Settlement Offer Rejected in Deportation Suits
About 212 deportation suits from July 12, 1917, are headed to trial after plaintiffs rejected a proposed settlement. Phoenix attorneys Cleary and Struckmeyer argued the offers of 200 for single men 1000 for married men and 1260 with children were the maximum possible and would be paid after deductions.
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Bisbee
Tn Cleary
F.C. Struckmeyer
Phoenix
Ellinwood & Ross
Strackmeyer
Plantate
Wm B Cleary
Ter
Warren
Struckmeyer
McCartney Pays Bond In Russell Case
McCartney paid Chief Deputy Henshaw about 600 dollars, including 500 dollar bond and appeal costs, for H B Russell jailed since 1915 for selling liquor to soldiers. Merck previously posted part of the bond. he moved away, leaving McCartney liable. A writ of execution was served to collect the amount.
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Douglas, Ariz
L. D. McCartney
George Henshaw
McCartney
J. B. Merck
H. B. Russell
Merck
Henshaw
Tombstone
Arizona engineer sued for truck repair costs in manda mus case
State Engineer Thomas Maddock is defendant in a mandamus action filed by Iscal automobile repair shop in Phoenix. The shop seeks 6218.92 for repairing a truck. A survey concluded the truck was not worth the repair, and Maddock rejected the repair bill.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Thomas Maddock
Iscal Automobile Repair Shop
Maddock
Improvements in Fort Grant School Urged by Governor
Governor Campbell called for Fort Grant Industrial School to emphasize vocational training over punishment. He noted better conditions since 1917, outlines for power plant upgrades, a manual and industrial training building, an ice plant, grain and dairy improvements, more livestock, and cottage construction. The program now combines trades, agriculture, and academics, with a 25 member band aiming to reach 35. The governor expressed pride in potential state fair representation.
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Fort Grant
Phoenix
Fort Gant
Campbell
California Indus
Flagstaff Subscribes 2100 000 to War Loan
Forty business firms and Flagstaff citizens subscribed $100000 to the war loan, covering half the county quota. Foreman Perry dies by his own action at the Miami mine hospital after influenza illness, survived by son Rex Perry. Funeral details undecided.
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Phoenin. Aris
Flagstaf
Aria
Witf
Coconino County
Flagstaff
Wort
Tmidht
Ioan
Mami
Joe Perry
Miami
Minionstration Hospital
Perry
Rex Perry
Seized liquor to be shipped south from Douglas
Local customs officers are authorized to ship seized and forfeited liquor to New Orleans for sale under a U S attorney general decision. Much of the district's seized liquor has been sent to Tucson or held awaiting this ruling, enabling government revenue from the liquor.
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Douglas
Ariz
New Orleans
United States Attorney General
Tucson
Tucson to Add 5000 More Residents to City
Tucson officials led by Mayor C. C. Parker seek to extend city limits to include suburbs for water service and street lighting. The plan aims to bring about 5000 new residents into the municipality.
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Tucson
Ariz
C. C. Parker
Burglar Shot by Cop During Battle
Tucson in April reports Fecundo Martines, linked to a Chinese merchant murder and bootlegging, lunged at Patrolman Schumaker during a Granada Street raid attempt. The officer fired five times, mortally wounding Martines, who staggered to the San Augustine plaza area and later died at a hospital.
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Tucson
Ariz
Granada Street
Fecundo
Martines
Schumaker
Isaacson Home
Martine
Allen
San Augustine Plaza
Broadway
Twenty-eighth Street
Servin
Martinez
Spoveman
EL Paso & Southwestern
Medicine Man Slayings Linked in Court Dramatic Testimony
In a Phoenix court scene Marie Barley identified Chief Jack Johnson and Bid Davis as suspects in the fatal shooting of her husband Joe Barley, a Cocopah Indian medicine man, on the Yuma reservation. She testified Davis fired three shots into Barley at the hogan door as Johnson allegedly directed.
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Pho
Marie Barley
Joe Barley
Bie Hogan
Yuma
Jack Johnson
Bid Davis
Davis
Joe Harley
Matis Burley
Hogan
Darvis
Water Seepage Threatens Capitol Furnace Rooms
Rising basement water at the Capitol has filled both furnace rooms to about eight inches and may damage walls and equipment. Superintendent H. M. Alexander reports seepage has worsened this year, with drains not guiding water until March 15. Plan includes tearing up and re laying concrete floors to a greater thickness.
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Phoeter
Capitol Building
H. M. Alexander
Swiss Machine Halves Time To Burnish Silverware
A new machine invented by a Swiss innovator burnishes silverware in far less time than handwork by skilled craftsmen, promising rapid production gains and streamlined finishing processes.
Funds Run Short for Three State Institutions in Phoenix
Phoenix April 21 The Florence state prison the Pioneers home M Preacott and the hospital for the Insane are out of funds. Governor Campbell and State Auditor Boyce arranged to keep them running to June 20 using general fund warrants. The industrial school area may exhaust by May 21. The auditor noted emergency authority under Chapter 82 1917 and referenced a prison clause in the penal code.
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Phoenix
Florence
Pioneers’ Home M Preacott
Hospital For the Insane
Sear Phoenix
Campbell
Boyce
Drate
General Fund
Commission of
Sta Imstitat
Royce
Arizona
City pays long unclaimed warrant from 1 year ago
The Phoenix city commission ordered payment of a warrant issued to John Hubbard for 3 dollars dating back 13 years. City Clerk Thomas I noted the aging item and its burial in a safety box. City Attorney Sloan said it had lapsed. Mayor Corpstein urged payment, and the panel agreed to pay the principal but not interest.
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Phoenix
Auic
City Commission
Thomas I
John Hubbard
FC Wilson
Sloan
Corpstein
Tungsten Market Woes Hit U S and South America
The Bureau of Mines reports a very unsatisfactory tungsten situation with large unsold concentrate stocks and prices collapsed to near zero in the United States. English high speed steel at $1.10 per pound contrasts with wartime highs above $6, and many South American tungsten firms have gone bankrupt after the war price collapse.
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US Bureau of Mines
United
South America
Europe
City grants controls on store openings near homes
Phoenix authorities pass a new ordinance requiring consent of property owners within 600 feet for sanitariums stores soft drink stands and other commercial enterprises to obtain permits in residential districts. The measure aims to curb intrusion into neighborhoods and was approved by the city commission.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona crop prospects show steady gains and slow planting progress
Warm days improve stock ranges across the state with Navajo county cattle in fair condition after a harsh winter. Southeastern Arizona cows are weak, calf crops small, and northern counties report cold nights hurting young stock. Dry spell aids farming and alfalfa harvests while southern cotton advances and potatoes, corn, and beans prep for a later planting due to cold nights.
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Phoenix
Navajo County
Arizona
New Board of Directors Faces Pay Dilemma
In Phoenix April 34 a dispute arises over funding for the new Board of Directors taking over from the Commission of State Institutions on July 1. The act sets citizen member salary at 4860 annually and a purchasing agent at 4500, with annual appropriation of 25000 from the general fund. Attorneys weigh whether 4900 in salaries must draw from this allowance.
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Phoenix
Aune
Commission of State
Aniade
Ertyston
Wiley Jones
Drilling Frenzy Sweeps Parker Arizona Oil Field
Parker Arizona shows feverish activity in the Potts Tank country as United States Land Commissioner FM Hall notes one drilling rig in place and another planned. Oil shale outcrops test at 51 gallons to the ton while oil sand appears, though no seepage yet.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Parker
Arizona
Potis Tank
Soin
FM. Hall
United States Land Commissioner
Reach Agreement to Build Florence Dam
Agreement reached among all parties, clearing the way for the government to arrange early construction of the Florence diversion dam on the Gila River. Reports from Los Angeles tonight confirm conferences on the proposed property held during the past week.
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Phoenix
Florence
Gila River
Los Angeles
Phoenix paving row to come to head Monday
The Phoenix city commission set next Monday to discuss an ordinance allowing the city to pave street railway tracks and have the court decide if the finance falls to the company. The issue centers on who pays for paving on certain city streets.
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Phoenix Street Railway
City Commission
Gambling crackdown after Yaqui youth losses near Phoenix
Deputy Sheriff Jim Troutman arrested Fraies Onero and Cam milo Valenzeca Meai vans after Yaqui youths complained their money and goods were drained by gambling at a remote hill camp near the Yequil reservation. Investigators described a draw poker game favoring Mexican players and the pair were jailed on the gambling charge.
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Phoenix
Sherif Jim Troutman
Dianetteers
Fraies Onero
Cammilo Valenzeca
Deputy Pleads Guilty After Train Alcohol Theft
In Gila Bend a porter for the Southern Pacific was bound over on a $600 bond after Deputy Sheriff O Neill stopped a smuggling attempt aboard a train. The suspect admitted trying to move bottles of liquor and pledged to plead guilty when before Judge Stanford.
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Sheriff O'Neill
Caneell
Clawsell
Gila Bend
Stanford
State Treasurer adopts accounting machine
Arie Phoenin reports that the state treasurer’s office will switch from the old manual balance method to a bookkeeping machine beginning May, with daily balances and end of day figures, aiming to create an efficient department modeled on banking practices.
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Phoenin
Arie
Kves
Lies
Rossore
Arizona bids open for Apache Soldier project
State engineer Thomas Maddock says bids will be opened May t by E S Wheeler senior highway engineer Albuquerque NM for the Apache Soldier project. The seven and a half miles of work include 6000 yards rock and 25000 yards common excavation with an estimated cost of 54000 dollars.
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Thomas Maddock
Arizona
E. S. Wheeler
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Phoenix Faces Cat and Dog Plague Infestation
Report from Phoenix on April 11 describes a rising nuisance as stray animals multiply. Chief Beisbios to act as executioner for strays while local officers claim to have already eliminated eight dogs and many more cats and dogs.
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Phoenix
Nens
Anit
Beisbois Toeay
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Capitol
State Auditor
Senate Biloo
Ari
Dilemna
Florence Dam
Oenix Paving
W.M Clawsell
Southern Pacific
Gila Head
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