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The Prescott daily news., 1917-02-27

urea ana SeNenty-elgnC SnlpS, 10Z,(0Z tons. Grand total, one hundred and eighty-three ships, 455,431 tons.
 Washington, Feb 26.-President Wilson today took the inevitable step and asked Congress for authority to use the forces of the United States to protect American ships and lives against the German submarine men, ace-to put the nation in state of armed neutrality.
 The immediate response was the introduction in the House of a bill ap- proved in advance by the president, empowering him to furnish guns and gunners to American merchantmen; to employ such other instrumentali- ties and methods" as may become necessary, and providing for a $100,- 900, ,000 bond issue, to be used in his discretion for war insurance to en- courage American commerce to brave the submarine peril. The bill may be brought up in the House tomorrow with special rules for it's immediate consideration.
 A similar bill will be considered to- morrow by the Senate foreign rela- tions committee.
 i The presidents long-expected ac- tion, while received in the main with expressions of support, threatens to force an extra session of Congress. Republicans, disinclined to grant blanket authority, while Congress is in recess, give evidence of opposing the legislation the president asks, not for the purpose of withholding it, but to force him to have Congress in spe- cial session to take hand in the next steps which they feel will lead to war. The Republicans are receiving passive support from the Democratic element claSsed as Oaciticists.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-02-27
BILL INTRODUCED IN
 HOUSE; REPUBLICANS
 MAY OPPOSE MEASURE
Would Give President Power to Arm Merchant Ships and "Em plOy Such Other Instrumental ities" as Are Necessary.

Ships sunk-Reported Monday, by London, Laconia, British, 1S,099 tons. By Paris, Algiers, British, 2,361 tons; Vigda, British, 1851 tons; Fleber, French, PIT tons; Maria Adriana, Dutch, 88 tons; total, five ships, 22,676 tons. Previously reported, one hun dred and seventy-eight ships, 432,75 tons. Grand total, one hundred and eighty-three ships, 455,431 tons.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-02-27

Read this weeks SG turday Evening Post.
Arizona republican., 1917-09-10

the prosecution of the war they have affected to despise, has been to expose a procedure which affords damning evidence against themselves and a~ainst a neutral government which it is charitable to regard as their dupe.
 "The contents of the published tele- grams cannot but show neutral gov ernments the amount of faith they may put in German promises and German concessions. The accredited represent ative of the German empire at Buenos Aires. while actually enjoying the hos pitality of the Argentine republic, is seen advocating the deliberate murder of Argentine subjects on the high seas in order that the sunking of Argentine ships by German submarines should leave no trace which mould make their crime known in Argentina and so make an enemy of that country.
 "A further point of interest is the assurance apparently given b ythe Ar
 genuine government that Argentine
 ships will in future only clear as far as Las Palmas. In other words, the
 pretended immunity for Argentine ships, accorded with a show of mag
 nanimity by the German government, is a pure farce. In reality the immun- | ity is secured not by Germany re- 1, Training from sinking Argentine ships in the war zone but by the Argentine 1 government undertaking to arrange that no Argentine vessel should be
 found in that zone.
 Tt will be interesting to hear what | Argentine public opinion will say , when it now learns the real nature of l the diplomatic victory which the Ar l genuine government claims to have gained"
Arizona republican., 1917-09-10
Impede German Prooress

PETROGRAD, Sept 9.-German en- eineers have bridged the lower Aa river in Livonia and the German forces are being concentrated on the north bank of the stream under cover of the cavalry. the war office announced to- day. Russian cavalry is impeding the nrogress of the Germans along the Pskov road.
 Unusual German activity at ad- vanced railway stations of the enemy in the Jacobstadt and Dvinsk regions is mentioned by the statment
 General KornilOff, commander in thief of the Russian army, has issued an order in which he extols the bril- liant work of the Russian artillery in the recent fighting. despite the army's lowered morale He declares the ar tillery everywhere performed it's duties thoroughly and is not to be blamed for the failure to turn it's achievements to good account
 Authoritative statements issued here dealing with the loss of Riga say that although competent military authori- ties do not regard Petrograd as en- dangered, yet the approach Of the war zone to the capital necessitates decisive measures for the government of the city. Therefore a new admin istration will be formed.
 M. Nikitine. minister of posts and telegraphs, who has been charged by the government with the task of part ly evacuating the capital, in a state ment explains the partial evacuation is due to the problem of the food supply rather than to any military menace. The only result of the German advance he says is further to complicate the food question. He advises that section of the population not engaged in busi- ness to leave the city in patches, and
Arizona republican., 1917-09-10
APPEALS FUR AID
 IN MARKETING 0F
 COLORADO FRUITS
Republican A. p. Leased WIre1

DURANGO, Colo, Sept. S.-Produc- CTS and business men of the San Juan basin district today telegraphed ap- peals to Herbert Hoover, food admin istrator, and other government officials asking aid in marketing great volumes of fruit and vegetables raised in the valley in response to the country's ap- peal for more food Unless some solu- tion is found much of the fruit and produce will be lost it is feared
 Shortage of labor to pick peaches and other fruits, lack of boxes and baskets. and transportation difficulties are responsible for the condition, ac- cording to statement issued by R. P. Wilson, secretary of the Durango Exchange. The statement says:
 Tn response to calls from Washing ton for planting of every available foot of ground to help the food short age, farmers in this district have re- sponded to such an extent that nearly six times the normal production will result in the San Juan basin, in addi- tion to fruit crop which is the heavi- est known here for some years.
 Over one million bushels of potatoes and two million pounds of beans are now nearly ready for harvest in the district and there are no prospects for a market.
Arizona republican., 1917-09-10

men are given comfort kits. Christian parcels will be sent over later.
 Various appropriations have been made to worthy causes, such as S1. 100000 for relief of sick and wounded French soldiers and their families; $1, 100000 for medical research work in France; s500,000 for supply ware houses; $1,500,000 to buy foodstuffs to be sent to France and s1.000,000 for the hospital supply service
 The transportation problem with which the Red Cross had has to cope in moving supplies over seas has been most difficult but through official French, British and Italian co-opera tion with the United States shipping board and leading steamship and rail- road companies vast quantities of sup plies are now shipped almost daily. A special Red Cross transportation committee has been developed in France as the roads are overtaxed with military needs.
 Six base hospitals were sent to European fronts in advance of the American soldiers and more than a and others are rapidly being made ready.
 It is not the policy of the Red Cross to rebuild French villages but is hoped to afford new starts in life to large number of persons now destit"ta through ravages of the German army provisional experiment along lnls line is being worked out
Arizona republican., 1917-09-10
GERMANY PEACE
 PLANS COMING UP
 SOON AS "FEELER"
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closed, but they are said to have been written by Foreign Secretary vOn Kuhlmann before his visit to Vienna, which since has been pointed to as strengthening the probability that they bear evidences of authenticity.
 Briefly, the so- called terms were as follows:
 Restoration of Belgium and Nor thern France. to be paid for out of the sale of Germany's colonies to Great Britain.
 Alsace and Lorraine to be indepen- dent states (high French officials re- gently have stated anew the deter mination of France to be satisfied with nothing less than the recovery of her lost provinces).
 Trieste to be free port.'
 Serbia and Rumania to be restored. and Serbia to have a port on the Adriatic.
 The Balkan question and the status of Turkey to be subjects for negotia tion.
 Disarmament and international po- lice.
 Freedom of the seas with Great Britain in control of the English Channel until the projected tunnel is built between Dover and Calais
 This outline of terms circulated without definite stamp of any official authority, it will be noted, bears in many respects a resemblance to the general tenor of the peace proposals of Pope Benedict.
 By some diplmoats such an outline is regarded as presenting something susceptible of discussion. It is dis cussed merely as a possibility, without having yet advanced fully into the range of probability.
Arizona republican., 1917-09-10

Baltic and the coasts of Sweden could be quickly ravaged.
 It is recalled by diplomats here that Count von Bernstorff, former German ambassador to the United States, re- gently has been much in Stockholm. In that connection they recall that much diplomatic activity bearing German flavor has emanated from the Swedish capital. The exact knowledge which the Swedish government had in the affair will be watched here particular ly for what effect it shows on the people of Sweden. What may come of it win be determined entirely by developments. In the meantime the Unitd States. for one, expects Sweden to show her good faith
 The denial of Baron Lowen, the Swedish minister at Buenos Aires, that he sent through his legation any tele gram from the German legation caused no great surprise here. It was said in Swedish quarters here yester- day that the baron had been i'll for many months and probably was ig norant of what had been going on at the legation.
Arizona republican., 1917-09-10
TO RECOUP LOSSES
 OF LAST WEEK IS
 EFFORT OF GERMANS
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trians still maintaining the position. On the Carso plateau the battle has again lessened in violence, only ar tillery duels and patrol actions talk ing. place.
 Unofficial reports are to the effect that the new imperial German chan cellor has informed the reichstag main committee that Germany soon may be able to make known her peace terms.
 Denial has been made by the Swed ish minister of Argentina that he sent or caused to be sent by members of the legation staff any telegram from the German legation to Germany ad- vising the sinking of the Argentine ships without trace being left of them
Arizona republican., 1917-09-10
URGE SOCIALISTS
 ID AID GOVERNMENT
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NEW YORK, Sept. 9.-All socialists in the United States, organized and unorganized, were urged to put all their energy, strength, ardor ard en- thusiasm at the disposal of the govern ment so that tte war may be carried to rapid and victorious conclusion in statement issued by socialist del- cGates to the Minneapolis conference of the American Alliance for Labor and Democracy on their return here tonight
 They will thus be acting in accord ance with the noblest traditions and highest aspirations of America as well as the international socialist move ment," the statement said
 German autocracy, with it's fcudal- istic motives, German junkerdom. Gerfman plutocracy-in short German miiitarism, constitute the last cita- del of the worlds dark, reactionary forces"
 = We are convinced" the statement added, that the war in which the United States is now engaged is as just a war as was ever waged by liberty-loving people against ruth less aggression and oppressive tyr amy. We believe that the cause of socialism,, of industrial democracy of the progress of the worlds work CTS toward a better and nobler life, is indissolubly bound up with the cause of the United States and its allied democracies.
 Let us put at the disposal ot our government, led by our great democratic president, all our re- source and all our strength for the conquest of this citadel, for the over throw of these dark powers and clear the path for the march of the peoples of the world toward peace and honor, freedom and democracy international fraternity and socialist cooperation"
Arizona republican., 1917-09-10
promises every facility for their de

promises every facility TOT tnelr de- parture.
 It is said that a majority of the ministers are against moving the gov ernment into the interior first, because they do not regard the capital as en- dargered and second because this might cause an unreasonable panic. In any case, it is said, the government will take no steps for six weeks.
 The inhabitants of the capital faced Sunday with some trepdiation, owing to the fact that it was the semi i-anni- versary of the revolution and that an observance of it along violent lines had been threatened by the maximal- ists. The chief feature of the max imalist plan was some sort of dem onstration by the army against the provisional government, to which end the extremists have conducted an en- ergetic propag ganda among the garri son of the capital.
 The preparations seriously alarmed the populace and last night General Vassilkovski, the military governor, posted a proclamation appealing to the inhabitants to remain calm and assur- ing them that any attempt at violence would be suppressed without mercy. At a late hour it was reported the maxinalists had decided to abandon their program.
 Regarding the monarchist conspir- | acy, the procurator of the Moscow l night court declares that the chief | cOnspirator was Madame Hitrovo, the wife of the former director of posts. | who was engaged in a plot to release 1 the former emperer Nicholas. The l procurator says there is no evidence | that Nicholas knew of the plot. l xxft I
 that Grand Duke Michael Alexandra witch, brother of Nicholas, and Grand
 Duke Paul were not implicated in the | plot, but were arrested as a measure | of precaution.
 | new cabinet crisis has broken out | as result of the opposition of the | constitutional democratic ministers to l the food program of M. Pieschehonoff,
 minister of supplies, and also the land | policy of M. Tcherpoff, minister of agriculture, as well as to the attitude 1 of majority of the cabinet toward 1 Ukraine.
 l The constitutional democrats de-
 manded the postponement of consider =
 ation of M. Pieschehonoff's program
 until the controversy over the land l policy was settled This the minister
 of supplies declared to be impossible 1 ] The constitutional democrats then re- | quested essential changes in the pro- l posed measures, which M Piescheho-
 noff, with the support of all the social
 lst ministers, refused to make. On the constitutional democratic ministers
 announcing that they might resign. M. | PleSchehonoff, in order to prevent q
 most serious situation, resigned him.
 self and persisted, despite Premier
 kerenskys appeal, absenting himself
 from the night session of the cabinet
 During the session the crisis was aggravated by the constitutional dem
 ocratic ministers declaring categor-
 ically against the governments in-
 tentlon to sanction Vinnichenko, the
 Ukraine secessonist leader as chief of
 the Ukraine cabinet. The debate took
 on such sharp character that the so-
 cialist ministers left the room and the
 session was interrupted
Arizona republican., 1917-09-10
Is News to Ekenqren

EDGARTOWN, Mass, Sept. 9.-W- A. F. Ekengren, Swedish minister to this country, at his summer residence here, disclaimed tonight all knowledge of the dispatch of German official tele- grams through the Swedish legation at Buenos Aires and the Stockholm foreign office, as revealed by the state ment issued by Secretary Lansing yes terday.
 "1 did not know anything about this until I read it in the newspapers to- day" said Minister Ekengren. Tt is all entirely new to me. The Swedish legation here has nothing to do with the business of the legation in Argen- tina and none of the dispatches re- ferred to in MT. Lansing's statement went through our hands As I have said already l have no knowledge of this matte rexcept from the newspa pers and therefore can make no com ment on it.
 The minister plans to leave for Washington within a day or so.
Arizona republican., 1917-09-10

messages are a part of all the com ment on the affair. Incidentally there is much discussion as to whether, in view of the British and Argentine ex- periences with Sweden. the right of sending code messages should be given to neutral diplomats during the war
 The discovery and deciphering of the present series of telegrams is due to the watchfulness and skill of the American intelligence service" says the Sunday Observer. The Observer states that it received this information from trustworthy sources" The news paper continues:
 It must cause some ground for re- flectlon to the German government that one of the first acts of their new enemy whose activities and value in
Arizona republican., 1917-09-10
Freich Positions Intact

PARIS, Sept. 9.-Violent counter at tacks were made last night by the Ger mans on the positions taken yesterday by French troops in the Verdun re- zion. After hard struggle in which the French artillery played telling part and in which the infantry surged forward and again were driven back, the French positions were left intact.
 The German losses were eXtremeiy heavy. Nearly a thousand of their dead were counted in front of the Bois des Posses, says todays war office.
 Strong German forces attacked the French positions on the right bank of the Mouse over an extent of nearly two miles and succeeded in gaining a foothold temporarily in one section of the line according to the war office statement tonight. French counter att tacks eventually regained all the posi- tions. The Germans also made an at tempt against new French positions north of the Chaume wood, but with out success.
Arizona republican., 1917-09-10
CAN'T FINISH ENLISTMENT
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NEW YORK, Sept. 9.-By a ruling of the provost marshal general, many expert telephone linemen who were drafted for the national army joined the telephone corps of the United States coast guard, will not be per mitted to finish their enlistments, it was announced here tonight Many requests for the release of men selected under the draft, to enable them to en- ter the macy, marine corps or some other branch of the military service, have been received at the office Of the provost marshal general, it was stated but there is no authority for granting such requests
Arizona republican., 1917-09-10
NEW PATRIOTIC PARTY
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AMSTERDAM, Sept. 9-The Rhein- ische Westfalisrhe Zeitung of Essen announces the formation of a new patriotic party. the leaders ot w"lnn are Duke Johann Albrecht of Macklen- burg -Schwerin, Admiral Won Tirpitz and Dr. von Wolfgang Kapp. Ile iparty's initial proclamation declares hostility to the reichstags peace reso- lution and urges against 'any peace decided by weak nerves" The procla- nation adds that the party is ''non- political' and will be dissolved the day peace is signed it's aim being ito com bat inner dissention in view of victory
Arizona republican., 1917-09-10
Ignorant of Contents

NEW YORK. Sept. 9.-Baron Aker- helm, charge d'affaires of the Swedish legation in the United States, who ar
 rived here today from Washington, has requested the Associated Press to make public the following statement:
 The statement I made yesterday to representative of the press has not
Arizona republican., 1917-09-10
Enter German Trenches

LONDON, Sept. 9-British troops holding the line east of Villeret, south east of Hargicourt. attacked early this morning and succeeded in entering German trenches on front of several hundred yards. taking a number of prisoners. according to the war office statement today. Enemy trenches also were successfully raided during the niehti n the neighborhood of Gravelle and east of Vermelles.
 Defeats for the Germans along the line in German east Africa are reported in today's official statement
Arizona republican., 1917-09-10
Say French RepuIsed

BERLIN. (via London). Sept. g. French troops which attacked the Ger man lines in the Verdun region, while in general driven back to their original positions. retained possession of some ground in the southern part of Chau- mes wood and on the ridge to the east arrrv headouarters announced today.
 The objective of the French was the village of Ornes it is declared. and this they failed to gain suffeing ex- tremely heavy kisses, while 300 pris- oners were taken by the Germans.
 On the Flanders front British at ta"ke last night northeast of St. Julien were repulsed
Arizona republican., 1917-09-10
TO TRY FARMERS
Republican A. p. Leased wire1

ABILINE, Texas. Sept. 9.-Trial of fifty-six alleged members of the Farmers and Laborers' Protective as sociation, charged with alleged anti conscription activities is scheduled to begin in the federal court here tomor- row. The defendants, arrested in various Texas counties and especially in the west Texas districts, are for the most part out under bond.
 Do not witt till tomorrow-phone that WANT AID. to The Republican office and get your wish fulfilled.
Arizona republican., 1917-09-10
en quite correctly reproduced in the

been quite correctly reproduced in the papers.
 "The main point, as far as Sweden is concerned, has been entirely lost.
 T especially wished to have pointed out that when I saw the secretary of state Saturday I was told that the telegrams that were forwarded by the Swedish minister resident at Buenos Aires for the German charge d'affaires were in German code. This is suf ficient proof that the Swedish minis resident die not know their con- tents"
Arizona republican., 1917-09-10
Italian Statement

ROME, Seut. 9.-Today's official an- nouncement on operations in Austro- Italian front says:
 Northeast of GoTizio (the Monte San Gabrielle region) the artillery battle is continuing without cessation.
 On the remainder of the front there were the usual patrol actions and ar tillery fire"
Arizona republican., 1917-09-10

wins. The greater number of the
 Swedish people are counted liberals and socialists, with every tradition against monarchy, as illustrated by Germany. While their sympathies are with the allies, they feel their help lessness. Aside from the Russian fleet there is not an allied warship in the
Arizona republican., 1917-09-10
GOoDYEARS AWARDED SERIES

AKRON, Ohio, Sept. 9.-The Good years were awarded the first inter- city series by default from Dayton to- day in the elimination series for the worlds amateur baseball champion ship, when the Dayton amateurs failed to select a team.
Arizona republican., 1917-09-10
knichts of Colur,b,Is

Marcos De Niza council 11S9 meets in regular session Tuesday night, Sep tember II, at o'clock at the K of P hall. Election of officers and other important business.
 JOHN G. O'MALLEY,
 Grand Knight.
 Advert iSempnt 2t
Arizona republican., 1917-09-10
MILLIONS SPENT
 BY RED CROSS
 LAST SIX MONTHS

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Arizona republican., 1917-09-10
SWEDISH LEGATION INCIDENT CAUSES
 GREAT SENSATION

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SURPRISED BECAUSE
 AMERICANS SECURE
 CONTENTS OF NOTES

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