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Arizona republican., 1916-03-08
N|TNESSESTELL OF FATAL BATH
 WITH GASOLINE
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FL PASO. March 1.-Statements of witnesses to the fire and explosion yes terday in the Fl Paso county jail. which caused the death of eighteen prisoners and seriously injured twenty two others, were taken today by county officials for presentation tomorrow to a coroner's jury. The county grand jury also will begin an inquiry tomor- row. it was announced. The disaster occurred while prisoners were being bathed in a volatile disinfecting fluid under the supervision of health au- thorities.
 Statements of guards and other per sons present during the bathing to the coroner declared that the explosion fol- lowed the striking of match by D. NJ. Cross q prisoner in defiance of in structions issued when the bathing was started. Cross was among those who died of burns last night.
 The attention of the coroner also was directed to criticism against the city health authorities, who directed the bathing of the prisoners, for placing the bathing solution in a closed cell house and for their alleged failure to relieve all prisoners of matches before the bathing began.
 Street car traffic between Fl Paso and Juarez which was suspended last night was resumed today with armed Mexican soldiers guarding each car while on the Mexican side
 The suspension followed the shooting of Charles Phelps. motorman. who was attacked by an unidentified Mexican after reports were spread Tn Juarez that 200 Mexicans had been thrown into jail here and deliberately burned to death
 It was learned today that this report was spread by two of the victims of the explosion, who dashed naked through the sheet of flame sweeping the east section of the prison, and eluding pursuit. forded the Rio Grande and made their way into Juarez There they told fellow countrymen that they had been soaked with gaso- line and set on fire. Disorders in the Mexican town were checked by heavy patrols sent out at once by the Car ran2a military authorities. Phelps !, though still in a critica! condition was : reported tonight to he slightly i'm
 proved.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-08
Alleged Phoemm Firebmgs
 UMdey Aw9St iM O0kl0Nd

time of the fire by the Groman fam ily consisting of the father, his two daughters. Mary and Rosa, and the son Renhardt Insurance amounting to $S00 was carried in the Arizona Fire Insurance Company by Rosa Groman. who made a claim for the entire amount following the fire. ln- surance amounting to something more than S1,000 was carried on the house by the owner of the structure.
 Before the insurance had been paid Aduster Mckinley gave it as his opinion that the fire was of ques- tionable origin. The Gromans con tended that the fire had been caused by the explosion of a gasoline range. investigation showed that there had been no explosion and that there could not have been a leak of gaso- line as both supply cocks were closed tlgLtlN.
 While the focal investigation was in progress the Gromans were iden- tified by a merchant as having been implicated in questionable fires in the northwest That same evening tiie elitIe IdluliN Iell town. They were traced to Los Angeles, where the father and daughter Rosa are said to be living. Soon after leaving here, Mary Groman married August Mundt and they removed to Oakland accompanied by Reinhardt Groman. On February r the Mundt home was | hurned and suspicion was at once aroused
 So far nc formal charge had been lodged locally against any of the ] Gromans. but detectives in the en- nloy of the insurance underwriters l have constantly had them under sur Velliance. In view of the alleged
 confession of young Groman. it is
 exfected that as soon as the facts are
 received here that Adiuster McKin-
 Icy VIII lie d formal charge of ar
 son and ask the return here of at
 least two of the members of the Groman family to stand trial here on an arson charge
Arizona republican., 1916-03-08
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NEW YORK, March The gen eral feeling among many noted men in Germany is that the government there had exhausted all efforts to re tain Americas friendship and can do nothing further, according to Roy S. MacElwee, secretary to the American consul general in Berlin, who arrived here today on the Norwegian Ameri- can liner Kristianiafjord. Mir Mac Elwee has returned to visit relatives and will go to Washington on off cial business.
 The military and naval strength of the United States is not seriously
Arizona republican., 1916-03-08
MAY BE END OF
 POTASH LAND CASE
Suit Filed to Quiet Title to Land Valued at Hun
 dred Million
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SAN BERNARDINO, March 7.- What was expected to be the final action in the litigation involving the title to 2S,000 acres Of potash land at Searles Lake, San .9ernardno county, valued at sl00,0OO,000, was begun in the superior court here today when the California Trona company filed a suit to quiet title to the property.
 Henry F. Lee. engineer for R. Way mire and E. Thompson, plaintiffs in the ejectment suit against the Cali fornia Trona company, being tried before Superior Judge H. T. Dew hirst and twenty-five .other per sons were named as the defendants. Lee was listed under several aliases in the petition.
 The trona company asked for q de- cree setting forth that the plaintiffs had no right to the property in the petition which was filed by the at torneys.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-08
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OAKLAND, Cal, March Mrs. August Mundt. who, with her hus- band. is under arrest here accused of having on February l7 set fire to their home in this city. has. the police say. a record as an arsonist that takes in seven cities.
 The police base their statement up- on the alleged confession of Mrs. Mundts brother Reinhardt Groman, who is also under arrest.
 Groman, according to the police, says that his sister has committed arson in the following cities:
 Edmonton, Canada; Ballard Wash; Bellingham and Seattle, Wash, Phoe- nix, Ariz; San Jose and Oakland, Cal.
 Gromar himself is not accused of complicity in the alleged incendiar.' burning of the Mundt home here but is held for the Phoenix police on a charge of arson committed in that
Arizona republican., 1916-03-08
Congress Stands Sqmarely Behind Wilson im HiS
 Submarine Negotiations
ions with the central powers.

tions with the central powers.
 The next step probably will be an answer to Germany's last proposal to settle the Lusitania case, in which the United States probably will ask for such further assurances as it considers sufficiently broad and com plete, to guarantee that the new sub marine campaign which began on March l and in which notice has been given that all ships carrying guns will be sunk without warning. will not endanger Americans travel irg the seas on merchant vessels.
 The president and his advisers re- garded the action of the house today as sufficient answer to reports circulated in Berlin, sent from Wash ington, that congress stood two to one against him in the crisis.
 One of the days surprises was the failure of the so-called Bryan in fluence to develop any appreciable strength against the president.
 Stand by the president and do not emHarrass him in his diplomatic ne gotiations with foreign countries was the whole burden of the argu- ment Of the administration leaders. They paid little attention to the in vol"ed legal phases of the situation. i It was enough. they argued that the l president had said the reported atti- tude of congress as oposed to his 1 policy was embarrassing him abroad, and to that they stuck.
 ! Tributes were paid to the president 1 by almost all the democratic speak CTS. from Acting Chairman Pou Of 1 the rules committee, who opened the | debate, to Chairman Flood of the foreign affairs committee, who closed it. To q man they insisted the pres ident did not want war No one at tempted, as was the case in the sen ate last week, to say that anything the president had said indicated that he expected war
 Tt is charged that the president wants war" said MT Pou All the imps Of hell never devised a more | infamous charge. No man since Abraham Lincoln has gone through such test as the president in the last six months to avoid war He has tried to preserve peace. He would not sacrifice a single life to make himself president for his life time
 MT Flood pleaded that the president be supported in his attempts to uphold international law
 ''lf we yield to Germany" he said I've will have to yieldTo the allies. and the whole fabric of international law will crumble, piece by piece. We can not yield to Germany without admit ting that the awful crime of the sink ing of the Lusitania was justified Tine only course to pursue is to stand UT strongly for international law. This the president has done and done ir such way as to serve the rights anG principles of humanity"
 Opponents of the administration
 made much of the proposal by Secre- tary Lansing to the entente allies or January IS in which he said he thought
 the right to arm merchantmen was o
 doubtful legality. They insisted that
 the whole controversy with Germany
 hinged on that. MT Floods answer
 was that the allies had declined tC agree to the suggestion that they dis arm merchantmen. and therefore the
 whole issue stood as it did before Sec j retary Lansing wrote his memorandum !
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Arizona republican., 1916-03-08
British Government Dis claims Any Intention to Further Discuss It's Gen. eral Charges of Inhuman- ity of Germany
BELIEVES THESE
 AMPLY PROVEN
Commenting on Three Other Cases, British Reply Says German Version Contrary to All Evidence In British Hands
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 LONDON, March 7.-The British re- ply to the German note sent through the American embassy at Berlin in the middle of January rejecting the Brit iSh governments offer for an inveStiga tion of the Baralong case by a court composed of American naval officers and announcing Germans intention to adopt measures of reprisal was issued tonight. It is for transmission to Am bassador Gerard at Berlin through Walter Hines Page, the American am bassador in London.
 The Baralong, a British patrol boat. last fall sank a German submarine and allegations were made that men from the Baralong afterwards killed mem bers of the German submarine crew while they were in the water or on board the American steamer Nicosian, which had picked them up.
 The British government disclaims iany intention to further discuss it's general charges of the inhumanity of Germany's sea warfare which it holds have been amply proved. Commenting on Germany's statement that her of ficers had been acquitted of all blame after thorough examination in the three cases which Great Britain asked Germany to refer with the Baralong case to an American naval bOard-the sinking of the White Star liner Arabic. the destruction of a stranded British 1 submarine by a German destroyer and the German submarine attack on the i British steamship Ruel-the note says the German version of the sinking of the Arabic not only is improbable but 1 directly contrary to all evidence the
 British government possesses, from a ! large number of independent and 1 trustworthy witnesses.
 l What is the counter evidence on
 which the German government re- 1 les?" says the note.
 1 Has the captain of the submarine been tried for murder? Has he even | been accused of any deed which in
 German eyes is not meritorious? If
 as His Majesty's government believe.
 he sank the Arabic without warning
 do the German government so far
 agree with the rest of the world as to treat that action as crime? If they { do, why should they hesitate to con
 demn the sinking of the Lusitania? If
 they do not, why investigate the case
 of the Arabic?"
 The note says the British govern 1 (COntinued on Page Tlree)
Arizona republican., 1916-03-08
Other Points of Line
MYSTERY IN EXPLOSION

chemical action. The police believe the first explosion was caused by dy- namite
 Three weeks ago one of the walls Of the Castner Alkali companys plant was wrecked by an explosion and the police subsequently, found several sticks of dynamite with fuses attached in other parts of the building. Both firms make bleaching powders. At that time it was said that the electro chemical companies were making high eXplc- sive which was being sold in Europe, but this was subsequently denied by officials of the Castner company.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-08
AMPUTATES OWN
 FOOT AND SAVES
 SELF FROM DEATH
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 REDWOOD CITY, Cal, March 2. By amputating his left foot with a pocket knife, L. H. Beck of Berkeley, Cal. president of the South Bay Shell company, saved himself today from being drawn into the machinery of a dredger which he was operating.
 After releasing him self he applied a tourniquet and then directed his transportat hy launch and hand car to this city.
 When Beck's foot caught in the revolving machinery the workers on the dredger lost their heads. Finding himself being dragged slowly into the machinery, Beck realized, he said. that his only chance was to help himself, the workmen seemingly being unable to help him.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-08
TRAIN DETAILED
 BY LANDSLIDE L
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PORTLAND, Ore, March "A landslide on the Spokane, Portland and Seattle railroad two miles from Fallbridge, Wash, hurled passenger train No, l Westbound, due here at !: 45 tonight from the track, seriously iniuring the engineer and fireman. The telegraph and telephone lines went out with the slide and details are meagre. The baggage coach, day coach, mail car and engine were thrown off the track. The engine rolled into the ditch.
 The train, which carried the North ern Pacific coach from Chicago will not arrive before tomorrow.
 Fred Decker, engineer is seriously but not fatally injured, it is an nounced here. Fireman w L. Ball was badly hurt.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-08
Officers of Thirteenth United States Cavalry Re- port Former Chieftain Opposite Columbus, N. M., Heading for Line
HE HAS TAKEN
 MORE PRISONERS
Arthur Mckinney and Four
 teen Cattle Company Elm
 ployes Reported Cap
 tured By Villa and His { Followers South of Border
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FL PASO, March 7.-Officers of the Thirteenth United States Cavalry, patrolling the New Mexico border re- ported tonight that Francisco Villa was at the Bosques Grandes ranch, l5 miles west of Palomas, Chihuahua, opposite Columbus, N M Villa, the report stated. had with him between 200 and 300 men
 United States military authorities maintained heavy patrols all along the border tonight.
 Charles Newman, Fl Paso repre- sentative of the Palomas Land and Cattle company, was today notified that Arthur Mckinney, ranch foreman. and fourteen Mexican employees of the company had been taken prisoners by Villa and his followers
 The men, it was said were captured at a point directly adjoining the Bas- ques ranch and B miles south of the border. The ranch employees were en- gagged in rounding up and branding cattle.
 American army officers said their information gave no intimation of Villas intention.
 His presence close to the border gave rise to widely variant surmises as to his plans.
 Andreas Garcia, Mexican consul here. declared that Carranza military commanders were making disposi- tions to force the rebel leader to ac- cept terms or take refuge in the United States. There were no indca : tiOns, however of Mexican govern ment troops in the vicinity of Villa $ encampment
 General Gabriel Gavira, command = ant at Juarez, did not appear at his headquarters today He was said to be slightly indisposed. but reports were current that he had proceeded westward in connection with plans to capture the bandit chieftain or compel him to cross the international boundary.
 The report circulated here concern ing Villas intentions was that he had come to the border to get in touch with representatives of the Diaz rev olutionary movement, and to be n better position to recruit his force and gather supplies through filibus- ters from the United States
Arizona republican., 1916-03-08
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NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, March '. Fire. following several explosions, late tonight. virtually destroyed the plant of the Niagara Electro Chemical company, causing the death of one workman. the injury of several others, and property loss estimated at $200 0OO.
 The first explosion was Of great force, windows in nearly all buildings within the radius of block being shattered. The subsequent explosions occurred after the firemen had turned water into the burning building. and are believed to have been caused by
Arizona republican., 1916-03-08
ENGLAND FACES
 COAL SHORTAGE
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LONDON, March S.-A serious shortage of coal for domestic pur poses is being experienced in some sections of England, while unusually severe weather has interferred with mining. A shortage of labor is de- clared to be chiefly responsible.
 Other factors are the excessive de mands of more than 30,000 munition factories, which, of course, next to the fleet are first supplied.
 The eXportation of 2,000,000 tons monthly to France. where it is re- ported the shortage for domestic con- sumption is beginning to be felt. also has served to reduce the supply in England.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-08
GERMANSMAKINGGALNS BEFORE VERDUN BUTATI
 COST OF MANY LIVES,
THREE SHOT IN
 FRISCO TONG WAR
SAN FRANCISCO, March

SAN FRANCISCO, March T. Three daylight shootings by tong men in the Chinese quarter added three to the list of wounded today when gunmen of the Hop Sing tong sought revenge for the killing of one and the wounding of four of their tong men in a Chinese the ater last night. Two of the shoot ings occurred on Grant avenue, while hundreds of persons were on the street and police partoIled the district, guarded tong headquarters and sought vainly to stop the tong war
Arizona republican., 1916-03-08

city about four months ago.
 In lis confession, the police say, Groman also duplicates his father and another sister, both of whom re- side in Los Angeles. He says that Mrs. Mundt married Mundt recently and most of her arson practice an tedates her marriage
 The arrest of Mrs. Mundt who was Miss Mary Groman and her brother Reinhardt Groman. followed by a confession from the latter, seems to verify the suspicious entertained by Lamar NJ. Mckinley, insurance ad- juster, and Edgar M. Davis, general manager of the Arizona Fire Insur- ance Company, that the fire which partially destroyed the house at Nineteenth avenue and West Monroe street, about noon on october 25, of last year, was of incendiary origin. The house in question, owned by a Mrs. Murphy, was occupied at the
Arizona republican., 1916-03-08
Germany Exhamsts Efforts
 To Retain Omy Fyyemdshib

regarded in Germany. said MT Mac Elwee.
 Germans feel he asserted, that there is manifest moral sympathy in the United States with the entente allies. and this is going to prolong the war in that Germans believe the allies feel that they have the United States to call upon in case of neces- sity. Germans think that but for this American sympathy peace would now be possible, inasmuch as Ger many's enemies would be willing to get together around the table if they did not feel they had the United States to fall back upon. At the same time Germany is confident of victory
Arizona republican., 1916-03-08
sioht Villa Troops?

DOUGLAS, March "A column of troops, supposed to be Villa soldiers, was sighted at Las Chimineas. Chi huahua state, late today according to advices received here tonight from Fl Tigre, a mining camp in eastern So- nora. This is A miles east of Cajon de Chimineas, where Villa forces were re- ported last night.
 The troops appeared to be making preparations for an indefinite stay, the advices stated.
 Twelve residents of Cananea, Sonora. including Pedro Escandon, the city judge, have been arrested on orders of General P. Elias Gales, military gov ernor of the state, according to per sons arriving here tonight from that town.
 They were sent to Hermosillo, the capital of Sonora, for trial on charges of plotting in behalf of Felix Diaz, who is reported to have planned new
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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1916-01-28
THEATORIOM TO OPEN SUNDAY

The Theatorium, which FOR several
weeks has been closed to permit of
extensive improvements, will reopen
Sunday afternoon, when the second
of the series of fortnightly free band
concerts will be given. The estab-
lishment will open for picture pat
rons Monday evening. The improve
ments in the theatre include the in
stallation of a modern front, which
will be completed this week.
H. NJ. Beck, manager of the Thea
tcrium, states that he will give his
patrons the best in motion pictures
and vaudeville attractions to be Oh
tanned, Vaudeville will be on the
bill four nights each week when
good attractions are available, the
vaudeville nights being Monday,
Tuesday, Friday and Saturday
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1916-01-28
CHICKEN MUILIGAN
MADE A BIG HIT

The feature of the Chamber of
Commerce luncheon last Tuesday
was the excellent chicken mulligan
served by the entertainment com
mittoe. There was large attend
ance, but little business of import
ance was transacted.
The committee on publicity was
instructed to investigate the poster
stamp proposition as a means of ad-
yertising the city.
r. c. Forrest called attention to
national "Pay-Up Week movement
and asked the members to boost the
proposition
After some discussion the commit
tee in charge OF the remodeling OF
the city hall was instructed 70 secure
as long a lease as possible on the as
sembly room from the city council
Or Archer stated that he had been
informed that surveyors were set
ting the stakes for the branch OF
the Inland Empire highway between
Pullman and Uniontown and that
the Idaho surveyors were also at
work on the link between Lewiston
and the Washington line.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1916-01-28
A SYSTEM OF FARM ACCOUNTING

The farmer wishes to know wbs
his profits and losses are for til
year, he wishes to know which pa
of the farm pays the best. To b
successful he must know which 4
the most profitable of his live stock
which part of the orchard is paving
the best. In order to know this II Ia
absolutely necessary to keep a set OF
farm accounts. The average farmer
thinks this is too much trouble and
is afraid to undertake that which. to
him, seems like such a very hard
task. Farmers Bulletin No. 572
issued by the U. S. Department of
Agriculture, gives a simple method
of keeping the farm accounts. Every
farmer should have a copy of this.
Send to Division of Publications, De-
partment of Agriculture, Washing
ton, D. c. The bulletin is free.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1916-01-28

tuition to be located in small rather
than large city. In con-
clusion he eulogized the social and
moral conditions which he had found
in Pullman and expressed the desire
that he may be regarded as a MEM
Der of the community as we'll as
president of the college, and the hope
that he will be able to earn the high
est. Which can be paid TO any
man, He possesses the respect and
confidence of his neighbors.