Bisbee daily review., 1918-04-07
Brief State Notes

Articles of incorporation were filed Wednesday by the OnwOnta Land X Zinc company and the Purity Soda works.
 An average of nine arrests daily were made during the month of March m the city of Phoenix. During the period of 31 days of the month exact police docket. and it wasn't a very busy month at ttsI- As in other recent months, traffic violations com prised the bulk of business, although there were S1 arrests for investiga- ton and 50 on charges of being drunk and disorderly.
 Dr c. F. Norman. forme rsuperin- tendent of the state hospital for the insane, was arrested in Phoenix Tues day. charged with rape, and arranged before Judge Wheeler in the justice court The offense with which Nor man is charged is alleged to have been committed last fall. about fair week. at the county hospital, upon the person of Ethel F.. Murphy, a trained nurse.
 With a majority of 10,314 votes Frank M Wilkinson won over Frank H. Parker as president of the Water Users association of the Salt River valley at the election held in the ten districts Tuesday. The proposal to build the Verde Dam For the benefit of the project land was carried by over four to one. With the second pre- cinet from the fifth district yet to be heard from, the vote stands 56,2S1 for and 12.171 against.
 A family feud in the Payson dist rict was brought to a close in the justice court at Pine Saturday after noon, when Mrs. Mollie Pyeatt, wife of a well known cattleman, was put under $3C0 peace bond and her son-in- law. V. H. Anderson, was fined $40 TOT carrying a concealed weapon. This information was brought back to Globe last Sunday evening by Sheriff Tom Armer an1 Assistant County At torney John M Feiar of Gila county, who strengthened out the trouble.
 Judge Oscar Pease. grand exalted ruler. installed the following officers of the Elks' lodge Tuesday night: Elk slted ruler. Samuel G. Bailey; leading knight. Frsnk B. Kendall; loyal knight Dan R. Brewster; lecturing knight, w. c. Dodge: secretary. Julian Johnson: treasurer, Shelton Mack Kanzie; repre- sentative to the grand lodge, Glad ttne Mackenzie: trustee, J. Cress Myers; Tyler, Major I. Neustatter. Hale Clippe rwas appointed esquire by Exalted Ruler Bailey. who an nounced that he wold make the other appointments later.
 Capt. Thomas Ryning has resigned his position as chief fthe police re- serves of Phoenix, and leaves shortly for San Diego to resume his work there as a contractor Captain Ryn- ing came to Arizona year ago and organized the police reserves. of which he has been commander for the past year. His successor has not yet been appointed, but will doubtless be chosen from the ranks of the police reserves and will not be asked to give his whole time to the work as Captain Ryning has been doing.
 Twelve men were released on sleir own recognizance by Judge Stanford In the superiOr court Of Marieopa county on charges of gambling. The court said the cases against them would either be dismisser or the men given suspended sentences. giving as his reason that the state acQuiesced in gambling when it permitted slot ma chimes to be used in the county. The slot machines upon which the men played were placed in business places throughout the county by Lon E. Hoeye. said County Attorney Laney. Hoeye was fined S200.
 By the organization of the National Association of Securities commission CTS in Chicago last week. state cor poratiOn commissions will discourage all promotions which do not directly assist the government on its present war footing. according to Mark Dun bar, who has just returned to Phoe- nix from Chicago, where he repre- sented the Arizona corporation com mission at a meeting of blue sky Of ficials They organized the National Association of Securities Commission
 
 CTS upon advice of Secretary McAdOo, who asked that corporation commis- sions assist in the conservation of the loanable wealth of the country
 Jerry Hanley, well known miner. was killed at 10 o'clock this morn ing. when timbers in the tunnel of a lease which he was working near the Gibson Consolidated Copper com pany property caved in and buried him beneath the muck.
 When the rescuing party from sur rounding properties succeeded m reaching the body, they found his head bent over his chest and his neck broken. Hanley lived in Globe and Miami for the past twenty-years, but efforts to discover his relatives so far have been unavailing.
 Because there Is no provision under the laws of Arizona for the organiza- tiOn and maintenance O. home guards the United States government has ordered the return of guns and am munition now in possession of the 1fs,ar f.s