Arizona First Agitators Stir To Complete Up Miners Enrollment
In Cananea Sonora and Phoenix, Arizona plans civil enrollment of military age citizens, potentially replacing federal conscription. Adjt. Gen. Harris sent state codes and enrollment blanks to Washington. Hayden handles the matter. In Cananea, German and Hindu fugitives spread pro conscription propaganda amid fears of a general strike by miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona First
Cananea, Son
Phoenix
Ccass
War Department
Arion
Union
Secretary of War
State House
Arizona
New York
Charles W Harris
Washington
Carl Hayden
Sogales
Cananea
Phoenix baker arrested as alien enemy in wartime order
Conrad Wale Dort, a Phoenix baker, was arrested on a presidential warrant for alien enemy status. The arrest occurred days ago with expected military internment orders from Washington. US Marshal in Dillon acted after a complaint, with three enemy aliens reportedly arrested and turned over to Nogales authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix, May
Conrad Waledort
Phoenix
Washington
United States
Dillon
Restaining Order Sought for Pullman Route Change
May 5 Phoenix an informal application seeks postponement of the Pullman order s effective date. A Betts of the corporation commission filed the motion yesterday. The order requires through Pullman service Phoenix to Douglas and takes effect May 16. Officials say wartime conditions justify delaying the date to avoid diverting equipment from troop transport. A formal motion and hearing are expected in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
A. A. Betts
Corporation Commission
Douglas
Tombstone to Send Recruits to Service
This afternoon before the naval recruiting party that arrived earlier today at the post office Grant Warner a well known Tombstone resident and pharmacist by trade passed preliminary examination and will go to El Paso next Tuesday for final testing before entering training in San Francisco. Several other applicants are being examined this afternoon and Tombstone expects to send its full quota to both army and navy before the party departs within a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Warner
Tombstone
Fl Paso
San Francisco
Army
Navy
Uncle Sam
Death of Pioneer Tombstone Woman in City of Chicago
A letter from Joe Muller reveals the death of Mrs Hettle J Muller a longtime Tombstone pioneer aged 60 died April 6 after a week of pneumonia She was among the earliest residents of Tombstone and one of its oldest subscribers to The Epitaph Her family recalls a life shaped by pioneer days and a wish to return to Tombstone The town mourns her passing alongside many descendants and friends in the pioneer community.
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City OF
Chicago
Hettle J. Muller
Tombstone
Joe Muller
Ciagi
Younges
Allen Street
Douglas Falls Down On County Seat Plan
A Bisbee report states petitions failed to meet the two month limit and the legal lists were insufficient. Douglas boosters are sending out solicitors to add names, with extrations expected to rise faster than names secured.
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Dougias
Windy City
Bisbee
Douglas Boosters
Arizona Council of Defense Seeks Volunteer Cavalry Draft Relief
May 5 Phoenix report says the Arizona Council of Defense backed a proposed cavalry regiment plan on the border. The executive committee instructed telegraphic action to support suspending literacy tests for immigrants and the $8 head tax, arguing Southern Arizona railroads employ 5,000 now and 10,500 soon.
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Phoenix
Arizona Council of Defense
Rec
Fall of
New Mexico
Department of Commerce and Labor
Arizona
Congress
Souther Arizona
Mexico
Greenway Proposes Military Plan For Arizona
May 5 at the Arizona state capitol a defense and public security committee met in the senate chamber to discuss organizing defense groups in both incorporated and unincorporated cities and rural communities. Captain John C. Greenway chaired the session, with Governor Campbell, Dr. D. T. McDougal, and Adjutant General Charles W. Harris in attendance. The committee adopted the plan, details to remain confidential as military information.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Senate
John C. Greenway
Warren
Campbell
D. T. McDougal
State Council
Charles W. Harris
Greenway
Taxpayers Association official tours Bisbee and Douglas
Secretary J N Patnes of the Cochise County Taxpayers Association visits Bisbee and Douglas on business, meeting locals to discuss fiscal concerns and county affairs. The delegation plans further stops and discussions with residents and officials.
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J. N. Patnes
The
Cochine County
Japanese Farmers Donated Vegetables to First Arizona
The Phoenix Japanese Red Cross Society shipped 1,400 pounds of produce to the First Arizona boys at Naco. The shipment included 15 crates of strawberries, lettuce, asparagus, peas, and carrots. Phoenix Produce Company provided packing services, and Wells Fargo offered a special rate for the transport. The donation aimed to boost morale for Arizona soldiers along the line.
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Phoenix
Japanese Red Cross Society of
Arizona
Naco
Japanese Red Cross
Phoenix Produce Company
Wella Fargo
The
Red Crome
Tucson Young Men Accepted for San Francisco Officers Camp
More than fifty Tucson and University of Arizona students passed admission exams for the San Francisco Presidio officers training camp. Despite a technical error that briefly halted entries, Colonel George Leroy Brown announced that the applications would be accepted after a telegram from Fort Sam Houston instructed the department to disregard the mistake.
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Tucson
University of Arizona
San Francisco Presidio
George Leroy Brown
San Francisco
Brown
War Department
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Department
Funeral of John McCarthy Tomorrow
Word from Tombstone reports the body of John McCarthy aged 68 who died suddenly yesterday will arrive tomorrow morning. The funeral will be held at 2 20 PM at the Catholic church with Rev F A Collyer officiating. He leaves a son Charles and daughter Nellie and was buried beside his wife in City cemetery twelve years ago.
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Tombstone
John McCarthy
Fhoulas
Afernoon
Col Iy
Teaver
Charles
Nellie
Arizona blue sky warning against wildcat stock schemes
The Arizona Corporation Commission urges public vigilance against stock salesmen and wildcat promotions. It reminds residents that a public permit is required to offer securities and that the commission investigates plans for safety and fairness before issuing stock selling permits. Cooperation from citizens is essential to enforce the blue sky law.
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Arizona Corporation Commission
Commission
Arizona
Corporation Commission
Hether Domestic
Toretem
Phoenix Man Killed at Clarkdale Smelter
Clarence Anderson of 1140 Washington Street died two hours after a Wednesday accident at the Clarkdale smelter. He was believed crushed by machinery in the crusher with injuries too severe to survive. Local authorities reported scarce details on the cause and exact time of the incident.
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Phoenix
Clarence Anderson
Washington Street
Clarkdale
Recruiting suspended in three states during training camp surge
The government appeals for civilians to join the First Ten Thousand officers training camps opened May 15. Recruiting offices in Texas, New Mexico and Arkansas suspended after exceeding 2500 per camp. The new Southeastern Department under Major General Leonard Wood, based in Charleston, oversees Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and shifts Fort Logan H Roots camp from the Southern to the Southeastern Department with 1268 enrolled and 1232 awaiting acceptance.
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Texas
New Mexico
Arts
John Pershing
Southeastern
Charleston
Léonaga
Woodpyma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Southern Department
Fort Ogan H. Roota
Mississippia
Boatherm Department
Southeastern Department
War
Butte Detarce
Fort Logan
H. Roots
Watts
Deserter Held in Brutal Murder at Mesa
James Hay Gibson a traveling salesman from Tucson was killed last night near Roosevelt. Daley alias Ashmore, described as a deserter from the army, was arrested in Mesa after a disputed account by Mrs Gibson. Investigators traced the crime to a night camp and burial plans at Mesa.
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Phoenix
James Hay Gibson
Tucson
Roosevelt
Star Daley
Ashmore
Dale
Bailey
Trueson
Dalley
Bey
Mesa
Daley
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Mother
Uglas
Bisbee Square
Arizona Council For Defense
Bisbee and Douglas
First Arizona
John McArthy
Corporation
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Indore
Soronera
Siaenie
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Wutroe
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