Guilty Plea Ends Cochise Murder Case in Court
In the Superior Court Charles Russell a Negro soldier pleaded guilty to murder of a fellow Black soldier at Fort Huachuca and received a sentence of not less than 10 years nor more than life. The case of Fisher Attlinger on possession near Charleston went to the jury but was not concluded. The next criminal term is set for June.
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Charles Russell
Russell
Fort ,Huachuca
Fisher Ye Attlinger
Charleston
Fish Attlinger
Bisbee Becomes First Class Post Office July First
Bisbee will become a first class post office on July 1, ranking among Arizona’s top three. Postmaster General’s plan raises clerks’ salaries by 100 dollars yearly and may extend hours at the money order and postal oweings window. The change follows receipts for the year 1916 and 1917, with Phoenix, Tucson, and Bisbee listed among the leading offices.
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Bisbee
Arizona
Tuesos
Phoenix
Ciamen
Puintaan Ver Haily
Pssistant
Biatee
Frome & Enti
Anne
Trom S
Clork
Lommer
Red Cross Units Called to Tucson Meeting May 21
Delegates from Grande Bisbee Douglas Nogales Globe Safford Pearce Wilcox Ajo Benson Patagonia Clifton Tombstone summoned to a May 21 gathering of the American Red Cross Society of Southern Arizona in Cathedral Hall. W W Hush issued the call and a morning general discussion session will precede an afternoon briefing on branch devices.
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Tucson
Grande, Bisbee
Douglas
Nogales
Globe
Safford
Pearce
Wilcox
Ajo
Benson
Patagonia
Clifton
Tombstone
American Red Cross Society of
Southern Arizona
Wilson
W W. Hush
Pacific Division
Society
Cathedral Hall
Was Committed to Asylum
Miss Anna G FitzGibbons of Bis ven was committed to the state asylum at Phoenix yesterday by order of the insanity commission. She was taken there last night by Deputy Sheriff Harry Raferty and Matron Mr James Butler of Wirren.
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Anna G. FitzGibbons
Bis ‘Ven
Phoenix
Harry Raferty
James Butler
Wirren
Miller family nearly dies crossing Yuma desert
Mr and Mrs J. H E Mills and their children traversed a desert east of Holtville nine miles before losing food and water for four days. They were found in a serious condition, taken to a hospital, and the baby had just celebrated a birthday on the sands. The family recently had traveled overland toward the Salinas area, with one infant born on the desert trip.
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Yuma
J. HE Mills
Yuna
Holtville
Tome
Holeenle Hospital
Mills
Tomate Jelee
Douglas Wins Fight For Phoenix Sleeper
Douglas wins a dispute over routing the Phoenix sleeper. Railroads will move the sleeper via Dough to Phoenix after orders to comply with a corporation action. The sleeper previously rested in Expee yards and now will depart around 1 oclock in the morning, affecting Tucson residents and travelers.
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Douglas
Phoenix
Tucnon
Intereter
Holden
Taninisal
Folke
Douglas Becomes First Class Post Office July 7
Douglas announces upgrade to first class post office effective July 1 due to increased business. Port master Hawkins notified. duties expand to clerical support, with nominal salary increase for the postmaster. No direct changes to office operations expected. two clerks and a city carrier added recently.
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Pungins
Little Girl Killed by Auto in Nogales
May 16 authorities search for Pancho Islas a young Mexican charged with running over and killing Georgia Gonzales a six or year old Mexican girl Sunday afternoon. It says Islas drove carelessly striking the child with front and rear wheels crushing her head and fled across the international boundary into Mexico.
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Nogales
Pancho Islas
Georgia Gonsales
Islas
Elas
Mexico
Daley May Be Her Son in Law in Phoenix Case
Believing Starr Daley Ashmore lynched recently may be her son in law Mrs Gloch wrote Campbell for full particulars. The letter to Star Ward Slums seeks help as Mrs Gisch notes a tall man with blue eyes and prominent cheek bones. no governor's office color details known.
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Phoenix
Starr Daley
Glech
Metnida Arsenal
Calhfornix
Aince
Giseh
Iytay
Daley
Local Man Knew Ordered Mexicans Linked to Murders
Sam Moore of Tombstone says he knew Helbrich and An Jeheta, both Mexicans, connected to the killings of Resende Ancheta and Jacobo Bie brick in Sabueripa. Moore, a photographer who spent months on Bel’s coast, recalls Beibrich as a German-descended captain in the Carradenary forces and believes bandits captured and murdered the Mexicans amid revolutionary turmoil.
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Ancheta
Jacobo Biebrick
Sabueripa
Carrange
Sam Moore
Tombstone
Betherteh
Moore
Jose Maria Acosta
Tend
Beibrich
Belbrich
Bie
Ashurst Supports Grain to Food. Prohibition Call Endorsed
Trinity Guild of Phoenix urged national prohibition to conserve grain for food during wartime. Senator Ashurst replies he will vote for a bill prohibiting grain for liquor manufacture if the opportunity arises, affirming support for the war effort and grain conservation.
Arizona Scent Rail Rate Case Set for Fall Hearing
K W Kramer, assistant attorney general, returns from Los Angeles and says the Arizona three cent railway rate case will be heard in October term in federal court at Phoenix. The suit targets Southern Pacific Santa Fe and Arizona Eastern railroads to reduce passenger rates to three cents per mile. Originating in 1913, the rate law was ruled unconstitutional and the case has moved through boards and tribunals since.
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Arizona
Phoenix
W. Kramer
Los Angeles
Arizona State Three Cent
Phe
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
Arizona Eastern
Jury Finds for Defendant in Civil Mining Case
The jury in the civil suit Fisher v. Attlinger and associates returned a verdict for the defendants, granting possession of the War Horse mining claims in the Charleston District after hours of deliberation. Appeals are expected. Also advertised: 16 head mares and colts for sale by Robert Meisterhans.
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Lom. Fisher Va
J. W. Atlner
Charleston
Attlinger and Associates
War Horse
Robert Meisterhans
Hayden bill exempts miners from claim lapse on enlistment
In Phoenix on May 15 Congress and Carl Hayden reported reintroducing a bill to allow mining claimants to enlist for war without losing their rights. If passed, men prove up claims while abroad and can resume where they left off, with no lapse in their mining rights.
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Phoenix
Bridge Below Tombstone Burns in Train-Start Fire
The long bridge below Tombstone on the EP and SW Tombstone Benson branch was destroyed this afternoon by a fire believed started by a spark from a locomotive. The blaze, visible from town, left no chance to extinguish it. Passenger and mail traffic were moved via the dinkes engine and a box car. A new bridge is expected to be completed within a day or two as crews begin rebuilding.
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Tombstone
EP & SW
Benson
Sherif Harry Rafferty
Charleston
Ve Attlinger
Raffert
Hafferty
Notice of land entry applications in Arizona by Santa Fe Pocitle Railroad
United States Land Office in Phoenix Arizona announces that Santa Fe Pocitle Railroad Company led an application Serial No 054421 to enter lands in multiple townships and ranges in Gila and Salt River meridian Arizona under the 1904 act. Public objections or affidavits of protest must be filed in the office by June 25 1917. First publication May 20 1917.
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United States Land Office
Phenix
Arizona
Santa Fe Pocitle Railroad Company
Howel Jones
New
Mt Graham Lumber line and forest stats report
Mt Graham Lumber of Thatcher Arizona runs a lumber flume from its nearby sawmill to Flume Camp about twelve miles away. The flume drops roughly one tile in four eight mile lengths taking 28 to 33 minutes to convey lumber. Water from the flume irrigates a farm. The firm is cutting five million feet from National Forest land. The Humboldt in Nevada hosts the largest sheep herd and the Tonto in Arizona the most cattle, with meat value for these forests about two dollars per year.
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Mt. Graham
Humboldt
Nevada
Tonto
Arizona
Engineer Ryan in Tucson to Investigate Road
Cochise county engineer Ryan traveled to Tucson on May 17 to join a tripartite Ajo road inquiry. The committee of Chamber of Commerce Luncheon Club and Advisory Roads convened at 4 pm to define lines of inquiry and request instructions, with a written report due within three days. Expenses are borne by Pima county, and Ryan was named special investigator by the tripartite group.
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Tucson
Ryan
Cochise County
Ajo
Chamber of Commerce
Ajo Road
Pima
Tripartt Committee
Don J. John
Tombstone Briefs Knit News From Bisbee To Fairbank
Short Tombstone items report visits by SBEE attorney Alex Murry to Bisbee for court matters, Elmer Webster’s post op recovery, Deputy Sheriff Harry Rafferty’s sprint feats with a pursuit, Will Engle seeking naval apprenticeship, Mrs Kingsbury visiting Bisbee and Douglas, Bootleg liquor seizures near Apache, officers arresting Stone and Cox with whiskey and beer, El Paso examinations for naval service, Miss Elsie Toles on official school duties, J T Kingsbury’s Bisbee trip, and other local notes from Gleeson, Phoenix, and Fairbank.
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Fosmaste
Vaismite
Bisbee
SBEE
Alex Murry
Benson Pather
P. A. Collymore
Elmer Webster
Bupker Hill
Douglas
Sem Johnson
Doughn
J. B. Pope
Mise Elsie Toles
Douglas and Webb
Miss Toles
J.T. Kingsbury
Kingsbury
Robert Stone
J. C. Cox
Gleeson
Apache
New Mexico
Tombstone
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Janaiey
Twison
bin Hwo
Tink Pomtafliors
Myke
Demelas
Phoenis
Cmt
Turse
Slong
Portmaster
Hawkins
Sik Hosters
Sik
National
Sitk Hosiery Company
East Main St
Ase
Morris
A. Robinson
Archer
Coloma
Ashurst
Trinity Guild
Congress
United States
Anhurst
United States Senate
Washington, DC
Joseph H. Kibbey
Trinity Parish
Ariz
Mrs. Kibbey
Henry FP. Ashurst
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Range
Nt Sey
ENG
Qisbee
NAVY
Will Engle
Frank Engle
el Paso
Saim
San Francisco
Wombstone
Hoyt
Ash
Lawrence Land
Sherif Percy Bowden
O. E. Patterson
Wm. Riggs
ExCochise County
Dos Cabezas
Lafe Gibson
G. J. van Meter
A. E. Davin
The
Huachucca Water Company
Fairbank
Jeff Milton
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