Interesting Letter From Sheriff in Boston Extradition Case
A letter from Sheriff James McDonald now in Boston awaiting extradition papers for Artenoff, accused of killing his wife and burying her near Stark, describes Boston streets, Tamany Hall links, and the study of law. He notes bail at five dollars, the Massachusetts papers, and challenges in securing extradition while awaiting filings.
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J. F. McDonald
John Twomey
Tammany Hall
Bisbee
James McDonald
Boston
M. Artenoff
Hi Fanch
Stark
Jane
Tatmimany Hall
England
Uncle Sam
Lynn
Officers Released Without Bonds On Harris Charges
Phoenix May 17 Sergt BE A Fernand Corp R J Phillips arrested May 6 on narcary charges. They sought discharge from further answer and release of bail bonds as they appeared in Justice court. Only Ferra posted bond while Quis was released, both allowed to go on bail with recognizance possible for Doane. Actions followed Gov Campbell moving to oust Harris and state armory possession.
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Phoenix
Fernand Corp
R. J. Phillips
CW. Harris
State Armory
Campbell
Harris
Justice Court
Fero
Doane
Fera
Phillips
Verde Extension Is Granted Record Rebate
May 19 The United Verde Extension mine at Jerome was awarded by the corporation commission a $2000 rebate on ore shipments to Globe and Douglas. The rebate, the largest in state history, applies against lines including the Lythe Pacific Santa Fe El Paso and Southwestern and Arizona Eastern. The commission said the rebate helps settle a two year old protest and returns about $140,000 on an equitable basis.
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Phoenix
United Verde
Jerome Todey
Eoaminaton
Tebete
Globe and Douglas
Lythe Pacific
Santa Fe
el Paso
Southwestern
Arizona Eastern
Apt P. Tines
Corporation Commission
Su Nouncement
Rudy
Beforse iv
State Historian to Coast on Arizona Data Run
State Historian Thomas E. Faris will depart tonight for the coast to gather materials for forthcoming Arizona history volumes. He will visit Southern California and Sacramento then proceed to Los Loks, returning to Phoenix in the fall, accompanied by Mrs Parish.
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Thomas E. Faris
Coast
California
Sacramento
Arizona
So Loks
Phoenix
Ringing Soda Pop Mystery at Brest Train Stop
An incoherent readable fragment describes a soda pop scene at Brest with references to waiting, transport, and a cryptic line about five rings and a game. Names, places, and clear events are fragmentary, but the tone recalls wartime or prohibition era chatter in a local paper.
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Brest
Douglas Men Enthused Over Mine Douglas
Officers and directors of the Silver Virgin Mining Company, an Arizona corporation with 62 acres in Pima County, report ore bodies seen at 20 ounces per ton and gold potential. Located 42 miles from Alma and 86 miles from Tucson, the unit plans a concentrator and notes local leadership including A B L Murchison and Joseph F Deitrich. The firm, capitalized at 1,000,000 par value, maintains its offices in the city and describes ore, development depths, and future processing steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas
Silver Virgin Company
Mivet
Linpetts
Uining
Tas Sliver
Virgin Mining Company
Ationa Corporation
St Paul Bank Enters Big Arizona Suit
The Merchants Bank of St Paul has been granted the right to intervene in a suit by North Texas Trust Company against La Osa Livestock and Lawn Company, a Tucson corporation. W M Masser, cashier of Fort Worth National Bank, is receiver. The bank holds a $300000 mortgage. North Texas Trust has an $80000 claim. La Osa assets include land holdings near the border and about 4000 cattle, with 2300 head approved for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchants Bank of St. Paul
Superior Court
North Texas Trust Company
la Osa Livestock and Lawn Company
Tucson
W. M. Masser
Fort Worth National Bank
la Osa Company
Surplus of Labor in Arizona Vanishes in Jobs
May 20 report from Phoenix quotes Federal Employment Director Hywell Davies noting no surplus labor left in Arizona. He says all miners and returning soldiers have jobs, with many Arizona workers having moved to Texas or California for work.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Hywell Davies
Texas
California
Maricopa Road Plan Aims to Employ Ex Soldiers
Roger W. Bacon of the U S Department of Labor endorses building roads to provide work for American soldiers. County officials propose 4 million dollars in road bonds to develop a premier highway system in Maricopa County. The department supports large scale road construction to aid unemployed veterans nationwide.
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Urces
Roger W. Bacon
Department of Labor
Washington
Bacon
Maricopa County
Cameron Loses Grand Canyon Mining Claims Appeal
Phoenix report states Ralph Cameron’s appeal of Grand Canyon mining claims was denied after a four year process. The disputed claims in the Tusayan National Forest within Grand Canyon boundaries were argued to hold platinum deposits. over 500 ore samples and earlier analyses were entered as evidence.
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Ralph Cameron
Grand Canyon
Phoenix
May
Oitettig
General Land Office
Washington
Wateitad
Plimnti
Tusxvan National Forest
Prominent Mining Man III at Silver City
W A Sullivan manager of Mine Supply and Hardware Co received a wire from Silver City stating Angus McDonald is seriously ill and not expected to live. McDonald, a renowned southwest mining figure, left town six months ago seeking health improvement but declined rapidly. Mr and Mrs Sullivan headed to Silver City to reach his bedside.
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GLOBE
W. A. Sullivan
Mine Supply and Hardware Co
Silver City
Angus McDonald
McDonald
Southwest
State of Arizona Sues for Water for Prison Lands
Arizona sues for water rights for its Florence prison farm. The suit targets the canal system and 122 water users from the Gila river valley. Attorney General says prior actions and omissions led to disputed irrigation priorities and forceful water take by state guards was addressed in court.
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State OF Arizona
Florence
Giia
Jong Drawin
Wo E Sea
Faa
Vis
Ft B. Sims
New Mead Elected for Normal School
May 2001 J C Grea Ser elected president of the northern Arizona Normal School at Flagstaff by the board. G K Corkelive resigns June 15 after leading the school. The new president is a Yale graduate and Harvard postgraduate with global study. He previously led a normal school in Ohio and served as dean at the University of Wyoming.
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Phor
J.C. Grea Ser
Afizona Normal School
Fiag- Haff
Englin
France
Germany
Lehane Abn
Ohio
College of Educatt
University of Wyoming
White slaver taken into custody here
Nogales Arizona May 2 An exresident of Sweetwater Texas Jose Parades was brought to Nogales by Chief of Police Lowe recording the story of a woman born to him two legitimate children From Sweetwater Parades claimed she came to Nogales He is said to have married a young woman of Nogales and faces prosecution under the white slave act
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Nogales
Anz
Jose Parades
Sweetwater
Texas
Day Lowe
Paredes
Teepe
Arizona
Usales
Sterdey
Government seeks permit for streets in Naco
The Naco board and County Engineer Su Soyth left for afternoon talks with army representatives. The War Department plans immediate construction and asks for street rights to cover work and equipment. The board may visit the site to grant ground use and issue necessary orders.
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CB. Adams
Rovervisors
Su Soyth
Naco
Army
War Department
Stass
Eien
Board of Sa
Nogales Benson train replaced by motor car
Nogales Arizona May 26 On Tuesday the Southern Pacific will remove the mixed train from Nogales to Benson and replace it with a gasoline motor car. During a test run Monday morning the car struck a sleeping Mexican man near Amadeville who had his bed on the tracks. The victim sustained serious injuries to the hips and body and was taken to Nogales local hospital under Dr Chenoweth care.
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Nogales
Ariz
Southern Pacific
Benson
Amadeville
Chenoweth
Wagner Woman Charged With Theft in Grand Jury Case
May 20 Phoenix. Nina Wagner, wife of Tony Wagner, is accused of stealing jewelry and Liberty bonds from W. D. Thornton whom she was brought from Oklahoma. Brambach, her counsel, alleges constitutional rights violations and coercion. County Attorney Laney denies improper procedures. Trial date set for June 18.
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Phoenix
R. HW. Brambach
Nina Wagner
Tony Wagner
Port Sil
Okla
Jn Eax
Liberty Bonds
W. D. Thornton
Oklahoma
Ater
Laney
W. V. Anderson
Thornius
Stanford
Brumbach
Wagner
Water sales crackdown hits Kingman residents
May 20 an order by the Arizona corporation commission enjoins Kingman residents and others from distributing water for compensation. The case notes pre May 22 1917 about twenty-two individuals supplying domestic water via wells, pumps, and pipes to up to twenty adjacent premises at varying rates. The Kingman Water Company was given permission to install a system in Kingman on May 22 1917 and has operated the plant since.
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Arizona
Tucson
Nogales
John Nasetken
Mark Aaron
Vicente G. Garcia
Francisca Pedrooza
Merrifold
Bieber
Fred Arnold
Bernice Smith
Rs Harris
Phoenix
Arizona Corvanion
Kineman
Lagman
Tvo
Kingman Water Company
Kingman
Last of Arizona’s Men to Arrive From Brest May 23
Phoenix dispatch reports the 34th Field Artillery with over 160 Arizona men will reach New York from France around May 23, per a Rocky Mountain Club telegram to Governor Campbell. The message urges relatives to await word, keep papers home, and have addressed to the Rocky Mountain Club in New York for proper forwarding. It also notes Arizona men from the 77th division are en route to Fort Bliss for demobilization.
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Phoenix
34Th Field Artillery
Arizona
New York
France
Camphel Westertay
Rocky Mountain Club
Arizonaten
Fort Bliss
Arizona Soldiers at Camp Merritt Arrive from Phoenix
May 20. A detachment of 28 River Valley men from the 105th regiment has reached New York and is now at Camp Merritt, according to a telegram to Governor Campbell from the Rocky Mountain Club. Another telegram says the transport Leviathan with troops of the 89th division, including Arizona men, will arrive in New York on the 22nd, with other transports following soon.
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Phoenix
Newman Sentenced to Nine Years in the Pen
Phoenix May 20 Judge Stanford imposed the maximum manslaughter term on J D Newman a pioneer resident of Arizona for killing Prank Hector on a desert highway last January He is to serve not less than nine nor more than ten years and will be moved to Florence state prison today under sheriff custody
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Phoenix
Stanford
J.D. Newman
Arizona
Prank Hector
Desert
Newman
Florence
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Artenoff
Machusetts
Mesoathusetts
Heston
Paul
Revere
Lexington
Dunbar’s Weekly
Verde
Man
Bawston
Fenway Park
Los Angeles
Walter Johnson
Red Sox
F. McDonald
Babe Ruth
Frank Walsh
Sod Town
Yours Truly
Ping
Rat
Ley
Orne
ST. Paul Bank
BIG Arizona
New Mead
Normal
Nogales Benson
Marcopa CO
Camp Merrrit
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