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Arizona republican., 1918-02-15
DISCUSSES PROGRAM
 IF ROAD BUILDING
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WASHINGTON. Feb. 14.-The exec utive committee of the American Asso- citation of State Highway officials met here today to discuss a program of road building and maintenance as a means of assisting in the successful prosecution of the war.
 At a previous meeting the highway officials adopted resolutions asking D- rector General McAdoo to outline q definite policy for road and street con struction and maintenance and to fur nish freight cars for transportation of necessary materials. Today the dircc- tor generals reply was submitted promising that the railroad adminis- tration would cooperate by transport ing as promptly as possible materials for construction of national highways designated by the agriculture depart tmen as of military or economic ne- ceSSitv
Arizona republican., 1918-02-15
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 TUCSON, Feb. 14.-Sheriff Henry Hall of Pinal county and his deputy, Bob Frazier. accompanied by former Sheriff Jeff Adams of Maricopa, reached Tucson about S:S0 o'clock to- night and left in an automobile for Tombstone in an effort to head off the escape of the outlaws from the Dos CabeZas country. They planned to re- port on arriving a Tombstone to the sheriffs office in Tucson and unless the chase had developed important angles they would head out for Rodeo, NJ M and cover the Dos Cabezas to the west of that point SO as to prevent the outlaws from entering the Chirica- hua national forest
 Sheriff Miles with his posse and Sheriff Wheeler with his men were re- ported at o'clock tonight as working south of Bowie with more than one hundred men under their command, toward Dos CabeZas and guarding the foothills which stretch to the south Between the foothills and the Chiri- cahua national forest is a long valley | with a pass to the south, one to the | east and one to the north Miles is 1 guarding the pass to the north, the 1 pass to the south is believed to be guarded by military patrols from 1 Douglas, and the eastern pass is the 1 objective of Sheriff Halls party. While | these outlets are called passes the1 are really wide sweeps of level lan6 | containing a number of gulches anC 1 arroyos.
 Word that Sheriff Wheeler and Sher- 1 if Miles had gone south to the Do. 1 Cabezas peaks from Bowie was re
 ceived at Sheriff Miles office late to.
Arizona republican., 1918-02-15
CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH DURING
 FIRE IN NIJN|VERY
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MONTREAL. Feb 1.-The charred covered late tonight from the ruins of the Grey Nunnery which was de- stroyed by fire. It is feared many more perished, and searchers believe the toll of death might reach 100.
 All the inmates of the great build \ ings except the children are believed to have escaped. They included nuns, nursing sisters wounded or sick sol aires from oversea, aged, sick CT crlp- pied men and women to the number of almost a thousand
 When the flames were discovered nl the west wing the alarm was quickly given and all these able to help themselves fled te places Of safety. The heroic nuns and nursing sisters strove valantly to save the sick and wounded as We'll as the infants under their charge.
 The children were housed in the section of the building where the fire started and the flames spread so quickly it was impossible to save them all.
 None of the soldiers suffered in- jury, however, although nearly 200 of them were quartered in the build ing.
 The ages of the inmates of the nunnery ranged from two or three days to almost a hundred years. Many of the infants who died in the fire and smoke were only a few days or a few weeks old
 The elderly inmates were housed in another section of the nunnery, and were not immediately menaced by the l flames.
Arizona republican., 1918-02-15
PRESIDENT URGES PROSECUTION HOG
 ISLAND COMPANY

up all the money, may cost twice the sum o1 S21,000,000 carried in original estimates. The slow progress made in
 construction of the yard and reports of loose management prompted Chair
 man Hurley three weeks ago to put
 in full charge of the work former Rear
 Admiral r. A. Bowles, assistant gen
 eral manager of the emergency fleet corporation.
 The Hog Island contract was the largest of three fabricating steel ship contracts let by the Emergency Fleet corporation for which the government was to furnish all the money, The cor poration is acting in effect as an agent of the government and in the words of Admiral BoWles before the senate com
 mittee is furnishing the know how
 It stands to make a profit of S6,000,- 000 on the yard and on the ships it is to build,
 i The American International Corpora | ton is composed of some of the coun- l try's most powerful financiers includ i ing Frank A. Vanderlip, Perry A. Rockefeller, J. ogden Armour. Robert 1 Dollar, Robert $. Lovett, William E | Corey, John D. Ryan, Theodore N | Vail, Otto Ii. Kahn. Pierre $. Du Pont l James Stillman. Beekman Winthrop and Charles A. Stone.
Arizona republican., 1918-02-15
Austrian Emperor 5 MafHfesto
 Expresses Wish For War End

before the whole world to it's better continuation.
 Tt thus has been the first to leave the camp of our enemies in order in the interest of speediest possible at tainment of a new and great common strength.
 Having from the first moment I
 mounted the throne of my exalted forefathers felt myself one with my peoples in the rock-like resolve to fight out the struggle forced upon Us until an honorable peace was reached. 1 feel myself so much the more one with them in this hour in which the first step now has been taken for the | realization of this aim. With admira- 1 tien for and affectionate recognition l of the almost superhuman endurance
 and incomparable self sacrifice of my l heroic troops. as well as of those at home who daily show no less self sac rifice, I look forward with full confi- dence to the near and happier future
 May the Almighty bless us further with strength and endurance that. not only for ourselves and our faithful l allies. but also for entire humanity VIC
 may attain final peace
Arizona republican., 1918-02-15
PATRIOTISM APPEAL
 MADE n STRIKING
 SHEPARD WORKERS
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WASHINGTON. Feb. 14.-An urgent call to striking carpenter and joiners in eastern shipyards to return to work was issued tonight by Chairman Hur- ley of the shipping board, who sent a telegram to unon heads declaring that mothers and fathers giving their sons to battle will not long permit continued interference with the shipbuilding pro- gram
 The telegram was inspred by re- ports of strikes at yards in the vicinity of New York and at Baltimore. where the men are demanding the wage scale recently granted for the Pacific coast of $6.60 day. It went to w L. Hut cheson, general president of the car penters at Indianapolis, and to union leaders in the districts in which strikes have been called.
 MT Hurley insisted that the men go to work pending an adjustment of their grievances by the wage adjust ment board, which within a few days will recommend general wage scale for 75 per cent of the yards on the Atlantic coast.
 The message in full reads:
 While the people of this country are mourning the loss of the brave young Americans in the Tuscana hor- ror-while thousands of American homes are anXiously watching the lists of survivors slowly coming in to make certain that another precious life has been snatched from the Atlantic ocean a telegram comes-and with it the grim announcement that the carpenters in l shlpyards are now on strike.
 Before any government agency is ] given an opportunity to act, and de- ! spite the good record of our adjust ment boards promptness and fairness in dealin wgith all labor matters, you attempt to paralyze the shipbuilding industry at the port of New York
 Do you realize that you are adding to the fearful danger our soldiers al ready face, that danger of starr d = tion and the danger of slaughter if food and ammunition are not sent over in ships and in many ships at once? Do you think the fathers and mothers whose sons are making this sacrifice will sit patiently by and per init this paralyzing of the life line be- tween us and the western front to SC on?
 NWill you take my friendly sugges- ton and go back to work at once? Tho machinery for dealing with all your de mands and with the right of labor is at hand You will be well advised tC follow the methods of well managed and patriotic labor organization, a least until you have tested whether ol not your government for which a: shipbuilder5 you now are working cal be fair.
 T advise you to end the paIalyzins of the shipyard work now. l am sur, you would not deliberately imperil tht lives and safety of our brave fei;aW cit izens. l am sure you believe with m, . that those whose sons are now givin. their blood that you and l and ou children may be safe and free will no long permit either you or me to inyit destruction of heroic lives and disaste to a great world cause"
Arizona republican., 1918-02-15
WAR REVIEW
 OF THE DAY
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On the battle front in France the fighting activity betwen the British and French and the Germans has as- stunned somewhat violent proportions on at least two sectors. with the forces of Field Marshal Haig and General Petain the aggressors. Probably the heaviest encounter was in the Cham pagne region, where. aided by Amer ican batteries, which gave the French very effective support, the French have captured and organized German trench southwest of the Butel du Mes nil. The German official communica- tion admits the loss of this ground.
 North of Lens the famed coal mining region, the British and Germans again have met in q sharp encounter. but no details of it have yet Ncome through. The artillery activity continues heavy on numerous sectors from Flanders to the Swiss border.
 The mention of American artillery as being engaged with the French against the Germans in the Champagne is the first indication that United States forces were in the battle line elsewhere than east of St. AIihiel, which is miles distant from the Champagne front The presumption is that the American artillerists are in training with the French preparatory to join ing their comrades in their own sector Unofficial dispatches still indicate ] that in German and Austrian official circles there is very considerable dis | trust of the Bolsheyik leaders in Rus sia, and that preparations even are in the making for stemmfng a surprise maneuver ou the east front. One Bayarian newspaper asserts that the final conference between the Bolshevik and German and Austrian peace dele gates at Brest -Litovsk ended in a vii olent rupt.re which bore all the seeds ! of future conflict.
 ! In manifesto fo his subjects deal- ] ing with the URrain an peace pact the
 Austrian emperor reiterates his desire
 for an early general peace
Arizona republican., 1918-02-15
DEMPSEY KNOCKS
 OUT JIM FLYNN
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CHICAGO. Feb. 14.-Jack Dempsey knocked out Jim Flynn in less than the first two minutes of what was sehed- uled as a round bout at Fort Sher- ida tonight. Both fighter are heavy weights
 Dempsey forced the fighting from the start, a series of left and right blows to the head driving his opponent into the ropes. The knockout came exactly one minute and ten seconds after the match began when Dempsey landed a terrific left hook to the jaw which knocked the veteran clear through the ropes into the crowd.
 Dempsey the victor in tonisht's bat tie, was knocked out by Flynn in the first round of bout at Salt Lake a year og.
 Jess Willard, heavyweight champion of the world. has announced that he is ready to meet the winner of d bout between Dempsey and Fred Fulton in fight for the worlds championship.
Arizona republican., 1918-02-15
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 WASHINGTON. Feb 14-Investi- gation by the department of justice of the American International Corpora tion's construction of the governments big fabricating steel ship yard at Hog Island Pa. was ordered today by President Wilson with a view to crimin- al prosecutions if the facts develop more than reckless expenditure of gov crnment money
 At the same time Chairman Hurley of the shipping board indicated that the corporations contracts for build ing the yard and ships might be can cclled. which was taken to mean that the government might take over the yard. This step has been urged by members of the senate committee in- Nestigating shipbuilding.
 The president asked for the inves- tigaton in the following letter to At torney General Gregory:
 Mir. Hurley of the shipping board has called my attention 10 some very serious facts which have recently been developed with regard to contracts made in connection with the ship building program with the company operating at Hog Island.
 They are so serious, indeed. that do not think that we can let them he taken care of merely by public dis closure and discussion. l would be very much obliged if you would have some trustworthy person in your de- partment get into consultation witt Ar. Hurley about the whole matter with a view to instituting crimina process in case the facts justify it. Charges of miSmanagPment anf | reckless expenditure of gOvernmen l funds at Hog Island have been madt l freely before the senate committee ] Witnesses have testified that the yarC for which the shipping board is putting
Arizona republican., 1918-02-15
THOMAS ]. CROAFF
 OFFICIALLY NAMED
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WASHINGTON, Feb 14.-Appoint- ment of federal directors of employ ment in several states, was announced tonight by the department of labor in a statement outlining plans of the federal employment service for weld ing all federal, state and municipal employment facilities into a national system of labor exchanges.
 The new appointments. made with the approval of the department of labor upon the joint recommendation of the state councils of defense and organized capital and labor in the various states, include:
 Arizona. Thomas J. Croaff, Phoenix.
 Texas. H. w. Lewis, Smithville.
 The directors appointed tonight with but few exceptions are at the head in their respective states of the United States public service resercc, the national labor recruiting agency, so that the holding of both offices by single trained expert insures centralized control of the mobiiiza- tion an distribution of labor in each state.
Arizona republican., 1918-02-15
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AMSTERDAM. Feb. 1.-The Aus trian emperor has issued at Vienna the following manifesto:
 ITO my peoples: Thanks to Gods gracious aid, we have concluded peace with Ukraine. Our victorious arms and the sincere peace policy which we pursued with indefatigible persever- ence have shown the first fruit of a defensive war waged for our preserva- tion.
 In common with my hard tried peo- pies. 1 trust that after the first con clusion of peace, which is so gratify- ing an event for us, a general peace soon will be granted suffering hu- manity.
 Under the impression of this peace with Ukraine, our glance turns with full sympathy to that aspiring young people in whose heart. first amongst our opponents, the feeling of neigh bcrly love has become operative, and which. after bravery exhibited in nun erous battles also possessed sufficient resoluteness to give impression by deed
Arizona republican., 1918-02-15
OPPOSE GOVERNMENT
 CONTROL OF MINES
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SPOKANE, Wash, Fob 14-Oppo- sition Co government control of mines unless an actual shortage Of minerals delevolpes under private management was voiced in a resolution adopted at this afternoons session of the North west Mining convention, in session hcrc
 Government subsidies to encourage tho production of rare metals. the fed cral control of customs smelters and metallurgical processes and patents, with prices fixed by government agen- cies. were asked in other resolutions, and free admission of lead and zinc ores between Canada and United States was petitioned for.
 Purchase by the government of a quantity Of silver at $l an ounce was endorsed and the creation of a federal department of mining with a cabinet ,member at its head, was asked.
Arizona republican., 1918-02-15
HEALTH CONDITIONS
 AT CAMPS IMPROVE:
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WASHINGTON. Feb. Continued improvement in health conditions at all army camps and cantonments is noted in the war department summary for the week ending February s. ade public tonight. The hospital admissian rate decreased ] per cent in the week while the death rate, although slightly higher than the preceding week. was well be- low the average for the last two months.
 Measles and pneumonia continue tO decrease while scarlet fever and men ingitis showed slight increases.
 The total number of deaths in inc national guard was 6S of which 46 were due to pneumonia; the regulars had Ii deaths. six from pneumonia and the national army 93 deaths, 54 from pneu- mOuia.
Arizona republican., 1918-02-15
REFORMATION FIR
 AIRPLANE BOMBS IS
 hEW MAR MEASURE
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 WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-Principal items for the army in the billion dol lars urgent deficiency appropriation bill favorably reported to the house to- day included S271,13 ,000 for bombs for airplanes, S100.000, 900 for quartermas- ter storage plants on the seacoast and at interior points and SS1, 100000 for mountain. field, siege and other artil- Ter in addition to the billion dollars al- ready spent for ordnance and contract authorization for S579, 9,000,0 addi- tional.
 Iu asking for an appropriation Of sl00.000,000 for storage and shipping facilities with an authorization of S5S.- eVV,Oo0 more, Major General Goethals. acting quaTtetmaster general, disclosed that 1t Is proposed to spend from S20.- 001,o00 10 s35, ,0O0, COG, GOO enlarging the Bush terminals at Brooklyn. New storage plants at Atlantic coast points will cost S69, FOG, ,000. and interior plants. the locations of which Were not given. will cost S50,000,O00.
 The bill also reveals that the army medical corps contempIates an aggre- gate of one million sqnare feet for it's Storehouses at New York. Philadclnhia. Cmcago, St. Louis, San Francisco. Louisville, Washington WateIto,vn. San Antonio and Atlanta.
 The ordnance department contcm- plates storage at Newport News, ! Charleston, Baltimore. Chicago. Pbila- delphi3, Paterson, Watertown. Spring ! field H.; Cleveland. Springfield. Mass: Rock Island San Francisco and Boston, with storage for explosives OF Raritan river. N. J. The signal corps wants storage at Dayton, Cincinnati. Buffalo and Mineola.
 The report of the appropriations committee discloses an agreement be- tween the United States and French ! governments for France to take over after the war the railroad system ! which the United States amy is con i structing in France The war depart ment has expended Sia0, 000, ,0G0 for ma terials for this system.
Arizona republican., 1918-02-15
ROBBERS VICTIM
 IN HOSPITAL HERE

Belief that the three robbers who early yesterday morning dynamnted the vault in the Buckeye bank, were in Phoenix yesterday, is substantiated by statements issued from the sheriff's office that the car in which the men were riding was seen in Phoenix. and that attaches of that office tracked the men as far as Twenty first avenue and the Buckeye road. At this point the trail was lost and the men are be- lievcd to have made good at least their temporary getaway.
 G. C. Keeling, who was injured when he joined a party of three who at tempted to intercept the robbers in Buckeye yesterday mornin, is at the Sisters hospital in Phoenix with sev- eral bullet holes through his legs. That Mr Keeling will recover from his in- iurics was the statement given out from the hospital last evening.
Arizona republican., 1918-02-15
MORE FOR WHEAT
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-Members of the Wheat Growers Association here to demand that the government raise the price of wheat from S2 to S2.75 per bushel, held a meeting to- night with senators and congressmen from ten western states and told them that at the present ime whea is being fed hogs because it is cheaper than corn.
Arizona republican., 1918-02-15
EspEF BREAKS RECORD

NEW YORK, Feb. l4.-The annual report of the Southern Pacific railroad company for the year ending December 3l. made public tonight. showed that the company earned IT per cent on it's outstanding stock. High records on both gross and net earnings were made during 1917, the former being more than S30,00o. COG in excess of the year previous and the latter almost Si1,- QQQ.0 .00O greater.
Arizona republican., 1918-02-15
COMMONS ATTACKS
 PROVE uNAVA|LING
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LONDON, Feb. Through the adoption tonight by the house of com mons of the address in reply to the speech from the throne, which was ac- complished without division, the at tacks against the government for the time being have come to naught To- days debate was on various subjects, including the food question, brewing and diplomacy. All hostile amendments against the premier's address were either withdrawn or rejected.
Arizona republican., 1918-02-15
Officers WeIoon1e Probe

PHILADELPHIA, Feb 14-Officials of the American International Ship building Corporation declared today that they would welcome the inxesti- gation which President Wilson directed Attorney General Gregory to conduct. in conjunction with Chairman Hurley of the United States shippng board. into the shipyard of the company under construction at Hog Island on the Delaware River.
Arizona republican., 1918-02-15
SPANISH CABINET
 RESTRICTS SHIPS
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MADRID. Feb. I4.-A ministerial council was held last nigh to discuss the sinking of the Spanish steamer Ceferino. which recently was sent to the bottom by Teuton submarine near Ferro Island. one of the Canary group. The ministers decided to seek addition al information regarding the.sinking of the vessel and no new note will be sent to Germany until the facts are more clearly known. The cabinet de- creed that henceforth all Spanish ships must carry insurance and must be lim- tied to cOastwise traffic.
Arizona republican., 1918-02-15
BOLO p ASIA
 TO BE SHOT FOR TREASON
Boloism Doomed by Quick
 Action of Court Martial
 In Paris; Crowd Applauds Verdict of French July
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PARIS, Feb. r4-Without the sligh- est tremor, Bolo Pasha, convicted of high treason, heard Colonel Noyer, president of the court martial, pro- nounce sentence of death upon him to- day amid an impressive silence in the conrt room Merely shaking his head
Arizona republican., 1918-02-15
ROOSEVELT PLEASED

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 14-Among telegrams of congratulation received by Chairman Hays WaS one from Colonel Theodore Roosevelt. which read: Your election means more to the country and the republican party than anything else at this time could have meant"
Arizona republican., 1918-02-15
CzERNIN TO REPLY

AMSTERDAM, Feb. 14-Count Czer- min, the Austro-Hunearian foreign minister, according to Vienna dis patch, Ina sannounced his intention of delivering a long statement to the del- egations of the two kingdoms on Sat urday concerning the Brest-Litovsk negotiations and President Wilson's latest speech.