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Arizona republican., 1917-01-09
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hepuDliCan "A. r. Leased WireJ WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-Through d bewildering maze of intimations and heated colloquies which turned the hearing into an uproar, the house rules committee wrestled for several hours today with Thomas w. Lawson of Bos- ton without obtaining any definite in formation to substantiate the stories Of leak" to Wall street in advance oi the presidents peace note.
 When the committee adjourned un- til tomorrow with Mir Lawson's exami- nation uncompleted, a motion to cite him before the bar of the house for contempt because he refused to give names had been considered in execu- tive session and taken under advise- ment.
 Earlier in the day. Joseph |. Tumul- ty, secretary to President Wilson, whose name was mentioned by Repre- sentative Wood in the rumors he laid before the committee last week, ap- peared to give an emphatic statement, endorsed by the president, that he had no knowledge of the peace note before it was given to the press. He also de- nied the report repeated by Representa- tive Wood that Mir Tumulty and Der hard Raruch. a New York broker. had conferred in a New York hotel d few days before the note was made public MT Tumulty denounced the action of Representative Wood In making public charges based on letter from an uni- identified man and declared from the witness stand looking Representative Wood in the face that he was still awaiting the congressman's apology
 Secretary Lansing of the state de partment also took the stand to assert that he had no knowledge wha.eYer of advance information having been circulated regarding the peace note, Secretary Lansing related the physical history Of the note. how II was pre- pared. through whose hands it passed and of his participation in its prepara tion. lie also told of a statement he had given in confidence to newspaper men on the morning before the notc was made public. in which he told them to expect note at five o'clock that evening for publication Thursday morning He did not go into details with the correspondents. he said. but did say that 1t was not a proposal for peace nor an offer of mediation
 The secretary further stated that he had not given the possible effect of the note on the stock market the least thought but that he had cautioned sec recy because of the courtesy due to the foreign nations that the communication should not be published here before II had been received abroad
 When Representatives Chiperfield republican of Illinois. sought to interro- gate Secretary Lansing regarding his interpretation Of tho note on the day following its publication. the secretar. said firmly that such questioning was going beyond the scope Of the inquiry % rrl tref a fas ha
 The committees troubles with Mn Lawson began soon after the financiet took the stand and grew into a nois, row. quieted only after Chairman Hen " had threatened to clear the room Of spectators and proceed in executive session. Declaring that he had evi- dence of a leak and asserting that ht had information from g member Of congress that a cabinet official had
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Arizona republican., 1917-01-09
Le1vis May Not Have Beem
 Slayer of Malzie Colbert

District Attorney Samuel r. Rotan tonight announced that nothing had been developed 10 cause him to change his opinion that Bernard w. Lewis of PiitsDurg, was .he girls slayer.
 The police had considered the case virtually closed since Lewis com rnitted suicide last Thursday at q hotel in Atlantic City. contending that with their circumstantial evidence this action convinced them of hio guilt Relatives and friends of both Lewis and Miss Colbert however. claimed that some of this evidence had been discounted by now facts and expressed the belief that the Pitts5urger had no connection with the murder.
 Members of the slain girls family made special appeal for 2 more thorough investigation. They declar- e1 tonight that the window shade cord found among Lewis's effects had been taken from the hotel room oc- cupiied by him in Philadelphia and had not been taken from the Colbert apartments. They also claims that the marks on his hands were not made by teett as had been alleged by the police
 Mayor Thomas F. smith took a hand in the investigation today He invited newspaper representatives to q conference in his office tonight and announced that he would see that Justice is done in this case"
 John Colbert q brother of the dead girl. declared that he is confident that Lewis did not kill his sister. His theory is that she was killed in a fight with jealous lover
Arizona republican., 1917-01-09
CHICAGO POLILE CHIEF
 FACES CRAFT CHARGE

of Lieutenants Edward Brady and John Hartford, and for Sergeant John Naughton, the chiefs confidential sec retary
 Mir Hoyne said that collections usu- ally were made on Mondays: that ap- proximately sl 900 was on hand for di- vision when the raid hy Hoyne's de- tectives was made, and that Superin- tendent Healys share was usually dis tributed to him at his home.
 Late this afternon MT. Hoyne issued a signed statement in which he as- serted that corruption ran riot in the city hall When a reporter carried 1t to Superintendent Healy's office the latter read it carefully
 Anything to say?' asked the re- porter.
 Any Chicago newspaper printing this statement will be called to account for libel That's all 1 can say. The rest is up to the attorney, John J. Healy," was the reply.
 The warrant for Healy, which charg es extortion and bribery as we'll as conspiracy, was served on him at his home He appeared immediately be- fore Judge Fry in the municipal court and gave bonds of Sl00,000.
 Healy's resignation as chef was presented to the mayor last month. ef fective January 1, but the date was ex- tended to January II SD that he might continue in office over New Years eve when many violations of the saloon closing law were expected.
Arizona republican., 1917-01-09
TEUTONS TAKE MORE RUMAN|AN
 STRONCHOLDS
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 Another of Rumauia's fortresses has fallen into the hands of the Teutonic allies. Keeping up their intensive for ward movement along the railroad line uorthward into Moldavia, Field Mar shal von Mackensen's troops have talk en Fokshani and with il nearly four thousand prisoners and some cannon and machine guns. Al last reports the invaders were pursuing the defeated Russians. while in spite of the snow and cold weather the troops of Arch Duke Joseph of Austria were pressing back the Rumanians eastward into Moldavia between the Putna and Oituz valleys
 The capture of Fokshani which lies on the railroad 4J miles northwest of Galatz apparently places this import ant Danube town in great jeopardy.
 The Russian war office in its last communication does not mention the capture Of Fokshani but records a re- pulse of the invaders northwest of t5e town in the region of Ponticheschi. where they are said Co have suffered heavy casualties The repulse of Teu- tonic allied attacks at several other places notably a short distance from where the Buzeu river enters into the Sereth a short distance southwest or Galatz, also is announced
 Up in the region of Riga the Rus- sians have taken trenches from the Germans near the village of KalnzeTn and in addition captured prisoners, machine guns trench mOrtars and one heavy battery. In three days battle ir this region the Russians have taken l6 cannon and about 500 prisoners.
 In Nolhynia, near Novo Selki. and In Galicia north of Zborow. tbe Germans have attempted advances against the Russians, but were repulaed, according tO PetrOgrad
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WAsHINGTON, Jan. s.-F'reed of language objected to by the state de- partment because it was offensive to Japan, the long discussed immigration bill was agreed upon today by con ference committee of the two houses and the senate promptly adopted the conference report by vote of 56 to 10 The house is expected to act favorably Thursday and send the bil to the president
 As originally passed the bill con tained a provision designed to exclude Japanese in the event of abrogation of the so-called gentlemens agreement under which Japan for ten years has prevented her laborers from coming to the United States and so expressed as to make it clear what agreement was referred to. The Japanese embassy called the attention of the state de- partment to the fact that it's govern ment has rigidly observed it's agree ment and let it be known that the pro- posed provision was offensive. The senate changed the language but failed to meet objections urged by the state department A substitute finally in- serted by the conferees after consult ing officials of the department says:
 No alien now in any way excluded 't GANfNNeN' AiNih 'iitti iiiH Lit l IllLtu States shall be admitted to the United States"
 This sentence. sufficiently direct to satisfy Pacific coast legislators who Insisted upon some such provision. is regarded as broad enough to safeguard against objection from any foreign government. It is added to the section designed to effect exclusion of Hindus and. other Asiatics by prescribing a geographical area from which immi- grants shall not be admitted.
 The literacy test provision on ac- count of which similar bills have beer
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DENVER. Jan S.-Colonel William r. Cody (Buffalo Bill) is dying in Denver tonight. facing death in the same man ner that he has faced il many time on the plains of the West in conflicts that made his name famous.
 The famed painsman heard the warning words of the approach of the end of his life today from Dr. J. II. East his physician and friend. Colonel Cody said:
 Sit down. doctor there is something I want to ask you. l want you to answer me honestly. What are my chances2"
 pr. East turned to the scout
 There is a time, Colonel" said he when every honest physician must commend his patient to a Higher power
 Colonel Codys head sank.
 How long," he asked, simply.
 'I can answer that said the physi- elan. "only by telling you your life is like the hour glass. The hand is slip ping: gradually; slowly-but soon the sand will all be gone. The end is not far away"
 Colonel Cody turned to his sister. Mrs May Decker
 May" said he. let the Elks and Ma SOILS Idkt tHdl St Oi Aitt Ati'lfiis
 Then Colonel Cody began methodi- cally to arrange his affairs
 Dr. East tonight said death would come within thrty-siX hours.
 Hundreds of telegrams of sympathy from men of prominence all over the country came today. Many boys from different parts of the United States wrote to him.
 Wont you please send me the stor, of your life and all your pictures. SD can be scout like Buffalo Bill?' one youngster wrote. The letter was tal.eI to Colonel Cody. He is a typical American youth, said the colonel, as his face lighget with a smile of happiness. | At l0:30 tonight Dr. J. H. East. Col onel Cody's physician, issued a'state ment saying the hoted plainsman wa sinking rapidly and that his death wa! "a matter of q very few hours"
Arizona republican., 1917-01-09
Maddock says l51 for Campbell. Wood saNe TIT far Hunt

Maddock says l5s for Campbell
 Wood says IF for Hunt
 After a day of clearing up odds and ends. of inspecting 2.lO0 Greenlee and Cochise ballots. together with those or the missing Gla precinct, the repubii- can and democratic ballot dancers hied them to their several offices and pro ceeded to get ont tabulations. The re- publican committee tabulated and then issued statement An offer was made to w. II. Plunkett accountant for the Hunt inspectors, that The Republican would print any tabulation he would give out. but he could not be located after reasonable time had been given him to complete compilation.
 Chief Inspector Homer Wood, how ever. stated to The Republican that the Hunt majority had been heightened from 1s5 to 147 by the final days work. This meant total net gain of Hunt of TIT votes during the inspection.
 There are over 500 special ballots, said Inspector Wood. We found them to he divided about even between the two claimants
 Asked how .Le reconciled his state ment with that of Maddock, who claimed 157 for Campbell, Mir. Wood merely said that a week ago. when the tOHttttl q SfiiAi tA . in s counties, Hunts attorneys had gone into court with an offer to stop the inspection and go to trial, implying that republican bluff had been called.
 The republican figures, however, II anywhere near accurate, indicate pret- ty clearly that ghe Campbell declinauor of the Hunt offer to go to bat was ? profitable one. Advance information | from Cochse county, for instance, hat led the republicans to be extremelA anxious to inspect the ballots from tha rock ribbed Hunt stronghold It is also notable. that the really biz Hunt counties. inspected late, al showed Campbell gains on the undis | puted ballots.
 We are not claiming for Campbell | one ballot over which there is any dis pute." Maddock said yesterday after noon, at the conclusion of the inspec ton. We are going to go into cour
 with some figures that will astonish tn 1 figurers"
 | Maddock admitted that there woul, | be probe Into the conduct of the poll
Arizona republican., 1917-01-09

During the forenoon, it developed that Senator Ciaridge had no certificate of election The republican senators learned of this and sent him word that they would not oppose his election to the presidency because of this fact.
 Yesterdays work by the inspectors was conducted in two sections. Board No. l worked in the library, as usual. Board No was dissolved. and Judge Stanford's court room given over to the meeting of the state bar association
 In the jury room, the third board delved into the remaining Gila county sacks and into Greenlee's contribution. There were about $50 Greenlee county votes and 1900 of Cochise inspected yesterday, and so close was the atten- ton of the inspectors. the work occu pied practically the entire day.
Arizona republican., 1917-01-09
NJ EXECUTIVE SESSION WIEN
 MESSAGE READ
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 DENVER. Jan. S.-Colorado legis- latnrs today heard the final message of Governor George 4. Carlson. only a short time before senate and house met in joint session to hear the executive communication, the senate refused to go into executive session to hear a message from the governor Ito be read in executive session. This message, it was asserted. con- tained the thirty odd appointments made hy Governor Carlson since the last legislature adjourned. and con firmatiun of which was sought.
 The executives address was read by himself in the chamber of the house of representatives. The crowd which heard 1t was large. standing room being at a premium on the floor. while the galleries were well filled.
 The governor read clearly and rapidly His message of nearly 10 900 words took only little over an hour Go read. sssfW&
 When the message had been read a motion was carried to make it part of the record and the joint assembly dissolved, the house adjourning and the senate returning to it's own cham Der.
 House leaders held a caucus to consider the inauguration which takes place tomorrow. After the meeting il was stated q subscription was taken up to aid in defraying the expenses of the inaugural ball tomor- row night. 4@H8
 Senate leaders held a caucus on the question of whether republicans should attempt to force confirmation of or at least action on, the executive appointments supposed to be in the still unread message. After some thing more than an hours delay, il began 10 be whispered that d gen.
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Arizona republican., 1917-01-09
GALAXY IF b|G
 RAILROAD MEN
 VISIT PHOENIX

One of the largest groups Of rail- road men ever gathered in the city, wlll meet this morning with the cor poratIon commission and cndeaVor to convince that body. that the santa Fe. k entitled to a twenty per cent blanket rate increase on all classes of commodities of freight moving over that road in Arizona.
 The petition asking for the Increase was filed with the commission nearly a year ago Since that time. the been hard at work collecting data of all kinds and description 10 be used at the hearing today. It was planned to hold the hearing yester- day morning but the sudden illness of Chairman of the Commission F. A. Jones. necessitated the rostpon ing of it until today. when it is expected that he will be able to at- tend.
 The hearing will le one or the most important eyer coming before the commission. Both sides have gathered a mass Of data bearing on the subject deep and far reaching enough to cover every and any polnt liable to come up.
 This will be the first big hearing in some time at which A. A. Bets has not appeared as rate expert. He is now member of the com mission and asI a new rate cNpere has not been named. it is probable that ". A. Sangster. secretary ar the commission will combine bis duties with that of rate expert
 Practically every large interest In the state which does any amount Of business at all with the Santa fe. will have legal representatives pres ent at the hearing. while the Santa Fe. Is sending the fewer of It's
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Arizona republican., 1917-01-09
THIRD LEGISLATURE OPENS
 WITH PEACE ON SURFACE
 FOLLOWING SCRAPPY CAUCUS
WOMAN SUMS UP M
 CASE OF FRANZ BOPP

weaving together of the governments case against the consul general and his aides.
 When Mrs. Adams finished her re- view of the evidence and called upon the jury for a conviction. after pointing out what she termed "flmsy explanation of the defendants. wom- en admirers showered her with bou- quets and Preston congratulated her upon her "masterful presentation of the governments case.
 Mrs Adams was followed by Sam uei Platt of Nevada for the defense. His argument was interrupted by the adjournment of court and will be resumed tomorrow. It is thought that the case will go to the jury late tomorrow.
Arizona republican., 1917-01-09
uTERACY TEST REMAINS AMI
 PRESIDENT EXPECTED TO VETO

vetoed by President Cleveland. Taft and Wilson. remains intact. in spite of the fact that President Wilson has let it be known that it will be the cause of another veto. Friends Of the bill claimed. tonight that they would be able 10 muster enough votes in both houses to pass it over a veto.
 The. literacy test provision bars with certain exceptions all aliens over 16 years old, physically capable of reading who cannot read some language or dialect. Those exempted include per sons who can prove that they are flee ing from religious persecution.
 The geographical zone from which no immigrants would be admitted in- cludes India. Indo- China Afghapistan, Turkestan Borneo, Sumatra, New Guinea and Celebes
Arizona republican., 1917-01-09
Inspection Ends: Trial Of
 Lssue Set Foy January 25

ing place in the first Douglas precinct l. was here that B ballots were found to have been changed from Campbell to Hunt. under possibly suspicious cir cumstances There are some who laugh at the figure and say that if the i'm spectors had been a little more sharp they might have detected 125 illegally marked ballots
 A development of interest yesterday. that presumes a new alignment of att tornews. was the postponement of the trial from Jan. l5 to Jan. 25 by Judge Stanford II is understood that the de- cision of the supreme court on the mo- tion to strike will be delivered We'd nesday
 Ives and Sloan. opposing attor- neys. and both residents of Tucson, left for that city last night.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. S.-Mrs. Annette A. Adams, assistant United States district attorney, began the government closing argument today in the case of Franz Bopp. German consul general in aSn Francisco, and defendants. indicted for alleged conspiracy to violate neutrality of tho Cnited States in various ways. Mrs Adams, the first woman assist ant United States district attorney ever appointed. has assisted John W. Preston, district attorney, in the con- duet of the case.
 The fact that woman stunned mp a case of such importance brought out eager spectators. Mrs. Adams argument consisted of a disqassicnate
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WASHINGTON. Jan. s. - In the most sweeping of all decisions up- holding prohibition laws, the supreme court today upheld as constitutional and valid the Webb -keryon law pro- hibiting shipments of liquor from wet to dry" states. It also sls- tained West Virginia's recent amend ment 10 her law prohibiting importo- tion in interstate commerce of liquor for personal IIse.
 After having been vetoed by Presi- dent Taft who held it unconstitution- al and having been reported back hy
Arizona republican., 1917-01-09
VILLAS RANKS BROKEN WHEN
 PARRAL FALLS
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WASHINGTON. Jan. S.-Al- berto J. Pani will deliver to Sec retary Lane tomorrow the reply of the Mexican commissioners 10 the refusal of thc.r American colleagues to consider General Carranza's suggestion that con ferenccs of the joint commission be continued notwithstanding his failure 10 ratify the protocol signed at Atlantic City. Mir. Pant arrived here today with the an swer Of the Mcxicans. which Is understood 10 be little more than the expression of thc,s regret that the negotiations have ended.
 Unless there are unexpected de- velopments. Secretary Lane "i.i report the Mexican reply to the president immediately. ald with that the commission viii pnss out
 of existence. leaving the diff culties between tho two govern ments to be adjusted through other channels.
Arizona republican., 1917-01-09
Webb Kenyon Law Upheld;
 Personal Use" Is Deteated

congress over his vote, the law was sustained by the supreme court by a vote of seven to two. Leaders of the prohibition movement declare it is second only in importance to the proposed constitutional amendment Lawyers for liquor interests who heard the decision today, admitted it upheld and applied the law "in it's fullest sense
 Chief Justice White announced the majority opinion to which Justices Holmes and Van Devanter dissented. Justice MeReynolds, while agreeing with the majority decision. did not concur in the opinion.
Arizona republican., 1917-01-09
BUFF FALO BILL
 |S DYING; END
 EXPECTED SOON

DENVER. Jan. 9.-Colonel Will
 Han, F. Cody Buffalo Bill) was gradually sinking. pr. J. H. Fast, his personal physician. stated at z o'clock this morning. with sliaht chance of living through the night. At that hour Colonel Cody was said to be in conatose condition.
Arizona republican., 1917-01-09
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CHTHTAHUA CITY. Jan A-Nilla's ranks were completely cisorganizei in the retaking of Parrai. according to a detailed report Of the action there received tonight at iAc local military Headquarters In view Of General Murguil's close pursuit after the battle of Jiminez Villas men had no opportunity to roorgantze. Panic struck them after they lost g killed in the fight with General Favela. who caught Up with them yesterday Parrai vas reoccnpied by government troops at o'clock last
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