Man Weds Twenty Couples Without License in Glendale Court
In Phoenix a court heard Mike Pivo Yorof and Homer Hagdonoff face arraignment for officiating marriages without proper licenses. Attorney BE Marks defended the Russian Glendale community’s customs, noting many marriages are informal unions read from religious texts. Judge Stanford postponed ruling to allow further inquiry into the clerks and Molokeat code, with a $30 bond set for next Saturday.
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Mike Pivo
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Homer Hagdonoff
Insigh
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BE Marks
Mr Marks
Mike
Mike Pivovoroff
State of
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Homer
Engineers of the Southwest Meet in Phoenix
The first annual convention of the Southwest District of the American Association of Engineers convened in Phoenix from January 9 to 11. The district covers Arizona New Mexico Texas and part of California and lists 750 members with 500 in Arizona led by Globe chapter 155 Phoenix 126 and Tucson 0. Delegates were banqueted at the Miami Club with 149 present as tours of Old Dominion and Miami Copper mines followed a snowstorm. Dr G M Butler of Tucson was elected district president with Dean A F Mex as first vice president.
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Southwest
American Association of Engineers
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New Mexico
Texas
California
Globe Aun
Miami
MC. A
Old Dominion
Miami Copper Company
Inspiration
G .M. Butler
Tucson
Dean A. F. Mex
Doctor shoots veteran on train in Wickenburg case
Phoenix dispatch reports Henry O'Brien, a Briton recently discharged from the army, was shot and seriously wounded on a Wickenburg to Phoenix train. Dr Thomas Francis Campbell surrendered after the shooting following an altercation involving Miss Vere Mort of London. County officials say Campbell defended himself as O'Brien approached with his weapon. An eyewitness said Campbell did not speak before the first shot felled O'Brien.
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Wickenburg
Phoenix
Henry O'Brien
Wickeypee Aing
Thomas Francis Campbell
Laney
Vere Mort
London
England
Bach
Campbell
Jal
Oren
Miss Mort
Dr Campbell
O'Brien
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J Barnette
20 Cent Check Worries Erhardt in Arizona
In Phœnix Arizona Deputy State Treasurer George Erhardt faces a funding dispute over a 20 cent check from the defunct Hartford based Aetna Indemnity Co. The state seeks to allocate the 10 cents to fire protection or relief funds and the other 10 cents to the general fund after a Connecticut court dividend.
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Phoenin
Arizona
Aetna Indemnity Co
Hartford
Conn
George Erhardt
Connecticut
Citin
Nogales Corn Discontent Narrated by Local Sage
Bob Keaton visits Nogales with a truckload of corn and protests the lack of a market. He notes long workdays in the San Rafael valley and implies corn could fuel corn mash, but he only wants to sell or use it for feed. Local residents debate the utility of corn in current form.
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Bob Keaton
San Rafael Valley
Nogales
Keaton
Supreme court settles questions on delinquent real estate tax liens
The article explains how taxes levied against multiple lots in a single assessment create a lien that attaches to the property upon delinquency. It notes that the purchaser of any portion of the taxed group cannot discharge liens on remaining parcels, and clarifies county treasurer duties, the back tax book, and the board of supervisors authority in adjusting assessments.
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Supreme Court
Board of Supervisora
Cregenter
February Term to Open for U.S. Court in Phoenix
Jan 14 report states a February term of the U.S. district court will convene in Phoenix with Judge David J. Dyer presiding. A. J. Peters of Tempe faces five charges of conspiracy to defraud the government over hay sales during the war. Court will also address other pending cases and may extend into April to clear six months of work.
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Phoenix
J M. Holub
U.S
David J Pyer
Missouri
Dyer
St Louis
A. J. Peters
Tempe
Southabde
Prescott
Holub
Tucson
Globe
Banks of state show Increase during year
State banks report higher deposits and loan activity over the year with several lenders expanding branches and extending credit to support local businesses. Officials note growth driven by consumer demand and agricultural financing in multiple regions.
Jury Box Packed in Cocawa County for Deportation Trials
In Cocawa County about 7,509 men listed on the last register stand in the jury pool for forthcoming deportation triads in Tombstone slated to begin February 2 in the superior court. Exemptions must be filed with the board of supervisors, listing age, occupation, residence, and grounds. Most groups, except city firefighters, must claim exemptions. until final, jurors are drawn from the pool and no one may claim after selection.
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Cocawa County
Tombstone
Board of Supervisors
Congress Plans New Silver Act In 1919 Debates
Hearings planned by the House for a bill introduced December 16 by Representative McFadden to amend the Pittman act and reduce the standard silver dollar value from 99 to 50 cents. The measure calls for melting silver dollars and selling bullion, repealing the repurchase clause, and responds to silver price surges that have driven the silver dollar out of circulation.
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Washington House
Haslam
McPaddes
Pepneyivanis
McFadden
Secretary of the Treasury
Pitman
Thomas Gresham
Elzabeth
Gresham
Silver Coinage Law and Parity With Gold Debate
The text outlines a subsidiary silver coinage law reducing weight by percent and maintaining parity with gold via government credit. It mentions profitable melting of full weight silver dollars or subsidiary coins at varying silver prices, a 1852 change to coinage basis, Canada considering similar action, and a Senate Pittman bill debate showing silver production costs and a government repurchase clause.
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Canada
Senate
Arizona Law Upheld by High Tribunal
The United States Supreme Court sustains Arizona employer liability law and its constitutional provisions in a decision announced by Arizona Attorney General Wiley E. B. Jones. The case involves Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Co. of Oklahoma and addresses contributory negligence and assumption of risk as jury questions. This marks the first direct Supreme Court ruling on this aspect of Arizona statutory law.
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Janis
United Sates Supreme Court
Arizona
Attorney General
Wiley EB. Jones
Supreme Court
Chicago Hock Island & Tactic Railroad Company
Oklahoma
Jones
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Gen Jones
United States Supreme Court
Motor License Tax Boom Early This Year
Motor license activity is unusually heavy in January as the secretary of state reports rapid issuance of licenses under the new motor vehicle license tax law. R. McGillan notes at least 120 licenses issued in the first ten days of January, bringing in about $71,000 to the state treasury. Officials expect some 200,000 licenses in January, compared with 164,497.75 total for 1919, with motor vehicles and transfers dominating the figures.
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Mee Gillem
State Treasury
McGillan
Wwa
Th Lon Ot Co
State land commissioner fends off automobile crash injuries
Jan. Wm. Phobam, the state land commissioner, continues to suffer lingering effects from a car wreck ten days ago. He endures knee stiffness and pain while managing the office, having a difficult Sunday yet remaining mobile in the office on Monday.
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Phobam
Jan
Passport rules to be relaxed near El Paso border
El Paso reports unofficial Washington advices indicate travel from the United States into Mexico within a ten mile border zone will be eased. Currently access is limited to border permit holders and temporary permits valid for a single day, with immigration authorities under the state department and labor supervision overseeing permits.
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Tex
United States
Mexico
Washington
State Department
Department of Labor
Plagueaff banker Thomas Pollock suffers pneumonia attack
Plagetaff and Phoe nix banker Thomas Pollock, reputed among Arizona’s wealthiest men, was reported ill with pneumonia today at his home after a trip to Cooley. Four physicians were attending him as his condition worsened on return.
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Nan
Poktock
Plagetaff
Phoenix
Arizona
Pnemonia
Cooley
First Applicant Phoenix Receives State Lease Under New Law
George Olney becomes the first applicant under the new law to obtain a state land department lease. The lease consolidates prior leases and covers six sections of land in the Aravaca district known as the Kite Hart ranch.
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Phoenix
George Olney
State Land Department
Aravaca, District
Kite Hart
Assessors Propose Cattle Shipment List for Checks
Phoenix January 14 The state Tax Commission plans to provide county assessors with a comprehensive list of all cattle shipments from the past two years to aid in verifying stock returns, based on compilations by the Arizona Live Stock Sanitary Board.
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Phoenix
State Tax Commission
Arizona Live Stock Sanitary Board
Ray Blogs Telegraph Seeks 2.50 Removal Charge
Proenin January 11 report the Ray Blogs trig and Telephone company has applied for permission to establish a removal and installation charge of 2.50 for telephones. The matter will come before the corporation commission on January 21.
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The
Ray Blogstrig and Telephone Company
Corporation Commission
Sixteen Candidates Before the State Medical Board
Douglas January 4 An item reports sixteen candidates appearing before the State Medical Board. Dr Collins did not attend due to a quorum in Phoenix. applicants were examined for licensing to practice medicine. One applicant linked to Camp Mary Jones is named, with the outcome of examinations pending and no sure confirmation of success.
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Fis
State
Mencher
Phoenix Board
Collins
Phowaix
Siaher Casaatex
Colliss
Jwan
Mary J. Jones
Weutesant
Gold Prince Offers to Buy Dos Cabezas
In Sapford at a Dos Cabezas stockholders meeting Gold Prince Mining offered 500 000 for the property. The vote adjourned to March 4 to let stockholders decide. The offer values outstanding stock at 125 cents per share and the Gold Prince claim borders the Dos Cabezas group with ore likely near the Dos Cabezas property.
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Gold Prince
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