War News Roundup From Allied Fronts And Naval Actions
Recaptured Ville-Sur-Ancre north of Morlancourt. Austrians fail to retake Monte Coro. Atlantique torpedoed with ten dead. British raid northwest of Albert yields more prisoners and guns. Italy favors American troops on its front. Pola raid destroys Austrian battleship. Luneville sector fights. Cologne raid kills fourteen, injures forty. German air raids near London repelled. many planes downed. Odessa martial law, street fighting. Vienna patrols. Aerial combat yields 21 German planes destroyed. Off/officers training camp listings include two Colorado and two Wyoming men. Wage increase granted to St. Louis streetcar workers. Cyclone at Neligh Neb. Pinson fire kills five children near Silver City NM. Nebraska farm help urged. Baptist convention set for Atlanta May 1919. Voters urged to elect loyal pro-war Congress. June 5 set for youth draft registration. Hughes opens inquiry into aircraft production fraud. Railroads to spend nearly a billion on 1919 upgrades.]
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Mediterranean
Albert
Hamel
Italy
United States
Pola
Luneville
Entente
Cologne
Amsterdam
Central News Agency
Kent
Essex
London
Musselmans
Baku
Caspian Sea
Moscow
Flanders Front
National Labbor Board
St. Louis
Neligh
Neb
Thomas Pinson
Silver City
N. M
Pinson
Nebraska
Lincoln
Congress
League For National Unity
Charles E. Hughes
Supreme Court
War Office
Locre
Haig
France
Albert and
Bucquoy
War News and Political Notes From Around the World
Reports say the German fleet concentrates at Kiel and Italian destroyers sink an Adriatic transport. German troops seize Bjorko in the Gulf of Finland. A fifth winter of war is predicted. Capt Trollope and Capt Peterson are credited with air victories. Austria reports wine profits soar. Hawaii moves to maximize wartime food output. Sinn Fein prisoners shipped from Ireland. Boxing bout set. Mountain Marathon planned. MIT wins New England track crown. Orval Overall seeks Congress Nomination. Sunday baseball begins in Washington. Liberty Loan passes four billion. Sinn Fein arrests in Ireland. Turko Jewish reports confirmed. Wall Street gains with improving conditions. Taft calls for “war to the death.” Aetna plant explosion kills and injures. Submarine losses cited. Native American patriotism boosts Liberty Loan. Memorial Day observed as usual per President Wilson. Lemu Jones dies by suicide after cattle work.
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Toul
David Peterson
Honesdale
Lower Austria
Frankfort Zeitung
Hawaii
Chamber of Commerce of
Honolulu
Kuhlo
Sinn Fein
Kingstown
Ireland
Dublin
Central
Holyhead
Wales
Sinn
Taft
League
Philadelphia
Aetna Chemical Company
Oakdale
Panhandle
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburgh
Arizona Magnates Indicted in Bisbee Deportations Case
Twenty Cochise county residents linked to the Bisbee deportations face federal indictments in Tucson. Trial dates are set for May 28 with bonds at 5000 each. Officials James S. Douglas and W. H. Brophy are mentioned among those connected to Phelps-Dodge interests. Sheriff Wheeler serves as captain in France.
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Bisbee
Ariz
Warren District
United States
Joseph P. Dillon
United States District Court
Tucson
Cochise County
William H. Sawtelle
George B. Wilcox
Robert Rae
Miles Merrill
Gerald Sherman
Michael J. Cunningham
James Allison
Bassett Watkins
Lemuel C. Shattuck
Michael J. Brophy
Philip Tovren
Charles H. Hunt
James L. Gannon
Vance M. Johnson
Nelson C. Bledsoe
Joseph P. Hodgson
Alvin W. Howe
William P. Sims
Hascal Snodgrass
G. H. Dowell
H. H. Stout
Henry Buemler
Douglas
Harry Wheeler
France
James 8. Douglas
Phelps-Dodge
Verde Extension
Red Cross
W. H. Brophy
British bag 33 German flyers on Don and Essex coast
A military patrol reports seizing 33 German flyers along the Don and Essex coast. The brief mentions captured aircraft markings and a minor coastal air action conducted by British forces.
Aerial War Front Advances and Prague Riot Spread
Reports from London and Paris describe German air losses and British French advances near Locre with over 400 prisoners. In Prague police declare a state of siege after anti German demonstrations and rioting outside the Bohemian national theater.
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France
Flanders
Locre
Hangard
Amiens
Paris
London
Prague
Bohemian
Zurich
Wilson
Clemenceau
Lloyd George
Bohemian National Theater
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Bohemia
Arizona Notes Highlight Copper Mines and Tragic Accidents
Eighteen horses died in a Camp Cory fire near Deming. Mines expand activity as copper stock profits rise. notable cases include the Cunningham-Costello mining case return, Shattuck Arizona Copper quarter net income at 185,518, and Tombstone Phelps-Dodge manganese prospects advancing. A train collision at Casa Grande killed John Williams and family. Jesus Gomez captured after Deputy Sheriff Donaldson's death. Arizona public figures include Dr. E J Gotthelf named federal physician in Tucson.
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Camp Cory
Deming
Arizona
Prescott
United China Oil & Refining Co
Missouri- Mohave Mining Company
Cerbat
Ray Consolidated Copper Company
Supreme Court
Superior Court
Cochise County
E. J. Gotthelf
Tucson
Shattuck Arizona Copper Company
Papago
Dos Cabezas
Phelps-Dodge
Tombstone
Lufbery Killed in Aerial Battle Over France
Maj. Raoul Lufbery, famed American aviator with seventeen victories, was shot down Sunday morning by a German triplane. He leaped from his craft 800 yards up. Burial with full U S and French honors followed Monday. his home was in Wallingford Connecticut.
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Lufbery
France
Raoul Lufbery
Walingford
Conn
War Board fixes wool prices for 1918 clip
The War Industries Board fixes the price of the 1918 wool clip at June 30 1917 Atlantic seaboard secured market levels. The government has prior rights to the clip at those prices with the balance allocated for civilian uses under the board's direction, and distribution centers are set for wool to be moved only to points of consumption.
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Washington
War Industries Board
Atlantic Seaboard
Explosions at Aetna Plant Near Pittsburg Kill Dozens
Fifty six men are dead ninety four injured and in hospitals and thirty one Aetna Chemical Company employees missing after nine explosions devastated the Oakdale plant sixteen miles from Pittsburg on Saturday.
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Pittsburg
Aetna Chemical Company
Oakdale
Wilson Signs Draft Bill for 21+ Military Register
Washington reports the President signed a bill creating a military registration for men who have turned 21 since the first selective service enrollment. The adjutant general announces enrollment day set for June 5.
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Washington
Adjutant General’s Office
Austrian Ruler at Turkish Capital, Sofia
Emperor Charles and Empress Zita of Austria-Hungary and their party left Sofia for Constantinople, signaling a move amid regional affairs with the Turkish capital as a waypoint.
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Sofia
Charles
Zita
Austria-Hungary
Constantinople
Western Mining and Oil News Metals Prices
Lead in New York quoted at 7.00 to 7.12 per cent, copper at 23.12 per cent, bar silver at 99 cents. Spelter in St. Louis at 6.83. London bar silver 48. per ounce. Boulder tungsten concentrates 60 per cent at 20.00, 22.50 per unit. Crude ores 60 per cent 22.00 25.00, 25 per cent 12.00 12.50, 10 per cent 9.40 12.20.
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New York
Boulder
Colo
Oil Boom Spreads Across Arizona Districts
The Home Oil Company of Jerome begins spudding in its Chino Valley well as a Snowflake oil boom attracts attention. The boom expands from Holbrook toward Snowflake and extends south to Dry Lake, with a surge in small mining activity across the state reported by the Arizona Chapter American Mining Congress.
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Home Oil Company of
Jerome
Chino Valley
Holbrook
Dry Lake
Arizona
American Mining Congress
Colorado Mining Activity and Developments Across Counties
Numerous mining ventures reported across Colorado. Victor camp and Royal Gem group at Caribou in Boulder county begin headway. Trout and Fisherman near Ouray show ongoing bromide of silver operations since 1875. S. J. Gish and D. W. R. Kinney secure Perigo property lease and bond at Central City. United Verde Copper pays $1.50 dividend. Apex Evergreen Mine increases capacity to 100 tons daily with a twelve drill electric compressor. Idaho Mining operates Gem mines and Newton mill, duplicating plant for rising business. Cripple Creek Index shaft deepening reveals richer ore body with ten foot vein between Walls and Sylvanite growing in the drift.
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Philadelphia
Victor Camp
Royal Gem Group
Caribou
Boulder County
Ouray
Jack Steeley
Central City
S. J. Gish
D. W. R. Kinney
Kentucky
Perigo
United Verde Copper Company
Apex
Gilpin County
Evergreen Mining Company
Idaho Mining, Reduction, Transportation and Tunnel Company
Gem
Newton
Idaho Springs
Dividend Declarations and Directors Re-elected
Butte and Superior for the first quarter of 1918 earned $1.13 a share. The Davis-Daly Mining Company declared a dividend of 50 cents a share payable June 29 to stock of record June 3. At the annual meeting of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company at Anaconda William Rockefeller, Nicholas F. Brady and J. Horace Harding, all of New York, were re-elected directors.
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Butte
Superior
Davis-Daly Mining Company
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Anaconda
William Rockefeller
Nicholas F. Brady
J. Horace Harding
New York
Mogollon Mining Progress and Bonds Sale Report
New Mexico notes show Mogollon buyers purchasing Liberty Bonds worth over 27000 dollars. The Twin Buttes Oil and Gas Company well reaches over 575 feet at the new site. The Oaks company ties on the Deep Down mine with the Maud S and moves toward Central shaft development. Socorro mill enclosure and ore bins completed, conveyor under way, July 1 startup anticipated. Hoist commissioned, 1100 foot level hoisting active. Power line to Johnson mine finished, belt compressor being installed. sinking to begin in eastern shaft. A new six foot vein with gold silver copper found in western shaft, promising良.
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Twin Buttes Oil and Gas Company
Oaks Company
Mogollon
Maud S
Socorro
Johnson Mine
Oil Firms Move Rigs in Wyoming Fields
Dakota-Wyoming Oil Company ships a rig into the Bates Hole oil field. The Byron gas field, the state’s largest, shows developing activity. Kansas-Colorado Oil Company moves a rig on its property in sections 12 and 18, T. 43, R. 95, six miles northwest of Thermopolis and will begin drilling immediately.
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Dakota-Wyoming Oil Company
Bates Hole
Kansas-Colorado Oil Company
Thermopolis
Nervous Prostration Testimonial From West Philadelphia
Mrs. Frank Fitzgerald of 25 N 41st Street West Philadelphia describes years of nervous prostration and successful restoration of health using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She urges other women to try the remedy and writes for guidance from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts citing four decades of experience.
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West Philadelphia
Ydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Frank Fitzgerald
N. 41St Street
Allen's Foot Ease Helps Hardworking Farmers Endure
Farmers toil longer and rely on Allen's Foot Base antiseptic powder to shake into shoes and foot baths. The product reduces shoe friction, refreshes feet, and prevents tired, blistered feet, with strong usage by women as well. Sold by dealers nationwide for 25 cents.
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Allen
Conscientious Cuss and a Drunken Map Tale
The Landlord of the Petunia tavern recalls Enos Dubblehook telling a ghost tale about a drunken map meeting. Enos repeats the yarn with hiccups added for accuracy, and the landlord muses Enos could have made a fine German spy with different schooling.
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Enos
Petunia
Kansas City Star
Joke Exchange About a Furlough Confusion at Camp Grant
A camp anecdote from Camp Grant describes two soldiers placed in the guardhouse who realize they were both there for mispronounced furlough. One jokes he stayed too long because he went too far in saying furl. The exchange highlights humorous miscommunication among troops.
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Camp
Grant
Mac
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