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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1913
Page
2
The Tombstone Epitaph announces Sunday publication with editor and proprietor William Hattich. Subscription rates are shown as three dollars and fifty cents for ten or similar terms. The notice repeats the publication and price details.
Editorial rounds up varied views on finance and foreign policy including Wall Street trust, Poston Swedish report on Wilson, Huerta’s stance, and recall versus petition methods. It notes proposed federal income tax, sugar tariff, and tariff revision, plus Arizona issues on county seat moves and Elks voting rights. References to Wilson, Diaz, Madero, and Nast cartoons frame governance responsibility.
Forman G Hanner of the Palace Drag company in Globe earned a second prize in American Photography for a mid winter scene on the trail to Pinal mountain. The article also notes various local incidents including a murder in Yamevaley, a baby’s death in Tempe, Elks reunion plans, church reorganizations, mining updates near Congress and Globe, and civic matters across northern Arizona.
Wednesday’s Daily reports arrivals from Long Beach Benson and Tucson including Mrs Bravin’s daughter and other locals. Preliminary hearings in Superior Court for four defendants. lights in Tombstone praised. social dance at Gage Hall with Ivey Brothers Orchestra announced. new baby born to O D Walker family. regional sympathy for central west calamities noted.
An amendment to the criminal code restores to justices of the peace misdemeanor cases with a maximum punishment under 90 days or $20. Previously such cases moved to the superior court for trial, but the new measure returns jurisdiction to the justices for these limits.
Three brass canons with carriages hinges and outfits of balls have been donated to Arizona by the federal government and are to be mounted on the state capitol grounds. No other state receives more than one. Rumors of sectional quarrels in the legislature sparked this liberality. Congress believed the guns were needed to maintain order.
The United States Marshal's Office will move from Tucson to Phoenix around April 1. Information from the department indicates the move is to reduce expenses. The government pays $1000 yearly rent for three rooms in the courthouse.
The trial jury was excused today and will likely be called later. Supreme Court rulings on justices of the peace affect criminal calendar caseloads due to disqualified justices. County Attorney Gilmore will file a motion before the Supreme Court to reopen the Cochise county test case. The redistricting plan could save Cochise County many thousands of dollars monthly and the issue will be eagerly awaited.
A bill introduced by Senator John Hughes on Saturday lists tuberculosis as an infectious disease to be placed under modified quarantine. It adopts rules from the state board of health and requires quarantine for tuberculosis diphtheria measles and scarlet fever. Other diseases including chicken pox German measles mumps whooping cough typhoid fever and leprosy must be placarded rather than quarantined.
The ES Horn case, involving a one year and one day sentence for use of the mails to defraud connected with an Arizona mine, was closed today as Horn's attorney paid a $500 fine and court costs totaling about $1,500 after a presidential commutation days before retirement.
Tombstone Chamber of Commerce and Citizens' Committee of Taxpayers protest Senate Bill 160 aimed at easy removal of county seats. They argue it targets Cochise County, harms taxpayers, and risks splitting the county before permanent law. They urge no action now, citing Tombstone's temporary mining downturn and future county division plans. Dated Tombstone Arizona March 22 1913.
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