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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-14

on the Vorpaerts building, said: I'VE
could have done this days ago. but the
Government hesitated to give us free
hand. Many soldiers who came to Ber-
lin to clean out the Bolshevists got tired
OF waiting day after day and refused TO
serve any longer"
SpartncRns Fled by Might.
The determination Of the revolution
airy forces to maintain their tenure OF
the bourgeois newspaper offices came to
an irglorious end during Saturday night.
The Spsrtacans and Independent Social
lists who were occupying the plant where
the Fossischc Zeit1tn0, the Mor0enpost
and other JOURNALS are printed began to
sneak away over the rooftops MS soon as
darkness fell. Several followers OF
Liebknecht who were trying TO escape
with four typewriters in their possession
were intercepted by Government soldiers,
They admitted that the defenders had
been deserving the place and the SOL
diers when they advanced upon the
building found 1t unoccupied
The garrison of the Td0ebiatt office
parleyed for IA while with the Govern
nent forces and were finally permitted
70 withdraw with their weapons. Late
in the night, however. they were dis
armed and imprisoned by troops which
were cleaning up the inner city OF Boil
shev!k shippers
Several nests OF snipers were uncov-
cred by Government forces In this clean
ing up process. notably in the section
around the Anhalt station. One OF these
nests contained a machine gun with "A
crew of SIX men. The gunners were
wiped out because they attempted re-
sistance.
Short work was made by the soldiers
OF hooters. Civilians found carrying
weapons without the permission OF the
Government were also stood up against
Il wall
BERN, Jan. 13.-Elections to the Ba-
varian National Council held to-day re-
suited in considerable successes for the
Centrists. the Moderate Socialists and
the Conservatives. The Independent So
cialists and the Spartacans met with
completa defeat
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Newspaper Plant Recaptured.

Loyal troops also have carried by
storm the Buexenstein printing plant,
where the KrcM.<eituny is printed. This
building Is in the vicinity of the one
occupied by Forrderts, and occupation
OF II by the Boshevists had rendered
ths- whole quarter unsafe. Many citl-
zens were killed and wounded recently
by shots fred from the windows OF this
building
The capture of the Vorrnerts build
ing was carried out by approximately
500 loyal troops They first destroyed
an intrenchment IN front OF the building
consisting Of rolls OF printing paper be-
hind which two machine guns had been
installed Two shots from Il mine
thrower swept away the whole forttica-
ton with the gun crew. The SpartiCans
sent a white flag party forward. but
were told that nothing but uncondi-
tional surrender would be considered.
Two mine throwers and two field guns
then began systematic bomba rdment
and soldiers worked their way forward
with machine guns and finally stormed
sistance inside. the defenders being
mostly civilians, including some Rus
slams
The courtyard was filed with dead
and wounded. and 500 prisoners. In
GLIDING number of Russians. were
! taken. Among the prisoners was n man
understood TO he the Bolshevist agent
Chevinpe. Many defenders were buried
in. the ruins. The attackers lost three
killed and several wounded. The front
of the building was badly damaged and
part of the plant was wrecked. but the
presses were unhurt.
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Three thousand loyal troops marched
in to-day from L!chter,elde. suburb
southwest % the city. They were re-
ceived by the citizens with rejoicing and
even tears II was precisely such
reception as would be given soldiers
arriving 20 relieve a city occupied by an
enemy. They were mainly younger
troops from the front. wearing iron
crosses and medals showing that great
many of them had been wounded from
one to five times. They maintained their
old discipline and sang as they marched.
A large number OF officers. wearing
shoulder straps. marched in the ranks as
privates and carried rifles. The troops
brought field guns and scores OF machine
guns.
To-day's arrivals were only the van
guard OF others encamped around Ber-
lin. II is understood that about 10000
more troops are ready 70 march into
Berlin II is learned that the troops eN-
acted as a condition that they would not
be intertered with 10y the Government
and would be allowed TO wipe out the
followers Of Liebknecht IN their own
way.
. One OF the officers who led tho attack
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BADEN GARRISON JOINS REDS.
Spartacans Take Constance
People Want Allies to Intervene.

BERNE, Jan. 13.--The German garri-
son at Constance, Baden. has Joined tho
Soartacans and obtained complete con-
troll of the town. The soldiers have oc-
cupied the town hall and disarmed the
population. The revolution is consid-
cred reaction against the Socialist de-
feat in tho recent elections for the Ba-
deness National Council, In which the
bourg eolse parties obtained a large ma
Jority.
Reports from Constance state that the
people OF the city are hoping for Allied
Intervention.
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SERIOUS SITUATION
REPORTED IN RIGA
BolsheUiki Mistreating Ger
mans Who Remain There.
Special Wireless Despatch 10 THE suS from, the
London Times Service

Special HTcie. Dtspdtch 10 as suN from the
London Times Scrrice
Copyright. 1919: all rights reserved.
THE HAGUE. Jan. IA Berlin tele-
gram says. the TGeOhschc RundSchdu
says, that the present German Minister
in the Baltic region, Herr WinniE. re-
ports an extremely serious situation In
Riga and other districts Of Lironia and
Couriand occupied by the Bolsheviki
After tho Boisheviki retired for Riga
the local Bolshevlk troops rerpetruted
another ST. Rartholemews night among
tho urban population. In particular
among the German subjects who re-
manned there.
Three members OF the German lega-
ton were among those Imprisoned
They had remained behind I'm the ega-
ton with faith in tn" inviolability OF
legation There the Official moneys,
amounting to $4,000, were conrscated
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GEN. DENEKIN GAINS
GROUND IN CAUCASUS
Large Section Already Re-
claimed From the BOlshc-
visit HOrdes.
HAS BLACK SEA LITTORAL
Soviet Element Making Head
way in Ukraine-SkOra-
padski a Fugitive.
HAS BLACK SEA LITTORAL
Special cable Despofch TO THE srv from the
london Times Srrricc.

Special cable Despdfcb 10 THE SrN from the
london Times Scrrtce
Copyright. 1919: all rights reserved.
CoNsTANTiNoPI.E. Jan. 13.---According
TO the latest news from Denekin's and
Gen. knatoff's armies the military sltua-
ton in the Caucasus IL promising. Six
months ago the whole Caucasus region
was in the hands OF the Bolshevists.
Since then Gen. Denekin. OF whose army
Gen. Alexieff was the original COM
mander, has to n great extent recovered
control of the north Caucas us from the
Bulshevists. Gen. penekins present
headquarters are at Ekaterinodar and
his sea base at Novorossik. He also
holds Maikop. an important oil centre,
and Stravropo, and Is threatening
Piatigorst. He holds the Black Sea
littoral az far east rs SuChum and has
despa tched two expeditionary forces by
sea from Novorossik, one to the CSimea.
where a regiment OF his guards heads
the isthmus Joining the Cr!mea TO the
mainland and the other to Donetz coal
re- gion. Gen. Denekln's army numbers
IS 900 and includes large numbers OF
ex Officers in the Russian army who are
enrolled as privates.
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Influenza Mask Rule Enforced.

SACRAMENTO. Cal. Jan. 13.--The State
Senate waived it's constitutional I'M
munty from the provisions of the citys
influenza mask ordinance to-day 10y
prohibiting the entrance into the Senate
chamber Of any person unmasked.
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North Of Gen. Denekin are the Don
Cossacks under Gen. Krasnof. number
ing from 100000 to 800 900 and COM
posed almost entirely OF Don Cossacks
with number OF ex-otflcers serving as
privates. They hold Enstef. Taganrog
and Novotcherkavsky and are marching
on Tzarltzin with the object of Joining
up with the Czecho-Slovaks. who are as
far south as Simhissk
Gen. Krasuoff doubtless will attempt
to recover Kharkoff. which Is partcu
larly valuable because IL Is the only line
Of communication in winter from the
north and also because the bulk Of the
Moscow merchants have transferred
their effects to this town.
In the Ukraine generally the situation
has developed considerably in the last
few weeks Gen. Skorapadski VINO pre-
vlousiy was supported by the Germans,
is now a fugitive. The nominal power
is in the hands of Pctloira and Vim
chenko, PrtlOira. who declares himself
both n Socialist and a Democrat, has in
The Coconino sun., 1919-12-26
Ne,vs of Interest Gathered Here and There in tue State
LAST SEASONS
 FOREST FIRE TOLL

Four hundred and four forest fires have occurred during the past season in the national forests of Arizona and New Mexico, according to a report just compiled by the forest service Fully fifty per cent of these fires were caused by human agency, and approx imately fifty per cent by lightning. Among those caused by human agency the largest number were set by log ging operations, and the next largest number by campers.
 These fires burned more than six thousand acres of forest land, caused damages of about $500, and cost over $6,000 to extinguish. One and one-fourth million board feet of tim Der were destroyed. Owing to heavy rains, the past fire season was not so dangerous or destructive as the aver age season.
 With the increasing use of the na- tional forests by the public, the forest service is planning an aggressive cam- paign to prevent the careless setting of fires, and to prosecute those re- sponsible for such fires. The mere fact that in a favorable season the majority of fires are held to a small acreage does not remove the danger of disastrous fires in bad seasons, ac- cording to forest service officials.
The Coconino sun., 1919-12-26
5000 LEARN TO SPEAK
 ENGLISH IN REST HOURS

More than 5000 foreigners attend ed English classes at night schools conducted throughout Arizona during the school year ending last summer, according to a compilation of reports made public by the state committee on Americanization.
 Numbers of foreigners attending night schools in an effort to learn the English language included:
 Phoenix, 174; Globe, ITO; Miami, 133; Clifton, 13S; Tucson, 168; Bis bee, FPS; Douglas, 150; Pirtlesville, 96 and Nogales, 23S.
 Two appointments to membership on the state committee on American ization also were announced. They were Captain Claude D. Jones, form erly an artillery officer in France, rep resentative of the American Legion and former Governor Richard F. Sloan, representative of the Sons of the American Revolution. Judge Sloan takes the place made vacant by the death recently of Dr. Charles Van Der Veer.
The Coconino sun., 1919-12-26
SOCORRO COUNTY
 WANTS EX-SHERIFF
 NEWMAN OF ARIZONA

Extradition proceedings against R. L. Newman, of Winslow, Arizona, re- gently sheriff or Navajo county, were heard by Governor Thomas E. Camp bell Monday at p. m., in his office, the proceedings being instituted by the governor of New Mexico as the result of grand jury indictment at Socorro, N. M., in which it is alleged that Newman issued fictitious check. Deputy Sheriff A. A. Olderet is Phoenix with the requistion papers.
 According to the information now on file at the governors office, New man has an argument against extra dition, claim being made that his al- legged guilt is of a technical nature, if it exists at all.
 Newman, in October, of 1918, and while serving as sheriff of Navajo county, had occasion to go to Socorro for prisoner who was wanted by the sheriff of Gila county, the documents assert. The prisoner proved hard to locate, and Newman offered $100 re- ward for the prisoners apprehension and subsequently, paid the $100 by check on the Holbrook State bank to A. A. Baca. Eventually, it is claimed, Newman went after the prisoner him. self.
 Upon returning to Holbrook, the sheriff is said to have stopped pay ment on the check. On the showing, it is claimed, the grand jury of Socorro county made the indictment.
The Coconino sun., 1919-12-26
OFFICERS CAPTURE
 ANOTHER BIG STILL

As the result of carefully planned raid by the federal officers and author ities of Pima and Pinal counties, big Jim Pruitt, cocaine smuggler, who jumped his bond in the November term of the federal court while under trial, and L. D. Marvil are in the county jail charged with operating one of the biggest and most complete stilling plants in the Pima-Pinal dis trict, located about 30 miles from Job Leatherwood's ranch. The still had been making peach brandy. It was To- cated after 30-hour search by a posse headed by Ralph Colvin, local chief of the department of justice, his assistant, Jack Noonan, Deputy United States Marshal Treahey, Deputy Sheriff Gilmore of Pinal, and depu- ties from Pima county.
 The raid was organized when, after several weeks of watching, l.. D.. Marvil was picked up coming in from Oracle with load of peach brandy on Thursday morning.
The Coconino sun., 1919-12-26
OPERATES ON RAG" DOLLS
 FOR BOIL WORMS

In line with the fight being waged in Arizona to keep out the pink boil worm and boil weevel, State Entomol- ogist D. c. Mote was called upon to perform operations on three rag dolls. The dolls were sent to him by Inspect or Skinner of Mesa. They were stuff ed with seed cotton raised in an in- fested district of Oklahoma and were sent to Mesa, Ariz., as Christmas presents for three little children form erly from Oklahoma. They were turn ed over to the state entomologist to be tested for weevel.
 Because such an examination would require much observation and in or der that the children might not lose their Christmas presents, each official of the state entomologist's office and of the farm bureau contributed to a fund to buy three handsome dolls as substitutes for the rag dolls.
The Coconino sun., 1919-12-26
ALLISON YOUTH FORCED ON WILD RIDE, ROBBED
 AND BEATEN, REPORTED

Recently the police of Albuquerque were watching for the arrival of Granville Coster, an 18-year-old boy, who had disappeared from Gallup November 19, when sent in from a coal camp at Allison and entrusted with $520 to be deposited in bank. Now comes a story from Winslow covering the disappearance and return of the missing youth to Gallup. 2
 According to his statement he reached Gallup and was driving his delivery truck into the suburbs when two Mexicans sprang from the side of the road into the truck, jerked cur tains down, drew their guns and or dered him to drive according to their direction. He was compelled to drive across the Arizona border, fifteen miles away.
 "Just over the line we came to a farm house," said Coster. "The Mex jeans told me if l made a sound they would kill me. We got out of the truck and they made me walk the whole distance to Winslow, more than 100 miles. We arrived there the morn- ing of the third day.
 "They took me into an old shack on the outskirts of the town. They had already taken the money from me. One of them grabbed club from the floor and struck me over the head with it. That's all know"
 The boy did not regain conscious ness until evening. He staggered into Winslow, where he fortunately found friends who supplied him with enough money to return to Allison. The ban dits took everything from him except bunch of keys he said.
 Coster has been employed driving delivery truck from Allison to Gal lup three times a week. The day be- fore he was kidnapped he carried 5000 to the Gallup bank.-Albuquer- que Journal.
The Coconino sun., 1919-12-26
ARIZONA CANNOT RE
 SUED FOR DAMAGES

Bringing up far-reaching point of law to the effect that the state of Arizona can not be sued for damages in personal injury cases incident to state contracts, the attorney generals office announced an issue now before the supreme court which, if sustained, would relieve the state of the cost for compensation insurance, throw $1S,- 900 worth of damage suits out of court, and result in numerous other startling results in the business of the state work, according to Louis B. Whitney, assistant attorney general.
 MT. Whitney said in part:
 "Our position is that the state is not liable for the acts of it's officers, agents and servants, such as their negligent acts, resulting in personal injuries to one of the states employ es, in the absence of a statement clearly and in express terms assum- ing such liability. There is no such statute in Arizona"
The Coconino sun., 1919-12-26
MAYER HAS A BURGLAR RAID

Mayer had quite sensation Thurs day morning when it was learned that for the first time burglars had enter ed the town and made quite big cleanup in cigars and other lines of tobacco, as well as novelty goods from the pool hall of Frank Wilson. The motive seemed to have been to rob the safe, in which there was said to be considerable money, but the breaking off of the knob from the door was as far as they got to the inside. It is not known what was the value of the goods taken, and it is generally be- lieved the burglars were of the anna teur class and that they worked with a big hammer.
The Coconino sun., 1919-12-26
MEXICAN JAGGED ON
 VIOLET HAIR TONIC

John Doe, Mexican, absorbed bot. tie of hair tonic (50 per cent spirits of Cologne) and pursued a very per fumed, if cratic, course through s. Meyer street, Tucson, emitting loud shouts of exultation, heavily violet perfumed. Patrolman Palmer held his breath valiantly and, lodging through the atmosphere charged with perfum,, cry, located Does necktie and rounded him up, still vociferous, and led him to the courthouse. There the per fumed one declared he had no such ordinary thing as name and, breath ing an odor of violet, swept on his way to the cells.
The Coconino sun., 1919-12-26
BANKS SHOW
 GAIN IN STATE WEALTH

Figures made public by State Bank Comptroller Jesse l.. Boyce showed total resources of single bank in Phoenix were more than two thirds as large as the total resources of all state and national banks in Ari- zona in 1906, and that in the elapsed period of 13 years the wealth of Ari- zona, as reflected by it's bank state ments, has increased approximately IA fold. =
 The figures for the November 17 call showed that one Phoenix bank had total resources of $6,4l9,243, while all state and national banks in Arizona in 1906 had $9,000, 900. Com pilation of reports submitted by state banks under the last call is nearing completion in the office of the state comptroller.
The Coconino sun., 1919-12-26
MERCHANT ARRESTED FOR
 REFUSING SUGAR SALES

S. D. Suitaling, proprietor of a largely patronized grocery store at Phoenix, was arrested on a warrant charging him with engaging in unfair practices in the sale of sugar under the federal food control law. The warrant was sworn to by Assistant United States Distljct Attorney John Langston, after customers of the store had complained that Spitaling refuesd to sell sugar in one pound lots, ex- cept in connection with sales of other groceries amounting to $1.00.
 The grocer was arraigned before United States Commissioner J. H. Henke and his examination set for next Wednesday. He was released on $3, 1000 bail.
The Coconino sun., 1919-12-26
LEGION WANTS LAND NEAR PHOENIX FOR
 BIG ATHLETIC FIELD

Officials of the Mesa post of the American Legion have launched a movement to secure for the post two sections of land northeast of Mesa The land is held by the war depart ment. It was homesteaded ten years ago by officers of the Mesa company of the Arizona National guard and held as military reserve.
 It is the plan of the American Leg. ion officials to obtain possession ot the land if possible, repair the rife range upon it, establish an aviation landing field, erect a clubhouse for the Legion and lay out athletic fields The land is now considered very valu' able.
The Coconino sun., 1919-12-26
ARIZONA BANKS REPORT
 PROFIT IN FIVE YEARS

Banking business in Arizona during the five-year period from 1914 to 1918, inclusive, averaged profits of 11.30 per cent, according to a report issued by the state tax commission, the aver age net profits for 1918 being 11.57 per cent.
 The investments carried by the Ari- zona state and national banks aver aged $7,585,912.94 a year for the five year period, and the net income av- eraged $857 ,505.Q
 Investments for 1914 and 1918, in creased from $6,043, ,346.23 to $8,565,- 596.79, making per cent increase of 41.73 per cent. Deposits increased from $31 ,213,642.55 to $64, ,643, ,964.2O -an increase of 107.10 per cent.
The Coconino sun., 1919-12-26
ROOSEVELT DAM ABOVE
 THE HIGH WATER MARK

The water in Roosevelt lacks 25 feet of flowing over the old spillways. High water mark is IA feet above the spillways. However, the water is higher than it has been in years and is increasing in depth. Large quanti- ties of driftwood are floating in the lake and the ranchers in the vicinity are busily engaged in towing it to shore to be used for fuel and fence posts. This is the first time that such a large number of whole trees have been washed into the lake from the mountains in number of years.
The Coconino sun., 1919-12-26
LADY BOOT-BLACK CREATES
 STIR AT FLORENCE

Not to be outdone by some of the prominent lady of the younger set, found an afternoon on her hand with not particularly great deal to do.
 She happened to be near a promin- ent place on the main street and the bOotblack, not seeing any particularly ready money in sight, slipped off to pound his ear for awhile.
 The young lady, knowing of the need of the Red Cross seal sale, began to get busy. She had found a plan whereby she might earn some extra money. Immediately, she grasped her opportunity and incidentally a pencil and some paper. Soon a couple of signs appeared reading something like this: "Lady Bootblack this After noon." Hardly had the sign made its appearance when a number of the jurymen felt the pressing need of a cleaner looking pair of shoes and one by one they filed into the chair and the prominent young lady began to put on the best of a shine. Soon it leaked out what the money was to be used for and the customers became so numerous that the lady had to put on two assistants.
 The regular fee was just doubled and those who were fortunate enough to get in on it, had the best shine and the chance to help worthy cause.
 Talk about Florence being a slow town; nothing doing. You may ask any of the people who have been there for a few days and they are all beginning to swear by it--and some times at it.
 All have to admit, though, that there is pretty good, lively bunch there.-Ray Copper Camps.
The Coconino sun., 1919-12-26
MEXICAN ROBS STORE
 OF $300O IN CASH

Two armed Mexicans, mounted on horses said to have been stolen at Po- land Junction, Arizona, Friday night, held up Pete Starnic in his store at Blue Bell mine, three miles southeast of Prescott at 3:30 o'clock in the af- ternoon, secured S3,O00 in currency and rode away. Sheriff Warren G. Davis, who was in the field with four deputies in pursuit of the stolen horses, was notified of the holdup and he and his posse took the trail.
The Coconino sun., 1919-12-26
GAS BOMB SHIELDS CONTENTS
 OF SAFE AND VAULTS

Poison gas foils would-be robbers who blow open safes or vaults equip ped with a new protective device de- scribed in the January Popular Me chanics Magazine. A thin glass bot tie, filled with chemicals, is placed in a metal holder inside the doors. When an explosive is used to break them open, the concussion shatters the flask, and releases it's contents. Ex- posed to the air, the chemicals form a gas which suffocates and causes temporary blindness.
The Coconino sun., 1919-12-26
STATE AUDITOR GETS
 SACK PINON NUTS

Although pine nuts or pinons, as they are called, are reported very scarce this year and the Indian tribes therefore prize them all the more highly, State Auditor Jesse Boyce re- ceived large sackful of them as a pre-C Christmas present from "Broncho Annie, we'll known Indian horse woman of Pine Springs, Arizona. To make sure of the safe delivery of her gift, the Indian woman had attached to the sack tag reading, "If you not get this, let me know.'