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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1918
Page
3
Douglas Aug 12 J H Lane a Phoenix area inventor claims an aerial shell or torpedo can be fired up to 600 miles. He says a St Louis firm is building a model and has sent plans to Washington for possible government use. The device uses an airplane type propeller with wings and an electric time clock to trigger detonation.
County Recorder A B Krebs reports mining firms will post requirements that workers must show registration cards or face draft restrictions. Krebs says he spent much of yesterday visiting local stores to tell draft age clerks they must seek more useful employment or enlist, as pressure to enforce the draft increases.
Aug 12 Mexican believed among five who bound and robbed Francisco Monroy a cattleman at his Bluepoint ranch early Friday was captured by Deputies Musgrove and Nafziger yesterday morning Sheriff Wilky said others of the gang were surrounded and capture was momentarily expected last night.
A full German passport, issued February 1914, was found at the United States customs office in Douglas. Deputy collector C. A. Housel will return the document to its owner if identified, or advise otherwise. The passport, in brochure form with imitation leather backs, was turned in by American Railway Express manager W. J. Gorman after being found on the office floor.
In Douglas on Saturday Judge D T Dunlap sentenced Serafina Jines Antonio Moreno and Conrad Garcia to six months hard labor on the county roads. They were caught with goods from a local tailor shop. Edward McMullen a chauffeur paid a $20 fine for drunken disorderly conduct. Snlas Perez was bound over to the superior court on a rape charge involving Maria Martinez aged 34 alleged to have occurred on August 7.
Aug. 12 Col Hugh D Berkeley commands the 208th cavalry in a complimentary mounted review for the Ford Douglas area. The 308th will pass the reviewing stand at city hall at 2 30 oclock tomorrow afternoon with officers, Mayor Adamson and local dignitaries in attendance. The event honors the regiment as its future role changes toward artillery and underscores community support for the soldiers and their service to France.
The federal civil service commission announces an open competitive examination for an immigrant inspector in this district. Exams will be held in Tucson, with entry salary of 1389 dollars yearly. Subjects include spelling arithmetic weights and measures percent interest discount bonds and writing and general letter composition.
Van Ritter of Tony is held on an attempted murder charge after allegedly shooting W. W. Woolf in a Jorai garage last Saturday. Woolf was struck in the lower body with a grazing spinal bullet and is reported to be paralyzed temporarily. bail is fixed at 20000 dollars.
Ellen Harwood of Tombstone reports son W A Harwood of Jerome has joined the Marines and will be stationed in San Francisco after leaving for Phoenix. He faced rejection by the army navy and other services due to defective vision but secured a Marine Corps paymaster role. Harwood's civic service record and local ties are noted as he departs for Mare Island.
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A Mesa straw vote among women on Main Street shows four Democratic nominees neck and neck for governor. Of 90 votes Fred Sutter 24 Sidney P Osborn 23 Fred Colter 22 W A Mouer 20 Lamar Cobb 1.
In Tucson the arriving Marines drew loud cheers from Old Pueblo residents during a three hour layover en route elsewhere. Residents hailed the six foot plus sailors as “amazons” and “beauties” in a downtown that glowed with Marine spirit. The sight of these healthy servicemen created a festive, bustling scene along the YMC A corridor as bars reportedly refused enlistments, and many were turned away.
A fragment describes Marines in an outdoor drill that drew hundreds of onlookers in what appears to be a coastal town. One marine visited a local doctor for a minor ailment while another, delayed by two minutes, telegraphed ahead to rejoin his unit. The men then marched and sang their anthem, reflecting wartime esprit de corps.
United States Deputy Marshal JF Jimave McDonald took Cariila Carillo from Tucson to Pittivelle near Douglas. Carillo, a former postmaster, was bound over on embezzlement charges after admitting funds were not kept separate from personal money. His postmaster salary was $29 monthly. he is held for the federal grand jury in Tucson.
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