War Week in Review: Austrian Crisis and Italian Gains
Western front reports Americans advancing north of Belleau Wood and Italian forces pressing the Piave line. Austrian offensive ends in failure amid bread riots in Vienna and food shortages. German losses mount, Roma rumors swirl. British casualties total 36,620 for the week ending June 21.
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Tabriz
Rheims
Vienna
Chateau-Thierry
Belleau Wood
Austria-Hungary
Austria
Italy
Piave
Marne
Belley Wood
West has multiple deaths and incidents across towns
Dr F Digocomo dies in Kem merer and Peter Natala jailed for murder. Thomas Kinsley dies in a mine explosion at Butte Montana. Aerial barbed wire accident at Hicksfield Fort Worth injures nine. Salt Lake City metal workers strike for $1 daily raise. Michigan Central train crash with Hagenbeck-Wallace circus train at Ivanhoe Indiana kills sixty and injures over a hundred. The will of Charles Warren Fairbanks probate in Indianapolis disposes $2,000,000 real estate and $150,000 personal property.
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Hicksfield
Fort Worth
Tex
Salt Lake City
Michigan Central Railroad
Ivanhoe
Ind
Charles Warren Fairbanks
Indianapolis
War and policy moves dominate Washington updates
The Interstate Commerce Commission approves a ten percent express rate hike while President Wilson endorses steel and iron price accords from the war trade board and the American Iron and Steel Institute. Senate military committee backs draft age mobilization in the army appropriation bill. British officials foresee Liberty motors powering long range planes to Europe. The West Apam cargo ship completes construction in seventy eight days at Skinner and Eddy Seattle yard. Hoover announces sugar rationing starting July 1 to address a looming shortage and cuts to manufacturer allocations.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Wilson
War Trade Board
American Iron and Steel Institute
Senate Military Committee
House
Europe
Berlin
West Apam
Skinner and Eddy Company
Seattle
Shipping Board
Hoover
War News From Europe and Asia
Reports from the front and allied capitals describe Italy’s motor industry expansion amid demand, disputes over fleets and borders involving Turkey Germany and Bulgaria, Austrian cabinet resignations and bread riots in Vienna, missing Italian ace Baracca, pacifist debate in Britain, escape attempts from Berlin, Hungarian food shortages, sea power emphasis by Archibald Hurd, Chinese cooperation with Japan, and Germany’s clothing scarcity prompting a proposed state seizure of clothing from deceased estates.
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Turkey
Germany
Vienna
Zurich
Signor Baracca
Italy
Philip Edward Morrell
House of Commons
Berlin
Denmark
Baltic Sea
Hungary
Tisza
Archibald Hurd
London Daily Telegraph
Harbin
Siberian
Tuan Chi-fui
Peking
London Daily Mail
Justizrar
Otto Feig
Pacific Northwest Woman Golf Champion Crowned in Seattle
Mrs. Robert Gelletly of Vancouver B C won the Pacific Northwest amateur championship by defeating Miss Thoris Falvey of Chicago 2 up and 1 to go at Seattle Washington. Louis Chevrolet drove 108 mph to win the Chicago automobile derby handicap valued at 30000 at the speedway course with a time of 55 25. Miss Molla Bjurstedt beat Eleanor Goss 6 4 6 3 to retain the U S women’s tennis title at the Philadelphia Cricket Club.
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Robert Gelletly
Vancouver
B. C
Pacific Northwest
Seattle
Wash
Thoris Falvey
Chicago
Louis Chevrolet
Speedway
Molla Bjurstedt
United States
Eleanor Goss
West Side Tennis Club
New York
Philadelphia Cricket Club
Strike at Buffalo airplane factory reported.
General news items note a strike in the Buffalo New York aircraft plant and various World War I era updates including Russia intervention stance in Senate discussions. Other entries report Gompers asserting German war machine crumbling and wartime casualty totals to late June.
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Buffalo, N. Y
Arizona mining news and Tucson area updates
The June report notes Arizona crops above average while Gold King at Prescott resumes work. Copper and silver lead ore developments dominate, with new mills planned at Santa Cruz and ongoing drilling at Oatman and Jerome. Ajo, Bisbee, and Douglas activity plus a 3000 tax reward reference accompany civic and defense notes.
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Arizona
Prescott
Bisbee
Maricopa
Oatman
Miami Copper Company
Twins
Cerbat
Silver Bell Consolidated
Douglas
Army
Army Base Hospital
Camp Jones
Fort Sam Houston
H. C. “Curley” Duvall
Ajo
Ollie Heaton
United China
Jerome
Quarts
Kingman
New York Mountains
Diaz Records 45000 Austrian Losses in Piave Retreat
Rome reports the Austrian army led by Emperor Charles evacuated the Montello plateau and withdrew along the Piave under heavy Italian pressure. Italian cavalry and aircraft wounds, heavy Austro-Hungarian casualties, 45000 prisoners, and bridges left behind blown. American aviators and troops participate in the Marne actions with several German sorties repelled.
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Rome
Piave
Charles
Montello
Bad Wesether
King
Victor Emmanuels
Washington
France
Flanders
Bligny
Marne
Ship Mary Olson Sunk at Havana Wharf
The American steamer Mary Olson of 848 tons gross was burned at her wharf at Cien Fuegos Havana. The captain and crew are under arrest pending investigation into the incident.
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Havana
Mary Olson
Cienfuegos
Fortifications and Civil Bills Pass Rapid War Measure
In Washington Congress rushes to support the war effort with swift passage of major bills. The House approves a 5.5 billion fortifications bill for artillery and ammunition for an army up to four million. The Senate backs a 3.3 billion sundry civil bill adding about 2 billion for shipping. Senator Fall proposes 18 to 45 draft age limits.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Fall of New Mexico
Denver War Savings drive praised by 75000 in city concert
In a golden sunset ceremony 75000 people offered a prayerful pledge to loyalty as a 192 piece band led the crowd in Onward Christian Soldiers to support Denver’s War Savings Stamp campaign with a triumphant march.
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Jesus
United
Denver
Metals Prices and Mining Updates Across Regions
Prices for lead copper bar silver and zinc are listed from New York London and St. Louis with values for tungsten concentrates crude ores and 60 to 10 percent varieties in Boulder Colorado. The silver claims at Kingman Old Hackberry are leased and Topeka manganese prospects are optioned. Patagonia district production resumes and Pocahontas mine at Prescott gears up with two hoists and three compressors. Phelps Dodge declares a 3.50 extra dividend alongside 2.50 regular.
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St. Louis
Boulder
Colo
Topeck
Patagonia
Pocahontas
Prescott
Phelps-Dodge Corporation
Mining News From Colorado Mill and Mines
Heavy shipments from the Portland mill at Victor were made by the melt house at Colorado Springs. The Caledonian Mining and Milling Company near Silverton prepares for a busy season. The Jerry Johnson mine in Cripple Creek reports a promising strike with ore shipping at 25 to 30 dollars per ton. The Golden Eagle group near Salida yields telluride ore with gold and silver values. Homer mine in Central City becomes a dividend payer. APgo mill shipment shows 2.07 oz gold, 6 oz silver, and 12.70 percent copper per ton. Rail freight increases from June 25 will affect values differently by locality, highlighting the merit of home treatment for low to medium grade ores.
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John Hughes
Copper Queen Company
Bisbee
Copperville
Mohave County
Leviathan
H. J. Ramer
Dry Lake
Holbrook
Tom Reed
Oatman
Gadsden
Jerome
Arizona
Blue Monster Group
Cherry Creek
Prescott
Portland
Victor
Colorado Springs
Caledonian Mining and Milling Company
Silverton
Peerless
Golden Eagle
Salifia
Boulder County
Central City
Homer
Central City Hill
Apgo
Butte and Superior reports zinc and copper output for May
Butte and Superior posts May zinc ore mined at 49,500 tons with a mill recovery of 91 percent and zinc output of 6,850,000 pounds. Domestic copper production rose about 10,000,000 pounds from April to May, with Davis Daly at 749,733 pounds in May. Total copper through June 1 reaches 4,107,249 pounds. Silver output in May was 35,298 ounces, bringing year to date to 226,000 ounces.
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Butte and Superior
Davis-Daly
New Mexico Companies Form Incorporation and Oil Find Progress
Incorporation papers filed by the Las Huertas Gold Mining Company of New Mexico with office at Albuquerque and capital stock of $150,000. The Twin Buttes Oil and Gas Company of Otero County reports its test well down over 900 feet with oil discovery. Rapid development continues on the Stevens manganese property on Boston Hill, with car load shipments advancing.
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Las Huertas Gold Mining Company of
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Twin Buttes Oil and Gas Company
Otero County
Stevens
Boston Hill
Oil firms announce dividend and report new wells in Salt Creek
Imperial Oil of Camden and Midwest Refining of Wyoming declare a $5 per share dividend payable in Dominion bonds. Wyokans Oil drills Monarch Salt Creek joint well on sec 28 40 79 West Salt Creek. American Oil reports a well in Greybull district. Salt Creek Petroleum No.2 by Ohio Oil completes in sec 21 40 79 West Salt Creek. Boston Wyoming Oil drills four wells in Salt Creek district. Two on company account, two for joint interests by Ohio Oil.
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Imperial Oil Company of
Camden
Midwest Refining Company
Wyoming
Wyokans Oil Company
Monarch Salt Creek Company
West Salt Creek
American Oil Company
Greybull
The
Salt Creek Petroleum Company
Ohio Oil Company
Boston-Wyoming Oil Company
Salt Creek
Judge Declares Stomach Remedy A Great Success
Office workers and others who sit long suffer from dyspepsia belching bad breath heartburn and loss of appetite Eatonio claims to relieve gas and bloat. It guarantees relief or money back and costs only a cent or two daily. Obtain a box from your druggist.
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Eatonio
Judge Chambers
Humors of Rent Collecting in a Boston Neighborhood
A humorously stern letter from a rent collector, written in January, notes frozen pipes in a cellar and a dispute between Lemuel and Bill over warmth and coal for the furnace while stressing that rent must be paid.
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Lemuel
Bill
No Eats in Heaven
A short humorous anecdote about Eugene aged five who asks if heaven has restaurants after a week on a diet. His mother explains there are no meals in heaven, and he sighs hoping not to die hungry tonight.
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Eugene
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Arlington National Cemetery
Alexander O. Brodie
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State Council of Defense
Twelfth Cavalry
Hachita
N. M
Tom
John Powers
Tom Sisson
R. F. McBride
M. R. Kempton
D. K. Wooten
Graham County
Jerome Verde
Teuton
Field
Terrific Slaugh
TER
Diaz
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Western Mining and Oil News
London
Colorado
Montana
Mediation and Conciliation Board
Eatonic
William L. Chambers
U. S. Board of Mediation and Conciliation
Eatonico
Ee. D. O
Eatonic Remedy Co
Lydia E. Pinkham
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