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Arizona republican., 1919-07-15
THREE DROWN WHEN SEAPLANE PLUNGES
 ID RIVER BOTTOM
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PHILADELPHIA. July 14.-Three naval aviators were pinned to the bot tom of the Delaware river and drowned today when a large five-pas- senger seaplane plunged into shallow water off the Philadelphia Navy yard. Two others in the seaplane at the time were injured.
 The dead:
 Ensign Harold O. Roehrig, Pasadena, California
 Chief Machinists Mate A. E. Ehrke, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. City, N. J.
 The injured:
 w. R. Warner, carpenters mate, broken leg and badly bruised.
 P. Parker, civilian observer, suffer ing from shock.
 The seaplane was making a test flight working out a problem in aerial wireless. It was practically unob- served by the thousands of employees working in the yard and had been in the air some time when it was seen to descend at a sharp, sweeping angle.
 When about 200 yards above the water it suddenly dropped apparently out of control. It struck the water nose first and went straight to the muddy bottom. The plane, completely wrecked, rose slowly to the surface The injured men, who were in the rear of the machine, were rescued but the other three, who were seated in the front, did not rise to the surface. A detachment of sailors dragged the riy- CT for the bodies.
Arizona republican., 1919-07-15
SEEKS WESTERN A|D FUR IRISH REPUBLIC

CHICAGO. July 14-Rain failed to dampen the spirit of a large crowd that bade Eamonn de Valera farewell tonight, as ''the president of the Irish republic" departed for San Francisco to carry his plea for aid for the de jure government of Ireland" to the western part of the United States.
 After visiting several of the larger cities in the west. MT. de Valera plans to return to Chicago.
 This afternoon MT. de Valera was the guest of the city council
 "The question for America to de- eide, he said in addressing the coun- cil, lis whether it will stand with might or with right, or whether it will do as it always has done and support freedom against military domination.
 Some of the peace, conferees are quoted as opposing our Irish inde- pendence. They even want the treaty to confirm England in her posses sions, eyen those which were obtained by force. Whatever the peace confer ence has done, the Irish people will not yield
Arizona republican., 1919-07-15
FORD LIBEL ACTION
 AGAINST PAPER G0Es
 INT0 THIRD MONTH

MT. CLEMENS, Mich, July 1.-The third month of Henry Fords S1,000,00O libel suit against the Chicago Daily Tribune got under way in Judge Fuckers court today with MT. Ford on the stand as a witness called by the Tribune.
 So much of the evidence consisted of editorials from the Tribune or articles from the Detroit Free Press that there was little testimony from the witness himself Today he said yes" or no or it's equivalent a few times and that was about all
 Tribune editorials of 1914 eulogiz- ing Mir Ford for the introduction of the B a day minimum wage and char acterizing him as a genius, establish ing a new standard for the relations of employer and employed were read to show that at time the Tribune bore | him no ill will, but on the contrary admired him greatly.
 1 The name of Theodore Delavigne, a l Free Press reporter. who became a peace publicity man for MT. Ford, ap- peared in the testimony. The employ ment of MT Delavigne, it appeared. was the beginning of MT. Ford's efforts l looking to disarmament of the world and the establishment of universal peace, for which purpose, it appeared 1 from one of the Delavigne articles, MT Ford set tside S1000, GOO. Delavigne wrote a long article which was pub lished in the Detroit Free Press. quot ] ing MT. Ford along pacifist lines. II was on the subject that MT. Ford and the Tribune, which was a vigorous ad vocate of preparedness, parted com pany, the witness admitted. Mir De
 lavigne quoted MT. Ford as stating
 that the rest Of his life would he de- voted to establishing universal peace
 Mir. Ford will resume tomorrow.
Arizona republican., 1919-07-15
DAYLIGHT SAVING TO GO ON INDEFINITELY

WASHINGTON. July 14.-The day light saving plan under which the clocks of the country are turned for ward an hour in March and moved back in October, will be continued in definitely.
 This was assured today when, fol- lowing President Wilson's veto of the SS3.O0O 900 agricultural appropriation bill because of it's rider repeating the daylight saving act. the house refused by vote of PAT to 135 to pass the measure over the presidents veto. Strength mustered by the repeal ad- vocates was eight votes less than the necessary two- thirds.
 House advocates of the repeal said tonight after the agricultural bill had been sent back to committee for elimi- nation of the repeal provision that no further effort would be made at this session.
Arizona republican., 1919-07-15
ENTIRE POPULATION
 OF MEXICAN VILLAGE
 HELD BY REBEL BAND

MARIA, Texas, July 1.-The popu- lation of the little town of San Antonio, Mexico, has been held prisoner by a band of armed MeXicans since 6 o'clock last night, according to reliable advices received here today. Advices to mili- tary headquarters here were that the men were Carranza soldiers.
 San Antonio, Mexico is about so miles southeast of Presidio, Texas, and 15 miles south of the border. Accord ing to the story brought here, the armed men, who numbered more than 70, surrounded the town suddenly late yesterday.
 They gathered all the residents into a group in the center of the town and confiscated all the livestock found in the immediate vicinity. This afternoon all the male inhabitants of the town were segregated and soon afterward the armed band withdrew, taking these men and the livestock. Their destina tion was not known early tonight
Arizona republican., 1919-07-15
Seanen Reject Offer SO, 900
 Join Strikers
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 NEW YORK, July 14.-The threatened strike of men employed on the vessels controlled by the United States Shipping Board was called late today. By this action, according to union officials, 5o,oo0 seamen and thousands of stew ards, cooks and ether employees joined the ranks of those already on strike. The offer by the shipping board of an increase in wages and shorter hours in port was dupIicat- ed today by the American Steam ship association, which controls 75 per cent of the coastwise shipping, but the proposals failed to bring about settlement.
 The outlook was made more threatening when William s. Brown international president of the ma rine engineers teleeraphed from Buffalo that his union had voted to join the walkout # demands of the strikers were moi met.
Arizona republican., 1919-07-15
Allies Ask For DeliUerance Of
 167Hun Leaders
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 BERLIN, July 14.-The Tage bIstt says it learns the allied and associated powers will not ask Holland to give up the former Gnn- peror William for trial, but they will request Germany to demand from Holland that, he be delivered up.
 The same procedure, the news paper adds, will be taken with re- gard to German statesmen who fled to neutral countries. It says 167 persons will be asked for, includ- ing leading generals, adnirals, the commander of the raider Moewe, which sank numerous vessels on the high seas; the commander of the submarine U-53, which visited Newport in October 1916 and on leaving sank a number Of vessels off the American coast, and pr. won Bethmann- HoIlweg, former i'm perial chancellor, pr. Alfred Zim- mermann, former foreign minister and pr. Carl Helferrich, former secretary of the interior and vice chancellor.
Arizona republican., 1919-07-15
MEXICAN MURDERERS 'OF J. $. CITIZENS
 ARE PUT ID DEATH
Ambassador Bonillas Says Carranza Is Employing Every Means to Punish Rebel Pillagers

WASHINGTON, July 14.-Murderers of number of American citizens in Mexico have been apprehended and eX- ecuted by the Mexican government, which through expenditure of two- thirds of the republics revenues in the work of pacification, is slowly restor- ing order, it was said today by Ygnacio Bonillas, Mexican ambassador to the United States. who has just returned to Washington from Mexico City.
 This statement was the first an nouncement by any Mexican official of authority that any of the perpetrators of the murders of American citizens which have been the subject of numer- ous representations to the Carranza government, had been acquired and dealt with. The ambassador added bandits and rebels in all parts of the country were laying down their arms and returning to their homes to till the land. To aid in this movement, he said, the government was distributing train loads of agricultural implements.
 Seeks More Munitions
 Mexico's first duty, the ambassador asserted, was to put down insurrection and for that reason large sums of money were being spent in pacification 
 This work, he said, was slow, largely because the government could not ob- tain sufficient arms and ammunition He announced he would request the | United States government to permi, the importation of more munitions tC be used in wiping out the rebels an6 bandits in protecting the lives of na- ] tionals and foreigners alike. When the pacification of Mexico had been accom- l plished, he said, the revenue now de. voted to this end would be used toward paying off the interest on the foreigr i debt.
 Will Never Repudiate War Debt
 'Mexoco has never and never vii repudiate her debts,' he said. ''Sht should not be expected now to comply i with her international obligations whe1 her first duty is the pacification of tn, | country. Mexico has no fear at all O any unjust aggressions from it's neigh bors. She hopes they will appreciat, the efforts she is making to set he house in order"
 Regarding the exclusion of Mexic, from the league of nations, he said tn, Mexican people felt they had been yer, unjustly dealt with but harbored n, ill will. Mexico hopes, he said, the tim will come when she will be invited t join the league.
Arizona republican., 1919-07-15
GLOBE BUSINESS
 BLOCKS DAMAGED BY C[OUDbURST
Three-inch Fall of Rain Causes $1OO,OOO Loss in Mining District-Pioneer Resident Is Missing-Post Office Inundated

GLOBE. July 14.-Globe's mair street is under two feet of water, the result of cloudburst this evening The post office building and severai business blocks are under water. The Western Union office was wrecked an,l the instruments and fixtures ruined
 One of the most severe floods that has visited the Globe mining district for S5 years, swept the business sec tion and both northern and southern ends of the city tonight about o'clock. Property estimated in the neighborhood of s1OO,0OO was damageL
 During the height of the series of cloudbursts the main street was in undated with two feet of water which carried household fixtures and furni- ture on it's crest to P5nal creek. Sew eral houses were carired down in the torrent and the Arizona East': n pas senger train due in the city at 7.35 D. m, was forced to unload it's pas sengers on the edge of the city owing to the washout of a bridge ill the | southern part of the city.
 ] The post we Ollloil Dl f flee. one of the local brokers offices and garage were worst hit by The I flood. The Western Union office prob ably suffered most being entirely placed out of commissions The in;erio- of this office was entirely wrecked and many of the fixtures and reports wcr., washed away in the flood, which swept down the main street.
 Pioneer Resident Missing
 At a late hour tonight Pat Hurley. who has been resident of the city for number of years. was reported missing When last seen she was near
 the bridge over the creek at the time the flood had reached its crest. At midnight he was stil. reported missing
 by policemen who had been detailed to
 search for him and it is believed he
 was drowned in the stream.
 Immediately after the high water
 had receded in the flooded a, work
 was commenced salvaging gdods in
 business houses and cleaning the de-
 bris from the floors of the buildings
 which were inundated.
 Dr. Fox, local weather observer. stated that at g o'clock after more than two hours of rain the precipita- . l llOn passed the two men mark Al
 though it was still raining at midnight he stated he had not taken the exact amount since the foregoing figure but estimated it was well past three inches
 , Thirty Buildings Wrecked Approximately 30 buildings were es-
 timated by city officials to have beer l damaged by the flood waters. Severa l adobe houses which were partly in,
 undated have collapsed, and it is re-
 ported a number of others are rapidly l being weakened at their bases in thu p disintegration process of the water , Owing to the havoc wrought in the ! post office building by the water it i; g expected that it will be impossible tr f deliver mail for a day at least. :. force of men was placed at work tt g clean up the refuse deposited in tn, r office by the flood.
Arizona republican., 1919-07-15
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PARIS, July 14.-The conquerors in the great war marched today in vic tory parade under the Arc de Tri- omphe, through which only victors may pass. Picked units and individ- ual heroes represented each of the allied armies.
 Several million grateful persons, mostly French, but with many thou sands of their allies, struggled for ward along the line of march for an opportunity to wave and shout their gratitude to the men who saved them from German imperialism.
 The great triumphal arch, conceived by Napoleon to commemorate his vic tory at the battle of Austerlitz took on new historic importance when the all lies marched through the massive ma sorry which dominates Paris and down the Champs Elysee toward the Place de la Concorde.
 The place of honor in the procession : was not accorded to the generals and
Arizona republican., 1919-07-15
WIDOW CONVICTED
 OF MANSLAUCHTER

CHICAGO, July 14.-Mrs. Vera Ire pagnier SO, widow of New Orleans, on trial in the criminal court, charged with the murder or Paul Frederick Vollard. publisher tonight was found guilty of manslaughter. Mrs. Trepagnier charged Vollard had refused to settle with her for pub lication of a likeness of George Wash ington and during an altercation over the miniature original, she shot him at his office.
Arizona republican., 1919-07-15
Arrests FollOaU
 ReneWed Strike
 Raot1ng ct Arg0
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 CHICAGO, July 14.-With five men and three women under ar rest and 150 deputy sheriffs and special deputies patroliing the scene after renewed rioting at the Areo plant of the Corn Products Refining company, Sheriff Peters announced tonight the situation was we'll in hand.
 One woman and a man are ex- pected to die, two others are ser iously wounded and many others are slightly wounded as the result of the fight today between strike sympathizers and nonu union work CTS and guards of the Corn Pro- ducts company.
 Strikers, at meeting today, ex- pressed bitterness at the attitude of the deputy sherrifs and guards and blamed them for all the trouble.
Arizona republican., 1919-07-15
SMUGGLE AUTO TIRES

VIENNA. Friday, July 11.-Automo- piles which have been without tires for weeks in Hungary, according to reports from Budapest. have been equipped with new tires said to have been ob- tained- by smuggling two carloads of French and Italian makes into the country. The tires were sold for s250 each
Arizona republican., 1919-07-15
NEWS EPETOME E
FOREIGN

FORElGN
 Crippled and mained, war heroes head great Victory procession through Triumphal arch on French Bastle day celebration. Allies will seek deliverance of 167 German leaders from German gov ernment. DOMESTIC First preliminary examination of alleged Risbee deporters started yesterday. Coudbursts do s1o0,ooo damage at Globe. LOCAL
 Suit to prevent transfer of school land site for million dollar hotel is dismissed.
 Official of Southwest Cotton com pany today will make first busi- ness trip to plantation by airplane. Cotton Growers association to be formed in Salt River valley.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-01-16
PUBLIC UTILITIES
ARE ON THE GRILL
Bill to Assess Heavy Penalties on
Companies Holding Water, Gas and
Electric Franchises for Failure to
Furnish Service.

Little Rock, Jan. 14.-Failure of
gas, electric and water companies,
holding franchises in cities and towns
Of the state, to furnish gas, electric
light or water, to maintain adequate
service would be subject to heavy
penalties in a bill introduced in the
Senate Tuesday morning by Senator
Emory Of Garland county.
For each day upon which such COM
panies failed or refused to furnish an
adequate supply of the utility it has
contracted to furnish. the offending
company or companies woul each be
subject to fine ranging from $1,000
to $4,000, each day to constitute a
separate offense. The bill was read
twice and referred to the senate COM
mittee on public service corporations.
The bill is a direct result Of the re-
cent shortages of gas, or failure of
the Arkansas Natural Gas Company
which supplied Little Rock, Hot
Springs, Malvern, Pine Bluff, Arka-
delphia and other cities with gas for
heating and cooking purposes, and
was approved at Tuesdays meeting of
Arkansas mayors here.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-01-16
ENTHUSIASM FOR
REAL ROAD WORK
Judge II. W. Finger and Citizens Held
Conference at Commercial Club
Rooms Last Night-Williams
Highway win Come First.

One of the really enthusiastic sort
of road meeting was held last night at
the Commercial club headquarters,
called in compliance to the request Of
Judge H. W. Finger, who expressed a
desire to talk over the matter of
road improvement with the citizens
and taxpayers.
The meeting was presided over by
d. E. Dodd, chairman of the executive
committee of the club, who, on open
ing the meeting, introduced Judge
Finger.
The judge made a brief statement
on conditions as he found them,
dwelling more particularly on the
fact that over in Little Rock, in the
hands of the State Highway Commits
sion, was sum of approximately
$4,000 which could be had, he be-
lieved, for improving Polk county
roads, provided, first, that Polk coun-
ty would furnish an equal amount for
like purpose. He then pointed out the
$4,000 that had been appropriated
for road improvement by the Quorum
court, the estimated $4,000 tax IL
was expected to collect. He believed
like sum could be had from the Fed
eral and State funds, and then he ex-
pressed faith in the people of the
county raising the balance needed to
match and secure al moneys available
for Polk county
With these preliminary statements
Judge Finger said he desired to ascer-
tain what the citizens desired should
be done in road work when the funds
were made available.
After considerable discussion in
which the jefferson Highway and Sec
tions thereof, and roads east and west
were taken up, it was brought out
by Secretary Eastin that the official
route of the Williams Highway, to
extend from Ell Paso, Tex, to Okla
homa City, via Durant. Smithville,
and on to Hot Springs, had been des-
ignated as passing thru Mena.
After Judge Finger had gone into
further details, a motion was adopted
which gave approval to his plan TO go
to Little Rock in company with Minor
Pipkin, representing the Commercial
club, and secure such moneys as could
be had, with the understanding that
this money should be used on the Will
liams Highway project.
The matter of paying expenses of
Mr.. Pipkin was quickly disposed of
by contributions by those present, and
the appointment of Hugh Harrison
and Leroy Neal as committee to
complete the fund. This was done this
MOI ng. the total raised being SAC.
1t also was suggested that the old
executive committee of the Polk
County jefferson Highway be called
together and take up the matter of
reviving that enterprise, this being
strengthened by assurances that prac-
tically all opposition to the highway
had evaporated..
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-01-16
Bills Piling Up.

Many important bills were piled
on the senate and house calendars on
Tuesday, altho the senate adjourned
at noon and the house early in the aft
ernoon.
Arkansas 1919 legislature, having
demonstrated its attitude by adop-
ton, virtually unanimously, of ma
tional prohibition, will begin refrain
ing its own prohibition laws Wednes-
day, when amendments to the leaky
bone-dry law will be introduced in the
senate.
Tuesday morning. by vote of 80
to 0, the senate adopted the Doyle
senate resolution of ratification of the
proposed amendment to the federal
constitution for nationwide prohibi-
ton The resolution was adopted in
the house Monday by vote of 90 to
2.
Governor Brough will sign the res
olution Immediately after it has been
engrossed and sent to him by the
house, to which it was returned from
the senate.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-01-16
Would Amend Constitution.

There were a flood of proposed
amendments to the state constitution
in the senate Tuesday morning, as
well as a resolution by Senator Ca
zort, memorializing Congress to i'm
mediately submit the Susan B. An
thony amendment to the federal con
stitution, granting full suffrage to
women The resolution was adopted
without a dissenting vote.
Among the proposed amendments
to the state constitution introduced in
the senate were:
To permit three-fourths Of juries to
return verdicts in civil and misde-
meanor cases;
To grant full suffrage to women in
this state;
To permit road districts to levy as
high as 10 mills for road purposes,
but to make levy up to that amount
optional;
To change the educational laws to
require school period of at least six
months thruout the state, the pro-
posed amendment being copy of the
educational section of the recently
defeated constitution;
To permit cities, counties and
towns to issue bonds sufficient to pay
off existing debts, and to then re-
quire that such cities, counties and
towns keep their expenditures within
their incomes.
The last-named proposed amend
ment will be urged by Governor
Brough when he delivers his message
to the legislature, probably Wednes-
day. 1t had not been decided Tues
day noon just when he would deliver
the message. He was confined TO his
room by illness Monday, but was able
to be at his office Tuesday.
Another proposed amendment in
the senate would permit the legisla-
ture to increase the supreme court to
seven members, each to receive a
maximum of $4,000 per annum, and to
permit the legislature to increase pay
Of circuit judges and chaneeliors to
$4,000. The proposed amendment also
wouf permit increses in salaries of
state officials.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-01-16

Finally make it perfectly clear
that we do not intend to take posi-
tion of an International Meddlesome
Matty The American people do not
wish to go into an overseas war IN
less for very great cause and where
the issue is absolutely plain. There
fore, we do not wish to undertake the
responsibility Of sending our gallant
young men to die in obscure fights in
the Balkans or in central Europe. or
in war we do not approve of. More
over, the American people dc NOT in
tend to give up the Monroe Doctrine.
lie civilized Europe and Asia intro
duce some kind Of police system in
the weak and disorderiy countries at
their thresholds. But let the United
States treat Mexico as our Balkaa
peninsula and refuse to allow Euro
pean or Asiatic powers to interfere
on this continent in any way that i'm /.
plies permanent or semi permanent
possession. Every one of our allies
viii with delight grant this request
III President Wilson chooses to make
il, and it will be great misfortune
if it is not made.
Il believe that such an effort r.ade
moderately and sanely, but sincerely
and with utter scorn for words that
are not made good by deeds, will be
productive of real and lasting inter-
national good"