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Arizona republican., 1917-08-04
RUSSIAN TROUBLE STILL CAUSE IF
 ARMY RETREAT
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Political troubles in Petrograd, the continuance of the Russian retreat and further advance by the British in Flanders standout in the general war news.
 Northeast of Ypres on Friday the troops of Field Marshal Haig re- established themselves in the town of Saint Julien, captured by them on Tuesday, but from which they were driven by the Germans on Wednesday. Additional ground was gained south of Hollenbeke near the center of the line on which the entente allied attack was launched early this week. British ar tillery dispersed German forces pre- pairing to attack near Ypres and fore stalled any attempt by the Teutons to charge against the British lines. On Tuesday, the first day of the allied ad- vance, 6122 Germans were made pris- oner by the Anglo French forces.
 Near Monchy- e-PreuX, southeast of Arras, the Germans Thursday night entered British first line trenches at two points. Desperate fighting en- sued and the British during Friday re- captured most of the clements.
 With apparently no let up in the Rus sian retreat along the line from Tar nopol to the Rumanian border, there come advices of a new political crisis in Petrograd. Premier Kerensliy and
 his fellow cabinet members, except one, resigned, but later, with the exception
 of M. Terestchenko, the foreign minis
 ter, withdrew their resignations.
 To defend himself against charges that he had been connected with the German general staff M. Tchernoff, the socialist minister of agriculture, has resigned Efforts to strengthen the Russian cabinet by the inclusion of constitutional democrats seemingly have failed and Premier Kerensky will attempt to rule the country with aides from the radical and socialist parties General Erdelli. recently appointed military governor of Petrograd, is re- ported to have been assasinated. The line of the river ZbrocZ at its confluence with the Dneister, has been given up al several places by the Rus sianS, who, however fought stubbornly | to hold back the Austro Germans. Be | tween the Dneister and the Pruth, the Russians have not halted in their re- | treat toward the border.
 | Bukowina is almost entirely in the | hands of the Teutons again. CZerno-
 witz, the capital. has been occupied by | the Germans, and kimpolung, an i'm | portant town several miles south ot
 the Rumanian border, has been evacu-
 ated by the Russians. The German advance in Galicia and Bukowina
 seemingly is aimed at kamenetZ Po-
 dolsky. a fortified city north of the Dniester and in the direction of Odessa
 Russia's great port on the Black Sea
Arizona republican., 1917-08-04
CLAUDE K|TCH|N FLAYS TAX BILL
 AS |NTO[ERAB[E
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WASHINGTON.-C Kitchin
 of the house ways and means commit tee declared in statement tonight that intolerable inequalities" in favor of the more prosperous have been written into the war tax bill by the senate fi- nance committee.
 In rewriting the ways and means committees measure, said MT. Kitchin, the senators have taken an enormous load of taxation from the big business concerns and placed it upon the shoul- ders of the farmer the small business
 man and others having modest in comes; they have stricken out by
 wholesale the house proposals for taxes
 on luxuries, substituting levies on nec-
 essities; have eliminated income tax
 schedules that would have taken need i ed millions from the incomes of the rich; and have added a grossly ine- l qnitable excess profits section which is | impossible of administration.
 1 The statement of the huose leader 1 generally was accepted as a warning 1 that should the finance committee | amendments prevail in the senate they will encounter a stubborn resistence I once the measure gets to conference. | The house bill championed by Mr. | Kitchin was drawn at bipartisan con- ferences of representatives, was SUD- ported during debate by both Demo-
 cratic and Republican leaders and passed the house by virtually a unani-
 nous vote.
Arizona republican., 1917-08-04
Half Are |. w. w, Men

The conference was a continuation Of one begun the day before, between the governor and MT. Moore. the nature Of which both of them then deciined to disclose. It was continued to await the presence of Messers Webb and Deming Each of them made a statement of the events immediately preceding and at tending the deportation. Mr Weeb said of the something more than HOO men depOrted. 50 per cent were l. w. w., 30 per cent Federation men and the rest sympathiZers with the strike.
 Webb said that the strike had been conducted in apeaceable manner. Pick etng had been prohibited by a city ordinance and the ordinance had been violated because it was believed that it was in contravention of the state law which permits picketing. Five men had been arrested and As he believed, had never been brought to trial. Mir. Moore later corrected that impression, saying that he had been informed by w. B Cleary that the cases against them had been dismissed. That was probably true, Mr Webb said. but at the time | of the deportation, the defendants were
 not aware of the disposition of their cases
 Mir. Deming said that the strikers | were observant of all the rules lalo down by the city authorities for the
 regulation of the strike. The pIckets
 had all been withdrawn from company
 property. On one occasion. when the 1 (Continued on Page Three)
Arizona republican., 1917-08-04
ADMINISTRATION \ FOOD BILL NEAR \ T0BEC0M|NC LAW
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 3-Conference reports on both the administration food control and food survey bills were adopted virtually without discussion today. The opposition by Senator Gore. democrat chairman of the agriculture committee now appears to be the only dangerous stumbling block for them in the senate
 Not vote was recorded in the house against the conference report on the control bill On the survey measure the vote was viva voce with only a few scattered "noes.''
 A patriotic appeal by Representative Kahn of California, republican born in Germany, was the feature of the de- bate. Amid applause from both sides, he urged united support of President Wilson. He emphatically endorsed the conferees' action in eliminating the sen ate war expenditures committee amendment, opposed by the president. but favored by some hspublican house eladers.
 T want to congratulate the house conferees particularly for knocking from this bill the provisions for a 'snooping' campaign" said MT. Kahn.
 The duty of congress at present is to present a solid front in standing be- hinC the president He is the comman- der of the army and the navy. He will have to give an account of his stewardship later Let us not hamper him now"
 MT Kahn predicted great success for the food administration
Arizona republican., 1917-08-04
"U" Boat CabtQin By Deliberate Act |DOOmS 38 To Death
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IhCPupliCdt ft. Ts LcdSCu bNiTCl
 A BRITISH PORT, Aug. 3-Thirty- eight members of the British steam ship Belgian Prince were drowned in most deliberate manner by the Ger man submarine which sunk her, ac- cording to the account given by sur vivors of that British vessel who have reached British shores. The chief en- gineer of the steamer, who many times after the steamer was torpedoed was perilously near drowning, gave the fol- lowing narrative of his experiences:
 About o'clock on Tuesday evening when we were 200 miles off land 1 saw the wake of an approaching torpedo. The vessel gave a lurch as she was hit and l was thrown to the deck among the debris. The vessel listed heavily and all of us took to the boats.
 "The submarine approached and sheled the vessel and then ordered the small boats alongside the submarine. The skipper was summoned and taken inside. The others were mustered on the deck of the submarine.
 "The Germans removed the life belts and the outer clothing of all except eight of us, smashed the lifeboats with axes and then re entered the subma- rine and closed the matches, leaving us on deck. The submarine went about two miles and then submerged.
 "i had life belt. Near me was an apprentice boy of 16., shouting for help. l went to him and held him until midniqht, but he became unconscious and died of exposure. At daylight l saw the Belgian Prince afIoat. l was picked up after eleven hours in the water by patrol boat"
Arizona republican., 1917-08-04
NJ CLEW |SFOUND
 T0LYNCHERS WHO
 KILLED r. LITTLE
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BUTTE Mont, Aug. 3.-No new evil dence or clues were discovered today which might lead to the apprehension of men who lynched Frank Little, In dustrial Worker of tie World leader | Wednesday.
 Littles body will be shipped from Butte Sunday evening to Yale, Okla
 homa for internment. It was said that 6,000 miners would follow the casket
 to the depot. Officials of the Metal
 Mine Workers union, with which Little was affiliated, have promised that nc disturbances or demonstrations will be
 made. They said only one banner
 would be unfurled in the parade. An inquest was begun today before jury of seven miners or examiners. | James Cassidy, an undertaken, testi- | fled that in his opinion the deceased
 had struggled desperately before the | moose finally was slipped over his head 1 neck. This was evidenced, he said by scars and scratches on the body. Deatf resulted from strangulation, he assert
 ed. the neck not being broken. Evi- i dence was introduced to prove that Lit ', tie was not dropped from the top O l the trestle from which he was hanged l but that he had been hoisted up iron l the ground or thrown from the bacl 1 end of an automobile.
 | The landlady of the lodging house i from which Little was abducted by thu i iynchers repeated her story, previousl! used by the ''vigilantes."
 1 The yigilantes' sign of 3-7-77 mad' l it's appearance in Butte again tonight 1 when it was written in chalk on thu l, door of the home of w. Spear, Corn ish barber Spear believes that it wa
 a joke but said he had armed himsel 1 and would sleep with shotgun by hi
 side.
Arizona republican., 1917-08-04
GOVERNOR WILL
 NUT APPEAL FUR
 FEDERAL FORCES

At the close of hearing yesterday of the request of Attorney Fred H. Moore of Chicago, representing the deported miners Of Bispee, and Richard Deming and Bentley Webb, two of the deported men who had just arrived from the in ternment camp at Columbus, W. M, for a recommendation by the governor to the president to proclaim martial law at Bisbee, Governor Campbell yester- day afternoon declined to aecede to it. his offices that fe had. yesterday morning addressed letter to Attorney General Jones to go to Bisbee and con duet an investigation of the conditions there.
 There was, said the governor, so far as he was officially informed, no sit1a - ton at Bisbee so far beyond the control of the authorities as to warrant his ealing upon the president. He had long before the deportation, which oc- curence on July F, requested the send ing of federal troops to various points of disturbance in the state. The natur- al course now to pursue would be for the president to order troops to points in the opinion of the commanders of the where there are disturbances and if the troops the conditions are such as are beyond the power of the local author ities to control on a representation of such condition to the president, martial law may be declared.
 The governor took occasion to say for two weeks after the deportation no complaint had been made to him of any person who had suffered at the hands of the citizens of Bisbee. He was not. however, unaware that deported per sons instead of applying to him for re- lief had addressed themselves to other persons in the state
Arizona republican., 1917-08-04
Federal Mediator Request Puts Of
 Strike Om Esbef

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3.-A strike of $500 employees of the Southern Pa cfic railway company, which was called for tomorrow night, has been deferred, pending action by federal mediators, it was announced tonight by representatives of the four Railroad brotherhoods involved.
 The following statement was ls- sued at the headquarters of the Broth erhood of Railroad Trainmen tonight after representatives of the four broth T. erhoods had been in conference all day with officials of the road:
 "The strike has been deferred. The Southern Pacific company has ap- peaIed for federal mediators and at the urqent solicitation of the federal board of mediation, representative of the Trainmen have decided to accept the qood offices of federal mediation off cials.'
 1t was also declared that the nation al council of defense. through Secre- tary of Labor William B. Wilson, had taken an active part in brinqing about the postponement of the walkout.
 Subsequent developments will depend upon the success of the medators who are expected to arrive here and begIr their investigations immediately. The difficulties over which employees had threatened to strike tomorrow arose over the decision by the company on various grievance cases of work men. A letter, signed by officials of the four brotherhoods, and containing the strike ultimatum. was received Wednesday by w. R. Scott, vice pres ident and general manager of the com pany. He suggested federal mediation Scott and his assistants have beer in conference Yqith officers Of the brotherhoods for two days.
Arizona republican., 1917-08-04
ESCAP P|NGj
 DRAFT I |S
 )|FF|(C;U I l
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 WASHINGTON, Aug 5.-A ruling issued today by the postoffice depart ment shows that department officials will make few requests for the eXemp- tion of postal employees from military service, Postmasters are instructed not to ask exemption for carriers or laborers or for clerks in second class offices below the 1000 grade, clerks in first class offices below the $1, 100 grade, or any above these grades un less they are qualified distributors of mail.
 The ruling is the first formal action by an executive department in compli- ance with President Wilson's order di- recting that department officials indi- cate exemptions and that the require ments of indispensibility be rigidly en- forced.
 As generally construed, the postal ruling shows the purpose of the admin istration to make the government de partments leaders i'll freeing valuable employees for war service.
 The entire mail carriers force num- bering thousands of men, of whom a considerable percentage are within the draft age limits, is excluded from eX- emptiOn except for physical reasons or because of dependent families. Every portion of the country is reached by the ruling as even the rural carriers are included.
 The departments ruling leaves rail- way mail clerks within the exemption classes as they are highly specialized distributors
 Provost Marshal General Crowder took steps today to reduce the number of exemptions because of dependent families. Instructions were sent to the governors of all states pointing out that minimum pay of soldiers is now $30 a month and that local boards must consider whether a mans dependents could not be supported on that amount.
 His telegram says:
 "Please call attention of local boards to the fact that d soldiers pay is not less than $50 a month and that all clothing, subsistence, medical treat ment and housing are furnished him. Under the law he may allot any portion of his pay to q dependent Many sol diers receiving $50 a month are easily able to allot $25 monthly to the support of dependents In case of death in line of duty, the government will pay to the beneficiary designated by the sol dier six months pay"
 General Crowder has suggested to the governors that each assemble the full membership of all district boards in his state for general conference to insure uniform procedure regard ing appeals The governors Were asked also to appoint an officer in each To- cal district to file appeals. County at torneys were suggested.
Arizona republican., 1917-08-04
WAR TAX MEASURE
 NEARLY FINISHED BY SENATE BODY
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-The war tax bill under revision since May 24, was put into final form today for re port to the senate by the finance com smittee It provides for approximately $2,000, ,000,O00 in taxes to meet war ex penses, but makes no provision for further bond authorizations.
 The bill was increased $139. 100000 over the total as it passed the house. About $327. .00G 600 was added during the last week because of the latest war estimates. The final redraft will be presented to the senate as bipartisan measure Monday. Senators LaFollette, Gore and Thomas plan a separate re- port advocating higher tax levies.
 The new increase of $327. .000 900 over the committees original draft is dis tributed approximately among the fol- lowing additional leVies
 On corporate incomes S162 900 900; additional surtaxes on individual in- comes of s15.000. 900 and over; s27, 300. = 900; distilled spirits $95,000,000: beer SIP 100000; wines $170O0,0 900: war ex- cess profits $5,000,000 bank checks 3D. 100000; floor or stock taxes on sugar. coffee, tea and cocoa $60000 900. Additional taxes on incomes of cor poratiOns apply also to partnerships. | joint stock companies and associations. | including life insurance companies. 1 The normal income tax is increased to ski per cent, four per cent more than l the present law and two per cent above l the original house and committee pro- | gram.
 Increased surtaxes fall entirely on | individuals having incomes of s15, 900
 or above. They range from l per cent | on S15,000 incomes to maximum of { 8 per cent on incomes in excess of 1 $500, ,000.
 An additional $1 per gallon tax is 1 imposed on distilled spirits withdrawn 1 from bond except those used for indus i trial purposes. increasing the tax on distilled beverages to s32O per gallon as compared with the present rate of S1.10. The committees prohihitory tax on grain, molasses and other in | gradients of whiskey to stop further manufacture also is retained.
 Beer would be taxed $3 per barrel, | donhle the present rate
 I Wines would bear virtually treble
 their present taxes. The house levy was only s6 000. 900 on wines. The 5000.000 increase on war excess profits was added by minor changes in
 the schedule of such taxes providing 1 for total revenue of $52S, 100000 The l $2,000.000 additional from bank checks
 would make $10,000,000 in all from that
 source. The committee originally planned to tax only checks of five dol
 lars or more, but decided today to ex- tend the one cent rate to al checks
 The new floor or stock taxes on sug-
 n fan rates proposed in the new consumption
 taxes, are levied only on wholesalers l and retailers having large accumula- 1 tion supplies.
Arizona republican., 1917-08-04
HUNDREDS D|E
 IN HEAT WAVE

NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-While a foll in temperature today brought relief from the intense heat of the last three days, the board of health an nounced that of the 539 deaths re- ported in the city for the 24 hours ending this noon, 190 were due di- rectly to the heat.
Arizona republican., 1917-08-04
SOME HAIL STORMS

DOUGLAS, Ariz., Aug. 3-Hail stones as large as mans fist. falling Sunday in the vicinity of Canillo Arizona. in Santa Cruz county, 130 miles west of here, did great damage to crops, ac- cording to Joe Lefebvre. a farmer who arrived here today. The top of Le- febvre's automobile was riddled by hail while one large piece broke through the lin roof of his house, he said.
Arizona republican., 1917-08-04
Leaduille Trouble Is Not
 OveY, Says Miner Secretary
(RepubIican Associated Press Leased wire)

DENVER Colo, Aug 3Fmhe trouble the of Cloud
 formed State Labor in ending applied reinstatement in the LeadviIe - s rS " N0
 investigate the charges - - - ''o
 The metal miners quit about o O strike called off. " ~ ~ ~
Arizona republican., 1917-08-04
M, TECHERN0FF l. |S FORGED 0UT BY OOCUMENTS
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PETROGRAD, Aug. 3.-Premier and War Minister Kerensky and all the other members of his cabinet except Vice Premier Nekrasoff resigned to- night Later, with the exception of NJ. Terestchenko, the foreign minister they withdrew their resignations.
 The action of the cabinet resulted from accusa tions against M. Tcherneff, breakdown of the negotiations to bring the constitutional democrats into the cabinet. M. Tchernoff was accused of having been connected with the Ger man general staff.
 A last attempt will be made to re- construct the ministry under Premier Kerensky with the chief members be- ing exclusively from the socialist and radical parties.
 The government accepted the resig- nation, at the same time expressing the conviction that NJ. Tchernoff will succeed in rehabilitating himself.
 The documents which led to the res ignation of M Tchernoff are said to in- dicate that he made contributions to newspapers in Switzerland which has relations with the German general staff It is reported that the port folio of agriculture will be left vacant temporarily.
 Vice Premier NekrasOff informed the Associated Press that some of the doc uments supposed to incriminate NJ Tchernoff already had been examined. He considers the charges against the minister of agriculture as not being grave, but the cabinet was obliged to accept the resignation provisionally. M. Tchernoff has been one of the central figures in the present cabinet troubles in Russia. Negotiations for the reconstruction of the cabinet have been in progress for several weeks One of the conditions raised by the constitutionalist democrats, whose presence in the cabinet was desired | was that NJ. Tchernoff should resign | One July 2S. despatch from Petrokrad reported that Premier Kerensky had | resolved to sacrifice neither M. Tcher- noff nor M. Terestchenko, the foreign minister. who also is opposed by the constitutional democrats.
 M. Tchernoff is a member of the eX- ecutive committee of the council oi | peasants delegates and is an advocate | of land mobilization.
 | General Erdelli, military governor ot | Petrograd, says the Bourse Gazette has been killed He was treacherously 1 shot in the back.
 General ErdeIli Killed? | General Erdelli a despatch from
 Petrograd July 25 announced. had beer appointed military governor of Petro- | grad in succession to General Polov- | tseff, who had resigned after failing tC put down rioting in the Russian cap | ital. General Erdelli had been com mander of the Eleventh army | LONDON, Aug. 3.-The Russian | General Gurko, former commander O l the armies south of the Russian west. ern front has been arrested accordins | to Reuters Petrograd correspondent
 American Mission Home A PACIFIC PORT. Aug. 9Th | Amovican mission to Russia. heado. by Elihu Root, reached here tonigh | anrOuta tO Washington
Arizona republican., 1917-08-04
Deboykd I. ". ". Members ct
 Columbus Appeal To Wilson
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COLUMBUS M M s-Repr authorized by mde,s f % o n f s th
  tods sent the industry It United  nelters country
  ~ civil deportation given by William B. rested in the account o an depoted
Arizona republican., 1917-08-04
OFFICIAL LIST OF 772 FIRST
 CALLED COLORS IN COUNTY
 ANNOUNCED BY LOCAL BOARD
MEN SUMMONED IN
 THREE SQUADS 0F
 25, 257 AND 258

Seven hundred and seventy two names of the men first to be summoned for examination for the new army in Maricopa oounty-the official list is sued by the county bOard-is published herewith
 According to the arrangement the entire list will be examined in three successive days. The first 257 men whose names appear on the list will be examined at 10 a. m. on August 8. The next 257 at the same time on August g. and the remaining 258 at the same time on August 10.
 The notice which appears in the newspaper is considered sufficient no tice to men called.
 No claims for exemption will be re- ceived by the local exemption board until after the report of the examining physician is considered.
 Notices will be mailed those drawn Saturday and will be dated August 4. All claims for exemption must be filed by the seventh day after the notices are mailed
 The names in the order of their drawing are as follows
 Pad Ipk Order