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Bisbee daily review., 1918-06-08
ARIZONA SOLDIERS
 WEAR BRASS BARS
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CAMP KEARNY, San Diego. Calf, June 7.-Appointment of the following graduates of the fast officers training school held here to be second ieuten- ants, national army. was announced today:
 157th (Colorado) infantry. Color Sergeant Geo. P. Bsssett. First Ser geant Earl c. Sanders; Battalion Ser geant Major Samuel F. Knowles; Ser geants Charles O. Bursien. Ray E.. Cavannee. Wm. G. Cory, Monnett B. Davis, Will c. Dcbler, John L. McCree- ". Wm. c. Mork, John C. Overman, Wm. w. Peterson, Albert w. Walker, John H. Williams. Jr.
 16Sth (Arizona) infantry: Quarter master Sergeant Bryan w. Scott, First Sergeants Arthur R. Brady. Wm. F. Samuel; Supply Sergeants Robert G. Bible. Frederick D. Smith,: Sergeants Joseph E. Butts, Odie R. Cardwell. Le- land F. Fellers. Cyril V. Johnston, Maxwell L. Jourdon. Robert l. Koch, James E. Lebaron. Morton H. Painter, Elmer D. Rinehart, Albert M. Root. Jr.. Lynn H. Valentine.
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CONTINUING FACTOR

WASHINGTON. June 7.-The pos sibility that German submarines are lurking of the Atlantic coast here after must be regarded as a continu- ing factor in American war measures. in the opinion Of many naval officials. They believe that the present raid will be followed by others and that it will never be safe again to assume that American waters are free O. this menace as long as the U-boats are at large.
 An indication of the deadly work of the allied and American fleets in Euro pean waters was given today when Senator Swanson of Virginia, stated that according to information furn- ished the naval affairs committee 60 per cent of the submarines construct ed by Germany have been destroyed This percentage includes not only new construction. but the boats comprising the numerous fleet in commission at the beginning of the war.
 Secretary Daniels said the percent age quoted by Senator Swanson repre- scented ~the best opinion Of our naval officers"
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 WASHINGTON. June With the double purpose of increasing the number of men available for military service. and O. insuring fairer administration of the selec- tive service law. Provost Marshal General CrOwder today tele- graDhed governors of all states, asking immediate re-investigation of the draft classification lists everywhere.
 Class one. already exhausted in some localities by the repeated calls. contains 2S.7 per cent of all the registrants, according to the national average. but percentages in the 4,500 local exemption board districts vary materially both mp and down from the average figure.
 By stacker marriages" and un- grounded claim of right to in- dustrial or agricultural exemption. General Crowder believes. some registrants have imposed upon the local boards to escape service. while in other districts an appli- cation of the regulations has been perhaps stricter than is intended.
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l. W. W. FIRE BRAND BILLION BUSHELS TAKEN FROM MAILS OF WHEAT IN YEAR
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WASHINGTON, June IA bumper wheat crop this year. which before harvest may develop into a production Of billion bushels. was forecast tc- day by the department of agriculture in it's June crop report giving the first indication Of the size of this years spring wheat output
 Easing its estimate on June l COZ diticn5 the department forecast a to- tai wheat production of 9Sl 900, 900 bushels, which would plsce this years harvest as the second largest in the history of the country
 In June O. 1915 a total wheat pro duction Of 95OOOO,OOO bushels was forecast and the quantity gradually crept upward until the final figures for the year showed the crop to be 1.025,- S00,000 bushels.
 The acreage sown 10 spring wheat this year is larger by 2.OO0.OOO acres than ever sOwn before and 21.5 per cent larger than last year, aggregating 22,4S9, ,0O0 acres. The condition of the crop on June 1 was 95.2 per cent of normal, or 1.5 per cent better than the ten-year average. A production of 344, ,000,0OO bushels was forecast That is 111,000,000 bushels more than har- vested last year and only about 7,0O0,- 900 bushels less than the record spring wheat harvest of 1915.
 Winter wheat, growing on the sec ond largest acreage ever planted showed condition of per cent bet ter than the ten-year average, with S3.S per cent Of a normal. A produc- ton of 5S7,000,00O bushels was fore cast, which is 15.000.O00 bushels more than forecast from conditions existing May l. Such a crop would be the third size grown in this country.
 The oats crop also promises to be of record proportions.
 On an acreage 2.1 per cent larger than last year, when the record crop, 1887 100000 bushels-was grown, June l conditions warrant a forecast of 1,50O, 900 ,000 bushels. Only last years and the crop of 1915 exceeded that quantity Rye production will be record, the forecast being S1.000.005 bushels, which is slightly less than was forecast in May. Last years crop was 60,10O,0O bushels which was a record.
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Kaiser's Threats Of ReprisaLs
 In Franz RinteLen Case Bring
 Hot Ret0rts From Washington

WASHINGTON June 7The German governen threatening ms bomb the United States to remember will draw swift reaao action upon the thousands of Ger n
 United States disclosed by the Swiss Berlin proposed Rneen
 
 in German for acting Russian spy Notice putting euon contaminated of pra against Americans in Germany failure relieve Rintelen
 communication refusing while the United physical Germany similar action O e
 Point suggestion by statement issued tonight by the shows that lS3 Aern soldiers civilians nclud merchant sailors erned Germany while there are 5000 including prisoners
  Americans all while hundreds subjected the minor restrictions attending registration
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GOVERNMENT MAY
 SEIZE TELEGRAPHS
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ST. PAUL, Minn., June 7.-Sharp criticism of officials of the Western Union Telegraph company for their alleged refusal to abide by the deci- sicns of the national war labor board and protestations of labOr's united sup port of the governments war policy were voiced late today by officials of the American Federation of Labor, speaking at pre-convention meetings.
 According to President Samuel Com pers and Secretary Frank Morrison. tie action of the telegraph officials is in direct violation of the purpose of the board and has a demoralizing ef- feet upon the morale of working people.
 This probably will result in Presi- dent Wilson commandeering the West ern Union Telegraph company and enactment of legislation by congress for taking over all telegraph and tele- phone companies during the war" Secretary Morrison said
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pIvERs NEAR sHoREs

WASHINGTON, June 7.-Sinking of the Norwegian steamer Vinland by a German submarine sixty-five miles of the Virginia capes at p. m.. Wednes- day, June ,, was announced tonight by the navy department. The crew was rescued and landed today at Cape May, N. J.
 The Vinland was sent down nine hours after the British steamer Har- pathian was tOrpedoed thirty-five miles further from the Virginia coast. Un- til word of her sinking came from Cape May today. nothing had been heard Of the operations of the enemy raiders since the landing of the liar pathians' crew yesterday.
 No detaials were given in the brief dispatch to the department This statement was issued:
 ''The navy department is informed that the Norwegian steamer Vinlani, 1,193 tons, was bombed and sunk by a submarine about sixty-five miles off the coast Of Virginia at 6 D. m, June 5- The crew were landed at Cape May, N. J."
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Norwegian Steamship Vinland Makes Fifteenth Victim of Divers; Naval Officers Ex- pect More Submarines.
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CAPE MAY, N. J., June 7-Nine- teen members of the crew of the Nor wegian steamship Vinland. Porto Rico for an Atlantic port with a cargo or sugar, were landed at Cape May Point late today, their ship having been sunk by a German submarine 65 miles of the Virginia capes last Wednesday evening. The men were immediately taken to the Wissahickon naval bar rack ship at Sewen's Point and no one was permitted to see or talk to them. Before the crew was placed under naval guard several of them said the Vinland had been sunk by a German U-boat and that they had drifted un- til picked up far of shore by an Amer ican destroyer on a trial ship.
 The men who are Swedes and Nor wegians, were cheerful. Some Of them wore uniforms loaned them by men from the naval vessel. as they had to leave the Vinland with what few clothes they wore.
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LEGISLATURE BACK
 TO OPENING POINT
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PHOENIX. Ariz., June 7-The leg islature started again almost at the beginning today The house. having defeated the senate council of defense bin, three new bills creating a state council of defense were introduced, one in the senate and two in the house The senate having defeated an Americanization bill, two more bills for the education of nOn-English speak ing aliens were introduced One of the new council of defense bills again gives to the governor the appointing power while one, like the bill that was defeated makes the appointment de pendent upon the approval of the board of supervisors Of the county from which the appOintee is named.
 A third takes the matter wholly out of the hands of the governor and real ly legalizes the present council of de- fense naming the existing members. IL is certain that one O. these bills will go through in the original form and it is the growing opinion of mem bers that the legislature will be un- able to agree upon a bill.
 All the measures of this session have the emergency clause attached. A bill to pass in the house must have twenty-four votes None of the bills
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MEXICAN EDITORS
 VISIT PRESIDENT
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WASHINGTON. June 7-MeXican newspaper editors touring the United States as guests of the committee on rublic information. were received by President Wilson at the White House today and given warm welcome to the country.
 The president told the visitors he was glad thev had taken the onportnn- itv 10 sAe for themselves what the United States is doing in the world war and to learn that America is fighting for no selfish end. Pe re serred to relations between the United states and Meixco. attributing most of the misunderstandings which have arisen to German proDaeanda.
 Indicating that he was not proud of the ancient history Of American policy toward /Mevico MT. Wilson expressed the hoen that the time was not far off when there would be no more az orpssiors of powerful nations against the weaker.
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OF SUN .DARKENS ARIZONA
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SAN FRANCISCO, June "A great astral pencil, whose point is fifty miles in diameter, is to draw a jet black line across the United States from Aber- deen, Wash, to Orlando, Fla, tomor- row afternoon.
 While the marking is being made chickens are expected to roost and birds to nest. Street cars may run with their headlights aglare. and there will be a sudden strain on all lighting utilities. The great cosmic titan who will hold the pencil and mark the line will rget even" with Washington for stealing an hour of sunlight on that day. for he will take forty-seven min utes of that sunlight back again.
 The point of that pencil, black as ebony. will represent an eclipse or the sun. The point will begin with the moon, and will drop in an exact cone to the earth where it will delete a considerable portion of the Pacific ocean and the states of Washington, Oregon, Utah, Colorado. Kansas. Ar kansas. Mississippi, Alabama. Georgia, and Florida, in about the same man ner that military censor deletes an objectionable line from a war core spondent dispatch. The stock of the pencil will be represented by a nebvlous space of infnity. millions of miles long. between the sun and the moon.
 Many an astrological Christopher Columbus will be out along the line" to- discover a new world or two. The mythical planet Vulcan, said to hover
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SIBERIAN CRISIS.
 MAY RESULT FROM
 BOLSHEWKI DRIVE
General Seminoff, Cossack Leader of Russia, Closely Pursued; Austro German Army Leads Chase
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HARBINl Manchuia. Sunday. June 2 By The Associated Press) s).-GeneraI Semenoff. leader of the anti-BOlsheviki forces in Siberia reports that Bolsheviki troops today crossed the Onon river in Trans-Baikalia and strong ly pressed 9 number oe attacks which were checked. An AustrO- German force composed Of a cav airy brigade and four companies of infantry is threatening General Semenoffs' Communications.
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The governors and the appeal agents are asked to investigate and upon evidence to ask boards 10 re-classify men. Assistance of the public through supplying in- formation to the boards also is asked
 It was said today that with the gradual exhaustion of class one. unskilled farm labOrers whom the boards have been allowed to place at it's bottom will have tO go to cantonments. There will be no change in this policy and the only relief it Is declared. will come
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.OVERSEA FORCES TAKE OFFENSIVE .ON MARINE FRONT
Reuters Correspondent Finds Americans Involved in Larger Engagement Than at First Anticipated.
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LONDON. June 7.-Reuters limited. correspondent with the American army in Picardy sends the following dispatch concerning the fighting northwest of Chateau Thierry in which the Ameri- cans were victorious:
 "The American force operating to the northwest of Chateau Thierry ap- pears to have been involved in d much larger affair than was at first believed. This force now has been engaged for three days in serious and determined fighting in which our allies held The upper hand throughout.
 Americans Take Offensive
 ''The Americans themselves believe they have been holding up a German advance that was intended to extend the front along the valley of the MaTne, but the German methods rather sug- gest a reluctant acceptant of a fight that was forced on them unexpect- edly The Germans doubtless believe that the Americans hare as elsewhere would hold the line definitely ir order to gain experience. The American ac- tion. however. has been on the of fensive throughout and they daily wrested ground from the enemy which he had been compelled unwill- ingly to defend and forced to attempt it's recapture.
 According to the statements of prisoners. it appeais that a single American unit forced three German di- visions into action, making a service able example of the first two and talk ing ground from the third in a bitter
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PIRATES TORPEDOFEDERAL OFFICERS. ANOTHER SHIP IN TAKE ! IN PROBES.
 AMERICAN WATERS OF PRO-HJN PLOTS.
Five American Citizens and Two Germans Are Named; Cases May Disclose Broader Conspiracy, Is Tinted.
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NEW YORK, June Five Amer ian citizens and two subjects of the German empire, one of them a wom- an. are named as fellow conspirators in two indictments returned by fed eral grand jury here today. lnvesti- gators declared their operations the most sensational undertaken by Ger man intelligence agents since the war began.
 The indictments allege conspiracy to commit treason and conspiracy to commit espionage. The assembling and transmission of information rela- tive to Americas prosecution oe the war; the destruction of American piers, docks. and troop transports with fire bombs; destruction of quick silver mines in this country 10 hamper the manufacture of munitions: assisting Germany in landing an armed expedi- tion in Ireland: fermentation of a re- volt against British rule in Ireland. raising of funds in this country with which to finance these operations. and destruction Of munitions factories and mines in Great Britain and charged as notifications Of the intrigue.
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 The wording of the indictments. in inmates that the conspiracy may be Of even broader scope. This is suggest ed by a paragraph in the treason in- diotment which alleges that in July last year one of the defendants sent cablegram to Often, Switzerland.
 The principals named in the al- legged plots are:
 Jeremiah A. OLeary. prominent American Sim Feiner. now a fugitive from justice on charges of espionage act violation for distribution of al- leged anti-draft literature in the mag azine Bull" of which he was formerly editor
 Madame Maria K. De Victorica, alias Baroness Won Kretscmah, blonde haired German woman of striking ap- pearance and about 40 years of age.
 Carl Rodiger, who claims Swiss cit iZenship, but who is alleged to have come to this country from Germany
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9 The jury which will try Rus sell on this charge was obtained at the morning session today. and after the reading of the indictment and the formal plea made by the defendant. the taking of testi- mOny was begun.
 Night sessions will be held dur ing the trial.
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RAILROAD TlcKERs MAY STRIKE

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 CHICAGO. June -Representatives of the 30000 railroad telegraphers will meet in Chicago next Tuesday to con slider the possibility of calling a strike simultaneously with the Commercial .TeIegraphers. F. J. Thomas. chairman of a committee named by the general grievance chairman of the railroad wire men. announced tonight He said the railroad telegraphers have their own grievances
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FEW SEE FAIRBANKS FUNERAL

Bishop W. F. McDoweli of Wash ington. college mate and lifelong friend of MT. Fairbanks. read the service of the Methodist Ritual and spoke the benediction.
 The funeral services at the home were simple. It was the wish of the family that there be no singing.
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James Breen. convicted of sell ing liquor to Indians, $100 fine.
 Sam Ford. S1O0 fine and 30 day sentence in Gila county jail for giving drink of liquor to a soldier. and
 Joseph Nicholas, draft evader. IS months in Fort Leavenworth prison
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TEXAS PANHA MOLE GETS RAIN

Amarillo. interrupting train serv- ice several hours. over twelve hundred yards of railway track was submerged for several hours.
 The rain will be of great bene- fit to the range and growing crops. Prospects were never better over this section.
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FEDERAL PRISONERS TO JAIL

GLOBE, Ariz., June Judge William H. Sawetelle of the fed eral court in session here, today sentenced the following men:
 J. C. Robbins, espionage act violator, two years in Leaven- worth prison.
 Elsivo Lopez, draft evader, 90 days in Gila county jail.
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CHICAGO, June How govern ment agents prevented the carrying out of an I. W. W. plot to burn build ings and crops and poison livestock by the thousands in South Dakota lost summer was disclosed in testimony heard today at the trial of 110 mem- bers of the organization before Fed eral Judge Landis.
 Government officials intercepted packages of chemicals in the mails :t Mill Bank, s. D., and arrested Stanley Brown, secretary of the I. w. w. branch at Aberdeen, and Martin Gun derson, another member of the organi- zation, who later were convicted on conspiracy charge and sentenced to a term in a federal prison.
 Mysterious Fires
 Early last summer. it was testified, there was a series'lOf mysterious fires in certain sections Of South Dakota which officials attributed to the l. w. w, as the fires always followed strikes and millions of dollars of prop erty was destroyed
 A letter was read from Stanley Brown to Ted Frazer. head of the I. W. w. UTduCn III MluucdpOllS, III MnAOu he told of the large number of mem bers arrested and the raiding of the II W. W. hall.
 "The situation here is fierce. and the time has come to take direct ac- ton. wrote Brown. Send me some of that stuff, the kind that was used in Des Moines and I will use it in way it will do the most good
 Mail Fire Brands
 In response to this request, evidence showed that two packages were re- ceived by mail in Aberdeen in August. Later Martin Gunderson mailed the packages to Brown at Mill Bank under the aliases of Jack Nelson and T. Gil bertson.
 The packages were seized by the postoffice officials and when opened, were found to contain incendiary chemicals and poison.
 Telegrams were read from Forrest Edwards, an I. W. ". official at Min neapolis. to Brown and Gunderson stating that legal counsel would be pro- vided for their defense.
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BRITISH CASUALTIES
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 LONDON, June 7.-The British casualties reported during the week ending Friday. were:
 officers killed or jied Of wounds. POS: men. 4.52S: officer that were wounded or missing, 723; men, .2L425
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 INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. June 7.- In the presence of members of the family. the honorary pail beaerrs and a few intimate friends. the hody Of the late Charles Warren Fairbanks. former vice president of the United States, was lowered into a vault here this afternoon.
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AMARILLO, Tex. June 7.-The entire Panhandle and western DOT tion of the state received from two to three inches of rain in the last twelve hours. The Fort Worth and Denver railway sustained a series of washouts near Memphis. Texas, sixty miles southwest of
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ASHING TON. June 7-- Amendments to extend the army draft law to all men between the ages of IS and 45 were offered by Senators Cummins of Iowa and France of Maryland. today when the senate military com mittee began consideration of the twelve billion dollar army appro- priation bill passed by the house.
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RUSSELL TRIAL IS OPENED
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 FL PASO, Texas, June IT, William G. Russell. banker and cattleman of Lubbock, Texas, pleaded mot guilty" today to the charge of murder in connection with the killing of Charles Quayley. a New York and Fl PasO mining man, here January
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SINK AMERICAN STEAMER

NEW YORK, June 7-The American steamship Argonaut was torpedoed by a German submarine off the Seilly Island on June 5, according to a cable message received here today by the Geer steamship company.
 The Argonaut was a freighter of
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DRAFTCLASS PROBE ORDERED

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Arizona: Saturday and | Sunday, generally fair. |
 Small change in temp.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-12
FIRST AID MEDALS
AWARDED AT Y. w. G. A.

Medals for the students who have
completed the Red Cross course in
advanced first aid to the injured have
been received by the educational sec
rotary of the Young Womens Chris
tan association. These women had
completed the first aid course of ten
lectures and demonstrations before
taking this advanced work. which il
intended to thoroughly famiiiarize
the student with first aid treatment.
They were instructed by Drs. p. y.
Lipscombe and 7. r Gorsline. The
following have won the medals issued
by tho Red Cross:
Mrs. Ernest W. Amos Mrs Goodwin
Boykin, Miss FREDERICK Campbell
Miss Virginia Christian Mrs r. "
Gregory, Miss Jessie Hazard. Miss
Louli Johnston, Mrs. w r. McFad
den, Miss Martha Purcell. Mrs r. r
Rutledge. Mrs. James Gordon Smith.
Other classes in advanced first aid
will be conducted later. Already a
number Of women are asking for one