Tombstone Weekly Epitaph from Tombstone, Arizona • Page 4

MJVyTTjSrTr i i-JfP TTT MtOMMi MHHHMMMHFe TOUBSIOKi: WEEKLY El'lTATB P. I tt 1 111 if I- 1 fl: IV Jii fo -I' Iff' :5 a PI SI IB TOMBSTONE EPITAPH G1RAGI BROTHERS, Publishers The Weekly EditiMef The Tombstone Daily Pnspeclt THE OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN COCHISE COUNTY Imtered at the Postofiice at Tombstone. Arizona, as second-class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year iix months injile copies Editorial The Tucson Citizen is in receipt of a communication from a "Winter Visitor" in the Old Pueblo asking why the Tucson papers are not comparable with those of Phoenix and El Paso. In a lengthy editorial in reply to Win ter Visitors query, many facts are revealed, facts about) conditions whicn exist generally in the Arizona newspaper nem.

ine article says, in city paper, where it is paying for a country weekly. You can almost count the merchants of Tucson who are daily advertisers on the fingers of A daily paper is a great asset to any community and worthy of loyal support most wormy 01 loyai support. i ne Lecemuer lbsue ui uie ounseu muguzine carnes stitution, Ireedom ot the press allows publication of news- the Poweiicase: a picture of the old Bird Cage and also of the Can Can matter not slanderous or traitorous to the United States t.p cn Geo.Gaiieu restaurant in connection with an article entitled "What; or its government, and inasmuch as the Republican has CoMlB J-cohen Prohibition Has Done for Arizona." It also gives an in-not violated its rights it should be afforded protection iMJ.steeie teresting account of the gayety that reigned in the Bird by Uncle Sam and the writers of the threatening letter JlclIay Cage in the Days of Old when no one ever dreamed of a brought to justice and given a term at Leavenworth. ZZ i- IZL prohibitive law Arizona. Vo Nq 1 of thJ Gia Vaev Farmei a new week.

cmn Judfe Lncklinol It is high time that action be taken on the Mexican ly established at Pima, Graham county, is on the exchange calendar for the term foi-situation. The outrages of the past few days are unbear- table of the Prospector. The new pa'per is an eight-page lhc of hc p'n able and respect for American citizens in Mexico seems to have dwindled to naught sacre has been placed upon were the perpetrators ot the terrible slaughter ot iuesday Signal, and W. H. Schardin.

The two gentlemen are date, e. for but merely the fact that they were murdered by bandits well known experienced newspapermen, and the Pros-' Texas Pei.r,.a of Villa, who is not recognized by the United States, is pector wishes them all success due them in their new field. cutiertez vS. l. d.

McCsnnv. Febm-no reason why this horrible affair should go unheeded. The Prescott Courier wh cash store We lose the last shred the Worlds respect if we do he hom biJn fmm a ma a 'r v-v Latv w-- abv' traveling under the supposed protection of the Carranza government, but what became of the Carranza soldiers when the Americans were taken from the train and down? Why did the Americans not receive protection from the hands of Carranza's men? It is clear that if American citizens are to be protected by their own government, now is the time for action. "Ford Pacifists Split," says a headline. Where, ohi where, can we find peace on this earth.

Cochise county received as her share of the apportionment of school funds. Tombstone was properly represented at the meeting of the business men at El Paso, and also in the motorcade. Tucson, to her own disadvantage, had no representation in the affair. Following are the last, words of Victoriano Huerta, as he closed his eyes and left rhe world: "I die happy. I have made my peace with my God and with mankind.

I forgive all my enemies and I hope they will forgive me. I am willing to die when the end comes." Senator Stone, foreign committee chairman, said: "The people approve Wilson's efforts to keep America peaceful: the world is crazy, he is sane and calm." Tombstone was hit hard by the massacre of former residents near San Ysabel. Many friends of the murdered men in this city are stunned The local representatives ann.u4- A jtJS w-lI nfs mtAAAHn SIStiJ reiyun a uuniiJieie auiess tttu note that the Did Lamp was soably represented. flluch good will result and it shows that Tombstone has a live crowd in spite of her name. Cochise county has almost 10,000 taxpayers on the tax books and the work of assessing and collecting tax monies is no easy job.

Work of assessing has been started and will be completed in May after which tax collections will begin. Press dispatches today brought the news that anoth er Tombstone resident met his Villa bandits near the Cusi mine last week, the last vic tim disclosed being Thos. B. Johnson, a resident of twen-! ty years ago. Bringing-the ml cj jf Tombstone lost more heavily than was at first disclosed, i The dastardly outrage on American freedom has taken an awful toll from the Old Camp, and the brutal manner and insult thrust upon Americans is an incident that the murderers should be made pay dearly with their lives.

ine recent cnange OJ. WWUier IU Wtuaw UIC epiuem- ic of Grippe to take a new hold in Tombstone, The storms of the past few days are doing greatlam-age in southern California nd Arizona, and Tombstone and vicinity today is receiving the "tail end" of the rain and snow. 5o 5 Comment pare: "lucson is getting a both hands. The blame for the mas- Villa, whose men no doubt stvw by the outrage. of the El Paso motorcade sV TunnAAAH mem ssT rm li rl i-.

uic i is ijieiiaeu Luiboioiy display it. fate at the hands Of the number up to four, from p'" 4 for frtnw i-Mfitn hav that mad. .1 2l lUIIIUdiUUV, Jlll IO llltlllll I.U1MJ1CI,IU1I, miu U1C ipervisors are to be thanked saved in its construction by and not letting it out on exorbitant contract prices. Most every Cochise county paper is claiming the laurels of having discovered the identity of Tom Johnson, killed by the Mexican bandits but for their benefit we vill state that it was solely through the work of Sheriff Wheeler that his relatives were located, and a mystery of long standing was cleared. The people of Douglas, Bisbee, Warren, Lowell and Tombstone should get Lamar Cobb to continue the present work on the state highway between Bisbee and Tombstone, at least eight miles from the point contemplated as the stopping point for the 1915 work.

It would be cheaper for the state to do it now than to break camp. Mexico needs Uncle Sam to go in and not only clean her country of its bandits but ment to clean out its pest holes and drive typhoid germs from its confines. Remember what we did for Manila, Manama and Cuba It now hpcrint; to look ns 0 A 4-n I aiuuna J3 iu uc ouiuuci uj uic uncivil Ituei- ty" propagandists, as is brought to light in a letter to the phoenix Ri hVn warni or th ir bg lilttlll wuum rtlA.UiUUig lU UIC CUII- nublication and is filled to and local news matter. It's a. Burke, for the past two out on a billhead printed in is not unprintable, frequently INO LINE OF THE BORDERLAND The following from the Lordsburg Liberal, and was brought out by tti recent change in the Borderland Route, eliminating Lordsburg: "A motorcade of Southern Ariiona autoists left Phoenix, Tucson, Douglas, Bisbee.

Tombstone and other points yesterday morning to visit towns along the Borderland Route, eliminating Lordsburg, the bub of tbe automobile route to the ccast. A a lame excuse the autoists stale that the road be- tween Lordsburg and ftodco is "prac i licall) impassible," and therefore tbey propose to change the Borderland from Rodeo through Hachiu on to IVmmg. over a road going tbrough lakes and over malpais country many limes worse than lh present Borderland Route. "It is tbe fear of the Southern Highway and tbe S. P.

Road through Steins, San Simon. Bowie and on io Tucson, tbat has turned tbe Douglas I and Bi.bcc autoists against Lordsburg. I Jl i nirrnw tnmiteH Inwfl. in smtthern Arizoni, cantlot stand C(mptIition and I From the above wail, it is evident that the interested people in Lords- burg are scmewhat peeved over a situ-' ation they brought upon tbemsrlses. Tbey were many times warned that tbey must give the Borderland Route fair play, and to slop insisting that autcists Ifave tbe Borderland at Lords- I burg and go west via tbe other route.

i The Liberal must know that from I Lordsburg to Rodeois the worst siretcb 'of roadonlbe EI Yuraa-ond informeJ passlblfi Ihe failrd As lo tbt route by iiachita being over a road going through lakes and over miapai country many times worse than the 'dIan'1 no evidence of a lake, past or present. between Rodeo andtbeConti- ner.tal Divide west of Deming, and as for the mat pais country, John Jcrni-gan. tbe road Ling of Ilachita, with his assistant has cut a straight roadbtd through tbe malapais rocks, making an excellent boulevard. Abd finally, tbe for several hundred dollars! handling the work themselves! last week near Chihuahua, it needs our Health Depart if flip lihprfv nf trir nroee. of it not tofe int' certain jtcd ccording t0 IJcWa A- 4, i te con overflowing with ndvprtisino- publishers are Messrs.

Pern' years publisher of the Benson a foreign land, what he says has a bad smell to it. 12,000 FERTILE ACRES RECLAIMED AT MARICOPA! i PHOENIX. Jan. IS Details of tbe project ol i he Wh) man Land De- velopment company, which includes the reclamation of 12,000 rich actes in the Casa Grande valley, near Maricopa have been given out here. As this cumpanv is of unquestioned financial standing and has already done a great deal toward catrsing out its plans, 'be project is regarded as being of great importance The land is to be divided into seven units of approximately 1500 acres each On each unit will be three wells, in each well will be a pump operated by 'an oil burning engine Water is found a depth of from 3.1 to CO feet.

As soon as all tbe land in one unit is sold, the pumps for tbat unit are turned over to the purchasers. They are guaranteed that it will not cost btra more than J2 50 an acre a year to irrigate tbeir holdings. 1 1111 nil I IflllRft 1IT fll flrrUnilUIllTTtril Ur COCHISE SCHOOL FOND County School Superintendent Miss Minnie Liatz has made the usual first of the year apportionment of school 'funds to tbe various districts, tbe amount distributed being $10,000. It was apportioned to tbt districts that were in nted of funds and will be the last apportionment that will be made from county funds until after the next (semi annual payment of county taxes has betn made in May, The $04,000 tbat was receivr'd recently from tbe will be apportioned to tbe districts, and there will be an apportionment from tbe reserve fund after there has been a five mouths term in ecb of tbs school districts. In the recent apportionment Tombstone received $1000 ouglas 14.000 and Bisbee 1 0.000.

progressive town's of Douglas, Bisbee, Warren, Lowell, Tombstone and Tucson stood for Lordsburg's unfair treatment at lung as possible, and have determined upon a better read, over which they will henceforth get what they are entitled to fair play. COURT PROCEEDINGS 1 MONDAY Not Guilt" was the vetdic' re linked in the case of the state vs Annie win. the killing of husband at l'rarce last Year. The jtirv had been out since Friday, and it was feared that they would not reach an agreement, resulting in a "buns jury." Saturday morning the jury returned into court asking for additional instructions, after uhich they retnrneil reaching a veroict Pandas morning. Th'y tre discharged from further duty and the defendant was freed The Old case hud been on in the Superior Court since list Monday, ami occupied the whole week Today the cas- of the State ss lVn ell.

colored, was called to trial Powell arged tbe killing of unoiiti negro at Ilisbcc a short time jgo when 1 I "rose over a crap tame, in mtn iwtii tmni opponent bs shiKiting him. He murder in the second is charged with degree and will tried on these grounds. Following is the jury selec-ed to try The present term Koiio-mr case, and llu sm es of Me rs. Jose Perez, Feb Frank Vaughn Dan McG.iw an, Feb. J.

Patter vs Lis'ie Ftb Davidoviich Supetiur and Pittsburg Mining Co Feb" 10; II It' i eo. iu, jamci. ss. supcr.or 1 ills- I burg Mining Co, Feb. 11.

Maud L. Brown is. W. A. Blown.

Feb. 21. Hei- VoB TS Superior and Pittsburg Mining Co Feb 23; Lindquist vs. Jessie. Feb 21; Arizona and F.astrrn R.

Co. vs. L. A Hohstadt, Feb 25; Reay John. son vs Rosenstein.

Feb. 2s; Cowan vs. Springer, Feb. 20; West Publishing Co vs Williams. Feb.

20; John Davis vs Internationol Ca- March Nellie Greisback vs. Cochise coun ty. March R. L. Slaughter vs Bru-pby Carriage March J.

P. Scbafter vs. Charles R. Scott et at. March Walter Finley vs.

W. Fisher, March Mills vs, Arizona Michigan Dev. Co Match 7, F.lias vs. Ramirez, March Matt Alio vs C. Lutila er at.

March S- Huish vs S. W. Mrg March Thos. F. Chambers vs.

C. A. Mining March 10; Frank Wilson -vs. II. C.

Wheeler. March 10; L. Willard vs. tbe Warren Ry Cc Feb. 15.

Following is the special venire that reported today: George Motz John Rife John Cohen Anguis EM Atbey Walter O'Malley Ayl.wrrth George II Jones Joe Downs Joe McKcnna Collins TUESDAY Tbe case of the State Walter I Powell, carzed with Ihe murder of I Btaziel, in Disbee. went to tbe jury 1 this morning. The testimony being I concluded last evening and th- case argued this morning. The jury after being ou' some time reached a verdict I of murder id the second degree. He was sentenced to serve from ten years to life.

There will be no criminal business before the court tomorrow, the jury having been excused until Thursday. The court will be busv durinr the en- tire day in hearing tbe argument for1 the appointment of a receiver of th -Federal Plantation Co. as made by Claus A. SprecUes. This will be a preliminary skirmish of the coming battle between the millionaires.

Claus A. Spreckles on one side, and W. II. Cootc, Alexander MacLay, and tbe Fedenl Plantation company on tfccj o-hcr uit was fili here a few months ago laintitl. askiuc for a dissolu- be eoiupmy au-1 (or au ac ri'iimiu; and ib appoiutment of the rrrriver.

A petition has aKu been 1. with the corpor.itinn commission at nking for the riis-oliition 4.f the eorpo-aMoi Iiii at-ion will be laken until case has Ixeii settled hetr A jury has been demanded but the case wjll not be tri'il for some- I lime jet. a.dwhen it i. it prumite. to le- one of the Sun! st foujlii that Iia -vcr brcn tried in the histoiy nf the II.

Cook, one ol the de- i n'latits is on- of the most protrtioat tlorticys of New York late, and is il author of the publication of 11 Ciriionlions" judgtuiiit was rendered in favor iilaiutiff i'J tile cne 1 the Spirk- Hinliy Co. nrela H. 1 1 a ios-olsini: Dtiugfis property, am I sea- iticd in the supiriior ci.r' veral -seeki ince Att.irn?y John J'. iVs represented ihe plaintiffs and Cibson the defmdant. WEDNESDAY The-e proinnes to be some interesting legal joints raised in the case of the Stale s-s Scarborough as soon as the Court can hear them.

The defendants! have sled a bill of excepti ons and tlso a notice to apply for4ai! The bill of ex-epti. ns alleges that the defendant i objects to the serdic of second degree! murder for the reaon that the infor- inatian did not -late facts sufficient i constitute a public offense and "that the word 'is was omitted before the word and that therefore it lid not appear that the fendant was las a r-a'ter of fact charged in such inlormuitn with the commission an oflcnse." I To is hill of exceptions County Ai u.rni J. Ross hn fild an objection biscd ou the fact that the above is n.t a true statement of the facts in the ca'e 1 he question of the bill of exctptmis 1 will heard by tbe court and a deci- sicn rerdrred as to which is the corre statement of facts. I he attorness for the riefenr. Messrs! I Ives and Doan and Doan, have I ban an" muvc thc coittt that be granted.

A cony of this notice has been served on Comity Attorney Rss which staled the application would be made on Wednesday, the Huh dav of fanuarv or as scon thraftsr as the same could oe heard by the Court. County Attor n-y Ros and his assistant, Bruce Sicvensoo. will resist the motion for bail and will endeavor to have the de i fendant held in the county jail until been settled by the su preme court. GRIM REMINDER OF THE MISTY PAST PHOENIX. Jan.

19 A reminder rf IS6 when four men were hanged at the same time in the Cochise county jail yqrd at Tombstone, came to in the finding of the recotds of th-murdcr cases of Daniil Dowd, Wil- Ham Delancy. Daniel Kelly and James Howard. State T.rsit'ativr and Rfcrncr Librarian Con Cronin ran across the old tirre record thrcush a masi of accumulated court records. four men were known as the Bisbee murderer. The four men and woman as she came out.

Heath was taVen out and lynched to a telegraph p'le, while tbe other four were tried and sentenced John I. Sullivan, at that time tbe world's champion heavyweight prize fighter, paid a visit to, the condemned men the day before they were executed. "You are not ibe greatest prize fighter in the world." said Kelly to SulFvan we've got a man who oing to knock four of us out lo- morrow, CASTOR I A For Infants and Chfldrea In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears the ik Signature of ARIZONA GETS TEN NEW I iuiiip niinum vnn mir danad uunnvu Itfll. 1310 I'HOhtCIX. Ariz Jan.

-Uecords uf he oliice of ate b.nk controler tlUjihaii show that It) new banks wrr-- in Aluona lat ear. i the bt Pavson Commercial A Tru-( compin. I'avou, Miner-' Hlik Ac Trust company Oatman; lian Oatn.an. Oilman; Central Bank of 1'lio-nix, Ii. G.

Caru'hcis, Ssmerton; branche of the Central Hank of Phoenix at Wickeaburgniid Willcox- oranch of the Vallej Bank of Phoenix at Gila Ucnd; branches of the Afuona Central md Cilircns' of at Oat-nan. ANOTHER TOfflBSTONITE IN ILL-FATED PARTY That a fnunli vtc'im of the dastard-l killim; of ibe Cui mine party in wtst Ctthuthua San Gabriel was a former rrident was disci' sell the reci-ipt Los Angeles paper-, bearing the story of the the identilv of Thomas John, sin. for whoje idem it Sheriff Wheeler caused notice to be published through- out land. According to the story Thos. Johnson was the fa- printed her of the formtr Mis Tessie Jones, of grandchild of Mr arid Mrs.

uul II. Warmkros, long time fCMOeot- here, but late of I.os Angrlev. Johnson was the former l-itsloiu of ih bow Mis. II. P.

McNeer. daughter of Mr. and Mrs Warn-kro, and had not heurd for the past twenty years. uvinj dppeated after a short raar-ud bit, u.l i Hot ts 'o locate him hav-iig l'aibd. Tbe id-ntity was discovered through pres- dispatches, and (he entire stor).

omg back to the Wariic-kros's early residence in Tombstone was u.ld by Mr F. P. Box. former Mi T. -ie J.mnsot, Warnekro.

as -s lie wis known here The disclosing i of thi identity solves a mjsrery of turntv jnrs S'aning. and hc body ill be taken to Los Angeles for further iuentificatien by the former Mrs. Johnson, now Mrs McXeer. I 'he n-iim of the In connection with the identifying of miss-cre Sharif! Har- Wheeler deserves much credit for ndping solve the mystery, having sent not.ces asking information of the daughter of lohnsou end causing it i to be publi-hed, the medium through 1 which the identit was tstablished. Joht.son will be remembered here by many old-timers, and as now disclosed I lour Tombstonitcs met the fate of jdia.li at lhc hands of Villa bandits in the awful massacre last week I SCilP LAND FILINGS HAVE BEEN VALIDATED PHOKNIX.

Jan. Ifi Pitems for iM.i.j-$ acres of Und in Arizona, on tvliich Navajo and Moqui base scrip has fen tiled, have brcn received at th Arj7ona land iffic? from Washington. This Und lies in all parts of the state jrd the isuancr of pifents means that hnndrtrt settler are to receive titles to their holdings at an early date, The cip was to the Santa Fe railroad company in lieu of lands which were included iu the Moqui and Xavajo Indian reservations in Xorthern Ari zona. It was sold to agents, who in turr retailed it to homeeefccrs. The patents ire issued to the railroad com.

piny, which fr some reas-m will not dred the land over to the settlers but to the agents. The agents must then dt.d 10 the scrip purchasers. SIX TRAIL-BLAZERS ENTER PIONEERS' HOME i PHtfKXIX. Jan. 17.

Six Arizona pioneers, men who blazed the trail for lie preseat generation, were admitted I to tbe Pioneers' Home, at Prescott, at I the recent meeting of tbe State board of Control, I They are A. F. Banta. Apache coun-( ty; Edwin Payne, Pinal; John Lathan, I Cochise; Fred Rowe, Yavapai; Dough erty, Santa Cruz, and John Brannrn. Yavapai.

The board at its meeting paroled Chester Arnold, a sixteen-year old boy at the Grant Industrial School, to P. T. Coleman, of Holbrook. I.