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Arizona republican., 1917-12-14

An appeal for the poor was made by Dr. Henry Moskowitz, commissioner of public markets. who said in a letter to Acting Mayor Frank L. Bowling that small dealers were taking advan Iage of the shortage to sell coal by in definite measures and weights at prices which would amount to more than $50 ton Dr. Moskowitz urged that the board pass a pending ordinance pro viding for the sale of coal by weight only
 Health Commissioner Emerson's let ter said the effect of the coal shortage was city wide. Careful investigation. he declared. esta blished that there 'is a considerable and increasing amount of preventable diseases. due wholly or in part to the inadequate provision Of heat in the living room of the com plainants. In addition to the seasonal prevalence of pneumonia, he said, there was an excessive amount of ailments among children which could be traced directly to low temperatures in their homes.
 AS long as there are Haunted in the face of the public the evidences of Wasteful expenditure of energy in the fixed and moving electric signs Dr. T1l1lci SUI tOuAiuuto. duN NiSAi7 tN erything from chewing gum and patent medicines to hotel accommodations and classic music, it will be impossible to convince the citizens of New York that all means have yet been tried to ob- tain for them such assistance as they presume is within your power to give. realize full well that the advertising signs represent electric power gene rated hy the use of bituminous coal. a fuel which cannot well he used for household purposes. 4 reduction in the amount of coal used for this pur- pose, however. would automatically pro- vide increased facilities for the hand ling of anthracite coal.
 f Dr Emerson declared that in the
 baby health stations. to which the needy apply for medical advice, we have found it impossible to provide heat sufficient to permit of our exam ming these children undressed.' with the result that many mothers have been compelled to return to their homes
 with their sick children untreated
 A plan to run solid trainloads of coa direct from the mines to destinations
 was announced today by the Lehigh 1 Valley railroad company to relieve New | York and other large cities. The first | trainload, made up of fifty cars con- | taining anthracite coal of ddmestc
 sizes, arrived today at Perth Amboy
 where it will be transferred to barges for delivery in this city and New Eng 1 land.
 Announcement by s coal firm il i Long Island City today that coal wouiC | be sold to the poor in loo pound lots l for 90 cents drew such a throng tha | it was necessary to c-.i police reserve. ! to maintain order. Men, women anC children, trundlng wheelbarlows, smal
 wagons and b;tby carria ges and carry 1 ing bags. stormed the gates of the coa
 yard and fought with one another unti ! (Continned on Page TMol
Arizona republican., 1917-12-14
VICE PRESIDENT DELAYED THROUGH
 BAD SNDWSTORMS
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INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Dec. 13-Vfce President Thomas R. Marshall. who was expected tO arrive here this after noon. had not arrived at 10 o'clock and it was not expected that. should he arrive later he would speak before tomorrow at the statewide war con ference which began in Indianapolis today. SnoWst0rms and cold weather were given as cause for the delay of the train on which the vice president is coming to Indiana
 The conference is the first of a series that will be held throughout the country Co bring directly Co the people the workings of the various war aeen- cies and the need for cooperation by the entire country in carrying on the war. Other state conferences will fol- low rapidly
 Cannon and coalition were urged as the necessary means of making Americas entrance into the war gem timely effective by Medill Mccormick, congressman-at- large from Illinois, this afternoon.
 Mr. Mccormick told of his impress sions gathered during the three months he spent along the battle lines of France and Italy and summed them up with the assertion that America must send men and supplies. but above all to win the war. and win it quickly. she must manufacture and send with all possible dispatch 25.0O0 large cannon"
 The mass meeting was aroused to a high pitch of patriotic fervor by the Great Lakes naval training station band of more than 300 pieces. directed by Lieutenant J John- Philip Sousa-
Arizona republican., 1917-12-14
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PETROGRAD, Wednesday, Dec. 12 {: 3n D. m.-General kaledines has be- gun hostilities and is besieging the city of Rostov- the Don. according to wireless telegram received in Sebasto- pol from Rostov. Within RostOv the Bolsheviki troops have clashed with the Cosacks. who have destroyed the Bolsheviki headquarters. The trans port Kolohida, manned by Bolsheviki, is bombarding the kaledines
 PETROGRAD, Dec. 12.-A telegram received at Smolny Institute, the Bol- sheviki headquarters, said there have been riots in Rostov in which the Cos sacks were put down by the Bolsheviki infantry The railway between RostoV and Scheterika has oeen cut and tele- graph communication has been broken off.
 Reports of the battle vary wildly. Hostilities began Sunday and are said to continue with heavy losses on both sides. Artillery endorsements have been sent the Bolsheviki, who are re- ported to be under the personal com mand of Ensign Krylenko, the Bolshe- wiki commander-in in chief. Sailors from Helsingfors and several regiments from the northern front have arrived in Petrograd
 According to the Noyaia Zhizn, the central army committee. in the absence of a generally recognized democratic
Arizona republican., 1917-12-14
Thrift Chance
 Is Offered Eaa
 U. s. Baby Bond

"Evidently the people of Phos- nix have not yet awakened to the wonderful opportunities afforded them for investment and the doing of a patriotic duty in purchasing War Savings Certificates,' said Donald Dunbar, state chairman for the War Savings committes yester- day.
 "Our reports from the postoffice and banks indicate that although more than a week has elapsed since these certificates and stamps have been offered for sale, but few have taken advantage of the opportunity offered them. This IS due possibly to lack of thorough knowledge of the present Thrift" and savings campaign. 1t may not be generally known that these thrift stamps and war savings certificates can now be purchased at the postoffIce, the Phoenix National bank, the Valley bank. the National Bank of Arizona, the Central bank, the Citizens State bank, and the Phoenix Savings Bank and Trust company. Agencies
 in the business houses will be es
 tablshed within the next few days.
 "The plan now offered by the gov ernment will afford every man, woman and child in the state of Arizona an opportunity to do their part toward winning this war. The Thrift stamps, which can be pur- chased for 25 cents each, may be
 bought at any of the authorized agencies, and these stamps may be converted into war savings cor tificate or Baby Bond" for $4.12 in this month and in January, 1918. On these certificates the govern
 nent of the United States-the best security in the worId-will pay four per cent interest compounded guar terIy. In other words, a certificate costing S4.12 now will be redeemed by the government January i. 1923 for S5. In the meantime, # tho holder should want his money he can get it by making application to any postoffice in the United States. "The government has provided that authorized agents may be ap | pointed by any bank or trust com pany, or by the director of the Ari- | zona war savings committee, or the postmaster, and would very much like to impress on the business men | of Phoenix the duty they owe their | government in taking an agency for the sale of thsse thrift stamps and
 war savings certificates. 1 would be
 very glad to furnish any informa-
 ton at state headquarters, or it can
 be secured from any bank Or Post | master Nicholson"
Arizona republican., 1917-12-14
VON BERNSTORFF'S
 LETTERS READ IN
 COURT PROCEEDING
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SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 13.-Three letters written by Count von Bern stOrff former German amba ssad dor to the United States, to Secretary of State Lansing, protesting against the seizure by the United States govern ment of the American schooner Annie Larsen and her cargo of guns and am munition, were admitted as evidence today in the United States district court at the trial of thirty-one persons charged with. conspiracy to- foment revolution against British rule in h. dia.
 In the letters, admitted after protests by defense counsel had been overruled, Bernstorff said the shipment on the Larsen was the property of the Ger man government had been intended for the German colonies in East Africa, but had not been shipped by the Ger man government.
 The letters were dated July 8, July % and October 5 1916. The prosecu- ton contends the cargo of the Annie Larsen had been intended for the pro- posed revolution, which testimony pre- viously introduced by the prosecution had tended to show was backed mainly by funds furnished by the German government.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-14
Chief Justice White RebukeS
 LaVyer Attacking Var Policy

Counsel in nihe pending suits ad- dressed the court They admitted the right of the government to draft citizens through the state militia, but not as individuals and com tended the law prevents political and religious freedom and denies citizens equal protection.
 Harry Neinberger of New York, representing Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman, confined his at tack principally to the assertion that the law depriVes citizens of religious liberty and added the government has no right to grant exemptions on religious grounds. Others argued that judicial power was usurped by delegSting to the president authority to establish local draft boards to de- termine what men should be chosen for service and which exempted.
 Solicitor Genedal Davis for the government will reply tomorrow.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-14
President Wilson Laboring Or Question Ot Government
 Control Of Railroad Lines

same period in 1916. For the en- tire year 1917 the net earnings are estimated at about S65,000,000 below those of 1916. With operating eX- penses increasing and the high peak of traffic near officials put the 1918 earnings at fully 100000, 900 below those of 1916.
 Two factors are expected to assist in the reduction of earnings next year The first is a probable in- crease in wages to employees and the second is the ever-increasing amount of government freight the roads are called on to transport. Government freight carried over land grant roads and their competing lines is hauled for about half the usual freight rate and an increasing percentage of government freight re- duces revenues accordingly.
 If the government takes over op- eration, much of this deficit could be made up by increasing freight rates generally but officials have not yet decided whether it woulc be better for the government to appropriate the money outright or have the public pay it in increased tariffs.
 In addition to guaranteeing corn ings, the government. if it operates the roads. probably would be called on to guarantee returns on new capi- tai invested. The roads estimate that they will have to invest next year between half and three quarters of q billion dollars in equipment and improvements. The roads are ready to finance themselves whether under l.1 they ask that their credit be not inn paired by having to compete in bond sales with government bond issues. Reports today to the railroad board showed that on December 1st last. thrilled car orders amounted to 117.132 cars. decrease of 22.SS0 since November l; and an increase of only 10000 over December 1. 1916. although the roads are handling 20 per cent more traffic than in the ! same time last wear.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-14
MINNESOTA CHIEF
 EXECUTIVE FILES
 STRONG OBJECTION
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 ST. PAUL, Dec Ex-Governor J. A. A. Burnquist replied to a telegram re- ceived by him today from Secretary of War Baker advising that the federal mediation board would visit him in St. Paul to investigate the street car strike. In his reply Governor Burn quist said he would be glad to meet the board informally, but that the de- cision Of the Minnesota public safety commission, in regard to the street car difficulties, cannot be re-opened.
 The message follows:
 Newton D. Baker chairman of the council of National defense, Wash ington, D. C.:
 In reply to your telegram l re- specttully submit: That if instead of creating an opportunity for further agitation through the visit of the presi- dents commission, the federal authori- ties had issued a statement to the ef- feet that both parties to the cOntro- versy ought to abide by the orders of state tribunal. practically all at tempts to defy the state government would now be at an end and whole some respect for law and order and for state and federal government would have resulted.
 if nONCNtls Sildll Dt very EldU lD meet the members or President Will sons commission informally. with the understanding. of course, that the mat ters in dispnte. which were submitted to us for a decision. nave been decided, and the decision cannot be re-opened. (SiSnedD J. A. BURNQUIST, Governor of Minnesota ''
 All union men in St. Paul and Min neapOlis who went on strike today in sympathy with the street car employees had returned to work by afternoon in accordance with instructions from their leaders and the brief interrup- tion caused no known hardships, ac- carding to reports tonigHt of local au- thorities and heads of big industries
 Immediately after advices were re- ceiVed that President Wilson's special labor commission would investigate the Twin City situation. the strikers in both cities, who had quit as protest against the state safety commission s anti-uniOn button order, returned to their trades. Not a single act of vio- lcnce marked the wolkout in either town.
 Labor leaders, while admitting here tonight that the exact number of strikers in the two cities was unknown l Insisted that approximately i6,000 men -9,O00 in Minneapolis and 1000 in St Paul-had responded to the call, A number of unions that had voted to strike were awaiting for formal noti- fication to leave their ~orl when the order was issued calling off the -strike labor men said.
 Deliveries of bread and milk, the threatened cessation of which had caused uneasiness, continued through { out the day in both cities.
 ! Officials of the Twin City Rapid 1 Transit company declined to comment on the latest development in the con 1 troVersy with it's union men which now l has spanned several weeks. ! Tn refusing to employ the men wear l ing union buttons we are only com. | plying with the order of the safety | commission,' one company official de | clared. >sFss 1omeguardSmen are preparing to re | turn to their respective townS
Arizona republican., 1917-12-14
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ABERDEEN. g. D., Dec. 13.-Frank Lehman, 2S years old, said to be a day by Captain A. Harllins of the local home guard, shot through both legs, as q result of battle with members of the home guards. who had gone to his ranch to arrest him for alleged seditious utterances. His brother, Fred 20 years old. and Martin, IS. are under arrest and detained in the county jail.
 Reports have reached here frequent ly of pro-German expressions by Frank Lehman and today Captain Harkins, with members of the nome guard, went to his home to arrest him. They ar rived at the house and found his two brothers there, unarmed. They were
Arizona republican., 1917-12-14
CR0ZIER DEFENDS
 POLICIES
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 13-Members of the senate military committee today subjected Major General Crozier chief of ordnance, to three hours of sharp cross examination. seeking explanation of delays in providing the war army with weapons. Tomorrow in executive session they will press questions which the general objected to answering in the open hearing.
 Throughout the examination, General CroZier insisted that there had been and would be no delay in equipping soldiers sent abroad. He admitted that because of a shortage of machine guns the American troops in France were supplied with weapons of French make and that there was lack of both machine guns and rifles in the train ing cantonments, but declared that the training of troops would not be serious ly retarded.
 Responsibility for the machine gun situation was placed by the general squarely upon Secretary Baker, who. he said, had taken a personal interest in the matter and ordered an investi- gation which resulted in the adoption in June of new gun known as the Browning type. This statement came when Chairman chamberlain said he was not satisfied with the eXplana- ton that the delay had been caused by investigation.
 Neither am l." responded the wit ness. but I am not personally re spOnsible.'
 Nearly every member of the com mittee joined in the examination and questions were fired across the table as rapidly as the general could an swer.
 Chairman Chamberlain took excep- ton to conclusions drawn from General Croziers testimony yesterday that congress, by failing to make prompt appropriations and labor troubles were largely responsible for the delay. Gen eral Crozier said he had not intended such an interpretation and that mil ! lions of dollars appropriated had not been expended.
 Delay in supplying rifles. the gen. eral explained in great detail. was due to the factory changes incident to modification of the British Enfield ] type which large private plants in l this country are equipped to make. to i use American ammunition. Better rifles are resylt. he insisted. He also 1 said kraig and other .Npes are now be- 1 ing sent to national army cantonments and that other production is increas- | ing. Detailed statements regarding prospective deliveries of rifles he re- earded as confidential and were post poned until tomorrow's executive ses- sion.
 While General Crozier was testify ing his nomination for another term as ordnance chief was received from President Wilson by the senate.
 When told of General Crozier's testi- mony. Secretary Baker said the senate committee was properly seeking all in. formation as to what was being dont by the war department. He declined tS comment on the statement as to ma chine guns further than to say tha' the Browning gun was new weapon approved by the special board he ap- l pointed to consider the question 0. light machine guns, and that the entir, | capacity of the country for producing satisfactory weapons is under contract
Arizona republican., 1917-12-14
WARREN M ARTHUR
 NAMES OFFICERS
 FOR GREAT DRIVE

Opening next week, the big drive ir Phoenix and vicinity for members for the local chapter of the Red Cross will be explained by Warren McArthur. who has consented to add the duties of chairman of the drive to the other patriotic tasks he has already assumed Last evening MT McArthur perfected the outline of the organization which it is hoped and expected will succeed in enrolling in this mercy organization practically every man and woman in this section.
 Charles B. Christy has been named captain for the drive and he has been asked by Mir McArthur to name half dozen lieutenants who will each. in turn, select a force of 32 workers. This will place a regiment of nearly 200 people at work securing members for the Red Cross.
 Membership booths will be located down town from which various dis tricts will be canvassed. The commit tee in charge of this feature of the campaign has also been named by Chairman McArthur. Its members are Ms. William Hartrsnft, Mrs. l.. H. Chalmers. Mrs. !. l.. B. Alexander, Thomas Whitney and Gordon Tweed
 Chairmen of other committees also have been selected by MT. McArthur. including Mrs ]: (. Norton, who will he in charge of the campaign among the church and social organizations: George Stoneman of the Four Minute Men. who will look after the speaking end of the campaign. and James r. Layfn. who will canvass the fraternal organizations.
 Time is so short that quick action is necessary and since the hearts of all people are with the Red Cross and it's noble work, Chairman McArthur is counting confidently upon the utmest CO operation from the intensely patri- otc people of Phoenix and the Salt 1 River valley.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-14
SUSPECTED |. W. w.
 UNDER s5O00 BONDS
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MARSHFIELD. Ore Dec. 13.-G. F.. Erdtman and Charles A. Falls. alleged l. W. W. propagandists. arrested near here by a deputy United States mar shal. were held today by the federal grand jury under bonds of s'.000 each. The men were, traVeling as pho tographers and said they were selling pictures II k alleged that they had views of bridges and tunnels and were making campaign against the Loyal Legion of Logsers and Lumhclmen. urging the members to tear up their pledges and join the l. ". "
Arizona republican., 1917-12-14
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WASHINGTON, Dec F.. -- The railroad situation continued to en- gross President Wilson today with the financial problem involved in q possible government control drawing most of his attention. The presi- dent has before him a mass of in formation on the subject including details of the British plan of gov ernment operation.
 The senaIe interstate commerce commission was told by Chairman Newlands at a special meeting to- day that the president probably would recommend railroad legisld- ton to congress within the next few days. The indications are, Senator Newlands said, that as yet the presi dent has not definitely made up his mind as to his course. Until his wishes are known, the committee will defer discussion or consideration of legislation.
 A. B. Garretson, president of the Order of Railway Conductors. called the White House on the telephone to deny reports that the four broth erhoods are opposed to government ObEA b lbil. ! ht tlDplONtSs ut SdlAls would cooperate fully whatever ac- tion the president may make.
 Officials who are urging govern ment operation of railroads during the war, said today that the making of satisfactory financial arrange ments presented perplexing diff culties. The president. it is under stood. is ready if he decided on gov ernment operation, 10 ask congress to guarantee the railroads pre-war earnings and the railroads are said to want such guarantee to be based on 1916 revenues.
 Officials tonight estimated that such an arrangement might cost the government next year as much as S100000, ,O00
 These figures were based on net earnings for the first nine months of 1917. which fell S50.000. 900 below the
Arizona republican., 1917-12-14
FOUR INJURED IN
 FIRE ON NAVY TUG
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 13-Three men were fatally and a fourth seriously in- jured in a fuel oil fire on q navy tug at an Atlantic port yesterday, the navy department announced tonight. The dead:
 Bruce Ross machinist. Portsmouth, Va; Lloyd J. Hampton, water tender Bamboo. N. C. and William Williams, chief water tender, Portsmouth Va.
 Ellsworth Trumbull. a fireman of Martinsville, Ind. was seriously burned
Arizona republican., 1917-12-14
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WASHINGTON, Dec 13.-A scath- ing rebuke administered by Chief Justice White to one of the lawyers attacking the law. enlivened argu- ment before the supreme court to- day in cases testing the constitu tionality of the army draft act.
 J. Gordon Jones, representing AL bert Jones, convicted in Georgia of failing to register. declared the law was unconstitutional because it re- quired men to take part in a war which had never received the peo- ple's approval. His remarks were cut short.
 T don't think your statement has anything to do with the legal argu- ments.'' said the chief justice sharply. and should not have been said to this court. It is 8 very unpatriotic statement 10 make"
 The attorney apologlzed and con tinued- his argument.