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Arizona republican., 1918-02-13

house of commons or Mr.. Asquith
would accept the responsibility for
forcing the government to reveal these
Matters continued NJ. Lloyd George.
If the house is not satisfied with my
judgment it can change the govern
ment'
1t was about this time that member
asked whether Field Marshal Haig and
General Robertson were present and
approved the decisions, and the pre-
mier replied in the affirmative. Mr..
Lloyd George concluded:
IF the house of commons and the
country are dissatisfied with the con-
duct of the war and if they think that
there is any government that can con-
duct it better, it is their business, in
Gods name to put that other govern
ment in. But SO Ions as the house Of
commons retains its confidence in the
government then, l say, it ought to al
low the. government a full and free
hand in the direction of the war By
that means you preserve national unity
and unity among the allies-a vital
thing. Therefore l appeal to the house
of commons to support the government
in its determination, first of all, that
when difficulties of this kind are come
TO, they are to be carried out and are
not to be revealed to the enemy in or
der to give information that enables
him to prepare his counter stroke"
Won HertIing to Reply
LONDON, Feb. 12.-Count Won Hert-
ling, the imperial German chancellor,
an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Amsterdam says, intends to answer
President Wilson's message in the
reichstag next Tuesday
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France and the ports along the coast,
and the demand in France was not
that our army should take less, but
more of the responsibility. That was
in itself evidence Of the confidence
felt in the gallantry and prowess Of
our army.
Do Not Aid Enemy
"And let me say here of its leader
ship. as well--no man has talked more
glowingly than myself of that leader
ship and | do not withdraw a syllable
thereof. But l beg the house and my
right honorablye friend not to press the
government for Information, which the
enemy would gladly pay large money
to get"
The premier's refusal, to explain the
enlargement of the functions of the
Versailles council caused considerable
commotion in the house. He insisted
on the impossibility of explaining eX-
ecutive functions without at the same
time divulging the decisions of the
council. If he had had an opportunity,
he said he would have told Mr.. AS
quith, privately, and Mr.. Asquith would
have understood the impossibility of
divulgi>g the information publicly.
Mr.. Lloyd George continued
Believe me, it was a military decis-
ion, and one of the first magnitude.
Throughout this passage the premier
was frequently interrupted and heckled.
He protested against newspaper dis
cussion of these matters. Somebody
interrupted with:
Would Stop Northciffe
why don't you stop Northcliffe
from doing it,"
For my part, i would stop them ALL,
replied the premier.
One of the members suggested that
the information about such military
decisions was conveyed to the newspa-
pers from Downing street and the PIE
mier angrily exclaimed:
THAT is an absolute and unmitigated
falsehood. l cannot allow a statement
Of that kind. have been fighting hard
against these paragraphs appearing in
the papers and l appeal to the house
and the public to support me-"
In the course of his explanation, the
premier said that before the council;
had arrived at the decision that it was
undesirable to publish the facts, each
separate government had been espec-
tally consulted and it was Sgreed mad
visable to publish.
Premier Stands Pat
Il cannot believe that eithe: the
Arizona republican., 1918-02-13
NEGRO SHOOTS AND
KILLS TWO! WHITES
Republican A. p. Leased Wirel

ESTILL SPRINGS, Tenn. Feb. ~
Jim McIlherron, a negro, who shot and
killed two white men here last Friday,
was burned at the stake here tonight
after confession had been forced from
him by application of red hot irons.
The man was brought here tonight by
a posse which captured him after
wounding him in a battle near Monin-
vile early today.
A mob estimated at upwards of LOCO
persons met the train which brought
the negro here. Leaders of the posse
urged the crowd to let the law take its
course, but no effort was made to pre-
vent the lynching. A sister of one of
the men McIlherron shot addressed the
crowd, denouneing her brothers slayer,
The prisoner then was taken out OF
town, chained to a tree, tortured until
he confessed, duplicating another neg
70, and then was burned.
Arizona republican., 1918-02-13
NAME Of LINCOLN
DECLARED To Be
A FLAMING TORCH
Republican A. p. Leased Wirel


SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Feb. Fin a
Lincoln day address here tonight,
marking the celebration of the mar
tyred presidents 109th birthday ami
versary, Thomas Power O'Connor, Irish
Nationalist leader in the British par
lament, declared the name of Lincoln
to be a Flaming torch firing the pa
triOtism of every American whether at
home or facing death on the battle
fields of Europe.
What American can be cowardly
when Lincoln's courage inspires?' de-
nianded the speaker. What American
can be selfish when his unse1fishness
is recorded on every page of history?
What American can prefer the claims
of ambition or party in the face of his
forgetfulness of all personal and par
tisan feeling before an imperilled ma
ton? What American can entertain
or even tolerate the thought of a di-
vided allegiance in the face of his pas
siOnate patriotism and of the infleXible
resolution with which he fought for u
united nation?
Can any one doubt where he would
stand in the crisis through which the
country is now passing if he was still
its ruler?
What was the first and most fun
damental Of Lincoln's convictions?
Was it not passionate love Of liberty
and passionate hatred of slavery? Is
there any difference in essentials be-
tween the enslavement of the negro and
such enslavement as Germany today
breaches in her gospel of world dolni-
nation and practices while her sinister
mastery lasts in Belgium, France and
Serbia, and her bloodstained partner
does in plains and mountains of Ar
menia?
To-day, as Lincoln said, two prin-
ciples stand face to face and ever will
continue to struggle-the common right
of humanity and the divine right Of
kings"
Arizona republican., 1918-02-13
LLOYD GEORGE NOT
PLEASED BL EITHER
OF ENEMY REPLIES

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The absence of timber on the barren
lands out of which to make collins de-
Arizona republican., 1918-02-13

Il cannot believe that eithe: the
Arizona republican., 1918-02-13


ernor Lowden of Illinois, had forbidden
the meeting in Chicago, Mayor Thomp-
son provided police protection to per
NIT the meeting.
In these matters Mayor Thompson
asked that be it resolved" that the
constitution, as quoted in his preamble
be strictly observed.
Women Furnished Feature
The particular feature of the day was
provided by the women. 1t had been
arranged that Mrs. Abbie Scott Baker
Of the Womans party, and lately an in
carcerated White House picket, should
address the committee in behalf Of the
Susan s. Anthony amendment and that
Miss Minnie Bronson and Miss Lucy
Price of the organization opposed to
woman suffrage should oppose Mrs.
Baker
The anti suffrage women, who in
Guided also Mrs. Henry Preston White
of Boston, and Miss Charlotte Rowe Of
New York, said that Chairman William
r. Wilcox had promised that the COM
mittee would take no action until they
had been heard from. What was their
chagrin, they said, upon being admitted
to the meeting place to find the COM
mittee had already voted q resolution
commencing the stand Of five-siXths
of the members of the house of repre-
sentatives in favor of the Anthony
amendment.
The first speaker was Mrs Baker.
She said she was more than pleased
that the committee without waiting TO
hear Arguments had voted for suffrage
She said that it was the initiative of
the republicans who had compelled the
democrats to pass the amendment in
| the lower house.
THE democrats had to support it or
Arizona republican., 1918-02-13

were ultimately retaken by Sheriff
Paul of Pima county. They had muir
dered James Levy at Tucson and when
they were arrested they had $40,0 600 in
their possession. Not long after their
arrest they broke Jail and took with
them nine other prisoners charged with
murder. They refused to let any of the
prisoners charged with lesser crimes
out of the Jail.
Was Famous Rendezvous
In their flight they reached the old
Redfield place ON the San Pedro near
the spot where the Powers brothers
and Sisson We're heard of on Monday
and there all clues were lost, as traces
of former fugitives had mysteriously
disappeared at that point. That mys-
terry was later explained when it was
learned that Redfield himself was a
member of the gang.
After the flight of these men, the
fact that they had had such a large
sum of money in their possession led
to a suspicion that the Jail guards
had connived at their escape and some
even said that Sheriff Paul was a party
to it. That charge spurred the sheriff
to perhaps greater efforts than he
would otherwise have made, resulting
in the capture of the bandits.
1t has been reported that the Pow
ers brothers are younger brothers OF
"Maricopa Slim Powers formerly a
raiload policeman in the employ of the
Southen Pacific. But that is not the
case This family of Powes, illiterate
and criminal came from Oklahoma not
many years ago and settled in the east
ern part of the state. They had lived
in the vicinity of the Klondyke a COM
| parativeiy short time. They were con-
| founded with "Maricopa Slim" by the
| fact that he too came from Graham
| county His father John Powers was
| q resident of Stafford. 'Maricopa Slim
whose real name was John Powers
| lived there until manhood. In his ca
pacity Of railroad policeman, became
a terror of hobos. He killed several
men in the course of his duties, and
some in the way OF recreation. His
estimate of human life was low. The
prophecy made by those who watched
| his official career that he would not
die of old age was verified when about
two years ago he was shot and killed
in the course of an alteration with q
| circusman.
Arizona republican., 1918-02-13
PATHETIC FINALE
BRINGS To CLOSE
TUSCANA TRAGEDY
rRepubliean A. p. leased Wirel

A SCOTCH SEAPORT. Monday, Feb
IA correspondent of the Associated
Press who reached here this morning
with two American officers, after a
perilOus voyage from Ireland, is able
90 give the first account of the last
moments Of many of the American vic
Tins who persisted as a result of the
Tuscania disaster and Of pathetic Incl
dents attending their burial on the
bleak and rocky shores Of this barren
coast.
The correspondent today assisted in
The burial of 10 Americans. bringing
the total Of those buried thus far to
li5. Fourteen bodies of Americans
were recovered today and win be buried
tomorrow. The bodies of eight mem
bers Of the crew also have been re-
covered.
Todays burial was at the waters
edge at the has of rocky cliffs and
Arizona republican., 1918-02-13

was picturesque in the extreme All
the tiny villages for miles around were
in mourning for the Americans, and
farm and fisher folk came great dis
-tances to attend the ceremonies. TWen-
ty-fiVe American survivors of the dis
aster who had been left behind for the
purpose assisted the natives in digging
the graves into which the Khaki clad
troops tenderly placed their dead COM
rades.
Old Glory Flies for Them
Looking down from the top of the
cliffs 300 feet above stood the mourn
ers, headed by British colonel and an
American private carrying an 'Old
Glory" made for the occasion by a
group of Scotch women, who on learn
ing the Americans had no large flag,
obtained a small silk handkerchief edi-
ton of the flag from a sergeant and
remained up all night copying it on
large scale
Two clergymen came many miles
and read the Scotch and Episcopal
services, after which volunteers fired
three Volleys, which re-echOed against
the hillsides. While this was going on,
the only photographer within twenty
miles photographed the scene.
The ceremony was much the same as
previous day, when "a Americans were
laid at rest in two other graves. So
badly mutilated were many of the
bodies that two American army Off
GERS, who were sent here from London
expressly for the purpose, found it i'm
possible to take finger prints for iden-
tification purposes.
| Wooden crosses, with distinguishing
numbers, have been placed on each
/ grave, all of which are enclosed by
/ temporary fences.
Bodies Come Ashore
! The bodies Of the Americans have
/ come ashore thus far at eight widely
| separated points along the coast. All
| but IA, which were recovered today
have been buried at three of the most
central points, or where the greatest
number were recovered. For instance
at one point alone the funeral rites
were carried out over sixty soldiers
who were washed up within a stretch
of coast line not longer than two city
blocks.
Among the treacherous, low-lying
rocks twenty miles farther north. the
next greatest number was found-49
Midway between these two points A.
bodies were discovered in a small cove
16 of which the correspondent helped
to bury today.
When a few bodies were found a.
scattered places they were brought II
a more centralized point and buried
with many others in one or two large
trenches. A majority of the dead were
Identified through the metal dics(
which the men wore. There were abou
twenty instances of men wearing blanl
tags, but in spite of this fact a ma
jority of them were identified by gen
eral description of the body and paper!
carried by the men in their pockets.
SO many bodies came ashore between
the cliffs and in Inaccessible places
that great difficulty was experienced
in conveying them to burial places
Some bodies were dashed upon The
rocks at the base of precipitous cliffs
higher than the Palisades of the Hud
son river At one point A bodies were
recovered at the base of cliffs which
rose to a height of 800 feet making i
impossible to remove them more thar
few yards from the waters edge.
Buried Without Coffins
| The absence of timber on the barrer
lands out of which to make collins de-
Arizona republican., 1918-02-13

tees Of Oklahoma, Illinois. Texas. Mon
tana and Michigan. Former Senator
Hemenway of Indiana, addressing the
committee, hailed the organization as
a move in the right direction and said
that it would be extended to cover the
country
Arizona republican., 1918-02-13
BOTH CANDIDATES
FOR CHAIRMAN OF
PARTY FIGHT HARD

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TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.
FOR RENT-To young lady en-
ployed at capitol. front bedroom with
bath. Phone BIO. Blk
FOR RENT-Front bedroom. with
bath, near capitol, for gentleman.
Phone 1928. blk
ROOM OR BOARD or both in private
family, walking distance. Phone 3705.
ct
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-01-15
SUPPLY SHIPS
TO SOLDIERS
GET COAL FIRST
People At Home Must Wait For
Fuel Even u Suffering Is En-
tailed But Efforts Are Made
To Supply Them

WASHINGTON January 15---( Asso-
ciated Press s)--Directora Of Railroads
McAdoo is bending every effort to re-
lieye the fuel shortage 30 far as can bc
done without hamperinR the absolutely
necessary progress Of war preparations
and military shipments. He yesterday
established limited priority for ship
ments of coal TO New York where the
suffering from the shortage has per.
haps bcen worst because Of the larger
population there than Ia other cities.
This priority Of coal shipments gives
the fuel the right of way directly after
absolutely essential government supplies
and equipment!
Fuel Controller Garfield last evening
issued statement in connection with
the fuel situation. While he deplored
the suffering and extreme discomfort
in the homes and places Of business
oceasioned by The coal shortage and
the complete upsettiug Of business con.
ditions in so many factories and other
plants, he declared that ships carrying
munitions and supplies of food and
clothing to the soldiers over the seas
must be given full bunkers and this
must be done even if II had to be ut
the expense Of the people at home.
Bunkers for other ships, he said, might
have to wait, but the conduct Of the
war must come first in the hearts and
the lives Of all and the nations fight.
ing forces must be kept supplied with
all requirements which will add to the
efficiency of the service of the United
States in the war -
In the Middle West and parts Of the
East the storms had generally abated
yesterday and transportation was being
resumed on delayed schedules. Cooler
weather had followed the storm in the
Middle Atlantic and New England
States. z
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-01-15
MANY ARE KILLED AS
TRAIN LEAVES TRACK

HOUSTON, Texas, January I4-(As
sOciated Press Twelve to keventeen
Persons, perhaps more, and all white,
were killed early this morning and nine
Others badly injured as the result of
the derailment Of a n9fthbound train
of the Houston &, Teyas Central line.
1t was passenger train and had left
Houston for Dallas late Sunday.
The accident occurred at switch,
six miles south Of Breeand, at three,
twenty-five a. u. Two steel coaches
directly behinF the mail car were
erumpled into shapeless mass of
wreekage apd it was the passenge
aboard these who made up the toll of
easualtieE
Th9 Lescuers worked in the dark
with torches, placing the nine reported
injuIed aboard an express car, which
was Immediately started for the near
est town.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-01-15
LABOR LEADERS TO
ANSWER TO JUDGES
Supreme Court Calls Upon Heads
To Answer Contempt Charges

WASHINGTON, January l4.-(As-
sociated Press )-President Frank
Hayes and fifteen other, officials and
leading members of the United Iron
Workers Of America were today or
dered by the supreme court to show
cause why they should not be declared
in contempt Of court for violating the
courts injunction restraining the rep
resentatives Of the union from at
tempting to organize employees of the
Witehmann Coal and Coke Company
of Wheeling, West YirginiR.
The court ordered the miners off.
cials to appear in court at noon on
March 4 and show cause why they
should not be adjudged guilty of con,
tempt Of the supreme court and of it's
authority and Jurisdiction and be pun,
ishod accordingly.
The court has already handed down
decision declaring it illegal for
unions to interfere Eith the contract.
ual relations Of employer and employe
by attempting to organize employees
who are under contract TO their firms
not to become union members. This
decision was handed down only n few
weeks ago. The United Mine Workers
are said to have disObeyed the ruling.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-01-15
MAJoR AUGUSTUS PEABODY GARDNER
Formerly Representative Of Sixth Massachusetts, District

WAsHNGToN January l5AssOeaed Possl-MaCr Augustus
set give his services the
died Wheeler
conditions
the Cuban Gardner efficiently
on
but little his affairs
While
he u
called
opIro
fighting
public $ a S to
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-01-15
OPPOSES PLANS FOR
NEWDEPARTMENT.
General Barnett Objects To In
terterenoe With Marine Corps

WASHINGTON, January l5- (Asso-
ciated Press)--strong opposition to the
proposed cabinet Office Of secretary Of
munitions was voiced before the senate
investigation committee, the COMMITTEES
on military affairs, by Gen. George Bar
nett of the Marine Corps provided the
power to purchase munitions and sup
plies which il proposed to confer upon
such official would interfere with the
purchasing system Of the marine corps
which he claimed was highly efficient
and giving eminently satisfactory ne
suits. TX
Since IL has been reported by rep
resentatives who called ion the PrSsi-
dent that he is opposed to the creation
of the proposed new department somo
of those who were previously openly in
its favor are abandoning the plan.
Among these, IL was reported yester.
day, Is Daniel Willard, chairman Of
the Council of National Defense,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-01-15
Extensive Training.
Quarters to Be !;
.Bhilt Far AEiatOrs
Large Number of Bricklayers Win
/ Be Sent To Work In England
and Later To Continue Con-
strlction Work 10 France =.

Hnf.H g. 8
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, January Is - (Associated
Press Extensive training quarters
will be established in England . and
France, for q corps of several thousand
mechanics to repair and care for the
machines of American arimen. Wash
ington has been asked to send to Eng
land, 1900 bricklayers and carpenters
and also q large number Of laborers
for construction work at the training
quarters. When the work in England
is completed the construction men will
come to France to build quarters here.
1t Is inadvisable to mention the
number Of men who will be trained
in England. 1t is sufficient that the
army is determined to have more than
enough efficient men available, for
Americas success in the air will de-
pend primarily upon this corps of me.
chanics.
Flying schools for italian aviators
are TO be established IN the United
States for two purposes-frst, the
conditions in certain sections Of the
United States are better than in Italy
and, second, the utilization of training
aetoplanes and equipment in the Unit
ed States will save the tonnage in
volSed in transportation to this side.
Expeditionary = headquarters has rec
ommended that the American govern.
rnent provide for the construction of
schools, the manufacture of aeroplanes
and engines on Italian models and the
feeding and housing of skilled pilots
and students. The expense is to be
met by Italy at q price to be determ-
ined later. II is arranged to have the
programme become effective in the
middle Of 1918. ....
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-01-15
CAPTAIN IS SUICIDE;
SUSPECT WAS BANDIT
Officer Who Takes Lie Says
Made His Own Reason

CAMP FUNSTON, Kansas, January
l4-(Associated Press Capt. Lewis R.
Whistler, Of Salina, Kansas, was found
dead yesterday, having shot himself
with rifle and his death partially ex-
plains the mysterious robbery Of the
army bank on Friday night, when ban,
dts killed four men guarding the bank
and took money and Liberty Bonds.
Captain Whistler left q note for a
woman, saying he had meditated sui
eide for long time but had had no rea,
son.
Yesterday made myself reason, -
he wrote. His suicide occurred follow.
ing TIE issuance, of an order that all
captains should report to headquarters
and have their finger prints taken. The
sole survivor of the fight In the bank
had said that one of the bandits wore
the uniform Of captain.