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Arizona republican., 1921-04-08
BRITISH MINE PUMPSREMA|N
 IDLE PENDING
 TODAY'S MEET
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LONDON, April 7.-Another day of tense alternations of hope and fear ended with one of the premier's elev- enth-hour interventions, bringing re- newed prospects that the grave indus trial crisis will be averted. He am nounced in the house of commons tonight willingness of the government to participate in conference to dis cuss pumping before other matters were considered.
 Informal conferences continued Nhis evening, moderates like MT. Asquith, Lord Robert Cecil and John Robert Clynes seeking to induce the miners to relent on pumping and it was sup posed that the whole question was turning on this slender hope.
 Premier Lloyd George, after an ab- .6ence, returned to the house unex- pectedly at Il o'clock and informed the members that the government had agreed to a course, which it is believed practically certain the miners will accept-the calling of a confer enee of owners and miners 10 dis cuss the difficulty relative to pumping the mines before touching on wages and other matters.
 What steps had led up to, this change of front were not revealed. Al itoA AAehNi~i1 1OiAs WAiO ioSS u 1CpiJ to the premier, was nonplussed. He had, he said. to express regret that the premier had not given notice of such an important statement As he had earlier explained, the miners federation would have pre- ferred to open the conference without conditions, but he had not had an | opportunity to consult the federation since afternoon; therefore he could not assume responsibility. Organizations composing the triple alliance held no further meetings to- night The board of trade issued ar
 official report of today's negotiations
 The report concludes with a repudia- tion of the accusation that the gov
 ernment is engaged in a general at | tack on wages:
 l Such a charge is as monstrous as it is unfounded. The government and community alike are desirous that the best wages should be paid 1T every industry that such industry car afford"
 | The council of the Independent
 Labor party called on it's members tt support the miners by every mean: in their power, declaring the crisi.
 was due to 'an attempt by organized
 capitalism to establish the right O
 unlimited plunder and degrade tn, I standard of living, which must be re
 sisted"
Arizona republican., 1921-04-08
APPEALS
 ID LOYAL CITIZENS
 TO SUPPORT ALLIES
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'
 PHILADELPHIA, April '. A warning that foreign influences, dam gerous in their tendencies, are again at work ito weaken the close ties of friendship that bind us to those peoples beside whom we fought in the great war" was sounded here to- night by Gen. John J. Pershing. who addressed two mass meetings in con- cluding exercises of all-Arnerican day. Praising patriotism of foreign born citizens, whom he said he had seen fight under the American flag in the Philippines. in Mexico and in France, General Pershing said that often times their enthusiasm for America has surpassed that of many native born who had not always lived up to the obligations of thelr birth"
 Many of us often consider too | lightly our obligations toward those | who come to cast their lot with us. l he said. Many native Americans has sunk through generations. are l too often indifferent to the enlighten-
 ment of those whom we have invited l to our shores. Communities too often neglect to show a kindly interest in | their welfare, or provide educational opportunities necessary to prepare | them for the duties of cisNenship | We must make our democracy self | protecting and not leave the right of suffrage adrift in the hands ot | the illiterate and the ignorant. Il | this republic is to remain the land o1 l the free and continue to grow 1T | strength and usefulness, both the na- ] tive and foreign born who exercise the right of suffrage must be thor u .n l democracy and in the duties and ob-
 legations of the citizens"
 Pointing out that Americans hay, } no quarrel with those of foreig1
 birth, or stock who cling to the art
 the music, the folk lore or bette
 traditions of the land of their birth
 but want them to look to America a! ) an inspiration, Genefal Pershing re [ viewed the causes which led to tn , United States entering the war-''th
 onslaught of arrogant militarism sup l ported by a certain disloyal elemen here at home" and continued: ) Nearly three years have passe' 7 and we again hear the murmur o } disloyalty. It is time to ask ourselve whether our patriotism is to stan
 mute while this poisonous propagan ] da dwarfs our conscience. Shall "
 turn our backs on our friends of yes terday? Are we expected to condon the wanton destruction in France an 2 Belgium and on the high seas? Hav g sacrifices of American blood alread
 been forgotten?
 f We demand one quality in Ameri s can citizenship, and that is loya1t V without stint and without reserva
 ton. Let us make it entirely clea eI that we have no place for so- calle e citizens of German birth or lineag, or of any other origin who, false 1 D their vows, seek to prejudice Ameri : 1 can action for the benefit Of an allie : government. or who would determin
 an American question for a foreig
 req son.
 a We earnestly protest against tt !. debasement of our American citizer lk ship to promote political or wal = like interference with the affairs e a friendly people"
Arizona republican., 1921-04-08
GOV ERNMENT EXPECTS ALLIES WILL RECONSIDER
 MANDATE ACTION, GIVING U. 5. VOICE IN DECISIONS
Government Officials Refuse to Forecast Action Of
 United States in Event Four Powers Fail to Find Way
 To Agreement; With American View; Former Japan csc Note Insisted on Right to Mandate Over Yap
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WASHINGTON, April 7-Admin- istration officials, it may be stated with authority, confidently expect the allies to accept the principle re stated by Secretary Hughes In his notes of Monday, that the United States has surrendered none of its rights in the overseas possessions ot Germany and that it cannot be bound by decisions affecting those posses sions made by the league of nations without it's assent.
 There is reason to believe that the correspondence, begun in November, will not be closed with the receipt of the replies from Japan, Great Brit- ain. France and Italy. If the expecta tions of American officials are real rights will have to be worked out in negotiation. In the event. however, that the four powers do not fad their way to an agreement with the American view, there would arise a situation action on which officials refused to forecast.
 The Shantung settlement. which has been sharply criticised. is not at issue in the controversy. It IS learned that the phrase "overseas posses- sions' was used advisedly, and 1t is pointed out that Shantung Is not a German possession.
 The view of the Harding admins tration on the Shantung settlemerx has not been stated, but this settle ment was vigorously opposed hy The new administration leaders h ths senate while the treaty of Versatile was under consideration.
 The latest notes are known to form third chapter, at least. in the dipIo- matic exchanges. with the allied gov ernments on mandates in general ana the Island of Tap in particular The American viewpoint was first stated by Secretary Colby in his notes cs November g and was supplemented in note to the league of nation council The notes of November 8 were never made public nor has it been disclosed whether the allied governments replied. The note sent to the council ,sss peferred by it 10
 those governments. the council ex- blaming this was proper course, since 1t dealt with the e,Japanese man date to Tap. which 1t. was clairnci was voted by the supreme councfl May IT, 1919, while the peace treat | was being framed Japan, however
 has replied to at least one America
 protest It was received March 2 | and In it Japan insisted on its right | to a mandate over Yap by reason of ! the award of the supreme council | There also have been reports that
 Japan made the further point that is | forces had captured this and otheF Pacific islands from the Germans
 Immediate replies to Mir Hughes
 communications are not expected
Arizona republican., 1921-04-08
Cincinnati Mail
 Truck Held Up
 Masked Bandits
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 CINCINNATI, April Flour men in an automobile tonight held up and robbed United States postoffice mail truck near the West end station of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad station hero. Several pouches of registered mail were taken from the truck and carried away by the robbers.
 The truck was followed from the railroad station by the auto mobile. On reaching an alley, two bandits boarded the truck, handcuffed the two postoffioe drivers to the steering wheel and secured the mail bags
 Pedestrians hearing the shouts of the drivers summoned the po- lice but no trace of the robbers could be found.
 It was impossible to ascertain the amount of loot.
Arizona republican., 1921-04-08
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CONVECTION, Ga, April 7.-Pres- entation of evidence was completed and argument begun late today in the
 trial of John $. Williams, Jasper county plantation owner, charged with the murder of Lindsey Peterson one of the II negro farm hands said to have met death while held in peon- age on his place. The case is expect ed to reach the jury tomorrow.
 Williams, testifying today, assert ed his absolute innocence" of the charge. He was the only defense Wit ness and was not sworn. His testi- mony was therefore concluded with the direct examination because of a Georgia law which does not permit cross examination of an unsworn de fendant.
 Manning, negro farm boss for II years on the Williams place and self confessed accomplice. was pointed to by Williams as the man having a
 probable motive" for the killings Charles C.King. pleading for Williams acquittal, told the jury Manning, ig- norant of the penalty for peonage had become alarmed at the federal investigation and that the evidence indicated he was the only person who had a motive.
 Mir. King asserted that the defense expected to rely largely on Williams ''alibi," which he said Williams had established "as far as possible" by describing how he was at home the night the three negroes were klilec and asserted the state had offered nc legal corroboration of the testimony of a confessed accomplice.
 Graham Wright, assistant attorney general, pointed to various testimony as corroboration and said the law | left it to the jury to make final de cisions on that question. He termed Manning incapable of planning ane carrying out the crime under thu 1 eyes of Williams and his family,
Arizona republican., 1921-04-08
Senator Sterling
 Advocates Change
 In Civil Service
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WASHINGTON, April 7-Senstor Sterling of South Dakota, chairman of the senate committee on civil ser vice, announced today he would in troduce next week a bill for reclassi- fication of the civil service on the general plan provided in the Lehl- bach bill last session and which also will be reintroduced in the house.
 The bill would fix salaries accord ing to skill and training required and would provide appointments and pro motions on proved qualifications, re- moval of inefficient employees, equal compensation and equal opportunity for promotion, irrespective of sex. and transfers between departments . [ higher rates of pay.
 What we need,- the senator said. 'is a businesslike policy of employ ment and a standardized salary scale If the civil servive is to become a modern and Efficient institution"
Arizona republican., 1921-04-08
COMP PULSORY POOL PLAN DEFEATED IN
 FARM CONVENTION
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CHICAGO, April 7.-Representa- lives of the farmers in convention to- night voted unanimously to accept the report of the committee of sev- enteen which provides for formation of a cooperative agency to market the nations grain.
 The report was adopted after a two day fight in which delegates sought to have it amended so that pooling of grain by the farmers would be compulsory instead Of optional. as provided in the report. An amend ment to that effect WAS defeated to- night, 61 to 2S. Another amendment offered by Carl Williams of Okla homa that the pooling be made com pulsory in states where wheat is the predominant grain also was defeated and the convention then unanimously adopted the committee report.
 Under the plan, a non-profit stock corporation will be formed through which the grain will be handled from the time it is raised until it reaches the manufacturer or consumer. To- cal agencies will be formed through out the country and elevators, ter minal warehouse corporations. port corporations, service departments and other subsidiary departments
 will be a part of the plan. Each member of the corporation
 will pay a fee of s1o. which will be used for expenses. Surplus over ex- penses will be returned to the mem bers.
 The organization will be governed by a board of directors elected by the grain growers
 The committee of seventeen has been at work for six months on the plan. It has held hearings in all the grain states. called scores of persons | to discuss the plan and sifted dozens
 of proposals.
 Organization of the corporation will be begun immediately and 1t Is | hoped to have it working in time to handle part of the 1921 crop.
Arizona republican., 1921-04-08
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Arizona republican., 1921-04-08
Indifference or
 Women Voters Is
 Biggest Problem
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CLEVELAND. Ohio, April 7.- Housing voters from the apathy and sloth of indifference Is the biggest problem facing the National League of Woman Voters. Mrs. Maud Wood Park of Boston, chairman of the or ganization, declared today.
 Mrs. Park and other members of the board of directors ana most of the heads of the various departments of the league are here to atten-d con- ferences on unification of laws per taining to women. The conferences will continue through tomorrow. Sat urday and a part of Sunday prelim- mary to the second annual conven- ton of the league Monday.
Arizona republican., 1921-04-08
WiJfiNrrs Says Farm BOSSHQd
 Murder MOtipe
DEFENDANT CHARGES WITNESS FOR STATE BE- CAME FRIGHTENED AT FEDERAL PEONAGE INVESTIGATIONS; ASSERTS HIS ABSOLUTE IGNORANCE

and named Williams as the guilty man.
 Manning also will be put on trial for the murders, it was announced today.
 Manning had testified for the state that by Williams orders the negroes were weighted down with rocks and thrown alive into rivers or knocked in the head and buried where they fell. Williams today briefly recited all he said he knew of the deaths of Lindsey Peterson, Willie Preston and Harry Price, three drowned the same night in Newton county. He is on trial for the murder of Peterson.
 These were the first criminal charges ever filed against him, he declared in his 54 years of life and told proudly that his four grown sons were among the first to answer the country's call to war. He admitted he might have been technically guilty of peonage as he had worked negroes who owed him money. He had so told federal investigators, he said. and had also declared he always paid and fed the negroes. These agents replied that the negroes on his place were among the best fed and clothed" they had seen, he declared If he were technically guilty of peon- age, most Georgia farmers also were" he added.
 T am absolutely innocent" he said as he reverted to the murder charge The state had rested earlier in the day with introduction of Rena Man
 ming, wife of Clyde Manning. and Sheriff B. T. Johnson of Newton county, in an effort to corroborate parts of Manning's story. The wom- an testified the negroes left with Will Hams, Manning and Charlie Chisholm the night they were last seen alive | as Manning had declared. Sheriff l Johnson said Manning identified the three bodies found in Newton county and later confessed and told where l the others could be found.
Arizona republican., 1921-04-08
Less Clothes, Less Risk Say
 Insurance Experts

CHICAGO, April 7.-The action of the Swiss insurance companies in increasing the insurance rates for women who wear short skirts and low necks, is not to be fol- lowed by American insurance companies, according to numerous Chicago agents.
 In the opinion of the examining physicians for insurance compa- nies in Chicago, the vogue Of short skirts and low necks makes women a better rather than a poorer risk.
 If the vogue for fewer clothes and wraps and more exercise for women continues, according to the insurance physicians, women will soon be as good a risk for insUr- ance companies as men, and their rates will be as low.
Arizona republican., 1921-04-08
Officers Certain
 Chicago Robbery
 Was Inside Job
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 CHICAGO, April Especial in vestigators sent from Washington in connection with the theft yes- terday at the Dearborn station of mail pouches contained cash and securities said to total more than $500, 900, tonight were proceeding on the theory that the robbery had been carried out by a na- tionaI gang of mail thieves who had obtained information of money shipments from postal em- pIoyes.
 The investigators were con vinced that the theft was an "inside job" because of the fact that the robbers selected only mail sacks containing valuabies.
 The same procedure was car ried out today in another rob bery at Sullivan, Ind, the rob bers choosing sacks containing money. A score of persons were arrested today but most of them were released.
Arizona republican., 1921-04-08
Carl M. Arntzen Tucson Citizen
 Manager Dies

TUCSON, Ariz., April 2. - Carl M. Arntzen, general manager of the Tucson Citizen, died here to- night after an operation. He had been i'll since Monday. He was 37 years old and had lived here seven years. Arntzen was business man. aser of the paper until last No- vember, but assumed full charge of the management after the death of Allan B. Jsynes. He is sur vived by wife and three daughters.
Arizona republican., 1921-04-08
Commodity Prices
 Declined +, March

NEW YORK. April 7.-Commodity prices in March declined at a rate of Al per cent, Bradstreets announced today. Fully one half of all the com modities were lower than in Feb ruary.
 The total decline from the peak point of February 1, 1920. 45.4 per cent. shows that 75 per cent of the rise from the pre-war level on Au- gust l. 1914, has been canceled.
Arizona republican., 1921-04-08
Told Girl If Was Safe To Kill Men
 Tn United States
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OGDEN, Utah. April 7.-"Go ahead and kill him; in America they never do anything when girls shoot men,
 Miss Jennie Tremain testified today that this statement was made by Mrs John Scardino, who, with her hus- band, is on trial here on a charge of murdering Mike Tremain. their daughters E unRelcome suitor,
Arizona republican., 1921-04-08
Masked Men Hold Up Manager Of Bank h Ireland; Steal Mai

DUBLIN, April 7.-Dublin Castle tonight reported that at midnight Wednesday armed masked men heli up the manager and the assistanc manager of the Hibernian bank in Charlestown, took the keys of the safe and made off with z 5000 ster- ling. Simultaneously. other persons raided the postoffice And took away all the letters not registered.
Arizona republican., 1921-04-08
Fifty Per Cent Of Ufoh County Peach
 Crop Is Destroyed

SALT LAKE CITY, April 7'ItlIty Fifty per cent of the nenIt~ peaen adioining H'1 s sait GroPe Ge bas been destroyed by frost Ls..Arding to a report made to the %.er bureau tonight. While this wear wea loss will not be maintained aV,ssbo,1t the state, fruit raisers f,r1 from 0Is many sections are IT, rfPornng pc 2 a9 heaVv losses both in . cherries ne res ana nni beaches. Apples ana pe'' 's '-'''e '''' bcen hard hit.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-19
FOREIGN Trade on Normal Basis.

Commenting on the decline of $3,000,00O0OO
in our foreign trade during the last fiscal year,
the Department of Commerce ascribes two prin-
cipal reasons for the falling off. One is the
lower prices, as the quantity of commodities
sent abroad is not decreased proportionately.
Another is the recovery of Europe. Battle
fields are now growing grain, and devastated
regions have been restored to usefulness. Urgent
demands for raw materials have been satisfied,
and exporters of England, France, Belgium
and Germany, our great rivals IN forelgn COM
merce, are again in the market for trade. From
now on the United States will have to compete
for business that during four years was
brought to us because it could 60 nowhere else.
This is development not unexpected, for
it was out Of reason 70 think that we would be
permitted to hold without difficulty the enorm-
Gus business that grew out OF the war; What
is plain now is that foreign trade will be on
competitive basis. American exporters are IN
better position than before the war, because OF
the laws that have been devised to assist and
encourage dealings with other peoples. With
better banking facilities and machinery tor
group action, those who are engaged in send
ing our products abroad are prepared as they
never were before to meet the conditions set up
for them by foreigners in any market. Fur
ther legislation may be necessary to remove all
the complications, but the way is Open
Chief of our advantages, though, is that we
retain control of the home market, the greatest
ever known, and security in this will be pro-
vided in even greater measure by the Fordney
tariff bill. So long as American manufacturers
can supplv the ordinary needs of 100000 OF
the best, buyers in the world, the outlook LOT
industry is not hopeless even il the export trade
has declined.