Sheriff Forbes, of Pima County, knew an eloping couple when he saw one, especially when the female half was underage.
From the Arizona Daily Star, Thursday, August 10, 1916:
RUNAWAY COUPLE IS DETAINED BY SHERIFF
Sheriff Forbes by clever work “deduced” that Ramon Robles and Edith Dowdy, two young people who arrived last evening, were a runaway couple, and detained them.
Robles, who is a Mexican, stated that he was 21 and that the girl was 16, and that they had run off from Prescott to get married. They were taken to the county jail and questioned. Miss Dowdy, who is an American, has a sister in Tucson.
Sheriff Forbes communicated with Prescott officers and an effort will be made to get the consent of the mother to the marriage. Robles claims that the girl is mistreated at home, and they both are anxious to get married.
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The military along the border between the United States and Mexico made plans to conduct a census and make a directory of the legitimate journalists along the border. The was to stop fake stories from being released.
A modern journalist might wonder if there was more to the effort. Journalists from 1916 also may have wondered.
Military Is Making Directory of News Men
Census Being Taken of All Reporters Along International Line
Officers at military headquarters in Arizona at Douglas are compiling a directory of newspaper editors, reporters and correspondents in Arizona towns for the purpose, it is assumed, of ridding the border of the amateur news pest who has been flooding the country with fake stories regarding border occurrences and conditions. Data regarding Tucson news men was obtained last night.
This action follows the recent denunciation by General Funston of the distribution of fake news from border military camps, which has been seconded by every newspaper along the international border. It is intended especially to put a damper on the amateur correspondent representing “back east” newspapers who are members of militia units, but from the fact that a census of all newspaper men along the border is being made it is evident that efficient censorship regulations to meet any contingency are being framed.
