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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1917
Page
5
Prescott dispatch reports union miners in the copper district voted 467 to 431 to accept concessions from mine operators and end the Jerome strike. The vote, by 36 unions, followed demands for recognition and returns workers to the job.
Ralph Grant was arrested in Miami by Deputy US Marshal Moshe Hayees for bitter anti registration remarks. He will face federal court with witnesses ready as crowds heard him vow harm to soldiers. Grant, employed at Inspiration mine, has urged opposition to the national registration.
Tombstone Rifle Club defeated Benson Rifle Club by more than ten points in a six on six match held Saturday afternoon. A large Benson delegation attended, and a local clubman joked about the missing official score as Tombstone prepares to travel to Benson for another shoot. Deputy Sheriff Billy Bennett visited Tombstone on county business today.
Benson, long a cattle industry cornerstone, is pushing to become a primary shipping point. Local bankers, business leaders, and ranchers rallied to ship from Benson, sending a stock load from the Houston yards to Denver, Colorado. The move aims to secure loading, unloading, and banking advantages in the growing market.
Unconfirmed reports from Nogales Sonora claim whiskeys and beer will resume selling, with citizens already purchasing samples. Some Mexican authorities say sales will expand next week, while others deny ongoing or imminent widespread distribution.
Phoenix June 4 There will be 40 special sessions of the Arizona legislature this summer despite rumors of a possible extra session due to unsettled tax reform and other state issues Governor Campbell in Jerome denied considering any such action.
Chas T Hamilton of Douglas representing a Chicago Ore Buying concern visited Tombstone to meet local ore shippers. He seeks manganese and other ores except copper, at market prices with a loading bonus for expenses. Communicate via Box A Douglas.
Jose S Warren reports from Ajo that New Cornelia Copper Company's mammoth leaching plant began operation at 8:30 PM on the night of June with all departments working satisfactorily. The plant is expected to produce 26,000,000 pounds of electrolytically pure copper per year.
In Phoenix a referendum drive on House Bill 3 the women minimum wage law has been filed with Secretary Osborn. The petitions show 3456 signatures of the 291 required for a people vote at the next general election. Merchants and Manufacturers Association of Phoenix and Business Men's Protective Association of Tucson lead the effort and plan another higher minimum wage measure before the election.
Arizona to aid national food control policy as Herbert Hoover telegram prompts state decentralization. Hoover urges Governor Campbell to name volunteers in state to assist this war emergency effort and organize local food control auxiliaries.
Acting Sheriff Guy C Welch reported that Cochise County’s smoothest bootlegger, Lowell Ed ward McNeill, was captured near Lowell with about 15 gallons of whiskey. McNeill had rigged a two tank car with a small inner tank containing oil and an outer tank filled with booze. He will be brought before the judge at a later date.
June 4 report from Phoenix states that Arizona will issue 1918 license tags at 15 cents more than 1917. Secretary Osborn approved the contract with Grimm Stamp and Hidee of St Louis, the lowest of three bidders. Tags cost 20,000 total and the exact color for 1918 had not been decided.
Colonel J. B. Cavanaugh of the Eighth Service Engineers announced the War Department engineers division recommended commissions for his regiment. Joseph W. Williams of Texas to be major, chief engineer of construction for Northwestern Pacific Railroad Co. Paul Reisinger of Clifton to be captain and adjutant, West Point graduate and former regular army officer, now chief engineer of the Arizona and New Mexico Railway. Bert J. Simmons of Needles, California, division engineer of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, recommended for captain.
Arizona story describes Dr Marion Walker Williams traveling to Washington to persuade Senator Smith to support the federal women suffrage amendment as a wartime measure. Williams warned of political reckoning, while Smith, a Kentucky style states’ rights Democrat, agreed after the visit. Includes note of prior pairing with Elihu Root in 1914. Also reports a Tombstone couple marriage, Miss Georgia Grace Holland and Jor W Rhinebekier, with ceremony at the Holland home and husband employed at Bunker Hill Mines.
The Knight Tire Co offers famous tires sold at wholesale prepaid prices with vast stock and prompt fulfillment. Write or wire for prices. Factory address listed as 321 Texas St, Paso, Texas.
The quarterly teachers exam took place in the county court room with Miss Elsie Toles supervising. Applicants include Stella Pastell Olive Hammers Mildred Hoyd Kathelen McClelland Eva M Whiting Tena Squire Eadie Goodman Ed Lotgreen Adelaide Hatchet and others. State officials Lamar Gobb and Thomas Maddock toured Cochise counties roads praising late rains before continuing to Nogales.
Beans found in cliff dwellings near here sprouted into large plants bearing pods with 1 to 12 large pink beans. Scientists say the beans were placed in the cliff dwellings over 500 years ago in the southwest. Seed crop aims to produce beans for war crops.
Tombstone sheriff reports Red Holmes was shot last Friday at San Simon by a Mexican in a self defense incident. The Mexican was not arrested. Holmes, a notorious character, was shot while attempting to use a gun and is expected to recover.
Three Clifton residents H Blume El Paso deputy sheriff and detective connected with the district attorney's office aided the arrests. Holland Bass Greenlee county chief deputy sheriff S N Moore cattle Inspector Manuel Munguia Morenci were taken into custody in connection with the murder of Thomas Lyons a prominent rancher and landowner of New Mexico. They were transported to El Paso to answer the charge amid a $10400 reward and widespread southwest interest in the case.
On June 6 events on a reservation 100 miles northeast of Flagstaff stirred fears of a warpath as federal officers attempted to register Navajo under the war draft. Indians reportedly refused to register and confusion prevailed though later reports said quiet returned with few consenting.
County Engineer Ryan said the bootlegger camp of men on the Bisbee Tombstone road would be moved to Government Draw between now and the 10th adding funds and speed. He announced eighteen more teams stock and four dump carts from the state to aid the project. A new material found on the hill base near Sandy Bob Wash will be used, speeding completion. The gang on Fairbank Turner will return to Tombstone to surface the Bootlegger Cut before the rainy season.
Arizona scientists number in the hundreds ready to serve the government in crisis research. The Arizona Council of Defense report notes many laboratories and skilled staffs offering help on submarine problems and metallurgical work. Interagency communication and model testing are planned, with some plans sent to the federal government for review. Morria Dean, pioneer of Cochise County, passed through on his way to Benson to manage mining interests.
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