El Paso & Southwestern Railroad to Spend Record Yearly Improvements
Texas April 16 El Paso and Southwestern railroad will spend 2 520.04 during the year on El Paso improvements and lines. General Manager GF Hawke says projects include a new El Paso subway to remove grade crossings a new freight depot at Octavia street yards at Tobin and expanded facilities. Total outlay could reach 2 500 000 with new equipment rails and track changes to meet rising demand.
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FL Paso
Texas
el Paso & Southwestern Railroad
el Paso
GF Hawke
Hawks
Octavia Street
Tobin
Three Rivers
Carrizoo
Campbell names state defense board members
Governor Campbell named a 28 member state defense council to supervise food distribution health sanitation and industry protection. The appointees include Dwight Heard J L Donnelly John Orne Lon Hermon and others from Phoenix Nogales Yuma Tucson and other cities. The panel will meet Wednesday to organize and may form subcommittees to pursue research on Arizona's natural resources.
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Thome
Dwight
Heard JL. Donnelly
John Orne
Lon L. Hermon
McChine
Phoenix
J Lorenzo ‘Tunbell
Granada
R. N. Freytericke
Frank O. Smith
Precott
Gustav Becker
Joan C Greenway Warren
Pollock
T. A. Riordan
Ant David
Mabbit
Pings
Woo K. Tilecour
L. W. Mix
Nogales
Stewart Douglas
Ho A. Merrie
Witleos
BF. Seumainetts
Yuma
EB. von Kieinamid
D. T. Mac
Pba
Albert Steinfeld
Genesis
HW. Manning
Tucson
B Treat
Florence
LS. Cates
Ray
B. Cook
Tempe
J. W. Lesueur Mesa
A. T. Wilson
Clifton
Frank M. Murphy
Castle Hot Springs
Andrew Kimball
Thatcher
D. H.ee
FM Johnson
Globe
Walter Shute
C. E. Mills
Miami
Campbell
Arizona
Cochise Enrollment Delayed Pending Instructions From Governor
Cochise county will begin enrolling men aged 18 to 45 for military information under Arizona law only after further guidance from Governor Thomas E. Campbell. County Assessor EA Hughes and Campbell discuss, with Washington still considering a uniform national form. Few registrations have occurred. Hughes estimates 50 deputies needed to cover the county, with the task lasting about a month and involving more than 15 066 registrations.
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Cochise County
Arizona
EA. Hughes
Thomas E. Campbell
Hughes
Maricopa
Mining Engineer Jailed in Nogales
Wilhelm, a naturalized Austrian mining engineer from Bisbee and former Joes mines consultant, was arrested in Nogales on charges of refusing to answer enrollment questions. He spent hours in the county jail before being released on a $100 bond. He formerly resided in Tombstone and was part of a recent naturalization class.
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Rovote
Tombstone
The
Joes Mines
Attorney General urges vigilant enforcement against flag desecration
Arizona Attorney General Wiley E. Jones guides county attorneys to promptly act against acts of desecration or defacement of the American flag. The notice cites Penal Code sections on treason and severe penalties, stressing duties to protect the state, nation, and flag.
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Wiley E. Jones
J. F Ross
Department of the Attorney General
State of
Arizona
Bose
Forty Acre Homestead Granted in Patent Action
The report notes a land patent action involving R. G. Lamgmaée, land attorney, in presenting the Mounties case for a 40 acre homestead. The details indicate formal proceedings and official acknowledgments within the land settlement process.
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Momestead
R. G. Lamgmaée
Atterny
Prhesnte
Hoval Admit Returns to Arizona to Remain
Hoval A Smith, long active in Arizona politics and mining, is reported in Phoenix planning to settle permanently. He sold the Rough Rider group in Warren to Mhelps Dodge for a large sum and previously developed Live Oak claims in Globe, plus a Warren ranch now noted as a profitable proposition.
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Hoval Admit
Arizona
Hoval A. Smith
Arizone
Calumet & Arizona Age Ing
Warren District
Phoenix
Smith
Rough Hider
Warren
Mhelps Dodge Corporation
Ari Sona
Globe District
Live Oak
Inspiration Company
Warren Ranch
Civil Court Opens as Jury Sworn for Month-Long Term
The civil term of the Superior Court opened before Judge Lockwood. A list of jury members from Tombstone to Bisbee was sworn by Sheriff Wheeler. Trials of civil cases began and will continue throughout the month. some jurors were excused and a special venue was issued for fifteen reformable Friday.
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Beore Judge Lockwood
Wheeler
Wholesale jail break prevented at Nogales
War den Tom Burch halted a jailbreak at Nogales county jail Friday night after four men held for Los Angeles sheriff on auto stealing attempted to escape through a window with a sawed bar. The warden found the tool outside and secured the inmates, ending the break before completion.
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Nogales
Tom Burch
Los Angeles
Burch
Royal Typewriter man visits Flagstaff in April
A visitor from the Royal Typewriter company, state agent J. R. Richey, arrived in Williams to discuss railroad plans including bridges and water tanks. Charges were unstated at the time, and federal authorities were involved.
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J. R. Richey
Williams
Royal Typewriter Company
State Land Appraisers Inspect Cochise County Lands
State land appraisers are inspecting Cochise County lands owned by the state that will soon be offered for sale at public auction. Y. Barkley of Tucson and Fred S. Bennett of Tombstone traveled across the county with W. A. Moody of Thatcher as chief member of the board, aided by designated local men.
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Cochise County
Barkley
Tucson
Thate
Fred S$. Bennett
Tombstone
Douglas
W. A. Moody
Thatcher
Fisher
Bennett
Missing 10-Year-Old Boy Sought by Sheriff and Police
Eduardo Vargas, ten, vanished Friday morning from 412 Twentysecond Street Tucson. Mother ill at home reports he left for parochial school at 8 o clock, seen later on South Meyer Street. authorities consider possible enticement out of town. He wore a blue shirt, yellow trousers, brown belt.
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Tucson
Eduardo Vargas
Agrippina Vargas
Meyer Street
Sheriff's Office
Silverbell
Young Vargas
Nine Desertions Plague Arizona National Guard Regiment
A names list shows 9 men deserting from the Arizona National Guard unit. The adjutant general’s office posts a complete roster, including 24 Mexicans and several foreign-born deserters, with home towns and a request for information. After muster out, a ten day furlough is planned, with about half the regiment to depart in stages until all have left base duties behind.
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Arizona National Guard
Adjutant General’s
Stanovich Jurasvich
Regular
Arizona
Adjutant General
Delance
Regiohas
Aviator Course Draws Huachuca Worker Harry Carter
Harry Carter, who has worked for Huachuca Water for a year replacing Frank Tessman while he served in the Arizona Guard, plans to depart Monday for Detroit Michigan to study aviation and later join the U S Aviation Corps hoping to go to France with American forces. His brother is an assistor trained in San Diego.
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Harry Carter
Huachuca Water Company
Frank Tessman
Tessman
Arizona Guard
Detroit
Michaex
U. S. Aviation Corps
France
Big Pond
Mr. Carter
San Diego
Tombstone Court Business and Local News Highlights
Town court business and community notes from Tombstone include commencement plans at Sbefin Hall on May 18, teachers traveling to a state education meeting in Tombstone, and the Tombstone High Orchestra performing for the visiting educators. Shriners return with pins, and many locals recount their desert trip to Douglas. Prisoners sent to Bisbee Extension Road Camp, law officials visiting from Douglas, a lunacy hearing continued, and Gleeson visitors and local guests wrap up the roundup.
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Sbefin Hall
Tombstone Public Schools
Tombstone
Ansie
Tucson
Bisbee Extension Road
Bisbee-Tombstone
Private Wireless Stations Ordered Torn Down in Bisbee
In Bisbee on April 17 government officials announced an immediate order from Lieut J M Asher of San Diego to close all private wireless telegraph stations in the district. The directive requires dismantling all equipment and punishes noncompliance, as authorities fear amateur operators disrupt federal messages during the war with Germany. Local officers expect swift adherence and will act severely against violators.
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Bisbee
J. M. Asher
San Diego
Asker Apri
Army
Pacific Coast
Germany
Asher
Session Laws Delayed Until After June 7 In Arizona
Secretary of State Sidney P. Osborn explains that session laws cannot be printed or issued until ninety days after the legislature’s close on June 7 to allow referendum petitions. He notes emergency clauses alter timing, and delaying printing avoids double costs and potential legal challenges.
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Phoenix
Sidney P. Osborn
Osborn
Arizona
Arizona urged to suspend labor laws during war
Secretary Baker asked Governor Campbell to suspend or modify Arizona labor law restrictions during World War I. The move, part of a national effort by the Council of National Defense, aims to forestall labor disputes and protect life and health in factories. Governors and capitalists nationwide are urged to act, with Arizona already forming a state defense council to implement plans.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Thomas E Campbell
Newton D. Baker
Council of National Delny
New York
Baker
Council of National Defense
Campbell
State Council of Defense
Run Down Child in Tucson Seeks Help in Crash
Carlos Delahanty, driver for a rental firm, was arrested on a felony charge after allegedly striking 12 year old Lee Cooper, son of Harry Cooper of the Arizona and Eastern railroad, and failing to stop to aid. Mrs Mabel Cooper swore out the warrant seeking action yesterday.
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Tucson
Lee Cooper
Harry Cooper
Arizona and Eastern Railroad Company
Carlos Delahanty
Mabel Cooper
Sheriff Seeks Saddled Arms Owners List in Tombstone County
Sheriff Harry C Wheeler asks saddle horse owners and gun owners to register with the Tombstone office or deputies. He wants details on rifles and pistols calibres, ammunition on hand, and the wielder's residence and nearest telephone or telegraph station for rapid contact during raids or bandit threats.
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Harry C. Wheeler
Sherithe
Tombstone
Tombstone Youths Enlist in U S Army and Aviation Corps
Tombstone reports several young men joining the military effort. William E. Barr, Seventh Infantry, California National Guard, returns to Santa Monica with brothers Charles and John to enlist in the same company. George Riley goes to El Paso for the aviation corps and Harry Carter heads to Detroit to enlist. Several others have offered and will depart soon.
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Tombstone
Sam
William E. Barr
Seventh Infantry
California National Guard
Santa Monica
Charles
John
George Riley
el Paso
Aviaton Corps
Harry Carter
Detroit
Aviation Corps
Soos
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Tresson
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Andrew J. Gibson
J. W Hampton
Lowell
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Willcox
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J. R. Kaoles
Oliver Fry
Bueno
Royal Typewriter
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First Arizona
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Abe
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J. T. Einesbury
W. A. McSparrow
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Hot Sands
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Mabel
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Chas. Kirby
Superior Court
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Lockwood
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