Arizona State News Highlights Copper Mines and Local Incidents
Jerry Sheehy advances a silver lead project in Red Rock country while Verde Smelter expands and Swansea Consolidated near Bouse suspends, laying off 300 workers. Fort Grant Industrial School abuse report details harsh conditions. legal cases include burglar Hicks seeking a square meal, and a Phoenix barber shop drug raid uncovers morphine and opium stock. Nogales official Car Denas returns two Americans he suspects of dodge, Benson smelter rebirth slated May 15, and Hubbell murder case at Oraiba trading post. Legislative scuttlebutt hints at misconduct amid talks of an official inquiry and highway funds edge close to approved levels. Emily Conwell wins 17,000 in damages over Inspiration mine accident death of Lawrence Conwell.
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Red Rock
Verde
Swansea
Bouse
Maricopa County
Montgomery
Laney
Benson
Charles E. Goetz
Antihony
Leupp
Hubbell
Charles Hubbell
Oraiba
Capitol
Highway Commission
Emily Conwell
Lawrence Conwell
Inspiration
Alsace and Lorraine Lessons From Erckmann Chatrain
Ariadne Gilbert in St. Nicholas recounts how the Alsace and Lorraine clash illustrated by Erckmann Chatrain warned of German designs. The piece notes the public ignorance of these regions and warns that the German threat could cost later generations dearly.
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Lorraine
France
Germany
Erckmann-Chatrian
Ariadne Gilbert
St. Nicholas
Rich Chinese Provinces Shantung Description
Shantung, a mountainous promotional province in China, spans about 55 970 square miles with Mount Tai as a sacred landmark. It features limestone mountains, fertile eastern valleys, and the Hoang-ho river. Agriculture thrives with crops like cotton rice tobacco indigo wheat barley maize millet pulses peanuts and vegetables.
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Shantung
Japan
China
Yellow Sea
Mount Tai
North
Hoang-ho
Great Plain
Periscope Directs Players From Orchestra Pit
In New York a pantomime premiere used a submarine periscope by the musical director to guide performers. The Chicago born composer, seated in the orchestra pit below stage level, directed the orchestra while peering through a periscope. The audience gradually discovered the unusual instrument aiding the performance.
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New York
Chicago
Coffee to replace booze in Porto Rico predicts new cafes
Porto Rican observer Mr. Manuel Gorzyl from Porto Rico foresees coffee supplanting alcoholic drinks as Prohibition reduces saloons. He notes coffee consumption up 75 percent since prohibition and says soft drinks will lose demand while coffee becomes the preferred between meals beverage.
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Manuel Gorzyl
Gorzyl
Porto Rico
Mr. Gorzyl
Monday Motorists Grapple With Sunday Speeding Pinches
The Reason notes Monday sees drivers facing fewer penalties after Sunday speed checks. The piece discusses why Monday becomes a clearer day for motorists, with police action easing following weekend enforcement patterns.
European copper demand seen rising after trade limits ease
F. F. Kelly of Anaconda Copper Mining Company predicts large European demand for copper from Germany and former Austria-Hungary countries once restrictions end. He notes allied governments hold big copper stocks but consuming industries lack reserves and government supplies will drop as distribution to users grows.
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Europe
Germany
Austria-Hungary
F. Kelly
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Copper Export Association
Kelly
Mining Activity Shifts as Victoria Mine Replaces Wellington Shipments
The Wellington Mines Company at Breckenridge tires of zinc ore sales with about 3,000 tons on hand and production halted. The Victoria mine near Salina now ships steadily. A Boulder Sampling Works sale yielded 1,423.33 dollars for 30,088 pounds from a 400-foot vein. Lessee Chapman’s Elkton claim ships near three ounces per ton from 500 and 600-foot levels. American Eagles area opened at 1,625 feet by Basket & Luce with ten ounce grade ore at about 200 dollars per ton. Radium shipments from Colorado's wild districts await transport to eastern plants, currently moved 2 carloads over a 20-mile Pickett trail at 45 dollars per ton.
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Longfellow Group
Stratton Estate
Bull Hill
Excelsior Mining, Leasing and Electric Company
Wellington Mines Company
Breckenridge
Victoria
Salina
Boulder Sampling
Lessee
Chapman
Elkton Consolidated Gold Mining Company
W. S. Stratton
Basket & Luce
Colorado
Gateway
Colo
Lusk Field Reports Deep Drilling and New Wyoming Oil Structure
Field notes from Lusk indicate Glenrock Oil Company wells are active at 2,950 feet with spuds in two nearby sites in the same neighborhood. A new oil strike at Mule Creek home, thirty miles northwest, is a test by Elmer Green opening a Wyoming oil structure. Around thirty rigs are on the ground as a rush drilling campaign approaches. Midwest Refining Company on section 25, offset to Ohio Oil on section 36, has passed the first sand at 2,640 feet with oil in greater quantity than the Ohio drillers.
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Lusk
Glenrock Oil Company
Mule Creek
Elmer Green
Wyoming
Midwest Refining Company
Ohios’Oil Company
Ohio
Silver optimism fuels mine prospects in Arizona districts
In Twin Buttes the Reiniger-Freeman mine shows silver as a major ore factor, nudging toward production. Jerome Verde drift extends 100 level and reveals similar material. Garden at Jerome gains attention but requires more work to prove mine status. Dean Arizona in Warren district expands development and exploration toward the lower levels, with belief of a near big mine on schedule.
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Reiniger-Freeman
Twin Buttes
Jerome Verde
Jerome
Dean Arizona
Warren District
Peace Conference Pressures and Bolshevik Threats Across Europe
Edward W. Pickard reports Paris peace delegates speeding talks under Wilson pressure as indemnities shrink and Rhineland and Saar questions loom. Bolshevik and Spartacist activity rise in Germany and Russia, with strikes and unrest challenging the Ebert government while Allied troops prepare for postwar occupation.
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Rhine
Saar
France
America
Europe
Albert
Belgium
Paris
Colonel House
Wilson
Marshal Foch Sent to Spa on Danzig Crisis
Marshal Foch was sent to Spa with full instructions to end the Danzig dispute. The allies want General Haller and Polish troops landed at the port, but the Germans refuse, and the ultimate fate of Danzig hangs on the confrontation.
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Marshal Foch
Spa
Danzig
Haller
Revolts in Abyssinia and Spain backs League admission
From Abyssinia reports speak of two uprisings one led by a grandson of King Johannes II who died in 1889 and another by the governor of Dediazmach. The Abyssinian government plans to send a delegation to Paris to seek participation in the League of Nations. Spain announces its adherence to the League when formed.
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Abyssinia
Johannes II
Dediazmach
Paris
League of Nations
Spain
League
Thompson Wins Re election in Chicago Mayor Race
William Hale Thompson was re elected mayor of Chicago last week. The victory cements his faction’s control over Republican affairs in Illinois and stirs talk of a national presidential nomination. Critics warn the prospect unsettles other potential White House contenders.
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United States
Chicago
William Hale Thompson
Ilinois
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