War News Roundup from Western Front and Beyond
British forces claim fifty four enemy planes destroyed and have crossed the Jordan River. French win in Lorraine while Canadians push at Lens with poison gas. A vast 50 mile front battle unfolds as Stolt-Nielsen sinks and mystery long range shells hit Paris. Haig withdraws to prepared positions as German offensives surge, with Italian front patrols and Rome reporting intensified artillery. German Emperor William reportedly commands on the Western Front amid a broader struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorraine
Lens
Stolt-Nielsen
Paris
Haig
War Office
Rome
France
London
William
Washington War Department
World War I War News Across Fronts and Politics
Reports from Europe and Asia cover peace pleas from Pope Benedict to the United States, Dutch ship seizures, Terauchi addressing Japan, Begona No 4 torpedoing with crew landed at Naples, and Allied seizure views. Also notes German war credit passage, Hindenburg at Spa, Redmond election result in Waterford, and Romanian alliance efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pope Benedict
United States
United Kingdom
Terauchi
Asia
British General Sees No Ground For Anxiety In Dispatches
Brigadier General W A White of the British army tells Chicago there is no ground for anxiety as he reads western front dispatches. Four men in Christ opher Illinois are tarred and feathered for disloyalty in a mining town. A 277 member base hospital No 29 unit is noted with 151 Denver troops heading to Camp Cody New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. White
Chicago
Western Front
Christopher, Ill
Base Hospital No. 29
Denver
Camp Cody
N. M
Herbert Hoover
United States
Thomas B. Stearns
Colorado
War Department seeks doubling of U S army and draft age
The War Department cabled General Pershing to forward definite information on the front where British troops face German onslaught. Senate voices strong support for doubling the U S army and raising the draft age beyond 35. Maj. Gen. Richard M. Blatchford assigned to command the Panama Canal Department. Brig. Gen. James A. Irons relieved after a medical board found him unfit for active service abroad. An official dispatch from Switzerland notes a violent attack by Law Councillor Lammasch on the pan-Germans in the Austrian House of Lords.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Pershing
United States
Senate
Richard M. Blatchford
Panama Canal Department
Switzerland
Lammasch
House of Lords
James A. Irons
Camp Greene
N. C
Boxing Draw Finds Dillon and Scott In Ten Round Tie
Jack Dillon of Indianapolis and Steamboat Bill Scott of Toledo fought ten rounds to a draw at Muncie Indiana. Tommy Gibbons of St Paul won a newspaper decision over Gus Christie in Des Moines Iowa. Mike Donovan, former middleweight champion and Roosevelt boxing instructor, died of pneumonia in New York. Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Americans faces possible draft by year end. Chatty passed examination and is placed in Class 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Dillon
Indianapolis
Steamboat Bill Scott
Toledo
Muncie
Ind
Tommy Gibbons
St. Paul
Gus Christie
Des Moines
Mike Donovan
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
New York
Ray Chapman
Cleveland Americans
Chatty
Stokes Arrest in Missouri and Liberty Loan News
Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes of New York was arrested at Willow Springs by federal officers on espionage act charges. Subscriptions to the third Liberty loan reached full uptake, while Bethlehem Steel reported 1917 net earnings of 53.98 million dollars, down from the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Pastor Stokes
New York
Willow Springs
Reuter
Bilbao
California
Federal Reserve
Japan
Masaharu Anesaki
Imperial University of Japan
University of California, At Berkeley
Cosmo Gordon Lang
York
England
Music Hall
Cincinnati
Ohio
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
T. P. O’connor
San Francisco
United States
America
Mixed metals and ore prices from Western mining markets
Western mining update shows lead at 7.25 7.50, copper at 23.12 percent, bar silver 89 cents. London bar silver 44 cents. Spelter 7.45 in St. Louis. Boulder tungsten concentrates 60 percent 20.00 22.50 per unit. Crude ores 60 percent 22.00 25.00 25 percent 12.00 12.50 10 percent 9.40 12.20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
London
St. Louis
Boulder
Mineral strikes boost Gila county and Jerome mining activity
Gila county miners report rich ore in Mineral creek district while the Silver King mine at Superior sacks high grade copper ore. Copper smelter at Douglas sets a record with January production at 21 700 pounds. Oatman district reports three major mineral strikes with ore assays up to 400 per ton. Mineralization grows in the Gadsden shaft bottom at 865 feet. Stoping of ore for shipment to the mill has begun at the Gold Ore mine in Jerome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gila County
Mineral Creek
Silver King
Superior
Douglas
Oatman District
Gadsden
Jerome
Arizona State News Highlights Mineral Finds and War Efforts
Dana's Mineralogy notes manganese rich species while Summit county hosts outcrops of molybdenite at Montezuma Uneva lake Hoosier pass and Breckenridge district. A new rich vein opens at W P H mine owned by United Gold Mines Company leased to W P H Leasing. Nisi Prius in Iowa gulch Leadville extends lease for major manganese development. Molybdenite concentrates become commercial. American Metal Company operates a 250 ton mill near Climax on South Park railway. Flagler Oil and Gas resumes drilling west of Flagler at 750 feet with oil shows. Cortez reports ballerite potential in Dana's Mineralogy disputed material from the Ute mountains near Cortez Colorado. Jerome seals sewer contract while Douglas cantonment construction paused. deaths and war-related updates across Arizona. Salt River Valley plans $1,000,000 dam and reservoir. water polo starts at Douglas Y M C A. yeggmen loot Santa Fe depot at Hot Springs Junction. large sheep herds feed in Salt River valley. Globe Boy Scouts start war garden. volunteers answer call to service. Jerome hero John L Sullivan honored by flags. Neil Bailey to France with traffic officials. Western Union line to Ajo rebuilt. Yuma criminal complaint filed. Two Douglas boys wounded in France. New government remittance limits sparking Jerome wealth concerns. Prescott Jerome highway plans advance. cotton crop valued at $8 million aids war. McBride named assistant attorney general. Arizona school children to vaccinate under health board order. Oatman gold strikes at Tom Reed and United Eastern. Comstock mine at Virginia City. Aztec vein at Bald Eagle yields rich gold. copper output projected high. Bisbee investors bond Flux mine. B G Thompson heads abroad.
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Dana
Summit County
Montezuma
Uneva
Lake
Hoosier Pass
Breckenridge
W. P. H. Leasing Company
United Gold Mines Company
Cripple Creek
Nisi Prius
Iowagulch
Leadville
American Metal Company, Limited
New York
Climax Station
South Park Railway
Flagler Oil and Gas Company
Flagler
Cortez
Montezuma County
Denver
Ute Mountains
Colorado
Western
Union News Service
Jerome
Douglas Cavalry
John J. Birdne
United States Land Office
Phoenix
Salt River Valley Water Users’ Association
Verde River
Douglas Y. M. C. A
308Th Cavalry
Santa Fe
Prescott and Phoenix
Hot Springs Junction
Salt River Valley
Boy Scouts of
Globe
Pringle Ranch
Wheatfields
Miami
John L. Sullivan
Neil Bailey
France
United States
Western Union
Ajo
Yuma
H. Morgan
Gadsden
Douglas Boys
Domineck Negri
Tom Negri
Arthur Tobias Degamach
Francis Robinson
England
Italy
Commission of State
State Capitol
Prescott-Jerome
Chamber of Commerce of
Prescott
Arizona
F. J. K. McBride
Commission of State Institutions
L. T. Whitney
State Board of Health
W. O. Sweek
Public Health
Oatman
Tom Reed
United Eastern
Comstock
Virginia City
Consolidated Arizona Smelting Company
Tom Reed Company
Copper Exports Rise Driven by Allied Demand in 1917
The report notes dividend actions by Anaconda Copper and Inspiration Copper on March 26 and March 28. It states copper exports to allied nations in 1917 rose 47 percent from 1916, with December showing a 68 percent increase.
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Anaconda Copper Company
Inspiration Copper Company
Oil boom grows in Mogollon and surrounding districts
A large hoist is installed at the Deadwood shaft in Mogollon and a bigger oil hoist is planned for the Deadwood mine. New machinery arrives for a Socorro plant mill. Booth Oil Company holds large lease acreage at Columbus. Felix River Oil Company files incorporation. Roy citizens form a development group to probe local oil indications. Oaks Co retimbering Pacific shaft. air compressor arrives at Deep Down mine. Mill values found on third level west. three feet of high grade ore opened in Bearup tunnel, several hundred feet below prior Mogollon development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deadwood
Mogollon
Socorro
Columbus
Booth Oil Company
Felix River Oil Company
Roy
The
Oaks Co
Pacific Shaft
Bearup
Oil activity updates across Casper to Douglas sites
The Standard refinery in Casper completed a new laboratory. The Milliken Company drilled a new well in the Blackwell field of the Mid-Continent. Horseshoe Oil and Gas Company moves a drilling rig and tool string to Rawlins. One Hundred Oil Company near Douglas struck water at about 1350 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard
Casper
Milliken Company
Blackwell
Mid-Continent
Horseshoe Oil and Gas Company
Rawlins
One Hundred Oil Company
Douglas
Swift & Company Denies Conspiracy and Improper Practices
The company states there is no foundation for alleged FTC violations and asserts it is not involved in any conspiracy to defraud the government. It denies improper storage of foods or making false entries or reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Trade Commission
Swift & Company
Judge Cushman Delays Naturlization Grant in Seattle Court
In Seattle federal court Judge Cushman questioned a nat uralization applicant who said he had lived ten years in the United States with three months in Tacoma. The Tacoma origin judge deliberated several minutes before approving the papers. The piece ends with a proverb about purses and fear of discovery shaping respectability.
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Little
Siam
Tacoma
Cushman
Seattle
United States
Can You Sell This Seam A Family Argument
A sharp exchange centers on proving ability to sew as a family matter. The speaker boasts readiness to demonstrate by selling a seam, challenging the other to witness capacity in a practical display.
Contingency and Echoes of Uncertainty in a Cold Moment
A fragmentary dialogue hints at weather and doubt as Geraldine explains foot trouble delaying enlistment. The exchange touches on cold conditions, health concerns, and a judge’s remark about contingency and healthfulness of pie, underscoring pervasive uncertainty.
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