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Arizona republican., 1917-05-12
Representatives Q Big Interests Paint Vy Gloomy Pictures o Conditions
MANY QUESTIONS ARE CONSIDERED BEFORE COUNCIl.
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 TUCSON, May 11.-Questions of seed shortage. labor shortage in agricultur- al sections, losses of cattle along tie Mexican border and other economic questions were considered at the meet ing here today of the state defense council
 Dwight E. Heard. who has just re turned from Washington, recommended that seed and land be supplied for in creasing the yield of food crops. the plan to be worked out under the super vision of the University of Arizona az riculture experts; that definite steps be taken to procure a labor supply, and that registration day be made a state holiday. Governor Campbell. who was present stated that he would by prcc- Aamation declare this day a holiday
 Governor Lindsey of New Mexico re QueSted the cooperation of the state in he building of a road from Gallup. N M-, to Pennington, N. M., as an aid to interstate communication. It was re- 1eTred to the appropria tion committee.
 Professor Forbes, of the university, reported serious losses of cattle along the border and the council decide to cooperate with the Southwestern Cat tie Growers Association to meet this condition.
 At it's morning session the executive committee adopted q resolution calling for an investigation of the alleged ac- tion of chemical company of Colo Fado, in tying up supplies of tungsten molvbdenum and vanadium, metals used in temperinS steel. by long term leases on properties containing these metals
Arizona republican., 1917-05-12
TRADING IN MAY WHEAT STOPPED BY
 HINT FROM GOVERNMENT; ATTEMPT TO
 HOLD DOWN PRICES REASON FOR STEP
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CHICAGO, May IL Trading in May wheat was ordered discontinued at meeting of the board of directors of the Chicago Board Of Trade tonight The directors also decided that existing contracts should he adudicated either by delivery of the property at selling price to be fixed by committee appointed for the purpose The committee is headed by James A. Patten and will meet tomorrow morning.
 It rumored that action by the federal authorities in the last few days and particularly in the day-had hastened the action of the board of directors None of those at the meeting would confirm or deny that had been maed to board officials that some action to curb soaring prices of wheat should be taken government officials would close the board It admitted that number of Board of Trade members had been summoned to the office Of the federal district attorney in the morning and others again in the afternoon but it said threats had been made ntimated It also admitted that government agents had been in the trading pit of the board for several days taking notes on the trades
Arizona republican., 1917-05-12

terests are behind the project prac-
 lily assure it of success.
 General Superintendent Lane, who
 has been at the head of the company
 affairs at Swansea for some time, wi
 probably remain in his present posi-
 tion and look after the re-opening. Ac.
 cording to Mir. Wnittemore, he has ac- complished a great deal at Swanse;
 and will be given free rein to g ahead as in the past before the coai- pary was forced to shut down. The French and Belgians gwho con- trol the property, have invested several millions in it's development and have never taken out cent The large royalty to be paid them will be the first money realized from the invest ment. There is no doubt in Mr. Whit l temore's mind but what the property is prov en mine, and that had it not been for the war, it would be one of the best paying properties in the southwest to- day.
 MT. Whittemore left last night fol
 the coast, but will return here shortl, l to look after the Clark interests.
Arizona republican., 1917-05-12
CLARK INTERESTS TAKING OVER
 SWANSEA PROPERTY TO PROTECT

Believing that the millions invested by French and Belgian citizens in the Swansea Gold and Copper Mining com pany should be protected and that vast sums of money will be lost to men and women who are at present unable to protect their investments. the Clark interests, controllers of the United Verde Copper company, and several railroads yesterday gained control for ten years of the Swansea property.
 The Swansea Gold and Copper Min ing company was forced into bank ruptcy shortly after the war started. The property is proven mine, but money for development could not be sent cut of Trance and Belgium, where the major portion of the stock is held. There is an indebtedness of over S500.- 900 in addition to a heavy bonded in debtedness
 The Swansea Lease Inc, company controlled by the Clark interests. and at the head of which is Charles W. Clark, leased the property yesterday for a period of ten years, assuming 3il in- debtedness.
 C. o. Whittemore of Los Angeles. counsel for the ClarR interests on the coast and in Nevada. who has been in Phoenix for several days arranging the deal stated yesterday, that the royalty of 50 per cent which will be paid the foreign investors. is probably the lars est known in mining history l The final orders in closing up the bankruptcy case were made yesterday by Referee Larson
 Mir. Whittemore stated that the eff cient mining machinery controlled bl i the Clarks would at once be put al
 work to rehabilitate the Swansea prop
 erty, that the Smelter would be rebuilt
 and probably be in a position to ac-
 commodate custom trade.
 He stated that in his opinion it wa.
 Sfle of the most important minins
 moves made in the west in a goot many years. The fact that Clark in
Arizona republican., 1917-05-12
Iroobey Contesses Part
 ln Killing At Hold Ub

killed. Ir his signed confession. Westcott. who says his share of the loot came to only S2-04, duplicates tive fellow members of his machine gun troop. Walter C. Jensen and Walter Wehr The three were ar rested together on suspicion ir New
 Mexico, after deserting and changing cicthes. Witnesses said that two or the three bandits n the holdup and murder wore army uniforms. while inc third had on civilian clothes. The trio were masked with handkerchiefs
Arizona republican., 1917-05-12
Special to the RepubIican1

(Specai to the Republican,
 TUCSON, May 11-At the afternoon session of the executive committee of the State Council of Defense. Chairman Dwight E. Heard. -Nho recently re- turned from the meetings in Washing ion. D. C.. Of the National Council of Defense and the food conference, where he represented the state in these inn Oortant hearings, gave q most careful " compiled report Of what had been done at these meetings. The report took about half the time of the afternoon session and received the Beenest atten- Ilon and most enthusiastic reception At it's conclusion a resolution of the executive committee thanking Chair man Heard for the work he had dore. both in going as the state representa- tive and in compiling the very complete report was enthusiastically adopted
 A delegation from Benson was pres ent and asked for aid for the farmers m that district with their labor prob lem. Partial arrangements were made to help the Benson farmers out.
 That the Primos Chemical Company IS tying up all tungsten. molybdenum. Nanadium and other properties prnduc- ing metal used in hardening steel was brought out at the meeting of the ex ecutlYe committee of the Arizona de- lense council. \ resolution was Dre- scented calling foT an inVesticatiOn of this situation to determine whether there are sinister influences back of the aetlon. which is opposed to the national preparedness program. as the proper tleS afe not being operated
 Text of Resolution
 The following is the text of the reso- lution:
 WHEREAS. it is reported that the Primos Chemical Company is a con corn operating for the benefit of en- emy interests and
 WHEREAS, it is further reported that the same company has been tying up under long term leases considerable property containing tungsten. molybde- num, canadium and other steel improv- ing metals. and
 WHEREAS. such practice is onDosed To our national preparedness program and lessens our available resources, therefore
 BE IT RESOLVED, that the State Council of Defense recommend our in Vestigation of the activities of the Pri- mos Chemical company and take steps to prevent the continuance or extension of thIs practice by this or any other company
 The meeting of the executive com mittee was attended by Dwight B. Heard. Ghairman: Governor Thomas E. Campbell. pr. D T. MacDougal, vice chairman; Captain John c. Greenway. Warren; J. s. Donnellv Phoenix. L. H. Manning, Tucson; C. F. Mills, Miami. and George H. Smalley, secretary.
 Dr. R, B. Von kleinSmid will not re- turg to Tucson until Sunday
 The resignation of James $. Douglas chairman of the finance committed. was presented H. C. Beckett general man aser or the Old Dominion Mining com pany, was selected 10 succeed him.
 Frank O. Smith, judge Of the super- TOT court of Prescott. who has gone to the training camp at San Francisco re- signed as chairman of the law commit tee on this account. Wiley E. Jones attorney was selected to sue ceed him.
Arizona republican., 1917-05-12

'The board of directors were prompt
 in reaching their conclusion by what
 they deemed to be their patriotic duty
 t0 the country in this hour of national stress" said Joseph P. Griffin, presi-
 dent of the board of trade True, this action is without precedent in the his
 tory Of this exchange, although other
 exchanges in this country have taken similar action. It should he under
 stood that the board of trade is neither q buyer nor seller-it is merely a market place where meet daily the millions of producers and consumers
 throughout the country
 q should like to add that speculation has nothing whatever to do with the action of the directors in deciding to abandon trading in May wheat. nor is speculation in any sense responsible for the high prices prevailing for May wheat or the cash article. Generally speaking, the speculator is not inter eStcd in May wheat, his operations being confined to the future. Practic- ally the entire interest in May wheat is restricted to farmers, grain dealers.
 milers and foreign governments.
 The recent hysteria over the food situation has caused stampede of consumers in every direction. and while It IS regrettaDle It IS nevertheless d fact that even the leading governments of Europe seem to have become fearful as to their future requirements. The i largest buyers of wheat for present and
 future delivery at this time in the mar , ket are the governments of Europe, not spectators
 We are but a market place, and SC l long as there is no restrictions, Such
 as we have just adopted, there is nc 1 limit to the amount of wheat these gov garments might purchase. Therefore l the action of the directors does not in- terfere with the freedom of contract or
 the part of either the individuals or governments but compes those requir- (Contlnued on Page Two)
Arizona republican., 1917-05-12
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WASHINGTON, May 11.-AH inter- national agreement under which there will be placed in the hands of a small commission. possibly of one man. the purchasing power of virtually every dollar of the billions to be lent the al lies by this government and the addi- tional billions which they will spend in this country out of their own income. is in process of formulation.
 Draft of the proposed agreement has been left to Secretary McAdoo.
 The agreement would seek maximum efficiency, both for the allies and the American government, for every dollar spent in this country for war purposes
Arizona republican., 1917-05-12
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 SIOUX FALLS, s. D., May 11.-Fire of unknown origin tonight totally de- stroyed the International Harvester company's office and warehouse build ing here. The loss is in excess of a million dollars. More than one million pounds of oiled binder twine ignited. spreading the flames to all parts of the four-story structure, which occu- pied a quarter block in the manufac- turing districts. The warehouse was
Arizona republican., 1917-05-12
Five of Unknoa0m Origin
 Destroys Big Warehouse

heavily stocked with farm implements.
 Three of five employees caught with out means of escape on the fourth floor. of the budding were injured when thev jumped. The others escaped by slidinr down rope to the ground.
 The chief of the fire department said that the fire originated in explos;ons probably of oil, and he suspected ins cendiarism. Officials of the Interna tional Harvester company said no oil was kept in the building. 4'
Arizona republican., 1917-05-12
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FL PAso, May l1.-Trooper Ray mend B. Wescott of the Seventh United States cavalry has. aceordirs, 10 a statement made tonight by County Attorney w. H. Fryer. con- fessed to taking part in the holdup of non- commissioned officers club aJ Camp Baker, near here in which sergeant Samuel P Cooper If thz sixteenth United States infantry. formerly of Springfield, Mass. wa
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-11

was 70 percent more than % was the
wear previous. and last year we useu
Is percent more oil tlan we dlu M
1915 Even on normal increased
consumption basis there would have
been lhIs year an Increase OF some .
thing Ike 10 percent and this Woull
mean an extra consumption OF ABOUT
fun1o.0a0 barrels
-Ir. Manning says that there will be
a greatly increased demand for petr0-
leum and its products on account OF
the war He believes that this, added
to the normal increase. viii create
demand for 50.0u0.0o0 barrels more
than we used last year. which viii
have 20 be drawn from the storage
supply This, as have said, Is al
ready greatly reduced.
War Demand T. Enormous.
Few people realize how Ereat the
demands Of the war VIII be- on our
petroleum supply II we are 20 start
out iu our aviation campaign with
100000 airplanes, these alone VIII de-
mand an enormous quantity OF gas
olne and lubrlcaring oils our mer-
chant fleet, although the motive pow
OF viii probably be coal viii AXE
vast deal OF oil. and the oarrleships Of
the navy viii burn oil as fuel We
shall have TO supply the greater part
Of petroleum products needed by
France. England and others Of our al
lies. for the Russian oil fields are
practice lIv shut off by the var. and
about the only large available re-
sources are the United States and
Mexico.
At the same time we shah need in
creased supplies OF oil for our indus
trial plants and for the mighty in
crease going on In our automobiles at
home In 1916 the automobiles OF the
United states used . billion gallons
more gasoline than in 1910, and with
the two years ending 1915 the Saso-
line engine horsepower built and sold
I'm the United States more than dOu-
hled- Last year more than half OF all
the gasoline made in this country u as
used for automobiles During that
wear there were over three million
such ears iu the country This year
there are in operation something like
they VIII use at least 500 gallons per
car. uecessitating the production Of
about two billion gallons Of gasoline
This does not take into account the
Easoiiue used for motor boats. motor
cycles farm engines and motor trans
ports Of one kind or other demanded
bv the war The demand I'm sight is
So great that all methods possible
viii have 10 be used 10 increase the
supply. and 10 viii be necessary to
save In every branch Of the industry.
Automobiles 80 - Percent
Speaking Of the demand for gasO-
line. the director Of the United States
bureau OF mines estimates that be-
tween S. and so percent Of our whole
supply is used by automobiles. 20 per I
cent or more is exported. and the ball I
once IS used IN stationary engines. in +
motor boats. farm tractors motor E
trucks and other purposes OF minor .
Importance.
The commercial trucks are incress-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-11


the papers we're not allowed 70 men
ton them He Is dead now mat
young Canadian be tried 70 e1-epe
again, after he had been flogsed LoL
declaring that the camp was not III
for pigs 10 I've In lie Eot OUTSIDE
the Gordon Of guards around tns
camp. but the next morning ne was
brought back delirious. The typhus
had E0t him. and he died Few days
later
Discusses nlted states
"Ns Germans are peace Towns
people who have been Wantouly az
tackled boy many enemies We hope
that peace viii come before the
United States takes active part IN
the war. but n this should not hap
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-11
Odds

The general council 81 the bar N Great
Britain declines TO consider the question
~ admitting women lawyers into member
ship
railoresses for mems clothing FOR -he
army and navy are needed By Uncle san
IN several factories throughout the United
States
Mrs Edith O-NeiI Mcdonald a Neu
York woman. has invented a natural dvs
which is practicable for colorinE fabricH
and other products
The success attained By N-iss Mabel
Warner AS am on salesman has caused
many Other women throughout the countr-
20 take Up selling as q means Of making
a livelihood
Boston has a shoe shining psrior where
only women are employed Co do the pol
ishiuE OF shoes. The girls. who wear over
ais. work in shifts with one hour on duty
and half an hour FOR resL
Rose Pastor Stokes. the wealthy settle
meut worker. declares that the wonderful
spirit Of the Russian women was tire
greatest factor IN the revolution EhIch
ovsrthrsW the tyrranT % ezarism-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-11
German Officers Treat Their Prisoners
With Contempt, Particularly Russians

morning until past noon. with their
"a ti0u cards iu their hands. only 20 he
told. after perhaps six hours Of walt
ing. that the food was an gone. and
they could get nothing before the
next day. I'm the meantime. the rich
had been supplied mt back door, for
higher prices
When the people couldn't endure
this any longer. they revolted- They
tried to- storm the food depots but
the police rode iuto the crowd tramp
ling the poor things down beneath
their horses
Rioters TerroriEcd.
~ hen the weak. starving women
and children. helped By a few old
men. beat at the policemen with their
fists and shrieked m them. calling
them murderers. the authorities
ordered machine guns 20 be trained
upon them. Hundreds were killed in
this way. and the rest We're so ter
rified that they fled and did not dare
TO riot again for a long time. Only
few were heard 20 shrek
Yes. Kill u.s. To is better to die
than 90 live as we are
This Canadian told me that. al
though the papers are constantly
publishing stories Of great victories
the people receive The news apathe-
ticaly.
He said. too. that there were many
suicides committed daily. from des-
pondency. grief and starvation but
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-11

and noted the progress of the fever.
TO do this. they had 10 kneeI over rs
astride because we lay so close to-
Eether that they couldn't find foot
hold between us.
Those who died were sometimes left
for days lying cheek by fowl With
the sick men Tvphus or no ryphus.
sick or well our treatment was the
same We slept on the damp boards
or on foul smelling straw One man.
who was ordered TO carry some
planks out TO the yard. fell down
twice while he was doing Ii. because
he was weak from hunger and fever
The guard roared 'Auglisrhe
schH Inc" at him. and. when he could
not rise the second time. no dragged
him to a post, dashed him TO it with
his arms above his head. and left him
there until ne died"
7 asked Ivan If ne had seen any
thing OF the conditions OF civilian
life in Germany
The Canadians Story.
ct saw nothing myself" ne said.
'but there was a young Canadian
who told me many things. He had es-
capped from a prison camp near Der
lin. and. for four weeks lived In that
city. doing all kinds OF work. before
he was recaptured and sent 20 Karl
sruhe. He told me that he had seen
hundreds OF people standing outside
the food stations from early in the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-11

after by the United states govern
menr. and the money is duly collected
Has Eight oil RefinerIeS.
There are q mum Der Of OH companies
here. and some Of them are indepenc-
eut Of the large trusts. The town mas
eight oil refireries. one Of which has
"a capacity Of 10000 barrels OF crude
oil per day Do was started a few
years aEO with capacity of only Is
barrels. 10 was burned out. reesrau Do
Iishei and then destroyed by cyclone.
m was again built and has grown 20
such an extent that its capital is iu
the eiEf hurhuuH OF S2.0HU.0HN. To now
produces $4,000 barrels Of petroleum
A day.
I- is no wonder these people are
growing rich Last year Oklahoma
produced almost SI5G-oo0,O0O worth Of
crude OIL The total production was
equal 10 more than five barrels for
every family in the United States, and
l t- value was in the neighborhood Of
s. per barrel Something like 1000
D ev wells were completed during the
b ear and more than a MALT million
barrels Of new production were added
TO the state supply About a half N IL
lion dollars worth Of oil is now being
taken out every day, and the prices
are steadily Increasing.
These figures seem enormous. but
the demand for oil and its products is
SO Increasing that new fields viii
have TO be- found or substitutes Gre
aref o- take the place Of petroleum
The total output Of an the fields OF
the Omitted states last year was a
iirrle under 500. 010. 600 barrels ID was
more than 1900, 900 barrels in excess
Of the production Of 1915, and the in
crease came chiefly from this terri
tory They are now discovering new
wells in Louisiana and Texas. and
the present output Will certainly hold
its own
Gasoline Famine Threatened.
Nevertheless. there rs danger OF a
anime in gasoline. ] can give YOU
this on tho authority Of Van r. Man
ming. the director Of the United States
bureau OF mines. He has figured out
the Industrial demands OF petroleum.
and he shows that our enormous pro-
3uction is not large enough to satisfy
the wants of the time. He saws that
the various pine line and transporta-
ton companies. which usually keep a
certain amount Of oil in storage. have
had 20 draw upon this supply. and
hat the decline last year was some
thing Ike 10000. 900 barrels. Tn 1915
the normal consumption OF crude oil