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Bisbee daily review., 1919-01-03
Charles Odkn1an Ellis

Twenty-six years ago. there came to Arizona a boy. Ambition. courage, personality, youth, talent, and a few years experience as a bookkeeper were his only assets. Yesterday, that youth. grown to mature man. died in Douglas. His name was Charles Oakman Ellis.
 Douglas has lost much. But Doug las is not the only sufferer. Cochise county, the state of Arizona, and the entire southwest feels deply that a void has come into its citizenry; that a vacancy exists which can never be filled
 Charles Oakman Ellis began his ca reer in Arizona as a bank clerk in the pioneer city of Prescott. He saw
Bisbee daily review., 1919-01-03
UniUersity Men to
 Visit in Dis trlct

To inspect the schools of the War ren district, Prof Darrow, head of the vocational department of the University of Arizona, and Prof. Cor don. assistant in the same department and high school inspector. will arrive in Bisbee today from Tucson by auto mobile. This information was re- ceived last evening by Prof c. F. Philbrook, superintendent of schools in the Warren district
 There is no special significance at tached to the visit of the two uni versity men, according to the local understanding, similar inspection trips being made periodically
 It is thought probable that the visitors will spend today and Satur- day here, leaving for Tucson Sunday
Bisbee daily review., 1919-01-03
William L. Cook Goes to Hospital

William L. Cook of McNeal for two terms a member of the state legis- lature and recently named by James F. Mcdonald as jailor at the county jail in Tombstone, had worked but part of the first day of his tenure in office, yesterday, when he was strick- en with paralysis. His condition was reported last night as serious.
 Mir. Cook was taken last nieht from Tombstone to Douglas to be placed in the county hospital until his sister, a resident of Iowa, can arrive in the state to take charge of him.
 News of Mir. Cooks illness was re ceived with regrets in the Warren dis trict where he has many friend.
Bisbee daily review., 1919-01-03

Millions of pounds of wool are being sold at auction by the United States government for civilian use. Four hundred buyers, from all parts of the republic have been in Boston, Mass, to put in their bids. This is good news for the average man, who had been led to believe that practically all the wool stock had been exhausted. It leads to the inevitable question. though. "Who was responsible for the report that there was almost no wool in the country"
Bisbee daily review., 1919-01-03
More Good Roads

Good roads movements have start
 ed in earnest with the new year. In
 every state of the union highways are
 receiving renewed attention. At the
 behest of President Wilson, highway
 enthusiasts, associations and organi-
 cations are mapping out plans for new projects, for the improvement of old
 roads and for the rebuilding of those arteries which have been worn into rutted byways under strain of war traffic
 Arizona is responding to the presi- dents call. Arrangements for state wide meeting of highway men, under the auspices of the Good Roads as sociation are under way. It is pos sible that as a result of the meeting, which is to be held in Phoenix this month, plans for extensive road re- pairing in Arizona will be placed be- fore the people.
 The Warren district will assist in this movement within the state. and Cochise county, the best good roads section of the state. will support ev- cry constructive recommendation of the meeting. Plans to go even fur their in the up-building of mainline arteries are being considered in the county, and it is now assured that well known representatives from Co chise will attend the national meet ings of the United States Good Roads association, at Mineral Wells, Texs next April
 That this county should turn its attention to good roads is but natural Closer relations of communities re. suits when better links of highway join them. Business conditions i'm prove. Convenience of travel is en- hanced. Pleasures of the outdoor world grow greater.
 But, there is a deeper, more sig nificant reason than those of in- dividual interest or community bene- fit President Wilson has appealed to every state and county to increase as far as possible highway improve ment- Other governmental agencies have joined the president in his re- quest The nation needs, for eco | homie, social and business reasons, 1 the added stimulus of a great na7 tional and many state and county road building programs.
 All students of economies are agreed that this nation faces pe- riod oi stress during the next six months. Most concur in tine belief that so-called hard times will accom- pany this period of stress. Certain it is that in the copper mining indus try the period of stress is already appearing, and that relief of some character must come soon. Thou sands upon thousands of soldiers are to their homes. War time enterprises are belching forth thou sands of employees, jobless, now that war no longer demands the materials they manufactured. Someplace, the nation must absorb these workers.
 Good roads is one of the logical so- lutions. More good roads mean more work, less idle men. Naturally bene- ficial to business, society and pleas ure, good roads at this moment in the nations history, assume a place of importance never in the past attached to them.
 Good highways have always been Today they are impera- tive.
Bisbee daily review., 1919-01-03

Reliable authority states that the producer of farm products receives only One-half of the consumers dol lar Equally good authority states that One-half of all perishable farm pro ducts never reach the consumer.
Bisbee daily review., 1919-01-03

sible. and isolated outposts would be guarded by them. Larger posts will have to be maintained as headquarters and therefore it is assumed that Yuma will not altogether be abandoned as an outpost
Bisbee daily review., 1919-01-03

Experience has forced every com munity growing one crop exclusively for a number of years to adopt a sys- tematic rotation of crops. The root rot in both alfalfa and cotton has sounded a gentle warning tO Arizona farmers that the same law will in time assert itself in this new farming cOun- try.
Bisbee daily review., 1919-01-03

Fifteen million dollars have been ap- propriated for extension work in the United States for the year ending June 90, 1919
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-04-12

At the Grace Presbyterian church Mon
day evening, April 28th, the National Asso-
citation for the Advancement of Colored
People will hold mass meeting for the
purpose of devising ways and means to send
a delegate to the tenth anniversary OF the
parent body, which will be held in Cleve-
land, Ohio, the latter part of next June. The
Northwest has never been represented at any
of the anniversary gatherings and the Sc
attic branch should see to it that delegate
from Seattle be in attendance at the next
regular anniversary Caytons Weekly is
going to take advantage of this opportunity
and suggest to the Seattle branch that one
of it's most talented members be chosen as
a delegate that the northwest may be well
represented if it is to be represented at ALL
At those anniversary meets some brainy
men white and black OF this country are
present and the problems of this country are
discussed pro and con and for our delegate
to participate in those discussions he or she
must be of superior intelligence.
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-04-12
EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS

OCay wet Ldy Ue Cue cdper III Cnl-
cago, but it don't go in Michigan, while
has just voted to ''stay dry
Butte went Republican hell bent for cleo
ton. When thieves fall out honest men
come into their own.
Europe All Nerves, says headline. Is
thasso? We thought it was all skin and
bones.
If Seattle is enjoying spring weather at
present we would regret to see her at this
time enjoy dash of winter weather.
Public sentiment seems to be unanimously
in favor of everybody doing it-paying their
car fares.
A heavy snow fall is reported in Texas.
Between the snow falling and hell raising,
Texas will soon be not worth damn
And now the waterfront is on another
rampage. The spring showers seem to al
ways keep the waterfront in a seething,
surging condition.
In the death Of Bishop G. T. Shaffer, the
African M. b. church in particular and the
church in general loses an able and con-
sistent worker.
A majority Of the daily papers Of the
United States favor the League Of Nations
propaganda, according to the Literary d.
gest, but even at that we most emphatically
say no.
If President Wilson brings copy Of the
peace pact back with him we suggest that
he hold boat in readiness to send the
pieces thereof back after the U. S. senate
finishes dissecting it,
If COL Theodore Roosevelt, the second,
is successful in perfecting his contemplated
soldier organization, he will be in posi-
ton to say to his party convention, "See
me or I'll see you
Evidently the League of Nations is to be
the paramount issue of the next presidential
campaign, and on it Woodrow Wilson hopes
to capture a third term, but if he does he
sho will have to come some.
It strikes us that some of the members
Of the Young Mems Republican Club must
have found the tabled fountain of immortal
youth and partaken of it's waters, which has
enabled them to continue as young as they
used to be-
In Salt Lake City the club women are
UOyCOCCluS SOOU UuCUcI. WOuuoI WIldC CllOy
are doing to bad butter?
According to the Seattle Daily Times, Sc
attic is cleaning up, painting up and turn
ing up in general, all Of which may be true,
but search as diligently as we may we have
been unable to find any such good work
going on.
If it be true that Europe is being split
in two hostile camps then the wise thing
for Uncle Sam to do is to get out Of there
Immediately if not sooner, or he will not
only get cut in the fracas, but also get cut
above the fracas
Perhaps the wish was father to the
thought, but it does seem to us that the
street cars run smoother since they have be-
come the property Of the municipality than
they did when they belonged to the greedy
capitalists Of Boston.
Chop suey seems to have had fighting
effect on triumirate of 'fro-Americans in
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-04-12

ant Ford was given the position of driver
OF the police patrol wagon, which position
ne held for number Of months, when the
force as whole sickened of having col
ored man about, even though he was not
in uniform, and through political pull, for
be it remembered both the police and the
fire departments were subject to partisan
changes at that time, Ford was let out He
was much chagrinned at being let out be-
cause he had told his colored friends that
the Democrats would never treat him as did
the Republicans Ike Evans and he moved
to British Columbia where he subsequently
died.
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-04-12
THAT COLORED POLICEMAN

A colored policeman in Seattle is the
newest thing on tap and for some reason
the most Of the colored citizesn of the city
are proud to see him strut around in his
blue uniform, not that the position in
Seattle is Of any special honor, but because
colored men have not very often been per-
mitted to hold such jobs and it is weak
ness of the human family to always want
the things that are denied it, which re-
minds us of the Dutchman that heard that
the bank in which he had some money de-
posted was about to break, and not want
ing to lose his none yhe rushed into the
bank and demanded call Of my money right
now' of the paying teller, and he suspect
ing the cause Of the Dutchman's excitement,
grabbed up a roll Of bills and threw them
down in the window with "there's your
money" With eyes bulged out the Dutch
man looked at the roll at length and finally
exclaimed, "Oh, then you have got my
money Well, if you have my money, I do
not want it, but if you haven't got my
money then I want it right now" It's no
honor to be Seattle policeman on beat
south of Yesler Way but II want it be-
cause you do not want me to have it..
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-04-12

1t was some fifteen years thereafter when
j. Samuel Peoples ran the gauntlet Of the
civil service board and was assigned to duty
His first day out was with day police
man, whose beat was up Second avenue.
The sight of colored policeman in uniform
on Second avenue attracted as much atten-
ton as did Sells Brothers first automobile
on the streets of Seattle. Though man Of
iron nerve, yet by the time he was ordered
in he felt as though he had been charging
a riot mob all day or had been sent through
a threshing machine. Sam Peoples was a
policeman born and he soon won the con-
fidence of his superior officers and was as
signed to many difficult details. He was
finally assigned to the Capitol Hill district,
dents of that section of the city, for many
months. He went from Capitol Hill to the
district about Smith Cove where he met his
Waterloo. By this time his brother officers
had tired of his presence on the force and
fixed up cat hop to get him off and Sam
fell for it and was Immediately dismissed,
though he was forced to dismiss him the
chief said, che has made splendid officer. -
Ten years or more after Peoples was dis
missed Giles Graves passed splendid exam
nation and is assigned to duty as a city
blue coat. Graves is Of splendid family
and if he lives up to his parental teachings
he will never go wrong, but if he tries to
pattern after some Of the get rich quick
policemen of Seattle he will go to hell in
a hand basket, vulgarly speaking, before
he can say Jack Robinson. He was sent to
one of the tough districts Of the city, on
which to be initiated and if he does not
fall before he gets started it will be no fault
of those who always seek to trap colored
policemen Graves has lived in Seattle the
most of his life and he has the reputation
of being splendid fellow. He has wife
and two children, a mother sister and a
host of friends in the city, who wish him
we'll.
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-04-12

Under the Ronald mayoralty administra-
ton, two years after the unfortunate Evans
escapade at the police headquarters, Pleas
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-04-12

Seattle has had few colored policemen
despite the fact she has, for the most part of
her latter day history, had, for a western
town, rather large colored population. The
natural antipathy of white men to colored
men holding positions that will permit them
to command white men is largely responsible
for no more colored men hvaing served on
the police force than there have, but there
is still another cause and it eminates in the
bosoms of the white policemen, who not
only objected to acknowledging a colored
man brother officer, but objected to a
coored man getting bunch of easy money
as so many Of the white officers have done.
In order to head the colored men off under
civil service rules many subterfuges have
been resorted to- even to invoking the aid
of the civil service commissioners them
selves, who adopted rule that no man with
a certain shape of foot was eligible to act
as policeman of Seattle. In spite of
opposition, however, periodically colored
man would break into the police circles and
though they did not last long they stayed
for while as will hereinafter be seen.
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-04-12

It was in 1890 when the first colored po-
liceman made his debut in Seattle in the
person Of Isaac Evans, who served as turn
key at the city jail. Politics ran the city
in those days and Evans got his police job
from his political pull. He was a rather
fine looking fellow and had the requisite
size to make first class officer and, yea,
verify as long as he lasted he did make an
ideal cop, but the white policemen tolerated
him just so long, when they set about to
devise ways and means to get him off the
force. They used couple of down town
thugs to turn the trick, and after they had
thoroughly instructed them the thugs were
sent to the headquarters in the patrol wagon.
The desk man turned the mover to the jail
err who started away with his men. The trio
had almost reached the jail door when the
two thugs turned loose string of vulgar
abuse on Evans that would have made the
hair on the head Of an Indian statute stand
straight up, whereupon Evans forgot his Of
fetal capacity and endeavored to whip them
both at one and the sam etime, but found he
had a big job. The fight was fast and fur
ious, but finally Evans went to the mat and
the thugs left the room unmolested. A long
story short, Evans was Immediately officially
beheaded. Mr.. Evans has long since died,
but REGRETTED his mistake to his dying day.
Ashland daily tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1970, 1919-09-05
NO LICENSE FOR
GRAIN RETAILERS
Especial 10 The Tidlngs)


PORTLAND, Sept, 5,--At a recent
meeting of the directors of the Unit
ed States Grain Corporation, at New
York City, II was determined to de-
fine a little more clearly what con-
stitutes a retail transaction in the
purchase of wheat.
Under the license. requirements,
retailers are not required to have
licenses. but II is now determined
that the purchase of wheat direct
from the farmer for the purpose
of resale, or manufacture, no matter
how small the quantity, is not a re
tail transaction, and that persons
engaged in such operations must
have license. Also, the handling
of seed wheat, no matter how small
the quantity cannot be considered a
retail transaction, and such dealers
must hold license. Dealers in dam
aged wheat, unfit for human con
sumption, who may purchase such
damaged wheat direct from the far
mer must have license.
Retail dealers who purchase wheat
entirely from licensed operators, are
not required to have license.
Ashland daily tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1970, 1919-09-05
ONE WAGON LOAD OF
BERRIES BRINGS S23O0

NEWBERG, Ore, Sept 5,-A sin
gle wagon load of dried black cap
raspberries was brought to market
few days ago by W. T, West &
Son, who live east OF this city, for
which check OF s2SOO was obtained
from a local buyer. The load con-
tanned $500 pounds of the dried
fruit. These berries were picked
and dried only after $4,000 of the
fruit had been picked and sold for
canning purposes, making total
OF $4,000 from berries planted be-
tween the rows of young 1l-acre
Italian prune orchard. The prune
trees are carrying good load of
fruit which, when harvested at pro-
vailing prices, will probably bring
the total returns from his particular
tract to 500 per acre.
Ashland daily tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1970, 1919-09-05
''Demagogue"
Shouts Sherman
(By the United Press)

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.-Presi-
dent Wilson's speeches Of his first
days tour drew the fire of oppo-
nents of the League Of Nations in
the senate today.
Senator Sherman opened the at
tack in a brief speech denouncing
the president as a demagogue and
accusing him of "contemptuous dis
regard" of the government.
He referred to the presidents dec
laration that the international labor
conference provided for by the peace
treaty would be held in Washington
whether or not the senate ratified
the peace treaty.
Have the American people quit
electing presidents and begun to elect
kings?" he asked, adding, Public
officials have been impeached for
less flagrant violation of the laws
Of their country than this"
"This paragraph of the presidents
address is 100 per cent demagogi-
CAL" declared Senator Sherman. ut
is an appeal to lawlessness, a CO.
vert invitation to the ever present
restless and dissatisfied element to
demand what they will. The presi-
dent has already played with fire
brands sufficiently to know the dan
ger" he concluded.
Ashland daily tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1970, 1919-09-05
Throwing Rhetoric TO Winds Wilson Hits From
Shoulder at Those Blocking Peace and League


tecting them. Let them show me
how they can prove that having gone
into an enterprise, they, are not
most contemplate cutters II they
don't see the game through.
"They Joined with the rest Of US In
a profession Of fine purpose when
we went into the war. They pro-
fessed to 60 in to see that nobody
after Germany's defeat. should re-
peat the experiment that Germany
tried"
0utburst after outburst OF cheer
ing 'punctuated Wilson's attacks on
the treaty foes.
He spoke with great vigor. stick
ing out his jaw and pounding on the
rail for emphasis.
Ashland daily tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1970, 1919-09-05
With "Fighttng Clothes On" Wilson Demands
Peace Treaty Opponents "Put Up or Shut Up
(py the United Pressl

ST. LOUIS, Sept 5.-President
Wilson, driving through the terri
tory OF the opposition senators in his
campaign for ratification of the peace
treaty, arrived here early today,
ready to make two speeches.
The president has his fighting
clothes on" being ready for rough
and tumble verbal tussle with the
opponents Of the proposed peace set
tlement.
This change Of tactics on the
presidents part was first noticeable
at Indianapolis last night where he
told those resisting the treaty to
put up or shut up" to keep quiet
unless they have a better plan than
he believes his to be for preserving
the worlds peace.
In effect he tells his audiences.
Your senator's do not understand
this document. so | am going to ex-
plain II to you; then you can tell
your senators how to vote on it,"
This Is the object OF his journey.
President Wilson Is emphatic in
his contention that nations which
violate the League of Nations rules
can be forced to submit without the
sacrifice OF a single life in war
fare.
He thinks this can be accomplish.
ID by the application of boycot,
which would hermetically seal tho
offending power. preventing all in
tercourse with it,
This, he said. Is the terrible
weapon" which is provided under
tho covenant.
The president will develop his line
OF argument as he moves westward
His advisers say that he is not even
using shorthand notes now. speak
ing what comes into his mind as he
faces each crowd.
Ashland daily tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1970, 1919-09-05
Officers Received No Better
Treatment than Enlisted Men
(By the United Press)


PARIS, Sept. 5.--That nine SOL
dlers Of the American Expeditionary
Forces were hanged and one shot
for criminal offenses during the war
was revealed today at the inveatiga-
tion of A, p. n. courtsmartial by
the congressional committee inQulr-
ing into war expenditures.
Two of the hangings were for
murder and seven for rape, OF whom
six were negroes. One execution
was for desertion.
Murder trials totaled ITO. re-
sultlng in 62 convictions. One-fifth
of all the general courtsmartial
were for officers and the rest for
enlisted men and welfare workers.
Most of the officers were charged
with drunkenness and tlisorderly
conduct, The Investigation failed
to establish that officers received
any more lenient treatment than the
enlisted men,
Convictions resulted In es per
cent of the officers cases which
went to trial, while n per cent of
the men tried were found guilty.
Only one conscientious objector was
Ashland daily tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1970, 1919-09-05
Asks WiIs0nfo
Help Arrange
A Conference
(By the United Press)

WASHINGTON. Sept 5.-Acting
for the steel workers, President Sam
uel Gompers OF the American Fed
Grafton OF Labor. today wired Presi-
dent Wilson asking him to use his
influence In arranging a conference
with the United States Steel cor
poration.
. President Wilson is asked to make
his reply before Tuesday, when the
presidents OF twenty-four interna-
tional unions OF the steel industry
viii be here to decide upon the fu-
ture action OF their organizations.
The telegram declares that while
the men have refrained from strik-
ing so far. they are indignant and
that strike now might endanger
the whole structure which Wilson
is building up for the adjustment
OF industry disputes.