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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1916
Page
2
A condensed summary of the week’s key happenings drawn from telegraphic reports. Major developments across politics economy and culture are touched upon with brisk, factual phrasing appropriate to a concise news digest.
Western fronts report British steamer Eretria sunk and another Zeppelin brought down off Norway. Germans push into British trenches at Ploegisteert wood but are repelled. Turks claim repulse of Russians northwest of Erzerum with heavy losses. Russians bring fresh forces toward Baghdad and occupy Rowandaz. Irish rebel leaders Connolly and Mc Dermott shot in Dublin. Continuous artillery near Col di Lana with no clear gains. Germans advance on Dvinsk Riga front prompting Russian caution. Turks bombard Black Sea ports in retaliation. German assaults on Verdun repelled. Lord Cecil says peace overtures unavailable. British trench losses near Vermelles admitted. Mexican raid reaches McKinley Springs, Texas. 8000 more troops to Mexican border amid border town raids.
F. Robertson, student from Golden School of Mines, injured on Lincoln Highway Cheyenne. Rev Madison Slaughter found guilty in Oroville of assaulting 15 year old Gertrude Lamson Chico. Mrs George B Davis and two children burned to death at Kingman Arizona after rescuing six others. Petitions for recall of San Francisco Mayor James Rolph Jr circulated by Eu gene HE Schmitz supporters. Wal ter L Cottrell alias William L Carlisle, train bandit, sentenced to life in Cheyenne ending criminal career from age 17.
The next step in talks with the Entente over neutral commerce will be delayed due to the implied threat in the German note of May 65. The $11 million Indian appropriation bill passed both houses and goes to the President. A conference committee settled an army reorganization plan to field 206000 regulars and 425000 National Guard. The American minister warned Santo Domingo must be evacuated or face force, leading to the rebels leaving the city.
Reports include Greek island unrest on Samos, Sarah Bernhardt’s Paris return after facing frontline soldiers, Goethals plans to resign as Panama governor June 1, Austrian archducal betrothal to Prince Boris, Asquith’s Dublin journey, German casualty tallies in April and total since war start, El Paso conference pause, Ciudad del Maiz clash killing Pedro Cedillo and followers, Townshend’s loss of heir claim, Townshend Marchioness birth, and Poincare demanding peace on German terms in Nancy.
A 15 round bout was arranged between Jim Flynn of Pueblo and Jack Dillon of Indianap olis for Dewey Oklahoma on July 4. A 20 round fight between Chick Hayes and Benny Chavez at Denver on May 22 is also announced.
Harris Johnson, age 101 and the oldest Elk in the United States, died in Columbus Mississippi. Other items include Mrs. Louis Schwartzattel of Brooklyn becoming mother of boy triplets and the arrest of Rev. Francis Schlatter in New York for practicing medicine without a license.
Prices for metals quoted from New York and St. Louis listed by Western Newspaper Union News Service. Lead at $7.50, bar silver 761% cents, spelter $17.00, copper casting $28.62, tungsten per unit in Boulder Colorado at 60 percent $60.25 and 10 percent $32.00.
The Three R mine sold in Tucson for 500000 dollars. Bisbee district smelter production in April neared 22000000 pounds while Yavapai county mining grows in scope and importance. Shattuck at Bisbee features new copper and lead ore with dividends totaling 437500 paid April 20 and 787500 distributed so far this year.
A villa chief was killed in a confrontation in the Lake Region. Authorities decline comment as investigations begin into the deadly clash and local leaders call for calm. The incident marks a violent escalation amid regional tensions.
Reports from Alpine and Terlingua Texans show border tension with raids feared. Villista bandits near Rubio ranch killed in skirmish with a 12 man American detachment led by Lieut. Patton. No American casualties amid rifle duel. three Mexicans killed and buried.
The Leadville region increases activity with plans for a tungsten mill near Neder land by Portland Gold Mining Company and reports of a major tungsten strike in Silverton. Rich ore veins in Buckhorn tunnel and Apex district promise a busy season, while tungsten and molybdenite forms emerge in Gilpin Jefferson and Clear Creek counties.
BE. L. Doheny has inquired about a prospective oil deposit near Lakewood. Porterfields operate at Chloride Flat south end near Mogollon road with a downhill pull to shipping. Following Boston Hill ore shipments, Porterfields negotiated with eastern manganese buyers and began shipping manganese ore. Geo. E. Moffett notes El Paso smelters limit Jarilla district ore due to excess supply, with monthly shipping quotas for each mine.
London reports a sudden French breakthrough on the Meuse heights clearing 200 meters of German trenches. German attacks in Champagne repulsed. British line activity rises with sapping and bombardments. Germans take trenches east of Loos but are ejected. Petrograd cites gains in the Caucasus, including a large captured stock of war material. Austrian assaults north of Lenzano with no Russian front activity reported.
Premier Asquith's Belfast visit lasted a few hours and failed to win broad Ulster support for home rule. A conference with Ulster representatives reportedly disappoints, with discussions touching on general disarmament of forces in Ireland not authorized by the government.
Instructions describe cleaning spring mattresses by saving old quills or wings from nuts and inserting them into the space between the wood block and spring mattress. Work up and down to remove dust, a method claimed to work splendidly.
In Saratoga Springs New York the Methodist General Conference rejected a commission’s recommendation to favor unions in employment decisions. The vote totaled 447 to 280. The action blocks preferential treatment of union labor in hiring practices as long as methods are just and unorganized workers' rights remain intact.
When unsure about a meat piece its status can be judged by brine. If the piece floats to the surface it is unfit to eat.
President Wilson asked New Jersey attorney general John W. Wescott who nominated him at Baltimore to deliver the nominating speech in St. Louis. Wescott has accepted the assignment.
The comptroller of the currency issued a charter to the First National Bank of Otis Colo. which will have $25,000 capital.
Arizona reports July events at Prescott and the New Mexico Bankers' Association Grand Canyon meeting. The state fair at Phoenix is set with Bisbee hosting Fourth of July, Chandler to get a cheese factory, and Tombstone jail records list fifty-two. Pearl notes include a new Catholic church in Globe, oiling Miami streets, Gilbert bond vote, Modoc in museum, and a miner strike settled at Gold Road.
A clerk expresses gratitude to the air as he turns to his tasks. His cheerful remark signals relief and a light mood in the workplace. The moment captures a simple, grateful reaction to daily routine.
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