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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1916
Page
7
The speaker argues that national defense hinges on a universal citizen training system with no exemptions. He urges immediate adoption, claiming the burden is democratic and essential for continued freedom, insisting the people will support this necessary measure.
Detective James B. Wilson, who fled with 15 year old Siskiyou girl May Pearl Roach and was convicted for delinquency, receives a two and a half year term at San Quentin. Berkeley Mothers meet over anti rag dancing. California Women's Club Federation backs statewide prohibition and stricter red light enforcement. Santa Monica High School leads in leaf cake prize at the flower show. Shingle Springs hosts a banquet for convict laborers on the state highway project. Tungsten finds near Owens River and bishops Aeroplane group spur a regional rush. San Francisco health board launches a crusade against unsanitary hog ranches near the city, with 25 warrants issued for nuisance violations.
Detectives opened an inquiry into the parentage of a white five year old boy named Adam Adams found with a gypsy band at Pullman by Humane Officer D W Caffee. In Sacramento Governor Johnson is petitioned to authorize the return from Fresno to Columbus Ohio of Harry B Rice on a non support of a minor charge.
A sheriff in Marion County pursues a suspected impostor, Rev Joseph Wyeth, in Hilton. Wyeth, posing as an Episcopal minister raising funds, is unmasked when a concealed female accomplice reveals forged credentials and Mulligan is then deduced to be the man behind the masquerade. The case ends with the sister captured and Mulligan elusive.
Major General John F. O’Ryan discusses discipline as essential for training soldiers. He argues habits must make basic tasks automatic, fear controlled by commands, and notes music’s power to sustain marching. The piece ties discipline to logistics and morale.
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