers with horse and wagon or
automobile and with sufficient capi-
tai to build up Butterine routes
that will net good returns and own
your own business. Inquire or
address M. & Co., care Signal.
The Benson signal., 1916-12-02

Go to the Benson Coal and Ice
Company for coal, ice and soda
water.
The Benson signal., 1916-12-02

Remember I can save you money
on gasoline, distillate and lubri
eating oils, both wholesale and re-
tail. c. F. Moss.
The Benson signal., 1916-12-02

WANTED-Young man to rep
resent largest wholesale liquor
dealers west of Chicago on very
attractive commission basis Ad-
dress Box S88, San Francisco.
The Benson signal., 1916-12-02

Statement of the ownership. management,
circulation, ETC., required by the act Of Con-
gress of August a. 1912, of the Benson Signal.
published weekly at Benson, Arizona for Octo-
Der !, 1916:
State of Arizona, county of Cochise, IS.
Before me- a notary public in and for the
State and county afot esaid, personally appear
ed c. l.. Rucker. who, having been sworn ac-
cording to law. deposes and says that he is the
publisher of the Benson Signal. and that the
following is, to the best of his knowledge and
belief, true statement of the ownership man.
agement. etc, of the aforesaid publication for
the date shown in the above caption. required
by the Act of August 81, 1912 embodied in Sec
tion 443 Postal Laws and Regulations, printed
on the reverse OF this form to wit:
|. That the names and addresses of ihe pub
Usher, editor, managing editor and business
managers are: Publisher. c. L. Rucker Benson
Arizona Editor, c. L. Rucker Benson, Ari-
IONA; Managing Editor, None; Business Mana
gers, None.
2 That the owner is: c. L. Rucker, Benson
Arizona.
g. That the known bondholders mortgages,
and other security holders owning or holding
per cent or more OF total amount of bonds,
mortgages or other securities are: None.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this ==th
day of December, 1916.
tSeaD Mary F. Titus, Notary Public.
My commission expires Feb, 2l, 1920.
The Benson signal., 1916-12-02

Mrs. ]. u. Nanney, of Wilcox,
has. been spending the week in
town.
A dance was given at the L. S.
D., hall, St. David, Friday night,
which proved to be very pleasant
affair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Newland, of
Tucson, were in town this week
for short visit. Mrs. Newland is
daughter of Mr.. w. D. Martinez.
William Shilliam, justice of the
peace and Republi can wheel horse
at Benson for many years, was a
visitor in the District yesterday.
Judge Shi11iam's family is located,
temporarily, in Bisbee and very
occasionally the justice of the
peace comes over for a brief visit.
Wednesday Bisbee Review.
A very pleasant Thanksgiving
dance took place at the Auditorium
Thursday night with a good crowd
in attendance. A number of out
of town people were present and
the dancers kept the floor till past
midnight, everybody seeming to
enjoy the occasion. The music
was furnished by the Trujillo or
ehestra...
Phoenix, Nov. 3O.-The state
land commission has filed four lists
of land selections embracing a total
of II ,72O, in the United States land
Office. One of them consisting of
! $500 acres was for the benefit of
normal schools, one of $40 acres
for the benefit of the school of
mines and two aggregating $3.50
acres for the payment of the bonds
of Yavapai, Maricopa, Coconino
and Pima counties.
| Remember [ can save YOU money
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-05
MUST join WAR
Compulsory Military Service
Bill Comes Up Today.
Precipitates Sharpest Parlia-
mentary Fight in Years.
TOO MANY men SIDESTEPPING
Patriotism Laxity Disclosed by
Fictitious Excuses.
British Action To Be Based on
Lord Derby's Report.

London, Jan. SIN the house of
commons today the compulsory mill
tary service bill was introduced by
Premier Asquith. 1t promises to
bring ON the sharpest struggle since
the war began.
Under the terms of the compulsory
military service bill introduced in the
house of commons today, all males
eSetween the ages of Is and Al who
are bachelors or widowerS without
children dependent on them are liable
for military service. Ireland is eX-
cluded from the terms of the measure.
The largest aSSemblage of members
since the war began, faced the pre-
mier. Many members had obtained
leave to return from the front so that
they might be able to vote on the
compulsion bill. The Earl of Derby,
who conducted the recruiting cam
paign, was in the peers gallery.
The Earl of Derby's report on his re-
cruiting campaign, which began Octo-
ber 23 and ended December IL. ex-
Continued Page 81
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100000 OPPRESSED


Kansas City, Mo, Jan. 5.-A plea
for the suffering Jews of Europe was
made by Rabbi Leon Harrison, of St.
Louis. to the Federation of Jewish
last night. He told or the courage of
the Jews in the vanguard of the Rus
sian army and how their wives, moth
ers and sisters were insulted in the
very country for which they We're
fighting.
The greatest war of history is rag
ing now" he said. In the awful area
swept by cannon fire on either side of
the battle front, between Teuton and
Slav are nearly 100000 human be-
ings that are Jews. The expulsion of
Jews from Poland was accomplished
with uneXampled cruelty. Half a mil
lion Polish Jews wander in beggarv
today"
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TO RECALL OFFICIALS
Atlanta Election Decides Fate of May
or and 5 Police Commissioners.

Atlanta, Ca. Jan. 5.-The recall of
Mayor Joseph G. Woodward and five
Atlanta police commissioners was be-
fore voters at a special election today.
Efforts are being made to oust the six
officials because they reduced from
chief of police to a captaincy James L
Beavers, who first became known out
side Atlanta by abolishing the restrict
ed district Beavers was reduced in
rank last July on charges of insubor-
dination, it being claimed that he took
orders not IN the police commits
sioners but from a number of so
called refOrmers. Beavers resigned
after being reduced in rank. His
friends claimed he did not have a far
trial and literature distributed by re-
call proponents termed the trial a
'1VnchinC
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SUBMIT OTHER GASES
Three Incidents of Marine Warfare
To Go Before Imperial Tribunal.

London, Jan. 5.-The sinking of the
White Star liner Arabic, the destruc-
ton of a British submarine by a Ger
man destroyer on the Danish coast
and the submarine attack on the Brit
ish steamer Ruel are the three Incl
dents that Sir Edward Grey, the Brit
ish foreign secretary, suggests for sub
mission to some imperial tribunal for
investigation together with the case
of the Baralong.
The foreign secretary notes. in his
reply to Ambassador Pages cOmmuni-
cation of a memorandum from the
German government complaining of
circumstances alleged to have attend
ed the destruction of a German sub
marine by the British auxiliary cruiser
Baralong, that the three incidents in
question occurred within fOrty-eight
hours of the time the Baralong sank
the Submarine.
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KAISER LOSES HIS HOME
Allies Will Take His Summer Palaces
for Use as Hospital.

London. Jan. 5.-The British gov
ernnent has notified Greece that the
kaiser's summer residence. villa
Achilleion."on the Island of Corfu, will
be taken by the allies for use as hos
pital. according to a Central News dis
patch from Athens.
Emperor William purchased villa
Achilleion" from the heirs of the late
Empress Elizabeth of Austria. The
villa itself is a marble palace. Over
the gateway is the word "Achilleion.'
as the villa was dedicated by Empress
Elizabeth to Achilles, who, she said,
was to her the personification of the
Hellenic soul.
The Island of Corfu belongs to
Greece. 1t is about II hours by sea
from Brindisi, the southern Italian
port, and is one of the show places OF
the Mediterranean. The king OF
Greece also has a summer home there.
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COLD WAVE is COMING
Temperature Jumps From January to
June and Back Again.

Temperature records for January
were shattered last night when the
mercury climbed to SO degrees at II
o'clock Immediately after that
drop that equaled anything ever
known was recorded. BY ten o'clock
this morning the mercury had tobog
gained to 81 degrees, impelled by "a
mile northwest wind A drop of 4,
degrees was registered and a further
slide is expected.
A cold wave is coming tonight. The
temperature here will be between S
and 10 degrees. The forecast calls for
fair weather tonight and Thursday:
cold wave tonight. The shippers fore
cast indicates zero emperatureS for
36-hour shipments north and west;
south and east, the temperature will
be between and 10 degrees. The
high northwest wind will continue to-
night but probably will abate tomor-
row.
The temperature last night reached
the normal mark for the month of
June. The highest reading equaled
the high record mark for day temper
ature in January. which YVES estab-
lished in 1867. This is jump from
January to June and back again in a
few days" said S. d. Flora, weather
observer, this morning. The lowest
temperature on record for this date
was 10 degrees below zero in 1912.
four years ago today.
Temperatures today averaged de-
grees below normal The wind con-
tinued at "a miles an hour from the
north all day Following are hourly
temperature readings for today:
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IN new RATE PLAN
Kansas Railroads May Ask for
Separate Orders.
Weaker Roads Could Demand
More Than Stronger.
COSTS MO. P. $1,000 A DAY
Delay in Waiting for Order Is
Costly, Say Officials.
New Move Owing to a Fear of
Utilities Refusal.
COSTS MO. P. $1,000 A DAY

Kansas railroads may ask for sep
arate passenger rates when hearing
of the rate case is resumed in Topeka
February %. That such a move was
contemplated, was indicated by the ac-
ton Of lawyers for various roads dur
ing the hearing Tuesday and in the eff
fort of the Missouri Pacific to secure a
separate order and withdraw from the
case.
Backed by the attitude of the inter-
state commerce commission in the
making of interstate rates, the Kansas
roads are expected to ask for separate
orders in the rate opinion. Losses suf-
fered by the weaker roads will be used
as the basis for an argument that an
equal mileage rate in Kansas would be
unjust tC certain roads. Separate or
ders will probably be asked in the case
CONTINUED on Page p
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BY LORD NoRTHCLIFFE.

London. Jan. 5.-When. months ago.
1 mad the honor of communicating
with at least fifty million Americans
through the United Press. L plainly
expressed my belief that we were in
for long. long war. Events have fol-
lowed the lines l indicated. 1 do not
pose as a prophet but do know some
thing about the toughness of Anglo
Saxon fiber as compared with that of
the Prussians and 1 do know that
each day brings access of strength to
us and weakening to them.
The German point of view is frank
ly money making and territorial ag
grandizemept. DIR. Helfferich. the
German finance minister, constantly
mentions the indemnities Germany is
going to get. Germany hopes in ad-
GitiOn to OBTAIN the Belgian Congo.
Germany was under the impression
that the wealth of France would pour
CONTINUED on Page Two)
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MAY SAVE ONE
OUT OF WRECK
TOpeka National Livestock In
surance Co. May Survive.
1t Had 100000 on Deposit
With the State.
TROUBLE DUE TO BAD SYSTEM
Must Be a Change, Says State
superintendent Wilson.
May Be Given
Chance to Save Something.

At least one of the ]. H. White in
surance companies Topeka Ma
tional Livestock Insurance company
may be saved from the wreck. Sc
curities of the company amounting to
100000 were today turned over to
Clay Hamilton, receiver, by the state
insurance department. At the same
time plan was announced which may
save some of the assets of the com
pany to White and his associates.
Plans for the reorganization of the
Topeka National have been under con-
sideration for several days No definite
plan for the reorganization has been
worked out, although the move today
is expected to aid the stockholders in
the protection of their investment. 1t
is now probable that the state may
consent to the maturing of policies
carried in the Topeka National This
plan, it is believed, will enable White
and other investors to save something
Continued on Page p
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Fire On IT, s.
Marines In
Haiti Port

Port au Prince, Jan. 5.-A revolu-
tionary outbreak occurred at O'Clock
this morning at Port au Prince. The
force of American marines maintained
in this city was attacked One of the
rebels was killed but the Americans
suffered no losses
Several groups of insurrectionists
moved on Grand PrevOt and ran
through the streets discharging rifles.
The Americans met them and they
were rapidly dispersed.
The outbreak is generally con-
demned and has been characterized as
II piece of folly.
Following the assassination of Pres
ident Guilaume by mob last July
in the course of the revolution Amer1-
can forces We're landed in Haiti. I'm
der the agreement made subsequently
between the United States and Haiti,
American forces are being maintained
on the island for police purposes In
September the rebels reached an un-
derstanding with the American mill
tary authorities under which they
were to diSa rm.
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AUSTR0S FLEE
BEFORE fierce
BOMBARDMENT
Next Move of TeutOns in War
Tragedy a Mystery.
Bulgaria May Decline to Wage
Further Conquest.
ALBANIA Chief JOINS ALLIES
England and France VictOrs in
Colonial Warfare.
Artillery Battle Raging on
FrancO-BeIgian Border.
Bulgaria May Decline to Wage
Further Conquest.
ALBANIA Chief JOINS ALLIES

London. Jan. 5.-Heavy Russian
bombardment has forced the Aus
trians to retire across the Pruth river,
north of Czernowitz, according to
Bucharest dispatches today, which
failed to confirm PctrOgrad reports
that the Russians have occupied the
BukOwina capital.
In their retreat the AuStrians blew
up the two bridges across the Pruth.
The bridgeheads on the south side Of
the stream are being shelled by Slav
artillery, il was stated, and the Rus
slams are attempting to cross the river
at a ford northeast of CzernOWitz.
The Bucharest dispatch was not
dated and possibly filed before the re-
port of the occupation of CzenOWitz.
\ dispatch from The Hague today
said civilians have been ordered to va
cate portions of CZernoWitZ and that the
Austrians are moving reinfOTcements
toward the city.
Fear to Attack Allies.
The military plan of the central
powers in the near east is still veiled
in mystery but reports received from
French sources are skeptical in regard
to rumors that they are on the point
of resuming the offensive in Mace
donia According to these reports the
central empires have only thirteen
infantry divisions available for such
service and unless Bulgaria supplies
the deficiency it VIII be sheer mad
ness. French critics believe, for them
Continued on PAGE TWOD
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81 ADRIFT In BOATS
Crew of Greek Liner Believed to Have
Abandoned Crippled Ship.

New York, Jan. 5.-The captain and
go men of the crew of the Greek
steamer Thessaloniki are believed to-
day to be adrift in lifeboats at sea
more than 800 miles southeast Of
Sandy Hook, having abandoned the
steamer last night A wireless mes
sage fragments of which were picked
up by shore stations, indicated that
the Thessaloniki probably was sinking
when the crew took to the boats
There is a slight chance that the
Thessaloniki's crew has been rescued
by the steamer United States which
was searching for the Thessaloniki all
day yesterday. More than an hour
after word was received of the aban-
donment of the disabled vessel. a
radio message was received from the
United States stating that at 9:46 she
still was looking for the Thessaloniki
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P. U. C. BACKS UP
After Advertising Another Suit
in the Gas Case
1t Decides to Stand on Those 1t
Has Already Started.

After advertising in the administra-
ton organ (out of tune) that suit
would be filed to compel the Kansas
Natural Gas company to furnish ade-
quate gas, Joseph L. Bristow's public
utilities commission today changed its
mind. No suit will now be filed, IT
was stated.
Some months ago the court was
asked to compel the Kansas Natural
to furnish more gas. No more gas
was furnished. So the commissions
legal department contemplated a sec
ond action. The action was to cover
the same ground as that outlined in
the former suit. Details of the plan
to force the gas company to act were
fully advertised in the administration
paper and drew first column, first
page, next to pure reading matter.
At a conference today, however. II
was agreed that a second suit for
more gas would probably bring no
greater results than benefits derived
from the original action. So the case
was dropped. The commission will
now content itself with a plea to keep
the gas company out of the federal
courts and under the Jurisdiction OF
the state tribunals.
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BADLY TIED UP
Desperate Appeal for More Engines
Found Only Three Available

Boston, Jan 5.-Three locomotives
were all that President Elliott of the
New York, New Haven & Hartford
railroad has been able today to obtain
from other eastern roads to assist in
relieving the freight congestion on the
New Haven system. He telegraphed
the heads of all the railroads east of
the Mississippi and north of the Po-
tomac river, asking for freight en-
gines- The Lackawanna road had
three which it could spare but most
of the other roads reported that they
were in the same predicament as the
New Haven.
The two recent storms cost the New
Haven road S1.OO0,0oO. according to a
statement prepared by President Ell
lott. This estimate includes losses of
passenger and freight business and re-
pairs 10 the electrified system
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PAN TEDDY IN
denial OF SHIP
BUYING CHARGE
Senate Committee Finds the
Charges Are BaseIess.
But Minority Holds Bill Is
"Bad Legislation"
CLEAR SHIPPING INTERESTS
DenOunces Roosevelt for Fall
ure to Appear Before Body.
Charged WilsOn-Bryan COnniy-
ing to Buy Interned Ships.
CLEAR SHIPPING INTERESTS
DenOunces Roosevelt for Fall
ure to Appear Before Body.

Washington. Jan. 5.-Charges circu-
lated during the last session of con-
gress that administration officials act
ed in the interest of foreign business
firms in urging the passage of the gov-
ernment ship purchase bill, were held
to be baseless in majority and minority
reports filed today by the senate COM
mittee appointed to investigate them.
interests blameless of illegal activity
in opposition to the measure. The
majority denounced Theodore Roose-
welt for failing to appear before the
committee to testify concerning his
published assertion that President
Wilson and Secretary Bryan had en-
deavored in the interest of certain for
eign business firms to secure for the
United States the power to purchase
interned ships of one of the belliger-
entS. The charge, the report said, had
its origin lin that ungenerous trait of
the human mind which makes it prone
to attribute unworthy motives to re-
doubtable rivals and particularly po-
htical antagonists"
The writer added the report,
whose emInence was naturally calcu-
lated to give weight to his utterance,
finding himself without any basis, even
of hearsay character for his SANDER
GUS attack upon the highest officer of
his government simply resorted to a
palpable sophistry to escape the re-
sponSibility for the assertion he had
made.
while the committee found no evil
dence to indicate that the president or
secretary harbored any purpose to buy
interned ships. the majority held that
| 1t was not difficult to conceive of rea-
| p..~
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ENTHUSIASTIC TO HELP
HUMANITY, FORD PARTY
LET ITS MASCOT STARVE
COde to the Squirrel. by Berton
Braley)

COde to the Squirrel, by Berton
Braley)
Christiania, Norway-(By mail to
New York $50 busy were the
delegates, with weighty work of
peace; so plunged in various men
tai states by words that did not
cease; so well engrossed in hosts of
things of import extra high; so
deep in wirelessing to kings, THEY
LET THE SQUIRREL DIE
They let the little squirrel die
within its cage of wire. although
with mutely pleading eye he show
ed his dumb desire for just a nut
or two for food to spur his flag
ging breath-and so amid this
noble brood, the squirrel starved to
death.
They brought this little pet along
upon this merry trip, yet no one in
the highbrow throng that filled the
peaceful ship had time to feed the
ebbing strength that faded day by
day, and so they let him starve at
length-the squirrel passed away.
Although the squirrel was a Joke
Jest of low degree. what shall we
think of peace ship folk, who
brought him oversea and then
while talking hand on heart. of
love with every breath. allowed his
spirit to depart and let him starve
to death.
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TAFT SELLS CUBS
Charles Weeghman Gets Con-
troll of Chicago Nationals.
The Deal Was Closed at Gin
cinnati Meeting Today.

Cincinnati, o., Jan. 5.-The Chicago
National League club was sold to
Charles Weeghman by Charles P. Taft
today. Harry F. Sinclair, the Okla
homa oil magnate. assisted in closing
the negotiations whereby Weeghman
obtained control of the Cubs. This an
nouncement was made by Harry F.
Sinclair. When Mr.. Taft was asked
to confirm it moment later, he
said:
''I have nothing to say now, but
may have an announcement to make
in a short time
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SOLDIERS CULTIVATIkG
ENGLAND'S FIELDS FOR
The CROPS next SPRING


London, Jan. 5.-EngIand's
ground cultivation for next
springs crops is being done by
Tommies- They are being used
for agricultural work at times
when they are not more badly
needed for military duties. The
army council and the board of ag-
riculture completed the arrange
ments whereby the army helped
out the country's shortage of ag-
riculturaI labor.
Farmers wanting Tommies for
their fields first had to demon
strate that other agricultural Ia
Dor was not available; then agreed
to pay one dollar a day and final
ly agreed to provide conveyance
for the Tommy from the railway
station to the farm, and back
when the job was done. Fur
ioughs of month were granted
to soldiers to do this work,