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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1918
Page
7
A German deserter recalls marching through Belgium and France with a unit that plundered villages and executed civilians. He describes a court martial killing five men, famine among locals, and soldiers punished for pity while facing constant brutal combat and a Meuse river bridge battle.
Phoenix orders for the contingent of requisitions called to leave Camp Pike Little Rock. The latter group was sent to ten counties yesterday by Colonel Charles W. Harris adjutant general. Men from Maricopa Cochise Gila Graham Greenlee Mohave and Pima counties will leave Monday August 6. Those from Apache Coconino and Navajo counties will entrain Tuesday August 27. No reports yet from Yavapai Yuma and Aug 12 entrainment.
Tempe, Ariz, Aug 10. The town placed a surplus treasury on account of 2500 dollars to the credit of the nation by deposit for four months or more with the Pacific coast regional bank.
In Pima County Arizona on Monday August 20 the Superior Court awarded damages to the widows of three Graham County officers killed during an attempted arrest. The jury found against John and Tom Powers and Tom Sisters, with Mrs Kempton and Mrs Wootan each receiving damages and an additional adjustment reducing claims. The defendants did not appear in court and the verdict was entered. Attorneys Sprigen and Le Stratton represented the plaintiffs. The case involved property interests and compensation related to the officers’ deaths during the attempted arrest.
Reports reach the chamber of commerce about a California bound short line. Road foreman Harry Locke says the Fishes Williams fork to Yucca route is unsafe with washouts and sand, unfit for travel until planned work is completed. He notes the One road will soon be the Los Angeles main route, but cannot be used yet.
Phoenix suspects Happy Black and Pret St. Clair were arrested by Sheriff Dickingen in Coconino. men from Phoenix and Mesa admitted highway robbery across Phoenix Flagstaff Williams. They stole a De Soto in Phoenix, a high power car, traded vehicles, and robbed motorists. Indeterminate sentences of 10 to 20 years handed.
Phoenix reports a new compilation of bounty records detailing 85 murder cases in the past 18 months, excluding Greenlee county, versus 26 in the prior period before capital punishment abolition.
About 1 000 irrigable acres in 28 farm units of the Yuma project will open for entry at Yuma Arizona under Interior Department notice. Three farms in the Yuma Valley now watered by the Colorado River via Goeran canal Tacho areas will be eligible for entry. Patent costs include a $75 entry fee and a 3 percent assessment on patent value. Applications must be filed at the designated land office within the stated period.
A martial era account reports a known officer poisoned by a colleague named Douglas near Sah ftoes and involving individuals listed as Mrs. Sz and Mos. The text mentions Captain Frown arriving at Douglas and references locations such as Texse City and Sac Deer with unclear details about later transfers and forestry work.
Aug 11 Phoenix reports debate on manpower draft ages 18 to 45 and whether civilians should seek office or join military service. Cattleman Hasty J Sasun of Sapth Crag County considers entering service as the region urges all available men to support national defense amid retreating times.
Many ballots for the primaries and the accompanying voter instructions from armed forces will not reach their destinations. Reports indicate that clerk of the board of supervisors has addresses for soldiers in many cases, but most addresses are unknown, suggesting transfers to other points.
Winslow Arizona August 10 William Daze resigns as Winslow postmaster to enlist in the Navy bound for Los Angeles John Gibson receives temporary office appointment J W Brown becomes postmaster at St Johns Apache county takes over as supervisor and leaves county school superintendent and state board of education duties
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