White Wings Crop Depredations Menace Region
Phoenix June 5 The federal and state game officials clash over white wing depredations as Wetmore of the Biological Survey studies alleged crop damage. Prochaska allows limited shooting in districts where white wings threaten crops, while Wetmore may remain in the field to assess impacts. Farmers seek help, with Burkeye and Scotland areas cited as hardest hit. Wetmore has a permit to ship specimens to Washington for study and aims to trap twelve years to send to the National Zoological Park.
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Phoenix
Alexander Wetmore
13 Biological Survey
US Department of
Agreuiture Wetmore
Warren Prochaska
Wetmore
Prochaska
Vieins Burkeye
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Anc Goring
West Indies
Washington T
National Zoological Park
Ite
Stauen
Tovote Killed by Yaquis Near La Colorada Mine
Charles W. P. Tovote mining engineer for the American Smelting and Refining Company was tortured to death by Yaquis near the La Colorada district. The event followed suspicious killings including Frank White, an American track driver. Tovote, a German naval reservist naturalized in the county, left a wife and several children. he had lived in Tombstone and Nogales during prior mining work.
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Vann
Sonora
Tucson
Charles W. P. Tovote
American Smelting and Refining Company
la Colorada
Ronora
Harold Gay
Hermosilfo Businges
Ted Kroukseiaaltt
Gaauaser
American Smelter and
Colorado
Toyote
Frank White
la Colorado
Tevote
Fim
Venice
Glen Allen Bouchey
National Army
France
Tombstone
Bisbee
Ring
Glen
Cochise
Camp Pansion
Camp Kearny
San Diego
154Th
Arizona
40Th
Ai Vision
Motor Mechanics Corps
1Th Ambulance
Gienn
Qurag
Vesle
Mouse
Argonne
Arizone
Thiscourt
Mere
Tyther
Shooting near White City splits town with killings
Deputy Harry Rafferty brought from Fort Huachuca the man called Chicken linked to a resort shooting that left Maggie Godell dead. Florence Champion, alleged shooter, and Effie Blackwell, a witness, are jailed. Champion allegedly killed Godell by mistake, as Blackwell allegedly struck Champion. Preliminary hearing before Judge Wentworth set next week.
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Sherif Harry Rafferty
Fort Haachuca
Chicken
White City
Florence Champion
Maggie Godel
Rafety
Effie Blachweil
Maggie Godell
Wentworth
Wickenburg Store Robbed of Goods in Break-In
Thieves pried open the Brayton Commercial Company back door in Wickenburg and escaped with merchandise including shoes silk fabric women's wear and firearms. Sheriff John G. Montgomery blocked roads into Phoenix but no arrests were reported at press time.
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Phoenix
Brayton Commercial Company
Wickenburg
Sherif John G. Montgomery
Phoeniix
Mother Likes Calumet Essay Contest Opens for Kids
Tombstone Daily Prospector announces an essay contest for students under eighth grade. Write 50 words or less answering why your mother likes Calumet Baking Powder. Include name and address, mail before June 16 to Contest Editor. Prize is a five dollar gold piece.
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Tombstone
Tombstone Daily Prospector
Jess
Harris gets $6000 libel verdict in Phoenix
June 4 Col C W Harris state adjutant general won a libel damages suit against the Arizona Republican. The supreme court upheld a lower court ruling awarding Harris $6000. He sought $5000 exemplary and $5000 actual damages over a newspaper article he said cast aspersions on some of his reports.
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Phoenix
Col
C. W. Harris
State Adjutant General Today
Arizona Republican
Supreme Court
Col. Harris
Adjutant General
Survey Work On Stratton Road Near Oracle Camp
Tucson June 3 report from engineer Charles Bores in charge of the Oracle to Apache Camp survey. Bores and crew have been ten days at Stratton camp surveying the Stratton road to Daily's. The road will be widened to 14 feet and straightened in places.
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Tucson
Cnaries Bores
Oracle
Apache Camp
Stratton
Work on Lyman 4 im is rushed to
A brief item notes priority on Lyman 4 im as work accelerates to meet deadlines. Local officials say progress is rapid and task sequencing prioritizes critical components.
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Im Is
Doughboys at Rhine bridge pass check in Germany
Photo received from Remagen Germany shows members of the 165th Infantry formerly the Sixty-ninth New York examining pedestrian passes on the Ludendorff bridge across the Rhine. The unit is highlighted for its versatility from combat to policing duties after victory.
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Remengen
Germany
165Th Infantry
Old Sixty-ninth New York
Ludendorf Bridge
Rhine
Estate valuation seeks damage claim against Mexico in probate
June filing in Phoenix estate case for Captain Ro Works notes claims against the Republic of Mexico for robbery and personal injury by Mexican bandits and a claim to 318 acres near Ft Worth. The petition values the estate at over 5 dollars with 40 percent to his daughter Heloise Works and 4 percent to friend and executor nominee Mr Branch, who would employ Townsend Stockton Drake for legal matters. Hearing for admitting witnesses and appointing Branch Executor set before Judge Loman on June 25.
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Phoenix
Captain Ro Works
Republic of Mexico
Ft. Worth
JW. Branch
Ing
Wid
Captain Teft
Mexico
Heloise Works
Branch
Townsend Stockton & Drake
Ning
In Works
California
John D. Works
Loman
PIRTLEVILLE MAN ENDS LIFE WITH PISTOL
Evarish Salzido, a longtime Pirtleville resident, shot himself with a pistol yesterday morning after family members prepared the weapon. He lingered for hours, saying he suffered intensely from a throat ailment and could not endure the pain any longer. He lived on the main street and was 8 years old.
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Douglas
Evarish Salzido
Pirtleville
Senor Salzido
Tyrone Mine at Burro Mountain Closes After Losses
June 4 Tyrone New Mexico Phelps Dodge announces the Burro Mountain branch at Tyrone has ceased active copper production. Several hundred workers are affected though most will shift to development work. The operation had been operating at a loss amid a weak metal market.
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Douglas
Burro Mountain
Phelps Dodge Corporation
Tyrone
N. M
Phelps Dodge
Slacker Captured After Dodging Draft Near Nogales
Pacson reports a man identified as Herrick fled to Mazatlan with other slackers to avoid the draft. He slipped into Nogales and was detained by a US marshal, heading to Salt Lake City where his father holds property. He faced hearing before US Commissioner Jones for evading the draft act.
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Gion
Founty
Samwel
Nogales
Department of Justice
Mazatlan
Herrick
Salt Lake City
United States
Treahey
Jones
Eighty-Five Men Killed In Wilkes Barre Explosion
Wilkes Barre Penn June 3 eighty five men died in the Wilmore tunnel of the Delaware and Hudson Coal company when an electric wire broke causing a car loaded with black powder to explode. Sixteen cars were entering the tunnel at the time. Most deaths were by flames and smoke with many blown apart or drowned in a trench. The disaster is the worst in the anthracite coal regions. In Phoenix J W Turner faces a felony charge for allegedly setting a hay stack fire on wages dispute. hearing postponed due to illness.
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Wilkes Barre
Penn
Wilmore
Delaware & Hudson Coal Company
Here
Stoma
Hay Stack
Phoenix
J. W. Turner
W. K. Auxler
Scottsdale
Turner
Auxler
Arizona Troops Reach Fort Bliss Thursday Demobilisation
Five hundred returned Arizona soldiers aboard a special train bound for Fort Bliss Texas will arrive Thursday for demobilisation. The telegram from Capt J W Getsinger Phoenix confirms the plan and lists the others aboard the train.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Fort Bliss
Texas
J. W. Getsinger
Mexican Wanted for Vial Killing Captured Bisbee
Victoriano Castillo of Fronteras Sonora is held in Bisbee after a night-time capture by City Marshal Al Kempton and A. EL Shepherd while sought for the murder of two Mexicans and wounding of a third near Bisbee. Castillo says he is seeking safety across the line and claims self defense amid a Saloon brawl.
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Tombstone
Ding
Castillo
Cantina
Sonora
Calleana Silvas
Sivas
Castilla
Silvas
Jose Ballesteras
Juan Silvas
Calletana
Ballesteras
Arizona
Marshal Kempton
Naco
Agua Prieta
Interior marble ready for capitol interior finish
Marble for the interior finish of the capitol addition is cut polished and crated for shipment from the contractor Jos Musto Sons Keenan at Los Angeles. Lloyd Christy state institutions commissioner reports preparations to inscribe the chalcedony tablet for the Washington monument with Arizona and the state seal.
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Phoenix
Capitol
Jos. Musto Sons-Keenan Company
Los Angeles
Lloyd Christy
Commission of State Institutions
Washington Monument
Arizona
Miner nearly dies in desert thirst near No Man's Land
Henry Roberts, a Phoenix miner and prospector, returned from Yuma county and faced near death after running out of water forty miles from water. He later drank too much water on arrival, nearly dying again. He urges prospectors to exercise caution in desert treks. Local note: Tucson reports a movement of men forming a “million men organize” group related to Juana tana.
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Phoenix
Henry Roberts
Yuma County
No Man's Land
Roberts
American killed by Yaqui Indians near La Colorado
The body of Miguel Otto, an American, was found near La Colorada Sonora Sunday. He had been living with a Mexican family at La Colorada and was killed while on a hunting trip. The corpse was found stripped of clothes and mutilated with a bullet wound in the head.
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Nogales
Miguel Otto
la Colorado
Sonora
Otto
la Colorada
Hay prices tumble in Salt River valley markets
On June 2 alfalfa hay opened at about 20 dollars a ton but then fell to 14 dollars a ton. The sudden drop alarms hay growers in the Salt River basin as current prices mark the lowest level in years.
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Phoenix
Salt River Basin
Senate bill 90 not affect annual appropriations says AG
Phoenix June 4 Senate bill 90 which bars state officials from exceeding appropriations does not seem to affect any statutory annual appropriations nor any other appropriation expiring June 30 1919 Attorney General Wiley E Jones says the opinion issued today
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Phoenix
Senate
Wiley E. Jones
Veterans Organize in Miami Meeting for Finance Committee
Veterans gather in Miami on May 30 to form a permanent organization at the town hall. The meeting aims to appoint a finance committee and establish a lasting veterans group.
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Miami
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