Arizona State News Highlights From Fortunes and Fallout
Report covers Jerry Sheehy’s silver lead development in Red Rock country and Verde Smelter upgrades. Notes Swansea Consolidated near Bouse suspensions and 300 layoffs, hay mine drift plans, and a large drug seizure in Nogales. Sheriff orders gambling closure in Maricopa County. Oil indications near Defiance, Trench Consolidated Mines progress, and highway work by E A Wolfe. Detentions at Fort Grant school critique, burglar case in Phoenix, drug-ring bust, Nogales border arrests, Benson’s old smelter rebuild, and Hubbell killing at Oraiba trading post. Official misconduct rumors and highway funding context. Damages awarded to Emily Conwell in mining accident case.
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Jerry Sheehy
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 and a World Warning
Ariadne Gilbert cites Erckmann Chatrian in St. Nicholas noting Alsace Lorraine's overlooked history and warning from The Plebiscite about German designs. The piece argues Americans and Allies should heed lessons from 1870 1871 and the warning that Germans are spies by nature.
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Alsace
Lorraine
France
Germany
Erckmann-Chatrian
Ariadne Gilbert
St. Nicholas
Rich Chinese Province Shantung Description
Shantung is a mountainous promontory 100 miles wide projecting into the Yellow Sea for 200 miles. It covers about 55 970 square miles with limestone mountains headed by Mount Tai. The region combines highlands with fertile valleys and plains and is well watered though lakes are few. Agriculture thrives with crops of 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 Becomes Stage Conductor in New York Pantomi ne
A pantomime premiere in New York used a submarine periscope to direct the orchestra from the pit. The Chicago born composer, directing from below, watched the stage through the instrument while conducting. The audience gradually realized the device was guiding the performers on stage.
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New York
Chicago
Coffee Substitutes Boast as Coffee Shops Supplant Saloons
Porto Rican observer Manuel Gorzyl predicts coffee will replace alcohol in the United States after prohibition. He notes Porto Rico’s dry era boosted coffee use by about 75 percent and argues soft drinks will fade while coffee becomes the preferred between meals drink.
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Manuel Gorzyl
Gorzyl
Porto Rico
Mr. Gorzyl
Monday Deals with Sunday Speeding Pinches
A lighthearted item notes motorists find Monday generally fine after the Sunday speeding pinches. The quip comments on traffic mood and weekly pace without naming people, places, or events.
Demand for European copper rises after trade limits end
F. Kelly of Anaconda Copper Mining Company led a Copper Export Association mission to Europe reporting that Allied governments hold large copper stocks while consuming industries in the entente are short. He says Germany and former Austria-Hungary allies face exhausted supplies and will need substantial imports once restrictions lift.
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Europe
Germany
Austria-Hungary
F. Kelly
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Copper Export Association
Kelly
Mining boom and ore shipments dominate Stratton estate mining notes
Reports from Colorado detail Excelsior Mining action on Bull Hill Longfellow group and Wellington Mines Breckenridge suspending zinc production. Victoria mine near Salina becomes steady, Boulder Sampling Works paid $1 423.33 for 30 088 pounds. Thompson claim ore near Elkton Consolidated ships nearly three ounces gold per ton. American Eagles ore at 1625 feet shows ten ounce grade $200 per ton. Radium ore shipments endure over 20 mile Pickett trail at 45 per ton. two carloads by mules to Gateway.
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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
American Eagles
W. S. Stratton
Basket & Luce
Colorado
Gateway
Colo
New Wyoming Oil Strike Opens Area Near Mule Creek
Field report from Lusk notes Glenrock Oil Co well drills to 2950 feet and two additional spuds in nearby sections. Confirmed oil discovery at Mule Creek home thirty miles NW of Lusk by Elmer Green joint venture, with over thirty rigs on site and rush drilling planned after test success. Midwest Refining Co, offset to Ohio Oil, reports first sand at 2640 feet and oil in greater quantity than Ohio drillers.
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Lusk
Glenrock Oil Company
Mule Creek
Elmer Green
Wyoming
Midwest Refining Company
Ohios’Oil Company
Ohio
Arizona Mines Nearing Commercial Stage in Twin Buttes and Warren
In the Twin Buttes district at Reiniger-Freeman silver is a major ore factor, bringing the mine closer to production. Jerome Verde reports drift on the 100 level cutting about seventeen feet of similar ore, a sign of progress though not decisive. Garden at Jerome gains attention but needs more work to show mine potential. Dean Arizona in Warren district increases development and lower level exploration as it nears the long-considered big mine.
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Reiniger-Freeman
Twin Buttes
Jerome Verde
Jerome
Dean Arizona
Warren District
Edward W. Pickard
Wilson
Paris
League of Nations
Mr. Wilson
West Bank
the Rhine
Danzig
Germany
National Assembly
France
Belgium
Peace terms in Paris drive toward easing indemnities
Paris peace delegates push to scale down German reparations and define Rhine neutralization. Smuts heads to Hungary while Lenine leans toward peace with the Allies. Russia resumes offensive along Archangel and East Prussia as German unrest grows with Spartacist strikes in Berlin and Frankfort.
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Hungary
Russia
Smuts
Bela Kun
Lenine
Germany
East Prussia
von Hindenburg
Archangel
Foch To Spa With Instructions On Danzig Crisis
Marshal Foch was sent to Spa with full authority to end the dispute over Danzig. Allies want General Haller and Polish divisions landed at the port, while the Germans say this cannot be allowed, threatening the fate of Danzig.
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Foch
Paris
Danzig
Vistula
Rome
Italy
Marshal Foch
Spa
Haller
Abyssinia Faces Dual Revolts and League of Nations Bid
Reports from Abyssinia describe two uprisings against the government led by a grandson of King Johannes II and by the governor of Dediazmach. The government plans a Paris delegation seeking admission to the League of Nations, while Spain announces it will join when the league is formed.
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Abyssinia
Johannes II
Dediazmach
Paris
League of Nations
Spain
League
Thompson Wins Reelection as Chicago Mayor Amid Republican Lift
William Hale Thompson was reelected mayor of Chicago last week, creating a commanding position for his faction in Illinois Republican affairs. There is renewed talk of seeking his nomination for the presidency, a prospect that unsettles other potential aspirants.
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United States
Chicago
William Hale Thompson
Ilinois
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Nogales
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