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ly Journal-Miner
PIONEER PAPER OF ARIZONA
PRESCOTT JOURNAL-MINER, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 4, 1917.
FIFTY-FOURTH YEAR
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ON OPENING DAY FOR '
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High City Is An
Impressive Thing
(From Tuesday's Daily.) j
"Deliberately friendly'' is the way a
visitor spoke about Prcscott after lie
had been here a few minutes and had
experienced the welcome extended to
all guests. I
i Yesterday, as well as Sunday, great j
j crowds poured into the city. All I
trains incoming, were crowded, many
' coining from quite a distance in order
40 ELK LODGES Regulations Governing
Selective Draft Are
sued By Pres. Wilson
REPRESENTED
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Pardee, Present Medal Holder, Fredericks-10 iTT Jn p7cott;
1 7 mobiles by the scores brought their
And Henderson, Former Champs And, 5
Lee Robinson Stay With 'em And!
May Ride Some More; Woodford IsU
Best Steer Rider For Day.
(From Tuesday's Daily.)
With more people in the grandstand
than on any previous opening day.
the Fifth Frontier Days celebration
was launched yesterday. Men and
broncs seemed to be filled with pep,
and the exhibitions were all good,
but the best appreciated part of the
program was the calf-tying contest,
which had the advantage of novelty
here, although the stunt is common
enough on the range.
Harry Henderson, once owner ol
the diamond-studded champion medal,
took first money in the world's chain
pionship broncho riding contest, the
feature of the week, in which but font
out of nine riders qualified for further
competition. "Doc" Pardee, holder
of the medal from last year, drew
second place, Johnnny Fredericks, an
other title holder got third, and fourth
money went to I.ee Robinson.
Billy Simon, the spectacular kid,
won first money in the bareback rid
ing for the opening day, by making a
splendid ride on "Ioway," the rangy
critter of the devil. Billy also got
second money in the steer-riding, by
mounting his beast facing backwards
and putting on as good a ride as all
Fredericks, Thompson, Pardee and
Henderson. Harry Knight, one of the
first winners of the broncho busting
medal is here to renew old acquaint
ances, but is not doing any pawing in
the draw-hat.
Walter CHne Is There.
Walter Cline, the Maricopa hos
racer, came to the front and center
loads of pleasure-seekers from every
rcction. It is said that at least 50
i cars a clay have come in from the
south, particularly the Salt River val
ley, since the middle of last week.
spite of the heavy inrush ol
lsitors, the accommodations have
proven clastic enough to stand the
strain so far. At the last moment,
many offers were made to accommo
date visitors, some homes taking in
as many as 30 and 40. Cots have been
provided in the hotels, in several
BY GUESTS
DAY BEFORE RUSH OF
ELKS IS EXPECTED,
LARGE NUMBER ARE
ON GROUND READY TO
ENJOY SESSION.
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(From Tuesday Daily.)
Elks' headquarters at the Hotel St.
Mitchael has been the busiest place
in the city for the past two days,'
giving way yesterday afternoon to
the hurricane deck of the festive steer
and broncho, than which there is no
busier place in any part of the world
these days. Chairman Bill Glenn reg
istered Elks from all over Arizona,
from half a score of other States and
from the lower parts of Del Rio. In
other words, there were 39 lodges
j represented among the visitors, who.
White Mobsven Married Men Are To
Experience Difficulty In
Escaping War Service
Across The Waters
Shoot Down:
250 Negroes!
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.ik..iiil .iluil jii mi iii i unit r ,ii .
. beside Anzonans, included men from
nail ami m private Homes. St. Louis. Fresno, Cripple Creek,
The accommodations committee Kansas City. Salem, Ore., Brooklyn,
wishes to ask everyone who has listed j Rcildine. Cal., Montrose, Colo., Dov
rooms, and then rented them, to ad-"; as Animas, Colo., and
.iii. i irx, VVhittier. Cal.
vise the headquarters, phone 369, m j Thc officc ;s ,)e;nB hcId dJwn ,)y a
order to avoid duplication. Those j very able corps of assistants, includ
having rooms available, are urged to j ing Mrs. Seaman, Mrs. Grace Chap-
jman anil .Miss Morcncc Barnes. J hey
wraps
second on this clash. The third rider
lost his place at the first change and
was out of it.
Ed. Koontz took second money in
thc pony express race, and Simpson
third.
Cow Pony Race.
Getting off to a mighty ragged
start, thc 20 entries in the cow-pony
race charged around thc half oval and
raised a grand dust before three
caytises, over which a bed sheet (not
conforming to the Kansas law, at
that) could have covered, fled past
the rest, except Irk Woodford did ' the white line. When thc judges got
right side foremost. ! the men and horses untangled in
Thc time for the calf-tying wa i their minds, it was found that Johnny
pretty slow, considering the fact it is j Armstrong had won thc event. Earl
frequently done in competition under ', Sand was second, Cort Carter third
20 seconds, but the week averages j and Earl Simpson fourth. This races
will be respectably high. (paid $30, $20, $15 and $10.
Thad Mullen captured first in this' The Real Fun Begins,
event, by nailing his veal in 28 sec Everybody was tuned up to see
onds from the drop of the flag. Sec-1 some high explosive stuff when Col
ond and third money was split bc-jonel Bowler bellowed out the name
twecn Jim Brown and Jack Cham, of the first bareback rider. It was
who each registered 34 seconds. Chas. I Lee Robinson, and "Ranccky Bill"
Wood was third in 35 seconds. : spiked his gun. Billy Simon then
with his string, and won thc relay and
the pony express race. The speed ot so advise the committee.
his stock and the swiftness with ; BURMISTE-R FUNERAL ! to ,ocal aml visiting Elks and have
which he shifted mounts contributed j IMPRESSIVE SCENE een "sy rom S a "'' to 1 n'- eac''
to his success, and when he got away ! lla: Atr ilc officc are to bc t0""'1
in the relay on the last quarter of a (From Sunday's Daily.) p
mile, he had "Tick Tack" under; A former resident writes from Pasa- ; of tlc .'Borjcr Eik" anJ otller usrfui
sail the way. harl isunpson was I dena, Lai., describing thc- tribute cx- things.
By Associated Press.
EAST ST. LOUIS, July 2
At least 15 negroes were shot
and killed by mobs tonight as
they fled from their burning
homes, which had been fired
by white mobs. A number, it
is believed, perished in the
burning houses. Military rule
was proclaimed and 300 white
men were arrested.
The negro quarters in vari
ous parts of the city arc afire
and the flames reach the very
edge., of the business district.
Estimates of the number of
negroes who perished in the ,
fire ran as high as 100 but
there was nothing authentic on
which to base such estimates.
Hundreds of whites stood
officers of thc United States or States,
ministers, students of divinity, per
sons in the military or naval service
of thc United States, subjects of Ger
many and otiier aliens who have not
taken out their first papers, county
or municipal officers, workmen in
I-cdcral armories, arsenals and navy
came on thc scene and rode "Ioway"
to a finish, winning first money in
A haze in the air that turned j this event. Thc riders and their
few drops of rain toward 4 ! mounts and thc fate of the twain, are
An Ideal Day.
Yesterday was an ideal day for thc
riding,
loose a
o'clock, diminished thc glare for thc , somewhat as follows:
spectators, who found thc shade of . Lee Robinson, "Rcnccky Bill," dis
thc grandstand comfortably cool. j qualified: Billy Simon, "Ioway," first:
The crowd arrived all the way from 'Johnny Dobbins on "Tony," fifth; Q.
the usual time, 1 o'clock, to 2:30, and jC Smith on "Pee Wee," piled; Lone
by the time several trains had dis- I Jordan on "Unknown," disqualified:
charged their passengers, the north I J. A. Carroll on "Toughy," third;
end of the stand was packed. There
were many notables in their boxes.
Arena Director F. L. Haworth got
the events off in fine shape. The only
thing lacking in the presentation of
the contests was "Doc" Pardee with
thc announcer's megaphone. The job
was wished onto Colonel Fred Bow
ler, who is a good enough scout, but
didn't have the vocal capacity to push
"Doc" Pardee on "Gray Eagle," pass
ed to today when he gets another
boss one that will pitch; Irk Wood
ford on "Black Snip," fourth; Jack
Garrett on "Crook," second; Frank
McCoy on "Halter," piled; H. V.
Mulvaney on "Xo Xamc," disqualified.
"Halter" and "Pec Wee," the two
smallest broncs on the list, proved
I true to their reputation, the meanest
! animals On file "rniiml In ririn Fflrli
the information into thc auditory can- got his man in rapid fire manner. It
als of thc audience. The result wfl ' was almost too bad about "Halter."
that not a few of the spectators failed j McCoy was just finishing a rather
to "get" the announcements. ! cIcvT ,r"Ie on,-U,;s ocry cuss, when
' , . . , , , sudden porting of the helium left
Thc big crowds arc expected today , i,jln ,, in tIlt. air w;ti,out anv ll0rst
and tomorrow, the second and third j underneath. He hit the ground just
days of the contest, which have prov- I as the hammer hit thc cartridge in
en in past years thc best for thc gate. ! th? judge's six-gun
. 1 , , ... .,t,i I Johnny Dobbins had the most spec-
As usual, the riding will bc keenci jtacular CXI,cr:cnCe of all. He was
today and tomorrow, for after thc paying all his attention to the busi
start, thc battle between horse and ; ncss of remaining on board "Tony,"
man takes on a new edge. All tin. antl. no,1 ca?5 ulcI "here the animal
, , . A . . . r , i cruised. Tony" took a run at the
bucking stock is in fine condition, and lfcncc that scparatcs thc quartcr.
thc riders arc not going around telling stretch from thc grandstand, changed
how classy they arc going to ride, ai his mind, just as he was about to
is customary with thc wild and un-'ralIi "c wires, and then shot clear
. t . . . c .i 'across thc track and plum through a
tamed at this stage of the game '4J-foot Paige wire fence into the in-
Competition for thc big medal will figij, Johnny was not scratched, and
be the keenest in years, with four 1 "Tony" surviydd with an almost
champions in the riding. They are
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jhavc been issuing cards and badges 'around the edges or tlic uurn-
ing districts and fired at the
negroes as they fled.
States Attorney Schauloeffel
drove through the swept dis-
trict with Police Inspector
Walsh, of St. Louis. He esti-
mated that the dead negroes
would number 250.
The city presents a weird
and terrible sight. Vast
of smoke roll across th
tended the niemorv of A. C. Burmis-! The "Border Elk. which is thc
tcr when his funeral was held last orBan. of the lodge in the Southwest,
,r , . ., 'contains a history of Prcscott AO.
Monday. Thc rites of thc Congrcga-; 33(, ... cxcclIcnt wr!tc-u of Frontier
tional church were observed. A ; Days and many photographs of local ; and thc flames make some
former pastor of the Prcscott Con-1 interest, including past and present the down town streets as light
nrxmt nnil rlmrMi 1? T WvM.-r.fF I OlllCCrS.
sang two hymns, "Peace,
Peace," and
Wyckoff and the deceased were close j 1 lie committee composed of Mrs. 1
friends for manv vears. Rev. Lash ' Jack Jaeger, Mrs. P. J. Farley, Mrs '
officiated.
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WASHINGTON, July Z Regula-
. tions to govern the next step toward
selecting thc national war army from
v the millions registered were issued at
fr j thc direction of the president today.
) i The regulations make clear that
! there are to be no class exemptions
( and tMat each case must bc decided ! yards, persons in thc Federal service
1 upon its merits. In a statement ac- designated by thc president as pilots,
4 i compgnying thc announcement of I merchant marine sailors, married men
regulations the president calls upon ! with dependent wife or children, son
v i the boards to "do their work fear-j of dependent aged or infirm parent,
i lessly and impartially and to rt'tnem- brothers of orphan children under 16
, ber that our armies at the front will 'years of age, those found morally de-
be strengthened and sustained if they ' licicnt and members of well recog
i 1 be composed of men free from anylnizcd religious sects existing May 18,
j sense of injustice in their mode of 1 1917, whose creed forbids participa
nt selection." i tion in war.
Thc regulations provide for notifi-' Claims for exemption because of
! cation of liability to serve by posting dependents may be made by the man
v , lists, by giving lists to the press and himself, his wife or dependents, or by
i by mailing notice to each selected ; a third party who personally investi-
i man. On appearing those selected gated the case. Thc claim made by
will be examined physically and if j the husband must be accompanied by
l they pass the physical examination affidavits of the wife and head of
i thc question of exemption will be con-i family residing in the same territory.
r j sidered. x ; Thc claim made by thc wife or third
v I likens who must he exempted f.ripart must be ai.oomp-nricd by two
1 discharged by local boards include ' such supporting affidavits.
A. f. '-li- 1 i rn ...
- CCl , l.rc nf 1. Inrnl lnilfi Tin1 nvr-r Oil i.
'Crossing the Bar." Mr. ' visiting members had rccistered.
weucr, .irs. kccsc i,intr, .ir$ v
I Rrlwrt llirMi 1in-r lrfincfnrin.nl 1ir
Mr. Burmistcr's death occasioned j headquarters officc in town and thei
widespread expressions of sorrow in i rest room on the grounds into bow-
the Av'zona colony and messages ot "s of beauty and comfort. Mrs. !
condolence were many which his hc. I Warren Day and Mrs. Marion Roclg-
... , , crs arc in attendance at the Red Cross
reaved widow received. Among rcst room at e Krouml!;. Tllcsc
former residents of Prcscott present rooms will bc maintained until th-1
at the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. night of July 6th.
E. P. Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Coles Bash- i . vr 3 '.,ozcn ",o,t0rTSars arc n,c.ct-
r i , wr r- i i r i t r- ' lnK all trains, and thc Llks arc trving ,
ford, Mrs. W. C. Bashford, Mrs. C. j;nhCVCry way to facilitate thc handling
P. Dakc, Mrs. J. J. Fisher, Mrs. Frank i Qf visitors, thus lightening the bur-!
G. Parker, Mrs. II. C. Burmister and dens of thc accommodations com- '
daughter, D. M. Martin and sisters, 'ttcc.
H. C Brcdcn and others. - A "oval E,k fin J"" bc .1,c ''S'"'-
'inK "y nicans of a l.aOO-candlc power
1 searchlight, of the hlks building and h
the open-air dance platform. I he
light will bc mounted on the Bash-'
WOODMAN SPARED
THAT BIRD-NEST j
(From Saturday's Daily.) forI block.
In handling timber sales on thc
All Elks owning automobiles arc
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national forest, the policy is to insist , ,,"Vr.
t . I J ; 141V. .-. IV lllllllttll kUIIIUIIVI)
on complete utilization of all mcr- j
j morning. All visiting Elks will bc
chantablc timber, of the class being expected to be in line, and after the
sold (on the area designated for cut-1 parade breaks at thc Granite creek (
tj) jbridgc, the cars will proceed to the-
. . r barbecue. Al Wcbcr Is In charge of r.
During a recent inspection of one trans,)ortat!on( aml w;u see that all
of these sale areas, M. L. Nichols, the pet to the barbecue. Applications
Groom creek forest ranger, noted
that a large dead tree, containing ex
cellent cordwood material, had been
left uncut; hc called the attention of
thc chopper, an illiterate Mexican, to
tliis tree. The latter declared that it
was impossible to cut thc tree but
would give no reason. Nichols in
sisted that he cither cut the tree or
give a sufficient reason for not doing
so. At last, reluctantly, and in a
manner that indicated that hc was
afraid that the ranger might not
think it a manly sentiment, hc said:
"There is a nest of young birds in
that tree and if I cut thc tree they
will all die."
BANK ANSWERS SUIT
(From Friday's Dailv
That stock deposited in thc name
of A. B. Frame in its Jerome branch
is in a sealed envelope, for which de
livery is stipulated on call of the de
positor, and that thc number of shares
is unknown to officers of thc bank, is
the contention of thc Bank of Ari
zona in an answer to the suit of J. M.
Mahoncy, ct al, against thc Jerome.
Portland Mining Company, A. B.
Frame and thc Bank of Arizona, filed
yesterday. A temporary injunction
has been granted, stopping thc bank
from transferring this stock.
should bc made to him or his assist
ants, Gordon Cl.jrk, Jack Sparkcs,
Billy Lawlcr, Dan Seaman, Bobby
Smith and others who arc handling
thc parade.
The call for cars to thc barbecue
and to Granite Dells for thc picnic
on Thursday morning at 10 o'clock,
must hc answered by every Elk, if all
thc visitors are to bc accommodated.
For thc convenience of visitors seek
ing information, thc Elks have an in
formation bureau at Photic SI.
AGED WOMAN DIES
(From Friday's Duly.)
News has been received from Phoe
nix of thc death of Mrs. Eleanor
Prince, who will bc rcmcinjjercd as a
former resident of this city during
thc time her son, Steve Prince, now
deceased, was chief of police. Burial
will bc given by thc side of her sou, '
W. M. Poulson & Co. conducting the
funeral. Mrs. Prince had reached thc !
advanced age of 90 years, and leaves j
a daughter ot Denver and a son in
Phoenix. Thc remains will arrive on
this afternoon's train.
as day. Now and then a yell
ing mob rushes down the
street pursuing a negro.
The number of dead as the
result of today's race riots
shortly after 11 o'clock tonight
was estimated from 15 to 75;
of whom two were white men.
Forty injured negroes and six
white men were in one hospital
and an almost equal number in
another. The city attorney
estimated the damage at $3,
000,000, which was believed by
some to be too high. Build
ings were still burning at four
points at c late hour. As na
tional guardsmen in automo
bile trucks dashed after each
mott the shouting died down
and thc people are walking
the streets wondering where
the next outbreak will occur.
At 9 o'clock the mayor of
East St. Louis called on the
mayor of St. Louis for assist
ance in fighting the flames,
which threatened to destroy a
large part of the city. The mobs
were swelled by hundreds of
people who early in the even
ing crossed the river from St.
Louis. This added such a
menace to the situation that
the bridges were closed to all
pedestrian and vehicle traffic.
The stopping of street car
traffic over Eads bridge pre
vented many suburban dwell
ers from returning to their
homes for the night. A hun
dred negroes, mostly carrying
bundles with their most preci
ous Dossessions, walked across
the bridge to shelter and safe
ty with friends on the Missouri
side.
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SINGLE JACK 1 IDE SOUTH IS
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For the first time in five years,
Prcscott will witness a miners' drill
ing contest today, when the amateur
single-jack teams get busy making
holes in a large block of granite at
thc Frontier Days grounds. Eleven
men will compete in this part of the j
contest, which starts at 2 o'clock in ,
front of the grandstaniT, and contin-t
PHOENIX, July 2. Practically all
of the great copper producing dis
tricts in the southern part of thc
State are now afllicted with labor
troubles German-inspired it is be
lieved. Clifton, Miami and Globe
were added to the strike zone today.
The situation at Bisbcc shows some
improvement but not enough to give
the operators any encouragement.
Pnrnnrtinrr ti lif tlio ilfmntirtQ rT
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lies uurmg uic ruling ami roping. ( tIle striking copper miners in the
Those entered for the single-jack ' i;isbl.c and; othcr ln;n;ng districts in
contest today arc: Peter Kozos, Pal Arizona, the following handbill has
Dillon. Jess Jackson, Gus Dahhn, U.bccn circulated at Bishec, Clifton,
ilhclm, P. Hanson D. McMullcn. Kav Giobe anij other mining centers
Jack Stewart. L. Waters. Charley I : ,i, c,,, i. : e:A i... o m
Shull and George Duff. I cial of "The First Convention of thc
Tomorrows contest will be between ,.,31 anj MmC Workers' Union,
T ' amateur double-jack teams, consist- y0. S00." Thc demands as made on
ing of the following: Joe Ray and , th;s i,anai,ni are as follows:
; Eiml Jonach, Glenn Hart and W. E. . , - . ,,, .... ..f,. n-, , i
! if .1 t at Tt -A six-hour day irom collar to col
Vernon, Jim McGrath and Met her-1 . .. '
. 'son, Fred Curtis and Gus Dahlin, . . .,t. .t.
,Dailey and Dillon, and Shull and SimleW day for
t. ." . . t all men working underground, and
; Thc term amateur docsn t mean --n .,.,,.,,,..- ,.,',
4. , ., . . ... i n.jU tor all men working on the sur-
j: that the miners arc new at the game J
ot poking steel into boulders. It is
"? ; merely a classification to distinguish I
No physical examinations.
That two men shall work on piston
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I iiif- riiinrsi:irii iiii- iiri iwii u.i . .
.r ' c .i i i i -i. i and water liner machines.
; from those of the last day. who will Xo sH(l; sca,e of
. le men wno ime cu.npeieu ... cxi- T,,at tWQ mcn shal, WQrfc
coinpc
bitions before.
A. A. Johns and Joe Hobbs will
judge these contests.
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OiHiW HUHM Make Awards For
Judges
contests at
TUnn rilT Frontier Contests
iriLliADII r
IN THE WAR
By Associated Press.
PETROGRAD, Julv
FRENCH LOSS LIGHT
PARIS, June 29. Reports state
that two French merchant ships of
more than 1,600 tons and three small- ing throughout thc country, was led
Minister ! .
ot war KcrciisKy telegraphed i re- a
micr LovtT that thc Russian rcvolu-1 4.
tionary army resumed thc offensive;.
July 1st. 4.
Thc brilliant Russian advance, '
news of which sent a wave of rcjoic-
cr than that were sunk by German
submarines during thc week ending
June 24th.
by Kcrcnsky himself.
SILVER
NEW YORK, July 2 Silver 77?gc
for the
thc Frontier Days celebration
were chosen by ballot of the
paid-up contestants Sunday
afternoon. The games and
sports are in charge of F. L.
Haworth, arena director, and
the following are the judges
and officials of the course:
On all riding contests. Chas.
Hollingshead, P. B. Michel
and Sterling Plumper. Hal
lingshead is from the 'Horse
shoe ranch, Plummer is from
Florence and Michel is a Cali
fornian. On the roping contests,
Starter, Tot Young; Timers,
Cooper, Parks and Bozarth;
Judges, Carter and Roy Young;
Foul Judge, Doc Osborne.
all
raises. q
Change rooms, with shower baths,
hot and cold water, for all shifts.
Xo armed guards to bc permitted
around the mine.
No carbide lamps.
All men employed in the mine shall
jbe hired from union headquarters.
1 A semi-monthly pay-day.
I No blasting during shifts.
Xo union men shall be discrimin
ated against on account of participa
tion in strikes.
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AWFUL ACCIDENT
NIAGARA FALLS, July 2. A
trollcv can on the Gorge Route carry
ing 60 persons, jumped thc track and
ran into Niagara river about 3:30
; ! o'clock Sunday afternoon. At 6
; o'clock thc police reported 45 person
' were missing and several in hospitals
seriously injured. Thc car left thc
I track just below the cantilever bridge
1 on the American side of the river and
turned bottom side up in the rushing
. current.
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UNEARTH CONSPIRACY
! WASHINGTON, July Z A secret
! investigation by government agents
ihas disclosed the existence of a con-
lsr';racy to destroy or hinder shipping
on the Great Lakes.