Cider Proves Booze Wholesaler Sued in Phoenix
Ira Troutner sues Walter Hill and Walter Hicompare in a 25000 action claiming the elder he bought as non intoxicating liquor contained 7 percent alcohol. Troutner was prosecuted and fined for violating the liquor law. defendant argues damages cannot stem from his own crime and seeks to shift liability to the wholesaler. Judge Pattee plans to rule after opening statements as the case progresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Richard E. Sloan
Ira E. Troutner
Walter Hill
Walter Hicompare
Troutner
Pattee
Stanford
Livestock and Ranges Report from Phoenix District
Livestock and ranges in Arizona show good overall condition despite no rainfall since May. Pinto and Apache County cattle are in fine shape but need rain. Nogales Safford areas report fair ranges while Apache Indian Reservation and Pinedale are excellent. Frosts spared Flagstaff potatoes though bugs appear, and Moccasin faces grasshoppers threatening corn. Egyptian cotton in the southwest progresses well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Pinto
Apache County
Seligman
Grand Canyon
Douglas
Willams
Nogales
Apache Indian Reservation
Pinedale
Flagstaff
Colorado River
Fort Huachuca Announces Laundry Jobs and Bookkeeper
Two road positions with laundry experience are open at Fort Huachuca. A laundry superintendent role pays 125 dollars monthly plus quarters, with potential permanent civil service appointment. A laundry bookkeeper earns 100 dollars per month with possible civil service appointment. Applications with references go to the Supply Officer at Fort Huachuca Arizona. Axtec-Oil gravity 51 degrees, 52 percent gasoline discovered here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Haschuca
Civil Service
Fort Hasduca
Arizona
Axtec
Cattlemen Protest U. S. Roundup Of Nogales Range
Cattle growers meet in Nogales with 70 members to oppose forestry plans to round up cattle for a government count and impose fines for surplus stock. They argue ranges cannot support cattle and urge cooperation without losses. The resolution, sent to Paul Pitchlyn, calls for protection of ranges, water, and grazing and criticizes fines. Meetings include attendees from Cochise, Pima, and Santa Cruz counties. Supervisor Bernard of Tucson headed the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nogales
Southwestern Cattle Growers’ Association
Paul Pitchlyn
Coronado Natonal Forest
Forestry
Ihe
Forest Administration
Jemen
Cochise
Pima
Santa Cruz
Bernard
Tucson
Harryson
Santa Cruz County
Sparks Divorce Case Involves Cochise County Official
The Phoenix sourced report describes Aureva B Sparks and J M Sparks of Douglas, Cochise County supervisor, asking Supreme Court to set aside a $250 attorney fee claim after a 1912 Cochise Superior Court divorce decree and subsequent appeal. Attorneys Kingsbury Gibson Millsap allege collusion and unauthorized satisfaction filing, seeking fees and a new trial outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aureva B. Sparks
J. M. Sparks
Douglas
Board of Supervisors
Cochise County
Phoenix
Aurelia B. Sparks
J.T. Kingsbury
Gibson
Homer
Millsap
Supreme Court
Superior Court
Sparks
Prominent Worker Leads War Mothers Movement
Mrs Selden Klawson of Salt Lake City has been chosen secretary as War Mothers of America promote patriotism, peace, and brotherhood. The association aims to unite women’s war work groups into a national body enhancing wartime support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selden Clawson
Brotherhood of Man
War Mothers of America
Selden Klawson
Salt Lake City
Government appoints three members to new Arizona commission
June 18 Phoenix reports Governor Campbell announced the new Arizona agriculture commission members under House Bill 111. Andrew Kimball of Graham County will serve a short term. E. W. Hudson of Maricopa County takes the three year term. A. Y. Greer of Yuma County is named for a five year term. The board meets in Phoenix within two weeks to organize and appoint officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Arizona Commission of Agriculture
Thomas E. Campbell
Andrew Kimball
Graham County
E.W. Hudson
Maricopa County
Toi
W. H. Robinson
Hudson
A. Y.greer
Yuma County
Yuma
Somerton
Tom Man
Circumstantial Guilt Valid Court Decides
June 18 Ival McCann appeals to the state supreme court after a Maricopa county grand jury found him guilty of second degree murder in the 1917 Falston case. The court upheld the conviction, saying circumstantial evidence sufficed to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. McCann aided the initial search for Falston after the disappearance, was jailed when Falston vanished, and later convicted after Falston’s body with a skull wound was found five months later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ival McCann
State Supreme Court
Superior Court
Maricopa County
Kenneth C. Falston
Supreme Court
McCann
Falston
Sherif
Palston
Calles vows hard crackdown in Sonora on agitators
General P Elias Calles, secretary of commerce and industry and former Sonora governor, announces that agitators, radicals, and illicit whiskey promoters will be arrested and put to work in chain gangs on roads across Sonora. The move precedes the installation of governor elect de la Huerta on September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonora
General Calles
Nogales
W. W
P. Elias Calles
Commerce and Industry
Carrauan
Eleet de la Huerta
Woman's First Husband Phoenix Adoption Battle
June 18 The application of former Mrs. Exhel Black second husband V Holsinger for permission to adopt her six year old daughter Thelma Black aroused the woman s first husband Leo Black who countered with a legal bid for custody which we won Tuesday Mrs Black had divorced Black last March for cruelty and the child was placed with the probation department Holsinger s bid to adopt faced Black s claim he was the proper caretaker for the girl
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Exhe
V. Holsinger
Thelma Black
Oman
Leo. Black
Black
Engineer’s Frontline Ride At Great Metz Fortress
Engineer H W White recalls return to duty after a year in France. He helped haul trains to the front including ammo runs near Verdun and Nancy, and witnessed French officers review Gen Petain’s division at Metz where an American truck toppled Kaiser statue, bringing joy to locals. Also notes Jerome-Mining ore plan and Verde Tunnel railroad and Phoenix building permits over $100,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas
H. W. White
el Paso & Southwestern
France
Meta
Silver outlook and Indian remittance plan noted
In Denver on June 15, President John D. Ryan of the Anaconda Company says silver supply in 1918 reached 9,000 units and prices will stay high for years. London cites a Shanghai exchange rate of 1.21 an ounce, with Indian export trade driving renewed activity and the Indian council urging tender remittance offerings. May 6 dealings totaled 1.92 million, with similar sums due next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
John D. Ryan
Anaconda Company
London
Shanghai Exchange
Indian Council
Longdon
Boy Locates $1300 Package In Phoenix
A small boy reported a suit case containing $1300 in jewelry and goods to Phoenix police. Officers recovered the case intact. the owner seeks the boy to pay the $100 reward offered for the recovery. The boy’s name was not released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Little Fellows
Phoenix Street Railway to Rebuild Grand Avenue Line
Phoenix June 18 The Phoenix street railway company will rebuild the Grand avenue line to the state fair grounds and complete it before the next state fair. They have been granted an extension to October 15 under the stipulation that the work is done.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Phoenix Street Railway Company
Ita Grand
Ajo Peak in Arizona Tapped as Smithsonian Solar Site
June 18 Ajo peak in southern Arizona appears to meet most Smithsonian solar observatory criteria. Edgar F. Pletcher from Phoenix weather bureau reports he is surveying promising peaks and will report findings to the Smithsonian. Requirements include accessibility, maximum sunshine, low dust, and elevation more than 1500 feet.
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Ajo Peak
Arizona
Smithsonian Institute
Solar Observatory
Edgar F. Pletcher
Phoenix Weather Bureau
Pletcher
Institute
Robbery at Gilbert Arizona Reveals Heavy Loot
Phoenix June 18 A general store in Gilbert was robbed early today of about 2000 in merchandise. Police advise burglars backed an automobile to the door and loaded the loot, with shoes and clothing making up the bulk of the plunder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Gilbert
Sher W
City changes date for Verde River water bonds vote
Phoenix officials pass a revised ordinance altering the Verde river gravity water system bond election date from July 29 to July 26 and extending the bond term from 30 to 40 years. The $1,300,009 issue remains the same and the commission approves the new schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
City Commission
MacDougal Heads Pasadena Meeting Of Scientists
June 18 Dr. MacDougal head of the Carnegie Desert Laboratory sails to Pasadena to preside over the Pacific division of the American Association for the Development of Science at Throop College of Technology. Simon Flexner of the Rockefeller Institute presides over the national body. Sessions will be at Throop with side trips to Mt Wilson La Brea excavations Catalina caves Southwest Museum Montebello oil fields and Whittier. He will deliver Thursday afternoon address on The Growth of Organisms.
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Macdougal
Tucson
Carnegie Desert Laboratory
Pasadena
American Association For the Development of Science
Throon College of Technology
Simon Flexner
Rockeller Institute For Medical Research
New York
American Association
Pacific
Association
Throop College
Mt. Wilson
la Brea
Catalina Island
Southwest Museum
Montebello
Whittier
Diamond Do stock surge and copper case headlines
A Diamond Do Cost wire from Clifton Texas notes stock in Man and D rising from $1 to $10 per share amid a sale deal and property claims. In May the Arizona Copper Co case ended with a verdict for the defendant. the prior $7,000 judgment for the plaintiff was reversed and remanded for a new trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ho Tuckwood
Diamond Dom Company
Wichita
Tex
Tucson
Clifton
Enrique Burciago
Arizona Copper Co
Ltt
Corporation
Supreme Court of the State
Suit Against Cattle Co. Is Begun
Tucson, June 18. The government sues the Arivaca Land and Cattle Co. and prominent Tucson citizens to enjoin certain patented tracts on fraud grounds. The action, begun before United States Commissioner Jones, alleges a township disappeared then reappeared in Arivaca holdings through transfers and illegal entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Arivaca Land and Cattle Co
United States
Jones
Arivaca Land & Cttle Co
One Victim May Die In Phoenix Theater Collapse
Virgil Axtel of Phoenix is reported in precarious condition after a theater ceiling collapse that injured seven others who are said to be improving. A building inspector investigates causes and expects a report tomorrow.
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Phoenix
Virgil Axtel
Regents to Meet Phoenix
June 17. The board of regents of the University of Arizona will wind up the affairs of the present university year tomorrow at Tucson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Borad
Regents of
University of Arizona
St Tucson
Cochise Sheriff Arrests Police Chief Kempton
Bisbee June 19 Chief of Police J A Kempton was arrested by sheriff's representatives on a charge of taking property without due process after seizing a suitcase with political literature. DOJ agents arrived to take possession as Kempton was held for a hearing set for next Tuesday and released on recognizance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Justice
LW. Wis
Kempton
Allison
El Progreso Mine Looted by Yaquis Near Yaqui Route
The El Progreso mine near Yaqui Route was looted last Saturday according to telegraphic advices from Hermosillo. Owner J. F. McFarlane is in Chicago with foreman Andrew McParlane stating no one was killed. Mining engineer W. P. Tovete was killed nearby two weeks earlier. machinery was destroyed and trucks burned as bandits sacked the commissary lane. Mexican federal troops from San Xavier were rushed to the district by motor trucks to pursue the raiders.
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Nogales
Arty
el Progreso
Yaqui Ratue
Hermosillo
J. F. McFarlane
Chica
Andrew McParlane
W. P. Tovete
Tucson
San Xavier
Tungsten Industry Seeks Tariff to Restart Colorado Mills
Twenty one Colorado tungsten producers told the House Ways and Means Committee they cannot resume operations without a tariff of ten dollars per unit. The telegram, read by Rep. Timberlake, warned that a critical industry is in trouble as mills are closed and mines fill with water. Rep. Kahn urged that wartime tungsten mining should be protected to keep the United States independent from Austrian competition if priced out of the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ASK Tungsten Protection
Washington
Colorado
House
Ways and Means Committee
Timberlake
Kahn
California
United States
I W W Organizers In Tucson Prompt New Deputies
In Tucson on June 15 three I W W organizers were sighted forming a local branch. Mayor Parker and the police committee issued 190 special deputies after learning of their presence. Authorities say the move is not tied to a telegraph strike as no Arizona law bars such organizing locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Parker
Arizona
Aviation Field Repairs Delay Army Exhibition Flights
Phoenix will suspend exhibition flying by army planes during an air service recruiting drive until the landing field at the state fair is improved. Captain L. E. Appleby announced after inspecting the field that repair work has begun to bring the landing area into trim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Army
Air Service
Stounds
L. E. Appleby
Globe Mine Head Resigns. MacCleannon to Succeed
June 18. B. Gottsberger resigns as general manager of the Miami mine. F. W. MacCleannon, currently assistant manager, will take over the chief role.
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GLOBE
B. B. Gottsberger
Miami
F. W. MacCleannon
Gottsberger
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Fort Huachuca
U. & Ceweus Taking
Governon
NEW Commission
Metz
Arsonne
Verdun
Toul
Nancy
Jerome
United Verde Co
Verde Tunnel Railroad
Phoeniz
Boy
Ajo
Arizona Peak
Gilert, Ariz
Gray Gancer
Mine Company
Cochise Shiff
Seee
Aviation
Globe Mine Head
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