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Arizona republican., 1921-12-20
CHINESE INSIST LIN IRRIGATION .OF '21' DEMANDS
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-Declar- ing they still represent China in truth" espite the resignation of the Peking cabinet, the Chinese delega- tion in a statement today declared that unless the 21 demands enforced by Japan on China in 1915 "are can celled, the principles adopted by the Washington conference amount to nothing more than a scrap of paper"
 The delegation members sa4d Dr. w. W. Yen, minister of foreign af- fairs, had consented to remain as act | ing premier.
 The statement issued by the dele gation said in part:
 Tn reply to inquiries concerning news from China. it has been said by members of the Chinese delegation | that the proceedings at the Washing ton conference have emphasized the desire throughout China to unify the country. It is the belief that the uni | fication is the sine qua non for an | independent nation. Without a strong central government supported by the various strong parties, 1t is 1 impossible to avail ourselves of all the advantages to be derived from the | .aQOpltQ dL " The central government as well as | the strong men like Gen. Chang Tsao- Lin of Manchuria. Gen. Tsao Kun of 1 Tien Tsin and Gen. Wu-Pei-Fu of 1 Central China and Dr. Sun Yat Sen of South China have been convinced of the necessity to cooperate and to 1 work together.
 Gen. Chang Tsao-Lin, in Mancau- | ria, naturally considers his region
 most likely to be affected by the de-
 cisions of the conference. The Jap anese delegation has delayed and postponed deliberations on China and they are determinedly holding on tc
 the privileges in Shantung. It is this feeling that the interests of Man
 churia might be bartered away since
 the Japanese refused to scrap the 21
 demands affecting the future of those
 provinces. It must be recalled thai
 the 21 demands were presented witt
 an ultimatum, but since they affec
 the territorial and administrative au'
 tonomy of the Chinese government
 unless the demands are cancelled thu principles adopted by the conference
 amount to nothing more than scraps Fof paper.
 'In an earnest attempt to get tn | cooperation of all leaders in China Gen. Chang Tsao-Lin desires t. unite all the forces. There is a stroni likelihood that the other leaders vii
 rally to the call of patriotism.
 "All the men in China, both higl
 and low. are thinking about unifica
 ton seriously.
 "A few men of the cabinet migh
 be changed and the president migh
 retire, but his retirement is only al indication of the general desire | ! sacrifice personal glory for nationa
 unity and welfare. In China. unles
 a leader gets the full support of tn public, he can not control the rein ]. of government for any length of tim' z 'In this movement in China on . 1 can easily see that the leaders ar | actuated by patriotic motives an
 they are willing to yield their posi- . tions to some acknowledged leade !, who has the support of the peopl f The Chinese delegation at the con '. ference has the continued support ( T. the people and so whatever happen n in China they will represent Chin = in truth"
Arizona republican., 1921-12-20
AMERICAN FIRMS GAY NEW SUGAR WILL RUIN CUBAN INDUSTRY
Big Sugar Companies Op- pose Tariff Duty; Smoot Declares American Beet Sugar Industry Needs Protection
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-Extend- ed arguments for and against reten- ton of the present temporary duty of 1.6 cents a pound on Cuban raw sugar were presented today to senate tariff framers.
 Spokesmen for American sugar companies operating in Cuba declared that the rate would prevent rehabili- tation of the industry there, while representatives of the beet sugar in dustry in this country asserted a re- turn to the Underwood rate of l cent a pound would prevent development of that industry, if it did not de- stroy it.
 Those representing American com panies in Cuba declared that more than mere tariff question was in- volved; that the rehabilitation of Cuba depended uponN the sugar in dustry and that the United States was morally bound to aid that coun- try. They also argued that there was S1, ,000, ,000 of American capital in vested in Cuban industry as against | $200, ,000,00 in the industry in this country. It was also argued that the duty proposed to be made ''perma- | nent" by the Fordney bill was the 1 highest imposed in, 30 years and that IL represented a tax or S162 ,OO0.O0U annually on the American people 1 $S1 100000 of which would go to American sugar producers. Attention
 was also called by witnesses that l Cuba imported last year s515, 5,000, ,00C worth of --merican products and that
 since the economic life of the island | depended on its sugar crop. much oi l this trade would be lost unless the United States helped rehahilitate ths | Cuban sugar industry.
 | Claim Treaty Violation
 | Finally it was argued that the l clause in the F'ordney bill permitting 1 American refineries to import al 1 three fourths of the normal duty two pounds of sugar for each pound ol
 domestic sugar refined from beets ol
 cane was a violation of the spirit, Il
 not the letter of the reciprocity treaty
 with Cuba giving a preferential ratt
 of 20 per cent below the full rate or ] imports from that country.
 It also was contended that thi: I (Continued on Page Two)
Arizona republican., 1921-12-20
Paw As You Enter
 Saloon Is Found In New York City
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NEW YORK, Dec. 19.-1saac Fin stein, prohibition agent, said he dis covered today why the seats in Tony Boylans saloon were so popular. Whiskey drinkers preferred the ma hogany chairs. Other colors also had their partisans. Einstein claims that their popularity lay in the fact that each color designated brand of liquor concealed in the false bot tom of chair.
 It was a pay as you enter" plan One entered the saloon. paid his money, picked out his chair, and then pulled out its liquid contents. Nc explanation was made as to how person who was color blind would fare in this arrangement.
 Boylan and his bartender were served with summons which will compel them to explain their color scheme to a United States commits sioner.
Arizona republican., 1921-12-20
Burch Trying To
 Ir11peach Witness
 For Prosecution
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LOS ANGELES. Calif., Dec. 19. - Efforts to impeach the testimony of state witnesses in the trial of Arthur c. Burch for the alleged murder of J. Belton Kennedy characterized the opening of Burch's defense today.
 The attacks were directed at state ments of Mrs. Elizabeth Besanty that she saw Burch in Beverly Glen both before and after Kennedy was shot to death there, and of C. s. Summar that he saw Burch at a point near the Pacific ocean, eight miles from the Glen, soon after the tragedy Both persons, according to defense witnesses. made statements outside of court, at variance with their testi- mony.
 Mrs. Besanty was called to the stand in order to have questions put to her that would lay the foundation for the attempt at impeachment.
 She was asked if she had not stated to several persons that she heard two shots fired, both before she left her house for the scene of the tragedy.
 She denied having made such a statement, sticking to the story she told on direct examination, which
 was that she left the house after the first shot. She also denied that she said Mrs. Madalynne Obenchain, CO., defendant of Burch, acted just after
 the shooting, like a woman who had
 had friend killed"
 1 Mrs. Besanty admitted having l talked with the Rev, H. J. Hartsell l a defense witness and a resident O. Beverly Glen, on December 6, bu denied she made statements to hin at variance with her testimony. MT. Hartseu said Burch was al only child, Mrs. Besanty testified l I said, Yes, Kennedy was an onl! child too, and it's too bad all tn Away around
Arizona republican., 1921-12-20
HIGHWAY BOARD
 GAN I CONTINUE UNDER SECOND ISSUE IF BONDS
Present Commission Named To Carry Out County Program Under Only The First Issue Is Legal Opinion Given

That the present highway com mission was appointed to carry out the county road program provided for under only the first highway bond issue and cannot under that appoint ment proceed under the second bond issue is the opinion of Assistant Attorney Christy. submitted to the board of supervisors and the com mission.
 That view had been given verb ally by Mir. Christy in a meeting with the members of the commission. But in order that the status of the com mission Smay be legally determined. it is probable that a friendly suit will be filed shortly. MT. Christy has been acting as attorney for the commission, but the latter has since secured the services of Fred J. El- liott.
 The opinion of Mir. Christy follows:
 Mir. christy's Opinion
 County Highway Commission. Phoenix. Arizona. Attention A. F Jones, Chairman.
 Dear Sir:
 A couple of days ago at a con ference between you, the board oi supervisors, and myself, relative te the status of the present County Highway commission and their | rights and duties in relation to the | expenditure of the proceeds of the s4,500.000 County Road Bond Issue verbally expressed to you my opin- ion and you then requested that i incorporate the same in a letter te | you pursuant to which request and | to confirm what I verbally told you I submit the following:
 The nrnyiSiopS of Iau a11fIof-- izing the appointment of Count, i Highway commission are found ir | Chapter 31, Session Laws 1917, as l amended by Chapter 121 of the Ses- sion Laws of Arizona 1919, by tho | provisions of both of which saic Acts the County Board of Super visors is authorized to appoint il | certain cases therein provided, Highway Commission for the County | and providing further that sucl | Highway Commission shall consis l of five members who shall be ap | pointed for term of two years ana l until their successors are appointed and qualified but if the proposed l proposition to issue County bond fails to carry or if the highway i'm l proyements for which the bonds ar voted are completed or when al
 
 bonds voted have been expended, tn term of suck commissioners shal automatically end
 It would seem from a careful read ing Of the Stautes above referred t that there is but one Highway Con mission authorized at one time, t consist of but five members. an that the law does not contemplat the co-existence of two or nor commissions consisting of five mem bers each. It is quite clear to m that but one office is attempted to b created and that there can be bu five incumbents of such office. there l fore, at best, it is extremely doubtfu whether the Supervisors would hay the power to create a second High way Commission so long as there wa : one existing County Highway Com , mission.
 7. But even if for the purpose ( ! this opinion, 1t were conceded ths
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Arizona republican., 1921-12-20
HARDWOOD COMBINE
 |S HELD VIOLATION !. OF ANTITRUST LAW
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 WASHINGTON, Dec. 19-The open competition plan of the Ameri- can Hardwood Manufacturers asso- citation was declared by the supreme court today a restraint on trade in violation of the Sherman antitrust law.
 Department of justice officials commenting upon the decision said it would form the basis for the govern ment's policy towards hundreds of associations maintained by various industries to exchange prices and other trade information Activities of these associations have been un- der observation for some time bun definite formulations of policy, it has been stated by Attorney General Daugherty. awaited today's decision.
 In its decision the court divided six to three, Justices McKenna Holmes and Brandeis dissenting. It sustained the United States district court of western Tennessee. which in April. 1920. granted an injunction restraining the association from en- tering into further agreements. for | bidding further distribution of sta- l tistical information under the pldk and directing abandonment of al | efforts whatsoever having the pur- | pose or tendency to enhance or main tain prices"
 | The opinion of the court was de | hvered by Justice Clarke. who de | scribed the orga nization of the asso- | ciation's statistical bureau, explain | ing in detail its methods for botl ! obtaining and disseminating infor- | nation concerning the tfade and as | sorting it was a clear combination ! to restrict production anC to increas' ! prices. Concerted action among tht | members was obtained, he stated ! not only by the distribution of re ! ports issued under the open compe tition plan. but by frequent meeting and ouestionnaires.
 Meetings of the members resulte, in concerted action, Justice Clark 1 states. to raise prices regardless O conditions and the plan was terme' ! by him misleading and a misnomer. ! and "an old evil in a new dress an' ! a new name" He added that instea, of a plan to promote open competi ton, it operated to restrict compe tition. It was futile. he said, to argu that the plan was merely to furnisl information which could not be oth erWise obtained. The secretary O the association, through an eXpeT statistician, he asserted, utilized re | plies to "questionnaires, and othe l informa ton furnished by the mem
 bers as the basis for bulletins an l advices. These replies. he said, als were utilized in predicting and pro
 noting advances in prices by with ! holding of products from the marke
 awaiting higher prices.
Arizona republican., 1921-12-20
Tulsa Mob Ready
 To Lynch Bandits
 Who Shot Officer
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TULSA, Okla, Dec. 19.-A mob of abuot 1,500 persons which gathered about the county court house here tonight and threatened to lynch Bill Dalton, Avis Fears and Tom w. Cook, arrested as the bandits who Sunday night fatally wounded Harry Aurandt, secretary of the police commissioner, and wounded Ike Will kerson, city detective, in a hold-up. dispersed after two hours when five representatives of the crowd searched the jail and satisfied themselves the prisoners had been taken from the city by Sheriff w. NJ. Mccullough late this afternoon.
 The sheriff informed the gathering crowd at o'clock the three suspects were not in the county jail. The mob continued to increase in mum bers and selected two representatives who with three preachers from local churches. searched the jail. One of the representatives in a short talk to the crowd after the search was ended. stated he was sure the suspects were not in the jail or courthouse.
 After a futile attempt to learn where the trio had been taken the mob quietly dispersed.
Arizona republican., 1921-12-20
Grazing Larad Ruined
 By Chilean Volcano
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 BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 19.-Adyices today from Bariloche in the Rio Ne gro territory says that the eruption of the volcano Renihu. in the Chilean territory in the Andes, continues to cause enormous damage to grazing lands on the Argentine side of the frontier near Lake Nahuelhuapi.
 Masses of floating pumice stone are impeding navigation of the River Limay, which flows out of the lake. The district surrounding Barifoche for 30 leagues is covered with cinders and lava. Pastures have been de- stroyed. Wool shearing operationS have been suspended in the region.
Arizona republican., 1921-12-20
Seuenteer, Armenian
 Wor1,er, and Children Murdered By urks
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 WASHINGTON. Dec. 19-The Murder at Constantinople in Sep tember of IT Armenian women and children who e me to the United States seeking saf. ty, arts who were deported, was feported to the house immigration committee to- day by J. V. Knightly, counsel 2 a welfare organization at Boston. These were deported, as being in excess of the quota allowed from their country.
 Details of the Killing were ob- tained, MT. Knfghtly said, from an American student at Roberts col lege, Constantinople in a letter to an Armenian student at Boston, whose mother and sister were among those killed.
 From the best information ob- tainable, he declared the women and children were first outraged by Turks and then murdered be- cause there was no means for their upkeep, and they were considered in the way"
Arizona republican., 1921-12-20
Harding May Issue
 Chrisfn1ds Pardons
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 WASHINGTON, Dec. l9.-Reports for President Harding in connection with Christmas pardons for num- ber of war law offenders were un- derstood tonight to have been pre- pared by Attorney General DauEh- erty. Mir. Daugherty. it was under stood planned to discuss with the president executive clemency for such offenders and it was believed the case Sr Eugene V. Debs might be given some consideration
Arizona republican., 1921-12-20
SUPREME COURT STRIKES BOYCOTT DEATH BL0\
One Dead And 4 Wounded In Family Fight As Memphis
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 MEMPHIS, Tenny Dec. 19.- Mrs. Charles Murphy is dead, Charles Murphy and j. p. Jones are reported dying, and Allison Murphy and J. A. Murphy are seriously wounded as result of a family fight today at their home in Merchman, Ark. Charles and Allison Murphy were brought to a hospital here tonight. The other wounded are at Merch- man. Fred Jones is held by the authorities at Wynne in con nection with the shooting. The trouble originated, according to reports received here, from bad behavior of the two Jones boys at church at vandale yesterday for which they were publicly reprimanded by the minister.
Arizona republican., 1921-12-20
Prohibition Forces
 Seek 700 Additional
 Enforcement, Agents
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 WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-Employ- ment of 750 additional prohibition agents will be possible if congress appropriates $10.000,000 for enforce ment of the Volstead law during the fiscal year beginning July l. Prohibi- tion Commissioner Haynes today told the house committee. which will draft the annual supply bill for the treas ury department An aggregate of s7,500,000 has been appropriated for enforcement of prohibition during the current fiscal year.
Arizona republican., 1921-12-20
Chaplain Asks Change
 Of Venue On Grounds Of W o r-Citizenship
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. Dec. 19. On the ground that he is subject of King George V. of England. and not a citizen of the United States, Charles Chaplin, movie comedian. to- day obtained removal of suit in which he is defendant from the dis trict court here to the United States district court The action against Chaplin, instituted several weeks ago. is to collect S25, 900 attorney fees all legged due for legal services claimed to have been rendered in this city in August, 1920, in connection with Chaplin's divorce action
Arizona republican., 1921-12-20
TUo MenLost At Sea Tn NorthlUest Storms
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 PORTLAND. Ore. Dec. 19.-The Japanese steamer Texas Maru. from Portland. December 15, for kobe. re ported by wireless today that she was leaking badly and had lost two men overheard as result of a storm encountered 900 miles off the mouth of the Columbia river. She had crew of 4S and a mixed cargo valued at Ssas. 900.
Arizona republican., 1921-12-20
Ten Inches or Roi7 Falls Tn Six Hours
 On California Peak
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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 19-Nearly 10 inches of rain fell in six hours to- day at Mount Wilson, near here, in the most severe storm that has Vts- tied this section in years. Two and a half inches of the fall occurred in one hour. Unusually heavy rains were experienced all over southern California. Railroad traffic is ham pered and considerable damage has been done.
Arizona republican., 1921-12-20
Germans Ask Harding
 To Reduce Forces Tn RhineIand Disfr | ct s
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COLOGNE, Dec. 19.-A committee representing labor and industrial or ganizations in the Rhine area today sent a cable to President Harding saying the allied armies Of occupa- tion were double the forces Germany kept in the area before the war.
 In asking that the allied forces be reduced, the message declared that the German people do not want an- ether war. but al opportunity to re- build wars devastation.
Arizona republican., 1921-12-20
Arizona Court Reversed In Bisbee Truax Case; High Court Is Divided

State May Not Curtail Power of Judiciary To Issue Injunction To Prevent Injury To Property Rights By Boycotting and Picketng-Unlawful Conspir- acy Must Always Be Subject To Check of Courts Held That Arizona Law Was Improperly Construed Most Important Case Ever Brought In Industrial Dispute of This Character
Arizona republican., 1921-12-20
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 16-States in the exercise of their police power have authority through legislative action to prohibit courts from enjoning picketing in labor disputes the supreme court held today in deci sion involving an act of Arizona.
 In the opinion, on which the court divided five to four 1t was held that the lower courts erred in refusing to consider an application for injunction which sought to restrain certain methods of pcketing Chief Justice Taft delivered the opinion Justices Holmes Ptney and Brandeis separately stated dissenting views and Justice Clarke joined in the opinion announced by Justice Pitney
Arizona republican., 1921-12-20
siniIar to Compers Act

Similar to GomPers Act
 Thi; is the most important case ever brought against the exercise or the boycott and picketing and the decision strikes at all the laws which
Arizona republican., 1921-12-20
WEATHER FORECAST

ARIZONA: Tuesday and Wed lessaE unsettled. probably rain west and south central and rain sT snow northeast portion; not iia1cn change in temperature.
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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-01
ATLAS FINISHES MOVING.
About 10000 Cubic Feet of Furniture
Brought From Philadelphia Of1ice.

Forty thousand cubic feet of furniture.
constituting approximately 60 auto
mobile truck loads. comprising, the eff
fects of the Atlas Powder Co, have been
moved from its temporary quarters. at
lao North Broad street Philadelphia. to
its permanent location i'm the New Del
aware Trust Building. at Ninth and
Market streets. by the Bush Line. The
removal required only four days. The
move was started March 16, and con-
tinued during the following day. A
week elapsed, during which time the
local offices were entirely completed.
The removal was removed and FINISHED
last Friday. March 25. Three auto
mobile trucks. making 20 trips a day,
were necessary.
Officials of the Atlas Powder Co. in
charge of the moving were Joseph
Conossky r. +. Grier. II. ID. Moore and
J. 4. Gallagher. Mr. Gallagher said
they We're much pleased with the man
ner in which the Bush Line and its men
handled the big task.
The first departments to be moved
were the engineering. operating, pur-
chasing and sales and accounting de
partmcnts. Last Thursday and Fri
safely transferred from Philadelphia to
Wilmington. Tho Atlas Company oc-
cupies the 4th 5th. 9Th. eth, and Sth,
floors of tho new Delaware Trust Build
ing.