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Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-03-21
ASQU|TH RISES
IN DEFENSEO Of
LORD KITCHENER
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LONDON, March 20.-An energetic
defense of the late Lord Kitchener was
made in the house of commons today
by Former Premier Asquith, replying
to criticisms in the recently pub
lished report of the Dardanelles COM
mission.
Lord Kitchener was a masterful
man, endowed with formidable person.
ality and disposed by nature to keep
his own counsel" said Mr. Asquith
But it is a mistake to suggest that
he lived in isolation and did not con-
suit military opinion as to the conduct
of the war That is untrue bat it is
true that during the early m aths of
the war he acted as his own chief of
staff
When war broke out the general
staff We're sent to the front. Their
places were taken by officers who had
been in retirement. The best and
highest authority at that time, was
Lord Kitchener himself. Upon no man
in history had heavier burden been
cast and nothing fills me with greater
Indignation than the attack made on
Lord Kitchener whose memory is in
no danger and will live
NJ. Asquith asserted the Dardanelles
operations had saved the situation in
the Caucasus, prevented for months
the detection of Bulgaria to the central
powers, kept 100000 Turks modified,
destroyed some of the finest troops in
the Turkish army and contributed to
the favorable results witnessed in
Egypt, Mesopotamia and Persia.
The suggestion that no good pur-
pose would be served by the Darda-
nel1es commission in continuing it's
leaders was received by the house with
LOUD cheers. The suggestion was made
by Sir Mark Sykes, who vigorously
defended the Dardanelles operations.
Winston Spencer Churchill, former
first lord of the admiralty, severely
criticized the manner in which the
Dardanelles commissions report had
been prepared.
Mr. Churchill admitted, however
that the commissioners had swept
away, directly or by implication, many
serious and reckless charges and that
the burden of responsibility that he
had borne alone for the last two years
now was shared with the most emil
nent men the country had produced
in generations. He therefore welcomed
the report as an installment of fair
pay
The speaker deprecated what he
characterized attempts to ascertain
WhetheF Ine eXpertS were enthusiastic
toward the enterprise long after it had
failed and at the time the search was
being made for a culprit
Warmly denying that he urged Lord
Fisher, then first sea lord, to give his
silent and reluctant consent to the en-
terprise, Me. Churchill said:
Lord Fisher did not declare def
nitely that he consented to undertake
the operation. After balancing all the
possibilities he exerted himself to the
utmost and even offered to go out
himself and take charge of it. 1t was
not until the new situation had arisen
and the admiral on the spot was I'M
willing to go forward that Lord Fish
er said he would not press him."
Then, Mr.. Churchill added, the diff
ferences between Lord Fisher and
himself began for the first time
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Margaret and Alice Burnstein.

paving for the present or decide uron
one class of paving for each job and
advertise for bids for that class only.
Originally drawn by Attorney Gust,
the bill which afterwards took the
designation, Senate Bill, No so" WAS
sent to the city engineer Of Flagstaff
1t was desigred, to all intehts and pur-
poses, to relieve Flagstaff particularly
and other communities similarly sit
mated generally, from the annoyance OF
waiting ten weeks to advertise for bids
for paving. 1t provided that Two pub
LEGATIONS in a semi-weekly or weekly
newspaper was sufficient. This was
taken care of and the city engineer o.
Flagstaff sent the bill to Senator Hugh
Campbell with the statement that the
people OF Flasstaff urged its adoption.
Senator Campbell, according to a
statement made by him yesterday, in
troduced the bill ard worked for its
passage without any knowledge that
it did more than its title purported. Ii
went through the various stages Of Ike
legislature and was finally reported
back. Both branches of the legislature
adopted it unanimously and it was sent
to the governor. In checking it up the
examinations were noted put in view
of the unanimous vote, the governor
believed the full import of the bill must
have been recognized and did not hesi-
tate to attach his signature.
Now it is all out and various prop
erty owners, paving contractors and
others interested in paving are up in
the air, wondering whether the alter
native bidding has actually been elm
mated As the title Goes not set forth
any such contemplated action, acco d
ing to Attorney Sloan, as well as ac-
cording to Governor Campbell, it is
possible that despite the omissions, the
provisions Of the original amendments
under the. Drachman bill will remain
in full force and effect.
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VILLA
FROM CUTT|N
CARRANzA LINE
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Ell PASO, March 2O.-F'ifteen hum
dred CarranZa troopers are patrohlng
the Mexican Central railroad between
Terrazas station and Laguna, dis
stance of So miles, to prevent The com
munication line to the border being
cut by the Villa rebels reported in the
Santa Clara country northwest of Chi
huahua City.
THESE mounted patrols were seen
riding along both sides of the railroad
track last night by an American
refugee who arrived here today He
reported conditions in the state CAPT
tai quiet, although there was a strong
feeling of apprehension as to what
Villas next move would be. He said
there were two thousand Yaqui In
dams from Sonora encamped at the
Chihuahua smelter, six miles from the
city, and practically all of the de facto
troops were concentrated in the city.
The American brought the report to
the border that General Francisco
Murguia, the northern commander, had
made demand upon General Carran
"a for money with Which to pay his
troops, ammunition for conducting his
campaign against Villa and more men
to take the place of those killed at
Rosario. AS an alternative, General
Murgia threatened to resign, the ref
ugee said An attack upon Chihuahua
City at this time by Villa is not ex-
pected there, the American added. Two
hundred of the de facto command
which was defeated at Rosario on
March II, have reached Ascension
Chihuahua, a report from the capital
stated tonight, reducing the number
of the government losses at that battle
| to six hundred.
! Villa rebels have again become ac-
| tive near the American border. Thirty
were seen at the San Juan mine, II
| miles soluth of Fort Hancock, Texas.
Saturday by an American who talked
with them. They said they had re-
eeived orders not to modest American
| property. These rebels are a part of
| Holguin's command, which robbed an
American miEe near Villa Ahumada
| last week They are believed to be
near the border to get ammunition. II
was discovered today that 200, 900
rounds of ammunition was stored III
Ell Paso and is believed to be intended
for the Villa forces.
General Jose Murgia, the command
ant at Juarez. left for Chihuahua City
tonight on military business, to be gone
several days.
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of great strategic undertaking which
promises to revolutionze warfare on
the entire western front and consti-
tute one of the most decisive moves in
the war
The sector including the evacuated
cities virtually covers the great
Somme battle front.
with the fronts as long as they are
in this war, and with the enormous
amount of enemy territory held by
our troops" said a high German mill
tary authority today, there is no par
ticular military significance attached
to any special section of the enemys
territory Therefore we can give up
portion of the western front, secure
our troops that freedom of movement
needed, and end trench warfare. That
is what this really amounts to.
THE giving up of this portion puts
an end to all their finely laid spring
offensive plans. Four months work
of millions upon millions of dollars in
value has been rendered valueless,
while more important still all the en-
envy plans are likewise of no worth
Commenting on a delayed wireless
dispatch sent by the Wolff Bureau s
correspondent in New York, which
said President Wilson was trying to
says:
1.-THE people must not forget that
this is the personal opinion of the cor
respondent But the facts paint a diff
| ferent picture of President Wilson S
policy. What was President Wilson'S
break of relations with Germany but
a challenge to Germany? And is not
! the arming of American merchant
/ ships, which even includes ships car
rying ammunition and conditional con-
/ traband even a stronger challenge to
| Germany?
/ What was the betrayal of our pro-
posal of an alliance with Mexico but
means to arouse sentiment hostile
! to Germany? Why, why did Senator
! Stone, who uprightly seeks peace,
throw himself with all his influence
against the most recent act of Pres
| ident Wilson unless because, in his
conviction and that of almost the en-
tire congress. it meant war?
Certainly President Wilson does not
want war if he can secure our defeat
cure this defeat and if it is impossible
otherwise he will not hesitate to make
war"
Somewhat lower prices for certain
cereals and generally decreased prices
for meats have been fixed by the
German federal council in new list
| just issued the Overseas News agen-
cy announced today.
The price of wheat, the announce
meut states, is increased to 290 marks
per ton as compared with 260 former
ly, while rye prices are decreased to
! 10 marks from the former price of
220 marks per ton. Oats which for
merly varied between 800 marks and
270 marks, have been decreased to an
even go marks. Barley, formerly $40
to 300 marks. has been lowered to go
marks
The average price of potatoes is in
creased from four marks. so pfennigs
per cehtner Clio pounds) to five marks
per centner, while carrots have been
lowered to two marks, SO pfennigs per
centner from four marks, and turnips
decreased from one mark. so pfen
nigs to one mark, so pfennigs.
The new prices for hogs have been
fixed at between SO and 80 marks. ac-
/ cording to weight, which is equivalent
to decrease of from 20 to 25 per
cent The price of oxen has been fixed
between so and IS marks, or fifteen
per cent lower
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Theodore. Roosevelt insistently
urged actisn. He charged Germany
with murder and asserted that the
United States was hiding, at present
in safety behind an English fleet.
War is going on now" he said
Germany is making war upon the
United States and we are not strik-
ing in self defense. Armed neutrality
under these circumstances is war. It
is feeble war, but it is war. Germany
does not make feeble war and she
neither understands nor respects it in
opponents Ali we can do is to de-
eide whether we are going to hit soft
or not. If we hit soft we will not &C
quire Germany's good will We car
simply immeasurably increase her con-
tempt for us.
THE American who loves Germany
more than he loves America, is not a
good American. The American who
hates England more than he loves
America is not a good American.
want TO point this curious fact. For
the last two and a half years we have
seen the American pacifist meeching
round. To try to curry favor with the
German militarists, the American pa
cifist, the professional pacifist, has
been the tool and the subordinate ally
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-03-21

NEW YORK, March 2O.-A cable
gram telling of the arrival at Glasgow,
Scotland, of the missing City of Mem
phs sunk last week in the German
submarine zone off the British isles,
was received here today by w E.
Peasants, president of the Ocean
Steamship company of Savannah,
owners of the vessel. With the safe
ty of these men assured it becomes
certain that the destruction of the
City of Memphis involved no loss of
American lives. The forty nine 9TH
ers of the crew had previously been
reDOrted as landed
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-03-21
ADVANCE TOURIST RATES
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CHICAGO, March 20.-Summer
tourist rate passenger fares from Chi
cago and all points east to Colorado,
Utah and Yellowstone National Park
will be advanced $3.50 by all lines on
each round trip ticket, it was an
nounced today. No action has been
taken on summer tourist fares to Cali
forna, according to Gerritt Fort,
passenger agent of the Union Pacific
system in Chicago, but he said there
probably would be an advance from
$72.50 to $500. Summer rates become
effective on June and continue until
September 80
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OVER FOUR MILLION LOST
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LONDON, March 19-According to
official lists kept here the total casual
ties of the Germans reported for the
month of February injured, killed due
to wounds or sickness, men made pris
oner and missing amount to 6C411,
the total German casualties
since the beginning of the war, exclus-
i've of those in the navy or the colonies.
4 .14S 1863
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-03-21

LONDON, March 20.-SOme of the
crew of the American steamer Vigi-
lancia were so frightened after the
vessel was sunk last Friday that they
refused to work in the boats until
Captain Middleton displayed a revol-
yer and said he would shoot the first
man making further trouble. After
this the men gave no occasion for
threats.
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REJUVENATED
RUSSIA rs FOR
WESTERN IDEAS
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Nicholas Michaelovitch took to the
palace letter that he had written and
read it aloud to the emperor and en-
press. 1t expressed in most blunt
fashion the danger the country was in.
The grand duke took no pains to con-
ceal the Rasputin scandal, but when
the name of the empress was men,
toned, the latter snatched the letter
and tore it up.
When the emperor received in silence
the statement that Protopopoff (min-
lister of the interior) had been foisted
upon him by Rasputin and listened to
other accusations without denying or
showing signs of being the least con-
fused by them, the grand duke
shouted. do none of these things
move you? You make me think of
Alexander l."
An appeal to the emperor signed by
seventeen grand dukes made no great
impression. All spoke freely of the
necessity of his protecting himself
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-03-21
DESTROY HEAVY TONNAGE
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BERLIN, Monday March 19.-(By
wireless to Sayville, March 20)-An
official communication issued today
by the German admiralty reports that
Germany submarines have destroyed
an additional 10000 gross tons of
shipping in the British channel. in the
Atlantic ocean, and in the North sea.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-03-21
Women Seek Suffrage

Women Seek Suffrage
LONDON. March 20.-One of the
most notable movements among the
politically rejuvenated populace Of
Petrogad is the growing agitation for
the participation OF women in the po-
litical life of the country. a Reuter-
dispatch from Petrogad says it is
generally believed some promise of
woman suffrage will be incorporated
in the new constitution when the con-
stituent assembly convenes.
Reform not only in politics but in
the army is proceeding apace. At the
instance of the new war minister a
commission for army reform was as
sembled The commission purposes
abolition of many social restrictions or
private soldiers.
The government has issued an edici
temporarily retiring all provincial gov
errors and vice governors. The pro-
visional militia is being recruited to
replace the police
4 Reuter- dispatch from Petrograd
says that Lieutenant General Korni-
loft, who has been appointed ccm-
marder Of the troops in Petrograd hal
issued a proclamation to the soldiers
of the peoples army and the citizen.
of free Russia" in which he says tina
the great Russian people have giver
the country freedom and that the army
, must give her victory"
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-03-21
The French Statement

PARIS, March 20.-French cavalry
has advanced to within about four
and onehalf miles of st. Quentin, one
Of the larger towns believed to be
strongly defended by the Germans.
Further progress by the French is
reported in the official statement to-
night and considerable territory has
been re-occupied between the Somme
and the Aisne
The French have occupied Tergnier,
an important railroad junction on the
line between Amiens and Rheims and
have crossed the st. Quentin canal.
French aviators report the destruc-
ton by the Germans of the historic
ruins of Coucy-le- Chateau, one of
the most striking monuments of the
feudal ages in Europe, built early in
the thirteenth century.
The French war office officially
announces that in evacuating Noyon
the Germans carried away by force
fifty young girls ranging in age from
Is to 25 years.
French troops in Macedonia, it is
announced, have captured a hill and
two towns about three miles north
of Monastir They took more than
1900 prisoners, including eleven Of
ficers.
Military activity en- the part of the
British forces east of Lake Doiran
resulted in the bringing in of pris
oners.
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tally sought as a large yardage for
various proposed paving jobs IS al
ready up to the stage where adrcrtis
ing is to be done calling for bids for
the work If the ordinary procedure,
the same procedure that has been fo;-
lowed the past two years, were to he
adhered to, the advertisements would
call for bids on several classes of paw
ing, reference being made to 'arious
sets of official Specifications adopted
by the city commission. But if. in the
opinion of City Attorney Sloan, the
legislature in adopting Senate Bill 80.
removed the authority to longer ,, il
for alternative bids, then the comrlis-
sion must either drop the matter Of
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earnestly support the president of the
United States in making immediate
and vigorous use of the powers al
ready vested in him to forestall and
repel German attacks called for uni
versal military service and asked the
American people ito face the fact that
war with this country exists by the
act of Germany and that the whole
united weight of American loyalty must
be concentrated upon effective gov
ornamental action"
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-03-21

lard, paralyzed from exposure.
This information obtained by tele-
graphone from Penzance Crew COM
ing to Plymouth today"
Consul Frost at Queenstown an
nounced the arrival of the missing
men from the American steamer City
of Memphis at Glasgow in the follow
ing brief dispatch:
Captain Dorum, City of Memphis
and his eight boats crew landed safe
" Glasgow, care Consul McCunn."
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Strategic Evacuation

Tie. 'ubI!caII 4. r. LEASED WITeI
BERLIN, March 20, (By wireless to
the Associated Press, from a staff cor
respondent, via Tuckerton, N. J.)-
The German evacuation of Bapaume,
Roye, Noyon and Peronne is but part
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-03-21

Resolutions which were adopted de-
clared the Union League club will
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SHORTCOMINGS
OF OUR DEFENSE
ARE SET FORTH

Continued From Page One,
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NOTABLE GAINS
BY BRITISH AS
WELL AS FRENCH
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In the air fights one German ma
chine was brought down in flames;
two others were driven down COM
pletsfy out of control. Three of our
machines are missing"
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against the influence of the empress.
To ali the emperor replied:
What has Alexandra to do with
politics? I refuse to believe that she
is unpopular among the people,"
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ALTERNATIVE BID
PLAN MAY NOT BE
ALLOWED IN STATE

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COPPER AT HALF
PRICE FOR THE
ARMY AND NAVY

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MAKES REPORT
ON TORPEDOING
OF VIGILANCIA

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The Washington times., 1917-03-05

Many of its scenes are deliciously hu-
morous, yet underneath ali there Is a
serious vein that cannot but score
heavily In the mind of the spectator.
Others in the cast are Chester Bar
nett, william W. Jefferson, Ina
Brooks and Winthrop Chamberlain.
As a supplementary attraction, the
Keystone comedy. "a Game Old
Knight" is being shown. Tomorrow's
feature will be seventeen" a pictur-
ization of Booth Tarkington's widely
read work OF that name. The central
roles were enacted by Louise Huff
and Jack Pickford. Other subjects to
be shown this week are as follows:
Wednesday, Mae Murray, in "'The
Plow Girl" and Beverly Bayne and
Francis Bushman, in an installment
of The Great Secret" Thursday. vir-
ginia Pearson, in SISTER Against Sis
teri" Friday. Charles Ray, in The
Algy." and Joe Jackson in
THE Lion and the Girl" Saturday,
Douglas Fairbanks in american Aris-
tocracy." and Willie Collier In Never
Again.
The Washington times., 1917-03-05

In the development of character.
Two sisters are parted when their
father and mother. following a petty
quarrel, obtain legal separation. One
goes with the mother and grows up
to womanhood, refined and attractive:
the other, in the fathers care, Is
raised in the underworld, and steep
ed in the ways OF vice, becomes a
crook and finally a murderess. How
the innocent sister. by reason OF her
striking resemblance to the other, Is
accused OF the crime and shoulders
the blame to shield the other. forms
story almost breathless in its sus-
pense. The supporting cast includes
the names of Walter Law, Irving
Cummings and Jane and Katherine
Lee. Wednesday and Thursday at
traction will be a return showing or
THE New York Peacock" featuring
Valeska Suratt, while THE Tiger
Woman" featuring Theda Bara, will
be shown Friday and Saturday.
The Washington times., 1917-03-05
CrandaII,s savoy.

To the student OF Robert Louis Ste
venson's works, "The Slave Market"
today's photoplay attraction at Gran
dall'sjSavoy Theater, will make a par
ticular appeal. Swarthy pirates, with
cutlasses grasped in their teeth,
buried treasure, the Spanish main, and
a general atmosphere Of "hfteen men
on the dead mans chest" seem to
prevail in this production In which
Pauline Frederick is pictured as the
heroine. While IL visualizes undiluted
fiction-pure and dsimple-the spectator
Is none the less impressed with the
reality of the whole thing. The CEN
tral character, a young girl who was
bred in a convent, Is captured by Il
gang OF pirates and held captive in
their den on the Spanish main. How
she is eventually rescued by a hand
some young soldier of fortune pro-
vides a story that is at all times thor
oughly interesting. Thomas Meie nan
Is pictured in the principal male char
acter. Bridges Burned" featuring
Olga Petrova, will hold the screen
at this house tomorrow. Other pic
lures to be shown this week are as
follows: Wednesday. Marie Doro in
Lost and Won" Thursday, William
s. Hart in Truthful Tulliver:" Fri
day, Frank keenan, in 'The Sin You
Do;" Saturday. Wallace Reid and Cleo
Ridgely in THE Golden Fetter."