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Tombstone epitaph., 1918-04-21
SOUTHWEST MINES TO De
DEVELOPED ~ U. 8. HELP

WASHINGTON. D. c.. April IL
To make the United States independ-
ent Of the world during war time by
encouraging the production of neces-
sary ores. metals and minerals, large
iy imported in the past, Is the purpose
of bill fayorably reported today in
the house The measure is intended
also to enable the government TO
conserve the supply, control and
distribution. and. II necessary, to fix
the price Of thise materials. This
would, mean the Development Of new
mines and the extension Of old ones.
Approved by the secretaries OF war
navy. and the interior. the BIN wss
introduced by representative Foster
Tombstone epitaph., 1918-04-21
ATWOOD LEAVES TO
ATTEND CONVENTION

PHOENIX, April 15.-B. N. Atwood
state engineer. has gone to Little
Rock. Ark. where he will attend q
convention Of the United States Good
Roads association which b boosting
national highway known as the
Bankhead National highway. and
which will pass through Arizona on
its way from coast to coast
In promotion Of this highway, J. A.
Rountree. secretary OF the associa-
ton. was in Phoenix last month in
teresting the people as to the route
OF the road through this state. Two
routes are IN contemplation, one
through the northern and one through
the southern part Of the state.
The convention will last from
AprR Is to 10. Governor Hunt had
been invited 70 aftend, but his call
TO Washington. from which trip he
has just returned. made 4 tmpossi-
be for him to attend.
Tombstone epitaph., 1918-04-21
CLASSIFICATION OF
DRAFTED IS PROBE

SbSN' - - sNSSe
PHOENIX. April 1s.-The num-
Der of registrants in Arizona who
have been placed in Glass by the
various local boards of the state
that. have thus far reported to the
adjutan: general is far below the av-
erage OF other states, and this fact
has been brought to the attention of
the war department.
The provost marshal general n
consequence has protested to the
draft officials OF this state. and as a
result. there may be a re-examina-
ton and re-classifcation. Glass /
contains those reg;strauts who first
are called to join the colors.
Ten counties Of Arizona thus far
have reported to the office OF the
adju.an. general in Phoenix that they
have completely classified the men
of registration age in those counties.
OF total of 24.5s5 registrants clas-
sified in those ten counties, 1888
have been placed in Class 5. The
registrants in this class are mostly
aliens and those physically disqIali-
fed. Class contains more than 80
per cent OF all the men classified in
the state.
OF the 1882 registrants remaining
and available for service. only 4.Os9
of them are placed in Class 1.
The provost marshal general has
recently instructed the Office of ad-
jutant general in Arizona to inspect
the records of the classiications in
those counties because he has stated
that the number classified in Class
is far below the average of other
states.
The average for the state of the
ten counties thus far classified is
IS per cent in Class l.
Coconino county has the highest
per cent Of those classified in Class
1. which is 81 per cent The lowest
e Graham county with ~ per cent.
Cochise. Graham and Pinai counties
are far below the average for the
state of those in Class 1.
In Class 5. Cochise county has q
627. Greenlee. 2.077 and Pinal 1.752.
OF those available for duty of the
class indicted. Cochise county has q
per cent in Class 1, Greenlee 40 per
cent. and Pinal % per cent.
Following is the number of men
classified in Class 1 in the ten coun-
ties reported: Coconino, 355; Co
chise, SIS; Greenlee. 1926; Graham,
80: ella, SO; Maricopa, SIS; Pinal,
10s; Santa Cruz, 1924; Yavapai ss7;
Yuma. $40.
Tombstone epitaph., 1918-04-21

Dear Mac
How Is Mac I often think of you.
I hope your are making out o. X. on
the lease.
am right in the midst Of it and
it is a continual roar all night long
from the big guns. There are two
German airpianes over us now try
ing to drop bombs. but the anti-air-
craft guns are booming away and
they will beat it. We see them quite
aften- am mp on the British
front Well must stop. Drop me a
line and give my regards to all the
boys.
Sincerely yours
CAPT. v. G. MELLGREN,
Engineers r. c., A. E. +.
France.
Tombstone epitaph., 1918-04-21
LETTERS FROM
THE FRONT.

Interesting letters from the boys
in training and at the front are be.
ing received by Tombstonites and
the following two. received yesterday
one by F. McAndrews from Capt
V. C. Mellgren. with the British
forces in France. and the other from
b. T.. Acre. by Mrs. John Rock:
Somewhere in France.
March IS. 1918
Dear Friend:
Have Just completed my first year
in the army-somewlist different
from my life in America.
Had an opportunity of visiting
Glasgow. Edinburgh. London. etc,
while on leave in England before
crossing the channel Edinburgh is
the mos. beautiful city it has ever
been my good fortune to visit; the
different historical places were OF
much interest to me, especially Edin.
burgh Castle. Hollywood Palace. 81.
Geles Cathedral and John Knox house
OF which one reads so much in his
tory.
Am expecting leave OF absence
to Paris. Versailles and Nice shortly
which every soldier is entitled to
after ten months service in France.
Things are not always to ones
liking here but we get along remark
ably well under the extenuating cir
cumstances.
About all | can tell you about the
war is that | have had the pleasure
of seeing several Hun" machines
brought down in flames behind our
lines. Censorship is rigid therefore
you can CLEAN as much out of the
newspapers as would be allowed
TO tell
Took trip to the back area yes.
.erday in search of some fresh eggs.
thing we rarely II ever secure. but
finally found an old shell-battered
farmhouse and the poor old French
lady could humble just enough brok-
en- English. so that between us we
managed TO carry on a kind Of a con-
versation. Finally made out that she
had lived in the damp cellar for
nearly fourteen months while the
Germans were bombarding the place.
1t is Certainly terrible, the damage
wrought by large shells.
Hope YOU are well and happy-per-
haps before long l too will be able
to enjoy that fine climate. This
war can hardly keep going forever
NJ address is Corporal B. E. Acre.
No. 10 Canadian Light Ry. Operating
Co., Il. E. Z. E. F.. France
Do you recognize the Canadian,
Best wishes.
Tombstone epitaph., 1918-04-21
DEsPoNoENcY CAUSE
or MANS SUICIDE

BISBEE. April 13-Despondent over
Ill health, E. H. Hiilyear. a health
seeker from Florida, committed sui.
eide late Wednesday night at his
home at the foot Of Comeback.
Word was brought to Phoenix yes
terday morning when the onicers
who had been summoned by the
family. returned to town. An In
quest was held BY Coroner Wheeler
yesterday afternoon, the verdict Of
the jury being that HiIlyesr came to
hi desth BY . sunshot would SELF In.
nsessd.
Tombstone epitaph., 1918-04-21
PATRIOTIC JUDGE FINES TWO
MEN FOR UTTERINe REMARKS

The Justice Of the peace in John
son recently fined two persons SIS
each for interfering with and utter
ing disparaging remarks about the
Red Cross society.
The camp" Of johnson is not Of
ten heard from and 1t seems that
not many know that 1t is on the map
but It. b q typical western mining
camp. fast forging to the front. 10y
al to the core, has many "over there"
and has . great future before It,
Tombstone epitaph., 1918-04-21
ORDER TO CALL
NEW DRAFT RECEIVED

NEW OhAFT HeCeiVcO
WASHINGTON. d. c.. April Is
Another draft call for 1884 regis
trants has been sent to governors OF
states by Provost Marshal General
Crowder Mobilization OF the men is
ordered for May and 10. the war
department announced tonight. and
they will be sent to eleven forts and
recruiting barracks. probably fo-
training with regular army units
there.
This call increases to more than
100000 the number OF select men
ordered to camps since late in March.
Further announcements are cx-
pected to follow the return of Secre-
tary Baker from the battle fronts,
troops now are moving to Europe at
a rapid rate.
Although every Sldtc anu thc Dis-
trict of Columbia are called upon to
furnish men under General Crowder's
latest order. nearly half of the 400
S43 men will come from seven states
Illinois will supply by far the lars.
est number. its quota beiny s.047.
These states follow in the order
named: Pennsylvania 3.776: New
York 3.542; Michigan 1888; Missouri
2.163; Wisconsin 2.133 and Ohio q
060. Nevada has the lowest quota.
AZ: Delaware Is next loves. with 81.
Wyoming with go is the only other
state to furnish less than 100 men.
The quotas of other states include:
Arizona 31S; California 1.1S7; Colo
RADIO 500; Idaho 1855; Iowa 1910; Kan
sas 1.2l0: Minnesota 1925; Montana
1854; Nebraska 9s7; New Mexico 247;
North Dakota 5S1 and Oregon Isl;
South Dakota 4s7; Texas 1884; Utah
1865; Washington 434.
The army posts to which the men
will go include Fort Mcdowell. Cal.
Fort Logan. Colo. Fort Sam Hous-
ton. Texas. and Vancouver Barracks.
Washington.
The number OF selected men or
dered to camp since late in March
Is far in excess of tho monthly ay-
erage that would have been mobil-
lied under the original plan to call
100000 men this year over a nine
month period. Future calls at the
same rate would complete the pro-
gram before midsummer.
Under President Wilson's determin-
alton to hasten the dispatch Of Am
erican troops to France to reinforce
the British and French armies bear
ing the brunt of the great German
drives in Flanders and Picardy, the
whole program il the army is speed
ing up. Only a week ago General
Crowder ordered mobilization of $780,
900 selected men for April 26. and
their movement TO the national army
environments during the five days
period following.
Tombstone epitaph., 1918-04-21

From the following dispatch it is
evident that Mr.. B. A. Acre was
killed shortly after writing the above
letter:
TUCSON. April 14.-Bruce E. Acre.
who was for short time Southern
Pacific train dispatcher here, is dead
in France. At the time of his death
he was corpora! In the 18TH. Canadi-
an light railway operating company.
British expeditionary forces. He
va. :: :ae Southern facinc ONCE here
for three or four years. Shortly af-
ter the sinking Of the Lustiania. he
went to Canada and Joined the Can
adam expeditionary forces. HIS num-
Der was 212535s.
Tombstone epitaph., 1918-04-21
cOCONlNO TO USE GAS
TO KILL PRAIRIE DOGS

FLAGSTAFF. April l6.-The Co
conino County Farm Improvement
association has purchased large guam
titles Of prepared poinsoa and its
members have opened a general cam
paien for the extermination Of the
prairie dogs. They are using pois-
lined gas from carbon bsulphdde and
gas bombs. and the rodents are be-
ing slaughtered by thousands.
Tombstone epitaph., 1918-04-21

of Illinois and was reported by the
house mines committee. which has
conducted hearings on the usbject.
Mr. Foster is chairman of that COM
mittee.
Project Unanimously Endorsed
Practically every man who ap-
peared before the committee en-
dorsed the BILL" the committee re-
ported. your committee believes that
if proper encouragement is given the
producers of these products. most of
them can be developed in our own
country for our own needs. for the
army and navy and or necessities
in civil life.
We know that our country is now
short on pyrites, which is so neces-
sary for making sulphuric acid. Pyr-
ties have been imported from Spain
and ships have been necessary to
carry this omportan: ore They
must now be relieved. We should
and can develop our own supply of
pyrites. 1t will require about g.
0Oe.4i4 tons of sulphuric acid an
nually to meet oud needs in the man.
ufacture of munitions
Southwest Has These Ores
The report also dealt with man.
ganese. now imported from Brazil,
chromium and sulphur 1t added:
Tungsten is necessary in making
hardened steel and it is believed that
sufficient quantity can be secured in
this country. Colorado has a con-
siderable quantity and its full de-
velopment should be encouraged.
Texas and Louisiana have large
amounts Of sulphur. and probably the
purest in the world. (Arizona and
New Mexico has pyrites and man
ganese and Arizona has produced
some tungsten)
'All these minerals are necessary
in war. and the government ought
to have the right to control them IL
1t is deemed best for the prosecution
OF the war and our industries at
home.
This bill provides that the gov
eminent may guarantee a fixed price
for two years, 50 that the operator
and producer may be assured of a
reasonable profit for a fixed time.
1t is believed that we cannot get q
full production of some of these min
erals without this guarantee.
Pope Yeatman, Of the war indus
tries board. says consumers are al
ready trying to control and to get
hold Of all importations. This should
not be perm tied and the govern
ment should see that an equitable
Is made"
Food administrator Hoover strong
ly endorsed this bill.
Tombstone epitaph., 1918-04-21
Soon TO ISSUE
SESSION CALL

PHOENIX. April 15-The call for
the special session of the Arizona
state legislature is to be issued in a
few days.
Governor Hunt. busy yesterday af-
ternoon with mail and other matters
which had accumulated during his
absence of two weeks from the state.
made that announcement.
The matter OF the special session
OF the legislature will be given my
attention now" the governor de-
clared. Il probably will decide upon
the date and issue the call within
the next three or four days"
Besides the questions OF national
prohibition and Of universal suffrage
90 be considered at the special ses-
sion. the governor has declared that
&c viii include in the call the en-
franchising Of the Arizona soldiers
away from the state in camps, can
comments and in foreign countries
serving the colors. Information from
Washington that the war department
had decided that 1t would impair the
military efficiency of the men in
France to engage in an election. did
not seem to impress the governor
Tombstone epitaph., 1918-04-21
DRAFTED MEN
WHO LEAVE ON asTh.


the local board for Cochise county
who will 90 to Camp Funston on .
date between the s3rd. and the 2sth
Of the present month. The list is
subject to correction:
l43 Grumpy. Burtle r.. Hartford.
Arkansas
14s4 Smith. Walter j.. Los Angeles.
14S4 Goodman. Alma D., Casa Grande
1899 Monroy, John. Siege. Calf.
1920 Prey. John. Butte. Mont.
1851 HadsalL Tim. Miami
1864 Arnold. Jake Frazier. Tucson.
17el Gobovidh. Milon Luke. San Pc
dro. Cal.
174e Metz, Edward. Cantrall. Ill.
1856 Curlee. Arthur Ray. Los Ange-
les. Calf.
1859 Dixon. Raimond Allen. Tucson
1873 Landyren. Andy. Jerome.
1895 Anderson. Milton. Newsport
News. Va.
1899 Vssquez, Antonio. Douglas.
2135 Delillo. Joe. Albuquerque. n. NJ
213s Murchison. Albert Henry. Doug
las
22e6 Burgess Ben. A., Ia Grange
Georgia
222S Nelson. Axel. Marquette, Mich.
24s3 Haaverson. Th0s. A., Chica-
go: Ill.
1926 Neehan. VIM. Douglas.
1885 Gray. Geo. VIM. Albuquerque.
n. NJ
257l Armendariz. Felix, Douglas.
1905 McRae. Arthur F.. Lowell.
267s Sidebotham. Willard Masters,
Tucson
2749 West, Sic Archie. Lowell.
2754 Bell. VIM. Bisbee.
2761 Westfeld. Leo. Longmont, Col:
orado.
27s5 Noeper, Ben Edward. Bisbee.
2S15 Adoock Forest. Madisonville.
Kentucky.
2S1. Firestone. Henry Leroy. Benson.
2Ssl Albin. Harrison L.. Douglas.
2S00 Boston, Charles F., San Fran
cisco, Cal.
2945 Portella. Jos. D.. Globe.
2s47 Polling. Ebert c.. Salt Lake City.
294s Bing. Fong Hong. Wilcox.
3o1s Wilson. Ralph Waldo. Bisbee.
3019 funeZ, Jose. tucson.
1853 Smith. Frank George. Flagstaff.
31s5 Gill. VIM, Warren.
1857 Haesner. Flo Carl. Dallas, Tex.
1885 Rotten, Ben. Bowie.
1887 Hunt, Lemmie Gerald. Deming.
N N.
1894 Mckinney. John, San Antonio.
34e8 Vain, Jerry Frederick. Pearce.
3411 Hong. Wong Dow. Tucson.
1859 Holbrook. Thos. jefferson. San
Angelo. Texas.
1890 Lagos, Juan. PirtieyiiIe
$500 Webb. Lloyd Felix. Warren.
1886 Joyce. Roy. Norfolk. Va.
1855 Stefsnon. Ella, Bingham Can
yon. Utah.
1857 Morrison. Homer Foster. Con
zales. Texas.
357l Bet. Dominick. Lowell.
1884 Costello, Martin Cecil. Tomb
stone.
1888 Harris. Walter Kelly McAIlist.
er, Ariz-
1889 Kuhn. Jas. Robt., McAllister.
1886 Kennedy, Ambrose, Light.
1899 Jackson. Carlisle, San Francis. |
1904 Hopson. Lima Bert. Bisbee.
3773 Cope Chreooe. Foss., Okla.
s77s Gabovich. MIA Luke. San Pedro, |
Cali.
37s4 Jenkins. Wallace. cochise.
1887 German. J.. j., Bisbee.
1894 Dunn. Guy. Idaho Falls. Idaho |
1852 Allen. Fred. Naco. =
1877 Murphy VIM, Nor, Ind
1885 Hilburn. Fred. Douglas.
1890 Campbell. r. A.. Philadelphia.
ss5e Timmons, Lorenza A., Shuzh- !
fers- Ky.
1854 Angius. Dan. Bisbee.
1856 Beryqu:st A. A., Warren.
1851 Poitz. A. W., San Francisco. |
1866 Coker. b. o. Acme. n. N.
1881 Bannon. JOS. Douglas
1897 A1nes. T. II. Douglas.
1898 Mcfarland. r. E.. Bisbee.
Tombstone epitaph., 1918-04-21

B. T.. Acre
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-05-31
Flour Sales Limited

Flour dealers must now limit their
sales of flour on the basis of six
ounds of flour a month for each
person in the purchasers household.
the Missouri Division of the u. S.
Food Administration has annouced
Under this ruling a family of four
W whether in the town or country
sh ould receive not more than "a
pounds of flour at one time.
No dealer is allowed to sell to
any town household, mo matter how
large the family, more than "a
pounds of flour at any one time.
No farm household, regardless of
its size, can buy more than 40
pounds of flour at any one time.
F arm families of four or less may
be sold not more than one 24-pound
sack at one time.
These limitations In sales in no
way alter the ruling requiring an
equal amount of substitutes to be
bought with every purchase of flour,
The fifty-fifty rule will be in effect
until after the next harvest at least
it is announced.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-05-31
Transportation Problem

Everybody remembers how bust
ness houses shut down and families
actually suffered for coal a few
months ago. 1t wasn't that we
didn't have the coal in plenty or
that we were shipping too much
coal out of the untry-but it was
on account of the railroad tie-up
Of course, the extreme weather add
ed to the difficulties, but the prime
and very evident reason was the
shortage of cars. The Government
had taken over the railroads, was
using the cars for its own use. and
they were, therefore, not available
for the transportation of coal.
The farmer. little later on, is
liable to experience the same diff
Guilty in moving his crops to the
centers of distribution, unless he has
forethoueht enough now to prepare
for this emergency.
Groups of farmers should combine
and consult the responsible parties
higher up" about transportation
facilities. and should leave no stone
unturned to get ade6nite expression
or a definite promise of cars. fol
what profiteth it the farmer if he
raise a bumper" crop and it spoils
for want of means of transportation
The farmer must plan now fol
his needs and it is none too sooI
to provide for moving of crops this
fall
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-05-31
Defense Council.

Governor Gardner has appointed
the following prominent men to
serve on the Missouri Council of
Defense:
C. H. Daues, City Counselor, St
Louis.
John Scullin, Manufactures, St.
Louis.
&c. Whitsell, Mayor, ST. Joseph.
J.F. Osborne, Mayor, Joplin
R. B. Oliver, Attorney, Cape Cir
ardeau.
John F. Morton, Attorney, Rich
mond.
Walter Robertson, Farmer, Mar.
shall.
John T. Heard, Elk Congressman,
Sedalia.
The above named gentlemen
have indicated acceptance.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-05-31

Stop feeding tramps and dead
beats. Everybody who will may
W ork now. There can be no excuse
for the big husky hobo. The nation
needs his work and one way to help
win the war is to shut off hand outs
to lazy loafers.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-05-31

Mr.. Noah was the first shipbuilder
on record who worked according to
specifications. But if we may judge
his craft by the models which we
often see in the toy shops it would
not in these days have answered
even for a river boat.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-05-31
Gold Counterfeit.

A shipper of platinum from Vene-
Zuela recently sent to this country
several counterfeit coins which were
unusual in that, although counter.
felt, they were worth about five
tim es their face or bullion value.
They were included in a shipment
of crude grain platinum and the
consignee. believing that they were
gold, as they seemed. carefully re.
moved them from the lot of platin-
um and sold them to a gold refiner
as gold bullion.
Later advices from South Ameri-
ca informed him that the coins
were platinum. plated with gold and
requested that he have them assay
ed to determine their real value.
The agent shastened to the refiner
who admitted that he had had a
hard time melting the metal and
had himself discovered that it was
platinum. Some settlement was
made satisfactory to both the rein.
er and the agent, but the coins were
destroyed and no analysis was ever
made to determine the exact value
of the metal.
In another shipment of grain
platinum, received at a later date
the same shipper included a single
count erfeit spiece. The agent took
this to a laboratory for analysis, but
intrinsically the single piece was
hardly worth the cost of the analy-
sis from the purely commercial
view point; sbesides, the coin being
and eXcellentspiece of work in
fine state.of preservation, it seemed
a pity to destroy it. The gold plat
ing is somewhat worn, disclosing
the whitesmetal beneath in spots.
1t is a counterfeit of an old Spanish
piece bearing the date 1889 and the
head ofsCharles!IV. 1t weighs 6 435
grams and has specific gravity of
1879. This is of course shows that
if it is notsgold, it must be platinum
or at least an alloy consisting prin-
cipallyEplatinum. The color of the
metal after removing the gold plat
ing, and it's, hardness, are sufficient
additionalsproof of its character
1t seems that these old Spanish
pieces pass!current in Venezuela, at
least for their bullion gold value.
Some unprincipled person in the
long agosmust have discovered that
the native platinum, found to some
extent in Venezuela and more plen-
tifully in the neighboring republic
of Colombia, would if melted make
a fair substitute for gold in coins,
provided the color were properly
disguised by thin gold plating.
Whether these counterfeits were
made.at or near the date they bear
or at some much later period is I'm
known. They are probably a com,
paratively recent product-but they
must have been made some time
before our South American friends
were able to market platinum at a
price above that of gold and that is
long ago. Whenever they were
made, we now have the curious
condition of counterfeit gold coin
intrinsically worth several times its
face value.-Scientific American.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-05-31

The kaiser should take a peep
into history to refresh his memory
on what happened to the Hessian
troops during the revolution when.
ever they went up against George
Washington's ragged, unframed
undisciplined and poorly equipped
soldiers.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-05-31

The soldiers of the last conting-
ent from Ray County will be able to
decide once for all the controversy
as to whether IS is a lucky or and
unlucky number, On May IS. IS
registrants left Richmond for the
training camp. via Kansas City.
Their fare to Kansas City was
$13.13. There can be no further
possible argument about the matter
after their report is received.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-05-31
Automobile Battery.

l have been appointed the FAC
TORY REPRESENTATIVE for the
EXIDE STORAGE BATTERY for
automobiles. | have a stock of
these on hand and can fit your car
at once. have a stock of repairs,
for EXIDE BATTERIES and can re-
pair your Exide Battery without the
delay usually encountered owing to,
sending away for parts. want
your business and am equipped to
take care of your wants at once.
l make NO CHARGE for inspecting
ANY MAKE of battery.
R V. Graham,
Exide Service Station for Monroe.
Marion, Rails and Shelby Counties.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-05-31

|. H. Coin is a candidate for the
Office of Collector of Revenue for
Stone County. If there's anything.
in a name he ought to make good.