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Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1920-05-02
BANkhEAO HIGHWAY
is NOW FINANCED

AUSTIN. Tex. April eft will be
good news 10 those interested in the
Bankhead highway 10 learn that a,
the meeting OF the Texas tate High
way commission held in this city to-
day provision was made to finance
the unfinished parts of the state
highway No. ! from Texarkana TO FL
Paso, through Dallas and Fort Worth.
The main line of the Bankhead runs
over this route through the state of
Texas.
Judge Adrian Poole. of FL Paso. ap-
peared before the commission in the
interest OF the western Texas end
of this route. ana was entirely sue
cessful Many sections of the Bank
head main line are completed in Tex
as and the money now allotted by
the Texas commission makes the
completion of this highway a certain
ty. in a short time.
The state aid is supplemented b.
county and federal money in every
instance
Judge Poole secured s799.000.00 Of
state aid alone on this Bankhead
highway main line, TO be used il
counties directly east OF FL Paso
county. which together with the fed
era! aid and local county aid, will
throw traffic to the Borderland much
earlier than anticipated.
Texas and Arkansas are now financ-
ed from Memphis to FL Paso. This
condition prevails over every foot Of
the main line OF the Bankhead from
Memphis to Washington. D. c.. ami
SO far as / know. or can learn, the
only missing links are from Rodeo to
Lordsburg, and from Phoenix to Vel
ton so that everything indicates that
the Bankhead highway main line viii
be the first transcontinental yehiccl
highway completed in America and
will be completed long before any
other, and also that It will be the
only one that can be Travelled every
day in the year.
/ A. H. GARDNER.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1920-05-02
CHIHUAHUA TROOPS REVOLT
AGAINST cARRANzA; FORCE
BUSHES SOUTH FROM JUAREz

Ell PASO. April -2s fighting in
Chihuahua City between revolving
and loyal troops was reported by
rCarranza officials late Tuesday
night following the establishment OF
wire communication as far south as
Terrazas, station so miles north OF
the state capital on the Mexican Gen.
trail railroad.
Developments in the situation up
TO an early hour Wednesday, were:
/. Six hundred men OF the Sixty
second infantry under Colonel Figue--
GA had revolted in chihuahua City.
,. Reported tina; General D. Mar
tinez and Lieutenan. Colonel Alm1-
da. who have no troops, had joined
The revolving forces.
3. Revolving troops proceeded rs
FAR nor-h on a Mexican Central train
as Moctezuma, after which they re-
turned 20 the state capital, burning
bridges along the way to cut off
troops from the north.
Col. Francisco Del Arco report
ed Tuesday afternoon in command Of
the revolving troops, is in Ortiz at
the head Of the Forty-third infantry.
5. Reports that the garrisons at
Moctezuma, Gallegos and Sauz had
revolted were discounted by Juarez
military men.
s. Two thousand troops from Tor
reon and 5000 from Zacatas are be-
ing rushed to chihuahua City to put
down the uprising.
:. Troops concentrated at Casas
Grandes for the Sonora campaign
probable will be brought to Juarel
Wednesday to be held in readiness
for a possible campaign in Chihua-
hua-
8. Two hundred and fifty men Of
the Juarez garrison were rushed
south Tuesday night to repair
bridges.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1920-05-02
SONORA PRESS WILL BE
FREE; BUREAU OPENS

DOUGLAS. April 29.-The Sonora
state government has established an
official press bareau and placed L
under the supervision OF State De-
pu;ies Alfonso Armada and Emelio
CoreEa and Editor Jose Healy of the
Orientacion. a fIernosillo newspaper.
The purpose of The bureau is TO
give the newspapers, both Sonoran
and American. absolu;e facts relative
TO the movement. against the central
government There Will be perfect
freedom OF the press. according 70
Sonora leaders. It is expected ar
Aqua Prieia representative of the
bureau viii be named soon.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1920-05-02
REPORT KILLING
NEAR ARivACA

TUCSON, April 26.-News of a
homicide at Las Quijas near Aravaoa
was received late last night a; the
sheriff's office from Deputies Nc
Lure and Osborne. No particulars
were given in the message received
which was relayed via Benson
Judge Pease, justice OF the peace and
a coroner,s jury will leave this morn
ing for the scene of the killing.
Mcclure and Osborne left yester-
day morning with felony warrant
for Pedro Balasteros. who was accus-
ed of cattle stealing in that vicinity.
The officials had been on his trail
for several days and report was
received yesterday morning that he
was hiding in the brush. SO the two
deputies were sent after him. II is
believed he was the man killed and
was shot while resisting arrest.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1920-05-02
solsrice PREPARING
FoR DEVELOPMENT WORK

At a meeting Of the Solstice Min
ing & Milling company. held in this
city this morning. officers FOR the
ensuing year were elected as follows:
W. I. Boyd. president; II. Houston
hushart. vice president and general
manager; Il. N. Bludwor,h. secre-
tary treasurer: A. Wentworth. c. J..
Wynn. A. l.. Heney and o. Gibson
directors.
Plans for development work on a
large scale were made and work will
be started on May LIST, with L. X.
Springer in charge as superintendent.
A small force of rien will be put to
work for a short time preparing the
works fer extensive development.
The poperty of the company known
as the old Winters mine. has been
examined by several prominent min
ing engineers and biologists. and
their reports did not vary in the least
Large bodies of high grade ores are
blocked out, ana ores of lower
grade, which can be handled on the
ground by small mill. are 10 be
found in bodies which have not
been explored as TO their extent.
All work heretofore performed on
this property is termed as surface
scratching" and the ores become
richer as depth is attained.
When the property was taken over
by the local owners they had intend
ed to sell the holdings TO an inter
es;ed company. but after several en-
eineers had reported on the POSSIBLE
tiles of the mine {, was decided TO
develop and operate the works.
The Solstice holdings are situated
in the vicinity of the State of Maine
mine, and in the district claimed by
all mining men to be the richest in
mineral bearing in this section.
The development OF this property
by local men is being greeted with
enthusiasm by the citizens of Tomb
stone, as the success of the venture
is considered a certainty and the
step toward the extracting of the
richer ores of the district will prove
the contention OF those who know
that the Tombstone mining district
is yet in its infancy and that the
production Of by-gone days can be du-
plicated.
Leasing. as now being conducted in
this section. will never make any de-
gree of Roadway in developing the
prospects of the district, and the en-
thusiasm occasioned among the resi-
dents of Tombstone is fully justifiei
and the feeling here is unanimous
that the district is entitled to a fair
degree of mining development.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1920-05-02
cARRANzA TROOPS
HOLD CHIHUAHUA

Ell PASo, April 2s.-Revolting
troops in chihuahua City have been
driven from the state capital by loyal
forces led by Elias De La o a civilian
who was secretary TO Provisional Gov
ernor Andres Ortiz now a candidat =
for constitutional governor.
This information was received here
tonight while Juarez troops were
sleeping on their arms. ready for any
attempted rebel movement. after their
leaders mad announced that they will
>remain loyal TO the Carranza govern
ment.
huahua City. the rebel forces at the
outbreak OF tine uprising entered the
home OF Governor Emilio Salinas and
made him a prisoner Following the
frs. few skirmishes between rebel
and Carrarza forces the loyal troops
were brought together by De La o.
Then followed the battle for the
possession OF the city during which
the rebels were driven TO the smell
ter. a nile beyond the city limits.
Senior De La 0 has wired Carranza
officials ;ha; he has sufficient control
OF The situation 20 hold the city M
I'll The arrival ot reinforcements, now
on he way from the south.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1920-05-02
Fl,Ea.s BODY IS


YUMA. April %. Lieutenant
Charles +. Bell. OF the United States
aviation service. lies at the bottom
D. the Colorado river. in spite of the
efforts which were made yesterday
to recover his body from the dirty
depths of the Colorado. Lieutenant
BELL fell into the river late Thurs
day afternoon. After the crash ~
the plane into the water Corpora,
Coble fought his way to the surface
and was rescued from a watery
grave. The army plane remained on
the surface but a few seconds and
then disappeared from sight, taking
with il Lieutenant Bell.
Yesterday local United States sol
diers attempted TO bring the body 10
the shore Yuma Indians were used
in trying 10 locate the plane, but at
best their efforts were crowned with
but little success. As 1t was impos-
sible 10 see anything underneath the
water because of the silt and mud in
the water. work could only be done
by touch.
Yesterday afternoon a part of the
fuselaee of the sunken plane was
brought TO the shore. but the part OF
the plane in which Lieutenant Bell
was strapped has not yet been
brought to light. Contact was main
tanned a greater part of the after.
noon with the plane by those on the
shore by means of graphing hook.
Whether the body OF Lieutenant Bell
will ever be recovered is still ma.
ter Of conjecture. wiseacres who
claim TO know the Colorado river
from the past state that the body
viii not be recovered, while local L.
s. army authorities are hopeful that
the plane and Lieutenant Bell viii
be brought 20 the surface.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1920-05-02
HES. HIHsT MAKES AppEAl
Behalf SAoELEss cAiipHIN

DOUGLAS, April 28-Mrs. G. n
HiTs:, deputy probation officer OF
Cochise county has arrived in Doug
las from Tucson, where she has been
attending the democratic state con-
ten:ion. While there Mrs. Hrs.
stated i.st She visited the cajidre8's
home, il which there are rs children.
l. Of these beng open for adoption.
ranging in ages from to IL years
Old. Al OF these children are 10
reed Of shoes, says Brs Eirst An
was made to the people cf
Douglas last Christmas fer shoes,
bI. since that time new ones have
been found necessary
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1920-05-02
SPRINGER CLAIMS
He WAS MERE TOOL
IN CEMENT ROBBERY

PHOENIX, April 2s.-That W. E.
Springer, former time keeper and
truck driver for the state highway
department, was merely a cats paw
for someone else, and that he was an
innocent party to the transaction
whereby Harry Hurley secured 1900
sacks of cement from the state. was
the theory presented by Attorney Pat
Hayes for Springer in summoning mp
the defense before Justice Mckee.
Hays made a strong argument for
his client along this line in support
Of q motion to dismiss. This was
overruled, however, and the defend
ant was bound over to the superior
court under 5000 bail.
One Of the surprises Of the pro-
ceedings in justice court was the tes-
timony OF Harry Hurley, who last
week was sentenced to serve from
one to three years ON conviction Of
grand larceny in connection with the
cement deal.
Hurley said that Springer volun-
teered to lend him q car Of cement.
The Springer preliminary devsl.
open the fact that Springer and Hur'
ley have had falling out. and with
this cleavage to vork on the officers
Of the state are endeavosfng to se'
csrs additional eviasaee which may
led to additional warrants being
sworn ost
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1920-05-02
COURIER IS TO
BECOME DAILY

PRESCOTT April. 2s.-Announcs.
ment that the Prescott Courier is 10
become a daily paper was given out
here by A. D. Carr. who Is to be city
editor Of the rejuvenated journal.
Machinery has been ordered and
1t is hoped that 1t will arrive in time
to &c. the daily started some time in
May, according to Editor Carr. II
is to be an afternoon paper with tele-
graphic service: the plan is to cover
the local field thoroughly.
Howard Favour and A. II. Cornic,i
Prescott attorneys recently purchas-
cd the Courier. They have engaged
Dan Seman long q member Of the
Courier force. ~ business manager
and . young man named Evans from
the "a Psso Times, - managing
editor. Col. Z. A. Rogers who OWL
ed the Courier for . eentury OF 80
win write the editorials.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1920-05-02
NEED CHILD WELFARE :
CENTER TO AID FiGSI
ON The WHITE PLAGUE

PHOENIX, April 2I-Prevention
work in tuberculosis, IT was. pointed
out yesterday by Director T g. Cuve-
Her of the Health Survey. is largely
a matter of the examination of chn-
dren. and il is hoped that one OF
the results Of the present health eur
vey vii be the establishment in
Phoenix Of child welfare center,
which IT lie estimated can be esfab
lished for abou; 500.
In the fight Of the state board OF
health to drive the insi6ious germ
of tuberculosis out Of the state Of
Arizona, the state board Of health
and its many helpers are aware that
they have q tremendous job on their
hands, bu, see hope in the organixa-
lion OF the proposed bureau On hous-
ing and living conditions which win
be pay. Of the equipment Of the fed
eral department q labor which via
be charged with fnvestigatiAg Ia
housing and living ee.ditio.s Of 10
Industrial population Of TIE Uaised
States
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1920-05-02
ARREST AN ALLEGED
EyADEE OF DRAFT

TUCSON, April 29.-Ayrested on .
charge Q. being a Stacker Manner
CoreIs, 81 years old, OF 1877 South
Sixth street, was taken 10. change
yesterday by II NJ. Van Denburgh.
special agent Of the department OF
justice.
Corella registered for the draft In
Tucson. ba: Immediately afterwaFd
is said 10 have crossed the border 10
Nogales. Sonora, where he remained
until after peace vas declared He
has been under observation for some
time and will be held peading fur
Their investigation.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1920-05-02
ARIZONA PARENTS FIND
DIFFICULTY ~ MAsINE SsuES

PHOENIX, April s3-ol the e1s
babies turn 10 Arizona darinE jan
nsry. $50 have been registered With
"a: names, according To Ms. charles
K howe director OF child welfare,
with the s:a.e board OF heath Ms.
Howe SAID physicians throughout the
state were required TO file with the
local registrars all birth certificates
within iiYs days after bir,b oeCaTtn6
and he ilme OF Ten proved 10 he short
fer parents 20 agree on a name Tor
he hshy To p-evsn, large hna-
Der o! nameless infants teirc ear
risd into the vital statistics or the
state. Mrs.. Howe sa:d she rs forward
ing blanks to parents ASKING hem
70 III II the space allotted for the
h9bys name. The blank must DO
signed by the attending physician
and be filed with the local registrar
who wil ssna :: to the state depart-
men: Of health here
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1920-05-02
STILL TO ADMIT
MEXICAN LABOR

WASHINGTON. D. C., Apr.l Is
The special ruling q ne secretary
Of labor under which Me1ican labor
ers are Admitted 70 The border states
with waive. OF he head tax and lii
erscy ies:, wi. stand despite me re-
cent demand Q. the American Fed
GRAFTON Of Labor, through its secre-
,ary. Frank Morrison. tina; the ruling
be revoked. This was announced
yesterday By the department, Of Ia
Dor after officials had conferred with
representative Gamer
After n. original order admitting
the Mexicans 10 the bode- states
was issued the department Of labor
extended ths order 20 admit lahorers
OF any kind 10 al he states This
caused the protest 0: secretary Nor
rison. who did not, however, ob!eo,
10 Mexieans coming into border
states.
Chairman johnson, Of the house
committee on immigration, informed
representative Gamer that the con-
mi:tee would take no ac.iao On Nor
risons request and that congress
would pass 10 legislation resembling
the original order. This makes GER
tain tina; Mesicans win continue TO
be admitted.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1920-05-02
RUBY MURpERERs
SUSPECTED IN TWO
MOUNTAIN CRIMES

NOGALES, April 29.-Santa Cruz
county sheriffs today renewed their
quest for Ezequiei Lara and an uni
den.iried companion, VINO, last Fec-
ruary, murdered Alexander J. Fra
zer, a member of the New York In
stitute OF Mines and Mining and his
brother, John Frazer. at Montana
camp. In this search the American
officers were Joined by civil and mil
itary authorities in Sonora.
New impetus was given the hunt
for the Mexican fugitives by a third
murder attributed to them. About
two weeks ago J. c. peterson, a vet
eron mining man OF the Huachuca
mountains was found murdered in a
lonely canyon not far from his claim.
His skull was crushed and his body
otherwise mutilated. Three days
ago John Thomas, another well.
known and well liked prospector, was
found slain in an almost similar
manner mot Ear from the spot where
Peterson's dead body was discovered
b. . sherifrs posse after he had
been dead for nearly q week. Both
nurders were similar in their cold
bIooded generalization. Each man IL
supposed to have been slain for con
Siderable sums Of ~aoney they arr
said to have possessed Lara and his
sccomplscs known to be At large On
MS slde Of the international Hne
whers they were pursued BY Mexican
sskhorstjss seeking then for criDes
eumnittsd n Sonora, Immediately
~ nasr suspseion, and search TO-
tAsu so1osblsd-
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1920-05-02
CAPITAL CITY RESUMES
PAVING AFTER DELAYS

p PHOENIX. April 2s-Street paw
ing which has been at a standstill
here for 10 days on accoun; Of non
arrival Of asphalt shipments, was re-
sumed today. needed materials hav.
ing arrived. Both the Santa Fe and
Southern Pacific railroad companies
announced decided Improvement in
the movement o. freight into and
out of Arizona within the past -
hours and Improvements as the pres
ent rate. normal conditions would
soon be restored
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1920-05-02
DOUGLAS HAS THREE
RATE COMPLAINTS TO
PUT BEFORE coMMissso

DOUGLAS, April 25.-wben rep
resentatives Of all railroads doing
business in Arizona members Of the
state corporation commission and IL
terstate commerce commission meets
in Douglas at 10 O'Clock Tuesday
morning. E R. RAamaker. head Of
the traffic bureau Of the chamber Of
commerce and mines, viii bring Up
three complaints and charges Of ex-
cessive prices.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1920-05-02
GENERAL STRIKE CALLED
or CRAFTS IN CAPITAL

PHOENIX, April pa general
strike Of ali crafts in the building
trades here vas called this morning
BY the building trades council. Al
though officials Of the council re-
fused to state the reason for the
strike, Il vas unoffscially declared
to be IL beginning Of N effort "a
determine whether Phoenix should
- q '-opsa shssr OF ~clsssA shs1r
city h respect 70 De building trades
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1920-05-02
SONORA WAR SIGNS
FEW, SAYS HoLMoUIsT

wv SNSS "SS"&SsSb
FHoENIX, April Psf. y. Holm
iaist, OF Phoenix. civil engineer. re-
turned today from a four days, stay
at Los Nochis, sinaloa. He went
down to look over the Fuerte river
which has been threatening to cause
great damage to the property Of the
United Sugar Co.
Mr.. Holmquist mctored from Las
Nochis to San Bias where he took
the train. He says there Is . MILL
tary line along the Sonora border at
San Bias. but outside Of . few cars
Of troops saw mo sign Of war In
Sonora.
He says that the people generally
are isdifSsssst aad only ask 10 b
Ut alone and 90 ascst their busi-
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-08-06
STRIKERS AND STRIKE BREAKERS R0 KILLED. 80 TO So PERSONS HURT
Governor Lodn Orders Troops To West Frankfort TO g
Mob After Foreigners Who Are Making Frantic Efforts ReaGay

to obtaining assurance that Great
Britain will not become involved in
war with Russia without consent of
parliament, but he could be drawn
no farther than to promise a tnll
statement Monday. He added the
hope that it would not be neces-
sary to act, but said that the gov
ernment certainly would take ac-
ton if it were found necessary.
Meantime news had reached Lon
don that Poland's armistice delega-
ton had started for Minsk to meet
the soviet, and it may be assumed
that the Poles have the necessary
powers to discuss peace, as de-
manded by the bolsheviki.
An official statement tonight de-
clares there is no truth in the pub
lished report that large quantities
of war materials are being sent to
Poland and that the war office
would be able to send four divisions
of troops there in a few weeks.
Arthur Henderson, leader OF the
laborites in the house of commons,
is seeking by circular to the To-
cal labor parties to rally the labor
party into organizing demonstra-
tions against intervention in Rus
sia or supplying men or munitions
10 Poland. The circular favors i'm
mediate raising of the blockade
against Russia and resumption OF
trade relations.
In view of the known intense
hostility of the labor party to mill
tary aid for Poland it is believed
that the government will limit any
needful action to economic pressure
on Russia.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-08-06

taking advantage of the fact that
word of rebellion had not reached
the patrol boat. Three high Cahtu
officials. whose fnames were not
given, invited Captain Zepeda
ashore in Il friendly manner for
conference or as a dinner guest,
according to the information given.
When he had landed. one of the
three seized him and one or both
of the others fired bullets into his
body.
Yesterday the entire crew of the
Tecate was said to be missing and
Cantu soldiers were in possession
of the boat. What had been done
with the crew was not learned.
Confiscation of horses, cattle and
supplies by order of Governor Can
tu was reported by ranchers to be
going on throughout the Lower
California district. At Ensenada
and inlapd, it was said. the people
have become much alarmed with
the evident preparations of Cantu
for resistance of federal forces.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-08-06
FORSAKE CANTU
IS APPEAL MADE
To INHABITANTS
Proclamation issued to Res
idents of Lower California
Asks Them to Rally to the
Central Regime.

tBY MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED Wisgl
Mexicali, Lower California, Aug.
5,-A proclamation addressed to
all the inha bitants of the northern
district of Lower California and
signed 'the better people of the
northern district Of Lower Cali
fornia," was circulated here and in
Calexico, Calf. today.
In substance it called upon the
Inhabitants of the district to with
draw their support from Esteban
Cantu and to rally TO the central
provisional government.
After long preamble which re-
ferred to Cantu as traitor and
said he had issued a proclamation
which 'for bad grammar and worse
intention" was unusual. 1t stated
that proclaimants know not
which most to admire in these doc
uments. their great untruthfulness
or their cynicism." !"
The proclamation recites that
the central government will take
over the control of affairs and
restore law. order and decency
and remove the focus of moral
pestilence," which has caused the
people of the United States to
view Mexico as unfit"
The proclamation was freely cir
culated on the American side Of
the line but was slow in appearing
here, where its distribution was at
tended with a certain risk.