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Arizona republican., 1916-01-11
Sold Wood Alcohol

SEATTLE, Jan. 10-T. Takano, pro prietor of a Japanese drug store and hotel in the lodging house district, was arrested late today on a charge of selling wood alcohol without labelling the bottles poison"
 Detectives who investigated the deaths of ten men and one woman from alcoholism since prohibition be- came effective January 1, and asserted that at least three of the persons who died from drinking wood alcohol had purchased it from Takano. Prescott ing Attorney Lundin stated he would charge Takano with manslaughter.
 One of the wood alcohol victims was a lodger in Takano's hotel. Other sales of wood alcohol, the police said, were made on the street by Takanos s agent. known as Tom Shannon, who died last night from wood alcohol poisoning.
 Shannons body was identified to- night.
 Besides the eleven dead already claimed by alcoholism, two men and one woman are in the city hospital suffering from wood alcohol poisoning The woman probably will recover but hospital authorities say that the men cannot live.
Arizona republican., 1916-01-11
COMPULSORY MILITARY TRAINING |S
 FINE PIECE OF DOMESTIC NECESSITY .aF

plans, but that would be rendered a certainty if the administration would only come out and tell the people where we stand; whether the United States is first second, third, or fourth among the world powers. They tell us the army and navy are strong but they should be stronger.
 Secretary Garrison is a patriot don't intend to drop monkey wrenches into his machinery, so I will refrain from making any criticism on his plan.
 There are only two ways by which we can get 250,000 men; first, by going into the labor market and pay ing the men more, and second, by giving greater chances of promotion to the enlisted men in the army"
 He declared that we cannot expect to have soldiers if we go on paying them only $15 per month. In time of war no national guard officer should rank above major, he said Represen- tative Gardner characterized the con- tinental plan for an army as inad- equate, stating that we must have a good. reliable national army.
Arizona republican., 1916-01-11
ACCEPT RULING
 l 0F COMMISSION l IN FRISCO CASE
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-. Jan 1Q- The recent ruling of the Missouri Pub lie Service Commission, regarding the proposed plan of recognizing the St Louis and San Francisco (F'risco) rail- road, was accepted today with one eX- ception by representatives of the re- organization managers, it was an nounced here tonight by Chairman At llinson of the Missouri Commission.
 The only feature of the plan upon which the organization managers and the commission have not yet come to an agreement is the voting trust feature, it was said on authority.
 MT. Atkinsons announcement came after a conference between the con- mission and a commission of lawyers from New York, representing the re- organization managers and Festus J. Wade, a St. Louis banker, who was one of the seven men mentioned for the proposed voting trust" which would control the road for five years.
 Chairman Atkinson announced that the re-organizers had agreed to accept the commissions ruling disappearing the income bond convertibility feature prohibiting the payment of bonuses aggregating SS,0O0,000 to old bond holders and preferred stockholders and directing the filing of the detailed expenses of carrying out the re-organ- iza tion plan.
 The reduction of capital from S327 900, 900 to S319000, 900 also will be ac- cepted by the organizers. it was said. The re- organizers, however. to- day asked that the following modified tions of the commissions ruling bt made:
 That the commission allow ap- proXimately $1.000000 in interest tt bondholders, this item having been in cludeG in the $S000,000 in bonuse: eliminated from the plan by the com mission.
 2-That the interest rate on income bonds be raised from five to six per cent.
 3-That s1 200, 900 of the second pre-
 ferred stock of the new company b' reserved to cover expenses of re-organ ization.
 | The commission directed the reor
 ganizers to embody these requests anC
 the request for other minor modified l tions in a formal motion for a re
 hearing on the plan that is to be filet l on or before next Saturday.
Arizona republican., 1916-01-11
IDLE. BECAUSE
 APPROXIMATION
 ASK FUR WORK
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 DENVER, Jan. 10.-A mass meeting at the Auditorium and a demonstra- ton on the state capital grounds was held here late today by several hun dred persons representing persons un- employed as a result of prohibition.
 Resolutions were presented Governor George A. Carlson by a committee headed by William Koch, secretary of the Brewery Workers Union, asking that an extra session of the legislature be called to devise means of furnish ing employment for those deprived of their jobs,
 Governor Carlson suggested that a list be furnished the state industrial relations committee or the state labor commissioner, stating how many were unemployed and the nature of work desired.
 The demonstration ended with pa rade through the downtown streets, with banners reading, Wet or dry, we must have work or we'll know why"
 The Denver labor council recently estimated the number thrown out of employment through prohibition in Denver, and those dependent upon them, at 5000.
Arizona republican., 1916-01-11
TW0M|LLS BLOW UP AT DU PUNT
 POWDER PLANT I
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WILMINGTON, Jan. 10.-Following the explosion at the Du Pont Powder plant, Carneys Point, New Jersey, early today, in which three workmen were killed, two mills blew up at the upper Hagley yard near here this af- ternoon. In one of the latter accidents one workman was slightly burned.
 The three explosions within one day have had the effect of making the secret service and police departments of the Du Pont Powder company un- usually active in looking for possible clues indicating "outside influences"
 A press mill blew up at o'clock this afternoon. It was in this explosion that the workman was hurt. Ninety minutes later a mixing mill, near the press mill, also exploded. It contained 800 pounds of powder. No one was in- jured. Both mills were blown to atoms The disaster at Carney's Point was due to an explosion of smokeless pow der, while at the upper Hagley yard it was black powder that went off. UT to late hour tonight there were nc developments as to the causes of the three explosions.
Arizona republican., 1916-01-11
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SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. 10.- F.beneZer Morris was identified to- night as the negro who entered the offices of a salary loan concern here last Saturday and, when he had been refused money which he demanded, shot and probably fatally wounded Mrs. Emily Bromberg, the manager, and seriously wounded Miss Rose Req, the bOokkeeper
 The identification was made at a hospital by Miss Req who became hysterical when confronted by the negro who was arrested today
 That is the man who shot Mrs. Bromberg and me. Take him away she cried. She was completely over come by the shock of seeing again her alleged assailant. and Leonard Lindsey, second negro arrested to- day in connection with the crime, was not brought into her presence Mrs. Bromberg was reported tonight as near death and no attempt was made to complete the identification
Arizona republican., 1916-01-11
HONOR MAN bUNKOS
 JUDGE AND ESCAPES
Special to The Republican,


 TUCSON. Ariz. Jan. 10.-After giv- ing Judge O'Connor of Nogales a worthless check for the amount of one hundred dollars last Saturday for the purpose of furnishing expense money to ald in securing his parole. Charles Goethals an honor prisoner from the Florence penitentiary, has disappeared and officers are unable to locate him.
 Goethals who was sentenced from santa Cruz county to the prison for a term of seven years on a charge of counterfeiting Mexican money. some time ago interested NJ. L. Brown. clerk of the Pinal superior court, in his case ana the latter had been aid ing him in his efforts to gain hs lib- ertN On Saturday Goethals came to ths cty to get a letter written by Judge D'Connor winch he bought would aid him in getting his parole, and at this time ne gave the judge the check in payment for some of the latter's eX- penses in the case. OConnor later went to Nogales to secure a letter from County Attorney Noon and there cashed the check. The check later came to the Consolidated Ma tional Bank in this city and was promptly marked N. G.. owing to the fact that there was no account in the bank to cover it.
 Goethals was sentenced to prison last spring and was alleged to have been a member of q gang of Mex ican money artists who operated in the state. At the time of his trial he plead guilty in order to escape being deported to his native country. His deportation at that time would have meant his death, and he later claimed that his plea of guilty had been made on account of that reason.
 Clerk Brown has returned to his home in Florence and without his man.
Arizona republican., 1916-01-11

mons secretary, Lamar Walker: treasurer, James H. Kinney; engineer, II. L. Warden; assistant engineer; O.. s. Wyle; physician, Dr. Beauchamp; attorney, Barnet F. Marks.
 Following the election of officers, it was decided by the meeting to hold the annual dance of the organization on the night of February 22nd. The dance committee appointed consists of Fire Grief Wright, exofficio chair man. Sterling Price of the Chemical company, Louis Morgan of the Pioneer Hose Company, James Parks of the Victor Hose Company, Barnet F.. Marks of the Five Points Hose Com pany, and A. B. Delgado of the Ucatec Hose Company.
 At the conclusion of the meeting a motion was made and carried to ad journ to Class Brothers, where an oyster supper was indulged in.
Arizona republican., 1916-01-11
ATTORNEY |S ON
 TRIAL CHARGED
 W|THEXTORT|0N
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SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 10.-Failing to get writ of prohibition from the supreme court, Attorney w. M. .Beggs. accused of eXtorting $2,00O from Joseph N. DaRosa, clerk, was placed on trial in the superior court today after many continuances. A jury was obtained this afternoon.
 District Attorney Free in his open ing statement said he expected to prove DaRosa had stolen less than $50 worth of goods from his em- ployer, Joseph Steining, who is Beggs' client, and that the lawyer, while Da Rosa was in prison, fright ened the clerk into giving over his entire bank account of $2 900 under the impression it was the only way he could evade being sent to the penitentiary. Of this amount, Free stated, Beggs kept S1100 and turned over the remainder to Steining. Free also stated that he expected to prove Joe Condron, police detective. in vii Olation of orders of his superiors took Da Rosa out of prison at the request of Beggs and permitted him to be victimized
 Beggs application for a writ of pro- hibition from the supreme court is an attack on the validity of the grand jury which indicted him for extortion. The. grand jury at the present time is Investigating Con- dron's action in the Da Rosa case as well as in the case of George Mas ters, who was arrested October 19 for arson and who was freed on pre- liminary examination when it devel- oped that Condron had extended un- authorized promises of immunity in return for a confession.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Calf. Jan 10.- rla lt
Arizona republican., 1916-01-11
TELL STORY OF
 . BARAL0NG AFFAIR
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 LONDON, Jan. 1O.-The Daily News today prints stories of two American members of the crew of the steamer Nicosian at the time when German submarine was smelling the Nicosian and the British patrol boat Baralong came up and sank the submarine These men, who since the incident have joined the British army, are T. Carson end W. E. Dempsey, both ot NashN file. Tenn.
 Carson and Dempsey both deny ab- solutely that the Germans of the sub marine were shot either in the water or on board the Nicosian. They are uncertain as to what flag the Baralong flew on arriving on the scene, but are agreed that she flew the British flag when she attacked the submarine.
 Carson is quoted as being absolutely sure that the Baralong's captain, when he ordered search of the Nico- sia, said nothing about not taking
Arizona republican., 1916-01-11
ETCH|S0N SAYS WAS PAID FOR
 H|S SILENCE
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MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 10.-Chares D. Etchison the states star witness in the murder trial of Frederick T. Price, a local business man, repeated on the witness stand today the story he told when arrested on a joint in dictment with Price in which he said the latter murdered his third wife so he could obtain her money, and paid Etchison for his silence
 Etchison testified that he and Price took Mary Fridley Price, member of wealthy family, to the East river automobile road on the night of November 2S, 1914. He told how Price stopped the ear and as his wife stepped to the running board gave her a horrible push and sent her crashing over the cliff. He threw her dog after her.
 Then came faint cries from be- low he said, and Price, beckoning me to follow. hurried to the foot of the cliff. He grasped his wife by the hair and dragged her several feet to make it appear the fall had been greater.
 Mrs. Price was still living. Price looked about him for d moment and gathering up a large rock, knelt down beside her. l turned my back and closed my eyes. As the thud of the rock against her head sounded in the stiffness. the dog unhurt by the fall whined and ran toward the cliff Tn few minutes the flickering spark ot life had left the woman. We stopped passing automobiles and gave out the story that Mrs Price fell to her death while chasing the dog"
 The witness said he was haunted continually by the scene on the nigh of the alleged crime and decided t, tell his story.
Arizona republican., 1916-01-11
PEACE PUPILS
 TO SAIL TODAY ? FUR NEW YORK
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THE HAGUE. Jan. 1O.-via Lon d"ul Fifty students. members of the Ford peace expedition. left today for Rotterdam whence they will sail to- morrow on the steamer Noordam for New York. About one hundred Amer lcan members of the expedition remain In The Hague. Most of them will sail fT tho United States January 15.
 The members of the permanent peace beard will remain here with the mem hcrs oi the board from the other neu- tral nations.
 A crowd that filled the large audi torlum located in the geological garden tonight attended the Ford expedition 'irst public meeting in Holland. Speeches were made by civilians of various nations. These called the at teution of the audience to the necessi- " Cf ending the present war and pre- venting future wars, because they are hurdensome to neutral nations which are compelled to mobilize and remain in a state of constant fear.
 This subject was provoked largely by the scenes of bustling military ac- tivity witnessed in The Hague since the peace advocates arrived here. The speakers included Judge Ben Lindsey oi Denver; the Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones. of Chicago. and Hoakin Luken district attorney of Christiania.
 Mime. Italia Van Emden, a promi- nsnt Holland club woman. described the great suffering which had been in tlrted on the smaller neutral nations Us a result of the present war
 The platform from which the 1d- dresses were delivered was decorated with American flags. and every refer euCc to the desire of the Americans for an early peace was greeted with loud cheering. While the peace advocates were preparing for their demOnstra tions. 'he streets of the city resounded with the tramping of troops, this be- inE a daily incident of the result of Hollands mobilization. The headquar- tCrs of the expedition is located in a hotel close to the barracks. from Whicr the fall of the soldiers boots on the paVement and the grinding of artil lerv wheels on the gravel road are heard morning and night.
Arizona republican., 1916-01-11
SOCIALISTS ARE CENSURED
Executive Committee Condemns Mem bers of Reichstag Who Opposed
 War Credits

AMSTERDAM, Via London. Jan. 10 Dispatches from Berlin say that the executive committee of the Socialist party has adopted by vote of 2S to II, resolution censuring twenty socialist members of the reichstag who attempted to thwart the partys policy by declining to vote in favor of the war credits"
 The resolution says the behavior of Deputy Hugo Haase. who resigned re- gently as president of the peace fac tion of the socialist party, lis es- pecially deserving of the severest condemnation. The resolution also declines to accept in the future the VOrwaerts as the official organ of the socialist party
 The VorWaerts," says the resolu tion, does not fulfill it's duty as the mouthpiece of the party. It has en- couraged endeavOrs which aim to dis organize the party The newspaper, therefore. forfeits it's every right to be regarded as the party's central organ
Arizona republican., 1916-01-11
PERSONAL LETTERS
 OPENED BY CENSOR

LONDON, Jan. 10.-Since the censorship on incoming American mails was inaugurated personal letters have arrived at the Amer ican embassy and consulate, mrked opened by the censor" A collection of these letters is being made as evidence for a pos sible protest against this exten- sion of the censorship.
 No attempt mas been made to interfere with the regular em- bassy official mail pouch. If the precedents recognized by interna tional law do not forbid it, similar exemption under the rules of diplomatic privilege probably will be framed for the personal mail of the attaches of the em- bassv and consulate.
Arizona republican., 1916-01-11
WHILE QUIET
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the west, to the Ipek district in tine east.
 It cannot be disguised that the iii- vasion is causing general uneasiness among the entente powers and espe- cially Italy, which sees in it's sue cess an end to Italy's dream of dom mating the Albanian littoral of the Adriatic The Italian newspa pers in expressing the opinion that an Aus trian success against Montenegro would give the invader an incalcuia ble political, maritime, commercial and strategic advantage admit the fear that Italys intervention in the Balkan campaign has come too late
Arizona republican., 1916-01-11
Three Are Dead

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 10. - Three were killed and a number injured in the explosion of SmokeleSs powder early today at the Carney Point works of the Du Pont company. First re- ports stated that a large number were killed. It is declared that the explo- sion was not due to any outside agency. The superintendent of the plant said this afternoon that the cause of the explosion was unknown.
Arizona republican., 1916-01-11
COUNT APPOINT MAY
 BE NEW AMBASSADOR

BERLIN (Via London). Jan. 10. -Advices received here from Vienna say that Count Apponyi. the veteran Hungarian political leader, possibly may be chosen to fill the vacant post of Austro- Hungarian ambassador to the United States. While there is no authoritative information on the subject here. it is thought in cer- tain circles that the chances for him to receive the appointment are good.
 Count Apponyi is 69 years old, and has been a member of the Hungarian house of deputies since 1878. He visited the United States in 1904.
Arizona republican., 1916-01-11

prisoners or about shooting Germans found aboard He supposes the re- port of such shooting arose from the fact that shots were heard which were fired by the muleteers on board the Nicosian to put wounded mules out of their misery.
 Dempsey is quoted as saying that two of the Americans on board the Nicosian who testified that they wit messed the killing of eleven helpless Germans by British marines-Charles D. Hightower and R H. Crosby, both of Crystal City, Texas, had grudge against the English members of the NicOsian's crew.
Arizona republican., 1916-01-11
IDENTIFIES NEGRO AS ASSA|LANT IF
 WOMEN IN FRISCO OFFICE BUILDING
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 Morris and Lindsey were arrested through the initials written on the inside of a suitcase found in the hall of the building in which the shooting occurred. Morris has de- nied to the police any knowledge of the affair but Lindsey. according to the police, made a partial confession. He is alleged to have admitted that he was in the room with Morris prior to the shooting, but said that he left the office several minutes before he heard the five reports.
 Then he said, he left the building, and had not seen Morris since.
 Both men said they were natives of Jamaica and that they had been in San Francisco for several years. Nor rs is said to have admitted to the police that he had borrowed small sum of money from the firm which employed the two women about a year ago and that he owed them SIS with interest at the present time. Both men were held without bail.
Arizona republican., 1916-01-11
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NEW YORK. Jan. 10.-"Compulsory military training is one of the finest pieces of domestic necessity that has ever been put before the American people" said Representative Augustus r. Gardner, of Massachusetts speak ing on preparedness, before the na- tional security league here today.
 He suggested that every Ameri- can youth serve at least one year in either the land or sea forces, a means of increasing the army to 25o.O00 fighting men. instead of 114,- 000 as planned by Secretary of War Garrison. and likewise increasing our naval standing.
 We ought to secure as quickly as we can, the second place among the nations for our navy, no matter what 1t costs.' he said. As a matter of fact. we should be in first place, but it is necessary first to get to the second place.
 Tn my opinion there is going to be something done.'' he said, in refer ring to the administration defense
Arizona republican., 1916-01-11
JURY READY ID TRY WOMAN AND
 TWO NEGROES FUR MURDER

stalled automobile on August 31, 1915 at the instigation of Mrs. Mohr. The two men later repudiated their pur- ported statements.
 Efforts to have Mrs. Mohr, who is charged with being an accessory be- fore the fact tried separately, failed. She has been at liberty on bail.
 During the long examination of the twenty seven venire men who were called, she sat for the most part mo- tionless.
 Tomorrow the jury will go to Bar rington on the road to Newport where the shooting occurred, when Dr. Mohr's machine was halted by George W. Healis, the negro chauf- feur because of engine trouble. Healis was accused of stalling the machine by a pre-arranged plan.
Arizona republican., 1916-01-11
FRIENDS" IN ROW
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LONDON, Jan. 10. 7:35 D. m.-A meeting tonight at the Friends Meet ing House headquarters in Great Britain, called to discuss, problems of the settlement of the war" broke up after an hour of pandemonium with the singing of the national an them and three cheers for conscrip- tion. The principal speaker at the meeting was to have been Charles Roden Buxton. but such great hos tility to BuXton's views was mani Tested by the audience that hardly a complete sentence could be heard
 MT. Buxton attempted to speak on the freedom of the seas, but those in the hall demanded whether he meant freedom for German submarines to kill women and children.
Arizona republican., 1916-01-11
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PROVIDENCE. R. l., Jan. 10.-The jury in the trial of Mrs. Elizabeth F. Mohr, and two negroes, Cecil V. Brown and Henry H. Spellman, charged with the murder of the wo- mans husband, Dr. c. Franklin Mohr, a widely known physician of this city and Newport was completed today.
 The two negroes are alleged to have confessed that they had shot the doc tor and seriously wounded his secre- tary, Miss Emily G. Burger. in a
Arizona republican., 1916-01-11
VOLUNTEER FIRE
 COMPANY ELECTS
Claude Cisney to Head Vol unteer Organization for
 the Coming Year

About thirty members of the Phoenix Volunteer Fire Department attended the annual meeting of that organiza
 tion held in the city court room last evening. Election of officers was held with the following results: President, Claude Cisney; vice president, Louis Morgan; assistant chief, w. D. Sim