War News Roundup From Western Front To Romania
More than 1,100 Germans captured by French at Ablaincourt. British take trenches with 300 prisoners near Thiepval. Italians and Austrians claim gains in Trentino. Vienna says Novovas captured with 2,700 prisoners. Kronstadt, Carpathians and Gorizia reports roll in as fronts shift. King Ferdinand to assume supreme command of Romania's army.
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Ablaincourt
Thiepval
Vienna
Novovas
Gorizia
Ancre
Somme
Berlin
Paris
Malassise
Carpathians
Kronstadt
London
Tepuacan
Felix Diaz
Laredo
Tex
Ferdinand
Transylvanian Front Reports Romanian Advances Along Southern Line
World news notes Romanian claims of success against Teuton forces in southern Transylvania. Berlin population falls to 1,790,821 in the 1916 fiscal year. Japan and Russia protest Chinese concessions to Americans. Greek chamber session delayed by king. Danish sub Dykkeren sunk. crew saved. Canada’s wheat crop forecast drops sharply. Empress Sadako to aid wounded in Kiao-Chow campaign. Berlin dispute on separate peace rumors called false. Philippine congress convenes in Manila. Irigoyen becomes Argentina president. Luna as vice president. Mrs Villa travels with party aboard Atenas to join Hipolite Villa in San Antonio.
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Bucharest
Berlin
Japan
Russia
China
Chamber of Deputies
Constantine
Canada
Sadako
Kiao-Chow
Cologne
Germany
Philippine Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
Manila
Hipolito Irigoyen
Buenos Aires
Victoriano de la Plaza
Pelagio Luna
Francisco Villa
Havana
New Orleans
San Antonio
Tex
Hipolite Villa
Western colonel A Graves to resign due to illness
Col A Graves of the Highth Massachusetts Infantry will tender his resignation because of illness. Army HQ reports a planned attack on Juarez with a date agreed. A reunion of Red Head League of America formed by 400 Red Heads from Indiana Ohio Kentucky Michigan Illinois in Indianapolis. Burlington railroad crash near Elwood Neb kills ten, injures eleven. Colorado signal corps company A to detrain at El Paso on arrival from the north.
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A. Graves
Highth
Massachusetts Infantry
United States Steel Company
Canton
Ohio
Hornblower & Weeks
New York Bankers
Army
Juarez
Indiana
Kentucky
Michigan
Illinois
Indianapolis
Ind
Red Head League of America
Burlington
Elwood
Neb
Company A
Colorado Signal Corps
el Paso
Tex
Nogales
Ariz
Ambassador Sato Presented to State Department Officials
Aimaro Sato, new Japanese ambassador, was officially presented to Secretary Lansing and other State Department officials. Brig. Gen. Montgomery Meigs Macomb retired at 64 after a long Army career. Burleson revoked a test permit for the Hupp Automatic Mail Exchange. The farm loan board denounced any farm loan group asking for advance payments as fraudulent. Los Angeles chosen for next world Adventists conference in April. U S auto exports for year to June 30 reach 144,626,719, up from 1915 record by 67,700,000. Secretary Lane said over 84,000 acres in Colorado were designated under the enlarged homestead act, mainly Bent and Prowers counties.
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Aimaro Sato
Lansing
State Department
Montgomery Meigs Macomb
Army War College
Burleson
Hupp Automatic Mail Exchange Company
Farm Loan Board
Los Angeles
World Conference of
Seventh Day Adventists
Lane
Colorado
Bent
Prowers
Denver Defeats Wyoming 19 to 10 in Laramie
In a tense game at Laramie, Denver University edged Wyoming 19 to 10 as the Cowboys appeared to have the win before the final score. The Colorado Agriculture College overwhelmed Utah Agricultural College 53 to 0 at Logan. Dario Resta captured the winner's share of the $15 000 grand American purse in Chicago and moved into the lead for the 1916 season title with the 250 mile race. Colorado opened football history with a New Mexico loss as Colorado School of Mines beat University of New Mexico 23 to 0 in Albuquerque. The Boston Americans share of the World Series prize went to twenty two players with 3826 25 each. the rest of the 97756 47 went to substitutes and club staff.
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Denver University
University of Wyoming
Laramie
Wyoming “Cowboys
Colorado Agriculture College
Utah Agriculture School
Logan
Utah
Dario Resta
Chicago
Colorado
New Mexico
University of New Mexico
School of Mines
Golden
University Field
Albuquerque
Boston Americans
Brooklyn Nationals
Boston
Arizona State News Summary of 1915 Gas and Local Events
The USGS notes Wyoming Montana and Colorado produced 347 397 000 cubic feet of gas in 1915 the highest for those states. Obituary reports Henry Miller of California died in San Francisco at age about ninety. Seattle raids yielded 40 000 gallons of liquor valued at $100 000 in Washington prohi enforcement. Arizona items list fairs dates Oro valley projects bootlegger trial in Tucson and gains in mining and rail labor law discussions.
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United States Geological Survey
Wyoming
Montana
Colorado
Henry Miller
California
Butcher’s Boy
Cattle King of the West
Miller & Lux Properties
San Francisco
Seattle
Wash
Washington
William G. Lee
Brotherhood of Railroad
Cleveland
Ohio
Villa Isolation Foreseen as Carranza Troops Struggle
Western Union dispatch reports Villa near Temosachic with 800 armed troops and 1,000 recruits lacking arms as Gen Trevino says he enforces terror to keep pay. Secret agents say Villa plans a supply expedition from the Sierras and officials deny a 4,000-man force seizing the Mexico Northwestern railroad.
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Chihuahua City
Mex
Villa
Temosachic
Trevino
Sierras
el Paso
Mexico Northwestern
San Antonio
Cusihuirachic
Carranza
Santa Ysabel
Independent committee urges immediate unrestricted submarine war
Berlin report notes a large gathering of the independent committee for German peace pushing for a ruthless submarine campaign. Deputy Fuhrmann, a national Liberal leader, chaired the meeting which insisted that unrestricted submarine warfare must begin at once.
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Berlin
Independent Committee For German Peace
Fuhrmann
Tageblatt
Romanian Forces Gain Ground Near Lutsk In Heavy Fighting
London reports say Austro-German units and Rumanians continue hard fighting on the Transylvanian front. Romanian HQ claims advances in the Alt river region while Bucharest says most sectors repelled attacks. In Burzen valley Romanians withdraw slightly, and a stalemate persists in Volhynia as west of Lutsk and through Galicia to the Carpathians sees heavy combat.
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London
Vienna
Berlin
Alt River
Ferdinand
Bucharest
Burzen
Lutsk
Galicia
Carpathian Mountains
Volhynia
Lynch mob in Paducah burns two men after hanging
In Paducah Kentucky a mob lynched two Black men and burned their bodies, marking a brutal racially motivated violence incident reported in local press.
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Paducah
Colorado Tax Levy Fixed at 2.07 Mills
The Board of Equalization set the state tax levy at 2.07 mills, down from last year but up from 1914. This levy will raise $2,409,187 for general state revenue and state institutions.
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Colorado
Denver
Board of Equalization
Embassy Secretary Returning Here
Paris secretary Gay of the American embassy in Rome and Mrs Gay have left Paris en route back to the United States.
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Paris
Gay
Rome
Mrs. Gay
United States
Mining and Metal Prices Reported for Spelter and Lead
Metal Market Quotations list St Louis spelter at 9.19 per 100 pounds and New York lead at 7.00. Colorado settlement prices show bar silver 675 cents per ounce. Copper casting at 26.37 per pound. Tungsten concentrates for Boulder priced by percent content across several crude ore units.
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Spelter
St. Louis
Lead
New York
Boulder
Copper output and mining advances in Arizona districts
The Calumet and Arizona Smelter produced 7.6 million pounds of copper in September. A flotation mill is being installed at the First Home mine in the Big Bug district to operate with the Chilean mill. The Elephant group of six copper claims near Patagonia shows strong potential with mill and smelter sites. The Big Pine Consolidated Mining Company plans to start its 100 ton reduction plant south of Prescott. Green Monster leads Verde district developments with a four foot copper sulphide ore body found in the Missouri shaft and a concurrent strike on the Amazon claim.
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Calumet & Arizona
Home
Big Bug
Elephant
Patagonia
Big Pine Consolidated Mining Company
Prescott
Green Monster
Verde
Missouri
Amazon
Mining Notes Spread Across Colorado Mines
A sweep of mining news reports activity in Boulder Eagle and Summit counties with new leases and bonds on Gold Eagle near Caribou, a tungsten shipment from Queen mine in Gilson gulch, and increased ore output in Summit camps. October Cripple Creek district dividends total $330000. Portland Gold Mining Company notes richer ore levels at its nineteenth level.
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Clear Creek County
Queen
Gilson Gulch
Polly Brothers and
Hayes
Summit County
Boulder County
B. A. McGee
John Carlson
R. C. Null
Gold Eagle
Caribou
Breckenridge
Cripple Creek
Colorado Springs
Portland Gold Mining Company
Portland
Mogollon Mines Lead Era of Rich Gold and Silver Finds
The Mogollon district shipped over three tons of bullion from September activity and records a production value exceeding 15 million dollars to date, driven by an average ore grade of 12 dollars. Toltec Oil Company of Chicago plans Santa Fe headquarters after reorganizing New Mexico Petroleum and Gas Developments. Two copper firms, Red Peaks Copper Company and Garnet Copper Company, file articles of incorporation with capital scales of 1.5 million and 60 thousand respectively, beginning with 3 thousand and 10 thousand dollars paid in.
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Mogollon
Toltec Oil Company of
Chicago
New Mexico Petroleum & Gas Development Company
San Cristobal
B. F. Pankey
Santa Fé
State Corporation Committee
Red Peaks Copper Company
San Jon
Quay County
Garnet Copper Company
Oro Grande
Otero County
Oil firms report new finds and strong earnings in Wyoming
The Hoyt outfit drilling on Dry creek north of Cody recovered its tools and continues to sink the well. Midwest Oil Company earnings reach $50 000 a month or $600 000 a year. Laramie Oil Development Company struck oil and gas in large quantities at its seventh well about eight miles west of Laramie.
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Hoyt
Dry Creek
Cody
Midwest Oil Company
Laramie Oil Development Company
Laramie
Reading for a Boy in Tune With the Infinite
A Ohio State Journal excerpt urges parents to assign boys books like In Tune With the Infinite and The Pleasures of Life to awaken divine energies. It argues such reading strengthens spirit, diligence, purpose, and self-reliance without sacrificing play or study time.
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Ohio State Journal
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Union News Service
Trentino
Dykkeren
SPORT
G. K. Wason
Georgia House of Representatives
Thomas B. Felder
Atlanta
Pullman Company
Maryland
Hagerstown
Knob Mount
Arizona State News
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Tucson
Phoenix
Col. B. Hattich
Apache County
Chandler
New Cornelia Company
Ajo
University of Arizona
Oatman
John Ellis
Jess Willard
Miami
Arizona
Oracle Road
Keystone
Kingman
Civil Service Commission
Venture Hill
Forest Service
State House
Jim Keene
Globe Mining
Miami Consolidated Mines Company
la Paz
Vanadium Development Company of
Ray
R. W. Kramer
Arizona Butte Company
Mohave County
Sasco
Lim Goon
Nitsie
Segia
Malcolm Cummings
The
State University
Supreme Court
Yuma County
Maricopa County
Maricopa
McNeal Fair Association
Sulphur Springs
McNeal
George A. Thayer
New Villa
Bandit
Arredondo
Western Newspaper
George D. Mieres
Coahuila
Mexico
James Shelton
Mieres
San Andras
Chihuahua
Atlantic City
N. J
Luis Cabrera
Mexican Commission
Joint Commission
Designate Arredondo
Durango
Ask
Kaiser
Rumania
River Alt
Princess
Eagle County
Fulford
Idaho Springs
Oscar Johnson
Cincinnati
Central City
Dollar
Icesee
Ee Stephens
Iman Stephens
E. A. Stephens & CO
Stephens
Colo
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