Bisbee daily review., 1917-10-12

ment He had been given a 6O-day leave of absence, in which to help straighten his tangled business in this city.
 Construction has been begun on new mill, to replace the historic old Hayden mill destroyed by fire several months ago, after operation since 1873, when started by the father of the pres ent congressman from Arizona. The new mill will have a possible produc- tion of 150 barrels of flour a day.
 The Y. M. C. A. convention which was to have been held in Tucson sim ultaneously with the Methodist con ference and the Sunday school conven- ton has been called off In the opin- ion of Secretary Clark the program called for too many good things at once and as several live Y. M. c. A. men are out of the city and the pro gram not at all prepared, it's called of for the present
 Declaring that the five counties of Northern Arizona will greatly oversub- scribe the amount allotted to them in the Liberty Loan campaign, H. D. Ait ken, who has charge of Yavapai, Mo have, Coconino. Apache and Navajo counties, was in Phoenix in conference with the members of the u-ive committee. Plans for united and wig orous action in the north were discuss ed, and will be immediately put in ac- tion. MT Aitken was enthusiastic in his appeal to the people of Arizona to contribute literally to the loan fund. A. E. Nichols of Oatman, was ar rested early this week by David Proc to, special agent of the department of justice of the United States and lodg- ed in the Mohave county jail on a charge of attempting to cause insub- ordination in the military forces of the | U. s. Nichols is said to have made repeated disparaging remarks against the government and to have expressed the hope that all of the draft boys | would be killed" He also is said to have asserted that every draft soldier was going away with his head down and under compulsion. He is to have hearing before U. s. Commissioner Smith in a few days
 Another deadlock appears to exist between the offices of the governor and C. w. Harris, who was notified month or more ago that the position of adjutant general had been taken from him. Governor Campbell lately de- tailed accountant C. p Lee to make an examination of the books of the ad- jutant generals office. Harris refus- ed Lee access and notified the gov ernor, addressed as acting governor that all communications on official business should be addressed to him self as ''adjutant general" Harris is drawing no pay and the work of the of fee is being done by Col. Fred Breen, disbursing agent in competitor with the draft.
 That a gang of international boot leggers are operating in Tucson for the purpose of picking up large tour ing cars with which to carry on their work was the theory advanced today by Mayor o. c. Parker to account for recent depredations and attempts at theft. The seven passenger Studebak CT car of F. G. Sporleder, was stolen Tuesday night between 9:30 and 9:45 o'clock, having been taken. by some person unknown to the police as the car stood at the curb in front of the Old Pueblo club. Mir. Sporleder was attending committee meeting of the Liberty Bond organization at the time The theft of the Sporleder car follows within A hours the attempt to pick up the Oldsmobile of Mayor Parker from in front of his place of business and may have been carried out by the same person. A number of other thefts have been reported tO the police within the last few months. It at least 5ne instance the car is known to be operating south of the bordei with no immediate hope of recovery. It has been known for some time that boot leggers equipped with machines have been operating across the border. car rying wet goods into Mexico and re- turning at times with aliens seeking Co evade the immigration authorities in seeking entry into the Unied States.
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