El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-13
IS
NOT MILITARY
Information Withheld On
Instructions Imposed
By Mining Officials.

JUuElas. ArLE-. July l8-Lhe censor
ship imposed on Associated Press dis
patches filed here and in Bisbee yes
terday during the deportation Of near
~ 1900 members Of the T. W. W. from
Bisbee. was directed by two officers
of the Phelps-Dodge corporation
Robert Rea. general auditor of the
corporation. and II. II. Stout. superin-
teudeut OF the Copper Queen smelter
here. These men. and not an army
officer. as reported by the Western
Union office here at the time. were
the ones who issued the censorship
orders TO the telegraph company.
The report that the military had es-
tahlished the censorship was due, ac-
cordiuE TO manager TilLOtsOu of the
local Western Union office. to the fact
that Mr. Stout generally is known as
Captain and 10 the fact that his
dress is similar 20 that Of an army
man. lIr- TIllots0u told the AssOci-
ated Press after the censorship had
been removed and an investigation
made that he thought Mr. Stout was
captain i'm the regular army and that
he was bound to obey his orders re-
gardiuE the transmission of dispatch
IS relating TO the disturbance at Bis
The report that the military had
throughout the district until late last
night when persistent inquiries at
army headquarters brought the in
formation that no military censorship
had been in effect
Stout Admits Censorship.
Early today Mr.. Stout admitted that
he had directed the censorship put
said he had acted on instructions
from The sheriffs office at Bisbee. .
Pressed as 10 who in the sheriffs Of
e Oh IN O.
grams, Mr.. stout was unable to deSiE-
nate from what person he had re-
Ceived his Instructions but insisted
that they came from Bisbee. sheriff
Harry C.. Wheeler went TO Column
bus with the cattle train on which
the men were depOrted and had not
returned TO Douglas early today, al
though he is expected here before
noon
First Message Recalled.
The first dispatch concerning the .
deportation was filed By q correspond .
err Of the Associated Press In the
Western Union office at 8 o'clock yes .
terdaE morning Ii was forwarded at .
once 10 El Pas0 to be relayed TO the .
Associated Press office at Denver. but .
before the relay was made. AR Rae. .
the Fhelps-DOdEe cor
porarion, which controls the mines af-
fecred by The strike a. Bisbee. in
st-uc-ed the operator on duty that the
message was TO be withdraw Upon .
his authority. according 20 iufOrma-
ton given the Associated Press by
the local Western Union office. the
message was recalled by the operator.
PhelpS-DOd@e Censorship.
Soon after this first application Of J.
the phelpS-DOlEe censorship Nr. |
stout informed manager TilOtsou of
the telegraph company concerning the
nature of the censorship that was 10
be imposed and Mr.. Tiuotsou obeved. I.
holding up all messages relating to 4
the BIsbee deportation until I o'clock
In the afternoon "a
lIr. Stout and MI Rea both dis
cussed the censorship while il was in Z
effect. saving that they desired no in
formation TO reach the outside world /.
-le-ed satisfactory 10 them"
Censored brokerage Wires.
The copper company officials also
censored the leased wire OF a broker F.
age company and undertook to censor
telephone calls. In their telephone
censorship they were only partially
successful for late in the day con-
lectiOn was obtained with Tucson and .
3 brief bulletin transmitted
Although Ar Stout said his orders
for the censorship came from the
7herifTs office at Bisb6e. correspond Z
-nts in the latter places were under
he impression that Mr.. stout was Z
directing the censorship Of both towns
from Douglas One correspondent :
whose dispatches were held Up in 4
8isbee reached Mr. Stout over Z
he telephone TO obtain q release Of &
his messages but was informed that 2
he censorship would be raised when =