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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1918
Page
2
British destroy fifty four enemy planes and have crossed the River Jordan. French gain victory in Lorraine while Canadians counter with poison gas near Lens. The 50 mile front sees the greatest battle yet, with the 8,000 ton Stolt Nielsen sunk and a long range gun shelling Paris at seventy four miles.
Pope Benedict urges lasting peace in Easter message to the United States. British ports receive instructions for seizing Dutch ships. Premier Terauchi says no urgent Asia anxiety. Begona No. 4 torpedoed. crew landed at Naples. Dutch shipping seizure called unjust. Dutch minister Loudon speaks to upper chamber. Sixty German barons released from Petrograd imprisonment. Austrian bill for general compulsory labor introduced. Marghiloman seeks Romania central powers alliance. German war credit 15 billion marks passed Reichstag after debate. EmperorWilliam telegraphs mood at crucial war moment. German plan builds Helgoland to command Black Sea trade. Chinese troops in Manchuria suspected of robbing Russians and allying with Bolsheviks. Western Siberia believed under German economic influence. Emperor at Spa with Hindenburg and Ludendorff nearby. Captain William Redmond succeeds as party leader. Wa terford election yields 1,243 to 764 for Sinn Feiner.
Brig. Gen. W A White of the British army voiced no ground for anxiety as he read western front dispatches in Chicago. Four men charged with disloyalty were tarred and feathered at Christopher Illinois, a mining town. A unit of base hospital No 29 totaling 277 members included 151 departing from Denver for Camp Cody New Mexico. Drastic wheat regulations were announced by Herbert Hoover and issued in Denver by Thomas B Stearns to reduce flour and wheat product consumption.
The War Department cabled Gen Pershing to send immediate exact front line information. Senate recommend doubling the U S Army and possibly raising the draft age to 35. Maj Gen Richard M Blatchford assigned to command the Panama Canal Department. Brig Gen James A Irons relieved after medical board found him unfit for overseas service. A Swiss dispatch cites Lammasch attacking pan Germans in the Austrian House of Lords.
Jack Dillon of Indianapolis and Steamboat Bill Scott of Toledo battled to a ten round draw in 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 tutor, died of pneumonia in New York. Ray Chapman of Cleveland is likely to be drafted before season's end. Chatty has been examined and placed in Class 1.
Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes of New York was arrested at Willow Springs Missouri by federal officers on a charge of violating the espionage act. The report notes other global and national items from the era including political resignations, war loan activities, and economic data.
Western Mining and Oil News lists metal prices from New York and Boulder including Lead at 7.25 to 7.50, Copper 23.12, Bar Silver 0.89, London Silver 0.44, Spelter 7.45, Tungsten concentrates at 60 percent 20.00 to 22.50, Crude ores 60 percent 22.00 to 25.00, 25 percent 12.00 to 12.50, 10 percent 9.40 to 12.20.
Gila county miners strike rich ore in Mineral creek district. Silver King mine at Superior sacks high grade copper ore. Copper smelter at Douglas sets a record with January production of 21 700 pounds. Oatman district reports three great mineral strikes with ore assaying up to 400 dollars per ton. Gadsden shaft shows more mineralization at 865 feet. Gold Ore at Jerome begins actual stoping of ore for shipment to the mill.
The report covers Summit county mineral outcrops at Montezuma Uneva lake Hoosier pass and Breckenridge with new W. P. H. mine vein. Molybdenum concentrates begin commercial production and Flagler Oil and Gas resumes drilling near Flagler. Jerome sewer contract and water projects, aviation and war-related home front efforts fill the rest as Arizona reports mining and industry activity.
The report notes dividend actions by Anaconda Copper Company on March 26 and Inspiration Copper Company on March 28. It also states copper exports to allied countries in 1917 rose 47 percent over 1916, with a December increase of 68 percent.
A new Felix River Oil Company formed. Roy citizens organize a development group to probe oil potential near Mogollon. Large hoist installed at Deadwood shaft and another on the way for a Mogollon mill. Oaks Co retimbering Pacific shaft. Air compressor arrives at Deep Down mine. Mill values found on third level west and three feet of high grade ore opened in Bearup lower tunnel, deep below previous Mogollon workings.
The Standard refinery in Casper completed a new laboratory. The Milliken Company added a new well in the Blackwell field of the Mid-Continent. A Horseshoe Oil and Gas Company rig and tools head to Rawlins. One Hundred Oil Company reports water strike at five miles south of Douglas at about 1350 feet.
In a statement to the American people Swift & Company rejects any alleged law violations by FTC agents and asserts it is not party to a conspiracy to defraud the government nor guilty of improper storage of foods or false entries or reports.
Judge Cushman in Seattle questioned an applicant for naturalization about his residence. The man said he lived ten years in the United States except three months in Tacoma. The Tacoma judge pondered before granting the papers. A proverb about misplaced trust and self preservation closes the piece.
A witty exchange features a quip about proving sewing capacity with a bold claim to demonstrate skills. The remark plays on confidence and humor in a family context to underscore competence and flair.
A brief exchange questions enlistment as Geraldine cites foot trouble and Geraldine asks if the cold is flat. The judge weighs a contingency as uncertainty lingers over all earthly things like a pall.
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