Resumed 0.S. Silver Dollar Coinage After War Pause
Washington June 19 coinage of silver dollars has resumed after a seven year layoff. Treasury officials said about 20 million dollars have been coined since March and silver certificates issued in tandem. The Pittman act enabled sale of melted dollars to England, replenishing the treasury stock over several years while stabilizing silver prices to protect domestic industry.
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Washington
Tae Mint
Treasury
Great Britain
Federal Reserve
Mint
Consters
Pittman
Ene
Tata Verde
Baker
Ingland
Sir Baker
England
Zapf Appointed Chief Clerk of State Investment Dept
Oecar Zapf, formerly Bisbee resident and longtime legislative attache, has assumed duties as chief clerk of the Investment department of the State Corporation Commission. The appointment followed the move of Stanley Williamson to secretary after A E Steller’s resignation, with Zapf having previously assisted in past sessions and at the 1915 special session.
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Oecar Zapt
Bistee
Yuma
House of Representatives
Investment Department
State Corporation Commission
Zapf
Stanley Williamson
A. E. Steller
Spcial
Warren District School Board sued for eye injury damages
John H. Rumping filed in local superior court a $26000 damages suit against the Warren District school trustees and the Employers Mutual Liability Co of Phoenix for an eye injury suffered on the high school building project in 1920. The blast incident allegedly destroyed the plaintiff's sight and the board members sue as a body and individually.
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John H. Rumping
Flanigan Murry
Warren
Mutual Liability Company of Phoenix
Bisbee Post Office Robbery Grand Jury Probe
Federal grand jury in Phoenix to hear charges tied to a Bisbee post office robbery of 40000 dollars in currency. Natt Keaton and H Bailey reportedly testified, Mrs Luke implicated. inspectors Chance and Rose pursued the missing half of the ransom at Luke ranch with no success.
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Bisbee Toners
Natt Keaton
H. Bailey
Hattie Luke
Bisbee
Federal Grand Jury
Phoenix
Keaton
Bailey
Luke
Chance
Rose
Tucson
Luke Ranch
Posses Search for Two Indian Girls Missing at Suidvir Camp
Tucson June 15 two days and nights of search failed to locate Edas Scott and Mollie Dolores two young domestics missing from Suidvir Camp near Lemmon. Sheriff Benjamin Daniels ordered two posses to scour dense timber and ravines with mountain topography skills. Both girls, Edas Scott a Tucson High School graduate and Mollie Dolores a San Navier Indian School pupil, left homes of Louis Hofmeister and EG Sporleder where they worked. Neither is over 20.
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Tucson
Suidvir
All Lemmon
Benjamin Daniels
Devi
Girts
Analaria
Sheriffs Office
Louis Holmmeisterl
EG. Sporteder
Edas Scott
Veteran Miner To Lead Expedition South Of Border
A seasoned Arizona miner plans a Mexico expedition with a small party of miners. He recently returned from a four month trip, has taken out papers on Bacatete mountains property, and aims to strike a mine near 140 miles from the railroad. Despite hazards including desertion by escorts and Yaqui gunfire, he is determined to pursue fortune in Mexico.
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Bacatete Mountains
Mexico
Yaquis
Woman Pioneer of State Dies in Prescott
June 18. Mrs Rowe, former Yavapai County supervisor, died at the Pioneer Home in Prescott. A longtime resident and invalid, she was 30 years old and largely confined to her room, but occasionally left the home for short periods.
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Prescott
Ehesbeth Rowe
Board of Supervisors
Yavapas County
Phaneers
Ste Roush
Iy Jendars
Miss Beulah Coon Resigns After Three Year State Post
Miss Beulah Coon, longtime supervisor of civil economies in Arizona’s vocational education department, tendered resignation effective after July 1. She plans to spend the upcoming months in Colorado and notes her future plans are not fully matured. Her work expanded classes in isolated areas, with 65 classes taught by 3 vocational teachers statewide. The Petrified Forest article recalls the four forests in the Petrified Forest National Monument, details fossilized Triassic trees, their preservation, and notes araucarian species in study by P. H. Knowlton. The report also covers Mexican events, including executions and political developments, plus electric water permits near Nogales and Roosevelt Dam development plans.
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Phoenin
Mise Beulah 1
State Department of Vocational Education
Mise Coon
Colorato Boas
Miss Coon
University of Wisconsin
Arizona
United States Geological Surve
Adamana
Santa Fe
Petrified Forest National Monument
Norfolk Island
P. H. Knowlton
United States
Tucson
Fran
Cisco Vizcaino
Stat
Pablo Gonzales
la Voz Globe—Old Dominion Co
Chihuahua
Chihuahua City
Tecson
Cermid Crear
Pal-ista
Nogales
Electric Light & Power
Obregon Silver King
Rebel Leader in Mexico Executed as Car Theft Ring Crumbles
The report describes the execution of a rebel leader in Mexico amid a wider case involving stolen mine cars. J Rogers of Midway Garage Venice California fled a stolen Ford in Peoria. Parsons, formerly with the Arizona Fire Insurance theft bureau, aided recovery in Phoenix. A Kingman shipment from Dudley Machinery to Patagonia included engines and compressors as part of a regional dealers’ dispute.
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J. Rogers
Midway
Venice
Cal
Peoria
Rogers
Phoenix
California
Parsons
Arizona Fire Insurance Company
Patagonia
Dan Herley
Im- Kingman
Thompperial Valley Gang
Hertiler
Parsons son-Dudley Machinery Company
Kingman
Cars Stolen by California Gang Recovered Here
Phoenix June 19 Nine stolen motor cars stolen in California were recovered in Phoenix. Frank Kline and Herbert G Parsons agents for the Pacific Coast Auto Theft Bureau said they completed the final cleanup of the Imperial Valles gang, one of the southwest’s largest criminal hands, with help from the sheriff’s office locating nine recovered cars.
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Phoenix
California
Frank Kline
Herbert G. Parsons
Pacific Coast
Byreau
Imperial Valles Gang
Southwest
Sheriff's Office
Gila Route Nears Use From Phoenix to California
June 19 report notes progress on the Gila route from Phoenix through Yuma to California. Concrete paving completed to Cashion and extended beyond Buckeye, with a proposed temporary Gila River crossing at Gillespie dam. California funds aid El Centro to Yuma highway. project links to a road from Yuma to the Yuma county line and onward toward California.
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Phoenix
Gila
Phoenis
Yuma
California
el Centro
Yume
Cashion
Buckeye
Gila River
Gillespie Dam
Phownts
Yuma County
Chambers Pharmacy Proprietor Drives Car Into Canal
Louis Chambers of Chambers Pharmacy in Peoria had a narrow escape when he swerved to avoid a collision and drove his car into a canal. The car turned upside down, the top windshield fenders and doors were torn off, and Chambers suffered a badly lacerated hand and a severe shakeup.
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Canal
Glendale
Louis Chambers
Chambers Pharmacy
Peoria
Winshield
Sr. Chambers
Bailey Case Delayed As Federal Jury Opens In Phoenix
Federal grand jury in Phoenix meets as Judge Sawtelle misses session from Prescott. Matt Keaton of Bisbee reportedly confesses to involvement in Bisbee post office robbery. Lon R. Bailey, then postmaster, moved from Tucson to Phoenix jail. Keaton and Bailey supporters assist investigators alongside Inspector Coupes. Mrs. Hattie Luke, alleged money sharer, remains jailed.
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Phoenix
Federal District Court
William HH. Sawtelle
Prescott
Matt Keaton
Bisbee
Bishee
Lon R. Bailey
Keaton
Tucson
Prises
J. L. Coupes
Thomas Flynn
Bailey
Hattie Luke
City Council Meeting Sparks Fire Chief Resignation
At a late last eight special session Mayor Hinton presided as councilors debated salary cuts for City Engineer and changes to fire department duties. Councilman Floyd proposed reducing the engineer pay to 234 dollars monthly and shifting building and plumbing inspector duties to Chief Nemeck without extra pay. Nemeck offered resignation as fire chief, asking to remain as an ordinary firefighter until he can improve his position. The motion passed with all but one dissenting vote from Councilman Surrett.
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Bane
Causey
Surrett
In the Interests of Pablo Gonzales Capture and Death Sentence
In the case of Pablo Gonzales, he and others were captured with General Viccaima and condemned to death by shooting. The proceedings indicate a swift verdict with capital punishment upheld by military authorities.
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Pablo Gonzales
Viccaima
Lead Burn Injures City Water Works Foreman at Banning Creek
Jerome, June 1. Harry Dutt, foreman of the city water works, was seriously burned yesterday when hot lead exploded while he poured it into a damp hole at the Banning Creek water plant. He was rushed to Prescott for treatment.
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Jerome
Harry Dutt
City Water Works
Banning Creek
City Water
Prescott
Extension of Limit on Mining Claims in Bisbee
June 20 1920 report says a proposed relief from annual assessment work on mining claims failed in the Senate Mines Committee. If not enacted, claim holders must perform 1920 assessment work by July 1 to protect property from location by others, per J EB secretary Arizona Chapter American Mining Congress via Washington bureau.
Hold Mexicans as counterfeit money passers
Ramon Vasquez and Antonio Sanchez, Mexicans, were jailed by Deputy Sheriff Ed Leahy and were to appear before United States Commissioner Henry Lenmier for a preliminary hearing on four charges of passing counterfeit money. Authorities say they passed several silver dollars in Douglas and had a spurious coin in their possession. A treasury secret service man from the Redentish? office was to handle the government’s case.
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Douglas
Ramon Vasquez
Antonio Sanchez
Ed Leahy
Unites States
Henry
Len Mier
Vasquez
Sanchez
Secret Service
Treasury Office
Cas
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India
School Board
Sueh
Bassett Wardus
H. Hunt
EE Whiteley
Bruce Perley
Miami
Grand Jury
Miss Beulah
Coon
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Dam
OH Causey
MOF Bane
Orl
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