War News Roundup From Across Fronts And Home Front
Reports from Western Front and overseas note British and Russian actions, U boat activity, and Italian gains on the Bainsizza and Carso. U S destroyers claim several submarines sunk. Perishing moves near training camps. wheat price fixed at 2.20 a bushel for 1917. various deaths and public notices accompany war news. The piece also covers energy and political shifts in Europe and America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Wilson
Pope
Hast
Cerny
Meuse
Entente
Vienna
Lens
London
Palestine
Verdi
Pershing
Paris
Laura C. Anderson
Bainsizza
Carso
Monte San Gabriele
Triest
Mining and Metal Prices Reported in New York
Lead at 10 percent with 10c to 10 1/2c spread Spelter delivered East St. Louis 7 1/2c Bar silver at 90 4c Tungsten concentrates 60 percent priced at 20.00 to 25.00 per unit Crude ores 60 percent 20.00 to 25.00 per unit 25 percent 12.00 to 15.50 10 percent 9.40 to 12.20 per unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
C. Spelter
East St. Louis
Mining Output and Activity in Arizona 1916 Report
Arizona produced 4 092 800 in gold and 4 394 600 in silver in 1916. Hillside reports indicate active mining near Jerome and steady work by United Verde Extension Company. American Smelting and Refining Company ships 150 tons of ore from Mascot property. Jerome shafts show progress with Pittsburg Jerome cross cut nearing 900 feet and Vertde Combination shaft advancing 75 feet with bonuses for each shaft man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Verde Extension Company
Jerome
American Smelting and Refining Company
Mascot
Pittsburg-Jerome
Colorado Gold and Silver Output and Mountain Mining News
The El Monte mill at Jasper runs a good concentrate. A car of Black Bear concentrates sold for a little over $10,000 at the Durango smelter. In Georgetown twenty men work at the Josephine mine with the mill at full capacity. In 1916 Colorado produced $19,185,000 in gold and $4,967,900 in silver. Farrell and King lease work near Bear Creek gulch progresses. Tomboy mill tests flotation successfully reducing treatment costs. The Smuggler plans a tram from Pandora to Bridal Veil to serve Blue Lake plant and timber work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durango
Georgetown
Josephine
Colorado
Telluride
Farrell and King
Bear Creek Gulch
Tombay Mill
Pandora
Bridal Veil Falls
Blue Lake
Montana Leads in 1916 Silver Output and Related Mining News
Montana tops 1916 mineral production with silver valued at 9 240 100 dollars and gold at 4 328 400 dollars. A drilling rig for Section 8 41 80 in Wyoming ships from Reynolds and Sypher for a syndicate of Butte Anaconda and Montana capitalists. Due to smelter workers strike at Washoe Anaconda Copper Mining Company orders another Montana shutdown including all mines and Anaconda and Great Falls smelters. The Minerals Separation Company wins a patent flotation case against Butte and Superior Mining Company as Judge Bourquin rules for the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Reynolds & Sypher
Wyoming
Butte
Anaconda
Washoe
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
New Mexico Mining Activity and Developments
In New Mexico the first half of August yielded 2800 pounds of gold and silver. 1916 gold output reached 4,092,800 with 1,138,000 in silver produced. A new mining camp near Gallup and exploration of the old Catalpa property are planned. The Oaks company reports 15 to 30 dollar ore at Maud S Mine, Mogollon, with rising shipments. Oil drilling at the Anderson farm Luna county resumes after water removal, now down 700 feet. Toltec Oil and Gas drillers progress after early trouble, now at 400 feet with expectations of faster progress due to favorable formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Gallup
Catalpa
Oaks Company
Maud S
Mogollon
Anderson Farm
Luna County
Toltec Oil and Gas Company
Oil firm reads new spud plan in Big Muddy field
Wyoming Blackfoot Oil Company with 440 acres in the Big Muddy field prepares to spud a new well on the southeast quarter of Section 4-32-77. Alfred Steele, president of Carmania Oil and Refining, says holdings increased by recent leases including 160 acres on the Tisdale dome adjoining the Rispin well area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming-Blackfoot Oil Company
Big Muddy
Alfred Steele
Carmania Oil and Refining Company
Tisdale Dome
Troops Halt Pacifist Plot in Protection Operation
Peace-focused group movements triggered a military response as security forces halted a suspected pacifist plot. Authorities reported arrests and intensified patrols in the region amid ongoing tensions and public safety concerns.
War Department Moves to Break Pacifist Meeting in Chicago
Illinois National Guard units were ordered to report for reserve duty as four companies rushed in from Springfield to prevent a Peace Conference gathering. The People's Council of America for Democracy and Peace formed in Chicago, with Seymor Stedman named temporary chairman, after police protected by Mayor Thompson ordered the meeting. The clash over authority between Mayor Thompson and Gov. Lowden followed a governor ordered police action that dispersed the pacifist group it later moved to meet under mayoral protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois National Guard
War Department
National Guard
Springfield
London
People’s Council of America For Democracy and Peace
Seymour Stedman
Lake Forest
Schuetter
Minnesota
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Lowden
Dickson
J. D. Works
United States
Los Angeles
B. H. Maurer
Reading
Pennsylvania
Scott Nearing
Toledo
Jacob Panken
New York
Morris Hillquitt
W. L. Dana
Columbia University
M. A. Toohey
W. S. Thomas
National Woman’s Peace Party
George Roewen
Boston
Frank Stevens
Arden
Del
Lella Faye Secor
Rebecca Shelly
Elizabeth Freeman
H. W. Waltz
Cleveland
J. L. Magnes
Arizona News in Brief 1917 State Items
Northern Arizona Fair at Prescott. Troops training at Fort Riley. Gallup post office to open by Dec 1. Mohave County fund for Red Cross raised 6545.37. Jerome hardware store damaged by cloudburst about 3000. University of Arizona fall term opens Sept 14. Mobilization fund drives by Tucson citizens. 1916 gold output 4,092,800 with silver 4,394,600. Cochise legislators, including a woman, leave Bisbee. Coconino County potato crop from 2000 acres. Postmaster Hawkins to move to new Douglas post office Oct 1. Recall petition against Bisbee board chair filed in Tucson. Molybdenum high grade in Wallapai Kingman. Governor Campbell paroles several inmates. Warren district women form Loyalty League. Wanted for murder Rafael Agualio sought statewide. Humboldt smelter enlarging. completion by November. No federal troops requested for Bisbee. Death sentence for William Faltin to be carried out. Venture Hill Mining gets gold mortgage notes. 794 Prescott registrants examined. 222 failed. 75 percent of failures from Verde district. Hazel Zimmerman named to lead food conservation effort at Bisbee. United Eastern Mining dividend 2 to August 30 record holders. Antonio Rodriguez pleads guilty to murder of wife near Somerton. Ray Consolidated reports net income 3,679,898. Unknown Mexican shoots two men near Hereford. Bisbee Drive progress and culverts complete. 14,770 Maricopa county school children. 7,628 boys 7,142 girls. Trooper Lawrance Hefte arrested for statutory assault. Gov Campbell urges mobilization send-off for drafted troops. 1917 Blue Book for Arizona issued by Secretary Sidney Osborn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coconino County
M. C. Hawkins
Douglas
John W. Estill
Board of Supervisors
Tucson
Wallapais
Kingman
Campbell
Sveriano Anaya
Pluma Rigid
Refugio
Warren
Bisbee Gymnasium
Woman’s Loyalty League of America
Yavapai County
Jesus Marcias
Rafael Agualio
Consolidated
Arizona Smelting Company
Humboldt
Novist
Bisbee
William Faltin
Thomas E. Campbell
Venture Hill Mining Company
Corporation Commission
Prescott
Verde District
Maricopa County
A. H. Fulton
Lawrance S. Hefte
Seventeenth Cavalry
Percy Bowden
Mankato
Blue Earth County
Minn
Mary Ellen Gavin
Arizona
Sidney P. Osborn
Germans Take Riga and European Front Moves
Riga has fallen to German forces opening access toward Petrograd as Russians deserted posts. Italian troops push in Brestavizza valley and Carso plateau while Austria loses a third of its forces. German air raids hit English coast towns with no casualties reported. President Wilson bids farewell to 35,000 troops as the national army prepares for 687,000 soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Riga
Baltic
Petrograd
Teutons
Dvina
Triest
Brestavizza
Carso
English
Washington
Wilson
National Army
Smile on wash day with D Cross Bag Blue ad
A vintage grocers advertisement claiming D Cross Bag Blue makes clothes whiter than snow and praising a cheerful wash day.
Boy Identifies Marine By Hat Emblem On Riverside Drive
A New York Times note recalls a khaki clad man and a young woman attracting a group of kids on Riverside drive. A boy declares he is a United States marine because his hat badge shows an eagle globe and anchor while lacking a hat cord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside Drive
New York Times
Too Long Engagement Ends With Financial Strain
A fragment from a conversation hints at a long engagement between a woman and Harry halted by money issues. The line questions their pace toward marriage as financial constraints surface.
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
Gulf of Riga
Germany
Great Baltic
Charles F. Merrill
Chicago Board of Trade
la Grande
Ore
National Nonpartisan League
St. Paul
Catharine Levering
Sioux City
Ed Naistetter
Aurelia
Iowa
Naistetter
Thomas J. Walsh
Baltimore
Daniels
Charleston
W. Va
Navy
Canada
Treasury Department
Wheat Price Committee
H. A. Garfield
Schwartzkopf Torpedo Works
Berlin
Lidj Jeassu
Abyssinia
Magdala
Pope Benedict
Berlin Kreuz Zeitung
Benedict
Robert Cecil
Stockholm
Berne
Zurich
Basel
Havas
Reichstag
Soukhomlinoff
A. P. Vernander
Gertrude Langtry
Frederick W. Vanderbilt
Lance Corporal
Locquell
Oporto University
Maud Cavendish
Duke of Devonshire
Angus Mackintosh
Sporting News
Lee Fohl
Indians
Jim Dunn
Jess Williard
Benton Harbor, Mich
M. A. McLaughlin
Fannie Campbell
Denver Country Club
John J. McGraw
League
Pittsburg
Tener
National League
Lynn J. G. Kelly
Villisca
Department of Agriculture
Food Administration Grain Corporation
America
Nebraska
Frederick Cook
North Pole
Donald MacMillan
Arctic
MacMillan
Freeport
Maine
Great Lakes
Atlantic
Chicago Packers
Chicago Union
Coon
Hutchinson
Omaha
Lincoln Eee
Rene
Wichita
Joplin
Wea
Des Moines Settee
Denver
Mining and Oil News
Western Newspaper
Union News Service
el Monte
Jasper
Porary
Arizona State News
Fort Riley
Mohave County
Red Cross
University At
Cochise County
Board of Regents of
The
University of Arizona
Hazel Zimmerman
United Eastern Mining Company
Antonio Rodriguez
Somerton
Ray Consolidated
Jack Ashworth
Joseph Halcro
Hereford
Huachuca Mountains
Ryan
Bright
Dean
Frank Low
First St
Loveland
Colo
Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
St R. Schiffmann Co
St. Paul, Minn
Notre Dame Cathedral
Westminster Abbey
Fellows
Church of England
Harry
Ruy
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